Secrets Chapter 10: When Everything Goes Wrong, a kingdom hearts fanfic

Secrets

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September

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Chapter 9: When Everything Goes Wrong

The sun shone through the window as Kairi woke up that morning. She lay there under the warm blankets listening to the peaceful stillness of a sleeping house. Kairi stayed there enjoying the only peace she ever had in this house. Suddenly a shrill beeping of an alarm clock echoed through her walls disturbing the peace and sending Kairi into a furious panic. She quickly opened her eyes and whipped her head around to face her clock. It was 5:00 and that could only mean that whatever was about to happen was not going to be good. Kairi lay there completely frozen, not uttering a sound not even daring to breath as Rinoa's pig-like snoring spluttered to a stop and the shrill beeping went silent. For what seemed like hours, Kairi lay there waiting for a certain sound to reach her ears, she did not have to wait long. The creak of the floorboards under Rinoa's feet reached her ears. Kairi ripped off the blankets and jumped out of her bed. She quickly ripped off her pajamas and threw them in a pile. She ran to her chest of drawers and pulled out a pair of jeans and a Blink 182 shirt she had gotten from one of their concerts. Kairi quickly pulled on her skate shoes and ran to her bedroom door. She flung it open and walked into the hallway just as Rinoa opened her bedroom door. Rinoa looked down at her unimpressed, holding a towel and her clothes in her arms. "You're driving us to the airport. We're picking up my daughter Fuu." Rinoa told her and began to walk to the bathroom. "Now get downstairs and start cooking breakfast" Rinoa called over her shoulder and walked into the bathroom slamming the door behind her. Kairi sighed and then ran down the stairs two at a time before she skidded around the corner and slammed to a stop in front of the kitchen door. She opened the door and walked into the kitchen and walking straight to cupboards. Kairi ran around the room like wild fire collecting the ingredients for Rinoa's regular blueberry pancakes and mixed them together into a cream coloured batter. Kairi cooked them, one by one, putting each one down on the plate forming a steaming pile of blueberry pancakes. Kairi pulled the maple syrup down from the cupboard and poured it over the steaming pile until it was cascading down its' sides. Kairi put the plate on the table and went to put the maple syrup in the cupboard as Rinoa walked into the kitchen.
"When do we need to be at the airport?" Kairi asked as she closed the cupboard door and walked across the room.
"6:30" Rinoa told her as she placed a piece of pancake in her mouth. Kairi looked at Rinoa in her black skinny jeans and a dark pink tank top, wishing she could ask so many other questions. Kairi walked out of the kitchen and ran upstairs to her bedroom, walking through her bedroom door. Kairi picked up her phone and iPod and slipped them in her pocket. Kairi grabbed the keys to her bike and put them in her bag then looped the keys to the Mercedes on her finger. It was the middle of summer so Kairi left her dark blue hoodie hanging over the back of her chair. Kairi sighed and walked out of her room. She slowly walked down the stairs pulling her phone out of her pocket and stopping beside the front door. Kairi leant against the doorframe and waited for Rinoa. It was twenty to 6:00 when Rinoa walked around the corner of the stairway with her purse hanging from her elbow. Rinoa walked towards the door doing her lipstick in the small pocket mirror that she held in her right hand. Kairi turned and walked out the door to the Mercedes. She sat down in the driver's seat while Rinoa followed closely behind her and took a seat in the passenger's side. Kairi slipped the keys into the ignition and started the engine. They drove down the road to the airport on the out-skirts of Twilight Town. As they drove along the freeway, an awkward silence had seemed to settle in the car and wrapped itself around every inch of their bodies. The awkward silence was beyond unusual. Kairi hated Rinoa and Rinoa hated Kairi, nothing ever changed but now, something in the Mercedes was wrong. Rinoa turned to look at Kairi and sighed as she snapped the pocket mirror shut.
"I'm not you birth mother" Rinoa said blankly. She cast another cautious look at Kairi and then turned back to look out the front windscreen. Kairi continued to drive in perfect silence focusing on a point in the road. "I'm sorry but I don't know who you birth mother is" Kairi almost slammed on the brakes and her eyes flicked to Rinoa who had had once again turned to face her. Kairi and Rinoa looked back to the road at the same time and Kairi managed to keep her foot off the brakes. Rinoa never apologized, she could have put her in hospital for a year and a half and not felt the need to apologize and from the history between them, she almost had. Kairi refocused her eyes on the spot on road.
"I know" Kairi said trying to keep her voice as emotionless as possible. The night Seifer had given her the oath keepers thelassa shell star he had told her that Rinoa was not her birth mother. Kairi had then bombarded him with questions about Rinoa and her birth mum but Seifer had pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down a name. Kelly Rosa. Seifer had refused to say anything more no matter how much Kairi had pleaded. Kairi continued to drive down the road drowning in the awkward silence. "Fuu's your step sister" Rinoa continued to watch a point in the distance and then quickly turned to Kairi, glaring at her. "And if I hear you're disrespectful to her in anyway, you will be answering to me. Understood?" Rinoa hissed. Kairi nodded as the usual hateful atmosphere filled the Mercedes. Kairi turned off the freeway onto the entrance road into the Twilight Town airport and parked her car in the virtually empty car park. Kairi and Rinoa got out of the car and walked into airport. They walked through the airport to the waiting area. Fifteen minutes passed as the noise of the airport surrounded them but the silence between Kairi and Rinoa, seemed to be deafening.
"Flight 23 from New York is now landing" The woman announced over the airport speakers. Rinoa stood up from her chair and walked forward a few metres to wait for her daughter to walk through the gates. Kairi stood up and waited a few metres behind her watching the gate as the audio system announced that the passengers were now unloading. Five minutes later people began to flow through the gates to their awaiting friends and family. Adult after adult, child after child passed through the gates, when finally a girl with silver hair that ran to the bottom of her jaw walked through the gates. Her eyes were a dull blood orange colour and her long silver fringe fell over her left eye. She wore a short black pleated skirt with a white belt and a silver tank top. She wore a small black shoulder jacket and a pair of black knee length boots. 19-year-old Fuu smiled at her mother and walked straight into her arms. Rinoa smiled widely as she hugged her daughter.
"Fuu, sweetheart, how are you?" Rinoa asked admiringly.
"Hey mum" Fuu smiled and let go of Rinoa as she stepped away. Fuu caught sight of Kairi a few feet behind Rinoa from over her shoulder. She looked her up and down and then turned back to Rinoa. "Is that her?" Fuu spat out the words like bad food and hers and Rinoa's eyes flicked towards Kairi.
"Yes" Rinoa hissed and then turned around as Fuu walked around her and over to Kairi.
"Hi, I'm Fuu" Fuu held her hand out to Kairi with a voice that had 'I am better then you' written all over it. Kairi reached out and shook her hand.
"Kairi" Kairi watched Fuu suspiciously while keeping a watch on Rinoa from the corner of her eye.
"It's a pleasure to meet you" Fuu sneered the plastic smile that was riding her lips never left her face.
"Likewise" Kairi tried to smile as genuinely as possible under the two wicked looks of her stepmother and her new stepsister. Rinoa forced Kairi to give the keys to the Mercedes to Fuu, which didn't bother Kairi at all, but it wasn't quite the same when she told her to fetch the seven or so suitcases worth of luggage. Once Kairi had collected the luggage, she wheeled the mass of suitcases out to the Mercedes. The car park had significantly filled since when they had arrived and wheeling the trolley through the crowd of people proved to be a difficult task. Kairi finally reached the Mercedes and started heaving the heavy suitcases into the boot. Kairi sat down in the back seat and Fuu started the engine with Rinoa next to her in the passenger's seat. Fuu skillfully maneuvered out of the car park and turned onto the freeway for the long drive home.

