I have my computer back! *does a happy dance* So anyway, as promised here is Chapter 25. Enjoy. :)


Chapter 25 - Darkness at Hand

Riku woke up in Sora's bed that morning, his head pounding and body feeling heavy. Man he felt awful. What the hell had he done last night?

Eyes opening, he found brunette spikes tickling the end of his nose and closed his eyes again, drawing the familiar weight of his best friend closer.

A groan a few beds over made him open his eyes again, only to find Albus emerging with rumpled clothes and messy hair. "Oh, my head," he moaned loudly.

"Shuddup," Scorpius groaned as a foot emerged to kick the middle Potter.

"Shh," Riku moaned, his head pounding with the few noises.

Someone walked into the dorm and pushed something into his hand before moving on. Looking at it curiously, he watched as Albus and Scorpius downed it without hesitation and seemed to suddenly revive. "What's it?" he asked, squinting blurry eyes at the vial.

"Hangover potion," Albus replied as he and Scorpius got out of the bed. "Trust me, you'll want it. Need the bathroom first though." The two of them scampered off.

Riku dropped the vial carefully on the sideboard and closed his eyes again. He'd drink it later.

"All of you shut the fuck up," a voice that sounded scarily like Zexion grouched. "Riku, Axel, you are fucking dead you fucking trash heads."

"I hear ya trash mouth," Axel agreed as he threw his hand up in the air from his own bed.

"Zex, drink your hangover potion before you actually murder someone," Demyx murmured sleepily.

"Demyx, you are dead as well when I am capable of physically moving you fucktard."

"Yep. Okay. Now shut up and get some more sleep. Mr Bubbles doesn't normally move around this much and I'm still sleepy."

"Fuck you."

"I wish." Yawning, Demyx tightened his arms around Zexion and dragged him closer.

Axel snorted in amusement. "You two are so gay."

"Fuck you Axel. Fuck you."

"You wish shorty. You wish."

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It was lunchtime and the Great Hall was in chaos, as usual. All the students were cramming as much food into them as possible (trying to get over their hangovers), as were the castle's temporary guests. Cloud and Leon were sitting at the staff table with Vexen, Xaldin and Xigbar. Yuffie was sitting with Sora, Axel and Demyx and most of the staff were either avoiding the chaos or enjoying it, laughing and watching to make sure the students didn't start any food fights.

Leon listened as Xaldin described the intricate details of the computer system they'd had in Radiant Garden before their experiments all went to hell.

Cloud rubbed his shoulder where his wing was with a frown. It had been aching all morning. Usually it just meant upset levels of darkness but it had never gone on for this long. Munching on a piece of bacon, he yelped as the pain suddenly flared up, filling his body with a fire he hadn't felt in a very long time, making him double over and clutch at his shoulder with a hiss. "Ah, Ow…!"

"Cloud?" Leon asked, suddenly concerned.

Breathing heavily, he attempted to push the pain back, whimpering as it suddenly pulsed and his control over the wing began to slip.

"Hey, Cloud, what's wrong?" Leon asked urgently as he placed a hand on the blonde's back.

"My wing," he hissed. "Something's wrong. I've got bloody good pain tolerance, but this is fucking ridiculous!" Eyes clenched tightly, he jerked up in alarm when a strangled cry came from the Slytherin table.

Riku's eyes narrowed as Cloud doubled over in pain. Something wasn't right. Oh well, Vexen would sort it. Going back to his lunch, he picked up the conversation with Scorpius again, who asked him if he was okay. Nodding to say he was, he picked up another fork full of omelette and dropped it suddenly when his heartbeat leapt into his ears and his heart felt like it was suddenly being crushed in a strong fist.

Tha-thump.

Tha-thump.

Tha-thump.

Letting out a strangled cry, his eyes widened in panic as he felt the darkness stab claws into his chest again and begin to spread slowly, poisonously, making his veins feel like lead and his arms and legs feel like rubber. Trying to draw in unsteady, shuddering breaths that just didn't seem to make a difference in getting him the oxygen his body needed, he doubled over and attempted to push it back, breathing getting faster.

"Hey, Riku. Riku! Professor, help!" Scorpius yelled loudly, looking around wildly.

Sora was laughing at something Axel had said when Yuffie said worriedly, "I wonder what's wrong with Cloud?"

