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Twilight Heights High School.
Destiny Islands.
Present Day.
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Sora looked at his phone for the umpteenth time that morning, still taking note that the time had not changed since the last time that he had been looking at it. Placing it in his pocket, he looked around, still noticing that not a lot of people were there. But then again, who would want to be at school at seven in the morning when they could have been relaxing.
Sora sighed as he looked at the building, ever since the change it had seemed somewhat different. The inside of course had changed dramatically, but it was also the outside, which to everyone looked exactly the same. But to Sora, it was different, it was as if this wasn't the same school that he had been to many times before, it was now a stranger to him. Maybe that's what Shinra did, took something familiar and made it a stranger to others, like what they had done to the workers that Aerith had formally been friends with.
Speaking of a Gainsborough, Sora looked up as he saw the young son of the Doctor walking towards him, dressed in a black coat over his usual jeans and a t-shirt. Sora didn't blame him, he could still feel the cold despite the fact that it was spring now. Maybe it was because Sora had called to meet him at one of the coldest moments of the day, but even so, there was no chance that anyone could be there to overhear them at this early in the morning.
Sora didn't have to wait long before Roxas had reached them, but when he got close enough to talk, neither of them could say anything, both staring at their shoes for a moment before Roxas muttered, "...You're dad was over again last night,"
Sora shuddered as remained quite. It had been a month since Sora had walked in on the two, and yet every time Aerith was over, or Cloud called to say he would be late home, Sora could not help but mentally go back to that first image. Shaking his head, he muttered, "I think it's best if we don't talk about it," and Roxas nodded his head. Clearly he had seen or heard something that was currently scarring him, and Sora was in no mood to open any old scars.
"If you don't mind Roxas, i'd like to talk about anything you've learnt instead of what my dad and your...well," Sora took a breath of disgust as Roxas placed his hands in his coat pocket as he nodded his head.
"Mum doesn't talk about it too much, she just keeps going over the same story like your dad did," And Sora sighed. Ever since he had heard the story from his dad, he had researched it over and over again, on computers, conspiracy sites, and all that was said was that there had been rumors that Shinra had been looking into the Jenova meteor, but nothing had ever been proven.
"Your mum was asking for Shinra around the time the meteor fell wasn't she?" Sora asked, and Roxas nodded his head before he stopped, giving Sora an accusing look, "Do you think she had anything to do with it?"
But Sora shook his head, "No, but i think if there had been any talks, she might have heard something,"
"You want me to interrogate my own mother?" Roxas asked, and Sora shook his head as he said, "Just ask her if Shinra had any side projects that involved Jenova, or if she ever heard anything about it," and Roxas looked a little uncomfortable about it. Sora sighed as he placed an arm on the boys shoulder.
"Look, I know it's difficult, but we have to find out whats going on...ever since i had that conversation with Vanitas, it's been freaking the hell out of me. Whatever is wrong with us it seems like it's going to get worse after our birthday, but maybe if we can find out what has happened we might be able to do something about it,"
"Like what?" Roxas asked, and Sora let out a small frustrated sigh, "I don't know exactly, but all we can go on is that it has something to do with Shinra and Jenova," and Roxas sighed as he said nodded his head.
"Alright, i'll ask her...but it won't be till tomorrow, she's working late tonight and also there's the party,"
Sora rolled his eyes as he started walking towards the front of the building, "Tell me about it...It's going to be a very long and frustrating night night," and both the boys made their way towards the front of the building.
From behind the side of the building, a figure stepped out. His hoodie zipped out, but his fire-red hair brighter then anything, and his green eyes looking towards the two boys, Lea Valentine looked towards the boy as he placed his hands in his pockets, saying to himself, "What are you hiding Roxas?"
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Five Hours Later.
