Unexpected

A/N: I'm going to do this in a first-person style. And this is a Sora/Kairi fanfiction, but maybe I'll put a little bit of my favorite pairings in here.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, or Kingdom Hearts 2 or any Final Fantasy character, only this story plot and my imagination.

WARNING:

Mild Swearing. But it's not really a big deal. If you don't like it, pretend you didn't read that word.

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Chapter 1: Something New.

Everything was normal. Every single day in my life was normal. Nothing new, nothing old. Nothing different. If something different was to happen, I'd thank God for it.

I opened my locker and looked at my reflection in the mirror which was stuck into the back of my locker door. I looked at my red hair, my blue eyes (which I really love about myself because they do look beautiful), and my face. I fixed a few things here and there, and when I finally thought that everything was okay, I showed a cute smile, and took out my books for next class.

Today I'm in a good mood. Let's hope no one spoils it. Or they'll get a heck of a beating from me. Seriously.

I kept smiling, sometimes grinning, and with an uncontrollable aura of happiness, I slammed the locker shut.

But not before I jammed my finger with it.

"Fish!" I cried out, looking at my finger. 'Fish' is just another letter for the four letter F-word.

Every person walking and talking around the place stopped whatever they were doing, and stared at me. Some were holding back their laughter.

Soon, my best friend Namine came and ushered me out of the school hall.

I blinked back tears that were threatening to fall, and whimpered at the pain.

We walked to the school fountain, and we sat down beside it. Namine sighed and looked hopelessly at me.

"That's what you get for being in a good mood today. If you weren't, you would notice how to do things more calm." She said.

"The locker was cursed, Namine! Cursed!" I cried out.

Namine sighed again, shaking her head hopelessly at me. I wished she would be a bit more caring. I mean, I hurt my finger! It's throbbing in pain right now! I'm so sure it's gonna swell up.

"Kairi, just get your finger taken care off later in the nurse's office and try to be a lot less happy than just now, or else the whole school might hear you curse again." Namine said, laughing.

"Shaddup Namine." I said, laughing. I felt the pain in my finger fading slowly, but I know it was gonna swell up.

"Anyway, let's get back in, the bell's gonna ring soon." Namine said, standing up.

I nodded, following her back in.

As we were walking through the school hall again, we saw a person heading towards us. Guess who it was, my huge crush Sora. You know what; maybe it's not even a crush. I bet my feelings have turned into love. Of course, he doesn't know that. And we barely talk to each other.

I know…it's so sad.

But he's cute, funny and handsome. Actually, I have been watching him sometimes from afar, and he has done some funny stuff. What hurts is that we don't share that kind of moment.

Putting that aside, I watched him coming closer. Or maybe it was Namine and I who were coming closer. Whoever was walking faster was coming closer. And then, Namine grinned at Sora with friendliness and said, "Hi!"

I just looked at Sora. Sora grinned back and said Hi back, but when the both of us passed, we didn't say anything.

The thing is, I was speechless. I have had a few attempts to try and talk to him. As expected, all attempts were failures.

But what I noticed just now was that when we passed each other, I saw him glance at me. He glanced at me! That's something, right?

The bell rang soon after. Namine had Chemistry classes first, and I had Math, so we went our separate ways.

So I stepped into my Math class. Most of the people in my class looked at me, some waved and said hi.

I know, I'm so popular!...I'm being sarcastic.

Class went by pretty fast, and so did school. I didn't see Sora much today, well, I hardly do. But I usually see him three or four times a day, which is quite a lot to me, and I take my chances when I do get to see him.

I was about to get ready to go back home, when I heard someone call me from behind.

"Kairi!" Roxas called, running towards me. Guess who was running behind him….Sora.

Roxas stopped, and smiled. "Hey, I was thinking if you and Namine wanted to come with Sora and I to BK. We could get some burgers to chow down there." He said.

Sora soon came, and panted. "Finally." He said, taking a moment to catch his breath. "I thought you'd never stop." He said.

"You're faking that Sora." Roxas said, slapping Sora's back.

Sora laughed. "You know I do." He said, showing his 1000 watt smile.

Total heart throb.

I opened my mouth for a moment, hesitating. "S-Sure." I stuttered, and right after, I felt a bit stupid.

