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When Kairi got back to her house, dead silence greeted her like a shadowy wind. It was dark inside, not only because of the time, but of the gloomy weather that refused to go away.

Kairi looked around, but found no evidence of anybody being there.

"Tifa?" Kairi called, dropping her book bag on the ground and traveling into empty rooms while searching for her comrades.

"Vincent? Cyrus?" She called again, now a bit worried even though she knew she shouldn't be. "Where are you guys?"

No response. Again, the shadowy wind of silence greeted and swirled around her, fake and imaginary she knew, but she found it very…eerie. Finally Kairi gave up and plopped down in the family room couch.

She was thinking, not just about where her friends were, but what had happened at school. She half-laughed at herself for her stupidity, but half glowered at why she had been so wrong about Sora.

"He could've faked it…" Kairi thought aloud, but immediately contradicted herself by saying it was a reflex, not something you could voluntarily control.

Sighing, Kairi once again lifted herself up and exited the house, sitting down on the curb and staring across the street to the other houses. Some lights were on, and a few shadows could be seen, but other than that, the world seemed swallowed in all emptiness.

That's when Kairi heard an unfamiliar noise outlining itself in the middle of the street. Drops of rain began to fall from the darkened sky, but Kairi paid no mind to them and tried to focus on what was starting to take shape quickly in the street. She gasped when she saw what it was.

The exact same, or at least a replica of the purple portal was standing there, electrifying yet gassy looking. What made Kairi even more aghast was when she saw a man step out of it, hooded and cloaked to cover his features.

"Strange that he would leave you here alone," the man said, taking a few steps toward the now standing and confused looking Kairi. The voice was very familiar, and Kairi recognized it as Aiden's.

"What do you want?" She shouted at him, completely forgetting that she looked like a normal teenage girl. She didn't even take note on how he actually knew that she was the assassin that had battled his, the other night.

He laughed cruelly.

"I only want to talk…Kairi," he replied. Kairi's eyes widened at the mention of her name.

"How do you know me? Who the hell do you think you are?" Kairi yelled, frightened of him now.

"Who knew that you'd become a killer, I mean, you were such an innocent girl 6 years ago," he said, ignoring her questions, which really didn't help at all because now Kairi had more. But she didn't say anything, as if expecting him to say more.

Aiden raised his head a little, and his cold, sinister eyes made contact with Kairi's. Kairi shivered and raised her fists in an attack position.

"I don't know how you know so much about me, but I'll let my fists do the talking," Kairi spat, and if she had knives she would've thrown them at him. An amused smile danced upon Aiden's lips, but he didn't ready himself at all. The rain now showered upon them, splattering on their faces and dripping down their cheeks like tears. Kairi's gray sweater turned an even darker shade as the water soaked into it, making her uncomfortably itchy. Of course, if this had been a regular rainy day, she would've noticed and complained about her soaked clothes and wet hair that stuck to her face…but not today. No, Kairi paid no mind to the rain that blurred her vision, because her only focus was on Aiden.

She was confused as well, for she had no clue as to why Aiden knew about her name and her identity. Did he have a conversation with Vincent or something?

"You are so much like Vincent, Kairi. You have his techniques and even talk like that traitor. Its rather disgusting actually," Aiden continued, malice dripping off every word he said, but amazingly keeping his ominous smile. Kairi was filling up with hate like an oversized helium balloon after he said that.

"Shut up. You don't know anything! Vincent isn't a traitor just because he refused to join you and your dumbass friends. And it's not like this was for a good purpose, now was it? You just wanted to kill people for who knows what reason!" Kairi countered, clenching her teeth and barreling her fists again.

She didn't wait even a second for Aiden to reply because in that time, she was already flying at him. He blocked her punch and attempted to hit her in the stomach with his knee, but Kairi stepped on top of it and flipped backwards, trying to kick him a couple of times. Aiden easily avoided it, and as soon as Kairi landed on the ground, the two were at it again.

Again, Kairi tried to hit him, but he was just too fast. Suddenly, his leg came out of nowhere and kicked her in the side, hard. She flew down and landed on her back on the damp concrete. She rolled over and using her hands, got up slowly. She was bleeding, and she didn't figure out why until she saw a small dagger protruding from the heel of Aiden's shoe. Kairi glared.

"You dirty slime!" Kairi fumed, about to run at him again.

"Kai, don't!"

Kairi whipped around to find Tifa, Vincent and Cyrus jumping and running on rooftops, then landing perfectly next to her. Kairi sighed a breath of relief at her friend's sudden appearance, and Aiden glared at them.

"What do you want with her?" Vincent asked coldly, while Tifa inspected the wound in Kairi's side.

"We were chatting, Vincent," Aiden told him, smiling slightly. "But I'm afraid we must leave you know."

"We?" Cyrus asked but soon found out. Three more pairs of malicious eyes gleamed from within the portal as soon as Aiden turned around and began to walk towards it.

Tifa and Cyrus ran after him, but were soon shot back by knives that zoomed out from nowhere and almost hit them. With one last smile, Aiden and his comrades were swallowed up by the gassy portal, leaving absolutely no trace of them being there, behind.

The four assassins stood there in silence, the only noise being heard was the pounding of the rain on the rooftops. Without speaking, they all walked inside Kairi's house, and dried themselves off.

"What was that all about, Kai?" Tifa questioned when they were finally on speaking terms. Kairi shrugged.

"Dunno. He just appeared out of that weird portal thing…and where exactly were all you when this happened?" Kairi asked, eying her partners.

"We were fighting Aiden's gang," Vincent replied, popping into the conversation. Kairi sighed and walked up her stairs sluggishly. Tifa had applied bandages to Kairi's wound that Aiden had gladly given her, and she seemed to be suffering from it now, either that, or she just hadn't noticed the pain because she was blinded by fury. Just the thought of the jerk made her blood burn, and it took most of her self-control to stop from punching the wall inwards.

Nighttime came, and soon Kairi was cuddled up in bed. She didn't want to go to school because:

She didn't want to face Sora

She was just too tired

Those reasons just made Kairi even more exhausted, and she soon fell into a deep, dreamy sleep.

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I'm sorry I ended it there! But I must keep the story longer! Sorry it took a while as well. Plz review!