Forgotten Memories
By: Wishes of an Angel
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Kingdom Hearts.
Greetings! Thank you Sorafanluver, BlueEyedMystery, TgIiDgUiS, enriya, the darkness in your heart, EndlessFall, FaLlEn-AnGeL627, and Dragoon6181 for taking your time to post upa reviewIt really means a lot! Chapter 6 may not be as great as the other ones, but I hope you'll still like it. If there is anything I need to change, please tell me. If not, pleaseenjoy your reading!
Chapter 6 – Looking Right into Me
Everyday after school, Sora would come to visit Kairi at the hospital and tell her about the moments that they used to spend together, but Kairi could only imagine. It was hard for her and she tried to remember her past. Sometimes, when Sora left the hospital, she would cry herself to sleep.
After a few weeks, her injury healed and she was free to leave the hospital. Even then Sora continued to come to her house and tell her about the past, but she still couldn't remember.
Sora and Kairi never go closer than being friends, but it was fine with Sora.
Two weeks later, Sora's cast was off. Five more days passed and it was finally the day of their school dance.
Many people attended and were dancing the night away. The teenage boys were dressed nicely in their tuxedos, while the females were in their hand-picked dresses. The dance room would have been dark if it weren't for the little lights blinking from the ceiling. The music was booming as usual and the food tables were covered with deliciously scrumptious foods and drinks. In the corner of the dance room, Riku and Kairi stood waiting.
"Riku, what time is it?" Kairi asked. She was in a long, silky pink dress that stopped right above the ground and she had her hair down like she usually did. Although she dressed casually than most girls at the dance, she still looked gorgeous.
Riku pulled up his sleeves and looked at his watch. "It's 8:30 p.m.," he replied. Riku had on a black unbuttoned suit jacket and matching dress pants. It was definitely different than what he was used to wearing, but nobody complained.
"Sora's late," Kairi mentioned. "The dance started at 7:00 p.m."
"I know."
"Do you think he's coming?"
"He has to. I snuck into a sophomore dance as your date and trust me. I don't go to many dances. Plus, he asked you to this dance, didn't he? He wouldn't miss it for the world."
"I hope you're right. Boys are starting to stare at me."
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"Oh, no! I'm late!" Sora raced out of his house, half combing his hair and half putting on his jacket. His bowtie was tucked underneath his neck collar, untied.
Sora decided to take a short nap an hour before the dance started. It turned out that he overslept.
It was dark outside. The stars came out and the ground was still muddy from yesterday's rain. Before Sora crossed a bridge, he finished combing his hair, along with buttoning his jacket, and tying his bowtie. He was in a rush so much that he had forgotten that his shoelaces were still untied.
In the distance, Sora could see the lights shining from his school. He ran quicker and just then, he tripped over his shoelaces and fell face first into a muddy pile. He laid there for a moment in disbelief and burst out of the ground. He was breathing heavily and looked at himself in despair.
'No. This is my only suit.' He looked up toward the school. 'And I was so close to getting to the dance, too. What should I do? I can't just keep Kairi waiting, but I can't go into the dance like this.' Sora sighed and forced himself up and off the ground.
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"Come on Kairi," the boys nagged. "Sora's not here and Riku's not dancing with you. Let's dance." They had Kairi and Riku cornered.
"Stop," Riku demanded. He was in front of Kairi, keeping the boys from getting to her. "She said no so stop pressuring her."
"I don't get why she won't dance with any of us except Sora," a boy said.
"That's because you're scaring her," a voice said from behind them. They all turned around.
"Sora!" Kairi exclaimed as she ran through the boys to get to him. He was covered in thick, dripping mud from head to toe. The mud blended in with his hair and caused his spiky hair to flatten. The only thing that was apparent on his face was his eyes.
"That's Sora?" a boy asked. "He looks like a mud monster."
"Yeah," another boy commented. "How can someone like that dance with Kairi? He's a mess. He's not a gentleman at all."
"Be quiet," Kairi ordered. The entire dance room quiet down and looked in their direction.
"This is Sora. He may not look like him right now," she said, looking up into his eyes, "but it is him, because, for some reason, I know him."
Sora smiled, and as he looked at Kairi, he felt as though one of his memories was repeating again. 'The time when I was a Heartless, Kairi protected me, just like right now.' Sora gazed into Kairi's eyes and thought, 'If telling Kairi her memories won't bring them back, maybe having her physically go through her memories again may.'
Sora held both of Kairi's arms, closed his eyes, and embraced her. "Thank you, Kairi."
"Augh," the boys said. "He got her all dirty."
Sora ignored the audience and squeezed her harder. 'Please let her remember.'
"Sora?" Kairi whispered.
"Yeah?" His spirits flew high.
"You're lucky this isn't my favorite dress."
"Oh." He let go of her and grin. "Sorry."
A new song was being played and everybody got on the dance floor.
Sora sighed sadly. 'I guess she didn't remember. Oh, well.'
"So? How about a dance?" he asked, lifting up his right hand.
"With you looking like that?" Kairi harshly asked, putting her hands on her waist. Then in a sweet voice, she placed her hand in Sora's, smiled, and said, "Of course."
End of Chapter 6
Well, that's it. Hope this chapter is all right. I know the moment in this chapter isn't really like the part when Sora hugged Kairi after he turned from a Heartless into a human in the game, but it's supposed to be kind of the same. Well, I hope you come back to read chapter 7!