Hachi: Hi everyone, so sorry! Shiro and I had a bit of a falling out, when life caught up with us. Due to that the stories were put on stop as we worked through our problems. But here's the new chapter!

Kairi's P.O.V.

My arms were wrapped around Kousuke's waist as we rode to the hospital. Never before did I think a bike was so slow. How could things have gone so wrong? Just two days ago everything was perfect.

"I guess I should have expected this…" I whispered.

"Expected what?" Kousuke asked.

I closed my eyes and rested my head against his back. "Everything was going so perfectly. Sora and Riku arriving, Christmas… Eyes and Riku's reunion shouldn't be like this…"

"Murphy's Law." Kousuke said. "Everything that can go wrong, will."

"Then I hate Murphy."

I heard Kousuke chuckle, and I pictured his amused smirk in my head. "Me too, Kairi."

I never liked hospitals. The smell always made me think of death. Once, back home, when Sora and Riku were playing on our island Sora fell off the Paopu tree and broke his arm. Back then I didn't understand that it wasn't serious, and when they took him into surgery I thought I was never going to see him again. I never really got over that.

"What room is Eyes Rutherford in?" Kousuke asked the receptionist when we reached the front desk.

"I'm sorry, sir, but only family is allowed to see Mr. Rutherford."

"I'm his half-brother."

The receptionist sighed. "Anyone can claim to be Mr. Rutherford's half-brother. I'm going to need proof."

Kousuke's brow furrowed in annoyance, and it looked as if he was about to tell the innocent hospital worker off. I put my hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Please," I looked into the receptionist's eyes. "My friend Riku is Eyes' brother, and he's probably already here. He hasn't seen Eyes in years, and he needs us. Can't you tell us the room number?" I hoped my eyes were sparkling as I gave the most innocent and cutest look I could.

The receptionist gave in and, with a sigh, gave us the room number. With a cheerful thank you, I grabbed Kousuke's arm and lead him to the elevators.

"You're good at manipulating people, you know that?" He asked with a smirk as he pressed the button for our floor.

Kousuke's P.O.V.

I felt slightly nervous as I waited for the elevator to reach the right floor. The few people that got on and off I just ignored and kept close to Kairi. I didn't wish to draw attention to either of us, especially if one of these people could be a hunter come to finish the job. Finally we reached the floor and quickly got off.

Kairi quickly moved down the hall, avoiding anyone who got in her way as I followed. She stopped in front of a door and looked at me. I nodded my head for her to enter first, seeing as I would likely not be trusted. As I entered after her my eyes immediately went to Eyes on the bed, before moving to Riku and the brunette leaning against him.

"Kairi…" The brunette began as he registered her arriving.

"Hey…" She walked over to where they sat and gave the boy a hug.

Riku had yet to really acknowledge her, his eyes trained on Eyes as he held his hand. Kairi just wrapped her arms around him in a hug. I could see he had been crying earlier and my heart went out to him. Seeing Eyes just lying there was worse than when I had found out he had been stabbed. I figured there could only have been one person that could have done this.

I approached the bed slowly, and carefully so as to not startle him. The brunette stared at me curiously and I realized we hadn't really been introduced. I smiled uneasily at him, noticing that our hair was pretty close in how it spiked uncontrollably.

"Why are you here?" Riku snapped.

"To visit Eyes, he is my friend after all."

"Riku…he really is here to see how Eyes is doing," Kairi assured.

The brunette touched Riku's arm and smiled reassuringly at Riku. I could tell from watching them that they didn't need to say anything to understand what was in the other's eyes. Riku frowned but nodded stiffly before looking at Eyes again. The brunette turned to me with a kind smile and waved at the seat nearest me. I took it and Kairi sat in the other chair, right next to mine.

The brunette smiled, "I'm Sora."

"Kousuke Asazuki."

"How do you know Eyes?" Sora asked.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you if you tell me your story."

"Our story?" Sora asked.

"I know you aren't from around here, especially with that weapon of Kairi's."

Sora glanced at Kairi who understood, "I used it to threaten him for his phone to talk to Eyes."

"So our story…would that be all the way from the beginning?"

"How about you start with when Eyes left?" I suggested.

Sora looked at the other two debating on how to explain it I could see. Kairi shook her head, as if saying she'd be of no use. Riku just ignored me and Sora gave up trying to get his thoughts on it and sighed.

"Well shortly after Eyes left Kairi had arrived on Destiny Islands. We were sure she was from another world and that seeing as she got there from another world then someone could leave to another world."

"What do you mean other world?"

"Our universe is made up of hundreds of worlds that are not supposed to be connected except in special circumstances. Our world is Destiny Islands. This world is known as Japan."

"How many worlds are there?"

"A lot…I lost count. I'm sure there are more worlds out there then what we've seen also."

