A/N:Sorry for the lateness. I've editted this again. Anyways, enough excuses and give ya results right? KK I shall, but Kairi wears that dress thingy from KH2 in this chappie, – I can hardly describe what it looks like lol. Warning - language and a fight in this chapter.

Dedicated to: Tally, Hayley, Felia and all of my wunnerful reviewers. Mucho thankies and cookies for all!

Disclaimer: I own nothing other than my OC's and the storyline… ha! Nida belongs to an amazing author Manga Hellos I is back!

Ch.10: Hallway Brawl

Kairi bit her lip again in frustration. Snatching the white rubber she harshly rubbed out a few pencil lines. Taking a deep breath she put pencil to paper, for the fifth time again. Yuna, who sat next to her, moved away slowly; knowing exactly what was wrong and what would happen if she even tried to speak to the flared red-head. After another grumble from Kairi and more rubbing out Yuna plucked up the courage to ask what was wrong.

The bi-eyed teen took a breath and hesitated, before words came out of her mouth Kairi growled again and reached for the now grey rubber. All courage left her as she watched her friend struggle with a particular part of Art that wouldn't seem to go right for her. Thinking of something Kairi liked doing Yuna smiled and gave their art teacher a weary glance; Kairi liked annoying the Art teacher.

"She's being kinda harsh this term hasn't she?" Kairi paused in mid-rub and looked at Yuna with wild eyes. The girl looked crazed, loopy and 'not all there'. Yuna brushed her light brown hair from her eyes and gave Kairi a nervous smile – 'She's lost her marbles.'

"Kinda harsh…" Kairi mumbled. She glares as the teacher leaves the room for more paints then snaps her head back to Yuna to resume her sentence; which was more like an outburst. "KINDA HARSH! Do you know how many times I've had to re-do this drawing JUST to make HER happy!" She raised her voice slightly and Yuna looked around, her face turning beet red as many sets of eyes watched them.

"Kai... calm down." She muttered, obviously worried that the teacher would hear.

"Yuna… First that wacky teacher of ours says the picture is too small… THEN when I re-do it she says it's too big. THEN when I finally get it the 'right' size she either says it's too detailed or not detailed enough. I CAN'T WIN!"

' Oh dear… here she goes…' Yuna thought to herself as she clutched her lead pencil with dear life.

"Who put that teacher in charge anyway? I prefered the other one! I mean this work we're doing is OUR coursework; coursework is supposed to be individual for each person. But NO… she has to come in acting like the Queen Bee, and change everything I worked really hard on. Hell she says that she knows art and design? She's can't even dress herself properly without making herself look a mess…" Yuna's eyes widened and she gasped. A few snorts and giggles erupted in the classroom, even Namine had her moment of laughter.

"Kairi!" Kairi just shrugged and continued with her work. Not in the mood to care if she's acting nasty or not.

"So? Everyone else is thinking it Yuna… I just said it out loud." Yuna kept her head down and bit her lip. Art wasn't the most happiest subject to be in, the new teacher just seemed to make their coursework her own, making it how she liked it. Most of them disliked her but as always there were the odd few that defended her – which Kairi normally argued with. Yuna sighed and continued drawing, switching the pencil colours every now and then while giving Kairi little glances to see if she was okay.

"Stuff it, I'm doing things MY way." Kairi mumbled. Kairi ripped the paper in half, jumped up and got another piece from the other side of the room, that's when the teacher walked in. Her beady brown eyes widened as she saw the ripped up paper on Kairi's desk. Namine and her crew looked on curiously at the scene infront of them. Although they hated Kairi, they loathed the Art teacher more – if it was even possible.

"What have you done Miss Hikari!" The teacher gave her a disappointed tone; Kairi just took deep breaths to keep herself calm, although the thought of throwing the new paint at the teacher was extremely tempting, Kairi remained calm.

"I'm starting it again. My way." Kairi gave the teacher a hard stare as if taunting her to say something. Miss. Waverick only huffed and smirked.

"Kairi, detention."

"Why! 'Cause I'm doing my coursework my way? Quit butting in on my stuff, you let everyone else do what they want but nooo not me. You have to change everything I worked really well on, our other teacher who'll be back wont be happy if she sees one of her pupils work changed." Kairi slowly calmed down, but her dark blue eyes stared hard and were fixed on their tall, stick thin teacher. Miss Waverick's dull brown eyes narrowed as she flicked her short messy black bob.

