Title: You've Always Been There

Author: DivineRoseKeeper

Summery: Kairi Hikari had always had a simple school- girl crush on Sora Isamu ever since she met him. But what happens when there is a fatal accident during a basketball game and it includes him?

Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is not in my possession, if it was do you think I would be writing this? Neither are Final Fantasy Series and Card Captor Sakura.

Author's Corner: Well here's another chapter! Hope ya like it. I am sooo stupid ya know why, well cuz u know how Sora has 4 sisters? Well I forgot a lil detail; in Japan you can only have 2 children, so uh yeah my stupid mistake Hehehe! Or did they change that rule?

Note to my Wonderful Reviwerz:

kindalikeit: Uhhh. U sure u got the right fic cuz I never mentioned Riku as an 8 year old or him being lost?

BigWillStyle: Hey thanx, and yes I do need luck! TT

Princess Kairi: I like Frosted Flakes, and yes ur soooo not pathetic.

carbuncle: Sorry if I had any u guys confused about why Kairi-chan saw Sora, hehe understand now? And thanx!

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Kayki: Thanx for the summery! And it's great u still like the fic.

kingdom219: Well u'll see in this chappie!

kingdomheartsreader: Well I did put out a website to translate with cuz I'm too lazy to put definitions on. But thanx for the nice review. And ur second review Ohmigosh thank u thank u! u really think I'm that good? And I guarantee u this will have an

happy ending.

MelanieStar: I know every bodies sad cuz Sora died but don't worry this fic will have will have a happy ending, kay? And thanx for the nice comments.

KrystalGamer: Thanx, and yes go check out that manga!

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Chapter Eight: Kairi's Hurtful Words

((.:Kairi's POV:.))

I stood there thinking, 'Okay he's allowed to be with one person before he really has to go, and he's right here. With. Me. Ohmigosh that one person's me but why am I "the one" person!' "Sora-kun," I start.

"Hmm," he hummed.

"Am I the 'one person'?" I asked nervously.

((.:Sora's POV:.))

If I weren't a ghost I would be sweating gallons. She turned so her back was facing me, I walked up to her, I went to where my nose would be up to her hair, I wished I was still alive to breathe in her scent of strawberries and lilacs. But I couldn't and she was still waiting for her answer, "Umm, uh, ah, um. Yes." I forced my self to say. Kairi-chan turned around to face me her beautiful dusk colored orbs looked surprised and concerned, "But. Why me?" she asked. Usa-chan looked down at the floor and spoke again, "I mean you could of picked Sakura-chan, Riku-kun, Li-kun, or even your mother. They all miss you dearly so why me outta all of them?"

I blinked and sighed, "Well first off, Sakura-chan is afraid of ghosts remember? And Usa-chan why not you? I mean you're a great friend maybe even better than Riku and Syaoran."

"I see," she said stepping back away from me. I sighed, was she now a afraid of me? "Sora-kun," I looked at her, her eyes once again were full of tears, and "I'm not… I'm not s-sure if I-I'm happy to se-see you or not," my eyes grew wide when she said that and I cocked an eyebrow. " Sora-kun, I've wanted to see you all week, really I did, you haunted my thoughts and dreams a-and now that I see you I'm not sure if I'm happy or not."

When she said all that I felt like I died all over again, the heavy glass basketball hoop crushing my body…

.:Flashback:.

It was the night of the big game and since I was the team captain I was sooo nervous. So I went my radio put my 'Inuyasha Collection Vol. 1' cd in it switched to track 12 so I could listen to 'our' song, 'Dearest'. As soon as it started playing I went to the edge of my bed, sat down and put my head in my hands, and thought about my 'Dearest', Kairi-chan the beautiful little redhead with the dusk colored eyes who could make me smile. She was so graceful, and perfect her ivory skin that was soft like a rose pedal and her lips that were a soft pink color. I smiled sweetly and lovingly at the thought of her. I never had admitted it to anybody but… I'm deeply in love with her. I sighed, it wasn't a crush, it wasn't attraction and it wasn't lust it was purely love. It was the day I proclaimed that 'Dearest' was our song that I fell in love with her I loved every little thing about her, her laugh, her spunk, how soft spoken she was, how she talked, everything! Even her temper. I just loved her inside and out.

The song finally finished and I got up and turned off my radio. I sighed and put my hands behind my head, and decided to ask my twin sister, Sakura-chan if that we won the game tonight if I should tell Kairi-chan how I felt. Other than Riku-kun and Syaoran-kun Sakura-chan knew that I like Usa-chan but none of them new that I loved her.

I sighed; sighing was the only thing that I did those days. I started walking towards my sister's room. I walked right in saying, "Sakura I wanted to know if- " but then I noticed Kairi was in there both of them were staring at me with curiosity, Kairi-chan smiled at me as if saying, 'Oh hello Sora I'm in here to'. I blushed , "Uh.. never mind. How are you Kairi?" I said changing the subject.

"Fine," she told me, "You know you can just call me Kai like everybody else in this world, you know." She said without looking at me on account because she was working on my sister's hair.

"Sure okay, Kai...ri," I said walking out of the room, I just for some odd reason could never call her that to her face, I just couldn't do it. When I got into my room I belly flopped on my what I think was my bed, I couldn't tell because my room was always so messy. I sighed and ran my hand through my spiky chestnut hair.

I got up and went to my dresser to get into my team uniform, (A/N drool) as I was putting my shirt on there was a knock at the door. KNOCK, KNOCK! I quickly pulled my shirt on and asked, "Who's it?"

"Usa-chan!" said the voice from behind the door. I smiled and went to open the door.

I opened the door, "Konnichiwa, Usa-chan," I greeted with a big smile.

"Hai, Oreo-kun," she said with a sweet smile that I loved.

I blushed for some reason; I noticed we were still standing in my doorway, "Want to come in?" I pointed into my room.

"Shua" Kairi-chan said walking, but it seemed like she was not trying to trip over my piles of dirty clothes, I blushed because my room was so messy; Kairi had always been kinda a neat freak. I quickly rushed over to my bed and cleared a spot for her to sit on.

"Sorry my room is a mess." I said embarrassed.

Usa-chan smiled at me reassuringly, "It's okay, Saku-chan's is never really any better anyways." She did have a point my sister was very much like me; very, very, very, very, very, very, very messy.

"So nervous?" I asked, trying to start up a conversation.

"Huh, no are you?" she asked me staring at her shoes.

"A little bit," she gasped when I said this.

"Really, Oreo-kun nervous?" she asked looking at me kinda funny, "Hmm,"

"Usa-chan for one thing it's like a really big game and two, I'm team captain."

"Yeah, so? I'm the head cheerleader, and I'm not nervous," Kairi-chan said mumbling the last part.

"Or are you Usa-chan?" I asked raising an eyebrow, she blushed and looked away from me thinking I wouldn't notice. I smiled it was cute when she did that. "Kai," I finally able to say.

Her head shot up to look at me, her face was really, really red, "Did you just call me 'Kai'?" she asked coking an eyebrow.

I got nervous and started to blush, "yea I guess," I turned away from her and put my hands behind my head.

" Sora,"

I jumped surprised to hear her voice, "huh oh what?"

"Good luck tonight at the game tonight." She said sweetly.

"You too."

To be continued in Chapter Nine…

Author's Corner: Well I know your just reading the same stuff just from a different point of view. sigh Well more Flashbacks and Sora in the next chapter ok?

Lub ya's,

Tabbie