Frowning, he looked over at the staff table, eyes widening when he saw Cloud doubled over the table, Leon and Vexen checking him over. "I don't know…"

A strangled yell sounded and Sora looked up eyes landing on Riku as he doubled over as well, Scorpius looking around anxiously. "RIKU!" He leapt up from the table, racing around the end to get to his best friend. Getting there, he placed a hand on the other teenager's back, ignoring the worried looks around him. "Riku?"

"Sora… get… back…" Riku managed to choke out, sounding like he was being strangled. Pushing himself upright, the silver haired teenager pushed himself away from the table and doubled over with a scream as he clutched at his chest again.

"RIKU! Zexion, help!" Sora screamed desperately as he caught his friend from hitting the ground. The slate haired teen was there within seconds. They lowered Riku to the ground and he lay there in a crouch.

"Riku, what's wrong?" Zexion asked calmly.

"The darkness…" he whispered hoarsely. "Something's… something's wrong."

Cloud whimpered again, clutching at his shoulder. Vexen and Leon had lowered him to the ground as he attempted to fight against it, keep it under control. This shouldn't be happening. Pain was bleeding through him as he fought the darkness, taking on the form of fire.

"Vex, what's going on?" Xigbar asked as he hovered.

"I don't know," the blond scientist answered worriedly.

Sora was watching anxiously, biting his lip as he watched Riku try to control the darkness that was suddenly flaring up.

"Hey, it'll be okay," a voice beside him said, and he looked up to see Axel standing beside him.

"I hope so," he breathed, stiffening as a cold chill and then a jolt shot through his body.

Sora, something's not… Roxas began before breaking off in a sudden pained cry.

"Rox….?" Suddenly he was choking, choking as something crawled up his throat and he let out a cry of panic, clawing at his throat desperately to try and get rid of whatever was choking him.

"Hey, Sora! Roxas!" Axel yelled and held him up as he fell to his knees, arms quickly wrapping around the brunette.

Suddenly screaming as the choking feeling quickly transformed into blinding pain, he barely registered that the pain felt like his heart was being torn in two. Pain blinded him, deafened him, made him unable to move, and he blacked out.

Axel panicked when the brunette beside him began screaming. He just screamed and screamed, magic flaring up around him menacingly, forcing the fire wielder to release him and back away.

"What is going on?!" McGonagall demanded as she swept into the Great Hall.

"We don't know!" Zexion snapped as she glared at him for answers.

Suddenly, Sora shot backwards and forwards at the same time. A golden haired boy flipped forward and skidded along the Slytherin table while Sora flipped backwards across the room, like he'd been thrown, and Xigbar swore and used his space powers to appear behind the brunette, catching him and skidding backwards along the Hufflepuff table, wobbling as he almost fell off the end.

"Hey, hey kid!" Slapping the key bearer's cheek, he didn't so much as get a twitch and felt for a pulse.

"Roxas!" Axel yelled and leapt forward onto the table, quickly joined by Xaldin, who pushed the red head out of the way and immediately began to check the blond over.

"I DON'T HAVE A PULSE!" Xigbar called loudly and began looking for signs of life. "Breathing, barely, but no pulse!"

"Get him stabilized," Xaldin snapped as his eyes widened when Roxas's figure began to blur and slip. "We're losing Roxas."

Wracking his brain for something to do, Xigbar scrabbled through his pockets looking for the elixir he had on him. Making the brunette drink it, he kept monitoring the keyblade wielder as the potion took its effect. "Come on kid, breathe," he murmured desperately under his breath, praying, and let out a sigh of relief when life flushed through Sora's cheeks and he drew in a shuddering breath. After breathing deeply a few times, the brunette's body steadied. Still, Xigbar couldn't get him to wake up.

"Roxas is stable," Xaldin reported with a hint of relief in his voice.

"Thank the darkness," Axel breathed out in relief as he leant forward.

"Riku, breathe," Zexion urged as the silver haired teen began hyperventilating. "Focus on me, slow your breathing. You're going to pass out at this rate."

"Come on Cloud, you can fight it," Leon urged gently, resting his hand reassuringly on the blonde's shoulder, where the other fighter currently wasn't clutching in agony. "Can't you do anything?" he asked Vexen, who just shook his head helplessly.

"The best we can do is wait until this blows over, whatever it is."

