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Author's note: Wow, three reviews the day I put chapter two up! *Gawks* I guess you guys really like this! Woooohooo!!!
*Does a victory dance* Anyways, this next chapter was a little difficult for me to come up with, so please enjoy. Remember the
3 review rule people!!! ^^
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"Kairi...." whispered Sora as he watched, then looked to the stunned Riku. "We've gotta help Kairi!" the boy's blue eyes
were filled with fear and concern for his friend, and Riku's eyes were just wide open.

"Why didn't she tell us Sora?" he said, turning to his best friend.

"Maybe she was afraid to." Sora replied, eyes lowered, nearly in tears.

Riku looked Sora over carefully. He was so pure, so... child-like. Something he'd admired in both Sora and Kairi. "Don't worry,
we'll get Kairi away from them. But we'll have to wait until she meets us at the paoupu tree. Come on, let's head over now."

Sora nodded, and started off torwards the tree. Riku stared for a moment at Kairi, who was now sitting on the floor crying.
Her foster mother had left the room, leaving the maroon-haired girl bruised and crying on the floor. Riku bit his lip and started to
walk away. Kairi looked up just in time to see a glimmer of Riku's silver hair, and she covered her mouth.

"He saw.... Riku saw.... Oh no, oh lord, what am I going to do?" Kairi sobbed into her knees, holding herself.

After a few minutes of crying, Kairi stood up, and went into her room. She covered up her bruises as best she could, and
wiped her tears. She wet her face some, to calm the redness and swelling she's gotten from crying.

"Maybe... maybe that wasn't Riku..." she said trying to hold herself together. "Maybe it was just a random passer-by,
yeah, that's it! A random passer-by...."

But somehow she didn't believe her words. She looked over to the watch on her dresser. Six o'clock. The moment of truth.

She ran down the stairs and out of the house, not even bothering to tell anyone where she was going, not that she thought
they would care. She ran down to the paoupu tree and saw Sora and Riku sitting, facing the ocean, not facing her.

Her first thought was to go back home, but if she did she'd only have to face them again in school the next day. No, she couldn't
run, not now. It was too late.

"I'm here..." she said, her voice anything but it's normal joyous tone.

Sora and Riku turned around. The two leaped off the tree and ran to her, taking her in their arms. She started to cry again.

"Oh Kairi, why didn't you tell us?" Sora asked, nearly in tears himself.

"I couldn't... I thought that maybe things would get better... I... I..." she said, trailing off in her sobs.

Riku wiped her tears off her cheeks with the back of his finger. "Shh... it's alright now. Sora and I are going to get you out
of there, alright?"

Kairi just nodded, finding comfort in his words. "But where will I go?"

Riku sighed. "Sora and I told out parents what's going on, and tonight you're staying at my place, and my parents are calling
child abuse as we speak, to get you out of that house and into another, with a good, loving family."

Kairi sobbed again as Sora took her into his arms. "You guys are real friends, thank you... thank you..." she trailed off.

Riku came around the back and hugged her from behind. "We're all in this together, right?" he asked with a slight smile.

Sora grinned. "Right!"

Kairi smiled and held Sora's hand in her rigth hand, Riku's in her left. "Right."

The sunset was bright red and orange infront of the trio.

Riku smiled. "See that sunset Kairi?" he said, pointing to it, and looking at his young friend. "That's your sunset. Only yours.
Remeber, no matter what happens, each day will end with a sunset, and a new day will be born, and with the new day, a new hope.
I'll protect you, I promise."

This made Kairi cry more, on the realization of the wonderful friends she really had. "Thanks you guys, Im forever grateful."

Both Sora and Riku grinned. "Hey, what are friends for?" Sora said smiling.

"You two are the best!" she said, laughing.

Sora and Riku smiled at their friend and how she was being her usually perky self.

"Savor it Kairi," Sora said looking out again at the sunset, "it's your sunset Kairi, relish it every time."

And Kairi was savoring it, a special twinkle in her eyes. She felt something within her, something new...
"Look at it... it's beautiful..." she said in awe.

But at that very moment, the three of them felt something deep within. "Something.... something was just born in me..."
they all thought at the same time, and they held eachother's hand, secretly swearing to be friends forever.

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Author's note: Sorry about it mostly being dialog, I just wasn't sure where to go from there. But don't be fooled by the sound
of the end of this chapter, the story isn't done! So keep those reviews on coming! Oh, and for future reference, I make up all
lines, actions, and thoughts of them up on the spot, and I just keep typing away, so please excuse all typos! ^^
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