"So you think Eyes got off your world and to this one?"

"Yeah, I mean he just disappeared…"

"What happened later?"

"Well when I was 14, along with Kairi, and Riku 15 we made a raft to set sail."

"We never thought it'd get us far but we were hoping," Kairi laughed.

"A storm came and that's when all hell broke loose. Riku acted slightly strange, saying the door had opened and before I could go with him I was pulled back by the light of the keyblade. I ran to our secret cave to find Kairi but she was acting strange. She acted like she was possessed. Next thing I knew wind began blowing inside and she flew through me as I was pushed out of the cave before blacking out."

"What?"

"Let him finish explaining…it's confusing I know…" Kairi assured.

"I awoke in Traverse Town where I met Leon and Yuffie, residents of Radiant Gardens. Traverse Town was the way point for those who survived losing their worlds to the heartless-" Sora continued.

"What's a heartless?"

"A creature made of darkness. It appears after a person loses their heart."

"Loses their heart? You mean when they die?"

"I suppose…it's hard to explain…"

I sighed annoyed, "Continue…"

"They explained to me about the heartless and the keyblade and then I met up with Donald and Goofy. We set out to save the worlds from falling prey to the darkness. Eventually I met up with Riku again but he was different, he seemed angry at me and felt that I had abandoned him and Kairi. At this time I learned that Kairi had lost her heart."

I glanced at Kairi who was just staring into her lap with a look of sadness. Looking at Riku I could tell he regretted what happened back then. Sora also looked sad but he kept a strong front as he continued the story.

"Riku had been given the power to control heartless by a woman named Maleficent who was at the time my main enemy. She had been the one to find him when we left Destiny Islands. Well when I finally arrived at Hollow Bastion, originally Radiant Gardens, I finally found out what was going on. Maleficent was using the seven princesses of heart to open the door of darkness. Kairi happened to be the seventh princess."

I looked over at Kairi in shock, she didn't seem like any princess to me. She seemed like a normal teenage girl to me. Maybe there was something I just wasn't seeing about her.

"Eventually I found out that Riku was being controlled by a man known as Ansem. Ansem completely took over Riku's body and attacked me. After I defeated Riku I took up his sword and pierced my own heart to return Kairi's heart to her. She awoke and I was turned into a heartless, though she was able to bring me back. We were forced to flee back to Traverse Town after that. Eventually I returned to enter the end of the world to defeat Ansem in hopes of getting Riku back. In the end though to seal the darkness away that Ansem had brought out thanks to the Door to Darkness Riku and I had to shut the door for good, with him staying in the realm of darkness. We sealed the door with the help of King Mickey. Afterwards Kairi and I were separated as she returned to Destiny Islands and I went in search of Riku."

I sat there in shock as Sora finished explaining that part. I knew the story wasn't done because he was still thinking of how to express what was next. Riku finally looked away from Eyes as he sighed.

"Sora traveled to a place called Castle Oblivion where members of Organization XIII, a group of nobodies, which will be explained later," He said before I could question, "The catch of this place was that as Sora traveled deeper inside the more he lost his memories or they were altered by a girl named Namine who was being held captive. As Sora climbed to the top I had escaped the realm of darkness in the basement of the castle. As we fought our way through we both encountered many enemies. Sora eventually beat Marluxia, the leader of this group, and saved Namine. She granted him sleep so that she could restore his memories. After defeating the piece of Ansem that still haunted me I met her and promise to help watch over Sora as he slept."

I nodded to show them that I was following, though the story I knew was going to get more confusing. I had a huge list of questions forming inside my mind as I watched them.

Sora took a deep breath as he continued, "During my time asleep, which was a year, Riku found my nobody, Roxas. A nobody is the empty shell of a person after they lose their heart. He helped put Roxas in a virtual world till I was ready to be reunited with him. It turned out that Roxas was originally a part of Organization XIII but had defected. Eventually Roxas and I reunited and set out to save the worlds again while looking for Riku. Our journey led us to The World that never was. I had learned before I arrived that Kairi had been kidnapped by the organization."

I look over at Kairi who was just staring at her friends with a sad smile. Kairi turned to look at me with a smile.

"I arrived at the headquarters of the organization to find Xigbar, their sharpshooter, waiting for me. As I was surrounded by heartless and lower level nobodies I heard Kairi yell out my name. I saw her having arrived in the area above me."

Kairi began to speak before I could ask how she escaped, "My nobody, Namine, helped me escape my cell and as we were running we ran into Saix, the second in command of the organization. As he got ready to attack us a figure in a cloak appeared and stopped Saix. Namine referred to the man as Riku. I followed him to the room Sora was in and when I jumped down to help Sora I was attacked. Riku saved me and gave me my own keyblade so I could help Sora fight."

"A met up with Kairi after words and I saw Ansem with her-" Sora continued.

