The light-haired bluette's conscious slowly come back to her. They were in the cabin of the Gummi Ship with Jiminy, Sora, Donald, and Goofy at her bed side.

"She's waking up!" Goofy pointed out and she opened her eyes more. She looked at them.

"Oh my stars, that was some scare you gave us." Jiminy said, opening his journal more. He wrote she was okay.

She sat up, groaning, "S-sorry... what happened?"

"You passed out by using to much of your mana!" Donald said. "A mage like yourself should know better than that."

She grinned until she remembered that Shun-yu threw Sora into Donald and Goofy and she blacked out afterwards. She knew what that meant. Her grinned disappeared, "What kind of magic did I use?"

There silence only confirmed her thoughts. She sighed and sadly looked down. "I'm sorry for any pain I caused..."

Sora shook his head and smiled, "No, you didn't cause us pain. Though, we aren't sure what happened to Shun-yu after you... Did whatever happened..."

"Actually, you said if he let his darkness consume him, he would disappear from that world." Donald said, "He disappeared."

She blinked, "I... sent him to another world."

"Or possibly just sent him to... Uh..." Donald tapped his foot.

"The Realm of Darkness." She said. She remembered that vision and closed her eyes. She needed someone to talk to about the future and someone who is brave enough to except it, never to change it. Who could she talk to?

"Piri!" Donald shouted.

"Oh... Uh s-sorry..." She yawned and laid back down.

"Are you still tired, Piri?" Goofy asked.

"Not really sure what to do... About my foreseeing powers." She sat back up and hugged her legs to her chest. "I need some to talk to about the visions I've seen but wouldn't do anything to change it. Know anyone who might do that?"

"Uh..." Sora crossed his arms and closed his eyes, deep in thought.

"There's the king," Donald suggested.

"Or Master Yen Sid!" Goofy happily gave her ideas.

"Those are good ideas but I want to tell someone who is like me..." She stared at the ground.

"So... How about Riku?" She looked up when Sora said his name. "He'll do anything to protect you!"

I shook my head and closed her eyes, "I do love him, no doubt, but I don't think he'd be able to handle some of the stuff I seen..." She shakily sighed as a tear stuck on her face. Sora hugged her and stroked her hair.

"I can't be what he was," Sora sadly smiled, "But I do know you're probably the strongest person I know."

"How can you-?"

"Because..." He shook his head, "Well, I don't know how to explain it but you inspired me a lot of times."

"I did?" She blinked and he nodded. She realized how much she meant to him. Who knows what he would be like if she hadn't woken up. 'Is that... a good thing or am I thinking too much of it?'

She shook head and got out of his arms, "Thanks for telling me that! I'm going go up and pick a world to go to."

Sora watched her climb up the ladder and he sighed. He took that as 'I don't need love from you, not like Riku is with me.'

"Gwarsh, I never seen deny a hug from you like that..." Goofy said, "Wonder what's going on!"

Sora sighed again and felt guilty, 'Am I the one causing her to do?'

"Maybe it's just a girl thing or something," the duck said and followed after her.

"Sora, you wanna co-pilot with her?" Goofy asked.

"Nah, I'm good," he said with a convincing smile. "You go up without me. I don't think she would want me to anyway..."

Goofy tilted his head in confusion but climbed up the ladder. Donald sat next to Piri, clicking on the manuel control. Piri didn't stop looking ahead and for the next world.

"Is there something going on between you and-"

"I don't wanna talk about it..." She firmly said.

"Get over yourself!" Donald glared, "This isn't only affecting you! You hurt Sora's feelings!"

She flinched and looked back to the stars, trying not to say anything.

"Sora thinks you're mad at him." The dog said and she sighed in annoyance.

"Fine, since you guys can't seem to drop it..." She said, not looking at them, "He kissed me... and I liked it..."

"So?" Donald asked.

"I just don't want to break Riku's heart!" She yelled, glaring at Donald. "I don't love Sora anymore!"

"You don't?" They all jumped and turned their heads to see Sora, wide eyed and on the verge of tears. Piri's heart skipped a beat, not in a good way.

"Sora... I didn't mean..." She clicked on the auto pilot and got up, "I don't-"

"No, I get it..." Sora took a seat next to Goofy. "I'm sorry I even call you Sis."

That sentence ripped her heart and tore it into several pieces. She teared up more and growled, "You're stupid! You know that I will always love you as brother! Why the hell would you say something like that?"

"Well, I'm sorry you didn't specify!" Sora was starting to lose his temper.

