A Restful Day

The day Sora returned from his mission with Soul and Maka was more peaceful than the others and Sora was glad of it. That night not even the Heartless attacked, which Sora found strange. He stayed in the streets although not even one Heartless appeared, so he decided to leave and have a good sleep.

The next day the Keyblade wielder woke up a little later than he did the last days in Death City since today there are no classes.

"Man, I so needed this." he said while stretching.

He got up and looked at a wardrobe that was in his room, he wondered if it has clothes, although he doubt it since he didn't bought anything here. He walked to the wardrobe and opened it.

"Wow, where did all this come from?" he asked surprised as he saw that there were lots of clothes. He tried some and fitted perfectly.

He left his apartment and decided to walk a little since he didn't have anything better to do. When he got out from the building he heard someone calling his name.

"Hey Sora!" said the person. It was Black*Star with Tsubaki at his side. He had a basketball in his hand and both of them were smiling at Sora which made him raise his eyebrow quizzically.

Soul and Maka's apartment

"Maka," said Soul, "Tsubaki called me, she said that they are going to the basketball court, want to come?"

Maka was reading a book at the moment so she answered without looking at him. "I would rather stay here and read."

"What are you reading this time?" he asked as he took a look at the cover. "Wait, this is the book that talks about Keyblade wielders?"

"Yes," answered Maka, "there's still things that I'd like to know about them, so you can go alone."

Soul sighed. "You know, you could ask Sora about these things, I'm sure he would explain it better than any book," he said. "Black*Star and Tsubaki went to his apartment so he'll probably come to play with us."

At hearing this Maka closed her book and got up. "Ok, I'll go with you." she said with a calm face and Soul sweat-dropped.

"That was a quick change of mind," he thought.

Maka and Soul walked to the basketball court to meet the others. When Tsubaki called the others to see if they wanted to play basketball she suggested calling Sora so he could relax and clear his mind and everyone agreed. As the Scythe Meister and her partner arrived they saw that everyone was already there, besides Stein and Spirit that were talking in a bench.

"About time, slowpokes!" shouted Black*Star throwing the ball to Soul.

"It's Maka's fault, she has been messing around," said Soul as he caught the ball.

"Shut up Soul," Maka said pouting.

"Anyway, Sora you know how to play, right?" asked Soul bouncing the basketball.

"Of course," answered the Keybearer smiling.

"Great, let's make the teams," said Soul smirking.

"It's good that you're here Liz, this way the teams will have the same number of members," said Tsubaki to looking at her.

"Well, it's good to do exercise once in a while," said Liz.

"Okay, the teams will be, Kid, Liz, Tsubaki and Black*Star versus Maka, Patty, Sora and me."

"That looks a little unbalanced…" muttered Maka.

"So we're doing the usual, right?" asked Black*Star grinning.

"Really, again?" said Kid.

"Yup, as always the captain of the team that loses had to be punished," answered Soul.

"I've a bad feeling about this…" muttered Sora.

"I'm the captain of my team of course." said Black*Star.

"And since Sora is our new signing, we'll name him our captain," said Soul pointing at the Keybearer.

"He-hey Soul, wait a moment, I-" said Sora when suddenly Patty put her cap on his head.

"Here Sora, take the captain's cap," she said happily.

Sora was completely astonished. "You guys tricked me…"

"Ok Sora, since I'm the captain I'll decide your punishment!" said Black*Star.

Sora looked at him. "Let me guess, you want me to take you to a mission if we lose." the Keybearer said as he adjusted the cap.

"That'll be great, but no," Black*Star said. "If my team wins, you'll give me your Keyblade."

Everyone was speechless at what the ninja just said.

"That's going too far," said Kid.

"I think that's asking a bit too much," said Liz.

"Black*Star, you can't make him to do that!" said Tsubaki.

Sora didn't say anything for a moment but then he looked at Soul and Maka and they started to laugh.

"Hey, what's so funny?!" asked Black*Star.

"Nothing, nothing," said Soul still laughing a bit.

"I accept, but if my team wins, you'll shave your head completely bald," said Sora grinning making the other team sweatdrop.

