Chapter 25: Partnership

It had been a couple of hours since the group had left Ohana. Brian's gummi was safety docked back into the main gummi. Donald and Goofy was currently driving the gummi ship while Riku and Hikari were down in the docking bay, unloading the ship. Max was in the training room, wielding his new weapon. When the group had come back to the main gummi, their realised that Max didn't have a weapon the entire time they were ay Ohana. Max had actually left his weapon in Brian's gummi with the supplies when Stitch decided to take it for a spin.

Max's weapon wasn't like Goofy's shield; it was completely different from everyone else's weapons. Sora, Kairi, Riku and Brian had close-combat weapons with use of magic expect Brian fights left- handed from time to time. Hikari and Goofy have just close-combat weapon and Donald is for magic use only. Max's weapon is an long range weapon as he wields an red & green bow with the Little Devon symbol on it, same with the arrows and the arrow head was made out of the same material use to make ultima weapon,

Brian, Sora and Kairi were in the medical room as Sora sat up on the bed with Kairi sitting by the bed side. Brian had a lab coat on and put a white glove on his other hand. He was checking some chemicals he was going to use and then asked Kairi to take the armguard off of Sora without turning around. Kairi got up and smiled at Sora as he held his right arm out so she could take the armguard off. Sora closed his eyes from the pain coming from his arm as Kairi slowly and careful took the armguard off. When she was able to take it off, she could see that the injury hadn't gotten any better. It looked like it was becoming worse as his arm looked more swollen then before, his skin that surrounded the injury had gotten darker and Sora's wrist was being to go darker as well.

All this in the matter of twelve days since the attack.

"What do you think it is Brian?" Kairi asked, referring to Sora's arm

"Properly just an infection." He said as he came over to Sora with an old looking carpet bag. He started to pull out a rope, some test sample tubes, a blood pressure pump, some needles, a scalpel, a brick, a drill, a heart monitor, some medicine and a revving chainsaw. "Best to run some-" He started to chainsaw up, "tests." Sora gulped in fear at the since of the chainsaw.

"Err Brian? W-what's the c-chains-saw for?" Sora asked nervously, "Y-you're not gonna c-chop off my arm, are you?" Brian looked confused until he started to snicker to himself.

"Oh this?" He laughed as he looked at the chainsaw and then back at Sora, "Aw I just brought this in to scare the crap out of you." He said and then turned the chainsaw off and placed it back in the small looking bag.

"That wasn't funny Brian." Kairi glared at him as he looked back up.

"Yes it was." He said cockily which made him receive a punch in the arm from Kairi, "OW! Man Kairi! You punch harder than Riku." Brian cried as he rubbed his arm in pain.

"You got punched by Riku?" Sora asked

"Yeah but only because I called him a girl." Brian replied.

When Brian had reached the ship after talking to Daniel, Hikari told him to call Riku a girl because she promised not to do it anymore. When Brian when up to him and commented about his hair, Riku had punched him in the face, summoned the Way to Dawn and threatened him to call him a girl one more time. Brian ended up ratting Hikari out which earned him a point their so-called game board and a punch in the face by Hikari. After healing himself multiple times, he could still feel the sting on his face.

Brian got up and started to connect the heart monitor to Sora. After that, he quickly took Sora's blood pressure and noted the results down. He then grabbed the rope and tied it around Sora's right arm. "I'll be doing a number of tests on you Sora." Brian informed him, "Your blood pressure seems a little off so I'll have to take a blood sample for testing." Brian then grabbed one of the needles of the side and then rubbed a bit of medicine on his arm. "This isn't going to hurt one bit." Brian then struck the needle through Sora's arm.

"OW! I thought you said it wasn't gonna hurt one bit!" Sora moaned from the sudden pain

"Well it didn't hurt me." He smirked as he withdrew some blood and placed it in one of the test-tubes.

"Will you two just get along for once!" Kairi complained at their childish behaviour.

"When pigs fly." Brian replied as he untied Sora's arm.