"Get Mr Hikari to the Hospital Wing," Professor McGonagall ordered when she got her bearings. "The other boy too, whoever he is."

Xigbar nodded and scooped Sora up, Xaldin doing the same with Roxas and they departed the Great Hall, Axel hesitating before following.

"Zex… I can't…" Riku gasped out, breathing heavily, eyes clenched tightly shut as he clutched at his chest.

"You'll be fine Riku, just ride it out," Zexion murmured soothingly but didn't dare touch the Slytherin due to the tendrils of darkness beginning to curl themselves around the teen from a pool below his feet.

"What's happening?" Scorpius asked warily, eyeing Riku off like he had suddenly grown a set of very large and sharp teeth and two extra heads.

"I'm not sure," the schemer murmured as his eyes glazed a bit, mind going into overdrive. "It's almost like…"

Suddenly, Riku screamed loudly, the darkness flaring up around him and cocooning him in a tornado effect, lifting him above the ground as he straightened and stiffened.

Zexion backed up warily, the others following his example.

Demyx slipped through the crowd of scared students and slipped his hand into the academics. "What's going on Zexy?"

"I don't know Demyx," Zexion murmured back.

Cloud cried out as his wing pulsed and broke through a few strands of his control, starting to manifest in his shoulder and push the skin, bones and muscle to breaking point. Lord of darkness, someone help me!

Leon tightened his grip minutely, eyes widening as the area where Cloud's wing was began to lump and move. Riku suddenly screamed and was covered in darkness. "What's happening?" He asked Vexen, again.

"I have a few theories," the scientist replied thoughtfully, eyes glazed. "But they're impossible… or are they?" he murmured a few seconds later.

After what seemed like an eternity to Riku, the pain subsided and the crushing pressure pressing against his lungs finally released, leaving him to drop to the ground in a heap, heaving in breaths of air like a drowning man.

Zexion stared, his body chilled when the darkness finally left Riku alone. The teen was lying on the ground in his leather coat, boots, gloves and had the blindfold over his eyes, looking shaken.

Suddenly, students outside the Great Hall started screaming, Yuffie joining them as she leapt onto the table, weapons drawn. "What the hell is that?!" She yelped as a cloud of brick and debris came raining down with a loud stony crash.

Leon looked up and drew his gunblade as he caught sight of the giant dark creature thrashing around in chains in the Entrance Hall. "Heartless!" A few of the of the older students began firing spells at it, the spells either disappearing and having no effect or rebounding dangerously and almost hitting a couple of the other students.

"EVERYONE INTO THE GREAT HALL!" McGonagall yelled as she drew her wand and leapt forward, firing her own spells into the mix, a few other teachers with her.

Hesitating, Leon looked at Cloud who managed to smile at him, albeit it being pained. "Go," he whispered and shoved the brunette weakly, biting his lip to keep from crying out again as the wing grew with his momentary distraction. His eyes flew shut again, shutting out the unnatural shape and colour - a deep poison green tinged with black.

Leon looked at Vexen, who nodded back to him. "Go. I'll keep an eye on him."

Nodding, Leon ran down the tables and leapt onto the one closest to him, drawing his gunblade as he went, Yuffie following his example on the Gryffindor table to avoid screaming students running the other way. Ducking under the spells being fired, Leon and Yuffie both leapt back as an influx of smaller heartless, namely shadows, began creeping through the doors into the Great Hall. Gritting his teeth, Leon took one last look at the raging heartless and began attacking the smaller heartless slithering through.

Just as the giant was about to hit the doors, a blast of dark energy hit it in the face and forced the creature backwards with a shriek.

Everyone paused in what they doing and turned, including the teachers, and Leon found Riku standing there, arm outstretched, looking more determined than he had in a long time. Suddenly, the teenager was racing down one of the tables, ignoring the teachers protests that he stop and come back, and leapt through the door, vanishing as the creature tried to grab at him, appearing behind the head, keyblade in hand, black as night, and slashed at the creature causing it to screech.

Falling, Riku landed on the creature and kicked off again with a flip, sensing the Darkside's movements with his sight blinded. Vanishing again as something was about to hit him from behind, he appeared on top and with a yell, slashed at the creature, creating an injury to its face.

