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Well, here we are again! Chapter 5 now, yay:: Jumps for joy:: I'm sorry it took SOOOOOO long, but school has been giving me hell and…well, let's just say I've been having trouble sleeping. ::yawns:: THAT, and I actually finished this chapter a long time ago, hated it, erased it and started again, halfway through that erased it, and started it again. I just finished typing and editing this, so I hope you guys like it because it took so long!

Chapter 5: Nurse

Riku lay in his bed, tossing around though the beds were comfortable. Something in his dream startled him, and he woke silently, eyeing the two beds beside his. Sora and Kairi slept soundly, their injuries taken care of. Riku turned his head to the window; the sun was low in the sky. He figured he'd been out all day. His head hurt, and he was hungry. He propped himself up on the pillow, looking out the window once again, now at the small road below. He heard shuffling papers in front of him, noticing the nurse's presence only now. She looked up at him with a smile.

"I'm glad you're awake, Sora." Her smile faded for but a second; Riku was looking at her quizzedly. "What's wrong? Is something hurting?"

Riku laughed. "Well yes, but I'm not Sora. He's Sora, I'm Riku," he said, pointing to the sleeping brunette. The nurse groaned and turned to her papers. "Oh, I messed up everything then! I'm just glad I wrote in pencil," she said, picking up her pencil once again. A bell sounded outside, and the nurse's smile returned. "Ah, classes are done for the day. Student council should be here soon then. Maybe you can help them with the investigation."

Riku, who had been gazing at the bell tower, turned suddenly to the nurse. "What investigation? Did we do something we shouldn't have?"

"No, you did nothing. You see-"she was cut off by a popping sound outside the door.

Riku was ready to jump at the cause of the sound when the door flew open and a girl with long black hair stumbled into the room, closely followed by two others who looked like her clones. Riku sank back into his pillow and sighed, watching the girl and her clones argue until the real one hit the other two over their heads, and they vanished in a puff of smoke. She sighed, turning to the nurse and giving a slight bow; an apology Riku assumed. The girl started talking with the nurse, who pointed at the three of them once in a while. The girl finished and bowed again, then took a chair and sat next to Riku.

He tried to say hello and be pleasant, but a loud rumble sounded from his stomach. He was very hungry. The girl laughed a little, then took something out of her bag; a gleaming red apple. She held it out to Riku. "Want this until dinner? It's gonna be a while." Riku took the apple gratefully and took a huge bit out of it. The girl took a brown paper bag from her bag this time, holding it on her lap. "I brought some for your friends too. I kinda figured you three were going to be hungry, so I picked these up at the cafeteria on my way here."

Riku swallowed and turned to the girl. He studied her face quickly and smiled. "You're the girl who helped us off the ship. Thank you, and thanks for the apple," he said regarding the fruit. "So, can you tell me about this place, for starters where we are now?"

The girl placed the paper bag on the nightstand. "Well, my name is Lanette Lucrecia, and I'm a student here. Here is Lucrece Academy High School; your ship crashed outside of the grounds. And this is the second infirmary office on campus." She paused, letting him take in the information. She was about to begin again when a loud groan sounded behind her. Riku looked past Lanette to Sora's bed; he was kicking something in his sleep and nearly kicked his sheets off. Riku sighed and called him. "Sora, Sora! Wake up, your making a scene."

The brunette calmed, sitting up slowly like a zombie and opened his eyes. He let out a long, great yawn and flopped back into his pillow, looking around him. "Hey Riku, where are we?" he asked, turning to his friend. Riku pointed to Lanette. "She was just about to explain that, so listen ok?" Sora nodded, sitting up like Riku. Lanette shifted her chair to face both boys and noticed Sora eyeing the apples. She offered him one, which he gratefully took. "Like I was saying, your ship-"

"Wait, who are you?" Sora interrupted. Lanette looked at him, surprised. "Well, my name is Lanette Lucrecia, and I'm a student here at Lucrece Academy High School. Your ship crashed outside of the grounds, which caused quite a bit of commotion. It was during second period actually, and we had to send everyone off to the dorms which took a while, then everyone had to stay there until the dust cleared and that took forever! Then they decided to cut the classes short instead of letting the day run later since…" Lanette began to trail of, then stopped and laughed at herself. "Sorry, I was rambling! Bad habit!" Sora and Riku looked at each other, than back to Lanette.

"Anyway, as I was saying your ship is in ruins and we need to find out why you guys crashed, since the cameras went out." Riku looked alarmed at the mention of the cameras. "What cameras? I never noticed them…" Lanette ignored him and kept on talking. "So anyway, let's start," she said, pulling out a notepad and listening intently. Sora shifted, getting comfortable. "Well, it started while we were entering the atmosphere. These flying Heartless latched onto the ship and started…" but he began to trail off. Something in Lanette's expression was full of worry.

"Is something wrong?" Lanette shook her head. "No, it's nothing. Continue." Sora shrugged. "Actually that's all I've got. After that I blacked out. I think I must have hit my head on the console," he said, feeling the bandage on his forehead. "I remember what happened. You did hit your head on the console, and then Kairi strapped you and herself in. I went on fighting them off, then tried to steer the ship away from the school. Some girl was helping me over the intercom. I sat back in my seat at the last second and then, black; until you came and helped us," he said, regarding Lanette. She smiled, but it seemed empty. "Well, thanks for your statements. I have to be going now, so I'll see you later," she said with a wave, and walked out. She shut the door behind her and leaned on the opposite wall. Her eyes were filled with worry, almost teary.

"If what they said is true," she choked, "then the crystal really is failing again."

LOL! Man, I wish you guys understood the camera joke. Only a select few know why Riku is scared of hidden cameras! Anyway, please read, review and pass this story on to your friends too! The next chapter is a short one too, mainly done out of boredom in class and lunchroom stories. More chapters to come, since I've already got the next 3 written and waiting to go!