Silently Deciding
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Heart characters or Squaresoft or Disney.
WARNING: This fiction is a SHONEN-AI and in case the pairing didn't give it away, it means male/male relationships but not explicit, which is yaoi. It might be yaoi in the later chapters if I decide it to be. Don't count on it though. If you don't like this, don't read! Really quite simple. SEQUEL TO ANGEL EYES
::thoughts:: -'inner voice'- ENJOY!
Chapter Three: Let Me Get this Straight
"Kairi, me and Riku kissed." Sora tore his gaze away from Kairi and stared down at the ground, his cheeks burning with embarrassment and part shame for some reason, but he was mostly confused about everything. He wondered why Riku had kissed him just because he asked what love really was. But he then remembered agreeing to be kissed. Riku hadn't forced himself onto him; he had asked if Sora wanted him to. ::Why did I agree?::
Kairi sat that staring at Sora in shock after he told her that they had –kissed-! ::They what?! He did not just say what I thought he did?! They couldn't have... I mean, they're two –guys- and that's not... well... they just can't!:: "What did you say?" She continued to stare at Sora and he could feel the weight of her gaze on his body, almost like it was physically there on top of him.
"I said me and Riku kissed," Sora mumbled. His cheeks had deepened even redder than before, if that was even possible.
Kairi was dumbfounded and she didn't know what to say. ::So I didn't hear him wrong. My two best –guy- friends KISSED?!:: She felt like she was going to faint but she was so angry inside too. She had wanted to be Sora's girlfriend for a long time, ever since she met him years ago on the island...
Something cold was all around and I felt like I was freezing. I could barely feel my arms and legs. They almost felt numb like they were going to fall off and I wouldn't notice or care. I didn't feel like living but I didn't know why. I called out for someone to save me and then I sank down.
It felt like eternity before I resurfaced and was lying down somewhere. I felt something scratchy under me and it was getting in my cold wet clothes. I wanted to go back to the cold. I wanted to die and leave. It didn't feel like life was worth living anymore but scary thing was- I didn't know why I wanted to die. I didn't even know why but I know that I wanted to and never look back, not like I could once I was dead. Cruel fate...
I opened my eyes and my eyesight was fuzzy. I could barely make out any objects. I felt so exhausted and I wanted to sleep forever and a day. I wasn't in all the scratchy stuff anymore. I was in a dark room but there was a light on the desk next to the soft bed I was lying on. 'Where am I' ran through the thoughts in my head. I was scared and I didn't know what to do. I tried to sit up but something pressed down on my shoulders and forced me back down to lie on the bed.
"Stay still. Don't move. Just get some sleep because you are probably very tired." The voice was soft and very caring. It was the kind of voice that made you feel safe and welcomed. I immediately took a liking to that voice.
I ended up falling asleep but waking up later when it was light outside and the room was lit up. My whole body was sore and I felt very heavy. I groaned and saw a little brown haired boy on a chair asleep next to the bed. He must have watched over me as I slept.
I went up to him and got a look at him. He had a cute charm to him and I liked his hair. It was all spiky and went everywhere so you couldn't tame it. He reminded me of a lion and I wondered if he was just as brave as one. I put a hand to his cheek and his skin was so smooth. I squeezed his cheeks but he made no move in his sleep so I decided to try something else. I put my fingers on the corner of his mouth and curved his lips up making him make a face. I laughed aloud and the boy slightly stirred. I poked a finger at his belly and he moved around a lot, pushing my hand away. A mischievous grin appeared on my face, even though I wasn't aware of it.
I poked his belly again and he chuckled in his sleep and again pushed my hand away. I pushed harder and his eyes snapped open. All I remember was those clear deep pools of cerulean and tickling and his voice. I'd always remember it. Forever, like it was a part of me...
I grew fonder of the boy as the years passed and I always had a crush on him. Problem was that he was always around that Riku kid. I didn't like Riku at first and problems had arisen. I can't remember much after that or even before I met that wonderful boy. All I knew was that I liked Sora and I wanted to be with the boy who saved my life. No one else was supposed to be with him but me. I knew I was jealous of Riku but I'd never admit it to anyone.
