AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! Sorry for the late late late update! I lost this chapter but... hehe I found it again!! Thank you NinjaJynx for reviewing again and of coarse all those who put this on alert/faves! I added some more Japanese into it. If it's annoying or confusing please review and tell me, I'm just testing it out... Also I can leave suffixes for only the speech, I'm only doing that because it's in 1st person. Translations at the bottom! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Riku opened his eyes and pulled himself up. It was raining. There was a lot of annoying beeping... and yelling...

"Get out of the way!"

"Are you crazy, kid?!"

He turned around to see a car speeding towards him.

"Shit!" he leaped out of the way and rolled onto the pavement.
'What a place to end up! Wait... Sora? Kairi?!'

The silverette began to panic, then he remembered what had happened at Yen-Sid's.

"'Twilight'? Man, I need to find those guys..." he looked up at the large building and read the sign stating, 'Seiyo Shopping Mall'.

He decided to enter the place and saw no one.

"Isn't this a dang mall? Where is everybody?" saying that Riku then noticed the heartless parading about.

"Heartless?!" he drew out his keyblade and headed towards them.

"Oooohhh..." he turned his head sharply to the groan.

It sounded as if it were coming from the ball-pool in the centre of the place. He could see a head of brown spikes emerging amongst the reds, blues and yellows.

"Sora?" he dived in and pulled his friend out.

The younger boy looked at him, "Riku? Where are we? Where's Kairi?!"

Riku shook his head in response.

Then Sora murmured, "Did it... work?"

"I don't know..." he replied slowly.

Riku flinched, there was a strong amount of darkness nearby...

"Heartless?!" Sora exclaimed, pulling out his Kingdom Key.

They were disappearing...
Oblivion was acting as a boomerang as it twirled through the shadows.

'That's...!' Sora followed the renegade keyblade and followed it to its owner.

"Roxas!"

Said boy turned, "Sora! What's going-"

"Shauna! Denise!"

Riku charged forward, "Someones in trouble!"

Another scream followed. The three ran as fast as they could to find nothing but heartless... fighting through them, trying to get to the people who's lives were at risk... if they weren't gone already...
They saw a boy... around their age.
Roxas tried to reach out to him, "Hey wait!"

"Get away from me!" he yelled pushing Roxas, who stumbled, and he disappeared in the distance.

"There!" Riku pointing at a figure at the bottom of the stairs.

The eighteen-year-old noticed a glimmer beside the person's hand but saw that it was only an umbrella... the heartless were making their way to the unconscious person. With one swipe they all disintegrated and he got a better look at the victim. She was a girl only a little younger than himself.

"Hey... wake up..." he nursed her head on his lap.

A sticky substance was soaking his jeans.

"Blood..." he whispered.

He picked the girl up bridal-style and shouted to his companions, "We gotta get her out of here!"

***

"So... we bandaged you up and soon after that you woke up," Sora-kun finished with a breath.

I glanced over at Riku-kun, 'Why did Sora-kun have to say... br-bridal-style?!'

The tall boy was slightly blushing from recalling the memory.

Sora-kun turned to his nobody, "Say, Roxas... with all the drama of the heartless and Riku's sudden hormones-"

"Sora!" Riku interjected.

"-you never told us what happened..." he ignored the older boy.

"I... I don't really know myself..."

There was a knock at the door, "Dinner's ready," Patrick-san announced with a smile.

***

Dinner was a quiet one... I was so glad that my 'parents' seemed to be away... Patrick-san didn't ask to many questions, for which I was grateful. I wonder if the three boys will be staying for much longer... What will they do now?

"Is there anything else we could do for you?" Patrick-san began collecting the plates.

"Well... " Sora-kun pondered.

"No, thank you. We'll be going now..." Riku-kun cut off his friend, raising from his seat.

"Doushita?!" Sora-kun and Roxas-kun exclaimed.

Riku-kun began to drag the two towards the door.

"Matte!" I scrambled to gather my crotches to follow. Should I just let them leave? When I still have so many unanswered questions?

"We'll be seeing you around Hinata-san," Riku-kun smiled before shutting the door, blocking my shocked face out of his vision.

'I guess that... they don't have time for a person like... me... I guess... I got slightly attached too suddenly'

"Hinata-chan, don't take the stairs, use the elevator."

My grief left as I digested this new piece of information, I twitched, 'They have an elevator!'

After changing (which was very difficult) into my nightie (as to make it simpler) I entered my room to be shocked at what I found...

