Disclaimer: Ok, so i don't Kingdom Hearts, but i own a copy of the three games, does that count for something? No? It doesn't? Aw man... My dreams will never be fulfilled then... -sobs in corner-

A/N notes: Ok welcome to all that's reading this. This is my first try on a Kingdom Hearts Fic, let's hope it's awesome, right? So anyway, this an AU story (Alternate Universe) of Kairi's rise to star dom in the beautiful city of Tokyo! So you can picture the craziness of the city life. The main paring of this story is SoraX Kairi, sounds awesome riiiiiiight? Sora's a photographer, Kairi's... uh... I haven't thought of what she should be yet... Riku is a sexy male model,this totally fits for him right?

Ok enough of my digression read my story to find out what'll happen, enjoy! and review! If you don't I might not find the confidence I need to write anymore...

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.:Golden Rule:.

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City Rule:

In the city don't expect things to be easy.

Especially love…

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Negative thoughts

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The sun was placed high into the air, clearly stating it was the afternoon. The city streets were filled with thousands of cars trying to at least move an inch in the traffic jam. Each of the sidewalks beside the city streets loomed almost completely with people making their way back to their jobs. This may all seemed a bit abnormal for all this to occur in just the afternoon, but this was Tokyo, Japan.

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As the hustle and bustle of the more active part of Tokyo, the true story will begin in the more slummy part of the city where the real action occurs. Hundreds of people lived in these run down buildings, either they had just started out living on their own or they arrived upon an unfortunate incident causing them to be bankrupted or with little money.�One thing for sure was that one certain girl would undergo some changes.

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In front of one of, possibly, the most run down and oldest building stood a girl. She put one step to walk forward up the stoop into the building, but her hesitant nature said otherwise. She stood back staring in awe at the building. It wasn't the building she found amazing, it was what it stood for. A couple of strands of red hair fell into of her eyes; she brushed them behind her ear and whispered to herself. "I finally made it, no more college, no more school work; it's just going to be me on my own. I'm no longer the clumsy little girl from the islands who relied on Axel for help. I'm Kairi Uchida and I'm going to be big in Tokyo!"

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Kairi, the red headed girl, was a college graduate who just recently began to start living on her own. Her previous home was a small island just off the coast of Japan called " DestinyIsland". Very few people actually lived on the islands, so it wasn't very much known or popular.

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Kairi began to climb the steps and placed her hand on the handles; she was about to pull on it to open it when a thought occurred to her."What – what if… I'm a failure…?"Her hand slowly slid from the handle to her sides as she began to think of herself as a hopeless failure, but a quick little memory of hers corrected her thoughts of negativity.

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"Kai… you've always been such a success. I wouldn't be surprise if I found you on the cover of a magazine or something. You're smart… you always have been."

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Kairi's confidence instantly flared up again, and she firmly nodded in her confidence. She grasped the handle tightly and was about to open it, when…

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WHAM

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The door of the building somehow managed to bang Kairi's nose and she went falling down onto the porch. The person who had been on the other side of that door immediately ran to Kairi's aide.� "Oh my god, I apologize, are you okay!"

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Kairi slowly opened to her eyes. Her head ringed terribly with pain. She felt as though it was going to burst, but the sight that she was currently beholding made her forget her pain instantly – it was guy who knocked her down. Kairi couldn't help but take in the features of the person who knocked her down. He had gravity defying spiky hair that was crazily going in an upward fashion. He wore a casual black dress shirt with its sleeves rolled and a grey tie. He wore black pants with white streaks going down on the sides.

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Kairi couldn't help but sigh inwardly at the guy's eyes. It was like an endless sea of blue that she could easily get lost in. she knew that she had a crush on this guy, but it wasn't a sure thing, for the most obvious reason – she didn't even know his name!

