Chapter Ten: Healing and Surprises

Kairi woke, feeling not a cold stone floor, but a warm bed. What happened?

She heard soft breathing in the room and looked to her right. She blushed when she saw Sora sleeping, and blushed even more when she saw their intertwined hands.

Kairi tried to move up, but then gasped in pain.

Sora woke up immediately.

"Kai, you okay?" he asked softly.

"Yeah- I've forgotten I just got hurt a few hours ago." She sat up with much effort, wincing with pain. Sora placed his hand gently on her back to help her sit.

"Thanks."

"No problem."

Sora suddenly pulled her into a gentle hug.

"Kairi, I'm so sorry. After what happened in Atlantica and here…"

"Sora, I'm fine now. Look at me."

Sora looked at her, his hands on her shoulders.

"Go downstairs and send Tifa here. You need to rest."

"No, Kairi. I can't take that risk."

"How can you protect me if you have no strength? Don't worry- get some food and rest. Send Tifa up here."

"Are you sure?"

"If I wasn't sure I wouldn't be saying this."

Sora looked at her, nodded, squeezed her hand and left. Soon Tifa came, worried, and sat in Sora's previous place.

"Hey, girl. How you feeling?"

"Pained, but loved."

Sora sat down where Goofy, Donald and Cloud were sitting down, eating. Kida and Milo had gone to the lake to resolve something.

Cloud tapped Sora awake. "Hey, champion. Wake up and eat."

"Sorry," said Sora, rubbing his eyes. "I've been up all this time, watching over Kairi."

"Well, rest in peace, 'cause she'll survive," said Goofy.

Sora smiled.

"How are things with Tifa, Cloud?"

"Perfect," he said, leaning on the chair. "We'll get married, you know that?"

Sora coughed on his water. Cloud laughed and thumped him on the back.

"M- married? When?"

"In a month or two."

Sora smiled. "Congrats."

A yell came from upstairs. "WHAT!"

Cloud and Sora laughed. "I guess Kairi knows the news, too."

But Sora's mind was on someone else, a special someone with red hair and blue- violet eyes.

"Kai, guess what?"

Kairi yawned. "What?"

Tifa smiled.

"What, Tifa? Tell me."

"Cloud and I are getting married."

Kairi widened her eyes.

"WHAT!"

"Yup," said Tifa, crossing her arms. "In a month or two."

"Wow, Tifa! Congrats! Wait, where's your wedding dress?"

Tifa laughed. "Not yet, a friend is making it for me." The details of the dress were told, and Kairi widened her eyes at every detail.

"Does Cloud know of the dress?"

"No," said Tifa, simply.

Kida came up.

"Hey, guys. Found a cure."

It was a brow and green leaf. Gold and silver letters were mad eon the leaf.

"It's a naiad leaf, very rare here, even in Atlantis. It possesses healing powers. I didn't even know it was here."

Kairi raised her eyebrow. "How did you find it?"

"A healer told me."

Kida opened the bandages and Kairi flinched. At least the cut was closing.

She placed the leaf on her wound. Golden streams closed the wound, leaving a scar. Then silver lines erased the scar, leaving Kairi like new.

Kairi jumped off the bad. No pain!

Kairi hugged Kida. "Thanks, Kida!"

"Anytime, Kairi. Hey, the boys are downstairs."

"Where's Milo?"

"Oh, he's busy with a translation."

Kairi was dressed in her clothes, washed and clean. Her shirt was washed of her blood and her shirt looked new. She went down the stairs. She found Sora talking to cloud, not noticing Kairi had come down. Quickly Kairi pinched his sides.

"OY!"

Kairi laughed as Sora jumped a few feet in the air. He fell to the floor, grumbling.

He then stood up in surprise, noticing Kairi standing up, no bandages on her waist.

"Kairi?"

"Yes, you lazy bum, it's me," she laughed, sitting down next to Sora and helping herself to food. Cloud looked equally surprised.

"Kairi, what happened?"

"Kida healed me. She found a plant ad healed me."

Sora hugged her. "At least you're ok."

He let go. Kairi nodded, smiling at him. Cloud watched on, amused.

"Well, what have you two been doing upstairs together?'

Sora and Kairi blushed like second suns.

A day or two later, they were all outside, bidding goodbye to Milo and Kida. They had battled Heartless the day Kairi healed, so they had to stay a bit more to get their strength back. Kida and Milo hugged Kairi and Sora. A portal sucked them, and as Kida and Milo said their last goodbyes, they fell on Grecian ground.