Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." -William Shakespear

a/n: Thanks to the reviews, and here is the next chappie!!! And I know that Sora could swim in the game, but this story isn't based on the story in the game, it's my personal idea, and I need Sora not to be able to swim, in order for another part of this story to work, which will then trigger another part waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay later in the story. Happy Readings!!!

Sora's POV:

The rest of the week went by without a hitch. I didn't see Axel again, so that was good, and Yuri and I were getting to be pretty good friends. And in swimming class, he and I would try to dog paddle around the shallow end. I was getting okay at it, occasionally I would slip beneath the surface, and come up spluttering, but less often. It was fun, and every day, I would meet Kairi and Riku outside under a cherry blossom tree to talk and hang out. This school was definitly not as bad as I had thought it was going to be.

I didn't even remember the party that was on Friday, and when that day came around, I still didn't remember it. I had gone back to my room, and gotten started on my homework. I was finnishing up with my math, when I heard something rustling outside my window. I put my pencil down softly, and creeped over to the sill. It was pitch black outside, and I glanced at the clock, noticing it was 10:00pm. I squinted my eyes, and tried desperately to see what was making those sounds in the tree next to my window.

"Sora!" the branches whispered to me.

My eyes widened as I saw a flash of silver and red hair from behind two thick branches. I called back, "Riku?! Kairi?!"

"Shhhhh! Of course it's us stupid! It's party time!" Riku whispered back.

"Oh!" I gasped, finally remembering.

"Come on! Riku says we don't have that much time before our opportunity goes out the window!" Kairi called back exasperatedly. (No pun intended)

I took ahold of a nearby branch and said, "Right!"

Jumping down like I cat, I landed stealthily next to Riku. He grinned at me and winked, then asked, "You excited to see your Romeo there, lover boy?"

I blushed scarlet, and pushed him slightly. He just laughed and jumped down, landing without a sound. Kairi went next, but not as gracefully. Nearly breaking her neck isn't the most attractive thing she's done before. But, thankfully, Riku caught her before she could do so. I went next, falling as quietly as I could to the hard ground. The shock of landing so harshly, sent shockwaves all the way from my feet, up through my legs. I shook it off though, and followed hurredly after the others who had gotten a head start.

Catching up with them, Riku whispered, "Sora, whatever happens, follow my lead, alright?"

I gazed at him questioningly, but all he did was ask more fiercely, "Alright?!"

I starred at him for another momment, and then nodded. He said, "Good."

I looked over at Kairi, and I saw that she had a wondering expression on her face as well. So he hadn't told her any more than me then? I did not like the sound of this.

We rushed from tree to tree, praying that no one saw us. And, once we had gotten down the lane far enough, Riku relaxed, and strutted down the lawn, rather than sprinted. I was breathing heavily, and I wiped off some sweat that had blossomed over my forehead. This was hard work. But, as soon as I saw the gates out, I my heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. There was no way this would work now. There were two guards standing on either side of the black gate, standing at attention.

I was just about to turn back, when Riku shook his head, and smiled. He mumbled, "Don't worry. I've got this covered."

He swagered up to one of the guards with Kairi and me in tow, he called out, waving his hand, "Hey guys. 'Sup?"

"Yo." the nearest one said, grinning.

They shook hands, and Riku pulled from his pocket three hundred dollar bills. The guard snatched them from his hand greedily, and waved us on. Riku turned to him and asked, "The way back in will be clear, right?"

"Yeah, yeah." the guard said shuffling off into a small room, and pressing a button. The gates started sliding open slowly, and we ran through as soon as there was enough room. We were all laughing as we sped along the empty streets.

"Nice job there Riku!" I said, clapping him on the back.

He grinned, and then said, "I know. I'm the greatest arn't I?"

"You sure are." Kairi agreed, flinging her arms over his shoulders, and jumping up on his back. He caught her, and ran with her down the road for a while, until he let her down.

"Listen. We have to keep going if we're to get in. I have something else arranged, so let's hurry." he said, running off even faster.

We followed, and soon, we saw the looming image of the large estate, which I presumed would be his house. My heart skipped a beat, and since it was already going at the speed of sound, I nearly had to stop. But, I collected myself, and trudged on. We snuck around to the back of the mansion, where a brightly lit door, illuminated the ground in front of us. But, just as Riku was stepping out into it, I saw that there was a young man standing next to the door, his arms crossed. I tried to call out, but it was too late.

"Hey! You! What're you doing here?" the young man of maybe 17 asked huskily.

Riku waved and said, "Don't worry. It's me."

"Oh...right! Riku wasn't it?" the man asked excitedly.

Riku nodded, then turned back to Kairi and I. He motioned to us to come out, and I followed his lead. I saw the young man's eyes widen, and he asked, "Is that him?"

Riku nodded again, and grinned, "Yeah. But, you'll have to wait until we come out. Then you'll get your payment."

