Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, blady blah...you know the rest...

AnimeFan: (looks up from reading reviews) Oh, heya peeps. Just reading all the reviews I got. I'm glad that you're all liking this but it seems some of you have something against how I'm making Kairi's personality in this story. So I've wrote five good reasons as to why I've made her this way...

1) This is my fic that I'm writing and I can do whatever to whoever I want. Muahahaha!!
2) Kairi has to be this way do to plot and besides, she's a girl trying to win over a man! I've seen some of the sweetest angels turn bitch when it comes to the love of a guy!
3) I've sort of hinted in the beginning of this fic, though it's not really obviously pointed out, that Riku and Kairi have in fact never been friends but pretended to be for Sora's sake.
4) This is an alternative event fic, this story is all about what might of happened if Sora and Kairi did go together on the raft. As you see...four years ended up passing, Sora has spent his whole time trying to get back to Riku, a fourth district has been built in Transverse Town, Destiny Islands was not swallowed up by the black storm that took Sora, and people change over time! So you see, the OOC-ness is understandable because this is the other possibility of the game!!
5) As for Sora's hatefulness towards Kairi, he's a little...frustrated...confused, and battle worn plus he wasn't happy at the time lying in his bed. A little angry because four years had gone and he still hadn't found Riku, you know, that sort a thing. The things about Kairi praying every night that Riku was dead was just his annoyed and confused mind speaking without thinking logically.

AnimeFan: Ok, now that that's cleared up one more thing! What's this about Kairi having to have a pure heart thing because of the seven princess of heart thing!! I just now got past the Peter Pan and Neverland part in the game, so all I know is Alice, Belle, and Jasmine are three of the seven. Besides, trying not to give to much of my plot away...the seven princesses of heart don't really have that big of a role in this fic. Everything has to do with Riku and um...his past...um...origin... um...that I gave him for this story...**cough-cough** That's all I'll say for now! Thank you!

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Chapter 5 -- Kidnapping


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Beware of the darkness...it has no preference...
Takes young and old...lies and kills for what it wants...
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Riku lay in his tent faking sleep as Selphie and the others all started going to bed. After his meeting with Maleficant and Sephiroth, he had walked back to his tent in deep thought. Selphie and the others had noticed that he was crying, which he still had been, and asked him what had caused it but he had just ignored them and crawled into bed saying he didn't want to be disturbed. Now he lay there, waiting for the world outside to sleep and pondering over what Maleficant had told him to do.

** First of all, return to your bed and pretend that nothing happened. There, wait till all is asleep and when there are no more people awake, leave your bed and go to Kairi's room. Capture her and meet us before the world gate. We'll take her and use her to lure Sora out and away from the innocent people. From there, we shall defeat him and stop his evil from spreading!**

Sora...evil. Riku was still having a little trouble believing this. Sora had always been such a sweet, cheerful guy and an excellent friend, how could he be evil? Then again, he'd promised Riku he wouldn't leave and he did. Riku still wasn't sure if what Sora said about trying to find him the past four years was true or not. With a frustrated sigh, Riku slipped out of his sleeping bag and crept silently from the camp, heading to the Inn in the second district. What he was about to do was both risky and dangerous. Walking along the corridors silently, the white-haired boy stopped in front of the Red Room of the hotel and took out a piece of wire to start fiddling with the lock on the door.

Click...

He was in. Creeping along in the room, he glanced around and spotted Kairi sleeping in the bed. She had a contented smile on her face and almost looked innocent of all sin. Riku stood beside the bed, looking down at this girl he had been love rivals with for so long. Was he doing the right thing, believing what two complete strangers told him about two people he's known his whole life? Reaching a hand into his pocket, Riku pulled out a bottle of Asnop powder he had gotten from Merlin and poured some into his hand. Just a small bit over the eyes would put anyone or anything into a deep sleep.

Riku watched as the dust fell onto Kairi's eyelashes from his hand, the red-haired girl beginning to budge then falling back to sleep. With that done, Riku only needed to add the finishing touches to the scene. Reaching into his other pocket, he pulled out Maleficant's black handkerchief with the crossed-out heart on it and laid it out on the bed. Finally he lifted Kairi out of the bed and gasped slightly from her weight, stumbling towards the door before regaining his composure. "Oh, Kairi you need to lose weight!" Riku fumbled with the door and pushed it open, slowly starting to get used to the extra weight. He had never carried anyone in his whole entire life and Kairi was his first, so he hadn't been expecting the weight. Outside of the room, he walked towards the door and out of the Inn towards the first district.

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Sephiroth frowned and shifted his weight to his other leg, looking around the streets for the kid, Riku. He really doubted if Maleficant's plan would work, there was a lot of things that could go wrong, but he didn't care...as long as he got back what that bitch of a witch took from him. Sighing, he crossed his arms and leaned against the door in an effort to rest a little. That kid, Riku, reminded him so much of himself when he was that age. Young, in love, and to gullible for his own good. Riku had other...similar...traits that he had like that white hair, sleek build, and even his personality...the cool and calm on the outside, indecisive and kind on the inside attitude. It almost made the gray-eyed man wonder if the boy, Riku, could be his...

