Forgotten Memories

By: Wishes of an Angel

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Kingdom Hearts.

Hey! It's me again. I'd like to thank EndlessFall, Sorafanluver, angelofsweetness, BlueEyedMystery, TqIiDqUiS, and Dragoon6181 for your great comments! Again, I really appreciate it! I also have to tell everyone that chapter 1 is very important. If you just scanned through chapter 1, I must advise you to read it over again to get the full enjoyment of the story. Well, then, here is chapter 4! Hope you all like it!

Chapter 4 – The Result

"How is she doing?" Sora asked Riku. They were in the patient's room at Destiny Hospital. Riku was sitting in a chair next to Kairi's bed when Sora came in. The doctor just finished putting on a cast for Sora's right arm.

"I don't know," Riku answered. "But Kairi's nurse said that the doctor will be in later to give us the details."

Sora walked up to the bed and looked at Kairi's peaceful face. Her forehead was wrapped up and the cloth was stained with blood on the left side of her head.

"She's still breathing, though, right?" Sora asked.

"Yeah. Well, let's talk about you for a while. How is your shoulder?"

"Oh." Sora looked at his right arm and up to his shoulder. "It's all right, I guess. The doctor said that it'll heal in about a month."

"That's good," Riku said. They looked back at Kairi.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Sora questioned.

"I don't…know."

"But I thought that you had a sixth sense."

"Well, I have a feeling that everything will be okay, but then…it won't be."

"Hmmm. You know, back there, when she protected me, she said that I was her everything."

"That's because you are," Riku said.

"Hmmm." Sora looked down. "I can't believe I didn't stand up to protect her."

"Oh, but something tells me that you did." Riku pointed to Sora's right shoulder. "You got hurt trying to protect her, right?"

"The man ambushed me."

"So? You were in Kairi's room so I assume that you went up to protect her. If you say that you didn't, that would mean that you ran away, but you didn't."

Sora sniffed a little and his eyes got a little watery.

"Hey," Riku said, "don't start crying anytime you like. Kairi's still alive. Shed a tear when you know for sure it's worth doing." Sora wiped his face.

"I guess you're right." Sora looked up. "But if anything bad happens to Kairi as a result of this event, I'm going to make sure to fix it."

It was quiet for a moment.

"By the way, Riku, what did you do last night after you left me at Kairi's house?" Sora asked, changing the subject.

"I wanted to stand guard at Kairi's house, too, but I decided that I should prepare myself to catch the thief. That's why I went back home to get a strong rope. After that, I figured that you'd guard the front of the house so I jumped into your backyard and into Kairi's. I noticed that the glass door to her backyard was sliced open, so I knew that the thief was already in her house and that you didn't stop him from getting in. I ran into the house and into the room. That's when I saw you standing up when the killer was taking a swing at you."

"So that's what happened."

There were footsteps entering the room. Sora and Riku turned around to see who was coming. It was the doctor. She had long brown hair and small oval glasses. She looked to be around her late thirties.

"Hello," she greeted, walking over to them and giving them each a handshake. "I am Dr. Gilford, Kairi's doctor. You two are…"

"I'm a close friend of Kairi," Riku said, "and you could say that Spiky over there is her boyfriend."

"H-hey! Riku!" Sora stammered, blushing.

"Well," the doctor started, looking from Riku to Sora. "Even though Kairi has lost a large amount of blood, I believe that you two will be happy to know that she will not die. Howev-"

"W-wait," Sora blabbered. "S-she's not going to die?"

"Yes, bu-"

"Yes!" Sora exclaimed. "She's not going to die! Isn't that great, Riku!"

"Yeah, bu-"

"I have to buy something for her," he said, thinking. "I know! Flowers! I'll buy her flowers!" Sora looked around the room.

"Sora! She's not done talk-" Riku managed to say.

"Where's the door?" Sora asked. "Oh, there it is." As he exited the room, he said, "I have to buy flowers, and quick. Before she wakes up!" Then, Sora was gone.

Riku sighed, shaking his head. "See what I mean?" he told the doctor. "He's crazy about this girl."

"I can see," Dr. Gilford said, staring at the doorway.

"What were you about to say?" Riku asked.

Dr. Gilford turned back. "Oh, yes." Her voice suddenly turned serious. "Although Kairi is going to live, I'm afraid that the collision with the club gave her a severe head trauma. This causes a shortage of oxygen to the brain, which in turn may cause many nerve cells to die."

"What does this all have to do with Kairi?"

The doctor looked at Kairi with utmost sadness. "Kairi will suffer significant memory loss."

'This was why I was having mixed feelings,' Riku thought. 'Kairi's not going to die, but she'll forget her memories. I wonder if that's worse than dying.'

"Will she forget everthing?" he asked the doctor. "Even who she is?"

"It's possible," Dr. Gilford replied. "We're not sure what she'll forget, but we are certain that she will lose some memories."

Riku looked at Kairi. His back washunched, having his elbows on his legs and his clasped hands straight out in front of him. The doctor saw his troubled face.

"I'm terribly sorry." She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Are you feeling all right?"

"I think I'm fine," Riku answered. "But I don't know if Spiky is going to be."

"Well, I'll leave you be then," Dr. Gilford said, as she lifted her hand off his shoulder. "If you have any questions, please contact me through Kairi's nurse."

"Thank you, Doctor."

Dr. Gilford walked out of the room and closed the door quietly.

'What am I going to tell Sora now?' Riku asked himself.

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Sora was on his way back from the gift shop. He was holding a huge bouquet of flowers in his left hand with a big smile on his face.

'I can't wait to see Kairi wake up to these flowers,' he thought happily.

End of Chapter 4

Well. There you have it. That's chapter 4. Sorry if it's kind of short. My chapters are usually that long. Again, if there is anything that I have to fix, please tell me. Again, I also have to tell everyone that chapter 1 is very important. If you just scanned through chapter 1, I must advise you to read it over again to get the fullenjoyment of the story. Other than that, I hope you all enjoyed chapter 4!