Hey! I'm SSSOOOO sorry for the late updates! I've honestly been busy. Drama club is back up and we are doing a 10th anniversary 9/11 play called "War at Home: Then and Now". Rehearsals are hectic so I'm trying! So here ya guys go and I'll try to make another chapter soon I promise!

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Caught

Sora woke to someone shaking his shoulder. Sora groans and snuggles into the object he's holding. Sora lazily glances down to see he's holding Kairi. Sora smiles faintly and rests his head back against the pillow and drifts off. Someone shakes his shoulder again and this time Sora is fully awake and alert. Sora looks up to see Roxas staring at him. Sora blushes.

"Um, it's not what it looks like." Roxas shakes his head. "Come here." Roxas walks towards the door and motions for Sora to follow him.

Sora glances down at Kairi making sure she's asleep. He carefully removes his arms from her body trying not to wake her. When he releases Kairi he pulls off the covers and jumps over to get out, then covers Kairi back in tight. When he's sure she's snug he follows Roxas into the hallway and quietly shuts the door behind him. Roxas and Sora slowly go downstairs and into the kitchen. Once Sora's in the kitchen he sits down on the nearest stool and faces his brother.

"What's up Roxas?"

Roxas shoots a nasty glare at his twin. "You're an idiot, ya know that?"

Sora rolls his eyes. "Gee, good to see you too. And here I was thinking we were going to catch up like, 'Hey how was the afterlife' or 'I'm fine, how about you'."

Roxas shook his head. "Fine. The afterlife was boring, dark, and lonely. Look, I know what's going on."

Sora crossed his arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh, I think you do." Roxas gave him the 'fess-up' look. Sora rolled his eyes. He always hated it when he did that.

"Alright. You caught me." Sora stood up and walked towards his brother. "I thought it wasn't that noticeable."

"Well it was. Sora, you REALLY thought you could hide it from me? I can read you like a book."

"I know. It's just I don't really know how to take it. It's never happened to me before." Roxas looked at his brother with a soft expression.

"Honestly, I wouldn't know what to do either."

"How'd you figure it out?"

"Earlier. When I mentioned his name. You had that look in your eyes, your guilty look. Not to mention, that after that look you grabbed Kairi."

Sora shot his head up. "Wait what are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about Vanitas. I think you have some explaining to do."

Sora let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, that. Okay."

Roxas looked at Sora questionably. "Wait. What do you think I was talking about?"

"Nothing. It's…nothing." Even though Sora tried to hide it, Roxas noticed the blush across Sora's face and tried to figure out what he was thinking. He'll figure that out later though.

"Never mind. Look Sora, what's going on. I don't wanna play games, give me a straight answer."

"About what?"

You know what!" Roxas screamed. He then shook his head and hushed angrily. "I know what's going on. Between you and Vanitas. You made a deal with him didn't you?"

Sora shook his head. "What? No!"

"Don't lie to me Sora!"

"I…I didn't I swear!"

Roxas growled and grabbed Sora by his shirt and forced him against the wall making a loud bang. Sora knocked his head off the wall and groaned.

"Don't freaking lie to me Damnit! I know! You vanished for over an hour! I could feel where you went so don't you dare lie to me! What did you tell him?"

"Alright alright! I, I made a deal with him." Roxas drew back his arm and Sora knew what was coming next. "W-Wait! I-I-I did it for Kairi and Namin'e!"

Roxas hesitated. "What do you mean, 'You did it for them'?"

"Look I agree this looks bad but I-I swear its outcome is g-good! O-Okay? See, the deal I made was that if I do anything he says, he'll let Aqua go! A-And he won't bother their family anymore!"

"Aqua!"

"T-Their Mom. I did it so they could all be together again! He's holding her hostage, and I couldn't think of anything else! He was going to control me with the Darkness and hurt Kairi! I couldn't, I-I wouldn't!"

Roxas looked at his brother with compassion. "Well, at least I know you're intentions are good." Once Sora's guard was down, Roxas stuck him in the face. Sora screamed as he hit the floor and held his face. "However, I still think you're an idiot."

Roxas looked over towards the stairs once he heard footsteps running down the stairs. Kairi burst through the kitchen with Namin'e close behind.

'She's awake…' Roxas thought.

Kairi looked at Roxas. "What happened? What was that noise?"

"What noise?"

