Me: Well this is the part of the story where the story really begins (or at least I believe it does). I want to get at least twenty reviews because if you don't review no more story! JK, I'm just teasing but I still ticked that only the same person has been reviewing so far and I do have self-esteem issues and I'm bit of a perfectionist, so it makes me feel that I'm doing something wrong in my writing. :( SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE UPDATE everyone!

Short stories and Secrets reveled

Sunset had once more come over the Andalasian kingdom as two girls, two unusual animals, and a boy were climbing up a ladder that led up to a roof.

The youngest human girl, Kairi, was helping Sora up and chided when he looked like he was about to trip.

"Careful there," Kairi, "You don't want to-"

Her sentence was halted when (you guessed it) Sora did trip and accidentally began to fall, but Kairi stopped that by catching him. This made it look that they were in an embrace. It also caused the teens to look at each other in surprise.

Realizing the situation Sora, while blushing, hastily said, "Sorry! I…um, it's these shoes their just so big, stupid and-" he was interrupted by Kairi.

"No it's okay." Kairi said sincerely, "My shoes are kinda big too and I don't think there stupid; they give you character and…"

She stopped when she realized they were still in an embrace and with blushing faces they both got out of it.

"So, um…" Sora scratched his head nervously, "thanks for you and your friends helping me out earlier with that sea witch."

"Forget about it." Kairi said with a shrug while she took a pole nearby.

"I take it this is your first time here in the marketplace, huh?" The ex-Digimon Tamer asked while she and Renamon got poles, and used them to vault to the next building with Sora, still on the other.

"Is it that obvious?" Sora asked the girls sheepishly.

"Well, you do kinda stand out." Kairi answered with a dreamy look on her face.

"Kai-Kai," Angel barked nudging her friend a bit, snapping Kairi out of her daydream.

"It's just well, you don't know how dangerous this town can be." The redhead tried to cover up her previous comment.

She placed a plank between the buildings as a bridge for the brunette, but the moment she lean down however; Sora used another pole and vaulted right over Kairi and her friends. What the…?

"I'm a fast learner!" said Sora playfully as he tossed the pole to Kairi, making everyone's eyes widen in amazement.

She quickly tossed the pole to the pink experiment, causing her to growl in annoyance.

"*Nobody steals my friend and gets away with it! *" Angel thought angrily in Tantalog.

"Okay, this way." Kairi was guiding Sora to where the thieves live. She even helped him dodge one of the planks and stuff as she said, "Watch your head, careful."

Puzzled, while looking around, Sora asked, "So you live here, huh?"

"Yep! Just me and the girls."

"We come and go as we please." Rika said mildly not seeing Sora's amazed look.

"Wow~." Sora was astonished. This was certainly different then life back at the palace.

"Well, it may not be much," Kairi began sheepishly and pulled back the curtain nearby and showed the palace. "But the view is great during sunset. The palace sure looks great or what?"

Sora's smile instantly turned into a frown, "Oh yeah, it's great, really. Awesome." He said sarcastically.

"I wonder what it's like to live there." Kairi asked to herself.

"You get your own servants and valets..." Kairi added looking at the palace; she still did not notice the annoyed look playing on Sora's features.

"People telling you where to go and how to dress." Sora also added bitterly.

"It's better than the way Rika, Angel, Renamon, and I live. We always steal food and running from the guards." Kairi said as she grabbed an apple (that Angel took earlier) from Angel who was going to eat it, and growled at the girl.

Rika looked at both of the younger teens, "Renamon, are these guys actually having a conversation without us?"

"I believe so, but they do seem to be connecting in a romantic sense don't you think?" The Digimon asked. Before either could answer Angel gave a gagged noise and with her paw pretended to look like she was barfing. Angel did not like Kairi's boojiboo at all.

"Not free to make your own choices." Sora said.

"Sometimes I feel so..." Kairi spoke while talking about being a thief.

"I'm really..." Sora explained, how he felt about his life in the palace.

"Trapped," Both of them said in unison. They blushed big time when they looked at each other.

Kairi rolled an apple down using her arm and the fruit landed on Sora's lap. Wanting to change the subject she asked him, "So where are you from?"

"Should it matter," He snapped while holding the apple, "I ran away and I don't want to go back."

"How come?" Kairi asked curiously as she bit into another apple and unknowingly gave the core to Angel, making her more disgusted and annoyed then ever before. She saw the Sora did not eat his apple yet and smirked while thinking of a plan.

