W H A T H U R T S T H E M O S T

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything else. Period.

Summary: After a nasty breakup, Kairi has a breakdown. She decides that it is her goal to win Roxas back. But how can she achieve that goal when he is with another girl? A girl that is p e r f e c t for him. Things just got a whole lot harder.

Chapter 1: Girlfriends

"C'mon Kairi, face it; you can do better than that jackass!"

Six.

It had been six months since Kairi last saw and heard from him. Six long and depressing months. And what did she do during these past six months, you may ask? You wanna know? Do you? Well here it is: Nothing. Nada. Nanimonai. Niente. Rien.

Yup. Nothing. Was it fun for her? Hell yeah it was.

Not.

After the incident, she arrived home, and a few hours later, her invisible cry-box overfilled itself with tears and she ended up over-crying myself once more. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Well, you get the idea. Even if she said that she wasn't going to cry any more, she cried anyways. At the moment, Kairi had just finished over-crying herself for the upteenth, with her best friend Selphie standing outside her bedroom door, demanding Kairi to let her in.

And Kairi wasn't going to anytime soon.

"Kairi, you better open the damn door or I'm... I'm bringing in the Big Guns! Ven, go get Sora and tell him to get the hell down here and to stop eating our chocolate pudding supply! And where the hell is Riku!" Selphie pounded her tiny fists against Kairi's bedroom door once more. Kairi chuckled darkly and continued to stare up at the white ceiling of her bedroom that was lightly decorated with glow-in-the-dark stars that shone a light green at night.

All white. Plain white. There was nothing exciting about white, Kairi thought to herself as she twirled a piece of her auburn colored hair with her index finger.

If she could have been a color, she'd be Carnation Pink or Aqua Blue. Why? Well, most of her friends, along with him, would tell her she was quite a doll with her time-stopping, violet-blue eyes and her stunning, silky red hair, along with her body, and that the color carnation pink suited her well. Kairi would tell them they were bluffing, but they'd shrug it off and continue as if nothing had ever happened. Aqua Blue because of the way that he broke her heart, Kairi didn't dare think she could ever be the blossoming Carnation Pink ever again.

Oh god, tears are starting to form again, Kairi mumbled quietly to herself.

One thing Kairi had developed during her breakdwon, was the urge to suddenly hit someone square in the face, or anywhere. But it made her feel guilty whenever she caused harm to someone, so she would break something else, something with no soul.

Irony? Yes, as she had hit him on their last and final date, feeling no guilt whatsoever.

So Kairi sat up instantly as she felt the fresh tears stream down her fair-skinned face, and quickly grabbed the flower vase that was on her bedside drawer, and threw it at the wall from across her. Did it feel good? Sort of. At least it somewhat calmed her down.

"Kairi, you asked for the Big Guns, well, you got your wish! The Big Guns are coming for ya! Riku, get down here and break this. DOOR!" Selphie screamed through the door once more, and began kicking the door several times before Riku's nochalant voice broke through and Selphie's kicking came to a halt.

"You called?" Riku's gentle yet rough voice called out.

"BREAK DOWN THE DOOR! NOW, I COMMAND YOU!"

"Why? When you broke up with Tidus last year and had a breakdown, which, by the way was the most amusing breakdown I've ever seen, Kairi never asked me to break down your door so she could help you. In fact, she waited patiently outside your door. So why I should start now?"

"Well, for one... your friend could be dying in there!"

".. Um... The hell?"

"I-it's possible! She could have dehydrated herself from crying too much, and she could be on the verge of dying! Yuna, Paine, you two agree with me, right?" Selphie practically screamed, hopeful that at least one of her friends would agree with her. To her luck, no one did.

"Er, sure?" Came Yuna's unsure voice.

"...Whatever." Paine. Kairi had instantly recognized Paine's bored-out-of-my-mind tone from anywhere.

"Urgh! Fine, I'll do it myself! Does anybody have a broom, or a possible solid pole?"

"I have a pole!" Riku said after a nervouse chuckle. "Really? Where?" Selphie's excitement rang through her high-pitched voice. "At a Strip Club downtown." Riku chuckled once more, mixing with another male voice Kairi couldn't identify. Selphie began growling, making the boys that were laughing, quiet.

