A/N: So here I am again with another chapter. I don't like this one, personally, but it's the best I can do. I'm really busy with school staring back up, and well, I'm still grounded…so getting out this chapter was pretty hard (It takes me hours to type a chapter).

Anyway, the first part of this chapter (The part with Sora and Kairi) is kind of based off of a song called 'Cat and Mouse' by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. I suggest you all listen to it…it really…captures the moment (haha, so corny) but yeah, just saying. 'The Pursuit' by Evans Blue and 'What I've done' by Linkin Park, remind me of the last part with Riku and Sora. Though I don't know why…oh well.

Well, I hope you like the chapter:)

Oh yeah, mind the grammar and spelling, will you? I was really rushing.

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So please turn away when I say goodbye. Don't believe me. Don't trust me. Believe that I'll be coming back for you. Don't say goodbye to me. Smile and act like you'll see me tomorrow. Don't cry for me. Laugh and be with me like I'll be there forever. Because you kill me when you say goodbye. And you kill me when you believe me. You hurt me when you trust me, and your tears feel like knives. Please fake your sorrow for me. If you don't, I'll spear my heart. Then I promise you, I won't see you tomorrow.

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Beep Beep

Kairi sat up quickly from her place on the bed and grabbed her beeping cell phone off of her side table. She was about to give up studying the boring history class material when the beeping interpreted her. She had been waiting for this call all day and she wasn't going to miss it.

"Hello?"

"Hey Kai."

"Hi! What's up? What did they say?"

"Um…yeah. You want to meet on the beach or something?"

"Why, is everything okay?"

"Well…I think we should just, you know…speak in person."

"Sure…I'll be right there." Kairi said softly, shutting her cell phone off. Sora sounded worried, really worried. Kairi just hoped everything was okay.

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Kairi looked out over the wide beach and sighed. The weather was getting warmer and a hoodie was the only thing needed to keep the chills away. It had been three weeks since the incident. Sora, always being quick to recuperate, had left the hospital a week ago. So far, prescription medicine had been keeping the symptoms of ASD away; however, no amount of anti-depressants could keep Sora from being depressed at least once everyday.

Scanning the beach, Kairi noticed Sora's spiky headed figure leaning against one of the many palm trees. Kairi smiled nervously and jogged down towards the tree, hoping a praying everything was alright.

"Hey." Kairi said quietly, approaching Sora. Sora smiled at her and then turned back to looking at the sinking sun in the distance.

"Everything okay…?" Kairi asked, leaning against the tree next to Sora.

"Yeah….I mean, no." Sora said after a minute. Kairi's heart sank slowly at these words. Nodding her head, she silently urged him to keep talking.

"I…" Sora started, fiddling with his necklace, "Riku's parents plead guilty today…so there will be no trial."

Kairi's eyes lit up on this comment. "Really? That's great! Why?"

"They did it because of Riku…they didn't want to hurt him or anything."

"Riku…?"

"Riku's okay, he was staying at his aunt's house."

"Oh good…he's not hurt or anything?" Kairi asked quietly.

"Just a few scratches and cuts from a few weeks ago…he's fine."

"So…what's wrong?" Kairi asked, not understanding why Sora was so upset. This was good news, wasn't it?"

The atmosphere was quiet for a few minutes. All that was heard was the waves crashing against the edge of the sand, and faint cries of laughter from a group of small children farther down on the beach.

"I'm moving Kairi." Sora said after awhile, touching his crown necklace.

Kairi felt her heart drop lower than her feet. Moving? To where? How far away would he be? Would she be able to see him? Could they still be together?

"W-where?" Kairi squeaked out.

"My god mother…Aeris, she works at a boarding school. She's going to be my legal guardian, so…I'll go to school there."

"A-Aeris…" Kairi said after a moment. "My aunt?"

"You're what?" Sora said looking up.

"Aeris…I have an aunt named Aeris. She works at a boarding school too. What a coincidence…"

"Yeah…" Sora said with a sigh.

"So…that's…that's far away." Kairi said after moment. She remembered the time when Aeris moved away. She had told Kairi how many miles it was. She was on another world, so it meant thousands of miles.

"Yeah…" Was all Sora could muster up.

"W-When…when are you leaving?" Kairi asked, wringing her hands together.

"Two days." The brunette said, swallowing.

