Wow...you guys care a lot about little Demmy.

Demyx: Aw, you guys are so awesome! *goes to hug his fangirls*

Axel: Hmph. You're still a wimp. *crosses arms and turns*

Me: Oh, lay off Axel. You know that about 95% of the fans of this story are gonna beg for me to keep you alive when your death comes around.

Axel: Yeah...wait. You're gonna kill me off?

Me: I dunno. Maybe. Maybe not. I'm not telling.

Xigbar: Harsh. Sucks for you, Ax!

Kyrie (c) Me

Kingdom Hearts characters/some of the story (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 44

Kyrie was silent as she watched Sora, Donald, and Goofy face off against Demyx and his water clones; she had no idea what to do. She didn't want to fight against Sora, but she also didn't want to fight Demyx. At this moment, she was between a rock and a hard place.

"What should I do? If I let them keep going…someone's going to get hurt. Or worse." she thought, holding her hands tightly over her chest. But soon it was obvious that Demyx would lose this fight as he got weaker and weaker, and with just one look, she knew Demyx was going to lose much more than the battle. Time seemed to slow down as Demyx stumbled back, with Sora running at him full force, keyblade raised. Her eyes widened.

"No, Demyx!" her thoughts screamed as she ran in, getting between the keyblade bearer and the melodious nocturne. Sora's eyes widened when Kyrie jumped in the path of his blade, but it was too late to stop it. In one swing, Kyrie was thrown back, blood spurting from her lips as she was slammed into a rocky wall. Everyone stopped immediately as their eyes shot to her fallen form.

"Kyrie!" Donald and Goofy exclaimed in shock. Demyx also stared at her with wide eyes as she crumpled to the ground.

"Kyrie!" he cried as he ran over. The three raised their eyebrows at him as he knelt over her form, looking over in worry. But before he had a chance to pick her up, Sora and the others ran over, forcing him to jump back. Without further ado, he opened a portal and escaped, looking back at her as he did so.

"Kyrie…why?" he thought as the darkness quickly swirled around him, teleporting him away. Sora and the others stared at the fading corridor for a second, before looking at her fallen form.

"Kyrie, are you okay?" Sora asked as he knelt down, turning the girl over as he did so. She was quiet for a moment, before opening her eyes and coughing weakly. Giving him a nod, she tried to sit up, but winced as she wrapped her arm around her abdomen, where she received the death blow meant for Demyx. Goofy was quick to help the girl to her feet as Donald eyed her suspiciously.

"Now why did you hafta go and do that? We almost had him!" Donald scolded. Kyrie was quick to glare at him in anger before sliding her backpack off her back, with the help of Goofy. She quickly whipped out her notebook and wrote something down, before showing them.

Donald, taking the life of another person doesn't solve anything! Even if he is a nobody, right now, at this moment, he is no different from you or me. Sure, the organization might have done bad things, but still…does taking their lives make it right? Does it?

The group was quiet as they read her words, before Sora spoke up.

"Kyrie, the guy was bad news! The organization's no different than from any of the other bad guys we had to face from the other worlds, like Shan Yu, Barbossa, and Scar! You had no problems fighting them, so how's this any different?" he argued. She was silent before looking away, he was right, in a sense. But she knew Demyx, he wasn't truly bad. All he wanted was a heart, that's all.

"Aha! There you are!" the group stiffened as they turned, spotting the king as he glared at them and approached. Sora and Donald decided to let the subject with Kyrie drop as they stared at the king, waiting for him to berate them. But he was silent as he crossed his arms, lost in thought.

"You sure have lotsa friends to help. So, I guess we better all pull together and finish this battle for good!" he spoke, causing the group to sigh in relief before Sora, Donald, and Goofy straightened.

"Yes, your majesty!" they exclaimed in unison. With that, the king began to lead them away, before Goofy spotted something from the corner of his eye. Following his gaze, Kyrie spotted a heartless as it shot lasers at a dusk, causing parts of the rock to break away. And a large piece was heading directly at the king!

