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"Be witout fear in the face of your enemies. Speak the truth, always. Even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong. That is your Oath." -Kingdom of Heaven

a/n: The last chappie was a little short, but this one's going to be exciting, and long, so I'm making up for it. Well, here is the next Chappie to Juvenile Hearts!!! Thanks to those who Reviewed, and Happy Readings!!!

Sora's POV:

When I got into language arts class the next day, I was so happy to see that Hayner had managed to switch seats with the kid sitting next to Yuri. Now, they were sitting close to each other, and whispering into each others ears. I smiled at Yuri as I passed by, and he winked at me, nuzzling Hayner's neck as they continued speaking softly. Grinning, I made my way to my chair, and flopped down in it. Roxas looked over at me questioningly, and I replied quietly, "I didn't get much sleep last night..."

"Oh..." he said understandingly.

Class began shortly after, and I caught glimpses of Yuri and Hayner passing notes back and forth, one of which Yuri turned bright pink at. It was so wonderful how they finally got their true feelings out. Apparently, the other day, (Yuri burst into my room and told me everything) they had done a little more than kissing after Roxas and I had left. He mumbled, "He was my first...that means that we'll be bound together...forever...right?"

"Yeah, now why don't you get some sleep, and-"

But that would be too easy. Of course he had to tell me exactally what happened, including the stuff I didn't want to hear about. And by the time he was done, it was 2 o'clock in the morning. But, I was happy for him, and I was glad that I could do what I could for him. And now, here I was sitting in a dull classroom while my own true love was somewhere, waiting for me to find him. Sighing, I turned my attention to the announcements that had just come on.

"Please excuse this interruption. I would just like to announce that the Freshman class trip will be going for a nature hike to the Mishani Resort, instead of the usual trip to the ocean aquarium for the week. Thank you." said the dry monotonous voice.

A girl sitting ahead of me, turned around, and whispered sarcastically, "Like a hike isn't going to be just as boring as an aquarium."

I laughed slitghtly, asking her quietly, "When's the trip?"

"Oh! That's right, you're new. Well, we're going in the middle of this month."

I nodded and leaned back in my chair slightly, that would mean HalloweenVacation. The rest of the day went by smoothly, and I even managed to put my feet in the water at the pool. And, by the end of the day, I was beat. Another long day had gone by. Now I only had to make it through the rest of the week and I would be on a whole week's vacation. Somewhere up in the mountains. I entered my room, and immediatly sat down to my computer. Turning it on, it hummed to life, the black screen getting brighter by the second.

I logged on and brought up my search engine. Clicking on the search box, I typed in Mishani Resort, and up popped hundreds of links. I glanced around for a while, trying to find something that would give me the most information. One caught my eye, and I clicked on it. Up came the usual facts, where it was, the views, the woods and the mountain surrounding it, etc. That's when another link caught my attention. Down in the very bottom corner, said in small print, 'The curse of the Mishani Witch'.

Excited, I clicked on the font, and was instantly taken to a dark page with blood red writing. It said:

Beware-

Those who have traveled off the specified path going towards the resort have all been lost. Of course we find the missing hikers, but all that they will utter from their blue, frozen, half dead lips, is, "Hinata...Hinata...she...took us..."

No one has fully recovered from being 'abducted' by the Mishani Witch, they still babble and go on their mad vendeta's. But, we did manage to aquire one of the visitor's video cameras as the witch appeared to them. Please click on the link below to view. Also, we have a possible story as to who, what, and why this witch is.

Over a hundred years ago, a woman by the name of Hinata Mishani lived in the resort with her family in these very woods. She fell madly in love with a young noble that lived in the valley below, and they carried on a secret love affair behind their family's backs. One day the young boy told the girl that he would meet her in the woods later that night around 9:30pm. Of course she waited for him, at their favorite meeting place. A clearing that held a single oak tree with thick limbs. She climbed up, and waited. Soon after, her prince arrived, but he was not alone. He had brought a group of other men with him. Hinata jumped down and rushed over to her beloved, but was stopped by the group.