"Don't you dare mess with me, Big Buns, you too, Chocolate Porcupine!" Selphie hissed, "I have a high-heeled boot, and I'm not afraid to use it! I'll hit you two in places where the sun never shines!" Kairi heard growling. And something hitting the wall. Then came the screaming. And more screaming. More screaming. Something hitting the wall once more. A cry of pain. Two cries of pain. And laughter. Silence.

Complete and utter silence.

Kairi sighed depressingly as she leaned against her bedroom door. She was feeling... so depressed. Like, she could burst out crying any minute. Like a bomb. You don't know when it'll go off. She looked over to the broken flower vase she had thrown, and hopefully wished that the vase was Roxas's face.

Oh shoot! I just said his name!

Kairi's eyes widened at the thought of something, And here come the tears. Hot and fresh, new tears started streaming once more, making her eyes sting a bit at the sudden contanct. Kairi quickly tried to rub away the new tears with the sleeve of her aqua blue night gown that she hadn't changed out of since the incident.

"In Strawberry body lotion..." Selphie had started a countdown on the other side of the door, firmly holding a broom with both her small hands.

"Again, the hell?" Riku asked, obviously confused, while there was some whispering in the background that Kairi had heard, but couldn't quite identify. She shook her head and moved back to her bed, where she layed down on her stomach, her face dug inside her fluffy, white pillow she had stained with tears.

"I like counting by using make-up, duh! Girls like me do this sort of thing, ya know? But if I must, I'll count by using numbers. Anyways... In 3... 2... one, CHARGE!"

There was a large crash that could be heard from Kairi's room. Yuna and Paine, who were sitting on the couch playing Sudoku, stood up at the sound of wood hitting the floor and a loud crash when it hit their ears.

There, standing on top of a broken, wooden door, stood Kairi's cheerful and energetic friend Selphie in a pair of white, glittering boots, a pair of expensive bootcut jeans, brown leather jacket that would gleam in the sun, a white button-up blouse, and a brown berette. She turned her head around to her right slowly, and immediately beamed at the sight of her friend.

She dropped the broom onto the door, letting it make a small thud, before hastily running towards her depressed friend. Selphie plopped next to Kairi on the bed, and sat down cross-legged.

Kairi didn't move.

"Ohmygosh, Kairi! Playing hard to get, hmm?" Kairi's brunette friend smirked slightly, before shaking Kairi gently.

"See, this is why you shouldn't mess with Sel-phie." Riku's nonchalant voice stopped Selphie's shaking, Selphie turning around to smirk at him playfully. Kairi opened one of her eyes slightly to get a better look. Riku stood on top of the door, holding an ice pack to his badly bruised right cheek, while his left hand was also holding an ice pack to his left eye. He scanned the room silently with his working eye, before sighing.

The one thing that only confused Riku was the power that Selphie held. How could such a small, not-so-innocent-looking creature like her, have so much force to break down a door? It elluded him everytime Selphie broke something. A mystery that the universe could never solve.

Sora, another one of Kairi's best friends, hopped eagerly next to Riku, eating a cup of chocolate pudding, not bothering to wipe the rest of the chocolate pudding that was smudged on his face. Kairi let out a small giggle at the sight. She had known Sora since her diaper days, and ever since, Sora always had some kind of addiction to chocolate pudding.

He could eat chocolate 24/7, and never get tired of it. It was weird to everyone, the fact that he was always spotted eating chocolate, but Kairi had known Sora for a pretty long time, and she never once judged him. Not even when his hair grew a lot more, and his spikes were everywhere.

Sora, on the other hand, had developed a crush on Kairi, but never dared to tell her, as she was with Roxas at the time. He, too, went through 'the Depression', but came back out happy-go-lucky to support his friend and her boyfriend.

"Ohmygosh, Kairi, look at youself! Your hair is sticking out everywhere, just like Sora's! It's so... so spikey!" Selphie gasped out loud, dramatically. She pulled Kairi up to a sitting position, to show everyone else what she was referring to. Riku's eye widened a bit, and Sora tugged at one of his spikes to confirm, before digging into his pudding cup once more.

