Chapter 2: Dreaming Reality

Blown away by a strong gust of wind wasn't a fine ride. Especially for Kairi, who was never fine with wild rides. That's one of the reasons she doesn't go on roller coasters too much.

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They arrived in an unknown place, which is probably the other world that the mysterious man was talking about.

The place they were in seemed peaceful and it looked like they were in a forest.

Unfortunately, Kairi and Sora were still unconscious. They lay on the ground, side by side.

Until someone came. That person carried them all the way back to her house, where they could get some better rest and hopefully wake up and tell who they were and how they were there and why they are here.

Kairi was the first to get up, and she opened her eyes blurrily. She felt sick.

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Kairi's P.O.V

I woke up, and my sight was a bit of a daze. I rubbed my eye, and looked around. I guess what happened wasn't a dream. Wait, where's Sora?

I looked around, searching for Sora. When I saw him sleeping on a bed next to mine, I sighed in relief. I thought I was going to be alone.

But now, I feel sick. I got out of the bed, and saw a door, so I decided to go through. The place didn't look that bad, so whoever's staying here isn't bad too, I mean, he or she brought us in.

I walked outside the room, taking one last look at Sora and smiled, glad that he was here. I wouldn't feel safe alone. Anyone I know who would be here with me's fine! Even if that person was my biggest crush in school.

But he's here anyway, and I'm...happy. I mean, well you know what I mean. It's like we're on a long date or something. Well, if this journey's supposed to be long, which I believe it is going to be.

I looked around, feeling a bit nervous. "H-Hello…" I called out.

From a corner of the room, came out a young girl, who looked somehow the same age as me, or maybe a year older. "Hey! You're awake!" She said, happy.

I laughed shyly. "Yeah, thank you for bringing us to your house." I said politely.

She grinned, and walked towards me. "No problem! Do you need anything for now? Maybe a drink?" She asked.

I thought for a moment, and realized I was a bit thirsty. "I would love to, if you don't mind." I said shyly.

"Nope, I don't mind one bit! Do you want hot or cold? Tea? Juice?" She asked.

"I'll just have a glass of juice, thank you." I said, smiling.

She grinned back. "Alright-y then!" And I watched her go into the kitchen, and I heard the sound of the fridge opening and closing.

Soon after, she came out with a glass of juice. She placed it on the table, and she offered me a seat. I sat down, thanking her.

"By the way, what's your name?" She asked.

"Kairi." I said. "What's yours?" I asked.

"Yuffie!" She said happily, laughing.

I giggled. But then, I remembered something. I remembered there was a girl named Yuffie in our school, and she was…one year above me! I haven't really seen her before, but I heard she was always happy and stuff. Lucky her, she doesn't get her fingers jammed in a locker.

So…is this the same Yuffie as in school? Or is she just another person with the name Yuffie? Well, there's no point asking her because I doubt she would know.

I sipped my juice, thinking about some things. How am I going to get back to my own world with Sora and fix back time? What was going to happen when we start journeying? And some other doubts filled my head.

Then, I heard a few shuffling in the room I just came out of, and immediately thought that it was Sora.

"Kairi!" He called out, running out of the room. He stopped midway, looking at me and Yuffie.

I started laughing, and Yuffie followed. Sora smiled sheepishly, embarrassed.

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Sora's P.O.V.

That was kinda embarrassing; especially in front of someone I don't know. Well, I don't know Kairi too much, but I know her better than the other girl.

I looked at the girl. She looks somehow familiar…she's…

"Yuffie?" I asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

Kairi looked at me surprised. "Sora…" She said.

Yuffie looked at me with a confused face. "I'm Yuffie. But I don't think I've ever seen you before." She said, thinking. I know her….she's just one class above mine, and probably above Kairi's too.

Kairi cleared her throat. "Putting that aside, Sora, do you want a drink?" She asked.

Yuffie nodded. "Yeah, you want anything at all?" She asked.

All of a sudden, my stomach grumbled. Great. That's even more embarrassing. I put my hand on my stomach and I blushed a lot.

Kairi and Yuffie giggled, and they both stood up.

"Ok, I'll get you guys something to eat, meanwhile, just make yourselves at home." She said, heading into the kitchen.

"Thank you so much, Yuffie!" Kairi said.

"No probs!" She replied, showing a thumbs up sign as she headed into the kitchen.

Kairi sighed, and I looked at her. I was glad she was okay. "So…I guess this is the other world…" I said.

Kairi nodded. "You know what, I think that where there are people in our world, there might be similar people in this world too. So that probably explains why we know Yuffie is here. I mean, the 'this world's' Yuffie." She explained to me.

"Oh…" I said, finally understanding. No wonder I felt that I met Yuffie before.

"Anyway, I'm glad you're okay, Sora." Kairi said to me, smiling.

