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Pain.
That was the very first thing Sora was able to process as he very slowly opened his eyes, his vision blurry and his head heavy.
'Where am I?'
He groaned, his eyes closing before once again opening. This time, he was able to make out wrinkles in an old, yellowed fabric. He recognized this as one of the tents that he had grown used to using during long stays in other worlds.
'Oh, right... Ping...'
Sora sat up, another groan escaping him as he suddenly clutched his stomach, his eyes squeezing shut. He fell back down onto his side, his body curling up into a ball, his face scrunched up.
Why was he hurting? Why now of all times? Beads of sweat started to form on his forehead. He inhaled sharply. A pained whine escaped his lips as he let out a shaky breath. Was he sick? Was it something he ate? Maybe there was a stomach bug going around, or maybe it was his--
"Sora?"
Sora whipped his head up, eyes wide open so he could see Donald watching him with a look of concern on his face.
"D-donald..!" Sora suddenly sat back up, doing his best to ignore what quite literally felt like his appendix bursting. He took note of Goofy who was still fast asleep in his sleeping bag. "I'm so sorry," he said, looking back at Donald. "Did I wake you?"
"Who cares about that?!" Donald crossed his arms with a shake of his head. "Are you okay?"
"Me?"
"Who else, dummy!"
"I... think so...." Sora nodded.
"You sure?"
"Well... Yeah, I mean.." Sora shrugged casually. "I've felt way worse than this in the past. Usually when my--" He then cut himself off, all the colour now draining from his face.
"Sora?"
"There is no way...."
"No way what?"
Without warning, Sora was suddenly on his feet.
"Sora!"
"Why NOW of all times?!"
"Sora, WHAT IS GOING ON?!" This outburst from Donald caused Goofy to finally stir awake.
"I have to go! I-i'm gonna be late to our training with Captain Shang! Please tell him I'm sorry!"
"SORA!!"
Before anything else could be said, he was gone, leaving Donald and Goofy alone and utterly confused. When they eventually did all meet up with Shang, Goofy made a bit of an awkward attempt to ask Sora what happened, only for him to brush things off.
"Oh, that?" Sora asked with a wide grin. "Oh, it's fine! I must have caught something going around is all... Ping helped me out though and I feel much better so everything's fine!"
Though filled with questions, the two decided to leave it at that.