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Author's Note

Some people might be a little disappointed by this chapter, and I hope you aren't one of them! BTW, this is the last chapter! ( Sniffles )

---------------------------------------------------OMG! A Close Call and a Big Surprise/The End

Suddenly someone crashed through the door. Kairi thought it was Sora, but was so mistaken, it almost cost…well, you'll see. The unknown someone pulled something from his pocket. It was dark, so Kairi couldn't see anything.

"Sora! Why are you in here right now? You scared…" Kairi stopped when she felt cold metal touch her throat.

"If you scream, I'll kill you." The dark stranger said in a strange voice.

Reluctantly, Kairi got up and followed the pushing on her back coming from the stranger. He (she could tell now, from the voice, that it was a guy) was pushing her towards a different hut, and practically threw her inside. She landed on the bed, and the strange guy turned the knife on her again.

"Remember, if you scream, I'll kill you." He said.

He raised the knife and aimed at her chest his arm was coming down when he heard someone shout "NOOOO!!!"

He turned, said "Oh, ferthick!!!" and ran out. Kairi also turned, and saw Sora standing in the doorway, barely able to breathe, and soaked with blood ( shudders ). He staggered towards Kairi and nearly fell on her in the process.

"OH MY GOD! Sora! What happened?" Kairi yelled as tears flooded her eyes. Sora looked awful.

Sora explained without much detail (he said he would give those later) that the guy had jumped him and slashed him with the knife. He had thought Sora was dead, which is why he had cursed ("ferthick" is my word, but you're welcome to use it, just ask).

"What did he want with us, though?" Kairi thought aloud. She had told only one person her dream, and then realized her mistake. She had told Riku, the person she had trusted for so long, and now she couldn't anymore. Suddenly, she knew the voice. It was the one Riku always used when Sora, Kairi, and him played games.

Kairi told Sora this, but he only replied with an "I don't get it." Kairi had not told him the dream yet. She sighed, guessing she would have to tell him now.

Then she had a sudden idea.

"Sora, in my dream, I was about to kiss a guy."

"So? If it wasn't me, why did he come after me?"

Kairi pondered this awhile and decided to say "He took out his anger on the person he thought it might be."

"Oh. Whatever." Sora said, and then grimaced with pain. He was slashed from head to toe from his encounter with whoever it was that had taken Kairi.

"Just hold on, okay? I'll go find help." Kairi said as she ran out the door.

Soon she found Nari's hut and ran inside. No one was there, and Kairi tried to curse, but she was too frightened for Sora's life. She ran out and started screaming for help, saying over and over that someone was hurt and needed help. After about 2 minutes, she ran back to the hut and half carried, half dragged Sora to the medical hut. There, she wrapped bandages around him and prayed it would be enough.

"Sora, I'm going to see what happened to everyone, okay?" Kairi said after Sora was comfortable back in Kairi's hut.

"Okay, but don't get hurt. I want to see you in one piece. And if you're not back in an hour, I'm coming after you. Now go." Sora said, looking Kairi right in the eye.

She stumbled out of the hut, and then traveled into the palm forest right outside the little town on the island. As she passed by a clearing, she overheard a conversation going on.

"Yes, Master Xzarainius (pro. za-RAIN-ee-us). I understand." The voice sounded familiar, though young, maybe 18.

"Good. Now go find the girl. Oh, one more thing, Nari. Don't kill her. I want her alive, even if it costs your life. Now go." The second voice sounded harsh, and rather aged, maybe from a man of 50 or older.

Nari? So this is where she went. I'm confused. I know what happened to her now, but- Kairi stopped there, because she saw that there was a line behind a tree, and then she realized what must have happened. Town meeting. No biggie, but I have to go take care of Sora!

She started to walk back towards the hut when suddenly a bag came down over her head. Kairi squirmed uncomfortably under the weight of her capturer.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A few minutes later

Sora came out of the hut and staggered around for a while until he found a burlap sack tied, upside-down, onto a tree. There were tiny air holes cut into the bag.

