Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, characters, plot, etcetera, etcetera. I do own the OCs in here namely DJ and the character's parents (Another OC coming up soon! Hehe)
A/n: Yes, last chap sucked a lot. I know. I've been buried and been covered with tons of earth so blame the time keepers for giving me so little time to seriously write this down. Okay, enough with the moping and back to hyperness! Guys, I think you're confused already with the character's parents… Jenalyn is Kairi and Naminé's real mom. Amira just thinks Naminé is her daughter. Please don't get confused with that! It's really important somewhere in the story! Anyway, TY lots to weixuan18, IcyPirateChic, Doggone2dog, Kairi and Cloud, Typical Sundays, soraloveskairi159 and Sayshello3 for reviewing!!! And now that's over with, let's go to the actual story!
"C-Come in…" Naminé croaked and coughed as soft as she could.
The hospital door creaked open and two young boys, a brunette and a blond, looked down at their friend who was helplessly lying down on the bed. The blonde girl smiled at the two "Hi, Sora. Hey, Rox,"
"Hi, Nam," they replied at the same time. Sora pushed Roxas closer to her. The blond forgot that he was holding something in his hands "Oh, right. We got these for you," he said and placed a big, beautiful bouquet of all her favorite flowers in a vase beside her. She smiled once more "Thanks… But I don't really need it,"
Roxas crossed his arms "Hey, we just wanted to make your dull room a little brighter"
Naminé softly giggled "Okay then. Thanks,"
Sora looked down at the girl who he thought was 'Kitty' once again. "How are you feeling?" he asked. "I'm alright. I'm just having a hard time breathing… That's all," her raspy voice said before croaking into another cough
The blond teen rolled his eyes at the 'moment' the two were sharing "Sheesh… You could die, y'know,"
"Rox!"
"I'm kidding!" he gleefully shouted "Can't you guys take a joke?!"
Sora and Naminé rolled their blue eyes and heard a knock from the door. "It's open!" Sora shouted loud enough so the person on the other side of the door could hear them. A tall nurse with a white uniform and dirty blonde hair came inside Naminé's room. "Boys, you have to go. Ms. Kaburagi needs her rest,"
"Okay," he replied as the two males headed for the door. Before they left, Sora turned around and grinned his famous grin. "Well, get better soon, Nam!"
The blonde girl smiled and laid her head on the soft fluffy pillow, her eyes slowly closing and her thoughts veered away to a deep slumber. A few minutes passed and Naminé's parents, Amira and Seth, entered the room. Seeing their daughter asleep, a doctor came through the door with a clipboard with some papers clipped on it. "About that transplant," he said as he scanned through the immense number of papers "Are you going to her liver donor, Mrs. Kaburagi?"
A gloomy look was on her light colored face. "I'm really sorry… I can't be her donor," Amira replied "Seth and I just adopted her. We don't know who her real parents are,"
Naminé twisted herself subconsciously so that she wasn't facing her… 'foster' parents. She opened an eyelid and a small tear fell out as she still couldn't believe what her mother just said. 'I've been… adopted?' She pondered 'Then, who are my real parents?'
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"Okay guys, here are the results for your tests," Ms. Hikari said to her class and started handing out papers. As usual, Kairi got a perfect score, followed by Naminé who got one mistake, Selphie and Sora got the same score with two mistakes and so on and so forth.
Sora smiled as he got his paper. Wait, I'm supposed to fail this test, right? Hmm… I guess it doesn't mean anything anyway. I mean, it's just one test! Nothing special… He thought to himself as he saw his nearly flawless test.
RING!
"Class dismissed, you can go," the teacher said and everyone head out to the door, including Sora and Roxas. "Not so fast, Mr. Hijiri,"
Roxas looked at Ms. Hikari and walked back to her. Sora leaned in near his ear "Hey, I'll wait for you outside, okay?"
"Thanks, Sora,"
The brunette stood by the door, his back leaning to the wall and he checked Ansem's watch from time to time, every minute passing by just made Sora more curious with what was happening in the classroom. After what seemed like forever, the blond came out with his head hung low and his fist was rolled into a ball, scrunching the item that was in his hand. "What's wrong, Rox?"
He shoved the thing into Sora's hands. The brunette carefully opened the paper and had a huge 'F' written in bold letters "I failed it," he sighed "Ms. Hikari said that if I failed one more test, I have to repeat the whole semester again…"
"It's okay… We can study for the next o—"
"I hate that little Selphie!" she shouted as loud as he could "If only she would have let me cheat off her test, but nooooo,"
Out of nowhere, Selphie, Kairi and DJ walked by, hearing everything that he said. Selphie grinned evilly and jabbed her finger at him "That's right, Roxie-Roo!" she teased "No one messes with me!"
