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Chapter 1: The Truth is revealed!

Sora watched the sun as it slowly began to slip beneath the horizon, taking the light with it. The ocean waves lapped at the shore and the gentle swishing sound served to calm Sora down a bit. What Sephiroth said, could it be true?

"It can't be," Sora thought. "They wouldn't hide it from me would they? And why?"

Sora just couldn't wrap his mind around the idea that not only were Riku and Kairi in love with each other but they were hiding it from him. Something like this should be shared amongst friends, even if one of the friends would get angry because of it. Sora knew that there was more to this than Sephiroth was telling him and he didn't like the fact that Sephiroth had said that he wasn't lying. Why would he outright tell him that he wasn't lying and not let Sora figure that out for himself? Could it be that he was telling the truth?

"He can't be telling the truth," Sora thought. "Sephiroth has no need to tell the truth. He's never told the truth before so why would he now?"

Sora grabbed his Keyblade and headed home, taking the long way so that he could think some more. Along the path he ran into Destiny High, the school that he'd be starting at in the fall. There was an area along the fence were a couple of benches were placed. At one of the benches Riku and Kairi were sitting down talking to each other. They hadn't noticed Sora yet, who ducked behind a tree and strained his ears to listen. But he wasn't close enough to hear anything.

Sora placed his hands together and thought, "Key Master Spell: Hide in the Shadows!"

His form disappeared and he became a shadow on the ground. The shadow was small and unnoticeable, unless you were looking for it. Using this technique he crept up to the table and hid underneath so that the shadow that was Sora was hidden in the shadow of the table.

"You invited him right?" Kairi asked.

Riku nodded and said, "He said he'd come. Why'd you invite him?"

"I- it just doesn't feel right to keep him in the dark like this," Kairi said. "We should've told him when he first came to the island."

"No, you know how Sora is," Riku said. "It would crush his heart and then…"

"You're right," Kairi said. "We can't risk that coming out of him."

Sora couldn't for the life of him fathom what they were talking about. What was that that would come out of him? Was he some kind of monster? But his fears were confirmed: Sephiroth had been telling the truth.

This was truly confirmed when Riku leaned over and pressed his lips onto Kairi's, and she kissed him back. He saw their tongues entering into each other's mouths and he couldn't watch any longer. So Kairi was lost to him?

After a few minutes they got up and left the table, heading off into town. Once he was sure they were gone, Sora canceled the spell ad sat on the bench. So Kairi was truly Riku's? He no longer had a chance and they were playing him for a fool?

"I tried to tell you," Sephiroth said appearing behind him. "They're in love with each other and will soon forget you."

"They'll never forget me," Sora said. "Even if they are in love."

"My boy can't you see they don't care? They hide their love from you. You're supposed to be their best friend and they do this to you? If it was you and Kairi would you lie to Riku?"

Sora thought for a second and then said, "No I wouldn't."

"Exactly! They don't care for you or your feelings," Sephiroth said. "Riku didn't even want you to come and watch movies with them."

"He…didn't?" Sora said.

"Didn't you hear him? He asked Kairi why she invited you!" Sephiroth said.

"He did!" Sora said angrily.

But he remembered how kind Riku and Kairi had been to him and knew that he couldn't and shouldn't do anything. If they were in love then fine, he would be happy for them.

Sora stood up without another word and began to walk off.

"Where are you going?" Sephiroth asked.

"To find my friends," Sora said.

"You don't have friends. They don't care about you," Sephiroth said.

Sora stopped and turned back to Sephiroth, "Well I care about them!"