I blushed. "Me too!" I said, grinning. I think I'm blushing too much.

Soon, Yuffie came out with Sora's drink and a plate of sandwiches. "Here, I didn't know what you guys would like, so I made sandwiches. Hope you don't mine. Oh, and here's your drink Sora." Yuffie said, sitting down on the same seat she had sat earlier, and placed the plate down on the table.

Kairi smiled thankfully, and so did I. "Thanks." I said, grinning.

Yuffie grinned as well. "No problem at all." She said.

Kairi took a sandwich, and started eating it. I ate one too, and it felt satisfying, from all that happened before.

Yuffie looked at us, and then she asked, "Where did you come from? It's my first time seeing you here." She said.

Kairi and I stopped chewing our food for a while, and we looked at each other. I didn't want to say that we were from a different world, because it might make her even more curious than before.

"We came from somewhere far away. We're traveling actually." Kairi said, smiling.

Nice comeback Kairi.

"Oh…well, how come you fainted just now when I found you?" Yuffie asked.

"Oh, we were actually beaten up badly, and then we quickly ran away from this huge beast, but as we were coming to this town, we just gave in to sleepiness." I covered.

Kairi looked like she wanted to sigh in relief, but if she did that, Yuffie might get curious again.

No…but I don't even know if there are any beasts here! What if there aren't? Oh darn…

"Oh…well, that's probably right. There is a huge beast somewhere near this town, but no one goes near it, so it doesn't come here. I guess you better be careful next time." She said, smiling.

I sighed in relief. In my mind.

"Hm…but you guys look pretty strong, what with your sword," Yuffie said, looking at me, "and with your staff, you can do magic, right?" She then looked at Kairi.

Kairi and I were shocked. I had a sword and Kairi had a staff? Since when?

Kairi laughed nervously. "Well, I can't really say if we're strong or not…"

I looked at Kairi. Then I looked back at Yuffie. "We're just strong enough to get some monsters out of our way." I said, shrugging.

How the hell am I going to use a freaking sword to fight? I haven't used a sword before, and Kairi never used magic before!

I looked at Kairi, trying to hide my concern, but I don't know if I was showing it or not.

"Hey, why don't I take you around the town, maybe you would need some supplies before you leave?" Yuffie asked.

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Kairi's P.O.V

"Sure!" I said, able to smile more widely. I would love to see the town, before I see some other place.

Yuffie smiled at the both of us, and said, "Well, let me just clean up the plates and all, then I'll get changed and we can go!" She said, giggling.

I looked at her. "I'll help you.."

"Nope, you will just stay here, and so will your little boyfriend." Yuffie said, pushing me down on the chair again.

I blushed. "B-Boyfriend? We're not a couple, we're just…friends." I said, surprised.

"Oh really? My bad." Yuffie said, laughing.

I looked at Sora, and I saw him looking away with a small tint of red on his cheeks.

This is the first time I've seen him blush. And he looks so cute!

Yuffie nodded, and walked into the kitchen with the plates and mugs. Sora and I heard the water running, and then I walked into the room we came out of.

I looked around, and spotted the sword and staff lying next to each other by the wall. I took the staff, admiring it.

"This…is very nice." I said.

Sora looked at me, and I looked at him. Then we both looked at his sword, but Sora never touched it.

I looked at Sora confused. "What's wrong, Sora?" I asked.

Sora shook his head. "Nothing."

But I was kind of concerned about him. Shouldn't he be a bit excited?

I put down my staff, and headed for his sword. I picked it up, examining it. I could see my reflection on his sword.

I looked at Sora, and smiled. But it soon faded, when I saw Sora's concern face.

"Sora? Really, what's wrong? What's with the face?" I asked, worried.

Sora shook his head, and looked away. "Nothing, nothing at all. Just…maybe you should just put down the sword." He said, and sat down on the bed, facing away from our weapons.

I'm starting to get worried about him. When he saw our weapons, he started acting strange. I walked over to Sora, and was about to place my hand on his shoulder when Yuffie knocked on the door.

"Hey, are you ready?" She asked.

Sora stood up immediately and I looked up at him. He looked back at me, and smiled. I smiled back slightly, though still worried about him.

"Ok, let's go!" Sora said, grinning.

I knew that was a fake. Something's bothering him.

Nevertheless, I nodded and smiled. Yuffie opened the door for us, and we walked out, saying thank you.

She led us the way, to the heart of the town, where there was a huge statue in the centre, and it looked like a…maiden. Or a goddess.

"She's pretty." I said, looking at it.

Yuffie nodded. "Some believe her as a goddess, some people don't. But I think she used to be a ruler here." Yuffie said. "Well, for me it's the past." She said, shrugging.

I smiled, and kept looking at the statue. Without knowing, I was stuck to my spot. I don't know why, but it seemed like the statue, or rather the woman, was giving me something. Some power. Some will. Some confidence.

