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“And I thought the Darkness was bad…xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIt doesn’t even compare to this Hell.”

Riku looked back and his eyes followed Namine as she returned to he and Kairi. The princess mumbled her concern and the silvernette shrugged. he wasn't sure if she could be okay or not. Especially in this school. Riku did, though, feel slightly protective deep inside and wanted to run after her and make sure that she would be okay, but it was so small that he didn't even realize it. Riku looked back at Namine, she wasn't standing beside him and Riku wanted to reach out and take hold of her but he knew he couldn't. One, because of Kairi, two, becaouse of his fangirls, and three, he wan't sure if they wanted to display things in public yet.

"We should probably get in there...before it starts and we're accused of skipping," Riku suggested lightly. He knew that the girls had pretty clean records and wouldn't want to smudge them though the opposite was for him. His record was dirty and he didn't care if it got a little worse. He wondered for a moment where Sora was.

Axel watched as the girl ran off, saw her pain, saw everything that happened. He even noticed how her facial features and hair color matched another silvernette that he knew. 'The way she reacted when normal light, not even from the sun, hit her eyes. I know what it is. Dark Residue. Lots of it. She wasn't simply touched by the Darkness, she was absolutely bathed in it, completely drenched by it. He then noticed Lux touching an already in pain Lakayna. Walking over, he gently unclasped his hand from her arm, then without a word he lead Lakayna to the nurses office for her to rest, one hand on her back the other on the arm warmer.

Lakayna was barely able to walk alongside Axel as he led her down to the nurse's office. She was fighting an internal battle, made much easier now that the previous pain was gone.
You aren't going to win like the last time, she thought through the fog of the pain in her mind caused by her dragonic side.
She felt Axel's firm but gentle touch through the back of her shirt and the arm warmer he'd let her borrow. His care helped her to push the dragon back, to confine it back beneath the barriars as she slowly built them back up.
They got into the nurse's office and Lakanya was led to one of the many beds it contained. The girl heard light footsteps leave, which was probably the nurse going to find something cold to ease Lakayna's scalding temperature, as the girl was sweating. She felt a separate pressure on the bed beside her; probably Axel sitting down next to her. She imagined his face in her mind, helping to strengthen her resolve to win. She finally did. The barriars were up again, the dragon cinfined once more. Lakayna's temperature dropped, her golden eyes becoming unclouded again.
Axel's face slowly came into view, becoming clearer with each passing minute. He looked worried, and Lakayna smiled softly. He looked reluctant to touch her arm, but she laid a bare hand on his. Her eyes only became semi clouded over, and Lakayna was still able to see his face.
"Thank you so much," she whispered, obviously grateful.

Namine only glanced up at Kairi when the girl spoke, asking if they thought the other girl would be alright. "I'm not sure, but I hope so," she muttered, and her eyes lowered back down to the ground. Unlike Kairi, she wasn't completely worried for the girl's well being. Well, of course she was concerned for her but what she was completely worried about was the Darkness that surrounded her.

Namine frowned as she tried to think of what it could mean. The way the girl had reacted to light when it had hit her eyes; her dark coat and glasses... the feeling of Darkness Namine had gotten when their hands had brushed. The silver haired girl wasn't just touched in Darkness. She'd been a part of it once. The petite blonde was pulled from her thoughts when Riku spoke up, saying they should head inside before they got in trouble for skipping. The girl nodded, her thoughts still a million miles away, remembering everything she could about the Darkness. Namine slowly began to walk into the gym, her brilliant blue eyes unfocused as she gazed upon the ground.

“And I thought the Darkness was bad…xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIt doesn’t even compare to this Hell.”

Riku followed the two twin-like girls into the gymnasium. Kairi spoke and Riku chuckled slightly. "Where is that knuckle head anyways?" he asked. He hadn't seen the Keyblade Master since Social Studies and if Kairi wasn't with him then where was he? Maybe he got signed out early. Or he could've got lost. The silvernette sighed. It didn't really matter as long as the brunette would be seen eventually.

Axel became really worried when her fever spiked, but became even more worried when she touched him again. Though, none of his previous worrying could ever compare to what he was feeling after she said she felt no pain. That could mean one of three things. Either she's finally able to keep the pain at bay, her nerves have become so fried she can't feel anything....or something far, far worse than imaginable. Looking at her with a calm expression, his turquoise eyes betrayed his calm demeanor with a large portion of his worry. He said softly "Thank you." before putting the rag back in the bucket of water. Reaching his hand up, he gently brushed the hair out of her eyes, then laid his hand on her cheek. He looked at her gently in the eyes, quiet for a moment, then said, "Please, get some rest. I'll be right by the door until the end of school." To prove his point, reluctantly, he got up from the bed and leaned against the wall by the door, looking at her expectantly.

Hikari continued to run to the clear opposite side of the school. She was so angry with herself and those bullies she could just knock a building down. Not to mention that it all happened right in front of Riku! She then came to a stop when she reached a deserted hallway, leaning her back against the wall of lockers and put her head in her hands. Half of her just wanted to run away into the dark realm and never return. But the other half of her remembered that she promised herself that she would stay here and watch over Riku. She sighed and looked up at the ceiling. Naminé had seen her face. Although it didn't seem like the blonde recognized her, it would be most likely that she would have to talk to her later.

That was when she heard footsteps coming from her left. She turned her head and frowned. Those bullies were back, and looking angrier than ever. "Hey you!" the leader called for her, walking swiftly towards her. "I got five day's suspension because of you! You should've just moved over like I told you to," he sneered, giving her a shove and pinning her to the lockers, his cronies surrounding her so she wouldn't be able to escape. Hikari tilted her head down, her right hand balled into a fist at her side, her wrist tilted up. "Too bad such a pretty girl like you has to be so stupid. What a waste. But you're gonna pay for getting me suspended," he promised, using his free hand to unbuckle his belt. Hikari was furious. He blamed her for his actions and now he was going to rape her?!

That was just the icing on the cake. She shot her fist up, giving him an uppercut to the chin and knocked him back to the floor. Furious, the bully ordered his friends to stay back. "This b***h is mine!" he declared. But his fatal mistake was in his offense. Quickly getting up, he lunged herself at her. This time Hikari was ready. Reaching her hand back, her notorious Dark Keyblade appeared and shoved it into his heart, causing him to stop and stare at her in shock. Hikari's lips turned into a smirk as she turned the key-like weapon, unlocking his heart. His body dissolved into nothingness, while a pink-purple heart floated to the sky, and into Hikari's free hand. The other boys stood in horror at the girl and tried to flee, but to no avail. With a wave of her hand, dark portals appeared in front of every one of them, swallowing them up before they could stop. Hikari made an evil grin as the portals spat out three more hearts that landed into her hand and disappeared. Now you're all mine, she said to herself, dismissing her keyblade. She would have to remember to make copies of the boys later so no suspicions would be raised.

As she turned to leave, she heard a new, more adult voice call her. "Excuse me!" the female teacher caught up with her. "I saw what happened in the gym. Are you alright? Come on let's take you to the nurse's to make sure you're okay," she instructed before Hikari could answer. But the girl only nodded and followed the teacher, making their way to the nurse's office and into the room with the beds, passing by Lakayna and Axel and went to a bed across the room. "Now you wait here and I'll get the nurse," she said, turning and leaving the room. Hikari now went from angry, to darkly satisfied, to nervous as she saw the redhead and Lakayna in the room. Would there be questions asked? Will they try to get information out of her? Hikari looked nearly exactly like Riku, from the color of hair, to her height, to her skin tone. She just hoped that they would leave her alone, or better yet, have no powers with the darkness so they could sense her.