Paradise
Chapter Two: Family Feud
By: Meilin Rae
Pairings: ??/?? (You'll have to read and find out!)
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AN: I hope that you guys liked Chapter One. It wasn't my best work, but hey! With help from my fans *cough*wish I had some*cough*, I should be able to improve it. If not, then oh, well. I guess it will just suck. LOL
Disclaimer: Winter: "She has permission to use my characters! After all, she helped me with my story. Hehe!"
Meilin: "I don't own any part of Kingdom Hearts! Oh, if you would actually like to understand this better, you can read Winter's Kingdom Hearts fic! Oh, and one more thing ... If you see ~ and then words, that means the person is thinking that. It ends with another ~."
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Riku groaned and jumped back up from the ground, ready to fight back with the one who had caught him by surprise. "You made a big mistake, buddy," Riku said, nodding to the person who was now helping Kairi recover.
Kairi looked on in awe. "Riku ..." she said quietly. "I ... I didn't expect you to ... I apologize for ... I mean ..." Kairi was crying. The pain in her face was growing with time, and she felt as if Riku had punched her with full force, rather than only slapped her. She sobbed into her savior's shoulders.
Riku scoffed. "Don't speak right now. You and I can talk later. I have some business to handle. You can leave for now, Kairi, but we WILL talk later." Riku grabbed Kairi's arm and pulled her away from the person, pushing her toward the stairs. She began to climb them, but thought that remaining in the kitchen was a better idea, so she returned.
"So, are you afraid to let her see me kick your ass? Is that why you sent her away? Because I know it's not because you care about her feelings. I can tell that just by what you did to her. Besides, what kind of asshole are you? You hit women. Do you think that makes you a big, bad person? Well, it doesn't. As a matter of fact, it makes you look like a shitty excuse for a man." The speech was interrupted by a surprising punch from Riku. He used his full force, which knocked his opponent off of his feet and against the wall.
"I swear, little boy. You don't know what you've gotten yourself into." Riku cracked his knuckles and readied himself for the person's comeback fighting. He didn't expect much, but what he got was enough to change his opinion.
The young man recovered and stepped toward Riku. He smirked and spoke calmly, "No, Riku. I don't think that you understand what you've gotten yourself into," he said sarcastically. "You see …" The man stepped closer to Riku as he spoke. When he paused momentarily, he swept-kicked Riku, knocking him off of his feet, but not for long. Riku recovered quickly.
Kairi was watching them in awe when Sora came in the room. She sighed in relief and let her eyes drop away from the two opponents, who were both now in a fighting stance.
Sora looked at the three in the kitchen. "What's going on in here? Is there something that I should know?" He glanced at Kairi, who was now seated at the table, holding her face. "What happened?" His voice sounded frantic. He glanced at Riku and the other man. "Are you two having a disagreement or something? I mean, you look like you're in a fighting stance. Did I miss something?"
Riku grunted and unclenched his fists. "No. There's nothing that you need to know." He was about to walk out of the room when the man grabbed his arm. "Let me go, child. You don't know what you're doing. You don't want to piss me off."
A small grunt emitted from the man's throat. "Watch your mouth. You know, an evil man once told me that."
Riku grabbed his son by the collar of his shirt. "You are my son. I refuse to allow you to speak to me in that manner. You can go to your room and sit there for the rest of the evening. Rot there if you want." Riku walked out of the room, leaving an angry Laiktu alone with Sora and the injured Kairi.
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Kaze was waiting patiently for Riku. She knew that he would be on his way. When he arrived, Kaze jumped up and slammed the door shut behind him. She turned her cold, ice blue eyes on Riku. They were slightly closed, and she looked quite evil, Riku thought.
"What in the hell has been going on between you and our son, Riku? I felt both of you ..."
Riku held his hand up. "Don't start Kaze. Your son is too much of a pain in the ass."
Kaze's eyes widened and she slapped Riku as hard as she could on the side of his face. The impact knocked him back a little bit. "Don't you dare speak that way about our son, Riku! Don't you ever! He is just as much your son as he is mine, and I don't want to ever hear you speak about him in that manner, or I swear ... I will make you regret it. I helped you one time, Riku, but we didn't have a son then. Even now, if you hurt him, I will kill you, and I won't think another thing of it."
Riku scoffed and walked past Kaze, glaring at her as he did. He paused before he walked out completely, turning back to face Kaze. "It's good to know that you don't care, Kaze. It's good to know that you care more about him than me. I just wanted you to know that he hit me first, and I felt that it was necessary to retaliate." Riku walked out of the room and back down the stairs, this time feeling more alone than before.