Sora quickly remembered something important. 'The fight! The one that made us go to the principal's office! I can't let this happen again,' The brunette looked down at Roxas' hand which was balled up, like he was going to punch her. "Rox, don't even think about it," he said "You don't wanna get in more trouble, do you?"
'He does have a point…' The blond teen thought and loosened his clenched hand. "Fine," he softly said with his head hung again. Selphie snootily looked at the ceiling with triumph and Roxas quickly pointed his index finger at her "You win this round, Tilmitt. But next time, you're gonna pay,"
She rolled her eyes and pushed his hand away "Looking forward to it, Hijiri,"
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School for the day was finished and Roxas gloomily walked around the hallways, feeling so down in the dumps and felt that his life was officially over. He was getting so close to repeating the semester again, his best friend since forever got a really bad illness and now, Selphie just made him feel even worse. "I'm gonna get you back," he mumbled to himself and saw Sora coming by. The brunette flashed him a smile which turned into a concerned pout when he saw his friend looking like that.
"What's wrong now?" he questioned "Still mad about Selph—"
"Don't say her name when I'm around," he shot back and looked away "I-I'm… I'm feeling bad enough as it is,"
Sora tilted his head and placed an arm around his shoulder and grinned. Roxas looked at him quizzically "Hey, after school, how 'bout we get that sea-salt ice cream you love so much? We can visit Naminé too,"
The blond smiled "Thanks," he beamed "But you're paying… I'm broke,"
Sora chuckled and Roxas lowered his head again. "I just wish I had something to take this out on!" he screamed. Roxas faced a wall and punched it as hard as he could. But… it didn't feel like a wall, it felt more like someone's face.
It was DJ who was accompanied by Kairi and Selphie. His jaw was throbbing in pain and he noticed that something was dripping out of his mouth. DJ pressed his lips softly and looked at his hand, just to see blood dripping on it. He angrily swung his fist back at the blond but Roxas ducked down, hitting Sora instead.
Sora's cheek started to swell and it made a bump on his face. He turned his head around and saw a teacher who was running towards them. 'Okay, the fight thing still happened. Oh well. At least I still get to be tutored by Kairi!'
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Sora, Roxas, DJ, Selphie and Kairi all went the principal's office again. The only difference was that Naminé was sound asleep in the hospital. "What happened here?" The principal asked
"I was walking along until I saw DJ hitting Sora," the teacher said
"What do you have to say for yourself, Don Juan?" The dark-haired guy widened his bluish-green eyes "I-I didn't do it! I-I mean, it wasn't my fault!"
The older woman sighed "It doesn't matter who's fault it is, or who started it," she said "But that doesn't mean that you're going to get away with this… Kairi, you'll be DJ's tutor. Once Naminé comes back from the hospital, she is your tutor, Roxas,"
"Yes, ma'am," Roxas whispered. DJ mentally smiled and danced like a lunatic. 'YES! I hope I can tell her what I'm feeling for her this time,'
Sora was very confused "Umm… don't I get to be tutored by Kairi?"
"Nonsense. You have been doing very well in school. You don't need a tutor," she said and Sora looked down at the floor "Now, go to your classes, all of you,"
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Sora was in the library, peering around an immense number of books looking for a certain red haired girl. He looked all around him and there she was, pushing that cart of books like she usually did "Kairi," he whispered and she twisted her head to look at him "What is it now?" she asked annoyed
"I got you some food cuz I thought you might get hungry," he said, showing her a plastic bag in his pocket. "Sora?! Are you crazy?! You know we're not allowed to bring food down here!"
He softly smiled nervously "Sorry,"
"Whatever," she said, pushing the cart of books "Just get outta here before you get caught,"
"Kai, I just wanna ask a question," he said and the red head rolled her eyes "Fine… but make it quick. I need to finish this so I can go home,"
He rubbed the back of his head and looked at the ceiling "I was… sorta, kinda wondering if… y'know…"
"Are you getting anywhere with this?"
He didn't mind her and continued with his sentence "Do you wanna be friends?"
"No," she said in a harsh tone
He widened his eyes "Why?"
"It's none of your business, okay?!"
Days passed and Sora was still bugging Kairi to be his friend. Every time he asked, she would always say 'no' and leave. Kairi was usually with DJ, studying their lessons they've learned for the day. DJ's feelings for Kairi just got stronger with every time they met.
One fine day, Kairi walked over to her seat in class. She looked down on the table and saw a beautiful pink rose laying softly on the wooden desk. A red and white ribbon was tied on it's long stem and she picked it up, held it close to her nose, and smelled its fresh scent. The girls behind her were already giggling. "Aww, that's so cute!" one girl whispered to another.
