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Sora and Riku!
I gasped and stared at them. No way…
Sora's eyes met mine the minute he stepped in the door. "Uh, hi!" he said cheerfully.
The room started to spin. Oh, great! What now? I felt myself stumble back onto the recliner. The world momentarily went black, but I was soon pulled back when I heard two voices shout, "You!"
"Huh?" I groggily lifted my head and blinked a few times. "What happened?" Dylan had appeared right ahead of me.
"You ok?" Dylan asked as he helped me stand up. "It looked like you fainted!" His eyes went to the newcomers in a worried glance.
"Really?" I blinked again and followed Dylan's gaze, trying to comprehend what was going on. I then saw what was transpiring in the room. Apparently, when Sora stepped in the door he had seen not only me, but Demyx as well. Recognizing him as an Organization member, the Keyblade Master immediately drew his weapon and Riku followed suit. Demyx had summoned his sitar and held his arm up, ready to summon some Nobodies to his side to help!
I gasped and stepped between the two sides, acting as a barrier (Ok, a little cliché, and not one of my smartest ideas, but the only one I could think of in the heat of the moment). "Guys! Cut it out!" In the backround, I heard Dylan sigh my name.
"Are you with the Organization?" Riku asked, defensively holding up The Road to Dawn. His eyes never left Demyx.
"I—I'm not a bad guy! I swear!" I said, holding up my hands in defeat.
"Then why are you helping him?" questioned Riku, motioning to Demyx.
"He was hurt! What else was I supposed to do?"
"Let him die," spat Riku.
My eyes widened in shock.
"He's a member of the Organization," Sora continued, narrowing his eyes at Demyx. "We defeated him, and he shouldn't be here!"
Demyx snorted (Ha! I can just see that). "Not anymore! There's no such thing as the Organization, thanks to you two!"
"Then why are you still alive?" Sora asked. His grip on the Keyblade loosened a little.
Shrugging, Demyx said, "I don't know. But I'm not evil! I never enjoyed being part of the Organization, anyway. Too much work."
"Yeah right! Spare me the details!" Riku raised his keyblade and prepared to attack Demyx.
"Emily, stop them!" Dylan said rather loudly. Adam had gone to his side and was watching intently.
"Guys! Seriously! Cut it out! We can't fight in the house, or my parents will kill me!" I yelled.
"Yeah, there's no point in fighting each other! Got it memorized?" Axel said from the couch. The couch was turned away from the door, so there was no way Sora or Riku could have seen Axel.
Sora lowered his Keyblade. "A—Axel?" he gasped, walking to the other side of the couch. "Is that…you?" He looked down in disbelief.
Axel nodded. "The one and only."
Sora then got this really weird look on his face.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
The Keyblade Master continued to stare at Axel.
The calm look disappeared from Axel's face. Axel seemed to be getting creeped out. "Hello! Anybody home?" he asked, waving his good hand in front of Sora's face.
Sora's eyes blinked, and then rolled back into his head. His key blade disappeared as he fell to the floor.
I slapped my hand over my mouth to cover my scream. Dylan protectively covered Adam's eyes, though the little boy fought him.
"Sora!" cried Riku. He ran to his friend and turned him over. "What did you do to him?!" Riku demanded, looking at Axel.
Axel looked just as shocked as the rest of us, though. "I didn't touch him, I swear!"
"R—Roxas…" Sora whispered. His face twisted in pain. "What're you…doing…?"
"Roxas?!" we all yelled in surprise and confusion.
"Yeah?" a voice replied. We looked around for the source, but it seemed like it was coming from nowhere!
Suddenly, there was someone standing in the doorway! It was a teen with blond hair, spiked mostly on one side. He wore a pair of beige and black pants, along with a jacket over top of a black t-shirt. It was unmistakably Roxas. He stood there for a moment, a look of bewilderment written on his beautiful face…wait a sec... did I just call his face beautiful? Pretend I didn't say that!!!! (Me: O/////O )
Roxas blinked and looked around the living room. "What…what happened? Where am I?" he asked no one in particular.
"Roxas?" Axel whispered in disbelief.
Said Nobody turned his attention to his ex-best friend. "A—Axel? What're you--"
"Little buddy!" cried Demyx, cutting off Roxas and charging into him. The Sitar fell to the floor as the newcomer was crushed in a hug. "You're ok!"
"Demyx?! Of course I'm ok! Why wouldn't I be?" Roxas gasped, a little short on breath.
The rest of us just watched the scene unfold with open mouths.
That's…Roxas… I felt tears threatening to spill from my eyes. Roxas… His story is so sad, I actually cried the first time I saw the cutscenes from Kingdom Hearts II.
"Demyx! I can't…breath!" Roxas said, gasping for air.
"Oh, ha ha, sorry!" Demyx replied, releasing his death grip on Roxas. The younger Nobody bent over, panting and trying to catch his breath.