"He's comparing Black*Star's hair to his Keyblade…" muttered Kid.

"Then shall we start?" said Soul smiling.

"Let's play!" cheered Patty.

As they played the two men in the bench were still talking and watching the match between the teens.

"How are you?" asked Spirit. "About…well you know."

"Surprisingly fine," answered the doctor. "The madness hasn't been bothering me lately."

"That's good, but I still have to keep an eye on you," said the Death Scythe.

"Has the situation changed about our Kishin problem?" asked Stein.

"The Kishin's whereabouts are still unknown, as well as Medusa's. That witch is nowhere to be found with the body of that little girl…" said Spirit with frustration.

"Crona is also missing," added Stein.

"Yeah, Marie and Azusa are still looking for him," Spirit said. "I hope they succeed."

"How is your daughter?" Stein asked. "She and Crona were friends, she must be worried."

"I don't know, Maka barely talks to me…" said Spirit. "Although I've seen her very sad when she found out that Chrona escaped."

"Well, lately she has been more cheerful," commented Stein. "Maybe it's because of Sora."

"Yeah, that kid sure knows how to make people smile," said Spirit smiling slightly. "I'm glad that he and Maka get along, but if he tries something funny with her, I'll cut him in half."

Stein smiled a little at his commentary. "And what about Arachnophobia or Medusa?" asked him.

"Shinigami-sama thinks that they won't do anything for now because they don't want the Heartless interfering in their plan, but as soon as Sora is done, we'll have to prepare ourselves," answered Spirit.

"Then while he's here, I could ask him to lend me a hand with the class training," Stein said.

"That would a good idea," commented Spirit.

After twenty minutes, the match finished, with Black*Star team as the winners for two points. Black*Star was doing a dance of victory.

"Yahoooo, I'm the god of basketball!" shouted Black*Star.

Sora sighed. "Damn we were so close," he said. "I'd have liked to see a bald Black*Star."

Soul chuckled. "You're not the only one."

"Well, you won so I have to give you this," Sora said as he drew his Keyblade.

"Sora, you don't have to do it," Kid told him.

"Hey, you guys won fair and square, and the deal was giving him my Keyblade," said Sora and then he winked to them, but Black*Star didn't see it. "Here you go, Captain Black*Star."

Sora handed his Keyblade to the ninja who took it without doubting.

"Behold guys! Now I will be even stronger!" shouted Black*Star but suddenly the Keyblade vanished from his hand.

The Keyblade was now in Sora's hand, he shrugged and smiled innocently while Maka was giggling and Soul was trying not to laugh.

"Hey, no dirty tricks man!" said Black*Star.

Sora laughed. "Sorry, sorry, why don't you try again?" he said and gave the sword to Black*Star again but it came back to Sora again.

"What the hell…" said Black*Star, then Maka spoke.

"Sorry Black*Star, unless you are the person the Keyblade chose, you won't be able to wield it," she explained smiling.

"Thank god…I couldn't imagine Black*Star with a Keyblade," Kid said.

"Wait! If you had won, you'd have let me shave my head?!" asked Black*Star.

Sora laughed again. "Don't worry I'd have tell you that I was tricking you…I think," he said.

"Damn, I'd have liked to use a Keyblade," said Black*Star. "I'd have called it "The Big Star Keyblade"!"

"How original…" muttered Maka, then she remember something. "Hey, Sora, the Keyblades have already names, right?"

Sora looked at her surprised. "Yeah, how did you know?"

"She has a book that talks about Keyblade wielders, she reads it nonstop." answered Soul smirking at her.

Maka blushed a little "Shut up Soul, it's not like I read that book all the time."

"Yes, you-" Soul was saying before Maka threw a book to his face.

Sora laughed slightly. "You're right Maka; Keyblades have names so we can differentiate them. Mine is called Kingdom Key; there are other names like Oblivion."

"That name is a little depressing, don't you think?" said Liz.

"Maybe, but I'm not the one who decided the names." Sora said as he made the Keyblade disappear, and then he looked at Soul smiling. "You know, there's a Keyblade called like you."

