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Today Sora woke up earlier than usual. The anxious excitement he was feeling made him restless, and he couldn't go back to sleep. Today was the day he would take Kairi to another world: a foreign world to the both of them. It was apparently called the Kingdom of Corona. There was a festival today, and he thought that Kairi would enjoy herself there. This was their first date...and he couldn't be more nervous.

He practically inhaled his breakfast, both out of sheer hunger and anticipation for the day ahead of him. Before his mother could comment on his unusual behavior, he had bolted upstairs and spent the next hour getting ready for the date. 

Soon, he was heading down to the mayor's house, where he would pick up Kairi. He was dressed in black pants and a white shirt, where the sleeves ended above his elbows. He had also brought a blue jacket, which he chose to tie around his waist.

Sora approached the front door of the mayor's house. Somehow, it seemed larger than usual. He didn't understand why he was so scared. He had been there hundreds of times, so why was he suddenly thinking of running away? No...he couldn't be so scared. He was a Keyblade wielder after all. He had saved the worlds, defeated countless Heartless and other bad guys. How hard could this date be? 

Despite what Naminé had told him, Sora didn't feel any better about what happened between him and Riku. With Riku, there was hope. Hope that he would see the error of his ways and not do it again. He could accept that Riku use these powers of the darkness, as long as they were used for what was right. Like saving lives, not ruining them.

He was in the Secret Place, staring at the wooden door that was still there. It was a reminder of what had happened 3 years ago. Sora could recall the night the islands were consumed by the darkness. Riku had changed that night. He thought he was strong enough to get out of it; to stop the darkness from controlling him this way.

He remembered what Riku told him that day. He said he was lonely, and he felt like no one needed him around anymore. Sora thought he had made it clear that Riku was needed; how could he not need his best friend, after all? That seemed to have gotten through to him, but it hadn't stopped Riku from trying to kill him. Or from running away. Why hadn't Sora tried harder to stop him? Why hadn't he done more to stop him, and show Riku that he was in the wrong if he was only going to be hurting people again?

Sora needed to get away from the islands for a while. Being there only reminded him of how he failed to stop Riku from opening his heart to the darkness again. He felt inadequate, and he wasn't sure how to make himself feel better. Kairi still wasn't feeling well, so he couldn't go and see her. Naminé was nowhere to be seen, and his other friends were all busy with one thing or another.

So Sora decided to stop by Twilight Town. It was different from Destiny Islands in a lot of ways; and it was just the sort of distraction he needed. After spending an hour wandering aimlessly through town, he could feel the hunger pangs seep in. Fortunately for him, he was just outside the café he had visited before. He stepped inside to the lack of a warm, caffeinated scent. Odd..he remembered the place having a nice warm smell of coffee and chocolate. 

Sora didn't want to believe what had just happened, but if the hand-mark over his throat was any indication, it had happened. Riku had somehow slipped back into the darkness, and it didn't seem like he would listen to reason. 

Now that he was gone, Sora was left with a great sense of dread for not going after him or trying harder to make him see the error of his ways. But there was nothing he could do now, except sulk over it for a while. 

To his great surprise, he found Naminé down at the beach. She was curled up in a ball, watching the waves. He would have called out to her, but he felt emotionally drained to do much except walk over and sit down next to her.

At last. At last, Lexaeus was finally going to talk to Zexion about whatever it was that he was planning, and he was going to understand, just what was going on. The younger Nobody had been unusually active and jumpy these last few days, so it was very likely that he was 

He knocked on Zexion's door. Hearing Zexion's permission to enter, he opened the door and stepped into Zexion's room. There was something strange about Zexion, and it was starting to show. If he wasn't mistaken, he looked exhausted. 

Sora hadn't seen Riku in the last...week or so. And while this didn't worry him much, the fact that he was starting to worry was what was worrying him. He knew Riku was more than capable of taking care of himself, but Riku had been gone for longer than usual. He had no idea why he had left all of a sudden, anyhow. 

He sighed morosely, watching the sea from the play island. He hadn't seen Riku or Kairi in the last few days, and it unnerved him. Plus, he wanted to talk to Riku about this awesome idea he had for his first date with Kairi. And find out if he could meet Riku's new girlfriend.  

There was something...odd about Zexion lately. And Lexaeus wasn't sure how to feel about it. 

Zexion was always a rather secretive person, but lately he seemed even more guarded around the others. Yet at the same time, he seemed rather....busy. But every time Lexaeus had tried to corner Zexion and talk to him, Zexion was either busy, or not around. 

He had also heard some strange rumors floating around. Something about a takeover...and the return of Marluxia. But rumors were rumors. He didn't choose to believe them unless they were confirmed. 

Today, he was trying again to find out what was going on in the Organization. He decided to go and try to find Zexion in his room. He didn't find the Schemer, but instead found an unconscious Naminé on the floor. It was an unexpected sight, and one that raised an internal alarm. Why was she lying on the floor like this? And why did she seem so weak?

Once again, Sora found himself in the Abandoned Mansion of Twilight Town. He hadn't seen Naminé at the islands in the last few days, and he wondered where she could have gone. Suspecting that she would come back here, even after all this time, he came here to seek her out. He wanted to talk to her about how he and Kairi were still together in spite of his cheating. 

He knocked the door; when he didn't hear a response, he turned the door knob to open it, but found that it was locked.