"Great!" Roxas said, showing a thumbs up. I asked Namine if she wanted to come already, and she said yes, so we'll meet you outside, okay." He said, walking past her and patted her shoulder.

I watched him go, and Sora followed Roxas, and passed me too. But this time, he looked at me, gave his smile again, and walked beside Roxas, giving him a slap on the back like what Roxas did to Sora.

I watched their retreating backs, and replayed Sora's 1000 watt smile again. I would have died if he hadn't left.

But that was great. I feel like I'm getting closer to him soon.

Namine soon ran to me, and we both walked outside school. Then around the school gate was Roxas and Sora, talking and joking around. Namine ran over to them, while I walked instead. If I was Sora's friend, I would have done the same thing. Unfortunately, I'm not, and I'm really nervous right now. I just hope I'm not gonna be a total klutz.

"Ready?" Roxas asked.

Namine smiled and nodded. Just to let you know, Namine loves Roxas. I bet Roxas does too, they just didn't tell each other yet. I hope they do soon.

I took a small glimpse at Sora, and he placed his arms behind his head, waiting to go.

I looked at Roxas, smiled and nodded, and he grinned and walked ahead first. Namine was beside him, talking about whatever they talk about. Right now, I was really nervous.

So since I was nervous, I watched Namine, Roxas and Sora walk ahead, and then I slowly followed behind.

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Sora's P.O.V

Roxas definitely likes Namine. Or maybe even love. Too bad he doesn't have the guts to tell her that.

I was walking somewhere behind them, but then I noticed Kairi was walking slowly behind. She looks like she needs company. Maybe I should start a conversation.

I glance back at her, slowing down my footsteps until I was walking beside her. For the first time I notice that she wasn't that bad looking. She was…pretty cute.

I just kept glancing at her, and then I looked up at the sky, knowing that this is getting nowhere.

"Hello? Um…earth to Kairi…" I started.

Kairi looked up, and looked at her side. She looked at me, and stared at me. Okay…this is freaky.

I just smiled and waved. After that, her eyes exploded. Well, they went huge. That was freakier.

She opened her mouth, and she was gaping like a fish. She looked surprised and startled. Maybe I should have taken things a lot more slowly. But how slow could I be?

"So…uh…how was school?" I asked, nothing more to ask.

"Oh," She said surprised, "I-It was okay. Other than the fact that I injured my finger…" She said, and her eyes widened again.

"Shit! I forgot to treat my finger! Now it's really going to swell!" She said, frowning.

I tried to hold back my laughter, but I couldn't help it. In the end, I laughed so hard.

I saw her look away, feeling embarrassed, so I stopped. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to laugh. But your outburst was funny." I said, wiping my eyes from tears of laughter.

Kairi smiled a small smile when she looked back at me. That was kind of cute. But she wasn't really talking much, I wonder why.

"So…uh….I don't know what to talk about. Why don't you talk about something?" I asked.

Kairi looked at me confused, and asked, "Like what?"

I thought for a moment. Like what? Well, I don't know. I don't really care. I just wanna talk with Kairi.

"Anything. Anything's good enough for me. Because if we're not talking, then it's not fun." I said, grinning.

I heard Kairi giggle. Now I really, really wonder why I wasn't her friend before. I practically see her every single day. That's plain weird.

Kairi looked ahead, and I looked to where she was looking, and Roxas and Namine were in the view. I turned to Kairi, bent down slightly and whispered, "I bet they like each other."

Kairi looked at me, with a slight tinge of red. Is she blushing?

"I'm so sure they are." Kairi said, laughing.

I laughed with her. "Let's hope they get together soon then." I said.

Kairi nodded. "So true."

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Kairi's P.O.V

Wow. That's the easiest word I could think of. I just talked with Sora. Talked! It's a huge step for me.

We were reaching BK and the moment I saw it, I immediately knew what I wanted. Good fries and Coke. That's practically all I needed from any fast food shop.

Roxas opened the door first, and Namine headed in before Roxas. He was saying some cheesy line like "Ladies first."

Apparently he must have been to engrossed into Namine that he forgot about us.

And I almost got hit head first with the door if Sora didn't stop it.