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He extended his hand to help her up, and she happily took it. Kairi rubbed the back of her head, a clear sign that she was still in a bit of pain. "Lemme take a look." The guy said as he leaned over her shoulder to see the back of her head to see if it was bleeding or not. As he was leaning over her, Kairi couldn't help but inhale his scent. She simply adored his smell; it was definitely a scent she could get use to. She couldn't place her finger on it, but it faintly reminded her of her dad.

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At the thought of getting together with this stranger, she mentally slapped herself. "What am I thinking! I don't even know his name for Mickey's sake!" Her inner thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the guy's voice.

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"… No Bleeding, that's good." The guy said to himself in a relieved tone of voice. His relieved expression almost instantly turned into a worried one once more as he looked down to the wrist watch he had on. "Oh my God, I'm so late for work! I'm sorry for the accident and leaving suddenly, but I'm going to be late." After that he made a run down the block heading downtown into the more active part of Tokyo.

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"Ok…" I silently said as I waved him good bye.

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New Accommodations

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Kairi couldn't help but feel like in a dream. The mysterious guy, who had earlier caused her injuries, was now the only thing on her mind, but she'd probably never meet him again, so she'd just have to set her mind on the task ahead. She continued into the apartment complex and strode into the main hallway.

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The building was pretty old and anything but he building looked fairly old; wasn't what she would call 'luxurious' but it beat some of the shabbier buildings she had seen people lived in. The neighborhood was almost pleasant. She would have to say that this was going to be an exciting adventure—no doubt about that. "I guess this is what I get for leaving the islands without so as a dime on my person…" Kairi thought with an exasperating sigh to follow.

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"We got no more rooms." A voice sounded from behind Kairi. Before Kairi could turn around the person who had made the comment was already in front of Kairi. He was a blond man who was probably in his early 40's. He wore a white, worn t-shirt, and a pair of dirty worn out jeans. He turned to Kairi, a cigarette in his mouth as well. "You hear me?"

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"Oh… um… I was told I already got a room here." Kairi hesitantly said to the man.

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"Hmm… your name?" The blonde man said as he took another drag on his cigarette before exhaling it. He seemed to have forgotten that Kairi was even there.

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"Uh… Kairi. Kairi Uchida." Kairi said not as boldly as she actually wanted to say. She tightly gripped the suitcase in her hand in her hesitant feeling.

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"Right… you're the girl who called earlier in the week right?" The man asked. Kairi firmly nodded her head. Earlier in the week, she found this place by random in the newspaper and called in immediately because it was cheap. She didn't expect to get a call back from the landlord five minutes later, saying that she got the apartment, but she really didn't care because of her anxiousness.

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"Ok, the name's Cid Highwind. I'm the landlord, so if you've got any problems speak to me." Cid gestured Kairi to follow him down the hallway and she did so. "As I told earlier in the week, the rooms not furnished, so that's your problem, you got that taken care of?"

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"Yeah, I'm getting things from my dorm moved over here. It was the same situation." Kairi answered in a more confident tone of voice. Any doubts she had of this guy seemed to dissolve in seconds after he introduced himself.

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As they continued walking through the stairs, they started climbing stairs. "Hey, Cid, how come this place doesn't have an elevator?" Kairi questioned as she noticed she was becoming tired climbing the stairs that were quickly becoming a tiresome thing.

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"We do have an elevator, it's just broken." Cid said with a shrug to follow his comment.� Kairi had been counting the number of floors they had already climbed, and she didn't like it so far. "I know what you're thinking, and yeah, you're going to have to climb up nine floors each day to reach your room."

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Kairi nearly tripped on herself when she heard what Cid said. She mentally started crying at the thought of climbing all those floors. "C-can't you fix the elevator?" Kairi asked Cid in a sort of pleading tone.

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"I would love too, but I don't have the time." Cid said as they finally reached the ninth floor. Kairi let out a silent sigh as she still followed Cid to her door. "But listen to this; I might make some time to fix that elevator if you really want it."

