Author's Note: Where is everyone these days? I barely got any reviews on that last one...Oh well. Here's another lengthy chapter for everyone. Those who like the SoraxKairi pairing, well, you'll like this chapter too, sorta.

Chapter 9

Destiny Islands

Kairi:

After we shared the paopu fruit, things become relatively quiet between us. Sora was lost in his own thoughts deeply. Traveling though the dark realm had drained me more than a little. So now we were back at the tree house, amongst things of old. I was surrounded by memories of people I had left behind. All for Sora. After a few hours, we would share a bit of each others abilities. I wasn't sure what my abilities were, but we would find out soon.

I watched Sora nap silently on the couch. This was the first time I ever saw him rest. I guess the travel wore him out too.

Disney Castle

Riku:

The entire castle was illuminated in a soft white light. Axel and I exchanged cautious looks and drew our weapons. We left here nearly three weeks ago. Who knew if Minnie and Daisy were still alive? We didn't. We walked down the open hallway to the pair of large double doors that were open. Axel stuck his head inside…

"Hello? Is anybody here?"

I joined him in the doorway. The entire room was filled with so much light that we couldn't see anything.

"Who's there?" A faint voice asked.

"It's Riku and Axel!" I shouted.

The light disappeared with a rumble and the entire room came into view. Daisy appeared about two yards away from us, looking slightly fatigued.

"Oh, Riku, Axel, I thought you would never come back."

"Why, what happened here?" I asked softly.

"Sora attacked Minnie. I took refuge behind the Cornerstone of Light to stay safe."

"Daisy, do you know about what's going on in the Underworld?"

The female duck shook her head.

"No, why?"

"Someone is bringing people that Sora killed back."

"The only exception is that if they didn't lose their heart to them, they can't come back," Axel added.

"Who is doing this?" Minnie asked.

"We don't know."

"I want to accompany you to find out who this person is."

"What about the castle?" Axel asked.

"It will be fine. No Heartless will set forth in here without dying."

Well, that was great news for the castle.

"What are some of your talents, Daisy?" I asked off-handedly.

"Believe it or not, magic."

That raised my eyebrows.

"Ok, let's go. We have to find Sora," I ordered.

"Why?"

"He's in trouble too."

Destiny Islands

Kairi:

I was hungry, but I didn't want to bother Sora at the moment. For the last two hours, he had been resting rather peacefully. I heard another growl and sighed. Who am I kidding? I'm hungry. I stood up and walked over to the couch. Sora's eyes immediately shot open and focused on me. His eyes were back to a soft amber color again.

"I suppose you're hungry," He muttered as he sat up.

His long brown hair pooled over his shoulders gently. I never noticed just how…how attractive he was in dark form. Sora yawned and gave me a half smile.

"Yeah, I am. I honestly didn't want to disturb you."

"I sensed it anyway."

"Did you really?"

"Of course, we're connected now."

Connected? Was that why I found him attractive? (Not that I didn't before…)

The paopu fruit was working. The smile vanished from Sora's face quickly.

"Someone's coming," He hissed.

I could feel his concern and anger building. Before he could stand up, the front door swung open.

"Riku, Axel!" I said with excitement in my voice.

Sora growled and folded his arms. He wasn't happy to see them at all. Riku and Axel walked inside the living room.

"What are you doing here?" Sora asked nastily.

"We're here to help," Riku replied in an equally nasty tone.

"Oh really?"

"Yes, really."

Axel rolled his eyes and pulled Riku behind him. I took Sora gently by the arm and pulled him over to the other side of the room.

"Anyways, I'm sure that you've seen Larxene one way or another," Axel began.

"She mentioned that some of the Organization was coming back," I interrupted.

"Other people are being revived as well. Sora, we've come here to help you."

I could feel Sora's incredulous stare almost as if I were the one receiving it.

"Help me? You weren't saying that weeks ago when I was pursuing Kairi," Sora snapped.

"You can't leave that alone, can you, Sora? You just couldn't face the fact that I was with her!" Riku retorted.

"Well, she's not now and she's bound to me by the paopu fruit!"

Riku drew his keyblade. I had to stop this before it got ugly.

"I'll kill you. I swear I'll kill you!"

"Whatever happened to helping me?"

"Enough!" I shrieked.

Riku and Sora flew backwards into the corners they emerged from. Axel looked at me nervously.

"You aren't going to do that to me, are you?" He asked.

"No."

Evening

Kairi:

Riku and Sora reached a temporary truce due to the fact that they didn't want to get slammed into the wall by energy. It was still an uneasy truce that ended up producing a lot of tension in the tree house. So now I was sitting on the beach to get some fresh air. Axel joined me moments later, stating that he didn't care if they killed each other.

"Axel…you aren't mad that I left…"

Axel glanced at me.

"No, I'm not. I'm not mad with Sora either. He was set up by two bastards to be this way."

"You found out some more about his transformation?"

He nodded.

"King Mickey and this guy named Yen Sid set him up. They knew he was bound to snap."

I was beyond horrified.

"Why would they do that?" I asked.

"They wanted to get rid of the Nobodies."

"Unbelievable."

"But you seem to be holding Sora together. He knows he doesn't have long before he loses his mind completely. You're giving him hope. You should be proud."