Summary: She wanted nothing more than to live like a normal teenager. He wanted nothing more than to revenge the death of his parents…and maybe to get in her pants. A boy and a girl caught up in a net of lies and hurting pasts – will they walk out of this hand in hand? Or will they bow to the will of destiny?
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts including ist characters. But I do own this story.
Chapter 7: Foreshadowing
Step forward. Breathe in. Step forward. Breath out.
Inwardly I repeated these eight words like my most sacred mantra, forcing myself to get closer to the two boys who were currently trying to kill each other. It was the definition of brutality. I had never seen such a fight with my own two eyes.
Sora had a look of pure hatred on his face, a look that showed his lust to kill. He roughly wiped the fresh line of blood from his temple and licked his bruised lips dry, before he went for another punch into Riku´s face that showed a remarkable amount of blood, too.
I didn´t need to look at Riku´s face though. I already knew which kind of expression he would wear. And I knew that I had to act fast in order to save Sora before it was too late. It was all up to me.
Step forward. Breathe in. Step forward. Breathe out.
My ears were filled with the horrible mixture of loud chanting and haunting screams of pain. I couldn´t bear this. It had to end. I had to end it. Even if it was with my own two hands.
My fists were tightly balled by my sides. My cheekbones became visible because of the hard clenching of my jaw. My violet eyes had a sparkle in themselfes, a sparkle of determination.
I inhaled one last time, before I closed my eyes and threw myself straight into the chaos displaying right in front of me.
I slapped both of them on their cheeks, while adding some extra pressure to Riku´s, so that they would focus their attention on me. Both of the boys gave me a surprised look, showing me that they obviously haven´t expected that.
"Stop it right there", I hissed with venom in my voice that made both of them stop in their tracks, even though they didn´t leave their opponents out of their eyes for even a second.
Riku opened his mouth, showing me that he had something to say, but he was interrupted when a new voice decided to join in.
"What on earth is going on here? If you know what´s good for you, you will go to your classes immediately, do you understand?"
Everyone stopped their chanting at once, after having heard the voice every student respected great deal.
"Mr. Ashton", I whispered, while I moved closer to Sora who gently took my hand in his. Riku furrowed his brows, but decided to keep silent, when Mr. Ashton walked into the centre of the now dead silent crowd.
His bushy eyebrows formed a tight line above his old-fashioned glasses, making him look like some kind of disabled eagle.
"Ah, Mr Willers", he started with a loud snorting sound, "and Mrs. Standlers. What a surprise. You two seem to get into a lot of trouble lately."
A cold shiver went down my spine, when I felt Riku´s sinister smirk that was obviously for me. And only me. Damn. He knew. He knew about my lie. About my false name.
"Mr. Ashton. I swear, it´s not like it looks. Just li-!"
Mr. Ashton stopped Sora´s rant with a death-glare that was famous as his last warning he offered, before he destroyed your last bit of freetime.
"Keep your mouth shut, Sora. I have no intention of listening to your pathetic excuses. I have two well functioning eyes on my face and they are all I need in irder to understand the circumstances at hand. You and Miss Kairi will be punished."
I widened my eyes and took a step forward, glaring up at the man that expected my words with curiosity in his eyes.
"That is not fair. What about him", I nodded in Riku´s direction, "he started all of this in the first place. He deserves to be punished, too. He isn´t even a member of this school!"
Mr. Ashton shook his head.
"Oh, I belive you are quite mistaken, Miss Kairi. Riku is the newest addition to our humble school, having remarkable grades that a lot of other people shoud idolize."
My world came crushing down on me like a ton of boulders threatening to bury me six feet under. I was dead. Literally.
"That can´t be true", I gasped while shooting Riku a look of pure disgust. Why couldn´t he just leave me alone? Was it his personal source of satisfaction to see me in my most vulnerable states?
"Wait a minute, Mr. Ashton."
Practically everyone in this fucking corridor turned their head in Soras direction. His fists were tightly balled by his sides, showing his shackled frustration that threatened to come to the surface.
"Isn´t it his job to treat every single one of us equal? Isn´t that what you talk about every fucking day when you force us to sit in your math class? When you have to find an excuse for embarrassing me in front of the whole class?"
