Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
LilP: Hey ho! I'm back yet again! With a brand new spanking story! WOOt! I'm so excited. Are you? Well, you better be, cuz I have some wonderful ideas in store for this one.
Chapter 1: They meet
It was cold. The wind blew and caused Sora to shiver, even in his leather jacket. The sky was a gray, polluted color, but then again, it was like that practically every day. Sora inhaled the cigarette smoke that wafted around him. He needed more cigarettes. The boy moved from his spot on the wall and started on his way to Riku's.
The city was busy and loud. Cars honked, people yelled for taxis, dogs barked and business workers yapped on their cell phones, wearing silk suits and carrying black, leather briefcases. Sora ignored the odd stares he got. He definitely looked out of place in this part of town, with his ripped baggy jeans and worn out leather jacket. His hair was probably a mess too.
Once he got to the street he needed, he turned into an alley. It was quieter here. Homemade clothing lines with white shirts and rags on them hung from window after window. Some little boys were playing basketball on a hoop with no chain. He came to a door and knocked on it. He heard somebody yell, "Come in" and he twisted the wiggly knob.
Inside, it was warm and a TV blared. He could smell pizza and looked to the right of him to see a blue haired boy in nothing but pajama pants sitting on the couch.
"What the hell are you doing, Riku? Ansem wants us to meet him in an hour!" Sora snatched a piece of pizza from Riku. Riku glared at him.
"I'm not meeting Ansem"
Sora looked at him in disbelief. "What? But, you know the rules…you'll get-"
Riku gave him a sad look and snatched the pizza back. "I know the rules, Sora."
Sora blinked at him and sat down next to him. "Riku…. I don't think you understand what I'm saying. You could get killed! I mean, look what he did to-"
Riku got up and smirked at him. "I know what he did. But I won't let him do that to me." He went into his bathroom and rustled around. Sora picked up a piece of pizza and bit into it. (Ahah…. I accidentally typed piece of paper at first!) He didn't like the sound of this.
Ansem was their gang leader. They had met him when Sora was 13, and Riku was 14. He was big and muscular, sold drugs, and had dropped out of school when he was 16. He led them into the gang world. They learned how to fight and get girls. They didn't realize that really, it wasn't something to be apart of. Ansem could rip you apart. He was mean and cruel and selfish. He only cared about himself. When one of the gang members didn't do what he wanted, he beat them up. That's what he did to one of their gang members, Roxas, when he wanted to leave. Roxas had to be in the hospital for 5 months. And Ansem only went to Juvi.
They had been sucked in and they couldn't get out.
Riku emerged from the bathroom in a black, tight fitting shirt and some black, baggy jeans. "Are you sure you're going to do this?" Sora asked him.
Riku sat down and started putting on his white sneakers. (Which contrasted nicely with his black attire)
"Yes I am, Sora. I'm not being a part of this shit anymore. You realize that the next time we get caught doing something, we'll be put in jail? I want to do something with my life! I don't want to beat up people. I don't want to act like a thug all the time. I want to settle down, maybe get my GED, and then, maybe even a girlfriend."
Sora frowned. Riku noticed his face and stopped messing with his shoes. "Maybe you shouldn't meet Ansem either, Sora."
Sora got up. "Whatever. Do what you want. But if you get in trouble, I'm not fishing you out like I've always done." He opened the door and slammed out, leaving Riku all alone in his apartment.
Riku could do what he wanted! Sora hadn't thrown away half of his life for nothing! How did Riku think he could just start over? Sora kicked a rock and punched the wall. His hand started to bleed. Riku had dropped out of school and moved into his own apartment, away from his alcoholic mother. Sora still lived with his father, who was addicted to alcohol also. He had abusive tendencies. The gang was all that Sora considered family, even if it was a pretty sick, cruel family.
Ignoring his throbbing hand, Sora began to run all the way over to the meeting place. It was an old run-down business building that hadn't been used in years. It was in the oldest part of the city. When he arrived he just barged right in, panting. Everyone in the building looked at him.
