Riku and Cho walked back to the waiting room, and saw that Roxas and Cloud were playing a game of tag.

"Gah I could swear they are drunk" Vesta said

She and Cho looked at each other. Riku took a seat next to Axel.

"What's with them?" Axel asked

Riku looked up and watched as Cloud grabbed Roxas around the waist, lifted him off the ground and spun him around.

"I think Cloud's trying to keep Roxas' mind off of his sick brother." Riku said

Ventus looked away from Sora.

"The doctors don't even know what's wrong" he said

Sora let out a sigh and Ventus looked up to see the sadness in Sora's eyes. Ventus sat up and placed a hand on Sora's shoulder.

"Sora, don't worry I have dealt with this before" Ventus said "but could you tell my brother I'm okay."

Sora nodded his head and got up to leave.

"Sora"

Sora turned around and saw a small blush creeping across Sora's face, while he was looking down at his hands.

"Thanks for staying with me"

Ventus couldn't see the smile that spread across Sora's face, but he knew the brunette was happy as could be. Sora turned and left the room with a smile on his face.

"Roxas"

With his arms around Roxas' waist, Cloud looked up and saw the smile on Sora's face. Cloud nodded a little and slowly removed his arms from Roxas' waist.

"He wanted me to tell you he's alright" Sora said

Cloud could feel the rest of the tension in Roxas' body leave.

"Hey why don't you all go in there and keep Ventus some company" Vesta said "Axel and I will go and get us all something to eat"

The five nodded and went into the room, while Vesta and Axel left the hospital and went to pick up some food for everyone. Cho had noticed that Vesta and Axel were holding hands as they walked out, this made her smile a more evil grin than a happy one. Riku noticed the look on Cho's face, but didn't comment because he wasn't sure if he wanted to know what she was thinking. Roxas stood next to his brother's bed.

"So the doctors think it was the same thing from before?" Roxas asked

"Yeah" Ventus replied

"What is it?" Sora asked

"Well ever since I when I was a kid and …" Ventus started

"Like an idiot he fell from the top of a pretty tall tree" Roxas interjected

Ventus glared at his brother but continued with what he was saying before.

"Well after that about every few months or so I cough up a good amount of blood" Ventus said "but it's been a while since I had to visit the hospital about it"

Sora looked less worried now that he knew kind of what was going on, but that's not to say he was totally fine, no he was still very worried. It didn't take long for Vesta and Axel to return with the food. Everyone sat down and began to eat while talking about what they were going to do after this. After an hour or too Cloud stood up.

"Well it's almost midnight so I'm going to head home" he said

Roxas got up and hugged Cloud, and in turn Cloud ruffled Roxas' hair. Roxas then turned and looked at the others. Cho stood up next.

"I think it'll be best if we all head home" she said

Riku stood next to Cho.

"I can walk you home" he offered

Cho began to blush and she turned around to look at Vesta, who gave her a thumb's up. Sora smiled as he watched his sister and best friend walk out of the room. Axel and Vesta were the next to leave, they actually managed to leave without being noticed. Sora offered to stay the night with Ventus, and since Roxas really needed some sleep he decided he would head home then.

Roxas was taking the long way back; it was dark and cold at this point. Roxas was about halfway home when he heard someone screaming. He ran towards the screams and found a little girl, about six years old, sitting in the light of a street light. He walked over to her carefully.

"Hey are you alright?" he asked gently

The little girl looked up at him; she immediately ran to him and hugged him tightly. He figured she was scared and just needed someone to help her find her way home.

"Where are your parents?" he asked

"No" she said repeatedly

Roxas wasn't exactly sure what to do so he picked the little girl up in his arms and began to carry her back to his house. When they got there Roxas quietly set the girl down and told her to be very quiet, he then went into the basement and found some of the clothes he wore when he was her age. He came back up and then took the girl to the bathroom.

"You get washed up okay" he said

The little girl nodded shyly. He knew that look; it meant she didn't know how to take a bath by herself. Roxas smiled and walked into the bathroom with her. He then proceeded to help her get all cleaned up. He got her into the clothes and brought her up to his room and placed her on Ventus' empty bed. Roxas then lay down in his own bed and began to fall asleep. A few hours later Roxas woke up due to a little snoring, he turned and found that the little girl had come to his bed and snuggled up with him. He smiled softly and closed his eyes again.

That morning Roxas woke up to the Angela banging on the door. Roxas jumped up and covered the girl with his blanket.

"Don't make a sound okay" he said

The girl nodded and Roxas ran over to the door. He opened it and saw that Angela was looking a little worried.

