Chapter 3: Awakened

Kairi P.O.V

When you think about everything, sometimes you just start wondering, why are you thinking about all this? Maybe you should do something else instead of thinking all your life.

Do something crazy for once. Or something like that.

That's what I thought. I, Kairi, thought that something new should happen. I always thought that I should do something else.

And guess what? It really did happen! My thoughts came true!

I wished I never thought of that before.

Life sucked. But after this, life sucks even more.

And right now, Sora's making me more worried every minute. I wish he would tell me what just happened to him, because it's freaking me out.

At the same time, I feel like crying my heart out. I'm too young to fight, and I'm too young to be in this world! I just want everything to go back in place like it used to be…

"Sora…" I said softly. "Tell me what happened." I said gently.

He looked at me, with scared eyes. My eyes softened, and I closed my eyes for a moment. "Do you want to talk about it?" I asked, instead of trying to force it out from him. I am getting really curious about it though.

Sora looked down. "Not now…" He said, after some time. I nodded, stood up, and said, "Then…let's take a small walk again, continuing from where we stopped." I said.

I don't know what I'm saying, or what I'm doing, so I don't know if whatever I'm doing is right.

I held out my hand for him. I hope he would take it, I mean, I already talked to him, so…we're starting to become friends…so…that's a first step to becoming closer to your crush, right?

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Sora P.O.V

What really just happened? When I saw…that person (Well, I really can't call it a statue anymore.), it's like I saw what happened to his life when he was about to die or something.

Was it just my imagination? I mean, it was a scary sight. I felt like I could have been killed right there.

I looked at Kairi's hand. I took it, and I could see that Kairi was using most of her power getting me back up, so I didn't put any pressure on her.

I stifled my laughter, so I just gave a small smile. "Thanks." I said.

She smiled back. "Your welcome." She replied.

And then I felt like it was only the both of us in this world, and the only person I can really be close to was Kairi. We were like loners in this world. And we only had each other.

Well, not in that lovey dovey kind of way…I mean in the friend kind of way. I'm not ready for love. Not now.

I nodded. "Let's go somewhere else." I said, and looked at Yuffie. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you two worried." I said.

"It's ok." Yuffie said, grinning. Kairi nodded.

Yuffie led us to a few shops, and then we bought some stuff. Ok, it's weird, but we had some cash. In our pockets. I bet that weird man put it in our pockets somehow.

So anyway, we bought some stuff that we thought might help us later on, when we're…traveling.

I really wish we could just stay here though, but I want to go back to where I came from, so I have to go on that journey.

And as we were going back to Yuffie's house, we heard a scream. We turned to where it came from, and we saw a woman running away.

Yuffie ran towards the woman, and asked, "What happened?"

"The beast outside of town is in town!" She said, running away.

Yuffie gasped. So did Kairi and I. Yuffie turned to look at us.

"You should get back to my house. I'll take care of this." She said, taking out her huge ninja star.

I looked at Kairi. Kairi looked at me. Ok, the thing is, I really wanted to help Yuffie, but I don't know how. I'm sure Kairi feels the same way as well.

"No." I heard Kairi say. I looked at her with my eyes widened.

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Kairi's P.O.V

Ok, what did I just say? On second thought, never mind that. I'm saying what I feel in my heart.

"What did you just say?" Yuffie asked.

"You heard me, I just said no." I said, taking a step forward. "I'll help you."

I could feel Sora's eyes burning into me as I said every single word to Yuffie. But then I couldn't stop right now. I said what I said, so there's no turning back.

Out of nowhere, my staff just appeared magically into my hands. Yuffie and Sora's eyes widened even more, like they could widen so much more if something else happened, and I was beginning to feel a bit tense.

I looked at my staff. Then I looked back at Yuffie. "You see, even this staff wants to fight with you." I said, showing her my weapon in my hand.

Yuffie tried to say something, but then she gave up and laughed. "Alright, but don't do anything reckless. It's not a game." She said seriously.

"Of course." I said, grinning.

"Then that's fine." Yuffie said, showing me a thumbs up sign. I showed her a thumbs up sign as well, grinning.

I looked at Sora, and saw his mouth gaping open. I laughed slightly, but I didn't know what to say, if I said that he could run back to Yuffie's house and let us girls fight, it might hurt his pride.

"It's coming!" Yuffie yelled, and instantly I turned to look at the beast or monster that was attacking this town.

I don't even know how to use magic!

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Sora P.O.V

Is Kairi getting crazier every minute or what?

First, she doesn't even know how to fight.

Second, she's lost her mind.

Third, I don't think I can watch her do this.

"Kairi," I managed to say, "Have you lost your mind?"

Kairi looked at me again. She smiled, and said, "Maybe, but I don't think it's a bad time right now."

I sighed. Then I heard Yuffie screaming at us to get out of the way. Why? Because the beast was charging at us, head first.