"Two days…?" Kairi whispered, tears coming to her eyes. "Why can't you stay, Sora?"

"I wish I could, but I don't have a choice." Sora glanced over at Kairi and sighed. "Don't cry, Kairi." He said, pulling her into a hug.

"It's not fair…everything, everything was supposed to work out." Kairi said between loud sniffles.

"I know, I'm sorry." Sora whispered while rubbing Kairi's back comfortably.

"What am I going to do…?" Kairi asked, pulling away from Sora after a moment.

Sora chuckled and pulled a piece of Kairi's auburn hair behind her ear. "What are you going to do? Kairi you're perfectly capable of living a happy life without me. You don't need me, okay?"

"I…I'm just going to miss you a lot." Kairi whispered, trying hard to hold back a new rush of tears.

"I'm going to miss you a lot too." Sora said, finishing off their conversation for the day. They were both content to keep quiet, in each others arms, watching the sunset fade away. Because both of them had nothing to say.

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"So why are we here?" Sora asked, frowning at what the social worker in front of him was saying. It was the next day and Sora had barely had any sleep after staying up half the night with Kairi.

"The Wakayama's need to relinquish their guardian…and parent, rights over you two."

"But why are we here?" Sora asked again. "I don't see why we have to be here." He said, referring to himself and the timid looking Riku behind him.

"Riku's parent's wanted to see him." The cop started, "And you…well I really don't know why you're here."

Sora rolled his eyes and turned to Riku who looked away before their eyes could meet. "Riku?"

"Yeah?" Riku said softly, fiddling with the sleeves of his black hoodie.

"Are you going to be okay?" Sora asked, looking the silver haired boy over. Riku looked downright drained and depressed. Not to mention anxious. Riku nodded in response, walking over to the hallway the cop was gesturing to.

The hallway led down to a single door that looked like it was built out of solid steal. The cop opened the door and stepped inside.

"You have three minutes." The cop said to the woman, ushering Riku into the room.

"Hey kid?" The cop said, before shutting the door.

"Yeah?"

"I'll be monitoring you guys through this mirror. You won't be able to see me, but I can see you. I can hear what you guys are talking about too. If she says anything inappropriate, I'll stop her. If you get uncomfortable at all, just wring the little bell next to your chair and I'll come in."

"Okay…" Riku whispered, turning away from the cop. The cop sighed and rubbed his forward before he closed the door. Despite dealing with cases like this almost everyday, he still felt sympathy for the many kids who had to go through seeing their parent's locked up.

"Mom?" Riku said quietly, looking at the woman across the table from him before sitting down.

"Hey sweetie." The woman said, giving him a small smile. "I'm…I'm so sorry about this."

Riku nodded and looked down at the table, pulling the arms of his hoodie. "How long do you have here?" He asked after a few seconds.

"Four years." The woman said slowly. "That's not so long…"

"It is for me mom…I'll be twenty one when you get out."

"I know…" The woman said sighing. "Being here for just a few weeks has made me think about all that I missed-"

"Please…" Riku interrupted. "Please don't. I have to tell you something, Mom."

"What is it?" Riku's mom said with a puzzled look on her face.

"I…It's my fault you're here."

"Oh that's not possible, Riku. One of the neighbors probably heard…what went on." Riku's mother said quickly, pulling one of the bright orange sleeves on her prison uniform. She then absently picked on one of the handcuffs she was wearing, waiting for Riku's answer.

"No. I called 911…I did it."

Riku's mother's eyes opened wider and a look of disgust appeared on her face. Riku knew it would happen. He knew she would become furious and hate him. That's why he wanted to stop her from saying anything kind before he told her this.

"You called? You put me in this situation?!" The woman yelled, banging her fist on the table. "You little shit, I should've guessed!"

Riku cringed and hit the button on the table signaling for the police man, even though he could already hear the man approaching the door.

"I'm not sorry mom." Riku said quietly, before the door opened with a bang and the police man walked in.

"Come on kid, we're done here." He said, grabbing Riku's arm. "And you shut the hell up!" He yelled at the fuming woman.

"Go to hell you little bastard!" The woman shrieked as Riku and the police man exited the room. The cop quickly led Riku out of the hallway leading to the room and back into the open space of a supposed waiting room.

"You okay, kid?"

Riku nodded, but sat down on one of the metal chairs in the room and closed his eyes, covering his face with his hands to hide the stream of tears making their way down his face.

