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Sorry it to9ok so long to update! Happy Chrismahannuzwanzakah! This chapter was written by Shelby. And Skye is gonna kick her ass for writing this without her seeing as how this was Skye's idea anyway…yeah…xD

Shelby, Jay and Kat watched as Mina and Sora sparred. They had decided Mina and Kat could come along since they had no where else to go. They were in the same position Ash and Jay were in, weirdly enough. Sora threw a fire attack at Mina, but she blocked it with her swords. Shelby found it weird that they were the same swords she had seen in the weapon shop a few days ago, but she found everything about Mina weird.

She shrugged it off, telling herself there was nothing to worry about. She just didn't trust her yet. She had said it herself to Riku, "I don't know how to trust anymore."

Mina swung one of her swords at Sora, but he blocked it, the force from the keyblade throwing the sword from her hand. Mina glared at him and attacked harder, her eyes glowing. Shelby glared at her, but snapped her head around when she heard Skye scream.

Shelby couldn't see anything because of a wall, but Skye had screamed and no one was doing anything about it. She jumped from her spot on the ground under the tree and grabbed the sword that had been thrown from Mina's hands. Shelby had left her rings in Ash's house since they would just be sparring and she would just be watching Jay and Kat.

Mina yelled at her as she took the sword, but it didn't register. Ash, noticing Shelby's panic, jumped from his spot on the other side of the yard and ran after her. He hadn't heard Skye scream but something had to be wrong if Shelby was panicking.

Sora stopped and looked after them, causing him to almost be hit by Mina. She didn't see why they were stopping just because a girl had screamed. She had heard Skye scream but she didn't care. She was sparring and nothing else mattered.

Sora ran after Shelby and Ash after telling Jay and Kat not to go anywhere. Shelby had already reached where Skye had screamed from. Skye was on the ground but she hadn't been there long. Shelby could tell. She had screamed way before she had hit the ground. Skye had a large scratch on her left cheek, and a hard glare was on her face.

Standing across from Skye was Riku. He was glaring at her, and breathing heavily as if they had been fighting for a while now. Ash and Sora arrived and Ash helped Skye stand up. Riku's eyes seemed to be glowing red, and only Shelby seemed to notice. Ash wielded his keyblades and Sora readied his to fight. Sure, Riku was their friend, but he had hurt Skye. Surely something was wrong.

"Riku-," Shelby started, her voice harsh, but she was interrupted by a fire spell being thrown at her. She hadn't expected it, and it hit her, throwing her back onto the ground. She hissed in pain and glared at Riku. Something was definitely wrong, though no one else seemed to notice.

"Shut up." Riku demanded. Shelby shut her mouth and Sora moved to help her up, but Riku gave him a 'don't you dare' look. Sora stopped. Ash and Skye wondered where Mina, Jay and Kat were and hoped they wouldn't come over. They didn't need more trouble.

Riku looked at Skye. He smirked and stepped towards her, and she hardened her glare. Ash made a move to go towards her, but Riku threw a fire spell at him and Ash was thrown back into a pole. He groaned in pain as he hit he ground. Everyone else froze, afraid to move.

Riku reached Skye and grabbed her arms forcefully. He pulled her forward, as she struggled, and pressed his lips hard against hers. She tried to pull away but Riku held her firmly. Then, everything seemed to stop. Riku gently pushed Skye away and stumbled backwards. His eyes turned to normal, Shelby noticed, and tears formed. Skye's were already falling.

Ash was yelling in the background but no one heard him. Shelby's mind was screaming at her to yell at him for that, tell him he couldn't do that to Skye. Tell his she was Ash's. But she couldn't. She pushed herself off the ground and ran, dropping Mina's sword. Riku looked at Skye, then at Ash, who was now standing, and fuming.

"Skye, I'm so sorry." Riku whispered, his own tears starting to fall. Ash lunged for him, but he ran. Not in fear of Ash, but in fear of himself. Ash let him go, and turned to look at Skye. He felt tears swell in his own eyes as he looked at her. Tears mixed with blood from the cut on her cheek, and a scrape on her arm was bleeding, staining her shirt. He stepped forward to hug her, but she pushed him away and ran back towards the house.

Ash looked at Sora, a desperate look on his face. But Sora's face held the same look. This was going to be one messed up day.

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Shelby paced around her room, her fists clenched in anger. She was so fuckin pissed at Riku. He had kissed Skye when he knew Skye and Ash had something. He had come to her room just the night before and confused her, acting so differently than usual. But, today he hadn't seemed right. That wasn't something Riku would do. That wasn't his doing. That wasn't Riku.

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Skye buried her face in Ash's pillow, ignoring the blood that was still spilling from the cut. She sobbed, the tears only making the cut burn worse. She ignored it. She clenched the sheets in her hands and screamed into the pillow. How dare he! How dare he kiss her! He knew she and Ash…no, she couldn't think of Ash right now.