What was Riku talking about? What payment? More money? Why didn't he just give it to him now?

"Now wait a second!" the man said, his arm shooting out to block the door. "I want something now."

"That wasn't part of the deal!" Riku said indignantly.

"Things change."

Riku glared at him for a momment, and then said, "Fine. No kissing on the mouth though."

On the mouth?! What the hell is that supposed to mean?! And then all the pieces fell into place. I was the payment. But, Riku wasn't planning on it to be like that. We were going to run away before that could happen. My eyes grew wide as the man advanced. He licked his lips and starred down at me lustfully. But, he wasn't going to get away with this.

"Hey there..." I purred, holding up my index finger and placing it over his lips. "...stud."

His eyes widened. He opened his mouth and took in my finger unexpectedly. I didn't know that was going to happen. He wrapped his arms around my waist, and squeezed. I yelped slightly, but controlled myself, and grinned up at him. I then started leading him off to some bushes by the hand. Looking back, I saw Riku and Kairi gaping at me. I winked, and dissapeared.

The young man twirled me around so I was facing him, and started licking my neck, sucking on it occasionally. I was rather disgusted by it. He was rather sloppy, and a little too slobbery for my taste. Then I saw Riku and Kairi appear behind us just as the young man started unbuttoning my school jacket, and working his hands up my shirt. Then, there was a rush of wind, a thump, and then silence. I looked down to my feet, and saw that he had been knocked unconsious.

I grinned up at the others holding a rather large branch, and they smiled back, throwing it to the ground. Riku came up and said, "I'm so sorry you had to do that Sora. He told me that I could pay him after."

(a/n: Riku planned on running away from the guy with Sora and Kairi so he wouldn't have to do it.)

"Don't worry about it." I said, moving past him to the door. "Now what?"

"We should be able to get in without any trouble now. Just make sure you don't draw attention to yourself." Riku said, comming up beside me.

Kairi coughed slightly, and asked turning pink, "Um, where's the kitchen Riku?"

Riku smiled and said, "I'll tell you when we get there."

She smiled, and the three of us made our way in through the door. No one even blinked in our direction. They were all too busy rushing about, trying to serve orderves on little trays, or fetching drinks for the guests. We walked through the bustling workers, and down a dark hallway. Riku said he knew where we were going, but as soon as he sent Kairi in through a door with steam pouring out of it, I knew we were lost.

"Riku, maybe we should just stop and think about this." I asked, trying not to trip in the dark.

"No! We can't what if someone finds us?" he snapped, trying to scoot around a table propped against the wall.

I followed him for another momment before I finally said annoyed, "Alright! At leased let me lead, that way we might have a chance of at leased making it out of this place."

I could tell he wanted to argue the point, but thought better of it. I moved in front, and started trudging along. I looked back and asked him, "So where are we supposed to be going any-"

My sentence was cut short as soon as I bumped into someone. I felt my head snap up, and I could have died then. My heart stopped, and I felt the air catch in my throat. Standing before me, was Roxas Fujioka. In the flesh. I couldn't move. I couldn't even blink for fear of this being a dream. He starred down at me equally surprised. Then, I felt something tugging on the back of my shirt.

"Come on! We have to get out of here!" Riku yelled, trying desperately to get me to move.

But, it was impossible. My feet had been frozen to the polished wood floor. The blond haired angel in front of me then parted his beautiful lips, and whispered, "You're..."

Just then, hearing the sound of his soothing voice, woke me up. It's like time had started back up, and I felt my heart going into a panic. I whipped around and started sprinting away. Riku following at my heels. Amazingly, we found our way back to the kitchen. I dashed in, snatched Kairi from the arms of her boyfriend, and went running again.

She called up to me, "What the hell is your problem?! I was having a good time!"

"Too bad!" Riku said, sprinting towards the way out. "We were found!"

"Oh!" she gasped.

I was the first out the door, and I nearly killed myself pushing past the young man rubbing the back of his head. He called out, "Hey! Stop!"

But, he was too late. We had already gone off into the shadows. None of us dared stop, for fear of someone finding us. So, we kept running, that is until I couldn't feel my legs, and I nearly fell to the ground out of exhaustion. The others fell around me, and we all gasped and spluttered together. I closed my eyes, and laid back on the sidewalk. It seemed like forever before I could get my eyes open again.

"That...was close." I said slightly out of breath.

"Yeah..." they both sighed at the same time.

I sat up, and immediatly felt all the blood rush from my head. My vision got blurry for a second, and I felt like I was falling, but it went away after a momment, and I was able to stand up next to the others. (a/n: Don't you hate when that happens?) They watched as I started walking slowly back towards the school. I could feel their eyes on me. But, I didn't mind. I was too happy. I had actually listened to the sweet sound of Roxas' voice. And I may sound like a sqealing girl right now, but I was too excited. All of a sudden I was jumping and whooping as loud as I possibly could, and all Kairi and Riku could do was shake their heads at me and smile.

