Author's Note: Here's chapter #10! Read and review please!

Chapter 10: Reunion

It's been a couple days since I was put into the castle dungeon here in the Organization XIII world. It's been really scary and lonely. I didn't understand what was taking Axel so long to send Sora. Sora should've been here by now. I woke up that morning with Pluto right next to me. Saix was still in the dungeon. I still didn't know what they wanted with me. I stood up and walked over to the iron barred window and looked out at Saix. It was quiet in the dungeon. I broke the silence.

" What're you going to do with us?" I asked softly.

" You are the bait that feeds Sora's anger. Soon enough, he will surely come for you, but we will deal with him before he gets here." Saix said and then went into a portal.

" Sora's in danger because of me." I said to myself. A tear rolled down my cheek.

Pluto barked at something behind me. I turned around and saw a portal with a girl standing in front of it. She looked like she wasn't with Organization XIII. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and wore a white dress that came down to her knees. I slowly walked over to her. Pluto ran up to the portal and signaled for me to follow him. I walked over to the girl. She held out her hand and I took it. For some reason, a light glowed when our hands touched. I knew it meant something, but I just didn't know what it meant. I stepped into the portal with Pluto following me. She started to talk to me as we walked through the portal.

" Hello, Kairi." She greeted me.

" How do you know who I am?" I asked.

" My name is Namine. Kairi, you are looking for Sora, aren't you?"

" Yeah, you know him?"

" Well, you see, a year ago, some things happened. I had to take apart the chains that connected Sora's memories. But, I put them back the way they were." Namine explained.

" What're you talking about?" I was really confused.

" Remember when you forgot about Sora?"

" Yeah, but how do you know about these things?"

" You and Sora are connected. There was a time when I had to replace the memories of you in his heart with fake memories of me. When that happened, he forgot about you. He didn't even remember your name. Sora forgot everything about you, and that affected you too." Namine said sadly.

" So, that's how I forgot about Sora. But, I still don't get it. How so you know about everything I do and everything that happens to me?" I needed to know this.

" The truth is…Kairi, I'm your nobody."

" What's…a nobody?"

" When a strong-hearted person becomes a Heartless, a nobody is created. In Sora's first adventure, he journeyed to find you, and at that time, you lost your heart and I was brought into the world. I…was never meant to exist. Neither was Roxas."

" Roxas, I talked to a boy named Roxas before." I started to say, but we heard a noise.

" Come on, we have to hurry! I can take you to Sora!"

I agreed to Namine's suggestion. We ran out of the portal. We ended up in Naught's Approach. We quickly ran down the stairs. Or, at least we started to. Saix then appeared at the bottom of one of the flights. How do these guys know where we are all of the time? First, it was Axel, then it was Saix. Who's next?

" Trying to escape, Namine?" Saix asked evilly. We both got into a fighting position. " If I had a heart, this would be the part where I die of laughter." I looked to the side of Saix and saw another guy in a black robe. He attacked Saix. " We don't have time to toy with you." Saix went back into the portal.

" You can take it from here, Riku." Namine smiled.

" Riku?" My heart skipped beats. I walked over to Riku. His hood was still on, so I took it off. Somehow, he didn't look like Riku. He looked like Ansem! " Riku? Is that you?"

" Kairi…" His voice, it sounded like Ansem.

" Riku, what happened to you?" I asked with concern.

" It's a long story. Sora's here with Donald and Goofy too. I'll tell you all what happened when we find Sora." Riku answered.

I nodded in agreement. I looked over to thank Namine, but she disappeared. Riku said that Sora was in the Hall of Empty Melodies. I started to run, but Riku held me back. He said that he would leas the way because there were Heartless and evil Nobodies running around. Riku led the way and I ran behind him as he would fight off Heartless. A Nobody tackled me to the ground, but I managed to get it off and continue running. Riku ran ahead of me. I was about to follow him when I heard a familiar voice. I listened closely to what the voice was.

" But, Kingdom Hearts!" I knew who that voice belonged too. I went a different direction and ran into the room where the voice came from.

" Sora!" I looked over the balcony of where I was. It was really him! " Sora! It's really you!" A tear rolled down my cheek.

" Kairi!" Sora called my name. Then, Heartless tackled him to the ground.

" You leave Sora alone!" I yelled at the Heartless. I ran back and then jumped off to go help Sora. But when I did, the Heartless tackled me to the ground too. This time, I couldn't get up! " Sora…" I moaned as the Heartless were trying to attack me. Riku came and swatted them off of me. I looked up and he had something bright in his hand.

" Here, take it." Riku said as he handed me a…keyblade! I grinned as I held it up.

" This time, I'll fight! You know Sora is hopeless without us! Come on, Riku!"