Ok, whatever was happening, I don't know. I'm stuck in my position, looking at Kairi. And so was Kairi.

But the thing was, the monster was going to attack Kairi, and not me. And if she's stuck there, she's going to die!

"Kairi!" I shouted to her, running towards her. I could see that the beast was coming closer and closer, and I know it was going to hit her.

I ran as fast as I could and dragged her away from her position and we nearly got hit by the beast. I'm thanking God for this.

I panted, still holding Kairi in my arms, and we were lying on the floor, side by side.

Kairi turned to look at me, and sat up. "Thank you." She said quietly.

I grinned as I panted. "No problem."

I stood up, and I clenched my fists. Now I know that I can't stand and do nothing. I had a feeling Kairi's in danger.

Magically, my sword appeared in my hand. I looked at it, and shivered slightly. Scenes of what had happened just now filled my head. But I tried to shake it out and concentrated on defeating that monster.

Kairi looked at me. "I guess you're joining this parade?" She asked.

I grinned. "Might as well, don't wanna be left out."

Now I'm crazy. How do I wield a sword?

"Then, let's try this." Kairi said, and I nodded.

I ran towards it, and mustered my strength to carry my sword and swing it to hit the beast. Then I saw a huge ninja star cutting across the beast too.

I looked at Yuffie, who grinned back. "I guess you're joining." She said.

"Yeah!" I said back.

From the corner of my eye, I saw a glow of light. I turned to see what it was, and I saw Kairi's staff in mid air, while she had her eyes closed and a ring of light glowed from the ground beneath her.

So…that's how you cast magic…

What spell is she casting anyway?

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Kairi P.O.V

This is something new…I'm surprised I can do this.

It feels…warm, when I'm casting magic. But I thought magic drains my MP or whatever. I guess that's only in video games.

But it's so cool! I'm actually casting magic.

What am I casting?

Wake up, seek what's happening. I heard a voice say.

What? But I'm already awake, and I know what's happening.

Seek deeper inside. You can find what you need.

This is getting a bit scary. Who are you?

You'll find out. I'm here to help. Hold out your hand.

I held out my hand. And then I felt someone take it. And almost everything around me changed.

Instead of seeing the town, I'm in a lush green field and there was a nice breeze.

What do you want from life?

Oh no, not this question. I don't know, I just don't want anything too complicated, I guess.

Then, why are you here?

I don't know. I'm supposed to be at school, studying. I'm only a high school student. Not a mage.

Then…I'll help you. When you're casting a spell, just say "Idelia". Then I'll come and help you.

…Ok. I'll do that. But somehow, "Idelia" sounds very familiar.

You'll find out everything later.

In a moment everything was back to what it was. I concentrated on casting a spell, and said softly, "Idelia."

The glow of light disappeared, and then I heard the beast howl. I looked up at it, and saw fire burning it.

Wait, did I do that? This is a joke right?

You did it.

I nodded slowly. I did…

"Kairi!" I heard Yuffie call me. I turned around to look at her. She was grinning. "That was great!"

"Thanks!" I shouted back, feeling happy.

"Idelia…"

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Sora P.O.V

I watched Kairi's magic. That was cool. But I can't do something as cool as that.

Besides…I'm too nervous to even swing my sword, despite the fact that I just did.

But that was by instinct.

It's your turn.

I heard a woman say. Ok….freaky.

Lift your spirits. You can fight.

I heard a man say that this time. Weird…this is starting to get really creepy.

Who are you?

You know who I am.

No, I don't.

Fight it.

Well, I feel a bit scared fighting a huge monster right now…

Which monster are you talking about?

The monster that's attacking the town…

Don't you need to start by yourself?

What do you mean?

Let your heart be calm.

Are you telling me to meditate or something?

Get rid of your worries.

Worries…

You mean how I feel right now? That's a hard thing to do.

When you try it, you can do it.

Um….alright, fine. I'll try.

…How?

You're hopeless.

What? Hey! I don't even know who the heck you are!

I'll show you.

Huh?

Suddenly, the scene around me changed.

And then I wondered, did this happen to Kairi too?

Where am I now?

Where I used to be.

So…where are you now?

Somewhere far, far away. You can't find me anywhere.

O…k…

Then I saw a huge man coming towards me. He looks like the huge man from Jack and the beanstalk.

All of a sudden he was going to attack me. I panicked.

You can do this.

Are you crazy? I told you before, I cannot do this at all. He's HUGE!

You're the man.

Don't give me that crap.

Then I saw the huge guy running towards me, swinging its arms about. My mouth was wide open and gaping at it like a fish.

Swing and slash it!

Unconsciously, I swung my sword and slashed its legs.

It yelled in pain, and I just watched it, feeling even more scared.

I gripped my sword. I know I was scared to fight again, but if it attacked me again, then I have to fight back.

Just like that.

Easier said than done.