Landing on the ground, he raced towards the creature he could sense and began leaping up the arms and legs, dodging everything that came his way. Another dark energy blast to the creatures face and he had it falling on its own arse, leaving Riku the clearing he needed as he leapt up as high as he could into the air and came crashing down, stabbing the keyblade into the Darkside's head, dropping to the ground as the giant heartless vanished in a pool of darkness.

Leon stopped fighting as the heartless stopped appearing and watched as Riku straightened up. Despite himself, the brunette felt a chill go through his body.

Once everything was clear, as far as he could sense, Riku turned and walked back into the Great Hall calmly. The silence that greeted him was deafening. It made the Islander want to scream. Reaching up to pull off the blindfold, he froze halfway there when a sound caught his attention and he vanished when another dark presence appeared, this time up near the teacher's table. He appeared behind it, keyblade pressed to the newcomer's neck. This one seemed human shaped.

"Sephiroth!" Yuffie yelped when the man appeared.

Cloud pushed his head up with sheer force as he continued to fight the wing, which had now doubled its efforts because its counterpart had just turned up. "What are you doing here?" he managed to growl out, pushing himself into a kneeling position with some difficulty.

"You called for me Cloud," Sephiroth said with a smirk and flicked his eyes in annoyance at the keyblade resting against his neck. "Although I can see I wasn't needed after all."

"Unless you want your throat slit, I suggest you leave," Riku demanded quietly, completely still as he waited for anything.

"Hmmph…" the Jenova General sniffed and studied the boy behind him with curiosity. Lifting a hand, he watched the boy stiffen as he touched the blindfold, shredding it with a finger and Riku winced and blinked a couple of times as the light hit his eyes. "You look just like one of my remnants," Sephiroth said thoughtfully and dragged a finger lightly down the teen's cheek.

Snarling, Riku was suddenly back out of arms reach, keyblade pointed at the other person threateningly. "Don't touch me."

"Leave him alone," Cloud snapped weakly. "It's me you want. Leave my friends out of this."

"Your friends Cloud?" Sephiroth asked with a raised eyebrow, a smirk gracing his lips as he turned and walked forward a few steps to kneel down in front of the blond, reaching a hand out to grip the pale chin. "My, that certainly won't do. I thought we covered this lesson? Do I have to teach it again?"

The unnaturally green eyes widened in a panic. "No… please…" Cloud breathed as he struggled to back away.

"Stop fighting it Cloud. Stop fighting me. You will never be rid of me. Isn't it easier just to give in?" the man murmured in his ear, leaning forward.

Cloud closed his eyes and shuddered.

"Don't you dare Cloud," Leon barked as he stepped forward, gunblade held level with Sephiroth, stormy grey eyes firm with determination and anger. "Leave him alone Sephiroth."

"Yeah!" Yuffie added in as she held her own weapons threateningly. "Haven't you hurt Cloud enough already?"

Vexen, seeing that the man's attention was diverted, took the time to call upon his shield, slipping in front of Cloud easily, and the scientist noticed Lexaeus do the same, slipping in beside him though. Zexion already had his Lexicon out and was holding it, ready for anything, while Demyx had his Sitar held at the ready.

The staff all had their wands trained on the General as well.

Sephiroth looked around and smirked, backing away. "I can see that this isn't going to end well." Turning, he faced the blond, who was glaring at him, still clutching at his shoulder, expression creased in concentration and pain. "See you later… Cloud." With that, he opened his wing, rose, and disappeared through a dark portal.

Immediately, everyone relaxed and breathed out a sigh of relief while Cloud sunk back down to the ground again with a pained groan, still clutching his shoulder with one hand.

Riku relaxed and dropped the keyblade, letting it vanish as it hit the floor. He then swayed, raising a hand to rest against his forehead.

"Riku, are you alright?" Zexion asked, suddenly beside him.

"I feel really tired all of a sudden," he murmured, seconds before his eyes flickered closed and he passed out, hitting the ground with a solid thump.

Zexion stepped back and watched as the black cloak bled off the darkness until the teenager was dressed in his normal weekend clothes again.

Demyx sighed with relief, dismissing his sitar. "Thank goodness."

"Give me a hand Demyx, we'll get him up to the Hospital Wing."

Together, Demyx and Zexion lifted Riku and began walking him out of the great hall.

Leon ducked down in front of Cloud, who seemed to be breathing easier. "You okay?"

"I think so," Cloud answered breathlessly. "It seems to be easing."