I started to charge at the Heartless with my keyblade. Riku followed me. We fought the Heartless that were up there. I actually enjoyed fighting. Now, I know how Sora feels when he's fighting Heartless. As Riku and I fought the Heartless, I would occasionally look over the balcony to see if Sora's okay. Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked like they were doing fine. They were fighting this Organization XIII member that had an eye patch over his left eye and a scar over his face. He was shooting all of these little snipers at them. I looked back at The Heartless and saw that I got so caught up in keeping an eye on Sora that Riku was now surrounded. I ran and charged at some of the Heartless. I got quite tired. I looked over the balcony and saw that Sora was not there anymore. I just continued fighting knowing that he was going to come soon. The Heartless were finally defeated and my keyblade disappeared. I just stood there, panting. I heard a voice behind me.

" Kairi, you were great!" That voice belonged to Donald Duck!

" Oh?" I looked behind me and saw Sora, Donald, and Goofy behind me. I did a nervous laugh and flicked my hair back. I walked towards Sora and Sora walked towards me.

" You are different, Kairi, but I'm just glad you're here." Sora said. I felt so happy just standing in front of him. I thought I was dreaming. His hair got lighter, he got more muscle, and his voice was deeper too. He also wore a new, black outfit. (KH2 outfit)

" You and Riku never came home. So I came looking for you." I watched him as his smile went to a frown.

" I'm sorry." I couldn't take it anymore! I just ran and wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him into a hug.

" This is real." Tears rolled down my eyes and onto his shirt. Sora hugged me back. I haven't done this in a long time. I didn't want to leave him ever again. I was finally with the one I loved. Selphie was right, I thought to myself. Sora looked over my head and pulled away. We looked ahead and saw that Riku was about to go into a portal.

" Wait, Ansem! I mean, Xehanort's Heartless. I never thought I'd see YOU again. After all the things that have happened. Then again, you did save Kairi, so I guess I have to be grateful for that. Thanks." I heard Sora make another one of his long, speeches. Riku walked towards the portal again. I had to let Sora know that this was Riku. I ran and pulled on Riku's arm.

" Riku, don't go!"

" Huh?" Goofy asked.

" Kairi, what did you just say?" Sora gave me a surprising look.

" I'm just a figment from the darkness. I'm no one." Riku said sadly.

" Sora, come here. Say something to him." I asked. Sora walked over to Riku and I. I took Sora and Riku's hands and clasped them together. " Close your eyes." I told Sora. I just stood there and waited for one of them to respond. Sora finally opened his eyes.

" Riku! Riku's here! I looked everywhere for you!" Sora kneeled down crying.

" I battled Roxas hoping that would wake you up, but I lost. Then, the next time we met, I made sure that I was the stronger, but I had to use the power of darkness and in order to do that, I had to become Ansem." Riku explained. Somehow, his voice was back to normal.

" But, why didn't you let me know you were okay?" Sora asked.

" I told you, I didn't want to be found. Not like this." Riku looked at himself with disgust.

" Well, now that we're all together again, let's go and end this!" Sora suggested.

" But, could you guys excuse us for a few minutes?" I asked the other three.

" Aw phooey! You don't need time alone, right Sora?" Donald asked.

" Hmm, actually, maybe you should go. C'mon, just give us five minutes, okay?"

" I guess five minutes won't hurt. C'mon you two." Riku said.

" So, how's the island?" Sora asked me.

" It's okay…I guess. For the others, it was." I answered with my eyes closed.

" What do you mean by 'for the others'?" Sora walked closer to me while I had my back to him.

" When you were gone, it was like, you left as a child and now you're coming back as an adult. You don't realize how long you've been gone. How long I've been heartbroken."

I was pretty upset that Sora had been gone for a year and he still hasn't returned. I started to cry a bit. I was happy that I was with Sora, but why did he promise to come back to me when he couldn't keep that promise? I could hear Sora's sigh. I also heard his footsteps as he walked closer to me. Sora wrapped his arms around me from behind and pulled me into another hug. Then, he apologized again. I wiped the tears away and smiled. Just like the old days, Sora would comfort me when I was sad. I held onto Sora's arms so he wouldn't let go of me. Either I was dreaming, or Sora placed a gentle kiss on my cheek. Our special moment was interrupted when Goofy called Sora because of Nobodies. Sora ran out and I followed him.

" Looks like we've got a lot of fighting before we can go home." I muttered to myself.

Author's Note: Yay! Sora and Kairi are reunited! The next chapter is when Sora fights Luxord, Saix, and when Riku turns back to normal. Oh, and we can't forget that's when they reunite with King Mickey! Review please! Thanks for the reviews so far and I hope you liked the additional Sora and Kairi scene I put in this chapter. Until next time!