Chapter I don't caaaaaaarrrrrrrreeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol.

The gang settled in at the. . . . . . .well. . . . . . inn. Of course there was a few slight problems that were quickly changed.

"Sorry kid, there aren't any room with three beds in it, not even two. There are only one bedded rooms." The manager had said, the look of greed in his eye. Riku looked away from the pudgy man's face to look at Sora, and Tidus. All 3 nodded in unison, Sora and Riku swung their keyblades out, while Tidus grabbed his sword.

"Change your mind?" Sora asked giving a friendly smile. The man gulped.

"Blue room for the gentlemen, and the red room for the young lady." He said instantly holding up to sets of keys.

"Was that really necessary?!" Kairi hissed after they walked away from the counter.

"Yes." All three boys replied at once. They laughed. A little while later, the three sat in the red room, Sora leaned against the wall, Tidus sat next to Kairi on the bed, Riku was pacing.

"I have a few questions Riku." Kairi told the youth.

"Me too." Tidus voice in.

"Same." Sora muttered.

Riku looked at them all annoyed.

"Trying to think here people!!!"

"That's dangerous isn't it?" She laughed as he threw a pillow at her. Riku grinned.

"Ladies first." Sora declared smiling.

"One, how'd you get out of. . . . . . . . . wherever you were?" She began.

"Well, Kingdom Hearts, was the heart of ALL worlds, so it kinda acted like a portal, after fighting thousands of heartless, I was frustrated, I thought I'd never get out of there. Finally I found this weird door, it had odd carvings all over it, and was colored a really weird PINK color, or something. So I walk through, next thing I know I'm sitting in Hollow Bastion, right in front of the keyhole. I finally figured out how it worked after a while, that's how I was able to come back." He finished and smiled.

"Me next!" Tidus told them. Riku sighed.

"I can already feel my sore throat."

"Okay, if you used to live on the island, why can't we remember you?" Tidus wondered.

"That, I don't know. I have a theory." Riku replied.

"Anything to shed some light please?" the blond haired youth begged.

"Well, when the island was restored, courtesy of Sora." The brown haired youth blinked in confusion at his new name, not quite having gotten used to it.

"I think what happened, was that when the world was restored, everything on it was restored EXCEPT us because, we weren't on it. Kairi was remembered, because she was on the island. We weren't, so that means that when the world was reborn, the memory of us, vanished. You see?"

"Er. . . . . . . . . . ." Now Riku had the whole group with little question marks over their heads. He sighed again.

"Okay, to make it simple, say when the world was reborn, your memories were locked away, like a function meant to keep them safe. Say you had memories that were sealed away, the only thing that could unlock them were the people who the memories were about! With me so far?" Everyone nodded. "So, when me and Sora weren't there to unlock them, maybe, because you didn't get to unlock them, they disappeared, because you forgot, or because your mind thought they were useless. Okay?" Everyone nodded again.

Sora sighed, and stood straight.

"My turn, who's Ansem?"

"An evil slimy little basta-!" Kairi began but Riku cut her off.

"Kairi, much as you want to call him that I don't think you should." She glared.

"I'm not saying that he isn't, just. . . . . . . . never mind. Ansem, he's well. Basically a guy who thinks that all hearts come from darkness and is bent on becoming darkness itself so that he can return all hearts to darkness. Simple?"

"Basically, you're saying that he's a total lunatic."

"Exactly." Kairi and Riku said in unison.

"It's getting late, let's just all go to bed." Kairi murmured yawning. The three of them nodded and left. Heading for their room, Sora walked in, and leaned against the wall thinking. Riku walked in after Tidus who promptly jumped onto the bed, and the white haired youth simply shut the door looking at Sora.

"I actually have a question for you." He remarked. Sora looked at him surprised.

"Sure, but what can I answer for you?" Tidus sat up and stared at them both, sensing another conversation he would have no idea about laid back onto one of the three beds colored blue and looked at the ceiling.

"When you saw Ansem, what did he say to you?" Sora blinked, and thought for a moment, what HAD Ansem said? Sora thought for a few more minutes before answering.

"I. . . . . . . . I'm not quite sure, something about . . . . . . the chosen one? He said he wanted one of you. Which one though, I'm not sure." Sora sighed. Riku glared.

"Can't you remember anything more then that?!" He demanded.

"I'm sorry, but I just can't!"

"Listen Sora, if you don't remember, by the time you do one of us could be dead!"

