Chapter 11: Oh Baby, Wait and See

This chapter contains FFX spoilers. XD Don't say I didn't warn you. No, I didn't forget translations. Just read and weep. XD E-to...once again Aviator...OMG SHE'S ON DRUGS!!! RUN SELPHIE RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!! ...:D Bwa.

DREAM START

Breathing hard, you stick your keyblade in the ground, leaning on it. Through your armored mask, you see your friend run up to you. It sounds like she's shouting something, but you can't tell what.

The ground beneath you suddenly moves, and you feel yourself being shot up in the air. You're too tired to scream, but you do let out a shout of pain as something binds your body in place. Moments later, you hit the ground hard, your helmet cracking open and off of your head at the force of impact with the ground.

"Itai," you mutter, pushing yourself up. Your friend and someone else come running into view.

"Daijoubu, Namida?" your friend asks, picking you up by the arm. The other person, whom you can't tell who it is yet, helps.

"Uun," you reply, dusting yourself off. The other person nods and runs off. You and your friend watch in silence. It doesn't seem like she knows who it is, either. "Rokusasu wa doko? Mita ka, Kira?"

"Iya, mienakatta. Sora wa?" she replies.

"Saigo no mita toki wa kare ga gake ni imashita," you reply, pointing up to where he was last spotted.

"Tabun Rokusasu mo sou."

"Darou?" you ask, cocking your head slightly. She shakes her head unsurely. You can't help but sigh and look around at the disaster this place has become. "... Kono basho wa nani okoru n desu ka?"

"Wakaranai! Minna wa doko da? Namine? Riku?" She looks up at where you had pointed before and gasps slightly. "Mite, Nami."

"... Aa, fakku. Okorimasen..."

There he is, being held up by his neck, getting choked. And you're too far away to do anything but watch. The figure holding him twists his neck, and part of his helmet cracks off. You can see his eyes, and the second they meet your own, you feel like screaming. They look so agonized...

A white mist-like cloud surrounds him, and you watch in horror as he freezes. In one swift, heartless movement, the man throws him off the edge of the cliff.

"ROXAS!"

DREAM END

Nami's POV

You bolt upright in bed, sweat and tears trickling down your face.

"Nami, are you okay?" you hear Roxas ask. Breathing hard, you glance over at him. He looks distraught.

"What...?" you mumble, shaking.

"You were moaning and screaming in your sleep," Roxas says. "Are you okay?"

"You...You're SURE you weren't in war!?" You know that was meant to be more than just a dream.

"Nami, yes, I am positive I wasn't in a war; why do you keep asking me that?!"

"...I..." You can't stop seeing that image. It's him...you know this person in your dreams is him!

"Nami..."

Roxas holds you close, but still you can't stop shaking or seeing the face. Those eyes...

"It was only a dream," he says quietly.

"There's no way it was just that, though," you mouth.

"Are you sure you're feeling okay, though? You feel kinda warm. You aren't getting sick, are you?"

"I don't think so," you say quietly. You manage to wriggle free of his grasp. "I'll be okay."

"..."

You can tell Roxas is a little miffed at you, but you don't really care. Not to be mean or anything, though! You just...you know that was him. He's the soldier. Maybe he doesn't remember it or something...

Your POV

"Zankoku na tenshi no you ni shounen yo shinwa ni nare~~~~~~!"

"Rrrrgh!" you growl, hitting ignore on your stupid cellphone, which has been ringing all day. In other words, ruining your afternoon with Sora, listening to music.

"Just turn it off," he suggests.

"I'm trying to run out the battery," you explain. He nods understandingly. "I don't know why Mina suddenly wants to talk to me so badly, but she's probably up to no good or-"

The phone rings again, this time playing a different song:

"Oh baby, wait and see, yappa itai no wa iya dake do, risuku ga aru kara koso..."

"And now she's texting me, go figure," you say, irritated. "Let's she what she wrote: 'kira u no bout cc this sat?' !!!!"

"What's cc?" Sora asks.

"Omgee, the best convention EVER!!!" you cheer, jumping up and dancing on the bed. "I MUST GO! I haven't missed one since I was rather young. It's soooo much fun!"

