Sleepless Chapter 17

"Namine? I've finally found you!"

Kairi opened her eyes to see who the voice came from. But right when she got a glance of the spiky brunette, Namine stood in front of her. The boy. He was racing with me and Riku. Shivers went down her spine. Something about this situation scares me.

"Sora!" Namine cried as she ran towards him. Kairi saw him now; that goofy smile that always made her smile too. Always? But I don't know him. Unless…

Remember what you said before? I'm always with you too. I'll come back to you. I promise!

I know you will…

"He's the important one that I've forgotten," she whispered as she stared at the blonde holding on to him. Something was breaking; she felt it in her chest. He looked at Kairi and they stiffened at the same time. In that second, they knew that they were happy, but they didn't know why they felt this way. "Sora…" The name felt perfectly normal and safe as it flew into the air. His blue eyes looked at her, then at Namine. Something was wrong.

Dark smoke appeared in front of Kairi, blocking the view they had of each other. "Sora! How've you been?" The voice sounded laid-back and casual. The cloaked man appeared, facing Kairi. His red locks of hair were seen out of his hood.

"What are you doing to her?" Sora questioned firmly.

"Namine is perfectly fine; she's in your arms right now, isn't she?" The hooded man said simply.

"I know that! I'm talking about Kai-"

"Forget about the nobody."

Kairi stared up in the frequent stranger's eyes. A nobody? She shook her head and started to run but he caught her wrist. She groaned in frustration and gave him a 'I'm-gonna-kick-you-in-the-groin' glare.

"I don't want this to be harder than it should be," He whispered so only she could hear. "I'll take you back to your friends." He kept eye contact. He didn't want her looking in Sora's or Namine's direction.

"But…"

"You know what to do," He announced, not directed to her. She was consumed by darkness again. Why is it always darkness? The man was gone and she was left alone in the black area doing nothing. She was sitting on the ground with only her thoughts to accompany her. She's been like this for hours and hours, bored out of her mind. Even her thoughts abandoned her a while back because it was so boring. She couldn't think even if she tried. Her brain was just blank.

"Kairi!"

She jolted up and looked behind her to see him, "Sora!" She screamed. She ran into his chest and hugged him tightly. This was a little weird to her, she couldn't remember anything about Sora but she knew she forgot.

"I looked everywhere for you," He mumbled as he hugged her too. "But my mind has been a blur for days, I even forgot about you. How could I be so stupid?"

Kairi didn't understand, He remembers? "I've forgotten too, Sora," she admitted sadly. She wanted to remember so badly but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't. As soon as she'd catch something that seemed familiar it was quickly erased.

"Y-you don't remember?" He asked, devastated. She felt like crying, I should remember. Kairi shook her head sadly.

"I'm sorry, Sora. Nothing is coming. I'm trying so hard but I…" Tears started to fill her eyes.

"Kairi, it's ok. Don't cry, let me help you…Do you remember traveling to different worlds?" He asked quickly.

Her eyes lit up and her mouth opened, "Hollow Ba-" She started, but the word was gone. Sora now understood they were taking away her memories as they spoke and soon, he'd forget again too. Tears streamed down her cheeks in frustration and also sadness, "Sora, I can't remember anything about you." It pained them both to hear the words. Sora grabbed her hands eagerly and noticed she was fading away.

His heart sped up and he looked at her sadly, "We'll remember each other again. I promise." He knew he wasn't being honest with her because he really didn't know. "This might be the last time I get to see you in a long time," He said while she continued to disappear. They didn't have much time together. Sora quickly kissed her forehead and whispered his name in her ear, hoping she'll remember him for a second longer.

She was gone.

I tried to revive Kairi's feelings for Sora in this one and vice versa. Can you tell? :D Review if you want? Thank you!