"I wonder what caused it?" Vexen asked in a low voice.

"It could be a balance shift," Lexaeus replied, weapon banished.

"Maybe," Vexen sighed. "Go with Zexion and Demyx will you? They'll tire before long and I don't think Riku will be too happy to wake up with more bruises than he needs to."

The big man nodded and exited the hall, swiftly walking out of view.

Vexen turned his attention to Cloud again. "It's easing still?"

The blond nodded.

"We'll take you up to get looked at by Madame Pomphrey anyway," Vexen decided and shifted green eyes to Leon. "Can you take him?"

Leon nodded and reached forward, scooping the blond up into his arms, despite his protests of "Leon, I can walk," and the brunette walked out of the Great Hall with a "no, you can't."

Yuffie squealed silently behind him and cursed herself for not having a camera on hand.

Vexen followed at a brisk pace.

The Headmistress sighed and surveyed the sea of students in front of her. "Alright, all of you back to your weekend activities. I will make sure to explain everything tonight."

The students grumbled and began moving. Minerva nodded to the staff, who gave her meaningful looks that clearly said 'we want everything explained as soon as you know what's going on.'

Walking out into the Entrance Hall, she took in the damage and incanted a spell, reversing everything that had happened, leaving the stone room looking as immaculate as it had that morning.

Chasing the rest of the students out of the Great Hall, she then made a direct beeline for the Hospital Wing. When she entered, it was mostly under control. Sora and the blond boy she didn't know where under monitoring spells and were both unconscious in separate beds, Riku was unconscious in his own bed, and Madame Pomphrey was currently checking over Cloud, who still looked like he was in pain, but it was lessening. Leon was sitting beside the blond while Axel was sitting beside the unknown boy.

Over in the corner Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen, Lexaeus and Zexion were all arguing quietly, Zexion with a book out and open.

She ignored them and approached the mediwitch. "How are they Poppy?" she asked quietly.

The witch nodded a greeting and held up a finger. She addressed Cloud first. "You'll be fine. I want you to stay and rest here though, where I can keep an eye on you. If you want a pain potion it's here," she said and placed it on the bedside table, next to a jug and a glass. Turning, she then addressed Leon. "Make yourself useful if you're going to stay. Make sure he stays in bed. He's a stubborn one, I can tell."

Leon smirked and nodded.

Nodding in satisfaction, she drew Minerva over to one side and threw an irritated glare in the direction of the five. "They'll be fine," she answered suddenly. "They're just exhausted, although Mr Strife seems to have something in his shoulder that he insists he can get rid of. He's refusing any potions or spells I have on hand though to help."

"What about the new boy?"

"He's perfectly normal. Just like Sora and Riku he's completely exhausted and should wake up soon. His brain waves are functioning normally so that's a good sign. Xigbar was insistent that I check that as soon he and Xaldin brought the boys in." Her voice dropped in volume. "What happened Minerva? It's been so long since I've had this many in the Hospital Wing due to incident."

"I honestly don't know Poppy. That's why I'm here. I need an explanation, and the only ones who can explain to me what's happening just happen to be in a deep discussion at the moment."

The mediwitch tutted before a grin twitched at her lips. "It's like Harry Potter's back at school again. I get the feeling I'm going to be seeing these boys quite regularly."

"I sure hope not, but I know what you mean," she replied with a smile of her own.

Nodding a goodbye, Madame Pomphrey headed over to her potion stock cupboard and Minerva headed for the arguing group of academics.

"…Impossible! Nothing like that should be able to happen," Vexen hissed, eyes narrowed on Zexion.

"The readings are right here. I was monitoring Riku the whole time. Lexaeus is right. The balance has shifted," Zexion informed.

"But so suddenly? What caused it?" Xaldin asked quietly.

"Who knows?" Xigbar replied with a shrug.

McGonagall cleared her throat and all the Scientists turned to look at her with non-surprised expressions. "Can I get some answers?" she asked, looking highly unimpressed. "I have to tell the student body something, as well as my staff."

"Something's happening. That something caused a reaction in Cloud, Riku and Sora. We're not sure why, or how, but it is happening," Zexion informed calmly. "Before we confirm it we'll need to monitor the balance some more."

"I…see…" she answered slowly, trying to wrap her mind around what she was sure was what she already knew. "Can I get some more definite answers?"

