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Hikari frowned and made a threatening step towards Naminé. "Don't you dare affiliate me with Xemnas again. The choice to be by his side was never my own. And you are neither the person nor is this the right time for me to do any explaining," she said, getting thoroughly angry at Naminé's accusation of continuing Xemnas' work. "I've dealt with dark dragons before. If she doesn't learn to control it then sooner or later its going to spring on her and there won't be a single thing she can do about it and you know it!" she exclaimed before being tackled into by Blink. While she still managed to keep standing, he wasn't so lucky. "Indeed you are," she answered Blink in a venomous voice, grabbing him by the shirt and pulled him up, pinning him against the wall. Now she was very angry at what was going on. "You chose the wrong person to run into," she muttered, her free hand letting off dark violet sparks, as if she were holding back on an attack. For an instant she forgot that Lakayna and Naminé were there. "I think I recognize you. Have I seen you before?" she asked, but then remembered the two girls. Dropping the boy, she backed up a few steps, knowing that the bell was to ring at any minute. "Lakayna, is it? I'm probably the only one on this world who can help you. I'll be on the beach at the southern end of the village at midnight if you want to finally learn to control the dragon," she said firmly, giving a warning look to Naminé before turning to leave.

Lakayna slumped against the wall. She was shaking vehemently. The girl had never been so scared in her life. She didn't care if what Hikari had said was true, she barely knew the girl and therefore didn't trust her. Lakayna buried her face in her hands as rivers of tears fell from her eyes.

As the girl took a threatening step towards Naminé, the petite blonde took a step towards the girl in turn. She was NOT going to let this girl indimitade her, or hurt her. She'd allowed people to do so before but she wouldn't allow it any more. Enough was enough. The petite blonde scoffed when the girl told her she wasn't the right person. "Believe me, I'll find out who you are and what you're doing here. And if it has anything to do with hurting any of my friends I'll stop you, make no mistake about that." Naminé said, her crystal blue eyes flashing dangerously, revealing a spark of the strong power that resided within the girl.

The girl went on to explain that she'd dealt with Dark Dragons before and she did have a point; Lakayna needed to learn how to control it. Yet still, this girl had no business in this! She hadn't been trusted by Lakayna to recieve the information, she'd just been eavesdropping. Things were looking pretty tense and Naminé was expecting a fight. However, someone turned around the corner and ran smack into Hikari, causing her to stumble back. As the boy murmured in apology and said he was in trouble, Naminé watched in distaste as Hikari picked him up by his shirt and pinned him against the wall. The girl's free hand shot off violet sparks as if she were holding herself back from attacking.

That was what did it. "Let him go!" Naminé demanded, and a flash of light emmitted from her right hand. The unfamiliar weight of something pressing in her hand caused the girl to stop short and look at it. It was a... Keyblade? Since when did she have one? Mentally shaking off the confusion the girl turned back to Hikari and held the blade at her side, ready to bring it up at a moment's notice. "Now," the petite blonde said sharply, yet the girl ignored her. She spoke to the boy before dropping him and backing up a few steps. Naminé kept a defensive position in front of Lakayna, even when the girl spoke to the blonde's friend once more then gave the blonde herself a warning look. Naminé glared right back, gripping the Keyblade firmly, then the girl turned to leave.

Naminé looked down at her weapon. She'd never used the Keyblade before, simply because she never knew she had been able to wield one. It had just appeared at a moment when the girl thought she had to defend herself and her friends. Staring at the beautiful weapon, the girl released it and instantly felt the weight vanish from her hand though she knew it would return whenever she summoned it. Turning to Lakayna, the girl frowned as she saw her shaking and then brought her hands up to her face and began to cry. "Oh, Lakayna! It'll be okay! It's going to be okay!" Naminé murmured in a soothing tone as she moved so she was beside the girl and she gently rubbed her shoulder. "You don't have to do as she says, really. The choice is yours. I can try to help you, and then we can take things from there." The girl was trying to soothe her friend even when she herself was worked up and ticked off at the moment. In the back of her mind she realized that the time had been ticking away and she'd been away longer than she'd thought. Riku would probably begin to wonder where she was sometime soon.

Without leaving Lakayna's side, the petite blonde turned her eyes to the boy Hikari had been holding up. "Hey, are you okay?" She called out to him. The petite blonde didn't know whether or not the girl had left yet and she wasn't going to look to check. She was determined to not pay attention to the girl unless she turned back around.