"See you later Kairi" Kairi sat there on her bike watching Fuu walk away in the direction of the main hall. Fuu had only spent two days in Destiny Islands and already she'd given Kairi a new meaning to the words living hell. Fuu acted sweet and innocent if they were in eye or ear shot of anyone, but if they were alone she dropped the act and was instantly Kairi's own personal deamon. If Rinoa was with them it was like Kairi stood deep in the fiery pits of hell burning under their evil pleasured eyes. Kairi sighed, rested her head on the handles of her bike, and closed her eyes. Rinoa had already demonstrated her powers of violence and torture for Fuu when Kairi had refused to let Fuu have Melanie's Good Charlotte CDs. Kairi now had a cut down her right side and bruises all over her shoulders and back. She sighed and stood up off her bike and began to walk across the grass to the basketball courts. Kairi was only 20 or so metre's away the courts when she broke into a run, running up behind Riku.
"Don't turn around but Kairi's running up behind you" Tidus saw Kairi running up behind Riku from the corner of his eye. No one looked in Kairi's direction as she rapidly got closer.
"Catch her" Sora smirked and chuckled as Tidus and Riku began to laugh as well. Kairi was only a few steps away from Riku so she jumped and went crashing into his back. Riku caught her just before she began to slide down off his back.
"Whoa. Aye! NO! You put me down, NOW! You're not meant to catch me, let me down!" Kairi yelled, gently pounding the top of Riku's soft silver hair. Riku just stood there holding her to his back, laughing. "Let me down" Kairi whined and stopped hitting him in the head. Kairi wriggled but Riku kept her firmly against his back. Kairi wriggled repeatedly to try and free herself from Riku's arms but to no avail. "Riku you're so uncomfortable, let me down" Kairi whined beginning to hit his head again.
"Fine" Riku groaned and loosened his grip on her letting her slide down his back. Kairi landed daintily on her feet and began to grumble under her breath. Riku laughed and ruffled her autumn red hair as he smiled at her childish pout. Kairi stuck her tongue out at him sending Riku Tidus and Sora into a round of laughter.
"So where were you yesterday, Missy?" Tidus asked a hint of laughter still echoing in his voice.
"Tidus Minami, how many times have I told you not to call me Missy?" Kairi scolded and Sora and Riku burst into a new round of laughter.
"How many times have I told you not to call me that" Tidus growled at her with his arms crossed, Kairi laughed happily.
"Probably the same amount of times I've told you not to call me Missy" Kairi told him and then looked thoughtful. "Wait maybe a little less" Tidus grumbled under his breath and glared at the ground when the bell rang. Saved by the bell Kairi thought. "I'll see you guys at lunch" Kairi smiled and began to walk to class. It was Thursday once again, and the only classes Riku Sora Tidus and Kairi had together was music, which was not till the end of the day. Riku Tidus and Sora began to walk in the direction of H block where their usual DNT class was with Mr Piper. "So Sora my boy, what evil scheme's have you got planned for dear Mr Piper today?" Riku smirked thinking about Sora's previous scheme's.
"Yes Sora ma boy, you have to admit setting the smoke alarms off with the disc sander was good but you have to be running out of tricks by now." Tidus said as he wrapped his arm around Sora's shoulder.
"You'll have to wait and see then won't you" Sora said mysteriously.
"Sora Hikari, up to his old tricks." Riku and Tidus laughed as they walked into view of the front office.
"That is it Cloud! I QUIT! I'm not putting up with Sora Hikari anymore!" Mr Piper yelled as he walked out of the front office slamming the turquoise doors behind him. The doors flung open again and Cloud hurried out letting them close behind him as he ran after Mr Piper.
"Riley! Wait!" Cloud grabbed his shoulder and pulled him around.
"No Cloud, I quit" Mr Piper said in a calm but definite voice. Mr Piper walked across the grass to his car. He slipped into the car and drove out of the car park. Riku Tidus and Sora had stopped to watch this ordeal but as soon as Mr. Piper's car left the car park they turned around and began to hurriedly walk off on an alternative route to H block.
"SORA HIKARI! HERE! NOW!" Cloud yelled across the courts. All three of them froze where the stood and stopped breathing as Cloud waited for them to turn around. Tidus Riku and Sora turned around and slowly trudged towards Cloud. They finally reached Cloud who was standing there with his arms crossed tapping his foot.
"Yes Sir?" Sora asked timidly. Sora never called Cloud, Sir, not unless he was really, really mad.
"It is one thing to misbehave in your DNT class and show Mr Piper the meaning of hell on earth, but it is another to go to his house and egg it especially when you're supposed to be in class!" Cloud yelled at the top of his lungs. His voice boomed around the now empty grounds.