"What are you guys doing here?!" I was more surprised than angry, but I was also embarrassed, my nightie could be longer and I was definitely uncomfortable with three boys seeing me like this... although... the school uniform would probably be much worse.

"Window," Sora-kun stated simply.

All three of their eyes widened as they looked me up and down. They immediately directed their attention to anything else in the room.

"Anyway, we need to talk," Riku-kun said, staring out the window.

"Yeah," Roxas-kun agreed finding my lamp particularly interesting, "We have no where to stay..."

Sora-kun stopped looking at Riku-puppy and gave me his brightest smile he could muster, "So, can we stay with you?"

My jaw almost dropped, and Riku-kun glared at the keyblade master, "What?! I thought we agreed to ask her!"

"Yeah, but-" he sighed, "let me help you..."

I was trying to get to my bed to sit but Riku-puppy was making it difficult. Riku-kun picked the silver puppy up and pulled my blankets down, indicating I should get in.

"No, it's fine I-"

He gave this look of authority and I immediately obeyed... I honestly feel sorry for Roxas-kun and Sora-kun... He pulled the blanket over me and sat back at his original place, placing Riku-puppy on his lap.

"I know it's a stupid question but-"

"Yes."

Sora-kun frowned, "Hey, at least let him finish..."

I shook my head, "No, I mean... you guys can stay..."

They jumped up gaping at me, "Seriously?!"

I put a finger up to my lips, "Shhhh... There is no way the Yoshidas would let you stay here, so... you got to keep quiet."

"Oh," Sora-kun copied my actions, "Right... Quiet Roxas!"

Roxas-kun was about to retort when, "Where should we sleep?"

"Oh... um... well it's probably best if you guys stay... here..."

Sorastretched, "Alright, oyasuminasai," he lay down on the ground.

"Sora, we still need to talk about things!" Riku hissed lowly.

"Oh! Right... Hmmmm... Where's Kairi?"

"Sora-kun, to be honest... I have no idea. I'm sure she can't be far though... I mean you guys turned up near each other... Maybe if you come with me to school tomorrow she might be there."

Riku-kun nodded, "It's the only choice we have so far. Now, onto the next business."

"Do you really have a keyblade?" Roxas-kun looked at me with all seriousness.

I looked at my purple bedsheets, "Well, I, um, I'm not exactly... sure..."

Sora-kun raised an eye-brow, "How can you be 'not exactly sure'?"

"Well... I was not exactly in my normal condition. I could have been hallucinating or something...!"

Riku-kun rolled his eyes, "Put out your hand, " I did as I was told, "Close your eyes," I was blushing now at his low whisper, "Concentrate. Try to remember it..."

I felt something light in my hands and heard the three gasp, "Wow... I guess you do. Well isn't that a coincidence?"

I opened one of my eyes to look questionablyat the brunette. He gave me a sheepish smile, "Well we were told to seek out the one who was the Twilight Keyblade and... here you are. That was easy!"

Riku-kun and Roxas-kun sweatdropped at the brunette's antics.

Sora-kun ignored them and peered closer at the keyblade, "Cool...! Now all we have to do is train you how to fight!"

My eyes widened, "I-is that really necessary?!"

He nodded, "Yep, the heartless are attracted to the keyblade so... unless you want your heart to-"

"Okay, okay! I get it..."

Riku-kun looked at me, "That can wait... we'll protect you until we find Kairi."

"So..." I began to change the subject, "Is Kairi... one of your girlfriends?"

"Not mine anyway," Roxas-kun said casually, "I barely know her."

Sora-kun was spluttering and stuttering like a fool. Riku-kun only chuckled, "Well... she's Soras."

"What?! No she's not!"

"Well, you may as well be," Roxas-kun pointed out.

Riku-smirked, "I should say the same for you and Namine."

Now, it was Roxas-kun who was blushing.

"Who's Namine?" I asked.

Riku-kun, being the only one who could talk now, answered, "Kairi's nobody."

"I see. So... do you have a nobody, Riku-kun."

His smile slowly faded, "No... I haven't technically lost my heart to the darkness."

"'Technically'?"

Sora-kun put a hand on Riku-kun's shoulder, "Nevermind, that doesn't matter."

Roxas-kun stretched, "Let's get some shut-eye."

All three settled in various places around my room... Sora-kun was curled up on my mat like a kitten. Roxas-kun settled on my not-so-comfortable chair. Finally, Riku-kun lay on my fairly large window-sill. Sleep overtook me as I planned out the very difficult day that was going to be tomorrow...

