Summary: What happens when Kairi's famous cousin, Yoko, moves to the island? The group begins to befriend her, and then the heartless come! What is Yoko's broken past? Is she possibly the only dark princess of heart? This takes place a few weeks before Kingdom Hearts, during Kingdom Hearts, and will possibly lead into Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 2. I suck horribly at summaries, but it is A LOT better than it sounds. My friends read my stuff before I post it anywhere and they seem to like it, so there.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, it's owned by Square soft and Disney. I also don't own Final Fantasy. I do own Yoko, Miroku, and Luca. And 'Saki' is a band that I made up, and any songs from that band (unless otherwise noted) were written by me.

Warning: In some chapters, there will be Shounen-ai, Yaoi, rape, (not a lot), and Lemon. So if that does not appeal to you, leave now and do not review saying how sick I am.

In this chapter: Language, drinking (barely), shounen-ai, and lyrics of a song that poorly describe self-injury.

Note: Flames will be used for Sora and Riku to snuggle up together in front of a warm fireplace.

As you know, I had this fanfiction up awhile ago. Then I hated it. I am now rewriting it and it will mostly be a Riku/Sora fic. With some other pairings. Hehe. Anyway, enjoy! Oh, and as before, the legal drinking age in my story is 14 and up. And our little buddies are 14 and 15, so no worries.

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"Selphie Tilmett, get back here!" Kairi Ashburn yelled from the ocean. She brushed her auburn hair out of her eyes. Selphie had stolen her pink and white, tiger striped bikini top, and was now prancing around with it having a fit off giggles. Sora Everheart, Riku Mitsuya, Wakka Ishida, and Tidus Kamiya were standing at the shore, laughing and pointing at Kairi. She was blushing redder than Sora normally does, and that's something hard to accomplish. She was staying under the water so they couldn't see her, since Riku tended to get perverted around ANY girl that something like this happens to.

"Kairi, are you going to do a little show for us?" Riku teased and whistled. Kairi stuck up her middle finger at Riku, which made the other guys laugh, but Riku frowned. Selphie gave her top back, and Kairi stuck her tongue out at her.

The teens had a month off from school, and were off for their first day. The girls were now sitting on the deck on which each of their boats were tied to. The guys were sparring on the Paopu island.

"Jerk!" Kairi said, and Selphie giggled.

"You couldn't get angry even if you wanted to!" Kairi's sapphire-blue eyes shined.

"So?" Selphie shook her head.

"Whatever. Anyway, I think Tidus said there was going to be someone new coming to the island! Supposedly YOU told him?" She raised one eye brow and gave her her 'serious look'.

"Sorry, I wasn't supposed to tell anyone, but I can trust him better than you, little miss hyper."

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Kairi smiled.

"Nothing. I'll tell everyone tonight while we are at that club I wanted to go to. Don't forget, everyone's going! And it allows people 13 years of age and over! Actually, I think she is going to be there…"

"OOH! AWESOME! But I DO get VERY impatient!" Selphie jumped around.

"Haha, yeah. I can tell!" They laughed together.

"Let's go watch the guys spar!" Kairi knew Selphie couldn't wait to watch guys fight. It was something she looked forward to all day. Then again, watching boys do anything was good news for Selphie.

"Fine. But I want to sit here for a little bit…"

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Meanwhile, at the Paopu Island, Sora and Riku were now battling with their wooden swords.

"Hiya!" Riku yelled out. He thrashed his wooden sword at Sora, knocking him off the island. They could hear Kairi yell 'SORA!' as he fell.

"Damn, Riku! Got some energy, ya?" Wakka asked. He and Tidus were throwing Wakka's blitz ball back and forth. Well, more like chucking it. It almost hit Tidus square in the face. Six times.

"No…not…really…Hey! I can see Sora's ass from here!" He said as he panted with both hands on his knees. He had taken down all three off them in a row. He ran a hand through his silver hair.

"God, you are such a pervert." Wakka said and rolled his eyes.

"I know! You guys are getting really boring. I need some challenge!" By now, Sora had gotten back up to the island. He stuck out his bottom lip in a small pout.

"Aww, poor baby… did I hurt you? Want me to kiss the boo-boo and make it better?" Riku made a kissy face and Wakka and Tidus burst out laughing while Sora blushed.

"Riku, you're funny!" Tidus said. They noticed the girls making their way over to them.

"Hey guys! Done sparring already?"

"Hello? It's been an hour, ya!" Wakka said.

"What!" Kairi and Selphie said together.

"Shit." Kairi slapped her forehead.

"Oh no!" Selphie sat down and brought her knees up to her chest.

"…What's wrong?" Sora asked.

"We missed our dance lesson!"

"Oh no, not the dance lesson!" Riku was sarcastic and covered his mouth with both hands.