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Sora and Roxas both exited their language class rubbing their eyes. Clearly the lesson had been boring for the both of them as Sora yawned, saying as he did, "Why anyone would want to learn Ancient Spiran i have no idea,"
"It's not all bad Sora, it's actually a beautiful language," Roxas smiled as he typed one last thing in his sTab+ before putting it away, and Sora smirked at the boy as he said, "Yeah, well i don't have a psychological hallucination telling me what everything means in plain english," and Roxas continued to zip up his bag as he said, "The day they outlaw Psychological Hallucinations whispering in your ear is the day i'll stop letting Ventus do it," and both the boys chuckled as they found themselves heading outside towards the Cafeteria, where already a number of their friends had already gathered.
"Ah,there you are, all excited for tonight?" Riku smirked as he slapped both Sora and Roxas on the back, to which Sora rolled his eyes as he said, "Riku, our birthday isn't till tomorrow, and who says i'm even going at the moment,"
"Yeah, i mean we have a lot of language homework to get done before tomorrow," Roxas muttered, and Riku looked at them with shock on his face as he said, "You would seriously give up a night of partying for homework?" and Sora smirked as he responded, "There's always that option,"
Riku looked at the two for a moment, before he let out a laugh as he slapped Sora and Roxas on the back once again, saying as he did, "That was hilarious guys, you two crack me up," and both Sora and Roxas rolled their eyes as they made their way to their seats.
"Ah, here's the birthday boys now," Kairi clapped her hands in delight as Namine got up and awkwardly hugged both Roxas and Sora, the latter letting a small guilty smile stain his lips as he quickly went for a hug with Kairi, who although was a little awkward was far less guilty.
Sitting down, Riku began to talk, "Right, everything is planned for tonight. Sora, you're coming over early so i can dress you and give you something better to wear then your usual getup,"
"Anyone else ever notice how queer Riku gets when he's partying," Roxas muttered, and everyone let out a small giggle as Riku glared at the two, "Well, maybe next time i won't give you a party,"
"We didn't want a party this time Riku!" Sora cried out, causing more laughter as Riku rolled his eyes, "Of course you did, don't be ridiculous," and Sora rolled his eyes as Riku continued, "Everyone will be there to wish you two a happy birthday at 7, party till late, and since it's saturday tomorrow they can leave the next day,"
"Where Riku will then begin paying thousands to have the house fixed up," Sora whispered to Kairi, who let out a small giggle as Sora returned back to Riku, "Should be great man,"
"Nothing is too great for you Sora...oh, and I suppose you as well Roxas," Riku waved the blonde off as he said, "Oh, gee thanks Riku," and everyone else laughed as Riku looked up and waved, "There you are Axel, was wondering where you got too,"
Everyone turned and smiled as Axel made his way towards the five, Axel giving a semi-warm smile as he said, "Had some stuff to talk about with Blanchard, Roxas do you mind if I talk with you for a sec," and Roxas looked at his best friend as he nodded his head, "Sure man," and Roxas gave a short goodbye as he got up and followed Axel out of the Cafeteria, across the quad and into Staff building, waiting until they were in a free corridor before he turned around.
"What the hell is going on Rox?" Axel muttered in frustration as Roxas took a step back, clearly confused as he said, "What do you mean?"
"I dunno, Sora gets to school and you talk about how much trouble the kid is despite everyone seeing him as quite, you're absolutely convinced that this kid is trouble, and then all of a sudden after he's in the hospital you two are best buds, having the time of your life, that doesn't seem a little odd to you?"
Roxas took a breath as he said, "Look Axe, I was wrong alright, and you don't understand, it's complicated?"
"Complicated? I'll say, I mean it's almost as if you were the one who attacked Sora, and you're feeling guilty," Axel said casually, and Roxas gave a seconds worry before he let out a believable laugh, "Yeah, like i could ever attack someone,"
"Well then what is it Roxas? What changed?" He asked, and Roxas said, "I got some time to know him, he's not as bad as i originally thought,"
Axel raised an eyebrow, "This coming from the guy whose gut is never wrong?" and Roxas said, "There is a first time for everything," as he turned to walk away, but stopped as Axel muttered, "What's Jenova?"