Up above in the tree house, Riku couldn't hear what they were saying because the noise of the waterfall blocked out their voices and they were speaking too softly. ::I wonder what they're talking about. Although Kairi doesn't seem to like it. Wonder why:: Riku tried to move closer to the window to see them out there and at least hear a bit of what they were saying. No such luck.
"Sora... I don't know what to say. I mean, you two are my best friends." She paused and continued to stare at Sora. ::My two –guy- friends but still my friends no matter what:: When he didn't look up at her, she reached out and grasped his hand in hers and squeezed gently. Finally, Sora looked at their hands that were joined and then at her face, into her violet eyes, curiously. "I want you to be happy Sora. I can't tell you what to do or anything because you have to figure out your feelings on your own."
"But Kairi," Sora interrupted before she could go on. "I don't know what to do and I don't know how I feel. How can I figure it out when I don't know?"
Kairi looked down at their hands connected and thought about it for a moment before she got an idea. "Sora, how'd you feel when Riku kissed you?"
"What do you mean?" Sora was confused even more.
"Well how did you feel about it?" Sora just shrugged at her question. "I'm going to try something but –please- don't get mad at me for this." Without another word, Kairi leaned forward and kissed him square on the lips in a soft kiss. Her violet eyes were shut and she was enjoying the touch of lips against hers. She'd waited so long to feel this way and she was going to enjoy it, riding it out until the end.
Above, Riku clenched his fists tightly, desiring to lash out and strike something with all his might. He wanted so much to go down there and strangle her but he didn't. He couldn't tell how Sora was reacting from up this high but he figured he was probably enjoying it. ::He finally got what he wanted. He got Kairi and he can have her for all I care:: He turned away and began to walk to the entrance of the tree house to make his way down the stairs. It was time to face Sora.
Kairi pulled away and was staring into Sora's wide cerulean eyes filled with surprise. Their hands were still clasped together but Kairi pulled her hand back and got off the boulder. "I think I should go now," she stated. Sora didn't reply; he just sat there and stared at the waterfall, deep in thought. Kairi decided to walk around to the cove to get some air.
As for Sora, he sat there staring into the raging waterfall and the mist around the bottom where the fall met with the water surface. He couldn't think straight. Kairi's kiss made him even more confused. He didn't understand why Kairi kissed him. He thought that she liked Riku but he was wrong. Sora realized now that all along she had fallen in love with –him- and not Riku. ::Oh no. I'm torn apart by my best friends. What to do?!:: Sora furiously rubbed his hands in his hair, rubbing the scalp hard, so confused.
"What are you trying to do? Make yourself go bald?" Sora stopped in his furious rubbing and slowly looked up after he took a deep breath in. He knew who it was the moment that person in front of him spoke up. The silver haired teen always made his heart beat faster than normal and his head go spinning. ::Not now::
Sora gazed at the boy in front of him, at loss of words. Even though his comment had been playful, Riku's aqua eyes were serious. Since Sora didn't know what to say, Riku spoke up and broke the momentary silence.
"What are you doing here anyway? I thought you left earlier so why'd you come back?" Anger began to bubble inside of him but he held it in and wouldn't let himself burst.
::Talk about being straight forward:: Sora thought. ::What am I supposed to say? Oh Riku I was just talking to Kairi. You know, about us just kissing. Guess what she did to solve it? She kissed me. No big deal right? Simply kissing, just like me and you. Oh yeah, that was going to go over well:: So since Sora didn't know quite what to say he said the first thing that came into his mind.
"I was just about to go... umm... swimming in the... uhh... waterfall?" Sora lied.
"In a waterfall?" Riku stared at him with a questioning look. "Look Sora, I really don't care," he said coldly. He saw Sora's blue eyes flash with shock. Riku almost regretted doing this. ALMOST! But he thought this was the only way to get Sora to realize his true feelings.
"I don't care that you hug and kiss Kairi." Sora's actions and emotions just stopped and only one thing went through to him. More specifically one thought. ::He saw Kairi kissing me?!:: "I don't care that you love her." The hurt expression crossed over Riku's face again and Sora clearly saw it but the next thing he said shocked and surprised the both of them.
