Chapter 12: Let Him Live

Kairi's POV

The explosion caught me by surprise. I had started running because Sora told me to; almost sure he would be right behind me. I hadn't been running long; I just got out of the alleyway and turned onto the sidewalk heading back to the car when an explosion happened. The force was so great it sent me flying and hitting the sidewalk hard.

"Ouch," I moaned as I pushed myself up from the ground. When I got up and looked around, smoke was coming out of the alleyway I just left. "Oh no," I whispered to myself. "Sora!" I yelled as I ran back. Please don't let him be dead, I thought to myself. I entered the alleyway only to find Sora lying on the ground and Xemnas walking away, not undamaged though, he was pretty banged up. I didn't know what to do then, I was almost sure Sora was dead. Tears started pouring out of my eyes and running down my cheek. Then I glared at Xemnas, he was the one who did this, he's the one who's going to pay, he's the one who should have died! I let these strong feelings take over and I started fallowing him. I was too pissed to really care when I beam of light flashed and a keyblade appeared in my hand, it just gave me an advantage when fighting him.

When he reached the end of the alley I changed my speed from a fast walk to a sprint, launching myself in the air when I was close enough and struck him in the back, cutting it open and launching him into the wall. There was a trail of blood from the cut that led to where he was, but I didn't care, he wasn't dead yet. I wasn't going to stop until he was dead and paid for what he did. The tears kept coming and burning my eyes but it didn't matter, it was a reminder of why I was doing this.

Xemnas pushed himself off the wall and looked at me with a shocked expression. His cloak was torn up and there were cuts and bruises everywhere. There was blood dripping from the corner of his mouth and there was a huge diagonal cut on his chest. I could probably take him in this condition.

"You killed him!" I yelled. My voice came out strong and clear which was surprising for all the crying I was doing.

"I didn't kill him. It was his fault this happened." I panted.

"You're a liar!" I shouted and charged after him. I was just about to hit him when something stopped me and sent me flying backwards. My head hit the cement road hard so there was a loud cracking sound. I screamed out in pain and forced myself up. When I looked around Xemnas was nowhere to be found. "Damn it," I whispered. I was angry that he got away before I could finish him off but I was also glad because my skull felt like it was on fire. I felt the back of my head where it hit and flinched because it hurt a lot. Sure enough when I looked at my hand it was covered in blood.

I sat there for a few minutes not sure what to do. I wasn't crying much anymore so I kind of felt better, until I remembered the reason why I was crying, then I just started crying more. Sora was dead and I failed to avenge him. Suddenly there was a sudden movement down the ally where Xemnas was earlier and I tensed up. He came back to kill me, that was that. I called my keyblade back so I could try and fight. But then there were two shadows. That terrified me, he came back and he brought a friend. Out of nowhere the shadows suddenly vanished and someone was right behind me.

I spun around quickly swinging the keyblade in that direction when there was a cling sound, the kind you get when you bang metal together.

"Kairi, stop it's me." The voice said.

"Riku, what are you doing here?" I gasped.

"I came to get you guys. God you look like hell Kairi!" He yelled shocked.

"Yeah, fighting and crying does that to you." I mumbled.

"C'mon let's get you in the car." He said lifting me up and cradling me in his arms.

"What about Sora?" I whispered, not trusting my voice. I was on the verge of crying again.

"He's already in the car. He's really lucky, if we had shown up any later he might have died." He said solemnly.

"He's alive?!" I gasped with excitement.

"Barely." Riku replied. "What did you do to your head?" he asked moving his arm from my head. Sure enough his arm was covered in blood.

"I was fighting Xemnas, and he did something that threw me back and my head smashed into the pavement." I winced at the memory. Riku set me down against the wall and started ripping his shirt up. "What are you doing?" I asked holding onto the wall for support.

He took the part of his shirt he ripped off and wrapped it around my head. "I'm trying to stopped the bleeding, if not slow it down until we get you home."

"Is it that bad?"

"Yeah, it's pretty bad. You're probably going to need a few stitches."

"Stitches aren't bad. What's going to happen to Sora?"

Riku sighed, "I don't know, we need to get him home though."

I nodded and Riku picked me up again. "Who were those people in the ally I saw run by a few minutes ago?" I asked looking back at the ally.

"Edward and Roxas, they're going after Xemnas." He answered me, slowing down. If I had to guess we were almost where we needed to go.

I nodded and passed out before we reached the car.