"Detention after school Kairi. For an hour." Kairi only blinked in surprise.

"What? That's not fair!" Kairi clenched her fist and threw the new paper down to the floor. Walking out of the room she kicked open the door and slammed it shut behind her – marching straight to the Head's Office to complain. ' I should've done this earlier in the year...' She thought, whoever stood in the way of her and that Office was as good as dead.

He stood there, leaning against one of the corridor walls; his silver hair hung by his face, which masked him from view. His eyes were closed as he enjoyed the peace and quiet. Hearing a door slam his eyes snap open alert. Faint footsteps grew louder and moments later he smiled as he saw his favourite red – head storming down the hallway. Her complex pink and white dress was a huge hint of who she was. She kept her head down with her eyes glaring at the floor, not taking any notice of who was there. As she got closer he opened his mouth to speak.

"Hey Kai." He says cooly. She jumps and her angered expression changed to a shock, biting her plump lip she gave him a nod and a small smile.

"Hey… Aren't you supposed to be in English or something?" Kairi asks. Looking around she finds the place empty, no sign of Riku's friends anywhere. Strange.

Riku only shrugged and folded his arms over his chest,

"Beats me, all I know is that I'm not going. What's the point when I can do something actually worth my time." Kairi rose her brow in curiosity.

"Oh? And that would be-"

"Speaking to you." He interrupted, locking his aqua eyes with hers.

"Okay…Why would you want to speak with me for?" Riku only smiled and pushed himself off the wall, walking next to her he bent down slightly and put his mouth to her ear.

"I think it's pretty obvious Kairi… you of all people should know." He then walks past her and looks out of the window watching his older brother in P.E. out of the field.

Kairi shivered as she looked at him and stood next to him. After a few minutes of awkward silence Kairi speaks up,

"You're brothers an asshole Riku… and you're not far from him," Riku watched her although she didn't know it – her eyes were fixed on the P.E class. "You've changed." Riku turns fully to face the Auburn haired teen. "And no, I don't know why you'd prefer to talk to me."

Riku only shakes his head and smiles down at the shorter girl, making her smile back at him.

"You should know how I feel about you…" He trailed off, as if the subject was a sensitive one; but Kairi couldn't help but question.

"But you're with Namine, I'm with Sora."

"That can be changed."

"But… you're with Namine."

"You really think she wants me?" He asks with a short laugh.

"I'm with Sora." She repeats more forcefully and less timid.

"As I said, it can be changed." Kairi moves away from his taller frame and turns her back on him.

"I- I don't want it changed Riku. You should know I love Sora." Riku visibly winced behind Kairi, a hint of sadness in his ocean like eyes. Replacing it with their usual hard mask he adjusted his black sleeveless top. Clicking his knuckles out of pure boredom he waited for her to continue.

"… Why did you change? I liked you better before. You're a lot more reserved, quiet, and yeah you can be nasty too. I prefered the other Riku…" A loud thump was heard, Kairi span around to see that Riku had punched one of the lockers; looking down at his fingerless gloves he only shrugged as if it never happened or even hurt.

"But, the other Riku still wasn't good enough for you was he Kai? Still not noticed in the way he wanted to be noticed, known as the good guy. You said you wanted a nice guy with a bad streak. He's standing infront of you. And still I'm not good enough for you."

"Huh? You changed from a few words I said?" Kairi's eyes widened in disbelief.

"But still you love Sora." He spoke venomously and his eyes were aflame. "Why are you still with him Kairi? You can do better than him. He can't protect you, I can. He's naïve, childish and overall a moron. That's not a boyfriend, that's a friend. He can't keep you safe, make you happy, where's the sense of security when you're with him Kai? You never even gave me a chance." He muttered the last part, looking down to the floor his tough guy act vanished. Standing before Kairi was the other Riku, the more venerable one and Kairi froze.

"You never, not once, hinted towards liking me anymore than a friend Riku. Besides why would a guy like you like a girl like me? You don't even show emotions anymore, just like Leon. It's that group you're with, they've changed Leon and now they're changing you too." Her voice began to grow stronger.

"No emotions? How did you think I felt when I saw the girl I loved, love someone else? And it was my best friend. How did you think I felt when you both were together and I saw the closeness, and I knew there was nothing I could do if I was still his friend? That would be betraying him."

