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Authors Note: First day of the holidays. Hurray! I want lots of video games for Christmas (but I can't get a nintendo DS cause no one has them ::sad::). Anyways, I get my braces off on monday...thought I'd tell the entire viewing audience that. Someone said in the reviews that I should make my chapters longer or something....And I'll try my hardest to do that! Enjoy the next chapter!


Chapter Note: Flash backs are going to be italic.


Chapter 7: Darkness

Kairi sat in the fresh water pond as the roaring of the water fall drowned out all other noises. She sat there amazed, confused, and dumb struck about what just had happened. Her eyes were deceiving her, they must be. Sora's tail did not just disappear. "Sora," she said in a confused tone. Was there something behind her cat that she didn't know? 'No, can't be,' she thought reassuringly. 'Sora looks just as confused as me!'

"Riku's mom!" she exclaimed to herself. "She's a vet, she'll know what's wrong!" She picked up her cat, held it him close to her, and started running. The hot sand burned her feet, but she didn't care. Something was wrong with Sora, something unnatural. She wasn't going to let anything bad happen to her cat.

Kairi felt a drop of water bounce off her head. Then another, then another. She looked up at the pretty fluffy white clouds she was used to seeing, but they were no longer that way. They had grown dark and gray, and rain was rushing from them as faster then they had ever fallen before. "Damn you god!" she yelled to the clouds. "Are you mad at me? Are you trying to kill me cat? Why won't you just stop?!" She took off her jacket and bundled Sora up in it. "Don't worry my Sora-sama, I won't let them take you away from me again!" she said as she started to pick up her pace. "I won't let them take you away!"

It soon started to pour rain, and she couldn't see anything in front of her. She dropped to her knees and stared at the little sand she could see. "They aren't after Sora," she said to herself. "They're after me!" Kairi got up to her feet and started running again. She didn't know where she was going, and she didn't care. As long as she ran, she'd be safe.

SMACK. She ran into something (and pretty hard too). 'Speak of the devil,' she thought, looking up at what she ran into. Her eyes grew big. "The secret spot," she whispered to herself. It was a last resort, but she had to think of what she would lose. She crawled through the small dark hole, and into the small musty cave. "We'll be safe in here Sora," she said, unbundling the kitten from her jacket. "Safer then out there at least."

She heard Sora meow from beside her. "What's wrong my kitty-kun?" Her cat was looking up at a drawing carved into the cave wall. The picture contained a smiling spikey haired boy, and a star shaped fruit going over to a short haired little girl, who also sent the same shaped fruit over to the little boy. Kairi smiled at her cats curiosity. "See that boy?" she said, pointing at the left side of the picture. Her cat looked up at her. "That's the boy I like, but he's gone." Sora gave her a sympathetic look. "Don't worry! He's going to return for me one day. He promised me so." The browned fur one smiled at her, which made Kairi giggle. "You know what Sora? When he comes back, I'm going to share that with him," she said, pointing to the star shaped picture. "I'm going to share the papou fruit with him, and we'll live happily ever after."

Sora meowed and gave out a little snicker. "I know it sounds corny, but when you love someone, that's how you feel." Her cat started purring and crawled into Kairi's lap. She smiled at the memories she was talking about. "You know Sora," she said, starting to pet her cats beautiful brown fur. "I named you after him. I named you after the boy I love." And that was the last thing Kairi said. They both just sat there in silence, staring at the picture on the cave wall. The next thing Kairi knew, she was on the ground asleep. The sound of the ran was soothing from inside the cave. Her cat looked up at the sleeping beauty, and smiled. He silently crawled over to his masters face, and kissed her with his sand paper like tounge. He then moved towards her arms, and got himself tangled up in them. Sora looked at his master once more, smiled, and fell asleep in her arms.

When Kairi awoke, she noticed it had stopped raining. She yawned and hugged her cat. "Sora-kun, wake up Sora," she said, gently petting her cat to wake him up. "It'd stopped raining, we can go to the vet and see what's wrong with your tail," but the lazy cat continued sleeping. She smiled down at the sleeping cat. "I don't blame you. It has been havoc lately." So, she picked up her cat without disturbing his slumber, and crawled out of the cave. The sun shined so brightly, that Kairi had to shade her eyes with the palm of her hand. "I wish I brought my sun glasses," she said to herself.