"Really?!" exclaimed Soul amazed.

"Yeah, but it's not mine so I can't show you how it is," said Sora.

"Damn you Soul! I won't let you surpass me! I'll get a new Keyblade and name it like me before anyone!" shouted Black*Star pointing at Soul.

"Give me a break, it's not like I am that Keyblade," said Soul.

"And Sora!" said the ninja looking at the Keybearer. "You'll have to take Tsubaki and me with you in your next Heartless mission for tricking me!"

"It would have been easier if you had asked for that from the start," said Sora.

"That's Black*Star for you," said Maka. "He's always making things more difficult."

They continued playing more matches, changing the team's members each time. Sora couldn't believe that he was actually playing during his mission, always when he traveled he left the same day he visited a world, but now was different and he enjoyed it.

"Geez, I'm so tired," said Liz. "Today we played a lot."

"Hey, why don't we have lunch at Maka's house," said Black*Star.

"Hey! Don't decide that yourself!" exclaimed Maka. "Besides I thought you didn't like how I cook."

"It's better than nothing," said Black*Star. Maka was about to throw her book to Black*Star when Tsubaki spoke.

"I think is a good idea," Tsubaki said.

"Well, I don't mind but you'll have to give me time for preparing the meal," Maka said.

"Yay~ party, party!" cheered Patty.

"You'll come, right Sora?" said Soul looking at the spiky boy.

"Sure, I'll be there," Sora said while he put the cap in Patty's head.

Everyone left to their own house to prepare for lunch. Maka told them that in two hours everything should be ready, so they didn't need to hurry, also Soul gave Sora their address since he had never been there.

"Why did you name him captain?" asked Maka as she and Soul walked to their house.

"Well, we did the same to you, remember?" said Soul smiling.

"I know, I lost and I had to spend a Sunday with my dad," Maka said a little annoyed.

Soul didn't pay attention where he was walking for a moment and bumped into someone by accident. The person Soul walked was a bit taller than him and only wore a black coat with a hood on so you couldn't see the face.

"Oh, sorry," Soul apologized and the person looked at him, but didn't say anything and continued walking. Soul felt a little uneasy, but he shrugged it off as soon as Maka called him.

Later, all of them were eating at Soul and Maka's apartment. Sora sweat-dropped when he saw that Black*Star was gobbling up like a pig, even though he said that Maka's cooking wasn't very good. After some minutes, they finished the meal and Black*Star looked like if he was going to explode for eating too much.

"Man, I'm full," said Black*Star. "Like I said, it's no big deal, but at least you can eat as much as you want."

Maka looked annoyed at him. "Be more grateful, you jerk."

"I think it was really good, thanks for the food Maka," Sora said smiling at her.

"It's nothing really," Maka said bashfully.

"Hey Sora," said Black*Star, "since now I'll have to get my own Keyblade, could you tell me what I've to do in order to get one?"

"Sorry, but I don't know what makes Keyblades chose people," Sora answered. "Besides, don't you think that if people knew what they need to being chosen by a Keyblade, there would be many more of us?"

"That's right," said Kid, "remember that my father said that the number of Keybearers decreased significantly."

"Come on guys, let's not talk about that now, remember why we're doing this," Liz said.

"What do you mean?" asked Sora.

"We saw how sad and worried you looked yesterday in the Death Room, Sora," said Kid.

"So we decided to spend time with you, this way you could forget about your problems and try to relax a little," continued Tsubaki.

"Wow, that's a nice gesture from your part," said Sora.

Soul smirked at him. "You are part of our circle, so we have to take care of you."

"Although now you are the one taking care of us and the rest of the city destroying the Heartless," Liz said.

"Liz, now you're the one talking about the Heartless," said Patty and everyone started to laugh.

"Yo-you know what I mean…" Liz said a little embarrassed.

"Anyway, let's change the topic. "Sora, where are you from?"

"Destiny Islands, does it ring any bell?" Sora asked.

"Actually yes, I went there in a mission with Liz and Patty not long ago," Kid said and Sora was astonished. "It's a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, near Tokyo."