Selphie then turned back around to face the redhead with a small frown. "You even have bags under your eyes, and your eyes are all puffy and red! Kairi," Selphie puckered her lips, and shook her head in a disapproving motion, "red, puffy eyes are unattractive!" Sora began snickering, but stopped as soon as Riku elbowed him in the gut. Selphie had tried to touch the bags under Kairi's eyes, but said girl slapped her hands away.

Selphie shook her head once more, and turned to the boys. "You guys, I'm gonna need you to leave. I have a lot of work to do on Kairi, and we need some girl-to-girl time."

"Heheh.. girl-to-girl time..." Sora snickered quietly, but loud enough for Riku to hear. Riku elbowed him once more, only harder. Sora winced at the sudden pain, letting out a loud "ow!" in response.

"Sora!" Riku roared quietly, much like a hiss than a roar. Sora lowered his head as he left, Riku trailing behind him as he treated to his cheek and eye.

"Sorry..." Sora apologized sheepishly. As soon as the pair of males left, Selphie eagerly jumped up from the bed, and ran over to where she was supposed to slam the door shut. Selphie soon remembered that she had broken the door, and shook her head. She picked up the wooden door from the lavender-colored carpet, and gently placed it out by the Victorian-styled hallway. She ran back to Kairi's bedroom, grabbed the redhead's wrist, and dragged her all the way to the end of the hallway and into the bathroom.

Kairi sat down on the toilet, (after putting the toilet cover down, of course) while Selphie brought out her iPhone and started talking to someone through the phone.

"Hello? Anybody there?... Oh, hey Yuffs! I have a number 34 blue crisis going on... Er, yeah, we'll need tons of those, and like, about five bags... Yeah, call Rikku now, and everyone else! Alright, be here in an hour. Alright, love ya too, sweetie! Buh bye!" Selphie finished her talk, and pressed the red 'end call' button on the screen. Kairi widened her eyes as Selphie gave her a smirk. Selphie opened up one the drawers under the sink, grabbed a pair of scissors, and snipped them in the air.

"Meanwhile, I have some work to attend to."

Hey, it's Tidus calling. Just wanted to say that I feel really bad about leaving you guys at the park yesterday. Had some important friend-meeting, and well... yeah. Selph, could you please tell Kairi that I left her some of her favorite flowers with her sister? I know that she hasn't come out of her room, so I was kinda hoping you could drop by at Xion's dorm and bring them to her. Oh, and Yuffie stopped by today, saying she was back from teaching Ninja Camp! She's staying over at Rinoa's place, so stop by and say hi... And pick up your phone, I really need to talk to you! Well... that's it. I guess I'll see ya some other time?...P.S, I still want the key to my apartment back! I-

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Knock, knock, knock.

"Hey, it's Yuffie, open the door, pwease!"

Selphie turned her head around at the sound of someone knocking on the door. She jumped up from the couch in the living room, and eagerly ran to open the door, jumping over Riku who was sitting in the corner, reading a book. Riku called after her after she had kicked him in the face by accident, but Selphie ignored him, not bothering to apologize for bruising him.

Yuffie stood on the other side, smiling happily while holding several paper bags in her hands and listening to her iPod that was tucked inside her knitted sweaters' pocket. Selphie smiled and moved aside so she could let her friend inside.

After entering the house, Yuffie made herself at home by dropping all the bags onto the floor and plopping onto the couch, one leg dangling over the arm while she put her headphones back on.

"I bought the doughnuts, milk, and the other stuff. Now, where is she?" Yuffie screamed out loud. Riku covered his ears as he picked up his novel, and moved to another corner, somehwere where Selphie wouldn't kick his face while jumping over him, somewhere where Yuffie wouldn't be screaming in his ear.

Riku could have taken a seat on the other couch, but it was appraently being occupied by Paine and Yuna, still playing Sudoku. He grabbed his furry pillow and chair, dragging them along behind him.

"Yuffie, take the headphones off!" Selphie poked her eager friend. Yuffie sat up with her eyes closed, waving her hands in the air.

"You want me TO WHAT?" Yuffie screamed once more. Riku, who was trying his best to concentrate on his book, growled.

"YUFFIE! YUFFIE! YUFFIE!" Selphie waved her hands urgently in the air, trying to get her friend's attention.

"You want me TO WHAT?"

"YUFFIE!"

