Forbidden

A Kingdom Hearts Fanfic

Chapter Fifteen

Darkness had already fallen over the long, winding street, yet for a time so late at night it was anything but quiet. Stars in the cloud-free sky lit up the excited grins of young teenagers, all who were starting to rush out of their houses at just a little past eight to head over to the biggest party of the year. Cars started and music pounded in their ears to the point of headaches, but none of them were wearing a frown.

Kairi stepped outside of the screened door to her house dressed in the brand new red dress she had bought for the event. She loved the feel of it squeezing against her body and how it at the same time managed to be snuggly comfortable and soft. She spun around in the grass, her bare toes welcoming the warm dirt.

"Okay," she started cheerfully. In her hand was a small cell phone with a pink covering, something her older brother Riku had gotten her a couple of years before. In truth, it was the best gift anyone had ever gotten her, especially when considering how much she loved to talk. She giggled. "Yeah, Riku's being stubborn again. He doesn't want to go at all!"

"Are you serious?" On the other line was one of her closest friends as a child, Yuffie Kisargi. She was a fun, loud girl, and had always been one to speak her mind. "But he's so hot! He's so popular too. I don't get he hates going to parties."

"He told me they're not private enough for the real fun."

"What's he implying there?"

Both started squealing with laughter at the same time and Kairi walked over to the porch in front of her house. Along with a small, wooden bench there was a comfortable swing with a pillow. She smiled softly as she remembered her father building it just for her; it was the day after the tree with the old tire swing had been cut down. After wiping her feet on the floorboards she sat herself comfortably against the cushion, being sure not to go near any splinters that could tear her dress.

"Well, Tidus is going," Yuffie started after calming down a bit, though there were still little fits of giggles on the other line, "so Riku definitely has to go."

"Yeah," Kairi replied, grinning. "I'll try and convince him to come along as best as I can. Besides, he's my ride! I can't drive yet."

"Oh, and make sure he wears something tight- I wanna see that ass of his!"

"Eeew, don't talk about my brother like that!"

The moment she shut off her phone she turned to see her dear older brother. He was on the porch on with her, leaning against the screen door and the other door closed behind it, looking at her with an awkward smirk on his face. "Don't talk about me like what?"

"None of your bees-wax, dork."

"You look good in your dress."

"Thanks!" Kairi replied, grinning widely. Just for show she stood up and spun around again. She had done this once before for him, when she had first bought it and wanted to show it off. But this time was different; now her long, perfect auburn hair was up in a bun with little wavy strands framing her face. She had her make up done with the help of her mother, so of course she glowed like an angel.

When she stopped Kairi glanced to her brother, who looked as if he were averting his eyes. She pouted, poking his stomach and knocking him out of his strange trance. "C'mon! I don't look that bad, do I?"

Riku laughed, completely back to his normal, charming self again, which made her smile softly. That was the brother she knew, the one she had grown up with and loved. He had always taken care of her, always protected her, always made sure that when their parents weren't there for her he was, and then some. 'Although lately . . .'

It had been the past couple of years, but she felt something odd growing between them. It was a new feeling from him, something that made her feel like she was being pushed away and forced closer at the same time. But even though she hated it, it seemed like Riku was always trying his best to mask it, as if he knew it was there too. So, she did the same.

"And look at you," she continued in a girlish voice, "You're such a redneck!"

It was true. While she was dressed in a beautiful, stylish dress he was wearing faded pale jeans with holes and an open button up shirt. He never dressed like that while they were in school of course, but at home he was incredibly lazy and tasteless. Even more, the dance they were going to was only a little while.

"I told you, I'm not going," he said in a teasing voice, reading her mind exactly.

"Yes, you are!" she said, taking his shoulders and making him stand up straight so she could open the doors to their house. "You didn't go to prom, and you're a senior so you have to go to this one! Now go get dressed."

"If you love me, you'll let me stay home."

"Fine, I un-love you."

"You win."

Before Kairi could get a specific look on her brother's face he dissapeard to the inside of the house. But even then, she swore she caught something in his eyes, that same thing that nagged her constantly when it came to him. She wasn't sure if he looked hurt or happy or anything. Something about him when they talked sometimes just seemed . . . deep.

