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A/N: What the heck were those things?! Is Roxas going to be okay?! What's going to happen next? I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out then! Please leave reviews, even if they're only a word long. Thanks!
Chapter VIII: Shadowed Moments
Naminé and Roxas went into the ambulance, but we weren't far behind them. I think we were at the hospital about two minutes after the ambulance. We're now just sitting in the waiting room, wondering what's going to happen. Tobi and Ven are coming back from the Nurses' desk, so maybe they have something. I look up with huge eyes. Aw man…he's shaking his head.
"They said his injuries were non-life threatening, but they can't let us see him for a couple of hours."
"What are they waiting for? Why can't we go see him?" I leap from my chair. If they aren't doing anything for him, we should be able to see him.
"Sora calm down. They just want to make sure everything is okay with Roxas," ugh…Ven why do you always have to put logic into everything. I just want to be upset right now.
"How can I be calm?! Roxas is hurt and we don't even know by what!"
"Look, we'll figure everything out as soon as we make sure Roxas is okay," leave it to Tobi to stay calm.
"Hello everyone…"
"Naminé! How's Roxas?" We crowd her as she steps from the swinging doors.
"Well…he's okay…sore, but okay. The doctor said we can go see him in a couple of minutes. They want to check his cut one more time before they're ready to let him go," she sighs.
"Oh! We finally found you!" Kairi comes up behind us with Serah in tow.
"Kairi! What took you so long?" I pull out of her hug.
"Um…well…we got lost in the Town."
"Wait I thought you were with…"
"It's a long story," Serah stops Kairi. Okay, maybe another time.
"How's Roxas?" Kairi turns to her Nobody.
"He's okay. We'll be allowed in soon. They want to check a few more things before they let us in."
"Tobi what were those things?" I turn to look at my brother and Serah.
"I don't know. They're like nothing any of us have seen."
"Yeah…and I mean they're not Heartless or Nobodies. They're not even Dream Eaters." Finishing as I walk up to them.
"And they weren't Unversed, so don't look at me," I wonder why Van is still so jumpy about that. They forgave him for it after all.
"So what are you going to do?" Kairi and Naminé rejoin us near Serah.
"We were going to go see Yen Sid and see if he knows anything."
"So I take it this means you'll be leaving again?" I hate when Kairi's upset.
"I hope not. I want a chance to just do what normal kids do. No more adventures, no more journeys, just college and complaining about homework."
"You do know that's not all we do, right?" Turning I see Serah putting her hands on her hips.
"I hope not, but I wanted to live a normal life. Or at least more normal than what we're used to."
"I think that lovely little Key is going to stand in the way." Tobi's right…no matter how much I may not like it, my life will never be "normal." Oh well, I wouldn't give up all the stuff I've done for that life anyway.
"Excuse me…are you the ones with Roxas…"
"Yes! Can we go see him?" I probably shouldn't have cut her off. Oh, she's smiling, I guess that it'll be okay.
"Yes, the doctor needs to finish some paperwork and then he should be ready to go home," smiling, the nurse turns back to her desk. With only a look to the others, I head back to where Roxas is. Oh, would've been smart to let Naminé go first.
"Uh…Naminé…where is…"
"He's in the third room on the left," she gives me her usual warm smile.
"Thanks!" I rub the back of my hair before rushing down to Roxas' room. "Roxas!"
"Wagh! Sora…next time knock!"
"Oh come on Roxas, we're roommates and you're my Nobody, I've seen you in boxers before." For some reason he stops putting on his pants before yelling at me. Okay, now he finishes as everyone else walks in. "You ready to go home?" I put my hand on his shoulder as he finishes putting on his shirt.
"How are you feeling Roxas?"
"Not bad Tobi. They gave me these pain meds that took away the sting. Check out this scar though."
"Wow, that's cool...they had to put a lot of stitches in it didn't they." Roxas lowers his shirt before I can touch his mark. "And yeah, let's go home. It's been a long day already."
"Awesome," Ven cheers from behind me.
"Did you guys find out what those things were yet?" Roxas says tying his shoes.
"No…we were going to go see Yen Sid once you were up to it. We figured that he would probably know," I answer.
"Sorry it took us so long," Aqua walks through the door with Terra not far behind.
"Yeah, traffic was terrible. How are you doing Roxas?"
"I'm okay…it's gonna hurt for a little while they said, but it should be okay."
"Good, at least you can get better."
"Excuse me are you Roxas' parents?" Who? Did they just ask Aqua and Terra if they were his parents? That's a funny thought.
"No, but…we're…"that's all I hear before they disappear outside the door. Is something wrong?