Naomi and Greg were walking back to the girls' house. She was smiling and laughing with him, but it was rather insincere, as she found him to be a bit of a bore. Stopping at the door, Naomi wished him a quick goodnight and started unlocking the door.

"Wait." Greg spoke quickly. Naomi turned to face him, curious. He was bright red, she could tell even in the dark. Smiling nervously, he kissed her. It hit her like a brick wall, and the first thought that raced through her head was IT WORKED! She wasn't exactly sure of what was going on, and she needed to sort through her thoughts first and foremost. She broke his kiss early, and muttered a quick goodbye before letting herself into the house. She closed the door and leaned back against it, rubbing her temples. Remembering everything kind of hurts when I'm awake. She noted. Looking around, she smiled in spite of herself.

"I know you're probably watching Riku." She muttered. "And don't worry, his kiss wasn't nearly as good as yours." She grinned. Then another thought hit her. Setting off at a sprint, she skidded into the kitchen. To her relief, she found just the person she was looking for, sitting at the table eating a strange assortment of foods.

"Yuna!" She cried. Yuna dropped her sandwich and stared up at her. "Yuna, it was Tidus!" Emma announced excitedly. Yuna stood up suddenly, knocking the chair over. Both girls started squealing and hugged each other.

"Emma!" Yuna shouted, laughing. She stopped suddenly and looked at Emma very seriously. "How did you ever remember?" She asked.

"I'll tell you later, when we have everybody. Where are Rikku and Paine and Kairi?"

"Tegan-er-Rikku went out somewhere, she wasn't exactly very clear about it. Paine's upstairs, I think. Kairi should be too." At that, both of them went racing up the stairs, shouting.

"Paine!"

"Kairi!" Hearing the racket, Paine came running out of her room. Once she saw them, her eyes went wide.

"Yuna! Emma! Explain, now." She ordered. Emma shrugged.

"Later, I'll explain to everyone at once instead of eight different times. Where's Kairi?" They searched the upstairs, but to no avail. She wasn't anywhere. They search downstairs. Again, she was nowhere.

"Where did she go?" Yuna asked, catching her breath from all the running around the house.

"She's probably still on campus, there isn't anything to do worth walking all the way into the city for." Paine answered. Yuna nodded.

"If she's in the Music Dept. for any reason, Emma, you look there, you know your way around there the best. I'm going to search the library. Paine, you search all the hangouts." She ordered.

"We'll meet back here in an hour or so. Hopefully we'll find Rikku in our travels." Paine said. Then, all three of them headed out of the house and went their separate ways.

………………………………….

Melody had been spending the last few nights in the music room, just as she had before, but each night Troy always showed up to keep her company, and she'd been teaching him the little be she knew about how to play a piano. Melody had told him that the reason she never wrote down her songs was because she was terrible at musical notation and figured it would do anything but relax her. And so, as repayment for being taught how to play the piano, Troy offered to write the music for her. The two got along famously, though they rarely saw each other during the day, as Troy, who was in a carpentry and cabinet-making program, spent his day in classes at the other end of the campus. Tonight though, Melody was in the music room alone. She was spending her time waiting by creating little bits and pieces of songs, like she always did. She paused, after finishing her latest song, and checked her watch. He certainly was taking longer than usual. She sighed. Maybe he wasn't coming tonight. She was kind of disappointed, but decided to continue singing. She placed her fingers on the keys, and froze, feeling a presence behind her. Turning around slowly, she scanned the room and saw no one. She shook off the feeling, and started to play and sing, though she was surprised at herself, it wasn't what she had been intending to sing.

"Goodnight, sleep tight
No more tears
In the morning I'll be here
And when we say goodnight,
Dry your eyes
Because we said goodnight,
And not goodbye
We said goodnight
And not goodbye"

An image of someone standing on water that reflected the glow of a city flashed before her eyes. She thought that the person looked kind of like Troy, but decided that it was a figment of her imagination. A noise behind her drew her attention. Turning, she smiled.

"Evening, Troy." She greeted. He didn't answer. He was staring openly at her. He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it again when he found he had no voice. Melody blinked at him, standing up.

"Are…you okay?" She asked slowly. This time when he opened his mouth, he managed to get one word out.

"…Kairi…" He breathed. Melody looked a bit bewildered.

"Who's Kairi?" She asked slowly. His face fell.

"You don't remember?" He asked. She looked even more bewildered now.

"…remember what?"

"Anything." He answered worriedly. "The Islands. Fa'Diel. Traverse Town. The Heartless. Goofy, Donald, Leon, Yuffie, Cloud, Arieth, Yuna, Tidus, Rikku, Gippal, Paine, Baralai, Emma. Riku.…me." Melody walked over to him.

"Are you sure you're feeling okay?" She asked, sincerely worried. He sighed. Just then, the door flung open.

"Kairi!" The person shouted. "Sora!" She shouted again, upon seeing him sitting there. Melody froze.

"Oh, not you too, Naomi." She said, sighing. Emma stopped.

"But…" she walked over to them. Sora frowned.