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As Riku walked through the corridor, Sora caught site of him. Sora was still standing in the kitchen in awe of what happened before. "Riku! Hey, Riku! Come on! Come in here and let's all talk about it." Sora ran out of the kitchen as Riku disappeared out of site. He caught up to him just as Riku slammed the door in his face.
Laiktu walked calmly out of the kitchen to Sora. "Look, he's not going to respond to you. He doesn't want to talk to you, Sora. I don't know what his problem is, but he's been ... weird lately. You know him a lot better than I do. But, I can assure you that he won't talk to you, especially not since he hit Aunt Kairi."
Sora's eyes flashed red for a moment before he ran into the kitchen. "Kairi! Why didn't you say something? I swear ... I'll kill him for laying a finger on you." Sora walked over to her and glanced at the bruise that was forming on the side of her face. He clinched his fists and turned on his heels, headed for the door. He wasn't getting very far; Kairi was holding on to his shirt.
"Please, Sora," Kairi said. "I don't want any more fighting. There's been too much already." She sighed and released Sora, knowing that he would not pursue Riku.
Laiktu closed his eyes and took in a deep breath before slowly walking out of the kitchen. Before he left, he spoke softly to Kairi, "I'll be outside if you need me, Aunt Kairi. Don't hesitate to ask." After his reassuring words, Laiktu left Sora and Kairi alone. By the time he had closed the door, Sora had convinced Kairi to go upstairs and rest, which she did gladly.
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Kioko was sitting calmly on the beach, talking to her longtime friend. "I dare you to kiss me." Kioko's eyebrow's raised slightly. She had not been expecting that to come from his mouth anytime at all.
"What did you say, Kaori?" Kioko smiled nervously. She had never kissed anyone except her mother and father before, and she didn't think that Kaori meant for her to kiss him like that.
"I dare you to kiss me. You never want to play truth or dare. But, last time, it was my turn to dare you and you had to go home, so I'm finishing now. I dare you to kiss me." Kaori smiled at Kioko, who looked rather nervous.
"Umm ... Kaori, we played truth or dare like six years ago. How can you remember who's turn it was?" Kioko was hoping to avoid this as much as possible. She didn't know how to kiss a guy.
"Kioko, I remember, but only because it's the same dare I was going to ask you then. Now, are you going to turn it down and face the consequences, or are you going to accept?" Kaori smiled again. It was a little hard to believe, but Kioko was actually getting a little flustered because of that smile. "I could tell you the consequence, if you want."
Kioko nodded. "Yeah. I like to keep all of my options open."
"If you don't, then you have to go into the secret place and spend the night." Kaori smiled, knowing that Kioko would never do such a thing.
Kioko gulped. "Then I guess it's the dare." She closed her eyes and waited for Kaori to initiate.
Kaori smiled and leaned a little closer to Kioko. He pressed his lips to hers and then closed his eyes. Kioko pressed back, mimicking Kaori's actions. He opened his mouth a little and ran his tongue on Kioko's lips. She opened her mouth as well. Kaori pushed his tongue gently into Kioko's mouth and felt her tongue. He allowed his tongue to explore her mouth until he felt her mimick his actions. Slowly, Kaori began to withdraw his tongue. He ran it on her bottom lip once more and then pulled away from her.
The two teens opened their eyes and looked at one another. Kioko looked away and blushed. "I've never kissed someone before, Kaori. I mean, no one except my parents."
Kaori smiled and stood up. "It's okay, Kioko. You're a good kisser. Don't worry about that." He looked serious for a moment and sat back down. "But Kioko, I don't think that we should tell Laiktu about this. I mean, he might get mad."
Kioko looked confused for a moment. She looked deep into Kaori's eyes and tried to understand. Before she could ask why, she understood. Kaori fell to the ground holding his side. Kioko looke up to see a very angry Laiktu.
"I'll kick you again, you son of a bitch. You knew that I liked her, and you still did this! You only did it to piss me off!" Laiktu kicked Kaori again in the side. "Fuck you!" He continued to kick Kaori, who was now close to tears.
Kioko looked on in horror before she finally came to her senses. "Laiktu! Stop! Stop!" She was shaking his arm, trying desperately to get him to stop the torture that he was unleashing on their close friend.
Laiktu stopped long enough to let Kaori get up and run away. He glared at Kioko. "Why would you do that to me, Kioko? Couldn't you tell that I had feelings for you?" Laiktu was crying, and he sat down in the sand, his eyes focused on the ocean.
