Innocence No More
Summary: Kairi and Sora are in college and seem to be the perfect couple. Only problem is that Kairi is an assassin and Sora is a thief. Not so perfect after all. What happens when Kairi is assigned to kill Sora? How do Roxas, Riku, Cloud, and Sephiroth fit in?
Chapter 1: An Average Day in the Life of the Not So Perfect Couple
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Most people can never wait to get to college. You have the freedom you never had when you were in high school. You didn't have to deal with parents or siblings. College parties were the best. You could stay up late and sleep in class without being punished, even though your grades would suffer. Of course there was a downside, like almost anything. You needed money. That and boring college classes.
Kairi was sitting in class, fighting the urge to lay her head down on her laptop and go to sleep. A nice nap would do her good. Her eyes weren't obeying her brain's command to stay awake at all costs. She needed an A in this class. She would just have to find a way to stay awake.
Kairi was a freshman in college and was heading in the direction of a career in business. Right now, she was in her "Introduction to Business" class. To her, it was the most boring class in the world, but she was required to take it if she wanted to enter into business. She would have given anything to be doing something fun right now.
The class was dismissed shortly and she packed up her laptop and her textbook. She exited the building and followed the path to her dorm.
The wind blew slightly, lifting her red hair into the air. Her pink skirt flapped in the wind as her eyes shined.
Today was a normal day.
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When she finally did arrive at her dorm room, she was met with a certain someone. That someone placed a gentle kiss on her cheek as she took out her key to unlock the door. After pushing the door open, she looked into ocean like blue eyes. The eyes of Sora.
Kairi and Sora had been together for quite some time. All through high school they had been know as the cutest couple and inseparable. They were like the average couple, having their quarrels and arguments, but nothing too serious. Her heart belonged to Sora now and always had.
The only doubt Kairi had been if she loved him or not. She had never been with anybody else. Your soul mate's love was something nobody else could replace. It was something you could never fill without them no matter how hard you tried. All she knew was Sora, so there had never been anybody to compare him to.
Sora smile sheepishly as Kairi took him hand in hers and lead him into the dorm room. Inside, she found Selphie, her energetic and clingy roommate and best friend. She was gently typing on the keyboard of her laptop.
Selphie looked up from her typing and noticed the couple. Kairi looked at her roommate and then looked over her shoulder towards the door. Selphie giggled before saying, "I guess that's my signal to leave,"
She got up from her seat on her twin sized bed and headed in the direction of the door with her computer in hand. She left, but not before saying, "Have a nice make out session with your hottie!"
Sora rolled his eyes as Kairi lead him over to sit on her bed. Out of nowhere, Selphie popped her head through the door and shouted, "Don't get any ideas, you two!"
"Selphie!" cried Kairi as she launched her pillow at Selphie who slammed the door before it made contacted.
Yes, today was an average day.
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The spiky haired brunette headed back to his own dorm room after Kairi had mentioned she had a class within the next hour. His next class wasn't until 3:00 and it was only 12:00.
As he ascended the stairs to his dorm, he was hoping that Roxas, His roommate and best friend, was home. He didn't feel like being alone and today was a pretty dull day.
When Sora had finally reached his dorm room, he took his set of keys out and unlocked the door. Roxas was there, but he was sleeping on his bed. "Hey Roxas, wake up," Sora whined to sleeping form.
"No. I'm sleeping," He moaned back. Obviously he was awake if he had answered, but Sora dismissed it. Well if he didn't want to wake up, he would just use this opportunity to raid Roxas's candy drawer which was usually heavily guarded.
Yep. Today was a dull and uneventful day.
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Kairi had returned from her second class of the day and was currently hanging out with Selphie in their dorm room. They were discussing plans for the weekend.
Just as Selphie had mentioned meeting some cute guy, Kairi's cell phone began to ring and vibrate in her pocket. She took it out and flipped it open, signaling Selphie to pause the conversation.
Her cell phone alerted her that she had received text messages and she opened her inbox. One was from Sora and the other was from Cloud. She opened the message for Sora first. Evidently, Sora wanted her to meet him at the café on campus. She looked up to find Selphie on her computer, occupied with some instant message.
Kairi picked up her bag before she looked at the next message. Cloud's message read:
You want some money?
Great, just great. She had no time for this today. It was supposed to be a normal, average day. Even if she did need the money, she hated it. It interrupted her life. She would just have to worry about Sora later.
Throwing her bag over her should and waving to Selphie, she left to go meet Cloud. She would have to send Sora a text message to tell him she couldn't meet him.
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Sora was little depressed after Kairi had sent him a text message. Lately, she had been absent a lot more than normal. Neither Selphie nor anybody else knew where she was going when she went on these trips into town. It was disturbing Sora. If she was just going shopping, wouldn't she have told him? He wouldn't have minded if she just wanted some alone time. She couldn't possibly be shopping that much seeing as she was a college student and didn't have too much spending cash.