The sad tale goes: The group raped the poor 15 year old girl, beat her, and then left her for dead. In her terrible state, she could not move, or make any sounds, so all she could do was wait for death to overcome her. And just when her life was slipping away, her love reappeared. He stood over her body and said coldly, "You never ment anything to me. All I needed was your body to repay a debt."

He kneeled down to her side, stroking the side of her face, "Worthless..."

He stood up, and began striding away from the bloody girl that he had so convincingly pretended to love. Anger flared from deep within her soul, and just as she died, her entire life force was hatred. That entity formed into the ghost which we see roaming around the woods every night. No one knows what happened to her love, but we think that that's who she is looking for in the afterlife, and when she does, she plans to kill him for the pain and suffering he put her through. Only then will her spirit rest.

Oh my GOD! That's what I'm going to be hiking into?! I thought as I read the description of what the witch was supposed to look like. Long flowing white hair that ensnared you in it's tendrils if you got close enough. Wearing a white and pink kimono that was splattered in blood. Her face wore an expression of utmost hatred, her beautiful features creased into a permanent frown. No way was I going to look at the clip that was on the hiker's camera. I was now officially freaked out about this whole 'class trip' thing.

Just then, there was a knock on my door, and I nearly jumped up to the celing. I called out tentatively, "W-who's there?"

The door creaked open slowly, and I held my breath as a pale hand appeared from behind it. It was then acompanied by none other, than Roxas. He smiled, and I exhaled the breath that I had been holding in. He said to me, comming up to look at my screen, "Yo! What'cha lookin' at?"

"N-nothing!" I said, holding my hands over the screen hurredly, trying to block out my stupid fear.

Roxas laughed and asked slyly, "You lookin' at porn or somethin'?"

My face turned bright red, and I mumbled, "No..."

"Oh yeah?!" he asked defiantly, pulling my hands down in my vulnerable state. His eyes moved quickly from left to right, his face growing more grave by the second.

When he was done, he didn't look at me. Instead, he backed away from me slowly, keeping his head aimed to my floor. I asked him distressedly, "What is it?! I know it's just a stupid ledgend, but you don't have to freak me out!"

He stayed silent, and began raising his head agonizingly slowly. I had stood up from my chair, and was now reaching a shaking hand out to him. I began, "Rox-"

But I was cut off by the sudden flash of his own arms, snatching my hand, and wrenching me forwards. Grabbing ahold of me tightly as soon as I fell into his chest, he began whispering in a creepy voice, "You ment nothing to me...I only used you..."

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!" I screamed, trying desperatly to push away from him. It wasn't funny. I don't do well with ghost stories!! I yelled, "Roxas! Cut it out!"

Struggling for a few more seconds, I suddenly heard a dull thud, and then my stomach plummited. We were falling backwards. Landing only a second later, I was relieved to find out that he had only tripped up on my bed. He was laughing histarically now, clutching at his stomach, and rolling around as I whimpered slightly. He pushed me slightly, and called to me through tears, "Oh my God! That was priceless!"

I stood up forcefully and stomped my way to the door. I didn't get far. I heard him stand up as well, and he caught me by my elbow. Whirling me around, he pushed me against the door and whispered in that creepy voice, "Hinata wants to...kill you..."

I glarred daggers at him, punched him in the gut (softly), and threw open the door. I sprinted down the halls until I was out of breath. That's when I heard him following. He called to me from half a hall away, "Sora! Wait! I was just joking!"

I huffed, and began walking away, with my nose in the air, a slight smirk creasing my mouth. He ran up beside me, and then stepped in my path giggling, "Come on! It was a joke!"

I glarred at him again, and pushed past him. Still smirking. He caught on to my not being mad, and he whispered creepily from behind me, "Worthless..."

Pivoting around swiftly, I saw that he had an 'oh shit' expression plastered over his face, and he ran away, back down the hall. We chased each other, until we finally ended back in my room, lying exhausted on my bed.

