I. Kairi is Forgotten

Outside the exit, we saw Riku and Windelle, still in Dark Form, walking to the stairs. When we reached them, they told us to "take the hint" and go home.

"Not until we rescue you two and Naminé", Sora said.

"We don't remember ever asking you to rescue us."

"True, but who says we need your permission. And where is Ilsa, by the way?", I said.

"Did you forget?", Sora reminded. "Kairi's there– waiting for us both to come home."

"You're the one who forgot.", the two retorted to us.

Then Riku said, "I told you at Kingdom Hearts when we closed the door… 'Take care of Kairi.'"

As Sora gasped while Riku continued, "Give it up.", I asked Windelle, "You need not stay with him. Like I said, you are an Agent."

"Didn't I tell you earlier that I did a vow to stay with Riku?!"

"Oh."

Riku continued, "I'm not going back to the islands – for anything."

"It's not just for Kairi!", Sora replied. "What about the rest?"

"Yeah!", Yoris demanded. "Wakka, Selphie, and Tidus."

"You can have those losers. Already forgot 'em."

"That's enough!", Gregorio shouted as he summoned his javelin and the rest of us followed.

"What about you, Sora?", the two of them said. "Do you actually remember what they all look like?"

"Yeah.", Florina said and she described each of the three kids back at the islands.

"We're not askin' you! We're asking Sora! Now, I repeat. Do you actually remember what they all look like?"

"Of course I rememb-" The he fell silent as Riku and Windelle giggled evilly.

"Don't feel bad. That's what this castle does to you– after a while. It's good. You forget all the useless stuff and remember for the first time what really matters."

"I remember it, Sora.", Riku then said. "I now know the one thing that is most important to me. Protecting Naminé. Nothing else matters–not a thing."

After half a minute of dead silence, Sora then said, "Hey, Riku. I think I'll jog your memory." and he got ready for battle as the rest of us followed suit.

Riku simply replied, "Go ahead and try." as he got ready for battle as well as Windelle followed.

-To make it short, the battle was just like the last one, except Riku and Windelle are also cating Dark Firaga, are Card Breaking more, and we counter that with more Card Breaks, Blitz and Solar Bouncer-

After the battle, Riku and Windelle were struggling to get up. Once standing, they said, "Hmph. Too bad. You can fight us all you want, but we still won't remember anything."

"C'mon, you two.", I told them. "Let's quit fighting– let's go help Naminé."

"Together–-right."

Riku then said, "So like you, Sora–-you're always trying to worm your way into my heart!" and they pointed their weapons at us.

"Hold on! When did I ever do that?"

"Yeah?", I said. "He can't possibly be capable of that… can he?"

"Hmph, you forgot that too?", Riku asked.

"No.", Florina answered for Sora. "He has never done that to you… Right, Sora?" But Sora remained silent.

"You never cared.", Riku continued. "It never mattered to you!" And he ran up the stairs.

"Windelle!", I shouted to him. "Do you really believe all of that?! It can't possibly be true."

"True. But I made a vow and I intend to keep it!" then he left to follow Riku.

"You won't push me away.", Sora muttered. We then proceeded to ascend to the ninth floor. (I learnt Solar Matrix after the battle.)

(Another vision came to me) The same girl who was sketching the last time I saw her was now simply sitting on her chair. Just then, Axel and Red Ranger appeared.

Both approached her, then said, "Does it hurt, Naminé? Watching your two childhoods friends fighting all because of you."

As she remained silent, Red Ranger said, "You have my sympathies. From the heart".

When Naminé looked up in surprise, "What?" is all he said. "Don't waste your time. Nobodies can never be somebodies. I have a heart since I'm not a Nobody like you and Axel." (The vision then ended and we were now at the ninth floor.)

Once we were close to the door of the next 'world', Sora sighed, then said, "I don't get it. Riku and I–we both want the same thing. Both of us want to help Naminé out. How come we're fighting each other? I mean, Riku and I have argued about stuff in the past, but…"

"Could be 'cause ya care what happens to each other.", Goofy suggested.

"Seems doubtful to me.", I remarked. "They were so aggressive and they won't even tell us where King Mickey and the others are."

"You can't give up. You're friends–tied together.", Donald reminded Sora. "Sora, Riku, and…and… What was her name?"

"Kairi.", Yoris said bluntly.

