A/N: Sorry for the late release! It's kind of hard to think at the moment, damn hospital…Anyway I hope you enjoy! I will try to release the next chapter on Friday or Thursday for this fanfic as that was the promised weekly update. Thanks for sticking by this fanfic and I appreciate all your views and reviews on it.
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Lightning bent down quickly as she saw the crossdressed boy fall to the floor, holding Sora gently and shaking him, "Hey! Hey! You alright, what's wrong?" she asked frantically, her worry quickly growing.
The rest of the group were equally worried and surprised, a couple of them rushed forward and formed a small circle around him, bombarding him with worried questions. Tifa rushed towards the kitchen, grabbing a cup as she passed a sink and filled it with water from the refrigerator, as quickly as she darted in she darted back out and offered to cup to her little brother in disguise. For all she knew, it was just another one of Lightning's friends or one of her many partners.
Kairi watched on anxiously, trying to peer over the other's shoulders to see the maid, "I hope she's alright…hmm..she kind of looked familiar! I wonder if we've ever met before, really cute! Oh no…Oh no oh no! I'm having perverted thoughts again!" she blushed lightly and turned away from the group and tried to calm herself down.
Sora's mind was racing, he didn't know if he wanted his friends to know what had happened and why he was in such an embarrassing costume. Nor did he want to face them after his attempt to end his life, at least not so soon. Gratefully he accepted the cup of water from his sister and took a sip, he stood up and wobbled slightly and turned to Lightning, and leaned in closely to whisper into her ear, "Claire…please listen carefully, I remember everything. But…I'd like you to keep it a secret, I..I don't think I can face them yet….especially not like this."
The Pinkette listened carefully and nodded, her eyes widening slightly, turning towards her friend she hugged him and whispered back, "Don't worry. I promise."
Everyone watched curiously at the couple, Tifa had a little smirk on her face.
Lightning turned to the group and announced, "Uhm…seems like Skye isn't feeling so well at the moment, so everything's fine!" turning to her friend again she said loud enough for others to hear, "Go upstairs and rest for abit and gather your thoughts." She added the last part with a wink.
Nodding his thanks, Sora walked up the stairs and towards his quarters quickly. He was eager to distance himself, from family and friends.
Everyone watched him for a few moments before snapping back to attention, "Right. Well anyway, everybody go unpack and be prepared in thirty minutes, it's time to go sightseeing and shopping!" Lightning announced happily.
All the girls cheered and clapped their hands happily; the boys sighed and hung their heads.
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Everyone was taken to their rooms by their assigned personal servants. Each of them quickly unpacked and took out cameras and stuff they thought they needed. Namine rushed into Kairi's room and started talking about the recent events, how excited they were that they were to be in Twilight town.
"Hmm…I wonder where Sora is…" Kairi admitted that she was still keen to see him again
Sighing the pretty blonde replied, "Oh Kairi! Forget about him just for a few minutes okay? Tifa-nee even said he was coming over to miss Claires house! He'll be here by the time we're back probably!"
Kairi sighed and looked back at Namine with worried eyes, nodding after a few seconds, "I hope so."
Her close friend smiled and hugged from the side, and soothed her, "it'll be alright Kairi. I promise! Now come on, we have to go meet the others, time for shopping!"
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Tifa sat back on the couch, and yawned, "Hey Claire?"
"Mmm? Something wrong Tifa?" she called back as she was rummaging through her backpack.
"Where's my little brother?" she questioned curiously, staring at her back watching carefully for something suspicious.
Lightning froze for a second before continuing her search, "…Uhh I sent him on a little trip, to clear his head. He looked relatively distant and disturbed recently, so I thought it would be good to se-Kukh!"
Tifa grabbed her by the back of her shirt and yanked; she then quickly wrapped her arm around her friends neck and squeezed tightly while walking back stepping to the couch.
The pinkette tugged at her friend's arm, desperate to get some air, she couldn't match against Tifa when she had the jump on her. "T..T-Tifa…you're choking..me!" she gasped out
Weakening her grasp on her friend's neck she leaned in and whispered in a dangerous tone, "Where is he. Tell me and don't lie to me, I know you're hiding something!"
Stopping her struggles the Pinkette tugged at her friends arm lightly, "I can't tell you that Tifa…Sorry." She muttered towards her.
Tifa's eyes narrowed and tightened her grip once again, causing splutters and gasps and renewed struggles from her friend.