Meanwhile, Wakka was sitting at the edge dock, not that far away, fishing. He wasn't really thinking about anything. He was just fishing, when he heard something behind him. He turned around, and saw the eye candy he longed to see all day. "Kairi!" he yelled out. Kairi saw Wakka and waved. He gulped, and yelled out back to her "Come here! I have something to ask you!"

Kairi smiled and yelled back out to him. "Sorry!" she said, running off. "I have to go see something about my cat! I'll be at the docks around sun set, ask me then!"

Wakka's eyes followed her until she was out of sight. "Damn!" he said to himself. "I had the courage to ask her!"

Back to Kairi Kairi looked at a small hut built out of tree trunks and dried out grass. "If I remember right," Kairi said to herself. "This is were Riku used to live." She walked up to the hut, and knocked on the door. Soon after, a tall slender woman with long white hair and bright blue eyes opened the door and looked at who was her visitor.

"Oh, hello um..." said the woman, snapping her fingers as if the answer would come to her at any second.

"Kairi. My name is Kairi Ms. Yalanda. Remember, I was your son's friend."

"Oh yes! Kairi, come on in," said Ms. Yalanda, opening the door for Kairi and welcoming her in.

Kairi nodded and walked inside the small hut. "Make yourself at home," welcome the woman. Kairi looked around the hut. It was small, very small. The entire hut only contained one room, which held a held, a dresser, a toliet/sink,a bed, and a photo hung on the wall of her son, Riku. Kairi continued to stare at this picture. It didn't bring back happy memories.

Riku walked up to Kairi. They were in a small dark castle, and both of them barley could see their hands in front of their own faces. Riku bent down and smiled at Kairi. "I'm so glad I found you!" he said, embracing her in his arms. "Now we can live in this castle forever, just you and me. No Sora, no heartless, no nothing."

Kairi stared at Riku with a terrified look on her face. "Why are you talking like this Riku-san?"

Riku smiled at her in a twisted way. "Why Kairi, you can't notice the obvious?" Then, he got up close to her face. It was way too close for Kairi's comfort. "I'm in love with you ,Kairi-san."

Kairi pushed him away. "You don't know what your talking about. Besides, I don't feel that way about you."

Riku stood up and punched the wall behind him, causing some ruble to fall on Kairi's head and leaving a dent in it. "Then who do you love? Sora?" He pulled out a black looking sword with a curved tip. "Well, Sora doesn't deserve you! I found you, I rescued you. If it weren't for me, the darkness would have already consumed you!" His anger over powered him, and his sword started glowing an eerie green glow.

"Riku, please stop!"

But he didn't. He held his sword high above his head, and then thrust it into Kairi's chest. That was the last thing she remember before she blacked out. They say the heartless consumed Kairi's heart, but that's not the true story. The true story is Riku's greed took over his body. He was the one that consumed her heart.

Kairi shook her head out of the horrible memory, and turned to Ms. Yalanda. "I'm very sorry to disturb you, but there is something wrong with my cat," she said, holding Sora in her arms. "You see, I was trying to get him to take a bath, and when I did his tail disappeared!"

Riku's mother picked up Sora out of Kairi's arms and examined him. First his legs, then stomach, arms, face, and other parts. "Your cat looks fine, besides the tail thing. Allow me to take an x-ray." She pulled out a pen like object and flashed it at Sora's body. Kairi stared at the strange object.

"What is that?" she asked in curiosity.

The woman smiled. "It's a new way to take x-rays of animals without damaging their insides." She examined the back of the pen an gave out a 'hmmmm'. "That's strange," she said to herself. "Your cat seemed not to have a tail to begin with." Kairi looked up at her with a confused 'what-the-hell-are-you-smoking' look. "Not only that, but it doesn't have a normal cat body. It's bone structure, organs, nervous system, they all relate more to a human body, and not that much of a cat body."

Kairi looked at Sora, then the vet, then Sora again. She smiled. "Thank you doctor," she said, taking Sora back into her grip. "That's all I'll need to know. Have a good day!" Then she stood up and left the hut, leaving Ms. Yalanda with a sad look in her eyes.

"That woman is insane. 'Your cat isn't normal!' Blah, Blah, Blah. It's been so long since she's had a costumer, that she probably just made it all it!"

