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Ch.24

Sora had to blink a couple times to let his eyes adjust as he saw a familiar sight, though with the sight a heavy pain was brought to his heart. Before him was Destiny Islands, the very place he saw destroyed. He knew it wasn't real though. He knew he was only in his dream island, but it always felt just as real.

He slowly walked along the shore until he saw Ventus and Vantias sitting a few feet ahead of him. They sat in the sand, conversing with one another. Sora smiled upon seeing them and broke out into a run to make his way over to the duo. With everything that had happened recently, he didn't have much time to go into the dream island. Now that it seemed things were starting to become less hectic he hoped that he would have enough time to visit more often.

As he ran towards Vanitas and Ventus the gentle breeze ruffled his hair, and with the coming of the breeze was the familiar scent of salt from the ocean. Making his way to the duo he enjoyed the warmth from the sun that stood high in the sky beating down on him with its warm rays. As always the temperature was neither too hot, nor too cold.

This was something that he enjoyed about the dream island. He loved his home so much that he knew every detail, and everything. So when it came to the dream, it was just like the real thing. But that still left that ache of pain in his heart. His heart knew the truth about what happened and he couldn't lie to it.

"Hi guys," Sora said as he walked up to Ventus and Vanitas.

The two of them shifted so Sora could sit between them. None of them spoke at first. They stayed quiet as the waves rolled up, nearly touching their shoes. The peaceful sound of the waves and the clear sky was enough to relax anyone.

Finally Sora decided to break the silence. He wanted to clarify a few things since they had finished visiting Wonderland. "So... I had some more questions to ask. You know, before I fell asleep."

"Yes? What about?" Vanitas asked.

"It's about what we just did back in Wonderland. I still have a lot of thoughts about things," Sora replied.

"What kind of things? Is it about magic, or fighting the Heartless?" Ventus asked as he looked from the skies to Sora.

Sora shook his head. "No… it was the other things. Two things really. One was the girl Alice. I still feel bad that we couldn't save her in time."

"There wasn't anything we could do about that. One moment she was in that cage and the next she was gone," Ventus answered with a small frown. "But I know we will find her. She has to be out there somewhere."

Vanitas scowled as he remembered the girl, in a way the girl reminded him of Kairi. She seemed to give off a feeling of light that annoyed him.

Sora took note of Vanitas's expression. "Something wrong Vani?"

Vani scowled. "That Alice, she had this feeling about her." He paused briefly in thought before he added on. "It feels remarkably similar to the feeling I often get from Kairi."

"Oh yeah Kairi!" Sora exclaimed. "You guys said you had something to tell me about her!"

Vanitas and Ventus looked to each other. They had wondered about the status of Kairi since they first sensed her. At first they figured she could show up on the dream island with them, since her heart was within Sora's, but they didn't see her. It was only the three of them and no sign of Kairi anywhere. But they could still sense her presence. She was still within Sora's heart, but apparently in a deep sleep.

Vanitas shared a glance with Ventus, his other half would be the best option to explain it to Sora. Ventus nodded to his darker half before looking back to Sora. "It's hard to explain… but your closer to her than you may think."

"What do you mean by that?" Sora asked his brows furrowing together as he tried to puzzle out those cryptic words.

"Basically… we sensed her presence after everything happened at Destiny Islands. Her heart appears to be resting within yours."

"Resting within… wait! You mean like how you and Vani have your hearts resting within mine?" Sora asked, his eyes growing bigger with wonder.

Vanitas gave a nod.

With that, it was all Sora needed for a confirmation. He jumped to his feet and began to look around. "So that means she is here? Kairi!?" He shouted loudly as he looked around. "Kairi are you here?!"

Vanitas sighed at this response. "Sora, it has only been a day or so since she has joined your heart. You were really young when we first joined, so you might not remember, but it took time for Ventus to wake up. And then I woke up sometime after him. It may be awhile before we see or hear of her. We should focus on finding Riku, and on ways of getting Kairi's heart back to her body."