Jiminy popped out of Sora's shoulder and said, "It seems our memories are fading mighty fast. Sora, we gotta hurry. I bet Riku will come around if you just talk to him."

"You're right. We three were never apart. Me 'n Riku…and Naminé."

"You mean Kairi.", I reminded him.

"No. I'm sure it's Naminé."

"It's Kairi."

"Naminé."

"Kairi."

"Naminé."

"Kairi."

"Naminé." I was getting ticked off by Sora's insistence.

"I'm telling you it's Kairi!"

"I insist it's Naminé!"

"Spell with me."

"Okay."

"Kai-"

"Kai-"

"-ri."

"-ri."

"All right then. Kairi."

"Naminé."

"Kairi."

"Naminé."

"Kairi!"

"Naminé!"

"It's Kairi, dammit!"

"It's Naminé, AND THAT'S FINAL!" Then Sora summoned his Keyblade.

"NOT WHILE I HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT!" And I called out my DirLuxGun (and shield, of course), ready to defend my claim.

"Now guys, calm down.", Florina said as she stood between the two after seeing Gregorio and Yoris side with me while Donald and Goofy sided with Sora.

"Let's deal with this later." And we did. After a vote, we decided to go to 'Neverland'.

Part II. Neverland

Prior to entering 'Neverland', I was disappointed to find ourselves in a ship and not an island as the picture in the world card displayed. And to make things worse, it was rocking and I had motion sickness so I felt woozy and not able to help Sora much after we obtained the Key of Beginnings.

At one point, just at the Door of Begginings, the rocking stopped, I rested for a bit, pulled out a motion sickness pill from my pocket (How did it even get there?), and popped it in my mouth. Once digested, I followed Sora into the room. There, we encountered Peter Pan, who accused us for being pirates.

But when Donald tried to tell us our real purpose, it turns out it has been forgotten too, so Florina took over and said to him what Donald was trying to say; to find The King, The Solar Boy(Django) and Ilsa. She even showed pictures of the missing three but Peter shook his head. After 5 seconds of scrutinizing us, he concluded, "By your confused looks", he says, that we aren't pirates after all since, as far as he knows, they never get lost in their own ship.

After a bit more chatting (which I did not pay any attention to because of wondering about the castle's effects), Peter Pan joined as Sora's friend Card and we were now outside the Room of Beginnings with the Key of Guidance in hand. After fighting more Heartless, we found the Room of Guidance and there, we saw Wendy, Tinkerbell, and Requiem.

After we left Peter to chat with them, I adjusted my deck while they were at it. Just then, I saw Peter Pan drift past us in a huff, probably because of what Wendy had said. We left her behind to chase Peter Pan (who is now not among Sora's Friend cards) and got the Key to Truth. As we looked around for him, and found the Teleport sleight along the way, we saw the Door to Truth and entered it.

There, we were on the ship's deck where we saw Captain Hook (alone) and Wendy on the plank to the right. As he sololoquized to us, I glimpsed Peter Pan grabbing Wendy to safety, then sneaking behind the pirate captain. Once behind Hook, who was still rambling about, he poked at the pirate's butt, then backed away as Hook responded with a slash of his cutlass. The 'battle matrix' initiated after that.

As a first move, Hook started by tossing us some 'gifts' but I knew better and blocked them away as Sora did the same. He then started charging at us but Sora and I were ready for him. Sora teleported right behind Hook, stunning him, then he did a 3-hit combo, and I followed up with Solar Matrix (stop time and deliver multiple shots). We repeated this sequence a couple of times and even if our HP ended up below half, we won and got his card. The 'battle matrix' then dissipated. When Wendy came over to Peter Pan, asking to go home, Peter Pan countered that she may eventually forget him and Neverland.

"Even if she does forget, the memories aren't really gone forever.", Sora told Peter Pan.

"Yeah.", I supported. "They may be merely 'locked up' somewhere in her mind and that you have the key for it. You get what I mean, right?"

"Now that you said it, you're right.", Peter Pan replied. "I should not be too selfish. Now let's take you home, Wendy."

Once he got her and rose into the air, Donald said, "He's not a selfish guy after all.", but a second after that, a Moogle fell on his head. Assuming that it was dropped by Peter Pan, Donald complained and hollered out gibberish at Peter Pan, who was already gone. Shrugging, we left the Room To Truth and soon found the exit.