"No! I did not split you both up, you pulled away from him. You're the one who left him for that pathetic bad boy gang of yours. Don't drag me into this…"

"It's the truth Kai. The cold and honest truth. Hurts don't it, knowing that you're the reason two best friends are now the worst rivals. What you're feeling is only a hint of what I've felt. I had to stand back, say nothing while my best friend and the girl I truly care for got together. I couldn't betray him, but he betrayed me." Kairi looked up confused, Riku only kept his expression cold. After a slight pause his dark silky voice continued.

"He knew how much I liked you, and I knew how much you liked him. We made a promise not to compete for your attention without the other knowing, to keep it fair and to keep it your decision."

"I'm not some kinda test Riku! I'm a person, not an exam!" Kairi started to flare up, although on the outside she looked strong; in the inside it was torture and painful. Having to stand against a friend to protect someone else and yourself usually is, but this was new to Kairi and she hated it.

"You think I don't know that? He went behind my back more than once Kai, when he was supposed to do something with me he ditched me to flirt with you like the pathetic guy he is. It was like he cared for nothing, no grades and not even friends – only to have you like him back and it was pathetic! And you, Kai, no one else, blinded him."

"Riku don't-" Kairi's eyes began to fill as it dawned on her; it was her fault.

"Now, tell Sora from me I'm not being nice anymore. If he wants to keep you he'd better start acting like a true boyfriend and protect you. As far as I'm concerned the competition is still on, he'd better be ready Kai. I'm not the type of guy to jump into a fight without the other knowing." Kairi's eyes stung as she blinked back hot tears; she looked to the floor. It was all her fault.

Riku looked at her, she was weak but stubborn to keep her emotions from him. That he hated. Walking up to her he put a hand on her shaking shoulder comfortingly. At that moment Kairi's barrier gave way, she walked into his chest and wrapped her arms around him, like she used to in the past when she was upset. His strong arms wrapped around her small frame securely and protectively and his head fell neatly ontop of hers, he hid a pained expression from her.

"I'm sorry Kai. Its just things that had to be said… I never meant to hurt you." He gently swayed her side to side, like he used to when they were kids muttered soft words to her.

"It'll be alright Kai."

"Get your arms from her Riku." Sora's voice echoed down the hallway in a dangerous tone. His fists were curled, his eyes in flame and his body rigid as he watched his girlfriend in his rival's arms. Riku only held onto her tighter as she tried to hide her tears from Sora.

"Kai, calm down. He wouldn't want to see you like this..." He whispered in her ear as Sora stalked closer. She had to do something. Taking a breath she wiped her tears. Sora only walked closer in blinded anger.

"Stay away if you know whats good for you Sora." Riku warned as he slightly loosened his grip on the petite girl. Kairi moved her arms from his waist, her hand caught on something sharp. Using her hands she tried to figure out what it was, her eyes widened as she remembered. Riku carried knives, always ready for a fight when he and his group were out.

"Not this time Riku. Let her go." He muttered darkly. Kairi, now slightly recovered spun to face Sora in desperation, she had to protect him.

"Sora stay back." She pleaded. Riku rested his head on hers taunting Sora, giving him a dark smirk he wrapped his arms around her waist and his hands over her stomach.

"I said let her go!" He shouted, now more than angry.

"Afraid she might leave you Sora? Where's the trust in the relationship?" Riku smiled, knowing he would get his fight sooner than expected.

"Riku please… please don't fight him." She whispered a few tears slid down her cheek, Riku smiled sadly at her but had to ignore her plea.

"Sorry Kai. You'd better get outta here, this won't be pretty." Kairi spun back around and turned her back on Sora, holding onto Riku's well-toned arms she shook him.

"I said don't Riku. Not here, not now and not ever. It's my fault let me deal with it. You can do better than me ya have Namine." Kairi said quickly. Riku snorted

"Like I prefer that whore over you. I backed down from the last fight, I'm not doing it again Kai." Riku moved her to the side and lurked towards Sora, fists ready.

"Hit me with everything you've got Sora." Riku teased, Sora curled his own fists. And to Kairi's horror the fight began with Sora's fist connecting with Riku's jaw.

"The correct answer was … B." The history teacher said smugly as Leon gave himself a harsh cross next to his answer.

"NO, bummer not another wrong answer." Yuffie mumbled. Putting a red cross next to her answer too.

"How many have you had wrong so far Yuf?" Tidus asked sadly.

