(A/N: And here it is! Chapter 5. Originally I planned this chapter to be Chapter 6, but I second guessed on what I wanted to do and realized that timeline-wise this would've made more sense. Funny I started on Chapter 6, but stopped when I decided that this Chapter should've been Chapter 5. Anyways, I preferably enjoyed making this Chapter for a reason as you will see when you read this Chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter! And don't forget to leave a review! As I've always said, they are always appreciated. *cough cough* TheRoseAlchemist17 and Chirithy546 *cough cough* And one last thing, thank you for the two new followers for following this story. I'll do my best to not botch the ending or any part of this story up. Anyways, enjoy. ^.^)
Kairi
Kairi wasn't stupid. She knew that Master Yen Sid had dismissed her because he wanted to talk to the rest of the team without her in it.
So when she left she went to the corridor that held the exit; she went towards the door to just open it and close it to trick the others into starting conversation. She then shimmied against the way and got as close as she could to listen to the conversation without being detected.
Sora started,"I'm not Sora. I'm Roxas."
As soon as Kairi had heard that, her heart had stopped. Her mind was frozen from what she had listened to. She soon snapped out of it as they continued their conversation.
"But how come you look like Sora?" Ventus had questioned him.
Roxas replied in a disappointed voice, "I don't know. When I gained control of Sora's body, I didn't change into my actual body. That fact itself had eluded my knowledge of common sense. All that I know is that I changed positions with Sora when he was badly injured from the darkness that Xehanort had placed inside of Sora's heart, when he had lunged his Keyblade into Sora's heart. All I did was destroy the darkness that had try to take Sora's heart. Right now, Sora is safe. He's sleeping deep within my heart. He should be sleeping on the beaches of Destiny Islands that is within my heart. To be honest, it's my spot that had always kept me relaxed."
At this point, Kairi felt worse because she knew that this was her fault. She wanted to just disappear.
"How do we know that you are really Roxas?" Riku had question in denial.
Kairi had a hard time doing this, but she decided to look over the corner and what she saw brought tears into her eyes.
Roxas was sad to hear that from Riku. He looked at Lea with a small smile, and Lea's eyes began to tear.
In response with Riku's question, Roxas had extended both of his arms. He materialized both Oathkeeper on his left hand and Oblivion on his right hand. As he materialized them, Roxas had tossed Riku the Oblivion Keyblade.
"Is this enough proof? If I remember correctly, Sora can't equip two Keyblades at the same time unless if he goes into Valor Form, Master Form, or Final Form, right?" Roxas question Riku as he had dematerialized Oathkeeper.
Roxas watched Riku inspect the Keyblade.
Riku had stood up to give back Roxas the Keyblade.
As soon as Roxas had dematerialized Oblivion, Riku had told him, "I'm sorry for what I did to you. I just wanted to see— "
Roxas had waved his hand in dismissal to Riku's apology, "Relax, I understand why you did it. If I were in your exact position, I would've done the same thing if I had known that Axel was in the same trouble," He had said to Riku as he looked directly at Lea.
Then all of a sudden, Lea had broken into tears. Blubbering, Lea had told him, "Damn it, Roxas! It's Lea now." *hiccup* "Got it memorized?" *sniff sniff*
Roxas had looked towards Lea with a small smile, "Got it, Lea."
That had put Lea into tears as Ventus patted Lea's back, "Man, I've never seen this side of you, Lea."
As well that had put Kairi into quiet tears, but with a smile in her face.
"Shuddup…," Lea had responded to Ventus, still blubbering with embarrassment in his face.
All of a sudden, Aqua had stood up and extended her arm for a handshake, "Nice to meet you. My name is Aqua. I don't think we've actually meet in person."
Roxas had replied to her hand with his own hand, "No, I don't believe so. My name is Roxas. I'm Sora's Nobody," he had replied with his eyes closed and a friendly smile.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he had seen Aqua's face filled with surprise.
Roxas had calmed her down as he had told her, "Sorry, it's a long story. But for now I think we have more concerning problems to worry about."
He directed his attention toward a very stern Master Yen Sid.
"I am glad to see that you are more cunning than Sora," Master Yen Sid had started off.
Kairi took offense to that statement, and took a mental note to slap the Master tomorrow. Even though she knew that she wouldn't be able to do it.
"But that does not dismiss the fact that we cannot trade you for Sora. I am glad to see that you are still on our side, but we still need Sora as well," Master Yen Sid had with a grim face, "But what has been set into motion, cannot be reversed, no matter how much we all want to. We must wait for Sora's heart to heal and return to us in due time."
At this point, Kairi was in full depression. Her heart couldn't take it she quickly moved towards the door. She was about to open it with her hand on the doorknob but stopped when Roxas started talking again.
"Oh, trust me. I believe I have given Sora a head start," Roxas has said with disappointment to how Master Yen Sid was ignoring his own feelings.
"Oh? How come?," Master Yen Sid had question.
Roxas' face began to blush, "Well…. When… Kairi and I kissed...In hope that Kairi's feelings of affection would help Sora's heart recover faster, I redirected her emotions towards Sora's heart. It seems that I was right when I felt Sora's heart ease up inside of me."
Kairi smiled. When she heard this, all of the negative feelings had turned positive. She was happy that Kairi's feelings had reached Sora. She noted that, when this was over, she should give Roxas another kiss as a thank you. She soon decided that it should be in the lips, so she could help Sora recover. But then she felt guilt inside her as soon as she realized that this was abusing Roxas.