"I agree" Sora said calmly, he looked Cloud straight in the eye waiting for what was next.
"What?" Cloud's face quickly rearranged itself into a confused expression as Sora's response shocked him.
"I agree with you that it would have been bad if I had gone to Mr Piper's house and egged it during class if I had done it in the first place." Sora watched Cloud's face carefully, waiting for any indication of him exploding. When he saw none, he continued. "Why does Mr Piper think I egged his house?" Sora asked
"2:32" Cloud said blankly, sheer curiosity would only let him say one word at a time.
"I was in music at 2:32, Riku and Tidus here can vouch for me and you can even go find Wakka and Aerith and they'll tell you the exact same thing." Sora told him matter-of-factly.
"Okay but we still don't have a DNT teacher for your class, so I guess we'll have to get the 13's DNT teacher." Cloud sighed and shook his head pitifully. "I hope he doesn't mind" Cloud muttered to himself.
"Who's the 13's DNT teacher?" Sora asked and Cloud looked at him apologetically.
"Mr Piper Senior" Riku Sora and Tidus broke into rounds of laughter.
"Seriously Cloud? Mr Piper Senior?" Tidus laughed looking at him in disbelief.
"Laugh all you want, but it'll be your funeral" Cloud sighed, Sora looked at Cloud suspiciously.
"OK Cloud, we'll see you later" Sora said as if Cloud was crazy. Sora eyed him warily and they began to to walk to their DNT class. Riku Sora and Tidus walked to their DNT class while Cloud shook his head in pity and walked back into the front office. Riku Sora and Tidus came to their DNT room, walked through the door and took a seat on their workbench. Minutes passed as students walked into the classroom in two's and three's. Everyone talked amongst themselves not giving a second thought to the teacher free classroom. Sora laughed as he lay on the workbench with his hands behind his head. Suddenly the DNT door flew open with a BOOM! Mr Piper Senior had oily Black hair with small strands of silver tightly gelled back, his lipless mouth pressed into a tight line his pointed nose centered directly in the middle of his face. A black trench coat touching the floor and a black leather glove on one hand, but his two most dominant features were the gleaming silver hook attached to the end of his left arm and the scar reaching from his cheek bone back to his ear. "SORA HIKARI!! OFF THAT TABLE NOW!!" Mr Piper yelled, Sora jumped in shock and then leapt down off the table. Mr Piper Senior then turned to the rest of the class, "EVERYONE TUCK YOUR SHIRTS IN!" All the students looked around at each other in disbelief. "NOW!!" Piper senior screamed. Everyone hurriedly tucked their range of shirts into their pants glancing around at each other and then looking intently at Piper Senior. Piper Senior scanned the room peering through to the souls of the students. Piper Senior then walked over to the teachers' bench and went through the role. He marked the role in a formal manner, their last names first and then their first until he came to Hikari. "Sora Hikari." Mr Piper Senior paused and looked up from the roll. "I've heard that you can be a lot of trouble." Mr Piper let his ice blue eyes scan over the features of his face. "See this hook?" Piper Senior held up his left arm to show his hook Sora watched in a stunned silence. "I lost this hand, to a drop saw trying to save a troublesome student." Piper Senior went silent and intently watched the boys around him. His voice then went dark and threatening, "Compared to him, I got off very lucky." A dull silence hung over the class. After a minute of terrified silence, Piper Senior continues to finish marking the role. Piper Senior handed out photocopied sheets to the boys and wrote the allocated questions on the board. The boys stood frozen for another few seconds the boys began to work. Reno looked over to Piper and then over to Chris. Reno leaned across to him and whispered his name. "Reno Brown" Reno froze as Piper called his name. Piper waited as Reno straightened up and faced him. "Follow me" he said solemnly and walked over to the door. Reno glanced around at his friends and then followed Piper Senior out of the classroom. Minutes passed as everyone watched the door intently waiting for Piper and Reno to walk back through the door. Finally, the door opened and Reno walked through the door, fear was so evident in his eyes, it sent shivers down their spines. Piper Senior walked in behind him and closed the door. Reno walked across the room rigid and absolutely silent, even the sound of his breath could not be heard in the scarily silent room. The rest of the lesson droned on in the cold silence. Finally, the bell rang for the end of the period and everyone swept their things into their arms not looking back if something dropped from their arms. They ran out of the room almost getting caught in the door as they all tried to barge through at the time. Riku swore that he heard Mr Piper Senior chuckle as they ran out of the room, in fear.