Roxas froze for a moment, looking up to see there was no security cameras, before he said, "How do you know about Jenova," and Axel scoffed as he walked to his friend and faced him, "I heard the two of you talking before, or did you forget i have to get here early after the prank i pulled on the science department?" and Roxas stuttered for a moment before he heard the voice of Ventus in his head. "It's a meteor rock, that's all he needs to know," and Roxas nodded his head as he said, "It's a meteor that crashed down to the Planet years ago, me and Sora are researching it for a project," and Axel scoffed.
"One, you're not in the same science class, and two, the way you were talking about it, you were mentioning ShinraCorp as well, as if this one some kind of Conspiracy," Axel folded his arms waiting for an Explanation, and Roxas sighed as he wiped his head, saying as he did, "Axel...this is complicated alright, and it's my birthday tomorrow, can we talk about this some other time," and Axel sighed as he rubbed his eyes and nodded his head, "Alright, you get till the end of your birthday weekend to tell me what the hell is going on...I just don't wanna see you get in trouble, you're not good at getting out of it," and Roxas chuckled as he said, "Excuse me? Who got both of us out of trouble when you managed to clog the sinks in the teachers lounge in the 8th grade," and Axel laughed as he placed his arm around the boys neck, saying as he did, "You have your moments Rox," and together they made their way out, both of them blissfully unaware of the flashing camera that Roxas had failed to see right at the opposite end of the corridor...
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Hallow Bastion Psychological Rehabilitation Asylum.
Hallow Bastion.
Moments before...
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Sirens went off as all computers within the area began to blare. Aqua looked up from her work as she bounded out of her office onto the main floor, men and women alike were rushing to their stations as Aqua yelled out, "What the hell is going on? Is that a system breach?"
"Negative," One of the technicians yelled out, "One of the cameras picked up a Primary and Secondary word within conversation," and Aqua's eyes widened as she walked over to one of the computers, saying as she did, "Get it up on the main screen now!" Already aware that the camera's were trained to be on high alert when a person mentioned the word 'Jenova' and 'Shinra' in the same sentence.
The camera was in a school hall, where two students were conversing, turning away as they did, Aqua called out, "Get me the recorded footage of that conversation, and any other camera we can get!" and instantly several researchers began typing something into the computers, Aqua trying to steady her breathing for the next few moments as one of the researches called out, "No other camera's, but we have been able to identify the two students," and Aqua yelled out, "Get their information on screen now,"
Typing out information into the computers, The face mixed with the thumbprint scan already on record allowed them to access birth information, location, school records, essentially everything that they needed. As the information flashed onto the screen, the researcher began to read out, "Lea Valentine, Father was Vincent Valentine, who was a former researcher and head of the Replica Program before it was shut down, he fits a lot of the information...oh wait,"
"What?" Aqua called out as the researcher shook his head, "No his records state he was born at Destiny General, mother died at birth, he continued work into Human Cloning before he was arrested by the WRO, his current address states he lives with his grandparents,"
"What about the other kid there!" Aqua called out and the others were still typing, "It's gonna take a minute, we're cross referencing the back of his head with school photos so it's a little more...wait!" A sound was made as information began to show itself onto the main screen, "Roxas Gainsborough, orphaned at birth, adopted by Aerith Gainsborough, former scientist working in ShinraPharmaceuticals, now a Doctor at Twilight General, cross referencing his birth date with the time Jenova began,"
More typing was heard as one of the scientists yelled out, "Birth record shows born March 14th, which was the time both children were abducted, now doing a Match to one of the subjects,"
Aqua's heart skipped a beat as she nodded her head, waiting for what the computer said. After only a few minutes, a tiny ding sound was heard as the computer showed a bright '83%' chance that the boy was one of the subjects. Giving a small smile, Aqua reached for her phone as she muttered, "Happy Birthday Mr. Gainsborough," and hit a button as she turned back to her office, saying as she did, "Shinra...we may have found one of the subjects,"
"Excellent, which one?" he asked, and Aqua sighed as she said, "We're not sure which one it is, and even if the other one is close by, but if he's researching Jenova, then that means-"
"-One of his friends could be the other," Shinra said slowly as there was silence for a few moments, before he muttered, "What we need is to get him and his friends into an area under false pretenses, so we can interrogate the boy into revealing which one of his friends is the other subject,"
"You have any ideas?" Aqua asked, and Shinra let out a soft chuckle as he said, "I think i have a good idea, I'll have the boys in ShinraEducation prepare something for them, a little...holiday," and Aqua hung up as she turned around, as she looked towards the giant photo of Roxas Gainsborough, sighing as she did.