There was Wakka, a guy with an odd accent who had red hair that stuck straight up. He was always messing around with a blitz ball. Tidus, a blonde haired boy who was very quick with jacking cars, smirked at Sora as Selphie, a brown haired girl in a yellow mini dress cuddled his arm, purring in his ear. Leon and Yuffie were talking quietly in a corner. They both had brown hair. Yuffie was wearing tiny little shorts and a belly shirt. Leon was quiet and he rarely talked, only to Yuffie and occasionally someone else. Cloud was also very quiet. He was playing a game of solitaire with a deck of shabby cards that were ripped and faded. Ansem was nowhere insight.
"You were almost late, Sora" Tidus told him as Selphie giggled at his arm draping around her shoulder. Sora replied with "Hn". (I know, he's kind of OOC a little bit, but oh well…)
Sora walked over to a scruffy chair and sat in it. He sighed and closed his eyes, hoping for a nice nap before Ansem came.
"Hey, where's Riku?"
Damn Yuffie. She was such a loud mouth. Sora opened his eyes to see her staring at him, showing that she was asking him the question. He shrugged.
"I don't know" He lied. They all gave him a suspicious look, but before any of them could say anything, Ansem burst through the door.
They all stopped what they were doing. Sora sat up straighter from his lazy stance. Wakka stopped messing with the blitz ball. Cloud put down his last card.
Ansem looked around. "Anybody want to tell me where Riku is?"
They were silent, but they all looked at Sora who growled at them. "Will everyone stop their damn staring? I don't know where he went!"
Ansem seemed to believe him and sat down on the couch. He then noticed Yuffie and Selphie. "Who said the tramps could be here?" Yuffie stopped talking and Selphie scrambled away from Tidus onto her feet. "Scram!" They sauntered off.
Ansem took out a cigarette and lit it. "Well, looks like we have a problem." He chuckled. "Poor Riku. We'll be having fun tonight." (Um…that isn't supposed to sound gross)
Tidus and Leon didn't give any emotion. They were too angry that Ansem had called their girlfriends tramps. Cloud furrowed his brow and Wakka picked up his blitz ball again. Sora froze. He thought that only Ansem would do the beating. He couldn't possibly be thinking of them all doing it, could he?
He swallowed. "When's it going to be?"
Ansem blew out some smoke and laid down on his back. "10:00 tonight by the bridge."
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"Stupid Algebra test" Kairi thought bitterly as she shivered in her uniform sweater. She hated walking home from school for multiple reasons. And she hated Algebra too. Her score on the latest test had been a 54 out of 100. She had studied for 2 hours the night before!
The sky was gray and it didn't lighten her mood at all. Hopefully her mother would be back from her business trip today. She missed her a lot and although she loved her father just as much, he could be a bit of a grouch.
"Hello Kairi"
Kairi looked up and saw Larxene, a girl with pale skin and blonde hair. But Larxene wasn't her friend. She was far from it.
Larxene wasn't alone. She had a posse of girls with her. Kairi didn't bother to learn their names. They all looked like Larxene anyway. (None of them went tanning and they all dyed their hair bleach blonde.) Girls at Kairi's private school called them the "Populars". They dated all the cute guys at the guy's private school down the street and were the richest in the whole school. Not to mention all of them were captains of a sports team. Larxene was captain of the cheerleading squad. But she was tough. Really tough.
All of them had their sweaters off and their sleeveless white button down shirts unbuttoned to at least right above their chests. Kairi had her sweater and her shirt buttoned all the way. She didn't care though. Why would she want to look like them?
"What do you want?" She asked Larxene coldly. Larxene flipped her hair over her shoulder and laughed.
"Can't I say hi?" She smirked at Kairi. "Well, anyways, we just decided to cheer you up after what happened today".
Kairi lifted an eyebrow. "And you'll definitely cheer me up?"
