A/N: You won't BELIEVE the ending, you'll see how everything comes together but for now, try to find the pieces in this chapter and connect them with later chapters. Enjoy!

Chapter Three: Royal Convincing

"Hey, Tidus. Having a good time?" she asked. Tidus kept his mouth closed and just gave her a curt nod. Selphie tried not to bring attention to herself so that Kairi wouldn't look her way.

"Selphie, have you been able to get a hold of Sora lately? Every time I try to get a hold of him, he's never home." she asked.

"No, uh, I haven't." she said looking down. She waited for a reply from Kairi, when she lifted her head she saw Kairi staring at something behind her. Selphie looked to see. There in plain view was Aros and Sora sharing a passionate kiss on the pier. Both seemed completely indulged in each others lips. She turned back at Kairi who had dropped her ice cream on the floor, she rushed to Kairi.

"Please Kairi, it's nothing. Really, let's go to the Ferris wheel." she said pushing Kairi toward it. But Kairi didn't move, she stood frozen, Selphie waited to see what would happen next. In truth, Selphie knew about Aros from the beginning. A week ago, she spotted someone leaving Sora's house. And earlier that day, she found out about her recent enrollment in their school. This wasn't going to end well, as already noted by the quite hiccups Kairi expelled from her shocked face.

Sora felt his cheeks redden as Aros's tongue entered his mouth. He felt her breathe over his upper lip as her hands traveled up his neck. He felt shivers run down his spine as his hands instinctively wandered from her waist down. He pulled out of it as she did the same, the two looked at each other.

"First time?" she asked caressing his shoulder. Sora smiled.

"Sort of"

"Mine too." she said.

Sora's ears perked up when he heard a soft coo behind him, he turned with Aros's arms still around his neck to find Kairi standing there with her fist clenched tightly.

"Kairi! This is not what it seems, I can explain everything." he said his neck feeling intensely warm. Kairi completely disregarded what he had to say and immediately went onto the subject of "who is this?"

"Um, Sora who is this that you're kissing if you don't mind me asking." she said with a furious tone. Aros released Sora and extended a hand at Kairi.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Princess Kairi, I am Queen Aros, the queen of hearts."

Sora flinched, please don't say it.

"And I can already assume that you know Sora, my husband."

SHIT! Kairi held a blank face, she stood staring at Aros who was smiling. Sora looked at the two hoping for the best. Instead, Kairi about faced and stormed away, not saying a word. Aros frowned and looked at Sora who felt like he was going to cry.

"Don't worry honey, I'll talk to her." she said walking away. Sora nearly collapsed from the whole thing. This couldn't have gone any worse, he rubbed his eyes. Things had just gotten more complicated as he imagined.

Aros scanned the carnival grounds hoping to catch sight of Kairi, for such a Princess she did walk really fast. She stopped between two vendors when she spotted the get away at the shooting booth. She slowly crept up on her not wanting to draw attention to herself yet. Kairi had without a doubt spent a vast amount of munny on shooting a target that resembled Sora. A clue of this was a pile of photos of Sora that had been used as targets laid messily next to the gun holster. She smirked, she went up to the booth vendor and handed him munny for a target. Aros retrieved the bee-bee rifle and aimed it at the target.

Kairi noticed Aros enter the booth, but she kept to herself. She concentrated her thoughts on shooting Sora in the head. But before she could release the bullet, she noticed Aros's target was completely obliterated. She looked at the queen in awe, Aros held the rifle like a pro as she squeezed off a couple of rounds. Of which all had hit its designated destination. She had settled the rifle down and eyed the pile of photos. Kairi noticed and focused her sights on the floor.

"Princess, I believe we need to talk," Aros said in a firm tone.

Kairi sat at a picnic table with Aros who was snacking happily on a tray of french fries. Kairi just sat quiet, her eyes looking down at her lap.

"Please excuse my rudeness, would you like a few of these french fries?" she asked. Kairi shook her head.

"Alright, Kairi. I know for a fact that you love Sora. I know that you wanted him for years. I also know that you used to pray every night for his return. So let it out, it's obvious you don't like me. So out with it, I'm tired of reading your mind" she said very cooly.

Kairi let out a whimper of despair and buried her face into her hands. She could feel her life crumble beneath her soft whimpers as Aros looked on in awe. Her mind began to race with thoughts of her life being turned upside down, with that anger began to dwell inside her body. Her hands were wet with tears as her eyes began to feel sore in the process. She felt a slight pinch as a napkin was being offered by the Queen, she took it reluctantly and immediately covered her eyes in it trying to pull her scattered woes into a thought. She took in a breath and eyed Aros who's head was being supported by her long arms calmly waiting for Kairi to finish her little episode. After a moment of unnoticeable silence, Aros stood and sat next to the stirring princess. She placed an arm around her neck and whispered into her ear.

"Kairi, we are both too young to fully understand the compilations of Kingdom Hearts. I see how you admire his personality and I'll be the first to tell you that I unlike Sora know what you're going through. I know for a fact that Sora and I won't have the same spiritual connection you two have. So, listen and listen closely. I'm going to explain how there is a way that you can still have him, listen to this..."

Aros's words sped through Kairi's ears rapidly, but as it did. Kairi's eyes widened as her mind began to spark of the endless joy that engulfed her from their on forward. When Aros retreated from the princess's ear she stared at her with hope of rejuvenating the young girl's spirits. She didn't go unrewarded. Kairi felt tears forming at the base of her eyes as she exchanged a smile with Aros who chuckled lightly to herself. Without warning, Kairi embraced Aros into a passionate hug as she was caught off guard.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't believe you would do that for me. Is there anything I can do to pay you back?" she said joyously. Aros returned the hug and sighed loudly which was a suggestion for Kairi to release her.

"Well, do promise me this. Do not repeat this to anyone. And remember, this is for the sake of you and Sora. I'm willing to help if you're willing to help." she said fixing her tank top which was slumped over her right shoulder. She stood brushing her long brunette hair behind her neck, when she flashed her crown bracelet Kairi's eyes immediately followed the little charm as its beauty sparkled in the evening sunlight. Aros noticed her expression and swiftly tore the little charm off her wrist and placed it in on the table in front of Kairi who's eyes were still trailing it. She walked behind Kairi and placed her hands on her shoulders.

"To assure you of my promise, you can hold onto this heirloom. If you for whatever reason begin to miss Sora, this will show you what you need to do. Have fun" she said. Kairi caressed the small charm with her index finger, she turned to show her gratitude but Aros had been long gone. She smiled. She wasn't bad when you got to know her. Slowly but surely she felt her life begin to come alive again but this time it would hold a surprise for her that not everyone gets when they meet a queen. She took the bracelet and slipped it onto her wrist and held it against the sun. The light of sun danced vividly on the small item as many colors began to shiver around it. Maybe today wasn't a waste of time.

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