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"That'd be awesome, Cid." Kairi said with a smile. After a nod in understanding, Cid handed Kairi the keys to her apartment and left, but not before reminding her that the rent would be due at the end of the month. Kairi opened the door to her apartment and nearly squealed in joy when she saw the apartment.

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It wasn't the fact that it was awesome, it's just that it belonged to her! The room seemed to be small but a cozy kind of small. The first room you would enter was the living room, or rather an area where the living could be because of the lack of furniture. There was bathroom, a small breakfast nook, and a bedroom small enough to only fit a queen size bed and a small dresser. Kairi immediately threw herself on the floor of the apartment living room and began to start doing snow angels on the dusty floor. She was completely lost in her fit of happiness.

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"Ah-hem…" A voice sounded from the door of the apartment.

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A harsh blush quickly fell over Kairi's face the second she heard the person's voice. She couldn't even move, her embarrassment level was at all time high and her body instantly froze. "U-uh… hi?" Kairi managed to utter out as she still was on the floor.

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"Um, why are you on the floor?" The person asked as the person crouched down to get a good look at Kairi. Kairi noticed the person's appearance; it was girl, about the same age as Kairi. The girl had brown hair that reached down to her shoulders, a yellow blouse with its sleeves rolled up and light blue jeans.

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"Uh… making snow angels?" Kairi sheepishly asked, still blushing like crazy.

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"Wouldn't it be 'dust angels'?" The brown girl inquired with some curiosity in her voice. She was obviously the type of girl with many quirks in her personality. The girl tapped Kairi's shoulder to get her attention. "So what's your name? Mine is Selphie Tilmitt."

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Kairi got up from the floor, feeling less embarrassed about her situation, now that this girl was so friendly with her. Kairi dusted off her clothes and extend her hand for a handshake, which Selphie happily shook. "I'm Kairi Uchida, nice to meet you. I'm new around the building."

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"I can tell, it's not everyday you see someone making dust angels" She giggled a bit at the part. "On the floor." Selphie looked around the room and let a huge sigh out. "You've got an awesome room! You're so lucky!" She ran up to Kairi and gave her a tight bone crushing hug. "We should totally be best friends!" Selphie exclaimed after letting Kairi go.

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"Uh… sure…" Kairi said, kind of unsure what to think at the moment. She was glad and all that she was able to make a friend so quickly, but it happened all so fast for her.

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Selphie looked around Kairi's house once more and let out a huff. She walked into the center of the living and looked toward the ceiling. It was practically falling apart, paints were chipped off everywhere, mites and God knows what other creatures lived in the place.

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"Pretty nice place, isn't it?" Kairi said in a sarcastic tone of voice. Although it was pretty obvious that Selphie couldn't tell if she was being funny, sarcastic or serious about it. She stood there just checking out the different color tiles on the ceiling.

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"It is a nice place." Selphie answered to Kairi. Kairi near tripped on her own feet again at the comment, she didn't expect an answer like that. She was about to say something, but Selphie cut her off. "Though… you should get some more furniture…"

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"I know, I already got a delivery of my old stuff coming here. It should arrive by today, I think…" Kairi said as she started playing with a strand of her hair.

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"Well, until then maybe we can go out for lunch or something?" Selphie asked Kairi as she started walking toward the door. Kairi was about to protest when a certain sound stopped her – her stomach growling.

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More Friends

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The ringing tone on the phone brought some hope, but when the answering machine came up, she felt uneasy at that moment. Kairi closed her phone and placed it back in her purse. She sighed heavily at the thought of where he was, but her thoughts were interrupted by Selphie's voice.

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"No answer, Kai?" Selphie asked as she handed her the small coffee cup from the café. They had decided on getting coffee and a small cookie or other sweet, rather than actually go out to eat at a restaurant.

