Xemnas observes the young child as she’s surrounded by the other natives. She isn’t anything like what he remembered in her original home; however, she did lead him to something needed for his plan.
Things will fall into their proper places in time. The man waited until she’s in bed, though he knows that she is having trouble sleeping despite it being a year since then. As he expected, she opens her window to lean out and see the stars. There’s a twinge of sadness in her eyes--her usual Light is still present as always, but it’s slightly dimmed. Now is the time. Kairi turns around when she hears something like it’s being opened. She jumps when a strange person in a black hood appears. Fear easily crept into her, causing her body to shake. “Wh-who are you?” The person lowers his hood--Kairi gasps. A sudden image flashes in her head--silver hair and golden eyes. “I...know...you.” She says slowly. “Do you remember me?” He watches her eyes flicker from side to side as her expression twists in pain. “Xeha...nort…” She carefully says the name, “You’re Xehanort.” The man steps closer to the edge of the bed and kneels on one knee. He did his best to give her the smile she remember--it appears that it worked because she crawled closer to him. “Xehanort, what happened?” He gently pats her head with his gloved hand, “You needn’t worry about it for now.” She holds his larger hand in both of her smaller ones, “Why are you here?” “I found the others from home, Kairi. I’ve come to take you to them.” Hope alights her eyes again. She opens her mouth the speak, but looks down instead. “What’s wrong, little one?” “Does that mean I won’t be able to come back here?” She looks up at him. “You wish to return.” A statement than a question. She nods, “The people here are really nice and I’ve made new friends. I...I want to see the others, too, but…” “Kairi,” He has her attention, “If you want to see the others yet still return to this world, you must promise me something.” She blinks before nodding, “At night, I will come and take you to the others. You may spend time with them as long as you want before you return to this world. However, you must never tell anyone about me.” “Why? Wouldn’t it better if they knew there are people like us? From a different home?” “Understand this, little one,it’s best if they don’t know. What happened to our home is a result of too many knowing about other worlds.” Her tiny fingers tighten around his hand, “I promise I won’t tell anyone.” “Good.” he stands up and gives her an affectionate ruffle of her hair, “I must go, little one. Remember our promise and I will appear to you tomorrow night.” At her nod, he vanishes into thin air. Kairi quickly ran after him, but she now stands where he disappeared. She clutches her pendant, feeling safer when she does. The following day, she keeps her promise to not tell anyone about him--not even to her new friends, Sora and Riku. She wants to tell them, to let them know there are people from her original home. But to see her other friends, she must keep it a secret for now. That night, her adoptive father puts her to bed. He’s a really nice man and didn’t ask about her past or where she came from. Her time with him is short, yet it feels like much longer. She waits for a few minutes before changing into her outing clothing and waits for Xehanort. She waits there for about ten minutes before something appears in her room--it’s black and purple swirls that dance around to create an opening. Seeing that gives her the chills all over her body. A moment later, a person comes through and lowers their hood. As soon as she recognizes the familiar silver hair, she runs to hug his legs. She smiles when he ruffles her head. “Are you ready?” He picks up her and holds her in one arm. She nods excitedly. Though she is scared of the portal in front of them, she feels safer in his presence. Xehanort walks through the portal and the first thing she notices is how much colder it is. “It’s cold!” she softly exclaims as she clung closer to his coat. “The journey won’t be long.” He reassures. She looks around their surroundings--it’s blue with a peachy pink color on the bottom; there’s white symbols all around the walls that slowly move about. “What is this place?” she asks. “This is the space between worlds. It is called Between and Betwinx.” she nods and continues to look. Xehanort takes this chance to look at her--she’s not affected by the darkness within this space. As expected as one of the Princesses of Heart. Another portal opens in front of them and Kairi notices white. White, gray, and black. In the corner of her eye, she sees motion--she gasps, “Ienzo!” Xehanort puts her down on her feet and watches the little redhead run to the little boy with hair covering half of his face. “Oof!” The force of the redhead caused the two to crash onto the ground with her in his arms. “Kairi.” He lifts them both up so that they’re sitting on the ground. “You’re okay.” she says in between a hiccup then pulls away. Tears are threatened to spill from her blue eyes. “Hey, what about us?” she blinks when she looks up to see two other boys, “I guess you don’t miss us. Whoa!” Kairi leaps at the two and manages to wrap her arms around their necks. “Guess you were wrong.” The other one states. All of sudden, both started feeling physical pain--Kairi pulls on both of their hair in each hand with a sharp pull. “Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Kairi! Let go!” the one with his hair in her left hand whines. The one supports Kairi in his arms and pries their hair out of her little hands. “Jeez! I think you gave me a bald spot!” “You lied to me! Both of you lied to me!” She exclaims with her tears now staining her slightly pink cheeks. “You said to stick together.” she sniffs. The two look at each other before the redhead says, “I know, but things got out of control. Besides, you were the one that disappeared on us.” He pinches both of cheeks. “Wea!” She whines and bats her hands at his. “Awe. Still a cheeky brat.” Kairi manages to slap his own cheeks with her palms, causing him to let go--now, there’s a red mark on both of his face. “You deserved that one.” kairi looks at the person who’s holding her. His attention is brought back to her when he feels her small fingers touch his forehead. “Isa..what happened?” Green eyes narrowed ever so slightly yet allowed her to feel the bandages. “Don’t worry about it. It was an accident.” He stares at her wet blue eyes. She didn’t comment on it. “Bet he looks even more scarier with that now.” Lea teases. “Isa’s better than you anyway.” Kairi laughs at Lea’s reaction; Isa only smirks. “Kairi! How can you say that? We’re both redheads! Traitor.” She sticks out her tongue at him and he responds with an ugly face. “Some things don’t change.” she turns away from their contest to see a big and tall man. “Aeleus!” She holds her arms out to him and the man easily takes her from Isa. “Hello, Princess.” “Princess? Pfft! That’s a cheeky brat you’re holding!” Lea remarks. “Princess Cheeky Brat.” Ienzo adds, causing Lea to laugh. Kairi pouts with her cheeks puffed outwards. “Oh~ better watch out or she’ll bite you.” She hears the voice above her so she looks up and giggles at the man hovering over them, “Heya squirt!” He reaches down to ruffle her hair, “Braig!” “So you got it memorized, huh?” “Hey! That’s my line!” Lea proclaims as the one eyed man uprights himself on the ground. “Yeah, yeah. Picked this up for ya, kid.” Braig snaps his fingers and small black portal opens above the two. She caught the item that dropped down--”It’s a moogle plushie!” It is indeed but wears the same black coat that everyone else is wearing. She hugs the plushie close to her body with a big smile. “How come you never gave us anything?” Lea asks. “You three don’t need anything else. Besides, that’s for Kairi to take when she goes home.” “She’s not staying?” Ienzo asks. “Unfortunately, she is not.” Xehanort approaches, “People would begin to wonder where she went if she suddenly disappeared.” “But Xehanort said he’ll take me here at night!” She adds. “Not every night. You still need to sleep.” She nods.
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