'I'm imagining things,' she thought, going back to sitting on the bench. She looked down at her cell phone for a moment then picked it up and began dialing. "Hello? Selphie?"

x

"Riku, my main man!" Tidus said as he wringed an arm around his friend's neck the moment he got out of her car. He was a year younger with blond, trendy hair and beautiful blue eyes. Everyone thought of him as loud and perhaps a little obnoxious, but no one could resist the stories he told about his life back in California when he was a child. He was born a military brat but his father had retired and his family moved to a more secluded area. "You actually came."

"I was forced," he replied with a smirk, taking the arm that was wrapped on him and lightly pushing it away. Although he acted awkward around him, the both of them had been the best of friends ever since they met eight years before.

"Don't say that," Kairi, who was just getting out of the car, said with a bit of a pout. Right behind her came Selphie whom Riku had to pick up and then Yuffie. "I didn't force you. You said I won!"

"Hey, this is no time for arguing!" Selphie said excitedly, punching the sky and screaming at the top of their lungs. "It's so time to par-tay!"

"You got it, baby!"

"Shut up, Tidus! You perv!"

All of them (With the exception of Riku, perhaps) were waiting for this one day, the biggest dance of the entire year. It was even bigger than the prom for school since it was open to a wider audience. But at the same time, it wasn't even a school funded party; money donated by all of the kids who wanted to come decided to rent the local firehouse, and there were a lot of kids who were ready to give a little money from their wallet.

"Come on, let's go," Yuffie said as she grabbed Kairi by the wrist, pulling her off in the direction of the entrance. Selphie came following, but the two older boys in their little group stayed by the car. The firehouse itself was quite a walk from the parking lot, but even from that distance the music from inside could be heard.

It was then when she turned her face that she saw Riku and Tidus with more serious expressions, ones that she wasn't used to seeing. Their mouths were moving and their voices were low, but she could only catch one thing she heard from the blond. It was one thing she didn't expect.

" . . . You should tell her that you love her . . ."

Hearing that alone made her turn around, her heart pulsating rapidly. 'Riku . . . likes someone? Loves someone? Since when? He never told me about this! I thought we told each other everything . . .'

Even more, it looked like it was the real thing. Riku, despite being such a charming and sweet guy to every girl he met, was very picky and choosy about people he wanted to date, unlike his best friend. In fact, as far as Kairi knew he hadn't had a girlfriend since she was nearly thirteen years old. 'If he really was in love with someone, he'd be the type to fall hard.'

But the constant pulling of Yuffie and Selphie left her unable to contemplate any of those sorts of thoughts anymore. And of course, as interested as she was in her brother's love life, she came to the firehouse to have fun. Dance, eat, meet cute boys and the like.

The three of them stepped through the doorway after presenting their ticket stubs to be introduced to a wide, completely open room. It was all one giant dance floor filled with students from the few local schools and music so loud one couldn't even hear the person next to them. Tables for drinks and food were set up along the outside where some people stood. Of those people were three of Kairi's close friends, boys from school.

"Kairi!" they called, all heading over in her direction. Kairi immediately parted ways with her two girl friends to head over towards them, a wide smile on her face. The three of them were their own little troupe, one could say; always together, always having fun, and even more always around Kairi at school. It was as if they were inseparable. 'Riku never really liked them though . . .'

"So," she started, though she spoke loudly because of the music. One of the three, a brunet with short hair, quickly handed her a drink from the punch bowl and she accepted readily. "I see all of you came. How is it so far? Have you guys been here long?"

"About a half hour," the blond of the three replied. "It's cool, but too loud. I think I'm gonna go deaf by the end of the night."

Kairi took a long gulp of the punch, savoring the sweet taste. A huge energy was starting to rush into her all at once, and when she turned to look at the dance floor she was getting excited. Without much thought she ran into the crowd of students, turning to the three to get her to follow her. After all, it was a dance. What else were they supposed to do? "Come on!"

x

"My head gets fuzzy after that . . ." Kairi stated. Her voice was coarse after talking so much at once, especially after not talking like that in such a long time. But she wasn't crying anymore; while Selphie was sitting next to her on the counter, already balling when there was nothing to cry about to her story she had yet to shed any tears. The words plainly flooded out of her mouth until that moment. "The next thing I remember is waking up near the woods outside of the fire department."