***

I looked out the window of the moving vehicle, trying to catch a glimpse of the three...

'How are they going to follow me?'

Sora-kun had oh-so enthusiastically suggested that they disguise themselves as students at my school. He immediately regretted it when Riku-kun told him they would actually have to do school work to keep up appearances. Roxas-kun became too excited for me to refuse, apparently he had never had a school experience before... I was expected to get them into the school but it was going to be difficult. I finally reached the dreaded building, I exchanged the usual goodbyes. As soon as Patrick-san drove off the boys practically appeared out of nowhere.

"Hiya!" Sora waved.

"Gah!" 'How do they DO that?!'

"Calm down," Riku-kun chuckled.

"How did you-"

"It was easy..." Roxas-kun pre-answered.

I sighed, "Let's just go to the office, people are staring..."

"Why?"

"Your... clothes."

Sora-kun looked insulted, "What's wrong with our clothes?!"

I raised an eye-brow and stepped up to them.

"I'm no fashion expert but you want to blend in as much as possible, right?"

As expected they nodded.

"Riku-kun's outfit is actually pretty normal, if he had a more average hair-colour, no one would stare at him."

He sub-consciously began tugging at his long locks.

"Though Roxas-kun's kinda weird... they're passable."

He looked at himself wondering what was the 'kinda weird' part.

I took another step towards Sora-kun, "Yours is the... oddest..."

"Hey! I'll have you know that this was made by three very talented fairies."

"How many people are staring at you?" I added to prove my point.

He looked around and began laughing nervously, "Eheheheheheh... Let's get going..."

"Thought so," I whispered in triumph. They had the whole 'girls are so mean' look on their face.

"That's where we have to get you guys registered."

Sora-kun nodded knowingly... yet it was obvious he was confused.

"Follow my lead," I whispered, I had a plan but the likelihood of it working was slim.

I dragged up my courage and tapped the office window. The plump woman pulled it back and smiled at me. I handed her the letter from the hospital explaining my condition.

"Oh!" she covered her mouth, "Should you be here?"

"Yes... I'm fine, and I don't want to miss out on my studies... also I would like to show my new neighbours around, they want to enrol here..."

She eyed the three boys, her eyes suddenly turning into hearts, just as I had hoped.

She brought out three forms, "Um, legal guardian?"

I pushed Riku-kun forward and I think he got the message.

"I'm their guardian, I turned eighteen recently. Our parents want us to learn the importance of independence."

Her mouth formed an 'o' shape. She was struck speechless by Riku-kun's voice. Things were working well! The woman turned a deep shade of crimson, "You three are r-related...?"

All three shook their heads when an idea struck me.

"Roxas-kun and Sora-kun are twins!" I blurted out.

"Eh?!"

An evil grin grew on Riku-kun's face.

"Yep they're brothers."

Roxas-kun and Sora-kun looked at each other up and down. Both shrugged, after all, the similarities were incredible.

Sora-kun jumped up, "I'm oldest!"

Roxas-kun kicked Sora-kun's shin, "Yeowch! Well it's true!"

Riku-kun chuckled. It was true.

"Please sign..." she whispered.

I blinked; I can't believe I forgot the reason we were here... Damn distracting boys.

Riku-kun filled out the forms flawlessly only awaiting the 'twins' signatures. The receptionist looked at the forms and raised an eyebrow.

"Riku-san, shouldn't you have graduated?"

'Shit! This is going to be tr-'

"Sora and Roxas' parents wanted me to take an extra year to keep them out of trouble. Besides, the extra year will do me good."

I looked at Riku-kun to see why her blush was increasing ten-fold, only to blush myself, 'What a cute smile...!'

I looked away as he noticed my stare, only to continue with a smirk planted on his face, "Matter of fact," he moved closer to the poor, hyperventilating woman, "If this school is as... great... as it's receptionist, I'm sure I'll like it here very much."

'Eh?! Is Riku-kun... f-flirting?!'

The wink finished it.

'Oh, Kami-sama! He is!!'

Sora-kun's mouth was covered to hold the giggles at the receptionist's reaction. She closed the window quickly after a "Welcome to Seiyo High! I'll get your uniforms right away!"
Then it hit me.

'...Uniforms?'

I looked at a group of passing boys to inspect the uniform.

'It shouldn't be so... bad'

I was dead wrong...

***

"Riku! It's your size!"

"Shut up Sora! It doesn't fit, I think I would know!"

I burst through the doors, blue eyes narrowing, "What's with all the shouting?!"