"Five wrong answers already!" Yuffie hit her desk annoyed; Leon only snickered.

"Shut up Squallie." She teased, running her pen down his arm; she left him a nice red ink mark. Leon grunted annoyed, this was her new habit.

"Only five? I've had 8 wrong and he's only given us answers for the first 9!" Tidus exclaimed, most of the class burst into fits of giggles.

"Well, blondes usually are dumb." The teacher, Mr. Davis said jokingly. Tidus gasped and point accusingly at their teacher.

"You blondist!" He gave him a joking 'evil squinty glare' then realized his buddy had been gone for a long time.

"Well, Yuffie's one of the 'slowest' in the class, so it's most probably girls."

"DISCRIMINATION!" Yuffie pointed angrily as her lips formed a childish pout.

"Actually that's the right answer to the next question, C." Yuffie grinned and did her own victory dance while Leon rolled his eyes at her immature attitude; which earned him another ink mark.

Aerith stood outside with the P.E group helping Cid take care of his knee injury. Sephiroth kept winking at her, which she tried to ignore. 'Does he ever give up?'

Cloud only glared and made himself a promise to beat the living crap outta him after school.

"Alright! Now ta' finish off do a few more laps boys. Ya have to keep fit to impress pretty ladies, like Miss Gainsborough here." Cid grinned; waiting for his class to be out of earshot he turned back to Aerith. "Ya know Shera, well… me and her are gettin' hitched." Aerith let out a squeal and gave him a tight hug.

"I knew you wanted to tell me something! I mean there was nothing wrong with your tendon, I'm so happy for you!" Cid only smirked as Aerith let go of him. His face turning red,

"Yeah well… We thought… ya know, we'd best tell ya… 'cause you're like a daughter to us. Known you since you were only a pup." Aerith only smiled at his words; in the corner of her eyes she saw Cloud and Sephiroth racing each other. Sephiroth pushed Cloud forcefully, nearly making him lose his footing. Cloud, glaring coldly at him tripped him up and smirked as he watched the silver haired boy fall flat on his face.

"Eat my dust Seph." He said with a smile as he sprinted past him. Aerith only rolled her pale green eyes,

"Boys will be boys."

"Stop it both of you!" Kairi shouted as the teens threw punches at each other, she watched helplessly as Riku's black fist smashed against Sora's jaw. Sora fell back a bit, and shook his head; blood stained his white hoody and his own black trousers had a rip in them. Riku's knuckles were cut open, but he didn't seem to care. He also had a nice black eye to match his black attire.

"Kai, get out of here." Sora said through gritted teeth as he counterattacked Riku with his own punch, his curled fist hit Riku's chest, knocking him back in return.

"No, please stop this!" Her voice rose angered. Her own fists were curled and her long nails began to leave deep dents in her palms. Black mascara stains masked her eyes and her hair was a mess. Her hand ran through her red locks again not knowing what to do.

"That the best you have Riku? I thought you'd pull out a knife on me at least. Being the asshole you are." Sora's voice darkened to a tone that Kairi had never heard before. Riku only smirked.

"Why bother with a weapon when you're already too easy to beat?" Riku's own voice was far more dangerous. Both teens gave each other glares as they quickly recovered from the fight.

"You're a backstabber Sora. You took her from me; I wasn't even allowed a friendship with her. But, you however, was allowed to ditch me, you're best friend, to flirt with her behind my back. Regardless of my feelings for her, you ignore them and carried on. Don't think I don't know!" Riku's fist connected with Sora's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Taking advantage he gave him another punch in the jaw and knocked his legs from underneath him.

Sora fell to the floor on his back; he pulled himself upright, using his palms to lean on. His own blood mixed with Riku's trailed under his fingers.

"I knew you liked her Riku. Why did you think I told you before I was her boyfriend that we might be getting together, I wanted you to be the first to know!" Sora shouted, his spiky hairs still the same.

"My feelings for her were stronger than that Sora! And you knew that, now I'll hurt you just as you hurt me." Riku said through gritted teeth, looking back at Kairi he gave her an apologetic smile.

Taking the opportunity Sora did a neck spring to his feet, turning Riku to face him he gave him a punch between the eyes, which he grunted to; Sora's second fist hit his stomach forcefully. Pulling his fist back for another blow Kairi stepped in the way. Acting as a shield she stood infront of the slightly hunched Riku.