"You fly?" Sora joked, causing Brian to glare back. "Besides, elephants are much better flyers than pigs are." he added.

"Huh?" Brian and Kairi in unison.

Brian placed the test tube down and then looked at Sora weirdly while Kairi tired not to laugh by looking down at her shoes. "Elephants can't fly." Brian argued.

"Can too. I've seen Dumbo fly when he came to help me on my first adventure." Sora shot back.

"You don't count Sora."

"Not me!"

"You sure it wasn't Peter Pan in an elephant suit?" Kairi asked

"I am sure!" Sora replied

"Ok so if you are telling me that elephants CAN indeed fly then it's either those coconuts hit you harder than I thought or that you're completely insane to begin with." Brian concluded.

Before Sora could comment back, the speakers when off and the group could hear Donald on the radio. "Could Brian go to the communication room, Daniel is on line 2." Donald reported before the radio when dead.

"Couldn't have called days later, just had to call couples of hours after we last talked." Brian muttered under his breath. He then took off his lab coat and his white glove before heading to the door. "I've seen everything when I see an elephant fly." Brian muttered in amusement before leaving the room.

Leaving Sora and Kairi alone.

The only noise that could be heard in the room was the heart monitor going BEEP every two seconds, until Kairi began to talk.

"Sora? Remember when we were watching the sunset the day the storm came and separated us?" Kairi asked

Sora smiled at the memory, "Yeah, you mentioned just the two of us taking the raft out to explore worlds but then said that you were kidding. Why did you ask?"

"I was just thinking...No matter where I go or what I see, I'll always be able to return to Destiny Island." She then faced Sora before adding, "Right?"

"Yeah, of course!" Sora answered, they fell into silence again when he realised was she's trying to say. "You feel homesick?"

"Maybe...It just Destiny Island didn't really feel the same without you and Riku there. When I had suddenly lost my memory of you, it made me stop going to the Island. Even thought I still could remember Riku, I think that you were the main reason why I waited at the Islands but without you..."

"You okay?" Sora asked, she smiled warmly at him and nodded before carrying on.

"Anyway, when you and Riku returned; it felt like home again and I just wish we could have enjoyed a little more." She finished.

She looked up at Sora to see him widened his arms out in a sort of air hug style. Kairi understood what he meant and sat at the side of his bed. Sora pulled her into a friendly hug and the two just stayed like that. Their bodies just fix together like a jigsaw puzzle. They pulled apart but then stopped as they were trapped by each other's eyes. "The three of us will stick together this time." Sora said softly, "We'll find the King and defeat this Order. Then we can go home and finally return to our normal lives."

"What you being a lazy bum?" Kairi giggled

"Exactly! Same as you." Sora laughed

"I am not a lazy bum!" Kairi pouted

"Yeah sure." The two of them laughed for awhile until they managed to calm down.

BOWBOWBOW

Brian was now back in the room and was finishing the last couple of tests on Sora. Some tests Sora have never even heard of like 'Nucleus Balance Check' and some other long complicated words that are impossible to say. Sora was currently sleeping due to Brian knocking out with a brick, much to Kairi's disapproval. Brian was putting away the drill he used to collect some tissue from Sora's muscle in his right forearm. As he put all 26 samples in a neat pile, he when over to Sora and started to stitch his arm up.

KNOCK KNOCK

Brian looked up at the door to see Riku come in with two cans of Coffee. He took a sip out of one of the cups while he handed the other one to Brian. Brian finished stitching up Sora's arm, placed the armguard on it and then grabbed the coffee of Riku. Riku looked around the room to see that Kairi wasn't in the room.

"Where's Kairi?" Riku asked

"In her room asleep." Brian replied

"Well, why isn't she in here? Knowing her, Kairi would have slept by Sora's bedside even if he wasn't going to wake up."

"Wish I knew." Brian replied, "All she said after nearly putting me in a coma for knocking Sora out and me asking her 'Why do you care?', that she needed to go asleep and think something over."