"So...are you excited?" he asked, putting his hands behind his head.

"Mmmmn...a little." I replied, yawning slightly.

He smiled and said, "More scared, huh?"

I punched him in the shoulder, and laughed, saying, "That's exactally it!"

"Thought so..." he mumbled, his eyes fluttering shut.

I didn't even have enough energy to tell him to get lost and go to his own room. The sudden weight of the whole day finally came crashing down on me, and I drifted off into sleep.

Running. Running through woods. Where was I going? What was after me? Why was I so scared? Passing between two enourmous trees, my foot caught on something rising out of the earth, and I crashed into the dirt. Looking up, I saw that I was in the clearing that had been described on the website. The huge oak loomed above me, giving me this forboding, and frightened feeling deep in my gut. Standing up, I glanced hurredly about for the thing that had been chasing me, but there was nothing in sight. Maybe I had lost it.

Walking forwards, I moved up to next to the tree. It was an austere, majestic looking plant, and I couldn't shake the feeling that it was watching my every move. But, before I had a chance to get any closer, I heard a small voice from behind me. Turning, I saw that a girl, about my age, stood. Her platinum blonde hair undulating out from her as if a great wind was blowing past it, but it was a calm night. That's when I realized that that was the thing that had been chasing me. All of a sudden, her sweet face turned into a tempestuous mess, her hair seemed to have a mind of it's own, and her eyes were glowing bright red.

I screamed, and screamed, and screamed, even after I felt my consiousness return to me, I cried out as though the girl was going to drag me back there. Back into the sleeping wonderland where she could take me, and do whatever horrible things she did. Roxas bolted up, and cried out, "Sora! What's wrong?!"

My voice suddenly died, and I looked over at him, tears forming in the corners of my eyes. All I could do was lean forwards, and burry my head in his chest. He sat stunned for a momment, and then started comforting me by rubbing my back, and running his hands through my hair, and whispering, "Shhhh. It'll be alright...It was only a bad dream...It's not real..."

Soon, I calmed down enough to look up at him. He watched me worredly as I laid back down on the bed, curled into a little ball and tried to go back to sleep. He whispered, "Sora...?"

"Thank you..." I mumbled quietly, but when I felt the bed move, I immediatly jumped up and latched onto his arm yelling, "Wait! Don't leave me!"

He turned back to me wide eyed and took in my helplessness. Smiling softly, he came back to the bed, laid down on it, and then pulled me up to rest on his chest. He whispered stroking my hair, "Nothing's going to happen to you...not as long as I'm around..."

I snuggled in closer to him, not even caring that it was Roxas, my brand new friend, and crush. We just lay there, holding each other, until we finally fell asleep once again.

In the morning it was a little odd. My hands felt around for Roxas, but I couldn't seem to locate him, so opening my eyes, I looked around. He wasn't here any more. I immediatly felt saddened by this. Sniffling, I swung my legs off the side of my bed to get ready for school. But, instead of my feet touching hardwood floor, it instead was met by something warm and squishy. As soon as I stepped down, there came a large groan from the floor, and I jumped away from it hurredly, quickly pulling my legs back up onto the bed.

Looking over, I saw that Roxas hadn't left, he had just fallen off the bed. And as I starred at him, his eyes began to slowly open. He blinked up at me blearily, and mumbled in his early morning voice, "Murnin'."

Grinning, I jumped off the bed, carefull not to step on him. He sat up, and I heard about ten things crack, I asked him as I held my hand out to him, "Have a nice sleep?"

He glarred at me, and groaned, massaging a kink in his neck, "Just dandy. You kicked me off the bed I don't know how many times last night!"

My eyes widened, and I asked, "Really?"

"Dick head..." he mumbled, holding his sore back as he headed for the door.

"Ass hole." I said loudly.