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Fuu stood outside K2 talking animatedly with Paine. Paine Sanders had orange eyes and short dark red hair spiked up at the top and spiked out at the back. Fuu smiled as Paine began to talk about the 'Bullet For My Valentine' concert, when suddenly her eye flicked towards one of the boys in her class. Eric Samuels the year 13 dream guy. His brown hair fell softly around his face and his chocolate brown eyes made your head feel like a gooey mush. Fuu watched him out of the corner of her eye as she absent-mindedly nodded along with Paine's plans for the concert. Eric turned his head to look at Fuu and Paine his brown eyes meeting with her red ones. Fuu's eyes were not a scary, evil red but more of a dull and innocent. Fuu smiled innocently at him and he smiled back. Suddenly the door opened and Mr Richardson stepped out. They picked up their bags from against the wall and walked into their classroom. K2 was set up in three rows with six seats in each. Mr Richardson began to call the roll as he said their names he would point that to their assigned seats.
"Fuu Merino" Fuu flinched as he said her last name; she then followed his finger with her eyes to a seat in the middle of the back row. Fuu smiled a politely at him and then walked up to the back row. "Eric Samuels" he called once again, Fuu walked along her row and gently placed her books down on the desk. She looked up at Mr Richardson and saw him pointing at her. A puzzled look crossed her face until Eric began to walk up to the back row. A small smile rode her lips as she sat down in her chair. Fuu watched him out of the corner of her eye as he walked behind her, when suddenly he tripped over the leg of her chair. Eric fell to the floor with a thud and Fuu pressed her lips together to suppress a laugh. She gracefully stood up and stepped over him to help him pick up the contents of his pencil case, which had spread themselves all over the floor behind the back row. Eric watched her carefully as she was on her knees picking up his things.
"I'm Eric" he smiled at her and she turned to him.
"Fuu" She lightly laughed, "as sir said earlier" Eric laughed as well and took the pens from Fuu and slipped them into his pencil case.
"Thanks" Eric said as he put his stuff down on his desk next to Fuu's. Fuu sat down in her chair and leant on her elbow with her cheek in her hand. Eric watched her admiringly as he took a seat in the chair next to her. When Mr Richardson had finished calling the roll and everyone was sitting in their assigned seats he stood out the front of the class. "Hello my name is Mr Richardson," he then wrote his name in big bold letters on the board. "I will now be taking your class for the rest of the year, we all grieve over Mrs Darcy's tragic car accident but now I want you to begin work." Mr Richardson said and then turned to write on the board. "Open up your textbooks to page 56 and do exercise 3:07." Mr Richardson wrote the instructions on the board and then sat down at his desk. The class began their work talking quietly amongst themselves. Fuu sat there letting her eyes flick to Eric and then back to her work every few minutes. Fuu skimmed over the notes explaining the definite integral as the limiting value of a sum. Fuu then opened her book and then looked over to Eric's book. Fuu turned a little and leant against Eric's shoulder.
"Eric, I don't get this." Fuu said innocently. Eric smiled and then took a pencil in his hand.
"OK you want to find the area of the curve right?" Eric smiled and then drew a curve inside a square on the page. Fuu nodded leaning her chin on his shoulder. Eric began to explain it to her slowly making sure she understood. Fuu nodded along watching Eric as he explained it to her. Eric then turned to look at her, "Do you get it now?"
"Yeah I think I do?" Fuu said and then turned to pick up her pencil. She then leant back on Eric's shoulder and began to write in his book. "So you do this-" Fuu drew out the formula and began to answer it, "-like this?" Fuu asked as she finished answering the questions. Eric laughed and shook his head.
"Not quite" Eric placed his hand over hers and guided her hands around the letters. "You missed a step" Eric laughed and corrected the formula.
"I see" Fuu sighed. Eric then wrote down the next equation with Fuu's hand still under his.
"See?" Eric asked with a gentle smile on his face.
"Yeah I do, thank you," Fuu said smiling and the placed the pencil down on his book and turned to face him. "So Eric, what sort of music are you into?" Fuu asked twirling a piece of hair around her finger.
"Umm, Bring Me The Horizon? They're pretty good." Eric told her as he lost his train of thought after he received the full force of Fuu's eyes. Eric watched every feature of her face admiringly.
"Yeah they're not too bad, but to be honest, Escape the Fate is a lot better." Fuu laughed as she began to tap her pen on the table.
"Oh yeah" Eric laughed "I forgot about them" Eric smiled at her and unraveled the hair from around her finger and tucking it behind her ear.
"How could you forget about them?" Fuu gasped mockingly. Eric laughed and picked up his pencil.
"Shameful huh?" Eric laughed and ran the end of his pencil along the bridge of her nose.
"Yep," Fuu laughed and then turned to begin doing the maths work they had been set. Minutes passed as Eric watched Fuu complete the next formula, and then laughed.
"You did it wrong" Eric laughed as he slipped the pencil out of her hand. Fuu turned to face him as Eric put the pencil to the page. "It goes like this" Eric said softly as he leaned in to kiss Fuu.
"No I believe it goes like this." Fuu said pulling the pencil out of his hand and turned back to face her work. Eric sat there frozen in his position. Fuu tried not to smile as she worked on the next question. "So do you play any sports, Eric?" she said without turning her head to look at him.
"Yeah, football" Eric watched her curiously. Fuu was drawing over the outline of the love heart over and over again.
"Oh really?" Fuu smiled turning to him and held the end of the pencil between her teeth.
"OK class, attention please" Mr Richardson addressed the class again. Eric tore off a small piece of paper from his book and scribbled a few words on it. He then slipped the paper toward Fuu while keeping his eyes on Mr Richardson who was explaining a question to the class. Fuu unfolded the note and read in his scribbled handwriting 'Can I have your number?' Fuu laughed and then took her pencil from between her teeth. She scribbled her name down on the paper and then her mobile number underneath it. Fuu folded the note in half and then slid it back across the table to Eric. Eric smiled at her and mouthed the words 'thank you'. Fuu smiled back and for the remainder of the lesson the flirting continued between Fuu and Eric. Mr Richardson dismissed the class and they all picked up their things, packed it into their bags and walked to the door. Fuu walked through the door beside Paine with Eric close on her heels. Fuu turned around the corner of her block smiling to herself as she continued to hear Eric's footsteps behind her. Eric put his hand down on Fuu's shoulder and gently pulled her around to face him. Eric pulled her gently towards her and began to kiss her. His tongue explored every corner of her mouth. Fuu lifted her arms up to wrap them around his neck as he moved his down around her waist. Eric retracted his tongue as Fuu pulled away smiling. "I'll talk to you soon." Fuu smiled, whipping the corner of her mouth with her thumb. Fuu then turned around and walked away with Paine.