"We heard a bang then a scream!" Kairi's eye caught Sora on the floor holding his face. "Sora!" Kairi ran over to Sora's side and crouched beside him. Sora sat up on his butt and looked at Kairi. Kairi grabbed his hand gently and moved it away from his face to see him squinting his right eye and just below it was a deep gash and it was bleeding.

"Oh Sora…What happened?" Kairi asked as she ran to the sink to grab a wet hand cloth and an icepack out of the freezer and run back to Sora's side.

"Roxas punched me." Sora winced once Kairi placed the wet hand cloth against his cut. Kairi looked at Roxas.

"You hit him? Why?"

Roxas scoffed. "Because he's a moron! He…" Sora looked up to Roxas pleadingly. Roxas sighed. "He-He called me an idiot and that he's more intelligent and stuff…" Sora smiled softly at his brother but then hissed when Kairi applied pressure to his wound.

Kairi huffed. "Roxas, you were wrong to hit Sora. Sora, you were wrong to say those things to him. Now Sora, get up and let's go sit on the couch, get you comfortable for when I stitch you up." Sora got up and dizzily walked with Kairi to the next room to lie down. Roxas shook his head and went to head upstairs but bumped into a figure that let out a gasp. Roxas looked in front of him to see a blonde holding her hands to her chest nervous.

"Oh, um sorry Namin'e." Namin'e looked up at the boy.

"Your eyes…are familiar. You're the boy I saw last night before…I fainted…" Namin'e looked down towards her feet.

"Yeah I am. Don't worry; I made sure not to leave your side just in case." Roxas smiled.

"Who-Who are you?"

"I'm Sora's brother." Roxas smiled. "Good night Namin'e." Roxas headed upstairs to the guest bedroom. Namin'e watched him disappear then looked back down at her feet.

"I thought Sora's brother was dead…"

Namin'e walked over to where Sora and Kairi were and sat down in the chair beside them.

Kairi huffed. "Sora, stop moving or else I'll poke your eyes out with the needle!"

Sora winced. "Well it hurts!"

"I know, it's almost all sealed up all the way. Just a little longer."

Sora looked over Kairi's body kneeling by the couch to see Namin'e sitting. "Hi Namin'e. I'm S-ow!"

"Sorry!" Kairi quickly apologized.

Namin'e smiled softly. "You're Sora, I know. Your Kairi's patient. Were you released early?"

Sora looked at Kairi. "Sort of." Kairi smiled and looked towards Namin'e. "I'll explain it later Namie." Namin'e nodded. Kairi turned her attention back to Sora and finished stitching his cut. "There. All better." Sora sat up.

"Thanks." Sora smiled at Kairi. Kairi looked over to Namin'e. "Hey, can I talk to Sora for a minute?"

Namin'e nodded. "I'm tired anyways. Good night."

"Night."

Sora watched Namin'e leave. "Night Namin'e!" Namin'e smiled in return. When she was gone Sora turned back to Kairi to see her sit next to him. "I like her. She's nice."

"So, when the sun's up are you going to disappear?"

"I guess. But I'm not going to leave. I'll still be here. You just can't hear or feel me around, but I am. I'm like a ghost."

"Same with Roxas?"

"I think."

"What if I turn off the lights? In your room it was dark and I saw you, I felt you."

"Yeah, but that took a lot of energy."

"Oh."

"Yeah so only do that if it's an emergency. Or else I'd be too tired when I can finally show up."

"I understand. Answer one more thing."

Sora nodded. "Anything."

"Why did Roxas hit you. I know he told me, but I felt like he was hiding something."

Sora's eyes widened. "Oh I don't think he was."

Kairi looked upset at Sora. "You sure?" Sora nodded. Kairi smiled.

"I'm glad I met you Sora."

Sora laughed. "Even though it was in an Asylum?"

Kairi giggled. "Even though it was in an Asylum. I knew it too."

"Knew what?"

"Knew that you were normal. Well, Asylum wise. I knew that, you weren't insane like everyone else thought."

"I'm glad. At least someone treats me like I'm normal." Sora smiled. Kairi smiled back and hugged Sora. Sora hugged back but his thoughts drifted to his fight with his brother. A frown replaced his smile.

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Well there ya go! I hope that satisfied you guys. If you have any ideas please PM me! Favorite, comment as usual and I'm on writers block so ideas would be good! Plus, can you check out my other story the "The Boy who never Grew"? I've been working hard on it! And I have writers block there too! So ideas for that are good too! Thank you!