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~Thinking of you, wherever you are.

After Kairi had called to Sora, she noticed that he was distracted by something. She then noticed that the smaller Heartless advancing on the brunette. "Sora watch out for-" the crismonette began to warn him as she ran towards him, but it was too late. The Heartless hit him, scratching his chest. The Princess watched wide eyed as the Keyblade Master gasped, feeling the same acid she had felt moments earlier. But his gash looked much deeper than any of her small scratches. "Heal!!" Kairi quickly shouted casting Curaga on Sora, hoping with all her heart that it would stop the burning acid from seeping any deeper.

The crimsonette then saw what Lakayna was doing. She was taunting the larger Hearless to eat her. The red head grew worried, not wanting her dragoness friend to get stuck inside the Heartless with all the acid as she had. Sora then suggested that Lakayna use any fire magic she had to dry the beast out. Good idea! That way Lakayna wouldn't be hurt by the sticky acid.

When the brunette saw what the Princess had done with the two Heartless he asked her with a smirk if she had ever played racquetball. Kairi laughed and answered, "Why yes Sora, as a matter of fact I have! Last year in gym, while you and Riku were gone. I'm not very good at sports, but I had a lot on my mind then so I sent all my feelings into the ball, causing me to become not too bad at it." The Keybearer hit the smaller Heartless and made it bounce off the larger so that when it came back, it would be in the perfect position for Kairi to hit it. The crimsonette gripped and readied her Keyblade as the smaller Heartless came hurdling towards her. Closer and closer it came, and finally the Princess swung her Keyblade like a racquet, and sent it flying back towards the big Heartless. She understood what Sora was doing. If the couple could keep this up they could beat the Heartless in no time. The smaller one hit the larger one and bounced back towards Sora again. "All yours Sora!" the crimsonette called. Kairi then held her Keybalde up and said "Heal!" once more, casting another Cure spell on her boyfriend for safe measures. She was still weary of his wound.

We pray for our sorrows to end, and hope that our hearts will blend.~

Naminé was aware that she had stammered out Roxas' name though if he answere she had no idea what she was going to say to him. The Memory Witch stared up at him, an array of emotion flickering in her crystaline eyes. Suddenly, someone grasped her arm and she was yanked out of Roxas' arms, pulled away from her best friend. She was too shocked to speak, even when she saw Roxas get punched in his jaw. Turning to look up at the person who held onto her, she saw that it was Riku, his eyes blazing as he stared at Roxas. Naminé gaped at him, then turned back to Roxas, eyes wide. "Are you alright?" Was the first thing that came from her mouth, her voice breathy. Turning to Riku, she flinched when he yelled at Roxas, and then she narrowed her eyes when her boyfriend snickered and told Roxas to get his emotions under control.

At that remark, Naminé yanked her arm out of Riku's hold, glaring up at him as she lightly shoved him in the chest. "What's wrong with you, Riku?!"She shouted, her voice uncharacteristically loud. Obviously, she was upset. Why had he gone and punched Roxas like that?! She hated yelling at Riku. She hated it so much. She never wanted to fight with him. But what in the worlds was he doing? Naminé reached out and grabbed one of Riku's hands, trying to pull him away from Roxas. Whatever was going on, she really didn't want the two of them in a fight. "Riku, calm down. Okay? Please? Let's just go..." She told the silvernette, her voice quieter now. Oh, she was still mad at him. But... she had to get him away from Roxas before he could hit the blond again. Or before the blond could hit Riku. Her eyes flickered to Roxas, the look in them apologetic and sad. She was trying to protect him by attempting to get Riku away. Through her shock the barrier she'd built to keep her and Kairi's link shut off had dissapeared, causing her to connect with Kairi once more. With a rush, she felt adrenline coursing through her in an echo, fear and determination from her Somebody. Was she okay? Naminé wanted to ask but she couldn't. She was too wrapped up with her Roxas and Riku problem.

As the silvernette female walked with Alexander towards Guillotine Square where the party was, she processed and thought about what the Nobody had said. She had never trusted anyone before; Xehenort always made sure of that. There were many times when she couldn't even trust herself. It would most likely take her a while to break that habit and begin to trust people. Hearing a loud 'bang' she turned her head towards another part of the graveyard, seeing Sora, Kairi, Lakayna, Axel, Blink, and Jack and Sally fight a group of Heartless. "Alexander!" she called, pointing to the scene. "Come on," she said and hurried to them, not remembering until after she reached them. She would just have to use her fists and powers instead. "Leave!" she ordered the Heartless, but they only ignored her and continued to fight. Hikari then remembered that she had lost her power over the Heartless. Gritting her teeth, she went forward and started attacking the Heartless however she could.

