Ummm... Hi people! Thank you so much to all my lovely reviewers! You people make me feel really special and get me inspired to write more. –hugs the reviewers- Not much else to say… but here is another chapter of Emotionless for you to read and enjoy! It has flashbacks to explain what had happened before with Sora, Kairi, and Riku. I hope this makes everything a little clearer!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Probably never will. Not even in my dreams. Well, maybe one day… wait, NO! I don't own it, so don't question it…

Emotionless

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Chapter 2

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Memories Are Coming Back To Me

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Two words flashed by in Kairi's mind. Two very simple words that formed a name. Sora Hikari. She couldn't think about anything else. Why? Because her mind was still in shock. She stared at the front of the classroom with a blank expression, lost in her thoughts.

At this point, Naminé was starting to get worried because Kairi's face had gone pale. She had no idea what was going on right now. One moment, Kairi was blushing and talking about some person she knew about, and now she looked like she had seen a ghost.

Sora. Is it really you? Or have I just really lost it? Why are you here? Kairi continued to stare into nothingness as she remembered what had happened in the past few years of her life.

Flashback 1

"Welcome to 6th grade kids! I hope you feel welcome here in a new school!" Kairi listened to the teacher as she shyly swung her legs back and forth in her desk. The 11 year old didn't know anybody and she was getting nervous. The classroom was filled with kids that she didn't know and her thoughts were once again plagued with the fact that she might not make any friends.

"Ok, I have a seating chart for all of you so when I call your name, sit in the seat I point to." The teacher called many names and finally called Kairi. She ended up sitting almost in the middle of the classroom. A boy named Sora sat right next to her.

That was the first time they ever met…

"Hi, my name is Sora!" he said as he held his hand out and flashed a big toothy grin. Kairi blushed as she stared into his deep sapphire eyes. "Ummm… I-I'm Kairi…" she said as she shook his hand. She wanted to make friends, so why was she acting so nervous? She pushed it aside as she suddenly had a boost of confidence. "Nice to meet you Sora." she said as she returned the smile to her newly made friend.

"Did you know that you're really pretty?" Sora's face was tainted a deep red as he noticed that Kairi had giggled. "Now pay attention students. Today we will be learning…."

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Kairi, being too busy lost in her little flashbacks, failed to notice that the teacher had walked in and introduced herself. "Hello students, my name is Aerith. You may call me by my name or Miss, whatever suits you best. (1) I will be your homeroom teacher until tomorrow, when you go to your regular 1st period class. If you're lucky, you might get me as a teacher."

"Miss Aerith, what do you teach?" asked a random girl sitting in front.

"Math." She smiled at the girl and walked over to her desk.

She sat down and took out the schedules that she was supposed to pass out to the students. "If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Believe me, I won't mind answering any. Besides, you're stuck in here for 2 hours until they get all the registration done." (2)

A few groans were heard from some students as they learned that they were stuck in a classroom for THAT long. Kairi hadn't heard a single word that the teacher had said and continued to remember the events of her first day of six grade.

Flashback 2

Later that day (Still on first day of middle school.)

Kairi was really getting along with Sora. They shared many of the same interests and liked to do a lot of the same things. So far, they had had every class together and were always coincidentally seated right next to each other.

Kairi hadn't felt this happy in a while, it felt like people were finally starting to accept her. Kind of like an indescribable feeling, such a feeling of happiness that people might misinterpret as insanity. Is it possible to be this happy? She didn't care. She focused more on Sora. His jokes were hilarious and if it weren't for the teachers and other students, she would have burst out laughing in class. He had great manners and he was really polite. He was in fact, a real gentleman.

Their current teacher had announced that they had lunch next. Kairi was getting kind of hungry, Sora noticed when her stomach grumbled. He laughed as Kairi's cheeks were tinted with a light pink from embarrassment.

"Hmmm… I see that you're hungry… he he…" said Sora as he spoke the already obvious. Kairi gave a little nervous laugh as she gently nodded.

They walked out into the hallway as the bell rang and headed toward the lunchroom to get into a line. Did she mention that Sora had really nice manners? When they got to the cafeteria, he opened the door for her. When they were going to get in line, he let her go first and even offered to pay for her lunch.

She blushed as she waved her hands indicating that he didn't have to be so kind. "That's ok, you really don't have to do that for me! I have my own money and-"

"Don't worry, I insist!" He gave her a warm smile and Kairi melted. She was really flattered that someone would be willing enough to pay for her. Nobody else had ever done that before and she barely even knew Sora. They had just met today, and yet she felt so safe and secure around him already.

So she didn't complain or argue and just let Sora pay for her.

Quietly carrying her lunch, she followed Sora and went to go sit down at a table that was unoccupied, so at least nobody would bother them or be nosy about what they were talking about. It's not like anybody could hear anything anyway due to the fact that cafeterias are always so loud and noisy. Shrugging that off, they sat down across from each other and peacefully started to eat.