At that moment Marluxia walked in and saw the two fighting, "Whoa! Tifa, dayum girl you're such a playette, first my best friend Leon and now my own sister?" he joked and wolf whistled.
Quickly letting go of her, Tifa defended herself, "No! it wasn't like that Mar-" she cut off as Marluxia ran off laughing and shouting it out loud.
Lightning spluttered for air and gasped, she looked up pleadingly at her long-time friend, "T-Tifa! I swear, I made a promise to Sora! H-He told me keeps it a secret from you!" she admitted, still keeping the fact that Sora was inside of her house at this moment.
The brunette stared angrily at Lightning for a few moments before finally relenting and sighed, "Fine…Is he alright though?"
She nodded in response.
Tifa let out a tired sigh and shrugged, "Well... as long as he's alright I guess I can't complain…." She sat back down and yawned, "Sorry, I think I'll stay at home for a bit and rest."
Lightning nodded, grateful her friend accepted her reason to avoid further violence with her, she rubbed her neck in order to soothe it.
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When everyone arrived at their agreed meeting point, Lightning became the tour guide and told the group their plan. They departed and headed for the town square, where she had hoped to avoid the burning remains of Tifa's and Sora's house, while at the same time hoping to lose the boys at the Struggle battle.
During the walk, everyone began chatting among themselves, Leon smirked and started teasing Lightning about their past, while the girls gossiped and the boys joked around.
Namine caught up to the Pinkette and asked out of curiosity, "Miss Claire? Can we ask you a question?"
Turning her head towards her, "Claire is just fine, erm…sorry, your name is again?" she replied with a smile.
"I'm Namine, thanks for allowing us to stay at your nice home while we're here! Well our question was, how do you know Tifa and Leon?"
Lightning and Leon laughed, "It's my pleasure, don't worry about it! Well… Tifa, Leon, my brother and Sora all used to live in Twilight Town! Back then, I met Tifa and Leon in middle school. Also Sora was only in 5th grade when I met him, wooow was he cute!" she winked and smirked.
Kairi's interest piqued, she caught up to the two girls and asked, "Do you have any pictures of yourselves back then?" her eyes glimmering with curiosity.
The pinkette nodded, "Plenty! I'll show you one of Leon here when we were at camp when we get back."
Blushing deep red the brunette called out, "HEY! You said you would delete that one!"
"I lied. Not anyone's fault you suck at cooking!" before breaking out into laughter.
When the group arrived in the town square, there was a big crowd surrounding an arena like place, everyone was cheering, "Setzer! Setzer! Setzer!"
Lightning turned to the group, "Well boys, looks like you're in for a treat! There's a Struggle battle going on, and it seems like its open to all age groups."
Roxas and the guys tried to get a better view; they had no idea what a struggle battle was.
Turning to her long-time friend Leon, "You were pretty good at this, you should take them." She said with a sly smirk.
"So, what about it guys? Interested?" he asked with a laugh, a sparkle in his eyes. His smiled widened when the others nodded and cheered.
Leon hadn't been in a struggle battle in ages, and it was always fun when to you beat your opponent. He turned to the guys and motioned, "Come on! This is a blast, we can even do tag team battles!"
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As the girls watched the boys run off the crowd, Lightning nodded happily and winked at the girls, "Got rid of them, so how about it? Time for…shopping?" she suggested with a cheeky smile.
Xion, Kairi, Namine and Selphie looked at each other for a moment, before breaking out into laughs and cheers, high fiving each other. "Nicely done!" Xion remarked, her respect for the girl growing bigger by the moment.
"Oh my god! Is that Miss Farron?! IT IS! IT'S THE STRUGGLE QUEEN!" a voice called out from the crowd, causing the group to whirl around and look.
Lightnings eyes widened in horror "RUN!" she yelled as she broke out into a sprint away from the town square and towards the shopping district. The others were confused for a few moments before quickly giving chase.
They sprinted for a good five minutes before coming to a half, in front of the shopping district, Lightning looked around, hoping that nobody had followed them while the other girls were panting, holding onto each other as they tried to catch their breath.
The pinkette watched the four girls trying to catch their breath, she sat back and smiled, "Sorry about that." She apologized
"What was that about?!" Selphie demanded, "Were they talking about you? Being the queen of struggle or something?"
"Hahaha….uhmm….yeah, I probably should've mentioned I'm the best in struggle battle six times in a row..hehe." she admitted with a little embarrassed laugh.
