Once again, late on updating. I won't give excuses. It's my own fault, but you're gonna have to deal with the fact that I'm in high school and have work to do…ha ha, I suppose in a sense that's an excuse. Nonetheless, I have updated and will be finishing up Shadows of the Past soon, for those who read that. I've also started writing a book and will publish it. It's a fantasy kind of thing. Sorta cool. Unfortunately I won't be posting it online; it don't want it to be stolen, but you can e-mail me for a summary if you want.

Love,

Momo

.:Chapter 6:.
Kairi

Meanwhile, Kairi stormed up the stairs to find a door labeled "Sai". Sora's older sister was home visiting from college, as rumored by some kids, but Kairi hadn't expected to meet her.

She raised a hand to knock, only to have the door opened just before she could do so.

Weird.

A tall girl with heavy lidded blue eyes opened the door, speaking with an Italian accent. Kairi couldn't tell if it was real or fake.

"You are Kairi, no? Come in."

Kairi raised her pierced eyebrow, but entered anyway. The room was dark red and purple and filled with white candles, lit and sparkling in the dark room. It could have been dim because the draping fabrics everywhere, or it could have been the strong, oddly familiar, and comforting incense clouding the room. While the foot of the bed was to her right, in front of her was a table with two chairs. A pile of tarot cards were in use and laid in configuration, while a crystal ball sat behind them, reflecting the little light that came from the crack in the draperies, showing the window and a bit of the outside world.

Sora's sister was like her room, dressed in several layers of fabric for a top, with a long, hippie skirt in dark red and black dragging over her feet. There was a gold-orange design across the hem. Kairi could see tan clogs peeking out slightly from the skirt.

"Why did Sora send you here?" she asked suddenly. Kairi then noticed Sai had been studying her too.

Kairi frowned and sarcastically said, "Wouldn't a psychic like you know that already?" Sai smiled

"Yes, but I'd like to hear it from you."

Kairi got an uneasy, shivering feeling that she wasn't lying.

"I'm supposed to get 'fashionable clothes' from you. Get you to clean up my look, I guess."

She nodded, "Yes. And I will. Yu are the girl he is blackmailing. Be careful: my little brother can be deceitful."

Kairi was surprised then, Sora had only recently told her, and it sounded new to the player at the moment even. But shrugging it off, she asked, "So when do we get started?"

"Now"

Sai went over to a sweeping collection of draperies and brushed them aside. They slid along a black bar overhead, exposing a closet of clothes that didn't seem to fit Sai's current style. The girl brushed a lock of spiky brown hair behind her ear, exposing several piercings of gauged holes and long dangly earrings. When she emerged, she had several articles of clothing.

"Try this first."

She shoved Kairi into another swathe of draperies, and Kairi discovered that it was a changing room. Taking off her clothes, Kairi put on a short blue jean skirt with two layers, slightly ruffled, and a tight purple tank top with another teal one over it, thinner, but just as tight. She then slipped on a pair of black heels, straps around her ankles and toes, connected by a single strap running down he foot. She stepped out of the fabric tower for Sai's inspection.

The girl nodded and gestured to a vanity Kairi hadn't noticed (once again) before.

"Let's do something about your image, now."

Kairi followed, almost subconsciously, and sat down in the chair in front of Sai.

The girl first removed her makeup, and then looked at all of Kairi's earrings and piercings. She then selected a small box and opened it, setting out one earring at a time for Kairi.

"Replace your ear holes."

As Kairi did so, she noticed that the stones wee genuine diamonds, and good ones too by the looks of them. Her father had been a diamond cutter before he walked out on her mom. Sai then placed a diamond and platinum nose ring and eyebrow ring in front of her, as well as a belly button one identical to the eyebrow ring.

I didn't even know they had diamonds on body rings…rich bitch…

When Kairi had finished, Sai applied light makeup and lip gloss (much to Kairi's disliking) and gave her a diamond solitaire necklace.

"You're done. Don't lose the diamonds. No one will steal from my little brother's girlfriend. I'll send some clothes by tomorrow. Feel free to mix and match."

As Kairi left Sai's room and headed downstairs to leave, she recognized the 'incense' in Sai's room and smiled to herself. It explained why she was so comfortable and somewhat giddy.

Flame. Excellent pot, by the smell…I'll have to get some later…

She then headed for home, arriving in about five minutes. Sneaking through the back door and up into her room, she went unnoticed by her mother. Thankfully.

Kairi hopped into her pajamas, then into bed. Calpping off ther lights, she set her alarm inteh dark to go off before her mother would wake up.

Tomorrow's gonna be real interesting...

.:End Chapter 6:.