"YOU WANT COOKIES? I DIDN'T BRING ANY!"

Riku, who was about to throw his book at the screaming girls in his living room, sighed before standing up from his comfortable spot, grabbing a nearby pillow from the couches, before proceeding to throw it at the screaming ninja and frantic brunette. Unfortunately, it didn't stop the screaming that continued. He sighed desperately before going back to his reading. Or at least tried to.

"YUFFIE!"

"NO, I DIDN'T BRING ANY MUFFINS!"

"YUFFIE!" Selphie began poking her friend in the stomach frantically, getting Yuffie's attention at the lightly painful feeling.

"WAIT!" Yuffie replied, smacking Selphie's hands away. She took out her blue headphones from her ears, and opened her eyes slightly.

"Oh hey, Selph! What's up?" Yuffie asked sweetly with a childish grin. Selphie smiled and grabbed the ninja's wrist, leading her to where her dear sister was. As soon as the girls disappeared into the hallway and were out of sight, Riku sighed in relief and began to read his novel, grinning.

"Ohmygosh, Kairi! Your hair... it's so.. so spikey! Like Sora's!" Yuffie gasped, before tugging at one of Kairi's spikes. Kairi yelped as Yuffie tugged harder, Sora watching in the background while eating yet another cup of pudding. Selphie nodded, before she turned away and murrmured something under her breath.

Yuffie and Selphie sighed while circling Kairi like starving sharks, eyeing her carefully. Kairi continued to look at the wall, her face showing no emotion. Sora watched as his best friend sat depressingly, feeling guilt for not being able to help her through her breakup. He walked over to Kairi, and held out his pudding cup.

Kairi looked up to him, her lips curving up to a small smile as she shook her head. Sora smiled back, and walked over to where he was previously standing. After Selphie and Yuffie had finished circling the redhead, they had decided that it was time. Time for what? Kairi didn't bother asking. She knew it was something she wouldn't enjoy doing.

"Alright! Listen here-" Selphie began speaking gallantly, marching around the room with her heels making a clank sound for every step she took, before stopping when she noticed a certain brunette wasn't in the room. She turned around to face Paine and Yuna, who were still playing Sudoku.

Selphie glared at them, the two girls shrugging in response. Selphie sighed and turned her attention back to the three males who were standing in a horizontal line.

"Alrighty boys," Selphie hissed at the three males in the line with a sting, "where the heck is our Panda-loving Sora?" She eyed each of the males oddly, trying to scare them into telling the truth. Riku turned away from her uncomfortable gaze, while his blonde friend Ventus looked towards the floor. Selphie took a step to her right, eyeing the orange-haired Wakka oddly. He coughed uncomfortably, before asking how she was doing.

She scoffed and walked back to her previous stpot.

"Alright, none of you boys-"

"Men, actually." Ventus corrected, nervously. Selphie raised her eyebrow.

"Extremely attractive men." Riku pointed out. Then the males proceeded to pose for Selphie. Riku showing off his "Big Guns", Ventus doing the famous "Thinker" pose, while Wakka crossed his arms over his chest and smiled brightly. Yuna, who was secretly watching, giggled lightly at their poses, while Paine ignored the people in the room.

Selphie rolled her eyes in annoyance. "I get it, I get it. You guys think your men, yeah, yeah. Big deal." Before the boys could protest, she continued.

"Alright, you stay here while I-"

"Hey, wi'mma back wiff morf woclate pwudding." The missing brunnette interrupted calmy. Selphie gasped, before running towards him, and pushing him towards his spot next to Wakka. The two greeted each other kindly.

"Okay, now that you are all here, I must say this in the nicest words in my vocabulary: I need all of you man whores to leave this building and not coming back until tomorrow afternoon. Do you guys understand or do I have to beat the fuck out of you guys again?" Selphie asked, taking off her high-heeled boot for them to understand the message.

Riku swallowed hard, Ventus blinked, Wakka continued to smile brightly, and Sora... it looked like he was staring at a butterfly outside. Yuna followed his gaze, before returning back to her Sudoku. Selphie looked at each one of them once more, before nodding and putting her boot back on. Yuna then stood up, walked over to the door, and opened it for the males.