"She doesn't remember anything." He told her. Emma sat down next to him.

"But…but, how? Why not? I said her name…"

"What does her name have anything to do with it?" Sora asked. Emma shrugged.

"When any of us hear our name, it carries enough memory with it to make us remember what happened. It worked with Yuna and Paine, and you. I don't understand why she doesn't remember."

"Actually, I remembered when I heard her singing. I had a dream once, where I saw her in Zanarkand, sitting by the water."

"What's Zanarkand?" Emma asked.

"A huge city. It glows even at night." He answered. Melody slapped her hand over her mouth, muffling a gasp. Both of them looked at her.

"It was you." She whispered. Sora stood up.

"You remember?" He asked. Melody shrugged.

"I dunno. When I finished singing that song, I saw you standing on the water, and I saw the reflection of a huge, glowing city on the water. It was like an image flashing before my eyes, sort of." She said slowly. Emma sighed.

"Come on, let's go find Yuna and Paine. Maybe they'll be able to help." She said, then looked at Melody. "Do you know where Rikku, I mean, Tegan is?" She asked. Melody started laughing.

"Yah, I saw her sneaking off with that Zane guy." She answered. Sora looked up suddenly.

"Zane? That's Gippal!" He answered. Emma grinned.

"Looks like even near death couldn't keep those two apart. Or you two either, I guess." She said, laughing when Sora started turning red. Melody had given up on being confused and decided to just go with whatever it was that Naomi and Troy, or apparently Emma and Sora, were talking about. She followed them dumbly out of the building.

"Yuna's in the library, I guess she'll be easiest to find." Emma said. Sora nodded.

"Hey, Caden, sorry, I mean, Tidus is in the dorm still, should we go get him?" they took a slight detour, to find no one was left in the dorm room. There were sticky notes stuck on the inside of the door.

Gone out. If I'm not back by 11:00, come looking to make sure Rochelle hasn't killed me for taking Tegan out with me. Zane

Gone looking for Zane, hoping Rochelle hasn't killed him yet. Everett

I'll bring the coffee back in the morning. I'm off pulling an all-nighter to write my essay at the library. Caden.

Out for a walk, be back whenever. Troy.

Emma and Melody both shot Sora a weird look.

"It's just in case one of us comes back to an empty place like right now, so we don't end up believing our roommates have been abducted by aliens or something." He explained. Emma decided that the idea was as farfetched as the ideas her and Riku were coming up with in the dream. They shut the door again and headed out of the dorm.

"Hopefully Yuna finds Tidus while she's looking." Emma said to no one in particular.

"What's she looking for?" Melody asked offhandedly.

"You, actually." Emma answered. Melody turned a little red.

"Oh, I guess I kind of should have told you guys I was leaving then." She murmured. Sora grinned.

"Which is exactly why we have our sticky notes." Reaching the library, they frowned.

"Five stories to search. This will take more than a little while."

"HEY GUUUUYYYYS!" A voice shouted. They turned around and saw Rikku running towards them, dragging Gippal along behind her.

"Rikku! Where are we going?" He asked, a little bit angry. Finally able to see them, he grinned.

"Hey guys!" They stopped to catch their breath once they reached the group. Rikku made a face.

"I know what we're about to tell you will probably sound a little crazy, but I'm sure you guys will remember when we're done."

"We already remember." Emma answered. Rikku blinked.

"Oh."

"Except me." Melody answered sadly. Both Rikku and Gippal looked at her.

"You don't remember?" Gippal asked, confused.

"But even Sora's here! You have to remember him!" Rikku told her. Melody shook her head. Emma cleared her throat.

"We should leave the matter alone for now, I think." She said, and so it was decided. Walking into the library, they did a quick search of the first floor, which didn't have much but administration facilities in it, and it was decided that they should all split up and everyone search a different floor. Getting into the elevator, they all got off on each floor, one by one, until only Melody and Sora were left. It was then that they realized that there was one too many people. Melody had her suspicions that it was planned this way, to get her to remember whatever it was that she was forgetting. The two of them walked through the top floor, though it was an easier search than the rest of them had. The majority of this floor was covered in desks for study groups and things like that. Finished their search, Melody sat down on one of the desks and looked out the window. Sora came to sit next to her. She sighed.

"I'm sorry I don't remember." She said quietly. Sora shook his head.

"It's not your fault. I just wish we could find out why you don't remember and everyone else does." He answered. She looked at him.

"Can you…tell me what I forgot? Even if I don't remember it, I still want to know." She told him, still sounding a little upset. Sora nodded.

"Well, your name is Kairi…"

……………………A few hours ago…………………….

Tegan walked into the party and grinned. Zane stepped in behind her. There were people packed into every square inch of the room. They walked up to a group of guys, who greeted Zane. These were apparently friends of his. One of them started eying Tegan and grinned.

"Ohh, who's this babe? Why were we never introduced?" He asked. Zane rolled his eyes.

"Andy, Tegan. Tegan, Andy." He said. The other guys started piping up, and Zane introduced her to the rest of them.

