Sora ran down to the back alley and found Hayner, Pence, Olette and Namine waiting for him. Namine? He nearly gaped in surprise in seeing her with the group. "Hey...there," he greeted uncertainly. He received a knowing smile from Namine and shuddered.
"Do you guys mind if I can be alone with...ROXAS for a bit?" Namine asked the group nicely, "I need to tell him something really important." She smiled sweetly.
Hayner, Pence, and Olette snickered and whispered to each other. "Sure," Hayner answered almost too happily, take all the time you two LOVEBIRDS need." He laughed and ran off with Pence and Olette following close behind.
"It's not like that!" Sora protested, "We-"
"Sora," Namine interrupted, "You're here." She turned around to face him. "I was expecting you." She snapped her fingers and everything instantly turned pure white.
Sora looked around. He found himself inside a huge capsule/pod and sighed in dismay. "Not again," he mumbled, "How'd we end up here, anyway? I thought we were with Hayner and the gang." He tapped on the glass.
"It was all just an illusion, " Namine explained, "Don't forget- I have control over your memories and the memories of those around and/or close to you." She smiled as the capsule opened. "Meaning that I have complete power in this Twilight Town."
Sora jumped out of the capsule and breathed in a fresh breath of air. He exhaled, "Freedom at last." He stretched and turned to face Namine. "Can you fill me in on everything? I have no clue to what's going on what so ever."
"I had to rearrange Roxas' memories in a more complicated way." Namine reclosed the capsule and sighed. "So I put him to a deep sleep and you two switched hearts."
"Switched...hearts?" Sora repeated, obviously confused.
"Yes. Even though it may seem like you two switched bodies, you actually switched hearts." Namine placed a hand on where her heart was. "A heart carries everything that you are. However, I don't know how I know this since I don't have a heart." A tear trickled down her cheek at her own statement.
"H-hey," Sora stuttered, starting to panic at Namine's tears, "Don't cry. You DO have a heart. You just don't notice it because no one's reached out to it yet." He smiled uncertainly.
Namine looked at him and wiped away her tears. "Thanks, Sora." She smiled at him. "This must be how you and Kairi find each other...no matter how far the distance." She lead the way out and they both became happier when they saw Twilight Town after going through the dark woods.
"Lets go find Roxas," Sora suggested, eager to see Kairi again.
"Right," Namine chimed, sensing his rising feelings.
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"This is boring," Roxas yawned as he watched Riku form a circle in the middle of the cold empty room using white sand, "Can we do something else?"
Riku popped a vein at Roxas' ignorance. "If you're at all CONCERNED, then you should know that this is all for you and Sora!" he shouted, "So help me out here if you want to be back in your own body and with Namine!" He picked up some more sand from the jar and made another circle inside the circle he just made.
Roxas pouted and huffed as he hopped out of the couch to help Riku finish the Ritual Ring. "Fine," he grumbled, obviously still bored. He picked up some sand from the jar as well and made a star with doubled hearts next to it inside the second circle. "How's that?"
Riku looked down at the ground and mumbled, holding his chin, "Hmm...sloppy, but it'll do." He smirked when he saw Roxas glare at him. "Just kidding. Now get in there and I'll do the incantation crap." He picked up a book from the couch and started to read as soon as Roxas ran inside the ring. "Ai...eh?"
"What's wrong?" Roxas asked impatiently, "I'm still Sora!"
"I'm trying here!" Riku replied angrily, "So shut up and let me read this crappy thing! These words are hard to pronounce, you know." He cleared his throat. "Aiko Letro Devjo." He sweatdropped when he found Roxas looking at him with a confused expression. "Uh... Two hearts within one. Let them be returned to the other...the separation undone." He snapped his fingers and blinding white light surrounded Roxas. "De-spell!"
Roxas shielded his eyes, yet took a peek at the glowing floor beneath his shoes. He fell on his knees and collapsed with a grunt. I hope this works.
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Sora and Namine went down to the Sandlot and found Seifer and his gang there. "Oh, no," Sora mumbled, "Not him." he scratched the back of his head nervously as Seifer, Fuu, Rai, and Vivi approached him and Namine.
"Looks like Chikenhead's back," Seifer mocked, "And with his girlfriend, too." He smirked as the three behind him laughed hysterically. "So what are doing here now? Wanna pick another fight with me?"
Sora was about to respond with a nasty comeback, but stopped when he felt his head spin and his body weaken. "H-huh?" he groaned and fell on the ground, unconscious.
"Sora!" Namine gasped, but then fell to her knees and hands when she felt her body pin down to the ground all of a sudden. "What's going on?" she murmured and fainted.
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Light? Huh? I can hear myself think in my own voice. Did Riku's spell thing work? Roxas slowly opened his eyes and found himself looking into Seifer's green eyes. "Seifer!" he yelped and quickly sat up. He quickly touched his hair and found them the way he spiked them- one way upward. It worked! Yeah! He smiled.
"I wouldn't be smiling if I were you," Seifer huffed and lead his gang and himself back to Station Heights.
What did he mean by that? Roxas looked to his right and saw an unconscious Namine on the ground, her body still. "Namine!" he yelled and rushed to her, shaking her frantically, trying to wake her up. "C'mon, Namine! Wake up!" He cupped her pale cheek and his pupils went down into miniature sizes when he found her cold. "Namine!" He was able to feel her breathing steadily, but was worried about her abnormally cold temperature. What's wrong with her? Is she sick? Is she even still mentally alive?
"Roxas!" Hayner called, but then ran towards his best friend when he saw the sleeping girl in his arms. "What happened to Namine?" He grinned. "Talk about Sleeping Beauty."
"Shut up and just help me out, will ya?" Roxas snapped, picking up Namine bridal style. She's as light as a feather! He let Hayner lead the way to the Back Alley.