"Sora stop this! I thought you were better than this! Both of you are as bad as the other, fighting over me! It's pathetic boys, grow up!" Kairi held Sora's gaze, only now noticing the damage Riku had given him. He had blood under his nose from a nose bleed, his lip puffed out and a blood trail came from his mouth, his left eye was bruised and his knuckles ripped open.

' I can't let this happen again; it's my entire fault. If it wasn't for me, Sora wouldn't be hurt.' Kairi bit her lip as more tears fell from her eyes; she knew what she had to do.

"Both of you act as if I'm sorta prize to be won at a fair, I'm a person with feelings. Has anyone even thought of what I feel! A close friend and my boyfriend are archenemies because of me, both of you are hurting the other because of me. I'm not worth all this." Kairi paused as both boys snorted,

"Course your not worth this Kai, you're worth a whole lot more." Sora said with a small smile. Her heart tore to pieces as she stared at the state they got eachother in.

"I'm not worth the fighting, rivalry or arguing it stops here. I wont be getting in the way any longer…" The tanned warrior and silver haired fighter exchanged confused glances, after a long awkward silence Kairi looked down to the floor.

"Sora… it's over." She spoke quietly, Sora's eyes widened and so did Riku's.

"…Wha?" He said weakly his own eyes now glistening. Riku only wiped his bloodied knuckles on his black shirt, a small smirk on his face. Sora gave him a glare,

"It's all your fault…" He said hatefully. "You cost me the one thing that kept me happy, that made me who I am. The girl I love, my light." He shouted past Kairi to Riku who only raised a silver brow. Sora refused to let any tears fall infront of Riku; he looked to the floor as he spoke the last few words. Riku only smiled and snickered,

"Now you know exactly how I felt when you both got together. And that's how I felt a few moments ago. Now… I feel even, the competitions still on Sora. You're not good enough for her. If you want her you have to fight for her, this time I wont give up so easily."

"And a dirty rat like you is good for her?" Sora shouted back.

"Stop it! I'm not some prize! Unless you both patch things up I wont speak to any of you, don't expect me to be with either of you! I'm not the cause for this anymore. " Kairi then sadly walks from Riku and walks past Sora; she couldn't even look at him. If she did she knew she'd break down and want more than anything to take back what she said. She loved Sora, more than anything.

' If I'm not with him he wont get hurt, Riku cant use me to get to him… Even if he does get another girl, at least he's safe.' Kairi looked up to see onlookers in complete shock of what they heard; she didn't even realize anyone was here. Among the crowd were Namine, Tidus, Axel and Selphie. Selphie walked forward and gave the broken redhead a tight reassuring hug.

"It's okay Kai, be strong until we get some privacy. You sure you want to do this?" She said softly her friendly emerald eyes watched Sora hold his head in his hand, a tear slipped through his fingers and fell to the once polished floor.

After a few deep breaths Kairi answered,

"This way Riku won't use me to get to Sora, Sora's now safe. As long as he's safe I couldn't care less about how I feel…" A complete lie, she already regretted those words she spoke earlier to Sora,

"Hun, you cant do this to you or him, both of you need to be strong to overcome this." Nida spoke from behind Selphie, Kairi only shook her head and couldn't help but let out the tears. Both girls hugged her, shielding her from the view of the gossipers.

"Kai?… why did you.." Tidus lost his words as he saw her pain, Selphie and Nida kept her from view,

"It's okay… he's a friend." Kairi's voice was scratchy and quiet almost impossible to hear.

"Why did you do that to him!" Kairi forgot about this, now that Sora and her had broke up, he guys of the gang wouldn't treat her the same. Typical.

"Don't you speak to her that way! As if she hasn't been through enough." Nida spoke up angered; she was half surprised at her own tone.

"Mind your own damn business. You think she did it out of hatred? NO! What she did, she did for a reason." Selphie's eyes narrowed; although she'd always had a secret crush on this boy he was really starting to annoy her, why did he get himself involved when he knows nothing?

"Lemme guess, you thought you'd use Sora to gain popularity? Huh!"

"It's not like that…" Kairi looked down blinking back more salty tears.

"I knew it was! You liked Riku the whole time didn't you?" Kairi winced and bite her lip; Selphie put a gentle hand on her arm to show she was there for her.

"Please, accuse some other time, just leave her alone." Nida spoke forcefully but quietly. Tidus' fist clenched as he spoke harsh words to the three girls.

