Disclaimer: Today, Sora shall do the disclaimer.

Sora: BOM does not own Kingdom Hearts.

Author's Note: I am soooooooooooooooo sorry for my lack of updating! I have just had a lot on my mind lately. So sorry, so here's your long awaited update!

Chapter 6: The Training Room

Kairi walked slowly towards the center of town. No one was around since the battle between the masked trio and Maleficent. The Kingdom Warriors had felt absolutely helpless ever since.

"Guys, we have to do something! The Kingdom Warriors haven't been seen in days, and the masked trio fled town! We can finally show what we can do!" A voice said. Kairi looked around the corner and saw a group of people talking.

"We're the rebels, we have to fight!" The young brunette girl said.

"I don't know. We're not ready for this." The oldest blonde haired girl said.

"Sure we are!" A different brunette girl argued. Their conversation was getting nowhere.

"Xion, what do you think we should do?" A black haired girl asked, turning towards "Xion."

Kairi noticed that the first black haired girl looked just like her old friend... Yuffie. She was sure that was her.

"What was that, Yuffie? Oh, I think we should let the Kingdom Warriors handle it and keep the masked trio from interfering if they ever come back." Xion said. She seemed to be a little out of it.

"What?! That's so stupid!" Yuffie cried.

"No it's not! The Kingdom Warriors are members of our kingdom and show their faces. The masked trio are a disgrace to our kingdom and never show their faces. They're cowards!" Xion spat.

"It's true! Cowards!" The slightly older brunette said.

"That is pretty cowardly." The younger blonde whispered.

"Well, it's stupid to just run in and fight." The older blonde said. Kairi got bored of the conversation quickly and opened her communicator.

"There's nothing here except a group of girls. They're arguing over us and the masked trio. I think they called themselves the rebels." Kairi reported.

"Alright. You can come back now." Kairi raised an eyebrow.

"Axel? What are you doing?" Kairi asked.

"Oh, just wanted to talk to you." Kairi could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Axel! Give that back! That's mine! You have your own!" Kairi could hear Sora's voice on the other end.

Kairi chose to ignore it and walked back towards the abandoned warehouse, leaving the feuding "rebels" behind.

"Great, so now we have to deal with the masked trio, Maleficent, and the rebels?" Axel groaned.

"We don't have to deal with anyone but Maleficent. The other two are just helping us. We need to work on training though. We have to get better with combat skills if we ever want to get anywhere against Maleficent. Stealth and speed isn't going to win us the war." Sora said, suddenly having a serious edge to his voice that Kairi didn't like too much.

Kairi had a crush on Sora. It wasn't too hard to figure out. She had grown to like the more fun side of Sora, a side that she hadn't seen much since Namine, Axel, and Roxas joined them. He was fun and always laughing or smiling when he was around just Riku and herself. She knew that he also had fun with just Riku, because she'd seen the two sword-fighting from her own house.

"So then what are you planning to do?" Ariel asked.

"Well... there is one more room in the warehouse." Sora started.

"We could turn it into a training room!" Namine said excitedly, catching on.

"Until then we could practice fighting against each other!" Kairi added.

"Sounds like a good idea to me." Riku agreed.

"Finally we have some sort of plan in order!" Axel exclaimed. Roxas just nodded to agree.

And thus, the training room's construction began.

Kairi jumped on her bike and rode to the warehouse, determined to reach the warehouse. Sora's parents had paid to create the training room, and it was finally finished after one week.

She brought her bike just inside and placed it where the boys' skateboards were. Namine's bike and Axel's skateboard were missing, meaning that only Riku, Roxas, and Sora were there.

Kairi walked into her room. There were no windows in the warehouse for safety purposes, so Kairi had to turn on the light. Her room had a bed, a dresser, a closet, and other simple things. It also had her favorite things such as her books.

Kairi walked over to the dresser and pulled out her armor, putting it on over the top of her outfit and replacing her shoes with the boots sitting next to her bed, before stepping outside.

"Guys?" Kairi called. Riku stepped out of the training room and motioned for Kairi to come over.

Kairi immediately saw Roxas, Sora, Ariel, and Aurora. The boys were already in their armor, and they all seemed to be talking.

"Kairi!" Kairi turned around to see Namine run in, wearing her armor.

"Sorry I'm late guys!" Namine apologized, before turning to her.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Namine asked.

"Sure. Let's go to my room." Kairi led Namine to her room and they sat down on the bed.

"I just wanted to say that I learned a little more about the rebels, but I want you to tell Sora." Namine said.

"What? Why?" Kairi asked.

"Because you're the only one who can get his attention. Besides, he'll thank you for it, and he'll like you more. He has a crush on you, you know." Namine said. Kairi thought she saw a look of sadness go across Namine's face.

"What? No he doesn't!" Kairi blushed.

"Yes he does!" Namine argued.

"Whatever, Nami. What is the news?" Kairi asked.

"Oh, yeah! Well, I learned the names of every member of the rebels. There's Xion, Alice, Olette, Rikku, Yuffie, and Yuna. Xion is the leader, and Rikku is the oldest. That's all that I've learned so far." Namine said.

"That's great news! I'll report it to Sora later, when he's not so busy. How'd you learn that anyways?" Kairi asked.

"Oh, I was just riding my bike by when I heard them. They were arguing about whether to take action or not, so I just listened and learned it all." Namine said.

"Okay. Let's head back to the boys." Kairi said.

When they reached the training room, Axel was there as well. Roxas and Riku were fighting in the middle of the room with swords, which were also courtesy of Sora's parents.

"Ha! I win!" Roxas said, grinning at Riku.

"Alright. So next up is... Kairi against Axel. Kairi, are you ready?" Aurora asked. Kairi nodded and walked to join Axel, grabbing a sword.

"So, you ready to fight, fire hair?" Axel asked.

"Don't call me that. Besides, your hair is more red than mine." Kairi retorted, slicing at Axel.

Namine watched the two redheads fight. She wasn't very interested though. She was thinking. She knew that Sora had a crush on Kairi, and that Kairi had a crush on Sora. They were just too stupid to see that the other liked them back.

Namine had an issue with this though. She had a crush on Sora as well.

"Alright. I'd say it's time to call it a day. Your parents are going to want you home soon." Aurora said.

"Okay." Everyone chorused. The group filed out of the room, heading to their own rooms to remove their armor.

Kairi walked into her room, took off her armor, and put her shoes on. She walked out of her room and grabbed her bike, noticing that Sora, Roxas, and Riku were already gone. Those boys moved fast!

Kairi sighed, before getting on her bike and riding it off towards her house. Then she saw the boys. They were going into Sora's house. She ignored them and went into her house, bringing her bike just inside so that Maleficent couldn't see it and know where she lived.

Kairi went upstairs to her room, saying a quick "hey" to her mom on the way. She decided to go onto her balcony for a bit.

A scream immediately got her attention. She saw the boys run out of Sora's house as well. They got on their skateboards and rode off towards the warehouse to get their armor. Kairi immediately followed on her bike.

What frightened her the most was that she knew that scream. It was Namine's.