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Kairi had run ahead of Sora and Rapunzel. It was them Cassandra wanted she wanted to try and at least weaken Cassandra if not defeat her or talk some sense into her. Sora had killed her mother, and she had abandoned Cassandra for her.

She ran up the stairs Cassandra was busy she knew Varian was being held somewhere nearby. She looked around sneaking as well as she could. She saw a small opening she looked outside it and saw a cage. "Varian?" she asked as loudly as she could.

"Kairi behind you!" Varian shouted Kairi quickly turned throwing up a Protect as Cassandra had thrown her blade down. Kairi followed up with a blast of Fire that forced Cassandra back. The two glared.

"Cassandra this has to stop!" Kairi snapped.

"If you're gonna give me the whole don't do this, you can still be a good person speech. Varian beat you too it." Cassandra drawled semi-melodramatically.

"It bears repeating. I know you feel like Rapunzel betrayed you first but that wasn't her fault she's five years younger than you!" Kairi argued.

"What about your little boyfriend?" Cassandra snapped back. "What's his excuse?!"

"Gothel gave into Darkness and there was nothing that could be done." Kairi cried.

"What about you? You were able to bring Sora back." Cassandra smugly argued. Kairi immediately cursed herself for having insomnia that night. "That's…" Kairi tried to argue trying to think quickly of how to best explain it. "He was an odd one out. Even as a Heartless he still acted like himself. At the very least his Heartless was very docile. It just covered its head when Donald kept smacking him with his staff. Gothel's Darkness was so strong it turned her into a full-blown Monster. If anyone is to blame for pushing her over the edge it should the Organization." Kairi said quickly.

Cassandra didn't seem convinced but Kairi remembered what she had heard from Rapunzel about Gothel. "Have you ever thought maybe what you thought was normal wasn't. Maybe she hurt you too?" Kairi asked worriedly. Cassandra merely responded with a barrage of Spikes that Kairi had to block. "Cassandra I know you don't want to accept it but it's true! Gothel wasn't a good person or mother!"

"I don't give a damn about anything you have to say make Rapunzel look like a Victim!" Cassandra snarled. "She was still my mother! NO ONE ELSES'! And that's not even the point! My whole life I've been over looked for her! It's always been her! Do you have any idea what that's like!"

Kairi sighed. "No I can't say I do…." she replied. Before she could react next Cassandra took a powerful swing at her. She was done talking Kairi rolled out of the way and struck back managing to make Cassandra bounce off her blade. Lucky for Kairi Cassandra was too confident in her own abilities to summon Heartless which was keeping her heart from steeping further into Darkness for now at least. Kairi ducked and weaved through several incoming spears of crystals that tried to skewer her. She sent a barrage of thundega spells to break through the crystal. As Cass moved in Kairi back-flipped out of the way and unleashed at strike raid combo. Cassandra flew back and glared hatefully. Immediately she sent a barrage of flat edged crystals to slam into her knocking her back a bit. Then several surrounded her and attempted to both stab and crush her while Kairi could only use Protega to keep herself alive. But she was worn out. She stayed on her knees panting as Cassandra came up to her a wicked smile on her face as she swung but a flash of red and black got between them; His own Keyblade blocking her sword expertly, Sora raised his head blue eyes glaring into her own.

"You're problem is with me….."

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