Marie and her keyblade:
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A/N:
More fluff! But between both Marie and Sora this time! Yay! And I'm finally at chapter 50! Hopefully I'll reach my 60th chapter mark!

Chapter Fifty

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I love you

I opened my eyes slowly and yawned as I moved my head a bit, and I noticed something blocking my view. Actually, I felt a bit stiff and wondered if I slept on a rock or something, but when my eyes were wide awake I looked up. What I saw made me smile…Sora was sleeping in front of me with his arms wrapped around my neck, and I gave a very wide grin as I wondered if he was with me the whole time. I knew I had to get up, and so I slowly got myself out of his embrace. Once up, I sat beside him on the bed and I giggled at how sweet he looked asleep, and I got a bit closer as I bent down to pull a strand of hair from his face. When I got a clearer view of his face, I noticed he looked a bit worried, and my grin turned into a slight frown—did I cause his worry?

Actually, I looked around and noticed the early sun hitting against my face, and I had to squint a bit to adjust to the light. We weren't in Olympus Coliseum, and when I got a better look around the room I noticed we were in Merlin's house. I'm surprised I didn't die if Sora, Donald and Goofy took the ship all the way here…I got real lucky. Where were Donald and Goofy anyways? Where was everyone else? I looked at Sora again and decided to get up from the bed, but when I did, I stumbled a bit from the pressure. Geez, I didn't think being out for this short amount of time would leave me all wobbly and jelly-like. But then again, I was in a coma for ten years, so walking after that was a pain to get used to. I don't know how I got walking fine after that…but I figure it had something to do with my powers from Kingdom Hearts. I stretched my arms up in the air long with my back, and I bent down to stretch my legs.

"Marie, you're awake!" I heard a very familiar ninja say. I got up from my stretches and was pulled into a hug with Donald and Goofy, to my surprise. I smiled at their gestures and eagerly returned the hug, and from their backs I looked up and smiled at Yuffie and Aerith—who were doing the same to me. I saw Leon and Cid walking in as well, and my smile just got bigger.

"We thought ya wouldn't wake up," Goofy told me. I parted from their hug and gave a huge sigh out of guilt at how they were all worried about me. I didn't mean for anyone to feel bad since I just followed my heart and did what I had to do. Speaking of which, I noticed Donald walking over to the bed, and hit Sora a few times on his head. He wasn't waking up, and Donald smacked him harder this time. I was surprised at how resistant Sora was, but after the fourth smack he got up rather quickly and in a panic.

"I didn't eat the cookie!" I started laughing at this, and I instantly felt his eyes on me. We looked at each other, and I gave a bright smile as I waved and greeted him good morning. He jumped off the bed and didn't land on the floor until he attacked me into the biggest hug I've ever received. His arms were tightly wrapped around my waist and I couldn't help but giggle at how happy he was, so I wrapped my arms around his shoulders as we embraced. He spun me around, and I laughed. "You finally woke up!" I heard him say.

"We're all glad you're awake and well," he said. Cid nodded along with Yuffie and Aerith. I parted from Sora's hug as I got curious and asked how long I was out for. "For a day…it's the longest you've been out from a wound, so Sora here got worried."

"We were all worried!" Donald added as he looked at me. I brought my hands close to my chest and felt really bad. I expressed how I made them wait for me to wake up, and how we wasted precious time looking for Organization XIII.

"But you're way more important, Marie. We wouldn't leave ya like that," Goofy said. I gave them a smile and told them all how I was grateful for their patience, and how they patched and healed me up.

"You're important to all of us," Sora said. I couldn't stop smiling, and I saw Donald and Goofy teasing him about I was the most important to him. He scratched the back of his head and started agreeing, and I stood there staring at him—was…I really that important to him? He walked a bit closer to me and took my hands in his as we looked at each other. "You mean the whole world to me, Marie. There's no one else…just you."

I felt my face burn up, and I was getting very bashful at his words. I instead opted to hug him, or else I would've cried at how sweet he was being, and he hugged me back. I heard Yuffie and Aerith make cooing noises and when I looked at them they were swooning over the sentimental scene, and Donald and Goofy were laughing and smiling as they looked at us. Leon just rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms, but I noticed a small smirk along with Cid.

-x-

After saying goodbye to Cid, Leon, Yuffie and Aerith, we all started walking towards the ship—which Chip and Dale brought over. There was a lot they had to explain, and majority of it involved Aura. I noticed she wasn't with us, and I wondered where she was. Donald and Goofy went on ahead, and I noticed Sora stopped. I turned around and asked what was wrong, and he looked at me.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you," he said. He looked down and I walked up to him as I took his hands into mine. I shook my head, brought my hand up and used my finger to lift his chin so he was looking at me.