"This world's balance is shifting, Minerva," Xigbar said suddenly, looking more serious than she'd seen him since he'd appeared. "We don't know why, but we're confident that things are about to get very, very nasty." His one eye met hers. "Riku and Cloud were enough proof of that. It would take a significant shift for them to react like that, and for it to be so sudden too…"

"Something isn't right," Vexen finished quietly, ivy green irises narrowed in thought, mind flicking over possibilities.

Ignoring the deep, thumping fear that was beginning to uncurl in her gut, the elderly witch fixed them with a determined gaze. "What do I tell the staff and students? I can't possibly reveal this to them without causing an uproar amongst the ministry, not to mention set the entire school on edge for unnecessary panic."

"Tell them it was a student prank," Zexion broke in. "A nasty one. Someone slipped a potion into their goblets."

"What about the creature?"

"Something from the Forbidden Forest that managed to make its way in? No one knows what lies in those forests."

Her gaze met firm slate eyes and she thought the possibilities over. "That would work," she murmured finally. "Thank you. I'll lecture the students tonight about it." She sighed. "Not that I really want to be doing that. Keep me updated with what you find, alright?"

"Yes ma'am," Zexion replied with a smile, closing his Lexicon quietly. He exchanged a look with the others and nodded before turning and leaving. "Goodbye."

The others all made to move away. "Wait, what about the other boy? The blond one Axel is sitting next to?" She fixed them all with a stern stare.

Xigbar sighed and rubbed his forehead. "This is going to take some explaining." He looked at her contemplatively before smiling brightly and clapping the blond scientist on the shoulder. "Well, good luck Vex." Giving a two-fingered salute, he used his powers over space to disappear, the others quickly wishing him luck and disappearing as he protested loudly, earning himself a glare from Madame Pomphrey.

Sighing as she fixed him with a determined gaze, he met her eyes and gave a small smile. "Shall we head to your office? This explanation is going to take a while."

Sora's eyes flickered open sleepily and he groaned before rolling over and blinking blearily at the floor, his brain slowly whirring through start up and into reality. When it did though, the first thought on Sora's mind was his silver haired friend.

"Riku!" Jumping out of bed, he staggered a bit as his head spun, the result of getting up too fast, and sprinted out of the room. It wasn't until he was three floors up that he realised that he had no clue what day it was or where Riku would be.

Hurrying on, he went looking for a person before backtracking to a group of giggling women in a portrait. "Excuse me," he began breathlessly. They all focused on him, falling quiet. "Can you tell me what day it is please? And what the time is?"

"It's Wednesday young man," a woman answered with a concerned tone. "Should you be out of bed?"

"Time?" he asked impatiently.

"Just after lunch," she replied with a frown.

"Thank you!" Sora said and took off for the dungeons at a sprint. He normally had transfigurations after lunch and Riku had Potions when he had transfigurations. Racing down to the dungeons, he ran through the castle, not even registering the cold on his bare feet and burst through the classroom door of the potions classroom. "Riku!"

The entire class paused in what they were doing and Sora met startled aquamarine eyes. "Sora?" The next thing Riku knew he had an armful of sobbing Sora. Staggering backwards, he just managed to stop himself from falling back into his cauldron as he wrapped both arms around his best friend.

"Thank goodness you're okay," Sora whispered as he cried into the other keybladers neck. "I thought I'd lost you again."

"I'm still here Sora. I'm not going back into the darkness anytime soon," Riku murmured and rubbed his hands in a soothing motion up and down the brunette's back. "You should still be in bed. You just woke up, didn't you?"

"Yeah," he murmured sheepishly and gave a half smile, still not looking up.

The silver haired teen just shook his head. "You're hopeless. You know Madame Pomphrey is going to come after you with fiery vengeance when she finds you gone, right?"

Sora froze, eyes wide. "Oh no…"

"Come on, let's get you back."

Nodding, the brunette stepped back with a small smile, eyes widening as his legs suddenly gave way beneath him. Riku quickly caught him again and looked at him in surprise. Before he could say anything, the brunette's stomach gurgled loudly, and Sora blushed while Riku smirked. "Idiot." Scooping his best friend up, despite Sora's protests, the older teen nodded at the surprised looking Potions teacher and carried the brunette out of the room, bridal style, and back up to the Hospital Wing.

~TBC


*Skips off whistling innocently*