I was once like that. You have to get used to it.

Wow…what a surprise. I said sarcastically to him.

You'll never go back to your home world if you're too scared of defending yourself.

How did you know?

I know because I know.

That's not the answer I'm looking for.

If you want to protect someone, start by protecting yourself.

Wait, he knows everything that's happening? He knows I need to protect Kairi? Well, I need to protect her because I'm her 'bodyguard' but still, how did he know?

You better tell me how you know everything.

Someone told me.

It must be that man, isn't it? The one who was crazy and dragged Kairi and I here.

Probably.

Oh come on.

I was busy arguing with him that I didn't realize that the huge guy got up again, and he hit me hard.

I fell to the ground, and got up painfully.

Idiot. You weren't paying attention.

You were talking to me too!

The guy was running towards me again. If this was in slow motion, I would be laughing my head off. But I can't, because I'm scared.

Use your skills. You have them in you.

What?

I stared at the guy coming to attack me again, and when he punched his fists down to hit me, I dodged it, and jumped on his…huge sized hands.

What the? How did I do that?

I told you, you have the skills. You're too blind to see it.

Stop insulting me!

Finish him off.

Alright.

I immediately stabbed its chest with my sword, and then I let go of the sword. It pained me to see this. Blood splattered onto my sword, and some on my shirt and face.

I fell down off the guy when the huge guy fell down as well. Surprisingly I didn't feel any pain.

…Kind of sad isn't it.

How come you can get used to this easily?

I only looked up at the sky, and I didn't know what to do.

This was my life…

And you found this easy!

Everything was back to normal. I saw the town again, I saw the beast again, I saw Yuffie, Kairi, people running back to their homes where they felt safest.

And I concentrated back to the beast. But then what happened just now made me feel like running away.

Lift your spirits. You can do it.

I took a deep breath, and was about to attack it. But when I took a step forward, I hesitated. I just can't watch something die, and that something is what I killed.

"Kairi!" I heard Yuffie cry. Yuffie just dodged an attack from the beast, but Kairi was in danger.

I was too late to save Kairi then. I just saw her being hit and fall to the ground. I guess I couldn't even gasp.

Yuffie shouted out Kairi again. I saw Kairi on the ground, but I don't know I she's still conscious.

I walked hurriedly over to Kairi, and Yuffie checked her breathing. Yuffie let out a relieved breath.

"She's ok. She just fainted. It was a nasty hit." Yuffie said.

I nodded slowly. I…I just don't know what to say. I don't know what to do!

The beast growled again, and Yuffie and I looked at it. It was going to attack us again.

I gripped my sword. How dare he hurt Kairi!

What makes you say that?

I stopped. What makes me say that really?

No, no time to think about that. I yelled angrily at the beast, and ran towards it.

"Sora!" I heard Yuffie shout. But she can't stop me. Kairi's injured, and it's that entire beast's fault!

I slashed it just like I did before, and the beast howled in pain again. I slashed it again and again.

Then the beast attacked me, but I dodged it and jumped onto its back. How I got to jump that high was something I couldn't figure out as well.

Then I stabbed its back with my sword, and pulled it out again. I jumped off the beast, in case if it might fall or do something.

Yuffie threw her ninja star. "That was quite good!" She said.

I nodded. I couldn't really feel happy, because right now, I see blood on the beast pouring out from the wounds I made.

Soon, the beast fell. I walked towards where Kairi was lying down, and looked at her.

I let out a breath.

"It's not so bad protecting you, Kairi. I wanna get to know more about you." I said, before fainting in exhaustion.

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Kairi:

I'm really happy because I cast my first magic spell.

But know I found out why "Idelia" sounded so familiar.

Idelia was the Goddess of Fate right? That means that she helped me cast my first magic spell.

Kind of freaky but cool. I really thank her.

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Sora:

That was an exhausting fight, but I think I got a little over my fear of fighting like this. I thought I would never be able to pick up my sword.

But if I didn't, Kairi would have gotten injured more. And that's something I didn't want her to have.

I don't get why, but she's someone I can trust easily. She's someone…that can be dear to me.

I have a feeling that would happen. I know one day, Kairi's someone I have to be with. Well, not in that like-like way, the friendly way.

I hope.

But anyway, I've figured out who that weird guy was who kept insulting me and helped me at the same time.

It was the Knight of Strength, Tentra, I think.

Thinking about it now made me feel a bit amused. I guess he meant he was dead.

But I'm grateful he helped me.

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Kairi & Sora:

Thinking about everything that had just happened, know it got me thinking, how would the next journey be like?

Makes me feel scared now.

But…when I have you (Kairi/Sora), I feel like I'm perfectly safe.

I don't mind being with you forever.

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Author's Notes: Ok, the last part was supposed to be Kairi and Sora's thoughts, like they're saying it individually at the same time. That's why I put (Kairi/Sora) at that part.

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