"Hey!" I loud female voice was heard over the mutterings. Tanni and Lenne appeared through the back of the crowds and made their way to the front.

"Kai, you okay?" Lenne asked the younger girl softly, Kairi only mustered a small smile and nodded.

"Tidus, I'm… surprised. Was there any need to speak to her that way?"

"You know nothing, don't get involved Tanni." A few members of the crowd cheered in agreement, Tanni wasn't the most popular girl in the school, but she was well respected.

"Oh and I suppose you do know Tidus? You haven't even asked Sora what happened, at least we know Kai's part of the story which I think is the most important, so show off and just leave her alone!" Selphie couldn't hold back anymore as she screamed at the blonde boy. Tanni bit back a grin, maybe she was a bad influence on these girls.

Sora looked over as he saw Selphie and the new girl, Nida stand either side of Kairi… ' Kairi why...?'

His brow drew together as he saw Tidus shout back at Selphie; this made Kairi even worse than she already was. He put on a brave face and walked over to them, walking straight past Namine.

"You user! You just thought you'd use my friend to gain popularity and to be liked eh? Well I got news for you-" Kairi stood there and took every word he spoke, every glare he sent her she stood there and took it. There was no way she'd tell him or anyone else other than her girls why she did what she did.

"Don't you talk to her that way!"

"You have no right blaming Kai if you know nothing yourself!" Tanni and Lenne said back, although they didn't shout it was enough to shut him up for a few seconds.

"Tidus don't." Sora said in a low voice. Tidus looked to his friend and only glared harder at Kairi.

"You see what you've done to him! You low-" A harsh SMACK echoed throughout the hallway, Riku just pushed Namine and Axel aside as he watched Kairi – who slapped Tidus across the cheek. Ouch.

"You think I'm not hurting? You think I wanted to do this! Damn you Tidus you really are stupid you know that? It isn't about popularity, why should I care about that I have never been popular! And to make people like me? I'm not as desperate as you are! I thought that what happened just then would stay between Sora and me – Sora I'm so sorry for hurting you, but I have to do this…" Kairi finally looks at Sora, their eyes lock. She wanted more than anything to hold him tight and not let him go. Looking back at the blonde she gave him a rival glare.

"But you had to get yourself involved, if you take his side… that's fine with me. After all you're friends. But don't expect any of my friends to hate Sora; they're not shallow like you. Stay away from me Sora… that way you wont get hurt. Go out with your friends; find a new girl, a better one. One that won't hurt you…"

Sora held onto Kairi's hand tightly, but gently.

"No. I don't want any other girl… I'll do whatever I can to get you back Kai. I… don't know why you did this. But trust me I don't hate you, not one bit. I just, need some space."

A mock clap was heard and Riku pushed his way to the front of the crowd, Nida backed away a bit, she didn't want to argue with him her feelings for him were stopping her.

"Sweet speech Sora did you Google that one? Seriously man you are pathetic."

"Riku if you had a damn life you'd stop talking about his!" Tanni shot back at him, her eyes dark, Lenne only held onto Tanni's shoulder, wanting to stay out of this.

"Oh look, it's my brothers whore." Riku muttered. Tanni glared and jerked forward to bop him in the nose, Lenne held her back.

"I'm watching you Riku, and your brother." Tanni warned pointing a finger at him.

"I bet you are, can't stay away can you?" Riku chuckled

"Mother-"

"Tanni, let's go. It's not our place." Lenne interrupted. Tanni only grunted annoyed and walked back down the hallway, Lenne following close behind.

Yuffie appeared from the corner of the hallway, still writing on Leon's arm. Curious as to what was going on she carefully made her way to the front holding Leon's arm the whole way. Leon spotted Riku and Axel and gave them a hard threatening stare.

"Ahh Leonhart how's life in Avalanche?" Axel snickered; Yuffie blinked again remembering her attacker. I gotta sort out this thing…Was it him or not! I can't remember.

"What happened to you Axel? Where'd ya get that mark from?" Yuffie pointed to his cut temple, Axel only smirked.

"Just had a run in with someone that's all."

"Was that someone a bin?" Yuffie asked carefully hiding her fear behind masked confident eyes. Giving his hands another quick scan she noted there were no teeth marks, and she bit down pretty hard. There would've been at least a dent last time she met him. There were two attackers? Nah…

"Enough chit-chat we gotta go." Axel said pretty quickly, Leon gave Yuffie and Axel a weary glance; unsure what just happened. Riku followed Axel; his eyes still glanced back to Sora and Kairi.