"I don't care that you share very special things with that and not me," Riku said in a harsh whisper through clenched teeth.
Before Sora could regain his composure, Riku had already turned and walked away from him, unable to be near him anymore without walking over, apologizing, and pulling him into a rib-cracking embrace or knocking some sense into the boy with his fists. Weakly, Sora called out Riku's name softly and he felt a sting in his eyes. He sat there for a while, staring at the place where Riku was once standing in front of him. ::Did he mean it?::
Riku stomped away from Sora, heading towards the cove where Kairi was. He ran under the wooden bridge and over to a large wooden door. He opened it slowly and peered in cautiously. There was Kairi, sitting on the edge of the little plateau where they started off their races, her legs up to her chest and she was hugging her knees. She was staring into the ocean with her back turned to him. Kairi gave no sign to acknowledge his presence. She was too deep in her own thoughts, daydreaming of the kiss she just shared with the cinnamon-haired boy, whom she adored.
He took a step toward her, his bare feet softly crunching on the sand below. Kairi remained still deep in her thoughts and unvocalized questions. ::Time to have some fun::
"So you have fun throwing yourself at people?"
Kairi jumped and turned around so fast her head was spinning. ::I didn't even notice he was there... Wait! Did I just hear him right?:: "What did you say?"
"Don't play dumb, or at least dumber that you already are. I said do you have fun throwing yourself at people?" Riku said more forcefully.
Kairi sat there dumbstruck. She had thought Riku was her friend, one of her best friends. She considered him a best friend just like she thought Sora was, with a few exceptions. But Riku was pretty much standing there calling her a trollop, sort of in a way. "Riku... how can you say that to...?"
"To you? To someone who climbs all over the guys and wears sluttish clothes like you. To someone who flirts and is so selfish...!"
"Wait just a minute Riku," Kairi said as she started to get up and wipe her clothes off. "How can you say those things to me? I thought we were friends!"
At every word that came out of her mouth, Riku's anger grew and he felt like he was going to explode. He stepped forward, his face just inches away from hers. She gulped and wanted to step back but her body wouldn't obey her commands. "Well you thought wrong," Riku whispered harshly out to her. "Why would I want to be friends with lowly scum like you?"
Before Kairi could retort, a loud slap sounded throughout the island, bouncing off walls and echoing into every corner in the island. Sora turned towards the sound as he heard it over the noise of the waterfall. "What the heck was that? I think I should check it out." He got up and walked quickly to where the slap had sounded from: the cove.
Kairi lay on the ground, a palm to her injured cheek rubbing lightly on the fresh vivid handprint. Her eyes stung with tears from the pain of the bruising slap and the pain of seeing a once friend hurt and treat her poorly. Riku stared down at her with hatred.
"That's where you belong, Kairi, on the dirty cold ground bruised and tarnished like the ugly scum you are." Riku turned away and jumped off the little wooden plateaus standing out of the water skillfully like he had down it at least one thousand times, which he had. His figure eventually disappeared around the corner to go to the 'secret' way into and from the cove.
Kairi sat there on the ground, the dusty earth lifting up like smoke around her from Riku's departure, tasting a copper substance in her mouth for what seemed like forever to her. All that was replaying in her head was the abusive slap and what he had said to her, pretty much calling her a slut. ::How could he?:: More unshed tears collected in her eyes and she tried to blink them away but failed miserably. They slipped and trailed down her face, over the dark red handprint on her bruised cheek.
She heard a door opening close to her but she couldn't see, for her vision was blurred with her tears. She could only make out bushy untamed brown hair and white-blue clothing but that's all she needed for her to figure out who the unnamed fuzzy figure was before she blacked out into a dark world.