Kioko sat down beside him. "Laiktu, I never knew that you had feelings for me. You never said anything. I mean, how was I supposed to know that Kaori was doing that just to be a self-centered ..."
"Asshole," Laiktu finished for her. "I'm an asshole, too. I should have told you Kioko. I'm sorry. It's just that ... today has been a really stressful day for me. I shouldn't have done that to Kaori. I mean, he deserved it, but I shouldn't have done that in front of you. I didn't mean to upset you, Kioko. I don't want to hurt you."
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Kaze picked her head up off of the pillow. She needed someone to talk to. She needed someone who would understand. She needed ... to express her feelings. "I can't do that. I can't." She let her head fall back into the pillow. "God, I need a cigarette." Kaze stood up and walked onto her balcony. She stood out there many nights when she was stressed ... all of those nights when Riku was gone. All of those nights that she prayed for his safety ... every night.
Kaze opened the top drawer of her dresser and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. She kept them there because she knew that no one would look there, not even Riku. She packed them as hard as she could against her hand, hoping to relieve some stress initially. "No luck," she muttered as she opened the pack and removed one of the Marlboro Light 100s.
She stood on the balcony, leaning against the rail, smoking cigarette after cigarette for about two hours before she realized that she had smoked almost a half of a pack. "Dammit. I hate it when I'm stressed out like this." She stood up and began to walk into her room. Her head was swimming with nausea. "I shouldn't have smoked that much." Kaze put her cigarettes away and laid back down. "I need a nap." She yawned and closed her eyes. As she drifted off to sleep, she thought that she heard something strange. "It's just my imagination ..."
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AN: Well, that's all. I guess that you'll have to find out what she heard in the next chapter! LOL! *smirks evilly* MWAHAHA! Look for chapter 3 soon!
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Reviewer's Corner:
Silver-hair Angel: I know, I know. I understand that Winter's story isn't finished, but I got caught up in the moment and had to go through with my idea before I lost it. lol. Oh, and no prob. There's more abuse in this chapter!
Winter: I did what you subtly suggested ... lol ... *cough*Kaori intervened*cough*. Hope you liked this chapter, seeing as how you didn't get the spoiler for this one!
Chapter Two: Family Feud
By: Meilin Rae
Pairings: ??/?? (You'll have to read and find out!)
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AN: I hope that you guys liked Chapter One. It wasn't my best work, but hey! With help from my fans *cough*wish I had some*cough*, I should be able to improve it. If not, then oh, well. I guess it will just suck. LOL
Disclaimer: Winter: "She has permission to use my characters! After all, she helped me with my story. Hehe!"
Meilin: "I don't own any part of Kingdom Hearts! Oh, if you would actually like to understand this better, you can read Winter's Kingdom Hearts fic! Oh, and one more thing ... If you see ~ and then words, that means the person is thinking that. It ends with another ~."
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Riku groaned and jumped back up from the ground, ready to fight back with the one who had caught him by surprise. "You made a big mistake, buddy," Riku said, nodding to the person who was now helping Kairi recover.
Kairi looked on in awe. "Riku ..." she said quietly. "I ... I didn't expect you to ... I apologize for ... I mean ..." Kairi was crying. The pain in her face was growing with time, and she felt as if Riku had punched her with full force, rather than only slapped her. She sobbed into her savior's shoulders.
Riku scoffed. "Don't speak right now. You and I can talk later. I have some business to handle. You can leave for now, Kairi, but we WILL talk later." Riku grabbed Kairi's arm and pulled her away from the person, pushing her toward the stairs. She began to climb them, but thought that remaining in the kitchen was a better idea, so she returned.
"So, are you afraid to let her see me kick your ass? Is that why you sent her away? Because I know it's not because you care about her feelings. I can tell that just by what you did to her. Besides, what kind of asshole are you? You hit women. Do you think that makes you a big, bad person? Well, it doesn't. As a matter of fact, it makes you look like a shitty excuse for a man." The speech was interrupted by a surprising punch from Riku. He used his full force, which knocked his opponent off of his feet and against the wall.
"I swear, little boy. You don't know what you've gotten yourself into." Riku cracked his knuckles and readied himself for the person's comeback fighting. He didn't expect much, but what he got was enough to change his opinion.
The young man recovered and stepped toward Riku. He smirked and spoke calmly, "No, Riku. I don't think that you understand what you've gotten yourself into," he said sarcastically. "You see …" The man stepped closer to Riku as he spoke. When he paused momentarily, he swept-kicked Riku, knocking him off of his feet, but not for long. Riku recovered quickly.
