Soon the sun was beginning to rise and the dark house was silent, except for the static sound coming from the television, it had been left on all night, the DVD player having turned itself off, left the television blank with the static image. With the sound of the static was the sound of breathing from five youngsters. The living room was pretty much pitch black, the only light in the room was emerging, very weakly, through the crack in the curtains, even though it wasn't that bright outside. The light shone down on the soft, gentle smile on the face of a red-haired girl. The great Grand-Father Clock in the kitchen begun to chime and the red-head slowly fluttered her eyes open as she woke up, the smile fading lightly. She sat up and looked around her, she looked at Riku and the others, whom were all still sleeping soundly. She smiled again then whispered to herself as she looked back at Riku, her gaze locking on his perfect, soft face; 'I can't let anything upset him, even if it does turn out to be my fault.' She gave a small sigh and got to her feet, walked to the television and turned it off.
She walked out into the hall and turned right. There were two flights of stairs, one that went down, and one that went up. She took the right side staircase. The one that went down, and walked into the kitchen. She went to the counter and took the kettle to the sink, filling it with water. She placed the kettle onto the stand and pressed the red button down to boil the water, she turned to the cupboard, which held the cups and such, when she heard movement from upstairs, in the living room. She stopped and turned immediately to look at the shadowed kitchen walls in fright. She stood on the spot or a bit then heard a loud thud from the living room. Her head shot up and she looked at the ceiling right above her and muttered;
"Riku! Jo! Cloud! Sora!!" She moved instantly and ran up the stairs, faster than she was even aware she could move. She used the walls to help her turn and threw herself around into the living room, using the door frame, she stopped dead and gasped, standing in the living room, and looking directly at Kairi, was a group of strange figures. She stood straight and stared, firmly, back at the creatures. Despite this show of bravery, deep inside her, she was terrified, and she was right to have been, too. Because, three of the figures reached down toward her sleeping friends. One grabbed Cloud and Jo, the second took hold of Sora, and the third, grabbed Riku, covering his mouth and eyes. Kairi started to shake her head of its own accord. She stood, staring blankly, at the door, the only thing her body seemed capable of doing was shaking her head. She suddenly felt something warm and wet begin to slide down her cheek;
"No..." She whispered, eventually. The figures stood, still looking at her. "No!" Her breathing became heavy again and she clenched her fists tightly. "No! I won't... I WON'T LET YOU TAKE HIM!" She started to shout. "NO! NONE of them! I... I WON'T LET YOU!!" Her head lowered and the tears fell faster, something warm began to drip from her palms and she clenched her fist's tighter still. "LEAVE THEM! LEAVE THEM AND GET OUT!!" She looked up at the creatures again, and a pendant floated from within her dress pocket until it was warm around her neck. "LEAVE THEM!" She screamed at the figures, drawing in a deep breathe. She lunged forward, charging at the figures, but then, the fourth figure raised up a hand and she was thrown into the wall, in the hall, and the figures disappeared through a portal, taking her friends with them. She slid down the wall and tears continued to fall, she started to sob deeply. Then, she held the pendant and remember something which she had been told many times before. Something her best friend had said to her often. "If you ever need help, with ANYTHING, then I am always here for you." Kairi got back to her feet, her fists still clenched, the warm liquid still dripping, and tears still falling, with her head hanging low, she muttered something to herself;
"I... I promise you... I will get you all back... even if it's the last thing I do!" She looked up sternly and cried out. "I WILL get you back! I SWEAR IT!"
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Just around the corner from Sora's house, a phone rung loudly and it echoed around the room of Amy, well known as 'The Other Side Of Kairi'. This was because her and Kairi were exactly like each other. She threw her duvet off of her and got up, fumbling around for her phone and answered it instantly, without looking at the Caller ID. When she heard Kairi's panicked voice on the other end of the line, she fell, clumsily, from the bed.
"Uh-huh... yeah? Okay... Oh my god... look, toots. I'lla be right there, don't do anything!" she set the phone onto her bed and got dressed as quickly as she could, she then picked up the phone and placed it into her pocket and made her way out of the window, landing perfectly, like a gymnast, and ran up the street. When she reached Sora's house, she forced her way through the door and froze instantly, as she caught sight of Kairi, down against the wall again.
"Kairi!" She ran to her friend and knelt down in a small pool of the liquid which had fallen from Kairi's still clenched fist. "What the...?" She looked down and saw that it was a pool of blood. "Oh my god!! Kairi!?" She took hold of Kairi's wrists and forced her hands open, "How tightly did you clench your fists!?" She looked worried at Kairi. Her nails had cut huge gauges in her palm and blood had seeped from the wounds. Kairi pulled her hands back and threw her arms around Amy, hugging her gratefully.
"That... thatb... that doesn't matter!" She stood back up and slowly walked into the living room and sat on the three seater Sofa. Amy walked in behind her and sat next to her, hugging her.
"What happened?" Amy asked, softly.
"Well..." Kairi swallowed loudly, blocking her tears and slowly began to explain to Amy what had just happened.