Concealed
By: Snakey
Chapter 10: Revealed
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"I… I love you, Sora…"
Sora was blushing like mad by now. His entire face was covered with the brightest cherry red ever. Kairi, being the one saying such words, blushed with the same redness of her possibly new boyfriend. Even though Sora knew these words were coming, he still needed time to process them in his mind. It just wasn't something he dealt with everyday. After five minutes or so of nervous glances and silence, Sora finally found his voice.
"I'm to glad to hear it, Kairi… I feel the same way about you too…" He said in an almost inaudible volume.
Kairi's head snapped up, and gazed at Sora, who was embarrassed and looked down at his own shoes. She couldn't believe such a moment would occur so soon in her life. She would've cried in joy, but tried holding back so she wouldn't seem like such a cry-baby. The edges of her lip slowly moved upward into a warm smile. Trying to savour this moment of her life, she moved closer to Sora, and laid her head on his shoulder.
'Aww… What a cute couple you two are. I'll let you two be.' Sky said.
"S-Sky!" Sora cried out loud, startling Kairi who flew right off his shoulder.
Her eyes were widened, and a confused look stared at Sora in the face. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid…' Sora thought to himself, knowing he just ruined his first 'date' with his new girlfriend.
"Sorry! It's just that Sky said something stupid, that's all!" As he said that, he realized he blurted out a secret he'd been keeping.
"Sky? Where's Sky?" Kairi's face looked even more confused, if possible.
'Sora… Think before you say things… Now we have to tell her more…'
"Umm… well… Sky is… uh… Me." Sora tried to make his answer as simple as possible.
"WHAT!?" Kairi could not believe what she was hearing.
"You see, Kairi… Oh… How should I say this…" Now Sora was stuck.
"Just say it plain and simple, Sora… Don't hide things from me anymore!" Kairi exclaimed, pinning Sora with her voice.
"This is my body, but both Sky and I reside in it…" That was his simple answer.
"… How did that happen…? Did Sky force you to give him part of your body?" Kairi questioned.
"No! Of course not! Does he seem like that kind of a person!?" Sora defended Sky.
"Well, he doesn't, but not everyone is truthful…" Kairi shifted her eyes away to avoid eye contact.
"Kairi, he's in MY body. I know about whatever it is that he thinks about," Sora explained.
'And vice versa, Sora.'
"And vice versa." Sora added.
Kairi didn't understand everything, and bothering Sora with all her questions at once would just irritate him. So, she decided to let the matter rest until later.
"Let's talk about this next time, Sora. It's time for us to get some rest." She starts to walk to the cabin.
"… Thanks Kairi…" He said, and followed her route.
Kairi reached for the door, when suddenly, the door exploded into pieces in her face, knocking the wind out of her.
"Kairi!!!" Sora jumped to her as quickly as possible to break her fall.
'Sora It's them again! The dark figures!' Sky pointed out.
From the doorway where the shattered door once stood, two dark figures emerged. They moved closer to the two.
'Sora Let me handle them!'
"Sky! I can't change back to you now! You expect me to fall asleep right here and let you take over!? Not likely!"
'What other choice do we have? Where's your keyblade?'
Sora summoned his keyblade and it appeared on his left hand. It had been awhile since he had felt it's presence in his hands.
"I won't let you hurt Kairi!!"
He charged at the two dark figures with his blade, hoping to hit one of them with his first attack. But both evaded it without difficulty. Sora took a second swipe at the figure closest to him, and managed to know it off balance. But since this was a two-on-one battle, the other dark figure turned and caught Sora's hand.
"Let me GO!"
'Sora Use magic! Summon! Anything!' Sky exclaimed.
"Hey! Look over there!" Sora pointed his figure to the sky. The figure snapped its head upwards, its grip loosening on Sora.
Feeling less tension on his wrist, he freed his hand, and sent the dark figure flying with a kick in its stomache.
"I can't believe it fell for that!" Sora said, picking up Kairi and running into the cabin with her.
'Sora, that trick won't work on most people. I just don't know why the enemy was so dumb to actually look.' Sky said in disbelief.
"At least we got away temporarily from one of them. The other one is coming this way!" Sora said as he put Kairi down gently once they were inside.
The figure approached them slowly… waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Sora slowly backed up, but tripped over something sticking out. Seeing this, the figure pounced towards Sora, not missing this chance. Sora regained his balance, and jumped out of the way as the figure flies right into the wall, breaking it and falling outside. The ruckus caused by the fight woke the others up, and they came to Sora and Kairi's aid.
"What's going on here?" Riku asked.
"It's the dark figures again! We're under attack!" Sora ran out of the cabin with the unconscious Kairi, leaving the others trailing behind him.
"What the… Sora???" Tidus said in confusion.
"I'll explain later, let's hurry back to the gummi-ship!" He ran to the other side of the pirate ship, hoping to escape the enemy.
When the five had reached their ship, they found that the enemy had been waiting for them right there. Selphie gulped, and took out her skip rope. Tidus took out his wooden stick, spitting on his hands for a better grip. Riku took out his sword and prepared for battle. The battle started with the enemies launching the first attack at Selphie. None of the figures seemed to be armed with anything at all, unless you count their waving cloaks that covered them whole. One of them lashed out its arms on Selphie, but noticing the figure with her sharp eyes, she has just enough time to dodge it. But right after the dodge, another two figures charged towards her.
"Selphie!" Riku ran forward, hoping to help Selphie.
It seemed the enemy wanted to take them out one at a time, because they were all surrounding Selphie, preparing to attack. Riku knew the situation was bad. They didn't have a chance at all with this group of enemies. There were just too many. He had to think of an idea, and fast…
"Sora! Take Kairi and Tidus to the gummi-ship!" He shouted at last.
"What??? You expect us to run off without you two!? No way!" Sora exclaimed.
"We'll be fine! You'll be safer in the ship, and I have to stay to protect Selphie as well."
"But…!"
"GO!"
Sora knew that fire in Riku's eyes. He was dead serious. He turned his back, facing the gummi ship. With Selphie as the unvolunteery distraction of the enemy, there were now only a few dark figures left to stop them. He handed Kairi over to Tidus, who was having trouble carrying the extra weight. With his keyblade, he attacked the figures using all his strength. While Sora cleared the way, Tidus used the dispelled route to reach the gummi ship with Kairi safely. When all three were on the ship, they looked back, saw Riku signal them to leave, and shut the door.
To be continued in Chapter 11…
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Snakey: Yay, I updated! OO And it's been around 6 months! XD Thank you for those that still believed in me! ; Haha… My brain is failing me in this story… I'm trying to remember as much of the plot as possible… it's just been too long… Anyways, I will still continue this story up to the point where it will end. But, again, it will take longer to update. Hope you continue to read this story to the end!
December 12, '04