a/n: Hi again!! Sorry for the long wait... I lost my motivation… but anyway, enjoy the chapter! Written (and named) with help from my friend volume-5 also a big thanks to 100-percent-hp-fan for helping me write this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, places etc. in this story, they belong to Square-Enix.

Never Lost

Chapter 3

In a dark room, hidden inside an old mansion, a man was seated on a large chair. His face, lit up by the computer screen before him, was covered in red bandages, so all that could be seen were his eyes, glowing orange in the faint light.

"So… Sora is with the girl?" he asked, looking up at the man standing beside him.

"Yes" His companion replied

"Hmm…" The man looked at his hands thoughtfully "Perhaps we could use this to our advantage." He looked up to see the other man's reaction.

"In which way?" asked his companion cautiously "How is it going to affect Sora?"

The man laughed "Well, Ansem, I was thinking…"

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On a hill in Twilight Town sat two figures, bathed in golden light.

"Isn't the sunset beautiful?" sighed Kairi, leaning her head against Sora's shoulder.

"Yeah, it is" He replied looking down at her 'and so are you…' he added mentally.

He wrapped an arm around her as she shivered, and for a while they both sat there, admiring the view.

"So..." said Kairi slowly, reluctant to break the silence "Where do we go next? Are we going to move on to a different world?"

"Well, we have to wait for a pathway to open before we can leave." Replied Sora "But after that we'll probably go back to Hollow Bastion."

She smiled up at him. "Ok"

They stood up and started walking down the hill together. At the bottom of the hill they saw three prople lying on the ground surrounded by Nobodies.

"Stay here" Sora told kairi before rushing forward to help. He quickly defeated the Nobodies then went to help the people up.

"Hi, I'm Sora" he said.

"I'm Seifer" replied one of them, who seemed to be the leader. He held out a trophy with four different coloured orbs decorating it. "This goes to the strongest person in Twilight Town."

"Thaks, but I don't want it" Sora commented.

Seifer ignored Sora and threw the trophy at him before turning and leaving, his friends following.

"Hey guys!" called Hayner as he ran up to meet them, the rest of the gang close behind him.

"Hey!" exclaimed Sora.

"Whats that?" asked Donald, pointing to the trophy

"It's a trophy. Some guy named Seifer gave it to us after we defeated some Nobodies" Sora replied, passing it to Goofy.

"Can i see it?" asked Pence

"Sure" replied Sora

Goofy stepped forwards to give it to him but tripped on a mushroom and dropped it.

Hayner, Pence, Olette and Kairi all picked up one of the small coloured orbs that fell off the trophy. As they held them up to the light, Sora pulled out the similar orb that they had been given while in Twilight Town previously, and held it up.

As the light shined through the balls, Sora and Kairi's appearance changed, and for a second, Roxas and Namine could be seen in their place.

"Sora? Kairi? Are you alright" asked Donald.

"Huh…? Oh, yeah fine" Sora replied while Kairi nodded in agreement.

Then, a bright light flared up around Sora, and when it had faded he smiled at them and said: "The pathway is open; it's time for us to go!"

a/n: Thanks to Volume-5, key46812, Taeniaea, evil-music-in-the-backround and 100-percent-hp-fan for reviewing!