Sora stood there staring down at Kairi's unconscious form lying in the dirt. New tears ran down her flushed face. He could easily see a dark red handprint on her cheek that definitely would leave a mark tomorrow. "Oh my God, KAIRI!" Sora ran over to Kairi's body, letting the wooden door slam shut with a bam. He tried to lightly shake her awake but to no avail. ::I better get her somewhere fast. I can't take her to her house. Her parents would flip. I know! Selphie's::
Sora gathered Kairi in his arms and lifted her up gently. Her arms hung limply and her head drooped forward into her chest, leaning toward Sora's. Sora was worried because she seemed too light in his arms. ::Had she been eating anything?::
He quickly broke into a run out the wooden door from where he came from. Sora made it to the docks and gently placed Kairi into the boat, careful to not let Kairi hit her head or for him to slip sending them both into the water with the fishes. He managed to make room for himself, letting Kairi's back rest to his front so she was leaning against him for support to sit up. Sora untied the rope from the dock and pick up the oars, starting to row back to the main land as fast as his arms could transfer the boat there.
He was going to get her to safety but he was worried that he wasn't going to make it. All through out everything he kept wondering who had done this to her. Inside himself he knew who'd done it but he wasn't going to face the facts. He didn't want to but he knew... it was Riku.
The platinum haired youth sat the wooden 'boat' area, where Tidus spent most of his time, staring down at the dock and the two people making their way back to the main island. He was thinking about someway to get Sora to notice him. He had a few things in mind, but he didn't want to go through anything as bad like he had just done now.
-'Maybe you went a little too far'-
::I want Sora and I won't let anyone else have him. But... I want him to be happy too. If he wants Kairi then... he can have her::
-'Hold it Riku! Pull yourself together! You got to fight for something or someone that you want and you want Sora! Go get him! Nevermind Kairi. Ignore her and show Sora that you're the one he needs. Convince him. You can do it'-
"Great, I'm talking to myself. This cannot be healthy," he mumbled.
{----{End of Chapter}----} TBC
Please don't be mad at what I did to Kairi! I don't really like Kairi but understand where Riku is coming from. He just saw the love of his life share a kiss with a once best friend. Of course he's going to be mad but I believe that Riku's the type of person who sometimes takes things too far. He does regret it because he doesn't want to do something like that again.
Next Chapter: Confusion Over Plans
A yellow bouncy ball rolls into the island. Wait that's not a ball; it's Selphie! Kairi has to get taken to the main island over to Selphie's house. What'll happen to her? Are we sure this is only a little fainting spell that Kairi has or will this develop into something more? Can you figure it out? Any suggestions?
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Heart characters or Squaresoft or Disney.
WARNING: This fiction is a SHONEN-AI and in case the pairing didn't give it away, it means male/male relationships but not explicit, which is yaoi. It might be yaoi in the later chapters if I decide it to be. Don't count on it though. If you don't like this, don't read! Really quite simple. SEQUEL TO ANGEL EYES
::thoughts:: -'inner voice'- ENJOY!
Chapter Three: Let Me Get this Straight
"Kairi, me and Riku kissed." Sora tore his gaze away from Kairi and stared down at the ground, his cheeks burning with embarrassment and part shame for some reason, but he was mostly confused about everything. He wondered why Riku had kissed him just because he asked what love really was. But he then remembered agreeing to be kissed. Riku hadn't forced himself onto him; he had asked if Sora wanted him to. ::Why did I agree?::
Kairi sat that staring at Sora in shock after he told her that they had –kissed-! ::They what?! He did not just say what I thought he did?! They couldn't have... I mean, they're two –guys- and that's not... well... they just can't!:: "What did you say?" She continued to stare at Sora and he could feel the weight of her gaze on his body, almost like it was physically there on top of him.
"I said me and Riku kissed," Sora mumbled. His cheeks had deepened even redder than before, if that was even possible.
Kairi was dumbfounded and she didn't know what to say. ::So I didn't hear him wrong. My two best –guy- friends KISSED?!:: She felt like she was going to faint but she was so angry inside too. She had wanted to be Sora's girlfriend for a long time, ever since she met him years ago on the island...
Something cold was all around and I felt like I was freezing. I could barely feel my arms and legs. They almost felt numb like they were going to fall off and I wouldn't notice or care. I didn't feel like living but I didn't know why. I called out for someone to save me and then I sank down.
It felt like eternity before I resurfaced and was lying down somewhere. I felt something scratchy under me and it was getting in my cold wet clothes. I wanted to go back to the cold. I wanted to die and leave. It didn't feel like life was worth living anymore but scary thing was- I didn't know why I wanted to die. I didn't even know why but I know that I wanted to and never look back, not like I could once I was dead. Cruel fate...