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Riku, Sora and Tidus met up outside L block every Thursday and they would walk down to the tree where they would meet up with Kairi. Riku leant against the corner of L block as Sora walked around the corner of Y block where he just had art. "Hey Sora" Riku said as he leant against the wall beside him.
"Hey Riku, how was photography?" Sora asked looking ahead of him in the same direction as Riku.
"Same old same old" Riku shrugged as he saw Tidus walking from B block where he had just had Drama. Tidus stopped in front of Riku and Sora and lifted his hand to the back of his head to ruffle his hair. "You guys ready to go?" Riku asked looking between them lazily. Tidus and Sora nodded and they began to walk down to the car park.
"Hey isn't that that new girl?" Sora asked as they walked past Fuu and a group of her friends.
"Yeah, I guess she is kind of hot but I don't see what everyone's so worked up about." Tidus admitted but then turned back to face the way he was going. Riku stopped in his tracks and then looked to Fuu and then Tidus and Sora.
"I'll give $20 to whoever can get her number" Riku smirked at Sora and Tidus, pulled a $20 note out of his wallet, and waved it in front of their faces. Tidus and Sora looked at each other hesitantly.
"If we get her number do we have to call her?" Sora asked casting a look over at Fuu and then back to Tidus and Riku. Riku laughed and pretended to punch him in the stomach.
"No Sora, you don't have to call her number if you don't want to" Riku sighed and shook his head before chuckling to himself. Sora and Tidus looked at each other again and then turned to Riku.
"Fine" they said in unison and they both turned and walked over to Fuu who had walked away from the group of girls and was heading in the direction of the girl's bathroom.

