Ok…Sorry for the wait in this chapter answers will be given and you may be crying at the end so here we go….
Chapter 4
My Greatest Honor
Kairi and Riku ran over to Sora who was now fully unconscious. Riku picked him up and placed him into the back seat of his car. He looked to Kairi and said
"I'm ganna take him home…" he bucked him in and turned back to Kairi
"I'm coming too!" she exclaimed, Riku gave her a strange look and said
"Whatever, lets get going". Kairi got into the car and Riku began the drive to Soras house. The ride was mostly quiet until Kairi broke the silence by saying
"I don't know why I am coming either" Riku turned and looked at Kairi before returning his eyes to the road, "I mean I just met the two of you today" she said continuing "But…" she said turning and looking at Sora "there is just something about him that intrigues me" she turned back around in her seat
"Hey Riku?" she said still looking ahead
"Yea?" he replied
"Why won't he fight back?"
Riku paused as he pulled up to Soras house; he stopped the car and looked at Kairi
"…Sora moved here midway through freshmen year, he was one of those kids who nobody knew anything about, and so people just ignored him. He was always alone, I never saw him talking to anyone. I however was one of the most popular people at school, I mean I was practically worshiped….but popularity brought me a lot of enemies." He paused again "One day after school I was walking home and a bunch of guys from school jumped me, the rest happened so fast that I can barely remember it all"
Riku got out of the car and got Sora out of the back and began to walk to the front door with Kairi, he reached for the key under the cat statue slightly cringing at the sight of another cat and opened the door. They went back to Soras room and Riku set him on his bed. The two went to the living room and Riku continued his story.
"There were four guys, two with nothing, one with a steel pipe and another with a knife, their leader was pissed at me because his girlfriend left him to date me, they surrounded me and began their rampage, I was so busy trying not to get stabbed that I was oblivious to the blows coming from the other three. I managed to hold them of for a little while but I became too tired and my attention was broken for a split second only to feel the cold chill of steel puncturing my side. As I fell I looked up to see one of the guys fly forward blood shooting out of his mouth, soon afterwards two more followed until it was just the knifemen and the other guy, I tried to sit up only to feel a sharp pain where the knife had penetrated so I fell back down and blacked out. When I came to I saw Sora standing over me covered in blood, he kneeled down next to me and asked
"Are you ok?"
I sat up and looked around, there was a lot of blood on the ground everything was really hazy. I followed the blood trail until I saw what it led up to….they guy with the knife was lying there motionless…it turned out that Sora had fought off the other three and had been forced to…"
Kairis eyes opened wide
"Kill HIM"
Riku and Kairi turned suddenly to see Sora standing at the doorway; he slowly walked over to the couch and sat down.
"K…ill?" questioned Kairi with a horrified tone
Sora looked down with a shameful look on his face "If I hadn't done something he would have killed me and then Riku…. who was too injured to protect himself…."
"But" Kairi began "How?"
"He began attacking by swinging his knife wildly, most likely out of fear. I tried my best to dodge his strikes but one landed and cut my shoulder, before he could repeat his attack I grabbed his arm and broke it at the elbow as he fell I grabbed the knife and plunged it into his heart….killing him…"
"Sora saved my life…and we have been friends ever since" interrupted Riku
"But…how could you take on four guys at once?" questioned Kairi
Sora stood up and motioned her to follow him. She stood up and followed Sora with Riku not far behind. They walked down the hall and stopped at a closed door Sora turned to Kairi
"What you see in this room does not exist ok"
Kairi nodded her head as Sora opened the door and flipped on the light, Kairi looked around and then gasped….
Kairi stood at the door way with awe in her eyes, lining the walls of the room were shelves full of trophies, several dozen swords, belts of multiple colors and more framed awards than she wanted to count. She turned to Sora and asked
"Where did all of this come from?"
Sora looked around the room "14 years of jujitsu, judo, karate, kendo and Iaido."
"You did all that?" questioned Kairi
Sora gave a small laugh "I was really good to begin with and the rest came naturally, what can I say, everyone has some kind of talent"
Kairi was silent for a moment than asked "But…if you can do all this why do you let that boy beat up on you?"
Sora looked to the ground and said "I lost my temper once before and it caused the life of a person to be taken, I never want that to happen again and….that boy was Ansems brother and he has never forgiven me for what happened. I do it out of atonement for my sin…"
Riku who felt the tension growing interrupted "well who's hungry?"
The rest of the night the three hung out. That night Kairi sat in bed thinking about all that had happened on her first day of her senior year of high school, she had gone from a new girl who nobody knew to becoming friends with two very intriguing boys from her first period class. Though she had just met him she could tell that there was something very special about Sora. She smiled as she saw his face in her mind as she fell asleep.
