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

"Dammit!! I don't want to hurt you! But you're making this harder than it needs to be!" The silvernette shouted. He couldn't believe how stubborn this girl was being, she was almost as stubborn as Riku himself. He knew she was probably scared because as much Darkness was in him she could still ssense the Light no doubt and that scared her. But it didn't effect the way Riku acted. He was annoyed, tired and worried about Namine. He growled and pushed her up against the wall roughly.

"Listen! I don't care as much to why you're here but I do want to know who you are and what you plan to do here! Destiny Islands is my home and there are people I care about here and I'll do anything to protect them! So if I have to kill you, I'd rather do it with good reason!!!" Riku's whole attitude was changed now. Thinking back at the way Namine had reacted to the surge of Darkness changed his whole outlook on the situation.

"Don't worry about it. I knew you could easily pull through. Come on." Axel said, as he lifted Lakayna up until she was on her feet on the floor. Grabbing her wrist, which was covered by the arm warmer, he led her out of the school. He didn't really know where to go for her house, but he decided that she can just tell him later. Right now, he just wanted to talk. "Hey, Lakayna, about what you said earlier, you know about your heat rising as you blush...did I embarrass you accidentally?" Said the poor, naive boy. He can usually pick things up the first time he notices them, but now...he really has no idea about anything.

Axel thought about it for a moment, this the light bulb in his head went off. He snapped his fingers, smirked, then said, "You have a crush on someone, don't you?" He asked, looking at her. As they continued to walk, Axel finally noticed that his hand was still on her wrist. If it was who he suspected it was...he had better take his hand off her wrist. He asked, "Is it Riku?" before slowly letting go of her wrist.

"Right!" Kairi nodded as Naminé grasped her hand. The crimsonette ran along side the blonde, who never let go of her hand. Kairi was glad of that because she didn't want to get separated from her other. The soft warm glow that shown from where they made contact made Kairi think of the light that had shown when she and Naminé had jonined together as one. The girls left the school and were now running through the town.

Fairly far ahead of the two girls Kairi saw a hooded figure and the silvernette. Kairi gasped. The Organization? Kairi grew fearful. The last time the Organization had been here, Kairi ended up being kidnapped which then resulted in Sora being put in danger. When the hooded figure split into three Naminé skidded to a stop, pulling Kairi with her. Each figure ran in a different direction causing Riku to hesitate for a moment. Naminé moved forward again but was stopped by a large group of people in front of them. When the crowd had passed, Riku and the hooded figure were gone. The girls had lost him. Naminé apologized to Kairi for pulling her along. "That's okay Naminé," the crimsonette smiled, "I'm glad you didn't leave me behind. And yes, let's wait for Riku at the beach." Naminé released Kairi's hand and the two girls walked side by side down to the sea shore. As the the two girls walked, Kairi could feel Naminé's worry. Kairi walked a little closer to Naminé, grabbed her hand, and gave it a squeeze. "I'm worried about Riku too. He's strong, but I still worry about him and Sora all the time. I nearly died of worry when I was here by myself and they were off on their journeys. 'Where are they now?' 'Are they all right?' Millions of questions ran through my mind. But... They came back. Just like they promised." Kairi paused and a smile spread across her face. "If Riku promised you something, he'll keep that promise. I know it." Kairi released Naminé's hand and reached towards her bag. She grabbed her Thalassa Lucky Charm and held it close to her heart. "A promise is a very powerful thing," Kairi said remembering the promise she and Sora had made.

Now Axel really went into a deep thinking time. So, it wasn't Riku, wasn't Sora, wasn't Roxas.....was it Lux? Nah, he doubted it. She doesn't seem to like his type. Hm.....what does she like? Well, she's half-dragon, she's calm, apparently she sped up her Algebra period because she was so impatient about it....now, he's definitely stumped. He thought, 'Jeez, why does it confuse me so much. So far, the only person she let really close to her was Naminé...and me! Wait, is it....it can't be though....the first rule of investigation was to always exclude yourself. Course, the second rule is everyone is a suspect, but come on!' Axel looked at Lakayna, then stopped and turned to her fully. He said, "Hey, I have another question. Hopefully, my last. Tomorrow, after school....you wanna go see a movie?"

Lakayna cooked dinner automatically, making her father's favorite meal; shagetti and meatballs. She hardly even noticed what she was doing, her thoughts more focused on the events that had happened today. This had been one of the most interesting days she'd ever had at school. She thought back to that unfamiliar girl she'd seen back when she was in the nurse's office and that feeling she'd had in the back of her mind. It had been her dragonic side reacting slightly to that girl, as if she'd been bathed in the darkness. Lakayna, as a human, was kind and caring, but when her dragonic side emerged, her personality completely flipped upside-down. The dragon was the darkness within Lakayna's heart; sort of like a heartless, but still with a heart, though a blackened one. Lakayna's dragon side had difinately reacted, but not as strongly as if easile could have because a feeling was there that the dragon could never understand; love. Love for who though? Was it truly as Lakayna thought; that she really did feel that way for Axel?
It's the only explanation that I can come up with, she thought to herself.
She finished cooking and set up the table just as her father walked in the door. He hung his coat up and put his keys on a separate hook beside the coat. He sat down at the table at the same time as Lakayna did. They ate in silence, both very distant from one another. Lakayna would have to work on that sometime, but right now her mind was elsewhere. She finished up some ten minutes later, rinsing off her dishes and putting them in the dishwasher along with the pans she'd used to cook the pasta and sauce and meatballs. Lakayna grabbed her bag from the couch and went upstairs to her room to do her homework.