"What's wrong?" he asked

"On the news they said these two people were murdered and their little girl went missing" Angela said "oh I hope that poor girl is alright"

Roxas looked to his bed where the girl laid and then he looked back to Angela. She smiled at Roxas.

"Well enough of my drama you should get ready for school" she said

Roxas nodded and then closed the door. He made sure Angela had walked away before he pulled the blanket down so he could see the girl.

"Okay what's your name?" he asked

"My name is Kat" she said "there was a mean man and he hurt my mommy and daddy"

She looked like she was ready to start crying again. Roxas hugged her, he was trying to make her happy again, one so she wouldn't draw any attention to herself and two because Roxas didn't like seeing little kids sad.

"Look I have to go to school" he said "so Im going to leave some snacks in here and I can show you the secret doorway my brother and I made when we were little so you can get to the bathroom"

Kat nodded her head and waited a bit as Roxas left to go get some snacks. When he got back Kat was sitting in the middle of the room, looking a sweet as a little girl can. Roxas placed the snacks on the bed and showed Kat the little secret passage way.

"Okay now if anyone opens the door go in here and hide" he said

Kat nodded her head and watched as Roxas left the room and headed for school. The whole walk Roxas was worrying about whether or not Kat would be okay. He knew that she was probably the missing girl but he wasn't sure if what the news was saying was true or not. Well he did know that the girl's parents were dead from what she had said. But he didn't know if he was ready to just let the news people question her mercilessly like he knew they would. Once he got to school he saw Sora, Cho, Riku, Axel, Vesta and Cloud waiting in the cafeteria for him. He walked up and sat down beside Cloud.

"What took you so long?" Axel asked

"Oh I just slept a little longer than I meant to" Roxas lied

"Did you hear about that little girl that went missing" Cho asked "The news people say that they hope everyone will help find the girl so they can figure out what happened to her parents"

Roxas flinched a little as Cho spoke, only Cloud had noticed the small action. He looked down at Roxas, who smiled reassuringly. However Cloud wasn't convinced and Roxas could see this.

"I'll tell you later, okay" Roxas said

"Okay" Cloud said

Everyone soon headed to their classes. School went by rather quickly and soon Roxas was about ready to run home and make sure Kat was okay. However Cloud put a hand on Roxas shoulder and held him in place.

"You need to tell me what's going on" he said

"How about I show you" Roxas said

Cloud nodded and the two headed to Roxas' house. When they got there, Angela was no where to be seen. Immediately Roxas ran up to his room and began to open the door, when he didn't see Kat anywhere he ran over to the little secret passage and opened it. There was Kat curled up hiding just like she was told to do. Roxas sighed with relief and held his arms out, Kat crawled into Roxas arms and Roxas carefully pulled her out. Cloud was almost shocked.

"Is this the missing girl?" he asked

"Yeah this is her" Roxas said

Cloud gave Roxas a confused look and Roxas sighed.

"I think something bigger happened and I don't want her to be in any trouble" Roxas said

"Even if keeping her safe gets you in trouble?" Cloud asked

Roxas looked up at Cloud, with a pleading look on his face.

"Don't worry I wont tell anyone" he said

Roxas smiled happily.

"Thanks Cloud" he said

Kat was smiling the whole time as she was happy that she had someone else she could run to now. She squirmed a little and Roxas let her down. Kat hen ran over to Roxas bed and lay down. He knew she was ready for a nap. Roxas tucked her in and hen as she slowly closed her eyes he turned out the light and he and Cloud left the room. The stood outside Roxas' room and began to discuss what they were going to do.

"You know you cant keep her cooped up here all the time" Cloud said

"I know" Roxas said "but what can I do?"

"I know what" Cloud said "there is a little open field out back behind my house you can take her there anytime"

Roxas leaped up and hugged Cloud tighter than he had ever done before. Cloud patted Roxas' head gently and then they both turned when they heard the front door opening. They walked down the stairs and found Sora and Ventus standing in the doorway.

"Hey you're out of the hospital" Roxas said

"Yeah" Ventus said "and now Im going to find something to eat"

Ventus and Sora almost skipped into the kitchen while Cloud and Roxas walked back upstairs to keep an eye on Kat as she slept. Roxas was a little concerned about what they were going to do next, while Cloud was watching and trying his best to make sure Roxas didn't get to worried over it.

Ventus was eating when his brain finally registered that there was something preoccupying his brother. Ventus looked at Sora who was giving him a concerned look. Ventus smiled so that Sora wouldn't figure out what he was thinking for the time being. Sora happily went back to eating, while Ventus turned his attention to the upstairs where he wondered what his brother was up to.