Chapter 13: Don't Say I Didn't Try

Sora was so happy that he was ridden of the key chain,

"Everyone, the Keyblade Attraction is over. I can finally finish this quest." he said relaxing, but Goofy said,

"You were just frozen Sora, we should get you back to the Library and try again tomorrow. We need a perfect start if we want to stand a chance." Sora nodded,

"Good point. Let's take this day to relax now that one of my burdens is finished." he said smiling, "Oh, and does anyone have any food?"

Yes, it was a joyous day in Sora's outside, but inside, Sora was just as weak as before. Kairi was gone. He knew how far away she really was,

I told her that I will always be there with her. I told her, directly: 'I'm always with you too'. How did I know that in reality I was actually over 1,000 miles and 2 barriers away from her? I might as well forget her. She is just a memory. Sora was in the library, eating the stolen Heartless food of slop and gravy. It was his best mean since he left home, but he sure didn't think so.

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Yuffie sat next to Sora, and they talked all day,

"Wow, we're so much similar." Yuffie said happily as they ate, "Hey Sora, remember a long time ago, when I returned to Hollow Bastion and you were all surprised to see us? Well, remember what happened that night, before you left?"

"No, it's all a blur to me, what happened?" Yuffie chuckled,

"We had dinner, not a very good dinner. But we said our final goodbyes, and then you said-after we talked all night long-that you'd come back, right? Heh, I remember when I thought you were a brat. But, times have changed." Sora blinked, and then he blinked again. He finally stuttered,

"Well…-well at least I kept my promise." the two chatted away for about three hours or more.

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Later that Night…

"Guys! I know a great place where we can rest until we're ready to face him!" Yuffie said excitedly as they sat in the library, "While we were runnin', I found this door that led to a room filled with beds and everything! I suspected that it was a guest room that Ansem had before he turned bad."

"Good idea, the last time I slept in a bed was-" Sora stopped, "The last time was when we were on our gummi ship, before it blew to smithereens when Kingdom Hearts was destroyed. That was 2 weeks ago." Donald let out a sigh of relief,

"What Sora's trying to say is: YES!"

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Later that night, Sora was sleeping happily in his bed, when Yuffie gradually walked to his side. Sora slowly opened his eyes,

"Y-Yuffie?" he whispered, "This must be a dream or something 'cause-" Yuffie grinned,

"Then it's a good dream, right?"

"Sora no!" Kairi shouted running to Sora's bed, "Sora! What the HECK!?" Sora turned his head and had a frightened look,
"Kairi I-" Yuffie, who didn't see Kairi, thought Sora was still dreaming,

"Sora…wake up…" she said,

"Sora, Sora please, tell me what's going on." she wailed,

"No idea, but this dream is-"

"IT'S NOT A DREAM!!" Yuffie and Kairi yelled, "THIS IS REAL!" The two slapped Sora's cheeks and turned around, leaving him there, alone and confused, but then his poor slow mind understood,

"Kairi, don't think that I didn't try and stop her." he whispered,

"I saw you. You didn't even try anything." she said angrily, "I thought that when you saw me making MY mistake you'd not do the same. But I was wrong."

"Well at least we didn't kiss."

"Well at least we even knew each other!"

"Kairi, I'm sorry. I was…depressed." Kairi felt a sudden deja-vou,

"Sora, just tell me." she said slowly, "With Yuffie, are the feelings mutual?" Sora shook his head,

"Just today we were friends. I don't know what had gotten into Yuffie…"

What Sora didn't know is that Yuffie could hear the whole thing, and sighed,

"I guess we aren't ready to be a couple yet. He still thinks he'll see Kairi again. Sigh, the poor Keybearer."