Her cheeks blushed as red as the ribbon tied on it. She sat down on her desk, shoving the rose in her bag before noticing Sora who was gaily smiling at her 'Oh no… Sora again…' she thought 'I'm gonna kill him for this after class!' . Selphie nudged Kairi from behind and giggled "Hey, who's the rose from?" she whispered
"I dunno…" she whispered back "But I have a strong feeling that Sora's the one who gave it to me,"
DJ eavesdropped on the conversation his best friends were talking about and growled like a dog 'Pfft… sure. It's from Sora. If I didn't like-like her, I would call her a total nincompoop…'
After class, DJ was sitting alone in his favorite subject that he got straight A's in. Lunchtime. He was happily gobbling up his meal, being to busy to notice Selphie sitting down across him and crossed her arms "Okay, why'd you give Kairi a rose?"
The dark haired boy rolled his greenish blue eyes "Hey, if she wants to think it's from Sora, then by the Jelly Gods of Jelly-Dom, it's from Sora,"
She scoffed "I know people who live in Hollow Bastion like he does. No one from there would be THAT cheap to just give ONE rose,"
"I am NOT cheap!" he shouted, jolting up from his seat
"HA! So it IS from you!" she beamed and showed her usual hyperactive smile "Why'd you give it to her?! Tell me! Tell me! TELL ME!!!"
He chuckled and sat back down on his chair coolly "Why? Can't you give someone a 'Thank You' present? She's been really helping me out with my grades…"
Selphie shook her head in disgust "Tsk, tsk, tsk… You are such a bad liar," she said "I may be a girl, but I know how a guy's mind works,"
"Whatever, Selph," he replied before returning to studying how to eat a cheeseburger. "Don't 'Whatever, Selph,' me!" she snapped "I'm telling Kairi!!!"
He looked up and scoffed "Yeah, yeah. Sure. Just don't give her ideas,"
"Whatever, DJ,"
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Kairi was walking along, humming a soft tune to herself. Her feet stepped on the stone floor, taking caution with every step she took, even though she wasn't looking where she was going. When she was about to take another, a person stood right in front, startling her. "Hey, Kai!" the person said, smiling.
She clutched her heart and took deep breaths, the rhythmic beat of her chest going up and down "Oh my God, you almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Hehe… Sorry," he replied. Kairi just got furious and remembered something "Why did you give me a rose, huh?!"
He tilted his head "Wha?" he asked confusingly "I didn't give you a rose…"
"Sure, Sora," she scoffed "Just don't try to do something stupid we'll both regret. My life sucks as it is already," she jabbed her finger at him "I don't want you to go and mess it up even more!"
Sora, as the naïve teen he has always been, just looked at her in confusion "I'm telling the truth!" he reasoned "I didn't put that rose on your desk!". She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms "Yeah. And it was magically placed on my table, right?"
"I dunno how it got there, but I know one thing. I didn't give it. Someone else—"
"Just stop, Sora!" she burst out "I don't want you in my life anymore! I don't want you to talk to me anymore! In fact, I wish I never even met you!"
"B-but," he stammered "I-I…"
She walked away, fed up on hearing Sora's stupid excuses. As soon as he was out of her sight, a brown-haired girl came running to her and bent down and clasped her knees, panting like a dog "Kah… Kah… Kai-ri," she panted "I… I know who gave you the rose,"
"Me too. It was that little twit, Sora,"
She looked up, stopped panting and started shaking her head forcefully "No, no, no. It was DJ!"
Now, it was Kairi's turn to be confused "DJ?" she asked "Why would he, out of all people, give me a rose?" Selphie tilted her head "He said it was a 'Thank You' gift for the whole 'I'm-getting-so-much-better-in-Algebra-because-the-valedictorian-is-my-tutor' thing,"
"Oh," she said. "Great. Now I have guilt," she sighed and looked at the wide open sky. She slapped her face with her hand and slowly brought it down to her chin "Guess I have to apologize to Sora,"
I just hope he doesn't go and do something stupid again…
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Sora was in his dark blue swimming trunks, walking past with a towel on his wild brown locks of hair and noticed a blond man with a long stick. "Good morning, Ansem," he said, sounding happy. The blond smirked "Oh, I see someone's happy today,"
In fact, Sora was the angriest person in the world! "You know, the more I try to get close to Kairi, the more she goes away from me," he said as he leaned down to the bleachers "Why is it like that?"
Ansem shrugged it off, not wanting to tell him why. He clutched hard on the long stick and took the dirt away from the pool. Sora was pissed off "This is all your fault!" Sora exclaimed "If it wasn't for you, Kairi would have been my girlfriend by now!"
The blond man took the net away from the pool and pushed Sora's feet with it, letting him pummel to the icy cold waters below. The brunette hit the bottom and, with a few oxygen in his lungs, resurfaced. "Ansem! This is all your…" his words trailed off, seeing what was in front of him "…fault…"
"Kairi," he said and smiled at her. The red head looked down at him with a blank face and watched him get out of the water with a pool ladder.
