6H: Oh! It's chapter 8 of Wind!!! I'm so excited!

Anaretsu: Great.

6H: This chap will be good! I can feel it!!!!

Anaretsu: Hear that? She can feel it!

6H: Not so great on the insults today are we?

Anaretsu: feh. I'm tired.

6H: Me too.......baka yami.

Anaretsu: *perks up* BAKA HIKARI!!!!!! ^_^

Sora:-_-

Anaretsu: Heh. What possed you to make it this long?

6H: eight chapters isn't long, Anaretsu.

Anaretsu: It is if I say it is, baka!!!

6H: *to the reviewers* you may all throw rotton pineapples at her now.

Reviewers: *throw pineapples*

Anaretsu: AHHH!!!!

6H: That's better! Here's the fic!!!

Wind~By The Six of Hearts

Chapter 8~Excuses or Truths

It was very boring in class today. The teacher was going over last night's math homework, yet it was boring. It was very boring. It was...yeah, you get the point. So Kairi sat at her desk, rolling her pencil across her desk. She looked over to Riku's empty desk. He hadn't been in school for the past few days.

'Riku....'

"So?"

"Don't think."

'The details are so fuzzy....It's hard to remeber. It was dark, and I saw silver hair....hmm.' She felt sad for Riku. What had he been thinking? Why had he done what he did? These questions raced through her head. And the more she thought about the painful memory , the more things didn't seem right. Yes- Riku had silver colored hair...but it wasn't really long. And now that she thought of it, she had felt someone's long hair touch her shoulder as they loomed dangerously above her. 'It couldn't be...wait, it had too have been Riku. He's the one who led me to the back room. There's no one else it could have been...'

"Kairi! Hello, are you there?!" Selphie, Yuffie, Tidus and Sora all stood around her desk. Yuffie was waving her hand in front of Kairi's face like mad. "It's lunch time already! The bell rang like an hour ago!"

"Yuffie, it was just two minutes."

"Tidus! One more smart remark like that and I'm goin' beat you down!" Kairi laughed at her friends' antics and stood up.

"Sorry, guys. I was just thinking." They walked out into the hall, Yuffie and Tidus having a heated arugement, Selphie making sure no blood was shed, and Kairi and Sora tagging along behind.

"So, what had you so occupied?" Sora asked queitly.

"About that night."

"Oh. It's okay if you want to go home. I'll walk you, if you want."

"No, I mean...I'm no longer really sure it was Riku. Some things don't add up."

"It had to be Riku. You said so yourself." Sora's eyes narrowed in inner fury towards the silver haired boy. "What makes you think it wasn't him?"

" Uh...nevermind. It was nothing. Just a thought." She walked up ahead to catch up to Selphie. Sora sighed. Could Kairi be right?

~Don't try to live so wise...~

Kairi had began the walk home by herself. She didn't want anyone, espically Sora, to follow her today. She was going somewhere were she didn't want anyone to follow her. And now she was there. The small house lay towards the heart of the town, where it was crowded, but it still looked very nice nonetheless. Kairi lifted her small hand to knco on the door. A silver haired woman anwsered.

"Oh, Kairi. Are you feeling better?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm fine now. Is...um, Riku around?" she hestiantly looked around the woman, Riku's mom, to see in the house.

"Yes he is. I'll get him now. Why don't you come in?" Riku's mom gestured for Kairi to enter. The house on the inside was spotless and very pretty. Little pots of flowers were scattered about- Riku's mom loved plants. The carpet was very thick and soft under Kairi's shoes. She snapped out of her daydream when noise came from the stairs. Riku looked down at her.

"Kairi? Is it really you?" she nodded. "I was hoping to see you again. I have to tell you something. Lets...go outside." The two walked outside and Riku shut the door, grabbing Kairi firmly, but gently, by the shoulders. "It wasn't me!! You have to believe me, even if no one else does." Kairi looked at him wide eyed. So it wasn't him? Or was he lying. 'He sounds too desprate to be lying...and his eyes...such sadness in his eyes. They hold no fear for me now. I can look at them and not be afraid.' Her face softened, and she gently cupped a hand on one of his cheeks. "Kairi?"

"I'm sorry. I was afraid of you..."

"It's all my fault. I should've made sure you were okay. I saw you were feeling sick so I brought you into a bedroom in back. I thought I could get some asprin or something for you, so I left. But I should've stayed! These guys came out of no where and next thing I knew I was out cold! When I woke up, I heard everything through an open window. I ran away."

"Why? Why didn't you just come in and tell me all this at the beginning?"

"I was scared. I heard you say you thought it was me. I didn't want to just appear. I thought it was best if I left." A small drop of water made it;s way down his face. "I should've portected you, like I'm supposed to. I don't deserve to be your gurdian."

"It's not your fault Riku. There was nothing you could do."

"Yes there was! If I could've fought those guys off, then I would've been able to save you." During their conversation, Riku's hands found their way to Kairi's waist, and her hand hadn't moved from his face, while her other hand placed itself on his shoulder. They looked at each other in silence. Sora, at that moment, came around the corner and spotted the two. He stood frozen in the road as he looked at them. Riku and Kairi were unaware of his presence. Riku bent down to her. "I need you, Kairi. I want to protect you, more than anything."

"Alright."

"No, it's not okay. I want to protect you...more than as a friend. You're really important to me..."Sora had seen enough- he turned and ran away. The two teens, not knowing Sora had been there, broke apart from their embrace and stood looking at each other.

"Riku, I don't think...I can give you what you want from me."

"It's okay. I just want to be there for you." Then Kairi remebered what Sora had said.

"Everything will okay, one day...and remember, you're not alone. I'm here with you..." It was so similar, what the two had said to her. She watched as Riku headed inside. When the door closed, she walked down the street and up to her house, when she passed Sora's house. It was dark, so she knew he must be out- his mom hadn't returned from her buisness trip. That's when she heard a sad, meloncholy flute play in the night. She listened and heard it come from the woods. Although the trees looked dark and forboding, she ventured in, callined out the souls of some of the trees to provide light. That's when she made it to a clearing. Standing behind a tree, she listened as the player continued the sad song. She looked to see who could playing it. The clearing was filled with fireflys, providing enough light for a party t be thrown. Sitting in a branch in the tree was Sora. He was the creator of the sad music.

'Sora?' She carefully walked into the clearing. He never opened an eye or even seemed to know she was there. When he finished the song, he opened his blue eyes and turned down to look at her.

"Should't you be with Riku?"

"What do you mean, Sora?"

"I saw you two."

END Chapter 8-------

6H: Sorry it took so long for me to finish this. I was writting it, and I started feeling guilty about not having beaten KH yet. I'm on Riku-Ansem and I just can't kill him!!!

Riku: So now you want to kill me!!!

Anaretsu: I swear, it looks like you're in a dress.

Riku: It's not a dress!!!!

6H: Then I was running out of ideas and yeah. So please enjoy!!!^_^ Don't worry, the is SORA/KAIRI not Kairi/Riku.