THANK YOU! Sorry it kind of takes awhile to update, but it's not just my fault! Lol. Actually its because can't upload the chapter for a day or two, so it delays the progress. BUT I'M WORKING ON IT! Heh, thx again my lovely reviewers .

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Kairi woke up to the morning doves chirping outside her bedroom window. She blinked open her eyes dreamily, and turned over to stare at her clock, which read 7:00.

"Morning sleepy. I made breakfast," Tifa greeted her, and Kairi could hear the familiar voices of her comrades downstairs. Tifa exited the room while telling Kairi to get her butt down there because Vincent needed to talk to them. Kairi brought herself up, but found it very painful. Her stomach ached and her arms and legs were very sore. She also found her side stinging, and her camisole was saturated with dry blood in that spot.

Kairi managed to get out of bed and to the bathroom. She looked at herself, and she splashed her face with cold water. Her lip, she noticed, was swollen and cut, worse than the other day because she had not applied ice to it.

Kairi then walked downstairs in a rather cheerful mood, ignoring the pain that erupted whenever she turned or did something strenuous.

"Morning Kai," Cyrus saluted, eating what appeared to be waffles.

"How are you feeling?" Vincent asked.

"Pretty good," Kairi answered, pulling out a plate from her over-filled cupboard. She grabbed a fork and jabbed it into the mash of waffles that resembled a pot of boiled eggs.

"Well I really owe you all an explanation of what happened yesterday," Vincent began, all three of his assassins now surrounding him at the table.

"I actually don't know where to begin, seeing how the portal was so…unusual. I don't know much about it, just that it is used to transport certain people to different locations. Aiden must've utilized it for an easy escape for him and his men if things didn't turn out like he planned."

Kairi was fairly annoyed at this idea. So they were running away like cowards? Those…chumps! She thought.

"I know what you're thinking," Vincent continued, now looking more at Kairi then anyone else. "You think they are craven. Well they might be, but I have this feeling that Aiden only wanted to test our strength. I don't believe he knew the extent of our power."

"I'm gonna clobber those thick-headed brutes! The nerve—" Kairi hadn't realized she had pound her fist on the table and was standing up. Tifa was holding back a laugh of amusement and Cyrus and Vincent were smiling at her. They just adored how she responded, but were quite pleased to know she was angry at the thought. Kairi sat down sheepishly, and began chugging down a tall glass of 1 milk.

"Kai, you should get ready for school, its almost 7:30," Tifa told Kairi once she had finished breakfast.

"Yes, 'mom'," Kairi joked, rolling her eyes and jogging up the stairs. She skipped to her room and threw on a pair of worn down jeans and a black shirt. Then holding her chin with her hand, Kairi decided to top it off with a big gray sweater because she wanted to cover her arms since they were cut. Then scampering off to the bathroom, she examined her lip. She couldn't exactly cover it so she just left it exposed, hoping nobody would ask her how she got it.

Kairi placed a band-aid on the gash under her eye, and tied up her hair in a firm bun. Taking one last glance at herself in the mirror, Kairi flipped back down the stairs and grabbing her backpack, raced out the door.

"Ah, what a beautiful day," Kairi said sarcastically to herself. It was overcast, and the stormy clouds blanketed the sky, threatening the town with rain.

"You don't really mean that, do you?"

Kairi whipped around to find Sora's face just inches away from hers, with his one and only grin displayed on his lips.

"S-Sora," Kairi stammered, backing away a bit. That's when she noticed the fresh scars on Sora's face, and a bruise near his chin. He even had a bandage on his hand, which he tried to conceal, but Kairi saw it anyway.

"What happened to you?" Kairi asked as they began to walk. He laughed.

"If I told you, you'd laugh," he responded.

"No I won't. C'mon Sora, it you tell me, I'll tell you how I got this," Kairi pointed to her lip and he looked at it with a suspicious glare.

"I fell down the stairs," He said, now hiding his face, embarrassed.

"You…fell down the stairs?" Kairi repeated. She almost fell down with laughter, since she was so sure he was lying. Sora's face reddened.

"I'm serious! And I got all these scrapes because…my mom likes to chop vegetables and carelessly left knives at the bottom of the staircase and I fell onto them," He explained speedily.

"Likely story," Kairi laughed, while rolling her eyes. Sora glared at her.

"It really happened, Kai. If you're so sure, how did you hurt yourself?" He asked smugly.

"I was punched," Kairi stated, telling the truth. Sora's eyes narrowed.

"Punched? By who?" He asked, now both entering the torture chamber (a.k.a, school) and walking down the hallways to their first period class. Kairi sighed, not exactly sure how to lie about this one.

"My…brother! We had an argument and as you can see, it ended badly," she replied. A small gasp escaped Sora's lips as he took a seat in Math. Kairi smiled sheepishly, trying her best to sound positive yet trying to get him to buy her lie. But that wasn't the only thing on her mind. She was getting so suspicious of Sora now, first because the boy who worked for Aiden had very similar hair and eyes to those of Sora, and now the next day, he shows up with injuries. Plus, his lie was obviously not true, so what other way could he have hurt himself so?

The day went by slowly, as if mocking Kairi. She was very apprehensive now, yet fearful to even think that her friend was working for an assassin. That's when a light bulb appeared over Kairi's head. She had an idea.

It wasn't brilliant, but it was one way to prove if her theory was correct. During some period that Sora had with her, Kairi was going to punch him from behind. Yes, blatant I know, but she knew for a fact that any assassin, especially one from Aiden, could sense an attacker coming forth from the back. If he blocked her punch, she knew he was an assassin.

Kairi was so sure of her plan, that when 7th period came (they had that class together) she didn't hesitate at all. It was close to the end of the day when she approached him. He was minding his own business, writing notes even though other students were beginning to pack up. Taking a big breath, and hoping she was right, she threw a fast blow at his head.

Kairi gasped as her fist made contact with Sora's face. He had turned just in time to see her about to hit him, and she did. He flew out of his seat and was thrown down to the floor. All the students in the class, including the teacher, gasped at this sudden commotion. Kairi was standing there stunned, and Sora was sprawled on the ground, confused just the same.

"Holy crap!" Kairi finally yelled, jolting back to reality. "Sora! I-I'm so sorry! I didn't know what I was thinking!"

But Sora wasn't really listening to her. He was just trying to stop his nose from bleeding, which was in fact, bleeding rather profusely.

"Kairi! Detention!" Ms. Tamako, Kairi's 7th period teacher, shouted at her.

Kairi was feeling so guilty now, that detention sounded like a light punishment. She just couldn't believe how she was so wrong about Sora, and that her actions were now inexcusable. She had just hurt her already injured friend, for her dumbass idea that he might actually be an assassin for one of the deadliest killers known to man.

She went through detention pretty easily, since she was used to it, and got a lecture about bullying by her principal (even though she wasn't bullying Sora).

Kairi sighed as she pushed open the glass doors of her high school and walked down the steps that led down to the blacktop. Her mind was racing with thought about the past event that just took place. So Sora wasn't an assassin overall?

Gosh Kairi, you're such an idiot! Thinking that innocent Sora was someone totally opposite? But it did seem suspicious, I mean seriously, all the clues added up! But a girl can be wrong…Kairi's thoughts were suddenly interrupted as she bumped into someone.

"I'm so sorry," she apologized, and quickly sped past him. She just wanted to get home. Her day had gone just terrible; it took all the wrong turns and she made all the wrong assumptions and decisions. She mentally and physically slapped herself for her lame idea and walked home with regret and guilt in her gut.

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Sorry I took a while, my computer is being a butthead. The next chapter will hopefully be more interesting. Plz review!