Chapter 4:
First Stop, Hollow Bastion part 2
They arrived at the other castle, Ansem's, after about an hour. On their way to the computer, Sora started getting excited.
"What's with you?" Kairi asked, watching her boyfriend practically jump.
"We can look up every body, maybe we'll get to see what Donald and Goofy are up to!" Sora squealed.
"Sora, we're here for a reason. Don't screw around too much, now I know why it took you so long to find me and Kairi." Riku groaned.
"I know, I know, we're looking for Naminé, is there anything wrong with having a little fun while we're at it?" Sora sighed.
"mmhmm." Riku replied.
"Hey! We made it!" Sora yelled, running to the computer.
He took the crayon out of his pocket, and looked around.
"So, looks like you found something, you want the scanner, right." Leon said, walking through the door.
"Yes please!" Sora said.
Leon took the crayon from Sora and put it on a little square. He typed a few things before turning around.
"What do you wanna know?" Leon asked.
"Who the crayon belongs to." Roxas' voice came from Sora's throat.
"Whoah, creepy, you goin' through puberty again?" Leon asked before he turned back to the moniter.
"No, that was Roxas." Sora said, in his own voice.
"Oh, okay." Leon said as he continued to type.
"So, what's it say?" Kairi asked.
"Hang on, it's processing the data." Leon replied.
"Hey, Sora, what if it's not hers? Do we just start over?" Riku asked.
"Riku, why must you be sooo negative?" Sora said, with a stupid sound in his voice.
Riku sighed and looked over at the computer screen.
"Got it, come and look." Leon called.
Sora and Kairi rushed over and looked at the screen.
"Unknown owner..." Sora frowned.
"Hey Sora, cheer up. It could just be that, since she's a nobody, she's not known to the computer." Kairi said, trying to cheer up the dissapointed boy.
"So then how will we know if we find a clue or not?" Sora asked.
"Maybe, you're heart'll be able to tell you." Kairi said, putting her hand on the brunette's chest.
"Maybe, but what if it doesn't tell me one way or another?" Sora asked.
"It will. Just listen to it." Kairi told him comfortingly.
The teens left the castle and headed back to the town. They walked in silence all the way there. None of them knew what they could say, so they didn't say anything. Sora was still gripping the crayon in his pocket. But it wasn't really him, it was Roxas. Sora felt conflicted inside. On one hand, he was happy that he wasn't hopelessly looking for Riku and Kairi again. On the other, he was looking for Naminé, a girl he'd just met, but already knew as one of his best friends. He also felt a pain that wasn't his, again, it was Roxas. There was a heartbreaking pain in his chest, one that was only familiar when he feared for Kairi's life. It was killing him. He just wanted things to be normal, for once, like they were when he was little. Before this crushing heartbreak had ever even crossed his mind as a possible emotion.
"Sora? You ok?" Kairi asked, putting a hand on the sad boy's shoulder.
"Yeah!C'mon, it's getting late!" Sora put on a fake smile, and ran ahead.
"He's not ok." Kairi sighed.
"Well think about it, Sora feels all of Roxas' emotions, almost as his own. Roxas is probably heartbroken since we couldn't get a match with the crayon. Sora's emotions made his hopes skyrocket, only to see them crash back to rock bottom. So now, he might be giving up. Sora almost did one time, for a while." Riku told.
"When?" Kairi questioned.
"When he first came to Hollow Bastion, when he got to where the keyhole was, he saw you laying still on the ground. He freaked out, and sacrificed himself, hoping that it would make you ok. Ansem almost made me kill him." Riku looked to the ground.
"Oh, so now, he feels like he may find Nami like that too. Poor Sora." Kairi sighed.
"He won't, 'cuz we'll find her before anything like that can happen again." Riku replied.
"Right!" Kairi said before she ran to catch up with Sora.
Riku grinned grimly, as an image of his past lover passed through his mind. "Never again." He said, before he too ran to Merlin's house.