"Look out!" Goofy exclaimed as he released Kyrie, running and throwing the king out of harms way just as the large fragment nailed Goofy in the head, sending him flying and crashing into the wall. Kyrie gasped as she covered her mouth with her hands in shock.

"Oh no, Goofy!" her thoughts cried as she tried to go to his aid, but the wound in her side stopped her, and she had to wobble to his side instead.

"Goofy!" Sora cried as he and Donald ran over. The king stopped a few feet away as Donald and Sora skidded to his side.

"No…" he spoke, staring at his fallen companion with wide eyes. Donald stopped and placed his hand on Goofy's chest, trying to shake him awake.

"Hey! You're the King's captain! You gotta get up!" he cried. Sora followed suit as he knelt on the other side of him.

"C'mon, wake up!"

"I'm sorry about the ice-cream!" Kyrie quickly knelt beside Donald as he continued shaking him.

"Goofy…?" the king asked after a moment. All was silent before Donald groaned, placing his head on Goofy's chest. Kyrie covered her face with her hands, trying to hold back her tears.

"Goofy…" Donald groaned in dismay. Sora shook his head in disbelief as he inched closer to his body.

"This is not happening…it can't be happening…it can't…" he spoke softly, bowing his head. The king watched the three for a moment, before looking ahead.

"They'll pay for this." he swore. With that, he discarded his black cloak, revealing a golden kingdom key with a white hilt as he ran off into battle. Donald growled as he followed after his king, with Sora right behind him as he glanced once more at Kyrie and Goofy. Kyrie looked at Goofy before biting her lip, allowing a few tears to escape.

"Oh Goofy…I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." she thought. But a small movement in his chest stopped her, as she gasped and leaned closer to get a better look. There it was again, he was breathing! She smiled in joy, but it quickly faded as she looked around her, did he need medical attention? But a waking groan from him erased her fears as he opened his eyes, blinking blearily as he looked around. When he spotted her, he smiled.

"Gawrsh, what happened?" he asked as he sat up, wincing as he rubbed his head. She giggled silently as she wrote in her notebook, before handing it to him.

You got hit in the head by a rock while trying to save the King. Sora and the others left a few minutes ago, thinking that the worst happened to you. Are you okay, Goofy?

He nodded as he read her words.

"Yup. But it sure hurt!" he answered as he got to his feet. She smiled and tried to get to her feet as well, before her side protested. Giving a pained gasp, she fell back to the ground. Goofy looked at her worriedly as he knelt down and helped her back up.

"Gawrsh, is yer side hurtin' ya?" he asked. She gave a small nod, before the two looked towards the Ravine Trail.

"Well, we better get goin'. We need to catch up with Sora and the fellas."

-A little while Later-

The two had gone quite a ways through the Ravine trail, fighting off heartless after heartless, before they came to a crystal cavern. Spotting Sora and the others ahead, Goofy smiled.

"Hey, fellas!" he called. Sora, Donald, and the King whipped their heads around in shock as they spotted Goofy and Kyrie waving at them, smiling brightly.

"Goofy!" they cried in relief. Goofy released Kyrie as he ran to his friends, a broad smile on his face as he entered the cavern.

"Ya know, that really hurt!" he exclaimed as he rubbed his head. But the King didn't care as he jumped on him, hugging him tightly.

"Aw, Goofy!" he cried. Goofy looked down at the mouse and smiled.

"Gawrsh, yer majesty, I get bumped on the head all the time." he joked. Sora and Donald were laughing with relief, before Donald straightened and approached them. Summoning his staff, he swung it at Goofy's knee, causing him to yelp in pain as he jumped around, holding his knee.

"That hurt, too." he cried. Donald growled before his face softened, a tear appearing at the corner of his eye.

"Don't you ever do that again!" he berated. Kyrie limped over as Donald continued berating and scolding him, a small smile on her lips.

"Everything's okay. But…for how long?" she thought as she watched them. She was sure now that they were suspicious of her, and she couldn't hide the truth forever. But what both sides didn't know, is that she was now an enemy of the organization. Especially after Xemnas and Saix had broken their promise.