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Kairi said goodbye to Namine as they took their separate ways after hospitality. Kairi picked up her bag and slowly walked down to the car park soaking up the warmth of the sun. As she began to walk past the L block courtyard, she heard someone call her name. "Hey Kairi!" Kairi turned around in the direction from where her name was called only to see Fuu beckoning her over. Kairi sighed and began to walk across the courtyard towards Fuu. There were two boys with her who she assumed was a part of her fan group. In Fuu's first day, she had managed to gain herself a group of admiring fans. Kairi finally reached Fuu and paid no attention to the two boys standing with her.
"Yes Fuu?" Kairi asked slightly annoyed and readjusted her bag on her shoulder. Fuu smiled innocently at her with a hint of malice riding her lips.
"Sora and Tidus here are your friends aren't they?" Fuu asked gesturing to the two boys that were standing with her. Kairi turned to look at the two boys and surprise and suspicion began to flood her face as she recognized that they actually were Sora and Tidus. Fuu watched Kairi's reaction and smiled maliciously at her. "So you do know them," Kairi turned back to Fuu at the sound of her voice. "Well then maybe you can help me" Fuu smiled at her and then walked across to Sora and stood in front of him. "Now you see Sora here," Fuu ran a finger down the side of his face, Kairi started to boil with anger. "Sora is just so hot, just so very sexy. Don't get me wrong" Fuu looked over to Kairi and then turned to Tidus. "Tidus' cute too but Sora is just so much hotter, so very sexy. It just makes you want to rip his clothes off here and now" Fuu smiled at Kairi and ran her finger down the centre of his chest and down to his belt. "Don't you just want to tear off his clothes with your teeth?" Fuu smirked at her as she ran her finger back up his chest.
"Yes Fuu" Kairi closed her eyes and sighed uninterestedly.
"Aww come on Kairi-kins, say it like you mean it" Fuu said in mock sadness.
"Yes Fuu, I just want to tear off Sora's clothes" Fuu looked at her expectantly, "with my teeth." Kairi growled sarcastically. Fuu smiled and then walked over in front of Tidus.
"But you see Tidus here" Fuu smiled at Kairi, "Yeah he's cute, but he's just so strong." Fuu ran a finger down his upper arm. "A strong guy is just such a turn on, I love it when a guy is just so perfectly toned" Fuu run her finger up and down his arm. "And he could be so useful to. Couldn't you find such great use for him Kairi-kins?" Fuu smirked at her as she saw the looks on Sora's and Tidus' faces.
"Yes Fuu he'd be very useful" Kairi saw Sora and Tidus exchanged shocked glances and it almost ripped her in half that they thought she was telling the truth.
"Sort of like a tool, hey Kairi?" Fuu then moved her finger to his face and ran it down his cheek.
"Yes like a tool" Kairi saw Tidus and Sora's horrified faces and she desperately tried to hide the pain in her own. She couldn't believe that they thought this is how she actually felt.
"Well I'm still not sure who to give my number to" Fuu sighed and looked between the two boys. "But I think I know how to decide" Fuu smiled at them and then took a step back so she was standing next to Kairi. "You should be able to help me with this Kairi-kins" Kairi looked at her, Fuu smirked. "Who's bigger?" she said gleefully. Kairi's eyes went black with fury and she almost screamed with rage. "You are so plastic Fuu! You tramp! How do you know they even want your number?" Kairi growled menacingly trying not to scream. Fuu's face broke into rage and she walked up to Kairi, their faces only inches apart, neither of them backing down.
"What did you call me you worthless piece of crap?!" Fuu hissed and grabbed Kairi's side digging her nails into her skin. Kairi's face broke into pain as Fuu's nail dug into her newest gash. A cruel satisfied smile slid across Fuu's face. "It hurts doesn't it?" Fuu whispered as she watched Kairi desperately try to ignore the pain but her eyes gave it away. Fuu scanned Kairi's face until a gleam from the diamond heart caught a ray of sunlight and shone in her eye. "What a pretty necklace" Fuu curled her hand into a fist around the diamond heart and the ring and pulled Ty's necklace from Kairi's neck. "Oh and by the way mutt," Fuu sneered. "Sora and Tidus here came over and asked me for my number" Fuu smiled smugly at Kairi as she looked between Sora and Tidus. Kairi felt all her insides turn hard and drop like stones. Kairi took one last look at Fuu and walked off death silent fuming with rage. Kairi stormed across the courtyard that she did not even notice Riku as she stormed past him. Riku had watched Fuu call Kairi over to her and their inaudible exchange. To his surprise, he watched Kairi walk away rage written over every inch of her body. He saw her storm blue eyes were verging on black. Riku let her walk a few metres away before he turned to follow her. Riku followed her as she walked towards G block. Kairi walked up the stairs and sat down on the balcony looking over the juniors playing football. Riku walked around the corner of the staircase and saw Kairi sitting against the wall with her knees pulled into her chest. "Kairi?" Riku asked as he walked closer towards her.
"Hey Riku" Kairi said quietly as Riku sat down beside her.
"What happened?" Riku asked as he slipped an arm around her shoulders.
"It's just Fuu, that's all" Kairi leant her head against his shoulder. Riku looked down at her.
"You know her?" A hint of shock echoed in her voice. Kairi had let her mental walls holding everything back fall as she relaxed and tried to forget the world.
"Yeah" Kairi sighed and closed her eyes as she breathed deeply as she lay against his shoulder.
"Who is she?" Riku asked curiously gently resting his hand on her arm.
"Stepsister" Kairi said before she could catch her tongue. Kairi was suddenly aware of what she was saying and mentally cursed herself.
"Really? She's your step sister?" Riku looked at her surprised. "You never told us you had a step sister" Riku said as Kairi sat back up and leant against the wall.
