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: Sorry for the wait. I had writer's block and then I wondered if I should finish my Riku story. This story is coming along nicer than I thought it would be. Thanks for the reviews and I really hope you enjoy this chapter... OH, by the way, since school's out, I plan on making a story called Blue and it'll star Riku.
"Sora!"
Sora gaped as he took breaths and grasped the memento tightly. Crimson bangs splashed upon a gentle, angelic face as laughter and sadness appeared in baby blue eyes, baby blue eyes felt was not possible to be staring in to his on…
"Kairi…" He went breathless. The world heaved on him as a pale hand began to reach for him.
"Sora, run! Run!"
Sora snapped out of his reverie to see strands of silver flicker across his eyes and thus, he was tossed off bed of teddies and on to the disgusting floors. Heaviness plundered him in to the darkness where speckles of light and blossoms of flowers surrounding him in a world of beauty and hallucination.
"Sora…"
Sora blinked once, twice, and yet unsurprising again. He lay in a bed of flowers, each smelling more glorious than the next. And beside him laid Kairi. She turned to face him as he did so to her and they were both inches away from one another. Kairi smiled and giggled slightly, noting the now cherry red Sora and brushed her hand across his brunet bangs.
"Sora, I'm so sorry…"
Sora's confused look causes Kairi to giggle even more.
"Kairi, I don't understand…" He cupped her face with his hands. "If anyone should be sorry, it's me. I-I should've known that something was going to happen to you. I should've told you about my Secret Admirer."
Kairi softly placed her finger on Sora's cherry lips and nodded.
"Sora, it wasn't your fault that I died, but now, you hold the cards to this game. Sora, someone's going to die soon… We've been able to sense it."
"We? Is this…is this heaven?"
Kairi smiled.
"You bum! I can't tell you that…" Her smile soon faded. "Riku… Sora, you can't let her kill Riku! You just can't let Riku die! Not after the entire heck you two went through. You have to kill her."
"What? Kill Emi…?"
"No, you have to kill her…"
Who!? Who am I supposed to kill!!!?
"Kairi! Who is the killer?"
"I'm sorry, Sora. I have to go…"
Oh, so it's gonna be like that, huh?
"Kairi, no!" Sora grasped her arm tightly and shook his head rapidly.
"You can't leave me again. Please!"
Kairi grinned sadly and pressed her lips on to Sora. Sora felt warmth engulf him as he closed his eyes and started to kiss her back. The world slowly shattered from beauty and entered horror.
"Sora!"
"Dammit, Sora! Let go me!"
Sora opened his eyes to meet aquamarine eyes. The warmth was still there though. Why? Sora's face turned redder than blood as he felt strong hands usher him off and to the sticky ground. Sora giddily and embarrassed laughed as he watched Riku spit and cough and shoot weird and malicious glares at him.
"What the hell's wrong with you?" Riku cursed as he wiped his lips off. "Kissing me like that!"
Sora gave his famous cheesy smile.
"I thought you were Kairi… Honest, Riku!"
"Whatever," Riku hissed as he stood up. "Glad I found you, anyway."
"Yeah, me too!" Sora stood as well. "Riku, Emi's really crazy!"
"Oh, so you notice, huh?" Riku eyed him obviously. "She just killed off Mercedes!"
"No…" Sora nodded and looked down at the floor. "Mercedes is gone too?"
"Yeah," Riku whispered softly. "I almost joined her…"
"And you will…"
Riku cursed under his breath as he and Sora slowly turned around to see Emi with her shotgun ready. Sora frowned as he walked forward and blocked his best friend from his admirer.
"Darling, get out of the way…"
She had completely lost it.
"No, Emi! Stop this! You've killed enough of my friends as it is…"
"They don't deserve your friendship… They don't deserve you…!"
"You act like he's the coolest toy out on the market to date…"
Emi glared at Riku and then turned her eyes to Sora and smiled hard.
Sora forced himself to calm down and not pull out the Keyblade, like he should've done before letting Emi have her way.
"We'll be having some company in a few minutes…"
Riku frowned.
"What are you talking about?"
Emi simply laughed, her laughter growing more and more insane.
"Sora!! Riku!!"
Sora and Riku jumped at their callers. Tidus and Wakka quickly rushed to their friends' sides only to grow weak heart at the sight of a maniac Emi and her pet shotgun. Jenna walked in and simply crossed her arms and glanced at Riku.
"I see you had you're way," she softly spoke and walked to Emi. "But I thought Riku was going to die along side the traitor?"
Riku scowled as Emi chuckled.
"He ran off like a coward. He couldn't even face me."
"Yeah, right." Riku breathed. "Fighting someone with a gun isn't exactly what I'd call fair, especially when the gunner is a psycho. And you, Jenna, was apart of it too, weren't you?"