Roxas had suggested they go down to the café anyways since a bunch of their friends were meeting there. Sora was surprised that Roxas had finally gotten out of bed and was up to make the suggestion. Before setting out of course, Roxas scolded Sora for stealing candy once again from his precious and secret candy drawer. Obviously, it wasn't so secret.
Sora walked along side Roxas as they took their time to get to the café. Sora's hands were tucked in his pockets as a slight breeze blew. It really wouldn't be much fun without Kairi. She was really a great person to be around. That's why he liked her so much.
"Sora, are you okay?" Roxas questioned. He didn't catch on as fast as everybody else, but he realized something was bothering his friend.
"I'm fine," responded Sora in a voice that could tell he was feeling just the opposite.
"You're not telling me the truth," Roxas said. He really didn't care whether Sora confessed or not. He just didn't like his best friend to be so sad. If he wanted to wallow in his sadness, so be it.
"It's just that Kairi hasn't been around a lot lately. She usually would tell me or Selphie where she was going before canceling plans with us, but she hasn't said a word. She just had been disappearing." He just didn't understand why she was doing this.
"Sora, I know what you're thinking and I'm sure she not seeing somebody else. Maybe she has just been involved with something she thinks you will laugh at her for. Nobody likes being embarrassed, trust me." Roxas knew for a fact that Kairi would not betray Sora like that. She would at least tell him first. She had more heart than that.
"I guess you're right," He replied half heartedly. Maybe she would still show up after return from where ever she was. He sighed as they approached the café's entrance.
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"What do you need me for this time, Cloud?" Kairi asked bluntly. She really felt bad that she had to stand up Sora, but she had to see what Cloud wanted.
"You don't seem too happy to see me," Cloud replied. She was getting paid for this, so she shouldn't act ungrateful.
"You made me stand up my boyfriend. He already suspects something. I can see it in the way he looks at me. What's up with all these constant jobs all of the sudden?" Kairi questioned the blonde. She just wanted to get this all over with.
"People have just been getting on my bad side. Anyways, you should be grateful that I even allow you to work for me. Without the money, you wouldn't be in college or saving you sister's life. Take that into consideration before you question me." Cloud really was heartless. Kairi just wouldn't believe his action. He had to have a heart somewhere inside his cold exterior.
"Fine, I'm sorry," she replied, still a bit of sarcasm present.
"Alright, your assignment is on the desk," Cloud responded as he pointed over to a table with papers scattered around.
Kairi headed over to the desk, noting that Cloud had no organization skills what so ever. There were several manila folders, but only one with a note attached with her name on it. There was one other name present, the name of Riku.
Riku was a guy she knew from college that often accompanied her on missions. He was quiet and reserved most of the time. He would sometimes go on outings with their group of friends, but she really didn't know the real him. She had always wondered how he ended up working for Cloud, but never bother to ask.
Riku was the perfect for an assassin. His eyes showed no emotion. She, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She was kind and happy. She had no choice. Without this, her sister could die. She needed the money and this was the only way to get large sums at a time.
She opened the drawer to the desk and retrieved the gun she always used. She just needed to locate Riku. Without him, she could end up deeper that she ever thought she could be. He was the brawn and she was more or less the brains.
Today was getting worse by the second.
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Sora sat a t the normal table, ignoring the conversation before him. Tidus was talking about how he wanted to start and band and Wakka was telling him he had to be capable of playing an instrument or know how to sing to do that. Riku sat across the table with his usual smirk.
"Sora," Riku said in monotone trying to get the spiky haired guy's attention. When Sora looked up he continued, "Where's Kairi?"
"Why? Are you looking for her?" Sora didn't know where she was, but if he did, he wouldn't tell the likes of him. He really didn't like this guy even if he did hang out with him occasionally.
"I have to ask her something." Riku's excuse was rather dumb, but he needed to locate her for the job.
Sora was becoming angered. Was this who Kairi went to meet? Was Roxas wrong? Was Kairi cheating on him with somebody right in front of him?
He had to calm himself down. Maybe he should just give up on Kairi and find somebody else. If Kairi would rather be with Riku, he would let her. He wanted her to be happy.
At that exact moment, Kairi entered the café. Sora wanted to know what was up. Would she go to him or Riku? The moment of truth was coming.
The red head walked up and kissed Sora on his cheek. Sora let out a sigh of relief. Kairi had come to him and completely ignored Riku's presence.
"Riku, I need to speak with you." It was Kairi's voice.
Riku got up and gave a short wave to Sora as he let the café followed by Kairi. Sora might have been wrong about his feelings. He didn't want Kairi to be happy. He wanted her to be happy with him.
Today was a horrible day.
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A/N: Well what do you think? Hate it? Love it? Well please push that little button at the bottom of the screen and send me a review. First KH fiction. I have other chapters written, but they won't be posted until I get one review. That's asking so little of you guys.