Chapter Four

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Sora felt a headache coming on. If he had to wait one more second... he was going to scream at the door.

"Riku," Sora whined, "you're hogging the bathroom." Sora tried to run a hand through his hair but it got stuck. Ugh. He grimaced and knocked on the door again.

Riku rolled his eyes at his reflection. Sora was too impatient for his own good. Casually he strode to the door and opened it with a loud WHOOSH. Sora jumped back in surprise.

"All done." Riku's breezy reply. Steam gushed from the bathroom in his wake. Sora stood rooted to the spot more than a little annoyed with his "friend". This was one of the reasons Sora had wanted to come on his own. Riku was a bathroom hog, a controller hog, and a ball hog.

Riku just went into the kitchen, towel wrapped securely around his waist and hair dripping on the carpet.

Stepping into the shower was like stepping into a cooler. A cooler in the North Pole complete with glaciers and little penguins. Sora, upon witnessing this, immediately screamed and fell taking the shower curtain with him.

Riku rolled his eyes and waited for Sora to storm out of the bathroom. 1...2...3...4...and 5-

"RIKU!" poor Riku, always getting blamed for every single little thing. He felt a smirk tug at his lips when he saw Sora wrapped in the bright orange shower curtain soaked and streaming water. Laughter forced its way out of Riku's mouth and Sora glared.

"Gee, Sora, that was quick. You sure you washed behind your ears?" Sora turned red. Riku didn't think it was because he was embarrassed.

"Riku..."

"Yes?"

"Run."

Thoroughly bandaged and limping slightly both Sora and Riku began the long trek to school.

"I hate you." Riku said and grinned. Sora huffed and sprouted several words that Riku was sure he had learned from Cid.

"What do you think will happen when we get there?" Sora asked hesitantly. Riku looked at him in surprise. "Well, I don't know. I guess we'll see Kairi...and her friend," he grimaced at the memory of her flapping mouth.

Sora looked thoughtful. "Do you think we can do it, you know, make her remember everything?" Riku couldn't answer the question but he knew that Sora wouldn't give up either way.

"I don't know, Sora. She's the same though, isn't she?" Sora smiled at that, scratching the back of his head in a nervous gesture.

"Yeah. Did you see the way she was staring at us? Like we were... something strange. I thought that she'd recognize us for sure. But...she- she didn't. Kairi doesn't remember us at all." Riku slapped his shoulder as much to comfort Sora as well as get his mind off their dilemma.

"C'mon, Sora. Don't be that way. That's what we're here for, we'll have to help her remember. We're her best friends, she can't just forget about us." Sora smiled and motioned ahead.

"Look, there's where Kairi is." The early morning sun peaked through the trees and Riku put a hand up to shield his face. Sora was staring wide eyed at the many figures making their way toward the little building situated in the center of a large group of trees.

He gulped and plunged ahead, Riku running lightly to catch up. They were going to meet Kairi together.

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