Author's Note: Nothing much to say... really... I love this chapter. It's adorable. Enjoy.

"I am going to murder Selphie."

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The metallic clangs of Oathkeeper and Oblivion striking against each other permeated the small island. Not even the cheers from the four spectators could drown them out. Xion, Selphie, Tidus and Wakka all sat on the Paopu tree, cheering Sora and Roxas on. Xion was the only one cheering for Roxas. Selphie, Tidus and Wakka all gave their cheers to Sora. Though, everyone knew that if Riku showed up and joined the fight, the three of them would give their cheers in favor of Riku.

"Take that," Roxas said, performing a spin attack.

Sora threw up his Keyblade to block it, then flipped back. He charged back at Roxas and the two of them began a flurry of hack-and-slash again.

Clang. Cling. Cwang.

Roxas knocked Sora back and there was a whoosh of air as Sora recovered himself.

"This is way more exciting than watching Riku and Sora fight!" Tidus exclaimed.

"But what if we were to watch them fight, now?" Selphie argued. "I bet Riku knows all this stuff too!"

Almost subconsciously, Sora threw up a Cure for himself, though it was hardly necessary.

"Sure," Roxas taunted. "You'll remember to Cure when you're fighting me, but Riku and I have got to keep an eye on you when we're fighting Heartless!"

"I'm not that bad, am I?" Sora asked.

Roxas and Xion both nodded.

"Oh."

Roxas took advantage of Sora's distraction and aimed a rather good blow at him. Sora barely had time to block it.

"Come on!" Sora shouted, putting all his strength into the counterattack.

Oblivion flew up into the air. Before Roxas could catch it, Sora called it to him.

"Oh, no fair," Roxas said, shaking his head.

Sora lazily twirled Oblivion, a grin on his face.

"Sora! Sora! Sora!" came the cheers of Selphie, Tidus and Wakka.

"You asked for it," Roxas said, cracking his knuckles.

The next three attacks were massive light attacks. The last of which almost knocked Sora off the island and came very close to hitting those on the Paopu tree.

"Watch it! Roxas!" Xion shouted, redirecting the light. "You'll hurt the bystanders!"

"Well, what else am I supposed to do? He's got my Keyblade and I can't summon it when it's in his hand!"

Xion summoned her Keyblade and tossed it to him.

"Don't get that one stolen too," she told him.

Roxas grinned and went after Sora, who had only just recovered from nearly falling off the island.

The clangs of three Keyblades now filled the air. A couple more light attacks, albeit smaller ones, and some more hacking and slashing later: Sora and Roxas' Keyblades were locked against each other, neither backing off.

"Remind you of something?" Roxas asked.

"Never will forget it," Sora responded.

Roxas smirked.

Sora pulled Oathkeeper away and slammed it down on the Kingdom Key. Then he alternated with Oblivion. Then Oathkeeper, then Oblivion.

"Where'd you learn… that attack?" Roxas asked, holding up the Kingdom Key with all of his might.

"You," Sora responded, catching the Kingdom Key and flipping it out of Roxas' hands.

He was about to summon it to him as well, but Xion beat him to it.

"My Keyblade," she said, sticking her tongue out as she banished her Keyblade.

"I think," Roxas said, panting. "You just might have one this round."

"Sora! What are you doing!" came Kairi's shout as she ran across the bridge to the island.

"Sparring," Sora replied, grinning.

"With your busted hand?" she shrieked.

Sora cast a glance down at his right hand, which was still wrapped heavily in bandages.

"It doesn't hurt," he told her.

"That doesn't matter!" she said. "Tifa said not to use it for weeks! It hasn't even been two weeks yet!"

"Would it make you feel better if I told you I had been fighting left-handed?" Sora asked.

"You've got two Keyblades right now," Kairi chided. "I can't believe that in the slightest. And, given the fact that Oathkeeper's in your right hand, I'd say you've been fighting right-handed this whole time."

Sora flushed bright red.

Kairi turned to Xion.

"He's been fighting right-handed," she said. "But don't give me that glare because I didn't stop him. I didn't know. I wasn't paying attention when he was getting it bandaged. I was getting my arm rebuilt."

Selphie, Tidus and Wakka all gaped at her, but she ignored them. She leapt off the Paopu tree and tucked her hair behind her ears. Kairi sighed and turned her glare back to Sora. He banished Oathkeeper and scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"I'm not going to mention the time with the Drive Forms," Roxas muttered in Sora's ear, snatching Oblivion back.

"What?" Kairi asked, her eyes going wide.

"Just don't worry about it," Sora told her, walking over to her. "If you want, you can take a look at it and see how bad it is. But I'm telling the truth when I say it doesn't hurt."

She sighed.

"I think it's best we leave," Xion said, looking over at Roxas.

"Well, I would, but they're blocking the bridge."

Selphie, Wakka and Tidus had not even moved from the Paopu tree.

Riku and Namine suddenly appeared in the center of the island.

"And here I thought this would be a better place to land," Riku said, looking about.

