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Hello readers! This is my first fanfic EVER! So Feedback is appreciated. A few notes, before I begin. As you probably know, this is a Kingdom Hearts fan fiction. Now, that all that is cleared up. Oh, yeah. I DONT OWN FINAL FANTASY OR KINGDOM HEARTS! OR DISNEY! I doubt any disney characters all appear but just to be safe. Ok, have fun reading!

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Sora POV

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"Sophomore year went by pretty fast.", Riku spoke, breaking the relaxing silence of the beach.

"Yeah, it did, didn't it?" Kairi replied with a short giggle.

"I'm not gonna miss it" Sora said with angst. "That was a nightmare. And Besides, School starts again in a week." Sora looked over at Kairi and Riku, who where sitting on his left, Kairi in between the two boys. They were laying down on a picnic blanket Kairi brought from the shack, looking out to the vast ocean from the small island they always hung out at as kids. They weren't able to hang out that much anymore, mostly because of school, but they still went whenever they could.

As Sora looked at his two best friends, his eyes rested on Kairi, taking in her every detail. Her beautiful eyes that seemed to be an impossible shade of blue that would make you weak if you look directly into them. Her crimson hair, that covered her ears, and had grown down past her shoulders and always kept perfectly groomed. Her face was one you could trust, with a kind smile, that made Sora happy every time he saw it. Her small hands were busy picking up sand, and watching it fall through her fingers. Her sense of style was amazing as well even though it consisted mostly of pink. Today, she wore a black spaghetti-strap top, with a sleeveless pink hoodie type top, with a black hood she had sewn to it herself. She had a short shorts made of denim, and pink skate shoes.

Sora forced his eyes away just as she brushed a strand of her hair to the side of her face. Possibly the only thing that protected Sora from being caught staring. Sora laid himself back down, and put his hands behind his head, to keep his messy hair from touching the sand.

Riku stood up and walked to the shoreline, and allowed the water to run around the base of his yellow and white shoes velcro sneakers. Sora would always tease RIku and say he didn't know how to tie his shoes, but Riku just replied that he enjoyed the simplistic nature of velcro. He was wearing white sweatpants with a white line down either side. His shirt was a yellow tank top, that showed off his muscles. His silver hair had gone through multiple styles during his "phase", such as a mohawk, , greased back, and even cut short. Sora and Kairi told him he look ridiculous with every style, so riku grew his hair back out to his original long hair.

"Well, Sora…", Riku began in a serious tone, making Sora look up at his friend. "I think you only thought it was a nightmare because of the finals." He finished with a smirk. Kairi started laughing hysterically.

"What's so funny?" He asked Kairi, even though he knew exactly why she was laughing.

Once she regained control she replied in gasps. "It's… heheh…. It's funny because… HA… It's true!" She completed.

"I got a C+!" Sora argued.

"C-." Riku corrected. Kairi burst out laughing again.

Sora looked at her, and gave her a small shove.

Still laughing Kairi spoke through her giggles, "I deserve that,"

"Yeah, you do. And it's not like I did bad ALL year."

"Oh, really?" Riku challenged.

Sora felt a lump form in his throat as Riku reached into his pockets and pulled out a piece of paper.

"End of Year Report Card." Riku spoke. "For Sora Jane Bolton."

Sora flinched at the mention of his middle name. How did Riku even get a copy of his report card? "Riku Heft, I swear if you read that…"

"What? I thought you did well?"

"Riku…"

"Let's see here…" Riku was about the speak until he received a kick to the stomach from a certain brunette.

Sora snatched the paper from Riku's hands and ran for the shed to get some distance from Riku while stuffing the paper in his pocket.

Riku regained his breath and chased after Sora, muttering swears under his breath.

Sora ran into the shed and grabbed his sword, knowing Riku would want a fight for that kick. He didn't even know why he didn't wanna share his grades. He openly talked about it in front of most of most of his friends, including his cousins Roxas and Ventus, Tidus and Waka, (not really friends, but they spoke every so often) and Riku. No doubt the news had been spread to some of his other friends, but something about sharing it then bugged him.

Sora and Riku's swords had evolved over time. Once they turned 13, they decided their old wooden, fantasy-looking swords were too wonky, wide and hard to use, seeing as the handle was a rectangular prism, and the words had been worn down anyway. So they got their parents to make better, safer swords. (The old ones gave them splinters) These new swords were still wood, but didn't have a blade look to them. The part where the blade should have been, was a cylinder. It didn't cut, it was more aerodynamic, but it still hurt. There was a cross guard, again in a circular shape, just enough to make sure their hands stayed on the hilt, and not being crushed by two big sticks. they had fashioned a grip by wrapping old leather from belts around another cylinder like part under the cross guard, and made a pummel from about an hours worth of carving wood into a sphere and connected it to the bottom of the grip.

Sora was about to head out to face Riku, but when he came out, he saw Riku facing Kairi with his head down. Kairi looked pissed.