Kairi was watching them in awe when Sora came in the room. She sighed in relief and let her eyes drop away from the two opponents, who were both now in a fighting stance.
Sora looked at the three in the kitchen. "What's going on in here? Is there something that I should know?" He glanced at Kairi, who was now seated at the table, holding her face. "What happened?" His voice sounded frantic. He glanced at Riku and the other man. "Are you two having a disagreement or something? I mean, you look like you're in a fighting stance. Did I miss something?"
Riku grunted and unclenched his fists. "No. There's nothing that you need to know." He was about to walk out of the room when the man grabbed his arm. "Let me go, child. You don't know what you're doing. You don't want to piss me off."
A small grunt emitted from the man's throat. "Watch your mouth. You know, an evil man once told me that."
Riku grabbed his son by the collar of his shirt. "You are my son. I refuse to allow you to speak to me in that manner. You can go to your room and sit there for the rest of the evening. Rot there if you want." Riku walked out of the room, leaving an angry Laiktu alone with Sora and the injured Kairi.
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Kaze was waiting patiently for Riku. She knew that he would be on his way. When he arrived, Kaze jumped up and slammed the door shut behind him. She turned her cold, ice blue eyes on Riku. They were slightly closed, and she looked quite evil, Riku thought.
"What in the hell has been going on between you and our son, Riku? I felt both of you ..."
Riku held his hand up. "Don't start Kaze. Your son is too much of a pain in the ass."
Kaze's eyes widened and she slapped Riku as hard as she could on the side of his face. The impact knocked him back a little bit. "Don't you dare speak that way about our son, Riku! Don't you ever! He is just as much your son as he is mine, and I don't want to ever hear you speak about him in that manner, or I swear ... I will make you regret it. I helped you one time, Riku, but we didn't have a son then. Even now, if you hurt him, I will kill you, and I won't think another thing of it."
Riku scoffed and walked past Kaze, glaring at her as he did. He paused before he walked out completely, turning back to face Kaze. "It's good to know that you don't care, Kaze. It's good to know that you care more about him than me. I just wanted you to know that he hit me first, and I felt that it was necessary to retaliate." Riku walked out of the room and back down the stairs, this time feeling more alone than before.
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As Riku walked through the corridor, Sora caught site of him. Sora was still standing in the kitchen in awe of what happened before. "Riku! Hey, Riku! Come on! Come in here and let's all talk about it." Sora ran out of the kitchen as Riku disappeared out of site. He caught up to him just as Riku slammed the door in his face.
Laiktu walked calmly out of the kitchen to Sora. "Look, he's not going to respond to you. He doesn't want to talk to you, Sora. I don't know what his problem is, but he's been ... weird lately. You know him a lot better than I do. But, I can assure you that he won't talk to you, especially not since he hit Aunt Kairi."
Sora's eyes flashed red for a moment before he ran into the kitchen. "Kairi! Why didn't you say something? I swear ... I'll kill him for laying a finger on you." Sora walked over to her and glanced at the bruise that was forming on the side of her face. He clinched his fists and turned on his heels, headed for the door. He wasn't getting very far; Kairi was holding on to his shirt.
"Please, Sora," Kairi said. "I don't want any more fighting. There's been too much already." She sighed and released Sora, knowing that he would not pursue Riku.
Laiktu closed his eyes and took in a deep breath before slowly walking out of the kitchen. Before he left, he spoke softly to Kairi, "I'll be outside if you need me, Aunt Kairi. Don't hesitate to ask." After his reassuring words, Laiktu left Sora and Kairi alone. By the time he had closed the door, Sora had convinced Kairi to go upstairs and rest, which she did gladly.
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Kioko was sitting calmly on the beach, talking to her longtime friend. "I dare you to kiss me." Kioko's eyebrow's raised slightly. She had not been expecting that to come from his mouth anytime at all.
"What did you say, Kaori?" Kioko smiled nervously. She had never kissed anyone except her mother and father before, and she didn't think that Kaori meant for her to kiss him like that.
"I dare you to kiss me. You never want to play truth or dare. But, last time, it was my turn to dare you and you had to go home, so I'm finishing now. I dare you to kiss me." Kaori smiled at Kioko, who looked rather nervous.
"Umm ... Kaori, we played truth or dare like six years ago. How can you remember who's turn it was?" Kioko was hoping to avoid this as much as possible. She didn't know how to kiss a guy.
