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DOCHIRASAMA…?

By: Warm-Ice

Who are you…?

Nobody…Who are you?

Chapter 3: Guilt

Axel watched as Roxas quickly dashed out the door, the boy with brunette hair following behind him. His eyebrows furrowed, something happened to Kairi? What could it have been?

Suddenly he heard sobbing and he turned around, only to have his heart broken at the sight of Namine crying. Her fisted hands were trembling on her lap as her shoulders shook with every sob. Her hair fell over her face to hide it from him and he quickly came to kneel in front of her.

He reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear, "Namine…?"

Namine shook her head, "It's—nothing…please…help Roxas…Kairi's friends might see…" she said.

"But you—"

"I'm fine…please just go…"

Hesitantly, Axel rose to his feet and set off after them, leaving Namine alone in the white room. She still sobbed, tears still streamed down her long lashes. "I'm sorry, Kairi…I'm sorry…"

Roxas ran down the halls, dreading the possibility of what might have happened with Kairi. He ran straight to the 'Dreaded' hall to see Kairi in the arms of the silver haired boy he knew Namine had always wanted to draw. He frowned at the sight of him and stomped forward, pushing Riku out of the way.

"Hey!" Riku said, about to show that kid a thing or two.

But Roxas glared at him and said, "You children are in the way. Why don't you two just stay out of our lives and leave us alone."

"What?" but Roxas didn't answer him anymore. The blonde boy simply straddled Kairi on the floor and ripped her blouse only a little. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Riku tried again, getting ready to really hit the kid over the head. But suddenly, two lanky arms wrapped around his upper torso and pulled him to his feet. "Let go of me! What the hell?!" Riku said, flailing around. But Axel simply grunted and started pulling him away.

"Easy, kid. Everything's under control now." he tried to soothe.

But Riku still struggled. "What do you mean 'everything's under control'?! What happened to Kairi? Who is that?!"

"Jeez, kid! Haven't you ever heard the saying 'curiosity killed the cat'?"

"Riku!" Sora's voice interrupted.

"ACK! Hey! Get off me, you little monkey! What do you think you're doing?"

"Let go of my friend!" Sora yelled, wrapping his arms around Axel's neck in an attempt to choke him.

Axel was just about to loose his temper—seeing that his emerald eyes were already gleaming with anger—when a bright light stopped the kids from struggling. Riku and Sora both looked to Kairi and found that Roxas had his hands held above Kairi's chest where a star shape was glowing. Around her form, there was a shining circle on the floor and Roxas's forehead had a glowing moon shape on it.

Their hair and clothes were being lifted as if there was no gravity in that circle and Roxas was muttering a long chant that seemed foreign even to Riku's ears.

Suddenly the light shone brighter, almost blindingly, and Riku could hear the red-head curse under his breath. The arms around his body let go and he could hear Sora yelp as his body was thrown to the ground.

"Roxas!" Axel yelled, lunging forward and knocking the boy from the body of the girl. The light diminished and Kairi gasped violently, her eyes opening wide.

"Kairi!" Sora yelled, coming forward to kneel to the girl who looked around with confusion. "Kairi, are you okay?" He asked just as Riku came forward to check on the girl too.

"I-I—I don't know what happened…Everything's a big blur…" Kairi said, panting and staring up at the ceiling with confused eyes.

"Roxas! Roxas!" the trio's eyes turned to Axel who was shaking the fallen boy's shoulder with concern clearly written all over his face.

Slowly Roxas' eyes opened and Axel breathed a sigh of relief. "You still haven't memorized the chant, have you?" Axel asked pointedly.

Roxas simply closed his eyes again and groaned, feeling the energy slowly returning to his worn body.

"Roxas, are you alright?" Kairi asked, sitting up and crawling forward.

"Take me—" Roxas interrupted, turning away from her. "Take me to my room…"

"You sure?" Axel asked.

Roxas just nodded and wrapped an arm over Axel's neck, letting the older man carry him off to his room. He had made an error and he was far too ashamed to face Namine in such a weak state. All this time, Namine thought he had been practicing his protection chant when the truth was he was just lounging around the city, escaping the sights of those three kids; Hayner, Pence and Olette. They had always wanted to 'Hang out' with him. And sometimes, he would be tempted to say yes.

But he was too guilty. The thought of him having fun outside while Namine was suffering in that hell house was just…too cruel.

"I'll tell Namine you went to buy ice cream." Axel whispered.

"Thanks." He muttered.

"Hey." Axel turned around, only to see the silver haired boy standing before him with intense green eyes. "What's going on here?"

"It's none of your business." Axel dismissed.

"The heck it is!" Sora answered, standing beside him too. "If Kairi is involved, then we're involved. If Kairi gets hurt, then we'll make it our business."

"Guys, please—don't—" Kairi tried.

"God, you two are annoying." Axel said.

"Guh!" Sora and Riku both fell to the floor, unconscious. Standing behind them was Larxene whose hand was still upheld from the way she hit the boys at the back of their necks, successfully knocking them out.

"Good job." Axel complimented his sister. She simply rolled her eyes at him.

"Shut up."

"Larxene, please—" Kairi tried.

"This is all your fault, princess." Larxene said, her every word venomous. That quieted Kairi and made her eyes water as she watched Larxene—with admirable strength—heft the Sora up onto her shoulder and take Riku by the collar, dragging them off to a vacant room. "Really. You just got here and you're already making such a big mess." She muttered. "Why does Namine even let you live here?"

"Whatever Namine does, she has a good reason for it." Axel defended.

"That's what you say." She bit back. "But from what I see, she's just turning our home into an orphanage."

"If it wasn't for her, where would you be, huh?"

She narrowed her eyes at him, knowing he was right but hating him for it anyway.

"Namine has a reason for everything. Got it memorized?" with that, he turned around and walked away.

"Then…" Kairi said, feeling the darkness wrap around her as both Axel and Larxene left her alone in the hall. She stared at her hands, balled softly at her lap and whispered, "Why am I here?"