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"No answer…" Kairi said dully as he grabbed the coffee from Selphie's hand. She ignored the new nickname, and concentrated on finding a seat in the clearly apparent crowded coffee shop. "Oh man… looks like we're going have to share a table with someone…"

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"How about over there?" Selphie asked as she pointed to the table near the window with a women busily working on something on her lap. Kairi shrugged and the both of them walked over to the table.

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"Um, excuse me?" Kairi shyly asked the girl. Both Kairi and Selphie looked at the girl closely to see her physical features. She appeared to be their age with light blonde hair and pale skin. She had her hair in a bun with a pencil holding it up. She wore a white blouse with its sleeves rolled up and dark blue jeans. She sat with her legs crossed and appeared to be really into something, which would explain why she didn't answer Kairi's call.

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Selphie tapped the tips of her knuckles to get her attention and luckily it did. "Hm?" She asked still not taking her eyes off what she was doing.

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"Can we sit here?" Selphie questioned to the blonde women.

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The blonde women finally took her eyes off what she was doing and looked at the two girls. She smiled and nodded her head. The two, not needing any other reason to not sit, sat down at the table. Kairi couldn't help but feel curious at what the blonde girl was doing under the table.

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"Um… what are you doing?"

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The blonde looked down at her lap and then back up at Kairi and Selphie. She, then, lifted a drawing pad to the two with a very artistic and very well done picture on the page. "I'm just drawing a new cover for the company I work at. My name's Namine Nakahara, nice to meet you two." She said as she extended her hand for a handshake, which they both happily complied.

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Kairi smiled, she made another friend in Tokyo. She did feel a bit bad that she hadn't been able to tell Axel of her safe trip into the city, but she was sure she'd be able to tell him later. Besides she was sure she'd have nice stories to tell him by the end of the day, she was absolutely sure.

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"I'll ask again, what's your name?" Namine's voice interrupted Kairi's thoughts. Kairi shook her head slightly as she was coming back from her thoughts.

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"Uh… my name is Kairi Uchida, and this is –"

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"Selphie Tilmitt at your service!" Selphie shouted, completely interrupting Kairi. Kairi inwardly sighed to herself, it had been an hour already and Selphie was already being annoying to her, but she couldn't help but be happy about being friends with Selphie.

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Finally Here (Part I)

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As the group of girls all walked back from the coffee shop to the apartment, Kairi and Selphie were able to learn that Namine worked at the company for the magazine 'Photon' and she was the one that designed the covers of the magazines.

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As they continued walking Kairi noticed a movers truck outside the apartment, and they immediately set Kairi into run mode and before she knew all it three of them were in front of the apartment.

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"Finally, now I can sleep in my own bed tonight!" Kairi cheered as she jumped in the air for joy. She immediately ran to the back of the truck to see it open already. "Huh? What – what's going on?"

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"Don't ask me, I might live here, but it's not like I can predict things, Kai." Selphie said with a shrug to follow her comment.

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"But then –"

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"Excuse me!" A voice shouted from behind us. It was a large box, or rather a person holding a box – a very familiar box to Kairi. The person walking with the box walked into the building and there Kairi was able to see his face. It was ….

A/N: Annnnnd cut! ok people, print that out and we'll get started with more chapters, if the audience do you guys like it? Answer me please!

So who's the mysterious person? Sora? Cid? Random homeless bum on street #48! Review and You might just find out!

Reviewer's Corner

Sora: Hey what's up! it's time fore the reviewer's corner! Ok since I haven't even been really shown in this story this corner will be mine! -cue in evil laugh- So anyways the author tells me he wants to know some things from you guys, something about making sure you guys are alive or whatever... I hope he's not trying to stalk you guys.. So the first question of the day is... -cue in drum roll-(reads off card) "What's your favorite Kingdom Hearts character?" ... what's kingdom hearts!

Riku: You're kidding right?

Sora: Seriously, what's that?

Riku: -whispers in Sora's ear-

Sora: So we have people stalking us...?

Riku: sigh... ignore him folks... he's a doofus... just answer the question...

Sora: hey, how'd you get here anyways!