"Kioko, I remember, but only because it's the same dare I was going to ask you then. Now, are you going to turn it down and face the consequences, or are you going to accept?" Kaori smiled again. It was a little hard to believe, but Kioko was actually getting a little flustered because of that smile. "I could tell you the consequence, if you want."
Kioko nodded. "Yeah. I like to keep all of my options open."
"If you don't, then you have to go into the secret place and spend the night." Kaori smiled, knowing that Kioko would never do such a thing.
Kioko gulped. "Then I guess it's the dare." She closed her eyes and waited for Kaori to initiate.
Kaori smiled and leaned a little closer to Kioko. He pressed his lips to hers and then closed his eyes. Kioko pressed back, mimicking Kaori's actions. He opened his mouth a little and ran his tongue on Kioko's lips. She opened her mouth as well. Kaori pushed his tongue gently into Kioko's mouth and felt her tongue. He allowed his tongue to explore her mouth until he felt her mimick his actions. Slowly, Kaori began to withdraw his tongue. He ran it on her bottom lip once more and then pulled away from her.
The two teens opened their eyes and looked at one another. Kioko looked away and blushed. "I've never kissed someone before, Kaori. I mean, no one except my parents."
Kaori smiled and stood up. "It's okay, Kioko. You're a good kisser. Don't worry about that." He looked serious for a moment and sat back down. "But Kioko, I don't think that we should tell Laiktu about this. I mean, he might get mad."
Kioko looked confused for a moment. She looked deep into Kaori's eyes and tried to understand. Before she could ask why, she understood. Kaori fell to the ground holding his side. Kioko looke up to see a very angry Laiktu.
"I'll kick you again, you son of a bitch. You knew that I liked her, and you still did this! You only did it to piss me off!" Laiktu kicked Kaori again in the side. "Fuck you!" He continued to kick Kaori, who was now close to tears.
Kioko looked on in horror before she finally came to her senses. "Laiktu! Stop! Stop!" She was shaking his arm, trying desperately to get him to stop the torture that he was unleashing on their close friend.
Laiktu stopped long enough to let Kaori get up and run away. He glared at Kioko. "Why would you do that to me, Kioko? Couldn't you tell that I had feelings for you?" Laiktu was crying, and he sat down in the sand, his eyes focused on the ocean.
Kioko sat down beside him. "Laiktu, I never knew that you had feelings for me. You never said anything. I mean, how was I supposed to know that Kaori was doing that just to be a self-centered ..."
"Asshole," Laiktu finished for her. "I'm an asshole, too. I should have told you Kioko. I'm sorry. It's just that ... today has been a really stressful day for me. I shouldn't have done that to Kaori. I mean, he deserved it, but I shouldn't have done that in front of you. I didn't mean to upset you, Kioko. I don't want to hurt you."
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Kaze picked her head up off of the pillow. She needed someone to talk to. She needed someone who would understand. She needed ... to express her feelings. "I can't do that. I can't." She let her head fall back into the pillow. "God, I need a cigarette." Kaze stood up and walked onto her balcony. She stood out there many nights when she was stressed ... all of those nights when Riku was gone. All of those nights that she prayed for his safety ... every night.
Kaze opened the top drawer of her dresser and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. She kept them there because she knew that no one would look there, not even Riku. She packed them as hard as she could against her hand, hoping to relieve some stress initially. "No luck," she muttered as she opened the pack and removed one of the Marlboro Light 100s.
She stood on the balcony, leaning against the rail, smoking cigarette after cigarette for about two hours before she realized that she had smoked almost a half of a pack. "Dammit. I hate it when I'm stressed out like this." She stood up and began to walk into her room. Her head was swimming with nausea. "I shouldn't have smoked that much." Kaze put her cigarettes away and laid back down. "I need a nap." She yawned and closed her eyes. As she drifted off to sleep, she thought that she heard something strange. "It's just my imagination ..."
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AN: Well, that's all. I guess that you'll have to find out what she heard in the next chapter! LOL! *smirks evilly* MWAHAHA! Look for chapter 3 soon!
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Reviewer's Corner:
Silver-hair Angel: I know, I know. I understand that Winter's story isn't finished, but I got caught up in the moment and had to go through with my idea before I lost it. lol. Oh, and no prob. There's more abuse in this chapter!
Winter: I did what you subtly suggested ... lol ... *cough*Kaori intervened*cough*. Hope you liked this chapter, seeing as how you didn't get the spoiler for this one!