A/N: Chapter One! Woot. This chapter is kind of an introduction to kairi and her life more than anything else. So… yeah anyway enjoy!
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Chapter one- the Beginning
"Hey Kairi, wait up!" I heard a familiar voice call. I turned around to see my best friend, Namine, running towards me. When she caught up to me, she put her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath.
"Hey Namine, What's up?" I giggled as I resumed walking.
"Nothing really, but I was just wondering, are you going to the dance this weekend?" Namine asked casually, as she started walking beside me.
I turned myself to the direction of the parking lot of the school as I sighed, "I already told you Namine, I don't know. It depends if my family makes that trip." I lied threw my teeth.
It was Namine's turn to sigh, "You're family goes on so many trips! You almost miss every school event! Come on Kairi! This is High School, plus you're only sixteen! You need to have some social fun!" she argued with me.
I dodged a football player passing by easily before answering, "I do have social fun! I go to parties… sometimes." I trailed off.
Namine rolled her eyes, "Kairi, please. I don't think you have ever gone to even one high school dance!"
I quickly tried to think of an excuse, "Well, I'm usually very busy on the weekends." I shrugged it off.
"With what? Looking at your walls? Nobody is that busy on the weekends! No teenager that is. Come on, just come to this one dance!" Namine pleaded with me.
I sighed, giving up, "Fine, I'll try, okay?" I walked away from Namine and towards me car.
"Okay, see you there!" Namine yelled excitedly.
I half laughed under my breath, "As if." I mumbled as I opened my car door.
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My home was about ten minutes from the high school, so I had a little time to myself to think. Every time a dance came, Namine would get more and more persistent. I didn't even like going to school when a dance was that week, because everybody pushed me to go. It was true that I had never gone to a high school dance, but I didn't mind, I tried to convince myself. There were more important things in life than high school dances. Saving the world for example.
I turned the steering wheel right as I curved into my driveway. I parked my car, turned it off, and stepped out of the car, looking at my house. My house was modern but modest. It wasn't anything too big, but it was just the right size. My family was actually millionaires, but we didn't want to buy a big house that would make our neighbors suspicious. It was a beige color and it had a white door, which had a few scratches on it from car keys or other sharp objects.
I turned the doorknob as I entered the warm, inviting house. I didn't bother to take my shoes off as I walked into the modest living room. A brown couch was pushed against the wall with a flat screen TV a few feet away. A lamb was place next to the couch, and the TV was playing some movie that I guessed my dad left on. The wooden fan on the ceiling made a comforting sound as it whizzed the air around the room.
"Mom? Dad?" I yelled, trying to make my voice travel throughout our two-story home. "Are you home?" I called again. I listened for a response, but the silence still lingered in the air.
I scrunched up my nose, as I turned left into my kitchen. Something on the counter caught my eye; it was a small piece of paper. I walked towards it and picked it up, I recognized my mom's handwriting at once.
"Kairi—Your dad and I had some business to attend to. There are leftovers in the fridge if you would like those, or otherwise you can just pick something else up in town. Also, Frank would like to discuss something of importance to you, head over there as soon as you can. Love, Mom."
I flipped the note over, making sure there wasn't anything on the other side. "Frank, huh?" I mumbled, "Well, it looks like I won't be going to the dance after all." I slightly smiled. The truth was I was devastated. I act brave on the outside, and I act like I don't care in front of everybody else, but really I knew I was missing out on the high school life. I would never say that out loud though.
I shook off my feelings as I made my way up the stairs. I ran my hand threw my red hair and adjusted my school uniform. Doesn't look like I'm going to have time to change, I thought to myself. I opened my bedroom door and grabbed my cell phone off my desk. My room was pretty simple as well. A corner of it had my mirror and my hair and skin products. In another corner was my pink bed and a nightstand, which had a few notebooks and pencils on it. My desk was facing the window and my belongings were scattered on the top. I almost never had time to clean up I was always too busy.
I opened my closet and walked in, shutting the door behind me. As my eyes adjusted to the dark small room, I searched for an indent. I felt it and I pushed it in with my pointer finger. Suddenly, all my clothes on the hangers disappeared as part of the wall flipped around to reveal computers. I stood still as the computer started to talk, "State your name."
"Kairi." I stated, I only had to state my first name. I doubted anybody was going to find the secret about my closet anyway.
Green lasers ran up my body, head from toe. "Identified as Kairi." The computer stated again, "Match identified."
I put her arms across my body as a tube came from above and concealed me. I took a deep breath, and then felt the air pick up from under me, making my hair fly up. I felt my body fly up and travel threw the tube, I hit the side of the tube and I grumbled under my breath as I continued on. "They really need to fix that." I mumbled.
I suddenly felt my feet hit the floor sharply, as my leg locked and I fell to the ground. I growled, "Why do I always do that?" I quickly stood up as I looked towards me. There were massive metal doors that were now opening, the computer voice resumed as it welcomed me, "Welcome Kairi, to headquarters."
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A/N: whoohoo! Chapter one is doonnneee :D please review and be my best friend!