His head turned back, and we glared at each other for a few seconds before I felt the sides of my mouth turn up. His eyes were shimmering, and he was turning pink with the effort of trying not to laugh. Finally, we both burst into a fit of giggles.

The rest of the week went by slowly, and I was sort of glad for that. I wasn't excited at all. Ever since that dream, I've been a little hesitant about going. Everyone else has been talking about it nonstop, either how boring it would be or how much fun it would be to get outside. I didn't think anyone else knew about the witch in the hills, that, or they wern't freaked out by it like I was. So, I just kept my mouth shut.

On the night before the trip, I was in my room, packing my backpack full of the clothes and other things I would need when we started hiking. The sun was just sinking down below the horizon, and as I glanced up, I saw it at it's peak. The purples, pinks, oranges, and yellows blended into each other to create a brethtaking array of colors. Inspired, I sat down on the edge of my bed facing the window, and took up my sketch pad. Shading here and there, I created a duplicate of the scenery before me. I didn't even notice that someone entered through the door.

"Wow Sora, that's great!"

I jumped slightly, feeling my heart skip irregularly a few times. Turning around, I saw that Kairi had let herself in. She asked excitedly, "Can I look at it?"

"Oh...uh, sure..." I mumbled, handing it over.

My heart-rate began to drop as I watched her look over my handiwork. She flipped the page and looked at some of the other doodles that I had done. I finally asked her, "So...um, what is it that you came in here for?"

She lowered the book and looked at me, blushing brightlhy. She mumbled, "It's about a boy."

"Oh?" I asked curiosly. "Who is it?"

She was silent for a momment, shifting from foot to foot. Finally she said softly, "Riku..."

My eyes grew wide and I asked her incredulously, "Really?!"

"Yeah..." she whispered, turning even brighter. "It happened today actually."

I nodded, and listened intently as she continued, "Well, I was walking with him to the cafeteria, and I tripped. When I was falling, he grabbed me, and pulled me back. I kinda fell into him, and when I looked up to say thank you..."

She grew silent, and I asked excitedly, "And?!"

"Well...I've never looked at him like that before..."

I understood what she was saying completely. Not the seeing Riku in a different light part, but I've had that happen to me before. It was the first day I saw a picture of Roxas. I had been with my mother driving to go see his first movie. The first in the series of spy movies. We had bought the tickets from the pimpled ticket salesman, bought popcorn, candy, and soda, then sat down in our seats. She had been talking about how excited she was to see this, and that the kid playing the lead roll was supposed to be a 'cutie'. That's when the movie screen showed an ad photograph of the movie. I hadn't been paying attention to the T.V. lately, so I hadn't seen the commercials for it (finals week). My mother continued to blather away, while I gaped up at the screen.

He was hanging out of a helicopter, gun in one hand shooting at the bad guys, and a girl in the other. He looked so...indescribable. I nearly dropped the food we had just bought. At that momment, I realized that I had an enourmous crush on Roxas Fujioka. Through the whole movie, I only concentrated on him. I didn't even know what the plot was about. It did bother me in the end however, when he and the girl were up in the Himilayan Mountains. The love scene struck a cord in my heart, and I felt my face get hot. I was jealous!

So, yes. I did know what Kairi ment about a realizing momment.

I laughed slightly, got up, hugged her, and said into her ear, "I'm happy for you."

"R-really?" she asked.

"Yeah!" I said matter of factly. "As a matter of fact, you should go tell him!"

"B-b-but I don't know what to say!" she cried out as I pushed her towards the door.

Opening it, I said happily, "Sure you do! It'll be a snap!"

And with that I waved, shut the door, and laid down on my bed. This was one heck of a day. Goofy crawled up to lie next to me, snuggled in close, and fell asleep. I thought just before I drifted off to sleep, I'll find him some day...

a/n: I think it's funny and sad at the same time that Sora doesn't realize that Roxas is that little boy from the playground. Ha! Well, Review, and I'll see you in the next chappie!!! I think I'll put the next one up sooner than planned though. This one wasn't that great.