Larxene girlishly giggled. "We saw what you got on your latest test score. 54." Her posse laughed. "Don't you think there's something wrong with this picture?"
Kairi glared. "What? It was a hard test."
Larxene stepped closer. "You don't belong in our school. The Organization's School for Girls doesn't want girls like you in our school. It's plain as that. You're ruining our image. Every girl at our school has at least a GPA of 3.0. And you? Yours is 2.5!" (Who really cares? I'm sorry, I couldn't really think of a good bullying subject)
Kairi stared at the ground. Larxene's father owned the Organization's School for Girls. The school was battling against other schools to see who had the best teachers and students. And with Kairi getting a 2.5 GPA, which lowered their level. Larxene didn't want her father to lose money because of this. Fewer parents would send children to the school because they would think the school didn't have good education. Kairi had been going to the school ever since she was 5 years old, and the battle had always been going on.
"I can't have my father losing any money, Kairi! And it will be your entire fault if he does! Do you understand what this means? I'll lose my boyfriend, or, I won't be popular anymore, or even, my family will be forced to stay at 3 star hotels when we go on vacation to the Bahamas! I can't take all this!"
Kairi growled. "So, why don't YOU tutor me if I'm so stupid and you're so smart? I can't help it if my parents chose to send me to your DADDY'S little school that's filled with snot-nosed brats who think they're all that just because they have money!"
Larxene laughed cruelly. "You think I have time to spend time with you? I don't! I'm Student Body President, captain of the cheerleader's squad, AND valedictorian! Plus, I wouldn't be caught dead seen with you! Look at you; you look like a little dork! I could have you kicked out of my school any time I want! You better watch your back, Kairi! This isn't over."
Kairi closed her eyes as they all scrambled past her. The last one, who smelt like cigarette smoke amusingly, pushed her to the ground, where she scraped her hands. She waited until their sounds of laughing vanished before she let a tear escape her eye.
"What did I do to deserve this?"
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It was 9:30. Sora and everyone else but Ansem were waiting at the bridge. Sora leaned against the wall of the bridge and closed his eyes again. Cloud kicked around an empty beer bottle, with his hands in the pocket of his big, dark purple sweatshirt. Wakka was throwing his blitz ball around. Suddenly, Ansem appeared around the corner of the bridge and smiled his trademark smile of sadistic pleasure. Two men came around the same corner. They each held the arm of Riku, who wasn't struggling against them. He was calm.
Sora left his spot on the wall. "Riku" He whispered.
"Well, boys, here's our project" Ansem yelled out. The boys were quiet. None of them wanted to do this. When the men holding Riku walked past Sora, Riku smirked and said "Hey Sora. You ready for this?" Sora didn't smile. What the hell was Riku thinking? Wasn't he scared? Sora was scared. He hadn't been this scared in his life, except for once when his father had come after him with a broken beer bottle.
The men slammed Riku against the bridge wall. (Nobody knew who the men were by the way) Ansem walked up to Riku and punched him across the face. Sora winced and clenched his fists together. Cloud, Leon, Tidus, and Wakka stood silent.
"So, you decided not to show up today, huh, Riku?" Ansem said quietly as he watched Riku rub his face where he punched him. He chuckled. "Boy, did you get yourself in trouble. Let's have some fun, shall we?" He turned around. "Come on, guys. What are you waiting for? Let's show Riku never to mess with us!"
They hesitated, but they all walked towards Riku. All of them did, except Sora. He was frozen. He watched as they all punched him and kicked him, until he had a broken lip and a black eye. Riku coughed up some blood even. Sora couldn't handle it any longer. "STOP!"
They all stopped. Ansem turned around. He looked furious. Sora was trembling. He hadn't meant to shout stop, it just came out. He had shown weakness. That was one of the rules! You couldn't show weakness.