To a normal person, it looked like Sora didn't eat a lot because he was rather scrawny looking. Boy, was that the understatement of the century. He just kept eating and eating… in fact, he went and bought a couple bags of chips from a vending machine close by and finished them off within minutes. Where did he put it all! At least he was kind enough to offer her some. She kindly refused as she finished eating the fries that Sora had bought for her.

She froze though, when she heard an all too familiar voice coming up from behind her. "Hey Kairi." A 12 year old Riku came and sat down right next to her. He grinned as he looked over at Sora. "Who's your new friend?"

Sora and Riku looked at each other, and Kairi sensed a little bit of competition coming from the both of them.

"You're so rude Kairi, you don't even introduce me to your new friends." Riku said as he yawned and laid his head on her shoulder. Geez, hadn't he ever heard of personal space!

"Ummm… well, this is my friend Sora. Sora, this is my friend Riku." She said as she blushed because of Riku's actions. Why was he suddenly acting like this!

"Nice to meet you Sora." Riku got off of Kairi and shook Sora's hand. "You too." Sora responded. He smiled politely at Riku. Any competition that Kairi had sensed before seemed to have vanished as they started a conversation. She was starting to get really uncomfortable sitting right there for some reason. "Ummm... I'll be right back!"

Kairi got up and went to the bathroom that was just by the vending machines. She got there after almost bumping into some random person and almost tripping over somebody's chair.

Walking into one of the stalls, her mind started going crazy on what she was going to do. Over the years, Kairi had developed an itty-bitty-little crush on Riku maybe. She blushed madly just thinking about it. It's a good thing that she was in a stall or else somebody might have thought she had a fever or was seriously sun burnt.

Though later she started getting over him because she thought there could never be anything between them. She thought that he only saw her as a little sister. And she also thought that he thought that she only saw him as an older brother. (A/N: That was really confusing…)

Besides, she was starting to develop feelings for Sora. What was she saying? She barely even knew him! Kairi decided to stop thinking about all of this and just go back outside. Why did she have to think so much about these things?

Getting herself together, she got out of her stall and looked in the mirror to make sure that she wasn't red in the face anymore. Think happy thoughts! Putting on a bright smile, she walked out of there and went back to the table where her friends were sitting.

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"Kairi Yume."

"Hmm?" Kairi was forced to come back to reality when she heard her name be called by the teacher that she hadn't even noticed had walked in. "Come get your schedule, please." Aerith put it on the edge of her desk and continued handing out the rest of the students' class schedules.

Pushing aside her memories, she walked up to get the piece of paper that determined what her classes where going to be for the rest of the year. Thinking about her past put her in a depressed mood, not a very good thing to be thinking about when you were trying to have a good first day.

Sitting back down in her seat, she slumped down and looked at what classes she had. It was just the normal average ninth grade schedule. English, Math, Science, PE, Health, and an elective. Kairi had picked art, seeing that she was quite good at it and she was actually interested in it.

"Hey Kairi, what classes did you get?" Naminé curiously looked over at Kairi's paper, her eyes scanning the paper to see if they had any classes together. She handed her schedule over to Naminé, as if losing interest in it. Her attention was placed on the opened door that exposed the hallway outside. Once again, her memory was trying to gain control, but she pushed it all away. She didn't want to remember anymore, just thinking about those past days almost made her want to break down crying.

But still, many questions plagued her thoughts…

When I met Sora, why did Riku start acting different? Was he jealous of Sora? Could it be that- no… that can't be it… Why did Sora leave in the first place? Why didn't he say goodbye!

Kairi put her head down on her desk and groaned. How much longer until they could leave this classroom anyway? Naminé lightly tapped her shoulder and she looked over at her. "Hmm?"

"We have 4 classes together! Isn't that great?" Naminé seemed really happy. Maybe some of her happiness would rub off on Kairi and she wouldn't feel so gloomy. "Oh, that's great! Which ones?" Momentarily forgetting about everything, she looked at Naminé waiting for a response.

"We have English, Math, PE, and Art together. It looks like we have the same lunch hour too! Hey, we got Ms. Aerith for Math-" While Naminé was rambling on about their classes, Kairi wondered if she had any with Riku, or maybe even… Sora.

Aerith finished handing out the last couple of schedules. It took a mere ten minutes at the most to hand them all out, but they were still stuck in the classroom for 2 hours. "Alright students, we have a LONG time left until they give you a ten minute break to walk around the school a little bit. You can do as you please like talk, draw, sleep, or whatever, just don't make too much noise."

Kairi once again put her head down on her desk and stared at the front of the classroom observing everything around her. She was thinking about going to sleep, but something caught her eye. Aerith had taken out a piece of paper and was scribbling all over it. It looked like she was making a lot of mistakes because she kept crossing off things on the paper. I wonder what she's writing… She watched amusedly as the young teacher crumpled up the paper and threw it in the trash bin. Then she just took out another piece of paper and started writing again.