"You don't have to apologize for anything, Sora," I said. I gave him a sincere smile, but he kept a slight serious look on his face. I just continued. "I'm sorry for doing what I did…it was reckless, but I didn't want to lose you."

There was a short silence between us, and I figured that was it for talking. I heard him take a huge, deep breath, and he wrapped his arms around my waist again. He looked at me, and again there was the short silence. I was about to say something, but I saw his lips moving.

"I love you."

I stayed speechless for a bit as I looked at his chest—did he really just confess to me? I started smiling, and I let out a shaky breath as my eyes started squinting. A tear rolled down my left eye, and Sora wiped it away with his finger. I looked up and he wiped the other tears as they started falling, and I kept smiling. He smiled with me, but he did that really wide smile when I first met him, and I giggled.

"I love you, too!" I practically shouted as I hugged him. He returned the hug before I parted, and he told me he was glad. We kept staring at each other for a bit longer, and I felt myself getting closer. He was getting closer too, and it was like magnet—we were an inch away and I felt him lower his head and I knew where this was going. I couldn't help but smile a bit, and when our lips were almost touching we heard Ryan shouting. We quickly parted and Sora placed his arm around my shoulder, while I grew really hot from the proximity of our lips. Ryan came running towards us, with a huge grin on his face.

"You're awake!" he shouted. I smiled at him and he bent down as he stopped near us to catch his breath, and I wondered how he was doing in terms of his health. He got up from his position and dug his hands into his pockets as he kept smiling. "How could you leave without letting your bro not know?"

"Cousins and I'm sorry. Yuffie said you were working away on the computer, so I figured you were busy," I explained. He looked over to Sora and then back to me, and his grin turned into a smirk. Just like Donald and Goofy, he started teasing us, but Sora and I just laughed.

"So, I'm guessing you guys are okay? And here I thought I was actually going to make up something so you two would deal out your problems," he said. I raised my eyebrow at this, and he scratched the back of his head. I asked him what he meant by that, and he sighed. "Well, Aura told me how you lost your memory of a lot of things, including your thing with Sora. She asked me to find a way to help out, but I got lazy. But at least everything worked out, right?"

"Yeah but…how does Aura know so much about Marie?" Sora asked. His arm was still around my shoulder, and to be honest, I wondered too. She wielded a Keyblade, knew a lot about the Organization, and knows a lot about me. As much as I didn't want to pry, Aura's mystery was really bugging me. Sora brought a finger to his chin, and started speaking. "Aura used a portal to bring us here with you, and it looked like the ones Organization XIII use."

"There's obviously more to this Aura chick than you guys know," Ryan said. He frowned a bit and looked away. "She came aboard the Gummi ship at times when it was just me…she told me not to tell you, but if you guys already know her than I shouldn't hide it anymore."

"Really?" Sora asked. I was thinking the same thing, how was she able to get on the ship without a key to the door or anything like that? Did her portals enable her to go anywhere? If so, then maybe she could potentially find a way to Organization XIII's hideout. I told this to Sora, who seemed to agree with me. "Yeah…I guess we should be looking for her too. Maybe she's seen Riku by now… or even the king."

I nodded, and Ryan sighed as he told us he was going back. I gave him a hug as we said goodbye, and Sora and I walked along towards the ship with his arm still wrapped around my shoulder. The mood was probably gone for that kiss, but at least I knew Sora loves me. Those words will forever be playing in my head…but I really am glad.

-x-

When we got back on the Gummi ship, Donald, Goofy and Sora filled me in on what they found out about Aura, which really wasn't different from what I already knew. She used the same portals as Organization XIII, knows a ton about Kingdom Hearts and myself, and also wields a keyblade…though the boys didn't know that. I eventually told them and they were shocked.

"When did you see her wield a keyblade?" Sora asked. I explained how she used it when she first brought Ryan, but I didn't think she'd be this suspicious because of the fact that she wielded one. Donald was concerned about it, simply because of what she knew about Organization XIII and that portal she used.

"What if she is with organization?" Goofy asked. It was a possibility, but if she was, then they wouldn't need Sora to kill off the heartless to collect hearts. I brought a finger to my chin and thought about it, but I really couldn't see Aura as a bad person. She helped us a lot with fighting, and if she was with Organization XIII then she would've kidnapped me when she had the chance. If anything…

"She probably was with Organization XIII," I said. If she knew a lot about Organization XIII then she either is a very good spy or was part of their group. The question now is why was she part of the team and why did she leave. Donald told us that if she was part of the Organization, then she'd definitely know where they were hiding out. It's true, but why didn't she reveal their location when she knew we were looking for them? It was all so confusing, and I really wanted to figure her out.

