Sora was taking deep and even breaths even as he ran for his life. Quite literally. He glanced back to see Saïx still pursuing him, Donald, and Goofy. He veered off of his course "Guys! Split!" He honestly hated that Kairi had to watch this inconvenient truth about having adventures in saving the universe.

Ugh, Kairi. The very thought of her sent his mind reeling away into typical boyish things of his age. Oh that hair was gorgeous now, and her eyes got BLUER if that was even possible. She'd gotten a really cute taste in outfits, although Sora would've felt better if it was a little longer and not so clingy. That slightly blocky figure she had when she was younger had become a very... interesting curve.

He didn't even realize he had ran straight into one of Saïx's claymores until he rammed into it, catching it in his chest so hard he seemed to lose all air. He was familiar with the feeling and quickly tried to get himself back up to his fighting standard-

"SORA!" Kairi screamed at him.

He looked up a second too late- or was it early?

It didn't matter as moments later there was a bloodcurdling, agonized scream as Saïx's claymore ripped across Sora's eyes.

Sora's Keyblade dropped from his hands and into light before it even hit the ground, his hands groping at the bloody, liquid mess that was once his eyes. Kairi's warning trickled away to shocked silence. She had NEVER seen that much blood anywhere. Riku- while he still looked like the Heartless who had claimed he was Ansem -had the taut look of fear.

Saïx grabbed Sora by his jacket and slammed him against the wall. "So, Keybearer, how does it feel?" Sora felt all over Saïx's hand. His scream had softened to sobbing whimpers the moment Saïx grabbed him. "I-I can't see...! T-that's not fair!" he cried. Saïx chuckled and pressed one of the still bloody spikes against Sora's chin, causing Sora to seize up and try to get away "It's amusing how you still stick to your 'fairness'-"

There was a metal clang as something snapped Saïx's head away. He dropped Sora in surprise, and he fell to his knees and wiped at the ground while whimpering "What's going on?!"

Donald and Goofy, meanwhile, were completely losing it; Sparks were flying off of Donald's wand and Goofy's shield- the thing that had saved Sora -was soaring through the air in a blur. Sora had grown to be their SON. An assault like that was begging for the Luna Diviner to get his death as slow and painful as they were willing to let it be.

Needless to say Saïx fell without a single hitch at their hands.

Kairi and Riku rushed towards Sora, but Goofy held up his hand "Now hold on, he needs some space." Donald was already at Sora's side and trying to fix him up "He's in good hands, guys." Kairi stuttered out "B-but-" Riku grabbed her shoulder and very stiffly turned her to him while bending down to her eye level "Things will be alright Kairi." His voice was flat and emotionless "They wouldn't let anything happen to Sora." He hoped and prayed he was right as guilt and self-blame continued pooling in his stomach.

Sora was still crying, but greatly reassured by the feeling of Goofy stroking his cheek and brushing his hair and murmuring all sorts of things and the low humming mumble of Donald casting what sounded like a very complex Cure spell. He bit down on his lip, realizing his nightmare had come to pass.

He was blind.

Sightless.

Lost in the darkness forever.

The only thing he saw was inky black. No more cocky smiles from Riku- hell he didn't even know what Riku looked like now. Just Ansem. His last look at his best friend was the face of someone who he deemed long ago absolutely evil. And then Kairi... He'd never get to see Kairi again. His sun, moon, and stars were all pulled away from him. He had his whole world ripped from under his feet.

"Now Sora, everything is gonna be okay." He heard Goofy say. What he missed was the way Goofy said it and the glance he gave to Donald that belied the meaning of a question towards the duck. Donald paused his spellcasting and said carefully "Nobody's gonna hurt you anymore."

Donald was pulling every ounce of his mana to try and fix Sora's sight, but it was too late. He was completely, totally, 100% blind and there was nothing they could do. All he really could do was stop the bleeding and reknit the skin into a scar. Sora would be lucky if he wouldn't have to wear a bandage to hide the scarring for the rest of his life.

Sora felt a bandage being wrapped around his face "Sora, you're gonna have to wear this so your eyes can get better, okay?" Sora felt his stomach sink. He knew what that meant. He KNEW that it meant they couldn't do anything.

His hands scrambled at the bandage, suddenly hysterical as he tried to remove it "No! NO! Y-you guys can do SOMETHING! I-I KNOW you can!" Goofy and Donald looked at each other sadly- they were all too aware of Sora's fear -and Donald whispered "I-I've tried everything-"

"TRY SOMETHING ELSE!" Sora screamed at them. He put his face in his hands "Please!"

Goofy and Donald hugged him, unable to voice their apologies any other way.

After a short moment like that Sora let them put on the bandages without any struggle. He was lifeless anyways with the way he sat there with his wet hands in his lap, his head tilted slightly with a sorrowful, vacant expression, and the steady hiccuping of his breaths.

After checking to make sure the bandage was nice a tight but not too much so and didn't press down on Sora's hair too much, Goofy called over to Riku and Kairi, who- at the moment -were hugging each other "Well, if ya wanna come over you can now."

Kairi ran over unhesitantly, skidding onto her knees and cupping Sora's face so that it faced hers "Sora! Sora are you alright?"

Sora tried syncing the face he remembered with her voice, and then croaked out "Not really..."

Now that Kairi had a better look at the injury, it was less blood than she thought it was- more like very distilled blood that had been mixed in with tears and something else. Still, seeing him like this made everything about her seize up and panic.

Riku knelt next to him and gently touched his shoulder.

Sora jolted at the touch, but settled in again "That was Riku, right?"

Riku nodded, then hastily corrected himself "Y-yeah."

Sora's hand wound up Riku's kneeling leg, then his chest, shoulders, and finally stopped at his face. Sora brushed his cheek a bit while his other hand did the same for Kairi. When he was sure he knew where both of them were, he pulled them into a tight, mournful hug.

They sat there, wondering what was going to happen now.

WEEE VENTUS-DATA ASKED FOR SOME BLIND SORA A LA ANOTHER FIC OF MINE AND THIS JUST POPPED UP :D May or may not continue, so for now I guess it'll be a one shot.

Now let's play "Which line did I recycle?"