"I wonder what happened here?" Sora asked himself, and untied the sack. It fell to the ground with a thump, and Kairi was inside, unmoving.

"W-what happened?" Sora burst out. Then he saw that Kairi's chest was moving up and down, almost rhythmically, and thought Oh my gosh. She's sleeping. Even though he was injured, he picked Kairi up and brought her to the nearest hut. Once inside the simple living domain, he placed Kairi on the bed. Wondering what the heck he was going to do with himself now, he walked around the room. There was no second bed, no couch, not even a little pile of sand for him to sleep on, although the bed Kairi was sleeping in was a double.

"Well, I guess I have sleep here." Sora climbed onto the bed next to Kairi, and immediately fell asleep.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The next morning

Kairi awoke to someone breathing down her neck with their arm around her. She jumped up and turned to see that Sora was the one in the bed.

"Sora! Wake up." Kairi said. Sora turned to face her and wondered what had happened to Kairi the night before.

"Okay, two things." She said. "Why were we sharing the bed and where are we?"

"Well…" he continued to explain what had happened the night before. "I just don't know what happened before that." Kairi filled him in and they both walked outside, Sora staggering (he's still hurting, y'know).

The little village seemed deserted in the cool morning air, and there was something going on in the forest. The two went to check it out, when suddenly Nari came out of nowhere and grabbed Kairi.

"Come with me." She said. "Master Xzarainius wishes to see you. Now." Kairi came along hesitantly, wondering what would happen to her. Sora followed close behind, making sure he made no noise and that his wounds didn't leak.

"Master. I have brought the girl as you have commanded."

"Good work, Nari. Go fetch the others and take off the spell."

"Spell? What spell? Nari, what's going on?" Kairi asked her so-called sister.

"I will explain." Xzarainius said. "First off, you have no relatives here. Nari is my servant, and she was trying to get you to me. She only succeeded in making you confused. As for your little friends, they're dead, except for the porcupine. I don't know how, but he survived."

Kairi was already overwhelmed and Xzarainius was just getting warmed up. He continued to tell her that she was not a princess (which she didn't mind at all) and that her heart was the most pure and sturdy on the entire island.

"Wait a minute. My heart is just as corrupt as any other! Trust me, I have my share of secrets I won't tell a soul. But since you're probably going to kill me, I guess I can tell you."

The evil king nodded and said, "Yes, I am about to kill you, and secrets make hearts more corrupt, so spill your soul to me."

"Well, my biggest secret is that I love…" Kairi stopped, because she heard a gasp from the bushes. Sora was leaning forward in the bushes, wondering what she was going to say.

"Sora?" He nearly fell before realizing she was talking to him, not finishing her statement. Kairi laughed at the goofy face he made when he regained his balance. She was still smiling when the evil king grabbed Kairi by the hand and said, "Wouldn't you rather leave the world of confusion forever?"

Kairi tried to pull away, but couldn't. Sora ran to her side and slashed at Xzarainius with his Keyblade.

"These are only mild cuts," said Xzarainius smoothly.

Sora was very angry now. He slashed with all his might, but nothing worked. After a minute or two, Sora realized that the only way to kill him and free Kairi was to stab Xzarainius through the heart. He stood there, wondering how he should do it. Suddenly, Kairi lurched as if to escape, and Sora had a clear shot.

C'mon, Sora, pull yourself together! This is your only chance! He thought.

He lunged and pushed the dagger through the evil king's heart. With a "Damn you, boy" and a small whimper, Xzarainius closed his eyes, never to open them again.

Kairi then pulled away from the man's death grip and stumbled onto Sora, who helped her regain her balance. She closed her eyes and said, "Sora, I want you to know that I am very, very thankful that you saved me from Xz…whatever his name was, and that I… " She stopped when she felt soft lips touch hers. As Sora and Kairi pulled away from one another, she finished her sentence. "…love you." She smiled and they walked off together into the sunrise (yeah, it was morning, but at least it wasn't as cliché as "sunset").

The End

Wahhhh!!! I had so much FUN writing this story! Maybe I'll write another Romance/Action/Adventure story soon!

See y'all later!