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.:Chapter 10:.
Sora

What the hell...?

Sora slowly rubbed his eyes as his vision crept back. He had been in darkness; moving involuntarily. Kairi had been there too, but just out of his reach.

Once he ha started running, and his rage reached it's peak he heard a raspy, Heartless-like voice.

"Get him...get the boy..." that's what the voice had said to him

"No!" he had shouted back, "I don't want to hurt my friends!"

At the time a small portal had opened in the darkness and he could see himself chasing Tidus before Kairi came. Shortly, Azumi appeared; summoning something in a strange language. Something hit his head. Hard. Then, everything was black; even the portal was gone. And that was how he ended up like, well, this.

"Wah...?" Sora muttered, slowly standing up and wavering slightly.

Kairi teetered too, so he held out his hand to her. Lightly, she grasped it. Blinking her eyes several times, as if they were still focusing, she looked at him and frowned.

"Jackass!" she murmured, slapping him and leaving a pink hand print on his cheek.

Not red. Pink. She hadn't slapped him as hard as she usually did.

Okay, now I'm confused...

Looking towards Kairi for an answer, he saw that she was crying. Small, liquid crystal droplets slid down her cheek into the sand.

"Kairi I..." but he couldn't explain.

Sighing, he drew her into a tight embrace, half holding her limp body up in the process.

She began to sob, her tears making his hooded jacket damp. Resting his chin on her head, he drew small circles on her back with his right index finger. Only when her sobs were reduced to an occasional sharp sniffle and heavy breathing (due to a stuffy nose) did he notice the others around him. So did Kairi.

Azumi, unconscious, in Riku's arms. Wakka and Selphie just looking at each other, as if having a conversation and reading each other's minds. And Tidus looking at the two of them with...fear?

"Tidus what's-?" Sora started.

"Don't touch me!" Tidus yelled, backing up a step.

"What?" asked Kairi, bewildered.

"Ah...shit," Tidus started, but then turned and ran back to the boats, heading for the main land and home.

Did Tidus just...swear...?? And what's up with Azumi and Riku? What the hell happened?!

"Um, someone want to explain what's all going on?" Sora asked, raising an eyebrow.

Riku just glanced up, but Selphie answered his question, "Well, you and Kairi kinda went uncontrollably nuts and were both trying to kill Tidus, like really kill him. But it was like you couldn't...stop..."

Wakka's voice replaced hers, "Then Azumi got up and started mumblin' all this mumbo jumbo, ya? We were all kinda standin' here, confused, but Riku seemed to know more than we did..."

"Riku...?" Kairi said half to herself, confused yet.

Riku kept his head down, looking at the girl in his arms.

Wakka continued, "Well, after that, the three of you, Azumi, Kairi, and you, Sora, collapsed. The only thing is that Azumi won't wake up..."

"She's alive, right" Kairi slowly asked, taken aback by Wakka's explanation.

"Well duh!" Selphie answered for him, "If she wasn't, why'd we all still be here?"

But Sora wasn't listening.

Tidus? What's with you...?

"-and what's up with Tidus?" Kairi asked.

Sora caught that last part and tuned back into the conversation.

"Well, he said that this was happening before at school. To the younger kids his age. They'd go all wild like you guys and then the school'd have to call the police. After the police took those kids away, they never came back...I guess Tidus was afraid that'd happen to you two," Selphie explained with a shrug.

"Ooooooookay..." said Sora, elongating the word at the story processed in his mind.

Then Riku abruptly stood up, walking to the boats with Azumi.

"Uh, and just where do you think you're going with her?" Kairi asked accusingly.

"My house."

Sora and Kairi exchanged a glance.

What the hell is going on?

The two couples followed Riku to the docks.

"You can't just take her!" Kairi pleaded.

"Why not? She doesn't belong to you, does she?" Riku said, not even bothering to turn around.

"Well she doesn't belong to you either!" Sora said, defending Kairi

I know a lot more about her than you think, Sora, so just butt out!" He shouted, throwing the rope on the dock.

"Well, don't think I'm gonna let you just take her! We're coming too!" Sora snapped back, hopping into the neighboring boat with Kairi.

Kairi untied the rope and shoved off.

"You can't just leave us!" Selphie shouted to the tow boats

"There aren't any boats left, ya? Tidus rode over with Riku and Sora yesterday!" Wakka said, noticing that the two other boats were missing.

"The other two boats are back on the mainland!" Selphie yelled, stomping her feet.

"Just wait there! We'll come back!" came Sora's distant voice.

"Yeah, what ever," mumbled Wakka, leading Selphie up the wooden planks to Kairi's house.

Sora was rowing harder than he ever had before

Damn...Riku's going so fast! I can't keep up!

Suddenly, he felt two soft hands on his. Kairi.

She began to help him row, pushing as he pulled and pulling as he pushed. Had she worked a little harder, they would've passed Riku altogether.

Sora, arms starting to burn with exhaustion, was about to tell Riku to slow down when he realized they were already docking in the port.
That was fast.

Sora helped Kairi out of the boat and onto the white painted planks of Fate Island. The mainland. They raced to catch up with Riku who was already heading down the boardwalk.

It's odd seeing this Fate this way after Ansem and the Heartless. After Riku's light destroyed the Heartless behind the door, the seal was broken. Everything returned to as it had been. But it still seems so...fake...

Sora glanced up as they were passing the high school.

12 more days and we'll be back there...hard to imagine being a sophomore...and being in school with Wakka and Tidus. Tidus is so lucky he got to skip middle school...stupid genius kid...

Sora would have walked into Riku's front door and Riku had it not been for Kairi holding his hand and tugging him back.

He looked down at her, comforted by her smile.

Almost back to normal...almost.

.:End Chapter 10:.