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Chapter 4: Dream

The Highwind streaked through space well past the speed of light. Though to its passengers, it only felt like a steady seventy miles-per-hour.

Sora looked out the cockpit window at the blue-black infinity dotted with pinpricks of silver and gold. He couldn't help the feeling of déjà vu that came over him. Space almost always looked the same.

He peaked over at Kairi, and was relieved to see that she had settled down a bit, and was staring out the window in awe. She turned and smiled at him. Sora quirked an eyebrow as if to say, "I told you so."

"So where are we bound?" Riku asked Donald.

"Radiant Garden."

"How's the restoration coming along?" Sora asked.

"Pretty well." Goofy said. "Lots of buildings have been rebuilt, people are moving in, and mosta the Heartless are gone."

"Good to hear it."

"Did you say 'Radiant Garden'?" Kairi whispered.

It was only then that Sora remembered. Radiant Garden was Kairi's homeworld. Evan before Malificent had taken over, she had been spirited away to the islands. He had come to suspect that Xehanort had something to do with it.

Sora squeezed her hand yet again and asked, "Are you ready to go home?"

To his surprise, she smiled and kissed him. "It may be my homeworld, but Destiny Islands is my real home. Where my heart is." He smiled and held her close to him. Her hand went to his heart.

"It'll be a while before we get there," Goofy said from the front, "you should rest up."

Sora was eager to accept his advice, for some reason he was very tired. He closed his eyes and relaxed, the sweet scent of Kairi's hair quickly easing him to sleep.

Sora suddenly had the sensation that he was floating. He opened his eyes. All he could see were what appeared to be swirling black clouds. Yet there was absolutely no noise. There was only silence.

He suddenly felt himself descend, but to what? He looked down, and saw something large, circular, and glowing orange. The clouds obscured his view though, so he couldn't make out much of it. But that thing was definitely his destination.

Sure enough, it was growing larger and larger. Sora wondered why he didn't feel nervous. He was floating around in a strange place, on his way to a huge mysterious object that he didn't recognize. Yet he felt slightly at peace.

In fact, he was starting to feel –was it possible? Good!

When he realized this, the clouds covering the huge object were blown aside, as if a giant hand had swept them away. Sora knew immediately where he was.

The Dive into the Heart.

The massive object below him was one of the platforms so often found here. He hadn't seen this particular one before. It didn't show any of the seven Princesses of Heart, or himself. But he immediately recognized the people it featured.

His own Nobody Roxas dominated the picture, he stood in the center, facing the viewer with a smile. Half of his body was draped in a black Organization cloak, and the other half wore his typical clothing. In each hand he held a Keyblade. On either side of his head were two pictures, containing the faces of Axel and Namine. Around Roxas's body were six more pictures of Hayner, Pence, Olette, Kairi, Riku, and Sora. There was also a bubble of somebody that Sora didn't know.

Sora thought it was fitting that his brave "other" was commemorated here. He smiled to himself.

He gently touched down on the platform. He walked toward Roxas's face, and laughed at the smile he wore. And was it just him, or was he sneaking a peak at Namine's picture? Now that he was on the ground, he realized that it was a heart –not a simple bubble.

A voice from behind him said, "Look sharp!"

Sora turned around, finally recognizing the voice he had been hearing in his head.

There was Roxas. He was walking toward Sora with a grin on his face. "You like the picture?"

"Love it!" Sora answered. He, too started walking, and shook hands with his Nobody. "I'm dreaming, aren't I?"

"Yep!" Roxas answered simply.

Sora chuckled at the simple remark. "Who is that guy in that bubble over there?" He pointed at the picture. "I haven't seen him."

"Don't know, maybe it's somebody that we will meet soon."

"Well, can I ask you some things?"

"Fire away." Roxas said. He then plopped down onto the floor, and put his hands behind his head. "I've got all the time in the world."

"You seem a lot more carefree than when I first met you." Sora observed.

"Well, when all you have to worry about is talking to your other -or Namine- you tend to become a bit laid-back."

"You can talk to Namine?" Sora was a bit confused now. "Explain."

"Well, I can always communicate with you, because I'm part of your heart, mind, and soul." He explained, "So, I can 'talk' into your head for you to hear. I expect that by thinking, you can 'talk' back to me."

"I had been wondering about that," Sora admitted, "but you still haven't answered my question."

"Right, right." Roxas said. "This is the interesting part. Well, dear Namine is part of Kairi like I'm a part of you. And Kai-"

"Dear Namine!?" Sora cried out. Roxas blushed. Sora laughed more.

"I have acess to your memories you know. I can probably pass on one of your more embarressing ones for Namine to show precious Kairi."

Sora shut up immediately.

"Now then." Roxas went on, using his hands to try to illustrate his point. "Your heart is bound to Kairi's. This creates kind of a pathway between the two of you. Namine and I can make use of the pathway and see each other whenever we want."

"Bet you're happy about that." Sora said. He couldn't bring himself to laugh at him now. Namine must have been to Roxas what Kairi was to him. He couldn't help but wonder if he had told Namine that.

"Who wouldn't be?" Roxas responded. "Have you met her?"

"Sort of."

"Anyway." Roxas said, "It's possible that you and Kairi can make use of that bond, too."

"How?" Sora was definitely interested.

"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure." He admitted. "It could be that you're using it already. Subconciously."

"You mean we'll be able to read each others minds?" Sora asked. The thought of having his girlfriend in his mind all the time slightly scared him.

"No, nothing so simple as that." Roxas said. " I mean that you may start acting more closly with her."

At Sora's blush he added, "Not like THAT, you pervert!"

"Well what did you mean!?" Sora said, blushing harder.

"You'll be in sync with eachother." Roxas ammended, "You'll move as one. And maybe you'll start sharing your thoughts or dreams. Maybe evan feelings"

"Wow..." Sora thought. "That's a lot to take in." Suddenly feeling a bit dizzy, Sora sat down beside his Nobody. "How did you figure all this out?"

Roxas smiled to himself. "I didn't, Namine did."

They sat in silence for a moment to allow the information to sink in. Finally, Sora asked, "How do I tell Kairi about all this?"

Roxas smiled yet again. He seemed to do that a lot here. "You don't have to. The girl fell asleep like ten seconds after you did. Namine's probably telling her the same stuff I've told you."

Without warning, the whole platform shook violently. Sora jumped to his feet, but Roxas got up slowly, as if nothing were happening. The dark clouds were suddenly replaced with a blinding white light.

"Looks like it's time to wake up." Roxas said casually. He patted Sora on the back and added, "Stay in touch!"

Everything disappeared.

Sora and Kairi jumped awake at the same moment. After a brief look around, they saw that they were still in their seats in the Gummi ship. They looked at each other, and seemed to reach a silent understanding.

Sora could only assume that she had indeed talked with her Nobody in her sleep.

Directly in front of them, Goofy said, "We're here!"

Everyone looked toward the rapidly growing little ball that was Radiant Garden. Sora could already tell that the world was making progress. It seemed to be glowing evan from this distance.

Yeah, yeah most of you already knew it was Roxas. Ah well, the next chapter is Radiant Garden.