Soon, we had made it back to the gates, and the two guards were waiting for us. They tipped their hats in our direction, and we were able to pass through easily. Nothing got in our way when we were heading back up the grassy slope either. It was a perfect night. No clouds in the sky, and only a light breeze blew through my hair. The stars were the most breathtaking though. I couldn't help but stop and admire them. Everything seemed to be so perfect tonight.

We reached the cherry blossom tree, and I said good night to them, watching as they crept over to their own trees and climbed up them. This has been the best night ever.

I climbed up the tree slowly, feeling my tired arms strain with my weight. But, once I made it inside, it was worth it. Goofy bounded up and started licking my face nonstop. I cried out, falling back, "Stop! Down boy!"

He didn't. Instead, he attacked my face until I finally had to forcibly push him off. Laughing quietly, I went over to my desk, turned off my lamp, and went to bed.

The next morning, was definitly not as perfect as the other night had been. Today, felt as if an elephant was sitting on top of my head. I sat up and groaned, feeling my head pound from the sudden movement. I swung my legs over the side, and stood up, feeling the pounding intensify. I walked over to the mirror in the corner of the room, and what I saw scared the living shit out of me. My nose was bright red and inflamed, and my cheeks were flushed with a pink tint. The rest of my face was as pale as a ghost, and I just realized that my throat hurt like hell. I coughed, and spluttered, sniffed, and hacked. Until I heard a knock at my door. I sniffed slightly, dragged my feet slowly across the floor, and swung it open.

"Dear lord! What the hell happened to you?" Riku snickered, pushing past me and into my room.

I glared at him, snifed again, and closed the door. I said nasally over at him, "Like I would know! I bet that stupid guy you set me up with had a cold and he gave it to me the dick head."

"Sucks for you." he chuckled, dodging the pillow I threw at him.

Luckily today was the weekend, or I wouldn't have lasted. The bad thing, was that today was the day to practice club activities. I had art club to get to soon, so I shooed Riku out the door, and started filling my bag with all the materials that I would need. Including an entire box of kleenex. This was probably a back-to-school-one-day-cold type of thing, so I didn't take any medicine. I was fine.

Heading down the halls, I finally made it into the art room. The first half of the day, we were informed on what we were going to be doing. We were going out to the grounds, to the front of the school where the pond and waterfountain was. There we were going to sketch whatever we wanted. Then the president of the club got up and started teaching us about what different teqniques there were. I already knew this because I had been in art club since middle school, but since it was the begining of the year, I humored him. We took a break for lunch and was told to meet outside in an hour. I met Kairi in the cafeteria, and she said that Riku was being held up at Kendo practice. We ate together, and she fussed over wheter or not I was alright.

I assured her that I was perfectly fine, but in truth I think I had gotten worse since the morning. My head was throbbing more frequently and with more force, and my throat was constantly dry. It didn't help that outside was supposed to be hotter than normal for this time of month. But, I wasn't about to tell her that. I was going to be alright. We got done, and I headed off to the front. Everyone was just gathering, and I got there in time to hear the president say that we could go anywhere, and for the rest of the day we would work. Then, we would meet in the art room as soon as the sun started setting.

Everyone started splitting up, either going in groups with friends, or alone to work in solitude. I went alone, tripping over my feet as I went. I made my way through tree grove after tree grove, trying to find that one special place that I could capture on paper. I found it. In a clearing of trees where there was only a large boulder sitting peacefully in the very center. I proped myself up against a tree and began drawing. A lifeless sketch at first, and then I watched as my hands slowly turned it into a perfectly shaded masterpiece. Once I was done, I glanced at the picutre, and then the real thing. I had made sure that I got every detail correct, even the grass that tuffed at the base of the rock.

Standing up, I felt my vision swim for a momment, and then right itself. I held a hand to my head, and started off back towards the school. I didn't care what time it was. I needed to get some rest. I really was sick. Looking up into the sky I guessed that it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.

I felt my forehead blossom in sweat, my breathing became erratic, and I could barely put one foot in front of the other. It seemed to take forever to get to the water fountain. I watched as the cool clean water tumbled from the top down to splash into the pond below. Walking past, I climbed up the stairs drunkenly, almost loosing my footing on the slick stairs. I got to the top, and felt my head swimming once again, and my vision splotching out. I made it to the door, but was too weak to open it. My legs felt like jello, and as soon as I thought this, I felt them give out. I fell backwards, finally succuming to the pressure upon me.

But, I did not feel the hard ground hitting my back. Instead, I felt two arms wrap around me. I opened my eyes. They fluttered slightly as I starred up at my savior, and I finally fainted. What I saw caused my brain to completely shut off. Roxas Fujioka gazed down at me concernedly, his eyes wide with worry.

a/n: OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Arn't we excited?! R&R!!!