Kairi’s lips pursed as Rukia went on to explain the monster she had fought against. A monster with armor? Well, that wasn’t fair at all! “I see,” the younger girl whispered quietly, stroking Rukia’s hand in silence as she continued to think.

“A story?” Her eyes widened at the sudden question, her thoughts already running over memories that seemed ages ago. “Alright, why not. Let’s see …”

After a few moments of silence, Kairi smiled and shut her eyes, a memory filling her mind. “When Sora, Riku and I were younger, we used to always play make believe games. You know, stories about princesses and the princes that saved them. Anyway, Sora and Riku always used to make me be the princess – which is ironic, because we didn’t know back then I was a princess of heart! – anyway, I was really annoyed, so one day I told them that I was going to be the prince! They were so shocked with me. Sora was forced to be the princess, and Riku was forced to be my horse. He used to crawl around and I’d sit on his back, and we’d tie Sora against a tree and everything. But anyway! This one time, we forgot to untie Sora on the tree and it started to rain. He was pretty angry with us.”

Kairi couldn’t help but laugh at the story, her eyes opening as she peered down to look at Rukia. She had plenty other stories to tell.