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A/N: Hi! I give you a million apologies for not updating any sooner. (: I just couldn't get around to ever finishing this chapter, y'know? But just yesterday I decided to procrastinate on my Geometry homework and work on this fanfic of mine. Yeah, just for you guys. :P By the way, if you're a fan of CCS (Card Captor Sakura), I've started a fanfic on it. Actually, it doesn't even really matter if you're not into Card Captor Sakura, because it's AU anyway... but yeah, it's new with a rather long Prologue so maybe you'd like to check it out... I'd love you even more than I do now. xDD
xoxo Bianca.
Intertwined Destinies
Chapter Thirteen.
"Oh, Kairi..." Trinity walked over to Kairi and gave her a reassuring hug. "He'll turn up sooner or later! Just stay here, I'm very sure that he'll return to the Inn and see you. Think of the reunion!"
Kairi wiped at the tears that had sprung from her eyes. "You're right... Trinity. I guess we're both just too impatient to see each other. If we can't wait, then we might as well not see each other. But we do want to see each other, so we should have waited."
Trinity sat Kairi down on one of the chairs at the kitchen table. "What do you suppose will happen after you two meet?"
Kairi looked around nervously. "I don't know, actually. I have no idea what to expect. I just hope I don't do anything stupid..."
"Oh, Kairi dear! You will not to anything stupid, I know that." Trinity smiled. "Now, are you hungry? I have made a delightful breakfast. I suppose it should be called brunch now, though. You should go on ahead and eat because we do not know when Sora will be back. You don't want my cooking to become stale and cold, now, do you?"
Kairi half-smiled and nodded. "Okay. I guess I really am hungry. I hadn't had anything to eat for a while... excluding the brownies, which were really good, by the way."
Trinity served Kairi a plate of eggs, sausages, and bacon. On a separate plate were pancakes, biscuits, and crepes—accompanied with butter, jelly, and honey, lightly dusted with some sugar. Trinity also gave Kairi a mug of hot chocolate, tossing in a few white marshmallows and cream. Kairi's other drink was a sweet tea with a thin layer of caramel set at the bottom of the dainty cup.
Kairi didn't realize just how hungry she was, as she dug into the tantalizing, delicious meal. And as Kairi ate, Trinity chattered on.
"Sora told me that you should have been at Destiny Islands," Trinity said with a questioning look. "Is that where you live?"
Kairi swallowed a bite of jelly-filled biscuit that had been dunked in honey. "Yes. Sora, Riku, and I lived there since we were really young... we played everyday, it was so carefree. But then something happened that caused all three of us to leave Destiny Islands... in the end, I returned to Destiny Islands by myself. Without Sora, or Riku. For nearly two years I've been waiting for them to return but I was somehow transported to this weird place that was dark with a stained glass floor, and stuck with Toshi. We fell off that stained glass floor and ended up here, in Traverse Town. That's when Toshi fainted and I looked everywhere for help, but no one would answer their door, for some reason that I don't know of... until I came here to the Inn and met you. You know the story from there."
Trinity nodded, getting a little misty-eyed. "Well, the reason you don't see anyone else around this town is because everyone disappeared. It was my fault, but I am so very terribly sorry it happened. It was a mistake yet on purpose at the same time. I didn't mean any harm on the town. You see, Akuji is dead, and I went to Merlin in hopes of bringing him back to life. I did the spell too early, made an awful mistake, and everyone in town except for me vanished. My brother could still have possibly returned to life, though."
Kairi's mouth gaped open, overwhelmed with the information. "Wow, Trinity..."
Sora gawked at the strangers, especially at Toshi.
And he thought it was weird that Alexandra didn't have any shoes.
Sora shook his head, blinked, and shook his head again. His eyes squinted at Toshi. "Why do you look exactly like me?"
Toshi brushed off his shoulders. "Dude, the question is... Why do you look exactly like me?"
Sora crossed his arms defiantly. "Hey! I know for a fact that I've had this face since, like, forever."
Alexandra came between the two glaring boys. "So I suppose that you two are not twins, considering that you were not aware of each other's existence, yet you look alike. Maybe you two were separated at birth!"
Toshi's eyes narrowed and said sarcastically, "Yeah, what a hoot. I see why mother disowned you."
Sora's jaw dropped. "Hey, that wasn't very nice of you!"
Alexandra poked Toshi in the side. "Bad boy. Bad, bad, bad boy. That was mean. BE NICE!"
Toshi inched away from the poking Alexandra. "Whatever... what... is your name?"
"Sora," Sora reluctantly answered. "And who are you two?"
"I am Alexandra," she waved, then jabbed a thumb in the direction of Toshi. "That would be Toshi."
Toshi pursed his lips together. "Hah! 'That would be Toshi'? I deserve a much better introduction than that. With spotlights. And my theme song. And streamers and balloons."
Alexandra and Sora looked very irritated.
There was a short silence before Alexandra piped up. "So, what brings you here?"
Sora shrugged. "The Darkness brought me here, I'm guessing. And you two?"