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Heartilly Manor.
Destiny Islands.
Present Day.
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"I will never get over how incredible this lower area is," Sora muttered as he sat down in Riku's own private clothing shop, Riku going through item over item as he muttered, "You get used to it, especially seeing as you can never find the right clothing around here," and Sora let out a laugh as he once again questioned his best friend's sexuality for the seventh time that day.
He looked around as he called out, "You know if you don't hurry up the guest's will be here and drunk," and Riku called out in success as he walked out and placed some clothing onto one of the chairs, saying as he did, "There, try that on," and Sora rolled his eyes as he grabbed the clothing and made his way into the change room. Riku looking at one of his several hats, finally choosing a fedora as he swung it round and lightly placed it on his head so his bang's wouldn't get completely ruined as he looked at one of several mirrors, appreciating the white fedora as he called out, "You know, i think white's my color," and Sora scoffed as he unlocked the door and walked out.
The boy was now dressed in a pair of Heartilly Brand dark blue jeans and rolled up white t-shirt with black buttons. His shoes were the same boots that he had warn at the end-of-the-school-semester party, and he was now wearing a very fashionable pair of sunglasses. Sora rolled his eyes as he slipped his hands in his pocket, saying as he did, "You've done it again Riku," and both boys laughed as they made their way out of the room.
Lying down on Riku's bed, Sora turned to the man who was busy typing something on his phone as he muttered, "Thanks for all this Riku," and the boy looked up as he smirked, "Anything for you man," and Sora chuckled as he placed his hand on the crown necklace that was normally hidden underneath his shirt. Looking at the family heirloom, he smirked as he placed it under his shirt once again, patting it as he got up, ready to leave when all of a sudden he heard Riku call out to him.
"Oi, aren't you forgetting your birthday present," and Sora rolled his eyes as he said, "Riku, you didn't have to get me anything," to which the boy smirked as he handed him a small box, saying as he did, "What's the point of being rich if you cannot buy awesome presents for your friends," and Sora rolled his eyes as he slowly undid the packaging and looked at the item, a look of shock on his face, "Riku...I can't accept this," But Riku smirked as he said, "You can and you will...it's all yours," and Sora just looked back down in his gift in shock, not believing what it was.
It was an sPhone+, the very latest in it's line, the boxing was sleek in its design, showing a picture of the whole glass phone. Sora looked back to Riku, who smirked at the boy as Sora chuckled, before he slowly slipped off the top of the package, before looking directly at the product.
To Sora it looked like a square piece of glass, like his sPlayer+, though the main difference was that there was now a black thin bar along the edge, which Sora instantly knew was the Wifi/4G bar to allow calls. As he slowly picked it up, the glass lit up as he realized his thumb and forefinger was still on the phone. As Sora moved his thumb, an imprint of it was still on the glass, as the words Initializing start up sequence... appeared on the phone.