"Sora…" she started. The brunette pushed the drops of water stuck on his face, his gravity-defying hair and his body. She looked down at his perfectly tanned skin but mentally kicked herself for doing so "I just wanna say, I'm sorry for what I said back there. I know you weren't the one who gave it to me,"
"Well, who did?" he asked
"It's none of your business," she said, starting to get annoyed 'I should have never came here…' "I'm here to say sorry. Not to be asked questions. So, bye," she said and turned around, starting to leave him again. "Wait," he said and grasped her hand firmly. She looked down at their intertwined hands before staring back into his beautiful blue eyes. He smiled "Wait, does that mean… we're friends now?"
She just looked down. "C'mon, Kai. Please?"
She eyed the rippling waves of the pool not wanting to answer his question. "You know what the problem is? Huh?" he asked again but no reply came out of Kairi's lips. "Fine," he jabbed his finger at the water "If you won't give in, I'm going to jump into that pool. And I'm not coming out, unless you agree to be friends,"
"You'll drown? Is that it?"
"Yeah," he said determinedly "So what? …last chance…"
She thought for a split second and planted her hands on her hips "Fine! Go and drown. I don't care… Do whatever you wanna do"
"Okay," he said, still carefree. "I don't care if I'm dead anyway," She just continued rolling her eyes and Sora took a deep gulp of air which filled his lungs "Bye!" he said before jumping into the pool.
"Bye!" Kairi shouted back, rolling her eyes again. She walked away from the pool but stopped for some reason. 'I can't just leave him there… Oh well, he'll need to get some air sometime.' She thought but instead of leaving, she came closer to the pool 'It doesn't look like he's coming out soon,' She bent down, seeing Sora's fuzzy image in the water "Umm… S-Sora?"
She came closer to the edge of the pool "S-Sora, I know you're gonna be there for a long time but, please, can you just get outta there?"
Sora was still determined. He didn't care one single bit that he was going to lose oxygen. Kairi was really worried and tried her best to get him out of there. "A-Are you crazy?! We're gonna be late for Ms. Hikari's class! You know how strict she could be…"
Nope, Sora still stood at the bottom of the water. Kairi looked around, praying someone was going to fish the crazy boy out of the water "Help! Hey! Help me…" she shouted but it was no use. Everyone was probably at class by now.
She gave up. Without further thought, Kairi kicked the black leather shoes from her feet and hurriedly placed her books and backpack on the floor. She dived in the water with her uniform, kicking and paddling her body towards him. The weight of her clothes just made it more difficult for her to move about but she had to. She couldn't just let Sora drown! A flashback of Kitty saving JJ from drowning in the sea came into her mind and continued to swim to the brunette.
Air bubbles escaped her mouth and rising to the surface of the water. She saw him and wrapped her arms around his waist, tugging him. Sora opened his blue orbs and turned around, seeing Kairi struggling with his body. He grabbed her hand away from his hip and placed it over his shoulder and she saw him pull her body towards his direction.
Kairi widened her eyes and hit Sora's chest and shoulders as much as she could but had little effect on him since they were both in the water. She wanted to break free and go to the surface to fill her lungs with oxygen but Sora's grip on her was too tight. She wasn't going to get away that easily.
He placed one hand around her waist and the other on her cold cheek. He pulled her closer to him so that their faces were almost touching. 'Sora?! What the hell are you… doing…' Kairi's thoughts drifted as she felt the warm sensation of his hand on her cheek. She immediately stopped hitting him, as if she was in a trance. She placed a hand on his cheek as well, both of them not caring that their lungs were already straining from lack of air.
They were… breathless…
He closed his eyes and neared his face to hers. She looked down at his soft lips, couldn't believing that she was going to do this. It was so wrong… but it felt so right. She came closer to him as well, wanting to taste his lips so badly.
A/n: Bwee-hee-hee! –laughs insanely- I'm nuts, I know, but I have been waiting forever to update! Classes started and school (and my crush… -whistles innocently-) has bugging me a lot so I wasn't able to update early. Sorry guys!!! But, at least I updated, right? XD. I hope this chap was worth reading! –happy happy joy joy-
Oh yeah! I forgot! I already came up with a name for my widdle review cookie monster! His name is 'Ka-kie'!!! (I have a crazy mind, okay?! It's CUUUTE!!!) Anyway, Little widdle review cookie monster named Ka-Kie is having problems on which hat to wear on his hat-parade! Should he pick… the cute poofy blue one with sparkly sequins around it? Or the review cookie monster hat with a RCM waving hello to everyone cutely? Or the huge flashing one which says 'I AM THE COOKIE MONSTER! FEAR MY CUTENESS!'?! –Ka-Kie looks at you questionably and you go 'AWW' cuz he's STILL SO CUTE!!!-
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