Sora stopped looking around and sighed. "Oh… okay." He flopped back down to the ground. He looked disheartened now compared to seconds ago looking hopeful.

Ventus and Vanitas frowned. They hated to see Sora so sad. At least he now had the knowledge that they had been meaning to tell him. Unfortunately they still were unsure if Kairi would ever wake up, but they hoped at least that she would. They knew that Sora would be much happier if he could talk with Kairi again.

Wanting to comfort their younger brother, they both placed an arm around him and scooted closer. Sora's frown faded away as he felt the warmth of his brothers holding him closely.

"She's here though. And that's what matters. She's safe with us," Sora replied after a few minutes the small doubt he had fading away.

"Yeah, you're right about that. You're always looking out for others," Ventus replied. He stopped as he gathered his thoughts to move on to a different subject. "So, I think you said there was something else you wanted to talk about?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah, I also wanted to ask about sealing a keyhole. The keyblade pretty much just did to on its own, and I just went along with it."

"Yeah I noticed that. Alas I'm afraid I never did anything with keyholes before," Ventus replied. "How about you Vani?"

He shook his head, he never really had to do that. At least as far as he could remember. There was never a need for him to do such a thing before because he never intended to do something to help a world. At least, again, as far as he could remember. Even after all this time, a lot of events for Ventus and Vanitas were still hazy. Though recently it seemed as if they were able to recall a bunch more.

"I wouldn't know anything about that."

Sora nodded in understanding. While Ventus and Vanitas knew many more things about the keyblade than he did, he knew that they didn't always have all the answers. "Oh, okay. But at least I'm getting the hang of it."

Ventus smiled happily, "That's right! You've picked up a lot about using the keyblade. You're a natural."

Vanitas smirked before he reached up to ruffle Sora's hair, "Of course that's all thanks to us."

"Aw come on Vani, you don't believe in me?" Sora asked.

Vanitas shrugged nonchalantly, "I don't know."

Sora pouted. It was hard, near impossible to get Vanitas to give a true compliment. He always was so stubborn and harsh to most things, but Sora knew he could have his softer moments. He knew there was that soft side somewhere in there.

With a grin he leaned onto Vanitas. The unexpected extra weight caused Vantias to fall to the ground. Sora kept his hold tight though and snickered. "I know you believe in me, even if you don't say it."

"Hmph. Sure thing," Vanitas replied quickly with a roll of his eyes before trying to shove Sora off of him. "Now get off me you heavy lump."

"Not 'till you tell me how good I've done!"

"Why do I have to? Who says I have to?" Vanitas grumbled as he began to pout.

"I do!" Sora replied, a childish giggle following after.

Ventus laughed as he watched the scene unfold. It always amused him how Sora could bring out a different side to Vanitas. As he laughed Vanitas looked to him and scowled. "Don't you start laughing as well you idiot! How about you help get him off?"

Ventus shook his head. "Nah, I think Sora is right. You gotta give him some praise first."

Vanitas looked back to Sora, who was giving a cheesy grin to him. Vanitas sighed heavily and looked away, "Fine… You have been doing… decently so far."

"You can do better than that," Ventus scolded though a grin on his face indicated his amusement at the situation.

"All right!" Vanitas shouted in exasperation. He made eye contact with Sora once again. "I am… proud that you haven't died yet."

Sora's smile grew larger, "I'll accept that." He then rolled off of Vanitas and back onto the sand, staring up at the sky.

Sitting back up, Vanitas stretched. "Now, with the time we have left here, how about we teach you more magic?"

"I think that's a good idea," Ventus chimed in.

Sora jumped back up to his feet. "Yeah! Let's do it! Though… can it really work to teach me magic in a dream?"

"Only one way to find out," Ventus replied as he stood up next. "If it doesn't we can still teach it normally in the waking world."

"So…" Vanitas added before he joined the other two. "Let's begin."

We covered some stuff that we didn't think about last time, but it also serves as another nice moment for the three of them.

But what do you guys think, should we allude to Vani and Ven training Sora with new magic or actually show it next chapter? Let us know!