"What's wrong, Sora? Don't you want to tell your pal Riku that he made a big mistake? People should always learn from their mistakes." Ansem walked over to Sora and grabbed his arm. "PUNCH HIM!" He yelled as he dragged him over to Riku. Riku tried to smile at Sora, but he coughed up some more blood. Sora trembled some more.
"Do it, Sora." Riku muttered. He gave him a stern look. "Just do it and get it over with".
Ansem grabbed Sora by his shirt collar and lifted him off his feet. "DO IT, SORA! NOW!" He threw Sora onto the hard, cold ground. Thankfully, Sora caught himself with his arms. Then he got to his feet and took off, running for his life away from the scene.
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Kairi hadn't been home yet. She had walked to the quiet little park in the middle of the city, where people walked their dogs. She had sat on a bench until there were no people left, and then she went wading in the fountain. She had purposely done it so she would catch a cold and wouldn't have to go to school tomorrow. Something bad was going to happen tomorrow. She knew it.
After wading into the fountain all the way up to her thighs, Kairi couldn't bare the cold anymore and climbed up a tree. (Okay, I know this sounds weird, but Kairi's kind of odd in this story okay) She sat in the tree on a big sturdy branch, until the sky got dark. That was where she was at this moment.
Kairi hated school. She constantly got teased and bossed around. It was because she didn't have the best grades and she wasn't in any extracurriculars, except for Art Club, which was only once a week. The girls there were mean. They taped notes to her back that said "I'm a whore" and stole her school uniform out of her locker during gym, so she was forced to walk all the way to the office in her tiny little gym shorts past the science block, which had all male teachers that leered at her when she walked by.
Her parents knew that she didn't get good grades. They constantly made her study and they got her a tutor, who was a crabby old woman. They didn't know she got bullied though. She didn't want to tell them. If they knew she was unhappy they would feel bad that they made her go to that school every year. And the money her parents were forced to pay. It was a lot.
Kairi jumped down from the tree and grabbed her bag. Just as she was about to leave, she heard loud footsteps and she crouched behind a bush.
A boy appeared. He looked about her age. He was dressed in dark clothing, she could see, and had extremely spiky hair. He looked angry. She watched as the boy sat down on a bench underneath a streetlight and shoved his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket.
Underneath the streetlight, she could see his face clearly. He was really attractive. Kairi giggled and got up from behind the bush. Then she walked over to him.
"Hi" She said cheerfully. The boy jumped and she giggled again. "What are you doing?"
The boy glared at her. "Why are you talking to me?"
Kairi smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I actually have no idea why. I mean, you could be a kidnapper, a murderer, a crazy man, a rapist…."
And she says all this while she's smiling? Sora thought, as he looked the girl over. She was dressed in a blue skirt and knee-high socks, with a sweater on. He could see a tie peeking out of the sweater. She's a schoolgirl, he thought bitterly. She looks like she goes to some rich private school. Then again, she was attractive. She had red hair, and by the looks of it, a nice body. She was really pretty too.
Kairi thrust her hand towards him. "I'm Kairi" She smiled. What are you doing? Her mind screamed at her. Why are you talking to this random boy? It's like 11:00 at night!
Sora raised his eyebrow at her hand. It had scrapes all over it. He lifted his own hand and shook hers. "I'm…. Sora"
Kairi smiled. "So..ra? I like it!" She sat down on the bench next to him. He closed his eyes. "What'd you do to your hand?"
Sora opened his eyes. "None of your business" (Remember, he punched the wall earlier) He looked at her hands. "What did you do to yours?"
Kairi's smile faded and she looked at her own. "I…fell"
Sora "hmphed" and got up. "Well, I'm outta here."
Kairi frowned. "Why?"
Sora shrugged. "Got things to do"
"At 11:00 at night?"
Sora smirked at Kairi. "The city never sleeps" And with that, he was off. He walked away. Kairi was left on her bench.
"Sora, huh?"
End of Chapter One
Oh my, oh my.