Each male waved their farewells, excluding Sora, who ran back into the kitchen and grabbed another pudding cup filled with the chocolate goodness.

After watching the males climb into Riku's silver Toyota vehicle, Selphie climbed off of the couch, and jumped to her feet. She nodded in Yuna's direction, and dashed off into the kitchen. Yuna stood up, and walked towards the hallway.

"Yuffie, we're ready!"

"So, um, what exactly do they do at these "sleep-overs?" Ventus asked his silver-haired friend, leaning towards the window.

"Well, Selphie puts on those cliche and cheesy romance movies, you know, the usual. Then, coming from Yuffie, they get these Voodoo dolls, glue a person's face onto it, and start stabbing it." Riku replied once he stopped at a stop light.

Wakka burst out laughing at the thought of the voodo doll, while Ventus shook unpleasantly. Sora looked outside his window after he finished his last pudding cup (Riku had promised he'd drop by at a convinient store to buy more).

"I need another good laugh, tell us more, Roks!" Wakka laughed after coughing. Riku shrugged and continued to drive once the red light turned to a green.

"Well, after the voodoo things, the watch soap operas and whatnot. And after that, they stuff themself with ice cream, doughnuts, and other junk food while talking about their feelings." Riku replied to Wakka's previous request. All the males, excluding Sora, groaned after Riku's reply.

"Wow, that must be tortuous. Anything else?" Ventus asked once more. Riku thought about it, before replying.

"Yeah, a lot more. But I really don't want to talk about it; too painful." Sora turned around in his seat to face Riku.

"Riku, if you don't my asking, but how do you know all this stuff?" Riku's eyes widened at the thought of that painful and tortuous day in his life, one that scarred him for life.

"Buddy, let's just say that you should never try leaving a girl's side after they've broken up."

The group of females each grabbed a gallon of ice cream, each a different flavor, and began digging into it. Kairi cuddled up against her lavender blanket while holding her precious bear in her hand.

"So, like, I was dressed up in this really expensive dress, yeah? And, he called me an hour early before our date, telling me "Hey babe, can't make it tonight. Sorry babe." So I'm like "Sure babe. I'll just meet you tomorrow." And the next day, guess what happened?" Selphie asked with a mouthful of Strawberry flavored ice cream. The girls surrounding her all gasped out a "What happened next?", also with mouthfuls of ice cream. Kairi leaned closer to Selphie, indicating to go on.

The brunette sighed, before starting to cry once more. Yuffie reached into a brown, paper bag and grabbed a box of tissues. She passed it on in the circle until it reached Kairi. Selphie grabbed one of the tissues, thanked Kairi, and proceeded to blow her nose.

"You guys really wanna know?" Selphie asked, blowing her nose once more. Her female companions nodded, each wiping away a fake tear. Selphie nodded.

"T-tidus... Tidus broke up with me!" Selphie whined before starting to cry all over again. Her friends began to cry along with her, each hugging each other for support. Kairi, Rikku, and Yuffie began passing around several boxes of tissues, along with doughnuts and small milk cartons. Each girl in the circle took one and thanked the three helpers.

"I hear ya, Selph-kins! I dated this real whore named Squall, and he was like, totally boring, and he just broke up without any emotion! Guys are just soo... urgh!" Kairi's sister let out a frusturated scream as she stabbed her voodoo doll with a pencil (Kairi had insisted that they don't do anything violent and that they use pencils).

All the girls grabbed their carefully sharpened pencils, and began to repeatedly stab the vulnerable dolls. Each girl let out a sigh of relief as soon they finished, grinning evilly. After sharing more breakup experiences, from Yuna's unforgettable moment to Rikku's humorous breakup, they decided that it was Kairi's turn to talk about her guy trouble.

"Alright, so it was on what, August? So me and Roxas decided that we should go on a date, and we did." Kairi explained, grabbing her silver spoon and dipping it into the bubblegum flavored tub of her frozen treat. She licked her spoon as everyone copied her actions and continued.

"So, while we were walking through the park, he decided to tell me that it was time." All the girls gasped at hearing the devasting news. Yuffie began handing around tissues once more, along with magazines and doughnuts. After a while, the girls decided that they wanted revenge on males for being "idiots and whatnot".

