"Well, you see Sora, it's like this," Riku began. "When we found you guys, you were all hurt pretty badly. We decided that it was best if we took you guys of back to the hotel, then close the door. By the time we got back to the door, tons of heartless had already gotten out. We closed it, but we knew that it wouldn't help that much help that much. The heartless multiply so fast that just about every world could be filled with, and it's only been two days. If we wait any longer, well, let's just say it's gonna get ugly."
"Wait, what do you mean 'if we wait any longer'? Wait for what? And what does all of this have to do with me? I mean, why are you just telling me this and not the others?"
"We have to leave here and go to Twilight Town to meet up with Leon, Aeirth, and the rest of them. I'm telling you alone because of one very important reason."
"And that reason would be...what?"
"Kairi." Sora took in a sharp breath at Riku's reply.
"Look Sora, I know that you don't like talking about her now, but, well, you have to hear this. She's in danger now and we have to hurry if you want to save her. The heartless are smarter now. They know that you care a lot about her and because of that she's became one of their main targets. If you don't get back to her soon, they're going to do something to her."
"Like what exactly," Sora asked quietly.
"Well they would probably take her hostage for whoever they're working for now."
"Do you think they would try to kill her?"
"Well it's possible but since they're smarter I expect that they'll try to use her for something."
"When are we leaving?"
"As soon as we can. King Mickey is the one telling us when we can leave. Say's he's gotta find out something important before we can leave. Has to be sure of somethin'."
"Of what?! What could be so important that it delays us from saving Kairi! By the time that we actually get back to out island, they could have taken her already! They could have hurt her! They could ha-"
"Sora! Mickey knows what he's doing. He knows why they're after Kairi!"
"But if they're after, her wouldn't they have already gotten her?"
"That's the thing that stumps us. We know that she's safe right now, but we don't know why. They've been on the island, in her house, and even in her room while she was there, but they never attacked her."
Sora looked down as he thought of what had been happening for the past two days. He had been having tons of fun, he still missed her then but it was fun non-the-less. Then his thoughts went to how the problem began, the door. He hadn't even though about closing it. He figured that they would see Riku and King Mickey and then all leave. Yet because he hadn't thought through that possibility, Kairi was in danger. Why had nobody told him this on the first day? What was so important that it was delaying him from saving Kairi?
"So why hasn't he told me what he's researching?! I could help him find out what he needs to know so that we could get to Kairi faster! We're supposed to be the ones to save her, aren't we?! We're supposed to protect those who can't protect themselves, aren't we?! Aren't we?!"
"Sora look. We can't do anything about it. We can't leave until he knows everything that he's been looking for," Riku said while reaching out to Sora to calm him down, but as soon as he did, Sora stumbled back.
"How long will it take to get to her once we get out?" Sora asked with fear in his voice.
"Sora...it could take up to a month to find the island," Riku began slowly. "but that doesn't me-"
"A month?! By the time we get there they could have gotten her! And who knows where they'll take her! Sure they could use Hollow Bastion, but how would we know! They could take her to another world that we don't even know about! What about that?! Hm? Did any of you ever once think of that?! What if they really do kill her?!"
"Sora calm down. Of course he's thought about that. He's looking as hard as he can." He couldn't take it. He just couldn't take it. He was sitting around waiting for Mickey to find out some stupid piece of information while Kairi was in danger.
"So why doesn't he have us help him look?!" Sora yelled over the distant sounds of thunder. "How long has he been looking? A week? A month? A year? Or maybe even since you two got stuck in this stupid place! Well I'm not gonna stay here while she's in danger, Riku!" Right after he finished yelling this he turned away from Riku and began running as fast as his legs would carry him. Riku, realizing why he was running, ran after him; slowly, but surely, gaining on him.