"Well if you think you know all why don't YOU tell me you blasted little-!" Their argument was interrupted by a large snore. Turning towards the beds they saw Tidus sprawled out onto a bed, a small line of drool dripping from his open mouth. Riku looked back and Sora, Sora looked back at Riku, sniggers tugged at both their mouths. Sora smiled.

"Sorry."

"Like wise." Riku replied, they laid down on their own beds and drifted off into sleep.

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Riku was running, something was behind him, he didn't know what but he had to get away. He swore and skidded around the corner, his breath was heavy. He saw the inn up ahead, jumping the balcony he landed and skipped across the separate wooden structures till he stopped. Suddenly he found himself in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kairi's room. She was sleeping peacefully on the bed. What was wrong? Why didn't she wake up? Couldn't she sense the danger? A figure loomed on the far side. Tall and black, his eyes piercing, the figure rose a black inky like projection, it was a sword. The figure swung the sword down and. . . . . . . .

"KAIRI!!" Riku yelled out sitting up in bed sharply. Glancing around wildly he saw that he was safe, and Kairi probably was too.

"The Germans attackin you Rik?" Tidus murmured siting up and yawning bleakly. Riku suddenly noticed something.

"Where's Sora?"

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"What the rush?!" Tidus demanded as Riku dragged him out the door, the silver haired youth was running like no tomorrow.

"I think Kairi's in danger."

"What?!" Tidus was wide awake now.

"Remember what Sora said about Ansem wanting someone?"

"Yeah."

"I think he want Kairi again, but why? Kairi can't do anything other then open the final door." Riku hesitated before adding. "Can she?" Tidus thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Let's stop talking about it and find out." Riku nodded, he could stop dragging Tidus now, they burst through the door to Kairi's room.

"Riku! Tidus! Help!" Riku stared, Tidus looked like he was going to be a ghost any second now, his skin was whiter then chalk. Sora stood there, his keyblade to Kairi's throat. His eyes were hollow.

"Sora! The HELL Are you doing?!" Tidus yelled out. Sora gave an ugly smile.

"Only what I wanted him to do." A cold voice murmured. Riku turned around and jumped as a black clad figure stood there, reveling in all his glory was Ansem.

"YOU!"

"You who?" Tidus asked looking at Riku in confusion.

"Ansem you moron!" Riku retorted smacking the blonde on the head.

"OW! Okay, geez." Tidus muttered rubbing his abused head, looking at Ansem he glared.

"What do you want?" Ansem laughed.

"Such bravery, are you sure you shouldn't be afraid of me? Like Riku?"

"I'm not!" Riku yelled out, but his body said other wise, he was trembling. Ansem chuckled.

"As you say so, Sora!" He called out snapping fingers. Sora nodded, his eyes still blank, his face emotionless, he walked forward, the blade still on Kairi's throat. The brown haired youth murmured one threat.

"Come near her and I kill. We can use her dead as well." The other two stared. Riku thought of moving forward to help her, but how? One move and she'd die. He didn't feel like calling their bluff. Not with Kairi on the line.

"What are you going to do with her?" He yelled out.

"Simple, I need her for a little favor. If she's still alive after, you can have her back."

"Why you-!" Tidus growled, Ansem smiled. A small wellspring of darkness appeared beneath him. Sora stepped into it, still guiding Kairi.

"Hmm. . ." Ansem hummed thinking. "Why not let you say goodbye to your friends?" Ansem snapped his finger again and Sora blinked, once, twice, then he was staring around wildly, his eyes had lost that dazed look.

"Help . . . . . . . . . . please." He whispered hoarsely while collapsing from weakness. Riku stared.

"Sora. . . . . . ." He whispered, here was the old Sora, the one with all the memories, the happy look.

"Sora! Kairi!" Riku called out he leapt forward in an attempt to grab them both and pull them out. To late, the darkness swallowed them both. The silver haired youth was left standing there with a despaired look on his face.

"Kairi, no . . . . . . . . . ." Tidus whispered in shock.

'C'mon, come back. No, she's not gone!' He thought in anger. 'This is a dream, all just a dream.' But the blonde knew the harsh reality, this wasn't a dream, both Sora, and Kairi were gone. Maybe forever, just because he couldn't protect her.

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Starlet: Don't you hate me? No? Well you SHOULD!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!! Lol, anyway, I'll write more soon! Later!