Here I go again, writing a brand new chapter! Let's hope its good! Lol. Thanks a bunch reviewers!
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Kairi had completely forgotten that Aiden's assassin had any resemblance to Sora, for his words were cold and heartless, and Sora's where genuine and happy, always full of humor and enthusiasm. All traces of good-natured Sora were gone…replaced by vicious and angry thoughts.
"What's the matter?" The boy sneered, approaching her slowly. Kairi used her hands to push herself up, and took a couple of steps backwards.
"I do wish you could've brought a better fight, but what can I expect from a worker of Vincent's? Weakness and stupidity," he scoffed, continuing his surly walk towards her. Kairi once again stumbled away from him; she wasn't afraid, but she knew her body couldn't take much more of this.
"Scared? Ha! Don't worry, it'll all be over soon," he said curtly, seizing his dagger from behind. Kairi couldn't take any more of his insults alongside his attacks, so she ran at him. He immediately reacted by jabbing her head with his knife, but she was so swift that she dodged it and rolled around him, acquiring a hit in his abdomen. He was very surprised at her sudden innovation, for she was just on the ground and bleeding.
Kairi on the other hand, was panting and clutching her leg, applying pressure to the wound to impede the pouring blood. She didn't know how well Cyrus was doing against the other two assassins, but she prayed he would hold on a bit longer until she could finish her own battle.
"I guess I underestimated you," he said angrily, advancing on her once again. Kairi raised an eyebrow.
"I guess you did," she replied briskly, brushing her hair off her shoulder in an irritating way. Obviously it got him much more enraged than she thought, for he was already running at her and down swinging a kick on her head. She flipped to the side, and yet again finding herself in bloody chaos with him.
After what seemed like an eternity, he finally kicked her in the chest, and she went flying to the ground. She was really in pain now, and she couldn't do anything about it. She tried to stand up, but her bleeding and shaking forced her down on to the damp earth. Her opponent was suffering from damage as well, but at least he could bring himself to an upright position.
Suddenly, a blanket of red cloth sprouted from the sky and draped around Kairi's body as if shading her from the outside world. She could feel strong but gentle hands clasp her shoulders and pick her up, removing her from her ailing state. She heard shouts, the pounding of running feet, and the clouds dispense their tears of rain, and soon the only sound being heeded to was the noise the wind makes when one is running at a fairly quick pace.
Kairi knew she was being carried, and by whom she did not know. As soon as she saw the familiar outline of her house, relief washed over her like a relaxing wave, and she sighed contently. Her savior, who Kairi finally recognized as Vincent, opened the door and walked over to her couch in which he deposited her into.
Kairi moaned in pain as her leg hit the arm of the sofa, but forgot everything as soon as she heard Vincent gasp for breath. Kairi shot up from her lazy position on the couch and rushed over to her boss who was sitting on an armchair clutching his stomach.
"Boss! What's the matter!" She screamed at him, trying to get a look at what was hurting him.
"Don't…worry…about me," he muttered, cringing as he spoke. Again, he gasped, and Kairi did the same when she saw fresh red blood pour out between Vincent's fingers.
"Vince! Just hold on! I'll get Tifa!" Kairi shouted, jumping up and running to the door, ignoring the pain the erupted in just about every part of her body. But Kairi didn't have to search for her comrades, because at the moment, Tifa and Cyrus had run through the back door and were already crouching over Vincent.
"Kai!" Tifa called, her eyes still glued on her boss. "Get me some bandages and antiseptic!"
Kairi didn't hesitate; she didn't even bother asking where Tifa had been this whole time, or how she and Cyrus managed to escape from Aiden's gang. She didn't ask what was hurting Vincent, or what happened between him and Aiden, all she did was fetch the items that Tifa ordered her to get.
As soon as she got the medicine and bandages, she rushed back over to Tifa and handed them to her. As Tifa worked with Vincent's wound, Kairi got a glimpse of what it was, and she winced as she saw it.
It was a pretty disgusting sight; blood was everywhere and there were bloody knives that had been extracted from Vincent's abdomen. Kairi admired how well Vincent was doing, he wasn't making much noise…in fact he wasn't making any noise at all. His eyes were closed and he was breathing softly, and Tifa was just about done wrapping him up. Cyrus carefully picked his boss up and gently placed him on the velvet couch, backing away as he did so.
Tifa and Kairi got a blanket for him and laid it over him and a delicate manner, both older teens trying to act mature and not cry. But Kairi wasn't at all willing to hold back her feelings and she began to sob, grabbing on to her friends and just spilling out her tears. Cyrus and Tifa began to waver, then joined in the melancholy atmosphere and cried along with Kairi. All three assassins weren't sure whether their boss was going to live through this, for he had lost a great deal of blood and his breathing was becoming sharper and shorter every minute.
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It was about 2:00 in the morning, and Kairi still hadn't fallen asleep. She had her head leaned against the couch and she was watching Vincent sleep. She wasn't sure why, but she felt as if he wasn't safe and needed protecting.
Kairi's eyes drooped as she fiddled with the bandage that Tifa had situated around Kairi's thigh. She was extremely tired, and would've fallen asleep if she hadn't heard the phone ring. Curious, Kairi raised her idle body and retrieved her phone, clicking the "talk" button as she did so.
"Hello?" She asked quietly, making sure she didn't wake her sleeping boss.
Silence.
"Hello?" She asked again, a bit louder this time.
"Do you know what time it is?" The person on the other line asked rather maliciously. Kairi shivered as he spoke, for his voice was cold and sinister…rather familiar actually.
"Um…its about 2:30 AM sir…" She replied awkwardly. The man on the other line laughed.
"Of course, you were always single minded, weren't you Kairi?" He asked. Kairi jumped as she heard her name, finally recognizing who the anonymous caller was.
"Aiden," She spat, filling up with hate like she always did whenever the menacing gang leader was around. Aiden laughed again, but louder this time.
"You're smarter than you sound," Aiden mocked, making Kairi sizzle with rage under his flaming attitude.
"I'm going to find you," Kairi threatened, squeezing the phone so hard that she was sure it was going to break. "And when I do, I'll make sure you suffer just as my boss has suffered."
Getting the last word, Kairi blatantly hung up, satisfied with her last response. She didn't give a damn about what he had called for, all she wanted to do was just that: kill him.
Of course, she didn't know where to find Aiden or his comrades, so she was a bit stuck there, but she was plenty sure that they would meet again soon. Tossing the cordless phone on the counter, she decided she had had enough Vincent watching for the night, and ascended the stairs, yawning and stretching her sore limbs.
"Sleep well, 'kay Vince?" She told Vincent's resting form. Of course she received no response, but she smiled anyway, entering her bedroom and flopping onto her welcoming bed.
I wonder what Sora would think…if I told him I'm an assassin, Kairi thought quizzically, closing her eyes and slowly drifting off to sleep.
I wonder if he'd still trust me…would we still be friends?……………………………………………………………………………………………
Sorry that took a long time! I'm just busy with school and what not, so I hope you enjoyed this chapter!