"Well, we have to find her and ask when we do," Sora said, which we all agreed to. He gave a smile and looked my way, and I wondered what was up. "I'm just glad Marie is okay and that she's back to normal."

I smiled and quickly took out my keyblade, and the feeling I got was amazing. I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to wield it anymore, even though I did say I was better off not fighting at all and even questioned why I had it. I know now that I was given these powers for a reason, and that I wield this keyblade for a reason, and that was to protect my loved ones. Not just them, though, but to protect Kingdom Hearts and anyone who wanted to use it's powers. I may not understand my own powers from it, but I know that I have to stay strong and keep fighting with everything that I've got! I'm done complaining, and now it's time for action.

Donald and Goofy returned to their seats, while Sora gave me a wink as he got to his. I felt the butterflies fly in my stomach and I just couldn't help but smile—it's all I've been doing, and I'm happy that I can smile this much now. I sat down in my spot, and we started flying to the closest location, which was Agrabah.

-x-

Agrabah

We teleported down towards Agrabah, and landed in the store of that merchant. My eyes were immediately exposed to the amount of gold that was around the place, and I had to cover them for a bit until they adjusted. I heard Donald yelping and I looked over to him almost tipping over a vase, and I brought my hands close as it didn't fall over.

"You break it, you buy it!" we heard the merchant say. I guess he heard it tipping, but when he turned around his scowl turned into a smile, and he greeted us. He told us that everything was on sale, and I highly doubted anything in here would be considered a sale. Sora asked if the merchant saw a man in a black coat, or anyone from Organization XIII, but the guy didn't.

"Sora, don't let him get away!" we heard Aladdin say as he came running in. We turned around to look at him, but then we heard Abu squealing. The merchant was gone, and I wondered what was going on. I asked what was going on, and Aladdin sighed, "Can't believe it…that peddler let Jafar out of the lamp!"

"Jafar!?" I heard Donald, Goofy and Sora say in unison. I was brought back to the time Jafar nearly burned my wrist off with that grip of his, and I shuddered. I wasn't entirely with it when they said lamp though, but I know that he got turned into a genie.

"You guys should be careful," Aladdin said. He explained that Jafar would most likely want to take over Agrabah, but also wanted revenge. Seemed he was still upset about last year, but I guess any tyrant whose plans got foiled would be.

Iago came in and Aladdin told him to tell us anything he knew about Jafar, and the parrot seemed a bit hesitant. Aladdin threatened that he wouldn't be his friend anymore, and Iago sighed. He eventually told us that Jafar was in the desert ruins, and Aladdin wanted to ambush him before he did anything. I was down for it, and so was everyone else. In fact, I was hoping we would see him, because now that I've got this newfound resolve I want to fight!

We walked outside the city, and looked ahead and I noticed a rather nasty sand storm far ahead. Iago came flying in, and he told us, in a not so subtle way, that we'd have to turn back because of the storm. "There's gotta be a way," Aladdin said as he stroked his chin.

"Aw, c'mon, kid, that's an easy one!" we heard Genie say. We looked around to find the guy, and we saw him flying around in the sky. He called out to Aladdin, and explained to him the perks of being best friends with a genie. He looked over to Sora, Donald, Goofy and I, and asked if we wanted to see a cool trick. The boys were excited to see, and I laughed as I agreed.

"Take it away, Genie!" Aladdin encouraged him. Genie brought up his arm and swung it a bit before pointing at the sandstorm, but he grew a bit sad at how small the storm was compared to him. He wanted something more exciting to do, but still cleared the sandstorm for us. I brought my hand over my eyes and squinted to see an oasis-like place behind the storm, and I was pleasantly surprised. What I wasn't happy about… was the trek through the sand.

Yay, done another chapter! I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of romantic situations between Marie and Sora now that they are in love! No kissing yet though, I gotta tease you all just a bit longer. Damn you, Ryan!

Grapejuice101:
LOL well here you go! I shall make more lovey dovey moments between Marie and Sora as I write!

JoojKA:
Aww, haha! I'm glad you like the story so much to keep refreshing. I will be updating a bit more frequently now since I'm so motivated to get to KH3D!

Shadow 1n2:
So much fluff! Oh my gosh, I hate swag and yolo and all that crap. Where I live I see guys with hats saying that with the 'hashtag' sign. The good guys are all hiding because their ashamed to be associated with the swag/yolo guys. I'm forever alone-ing right now lol but I'm actually pretty happy because I'd rather have that then a guy wearing his stupid caps which I hate sooo much! /endrant.

Haha, yeah I decided to add those in but I rearranged it a bit since I'm rewriting Game Over atm. Yep, it's for PS4 and I think Xbox1, but I'm getting a PS4. I heard there will be multiplayer and ideas of adding it star trek characters I think. I don't know, it all sounds so badass.