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Chapter Fifteen: Death in the Family
Tifa and Cloud were walking silently, their hands intertwined. They stopped short when they saw Sora and Kairi from the distance. Tifa smiled.
"Finally! What took them so long? How about we tease them afterwards?"
Cloud sighed. "Tifa, please, give her a break. Kairi would have left us alone; do the same to her? Come on, she's your best friend."
Tifa sighed too. "Fine. I'll try to restrain myself." Cloud laughed and embraced her.
Sora and Kairi never wanted to let go, but someone had to break the silence before someone found out.
"Um, Sora, we better start heading back."
Sora sighed. Why do the good things in life always had to end. "Yeah, you're right, let's go back before your brother finds out."
Kairi laughed and let Sora lead them back to camp. They found Tifa and Cloud cuddle each other and Axel was looking at them as if they were the strangest things on earth. Kairi laughed.
"Don't worry, Axel. You'll get there eventually." She laughed again when Axel looked at her in surprise.
"If being with another person means embarrassing myself to death, I'd rather stay single."
Sora and Kairi laughed, sitting down next to him. Axel smirked at Kairi.
"Where have you been?"
"Taking a walk," said Sora innocently. Axel scoffed.
I don't believe you." Kairi and Sora looked at each other.
Axel leaned in, talking low enough so Tifa and Cloud wouldn't hear.
"Don't act like I don't know what's happening. I saw you two just a few minutes ago. Wasn't that romantic?"
Kairi and Sora blushed like second suns. Axel laughed.
"It's ok. Just take care of each other."
Suddenly the fire, which was crackling so merrily, was gone. Darkness enveloped the group. Everyone tried his or her lights- nothing.
Kairi's keyblade glowed brightly. It was the only one that supported light.
"Ah, the Princess of Light." The voice made them all recoil in disgust. Something about that voice made Kairi remember…
The hooded man she had seen so many times advanced in front of his army of Heartless.
Kairi got into a defence position.
"Show yourself!"
"Not yet, Princess." He turned to Axel.
"Master, please, have mercy…" He knelt, clasping his hands. Sora stood next to Kairi, and Cloud was in front of Tifa.
"I have warned you, Axel, and you have disregarded those warnings. You must now face the consequences!" He extracted his keyblade and a blast of black hit Axel.
He was dead before he even touched the ground.
His green eyes were open. Kairi never forgot that look of horror and death in his eyes.
Her brother was just murdered- the last of her family, the only one of her blood to care about her.
She turned to the hooded figure, tears in her eyes.
"Who are you?" She said it in a fearful whisper.
The man raised his hand and let back his hood. Sora stepped back. Kairi turned white.
"Riku!"
Riku smiled. Kairi's eyes turned hard.
"You…"
"Yes, me. All I want is you, Kairi." He advanced, but Sora got in front of her.
"You killed her family, and you seriously think she'll accept you? In what world do you live in?"
"In the world of evil victory, my distant friend."
Sora growled and his keyblade emerged.
"I trusted you, Riku. You were my best friend, and you do this to her?"
Riku's smile faded. He had no answer. Kairi was very confused. This Riku was a bit complicated to understand, both in words and actions.
"Please, I just want Kairi as my own. I love her."
"You have a very strange way of showing it, them," she retorted.
"I wanted to get everyone out of the way and have my own path to her, but there's one more obstacle. Fortunately it's easy to get rid of. He raised his keyblade.
Kairi was quicker. She was a Princess of Heart, a keeper of Light.
The keyblade gave a high-pitched whirr and a blast of light hit Riku. He fell back.
"I'll get Kairi, mark my words!" he disappeared, along with his army, but not before he transported the four to another world.
Ooh! Riku wants Kairi and Sora won't let him! Review, please!