Kairi sat down next to Sora to listen to his answer and his answer was, "My sister wants me to find a fiancé but because it's not for love, I made a run for it."

"That's awful." Kairi commented unhappily and with disbelief.

Rika did not look convinced, "Aren't you fourteen or something? Why would she want you to find a bride if your so young?"

Sora swallowed nervously trying to think of an answer without blowing his cover.

"Um, my family's kinda old fashioned you know, and uh I will get married at eighteen, so I hope that answers your question."

Rika still looked unconvinced but decided that was the best answer for now. She could have sworn that she saw his face somewhere.

"So where are you guys from?" Sora asked while looking at Kairi.

Kairi thought for a moment, contemplating whether to tell the boy or not.

She sighed, "Rika and Renamon told me that there not even from here. They lost their home when Rika was around seven when a huge tsunami came and destroyed their home, a place called Tokyo (1)."

"That's awful." Sora commented.

Rika sighed sadly, "If it wasn't for that manhole Renamon and I fell into, we wouldn't have found Andalasia (2). "

"She and Renamon found me and Angel when I was around six at the ruins of Hollow Bastion and said that they found me unconscious. I could (and can) only remember my name, my brother, and that's it." Kairi added while looking down sadly as well.

"After that the three of us left that place for some better shelter and found this city and came across Angel when she tried to pick-pocket me (3) but we became friends when she helped me out when some guards tired to capture us."

"You girls seem to have a family going on here don't ya." Sora stated wisely while looking around.

Angel was sneaking behind the boy trying to steal the apple. Kairi quickly saw what the pink alien was about to do and yelled, "Angel!"

Angel yelped and ran up to a higher point, shouting/cursing in Tantalog. ("Meega Nala Queesta")

"What did she say?" Sora asked puzzled.

"Well, Angel says..." Kairi was trying to think then said, "That's not fair."

"Gaba~ (What)?" Angel looked shocked; she did not say that at all.

"Oh really?" Sora asked with a knowing grin. Having Stitch as a friend he already knew what Angel said but he couldn't help ask to get the cute redhead's reaction and answer.

Kairi nodded while smiling happily, "Well, yes."

"Does Angel have anything else to say?" Sora emphasized 'Angel' knowing that he was really talking about someone else.

"Well, she also said she wishes there was another way to help you."

Angel groaned not enjoying the mood between the two one bit, while Rika and Renamon both gave smirks knowing what was going to happen next.

Sora laughed and gave his trademark grin before saying, "In that case, tell her, that's...sweet..." The two teens gently brought their heads closer to each other while closing their eyes, so close they were going to-

"There you are!" snapped a sinister voice. Sora and Kairi turned their heads fast to see the Second Squad leader, Alpha Girl Latifah and the rest of the squad coming straight towards them!

"They're after me!" Kairi and Sora exclaimed in unison. Then they turn to each other in confusion asking, "They're after you?"

"We gotta get out of here NOW!" Rika yelled to Kairi.

"Do you trust me?" Kairi quickly asked Sora. The boy turned and saw that she and her were friends near the window edge.

"Huh?" He asked

"Do you trust me?" Kairi repeated more desperately. She extended her hand out for Sora to grab. Though he hesitated, Sora finally took her hand and said, "Yes."

"Then jump!" Kairi yelled. They soon jumped off the roof. The group fell and landed in a pile of soft dirt below.

The group got out of the salt and run off only for Latifah to appear from out of nowhere, grabbing Kairi as she said jokingly, "My, my, why do we always keep running into each other, street mouse?"

Latifah howled in pain when Angel pulled down her hat, forcing the captain to let go of Kairi in the progress. She, Rika, and Renamon tried to run for it but the Lees appeared, blocking their only exit. Kowloon grabbed Angel off of Latifah's head and threw her into a nearby vase.

Placing chains on the three girls Latifah exclaimed triumphantly at them all especially to Renamon, "These chains are enchanted if that wasn't your first guess meaning you can't use any of your super powers to get out. Isn't that right fox-faced Digimon? Ha, ha, ha!"

"Get your paws off me!" Kairi yelled while she was help in Golden Eye Husky's grip.

"Leave us alone!" Rika snapped while trying to release herself from Hurricane Lee.

"You let them go!" Sora ordered the Squad's leader. He tried to push her to get Latifah's attention but that only worked halfway.