Meanwhile, Riku's attention was still on his friend.
"He's still not responding…" Riku murmured. He was still hovering over Sora, trying to figure out what made him collapse. Though quiet and not panicking, Riku looked worried and had no clue what to do…
"Here," I said, gently shooing Riku out of the way. I rolled Sora onto his side and pulled his right arm (the one he was lying on) out in front of him. Then, I placed his other arm on top of his other arm so they were perpendicular to each other. Next, I bent his left leg and placed it out in front of him also, to support the position he was in. After I straightened his right leg, Sora was in the recovery position. "This'll make it so nothing happens to him while he's unconscious," I explained. I didn't really want to go into details about what could happen (they can get kinda graphic), but I figured he'd be ok. Riku made a face that looked like he was a little confused, but then gave me a tiny smile and nod to let me know he was thankful.
"Wow…what happened to him?"
The sudden voice startled me! I jumped and turned around, coming face to face with Roxas himself!
"Uh…" I said, at a loss for words. His eyes are so blue…
"We don't know," Riku said a little sharply. He turned to Roxas and glared at him a little. "He just collapsed and then you showed up," the last part sounded accusing.
Roxas just frowned and shot a glare of his own right back at Riku.
Sora's eyes blinked open. "Whoa…what's going on…?" He grunted, and groggily sat up.
"You might want to take it easy," I said, easing him up into a sitting position.
The brunette winced and put his palm on his head. "My head really hurts…" he looked up and noticed his other half standing right in front of him. "Roxas?" The appearance of his nobody reminded him quickly that there were other Organization members in the room. He jumped up and re-summoned his Keyblade, ready for any attack that might be thrown at him.
The tension in the room could be cut with a knife. A really, really, really big knife.
I couldn't take the confusion and fighting anymore. "Ok, everyone just stop!" I yelled. Everyone did as they were told and stopped what they were doing to look at me. "You guys can't fight each other right now! There's just no point! If I'm understanding things right, you are all stuck here with no way home. So…so you just can't fight each other now. If you're going to get back to your own world, your own universe…whatever, you've gotta call a truce and work together, or you'll never get out of here!" Silence followed
The Kingdom Hearts characters were quiet while they let this sink in. My brothers didn't say a word.
Finally, Roxas spoke. "She's got a point, you know."
Sora looked at his other half and let the Keyblade fade away. "Yeah." He smiled and offered his hand to Demyx. "Let's work together to find a way home!"
Demyx cautiously took Sora's hand. When he discovered that Sora wasn't going to pulverize him, the Nobody also smiled.
Riku, on the other hand, was a little less willing to work collectively with the ex-Organization members. Nevertheless, he offered his hand to Roxas, who also took it a little grudgingly. It seemed they were avoiding each other's gazes.
Well, this is going well so far…I guess…
The guys all shook each other's hands, silently promising an armistice while in this world.
"So, Roxas!" Axel said turning on the couch and smiling to his best friend. "What'cha been up to?"
Roxas rolled his eyes. "Whatever Sora's been up to..."
"Which isn't much," both Sora and Roxas ended at the same time.
"Ahem," Riku cleared his throat after looking at Adam and Dylan, silently standing in the corner. "I think we all need to introduce ourselves to our hosts."
"Oh!" Sora exclaimed, looking a little embarrassed. A small blush appeared on his cheeks. He offered his hand. "I'm Sora,"
Axel rolled his eyes. "You guys don't have to do that. She already knows who you are."
Sora's eyes widened. "Really?"
I nodded sheepishly. "Yeah…"
Dylan finally spoke and finished my sentence for me, "We know you."
"How?" Riku asked. A look of confusion passed over his face. "I don't think I've ever been here before."
I sighed. Great. I have to explain this again…
So, I told them exactly what I told Axel and Demyx. Well, almost everything. I left out the part about Castle Oblivion, since Sora doesn't remember that and I don't think it's my place to remind him of those memories…
Sora, Riku, and Roxas just stared at me.
"What?!" Sora finally exclaimed. "You're kidding! They actually made a videogame out of me?"
"Um, yeah," I said, nodding.
Sora's face lit up. "Cool! Can I play it?"
"Why? You've already lived it," Riku pointed out. I also don't think he was too happy with the idea of reliving his time as Ansem's slave…
"Oh, yeah. Good point."
Roxas still looked a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything about the matter. All he asked was, "So… since you know our names, what's yours?"
I blushed. "I'm Emily."
"My name's Adam!" declared my little brother, breaking out of Dylan's grip, running up to Roxas and pointing to himself. "That's my big brother, Dylan. This is my big sister, Emily. I love my brother and my sister!" For extra emphasis, he hugged my leg tightly.