I opened my eyes and my eyesight was fuzzy. I could barely make out any objects. I felt so exhausted and I wanted to sleep forever and a day. I wasn't in all the scratchy stuff anymore. I was in a dark room but there was a light on the desk next to the soft bed I was lying on. 'Where am I' ran through the thoughts in my head. I was scared and I didn't know what to do. I tried to sit up but something pressed down on my shoulders and forced me back down to lie on the bed.
"Stay still. Don't move. Just get some sleep because you are probably very tired." The voice was soft and very caring. It was the kind of voice that made you feel safe and welcomed. I immediately took a liking to that voice.
I ended up falling asleep but waking up later when it was light outside and the room was lit up. My whole body was sore and I felt very heavy. I groaned and saw a little brown haired boy on a chair asleep next to the bed. He must have watched over me as I slept.
I went up to him and got a look at him. He had a cute charm to him and I liked his hair. It was all spiky and went everywhere so you couldn't tame it. He reminded me of a lion and I wondered if he was just as brave as one. I put a hand to his cheek and his skin was so smooth. I squeezed his cheeks but he made no move in his sleep so I decided to try something else. I put my fingers on the corner of his mouth and curved his lips up making him make a face. I laughed aloud and the boy slightly stirred. I poked a finger at his belly and he moved around a lot, pushing my hand away. A mischievous grin appeared on my face, even though I wasn't aware of it.
I poked his belly again and he chuckled in his sleep and again pushed my hand away. I pushed harder and his eyes snapped open. All I remember was those clear deep pools of cerulean and tickling and his voice. I'd always remember it. Forever, like it was a part of me...
I grew fonder of the boy as the years passed and I always had a crush on him. Problem was that he was always around that Riku kid. I didn't like Riku at first and problems had arisen. I can't remember much after that or even before I met that wonderful boy. All I knew was that I liked Sora and I wanted to be with the boy who saved my life. No one else was supposed to be with him but me. I knew I was jealous of Riku but I'd never admit it to anyone.
Up above in the tree house, Riku couldn't hear what they were saying because the noise of the waterfall blocked out their voices and they were speaking too softly. ::I wonder what they're talking about. Although Kairi doesn't seem to like it. Wonder why:: Riku tried to move closer to the window to see them out there and at least hear a bit of what they were saying. No such luck.
"Sora... I don't know what to say. I mean, you two are my best friends." She paused and continued to stare at Sora. ::My two –guy- friends but still my friends no matter what:: When he didn't look up at her, she reached out and grasped his hand in hers and squeezed gently. Finally, Sora looked at their hands that were joined and then at her face, into her violet eyes, curiously. "I want you to be happy Sora. I can't tell you what to do or anything because you have to figure out your feelings on your own."
"But Kairi," Sora interrupted before she could go on. "I don't know what to do and I don't know how I feel. How can I figure it out when I don't know?"
Kairi looked down at their hands connected and thought about it for a moment before she got an idea. "Sora, how'd you feel when Riku kissed you?"
"What do you mean?" Sora was confused even more.
"Well how did you feel about it?" Sora just shrugged at her question. "I'm going to try something but –please- don't get mad at me for this." Without another word, Kairi leaned forward and kissed him square on the lips in a soft kiss. Her violet eyes were shut and she was enjoying the touch of lips against hers. She'd waited so long to feel this way and she was going to enjoy it, riding it out until the end.
Above, Riku clenched his fists tightly, desiring to lash out and strike something with all his might. He wanted so much to go down there and strangle her but he didn't. He couldn't tell how Sora was reacting from up this high but he figured he was probably enjoying it. ::He finally got what he wanted. He got Kairi and he can have her for all I care:: He turned away and began to walk to the entrance of the tree house to make his way down the stairs. It was time to face Sora.
Kairi pulled away and was staring into Sora's wide cerulean eyes filled with surprise. Their hands were still clasped together but Kairi pulled her hand back and got off the boulder. "I think I should go now," she stated. Sora didn't reply; he just sat there and stared at the waterfall, deep in thought. Kairi decided to walk around to the cove to get some air.
