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Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I did make up Marin and Kura.
Chapter 2: Agony, Confusion, Horror
Kairi sat on the steps to her house, crying into her hands.
"Kairi!"
Kairi looked up to see Selphie and her friends Kura and Marin running towards her, eyes shining with anticipation.
"Kairi! Did Sora-" Kura broke off abruptly. "Oh, no..."
"What's wrong, Kai?" Selphie asked worriedly. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you what," Kairi said, her eyes hard. "Sora tried to play an awful joke on me."
"What?" the other three exclaimed. "Sora? Are you positive?"
"What happened?" Marin pressed.
Kairi's eyes welled up with tears. "He asked me to go for a walk with him on the beach, the one near that giant paopu tree. Suddenly he tells me to wait and sprints out of sight. Two hours later, he comes back and when I ask him why he's been gone for so long, he acts like he's confused and says he has only been gone for ten minutes!" Kairi narrowed her eyes in anger. "I even went so far as to believe he was a trustworthy friend." A wistful look passed over Kairi's face. "I even thought that maybe he..." She trailed off and the wistful look was gone. "Never mind. It doesn't matter now, seeing as he's such a jerk. Kairi closed her eyes and nodded conclusively.
Selphie looked worried. "But...Kairi... Sora wasn't playing a joke on you, we know that for sure."
Kairi opened her eyes and narrowed them at Selphie. "How do you know?"
Selphie swallowed. "Because we three encouraged him to carry out his plan. He-"
"Wanted to ask you something." Marin finished.
Kairi was confused. "What?"
Kura sighed, than looked at Kairi. "Kai, what part of the beach were you on?"
Kairi looked impatient. "I told you already, by that giant paopu tr-" She didn't finish the sentence. Turning pale, she whispered "Dear God..."
-flashback-
"Hey! Selphie, Kura, Marin! Can you guys help me with something?"
"What's up, Sora?"
"Look, I have a... slight problem." Sora confessed. He quickly told them his master plan.
"Do it." Marin stated adamantly.
"There's no reason why you shouldn't, Kai obviously likes you." Selphie added.
Kura nodded, grinning. "Brilliantly simple and perfect plan, Sora. Now, go do it!" Standing and searching the beach for Kairi, she pointed her out. Marin and Selphie ignored a pale and sweating Sora, and steered him over to Kairi, leaving him to talk to her and do what he needed to.
-end flashback-
Kairi had gone from very pale to very red during the course of the story. "He must have fallen and blacked out, there are so many places to trip and he's just so clumsy..." She whispered. "Oh, Sora...what did I do?"
She stood up suddenly. In the near twilight, the others could see her eyes, bright with unshed tears. "I have to find him. Will you three help?"
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