I just laughed embarrassedly, cursing at Roxas in my mind while he and Namine cued up to order.

Sora laughed. "Better be careful, I don't think Roxas is gonna pay attention to anything when Namine's around."

I laughed at his joke. Aw, Sora's so funny. I'm not just saying that! I really think he IS funny.

I thanked him and walked into the restaurant, standing behind Roxas and Namine. Sora soon stood beside me, and the way we were standing looked like we were a couple.

Maybe I'm overreacting.

Namine turned around to look at Sora and I, and she smiled widely. After some time, I just looked away, getting what her looks meant, and then she asked, "What do you guys want? Roxas and I would buy the food for you. You can get us a seat upstairs." Namine said.

Sora nodded, while I was about to say what I wanted. Well, I was actually looking at the menu because I thought of eating something else with good fries and coke, but I decided against it.

Namine turned back in front, talking with Roxas again. So I was going to tap on her shoulder to tell her what I wanted.

But…

The moment I did, everything stopped. Everyone was in fixed positions, and Namine and Roxas were having smiling faces and they were glued to that position.

No one moved. No one spoke. No one laughed. No one did anything at all.

I was the only one who was...in motion! I'm the only one who could move, who could talk, who could see what's happening!

I turned to my side and looked up at Sora. He seems to be in fixed position too, with his trademark grin or smile.

Now I'm starting to get scared. What was happening? Why is this happening? Why did it look like time stopped?

I was really starting to get freaked out and I'm really confused. I don't know what to do anymore. Should I run to someone for help? But how can I ask someone for help when I'm the only person who's awake?

Without hesitating, I simply ran outside. I was running in the direction where we first came from. I was running back to school. I don't know why, but I felt like that's somewhere I could feel safe.

You know, like I always thought that school was our 'second home' because we go to school almost every single day spending half the time of the day learning about some stuff. So school's probably safe…I mean, a good school is a safe place. Which means in this case, my school is a good school. Not one with rapists or other shitty people.

I ran to where Namine and I sat beside the fountain this morning. I just plopped on the floor and I just didn't know what to do. I was really scared, and when all this is happening, it just makes me feel like I'm alone in this world.

Kairi just didn't know that Sora has actually seen what had happened.

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Sora's P.O.V

I just saw Kairi run out. And I'm thoroughly shocked. Why did she run out? She was perfectly fine when we came here, so what's wrong with her?

I knew I had to go after her. So I did. I ran to the door, opening it hastily. "Wait a minute! I'll go get Kairi back!" I yelled without turning back at Roxas and Namine.

I didn't know that time stopped there too, and slowly it was spreading like bacteria.

I kept running as fast as I could towards Kairi. I saw her running, and boy, did she run pretty fast. But I think I can catch up with her soon.

I realized that she was running back to school. If I had time to wonder why, I would, but I was more worried about Kairi's strange behavior right now.

I saw her stop near the school fountain, and she just sat down on beside it. She looked scared and upset. Why?

"Kairi…" I called out to her softly, reaching my hand out to hers. I looked at her, waiting for her to reply. But really, what was wrong with her? What's with the change?

Kairi turned to look at me slowly. She looked like she was really scared. "So…ra…" She whispered.

I nodded. "It's me. What's wrong?" I asked. I placed my hand on her shoulder.

In an instant, I felt like something changed. No, not something. Everything. I just stared at Kairi, unsure what to say.

"Did you know? Time seemed to have stopped. It stopped since I touched Namine's shoulder. I don't know why, and I'm really scared." Kairi said, voice quivering.

She's going to cry, but I don't know what to say. I'm baffled. Time stopped? She has to be joking, right?

No she's not. She's not joking. It's obvious by just looking at her face. She's scared out of her wits and maybe she's more baffled than I am.

"It's…okay, Kairi. I'm sure things will turn back to what they were before." I said, calming her down. "Don't be afraid."

I'm not sure if I actually mean that, but I can't let Kairi feel this way. She's too scared and she probably can't even think straight. I'm scared too, but I pulled myself together already. I have to make Kairi pull herself together too.

"Kairi, we're going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay. You'll just see." I said softly at her.

Kairi began to cry. God I suck. I must have a bad luck. I placed my hand on her back and gently rubbed her back up and down.

