Okay, This'll be my pathetic attempt at a oneshot. I have recently become the biggest Sora x Namine fan in the world, so I wrote this down in chem class once. Enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or KH:Chain of Memories. If i did, Sora and Namine would live happily ever after and Kairi would have been stuck behind the final door instread of Riku. So there.


"Namine, put me back the way I was."

I wanted to die at that point, I really did. Of course he wanted to return to his old memories, how could I have hoped any differently? He had her in his old life, he had someone to return to.

"Of course" I said with a forced smile across my face. I hope it didn't look to forced. "who needs false memories anyway?"

I led him over to the chambers that he would be sleeping in. My heart, however false, was breaking with the knowledge of what I would have to do once he was inside. I would have to take myself out of his memories, rip myself from whatever place I had in his heart. Then he turned to look at me with those beautiful sapphire eyes of his. "Let's make a promise, Namine." He smiled at me, it took all of me to hold back the tears. "After I wake up, I'll find you and we can be friends for real."

"You'll only forget..." I said, trying to make it sound like I was laughing at him, but I don't think it was working.

"No I won't. It's like you said, Namine. The links may not be a part of the chain anymore, but they'll still be in my heart."

I had to smile a little bit, he was right. I wouldn't be lost to him forever. Only a little while untill he found me inside the darkness of his heart. That's where my memories would lie within him, hoping that he'd someday recover them. For now, however, he needed to be reminded of her. She would have to awaken his true memories first.

"There is another promise, one you made to someone very dear to you." I bit back a sob. "If you can remember her, everything will start to come back to you."

Memories began swirling around him. Memories of his friends, his comrades, his home. Then, eventually, a memory of her.

"Kairi!"

Larxene had been cruel to make be believe I could be real in Sora's heart. I would always be Kairi's shadow, nothing would ever change that. I couldn't be real in his heart, ever. I could see him getting farther and farther away, as his memories carried him and pushed me away.

Then a peculiar thing happened, he began to follow me for a little while, then he grasped my hand to keep me from floating away. "Namine!" he called out my name, and my shadow of a heart smiled for a few seconds.

"Don't worry about me, Sora. We have our own promise. As long as we have that, I can come back to you."

I meant it to, with every bit of my soul, even though It wasn't entirely mine. Even through his eyes, I could see that he understood as well. Maybe he did see me as my own person. Was it foolish to hope?

Then I desire to be foolish.

He squeezed my hand one last time, smiled and let go. The next thing I knew I was standing beside the sleeping Sora in his chamber. I crawled up next to him for a moment, closed my eyes, and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"When I remembered you, Namine, I was so happy. The way I felt was no lie."

Neither was the way I felt, Sora. I will come back to you, I promise.