"Oh I remember that, there were two islands; it was really nice and peaceful," Liz said. "I wouldn't mind living there."

"So you're Japanese, like Maka, Tsubaki and me. That's cool," Black*Star said.

"And here I was, thinking that you were from another world," Soul said laughing slightly.

"How come we didn't see you there, Sora?" asked Kid. "We explored the whole island and talked with most of the people living."

Sora smiled sadly. "Let's say that I was attending some important business," he said looking at the shinigami.

Kid then looked a little sad too. "Oh right, sorry for bringing that up," he said regretfully.

"Don't be, it's good to remember home occasionally," Sora said.

"A guy like you should be bored in such a small place," Soul said.

"You nailed it Soul," Sora said to the white-haired boy. "A friend of mine called Riku wanted to leave the island to explore, he even wanted to go to other worlds. He ended up convincing me and another friend, called Kairi, to go with him."

"How were you planning to leave the island?" asked Maka interested in his story.

"We built a raft," Sora said, making the others look at him speechless and Patty laugh.

"That's really reckless," Kid said.

"You could have drowned!" said Maka.

"Yeah, now I know that that wasn't a very good idea," Sora said. "But we were young and we wanted to leave as soon as possible. I even challenged Riku to a race to decide the name of the raft."

"Oh, like the sailors that name their ships?" asked Tsubaki.

"Yeah, Riku wanted to name it "Highwind"," said Sora.

"It's a good name I've got to say," Soul said. "And how did you wanted to call it?"

"Excalibur," answered the Keybearer. When he said that Kid and Black*Star put a weird face, Patty laughed even more and the others sweat-dropped. Sora was confused at their reaction.

"What happen? Did I say something wrong?" asked him.

"You better don't ask," Soul said.

Kid regained his composure and looked at Sora. "Well, you're here so I take you and your friends didn't use the raft after all," he said.

"Nope, we couldn't, the night before leaving there was a storm," Sora said but he stopped since he didn't want to make them feel bad about bringing up the subject.

"There has to be more, c'mon tell us," Liz said.

"I don't think I should," said Sora looking at everyone in the room.

"Come on, don't leave us in suspense," Kid said.

Sora sighed knowing how they will react when they know what happened that night.

"Well, I took a boat to go to the island where we made the raft and when I reached the island I found out that the storm wasn't a normal one," Sora said while the others listened carefully and then his expression turned into a sadder one.

"It turns out that my island was being invaded by Heartless. I went looking for my friends but they ended up disappearing. That was the moment when the Keyblade chose me; however I couldn't save my home and was destroyed."

All in the people in the room were now downcast. They couldn't look at Sora because they felt guilty to have made him continue his story. Everything was quiet until Tsubaki decided to break the silence.

"We…we are sorry, Sora-kun," she said. "It must be difficult for you to remember these things."

"Damn, we try to cheer you up, and we depress you even more," Soul said.

"I'm not depressed or anything," said the Keybearer, and then everyone looked puzzled at him. "After being chosen by the Keyblade I traveled to many worlds, one of the things I wanted the most, I found my friends and I could restore my home and save other worlds from being destroyed. All of this gave me experience and I could become the person I'm now."

"Unbelievable," Kid said, "most of the people would have given up, but you didn't."

"Someone has to take care of the worlds, right?" Sora said smiling.

"If you ever want to take a break, don't doubt telling me," Black*Star said. "A big star like me could watch over the worlds for you."

"Please don't do it Sora, anyone but Black*Star," Maka said making Sora laugh, and then a cat with a witch's hat and a curly tail walked near the table where they ate.

"Oooh, everyone is here," the cat said sleepy and then it noticed Sora and looked at him with glee.

Suddenly the cat transformed into a woman with violet hair and a witch outfit. She jumped into Sora's lap and hugged him putting his head on her breasts which cause Sora to blush a lot.

"Who is this cutie? Did you come to play with Blair?" said her.

"Someone help!" Sora said. The others were sweat-dropping while Maka was a little upset at Blair behavior and Soul looked relieved.

"Better him than me…" Soul muttered.