"I didn't know you were going to enter the room!" She glared, "Even if you did, I thought you know what I was trying to say!"

"Piri, Sora, calm down before-"

"Why would you even say that!? Kairi would have said nothing like that!" Sora interrupted Goofy.

"It's always about Kairi isn't it?" She rolled her eyes, "You seemed to care about her more than anyone else."

"Maybe it would have been better to have her here instead of you!"

Everyone could feel the hurt aura around Piri. Even her face showed the heart ache. She sighed and turned around, shutting her feelings out. Sora saw this and realized what he said.

"Piri, I-" she put a hand in his face to stop him.

"... Maybe you're right," she said, emotionless, "It would have been best if I never woken up ever again."

It was quiet after that. She went back to her seat and turned on the manuel control. She then asked Donald, "Is there a world anywhere near us?"

"Uh, Y-yeah..." Donald said, looking at the monitor, "Just Southwest of us."

She looked at her compass. They were facing East. She sighed and steered the ship in the in the right direction. Soon enough, the world came closer to them.

"Prepare for landing." Piri said.

*

Sora and Piri closed the huge double doors of the castle they entered and Donald and Goofy looked around.

"Does anyone know where we are?" Sora asked and looked at Piri, who shrugged.

"Never been here..." She lazily said and Sora sighed.

"This place is huge!" Donald exclaimed.

"It's kinda gloomy, don't you think?" Goofy asked.

"I wonder who lives here..." Sora said. Suddenly, a loud roar startled the bunch and Piri be on her highest guard as she summoned her keyblade. Goofy calm down.

"Does anyone else recognize that?" The roar happened again and Piri dismissed her key.

"Is that the Beast?" She said with a small smile.

"I think so!" Sora exclaimed.

"Maybe we should check on him." Goofy said.

"Look!" Sora exclaimed. They saw a shadow heartless crawl flat against the floor and going to a different room. Chasing after it, they came to a foyer but it looked like it disappeared. Donald noticed on a table was a bell jar. Inside it was a glowing rose. He walk closer to get a better look, except the heartless popped up in front of him.

"Found it!" he called.

Soon more showed up and they fought for a little bit longer than expected. Piri had a flash of memory. There was this girl and the king protecting Sora, Donald, and Goofy from Dusks. She looked at them then back at the heartless.

She growled, "You can go away, now!"

"Yeah, enough already!" Sora said.

"Somebody help us!" Donald cried out.

Just then, the doors of the foyer swung open. It was the Beast! The heartless lunged at him, but he easily knocked them back. After the rest of them were dealt with, he started to the table.

"Just in time!" Sora grinned. He didn't respond which made Piri wonder. He swatted Sora to the side and did the same to Donald and Goofy. Before he can get to the table, Piri stepped in front of him.

"What's wrong with you!" She glared at him and he roared loudly.

Piri didn't even flinched and she called back her Nightfall Key. The beast swatted at her and she jumped back.

"Piri, don't!" Sora said, get up from the ground.

She looked at him and the Beast roared at her again. He lunged for her and she did a jump strike. The Beast swatted upward and she was sent to the ceiling. She gasped as the wind was knocked out of her. She crashed into the floor and her key disappeared.

"Piri!" Sora ran up to her.

The Beast gently picked up the bell jar and cradled it like a mother would a baby. He left the room.

"Gee, I think he forgot us?" Goofy asked and she pushed herself up.

"Appears so..." She checked her mouth for blood. Luckily, nothing was there.

"Maybe it's something else..." Sora said, "With this many heartless around, something must be up."

"He didn't have to do that!" Piri grumbled, getting up and holding her side. Sora coated his hand with a cure spell and healed her.

"There you go!" He grinned.

"Thanks," she looked in his eyes. Sora gasped as he saw the hurt still there in her. She turned to leave until Sora gran her wrist.

"Piri, I'm sorry about earlier..." He said, "I know you might be mad at me for-"

Sora was interupted when she rustled his spikey hair. She smiled really brightly, "I'm not mad, silly goose!"

"... You're not?" He asked and she nodded.

"Why would I be mad? I'm the one who pushed you to that point." She hugged him. "I'm sorry I hurt your feelings."

"Nah, I deserved it..." He sighed, "I interfered with your love life with Riku."

She swallowed her words. She knew he was alive but she promised not to tell for his sake.

"It was just a kiss and I overreacted." She finally admitted.

"Yeah, me too..." Sora said, looking down.