"No sign of him yet, Sephiroth." The older man jumped as Maleficant stepped out of the shadows to his right. Muttering about disturbance of the peace he shook his head and looked away from the demonic women, "I don't think this plan of yours is going to work." Maleficant smirked and stepped over to stand next to him, "There is much that we will have to be careful about once that boy is with us. As an early warning, you and the others should make sure to not use the Heartless around Riku unless the keyblade master is nearby. We must also keep our true intentions secret yet find a way to enlist his help on our mission."

Sephiroth frowned and pushed himself away from the wall as he spotted Maleficant's new victim coming towards them with a red-haired girl in his arms, "What's with the 'we' and 'our' Maleficant. This is your mission, I have another of my own." The witch smiled coldly and walked forward to greet Riku.

"Welcome, friend Riku. I see that you're still alive and you have the girl. We were getting worried," Maleficant said sweetly and gave him one of her strange smiles. Riku panted and shoved Kairi into Sephiroth's open arms, glad to have gotten that load off. Sephiroth lifted the girl over his shoulder effortlessly and with a last minute thought, picked Riku up in his other arm. The aqua-eyed boy smiled gratefully and rested his head against the mans chest, falling fast to sleep. Maleficant gave him a thoughtful smirk before turning and heading out the door to their ship. Sephiroth watched her leave with a silent hateful glare and looked down at the boy in his arms. So familiar...so...the kid reminded him of his one true love, whom he may never see again. Sighing he shifted the two teen's weights in his arms and headed out to Maleficant's ship, not noticing the spiky, sandy haired teen watching them go.

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"Sora!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP!!!!! We've got major trouble!!" Sora groaned and stared up at the spiky, sandy haired teen that had pounced on him in his sleep. "Tidus!? I thought you weren't talking to me...why are you awake at this time!?" Tidus scowled and began to bounce up and down more, with him ending up on the floor once Sora was to aggravated to go back to sleep. "It's mando big trouble Sora!! This white-haired man and this weird women have kidnapped Riku!" Sora grumbled and pulled the covers over his head before the meaning of Tidus' words sunk full into him. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN RIKU'S BEEN KIDNAPPED!?" Tidus found himself held up off the ground by a now fully awake and standing Sora in boxers.

"Sora!!! We've got trouble!!" Sora and Tidus both looked over as Aerith ran into the room and yelped at the sight. Sora looked down and realized he was is nothing but his boxers. Dropping Tidus, he grabbed his pants from the chair and pulled them on. "Ok, now what's wrong with you Aerith!?" Aerith blushed and giggled before remembering why she was there, "Kairi's been kidnapped! I found this handkerchief with the Heartless symbol on it on her empty bed!" Tidus smiled and scratched the back of his head innocently, "Oh, yeah! I was going to mention that the man and women also had Kairi. No! I really was, I swear it!!" Sora sighed and grabbed his shirt, pulling it on as Leon, Wakka, and Yuffie ran in and joined them all with the same news.

"Ok! Wait a second! Yuffie, Leon, Aerith, you all say Kairi has been kidnapped by the Heartless right?" The three mentioned nodded their heads at the brunette. Sora murmured a that's-what-I-thought and turned to Wakka and Tidus, "And you say that Riku's been kidnapped by a man and a women. How would you describe this women?" Tidus and Wakka exchanged glances before looking back at them all, "Um...scary beyond all reason!" Sora nodded approvingly and turned to the others, "Maleficant...but what does she want with Riku and Kairi!?"

Aerith jumped up and down while waving her hand and making Uu-uuing sounds. Sora rolled his eyes and looked at the a-little-to-happy brunette, "Yes...Aerith. What do you think." She squealed and and forced Leon's hand off of her mouth afterwards, "Maybe Maleficant wants to hold Riku and Kairi prisoner and use them as ransom against you!" Everyone stared at the brunette, surprised at the sudden show of intellect. Leon smirked and patted her on the head, "So you do have a brain somewhere in there." She scowled and smacked at his hand before thrusting the handkerchief into Sora's face, "It says right here and the back of the handkerchief. Don't you people have any commonsense!?"

Leon hung his head to hide a blush while Sora took the piece of black clothe and read the note written on the back, "This only mentions Kairi! What about Riku?" Aerith shrugged and started singing 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight.' They all ignored her pretty voice and thought about Sora's question. Why would Maleficant take Riku and how'd she know that Riku was important to Sora? "Maybe she say the two of you guys talking and figured out you were friends, then on the last minute decided to kidnap him as well. You know, like another plan for them to fall back on if the first one with Kairi would fail." Once again, everyone stared at Aerith, started to suspect her to be smarter than she acted sometimes. Sora nodded and placed the handkerchief in his pocket, "Right then, we're off to the city of Carona to rescue Riku and Kairi!!"

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AnimeFan: Oh, yeah! By the way, I forgot to mention. In the last chapter you all read about a cat named Oliver and NewYorkCity. That's Oliver and NewYorkCity from the show, Oliver and Company. Does anyone here guess where Carona is from...what game or show!? lol. By the way, how many of you recognized that phrase Tidus used, you know, "Um...scary beyond all reason." (Giggles) Sorry I just had to put that phrase in from The Emperor's New Groove. Here's another one that me and my sister have been saying as to what we want to do to Kairi in this story...of course it's just a joke... "First...I'll turn her into a flea! A harmless little flea. Then I'll put that flea in a box, then I'll put that box into another box, then I'll mail that box to myself and when it gets here I'll smash it with a hammer!! Ahahahahaaaa!!!"