Kairi looked up at the setting sun and smiled. The sun's beauty always took her out of her angry moods, even just at one glance. "It's beautiful, isn't it Sora-kun? The sun set is so-" She stopped and thought a moment. "The sun set! I have to meet Wakka at the docks!" She then picked up her pace and ran towards the docks on the other side of the island.

Meanwhile, at the docks Wakka sat at the edge and let the water drag his feet with the current. He was wearing the nice outfit he had planned to wear, and even brought flowers. He sighed. "She probably forgot," he whispered to himself, standing up. "That's twice today I got cheated out on telling her how I feel."

"Wakka!" someone behind him exclaimed. Wakka turned around and saw Kairi huddled over, breathing heavily. "I'm sorry, I ran here as fast as I could."

Wakka walked slowly over to Kairi, and stared deeply into her eyes. 'Just tell her,' he thought. 'Once you say thoughs three words, it'll all be over with. You can then ask for her to be your girlfriend, and you'll both hug and make out, or do something. Just say it!' He wrapped his arms around the flushed face Kairi, and whispered into her ear, "You know, you dazzle me. You amaze me! I see you everyday, I call you everyday, but that all isn't enough. Your looks, your voice, I like everything about you. Kairi, I think I'm in love with you. I want us to go out together. I want to be able to tell my friends 'Yeah, that's her.'" He took a breath. "I want you to be my girlfriend."

Kairi stared at Wakka and hugged him back, which left a huge smile on Wakka's face. 'She likes me back!' he thought. 'I knew it!' She loves me too!'

"I'm sorry Wakka, but I don't feel the same way." She broke away from his embrace. "I know it took a lot of courage to tell me, but I don't love you. I'm sorry, but I just want to be friends." Wakka looked at her and tried to comprehend what she just said. Kairi looked at the almost set sun. "I got to go before it gets dark, or my mom will get mad. See you tomorrow Wakka." Then, she walked away.

He stared at her, without saying any words. 'She doesn't love me?' he asked himself. 'She's lying! She does love me, I know she does. Kairi is in love with me, but she's too afraid of commitment. That has to be it!"

The sun was now out of view, and the light of the moon reflected off of the water, giving everything around Wakka an eerie glow. A dark figure walked slowly on the creaky wooden boards of the dock towards Wakka. The figure put his bony hand on Wakka's shoulder, causing him to jump a little. He was in a dark cloak, and a hood was wrapped around his head, so you couldn't see his face."You want her, the fair maiden named Kairi?" said the hooded figure.

Wakka didn't turn around. All he did was nod in agreement. Something told him that he could trust whoever this stranger was.

The figure bent down and whispered into Wakka's ear. "I can help you win her. With my help, she will be yours, as long as you agree to my plan."

Wakka turned around quickly. "And that plan would be?"

Although you couldn't see it, the dark figure smiled. "You would do anything for Kairi, wouldn't you Wakka?" He nodded, and the figure once again smiled. "Allow me to devour your heart and feed upon your soul. Don't worry, it won't hurt. And a plus side, you'll still be alive. Just let be consume your heart, and I'll replace the space with darkness. After that, Kairi will crawl on her hands and knees, begging for you. She will be yours Wakka, if you agree to my plan."

Wakka smiled as if he weren't afraid. "I don't make deals with people I don't know. What's your name?"

The dark shady figure removed his hood. His long red hair flowed in the night breeze. "My name, young child, is Ansem."

Wakka held out his hand, and 'Ansem' shook it. "Ansem, you have a deal."


Authors Note: Due to the fact that I tried to make this chapter more detailed and longer, ::looks tired:: It took my three hours to write. If you didn't enjoy it, I'll stab you with a....sharp....object. :D Anyways, please leave your comments on this chapter so I can try to improve anything that is to come. Now, for your viewing entertainment, I will interview Tidus....for no apparent reason.

Lili: Welcome to the show Tidus!

Tidus: Hey Lili, glad to be here.

Lili: Now, outside the fan fic, what do you like to do?

Tidus: Well, I like to hang around bars, drink a lot, pick up chicks and then-

Lili: Wait, YOUR A GIGOLO?!?!?!

Tidus: ::looks hurt:: Why, I have never been so insulted in my life!

Lili: Then, what do you do with the "chicks"?

Tidus: I take them back to my place and have hot animal sex with them.

Lili: Er.....anyways! That's all the time we have today. Stay tuned for the next chapter!