Sora stumbled and tripped onto sand. He quickly got onto his hands and knees, yelling "Kairi! RIku! Roxas! Ven?!" He looked around in a panic "GUYS?!" He calmed down when he realized he'd landed at the Destiny Islands, but then his heart began racing again. He stood up, continuing to look around "GUYS?!" Kingdom Hearts they were all left behind with the enemy. They didn't stand a chance.
"I thought you would know to hold on-" Sora whirled on Xehanort before he finished, screeching "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Xehanort looked... hurt by Sora's reaction "I spared us their mockery and our war-"
Sora grabbed Xehanort's shoulders and shook him "You just doomed my friends!" realizing that Xehanort was too solid a person to be affected by this, Sora pulled his hands back and covered his face "Do you freaking realize that you just killed them-"
"I thought you had more faith in them than that, Sora." Xehanort said softly, gently peeling his hands away to reveal tears. Sora composed himself a little more, but quickly broke down as he explained "Aren't you aware that they are NOT going to respect a stalemate?" Xehanort shrugged "Well I hoped-" Sora cut him off "They won't. And then my friend are but they're gonna get absolutely pulverized."
After a shaky breath he continued "I have no idea why I let Kairi even get close; she can barely hold her Keyblade. It's up to Riku, Roxas, and Ven to make sure she doesn't get hurt so it's the three of them against ELEVEN." Sora collapsed, his tears dotting the sand "Three teenagers who are barely learning about the Keyblade against eleven extremely experienced and skilled adults."
Xehanort sat down next to him on the sand, silent. He reached for Sora's hand, and grasped it "I was only trying to help..." Sora shortly after hugged Xehanort "I know, and that's what makes it worse."
...
"I've told you, he wasn't lying and as damn near as I can tell he wasn't brainwashed." Roxas sighed in exasperation as he continued holding up the raw hunk of meat over his black eye. He absently rubbed at the dry blood underneath his nose as he recalled receiving the pommel of one of Xemnas's ethereal blades in the aforementioned eye.
"Well I'm saying you're wrong on one of those counts." Riku snapped at him, pausing wrapping up his broken wrist to glare angrily at Roxas "There is no way he's in love with a monster like that."
"Riku, give him some credit since he can actually get a glimpse of what's going on with Sora." Kairi scolded as she finished up the bandage of Ven's arm. The poor boy had taken a hit from Saïx's claymore that had almost completely cut off his arm at a little above his elbow. Ventus nodded in thanks, and wagged a finger at Riku playfully "I think someone's just a little jealous the lucky guy wasn't him-"
"I couldn't care less who he loves!" Riku barked at him "Just as long as it isn't him!" Ventus shrugged in sympathy- admittedly he didn't like Sora being in cahoots with Xehanort either; young incarnation or no "The heart is weird-"
"The heart is completely freaking stupid." Riku muttered darkly as he finished his wrist's cast. Kairi had had enough of Riku's attitude "Riku quit acting like someone just shoved a Keyblade into you-"
"SOMEONE KINDA JUST DID!" Riku's lid blew clean off. After a moment of everyone watching him compose himself to a more usual indifference, Riku began crying a little and tending to other wounds "Someone kinda just did."
He gave up on hiding his feelings behind a mask soon after, saying in complete frustration "My best friend just openly admitted that not only does he love a guy, he loves possibly the most vile guy in the entire multiverse."
He brushed back some of his hair sighing and laughing "I don't mind him being gay at all; as I said I don't care at all who he loves as long as they love him just as much." he completely bowed over and gripped at his head "But no, he falls for freaking XEHANORT. For the monster, for the manipulator, for the man who single-handedly caused every damn problem of our lives."
Riku shook his head "And all I know is Sora is gonna get completely crushed by this whenever it ends."
Roxas removed his hunk of meat and glanced in a mirror, then placed it back and sighed "Yeah... that just about sums everything up." Ventus rubbed his injured arm lightly "Yeah." Kairi sank a little and puffed at her hair. Riku sat up, then stood up "If you need me I'm gonna be punching the wall outside." The door slammed behind him. Roxas looked over at Ventus, then off into the distance. He frowned "Ven, can you feel him?"
"Sora?" Ventus asked as he lounged against his chair and cradled his arm "Barely..." Roxas sighed. Kairi then stood and went over to look out a window. Roxas turned to her "Kairi you've been awfully quiet and your temper's been worse than usual. Are you okay?"
Kairi looked back at Roxas, then slumped against the windowsill. Ventus stood and walked over with concern "Kairi-"
"I love him..." she whispered before Ventus even got close "I love Sora so much, but now..." She buried her head in her arms. Ventus hugged her "Oh, sunny..." Kairi buried herself in Ventus, continuing to weep.
Aw poor Kairi. Wow apparently people are happy with this fic once they get past the WTF factor okay weird um okay