Chapter 4: Distant Sound of Waves

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Nomura Islands It was said to be a paradise to where your wishes come true. Where your wildest dreams come to reality. One day, I came here, to this small world. With no memory of who or what I was. All I know is that my name is Kiara. And this is my story. Lately, weird things have been happening around me. Weird enemies and this keyblade. Now, I'm having doubts if my dreams are fantasies…maybe they're real. I met a girl, and she knows something. Maybe I'll finally know what's going on!

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I have no idea who she is…but…she knows something! I got to know! What's going on around me!? Suddenly, those guys in white appeared out of a black hole. "What!? Not you again! Out of my way!" I yelled. They ignored my order and flew at me. They grabbed my wrist. "Let go!" I jerked back and ran off to the park. The guys in white followed. A weapon! Oh, if only I had the Keyblade!

I saw Nora sparring with her gang. Nora stopped when she saw me. "Hey, chicken wuss! Out for a jog? No chickening out of the tournament tomorrow!" She sneered.

"Nora'll be the champ, dude!" Vain cheered.

"Victory imminent." Kat said. I saw a bat near them. I dove for it.

"Don't ignore me!" Nora yelled. The guys in white came up, grabbing Nora. "What are these things!" She panicked.

"Nora! We'll save you!" Vain yelled. He threw a punch at them, but his fist went through. Hitting Nora.

"Ow! Don't hit me, you idiot!" She yelled. I backed away, aiming the bat at them. Normal attacks don't work on them! My eyes widened. Nora and her gang were frozen!

The white guys slowly came at me in their weird motion. I gripped tightly to the bat. If only I had the key blade just one more time!

"Kiara! Use the Keyblade!" It was the blonde girls voice! She stood on top of the buildings, leaning over the rails. I looked back and used the stick to block the white guys attack. There was a bright light.

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I opened my eyes to find my self in darkness. I stood on a blue tiled platform made into a design of a girl. I instantly recognized her. Kari! Her sky blue eyes were almost closed. Her head was leaned back. She was holding her knees. It looked like wind was blowing her hair back. She was staring at a sky filled with shooting stars. Five faces surrounded her. Of course her friends from the island I always dreamed of, but two new people. A duck and a dog. "Kari?" I stared at her, and noticed that in her hand was a keyblade. Her keyblade. Suddenly, pools of black smoke appeared all over the platform. I started to sink in. I struggled to get out. I was surrounded by darkness, completely. 'Ahh!" I reached my hand out. I felt something grab it. There was a burst of light. I closed my eyes.

"You can open your eyes now." I obeyed and looked up to see the blonde girl. She sat on a white wall in a white room. She smiled and signaled me to be quiet. I nodded, closing my mouth. "My name is Namine`." She started, placing her hand on her chest. "Kiara, do you remember how you came to this world?" She asked.

"How…I came…?" A man in a black hood appeared and grabbed Namine` by the arm.

"Silence Namine`." He ordered. Namine` helplessly looked up at him.

"But if no one tells her, Kiara will-" He interrupted her.

"Don't over step your bounds." He said. Namine` looked helplessly at me.

"Tell me what?!" I asked, making a fist. He looked at me. I tilted my head. "Huh? I know you…" I realized. He came up to me and picked me up from the back of your shirt. "Hey! Put me down!" I yelled in surprise. He made a black hole. "Don't you put me in there! I'm tired of seeing those things!" I pointed at the hole, glaring at him. He ignored me and threw me in. I closed my eyes and screamed.

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I felt something solid underneath me. I opened my eyes to see Nora and her gang snapping pictured. "What are you doing?" I asked, sitting up.

"Keepsake." Kat said.

"Here, an autograph." Nora grinned, giving me a picture, and I looked at it. It was a picture of me unconscious with Nora having her foot on my head.

"Ah!" I ripped the picture into tiny pieces, my eye twitching.

"Just what are those guys?" Nora asked. "They just came out of nowhere." I frowned.

"That's what I want to know." I replied. She didn't have a chance to tell me anything…Namine`.

"Hey! You twerps come to play?" Nora laughed. I looked back to see Darlan, Bay and Snow. Darlan glared at me and turned around, running. Snow and Bay followed. "Where are you going!?"

"Wait!" I followed after them. Oh, no! What have I done!?

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I found them in the hangout, eating icecream. Snow looked up at me, looking hurt. "You hung out with Nora and her gang today?" She asked.

"No. It isn't like that." I quickly replied, shaking my head. "I just ran into them, that's all. Oh! How was the island? Wasn't that today?" I smiled, sitting by Snow.

"We didn't go. It wouldn't be the same without you." Snow replied. I frowned and looked at my feet.

"So…it's all my fault."

"Lighten up!" Bay grinned. I tried to smile back.

"Hey! Maybe we can go tomorrow! I'll pay!" I suggested and looked at Darlan.

"….I promised I'll be somewhere." She replied, not meeting my eyes. I frowned.

"But….Why!?" I yelled, stomping my foot. Snow and Bay gasped. Darlan flinched.

"Kiara!?" Snow stood up. I relaxed and backed away.

"…Sorry…. My head hurts. I'm going home." I turned and ran out of the hangout.

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Grey clouds rolled above, concealing the sun. The wind blew harder. I felt drops of water fall from the sky and hit me and the world below. I started crying. "Ah!" I then tripped. I fell to my face and laid there. "Why?" I got to my hands and knees. "Why does this happen to me!?" I pounded the ground with my fists. I looked up and saw, on a wall of a building, a flyer of the Martial art tournament. It was tomorrow. I looked at my hands. They were covered in mud. I clenched my fists. "I'm such an idiot."

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"Look what Namine` has done now!" The man hit the screen of his computer.

"Calm down!" The hooded man replied.

"What did she hear?"

"Kiara? She heard nothing. I got rid of her before Namine` said anything."

"….Well, it doesn't matter. As long as Namine` accomplishes her goal, we needn't worry…even if Kiara did hear anything. She would have nowhere to go." He smirked