"I can't tell you. It's... forbidden," Alexandra said with a mysterious glint in her eye.
Toshi's chin jutted out. "We managed to survive a very, very hazardous fall."
"Who's 'we'?"
"Me. And Kairi."
Sora was overtaken by a sudden quietness, but then cleared his throat and asked, "Where did you fall from?"
"Let's see... some really dark place. But it wasn't really that dark because some strange stained glass floor we were standing on was glowing really bright."
Sora raised an eyebrow. "Did you say... stained glass floor?"
"Yeah."
"That's funny, because before I came here I was stuck in some really bright place with a stained glass... ceiling."
"Oh, really," Toshi said, as if he already knew that. "And I suppose you or someone else somehow made a fire go through the glass and practically burn Kairi?"
"What?" Sora asked, alarmed. "How did you know that?"
Toshi looked away. "Lucky guess."
Suddenly, the momentarily forgotten Alexandra reappeared. "I sense a pleasingly sweet olfactory property!"
"There she goes with the words again..." grumbled Toshi while Sora gave Alexandra a blank stare.
Alexandra covered her mouth. "Oops. I mean, I smell something rather enticing."
"That... means you smell something good... right?" asked Toshi.
Alexandra nodded.
"Then why didn't you just say that?" exclaimed Toshi wildly.
"Sometimes it is indispensable to expand your vocabulary."
Toshi stayed silent while Sora replied, "The only place the nice smell could be coming from is the Inn. Trinity is obviously a good cook. Why don't we head over there?"
Alexandra shrunk back. "I... don't think that would be a good idea. I have a duty, you see. I can't be sidetracked."
Toshi placed a hand on his stomach. "Come to think of it... I am kind of hungry."
Alexandra stared at Toshi. "No, don't go! Come with me. I need your help."
Toshi looked exasperated. "With what? Your so-called duty?"
Alexandra looked down at her bare feet. "Affirmative."
Sora sighed. "Well, I'm heading back to the Inn." His heart beat faster as he wondered if Kairi was there already. "See you guys... around."
Sora took one last look at Toshi, giving him a puzzled expression. Then, he began walking in the direction of the Inn.
Hmph. That guy stole my face.
Kairi took one last bite of crepe and finished her tea. Done. She got up and placed her empty plates into the part of the sink that didn't have Sora's clothes in it and began washing them.
"Kairi, let me do that," Trinity said soothingly.
"Oh, it's all right! I'm perfectly capable of washing the dishes I dirtied." Kairi smiled and gave Trinity a sideways glance. "Why do you like to hog all the fun work?"
Trinity smiled as well. "Well, I suppose. If washing the dishes brings you pleasure or something..."
"Oh, it does. So much pleasure."
Trinity laughed, and Kairi joined in.
"Anyway," Kairi squirted some liquid soap on to the dishes and washed them over with warm water. "I wonder how long Sora will be out there, trying to look for me, before he comes back..."
"I do hope he does not stay out until sunset. He does seem to be quite the persistent one."
Kairi nodded, placing a newly washed plate aside. "Sora is persistent... that's probably one of the reasons why I really..."
Kairi stopped short. When Trinity noticed this she asked, "That is probably one of the reasons why you really... what?"
Looking at her faint reflection in the wet plate she was holding, Kairi shook her head.
"Oh, it was nothing..."
"If you say so, dear."
Sora shoved at the door to First District. "This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder."
He sighed and stared down at the cobblestone ground as he walked towards the Inn. "Not only do I find out that Kairi's around here somewhere, but I also come across someone that looks exactly like me," Sora huffed grumpily. "Impersonator. And... I guess it'd be important to tell Trinity that she's not the only one in Traverse Town after all, excluding Kairi and me. Let's see. Alexandra refuses to talk about how she arrived here. Toshi came from a place somewhat like where I had been with Donald and Goofy, but with the stained glass as a floor instead of a ceiling, and he fell down here instead of being sucked up by Darkness. That would be how Kairi got here as well. How did he and Kairi meet up, anyway?"
Sora turned a corner. What did Kairi think towards Toshi? Was she really annoyed by him? Or what? Why was she with him, anyway? Did she think it was strange he looked exactly like Sora? Did she ever think Toshi was actually Sora? Did Toshi play any pranks on her to make her think he was Sora? How did they get together? How long have they been together? Were they sick of each other or did they enjoy each other's company? Did they hate each other or... like each other?
Sora's eyes narrowed. "I think too much."
Finally, Sora reached the miniature set of stairs to the Inn. Before he entered, however, he managed to get a view, from a window, of what was inside the Inn.
And who was inside the Inn.
Sora froze.
Suddenly, he ducked under the windowsill, still outside. He then peeked over the edge in order to see and listen to what the two girls inside the Inn were talking about.
"Um, Kairi, what is a Keyblade?"
Kairi's hand shook slightly as she set aside the last dish. "A... Keyblade? Did Sora mention..."