Namine was gripping onto his arm rather tightly, but he didn't seem to care. Xion couldn't help but notice that Namine looked a little pale. She didn't get a chance to say anything about it, though.

"Riku!" Selphie exclaimed. "You should fight Sora! Show us what you've got!"

Riku took one look at Sora, Sora's hand, and the look on Kairi's face, and shook his head.

"No way," he said. "I'm not going to risk injuring Sora further."

"Hey! I'm not that bad!" Sora argued, frowning.

Riku just shrugged.

"Well, if they're looking for a fight," Xion said. "You could fight one of us."

"Or both," Tidus said. "Riku's proven he can take on three people at once and still win before."

Riku smirked. However, his face softened when he looked down at Namine.

"Will you be all right?" he asked.

She nodded and smiled. "Of course! I'm feeling much better after that soup."

Riku snorted. "Yeah, all three helpings."

She smiled, as if she couldn't help it. She let go of Riku's arm and pulled a brand new silver pencil out from behind her ear and a sketchbook out from her bag. She went over and took the spot that Xion had previously been occupying on the Paopu tree. She made herself comfortable.

"Go for it, if you want," she said.

Riku smirked again and summoned his Keyblade. Roxas and Xion did likewise.

"I came over here because I wanted to show you something," Kairi said, turning to look at Sora once more. "But I totally just ruined the moment by yelling at you."

"It's okay," Sora said, shrugging it off. "I kind of deserved it. What was it that you wanted to show me?"

"Come on!" she said, grinning. She grabbed onto his left hand and started dragging him back over the bridge.

Namine watched them go and smiled. She had a pretty good idea what was coming, she'd drawn the two of them in the Secret Place earlier that day. She turned her attention back to Riku. He was, indeed, taking on both Roxas and Xion and doing a very good job of it.

Meanwhile, Kairi led Sora to the Secret Place.

"I have to show you something!" she exclaimed. "I meant to show you sooner, like way sooner. Like, before we went to defeat Xehanort, sooner."

"I bet I've already seen it," he teased.

"Nu-uh!" she retorted. "Have you?" she asked, suddenly not so sure.

"I'm not saying. You just show me and I'll let you know."

She frowned. "If you've already seen it…"

"I can act surprised."

"It's not the same."

"Just show it to me."

Kairi pulled back the leaves that had grown over the opening. The two of them walked in. Instinctively, the two of them walked directly to the picture with the Paopu fruits.

Sora tried to act surprised about the second Paopu, but Kairi saw right through it.

"When did you see this?" she asked.

"Remember when I came back with Riku after fighting Xemnas?"

She nodded.

"I walked around this whole Island probably twice, just enjoying the fact that it was still around. I hadn't been home in so long, that I reveled in every moment. I came in here and I saw that you had added the second Paopu, and I couldn't help but smile."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Why didn't you tell me you had seen the first one?"

"You were asleep."

"Oh. Right."

"When did you add the first one, anyway?" she asked.

"Right before Destiny Islands fell into darkness," Sora said, his face flushing. "I was actually jealous of Riku. I wanted to make it seem like you and I would have our destinies intertwined. It was right before we were supposed to go out on the raft."

A tear fell down her cheek. "Aw! Sora!"

"When did you add the second one?"

"Right after I saw that you had added the first. Which was right after Destiny Islands had been restored. I wandered this island a bit, and I came in here and stumbled across it…"

Sora grinned and put an arm around her. She leaned into his chest. They both smiled and sighed.

"Sora, do you really want our destinies to be intertwined forever?" she asked, looking up at him.

"Only if you want to. But, according to Selphie, you said you wanted to have a family with me."

"I did?" Kairi thought about this for a moment. "No, Selphie took that out of context. I told her that having a family would still be possible in my line of work… I never explicitly…"

"You are blushing!" Sora exclaimed. "You want…"

She buried her face in his chest. She muttered an argument, but it was very incomprehensible.

"I'm sorry I embarrassed you," he said.

"It's fine."

"Hey, I know this is random, but there's a new drawing."

She pulled away from him. "What do you mean?"

Sora pointed to the wall over by the old door. There was a drawing there, Namine standing next to Riku.

"Namine must have drawn it," Kairi mused.

She wandered over to the drawing and traced the outlines of it with her fingertips, admiring the artwork.

"When was she here?" Sora mused, coming up behind her.

"Oh, I think she and Riku came here a couple mornings after we got back."

"Huh, interesting."

"Well, I think it's really sweet, because there's a picture of us with Paopu fruits, and now there's a picture of the two of them holding hands."

"It looks like he's protecting her," Sora mused.

Kairi giggled.

"Was that funny?" Sora asked.

"No, I'm just laughing at the fact that Namine doesn't particularly need protecting anymore. She can really take care of herself. She could take care of both herself and me even before she could shatter anyone's memories."

Sora hugged Kairi.

"So, you and me and a family?"

Kairi's face flushed as bright as her hair.

"I'm not saying you have to answer now," he said, his voice light and joking. "I was just teasing."

"I am going to murder Selphie."

Sora laughed. "Now that I'd have to see."