The look on Ash's face had killed her. It had broken her heart, shattered it. She shook, her anger at Riku swelling within her. And to kiss her in front of Shelby? That made things so much worse. Everyone knew he liked Shelby. A lot. How could he do that to her? Even though Shelby never showed any affection to Riku, everyone knew that deep down she had to have some feelings for him. She never showed any affection towards anyone, except Jay.

The door opened and Skye tensed. "Skye?" She sighed in relief. It was Ash. She didn't say anything to him for he wasn't the exact person she wanted to see at the moment. But Ash knew she was awake, so he walked over and sat on the bed, gathering her into his arms. She buried her face in his chest, leaving her bleeding cheek away from his clothes. He had brought a wet cloth and he gently wiped away the blood and tears as he kissed her forehead.

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Riku paced the roof top of a shop, his tears no longer falling for he had no tears left to cry. His anger at himself and at Axel had doubled in the last hour and he had no idea what he was going to do about it. It wasn't his fault he had kissed Skye. It was Axel's fault. He had tried to fight to possession but he wasn't strong enough. Riku sighed and ran a hand though his hair.

Shelby had to be mad at him. She had run away as if she cared, but this was Shelby he was thinking about. Shelby, the girl who never showed emotion and was tough as nails. Of course, the night before she had allowed him to touch her, even if it was just her face he had loved it. If only that little…brat hadn't interrupted them. He could've kissed her. Though, even if he had Shelby would be even madder at him.

He sighed. He needed to talk to Shelby. He needed to tell her it wasn't his fault. He needed her to know so many things, and maybe he could tell her now, as long as Jay stayed out of the way. And he had to do it now before they left.

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Sora, Mina, Kat, Jay, and Artemis walked back towards Ash's hou-er...mansion. Artemis jumped at a butterfly and Jay and Kat jumped at bubbles. "So, who was the guy that kissed what's her name…Skye? Yeah, her. Who's he? He's hot.."

Sora looked at her, almost confused. "You saw that?"

"Yeah."

"And you didn't do anything?" Sora glared at her.

"No, you guys seemed to be handling it fine."

"You could've stopped it!"

"I know." Sora narrowed his eyes at her, and walked away. Mina seriously needed some help.

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Shelby leaned against the railing on the balcony, her legs pulled to her chest. Her hand rested lightly on her right ankle, which had been scraped when she fell. She soon noticed she wasn't alone, but didn't say anything. Riku kneeled next to her and moved her hand from her ankle so he could get a better look at it.

Shelby watched with interest as he healed it. He paused before looking up at her, his eyes once again filling with tears. "I'm sorry." His voice was quiet as if he wasn't sure he was even allowed to speak to her. Shelby felt her own eyes filling with tears for the first time in years. She placed her hand back on her ankle, even though it was healed, and Riku put his hand over hers.

"I know." Shelby whispered back.

"It wasn't me. It wasn't my fault. I never would have done that."

"I know, Riku."

"I wouldn't-what?"

"I know." Jay appeared in the doorway and, seeing tears in Shelby's eyes for the first time since he had met her, immediately became worried.

"Bee? Bee, what's wrong?" Jay ran over to Shelby and hugged her.

"I'm ok, Jay. Why don't you and Kat go play with Vix?"

Jay nodded, glancing at Riku to see if he was why Shelby was like this. But he had tears in his eyes too so he probably wasn't why she was so close to crying. Jay ran from the room. Riku moved a bit closer and Shelby tensed. "What's wrong?"

He seemed close. Too close. Dangerously close. She could feel his breath and see every detail of his face. "I- it's," she stuttered, her mind clouded with thoughts of them. Thoughts and memories of everything from her past. The memories of them. "It's been so long." She closed her eyes and held onto her control.

"So long for what?" She shuddered as his breath reached her neck.

"So long since I've seen them. So long since I hugged them. So long since they told me it'd be all right. So long since they reminded me how to love." Her eyes remained closed, her control slipping. Her eyes were full and one wrong question, one wrong remark would make her lose all the years of control she had held in.

"Who?"

"My father and brother. They…they died when I was eight." She took in a sharp breath as the hand on hers tensed.

"Is that why you…why you can't love me? Why you won't?"

Another painful breath. "Yes." He was closer now. Too close for comfort. But she didn't care. As his lips pressed against hers for the first time six years of tears started to fall. As he kissed her again the tears for her father fell. As he kissed her a third time, the tears for her brother fell. And as he kissed her again, the tears for him fell. The tears that told her how wrong she had been about him. The tears that asked why she had to be how she was.

Tears fell for Skye and Ash and Sora. Tears for Jay and how he reminded her so much of her brother. The tears that would change her forever.

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Shelby: -sigh- so depressing xD

Skye: awww…damn you Riku! How dare you kiss me! RAWR!

Ash: Skye is SO mine.