"Hinata!" all three of them blushed.

Sora-kun was currently frozen to the spot, half-way through pulling up his trousers.

'Key... boxers...?'

Roxas-kun was the only one fully-clothed. Sora-kun hurriedly pulled them up full-way and Riku-kun had his shirt unbuttoned, arms crossed with a sour and embarrassed look on his face.
I sighed and began buttoning it up, "Just leave the a few open, most guys have it like that anyway..." finishing up, I leaned against the wall, a tight grip on my crutches.

"We've missed the first class because of you three so let's get going!"

Sora-kun groaned.

Walking through the corridors, many people stopped and stared. Even with the uniform, the boys stuck out. Reason being: well... they were just gorgeous! Who could blame the girls who squealed and winked at them, or the boys who envied yet admired their physique? If these heroes weren't with me, I'd probably be the same, or somewhere along those lines. The whispers echoed through the halls.

"Who are they?"

"Isn't that Yoshida-san; the girl who transferred here a few days ago? Are they friends?"

"Who cares? Those boys are H-O-T!"

"Look at the tall one with the silver hair!"

"The middle one has such a nice tan!"

"What about the other one?! His hair is like honey!"

"Couldn't you just melt in those eyes?!"

"What a sweet smile!"

"Kya!"

This was going to be a long day...

***

Besides the random (and I do mean random) fangirl attacks, the day was going smoothly. I must admit, it has been nice having them around... I don't feel so... isolated. It was now lunch and Roxas-kun volunteered to get mine, besides apparently they needed 'to talk'.

'What if they're leaving? Kairi-san and Namine-sandon't seem to be here... they could be talking about alternative ideas!' Tears began to well up from the mere thought of it.

"May I sit with you?" I turned to the seemingly regretful voice.

"Tadase-kun?!"

His eyes were cast down, looking as if he had just told me my dog died.

"Sure..." I mumbled.

"Look... I want to apologize... I know you probably hate me-"

"You left me to die!"

"I-"

"Here you go Hinata-chan!" Roxas-kun placed my food in front of me.

Sora-kun sat down staring at Tadase-kun curiously, "Aren't you-?"

"Oi!"

'What is it with the interrupting today?' I thought bitterly.

Riku-kun glared at Tadase-kun, "You're that guy from the mall!"

"Oh! That's how I recognised you. Wait! You-"

"You left Hinata-chan with the heartless!" Riku-kun bit out silencing his friend, he was so angry... I don't get it.

"Listen! I panicked, I was scared! Anyone would be!" Tadase-kun marched upwards glaring down at the silverette.

Riku-kun stood to meet his gaze (well not quite, seeing as Riku-kun was taller), "That's no excuse!"

"Stop it...!" I grinded out.

They continued to glare at each other, refusing to budge.

"Cut it out!" I whispered harshly.

Both sat down and turned their attention towards me.

"Let's not talk about that now. Tadase, what do you want?" I was unconsciously looking around... people were staring.

Riku-kun opened his mouth to protest, "Please! Riku!" I snapped, he cast his sea-green eyes to the floor obviously hurt.

Tadase-kun smirked at him and looked at me, "I'm sorry... I really like you Hinata-chan... Please, let me take you out tomorrow for dinner. It's your birthday tomorrow isn't it?"

Roxas-kun and Sora-kun's eyes bulged, "It's your birthday tomorrow?!"

"Oh... right..." How could I forget?

Tadase-kun grabbed my hands over the table, "Please? Let me make it up to you..."

He was staring at me straight in the eyes intensely, I felt my lips move as if by themselves, "Okay..." I whispered softly not tearing my eyes away from his.

The bell signalling the end of lunch snapped me out of my trance-like state, "Great! Meet me in the car-park tomorrow after school."

With that he left ad Sora-kun helped me stand, passing over my crutches.

Riku-kun looked at me sadly, "Hinata-chan... you shouldn't-"

"I'm sorry Riku-kun..." I whispered.

Sora-kun pouted, "I still can't believe you didn't tell us that it's your birthday tomorrow...!"

I shrugged, "I guess I forget about it."

Roxas-kun chuckled, "Let's get going. Class is starting."

YAY!! I'm soooo glad to get chapter 3 up!! Okay here's the translations (I don't think anyone needs the suffixes but if you do you can ask in a review or PM me)

Doushita - Why (masculine tense)

Matte - Wait (as in 'Wait up')

Oyasuminassi - Goodnight

Well... I think that's it... Please review!!