I just looked at her, unsure whether I'm just dreaming or if this is reality. Because I felt like the woman is telling me something, she's giving me some kind of strength.

But I was snapped out of it when Sora touched my shoulder. "Kairi, are you okay?" He asked me.

I blinked a few times, and looked at him. I nodded slowly, feeling a bit weird. It seemed like the statue was…talking to me! How weird is that?

Yuffie looked at the both of us. "Let's go to a nearby café and rest for a while then, because you look a bit tired." She said, looking at me.

I shook my head. "I'm not tired, just a bit…I don't know, but I'm not tired." I said, laughing shyly.

Sora shook his head at looked at me with concern. "I think you're still tired from yesterday, Kairi."

I sighed. "I'm really okay. Something just came across my mind." I said, not wanting to tell what had happened just now. They might not believe me.

"Well, let's take a break anyway." Yuffie said, and pointed towards a nearby café. "Let's stop there." She said.

Sora and I nodded. We walked over to the café, and we got something to drink. After we finished, we walked around town again.

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Sora's P.O.V

I wasn't really sure what was wrong with Kairi, and I had a feeling she was hiding something. Maybe something happened when she looked at the statue.

The image of our weapons crossed my mind again. I felt like throwing my sword away. I know I was acting weird, but the truth is that I don't want to fight. Especially like that. I knew that we have to fight when we get here, but I just can't use a sword.

I don't want to kill. Why is Kairi fine with using her staff? She's going to use magic! She's going to kill someone or something! How is she fine with that?

"Sora…Sora!"

I snapped out of my thoughts, and looked at Kairi's frowning face. "Are you okay?" She asked me.

I nodded. "Yeah, just thinking about some stuff." I said.

Kairi turned around, and I could only see her back. I heard a slight sigh.

I turned to Yuffie, smiled and asked, "What are the famous attractions here?" I asked.

Yuffie thought for a moment, and Kairi turned to look at me and Yuffie. "I guess…the Goddess of Fate or Idelia, which was the statue we just saw, and the Knight of Strength, another statue, whose name is Tentra." Yuffie said.

I thought for a moment. "I would like to see the Knight of Strength, please?" I asked.

Kairi nodded. Yuffie nodded as well, and smiled. "It's not far from here, let's go." She said.

We followed her as she led the way, and soon we came to a garden with a statue at the centre. Just like the Goddess of Fate.

Kairi and I stared at him with awe. Though it was just a statue, something told me that it wasn't just a statue.

Kairi went closer, and she touched the statue. I looked at her, and I couldn't help but think that she's a bit weird.

Kairi looked at me, and I looked back at her. Then I felt someone near me, but when I looked around, I couldn't see him.

I could hear and see so many things happening. Things that I knew were no more in this world. The past.

I looked around. The place was different. The sky was dark, like it was going to be stormy. The garden was no garden anymore; it was a barren land, with dust in the air. It was hard to see what was beyond because of the dust. But I could see many swords on the ground.

Then, I heard something coming towards me. It sounded like a horse. It really was a horse. It passed me, and I just looked back at it.

Then I heard footsteps coming towards me, and I turned back in front. A man was coming towards me.

"You…you know how to fight right? Or else you wouldn't be standing here." Said the man to me.

He looked just like the Knight of Strength. I opened my mouth to say something, but hesitated.

He just looked at me for a second, and handed me a sword. I just stared at it. I didn't want to hold that sword!

"Fight for a reason. Fight for a need." He said, and he walked away.

Before I knew it, I was holding the sword. I looked at it, and my hands were shaking. Did I really have to fight someone or something?

And a weird feeling came to me. Now I could hear many footsteps coming towards me, and the sky was darker than before.

I gripped my sword. I was scared, I had to admit. I don't know what was happening, where Kairi and Yuffie were, and why did the knight just come to me. He was supposed to be dead right?

A gust of wind hit me. I looked alert, anticipating of what was going to happen next.

Suddenly, a thousand or more men ran towards me. I knew they were going to attack. But I couldn't. I have never done this before, and I don't intend to!

I just dropped my sword, and I sank down onto my knees. I could see them coming closer. I was going to die so soon? What about Kairi?

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Normal P.O.V (Third Person)

While Sora was having a nightmare, Yuffie and Kairi became worried.

"What's happening to Sora?" Yuffie asked.

Kairi shook her head with a concerned face. "I don't know either."

Kairi went closer to Sora, and she gasped when Sora fell on his knees.

She squatted in front of him, and placed her arms on his shoulders. "Sora! Sora!" She called.

Soon, Sora woke up. He looked around, surprised, and then looked at Kairi's worried eyes.

"Kairi…" He whispered, not knowing what else to say.

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Author's Notes: I think this chapter wasn't so good…but review please.