"Shut up, Riku." Selphie glared at him.

"Why does it matter so much?" Sora asked.

"This is a very important dance lesson. You will find out way…erm…later." Said Kairi, and she smiled.

"Uh-huh. Whatever." Tidus said and rolled his eyes.

"Hey, we should be getting back, ya? Chappu will kill me." Tidus looked at his watch.

"Aww…I wanted to spar again, but you're right. Let's go! I'M GOING TO BEAT Y'ALL THIS TIME!" he sprinted off to his boat, and they let him have a head start. Thanks to Riku's strength, he beat them all.

"I whooped all of your little asses." He smirked, and smacked his butt.

"Riku, come on!" Sora said, hooked arms with him, and Riku ruffled his hair. "Hey!"

"Couldn't resist with someone as cute as you!" Riku joked, and the group started laughing. He always treated Sora like he was a baby.

"Come on!" Wakka got on his bike, and rode to his house, everyone following behind.

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"We're here!" Kairi jumped into the club, Paopu Central, and everyone else stood behind her.

"I'll go find a table!" Kairi dragged Selphie off, and the boys took a moment to look around. It was big. In the middle of the club, there was dance floor with light-up panels that changed colors when you stepped on them. On the left and right of the dance floor were 6 tables. They were a booth-style, and the fabric on the chairs and the table were silver. On the sides of the table and chairs was a certain color light, and they decided to sit at one with a neon blue light decorating it. It was right in front of the bar. On the other side of the club, there was a large screen. There was loud blasting techno music, and the music video was playing on the screen. It was of a bunch of very skimpily dressed girls using tools to build stuff. It almost looked like an infomercial. (1) After ordering their dinner from a short, purple-haired waitress named Eiko, they sat around and talked about this mysterious new girl.

"Who is it?" Riku asked.

"You'll find out." Kairi smiled.

"Who is it!" Sora leaned forward.

"You'll find out!" Kairi grinned again.

"WHO IS IT?" Selphie roared.

"SHUT UP!" Kairi was obviously pissed, so they decided to leave it be. Must've been that time of month. They got their food and sipped their drinks and ate their food in silence. Wakka noticed Kairi make eye-contact with a cute bartender he hadn't seen earlier. They smiled at each other, and the bartender went behind the bar to make a few drinks. When she walked out, she caught Sora's eye and gave him a wink. Sora blushed.

"Why are you blushing?" Riku asked quickly. He was quite the jealous type, since he was quite madly in love with Sora that it wasn't even funny.

"Oh? Oh, um…nothing…" Sora muttered, and cleared his throat, taking a sip of his Manhattan. Kairi gave the bartender a wink and a nod, then the music stopped. A girl shouted something from behind the bar.

"Alright, Alright! Listen up!" Three bartenders stood up on the bar. The one on the left was a tall guy in his early twenties with dark black hair that was half way down his back and had red eyes. The one on the right was a pretty girl with short grey hair and also had red eyes. The one in the middle, however, caught everyone's attention. Wakka noticed it was the same girl that had winked at Kairi. She was shorter than the other two, and looked slightly younger than them. She was probably 15, like Riku and Wakka. They were observing her features with interest. She kind of resembled Kairi, except was dressed in black pants and a black T-shirt with a Paopu on it and said 'Paopu Central' in a neat font. It was a cropped shirt, so they could see she had a belly-button ring. A diamond belly-button ring. On one hand she was wearing a white glove with a black fishnet arm warmer underneath, and the other wore a studded, gold wristband that covered most of the bottom half of her arm so it covered her wrist. Her hair was black and was tied back in pigtails with two white ribbons. Her hair was tipped with different shades of blue and layered. It came just past her shoulder blades. She had lavender eyes. They whole table watched her in silence, and gaped. Kairi and Tidus just smiled.

"In case this is your first time here, this is Vincent Valentine," she pointed to the guy and the gang's jaws dropped a little lower, "Paine," she pointed to the girl and their jaws dropped even more lower, "And I'm Yoko Laurem!" Everyone at the table gasped except Kairi and Tidus. Yoko was the lead singer of the popular band named 'Saki", and they never knew she worked at Paopu Central, the local club on Calypso Island.

"We're not up here just to do the famed 'river of champagne', but I have an announcement to make. Tonight is my last night here at Paopu Central." There was loud jeering from the crowd. Kairi smiled. "I am actually moving from the Star-Struck Island to here, the Calypso Island, tomorrow. I don't want to work here because I just want to live like a regular 15 year old, besides he fact that…well, you know." She smirked, and someone took her picture when she said this.