"Ansem? Didn't you say that Riku saved Kairi?"

"I had taken the form of Ansem to try and overcome my darkness."

"I see…" I stuttered.

"Kairi helped me see it was really Riku then we continued on our journey to find the leader through the base. We eventually beat Xemnas, the nobody part of Xehanort like Ansem was the heartless of Xehanort. Kairi and the others had escaped the realm of darkness thanks to Namine and returned to Destiny Islands. Riku and I were trapped in the realm of darkness till I found Kairi's letter and her light opened the way to Destiny Islands. After that we settled back till Kairi brought a letter from King Mickey saying he found where Eyes was. We set out to come here to bring Eyes home," Sora finished.

We sat there in silence as I tried to take in all that they had said. Boy was it a mouthful and hard to comprehend. I had a feeling that they had gave me the shortened and quick version, with leaving words out that would take a lot to explain. It seemed that it was quite real what they had been through and hard to explain.

"How are the heartless drawn to worlds?"

"By the darkness in a person's heart."

"Wait the darkness in a person's heart?"

"Yeah…" Sora said confused.

"So if say a lot of people were say beings of darkness or something like that since birth that they could draw these creatures?"

"Yes…why?"

"Then this world is most likely doomed."

Kairi blinked at me in surprise, "Why do you say that?"

"Because there are too many of us who reside here who are the children of darkness."

I sighed as I saw I had their complete attention. I could see they all looked equally confused as they tried to go over what I had said. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

"Look I'm sure Kairi told you that Eyes and I are a part of a group called the Blade Children. We're not the best people to get involved with."

"Why? What are the Blade Children exactly?"

"We're cursed children. We're either killed or we kill. There's nothing more."

"What do you mean? How can children be faced with just those options!" Riku said angrily, I could see he didn't believe Eyes to be a part of this.

I sighed, "Look years ago there was a man named Yaiba Mizushiro. He was called a prodigy at a very young age. It was said if anyone could rule the world it would be him. He was missing a rib which is a trait the blade children share. He was the devil brought to the earth."

"And what do these so called blade children have to do with him?" Riku asked angrily.

"The children Yaiba Mizushiro fathered are known as the Blade Children."

They stared at me in shock. I could see Kairi's eyes widen slightly in horror as she took in what I said. I had a feeling out of the three she believed me the most. Sora seemed to be leaning towards believing what I had said.

"Aren't there a lot of you though?" Kairi asked.

"Yes."

"How could he father so many?"

"He created a society called the Knights and began to take control of the world from the shadows. He had a plan to carry on his gene so he could manipulate the world. His plan was to mass produce his children."

"WHAT?!" Kairi shouted in horror.

"He used artificial insemination and chose the right vessel to carry his children. The children were hoped to gain his talents. From the project 80 children were born by vitro. Eyes, Rio, myself, and several others. We're all children bounded by blood of one father. Meaning Eyes, Rio and the others and myself are all siblings. Eyes is the youngest of us if you must know."

"The youngest? I would have thought Rio to be…" Kairi stated.

"Well the women were chosen by applications so the children were conceived around the same time. I remember hearing of a man named Hojo who traveled to a place far away in search of a likely suitable vessel. In fact if I'm right the vessel turned out to be Eyes' real mother."

"So you're saying my mother chose to be a vessel for some inhumane experiment?" Riku snapped.

"Actually Eyes talked to me. He said he was told that your mother and father thought they wouldn't be able to have children so she took the option of having an artificial insemination. She didn't know about the experiment. Though you were born sometime after this all happened."

They looked at me in shock and I felt annoyed. Normally that Kiriya woman or Eyes would be explaining this stuff not me. It made my head spin just thinking about it.

"Look Yaiba wanted to destroy mankind to make him the superior person. In that way his children were born with the sole purpose of destroying mankind."

"You have to be lying," Riku began.

"Do you really think I am?"

Riku looked down and I could see him thinking everything he knew about Eyes through. I sighed as I stood from my seat.

"Look Eyes left Destiny Islands to protect you from his fate as one of the blade children. I wouldn't let his wishes go in vain. Now if you'll excuse me I must be going."

Kairi looked at me, "Where are you going?"

"To figure out what we are planning to do next. The one who attacked Eyes is a member of the hunters, a group bent on killing the blade children. What makes it worse is that this one agent is also a member of the blade children. He also happens to be Eyes best friend from when he first arrived in this world and the one closest to him."

I turned and left the room before any of them spoke. I walked down the hall heading for Rio's room on another floor. We needed to be careful and begin planning our move. I swore that I wouldn't let those Eyes tried to protect not get hurt because of Kanone.

Shirou: I'm soooo sorry about the long wait! It was my fault. Drama and growing up and changing and bleh. Anyway, please enjoy this chapter!