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Kairi didn't touch Lakayna for fear of doing more harm then good. Kairi simply sat by Lakayna to be there for her if she needed anything; worry etched in her face. She looked up in surprise as Naminé skidded to a halt beside them. "Naminé?! Kairi gasped. "I'm not sure," she quickly answered, "When we were leaving the gym she dropped something and shortly after that her eyes clouded over. She said she had just lost her sight for a bit, and was okay. She asked me to take her to the lunchroom so I did. I let go of her for a moment out of surprise when you contacted me, but then I lead her here and sat her down at this table. And while I was talking to you she suddenly started to convulse." Kairi was glad that Naminé had shown up. In these kinds of situations Kairi tried to help but tended to panic, were as Naminé remained calm and knew just what to do.

Lakayna's body continued to be unresponsive to what she wanted it to do. She could feel another's hand on her shoulder, but it was on the fabric of her shirt and not her bare skin. The two pasts continued to intermix; separate pains threatening to tear Lakayna apart inside as they fought on another. And the dragon girl couldn't make it stop until she saw the entire past, even if it was over and over like Kairi's had been. After a few minutes, the pain finally ceased. The intermixed pasts' images faded from her minds eye, though they would be etched in Lakayna's mind forever now. Her body lay still where she sat, her still opened eyes never blinking as the gazed over cloudy appearance in them faded away quickly.

Lakayna's breathing was slow and even. She gratefully took the water bottle that Namine offered her, lifted her head up, and drank it down in under a minute. Lakayna felt better, though she was still thirsty.
"Thank you Namine," she said gatefully.

Lakayna looked to Kairi and nodded as some of her light lavender hair fell down over her face, pbscuring it slightly.
"Yes, I'm okay now," she reassured the red head.

Lakayna looked around.
"So where's Axel? I thought he wanted to apologize to Namine about something," she said.

Lakayna was looking at Kairi when she suddenly felt some kind of cloth on her forehead. She turned to see who was dabbing the beaded sweat from her forehead and her gaze moved from Kairi's face to Axel's. He looked distressed even as he spoke. Her own eyes softened quite a bit.
"Axel, it's okay," she said, "I'm fine now."
Her eyes looked to Namine and then to Axel once more.
"Besides, you still have to tell her what you were going to tell her," she reminded.

"Of course, Lakayna," Namine replied in a soft tone of voice, her crystal blue eyes gentle as she gazed at her friend. Kairi spoke, asking if Lakayna was alright and Namine used this time to slip away and to go get another water for her friend. While she was at the vending machine, she hurriedly payed for and got another bottle before turning around to go back to Kairi and the others. But a group of three girls stood in her way, blocking her path. "Er, excuse me..." Namine said, shifting to move around them. But one of them grabbed Namine's wrist, stopping her. The petite blonde's eyes flashed as she turned to glare up at the girl who dared to grab at her and saw that it was one of the girls who was oogling Riku in biology. The girl hurriedly let go, her expression surprised as she caught the glare Namine gave her.

"What do you want?" Namine asked in a cold, detatched tone, angry that the girl had grabbed at her. The girl shrugged and then said, "Nothing. I thought you were special if you caught Riku's attention. But it turns out you're nothing." The girl smiled at Namine, a wicked gleam in her eyes. The petite blonde bristled, her hand clenching tightly onto the water bottle in her hand. "If you'll excuse me, I've got things to do." Namine snapped, pushing past the girl and her friends. Soon she left them behind.

Walking over to the group, Namine placed the water bottle on the table in front of Lakayna and sat down without a word. She was angry but knew it was stupid for the girl's words to get to her. After all, the blonde didn't even know the girl. And she never wanted to. Namine had joined the goup just in time to hear Lakayna reminding Axel that he was going to talk to Namine. Instantly, her feelings changed from being angry to being wary and catious as she turned her crystal blue eyes to Axel. A strange feeling of being watched sudden overtook her and the girl looked up, her eyes scanning the cafeteria. A flash of silver caught her attention and she immidietely turned to look at it. It was Riku. Her eyes met his across the room and she was unable to stop a bright smile from lifting her pale lips. However, he looked angry and she remembered how he'd been upset and hurt when she'd left with Roxas. Namine's smile soon dissapeared and she dropped her eyes to the table. The girl wanted nothing more than to go over to him and talk to him, to find out what was wrong, but Axel had asked to speak to her first.

Lifting her eyes to meet Axel's, her face was devoid of emotion as she looked into his eyes. After a moment of silence, her expression softened and she gave him a small smile. "Axel, I know what you're going to say. And it's alright. I forgive you. You did what you had to, what you thought was right. And it means a lot to me that you were going to apologize. You've changed, Axel. So have I. I know you don't plan on wasting this second chance given to us. So it's alright. You're forgiven." The petite blonde smiled and reached out with one of her delicate hands and placed it on top of one of his for a brief moment. The girl knew from this point on that she had nothing to worry about with Axel. She had nothing to fear of him.

The sound of a chair skidding caused Namine's glance to tear away from Axel and out over the room. The blonde frowned as she saw that Riku wasn't sitting at the table he had been a few minutes before. And then another sound was heard; one that was like a light thump. The girl looked around the room again and gasped. Riku had grasped the girl who had spoken to Namine a few minutes before and had shoved her against the wall. His voice was too low for Namine to make out what he was saying but from his expression she could tell he was pissed. But about what? What had the girl done?

And more importantly, what was it that had caused Riku to snap like that? Without thinking, Namine shoved away from the table and got to her feet. The girl's crystaline eyes followed Riku as he released the girl and stormed out of the cafeteria. Everything was silent. And then people began talking at once. Namine frowned and closed her eyes. She couldn't let these people remember this. Riku would get in trouble... So she'd just tamper the memories. Reaching out to every mind, Namine found the memory of the incident and messed with it so that it appeared as though Riku had only walked to the girl and had spoken to her instead of taking her and shoving her against the wall. The only memories she didn't mess with, was her friends. Her eyes opened and everyone in the room looked about as if in a daze but they soon shook it off and began talking again, having no memory of Riku grabbing the girl. This way, he wouldn't get in too much trouble.

The petite blonde felt a bit lightheaded; she'd never messed with so many memories at once. Turning to look at the others she smiled faintly at them though worry was clear in her eyes. "I'll be right back." And with that she left them, hurrying out the door Riku had. Once outside, the glanced around and upon finding Riku she walked over to him. He was sitting with his back against the wall, fishing for something in his pocket. "Riku... what's wrong?" The girl knealt down beside him, placing one of her hands on his shoulder.