Chapter 15

Kairi knelt by Sora tears streaming down her face.

"Sora...wake up please." She cried.

Simba, Riku, and Donald appeared next to her. Leon had decided to help Cloud and Goofy.

"Is he...dead?" Donald asked.

"No just unconscious." Riku said kneeling next to Kairi.

Who was sobbing uncontrollably. Riku place a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"He's going to be ok, right?" Kairi asked.

"Of course," Riku said, even though he didn't believe it.

"Look," Simba said, "he's waking up!"

Sora emitted a groan and said, "Kairi, what are you doing here? What happened?"

"Oh Sora! You lost your memory again!" She cried.

"What? What do you mean? The last thing I remember is Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and I were walking in the waterway and then there was a bright flash."

"Oh my God! His memory came back!" Kairi said.

"But he forgot everything that happened between the time he lost it and just now," Simba said.

"That doesn't matter, nothing matters." Kairi said, throwing her arms around Sora's neck.

Sora smiled and then kissed her passionately.

"I don't know how I got here," he whispered, "but all that matters is that I'm here with you."

All was peaceful for a moment then the reality of the battle slapped them in the face. Sora's gaze fell upon Sephiroth.

"It's him!" Sora shouted.

"You know him?" Kairi asked.

Sora nodded and said, "I battled him in the coliseum. He was extremely difficult. What is he doing here and why are Goofy, Leon, and Cloud fighting him?"

"We'll explain later, buddy." Riku said.

"Riku! How did you get here?"

"That too will have to wait. Come on we have got to defeat this guy now."

Sora nodded and began to follow Riku.

He then turned to Simba and said, "protect her."

Simba nodded and said to Kairi, "looks like I'm back to being your body guard again. This time are you going to listen to me?" Kairi nodded. "Good."

"Looks like you guys good use some help." Sora said to Leon, Cloud, and Goofy.

Leon sensed something different about Sora.

"Glad your back kid," he said. "Now would you mind giving us a hand?"

Sora drew his keyblade and began attacking Sephiroth. Minutes later Sephiroth disappeared in a blinding white light. The party collapsed to the ground, out of breath and exhausted. Kairi rushed over to Sora and he immediately took her into his arms.

"Thank you," He said to Simba. Simba smiled then disappeared.

"We better head back to the library," Cloud said.

The others agreed and followed him out of the waterway. The second Cloud entered the library Aerith was in his arms.

"Oh thank Gods! Cloud we were so worried."

Cloud smiled and kissed her.

"Hey love birds!" Riku called. "Would you mind moving your blocking the door." Cloud looked embarrassed but Aerith just laughed. The others filed into the room.

"Here," Riku said and tossed Mickey his keyblade.

The guys collapsed into the chairs ,they were exhausted.

"So boys ,what happened down there?" Yuffie asked.
The guys told Mickey, Aerith, and Yuffie all about the battle and how Sora's memory returned, or some of it at least.

"So...," Sora said when the tale was finished, "anyone going to explain to me why we were down there in the first place?"

"Here we go again," Riku sighed.

The End