"Yeah Riku she's my step sister but please Riku, you can't tell anyone" Kairi pleaded with her hands clasped together. Her eyes returned to their usual violet colour if not with a slight tinge of blue.
"OK?" Riku said suspiciously, looking at her and raising an eyebrow.
"Please Riku?" Kairi pleaded again.
"Yeah OK" Riku smiled reassuringly at Kairi as she leant back against his shoulder. "So what's the deal between you two anyway?" Riku asked as they sat there watching the juniors play football.
"She came down yesterday" Kairi sighed. "She's claimed most of my stuff or she's broken it and Rinoa doesn't do anything about it. She takes Fuu's side. Fuu's ruined everything I hold close to me and now she's stealing my friends." Kairi sat back up and pulled her knees back into her chest. She wrapped her arms around them and rested her chin on her knees. Riku left his arm hanging over her shoulders and leant into her ear.
"I promise you, that you will never lose me" Riku leant back against the wall continuing to hold Kairi to his side. Lunch passed as Kairi and Riku sat there in silence watching the juniors give up on playing by the rules and start to play stacks on with a ball. As Kairi rested her chin on her knees, she heard Riku's breath start to quicken. Kairi lifted her head and turn around to look at him.
"Riku? Are yo-" Kairi was cut off when Riku suddenly thrust her against the wall crushing his lips into hers. Kairi sat frozen in place from shock while her head throbbed from where it had been hit against the wall. After a few seconds, Riku pushed his hand up the back of her shirt and began to undo the hooks of her bra. Kairi pushed Riku off her and he fell back against the railing his head slamming into it with a crack. "RIKU!" Kairi almost screamed, Riku rubbed the back of his head as he looked up to Kairi. Kairi was about to continue screaming at him when the bell rang. She gave one more glare to Riku before she stormed across the balcony and down the stairs of G block. Kairi walked through the courtyards in the direction of the main hall. She walked through the double doors and stood in the very back corner of the hall amongst the shadows. Kairi watched Sora and Tidus walk into the hall, they looked around the hall for a few minutes before turning to each other and beginning to talk. A few seconds past as Leon walked through the door with his arm wrapped around Namine's shoulders. He kissed her hair and then walked over to Sora and Tidus as Namine walked over to her music group. Next was Yuna and Rikky, they walked through the door and over to Sora Tidus and Leon. Rikky walked over to the jostling crowd of students surrounding the noticed board. Yuna's face lit up as Kairi assumed that Sora had just told her that he did not know where Kairi was. A few minutes passed as the group waited for Rikky. Riku walked through the doors and slowly trudged towards the group. Sora and Tidus walked over towards him. Their mouths moved to form words that she could not hear but had a pretty good guess at their general meaning. Riku shook his head and they all looked down at the ground. Kairi watched them from the shadows as pain echoed through her chest and stomach. Rikky walked out of the crowd limping. She limped over to the group and they all began to walk out of the hall. Kairi followed at least 20 metres behind them. They turned corner after corner until they reached J block. Kairi watched them walk into J3 wondering whether following them through the door was something she really wanted to do. Kairi sighed and then walked over to the door for J3. She silently eased open the door and slipped around it. Wakka was in the middle of talking as Kairi silently entered the room. He glanced at her and continued to talk to the group without pause. Kairi sat down in the chair that lived beside the door.
"Now I hope you all remembered to bring a CD or your iPod or something." Wakka said letting his eyes scan across everyone but Kairi. Wakka walked over to the stereo system as he continued to talk. "OK Leon you're up first." Wakka told him and Leon stood up from his chair. "What are you planning to play?" Leon handed Wakka the CD and walked towards the guitars
"'How Far We've Come', Matchbox 20" Leon said with his too cool for school attitude and picked up the bass guitar. Leon leant down to the bass amp and flicked the power switch. Wakka put the CD in and looked over at Leon. Leon nodded and he pressed the button on the stereo. Leon began to play in time with the song looking bored out of his mind. The song ran on as they all sat there watching Leon play and listening to the stereo. Kairi continued to stay seated up the back behind the rest of the group. Leon struck the last note at the same time the song did. Leon pulled the bass over his head and put it down on the stand. Wakka pulled the CD out of the stereo and clicked it back into the cover. Wakka handed Leon the CD as he sat down in his chair.
"OK Rikky you're up" Rikky stood up with her iPod in hand and walked over to Wakka. Rikky passed him her iPod and he docked it into the stereo system.
"I'm playing 'The River Flows In You' by Yiruma" Rikky told him as she walked over to the keyboard. Rikky pulled out the sheets of music and placed them on the stand. Rikky saw Kairi sitting up the back and smiled. Kairi smile back and put a finger to her lips gesturing for her to be quiet. Wakka played the song and Rikky began to play along perfectly, not missing a note. The song played on for a few minutes in the background while Rikky played along on the keyboard. The song came to an end and Rikky collected her sheets. Wakka undocked her iPod and handed it to her as Rikky took her seat.
"Thank you Rikky that was very good." Wakka then turned to Yuna and sighed "OK Yuna, I'm assuming you're going to sing the lead so would you like to come up and sing it?" Wakka asked slightly annoyed. Yuna nodded and stood up out of her chair. Yuna handed Wakka the CD.
"Track 15" she told him bluntly and walked over to the microphones. Wakka slipped the CD into the stereo and then looked at the back of the CD case.
"'Piece of Me'?" Wakka asked as he searched through to Track 15.
"That's the one" Yuna said as she took the microphone in her hands and Wakka pressed play.