The girls gaped at her, they couldn't believe it. "B-B-But! You're so pretty and…skinny!" Kairi stammered.
"Hehe…Well what about Tifa? She's even better than I am! Oh and even Sora is pretty good too!" Lightning asked with a cheeky look on her face.
"WHAT!?" the girls shouted in unison, they couldn't believe that such pretty girls were so strong.
Lightning brushed it off with a smile, "Well, enough gaping! Lets go do some shopping!" she cheered and ran towards the first shop on her left, reknown for their dresses.
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Tidus, Riku, Wakka and Roxas watched in awe as Leon maneuverer swiftly and powerfully to knock out his opponent effortlessly with the struggle bat.
"Holy…" Tidus gasped, "He's really good at this!"
Leon smirked and walked off the arena and towards the guys, where he was met with cheers.
"Leon! How'd you do that?" Riku yelled as he patted him on the back
He shrugged it off, "Practise. Hey you guys should get ready, I signed you all up as well." He suggested innocently.
Roxas gulped, "W-W-What?! I'll get my ass handed to me! W-Who's my opponent?!"
"Seifer, that blonde haired guy wearing a black beanie over there." Leon nodded towards their direction.
"He's pretty ripped." Riku noted.
"Oh thanks for the encouragement Riku." Roxas muttered.
"You'll be fine! It's not like you'll die. Just get beaten up pretty badly I guess." Leon laughed, "Stay light on your feet and out of his range, and survive for like five minutes."
Roxas hung and shook his head, "I am so done for…" as he walked up onto the arena.
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7:30PM
The girls arrived home first and let out a satisfied sigh in unison, the walk towards home was the toughest, especially when they were all carrying bags.
"Phew…Well I'm going to go have a shower first in my room after putting these away, you girls should use the other two." Lightning suggested as she walked upstairs with them following closely.
The girls split off at the fourth floor; Kairi headed towards her room and let out a satisfied sigh. As she collapsed on her bed and relaxed, she let her mind wander, eventually settling on Sora. "Oh Sora…I hope you're alri-"
A knock on her door cut her off, "Room service…" a voice squeaked.
"Come in!" Kairi called out, sitting up and looking towards the door.
A young brunette walked into the room and smiled at Kairi, "Hello." She greeted.
"Hi! Uhm, who may you, be?" Kairi asked, smiling at the polite maid.
"I'm Olette, and you are miss…?"
"Call me Kairi, do you part time here?" she asked curiously
"Mhm. Yep, Miss Farron is very kind and pays generously, also the people here treat me well, so until I finish high school, this job is great!" The young brunette chirped happily, "also a lot of interesting events have happened recently!"
"Oh?" Kairi's interest piqued again, gossip was always fun to listen to especially among girls, "such as..?"
"Well…This boy in a hospital gown turned up with Miss Farron, apparently they were childhood friends, he had the most AMAZING blue eyes, and cute spikey hair apparently he had amnesia though."
Kairi's mouth turned dry, her eyes widened, "Was…his name Sora?"
Olette turned to the auburn haired girl and nodded excitedly, "Yes! Yes! How did you know? Are you two friends?!"
"He…uh…yeah, we were supposed to meet him here. Lightning said he was going to arrive tomorrow afternoon from his relatives." Kairi murmured slightly confused.
"Huh…? What is Miss Farron talking about? He's here, in the mansion. Like right now, he's dressed as a really pretty girl, I must say she is an expert makeup artist that Miss Farron girl is. He has a brown wig and black and white maid costume on, he lost a game bet, so Miss farron forced him to dress like so, and even gave him a new name."
"WHAT!?" Kairi cried out, shocked, her mind was racing now.
"Mhm! I think it was…Skye. Yeah that's it! Skye!" Olette chirped happily and giggled, "Isn't he adorable!?"
Kairi gaped, the 'girl' they had met that morning, on the day of their arrival, was none other than her high school crush, Sora. "No way…" She couldn't believe it.
"Where is his room!?" the auburn haired girl demanded, standing up.
Olette slightly taken back, "Uhm..I think he's on the third floor, next to Miss Farrons room. But please don't disturb him; he's not feeling very well at the moment, okay?"
Kairi sat back down still in slight shock. "Sora's…here? Skye…is that you, Sora? Why?" she muttered barely audible to anyone.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed it, please feel free to leave what you think about this fanfic! Apologies for the late release! I wonder what will happen to Sora now that Kairi has found out…Oooohhhh :3