Forgotten Memories

By: Wishes of an Angel

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Kingdom Hearts.

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Chapter 5 – Do You Remember?

Riku let out a huge sigh. He moved his clenched hands up and placed his forehead on it, looking down. It was 2:12 in the morning and Kairi's eyes were still closed.

"And to think that Sora and Kairi discussed about their memories yesterday evening," Riku said.

There was a slight shuffle coming from Kairi's bed. Riku looked up. Her covers moved again. Riku stood up and looked at Kairi. Slowly, her eyes began to open. At first, she stared at the ceiling and then she turned her head to the left where Riku stood. She gazed at him for a moment and smiled.

"Hey," Riku said softly.

"Hi, ouch." Kairi winced from the pain. She moved her hand from under the covers and placed it on the side of her head that was bleeding.

"Oh, does it hurt?" Riku asked, putting his hand on the top of Kairi's.

"Sort of," she answered. Riku took his hand back and turned away.

'Does she remember me?' he wondered. Riku waited for a while and turned back.

"Do you remember your name?" he decided to ask first.

"Well, the last time I remembered, it was Kairi."

"Yes!" Riku exclaimed. "You remember who you are!"

"What about you?" she asked. "What's you name?"

Riku froze and his face immediately turned from cheerful to frighten. "What?" Riku questioned slowly, hoping that he did not hear what he thought she said.

"What's your name?" she repeated.

"You mean, you don't remember me?"

"Of course not," she said, putting her hand from her head to the bed. "This is the first time I met you."

Riku was shocked and his face became paler. 'She remembers her name, but not me.'

"My name's Riku," he said, faking a smile and holding back his hurt.

"Riku? Riku, that's a nice name. I'll make sure to remember that name."

"Yeah, sure," Riku kindly said.

Kairi slowly sat up in bed with Riku assisting her.

"Thank you." She looked around the room. "Um, Riku, where am I?"

"You're at Destiny Hospital."

"Oh." She looked confused. "Why?"

"Oh, you got hit in the head really hard." After Riku finished his sentence, he realized that it sounded like a horrible joke.

"You're kidding."

"No, I'm dead serious."

"That explains the cloth on my head then," Kairi said, touching the part that bled.

Riku was glad that Kairi accepted his answer and sighed. "Yeah."

"Why are you here, Riku?" she looked up at him. "I've never seen you before. How come you'd visit me, even though I've never met you before?"

Riku looked away sadly. He took a deep breath and spoke in a tone as steady as he possibly could. "Kairi, it's because…we're friends."

Kairi's eyes grew wide. She looked down on the bed. "What are you talking about? You're lying," she said. "I've never met you before. You're just tricking and taking advantage of me."

"No." Riku turned back to face her. "When you go hit on the head, you lost your memory."

"Hitting my head is also a lie, isn't it?" she asked forcefully. "I mean, who on earth would fall for that?"

"No, it's not-"

"Kairi!" Sora exclaimed, running into the room and giving her a hug. "How are you? Are you feeling fine?"

Kairi grabbed his arms and pushed him away.

"Get away from me!" she shouted. "I don't know who you are! Stop touching me like you are my boyfriend or something."

Sora gave her a strange look and laughed. "You're kidding, right, Kairi? I mean, you're always fooling around with me."

"What are you talking about?" she asked, crossing her arms and looking away. "I don't know you."

"Kairi," Sora said, almost upset. "I know I'm stupid sometimes and I'm not as handsome as Riku, but you don't have to be so rude."

"I already told you. I don't know who you are."

Sora was confused. 'Kairi sounds very serious. What's going on?'

"Kairi, you know how much I don't like jokes," Sora said, trying to get her to stop the act. "Quit fooling around."

"I told you –"

"Sora," Riku said, putting his hands on Sora's shoulders and looking him straight in the eye. "Kairi really doesn't remember you."

Sora dropped the flowers on the ground in disbelief. He pulled away from Riku. "You…you're lying. How can Kairi forget me? I…she…we love each other! She wouldn't forget about me!"

Riku took his shoulders again and shouted. "Sora, you are in denial! Shake yourself out of it! She's forgotten about us! She's forgotten about me! She's forgotten about you! Do you think she'd kid about something this serious! She treasured her memories even more than you, I bet! If she forgets, she wouldn't remember loving you and all the times you two spent together! I think she'd rather die than forget about you!" Riku took his arms away and his voice softened.

"Crying and being in denial isn't going to help bring Kairi's memories back."

Sora looked down and Riku walked to the other side of the room, staring at the wall.

Riku thought for a moment and realized that he was a bit too harsh. "I'm sorry, Sora." Riku apologized.

"No. You're right." Sora looked up. "Crying and being in denial isn't going to bring back Kairi's memories. That's why I'm going to do anything to bring them back."

A tear began to form in Kairi's eyes. It fell down her soft cheek and dropped on the bed sheets. She sniffled and the two boys turned towards her direction.

"You two really know and care about me, don't you?" she asked. She looked at Riku. "You're a really close friend of mine, aren't you?" Then she faced Sora. "And you. You're my sweetheart, aren't you?" Another tear fell and she covered her face with her hands.

"I'm so sorry," she said, crying. "I can't remember anything, but my name." Sora and Riku walked over to her. Sora sat on the bed and held her with his left arm.

"Don't worry, Kairi," Sora said. "I'll revive your memories no matter what."

"Are you sure it's possible?" Kairi asked him.

"Anything is possible," he replied.

Kairi rubbed her cheek against Sora's. "You're so positive, Sora. It's Sora, isn't it?'

Sora smiled. "Yeah."

End of Chapter 5

There you go. That's chapter 5 for you. I hope you all enjoyed it! Please come backandread chapter 6 after I post it up.This is Wishes of an Angel signing out.