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Normal P.O.V (Er…Third Person)

A man came out through the shadows. He wore a black unzipped cloak with a hood, and he wore a shirt and long baggy pants inside.

Sora stood up, glaring at the man. "Who are you?" He asked suspiciously.

Kairi looked up, now more afraid than ever. She looked at Sora, and he seemed to calm her down a bit. His presence made her feel that she was not alone.

Slowly Kairi stood up; standing beside Sora, but a bit scared of the man.

The man didn't show his face, and the skies were turning darker and darker, like a storm is going to hit the place.

Kairi was worried. She just hoped nothing bad would happen.

"You…" The man pointed at Kairi, and at that moment she was surprised and afraid. Sora stood in front of Kairi, protecting her from the person.

"What do you want from her?" Sora demanded.

"She's the one who would be able to help. She may be able to help our different world." The man said.

"Different world?" Sora asked. "Stop joking around! What the hell are you saying?" He said angrily.

"I…what can I do to help your world?" Kairi asked softly but loud enough for the two to hear.

Sora looked back, surprised. "Kairi…"

"I'm not able to do anything. I don't have any ability to do anything. What makes you say that I can help?" She asked more loudly.

The man chuckled. "You will have the ability when you come into our world. You are chosen for that ability. Now tell me, right now, who would be the most important person to you? Who would you want to protect the most, who would you want to follow you?" The man asked. "One person will be able to come with you to the other world. Choose the person." The man asked.

Sora didn't know what to say. But he managed to ask, "Kairi, you believe this person? He could just be joking around!"

"I…I don't know. But don't you think it's weird. What else am I supposed to do other than believe this person? You know things are getting weird. Everything stopped everything around us stopped. It's only you, me and this man who's moving around. No one else is. Namine and Roxas aren't coming. They're like statues and so is everyone else." Kairi said.

Sora kept quiet. She was right. He knew she was right. But still, it's hard for him to trust this person. He just appeared out of nowhere!

Sora sighed. "Do what you want Kairi. But don't get into too much trouble." He said.

Kairi nodded. She turned to face the mysterious man.

"I…I want Sora to come with me." She said hesitantly, but she took Sora's hand.

Another surprising moment for Sora. But nevertheless, he held Kairi's hand too. He smiled at her.

Kairi smiled back. But the smile faded when the man spoke again.

"Very well." He said. "Sora, you have been chosen by Kairi to come with her to the other world. You will have no objections whatsoever." He said.

"Never intended to." Sora said.

"You shall now become Kairi's bodyguard, or protector. Whatever you want to call yourself." The man said.

Sora raised one of his eyebrows. "Ok…" He said, not really understanding what the man said.

"That means that if you were somehow separated from Kairi, then Kairi would be in great danger. She would be attacked by many beings, humans or monsters. If you're not there to protect her, then she would die." The man said.

Sora and Kairi's eyes widened.

"But…wouldn't I have some ability to defend myself as well?" Kairi asked. "I can't always depend on Sora to protect me." She said.

"You will have the ability to aid him during battle. If you would need to fight, then I suppose magic is the best option. But there is more than what you need. You will soon realize it as you journey our world. You will awaken." He said.

"Huh?" Kairi and Sora asked at the same time, puzzled.

The man chuckled again. "It's time for you to go. I shall talk to you two again, in some other time." He said, and disappeared.

Just as he disappeared, a strong gust of wind hit Kairi and Sora, and pushed them away. Kairi screamed, getting closer to Sora, and grabbing his hand. Sora held on to Kairi, gritting his teeth and holding her close.

But in the end, they were both blown away above the skies, to somewhere they have never seen before.

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Kairi:

That day, when I thought that I would thank God if something different would happen, I regretted it. But that was me. I'd have to regret about something anyway.

I was just really glad Sora was there with me, or else, I'd be thinking I was a goner.

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Sora:

I haven't really thought much about what had happened that day. I didn't know that everything would change that day. And that day I was happily playing and fooling around with my friends.

I was really glad I spoke to Kairi for the first time that day. Or else she wouldn't have picked me to come with her. I wouldn't want someone else to be in my place protecting her.

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Kairi & Sora:

That was totally Unexpected.

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