As for Sora, he sat there staring into the raging waterfall and the mist around the bottom where the fall met with the water surface. He couldn't think straight. Kairi's kiss made him even more confused. He didn't understand why Kairi kissed him. He thought that she liked Riku but he was wrong. Sora realized now that all along she had fallen in love with –him- and not Riku. ::Oh no. I'm torn apart by my best friends. What to do?!:: Sora furiously rubbed his hands in his hair, rubbing the scalp hard, so confused.
"What are you trying to do? Make yourself go bald?" Sora stopped in his furious rubbing and slowly looked up after he took a deep breath in. He knew who it was the moment that person in front of him spoke up. The silver haired teen always made his heart beat faster than normal and his head go spinning. ::Not now::
Sora gazed at the boy in front of him, at loss of words. Even though his comment had been playful, Riku's aqua eyes were serious. Since Sora didn't know what to say, Riku spoke up and broke the momentary silence.
"What are you doing here anyway? I thought you left earlier so why'd you come back?" Anger began to bubble inside of him but he held it in and wouldn't let himself burst.
::Talk about being straight forward:: Sora thought. ::What am I supposed to say? Oh Riku I was just talking to Kairi. You know, about us just kissing. Guess what she did to solve it? She kissed me. No big deal right? Simply kissing, just like me and you. Oh yeah, that was going to go over well:: So since Sora didn't know quite what to say he said the first thing that came into his mind.
"I was just about to go... umm... swimming in the... uhh... waterfall?" Sora lied.
"In a waterfall?" Riku stared at him with a questioning look. "Look Sora, I really don't care," he said coldly. He saw Sora's blue eyes flash with shock. Riku almost regretted doing this. ALMOST! But he thought this was the only way to get Sora to realize his true feelings.
"I don't care that you hug and kiss Kairi." Sora's actions and emotions just stopped and only one thing went through to him. More specifically one thought. ::He saw Kairi kissing me?!:: "I don't care that you love her." The hurt expression crossed over Riku's face again and Sora clearly saw it but the next thing he said shocked and surprised the both of them.
"I don't care that you share very special things with that and not me," Riku said in a harsh whisper through clenched teeth.
Before Sora could regain his composure, Riku had already turned and walked away from him, unable to be near him anymore without walking over, apologizing, and pulling him into a rib-cracking embrace or knocking some sense into the boy with his fists. Weakly, Sora called out Riku's name softly and he felt a sting in his eyes. He sat there for a while, staring at the place where Riku was once standing in front of him. ::Did he mean it?::
Riku stomped away from Sora, heading towards the cove where Kairi was. He ran under the wooden bridge and over to a large wooden door. He opened it slowly and peered in cautiously. There was Kairi, sitting on the edge of the little plateau where they started off their races, her legs up to her chest and she was hugging her knees. She was staring into the ocean with her back turned to him. Kairi gave no sign to acknowledge his presence. She was too deep in her own thoughts, daydreaming of the kiss she just shared with the cinnamon-haired boy, whom she adored.
He took a step toward her, his bare feet softly crunching on the sand below. Kairi remained still deep in her thoughts and unvocalized questions. ::Time to have some fun::
"So you have fun throwing yourself at people?"
Kairi jumped and turned around so fast her head was spinning. ::I didn't even notice he was there... Wait! Did I just hear him right?:: "What did you say?"
"Don't play dumb, or at least dumber that you already are. I said do you have fun throwing yourself at people?" Riku said more forcefully.
Kairi sat there dumbstruck. She had thought Riku was her friend, one of her best friends. She considered him a best friend just like she thought Sora was, with a few exceptions. But Riku was pretty much standing there calling her a trollop, sort of in a way. "Riku... how can you say that to...?"
"To you? To someone who climbs all over the guys and wears sluttish clothes like you. To someone who flirts and is so selfish...!"
"Wait just a minute Riku," Kairi said as she started to get up and wipe her clothes off. "How can you say those things to me? I thought we were friends!"
At every word that came out of her mouth, Riku's anger grew and he felt like he was going to explode. He stepped forward, his face just inches away from hers. She gulped and wanted to step back but her body wouldn't obey her commands. "Well you thought wrong," Riku whispered harshly out to her. "Why would I want to be friends with lowly scum like you?"