"Did she say what it was?" Riku asked

"Only that it was something personal or something to do with her home-world. I don't know." Brian sighed as he quickly down the rest of the coffee and started to wash his hands thus making him take off his glove. Riku saw that his entire right hand was blood red and the tips of his fingers looked more like claws. Brian quickly cleaned his glove and placed it back on his right hand.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Riku asked, suspiciously

"Just a birthmark." Brian assured him, looking at his right hand aimlessly before turninghis attention to Riku. "What was it like in the realm of darkness?" he asked changing the subject.

"I rather not talk about." Riku said in shame, he still regretted jumping into darkness that day Destiny Island was taken and falling in Maleficent and Xehanort tricks which lead to hurt his two best friends. "How is the testing going?" he asked, changing the subject again.

"Just by taking samples, I can say that it is not looking good." Brian then turned to Riku, "Did anything happen to Sora that involves Darkness or being a Heartless or..."

"Sora sacrificed himself to bring Kairi's heart into her own body while turning himself into a heartless in the process." Riku cut him off "It's only because of Kairi's pure light in her heart that Sora was able to come back."

"Well is there anything that still that shows anything like that?" Brian asked.

"Sora's Anti-form drive."Riku told Brian. "It's the closest he can get to turning back into an Heartless."

Brian started to think to himself for a minute before facing the sleeping Sora. "This may be a problem..." Brian said in a low tone.

"What do you mean?" Riku glaced at his friend.

"With this Heartless problem that Sora has, it affects the results of the samples so if I send them to Little Devon, they might not be able to use those samples as a reliable source. Therefore leading us into the risk of testing Sora again later on." Brian explained

Riku looked down at his friend in worry before looking back at the mage, "What exactly are you searching for?"

"Just checking that he's alright." Brian simply said, not pleasing the wielder with his answer. The heart monitor started to speed up even though Sora didn't show any sign of discomfort. Riku went to check on his best friend when Brian stopped him, earning him a raised eyebrow. "Don't worry. The monitor does that every time somebody is having a good dream." Brian confirmed.

"We both know who he's dreaming about then" Riku laughed and was soon joined by Brian.

BOWBOWBOW

Sora's eyes fluttered open and saw a bright blue sky above him. He forced himself up as he looked around his surroundings. He was back at Destiny Island. He yawned to himself and lay back down on the sand with his arms behind his head. He closed his eyes to fall back asleep when he suddenly became soaked and very cold. He jumped up from the surprise and looked at the suspect but he soon lost his breath.

Kairi standing there with a blue bucket in her hand but what she was wearing had caught Sora's attention. She was wearing a light blue sundress, similar to Naminé's while her auburn red hair shone in the sunlight and her laugh when in tone with the oncoming waves. Sora looked at himself quickly and saw that he was in black and blue ¾ lengths and was wearing a white tank-top. He also noticed that his right arm was completely healed up. Sora turned back to Kairi to see that she was giggling.

"Gimme a break, Kairi." Sora smiled while looking at her.

"Sora, you have no idea how long I wanted to do that." She laughed

"Well, I'm glad to be of service to your torture deeds." Sora joked, Kairi laughed and hit Sora playfully on the arm then turned her attention to the sea.

"C'mon Sora, let's go for a swim." Kairi cheered, Sora agreed and the two headed towards the sea

BOWBOWBOW

Brian tried to hold back his laugher while Riku just shook his head and smirked when Sora started to talk in his sleep.

"It's a great day for swimming, don't you think Kairi?" Sora muttered in his sleep.

"I've just gained myself an idea." Brian said cheerfully then turned to Riku, "You want in?"

"I'm not taking part in any of your schemes." Riku replied in a dark tone.

"Who said my ideas were schemes?" Brian asked

"Hikari."

"Well what does she know?" He growled, "Well,you don't have to watch if you don't want to Riku." Brian then headed towards the door when Riku stopped. Brian gave him a questionable look until a smirk appears on Riku's face.

"I said I wasn't taking part, I never said I wasn't going to watch." Riku said

"Glad to see you onboard." Brian said happily, "Make sure Sora doesn't wake up. I'll be back in a sec." Brian then opened the door and left the room.