The auburn haired girl yawned and stretched in her seat, thus getting a better view of Aerith's paper. She could have sworn that she saw little hearts being drawn on the top of the paper. Grinning an all knowing grin, she sat back in her seat and thought for a moment. Naminé noticed her sudden change in attitude and asked what she had seen. Kairi pointed to the paper that Aerith was currently writing on. "Love letter." She whispered softly and Naminé giggled.

"Who do you think it's for?" The blond girl was letting curiosity get the better of her.

"I don't know. It's none of our business though…" Shrugging, Kairi dismissed the thought. Maybe she and Naminé could investigate later, but right now, she wanted to sleep.

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Kairi awoke when she felt a poke on her shoulder, most likely coming from Naminé. "Wake up Kairi, there's about 5 minutes before we get out of here." Finally… Looking around the classroom, she noticed most people looked bored out of their minds. Aerith had kept herself entertained by reading a book, but it looked like there wasn't a trace left of the little love note she had previously been writing.

Oh well, it's not like we should know anyway… You shouldn't go getting yourself mixed up in other people's affairs.

The long awaited bell finally rang and everybody went rushing out for their little ten minute break. Both girls stepped out into the hallway and seemed to breath a sigh of relief. "Let's go to the bathroom, or else we won't have another chance to go until lunch." Kairi nodded and started walking alongside Naminé in search of a restroom.

Everybody else in the school seemed to be going outside to the little quad area, and there weren't that many students in the hallways right now. Of the little amount of students there currently was in the hallway, Sora had to be walking a little ways in front of Kairi and Naminé, and he was heading in the direction that they were currently standing in. Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap…what should I do!

With a last resort, Kairi spotted the bathroom and dragged Naminé in so fast that Sora stopped were he was walking. Blinking confusedly, he thought he had seen a flash of bright auburn hair. Shrugging, he walked on, hands in his pockets.

That was really close… Kairi sighed as she leaned against the bathroom door and took a deep breath. "Alright Kairi, what happened this time?" Naminé looked at her questioningly along with a look that said, 'you're-not-getting-away-with-just-saying-that-you-saw-somebody.'

"Ok, fine. I'll tell you…"

She told Naminé almost everything in as little time as she could, so they would at least have time to go outside. The blond haired girl listened intently and now understood why she was acting so awkward. "-and that's why I run away if I see him…"

"Kairi, you don't have to be so shy! Just go up to him and ask him what happened and you two will be best friends again! Maybe even more…" Naminé sighed romantically and Kairi had a blushing fury again.

All so suddenly, Kairi felt like somebody was watching them from the stalls. "Whose there?" The color drained from her face as Riku stepped out of the stalls. That meant that he had just heard everything, and he knew her true feelings for Sora and him. One odd question was what was Riku doing in the girl's bathroom?

"What are you doing in here you pervert!" Naminé embarrassingly said as her cheeks turned a light pink, not only from the fact that a guy was in there, but she thought that he was kind of cute…

"Well, the last time I checked, the girl's bathroom was on the next hall over." said Riku sarcastically as he chuckled slightly.

Now, Naminé and Kairi's faces were a bright red from the mistake that they had made. Not wanting to stay any longer, they quickly ran out of the restroom leaving behind a laughing Riku. Why do these things always happen to me!

Riku stopped laughing shortly after they had left, and his mood changed. It's a good thing he was so easily believable, or else they wouldn't have bought his façade. So, Kairi only likes me, but she loves Sora… He stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror as a sad smile was returned to him. …still after all this time…

"Come on Naminé, let's go befor-" Kairi was cut off as she ran right into somebody and fell hard on the floor. Owww…She rubbed her temples as she was getting up. "I'm SO sorry, I wasn't looking were I was going and I didn't mean to knock you over and-" Kairi didn't get to finish as she looked up into the face of this mysterious person.

"Kairi, is that you?"

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(To be continued)

Hmmm… Don't you just hate cliffhangers sometimes? Well, I had to stop it there, or else this chapter would have to be a lot longer. I would want to make it longer but I just wanted to update and not keep everybody waiting any longer. Ok, so know I introduced some more characters and next chapter will have even more I guess… You'll find out who all the teachers are and blah blah blah…. Next chapter you get to find out more about Aerith's little letter and who it's for and… we'll I think it's really kinda obvious, don't ya think? So yeah, reviews are welcome and very much appreciated! Thanks again to everyone who reviews!

(1) Well, I obviously don't know Aerith's last name so they can only call her Aerith I guess…

(2) At my school, they make us stay for 2 long hours sitting in a classroom just waiting for those stupid people to get all the registration done. Then we usually get a little break and the rest of our classes are shortened with the exception of lunch which is a normal half hour…

Why does anybody want to know about that anyway? Everybody just wants to read the next chapter…. And my friend was waiting forever for me to update, and when she reads this she's probably gonna kill me… AHHHH! Don't kill me please! I promise I shall update soon… So keep checking back every once in a while…. Review please! I'm starting to sound kind of demanding… I hate it when I do that… -sigh- TT Later.