"What?" Sora, Tidus, and Wakka exclaimed and stared at Jenna.
"Oh, so you know," Jenna smiled as she pointed at Riku and signaled to Emi. "I really had a crush on you, Riku. You were the coolest boy in school. All the girls of Paradise High wanted to go out with you, but you're heart was still longing for someone you could never have…"
Sora stared at Riku sadly.
I guess Riku still liked Kairi too… Riku…
"Too bad for the island's hottie. But my eyes weren't set on you all the time," Jenna gazed in to Sora's ocean blue eyes.
"I always liked you, Sora. You were always funny, innocent, and so cute! It was so amazing with you and the heartless deal and then, you came back and became some sort of a hero. Kairi didn't deserve you!" Jenna clenched her fists. "I hated her. She always thought she was better than me and any other girl on the island. So what if her life seemed like a magical fairy tale? So what if she came to the island by a mysterious way? So what! She was ugly bitch and I hated her laugh, her voice, her body, and especially smile. Damn her and damn this island. All I want is you…"
"You're a crazy little bitch," Riku barked. "I thought you were the jealous type, but who figures. But what does Emi have to do with this?"
"Emi?" Jenna glanced at Emi and laughed. "Emi is my best friend. We both liked Sora so much that we plotted a way to get to him and steal his cute lil heart away. But you got in the way, Riku, and so did you two blockheads!"
Tidus stuck his middle finger up and waved it.
"Go to hell…"
"No thanks. I'm already hot, you know." Jenna grinned. "Kill them all except for Sora. We do need him."
Two gunshots were released and planted in to Tidus chest and Wakka's head. Tidus fell to the ground, squirming in pain whereas Wakka died instantly from the shot.
"Tidus! Wakka!" Sora began but felt Riku wrapped his arms around his waist. Sora reached out, pulling on air, as Emi struggled to aim at Riku.
A gunshot was fired and Emi fell to ground, hitting it hard. Jenna screamed and took massive steps back.
Riku looked up and paled for the first time.
"Mercedes!"
Mercedes stood over Emi's body, her shoulders bare and the only clothing covering her body was a small black cloak. Her arms had blood all over them and her legs had the oddest cuts and bruises on them.
"Mercedes," Sora whispered in utter confusion. "You're-you're alive?!"
Bright white teeth were revealed in an extent that crossed over insanity. Riku frowned and began pulling Sora back.
"Sora, we have to get out of here now."
"What? But Tidus! Wakka! Mercedes!"
"Wakka's gone, Sora."
Riku and Sora quickly rushed to Tidus' falling body. The cheerful boy managed to pull off a generous smile.
"Sora, go. Do as Riku says. We all can't die…here—"
"Tidus!"
Riku shut his eyes in pain. "Come on, Sora. Let's go."
Sora cupped his face for a moment, glanced at Riku with tearing eyes and smirked in a nod.
"Sora…"
Sora stopped from running and glanced back at a beautiful Mercedes. She smiled tangibly.
"Mercedes, I—"
"Sora stop!"
Riku grabbed the younger boy and shook his hard.
"Sora, listen to me. That's not Mercedes. Atleast, not the same girl I saw earlier…"
"But she's standing over there…"
"No, Sora! Don't you get it…? It was all a cover-up. She was never on our side to begin with…"
"No, it's not true!"
"Yes, it is…! You might as well say she killed Kairi. The notes that were written are probably hers."
"Mercedes…"
"Sister, please don't!"
Riku and Sora glanced over to see the unimaginable. Orbs of blackness began to stab Jenna rapidly, smothering her in complete darkness. Sora frowned. Mercedes began laughing as Jenna dropped to the ground, looking down at her hands as blood slide across them. She then looked up, a trickle coming down from her head. Emi's shotgun slowly floated across the room and fell in to Mercedes' hands. Jenna shook her head in muffled sobs and croaks.
"Please don't," Jenna whispered. "We're sisters... Please!"
Sora's eyes flashed.
They liked my sister way better than me and it wasn't fair.
"Dearest sister, I love you..." Mercedes voice stressed out the last three words in grimness.
Sora watched as Jenna continued to plead and beg, but Riku simply shook his head, obviously knowing what Mercedes was going to do. He began to pull Sora back, Sora struggling with all his might, but Riku remained the strongest amongst the both of them and he knew that. A loud cry and a wet thud made Sora shudder as Riku began to run.
"Come on," Riku screamed to the wide-eyed boy. "We got to go get help."
Mercedes grinned as a cool breeze ran through her body and she began to walk, the darkness growing behind her and the feeling of victory rising to its zenith. Her hands shook and an odd idea popped in her head.
"If Riku won't let me have Sora, I'll just have to have him too...."