I wonder what happened there…. Sora thought. He threw his sword back in the shed.

He walked over quietly and over heard Kairi screaming, "Can't you just let it go? You KNOW he didn't want you too read his grades! I think you deserved it!"

"But,"

"No butts, Riku!"

"Kairi,"

"You know, you can be a real asshole sometimes Riku!"

"We fight all the time!"

"You were out for revenge because YOU provoked him!"

"We were talking about it just fine!"

"About his FINALS! You know Sora's happy just graduating!"

"Then why was he so upset then?"

"I don't know, but he ran away! You ruined the whole plan Riku!"

"What plan?" Riku asked.

"Yeah, what plan?" Sora asked.

"Sora! Where'd you go? We thought you left! We where about to head back."

"Er, no. Didn't you see me go in the shed? I was just grabbing my sword to protect myself from the, oh so mighty wrath of the Great Riku Heft." Sora replied with obvious sarcasm in the last few words.

Riku was smirking at this point. "I told you Kairi. We were just gonna do some sparring. Like we always do."

Kairi was blushing furiously at this point. She walked over and sat on the blanket. Sora and Riku followed suit.

"So what was that 'plan'?" Sora asked again.

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Kairi POV

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Oh my god, he heard that? Of course he did Kairi, you were basically screaming!

Kairi thought furiously for an excuse.

He can't know, he can't know. I have too do it perfectly, or else it might not work.

"Er, yeah the plan." Kairi struggled to get out. She stared into Riku's eyes and directed her eyes to Sora and back to him a few times. Riku got the signal.

"Yep, Sora." Riku continued. "We had a plan…. A plan to GET YOU!" Riku finished as he tackled Sora off of the blanket.

"Hey!" Sora protested. "Do you know how hard it is too get sand out of my hair?" Sora pushed Riku off of him, brushed the sand off of his clothes.

Kairi thought it was pretty funny, and even started laughing, until she felt two strong arms lifting her into the air, swinging her around and setting her down. The two arms tightened their grip around her waist. When she looked up she saw Riku getting back up from Sora's counter attack. That means…

"Don't take another step closer Riku!" Kairi heard Sora's voice from behind her. "Or else!"

"Or else what?" Riku challenged.

Sora chuckled and simply said, "Wrong answer." Kairi felt Sora pull her even closer to his body.

Great. Kairi thought. As if I wasn't blushing already.

Before Kairi could even process what was happening, she started laughing so hard, it wasn't even funny. Oh god! Why am I so ticklish!

"SORA! OH MY GOD STOP! PLEASE! SORA!" Sora stopped poking around her ribs, but didn't let go.

"You wouldn't want your partner to endure this would you?" Sora said with a voice that was mocking almost every movie villain who was torturing someone.

Kairi, though out of breath decided to play along with the show. "Riku! Help, PLEASE!"

"Don't take another step, Mr. Heft!" Sora warned again.

Riku dared to do the opposite. "Ri- HAHAHAHA SORA NO PLEASE!"

Sora dragged Kairi closer to the ocean while tickling her. "I warned you Mr. Heft." Sora spoke. "But apparently, your partner's pain isn't enough for you."

Sora had reached damp sand territory now. "Oh, no you don't Sora!" Kairi screamed as she realized what Sora's plan was.

"Oh, yes I do, Miss Rose." Sora replied deviously. "Maybe you should tell your friend to back off."

"Riku!" Riku froze. "Don't move!" Riku relaxed all of his muscles and just watched. "Sora, you win, ok? I don't have a change of clothes, so don't please." Kairi pleaded.

"Hm, let me consider your offer." Sora acted like he was thinking, but Kairi knew the answer. "No."

Sora picked Kairi up and slung her over his shoulder, and started running into the ocean.

"SORA!" Kairi screamed, but it was too late. Sora ran straight into a 6 foot wave that engulfed the both of them.

Sora released Kari as soon as they went under. When they both came up, they were laughing, and Riku decided to join the fun. They played in the water for another half an hour before the decided to call it a day.

Once they got back to the main island Riku offered to take Sora and Kairi back to their houses in his truck. Sora hopped in, even though Riku had just gotten his license, and he wasn't supposed to drive with other minors. Kairi, wasn't worried about Riku's driving skills, or the law, even though she considered herself a very good citizen.

She had too see a friend. Kairi knew she could help her. She lived in a beach house, so Kairi decided she could just walk. Sora and Riku would've asked too many questions of why she wasn't going home. She just said her parents were picking her up. Sora and Riku never questioned the Roses, so they left.

Kairi began to walk.

What is Kairi's predicament? What was her actual plan? Who is her secret friend? All of this in, THE NEXT CHAPTER!

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Sorry I got a bit lazy at the end. :P Kinda tired. Please Please Please Please PLEASE RATE and Review. If you want more of this story I must know. Please tell me if I should continue. If I don't get enough feedback, I might not continue. So yeah. I hope you enjoyed, and PEACE!