Sora and Kairi's quest to save Twilight Town continues! I hope you enjoy it!

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At first Sora was confused–this didn't feel like Twilight Town…it was so blindingly white. But as his eyes began to adjust, he realized where he was.

"The White Room," he said quietly.

"Huh?" Kairi asked.

"I know where we are. This is the White Room," he replied, as he began walking across the room, scanning the familiar drawings that were taped to the walls. This was one part of the town that Kairi had not been able to visit during her short stay.

"Look it's us!" Kairi exclaimed, pointing to a drawing Naminé had done of Sora, Riku, and Kairi sitting on the paopu tree.

Sora came over next to her and looked down at the picture lying on the table in the center of the room. "It is," he murmured. But as the two stared down at it, it began to quiver as though a breeze had blown past it, even though the window was completely shut. Soon it started to crinkle and shrivel up, and suddenly the two realized that the whole room was beginning to fade away. The curtains appeared to be dissolving and the table melted away to nothing. Suddenly, the chandelier crashed to the ground, shattering and sending pieces flying. Instinctively, Sora ran to protect Kairi. The floor was beginning to shudder, and a low rumbling could be heard throughout the mansion.

"We have to get out of here," Kairi cried.

Clutching each other's hands, the two made for the door, which Sora wrenched open. They scrambled along the balcony, and saw in horror that the already deteriorated mansion was falling apart even further. Huge chunks of the ceiling were falling and evaporating in midair. Soon holes had formed in the roof through which beams of light sent scattered patterns across the floor.

Sora and Kairi hastened down the stairs and sprinted through the doorway into the front garden. They didn't stop to rest until they were well past the iron gates that marked the entrance to the property. They slowly turned back to look, dreading what they might find.

With a thundering crash, what remained of the roof came tumbling down, tearing the walls and upper floors with it. When the dust cleared, all the rubble had disappeared leaving behind only the basement level, which contained the computer room.

The two were speechless as they stood, staring through the gateway at the vast empty space that the mansion once occupied.

"This must have to do with what Naminé was talking about," Kairi said in a troubled voice.

"Yeah, it sure looks like something's wrong with Twilight Town," Sora added.

"What are we going to do?" Kairi asked despondently.

Ever the optimist, Sora replied, "Let's go into town and talk to people. Maybe they'll have noticed other strange things going on."

"Alright," Kairi replied, a bit skeptically, for she felt a twinge of unease as they set off through the woods. It was as though they were leaving behind something that they desperately needed…

The first person they came across was a girl named Jessie who was running an accessory shop. She seemed a little amused by their questions, and thought they might have been researching the "Seven Wonders" of Twilight Town. However, she good-naturedly told them that she was probably not the right person to ask. As Sora and Kairi wandered through Tram Common, they came upon the Struggle Promoter.

"Ah, young man!" He called out.

"Yes?" Sora replied.

"You look like a good strong fellow. How would you like to participate in our next Struggle Tournament?"

"Well," Sora said, "I'm rather busy at the moment, but…" His voice trailed off when they noticed that the man seemed to becoming transparent.

"Sir?" Sora asked frantically. "Are you alright?"

The man did not respond, and Sora lunged forward to see if he could move the man out of the way of danger, but he fell straight through him and to the ground. Kairi rushed forward to help him up.

"Now people are disappearing too?" she whispered fearfully, as the last of the man dissipated.

"We have to think of something," Sora said distraught. "The whole town is going to disappear!"

"If only Naminé could tell us what to do!" Kairi moaned.

Naminé must have felt Kairi's thoughts, for at that moment, Kairi had collapsed to the ground, her eyelids fluttering shut.

Hurry! …Go back to the mansion… the computer… we'll be there…need Roxas…

It was as though fragments of Naminé's thoughts had found their way into Kairi's mind, echoing there, trying to convey meaning. As the strange feeling passed, Kairi opened her eyes to see Sora's face hovering above hers.

"You sacred me there for a second," he said softly, as he sat, crouched down next to her. He trailed his fingers lovingly along her cheek, and Kairi couldn't help but smile. But there were more important matters at hand, she thought regretfully. She hauled herself to her feet, and said, "We need to go back to the Mansion. Naminé said–at least she seemed to be saying that she'd be there…with…Roxas? And something about the computer…"

Sora was intrigued. He wondered what other mysteries the computer was hiding, as he remembered the alternate Twilight Town that had been stored there.

"Well, let's get going then," he said, but Kairi was already walking briskly in the direction of the Woods. Sora quickly caught up with her.

"So it seems like you're finally experiencing a real adventure," Sora remarked as they trudged towards the opening in Tram Common's wall.

"Yeah, but it sure isn't anything like I thought it would be," Kairi replied, brushing a stray lock of hair out of her face.

"You should be grateful that the nobodies and heartless aren't here to get in our way."

"Yeah…but I could take them!" Kairi replied, animated. "Remember when I fought off those heartless with Riku?"

"Yeah, you were great!" Sora replied, replaying that image in his mind. But with it came the memory of feeling quite worried for Kairi's safety. Becoming suddenly serious, he said softly, "Kairi, I don't want to lose you again."

They were now in the middle of the woods, and Sora had halted. Kairi stopped as well, and turned back to look at him.

"Sora…" she murmured, as she glimpsed the pained expression on his face. She walked back over to him, and grasped both of his hands.

"Sora, you of all people should know that we'll never be apart," she reassured him. "We will always be in each other's hearts."

"Yes, I know, Kairi," he sighed, letting go of her hands so that he could pull into a tight embrace. He would never be able to express how much he had missed her, and how fearful he had been that they would never see each other again.

The two of them would have loved to stay that way for eternity, but they were both brought back to the moment when they heard a loud creaking coming from a nearby tree. They pulled apart and listened, looking about them for signs of danger.

"What do you think that was?" Sora asked in a low voice. But his question was soon answered when the tree moaned again and they heard the distinctive sounds of breaking branches. The tree was dying, its leaves turning brown and blowing away as dust. Then its branches began to break off and fall to the ground, and both Sora and Kairi knew what was happening.

They ran along the path that led to where the mansion once stood, having once again witnessed a part of Twilight Town wink out of existence.

Stepping cautiously through the gateway, they surveyed the basement for the best way to get down to the computer room. Luckily, the stairwell that led down there was still intact, so they were able to make their way to where the library room once was, and down the steps into the basement. They approached the computer slowly, unsure of what they were supposed to do now that they had followed Naminé's instructions.

"Are we supposed to activate the computer?" Sora asked quietly, as the two stared at the multiple screens that pulsed with a soft blue glow.

"Possibly," came Kairi's reply. "But how?"

Sora reached a hand forward type on the keyboard, but as he did, a streak of electricity shot out to strike his hand. He jerked it back in surprise. Suddenly a crackling sound issued forth from the computer's speakers and the screens flickered to life. A fuzzy image wavered for a moment on the main screen, and suddenly, Roxas's face appeared.

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How was that for a cliff-hanger? Please review– I want to see what people think of this story so far!