CC is the most fun Anime/Manga/Gaming convention EVER. You used to go with Mina and company back when you actually resided on Earth. It's so fun. You dress up hardcore and they show really exclusive game previews every year! EEE! A fangirl's heaven, so to speak.

Your phone sounds off again.

"'thyr prevuing da final kh game u have 2 cum!' ?" you read aloud, plopping back on the bed with such force it causes Sora to fall off. Laughing, you immediately think of Wonderland...(XD)

"The final Kingdom Hearts game..." you repeat, helping Sora up.

"The war, you think?" he asks, brushing himself off.

"If it is, how can that be? It hasn't happened yet."

"Not entirely, no," he replies.

"Not entirely? What do you mean?" you ask, narrowing your eyes. "You haven't been fighting already, have you?" When he doesn't answer, everything seems to click. THAT'S why he was so tired the second time he came home...and almost every other time.

"I kinda had to, you know, to train myself," he says. You frown.

"Sora, that's ridiculous-"

"No it's not. Trust me! I've been to that place. Even the months of training I had were NOTHING compared to the complete CHAOS that's going on there. Maleficent and Pete have just been gathering more and more Heartless. Some of them I've never seen before in my life."

Still frowning, you look down at your phone.

"Sit down and be quiet," you say at last. You know what you've got to do. Yes, it'll be risky. But you figure if you and Sora and Nami and Roxas are the only ones who go, things will be easier. So, albeit reluctantly, you dial Mina's number and hit send. Here goes nothing.

"So NOW you finally answer me!?" she cries.

"Give me the details," you command, finding a spare sheet of scrap paper and a pen.

"You're actually going to come?!"

"Mina, do you know anything yet about this final game?"

"No," she admits.

"Then give me the details."

"Pretty uniform, as always. Opens at 9 am, the showroom area opens at 10:30, which is where they'll be showing the previews to that game and others. There's also a costume contest going on and-"

"I don't CARE about that, Mina. I've GOT to know when exactly they're playing these previews."

"Why is it so important?" she asks.

"Do you want me to spoil these previews for you somewhat?"

"NO!" she screams. You can't help but laugh. She never read spoilers...you and Leah though...

FFX SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

FLASHBACK START

"Aw, c'mon, Mina, don't you want to know how it ends?" Leah asked. Mina crossed her arms and shook her head. Her lips were squeezed together.

"C'mooooon, it's only Final Fantasy X, the game you've been DY-ING to beat," you added, grinning at Leah.

"Kira, do you want me to smack you?" Mina growled. You smiled innocently, displaying two rows of lime green braces.

"I thought you loooooooooved Tidus," Leah teased, dancing around to the other side of Mina. She turned away from her quickly.

"He's a video game character."

"So? Why does it matter, then, if we tell you about what happens?"

"Because I want to do it on my own!!"

"You don't even care if he dies?" you asked, Leah grinning at you.

"What. Did. You. Say?" Mina tackled you. "YOU DID NOT JUST SPOIL IT DID YOU?!?"

"I dunno, Kira, it's more like he never really lived."

"AHHHHHH!!!" Mina screamed at you and Leah. "You guys SUCK!!"

FLASHBACK END

"No, don't tell me, unless...unless something bad is going to happen to you...?" she says quietly.

"...We're going to war," you whisper. You hear her gasp.

"No, you can't be!" she shouts. "If you die-"

"Mina, I don't know what's going to happen, okay? That's why it's so important that I get to see these 'previews.'"

"...I...I understand." You hear some shuffling of papers. "Like I said, 10:30 is the time. You remember where the showroom is, right? Next to the-"

"Bathrooms and across the hall from the music display. Speaking of which, how's Hikki?"

"I think she's getting ready to release another album. I mean, she has Flavor of Life, Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry, and now Doushite? That's three singles."

"Awesome. Hey, I haven't even heard Doushite? yet!" you exclaim.

"You'll hear it at the convention. I've gotta go, see you there, okay?"

"Right. Thanks, Mina."

"Bye then!"

You hang up and let out a huge sigh.

"We're going to go to this convention thing, aren't we?" Sora asks you. You nod. "All of us?"

"No. Just you and me...and Nami and Roxas. Everyone else...it's too risky."

