Again, I must comment on how drastically my writing skill improved over a few months. The first few chapters were more like re-writing more than editing, now I just have to edit the occasionally sentence because it's worded weird. Yay, that makes me so happy
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts
Shattered Dreams: Chapter Ten
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It was three weeks before Ryou returned to school. His nose was almost fully healed, but it would never look the same again, thanks to Sora. Of course, with that flaw, Ryou automatically dropped down from being adored by all the girls to just another ordinary guy; another reason for him to hate Sora. There were still a few girls in "love" with Ryou, but he did not find it quite as pleasing as having every girl in the school's hearts in his hands; except for mine. He would never have mine, and I guess that is another reason why he hated Sora.
"Kairi, are you gonna be okay today? Since he's back and all…" Selphie asked in a gentle voice as we all watched Ryou give death glares to whoever managed to look at him in a wrong way.
"Yeah…I have to suck it up for once." I nodded, looking away from Ryou. He was even more pissed off at the world than usual, which made my fear of him even worse. But I meant what I said; I was going to stand up to him today. More of what I hoped was that he had learned his lesson and would completely leave me alone.
"O-okay." She replied quietly, rocking back and forth on her heels.
"I would definitely stay as far as possible from him. He's not exactly happy; especially you, Sora. But I'm sure you already knew that." Riku nodded his head toward Sora as he spoke.
"Yeah, I know he's not, and I don't care." Sora replied with a roll off his eyes, staring off towards the road.
Grabbing Sora by the shoulders to make him pay attention, Riku stated very solemnly, "Don't be stupid. You know what he's capable of, Sora; especially when he's mad. If he really wants to do something, he won't stop until it's done."
Sora blinked and looked off to the side, his expression showing that his pride was hurt, "…I know."
"Look I know you want to protect Kairi," I flushed as Riku said this, "but you've got to think about your own and everyone else's well-being, too."
Sora looked at me with a small smile before turning back to Riku, "I know. It's just really hard to think about what you're doing sometimes, when you're blinded with fear and anger."
"I understand that, but we need to find away around that, get through to your hard head." Riku tapped a knuckle against Sora's head as he gave a small grin.
"Hey! Ow…" Sora complained as he rubbed the top of his head.
"C'mon, you two. They just opened the school doors; we don't wanna be late," I said nodding my head toward the rest of the school rushing through the doors, sighing as I finished, "Especially me. Ugh, Mrs. Spence. What an evil witch."
As we began towards the school, Sora laughed at my statement, "Only a couple more months of her, Kai. Then you'll never have to see her again."
"Yeah," I smiled knowing that this was true, but I jokingly added to my negativity, "But then again, they could move her up a grade."
"Nah, she's been in this grade forever, I doubt they'd switch her." Sora paused, causing me to bump into him. Laughing a little, he stated, "Here's your homeroom, if you didn't notice."
Blushing a bit, I added, "Come to think of it, I didn't even notice if Riku or Selphie said bye to us."
Blinking for a moment and taking a look around, he replied, "Uh, oops. I guess I didn't notice they left, either."
"We're such kind friends." I stated sarcastically, laughing after I did.
"Yep," He answered with a grin. Without warning, he wrapped me into a tight hug, letting go quickly and stated, "I should go. See ya next period,"
I made no comment back, only gave a small wave before heading into the classroom. When I walked past Mrs. Spence's desk today, I received no smart comment about being early because she was reading what looked like a school memo. Or something like that. I spent the fifteen minutes of homeroom, staring at a page of my book, pretending to be reading but really reminiscing random memories; of course mostly ones with Sora.
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"Hey, Kai!" I looked up as I heard Sora's voice.
Seeing his heartwarming grin I smiled back broadly, "Hi, Sora."
"Yay! Looks like free-day again!" Selphie suddenly popped up to exclaim, rushing past both of us into the classroom.
"Really? Awesome." Sora commented with a wink, causing me to giggle.
"There's still P.D.A rules, Sora." Riku added, appearing behind Sora.
