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Red
By: Angelsoft
Setting: Sora's got a secret admirer and she's messing up his life. She's left notes written in her own blood, items he hasn't seen for years, and disturbing photographs of his friends. And with each day he refuses to be with her, one of his friends die.
Disclaimers: I do not and will not ever own cute lil' Sora or his buds. Disney and Square Enix do. I do own some characters in this ficcy, though.
A/n: Great! I got a lot of reviews. Thanks for the comments and I hope you like this next chapter. Oh and I hope you don't get angry: death chapter up ahead. ^_~!
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The rays of the morning light went through the crystal windows of Paradise High and speckled small glimmers of orange and light yellow on to a young boy with light brown hair. He laid his head against his desk sideways and gripped the front tightly with both hands.
"Where ever you step, I take the sand, land, or ground and place it in a special section in my room."
It had been a long night for Sora. He'd miss four hours of sleep mainly for the fears of waking up to meet that horrible face of ugliness and fear. Who on earth was that girl always popped in his mind and it made his head hurt badly. He hadn't seen Riku, Wakka, Tidus, Kairi, or Mercedes in the morning and the thought of being alone in school made him uncomfortable.
" I've watched you…"
"I need you…"
"Sora…"
Sora cringed at the soft, eerie voice echoing in his ears and he shivered, feeling immediately scared and worried. Something soft tapped on his shoulder and he jumped, losing himself for a moment. Glancing up, he met big, wide and ocean blue eyes reflecting the worries of the person. Sora blushed. It was Kairi.
"Hey Sora!" She greeted cheerfully. "What are you doing? I was watching you…"
Kairi's last sentence became eerie as Sora's widen at the mixture of hers and his secret admirer's voice.
"Sora?"
Sora glanced at his friend with petrified eyes, his face pastel and sweaty. He looked sick.
"Sorry, Kairi." His voice was spectral and raucous.
"Sora, you don't look so good." Kairi placed her hands behind her back. "Are you going to be okay?"
"I think so," Sora stated and frowned. "I-I guess I'm tired. I didn't get that much sleep last night."
"Ah, poor Sora." Kairi joked with a babyish tone.
"Kairi!"
A flush of humiliation appeared on his face.
Kairi grinned.
"You goof! I was just kidding with you."
She quickly pecked him on his cheek, causing him to give her an awkward reaction.
"What you do that for!?"
Sora sounded outrageous, scared, and angry at the same time.
"Relax, dummy." Kairi waved as she went back to her desk. "It's not like I got rabies or something."
Sora sighed and leaned back in his chair. Turning around, his eyes grew larger at the sight of Jenna.
The young girl, as gorgeous as the next girl, was frowning with jealous in her ebony eyes. Her apple butter hair was loose and was combed to her left and left to cascade down to her chest. She wore the same thing that Kairi and any other girl in school wore: a black and white catholic looking school uniform. She crossed her arms and glared at Kairi. Sora turned back to the front and grimaced.
Could she be the girl…? If so, then who's the girl from my dream or atleast I think it's a dream.
"Alright, class." The teacher, Miss Io, came in with a happy smile on her face.
"Today, we're blessed with some great news. You kids get out of school early for the next three days. It would seem that the Principal had a little accident with his temper and now, must of your teachers are on strike."
The classroom was filled with cheers.
"Of course," Miss Io grinned, "you'll have to make it up at the end of the school year."
Everyone paused and frowned with anger.
Miss Io laughed. "Alright. Get your homework out and we'll begin discussing on today's lesson."
Kairi raised her hand up.
"Miss Io, can I go to the bathroom?"
"Sure, hon."
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Poor Sora… I hope he gets better…
Bangs of crimson bounced with volume as Kairi walked down the dark, shady hallways, noting the nasty smell coming from another classroom. She bit her lip with worry, reached in to her shirt, and pulled out her lucky charm. As he promised, Sora gave her back it when he returned to Destiny Islands with Riku. Since then, they'd become extremely close.
Something's not right, she frowned, and he's acting too weird. Even for him!
Something immediately told Kairi to stop dead in her tracks and she did so. The sound of the air conditioner was echoing throughout the hallow hallways and made the entire place generally remind her of Hallow Bastion. She squeaked at the sound of footsteps.
"Who's there?" She asked sharply. "I know you're here, so show yourself."
"Little bitch… you're trying to take him away from me…"
Kairi narrowed her eyes at the remark and slowly began to take a step at a time down the hallway, holding up her defense.
"Who ever you are," she hissed in irritation, "you must be the bitch since you're hiding away like a coward."