"Hey!" he exclaimed in surprise when Lakayna suddenly jumped up and ran towards what looked like a mini battle zone of Heartless and their friends. "What are these guys doing here?" the pyro asked to no one in particular as his chakrams appeared out of thin air. He smirked a bit when people were casting fire and such in an attempt to burn the creatures. He was slicing and dicing the Heartless left and right, noticing that the smaller ones were feeding the larger. "Hey guys! Ignore the big guys. Get rid of the little ones!" he yelled as he saw Lakayna get swallowed by a Heartless, only to have it start getting cooked from the inside out. "Lakayna!" he exclaimed and flung his weapon, decapitating the creature and approached her, helping her up. "I don't like my girlfriend pickled, thanks," he said with a smirk and turned to face another group of Heartless. "Burn!" he ordered, casting one fire spell after another at the Heartless.

The Nobody froze almost as soon as Namine said his name. Why did he do that? Well because he loves her of course. But that didn't change the fact that Riku wasn't too far away. "Namine, I..... I mean um, would you--" he was suddenly cut off by the silvernette, pulling Namine back from him and punched him in the jaw, making him stagger back and fall, gripping his cheek from the blow as he felt it start to swell. Before he had much time to react, he was approached by that girl named Xion, who helped him up and told Riku that he couldn't go around hitting people. But Roxas hardly registered that Xion was even there. All he could think about was tearing Riku apart, limb from limb for what he did and was still doing: keeping him from Namine. "You b*****d!" he yelled, striding forth to push Riku back and crossed his arms, then flared them out for his two keyblades, Oathkeeper and Oblivion. "I'm tired of you keeping her away from me. I'm not going to lose Namine again!" he promised and rushed forward, his keyblades positioned for attack.

I, Jack {Skellington}
The Pumpkin King
&
Sora
The Keyblade Master

Sora smirked, glad that Kairi had listened to his idea. He couldn’t wait to see exactly how good she was at racquetball, and he wouldn’t have to wait until PE to find out. Kairi slashed at the smaller Heartless, making it hit the larger again. During this time, she had healed him again. He was too occupied with the fight to thank her, but he was grateful. He’d thank her once this was done and over with. He saw Lakayna get snapped up by the Heartless, but he wasn’t worried. He knew she could handle herself. Sure enough, smoke started fuming out of the large Heartless’s openings. It was weak; now was the time to strike. Hikari, Alexander, and Axel had all joined the fray, Axel obviously concerned about Lakayna. At the same time as Axel threw his chakram at the Heartless, Sora had smacked the smaller one at it. The two assaults hit the beast at the same time, causing both to disappear in a puff of darkness. Axel was quick to get to Lakayna’s side and help her up. But that still left the other Heartless.

Jack was very impressed with Blink’s skills, but what caught his attention more was when Mildred summoned up the Feary. His eye sockets would have brightened if they could, but he was still excited. To see the thing in the flesh was incredible. He wished the doctor had been there to see this. The skeleton then turned his attention to Sally as she rounded up some Wight Knights. He dashed to her side and cast a quick Gravaga spell, flattening them up and sending them to oblivion.
”Quick thinking, Sally!” he praised, then turned to see Blink running off to lead the Heartless away. This gave him an idea. He turned to Zero. ”Go find some more of Sora’s friends to help. It won’t take much longer to get this under control!” The dog barked and nodded, then flew off back to the square. It didn’t take him long to fly into Sora’s little sister, Ari. He yipped excitedly and spun in some quick circles, trying to get her to follow him back to the graveyard so she could help.

Back on Sora’s front, he’d turned the assault from the now-deceased Heartless pair to the weaker Heartless all around. Still, a random and sudden urge of anger coursed through his body, making him inexplicably grit his teeth and slash straight through a Gargoyle. He stared at his weapon for a second, surprised by the sudden wave. Wait a minute… before, his jaw had stung, and now this? “Roxas” he screamed mentally. ”What is going on!?” He could only predict that since he hadn’t seen his Nobody, Riku, or Naminé in a while, it involved the three. That was not a good mix. The second he got the chance, he’d break free from this group to see what was going on with the group.

~Thinking of you, wherever you are.

Kairi and Sora continued to volley the Heartless back and forth, and Lakayna went through with her plan. The Princess was still worried about the lavendernette, but she relaxed when she heard a sizzling sound. That meant that Lakayna had managed to evaporate the acid inside. The crimsonette then noticed Hikari and Alexander join the fight. Good, they needed all the help they could get. It was strange to Kairi though. One second she and Sora had quietly been alone with Zero, and then the next there were tons of Heartless and her friends were showing up out of nowhere. She was glad they had though.

The brunette was hitting the smaller Heartless back to the larger one again, and just as the small Heartless hit the larger one, Axel's chakram hit it as well. The Heartless were no match for the powerful blows. Defeated they disappeared in a puff of darkness. "All right!" the crismonette cheered. The battle still wasn't over though. Now they had the normal Heartless to finish off. The red head looked around for a target. As she did so she saw Lakayna perform a firey battle dance. It was very pretty and complex. The Princess admired her friends amazing power then focused her attention back onto the Heartless. A group of Gargoyles were coming at her. She charged at them and met them with full force.

We pray for our sorrows to end, and hope that our hearts will blend.~