"Where are you going?" Riku called to him

"To the deep freezer."

BOWBOWBOW

Sora was underwater, waiting for Kairi to come above him. Sora was now in his black and silver swimming trunks with no shirt, you could see the deep scar in the middle of his chest from releasing Kairi's heart. Sora REALLY needed some air so he quickly resurfaced and found that Kairi was nowhere to be seen. Sora swam towards the pier and leaned against the post of the pier while he waited for Kairi. He swam on the spot until he felt something grab his leg and dragged him under.

Sora was underwater again and saw that Kairi had pulled him under. She was now wearing a pink and white swimming costume which Sora thought brought out her figure out very well. Kairi started to blush and giggle from Sora checking her out. Sora soon realised what he was doing and started to blush as well. Kairi started to point upwards and Sora understood the gesture. Kairi managed to resurface first when Sora pop up behind her and swung his arms around her. Both of them were laughing and then Sora leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. Kairi immediately started to blush but turns to face Sora. Sora was blushing as well but blushed twice as hard when Kairi puts one of her hands on his chest.

Her hand then when up to the scar, "You know, I still wonder why you scarified yourself for me." She began while stoking Sora's chest, "I know that I'm a princess of heart but apart from that why did you do it?" She looked up at Sora for an answer. Sora quickly shook the blush and heat from his face (it failed miserably thought) and looked at Kairi in the eyes.

"When I just saw you lying there, I felt my heart break. I just wanted you to live and not die from mine and Riku's obsessions to visit other worlds. I can't live without you Kai. I-I love you." Sora confessed. Kairi was speechless all together and stayed that way when Sora closed the gap between them. Kairi's eyes widened but soon closed as she pushed into the kiss.

Sora was glad to kiss the girl of his dreams but her lips were something he didn't image him tasting. Her lip felt dry and crispy and scaly at the same time and it tasted almost...

Fishy

BOWBOWBOW

Sora shot his eyes open to see Brian and Riku trying to hold their laugher in when Brian was holding a catfish to his lips. Sora immediately slaps the fish away from him and started to wipe his lips and slip the scaly taste off his taste buds. The fish fell to the floor and Brian and Riku started laughing their heads off. Riku calmed himself down but Brian laughed even harder and ended up holding his mid-section in pain.

"Have you finished the testing!" Sora spat out in anger. Brian nodded in replied and then started laughing quietly to himself. "I'm going to my room." The Keyblade Master then jumped off the bed and went out the room. Riku when over to Brian and helped him up.

"I have to say Brian, that was pretty good." Riku said

"Thanks...say Riku? Why don't we try to set them up when we reach the next world?" Brian proposed.

"I thought you liked Kairi, considering the fact that you flirt with her non-stop." Riku asked, confused that Brian wants to help them get together.

"Okay. One- I'll flirt with any girl, if I like them or if I consider them as a close friend then I'll stop flirting with them. Two- If you picked up a random hobo to watch them for around 10 minutes, he would see that they belong together. And three..." Brian paused

"Well...what's reason number three?" Riku asked

"I can't remember. It just slipped from my mind." Brian admitted, "Point is, both of them are clueless and useless to know each other's feelings. If we combined our skills together then it would make cupid look like a fool. So what do you say? Partners?" Brian held out his hand and waited for Riku's answer. Riku thought about it and then grabbed Brian's hand and shook it.

"Yeah, we're partners." Riku confirmed as he let go of Brian's hand and crossed his arm.

He looked up at Brian who grinned happily at the new alliance. "So what should we do to set them up?" Brian asked

"Well, what world are we heading for?" Riku asked

"Not sure but there's a wedding going on down there." Brian replied

This gave Riku an idea. "I know actually what to do."

A/N: I would have updated this quicker if i was at college or if i wasn't moving. Man, moving suck. Also if you go on youtube and type 'kingdommad300 about' then you will know my opinion on moving. Anyways, remember to REVIEW

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