"I . . . I remember that," Selphie said in a whisper, finding it difficult to speak unlike her friend.

Kairi continued. "I had a headache and my clothes were ripped up. I woke up with Riku there . . . he was on top of me, kissing me . . . he . . ."

It started to seem like the point where she wasn't sure what to say; not because she didn't remember, but because she didn't want to say it. She didn't need to remember things to know what actually happened; the proof was all there.

She was raped.

X x x x

I suppose it was very heavily hinted in the story for every one of my readers to figure out, but there it is. T.T There's more to this story, more I'm sure quite a few of you have picked up! Oh, and those three boys are the same boys Kairi saw at the mall in chapter Seven. XD So, yeah.

I hope I did it okaaaay . . . as you can see, Riku and Kairi got along really, really well before all that stuff started to happen. XD And you can see points where you know he loves her. And Tidus too! Tidus is Riku's best friend, and the only person who knows and obviously supports him.

Oh yeah . . . does anyone else have these kinds of parties? I wonder if it sounds strange to people, but I didn't make it up! There are parties that are funded for kids where we live, and they all rent out the local firehouse so we can dance and stuff. X3 It's fun!

So . . I hope you all like it. :D

MagicianCyborg- Cried? For this story? Oh gosh! –Hands you a tissue- Don't cry, really! But I'm so happy you were moved to that point . . . it makes me feel what I'm doing is good! Thank you!

Lili-sama- Yeah. XD Neither Riku or Sora are horny in this. Lol! They both are in love with someone (Sora's love is going to be revealed in the next chapter), but they're not all, "I love you, so let's do it!" :D Thank you for reviewing your wonderful reviews, as always!

Sky-Pirate-Tat- Thank you! I felt that if there was anyone to help Kairi getting into some sort of step in a new direction, it had to be one of her old friends. Selphie and Yuffie betrayed her in ways that couldn't be imagined, just like her brother did. But I think having one of her friends instead of a new character helps tie things, you know what I mean? XD I hope I did okay!

kage-chan- Thank you! X3 I'm getting so used to the idea of Riku being french . . . lol! He was even french in my one-shot! I would have made him spanish (It's the language I actually know, unlike french XD), but he doesn't look spanish at all! And can't you just imagine him whispering those sexay french sweet nothings into your ear softly, with those devilishly seductive eyes as those soft lips? Ooooh gosh . . . What a dream:D

BLACKSHEEEP- Thank you:D Ack! Sora, at the door? He's super-man, with super speed and everything if he can get there so fast! But then again, I suppose a couple of days could have logically passed, giving him the time and everything . . . XD lol!

MeiHikari- Aaack, the typo-monster has rained on me! T.T Thank you for telling me that; I'm trying to edit this story right now to make up for titles, but for some reason I keep getting lazy on it. XD lol! I'm happy you like the Sora-Riku scene better; I do too:D Nothing's better than best friends just sitting around and talking about nothing for a while.

LunaTigress- Thank you:D lol, Pennsylvania . . . I love that place! It's so nice there; I'm sure it definitely isn't all country. XD If Rhode Island with its miniscule size can have a major city (Quahog! XD lol, too much Family Guy) then I'm sure Pennsylvania has them too. :D

Kia Saphia- Thanks:D Hmm . . . I guess I don't get things, but whatever. :D No point in arguing if I don't get it all! I'm just writing what I feel will fit. Lol! X3 Thank you for the compliments; sometimes I feel the little things that people never notice are the most important parts of a story, you know? Weird! XD Oh, and I'll read your story as soon as I can!

Shimmy123- Thank you:D I know it might not be what you were expecting, but I still hope it's good.

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If you enjoy this story for twisted things, well . . . let's just say it's got nothing on Pachinko by Monsters. It has more disturbing relationships and ideals than you can shake a stick at, and with a crazy Sora that has two personalities you'll love it! Warning though: Contains Shounen-ai (Boy's Love), Psycho-drama, Incest between brothers and parent to child, and Shota (Or children's love).

Believe it or not, I'm such a normal person it's scary. XD But I adore these sorts of fics that play with what the majority of the population call distressing. Lol:D But yeah, check it out!