"Sora, this is insulting my teaching methods."
"More like torturing methods! Your lessons suck, Mr. Ashton! But you know what? Everyone pulls through this shit because everyone of us hopes to get out of this rotten Downtown someday! But know I seriously doubt that you are capable of teaching me anything for live!", Sora screamed with fuming arms.
Mr. Ashton furrowed his brows, while I stood between them, mouth wide agape.
Talk about people who didn´t know when to stop. Even though I had to admit that a tiny part was rooting for Sora. Guess I´m one of those people after all.
"How dare you of accusing me of such gravity! I will not tolerate this any longer, so-!"
"So what", Sora spat, "does my tie not sit right? Is my shirt wrinkled? Is there something on my face that makes you want to destroy my life? Tell me, Mr. Ashton, I´m more than willing to hear it! And believe me, when I tell you that I can fucking take it! Whatever you throw at me, I´ve taken much worse than that! So do your worst! Come on I dare you to!"
I stiffened, when I saw the shiny teardrops in Sora´s eyes that made him look so much stronger than normal. He was the only person I knew that honestly looked stronger when the tears threatened to fall.
Mr. Ashton´s face showed the very same expression that everyone´s face did. A look of pure irritation. Sora bit his lip and inhaled sharply.
"Are you seriously punishing me because I stepped up to that dollface", he pointed accusingly to the silver-haired boy next to me, "in order to protect a girl that almost broke down at the mere sight of him? Is that really what you are intending to do?"
Sora bit his lip that was still bleeding from his fight. I had to resist the urge to softly wipe it away. It was my fault after all. And even though he annoyed me to the line of my breaking point almost every day, I never wanted to seem him getting hurt on my account.
"Mr. Willers, I-."
"Don´t even bother", Sora interrupted once again. His eyes changed from the colour of the ocean to the one of the sky right before a heavy storm. Cloudy and angry. Dangerous. That were the keywords.
"I´ll leave on my own account."
He shot me one last look that would hunt me in every single one of my dreams. I couldn't describe the look, the emotion his eyes held. It was way too intense. There was no definition for it. But somehow I never wanted to see that look ever again in his eyes.
"After all, there is someone who takes me for who I am. Someone who desperately needs my help", he turned around and made his way through the crowd that was still frozen in shock, "because when someone needs me, I don´t even think about abandoning him or her. Mark my words, Ashton. ´Cause they are my own philosophy."
Time stood still, when Sora broke into a full speed run, getting farther and farther away from us, until he reached the door that would be his escape from this nightmare he got involved with because of me. The infamous misfortune for everyone around me.
My breath was stuck in the back of my throat. I had to stop my own tear from flowing, not wanting to believe what just happened.
The boy whom I always though of as some kind of plague, had just stood up against my arch-enemy in order to protect me. He took all the blows and paid the price that was meant for me.
I couldn´t stop the sob that slowly escaped my lips, making one person in the crowd stare at me intently. Only one single person in the crwod seemed to have heard my silent cries. The others were still facing the door Sora had taken to get away a couple seconds ago, while mumbling some Things I couldn´t catch from the distance.
I froze in my tracks, when I met eyes with the person that was staring at me with an unreadable emotion in his eyes that caught my attention at once.
It was a boy. Not older than eighteen. Tall and muscular. Dirty blonde hair and shiny blue eyes that reminded me so much of him right now. Another sob escaped my lips, when I stared at the boy that made something in the back of my heart clench like I was just having a heart attack. It hurt so fucking much. And I didn´t know why.
When I saw the corners of his lips turn into the ghost of a sad smile, time around me seemed to stop. I didn´t know how to move my body, any longer. When his eyes sparkled, it was like he would have shown me his whole life story in the blink of an eye. Darkness. And a great amount of knowledge. That went hand in hand with him.
My eyes widened in understanding. It was then, when I realized that he knew exactly who was standing merely a few feet before him.
Another one that knew who I was. And with that knowledge he had the biggest advantage against me that could send me down on my knees in a blink of an eye.
Author´s note: I´d like to thank all of the people who were so kind to support and encourage me. Have a nice day! :D and for the Germans - have a nice holiday!
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