Sora was surprised as he continued watching, as the first words disappeared, and were replaced with Now loading fingerprint identification... Sora looked towards Riku, as he said, "Shinra combined several social networking, websites, schools under ShinraEducation and stuff like that to allow a quick download of contact information, Recoded Contacts and phone numbers, and even applications that would be of use to you," Riku smirked, and Sora wow'ed as he looked towards his phone, which now was reading Identification completed, Hello Sora... and Sora shook his head as he said, "That's unbelievable," as the greeting disappeared, replaced with the ShinraCorp Logo, before apps appeared on the phone. Sora wow'ed silently as he looked through his contact list, even seeing how Shinra had downloaded music onto his phone based off of his favorite artists from Recoded. Sora looked up to Riku as he shrugged, "I splurged a little bit, got you a 5 year subscription to Shinra's SymSound, short for Symphony of Sound, it downloads music for you for free if you're subscribed to it," and Sora shook his head as he said, "Riku...this is nice, but it's so expensive," and Riku slapped his hand on Sora's back as he muttered, "Sora...you only turn 18 once," and with a wink, he let himself out of the room back into the underground clothing store.
Sora coughed as he looked at his brand new phone, within a few minutes shaking his head as he slipped his glass phone into his pocket as he sighed, again his thoughts returning to this control that Shinra had. Once again they had the ability to gain information in a heartbeat. Every turn that Sora made he could not help but Shinra was right there, gathering information, and storing it. It was as if he wasn't a human, just a record, somehow obtainable by Shinra...and if they could get his personal information just as quickly, how long would it be before they found out what he really was. Sora knew that time was running out...it was just how long Shinra would take that was the question.
Shaking his head, he looked at his clothing as he walked to the side, before he watched riku exit the room.
Dressed in a fine black buttoned shirt with white vest, a pair of black jeans and nice looking boots with the same fedora that he had been wearing before and a smirk on his face as he said, "Sora, i recon we're ready to get laid,"
"You mean celebrate an 18th?" Sora asked with a raised eyebrow, and Riku shrugged as he said, "Isn't that what i said?" and Sora rolled his eyes as Riku looked at his watch, saying as he did, "Come on, guest's will be arriving soon," and he made his way out of the room, with Sora behind him, who was too busy rolling his eyes as he slowly made his way behind his best friend.
As Sora slowly walked down the stairs, he saw that Riku was already greeting people he had never met before. Assuming they were from Departure Academy, Sora used the time to quickly duck out into the backyard, where he breathed as he made his way back towards the drinking table, where several were packed with alcoholic drinks. Taking one, he opened up the Potion and started to drink, feeling the lemon zest hit him as he coughed a little bit, feeling something inside of him that he had been feeling for the past month. Shaking his head as he took another swing of the potion, he looked out into the sunset as he sighed, leaning against the banister as he smirked at the view, the cooling air mixed with the picture perfect setting caused him to forget all of his troubles for one bliss brief moment, for a moment he wasn't Sora Strife, who was suffering from a Psychological Disturbance called Vanitas and hunted by the Mega corporation ShinraCorp, he was just a kid, about to turn 18, to finish his senior year in high school, to go on to do...well, whatever he wanted to...
"Sora?" the voice caused him to look around, and a smile appeared as he saw Kairi, dressed in a red dress and dark blue jeans, She walked up to the boy as she said, "Wow, looking good birthday boy," to which Sora rolled his eyes as he responded, "Im not the one looking amazing Kai," and they both smiled as Kairi came in for a hug, holding it for a tiny bit longer then he was expecting, but nevertheless Sora enjoyed the prolonged hug as he let go, taking note of the tiny blush that only lasted a few seconds before she held out a small box, muttering a happy birthday as Sora graciously accepted the gift, slowly unwrapping it as he was soon looking at a black box. Popping open the cover, he looked in awe at the gift as Kairi began to explain.
"It's called a WayFinder, it was given decades ago by wives to husbands, partners, best friends, its a symbol to say no matter what happens, no matter how far away you go, you'll always come back," She smiled as she looked from the gift to Sora, who was amazed.
The item in question looked like a star, attached were 5 silver pieces that connected to a small diamond crown. The chain was made of metal, and Sora looked in awe as he looked to Kairi, "Kai, this must have cost..."