Before Kairi could retort, a loud slap sounded throughout the island, bouncing off walls and echoing into every corner in the island. Sora turned towards the sound as he heard it over the noise of the waterfall. "What the heck was that? I think I should check it out." He got up and walked quickly to where the slap had sounded from: the cove.
Kairi lay on the ground, a palm to her injured cheek rubbing lightly on the fresh vivid handprint. Her eyes stung with tears from the pain of the bruising slap and the pain of seeing a once friend hurt and treat her poorly. Riku stared down at her with hatred.
"That's where you belong, Kairi, on the dirty cold ground bruised and tarnished like the ugly scum you are." Riku turned away and jumped off the little wooden plateaus standing out of the water skillfully like he had down it at least one thousand times, which he had. His figure eventually disappeared around the corner to go to the 'secret' way into and from the cove.
Kairi sat there on the ground, the dusty earth lifting up like smoke around her from Riku's departure, tasting a copper substance in her mouth for what seemed like forever to her. All that was replaying in her head was the abusive slap and what he had said to her, pretty much calling her a slut. ::How could he?:: More unshed tears collected in her eyes and she tried to blink them away but failed miserably. They slipped and trailed down her face, over the dark red handprint on her bruised cheek.
She heard a door opening close to her but she couldn't see, for her vision was blurred with her tears. She could only make out bushy untamed brown hair and white-blue clothing but that's all she needed for her to figure out who the unnamed fuzzy figure was before she blacked out into a dark world.
Sora stood there staring down at Kairi's unconscious form lying in the dirt. New tears ran down her flushed face. He could easily see a dark red handprint on her cheek that definitely would leave a mark tomorrow. "Oh my God, KAIRI!" Sora ran over to Kairi's body, letting the wooden door slam shut with a bam. He tried to lightly shake her awake but to no avail. ::I better get her somewhere fast. I can't take her to her house. Her parents would flip. I know! Selphie's::
Sora gathered Kairi in his arms and lifted her up gently. Her arms hung limply and her head drooped forward into her chest, leaning toward Sora's. Sora was worried because she seemed too light in his arms. ::Had she been eating anything?::
He quickly broke into a run out the wooden door from where he came from. Sora made it to the docks and gently placed Kairi into the boat, careful to not let Kairi hit her head or for him to slip sending them both into the water with the fishes. He managed to make room for himself, letting Kairi's back rest to his front so she was leaning against him for support to sit up. Sora untied the rope from the dock and pick up the oars, starting to row back to the main land as fast as his arms could transfer the boat there.
He was going to get her to safety but he was worried that he wasn't going to make it. All through out everything he kept wondering who had done this to her. Inside himself he knew who'd done it but he wasn't going to face the facts. He didn't want to but he knew... it was Riku.
The platinum haired youth sat the wooden 'boat' area, where Tidus spent most of his time, staring down at the dock and the two people making their way back to the main island. He was thinking about someway to get Sora to notice him. He had a few things in mind, but he didn't want to go through anything as bad like he had just done now.
-'Maybe you went a little too far'-
::I want Sora and I won't let anyone else have him. But... I want him to be happy too. If he wants Kairi then... he can have her::
-'Hold it Riku! Pull yourself together! You got to fight for something or someone that you want and you want Sora! Go get him! Nevermind Kairi. Ignore her and show Sora that you're the one he needs. Convince him. You can do it'-
"Great, I'm talking to myself. This cannot be healthy," he mumbled.
{----{End of Chapter}----} TBC
Please don't be mad at what I did to Kairi! I don't really like Kairi but understand where Riku is coming from. He just saw the love of his life share a kiss with a once best friend. Of course he's going to be mad but I believe that Riku's the type of person who sometimes takes things too far. He does regret it because he doesn't want to do something like that again.
Next Chapter: Confusion Over Plans
A yellow bouncy ball rolls into the island. Wait that's not a ball; it's Selphie! Kairi has to get taken to the main island over to Selphie's house. What'll happen to her? Are we sure this is only a little fainting spell that Kairi has or will this develop into something more? Can you figure it out? Any suggestions?