"Aw, man. Riku, you take all the fun out of everything." Sora replied as he fake-punched his best friend.
Riku brushed off the spot where Sora had "punched" him and replied, "Hey, it's the truth."
"Yeah, I know. But I've gotten away with it too many times to count already," Sora stuck out his tongue and grinned, "So what's one more time?"
"The 'one more time' could be the one time you get caught." Riku answered, sitting down on the floor in our usual spot.
"Meh, whatever." Sora rolled his eyes although he was still smiling and sat down next to Riku, pulling me down next to him.
Giving a smirk at Sora, Selphie turned to Riku to comment, "If you said that to Sora a couple of weeks ago, he would have been totally crimson."
Sora raised an eyebrow at his younger friend, "What are you talking about?"
"I'm just saying you got a whole lot more cocky since you and Kairi have been going out." Selphie responded, putting her arms behind her head as she laid down. I began to blush and I looked over at Sora to see his face had a slight shade of pink to it, too.
"Y-yeah, so?" Sora responded, placing his head in his hands as if he was bored but everyone knew it was to hide his crimson shaded face.
"Nothing," Selphie chimed, "Just saying."
"Um, okay…" Sora trailed off, waiting a few minutes before putting his hands back at his sides.
"So, Sora, what are you gonna do for spring break?" Selphie asked as she shot up into the sitting position again.
"Nothing I know of," Seeing a look of interest on the girls face, he raised an eyebrow as he asked, "…Wait, are you actually asking or just suggesting something?"
Selphie replied simply, "Both."
"Okay…What are you suggesting, then?" He asked in reply.
"Yeah, what are you suggesting? You haven't even told me what we're doing yet…" I commented with a confused stare. Strange how I could live in the same house and be absolutely uninformed of vacation plans.
"We're going to our beach house!" Selphie proclaimed energetically.
"Okay, I'm up for it; Mom will most likely give me the same answer as always. So, you dragging any one else along?" Sora asked with a smirk before Selphie smacked his head, causing him to let out a small yelp.
"I'm not dragging anyone, they're coming at free will," Selphie crossed her arms with an annoyed look, glancing away for a moment before turning back, "And if you have to know, yes, I am. Tidus. And Riku, you can come if you can." Selphie added on as she looked back at him with an approving smile.
Riku gave a small smile and murmured, "Can't."
"Sorry." Sora, Selphie, and I responded simultaneously
"It's okay, really. Even if I could go, Ryou would probably take my spot." He stared off at the opposite side of the room, where his twin brother was fumbling through his binder and mumbling incoherently. I shuddered. I definitely did not want him to be in a beach house with me, especially since Selphie's Mom always goes out. I had learned that from the past couple of times I had been down there.
"So, when are we leaving?" Sora yawned, stretching his arms out as he spoke, letting one linger around my shoulder.
"After school." Selphie replied simply, beginning to yawn a little too.
"What?" Sora's eyes fluttered wide open.
"Don't worry, we'll stop by your house and you can pick up your stuff." Selphie ran her hands through her hair in a bored manner, as if her statement had been an obvious one.
"Okay, but I haven't even asked my Mom if I can go yet!" Sora exclaimed, surprised at the spur of the moment events. But then again, I did not know anything about it either until a few minutes ago
Selphie stared at her newly painted fingernails, a sparkly pink, giving them a nod of approval before looking back up at Sora and answering him, "All taken care of. My Mom called the other night."
Mouth agape, he questioned, "How come no one told me anything?"
"No one told me either. But then again, I don't really have much to pack, do I?" I gave a small laugh, brushing a few strands of my hair in my face behind my ear. My comment was a bit negative, and I regretted saying it after I did, but everyone seemed to just brush it off.
"That reminds me, we have to go bathing suit shopping once we get there!" Selphie exclaimed as if she had just won the lottery. I seriously did not get why she got so excited over the thought.
"Um, okay." I replied with a shrug. I guess I did not really have a choice in whether I wanted to go or not; I did not have a bathing suit. Even if I did have one from my house, it probably would not have fit.