"Didn't cost me a thing Sora, my Aunt Serah gave me a few when i was younger to give to people i care about, Riku has one as well along with Namine and Roxas," She smiled, and Sora merely shook his head in shock as he took out the charm, wondering whether to wear it around his neck on not. Not wanting the shell to become damaged from his crown necklace, he slipped the chain around his belt before slipping the item into his pocket, saying as he did, "There, now i'll be sure i won't lose it," and Sora gave Kairi a hug as he whispered, "Thank you," into her ear, as he backed off and scratched the back of his head.
As the two turned around, they found more and more people making their way into the backyard, most of whom Sora recognized from school. Sora was suddenly dragged away from Kairi as he began shaking hands with many a people around, all who wished him a happy birthday. The happiness Sora was feeling drove away the laughter of Vanitas as he began hugging and laughing, every time he drained a potion he felt someone shoving another one into his hands, and the mood of the entire area lightened as he look over and cheered, "Roxas!"
Roxas, who was dressed rather smartly grinned as he walked up to the man as he shook his hand, having to yell out, "Happy Birthday!" as Sora hugged him, someone placing a Potion into Roxas hand, and they clink'ed glasses as cheers for both the boys echoed throughout the area.
Sora and Roxas both found seats, clearly feeling the buzz from the alcoholic drinks as they both smirked at each other, watching others walking around as they danced, chatted, and enjoyed everyone. Roxas was soon dragged away from the seats by Axel to start doing shots on the table. Sora smirked as he lied back, taking another swing of potion as he looked this way and that, before he saw Hayner walking up to him, in the arms of a woman that he only barely knew.
"Sora! Happy Birthday man," Hayner shook his hand as Sora nodded, before looking towards the brunette woman, who held out her hand with a small smile on her face, "Olette Sunflower, i was presenting at the Twilight/Departure game," and Sora nodded his head as he looked at the closeness between the two, "I take you two are..."
"Year and a half," Olette smiled, and Sora nodded his head as he looked towards Hayner, "I haven't seen you at any of the other parties though?" Sora asked, and Olette rolled her eyes as she said, "Well, that's partially due to my parents...ever since i got into Departure, i was round the clock supervision while i studied...but i do get 'shore leave' every once and a while," and Sora nodded his head as the two both gave a light kiss to each other, before Olette turned and said, "Have a happy birthday Sora," and the two of them went into the crowd to dance.
Sora smirked as he watched the two disappear, before he watched Riku push his way through the crowd and up to the hired DJ that was standing their mixing tunes. He whispered a few words to the DJ, before he was handed a mic, and the music slowly lowered as Riku tapped the mic, saying as he did, "Oi, shut up the lot of you," and people gave small chuckles and boo's as everyone slowly simmered down. Riku smirked as he began.
"Now i'm only gonna take a moment of your time, cause i know how much you wanna sit here and party," and Riku grinned as people began to cheer loudly. Looking this way and that, he called out, "I want Roxas Gainsborough and Sora Strife to get up here," and Both boys made their way up to the front. Sora could already tell that Roxas was drunk by the way he managed to struggle his way up up there stairs. Sora smirked as he stood next to Riku, with Roxas swaying on the other side. Riku chuckled as he put his arm around Roxas, saying as he did, "You alright buddy?"
"You have 6 shots of Elixir and stand up straight," Roxas hiccuped, and Sora made a noise in disagreement, clearly he had managed to do it before, and those that had heard it gave a chuckle to Sora.
"First...I wanna talk about this kid," Riku slapped Roxas on the back as Roxas almost took a tumble, having to be caught by Riku who grabbed his shirt and held him back, "You can feint after Roxas," and again everyone laughed as Roxas looked this way and that.
"Now, I've known Roxas for a very long time, i've grown up watching him develop struggle skills which would rival any professional, he's always been there to listen to, and has always been wise...but today he turns 18, and hopefully all that wisdom goes right out the door for the next couple of years," Riku laughed, along with everyone else, as someone from the crowd shouted out, "I think it's gone already!" and Riku nodded his head as he placed an arm around Sora's shoulder.
