I'll Protect You No Matter What

Contact With Forgotten Friends(Day 4)

Dream

It's up to me. Only the Keyblade master can open the secret door and change the world.

But I'm not gonna betray Sora and Hikari, either.

All for one and one for all.

My friends are my power and I'm theirs!

HIKARI!

At last! The heart of Kingdom Hearts' princess is mine!

It is I, Ansem. lead me into everlasting darkness!

Sora!

Forget it! There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart! I'll beat you and free Riku and save Kairi. Then, the three of us will go and find Hikari.

We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other.

No matter where we are or what happens to us, our hearts will bring us together again.

Take this. It's my lucky charm. Be sure to take care of it.

I will! Let's go!

?'s Pov

Sora. Riku. Kairi. The three figures smiled and nodded. I could see them clearly now. I remember now. I loved Riku and cared about you guys so much. I hope one day, we'll see each other again. But, it won't be anytime soon. I'm sorry.

Day 4

My Pov

I snapped my eyes open. That dream seemed more intense than the others. I stretched and yawned. I looked over to see Roxas was still asleep. He always looked cute when he was asleep. I was about to go back to sleep, when I realized the time and day. It was the day of the Struggle tournament and we were running late!

"Roxas, wake up! The tournament's today and it'll start in ten minutes!" I shouted. He immediately jumped out of bed. We threw our clothes on and ran out the door to the Sandlot. Roxas went to his place while I went next to Pence and Olette.

"Who are you gonna cheer for?" Pence asked.

"Yeah. Who?" Olette added.

"Both of them!" I said. The tournament began with Roxas vs. Hayner. I could tell Hayner was still a little upset about the misunderstanding from yesterday. The fight began. It seemed even, but Roxas pulled through in the end.

"And the winner is Roxas! Not even friendship will slow this kid down. And Hayner put up a good fight, too." the ref said. Roxas ran over to Hayner.

"I lost. Awww, I can't believe it! I guess I taught you well." Hayner said.

"I had a lot of fun fighting you." Roxas said.

"Yeah, well I didn't wise guy." Hayner pouted.

"Hey, let's find a way to cheer you up." Roxas said.

"Nah, that's all right." Hayner said. I was happy to see that Hayner wasn't mad anymore. Next it was... Seifer vs. Vivi? This was going to be interesting. And it was. It was almost like Vivi had gotten good over night. Seifer had knocked one of Vivi's orbs off him and went for it. In a split second, Vivi reclaimed it and knocked several of Seifer's orbs off him, winning the match.

"Whoa..." I said.

"Yeah." Pence said. Seifer withdrew from the tournament, which placed Hayner in third. Now the semifinals; Roxas vs. Vivi. The match was intense. Just then, everyone froze. I looked around. Only me, Roxas and Vivi weren't frozen. Wait, how was Vivi still able to move? Vivi suddenly turned into one of those creatures and more of them showed up. I ran onto the platform just as they surround Roxas. The two Keyblades appeared in our hands.

"Again..." Roxas said. We fought the creatures and destroyed all of them. That's when I heard clapping. We turned around to see a cloaked figure like the one before, but it wasn't the same person.

"Roxas. Kirihxa. All right. Fight fight fight." the man said. Who was this guy? "You really don't remember? It's me. You know, Axel." He took off his hood to reveal red spikey hair and green eyes. Wait, he looked like one of the people I saw on Hikari's Station except older.

"Axel?" I asked.

"Talk about blank with a capital 'B'. Man oh man, even the Dusks aren't gonna crack this one." Axel said. He summoned two chakrams.

"Wait a sec, tell us what's going on!" Roxas demanded.

"This town is his creation, right? That means we don't have time for a Q&A. You guys are coming with me, conscious or not. Then you'll hear the story." Axel said. I looked at the Keyblade in my hand. We both angrily threw our weapons to the ground.

"What's going ON!?" I yelled. The Keyblades suddenly reappeared in our hands.

"Number 13 & 14. Roxas and Kirihxa. The Keyblade's chosen ones." Axel said. Fine. This guy was gonna get it. It was hard to fight this guy, but together we managed. Then another man showed up. "So it was you."

"Roxas, Kirihxa, this man speaks nonsense!" the man said.

"Roxas, Kirihxa, don't let him deceive you!" Axel warned.

"Roxas! Kirihxa!" the called.

"Roxas! Kirihxa!" Axel called. Their voices kept going on, back and forth.

"Hayner! Pence! Olette!" we called. There was a bright light and I found myself back in the stands. It was as if nothing happened. Vivi had lost and now Roxas went on to fight Setzer. It was really close, but Roxas had won! He was champion now. The five of us went to the clock tower. Roxas began popping each of the crystal off and giving one to each of us. He gave Olette the yellow one, Hayner the red one, Pence the green one, me the white one and he kept the blue one. We held them out toward the sun and the light reflected off them.

"I've got a present too... for all of us." Olette said. She pulled out five sea-salt ice cream bars. Roxas got up to move, but his foot slipped and he started falling off the tower. I reached out for him, but he ended up pulling me from my seat and we both fell.

Kairi's Pov

It's been a year since I returned to the islands by myself. I knew Riku was okay, but there were those two... the boy and girl I couldn't remember. Their voices... their faces... their names... I couldn't remember anything about them. Everyone but me had forgotten them all together.

"Naminé?" two voice called. My head started hurting. Who was that? There was a boy's voice and a girl's voice. "Naminé...? What's happening to us?"

"Who are you two? And that's not my name. I'm Kairi." I said.

"Kairi... We know you. You're that girl he likes." the boy said.

"And you're her cousin." the girl said.

"Who? Please, I need names!" I pleaded.

"I'm Roxas." the boy said.

"I'm Kirihxa." the girl said.

"Okay, Roxas and Kirihxa, but can you tell me THEIR names?" I asked. That's when I heard two different voices. A different boy and girl.

"You don't remember our names?" the boy asked.

"Thanks a ton, Kai!" the girl said. Kai? That nickname! SHE called me that!

"O-kay, I guess we can give you a hint. Starts with an 'S'!" the boy said.

"And mine starts with an 'H'!" the girl said. I opened my eyes and ran to the shore. I took out the letter I had written to the boy and placed it in the water.

"Starts with an 'S' and 'H'. Right, Sora and Hikari?" I asked aloud.