The cop sighed and sat down beside him. "Here's a tissue." He said, handing a tissue from one the side tables to the silver haired boy.

"Thanks." Riku said taking the paper from the man. "I…I don't want to see my dad…I know he'll be worse…j-just…just tell him what I told my mom. Tell him I love him too…and, tell my mom that too, please." He said, standing up. "I'll be back in a minute."

A few minutes later, from the men's bathroom, Riku could here angry yelling that could only be his fathers. Leaning against the bathroom wall, Riku let the tears fall. This time he didn't wipe them away.

"Hey kid?" Riku heard the cop say from outside the bathroom door.

"Y-yes?"

"They signed the papers…unless you want to know what your father said, and I suggest you don't, you're free to go…"

"Okay…" Riku said. Grabbing a tissue, he dried his eyes and exited the bathroom, nodding to the cop before heading toward the exit of the prison.

Once outside, Riku made his way over to the small park across the street. Sitting down on one of the many steps that led to a huge fountain on top of a hill, Riku closed his eyes. All he wanted to do right now was stay here. Here where the wind blue and the birds chirped and no one was there to interrupt him. Here where his parents didn't hate him, where the world didn't hate him, where he didn't hate himself.

However, all good things come to an end. Riku's peace ended when he heard someone sit down beside him.

"Don't say you're sorry." Riku said, keeping his eyes closed. "You shouldn't be sorry…"

"I know, but I should…in a way." Sora answered, playing with an old leaf that was sitting on one of the steps.

"It's their fault they're in there. Not yours." Riku stated, opening his eyes to look at the brunette.

"It's not yours either." Sora answered his statement.

"I deserve it." Riku said with a dry chuckle.

Sora nodded his head no in response to this. "No kid deserves to have their parents taken away from them. I especially know this."

"They weren't good parents…"

"But they were your parents, and it still hurts, bad or good."

"I wish…I wish I didn't do it…but I'm glad I did…It's like I'm stuck in the middle."

"Everyone can see that. If I were in your spot, I'd feel guilty." Sora said through a sigh.

"I just wish they didn't hate me." Riku said weakly. "I wish they could see where they messed up…"

"That's their issue, not yours." Sora said quietly. They both stayed in silence for awhile, both lost in their own thoughts.

"I want to thank you," Sora started, after a few minutes of thinking over what he was going to say. "I know you're upset about this…but, thank you for…well saving me."

"I…don't thank me. It was kind of like…just something that had to be done."

"But you did it…and I thank you for that."

"It's…" Riku started, "You're welcome…"

A few minutes passed before either of them said anything. They knew that they had to settle something between them, but neither knew how.

"I guess…I guess we're kind of in the same boat now." Riku said, glancing over at the gothic brunette.

"Yeah…kind of sucks, huh?" Sora said through a chuckle.

"Hell yeah." Riku said sighing. "You know I…I hope that we can…I don't know, maybe…start over?"

Sora looked at Riku and nodded. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. We're both headed towards the same place and neither of us know anyone where we're going…it'll be good to have…a friend."

Riku nodded and gave a small smile. "Yeah, it would."

Sora gave a small smile in return and stood up, holding his hand out to Riku. "We leave tomorrow…I guess we better head over to the house and start packing."

Riku nodded once more and grasped Sora's hand while standing up. Both boys were silent as they walked over to where their car was parked. Though a look of sadness was upon both of their faces, part of them was happy. Because for the first time there was peace between them. And even though the world they had both known no longer existed and chaos was sure to follow them like shadows, there was a small measure of peace. Even if it was only a little, it existed.

Because little things, little changes. They can do big things in time.

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And like hate and love are opposites, so are you and me. But let's put aside our differences and get rid of the anger inside us. Because tomorrow we leave for a new world and its only you and me. I'd like to know I have someone to trust, like you'd like to know you have someone to talk to. We both wish it didn't have to be this way and we both regret so many things. But if I can say that one good thing came out of this I'd say its you and me. Because who knew friendship could come from utter chaos? I'd say that's the first step in finding peace.

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A/N: ….Yeah, don't like this chapter. Anyway, hope you guys like it. Only three more to go. I have two of those already written (the last two) so I have one more chapter to write. Yay! (I'm sick of this story to be honest with you) Anyways, see you next time!

Peace.