Roxas laughed. "I can see that…"
I was blushing at Adam's sudden outburst of affection. He usually doesn't do that. It seemed he was trying to earn cute points…
Dylan rolled his eyes. "C'mon, buddy. It's time to get you dressed."
"NO!" cried Adam. Dylan still picked up the little boy and carried him to his room. "NO!" we could hear Adam shout. Finally, the door shut and Adam's cries were muffled. (He doesn't like getting dressed in the morning. It's a big battle every day…)
Everyone in the room blinked.
"Wow," Sora said.
"Yeah," I agreed. "And this is him on a good day!" Their eyes all widened in horror and I couldn't help but giggle a little at their reactions. "Anyway, you guys are welcome to stay here as long as you need to. Well, at least until my parents come back. If you need food, the kitchen is right over there," I explained, pointing to the kitchen. They all turned to look. "This is the living room, and you can watch whatever you want on the TV," I handed the remote to Roxas. "The bathroom is the second door on the right in the hallway. If you need anything else, you can just ask Dylan, Adam, or me, but right now, I'm getting in the shower!" Wow. Way to announce that to a room full of guys, Emily! I mentally kicked myself as I hurried down the hallway to my room. I could feel a blush rising.
As I was leaving, I heard Sora ask, "So…what happened, Axel? I thought you…you know…died?"
I slowed my walk down, "I'm not sure. All I remember is waking up in my room back at the Castle. No one else was there, so I left. I remember…running into some really weird creatures…and then waking up in this world."
I waited outside my bedroom door for what would be said next. It turned out I didn't have to wait long…
"What did they look like?" I heard Demyx's voice ask.
"They were really weird, I remember that…but that's about it."
"Where they…like Heartless?"
"Kinda…except that they were golden and looked like they were burning…"
New creatures? I thought. I wonder what they are…
* * * * * * * * * * *
Throughout the morning, everyone took their turn in the shower. We also had a very nutritious breakfast, consisting of crackers and chips (we didn't have much food in the house). Luckily for Axel, Sora had a few extra potions that he let the Nobody use.
Sora was the last to get in the shower. When he came out, we were all sitting in the living room, just being quiet. There was an awkward silence, as none of us could really think of anything to say.
You should have seen everyone after their shower. Demyx, Sora, and Roxas looked like shaggy dogs just getting out of the shower, and Axel looked like a red-headed version of Riku. I had to hide a laugh a few times.
The Keyblade Master shuffled his hands through his hair and it eagerly resumed its normal, spiky appearance. You'll be surprised to know that that's all the others did to fix their hair, too. No one even used hairspray!
Sora noticed me looking at his hair. "What?"
"Nothing, it's just…you're hair's always so spiky, and you don't use hairspray or gel or anything! It's so weird…"
Demyx frowned. "What's hairspray?"
Both Dylan and I gawked at Demyx. "You don't know what hairspray is?!" we both asked in amazement. I mean, seriously, does their hair just totally defy gravity?
The Nobody shook his head. "What does it do?"
"It holds your hair in place," explained Roxas.
"Whew, at least one of you've heard of it!" I said, trying to sound relieved. Roxas smiled at me. After a few moments of debate with myself, I finally gathered up the courage to ask Roxas a question that's been on my mine for a long time. "Hey, Roxas. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure!"
I took a deep breath and asked the question that I was sure was on everyone's minds. "Um, when you and Sora are one person, can you still talk to each other, you know telepathically?"
He nodded. "Yup. Actually, I think we can still do that…"
"Really?" Sora asked, looking surprised. "Let's try it!" The two boys turned toward each other and squinted their eyes in concentration. We were all silent while we waited to see what would happen.
Riku chuckled. "Don't hurt yourself, Sora!"
Sora laughed and lightly punched Riku's arm, breaking the staring contest between himself and Roxas. "Shut up!"
"Shh!" Roxas said. Riku and Sora were quiet again. After a moment or two, both Sora and Roxas laughed. "Yup, we can still do it!" The two of them bumped fists.
I smiled. Always good to see a Somebody and his Nobody maintaining good relations…
At that moment, Adam came bounding into the room. "Ok, guys! Let's play Rock Band!"
If this had been an anime, you would have seen giant question marks go up from the guys' heads. "Huh?" they asked in unison. Dylan just shook his head at Adam's openness.
"It's this really fun game on the Wii where you, like, um…take your guitar or drums and you play it and there are notes going on the screen and you have to hit the notes at the right time!" explained Adam as he motioned around the TV screen wildly, trying to help the others visualize the game.
Everyone was still lost. Demyx even mumbled, "Wii?"
I laughed a little. "You'll see…" I said as I picked up the guitar.
Next time: Rock Band!!! XD
First aid training is not for the faint of heart. I'm serious. I don't even know why I took it…(xD Probably just in case something like this happens to me…LOL)
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