"But will Sora and the others still want me around, even with knowing this? If worse comes to worse, I'll be alone." she thought sadly. She was sure no one in the organization would want anything to do with her now, and after her fight with Axel, she was sure he wouldn't want her around either. So at this point, she had no one.

"C'mon, let's keep going!" Sora called as he headed for the exit, the king and the others right behind him. But she stayed put, still unsure whether to tell him the truth or not at this point. But they didn't stop, they just kept going, leaving her behind. She watched silently as they went, before looking back at the path where they had just came from.

"Guys…I'm sorry."

With that, she followed after them.

-A few minutes later-

Kyrie panted heavily as she ran, holding her side tightly as it throbbed painfully. She was following the path Sora, Donald, Goofy, and the king had taken, and was hoping she could catch up to them. Looking straight ahead, she spotted Sora, Donald, and Goofy as they were surrounded by thousands of heartless. Growling silently, she sliced through the bunch, creating a path so she could join the three.

"Kyrie, you're just in time!" Sora cried as she caught up to them, panting heavily as she knocked a heartless away. With that, the four faced off against the horde, each taking about a thousand or more as they fought. But while Sora and the others destroyed them with ease, Kyrie had a rougher time with her horde. The wound Sora had dealt her earlier hadn't had a chance to heal, and it left her vulnerable to the heartless.

"Ugh!" she thought as one slammed her into the wall. Staggering to her feet, she wiped some blood away from her lips as the horde surrounded her, going in for the kill.

"At this rate… they'll destroy me before I can destroy them."

"Don't worry, princess. Focus all of your strength in one attack, and you will be victorious." she flinched at the voice, but relaxed after a minute. It was the disembodied voice from before, the one that always helped her when she was in a tight spot.

"But how can I do that? My keyblades-"

"You are not going to use your keyblades. You are going to use your own power."

"My own…power?"

"Yes. Close your eyes and find your strength. Find something that gives you the will to fight, to keep going." she nodded and closed her eyes as the heartless closed in. Her mind flashed back through all of her memories from when she first woke up in Twilight town. Roxas, Xion, Demyx, Xigbar, Namine, Hayner, Pence, Olette, all these faces and many more flashed through her mind as she thought. Sora, Donald, Goofy, the king, Kairi, and finally, it stopped on one face. Axel.

-Meanwhile, Sora-

Sora turned just as he finished off the last of his heartless horde, and looked over to see how the others were doing. Donald and Goofy were just finishing up, but when he looked over at Kyrie, he gasped.

"Oh no- Kyrie!" he exclaimed. The girl was cornered against the rocky wall, heartless surrounding her. But she was just standing there, her eyes closed and her keyblades hanging limp at her sides. But just as he was about to jump in, a flash of light stopped him. Kyrie's body was alight with a bright, white light as a symbol of a heart surrounded the ground at her feet. The heart began to expand, destroying all heartless who were caught in the light. Donald and Goofy stopped, staring at the girl with wide eyes.

"What-" Donald exclaimed. As soon as all of the heartless were gone, the light and the heart faded, leaving the girl as she collapsed to the ground. The attack had drained most of her strength, which wasn't really surprising in her eyes. Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran to her side immediately as they surrounded her, Sora helping her to a sitting position as she panted heavily.

"Wow, how did you do that?" he asked. But she shook her head and he nodded, she would tell him later. After a few minutes, she found the strength to get to her feet and they continued on. After a few minutes, Sora stopped, leaning against the wall as he panted heavily. As soon as they joined him, he looked around.

"Where's the king?"

Oh gosh. Really gotta stop with these cliffhangers.

Demyx: Awesome! You let me live!

Me: Of course I let you live, silly! *hugs him* Besides, you're needed for part three of this three-part series!

Axel: Maybe you can give us a glimpse of part three?

Me: NO. That would be spoiling.

Axel: Damn!

Xemnas:...just ignore them and review. And please, stop reading as well. The author is torturing us.