Someone calling her name caused the petite blonde to look up and stand up, though she never left Lakayna's side. A flash of silver caught her eye and for a moment she thought it was that girl again but this person was coming from a different direction. Riku! The girl breathed out a sigh of relief and then wondered how much he'd seen. Had he seen her Keyblade? The girl didn't know. However the boy continued to hurry up and come to a stop beside her, one of his hands grasping her wrist lightly. He whispered her name and the girl looked back up to him, her crystal blue eyes warm as she silently conveyed to him that she was fine.

Riku then turned his attention to the girl before them who was by now a few feet away. He had summoned Way To The Dawn and held it out, ready for a fight just like she'd been a few minutes before. Naminé turned her eyes away from Riku and to Hikari, knowing the girl was leaving anyway. "She's leaving. It's not her that deserves or needs our attention right now. It's Lakayna and the boy," she murmured to him, turning her crystaline eyes back to Riku. "Besides, how did you know something was wrong?" She asked. The silvernette beside her had obviously known something was wrong because he had shown up pretty much right after things had been very tense.

Naminé stepped back when Riku gently pulled her wrist and she let out a relieved sigh when he turned away from Hikari and towards Lakayna and Blink. The silvernette agreed with her, saying they should get the two out of here. The petite blonde nodded and then looked up at him. She pulled her wrist from his hand but replaced it with her hand as she grasped his and squeezed it lightly.

Releasing his hand, she turned from Riku to Lakayna who was still curled up on the ground, her face in her hands. "Lakayna, let's get you out of here. It'll be okay." Naminé cooed in a soothing voice, kneeling down and gently rubbing the girl's shoulder. "If you want, I can take you to the Nurse's office, or I can cover for you if you want to go home." The petite blonde said, wondering what her friend wanted to do. Right now, Naminé felt bad for her friend and also very pissed. Bad because here she was, crying and almost in hysterics. Pissed, not at Lakayna but at that other girl. The one shrouded in Darkness.

Ugh. Hikari had another point. Naminé's free hand -- the one that wasn't gently rubbing Lakayna's shoulder -- clenched into a tight fist. Her crystal eyes blazed as she gazed down at the ground, not wanting to send the wrong message by glaring at anybody. The petite blonde kept silent and only looked up when Hikari had stopped talking. Naminé's blue eyes swept over to the girl who was turned and walking away again. The Memory Witch made no move to stop her.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Naminé spoke and though she did not move from Lakayna's side, her words were directed to Riku. "When all this is over, I need you to teach me how to fight," she said, not bothering to wait to hear his response before speaking again. When she spoke next, her tone was resolved as she'd already made her decision and she would stand by it. "I'm going with you. To meet her."

Naminé turned back to look at Lakayna, her crystaline eyes soft and concerned. Her friend had settled down a bit yet her tears still hadn't stopped. The petite blonde listened as Lakayna admitted that her darkness had reacted towards the other girl and that she didn't trust her. At this news, Naminé had to look away from the girl again, as her eyes blazed like blue fire, pissed all over again that the girl had hurt her friend just by being close.

"She's not the only choice you have. I can try and help, Lakayna. But if I do more bad than good or if it simply doesn't work, I'll have to stop. She may be able to help but I don't think you should go to her. Save her as a last resort. I don't trust her at all." Naminé fell silent and she glowered at the ground.

"And you're not a monster. Never think that," she said, her voice much more gentle. "You have a side that's hard to control, yet you will learn to control it. Everyone has a dark side, Lakayna. You're not the only one who has hurt people." The petite blonde's voice was very quiet and she gave a soft sigh. "Come on, let's get you someplace more comfortable. Class is bound to start soon. Would you like me to take you to the nurse?" She asked her friend, turning back to look at her.

The petite blonde smiled and turned back to Lakayna. "You're very welcome, Lakayna," she replied, giving the girl a warm smile. What her friend said next caused Naminé's smile to brighten even more. She didn't respond aloud to Lakayna's words, but the girl's words pleased her greatly. "We'll always help you, Lakayna. With anything. That's what friends do."

Naminé stood up after Lakayna did and she nodded absently as the girl stated it was time for fourth period. "Yeah, it is. But I don't think I'll be going to class. There's something I want to look into." The petite blonde stated. Her eyes held a troubled look before they cleared and she turned back to Lakayna. "I'll meet up with you later, then." She said with a smile.