"You're just like the other girls … pretty, sophisticated, and a complete whore. Broads like you don't deserve Angels like him…"
"Who are you and what are you talking about?"
The voice's laughter sounded like a guitar string being struck.
"I guess you're not as sophisticated as I though… I love him, I fight for him, and I bleed for him… All you are is a Damsel in Distress, always counting on him to save you… He doesn't need you nor does anyone else."
Kairi tensed at the last words of the mysterious person and screamed as she saw someone reveal them self. It was Emi, from her and Sora's math class.
"Oh, Emi!" Kairi placed a hand on her chest in relief. "I thought you were that creepy person with the voice."
Emi smiled, her dirty and buttery teeth looking as though she hadn't brushed it in years. Kairi cringed.
"Kairi!"
Kairi swung around to see Mercedes standing at the end of the hallway, her eyes widen with fear. Eyebrows rising, Kairi glanced around only to meet a thick butcher knife. It plunged in to her chest, sending her warm blood to the floor, the lockers, and the walls. Kairi hit the floor; eyes widen and face pale as death.
"Emi…?" She breathed helplessly.
Mercedes backed in to a nearby wall, her face tear-stained and eyes showing panic.
"Kairi!"
Emi looked over Kairi and smirked. Raising the blade up, the girl continuously stabbed Kairi, over and over again. Kairi couldn't do anything but watch vulnerably as the knife began to take her life. A shrill scream finally escaped her lips, rumbling throughout the entire school.
"Sora…!"
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Sora's heart suddenly ached with depression as he shot up from his seat, startling the entire class. Miss Io looked up from her magazine and stared at him with a slight worried face.
"Sora," she walked from her desk and to him. "You okay, baby?"
"I-" Sora began but stopped at the classroom door swing open.
It was Riku.
Sora frowned at what he saw. Riku looked pale and sad, as though he was going to cry.
"Sora," he managed to say with his suave voice. "Kairi-she's…"
Sora wasted no time listening to his friend as he ran out of the classroom, leaving his teacher and the rest of his classmates to follow.
"Your friends are pushing you and shaping you in to what they want you to be."
A horrible odor reached Sora's nostrils, but he shook it off and continued down the long hallway, noticing the whiter looking students as he went further down. He nearly hollered at what he saw and stepped in. Blood. It was everywhere. Sora tensed as he continued the run down till he felt strong arms wrap around his waist. Looking up, he saw Riku.
"Leave them, my love, and come with me."
"Sora, don't!"
Sora frowned, trying to push Riku off him. He didn't understand.
"Let me go, Riku!" Sora growled. "I … Kairi … the blood on the ground…"
Riku's arms were strong and didn't seem to be loosing anytime sooner.
"Coward!"
Riku said nothing, his pretty eyes showing stress.
"You have to listen to me," Riku whispered softly. "It's about Kairi."
"What happened?" Sora finally felt Riku's grasp loosen. "Did she get in a fight?"
"No."
"Did she get caught in the middle of a fight?"
"No."
"Riku! What happened to Kairi?"
Riku's normally tan face ashen and saddens.
"Sora, I'm sorry." Riku breathed. "Kairi's dead."
A sudden cold shockwave went through Sora's body.
"You're lying," Sora said with skepticism. "You're lying!"
Sora dashed toward the crowd, Riku raising a hand out for him.
Sora shoved aside several people as they were yelling to him to not continue, that it was too nasty, too disgusting, and too malicious to see. But he didn't care and finally broke through the crowd only to collapse to his knees.
"Kairi, no…"
There she lay. The girl of his dreams. Dead.
Kairi's face was so white that it looked as though she never had color in her face, in her lips, nor in her cheeks. Blood was gushing from beneath her as something was stuck under her. It was a sheet of paper. Sora blindly crawled to his fallen friend's body and grasped the sheet. Opening it, he slowly began to read it.
Dear Sora,
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Let Kairi live beneath us. Love was not within her heart as you can see, but we can be much better off without she. She who kept us apart from finding true lover's way and never will she see the light of day.
Please don't hate me for she never loved you. She shouldn't have kissed you. I warned her. Heh.
Forget her and the memories you held within your beautiful heart and cast aside the feeling of the dark. You still have Riku and those other kids. Hold on to them because if they hurt your feelings, you won't have to worry about the feeling anymore.
Till we meet under the blood moon,
Anonymous
Weeping softly, Sora glanced back at a very sad Riku. One of his friends was gone and he couldn't bear to lose another.