"Does that mean I have to go, too?" Sora perked up a bit, causing me to begin to blush again.
"You betcha! My Mom knows we can't trust you and Tidus alone in the beach house; you'll eat all the food! Besides, you have to judge how hot Kairi looks in her bathing suit, right?" Selphie added with a glance to me, smirking from the pleasure of managing to embarrass me; not that it was a hard task to accomplish.
"What?" The word barely escaped from my lips, sounding just above a whisper.
"Um…" His face turned a dark shade of red before he remembered Selphie's comment from earlier, "Um…Yeah, right, of course that's my job, right Kairi?" Sora grinned at me with new found enthusiasm.
I laughed and attempted to hide my crimson face in my hands, "Sora!"
"And his cockiness returns!" Riku announced, flicking a spike of Sora's brunette hair.
Selphie giggled, "See, I told you!" The school's oh-so-annoying bell ran out through out the school, temporarily ending the fun.
"See you at the end of the day!" Selphie called out as she headed down the hallway.
"Can't wait!" I responded, more to myself than to Selphie, since she was already too far to have heard me.
"See ya," Sora gently kissed me on the forehead before starting off to his next class, Riku lagging behind him; rolling his eyes at his younger friend. I gave a small laugh before I started off for my own class. A few feet from the door I needed to get to, I was knocked backwards against the wall, causing me to let out a sharp yelp of pain.
"Hey, Kairi." I could feel some one standing over me, and I immediately knew who it was. That same deep voice that had haunted me all of these years.
"Ryou," I coughed out, as I began to open my eyes.
"Yep," Placing both of his hands against my shoulders, he commented with a sly smirk, "You might want to remember that name for later tonight,"
My eyes widened in disgust, "In your dreams."
Ryou ignored my comment and continued, "By the way; I heard you and your friends talking about your plans for spring break."
"Yeah, so?" I spat. I wanted him to shut up. He had ruined my life enough already; it was not like he could do much more. All I wanted to do was get to class.
"So I'm planning on visiting you." He started to move closer to me as I moved backwards; but you can only go so far back into a wall.
"You-you don't even know where it is!" I exclaimed loudly, desperate for some one to come, some one to find us; and stop him.
"Oh, but I do. And if you tell any of your friends about this, " Ryou pressed himself against me, making me clench my eyes shut and hold my breath, "Consider this only a warning of what I'm going to do." I did not know what else to do, when his lips touched my skin; I screamed. Noticing that he only kissed harder and figuring out screaming only pleased him, I automatically stopped. I tried every way I could think of to escape, but every attempt was futile.
His lips moved against mine at a force that it seems like razors being slit across my lips. I was trying to hard to at least turn my head and break the unwanted contact. As soon as his tongue had passed through my lips that I had kept as shut as a dead locked door, I bit down as hard as I could. I could taste the strange yet familiar taste of blood in my mouth, making the urge to throw up even stronger. He still did not stop; he only pressed himself against me harder, making me go against the wall even more and making the binders in my backpack dig into my back. The late bell rang, causing Ryou to finally step away from me; I letting out a huge gasp for air once he did. He walked off smirking knowing I watching him; an icy glare from my sapphire eyes as they released their tears. I walked into class, ignoring everyone's curious looks as I made my way to my desk; thanking God that the teacher wasn't there yet.
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Even though I felt violated and empty, all of those feelings faded the moment I caught a glance of Sora. Although moments in my life may never be removed from my memory, he could always take away the pain of remembering.
"Hey, Kairi," As soon as he caught sight of my facial expression, he frowned, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing…" I trailed off before a voice came over the loud speaker.
"Ms. Wilson, will you please send Kairi Yoshida and Sora Kimura to the front office, ready to go?"
"Yes!" Ms. Wilson replied back, staring at us as she pointed towards the door.
"Already?" I asked, wondering what was up.
"Yet again something Selphie forgot to tell us." Sora rolled his sapphire eyes, and we started down the hallway, laughing.
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End of Act I