"Look at this, a street porcupine! What ever shall we do?" She sarcastically laughed as she threw Sora to the ground.

If Latifah actually paid attention to her surroundings she might have not been knocked down by a powerful gust of wind. The other squad members gasped when they saw the boy had made the wind come with his summoned Keyblade. No one in the kingdom had one except…

"You will let her go!" Sora ordered threateningly while he held his Oathkeeper Keyblade and removed his hood, showing his face.

"By the order of the Crown Prince Sora Fair." Sora exclaimed while glaring at the guards.

The guards gasped again in alarm, and they quickly forced the girls to bow as Latifah, bowing, said, "Prince Sora!"

"The prince," Kairi whispered in shock.

"No way," Rika said in astonishment.

"Impossible…" Renamon said.

"Princey?" Angel asked in surprise while she peeked out of the vase she was thrown into.

"What...why are you outside of the palace?" The squad's leader asked Sora dumbstruck. "And why are you doing with these street mice?"

"That's nothing you need to care about. I want you to release the girl and her friends right now!" Sora ordered once more.

Latifah nervously said, "I'm afraid I can't your Highness, you see our orders come from Azula who wanted them captured. If you have some complaints you need to talk to her about it."

The rest of the squad took Kairi and her friends away while Sora folded his arms furiously.

"Don't you worry I will." The prince stated venomously.

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Back in the palace, In Azula's room Azula looked around to see if the safe to leave the lair. When she saw no one the ex-Fire Nation Princess began to slide the door open just as a voice yelled.

"Azula!" Sora called out as he stormed over to her.

"Oh, Your Highness." Azula said while surprised to be seeing him.

Buttercup was about to come out of the slide door too but she quickly closed it on the younger girl, trapping her.

"Ouch, hey Azula I'm stuck here!" Buttercup said gasping.

"How may I be of service to you?' Azula said bowing to the prince.

"The guards just took a girl and her friends from the market on your orders." Sora said angrily to the advisor.

"Those girls were criminals." Azula explained.

"What are you talking about, what crime?" Sora asked.

"Hey Azula! I really can't breath here!" The ex-superhero yelled, still wheezing as started chocking.

Azula then thought up of a lie. "Why, kidnapping the Crown prince, of course!"

"Hey Azula, please I'm gonna die here, just help me..." Before the girl could finish, Azula kicked Buttercup right back through the door, closing it to close all the way.

"OW! THAT HURT!" She exclaimed, surprisingly her yell did not caught Sora's attention.

"I wasn't kidnapped me; I ran away!" Sora yelled.

"Oh, oh dear," Azula walked a few steps away from Sora, pretending to be upset. "This is most dreadful news."

Puzzled Sora asked, "What are you talking about?"

Azula inwardly smirked, "I have already carried out the girls sentences."

Sora whispered, "What."

"Death," Azula explained darkly. Just as he heard the word Sora gasped in horror.

"By hanging." She finished.

"No." Sora said in horror as he sat down.

Azula smiled and spoke in feigning sympathy as she placed her hand on the prince's shoulder. "I'm truly, deeply sorry." She apologized.

"How could you?" Sora asked as he glared at her with angry but tears still flooded from his face. He ran out of the room, crying.

One moment later, Buttercup had finally got herself out of the door and panted like crazy while she climbed onto Azula's shoulder.

"So how did it go?" Buttercup asked once she got her breath back.

Azula looked over at the younger girl and said happily, "I thing it went very well actually." Of course she was being sarcastic and she and Buttercup smiled evilly.

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Sora was sighing sadly while wiping the tears off his face. He was in the garden near the edge of the fountain, and Stitch came over. The experiment was happy to see Sora, but not if it meant if he was upset

"It's all my fault. I didn't even know her name!" Sora cried as he hugged Stitch. How could things that started out so good turn out so bad?

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Me: I said I would finish this chapter before the weekend ended and I did.

(1)- That was a reference to the tsunami that tragically harmed the coast of Japan. It seemed like a good explanation to how Rika and Renamon left Tokyo and moved to Andalasia.

(2)- The manhole thing obviously is a reference to how people can get from Andalasia's world into the 'real' world and back.

(3)- If anyone remembers that old Aladdin TV series should remember the episode "Seems Like Old Crimes" where we learn how Al and Abu first met I thought I could do something similar like that in this story if you don't mind.

Me: It seems to be great how far I gotten into this story and I'm proud how many people like it. But like I said before please review and tell others about this story.