"I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17
Don't matter if I step on the scene
Or sneak away to the Philippines
They're still gonna put pictures of my derriere in the magazine
You want a piece of me?
You want a piece of me...

I'm Miss bad media karma
Another day another drama
Guess I can't see the harm
In working and being a mama
And with a kid on my arm
I'm still an exceptional earner
And you want a piece of me"

Yuna saw Kairi sitting up the back and scowled, Kairi silently laughed and waved mockingly. Yuna continued to sing as her eyes bore into Kairi's skull.

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous
You want a piece of me
I'm Mrs. Oh my God that Britney's Shameless
You want a piece of me
I'm Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in
You want a piece of me
I'm Mrs. she's too big now she's too thin
You want a piece of me

Yuna only looked at Kairi as she sung; the lyrics began to connect with her emotions and the volume of her singing got louder. Kairi just sat in her chair smiling.

I'm Mrs. 'You want a piece of me?'
Trying and pissing me off
Well get in line with the paparazzi
Who's flipping me off
Hoping I'll resort to some havoc
And end up settling in court
Now are you sure you want a piece of me?

You want a piece of me

I'm Mrs. 'Most likely to get on the TV for stripping on the streets'
When getting the groceries, no, for real..
Are you kidding me?
No wonder there's panic in this industry
I mean please...
Do you want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous
(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Oh my God that Britney's Shameless
(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in
(You want a piece of me)
I'm Mrs. she's too big now she's too thin
(You want a piece of me)

Kairi almost laughed aloud as she saw Yuna's face looking so serious and angry. Yuna got angrier and angrier as Kairi just sat there smiling.

I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17
Don't matter if I step on the scene
Or sneak away to the Philippines
They're still gonna put pictures of my derriere in the magazine
You want a piece of me?
You want a piece of me...
You want a piece of me?

Yuna finished singing and put the microphone back on the stand as she gave Kairi one last menacing glance before she walked over to Wakka and took the CD from him. "Britney Spears, what a surprise." Riku sighed as Yuna sat down in her chair and stuck her tongue out at him. Wakka then turned to face Kairi who was still sitting in her seat up the back of the room.
"OK Kairi?" Kairi turned to look at him and so did Sora Tidus and Riku.
"Um Wakka?" Sora looked at him cautiously. "Kairi's not–" but Sora was cut off as Kairi began to speak.
"Yeah OK Wakka" Kairi stood up from her chair and began to walk over to Wakka and the stereo system. Tidus Sora and Riku spun around to look at her almost falling over in the process. Kairi pulled out her iPod and scrolled to the first song that crossed her mind. Tidus Sora and Riku watched her every movement not letting their eyes move for a second. Kairi handed Wakka her iPod and he docked it into the stereo system. Kairi watched Sora, Riku's and Tidus' worried eyes as she began to sing.

I walk a lonely road,
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone, I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone

Read between the lines
What's stuffed up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone

I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone, I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah

I walk alone, I walk a...

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...

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Beta'd by Forgotten In The Shadows