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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Stolen Memories
'You want to help them, so you try to keep it secret… sometimes it can cause more harm than good'
Namine and Sora left town early in the morning, curiously, Roxas was silent, even when Sora tried asking him some questions he got no response. "Maybe he doesn't want to talk." Namine suggested to him, when he mentioned it to her, he hesitated, 'she's probably right'.
They walked for most of the day, Sora didn't know where he was going, and he didn't bother to ask. Somehow, he didn't think he would get an answer.
Images of Kairi, Riku, Axel and Xion kept flashing through his mind, but he was careful that Roxas never saw them. He realised quickly the neither Namine nor Roxas knew of the deaths of their friends. He intended to keep it that way.
Eventually they stopped, they headed into town and Namine payed for another room.
Sora looked around the room, he looked out of the window and frowned, turning to Namine he said, "you know what's funny?" Namine turned to him, head tilted to one side, "what?" Sora looked out of the window again, "this place seems really similar, I just can't put my finger on it." Namine stiffened, she bent down and straightened the sheets on her bed, not meeting Sora's eyes, "that is… funny."
Sora nodded thoughtfully, "Sora," he turned away from the window, "yeah, Namine?" the blonde looked at his bed, then back at Sora, then past him, out of the window, "um… I think you should go to bed now."
Sora frowned, "what? But it's still light outside!" he whined. Namine giggled a little, "I know Sora, but it's best you catch up on sleep for what happened, we've got a big day ahead of us."
Sora sighed and sat down in his bed, he looked out of the window once more before lying down, "speaking of tomorrow, Nam, what are the plans? I haven't really discussed anything with you and I feel bad depending on you for too long." Namine smiled, "it's fine, I don't mind."
Sora pouted, turning to her, but before he could say anything else Namine added, "don't worry, we'll talk about it tomorrow, okay?"
Sora nodded and closed his eyes, turning over and falling asleep quickly.
Sora sat up.
Namine turned to him, "you sure you're okay with this Roxas?" she asked softly, Sora… Roxas, turned to her and nodded, smiling slightly. "Sorry, I would stay with you if it was just me, but I'm worried about what Sora would do if he has to keep living with his memories, whatever they are."
Namine smiled faintly, "sure you know the way?" Roxas nodded and she got to her feet and gave him a hug and a kiss on the forehead, "take care, okay?" he nodded and Namine frowned, taking Roxas' hands she concentrated, drawing out Sora's memories of his time at the institute and giving them to Roxas.
Roxas gasped and let go of her hands, curling in on himself. Namine sighed, she leaned forward and brushed some of his hair out of his face, she waited long enough for him to uncurl then she turned and grabbed her bag, "I'm going to look for Riku. I hoped everything works out for you." She called out softly, then she left the room, before Roxas could reply. A small smile on her face, 'Roxas is actually a lot like Riku.'
Roxas sat gazing at the floor, Sora's memories flew in and out of his mind and he felt the tears rise to his eyes. 'They're all dead…' he thought to himself, shock resonated through his system, he couldn't believe it. He remembered how Namine said she was going to look for Riku and he felt like burying his face in his pillow and crying, she was going to be looking for a long time.
After a few moments, Roxas got unsteadily to his feet, he clenched his hands into fists, and held back the tears that wanted to fall from eyes that weren't his own, "I can be depressed another time, right now, have to use the time I got to get Sora home."
He walked out of the room, determined and strong.
Roxas! ...He can't waste time crying and being depressed about their deaths either.
This was actually called Memories, then I realised I already had a chapter called that so I changed it a little :3