"Now this kid I haven't known for quite as long, but he has quickly become one of my closest friends," Riku smirked as he slapped Sora on the back, who flinched a little as he smirked, Riku continuing as he did, "No man is without secrets, and Sora seems to have his fair share...but despite this, he could be one of the most driven men i have ever met...and no one will ever be able to take that away from him," Riku smirked as he looked towards Sora, and the latter nodded his head as he turned back to the audience, with a grin on his face as he called out, "But we're going to try our best tonight!" and the cheers erupted as Sora and Roxas managed to get down, Sora finding it easy, but Roxas being lightly caught by Namine, as both laughed as they made their way out of the area. Sora smirked as he raised his glass to the boy, before he caught a red head flying towards him, just managing to get his glass out of the way before he caught Kairi, who was giggling like a mad woman.
"Hello there birthday boy," She giggled, and Sora smirked as he said, "You seem to be having fun,"
"Oh I am having...a wonderful time," She grinned, before she softly began to kiss his neck, Sora instantly feeling awkward as he asked, "Ah, Kairi? What are you doing?"
"Giving you your birthday present," She giggled softly as she began to kiss the other side of his neck, before Sora stuttered out, "Kai, you already gave me my birthday present," and she grinned as she whispered into his ear, "I'm giving you your second birthday present," and Sora could not help but chuckle at her logic, but as Kairi began to drift her hand against his chest, Sora began to feel a little awkward, though his mind began to enjoy it, he shook his head as he grabbed her hands, saying as he did, "Kairi, maybe we shouldn't,"
"Why not? I want you Sora," She giggled as she stepped up and kissed his lips, Sora's eyes widened as his mind returned back to the party at Memories Skyscraper, the same drunk Kairi against him. But last time it had been driven because she had seen Riku hooking up with someone else, though this time it was something different, Was being drunk the only reason? Some people said that alcohol was like a truth serum, it magnified hidden feelings, but maybe it was just a combination of lust and Sora's birthday, it could be any reason, but he couldn't be sure.
Sora scrunched his eyes as he grabbed the shoulders of Kairi, saying as he did. "Kairi...you're drunk, these aren't your feelings," and watched as Kairi stared at him for a moment, before he felt the anger surging from her, before she managed to get out of Sora's grip, before muttering, "Go to hell Sora," and walked into the crowd.
Sora stood there, watching the red head walking away, not even able to call out. He sighed as he managed to force his way through the crowd before finding a seat, his mind turning towards what Kairi might do now. His first thoughts would be to hook up with either Riku or Axel, who would probably be more then happy to accommodate. It was his fault, he should have been more caring about rejecting her, and yet he knew that if he had kept going something bad was bound to happen. He ran a hand through his hair as he leaned against the chair, he took a potion from the collection, popped the cap and began to take large quantities of the liquid. Sighing deeply, he closed his eyes, this birthday definitely one of his most entertaining, though whether it was good or bad was another story entirely.
Sora rubbed his eyes as he began to feel sleep slowly come over him. He wanted to stay up and watch everyone enjoying themselves, but he could not help but allow the sleep to slowly take over him.
"...Sora!" said man jolted awake as he looked around, still plenty of people looking around and partying, but Riku was the one in front of him, his arms on his shoulders trying to shake him awake. Sora suddenly jumped up as he muttered, "What? What the hell?" rubbed his eyes as Riku said, "Have you seen Kairi? Someone said you two were getting friendly,"
Sora waited for a moment before he shook his head, saying as he did, "I haven't seen her for..." Not sure how long it had been, he checked his phone, before he silently swore and said, "...not for a couple of hours," and sighed as he got up, saying as he did, "I'll look for her, don't worry," and before Riku had any chance to change his mind, he began to make his way through the crowd.
Passing through one person to another, Sora looked around, not wanting to draw anymore attention to himself, he gazed across the large group of people, none of them looking like Kairi. Sighing and rubbing his eyes, he continued walking, until he came across a group of secluded students, who Sora already knew were taking Materia. He looked over each of them, until his eyes widened.
