Yazoo- How could I forget Moshi? xD Anyways...I hope you like the ending! Only one or two more chappies are left.
Shirozora- Lol- I get that when I read a story all at once too- my emotions are all over the place. The BHK will not be making more appearances (sorry) and the Disney cast- for details on that, look at Greenfox's response coming up here.
Razer- Hehehehe. -gives you spoon-
Sorafanluver- Hey- I have seen you around a lot! To Sora: Yes you are a softie. Deal with it. (But I won't tell Riku. :P)
Greenfox- I'm glad you like it. Unfortunately, the Disney cast won't be making an appearence in this story- I'm concentrating on the neglected roles of Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka for now. But rest assured- my other stories will give Disney a large role. Cause in my opinion...Micky totally ruined the drama at the end! -Bad Mickey-
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Thank you people- I have made it to 1,000 hits! -jumps around- I am very happy. Everyone gets brownies. -hands out brownies- I had computer problems putting this up- I almost had to retype half the chappie. -ick!- But lucklily for you people, I didn't have to. So here's your update!
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"Kairi? Earth to Kairi..."
Jerking her head up, the redhead smiled, embarrassed. "Sorry. Guess I was just zoning out."
Selphie rolled her eyes. "Again! Geez, Kairi. He's gonna come back. Just get him off your mind."
Feeling her cheeks grow rosy, Kairi looked down, tracing a pattern in the snow with her shoe. "Selphie! It's not HIM, okay?"
"Hah. Who is it then?"
"If you have to know, I'm worried about everyone. I mean, we left them on an island swarming with Heartless! Shouldn't I be worried?"
Selphie snorted. "Yeah, whatever." Hugging her jacket closer to her, she knocked some snow off the lantern next to her and decided to change the subject. "The snowstorm's let up. Bad timing, or what?"
"Tell me about it. How's Wakka, anyways?"
"Still asleep. Aerith says that he should be okay, though. Lazy bum, that Wakka." A stab of pain shot through Kairi's heart. Pushing it away, she looked at Selphie.
"Well, he did get a pretty nasty cut. Not as bad as Tidus, though."
"Uh-huh." Now it was Selphie's turn to be embarrassed. She had always had a crush on Tidus. "I hope he'll be okay..."
Kairi smirked. Now who was worrying about their boy? Then, realizing what she had just thought, the redhead mentally slapped herself. Sora is not my boy.
"I'm gonna go in. Wanna come with?" Selphie was shivering a little.
"I think I'll stay out here for a little longer. I like the snow." In fact, Kairi didn't want to have to go in and face Aerith, or Yuffie, or Cid...too emotional. She had just about had it with emotion. It hadn't exactly been friendly to her lately.
"Okay." Selphie started to go in, than stopped and turned to look at Kairi. "Don't be out here too long, okay?"
"Yeah." Selphie then went inside to the warmth of the house. Pulling her coat closer, Kairi shivered. Not from the cold, though. The munny that Aerith had given her- some of Sora's vast cache from fighting the Heartless- had been more than enough to buy a perfect coat. It had a suede lining, with a wonderful soft, cottony feel to it- like those super-soft stuffed animals that you just want to squeeze and squeeze. It was a beautiful jet-black with indigo accents around the sleeves. Kairi had always been a sucker for purple.
"Sora...please come back..."
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The quiet tranquility of the island was shattered as the three boys came bursting through the door of the Secret Place, blades shining in the moonlight. Heartless were obliterated left and right.
"Brings back memories, eh Riku?" Sora smiled ruefully as an Invisible shattered into a billion tiny shards.
"More than I can say." Riku responded, reminded all too much of Ansem dwelling inside him. Shivering, he lashed out particularly hard at a Shadow. "Darkness...isn't something to be tampered with. I should know."
"Yeah."
A quiet moment passed between everyone- a moment of silence of sorts. For the lost six months of Riku's light. Leon broke the quiet.
"The Keyhole- anyone know where it would be? Cause these Heartless just keep coming..."
"I dunno. Sora, where were the other ones you sealed?"
"How am I supposed to remember that!"
"Hmmm, I didn't think you would forget where you saved a world from darkness. BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME!"
"Look, after the first dozen it gets to be kind of routine."
Leon and Riku just stared at him.
"Let me speak slowly to penetrate through your thick skull." Riku said. "IF. YOU. DON'T. REMEMBER. WE. ARE. ALL. TOAST."
"Look," Sora whined, slashing a Soldier, "They were all in about the middle of the worlds. Maybe...for protection?"
Leon swung his Gunblade around, murmuring to himself. "The middle of the world...middle, center, heart..." He stopped. "Sora- the heart of the world. We've got to find the heart of Destiny Islands."
"The heart?"
Sora started warming up to the idea- literally. He almost blasted Leon with Fiagra. "Oops. But I think you're onto something."
"Where would the heart of Destiny Islands be?"
Sora and Riku answered unanimously. "The Secret Place."
"Hold on. That's where the Heartless first came in!"
Riku resisted the urge to throw his blade down on the ground, choosing instead to unleash a powerful magical attack on a poor little Healer drone. Who says violence isn't the answer? "So if it's not the Secret Place, where is it?"
"You keep asking me all these hard questions..." Sora whined.
"Were you two always like this before I met you?"
Sora and Riku looked at each other. "Like what?"
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Aerith looked out the window at the small figure standing out in the snow. "Has she been like this since he left?"
Selphie nodded. "It was even worse before. Glad that's over." Pausing, Selphie sighed. "Why did it hit her so hard, anyways?"
Aerith sat back in her chair. "Kairi is a princess of Heart. When she first fell onto Sora while materializing from Destiny Isles, she left her heart with Sora. When he stabbed himself with Riku's- or should I say Ansem's- Soul Eater, than Kairi got her heart back. But it wasn't all hers. They each have a piece of the other's heart- so they're linked, per se. It's hard to forget someone when you're linked to their heart."
"That's so...romantic!" Selphie sighed dreamily, then caught herself. "And sad too, I mean. But...it's romantic!" Sora is such a big softie. He'll never admit it, though..
"That's another problem."
"What?" Selphie looked at her, dumbfounded. "They like each other. What's the problem with that?"
"Think about it. The two most wanted people in the worlds, together. And not to mention the fact that Kairi's attraction has strengthened her heart- Kairi's the Queen Of Hearts now."
"Why does life have to be so flipping complicated?"
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"So it's not Secret Place..." Sora mumbled as he pulled out an elixir and let the concoction work its magic.
Leon swore softly as a Heartless struck his leg, quickly digging around in his pocket for a Hi-Potion. "Guys...I'm on my last Hi-Potion."
"We're thinking!"
Glancing over his shoulder, Sora looked at the small island. "Riku! It's the paopu tree! The heart of the island."
"Duh!" Riku smacked his head in frustration. "Let's go, before someone like Darkside shows up."
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I think that's my longest chappie ever! Which in comparison, puts me...heh. So I write short chappies. And who here wants Kairi's coat? -raises hand- I love her coat.Anyways...not much to say except...R&R!
Akiko