A while into the party, Tegan spotted a couch with no one sitting on it, and flopped down on it. Zane leaned against the wall.

"It's rude to take up a whole couch when there are other people waiting to sit down." He noted. Sticking her tongue out at him, she moved a little to allow him space to sit down. "So, what brings you to NNYU this year?" He asked offhandedly.

"I'm looking to have some fun with losers like you." She told him with a grin. He smirked.

"Ouch, that's cold." He answered.

"So, tired of your stalking me yet?" She asked.

"I never stalked you." He answered, sounding insincerely hurt.

"Oh sure, because following someone home when they asked you not to is totally not stalking." She answered sarcastically.

"You never asked me not to." He said, grinning.

"I did so!"

"Actually, you never did." He told her. Tegan gave up on arguing, and pouted. Zane smirked. "Are you always this easy to--." He started, but Tegan interrupted him.

"Don't call me easy!" She ordered. Zane sighed.

"I never did, I wasn't finished talking yet." He answered. Then, grinning, he continued. "But now that you mention it…" She found his arm wrapping around her waist and pulling her to him. She made a face.

"You're a loser." She told him again, though she made no effort to move out of his grasp. He smirked.

"And how far would you go with a loser?" He asked. Tegan raised her eyebrows at him, smiling slightly.

"I don't kiss and tell." She answered.

"Well, at least I know I can get that far." He answered, still smirking. Tegan's eyes were locked with his, and she was wearing a facial expression that seemed to just dare him. Their lips barely touched, when she just about jumped in surprise.

"Gippal?" She asked. He was looking back at her, and smiled.

"You remember?" He asked in reply. She nodded. Then she burst out laughing.

"AHA! I always knew that eye-patch was a fake!" She told him, grinning. Gippal rolled his eyes.

"Leave it to you, Rikku, to say something like that right now." He said, sounding exasperated. She giggled and threw her arms around his neck.

"Awww! My Gippaw-wippaw wuvs me!" She said. He glared at her.

"If you ever call me that again you're going to be the one with the eye-patch, and you will need it." He said darkly. Rikku laughed.

"Aww, is Gippaw-wippaw fweatening me?" She asked. He grabbed hold of her arms and she yelped, laughing. He pinned her down on the couch beneath him and started kissing her. She giggled. "I thought you were going to poke my eye out." She told him. He shrugged.

"I changed my mind." he answered simply. She let him kiss her some more, but then gasped, pushing him off her and jumping to her feet.

"We have to find Yunie!" She announced. He blinked at her, not quite able to process what she'd just said. She grabbed him by the hand, pulled him up off the couch and pulled him across the room and out the door.

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It was the fifth place she'd been to, and it was threatening to rain. Paine sighed as the pushed the door to the bar open and started outside. She walked down the street, not paying much attention to where she was going when she nearly walked into someone.

"Excuse me."

"Sorry." The person paused.

"Hey Rochelle, you haven't killed Zane yet, have you?" He asked. Paine blinked, unsure of who the person was.

"No, you haven't seen Kai-I mean Melody around, have you?"

"No, I kind of thought you'd be out looking for Tegan." He answered.

"No, why?"

"Uhhhh, because she's out with Zane." He answered quietly. Paine was about to explode, but then she realized just who Tegan and Zane were.

"Oh, okay." She answered simply.

"You're not angry?"

"Nope."

"Oh, Zane was worried you'd kill him. Anyways, I don't have much to worry about then, so I guess I should go back to the dorm. Maybe you should come, one of the guys might have seen Melody." All of a sudden it clicked.

"Baralai!"

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Yuna was wandering through the library, deciding that it was taking way too long to search the whole place. She'd given up completely on being quiet like she was supposed to, and was trotting down the rows of books, shouting at the top of her lungs.

"Kairi! Kairi! Are you here?"

"I know you're probably not expecting anyone to be in here at this hour, but I am trying to work." A voice shouted back to her over the book shelves. She blinked in surprise, and poked her head out of the row she was standing in, looking up and down the aisle.

"Hey, who's there?" She asked, walking through the immense bookshelves, trying to find the source of the voice.

"It's Caden, over here, and I only have the next five hours or so to write my essay." He answered. Yuna turned a corner and saw him sitting at a desk with books piled up all around him, to the point where all she could see what random bits of his blonde hair that were sticking up. She knew who he was.

"Tidus." She whispered. He stopped, and then pushed some of his books out of the way to see her. A small opening appeared in the mounds of paper and he looked out at her, his mouth wide open in surprise. There was a long silence, broken only when innumerable amounts of books fell off the table, crunching all over the floor. Tidus finally seemed to have found his voice, though apparently was still re-gathering his brain.

"No way…" He said dumbly. A small smile appeared on Yuna's lips.

"Hey," She greeted him quietly, her smiled widening. Tidus looked down at his paper and made a face.

"Writing was never my forte anyways."

"YUNIE! You found Tidus!" A voice shouted. Both turned around to see Rikku coming racing towards them.

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Okay, so this is a random place to stop, but I figure I might as well stop here, otherwise this chapter will go on FOREVER!