"Sora you can't Besides there are too many heartless around! You won't be able to fight them all off on your own. Don't you get what I'm saying Sora YOU WILL DIE! You can't fight off all of the heartless that will appear once you're alone! They are more powerful now! And not only that but they're smarter, too! You cannot fight them! Sora are you-" Sora had made a sharp turn into an alley, but once Riku turned he was gone.
"Sora! Sora where are you? Come on, Sora! Look, if you just come out then we can go back and you can talk to Mickey about the whole thing."
"He cannot hear you," a snake-like voice said (A/N: If you've seen Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets then it sounds like Harry when he speaks like a snake, or Apostle tongue).
"What do you mean!?"
"I sense fear in your voice. You are afraid...of us? Yes, it is so. You cannot fight us if you cannot see us. What will happen if we destroy the street lights? You shall be even more afraid, will you not?"
"Me? Be afraid of pathetic little heartless? Ha! Whether I can see you or not, I can still fight you. I don't need to see you when I can hear you. Now tell me where he is!"
"If you want to know where he is, then you will have to fight us."
Riku didn't have to think twice before charging at the heartless. Unfortunately the heartless didn't have to think twice about busting the lights.
'Crap,' thought Riku. 'I know that I can fight them in the dark, but I don't think I can fight them all on my own.' He began fighting his way through but he was getting weaker and weaker by the second. He began to pant heavily as he finally saw the hotel that they were all staying in. He ran as fast as he could, killing any heartless that got in his way. He battled through the heartless all the way back to the hotel and finally stumbled inside of it.
"What happened to you?!" Cried Senshi. Riku, to tired to do anything, just fell on his hands and knees.
"Uh gwarsh, are you okay Mr.Riku?" Goofy questioned.
"Sora," Riku said in-between pants. "Sora...he...ran away. He's gonna try to get out and try to get back to Kairi. I tried to stop him, but he wouldn't listen to me. I don't know how he's gonna get out alive. If I could barely get back here alive than how is he supposed to get all the way to the door? I mean, he doesn't even know where it is."
"He'll find it," Mickey stepped into the conversation. "Believe me, love is a powerful thing. If he really loves her that much, than he's bound to get back to her."
"But isn't he supposed to stay here until you find the information that you need?"
"Well, yes, but if he really wants to get to her that bad, I guess I could try to find it outside of the door and in the other worlds. It will take much longer, but, well, he's waited two years to see her so I guess I can sacrifice that time." Mickey said, then smiled. "Now let's go get him!"
"But how are we gonna find him? This place is huge and we don't even know where he is. How are we gonna find him before the heartless do? For one of us, there's about twenty-five thousand of them. I know that he can fight them off for a while but that wouldn't be long enough for us. Then there's the problem that we can't sense him if he's alone with too many heartless around. So tell me, how are we gonna find him?"
"Are you telling me that you don't want to go save your best friend because you don't know where he is or how you'll find him? If I don't recall, that didn't stop him when he was looking for you."
"No, no, no! I just wanted to know if you knew of an easier way to get to him. Ya know, to make it faster to ensure that we get to him before it's too late. That's what I was tryin' to get out."
"Well the only idea that I've got is the sensing one, but don't worry. As long as he thinks of Kairi, he'll hold on for a little longer. So let's go, we don't want him to loose his hope," Mickey said, jumping out of the window. The action was copied by Senshi, Riku, Donald, then Goofy.
"Okay. Donald, Goofy, you two go downtown. Riku, Senshi, you go to the bigger city area. I'll continue to look from the top of buildings. Whistle if you see him. Got it?"
"Get it," they all said in unison.
"Good. Now let's go!" At this command they all split up and began to look for him.
"Sora!" Riku yelled, although he know that even if Sora was close, it was a very unlikely that he would hear him through the worsening booms of the thunder and sounds of rain as it hit the ground.
'Sora where are you?'
Hello. I am sooo sry for not updating for sooo long! I know this excuse is probably getting old but I really do get busy. I went on a vacation, then school started. Now I am learning guitar and my school is really hard, I'm in high school now. Well plz R&R!