What are you saying? It'll be risky no matter what! You'll have to go in disguises of some sort. Yeah...you hope that'll be enough, because right now, that's all you've got!

Kairi's POV

You lean back in the sand, feeling completely relaxed for the first time in a while. Finally, Kira and Sora are back to normal! You were starting to lose hope there for a while! Now, if you could just get Namine to settle down and relax, everything would be perfect.

Well, not totally.

There's still the whole what-has-Sora-been-up-to-exactly? thing. And what happened between him and Kira, anyway? And you miss Selphie and Wakka still. And you're really hungry all of a sudden.

Getting up from your comfortable position, you head into the kitchen to find Namine with her head on the table.

"Namine?" you say quietly. No movement. Dude. She's wiped out. Shaking her shoulders gently, you say her name again.

"Huhhh?" she whimpers, lifting her head. "What happened?"

"You were asleep," you explain. She yawns.

"I-I came in here to eat something and...I sat down..." Her eyelids droop slightly. "I never ate anything...I'm still hungry... but I'm too tired..."

"You should go lie down," you suggest, looking at her concernedly.

"No, I'll be okay," she insists, standing up.

"You sure?" She looks completely tired. Like, not just physically, mentally, too! Something bad had better not have happened between those two...!!

"Hey, you hear that?" she asks, looking up.

At first you don't hear anything, and you immediately think she's completely lost her mind. But after a moment or two, you realize there IS something making a strange noise. She just picked it up faster because she's practically superhuman.

"What is it?" you ask. Namine narrows her eyes, shaking her head.

"I can't tell...but it sounds huge," she replies quietly.

You nod. It just keeps getting louder and louder...

Finally your curiousity gets the better of yourself and Namine. The two of you run outside to see something huge out in the water. It looks like a ship, but who in the heck would be here?

*Please don't be King Mickey,* you pray, imagining the chaos that could erupt. But no. It's not.

A strawberry blonde haired girl hops out of the ship. She's got golden colored skin and a huge grin on her face. She looks familiar...

And then it hits you with such incredible joy when the guy jumps down beside her. If it wasn't for his bright orange hair, you wouldn't have recognized her!

"SEEEEEEEEEEEEELPHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" you scream, sprinting over to her.

"KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!" she screams back.

Full-out tackling her, you embrace your friend tightly as Wakka laughs in the background.

"HEY!"

You turn around to see Sora, Kira, Nami, Roxas, and Riku come running outside.

"HEEEEYYY!"

Soon everyone is hugging each other in sheer joy of seeing the two of them again. How awesome would it be if you could convince them to stay!!?

"Soooo, what's up?!" Selphie squeals, hip-checking you. "What's the deal? What's the scoop? Come on, you deadbeats! FILL US IN!!"

Your POV

Everyone exchanges glances with one another. What hasn't happened? You've all been through so much...

"...Really...what hasn't?" Kairi asks you all. You all shrug. Glancing at Namine, you notice she looks terrible. W...t...h? She practically looks drugged! She seriously has the darkest circles under her eyes you've ever seen on someone your age! What's going on?!

Selphie and Wakka look at each other, then at each of you. You can tell that they, Selphie especially, are studying your faces for the traits of sadness, anger, and guilt. Then both pairs of eyes seem to fix on Namine's face.

"Namine, are you okay?" Selphie asks, walking toward her.

"I told you to rest, Namine," Riku says quietly. She lowers her head slightly, avoiding eye contact with both of them.

You're about to add to this when suddenly she collapses onto the sand.

"Namine!" you all exclaim at different times. Riku kneels beside her, looking horrified and confused. He doesn't even know what's going on, either...

Riku's POV

As you carry Namine inside, you try to think of what's happened to put her in this state. She looks like she hasn't gotten sleep for a while. Either that, or she's on drugs. Or drinking. Or both. Oh man...you really hope not.

"Is she gonna be okay, mon?" Wakka asks you. You almost bust up laughing. The accent is definitely something you had forgotten about.

"I think so," you reply. "But I don't know what's even going on with her."

She's been so distant lately. Very unlike herself.

If she WAS on drugs or drinking, though, you would probably know by now, considering you live in the same house on a freaking island in close quarters. Kira couldn't even stay hidden for more than 24 hours. Surely that would stay the same for illegal substances.