"D-Don't get me wrong, guys. I wasn't ignoring her emotions because I didn't have feelings for her, I swear g-guys!" He had told him with a worried tone his voice, but he soon calmed down and smiled dreamily, "as of matter of fact, before we kissed, I had saw Naminé shadowing Kairi as if she was trying to send a kiss to me. Even though we can't see each other, we are still able to sense each other by just being near each other. Or in our case, Sora being near Kairi. So in other words, I also helped Sora save Kairi before things turned for the worse."
Kairi had mixed feelings about this. She felt anger but admiration and love. She knew that this love feeling probably came from Naminé. She suddenly heard the Master talk.
"That was a wise move on your part, Roxas. But now, we must wait for Sora's heart to recover. You all should take a shower and get some rest. Oh, and before you all leave, I must have a conversation with the King himself. As of now, you are all dismissed."
She knew that this was her que to start leaving. She quickly walked towards the door as she quickly opened the door and quietly closed the door. As soon as she was at the stairs, she quickly ran up the stairs to the girls' Dorm. She quickly entered the dorm and picked her pajamas. She then entered the bathroom and turned on the shower before Aqua had entered. She then took off her clothes and entered the shower.
She then heard Aqua entered the dorm.
Aqua had asked Kairi, "Hey, are you alright in there?"
Kairi had replied, "Yeah, I'm all good in here. How was the rest of the meeting?"
"Well everything was interesting. But I need to take a shower. How long are you going to take?"
"Oh, I'm almost done. Just give me a few minutes."
"Ok."
Kairi had let out a sigh.
As she was taking a shower, she was thinking about Roxas, and how he had kissed him. Everything had made sense to her as she had thought about what he had told her. She was a bit angry that Roxas had kept the secret from her but she understood why. She just didn't like the fact that he still tried to keep it from her. Her heart yearned from the face that Sora was sleeping within Roxas but she was glad that he was still alive. She blushed as she realized that she was truly in love with Sora. But she grew sad, when she realized that she didn't have the courage to tell him how she felt about Sora. She was full of regret, but soon snapped out of it when she reminded herself that Sora wasn't dead, but just sleeping.
Kairi kept faith as she held on to those feelings towards Sora within her.
She turned off the water and jumped out to dry herself. While she was drying herself off, she was thinking about wither she should tell Aqua that she knew what had happened or not. When she finished drying herself off, she started to put on her pajamas and finally came to the conclusion of not telling anyone that she knew. She started to dry up her dark red hair as she started to get out of the bathroom with her clothes.
She finally stepped outside to see a grumpy Aqua waiting for her impatiently.
"Finally you finished. I thought that you were going to take the rest of the night to get yourself cleaned," Aqua had teased Kairi.
"Sorry about that."
"It's fine. You had a lot to think about in there, especially with that kiss."
Kairi's face began to warm up.
Aqua giggled as she told her, "Relax, I'm just teasing you. You should get some sleep. We might have a big day tomorrow."
"Ok, good night," Kairi replied with a stern voice.
As Aqua had stepped into the shower, Kairi decided to take Aqua's advice and went into bed.
As Kairi had lain down on her bed, she wondered.
(How long Sora will take before he will come back to her. I don't know wither I want Roxas here or Sora to come back. Sure, I want Sora back, but I also don't want Roxas to disappear as well. I mean the way Lea was… there is no way that I want Roxas to leave.)
Kairi finally felt the fatigue seeping through her body. She slowly began to fall asleep.
Suddenly she wakes up towards the sound of waves crashing towards the shore and the smell of salt from the sea and sand. She realizes that she is sitting down on a log that was planted on the soft sand.
She realized that she was sitting next to a girl about her size and age. The girl next to her was sitting down, focused on drawing her picture that she was focusing on so much. The girl lightly looked up at Kairi and smiled as she wiped away her blonde hair that got in her face as she looked up to her.
"Hello, Kairi. It's been a long time since we've seen each other. How are you holding up?" The blonde girl asked.
"It has been along time," Kairi replied, "I'm not sure. I miss Sora. But I don't want Roxas to go away and I'm pretty sure you feel the same way about that. Don't you, Naminé?"
Naminé looked at Kairi with a smile, but a sad look in her eyes,"Yes, I'd rather have Roxas here too."
She began to blush, "Especially when Roxas had stolen my first kiss. And I understand that Sora had taken yours."
"But Roxas kissed me..," replied Kairi.
"No. Sora's body has kissed you. But I sensed that Roxas was kissing me. And when Roxas kissed you, he connected you to Sora, as Roxas had told you already." she told Kiari as she put her hand on Kairi's shoulder to comfort her.
"Yeah, I guess you right. Thanks, Naminé. I needed that," Kairi had replied to Naminé with a smile.
"You're welcome," Naminé said with her eyes closed and a friendly smile.
The smile had turned into a sad one.
Kairi had noticed that and asked, "What's wrong, Naminé?"
Naminé looked at her, "Well… it's just that… I haven't seen Roxas in a while, and right now I'm not sure about how I feel. I don't know if it's your heart or mine but…"
Naminé closed her eyes for a moment before she could get the courage to ask her.
Naminé sighed, "If it's aright with you, I want to switch places with you. I want to go and see Roxas, so that I can confirm my own feelings towards him. I'm just asking for three days. That's all…," Naminé had announced to Kairi with a red hot face.
Kairi looked at her surprised, but then her face changed into a smile.
"I understand. And sure, I'll let you change positions with me," Kairi had said with a smile, "Just make sure that you win his heart, ok?"
Naminé blushed as she smiled and agreed to it.
With her eyes closed, she shook Kairi's hand, "Okay."
And with that Kairi's dream had turned into a bright white light as her conscious faded into a sleep state…