Yuffie glared after Axel then turned back to Kairi, Selphie, Nida and the rest of the boys.

"Okay what goin' on Kai?" Yuffie asked chirpily.

"Tidus, you better take Sora to your dorm-" Leon said in monotone,

"No, I'm not leave Kai." Sora said quietly. Yuffie gave him a smile, stepping on her toes she lift herself to his ear,

"If this is, what I think this is… then you'll get her back. Until then get yourself decent." She grinned as he nodded in thanks.

Kairi sat on her sofa taking deep breaths to calm herself down. She was still in shock of what she did. Yuffie appeared out of her small kitchen with a warm cup of chocolate for Kairi, Selphie and Nida. "Ok, now what was ya sayin'?" She asked as she sat on the floor opposite Kairi.

"I've explained most of it, I was the reason Sora and Riku are rivals. It's my fault that Sora got hurt, Riku was trying to stop me cry and Sora caught me hugging him." Yuffie nodded and sipped her own sugar haven drink. Nida and Selphie both listened intently even though they knew most of it already.

"They argued, then threw punches at eachother… I wasn't gonna let Sora get hurt again because of me, so I …ended it." Yuffie choked on her warm chocolate drink.

"Wait hold on a sec, lemme get this straight! You broke up with Sora to protect him?" Kairi nodded glumly. "You're so stupid! Both of ya could've ignored Riku together. You still love Sora though, right?"

"Of course I do." Yuffie smacked her forehead.

"Okay this will take a while to clear up and get you both back together."

"No. I … I cant go out with him; Riku will use me to get to him. I don't want Sora hurt." Yuffie scratched her head in thought. Selphie couldn't help but laugh at the dark haired girl.

"Yeah… that parts a bummer. What if he finds another girl…?" Yuffie asks cautiously. Kairi looked down sadly.

"Then at least he'll be safe and happy." Kairi said brightly, putting on a fake smile.

"GAH!" Yuffie jumped to her knees and poked Kairi repeatedly in the temple. "Where's the fight in ya Kai! Ya love him; you want him back if he's safe. So ya have to fight for him!"

"Why bother, he'll be happier with someone else."

"Nu-uh! Squally was tellin' me yesterday how different Sora is when he's with you, how happy he is and how much he cares for you-" A soft ringtone was heard and Yuffie looked blackly down at her jeans pocket, her mobile.

"Ooo call, I'll be back in a sec." Yuffie said answering and walking into the other room for some privacy. Selphie only continued to laugh at the clueless Yuffie; she seemed so simple. Nida smiled at Kairi,

"She's right you know. He does care for you. I've heard him talk about you to his friends when I go to class." Kairi only smiled and looked into her now empty cup.

"Thanks girls." Kairi said softly.

"Why were you out of lessons anyway?" Selphie asked from the other side of the sofa. Nida nodded in agreement also wanting to know. Kairi let out a soft giggle.

"I was heading to the Head teachers office to complain about the Art teacher." Nida smirked as she picked up the now empty cups and headed for the kitchen. Yuffie followed soon after, she attitude changed slightly; she wasn't as bouncy as a few minutes ago.

"Uhh.. I'll do these." Yuffie said with a smile. Nida shrugged and turned off the water in the sink then headed back out to Selphie and Kairi.

"Hey what time is it?" Selphie shouted to Yuffie. The ebony haired girl washed out the cups and looked up to the silver clock on the wall.

"It's Five. Why?" Yuffie called back, readjusting her black headband, which was then made wet by the soapy water.

"Damnit! I'm late!" And that was all Kairi said before jumping up, grabbing her coat and keys, and then heading out the door.

Yuffie peeked her head from the small yellow kitchen, her hands had soap bubbles on them and water dripped onto the floor leaving a small puddle. Yuffie trotted to the door and watched Kairi dart down the hallway and into the elevator punching the ground floor key. Closing the door with her foot she gave Selphie and Nida a blank expression.

"I think she's late."

A/N: Sowwy for being so late, another week off school so I might update WWY, no promises though, I ish very busy. Hope you enjoyed the chappie; please review kind readers, and no flames thanks. Flames are mean. I've edited this a little, sorry ... heehee Bye! Your Authoress Kai xx