Towards the back with someone Sora didn't recognize, Kairi was lying against the house, Sora already taking note of the two Materia already in her arms. Sora made her way over to her, where the man took another one of the Materia in his hands and was ready to place another one into her arm.
Sora made his way over to Kairi and scooped her up, listening as the man said, "Hey, what are you doing?" and made to get up, but suddenly Sora glared at him, a glare that brought down the full force of Sora's potential power in one look, and suddenly the mysterious stranger backed off, knowing full well what would happen if he tried to get in his way. Sora waited a moment before he made his way out of the secluded group.
"Mmm Sora why did you take me away, I was having fun," Kairi smiled as she looked up to Sora, and Sora sighed as he looked back to her, "Yeah, fun, till you end up waking up with Materia Bruises and your mums questioning red eyes and pupil dilation..." Sora managed to climb up the stairs with the young woman in her arms, before he continued, "Hell, you might even turn out like me, see strangers, hallucinations and try to kill Roxas," he smirked as he managed to get through the doors, knowing that Kairi was so out of it she wouldn't even remember him saying it.
"You're really tall, like Yevon...are you Yevon Sora?" and Sora smirked at his proven theory and at the dazed girl as he said, "No, just an average guy...or average as I can be," he made his way up the stairs and down the hall, making his way past dozens of doors before they came to the end. Sora couldn't be bothered trying to find which room Kairi had taken for her own, and seeing as Sora had originally decided to stay up all night he had dumped his school stuff in Riku's room.
"Sorry Riku, we're commandeering your room for the night," and using his back managed to push the door open. He sighed as managed to locate Riku's queen sized bed, where he gently placed Kairi on the bed, "What are we doing here Sora?" She asked giggling, and Sora turned around, seeing the bight light emitting from her arms. He sighed as he said, "We're here so you can get some rest," as he began walking towards her, he sat on the bed as he began to hear the young girl shiver.
"There's the cold sweat seeping in," Sora muttered as he walked over towards Kairi, "I didn't see this when others took them," and Sora smirked as he looked towards her, seeing her eyes even in the dark thanks to the glowing Materia, "That's probably because everyone you've seen take it has gotten used to the affects, and judging by how bright this is glowing, this is your first or second time," and Kairi nodded as she gave a weak smile as she said, "Second,"
"Oh, glad i'm not seeing your first time then," Sora smirked as he looked towards Kairi, seeing her shiver as he took the blanket and wrapped it over themselves, Kairi snuggling up to Sora as he placed her arm over her. He sighed as he moved her hair away from her forehead, before he lightly kissed her, saying as he did, "What am I going to do with you Kairi,"
"You know I do love you Sora," She said gently, her eyes now staying closed as Sora shook his head, chuckling as he said, "I know you do," as he saw Kairi breathing up and down, slowly sleeping.
He sighed as he muttered, "Between You and Vanitas, i don't know how i'll survive...maybe i'll just sleep," He muttered, as he himself closed his eyes, and before too long he too was sleeping, the two in the dark, with the shining Materia still in her arms the only light within the room.
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Wow, that was long...well, not as long as my other works, but still i'd like to think it was somewhat long.
SO how did you all enjoy this chapter? lots of mystery, romance, drama, anything else i can think of, i enjoyed writing the tech side of this story, though i usually do enjoy giving you guys details of the tech side xD
guys, i hate to say it, but we're about 10 chapters away from this story finishing, it's currently heating up, you guys are soon gonna get lots of information...but maybe not the next chapter...or maybe you will, i'm not sure yet =P
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I'm not too sure when i can give you guys the next update, but worse comes to worse you guys should get an update by the weekend. I hope you have enjoyed these constant updates to the story, i'm re-falling in love with this story once again =3
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PS. An apology for any serious major spelling/grammar mistakes you see, i did try to look as hard as i could for them but you'll always miss one or two. Love you guys!