Give Time To Heal

"Xehanort sent that boy here to kill one of us." Terra frowns as Aqua bandages his wounds.

Aqua frowns, pushing hair from her face, "So he said. And now we can assume Xehanort knows about Sora."

"But why would he want to kill only one of us if he knew where we all were?" Kairi asks, tending to Sora's injuries.

Sora lies unconscious on a couch in the living room. Kairi looks at him worriedly, "This Xehanort.. He has Master Eraqus, doesn't he?"

"We assume so." Aqua frowns, "It's pretty obvious he does, only the Master knows of this place. It's protected by his light."

"Why would he tell Xehanort where we are?" Kairi turns to them.

Terra looks at her, "He was probably tortured into revealing it."

"But still, why only kill one of us? To hurt the Master?" Kairi sits down on the floor, confused.

"Maybe he was looking for something he knew the Master had." Aqua replies.

"Sora." Terra states.

"Sora?" Kairi blinks, "What about Sora?"

"He has a Keyblade Mark. Not even the Master has one." Aqua replies.

"The star on his hand?" Kairi asks.

"Yes. I don't know much about it, but I know King Xehanort won't like it." Aqua sighs, "I wish Master Eraqus was here.."

"We all do, but there's nothing we can do about it for now." Terra glares at the ground, "We can't do anything until we've healed, and we'd have to face that boy again."

"I can't believe he took us down so easily." Aqua growls, standing and pacing the room.

Kairi looks at her in worry, "What are we going to do?"

"We'll have to train. It's all we can do for now. We can't be taken down so easily again, not if we want to save the Master." Aqua replies.

Kairi nods and goes back to tending to Sora's wound. That night, Aqua makes everyone dinner and they eat in silence. Sora remains on the couch in the living room, barely conscious. Aqua sighs, pushing her hair out of her face, "We'll start training tomorrow morning."

"What about Sora? He can't even get off the couch right now." Kairi frowns.

"I can fix that." Aqua looks at her, "I'm going to teach you to fix that. And do you know how?"

"What?" Kairi blinks.

"I'm going to teach you to use magic." Aqua replies.

"Are you sure she'll be able to use magic?" Terra asks.

"You didn't see the light she attacked that boy with. Magic will be easy for her to learn. And we'll start with a healing spell. One of the easiest to learn." Aqua states.

"You really think I can learn magic?" Kairi asks, eyes wide.

Aqua smiles at her, "I learned magic at a younger age than you. It'll be fine."

"Okay.." Kairi replies, worried, "If you think I have what it takes.."

Aqua puts a hand on her shoulder, "I believe in you. Besides, you show great promise. That light you attacked that boy with, that's a form of magic. You just have to learn to hone your skills and call upon your magic at will."

Kairi nods slowly, "Right.."

Aqua stands and gathers the dishes, "We'll start training in the morning."

Terra leaves the kitchen and Kairi sighs softly, I don't want to let them all down..

Early the next morning, Kairi wakes up to screaming. She rushes from her room to find Terra, Aqua, and Sora in the living room. Sora's screaming and thrashing and Aqua's trying to get him to lay back down. Terra talking to him, but he doesn't seem to be listening. Sora just keeps thrashing and screaming. Kairi comes up to them, worried, "What's going on?!"

"I don't know, he just woke up screaming!" Aqua huffs, trying to restrain the young boy. Terra continues to try and talk to Sora, but Sora keeps screaming. If he hears Terra, he's ignoring him. Kairi looks at Sora with worry in her eyes. She bites her bottom lip and looks away. After awhile, Sora calms down. Kairi comes and stands beside him and Aqua. Sora looks at them, but his eyes have darkened. He frowns and looks away.

"Sora.." Aqua sighs, "Don't pull away, let us help you."

"I failed." he replies, "I was supposed to save Ven, and I failed."

"That's not your fault. That boy, he was something else." Aqua states.

"We need to train harder, we can't be taken down so easily again." Terra says.

Sora looks at Terra, "You're planning to go after him?"

"Xehanort has Master Eraqus. Yes, I'm going after him." Terra replies.

"We're not strong enough to take King Xehanort on." Aqua frowns.

Terra shakes his head, "We will be."

"It's a suicide mission." Aqua shakes her head, "We won't be ready for a long time, and you know it."

"Like I said," Terra replies dryly, "We train harder. We don't know how long it will be until more of Xehanort's soldiers come for us."

"Terra.." Aqua glares at him and he glares back at her. "We can't just sit by and leave Eraqus in that man's hands."

"I know that, but-" Terra cuts Aqua off, "We have to get stronger and save him."

"Terra's right." Sora sits up, "And Ven needs to be avenged."

"Exactly." Terra nods.

Aqua sits there, frowning, "We can't.. Go overboard on this.."

"Aqua's got a point, we should be careful about our.. Plan of action." Kairi explains, crossing her arms, "That kid was strong, he'd have killed us all, and I'm sure he's not the only one that Xehanort guy has with him. We should be careful, at least.."

"Exactly." Aqua sighs, "Everyone go back to sleep, we'll start training around nine a.m."

"All right, sounds like a plan." Terra heads to his room and Aqua sighs again, pushing her bangs from her face, "Go on you guys."

"Can you get up, Sora?" Kairi asks, "How are you feeling?"

Sora slowly stands ignoring her questions, but Kairi helps him to his room anyway. Once he's settled for sleep, Kairi heads for her room, but she stops in the living room, seeing Aqua sitting on the couch, crying softly. She looks away and heads into her room, closing the door behind herself, "Should I go back to her..?"

She frowns and looks out the window across the room. The moonlights shines through and bathes her room in a pale blue hue. She closes her eyes and leans her head back against the wood door. So many emotions run through her, she just doesn't know what to do with her overwhelming feelings. She slides to the floor and brings her knees to her chest. She wraps her arms around her knees and opens her eyes, "What's waiting for us at the end of all this..?"