"But, before we start the champagne," She looked toward the group's table, but mostly at Kairi, who smiled at her, "I'd like to introduce you to a close family member!" She jumped off the bar, and Kairi stood up, giving each other a HUGE hug, a kiss on each other's cheek, and they went on top off the bar. Yoko winked at Sora again, making him blush even more. Riku laughed, but was jealous since he wished Yoko had winked at someone else besides His Sora. Yoko was slightly taller than Kairi by about one-and-a-half inches.
"This is my best friend, and cousin, Kairi Ashburn!" The crowd cheered, but everyone in the group except Tidus dropped their jaw.

"WHAT?" Selphie yelled.

"HAHAHA! She told me but not the rest of you!" Tidus stuck his tongue out at Selphie.

"Hmph." She plopped down in her seat.

"Before we moved from our home, of which I can't remember where it was, we would always play with each other. We were like sisters! We were inseparable. But after she moved, we could only see each other once a week. We were able to cope with it, so now we can see each other every day, just like before!" The two girls smiled, and Paine whispered something in to Kairi's ear that made her laugh.

"Oh yeah," Yoko was still talking. "Paine is actually my real sister. She and Vincent, Paine's fiancé, are my legal guardians, but they will still work here. I believe a new girl named Lulu will start working here and take my place." Kairi nodded, gave Yoko another hug, and jumped off the stage.

"And now, gather 'round, and prepare for the RIVER OF CHAMPAGNE!" Paine said, and she gave the other two champagne bottles, keeping one for herself, and gave the others letter openers. People gathered around the bar. They shook up the bottles, and shot off the tops, champagne falling into the crowd of many drunken people. They went through at least 10 cases of champagne. Meanwhile, the group was talking.

"Kairi, why the hell didn't you tell us that she was your cousin?" Riku asked. "You know how much I love that band! It's my most favorite band EVER!" Kairi giggled.

"It's just she doesn't like to be talked about that much. She gets enough publicity as it is, and she really doesn't need anymore. Plus, she didn't h ave the greatest childhood ever, as you would say. I would tell you, but I think it's better and wait until she is ready and really gets to know you all." The group made eye contact with each other, and nodded in Kairi's direction.

"Uh, Kairi?" Sora asked.

"Hm?"

"Why did she wink at me?"

"Oh, I don't know. She probably thought you were a 'cute little baby', as Riku would say." The gang laughed. Kairi actually did a nervous giggle. She had told Yoko how much she loved Sora, and went on and on about it, but wasn't ready to say anything.
"Anyway, I think we should go. It's 11, it looks like a storm is coming, and now
everyone is getting ridiculously drunk." And with that, they left the club, all going home.

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Riku lay awake in bed that night. He was listening to one of Saki's CDs. They were a rock/soft rock band, and a lot of their lyrics were quite… sad. They were all written by Yoko, so he figured they might've had to do with her 'broken past', as Kairi had said. He was now listening to "Why?", and the chorus had rolled around.

Why are you doing this
It's causing too much pain
I've seen the blood, I've heard the cries
Hell knows, is it in vain?

But this is the end
You'll suffer no more
Death has won this harsh war
But tell me now
Your final words
Why?

The storm had rolled in, and he decided it was time to go over to Sora's. His house was right next to Sora's, so he could get to it by climbing the tree in between their bedroom windows. There was a house that had just finished being built on the other side of his, of which another window was facing his, so maybe he can make a friend with whoever lived there. Sora was afraid of thunderstorms, so he decided it was a good idea to stay with him. Riku climbed across the tree, and jumped in the window. Sora was covered in a bunch of blankets and was curled up on the bed. A loud blast filled the room, and Sora squealed. Riku, after much effort, got Sora out of the blankets, and was now almost being choked by the brunette since he was hugging him so tightly.

"Sora, its okay…" He wrapped his arms around the smaller figure. Sora was shaking.

"I-I'm scared…"

"I know…its okay…" Riku rested his head on Sora's.

"I think you should just go to bed. It might help…" Riku tried to make Sora let go so he could get ready to sleep. Sora only held on tighter, as if his life depended on it.

"Riku…will you stay with me?" Sora looked at Riku with a sad look in his bright blue eyes and a slight pout. Riku had to admit, he looked so cute when he did that.

"Of course…" Sora nodded, and he undressed to his boxers. He jumped into bed, and Riku voluntarily tucked him in. Sora smiled, and turned on his side. Riku waited until his breathing become slow, and he was sleeping. He put a hand on the boy's shoulder, and brushed his lips against Sora's forehead. Riku had had a huge crush on Sora, and would do anything to have the brunette to himself, but he couldn't. Sora would think he was a sicko, and probably hate him. Shaking his head, e went back to his room, turned off his stereo, and crept into bed.

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(1) That is the music video of the popular techno song Satisfaction by Benny Benassi.

Well, as some of you know, I had started this. And I didn't like it at all. So I am rewriting it to make more sense and stuffs like that. Enjoy! R&R! Won't update until I get 3 reviews.