Trinity lowered her voice. "He didn't tell me much about it, but Sora said he lost his... Key-thing-a-majig..."
Kairi whipped around, her mouth agape. "He what?"
"Sora lost his Key-mawhatzit."
"SORA LOST HIS KEYBLADE?"
Trinity nodded. "Yes, yes. Is that bad?"
"Trinity, it's very bad." Kairi steadied herself against the counter and said slowly, "Sora needs his Keyblade to protect himself and others from Heartless. Without it, he has no way of fighting the 'forces of Evil' or defending himself from harm's way."
"I suppose that is rather bad."
Kairi was silent for a moment, and her eyes wandered around the kitchen before she replied, "So Sora lost... his Keyblade... along with..."
Seeing that Kairi did not continue, Trinity questioned, "Along with...?"
Kairi squeezed her eyes shut. "The Oathkeeper?"
Sora had heard enough.
He tore his eyes away from Trinity and Kairi and collapsed into a sitting position underneath the row of plants that rested atop the windowsill. His back leaned against the hard wall, and he looked at his fingers in shame.
His mind went wild.
How could he be so dumb?
How could he possibly reunite with Kairi without the Oathkeeper?
She'd totally hate him!
There was no way he could enter the Inn now. No way. Not until he found his Keyblade along with the Oathkeeper. He saw Kairi's face when she thought of the possibility that Sora might have lost the Oathkeeper. Crestfallen.
He wouldn't be surprised if the moment Kairi reopened her eyes, there'd be tears.
"I'm so stupid," whispered Sora, hiding his face in his hands. "I can't... Kairi... there's no chance I can go back to her now."
This was the ultimate moment of melancholia. There he was, sitting against the wall that had the person that was most important to him on the other side. But he couldn't just walk in and be with her. It wasn't that easy.
So close, yet so far away.
Sora dropped his hands to his lap, but not before wiping at a few tears that had come from his eyes. He couldn't hear Kairi and Trinity's conversation anymore. Either they had gone to whispers or he was just too slightly far away. But that didn't concern him anymore.
He just couldn't face Kairi. Not now. Not before getting back the Keyblade.
Most importantly, the Oathkeeper.
Because Kairi was important. Important to him.
Sora would regain the Oathkeeper. No matter what...
Then he stood up and sprinted off to, once again, search every nook and cranny of Traverse Town.
You could say that I lov...
"But... Sora is so much more important to me than a lucky charm," she murmured to herself. "I wouldn't even be angry at him if he happened to walk in at any moment."
After a prolonged silence, Kairi finally turned around and looked out of the window.
It was too bad, for at the time Kairi had turned to gaze out the window, she just barely missed Sora rounding the corner.
REVIEW REPLIES!
daaku: Of course you love Riku. Of course you want him in the chapter. Of course you want him to meet up with you and OF COURSE you "want his cookies." xDD
Sorasgirl333: Sadly, though, I didn't update as quickly as I wanted to, or as you wanted to. I'm very sorry! I do hope you enjoyed this chapter despite the wait, though. :D
carbuncle x3: I've seen the kitty version a looong time ago, like in sixth grade, which was three years ago. x) It just so happened that I happened to stumble upon it again... and since I miss sixth grade so much I decided to use it on my myspace. (: That's right, what you said about the cliffhangers. Gotta have something to look forward to. :D Truthfully, I am very thankful for those who are willing to give me a long review, so they get long review replies! Aww, you know you're important, carbuncle! xDDD
tamashiix: Yeah... and unfortunately, they did not meet in this chapter either... D: True, 'So close, yet so far away.' Hmph. Why must this be so? -mourns- Yeah, I know I'm the onewriting the story and I pretty much have a good view on what is going to happen in the future but, hey, it kills me to keep Kairi and Sora away from each other. xD
thesrazrbladekisses: YAY! I LOVE BEING ADDED TO LISTS! WHOO HOO!... can I beadded to yourgrocery list as well? -pause- Eh, wait a second.. 0o;
Yunique: I am glad that you are enjoying my story:D Looks like you're eager, too. I didn't really update ASAP... sorry... but I did update... (:
Mysterious Prophetess: Yeah. Lots of confusion between those boys. Especially Sora, because Toshi was told about Sora beforehand. And Toshi had to be such a moron. Sora's still his cute 'lil self. :DD
BattleAngelKurumi: Heheh, I rather enjoyed writing those parts... I'm glad you loved it. 8) Toshi stupid! -cracks up- That's a new one, and it's so true. (Toshi is currently grumbling inappropriate words off in the distance.)
Shirozora: xD Yeah, it's so good to know you liked that part, even though it puts odd images in my mind! x)
Sorakey: Yay! New reviewer! Welcome to... "my review circle"! ;D Oh my gosh, I'm so very, very happy to hear that you think it seems like an actual sequel! That's what I was aiming for, too! Thanks, and I too am waiting desperately for KH2 to come out... this fanfic helps me cope. (: Glad you're taking interest in my fanfic, I hope to see some reviews from you in the future.