--Three Months Later--
"SORA!!"
Sora woke up to an angry voice; he looked up to see his teacher looking at him. Sora looked around and realized that he had fallen asleep in class.
"O…sorry" Sora said apologizing
The teacher gave a glare then turned back around to the board. Riku leaned over and whispered "Dude…that's the second time this week what's up with you?"
"Yea" came a voice from his other side "Finals are only three weeks away and you are sleeping in class?"
Sora looked over to Kairi and shook his head. One thing he had learned over the last few months was that regardless of how cute she was Kairi was really into her studies and was always nagging Sora to do his homework and to study for his test.
The bell signaling the end of class rang and the trio walked out into the hall. The change in the season had taken the school chatter from how cute the boys were or how hot the girls were to how sexy their new boyfriends are and how beautiful their girlfriends are. Sora and Kairi separated from Riku and began to walk to calculus class. Soras mind began to wander to a conversation he had had with Riku the night before
"Dude" asked Riku "When are you ganna ball up and ask Kairi out?"
Sora looked down with a slight blush "I don't know?"
"Dude you NEED to get a girlfriend and Kairi obviously likes you" Riku responded
"Yea but how do I do it?" questioned Sora
Riku tried not to laugh but he couldn't help it which warranted a glare from Sora
"Sorry dude" said Riku still laughing "I know that you've never done anything like this before but it is just funny actually hearing it"
Sora laughed a little to himself "yea I guess it is kind of funny"
"Ok" said Riku getting a little more serious "all you have to do is be yourself and just ask from your heart, you can do that cant you…?"...
Sora snapped back into reality he took a deep breath and turned to Kairi and said
"Hey Kairi can I ask you something?
Kairi looked at Sora "Sure, what is on you mind"
Sora paused for a moment praying to god that he didn't mess this up
"Umm…what…" he stumbled over his words
"Ummm…what, what" questioned Kairi
"What are you doing on Saturday?"
Kairi smiled to herself and said "Nothing….yet"
Soras heart jumped inside of his chest at her comment "Well if your not doing anything…do you maybe want to go out with me?"
Time stood still as Sora waited for Kairis answer
"Sure!" she finally said
"Awesome" said Sora rather loud. For the rest of the day he was on cloud nine….
After school the three walked over to Soras house. When they got there he saw Sephiroths car in front of it. He still hadn't told Kairi that he was his brother, he looked at Riku who gave the ok nod and the three proceeded into the house. As Sora opened the door he smelt a strange smell and walked inside the house. He looked around and noticed a window was broken out. He ran into the living room to see furniture turned over and glass scatted all over the carpet. Sora called out "Sephiroth!!" He ran through the house with Riku and Kairi fallowing. Kairi was confused by Sora calling out Sephiroths name but didn't say anything. They reached a room Kairi had never been in and Sora rammed the door open. Inside Sora saw a sight that caused him to stop in his tracks. He looked at the wall in front of him and saw blood dripping from a massive stain and moving downward, he followed the trail until he came to its source. "Sephiroth" he yelled as he ran over to his bloody brother who lay on the ground. Sora picked him and held his head he turned to Riku and yelled
"Call an Ambulance"
Riku stood motionless out of shock "FUCKING GO" yelled Sora and Riku ran into the other room.
Kairi ran over to Sora and knelt down beside him "Sephiroth" Sora yelled trying to wake his brother. Blood was still pouring out of the wound in his stomach. Sephiroth slowly opened his eyes
"S..ora" he struggled to say
"Don't talk!!" exclaimed Sora as his eyes began to fill with tears "you will be ok"
Sephiroth painfully raised his hand and put it on Soras face "I…I am so sorry Sora"
Soras eyes widened "Sorry for what you have done nothing wrong!" tears began to fall from his face "I'm sorry that I wont be there for you anymore…" continued Sephiroth "But…you are a strong person and you have great friends who will help you" Sephiroth turned his face to Kairi and said "K…airi"
Kairi leaned forward tears rolling down her face, she put her hand into Sephiroths "yes" she said trembling "Kairi…take care of Sora…please….he cares for you deeply, all he does is talk about you…"
"Don't worry" she said crying "I will"
Sephiroth turned back to Sora "Don't cry….I will always be with you….and…Mom says hi….she…is so proud of you…and so am I…"
"Seph….iroth!!" Sora panting "Don't go"
"Sora…." Sephiroth whispered weakly "It…has been my greatest honor…being your brother… I love you…" Sephiroth struggled to take a final breath "Good….bye" he whispered exhaling…
Woooooooooo….even I got a little teary eyed after reading that again…next time the answers that this chapter raised will be answers (or so I think) but anyway we should all just go with the flow…don't forget to leave a review telling me your thoughts on the story…till next time
Darcon