With that thought in mind, Kairi gallantly led the girls to Riku's private room, and began trashing it. Rikku un-did his bed, while Yuna and Paine began writing on his computer screen with green Sharpies, Yuffie jumping eagerly onto his desk, and using up all his hair products. Rinoa angerly stomped on all of his jackets, before pulling more clothes out of his closet.

Tifa, who was ripping up Riku's "Wall of Babes", hatched an idea.

"No girls, this isn't fair." Tifa stated without feeling. Each girl in the room turned to look at Tifa, giving her a confused expression. She smirked.

"It wouldn't be fair to Sora if we left his room unpolished, would it?" The girls all shared a smile as Rikku dashed towards Sora's room. Once all the girls arrived at Sora's bedroom, they decided that they didn't need to mess in his room; it was already messy. There were pudding cups everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Ranging from Sora's bed, into his drawer, and in his closet.

"Hey, we still have Wakka's bedroom, you know." Selphie said with a slight smirk playing on her face. Her female friends shared smiles among each other, thinking of the many ways they could reck the Bliztball player's room. Before Selphie led them to Wakka's room, Kairi acknoledged her friends.

"You guys, thank you. I'm feeling a lot better now."

Selphie and Yuffie turned around, and smiled at their redheaded friend.

"What are girlfriends for?"

RLC: Sorry for the long wait and the crappyness of this chapter! *sweatdrop* You see, with the holidays, and my family coming over, I couldn't exactly plan the chapter out. And the lateness... My family from California came and well.. they like to use laptops and stuff. My older cousins used the laptop I had, and the little kiddies wanted to play Build-A-Bear on the house computer, while the pre-teens used my brother's laptop.

Not to mention that my uncle thought it was a good idea to bring ROOSTERS and dump them in our backyard. I mean, who brings a bunch of roosters to the city? *imagines a rooster sticking their head out a car window while driving around The Strip* They wouldn't stop crying and stuff, at midnight they would decide to cry. -.-

Anyways, I apologize dearly for the chapter. In my opinion, it sucked. BADLY. You guys deserve to throw junk at me *angry reviewers throw tomatoes and other random stuff at RLC* I'd also like to apologize for the shortness of this chapter. I really didn't want to keep you guys waiting, so I just kind of finished it off with a crappy ending. So Sorry!

And, well... Another reason for my lateness is because of... the Sirens TI of Las Vegas. I got distracted because every Friday and Saturday night, we'd go down to Treasure Island and watched the Pirate Show. I liked the older version a lot better than the new one. And instead of being "Family Friendly", it's a lot more "Adult Friendly". If you guys want, go to youtube and typed "Treasure Island Sirens TI of Las Vegas". The show is more entertaining if you view it personally, but whatever. (BE WARNED: ADULT THEMES INCLUDED)

One thing I'd like to talk about. Some of you guys put this on alert, yet you didn't review. Why? I don't bite! (beat me at Command Board on BBS, and well...) But really, I don't bite! I'm not complaining about the alert, but I do want to hear feedback!

I would like to state that since I have school tomorrow, updates might be a little late, just a little. Not as late as this one, though! I can't guarantee anything! So um, thank you to those who reviewed, it means a lot! I think I responded to everyone, and if I didn't, I'll make sure I respond this time!

Norma: I'll respond to your review during lunch! Hope you had a fantastic Christmas (I finally got my 3DS, so we'll be able to do the StreetPass Mii Plaza!) and safe New Years :)

PLEASE READ: I'm currently writing a story called La La La Love Song, which is a RokuShi. If you want read the summary and see if it catches your interest. :) (if you have any questions about the RokuShi story, feel free to PM me)

«Summary»:"Yeah Vanitas, I'm doing okay. My friend is pregnant with your child and is about to give birth any second, Sora ate all of our food supply, we have no idea where we are, the blonde triplets went missing, and there are two total strangers in our backseat. I'm doing just fine. Thanks for asking, jerk."

Well, again, thank you for reading Chapter 1 of WHTM, and I hope you look forward to Chapter 2: At Tifa's coming to you soon! If you have any questions, concerns, feel free to PM me and I'd be more than happy to reply :)

-R o x a s L u v s C o o k i es :3

P.S. If you spot any errors, please note them and I will fix them!