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Sora went to go get a ball, and Kairi took that moment to take a deep breathe getting her cheeks less red and heart down to a normal rate.

Sora returned a moment later with the ball. He bounced it on the ground near Kairi's feet and Kairi saw that it had a nice bounce to it. The brunette then threw the ball down as hard as he could and it bounced several feet off the ground. He caught it and laughed. Laughing too Kairi said, "Haha it's okay. At least now we know that this ball isn't completely worthless like that other one. And yes that might come in very handy." The keybearer then slowly tossed the ball to the princess. Kairi was glad that he had passed it to her slowly because if he had done it quickly Kairi knew she would have sadly missed. She caught the ball and smiled, happy that she had. She felt like such a dork all happy that she had caught a stupid ball. "Whatever," she thought to herself, "As long as I'm with Sora I don't care what we do." She continued to smile then passed the ball back to Sora.

Kairi smiled back at Sora. "Hee hee I guess not, but it was kinda my fault for throwing it back at you when you weren't ready. Sorry about that!"
Sora tried to spin the ball in his hands, but he dropped it on his foot. Some group of students a little father away roared with laughter. Kairi glared at them and said in a tone much darker then her normal one, "Jeez what jerks. See what I had to put up with yesterday. Screw them." Kairi ignored them and hoped the weren't getting to Sora too much. She looked at him and her normal smile reappeared on her face.

Sora dribbled the ball for a minute then tossed it to Kairi again. She caught it just as it was about to go past her shoulder. When Sora asked if she could shoot at all Kairi looked at him a little crestfallen. "Barely," she told the brunette. "Though if I'm really close and directly in front of the basket I can usually get the ball through the hoop... So yes maybe we might have a little team going here," the crimsonette laughed. Remembering that Laykayna was there Kairi dribbled the ball for a moment then tossed it to her who then tossed it to Sora.

When Lakayna threw the ball to Sora Kairi realized that she was probably a lot better at sports then the brunette and crimsonette. She sent the ball flying towards Sora and he smoothly caught it. "Ooh nice!" exclaimed Kairi. She gave a little laugh, "Mmm yes a ball beats a bullet or laser any day. Ah lasers... That makes me think of that jerk Xigbar. I hadn't seen you for a whole year, and when I finally do see you he has you, Goofy, and Donld pinned down by Heartless. I had never been so mad in my entire life!"

"Yes he was," Kairi replied as Sora took a shot at the basket. He missed and that set the other group howling with laughter again. Kairi retrieved the ball taking a shot at the basket as well. It looked like it was going to go in, but she had thrown it too hard so it bounced off the back board. Once again laugher could be heard behind them. "Almost..." Kairi mumbled ignoring them . She then turned her attention back to Sora. "Yeah friends don't try to kill you," she said.

Kairi stood there with a troubled look on her face. The princess, for the most part, learned after their journeys to forgive those she could (like Axel) and to just deal with or forget those she couldn't (like Xigbar). But there were some events and people that she hadn't gotten over yet. Like Saïx. True Axel had been the first to kidnap her, but Saïx had been the one who stole her from him and locked her up. And then because of that, to Kairi's horror, Sora was placed in danger. Kairi was so scared and worried for Sora, and there was nothing she could do. Thank goodness Naminé had helped her escape. But still, after that whole experience there was a fear deep inside Kairi's heart that someday someone might try that again. And if they did Kairi would be endangering Sora once more. That was the absolute last thing that Kairi wanted.

Lakayna's reactions seemed more automatic than anything. It wasn't until she heard other kinds laughing at one of her friends did she finally fully snap back into reality. She sent a menacing glare at the kids, baring her fangs and growling at them. Lakayna wasn't sure why she'd done that exactly, but she wouldn't let people make fun of her friends just because they weren't good at sports.

Lakayna's hand instantly flew over her mouth. She'd seen Sora out of the corner of her eye and the way he'd looked at her, and she knew he'd seen her teeth. She took a moment to calm down before she turn to Sora and removed her hand.
"I just can stand it when people make fun of my friends," she replied, "It's just so insensitive and indecent."

Lakayna nodded and smiled, feeling more comfortable around Sora. She already knew a bit about him, so she'd be able to believe what he said if her ever brought up something up about his adventures.
"Sora, you don't need to try so hard," she said, "I mean, you know; if you have something you wanna say, just go ahead and say it."
She looked at the brunette's dark blue eyes.
"You look like you have something you want to ask me. Go right ahead and ask it."
She waited, her hands out and ready to catch the ball. She knew that Kairi was still there, but the girl looked like she was off in her own little world.

Lakayna shugged as she caught the ball.
"I really don't know," she replied, "There are many things that I could say, many things I want to say, but..."
She paused and looked towards the hoop and shot the ball up towards it, making a basket. The ball bounced back, and the dragon girl picked it up. She looked back towards Sora, ready to pass him back the ball.
"...many of the things would hardly be believeable. You may be able to believe most of those things, but some of the things are probably ones that shouldn't be said. You know the darker things, something most people would never believe, even if they saw it with their own eyes or things they wished they'd never heard or witnessed."