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When Kairi awoke, the stillness of her house met her in the most horrid way possible…silence. Kairi hated silence, so she quickly pulled off her sheets and lunged her way down the stairs. She would've gone quietly, to not wake Vincent, but there was just one problem: Vincent was not there.
Kairi panicked, and ran around desperately, but to her dismay she found no trace of her boss there. The blanket that had been covering him the night before was strewn on the floor pathetically, as though it had been slaughtered, and the pillows were smooched and wrinkles were everywhere. There were even some black pieces of hair still lying on the pillow that obviously came off of Vincent's head.
"Huh?" Kairi had suddenly come aware of a torn piece of white paper taped onto her counter. She dashed over to it, ripped it off her counter and held it closely to her face. It read:
Dear Kai,
Before you start worrying, Vincent is perfectly fine. Cyrus and I brought him over to my place because Aiden doesn't know where we live, so it's much safer here. We will return soon, or at least I will, and remember, if there's a problem, you need to come to us.
Love,
Tifa
"Must they always leave me?" Kairi whined and crinkled up the neatly written note. Sighing, she walked sluggishly into her kitchen, throwing away the letter and grabbing a box of Coco Puffs.
DING DONG"Holy…!" Kairi cursed, jumping out of her seat in surprise. Doorbells always did surprise her, and it was rather unusual to have a visitor show up so early in the morning. Groaning, Kairi walked over to the nicely painted door (her aunt was obsessed with painting things) and hauled it open, not bothering to look through the window to see who it was.
"Hi Kai!" Sora greeted, his beaming face meeting her shocked one.
"Oh, Sora!" Kairi responded, quickly hiding whatever visible cuts she could. Sora however, leaned in closer, his face only inches away from her as he surveyed her cuts and bruises. Kairi got a bit uncomfortable, because she was however, just in long pajama pants and a white t-shirt.
"What happened to you?" Sora asked, raising his eyebrows and entering Kairi's house through the door that she had opened widely.
"I could ask you the same thing," Kairi replied smugly, taking note on his wounds as well. Sora looked down at himself, suddenly embarrassed, and he looked away.
"Um, why do you have your backpack?" Kairi questioned, trying to change the mood of the atmosphere.
"We have school today Kai…did you forget?" Sora answered, laughing as Kairi gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.
"SHIT!" Kairi yelled, whirling around and jogging up the stairs. Well, she would've, if Sora hadn't grabbed her wrist and prevented any further movement.
"Kai, I was kidding!" Sora sniggered, letting go of her hand so he could stop himself from falling down in laughter. Kairi stood there, a bit stunned, trying to digest the prank that she had fallen for.
"Sora, you…!" Kairi grinned, grabbing a nearby pillow and smacking her friend on the head. Sora faked girly screams as Kairi pegged him with the soft pillow, both of them laughing despite whatever pain erupted at their jerky movements.
"Okay, so if school's not the reason…" Kairi began once the two teens were settled down, "then why did you come over here?"
Sora grinned.
"Well, I need help on homework," he said simply, taking out binders from his backpack.
"Oh really?" Kairi asked, raising an eyebrow and propping her elbow upon the arm of her sofa. "Ha! I totally doubt it…you wouldn't come to me for that sort of help. Are you sure there isn't a…different reason you came here?"
Sora eyed her suspiciously, then dropped his binders and turned around, facing her directly.
"Should there be?" he questioned. Kairi shrugged and jumped off the couch in which she had been sitting on and ran over to the door and pulled it open once again.
"Let's go somewhere else, its so boring in here," Kairi said splashily, her randomness obviously getting the better of her as she grabbed a gray sweater and threw it on.
"Uh, where?" Sora asked, lazily raising himself up and striding over to where Kairi was. Once again she grinned and shrugged and bounded off into the wonderful oblivion of the world.
The two happy teens ambled off while talking aimlessly about life, school and other things that 16 year olds talk about. Kairi discovered that she and her friend had more in common then she had believed; they both loved to play video games and were obsessed with gloves. Not realizing where they were going, Kairi and Sora ended up near an old park, which appeared more of a rusty junkyard, but a park nonetheless.
Kairi smiled as they approached the steel playground and she immediately ran over to the swings and hopped on to one of them. Sora chuckled and followed her, taking the swing next to her and propelling himself high in the air.
"Ah, I remember this park. I used to call it 'furui to kitanai' because it was so ancient. I'm surprised they haven't torn it down yet…it's been here ever since I was little…" Kairi reminisced, swinging herself gently on the squeaking seat.
"Yeah…its rather a mess isn't it?" Sora agreed. Kairi suddenly turned to him, impulsively remembering a question she had always wanted to ask him.
"Are you new to this place? It's kind of a late question…but I'm pretty sure that you weren't here last year. Did you move or something?" Kairi asked, hair blowing in the gentle breeze and the light rain battering her cheeks.
Sora nodded.
"Yeah. I moved because…well, lets just say there were a lot of problems where I used to live," he replied, a hint of remorse and anger in his voice.
"What sort of problems?" Kairi asked, probing deeper. Sora sighed as he came to a gradual halt in his gentle swinging, obviously thinking of how to answer Kairi's simple question.
"Oh you know…outcasts, scandals, robbery, criminals…murder," Sora spat the last word with such anger and disgust that Kairi assumed that someone close to him had been killed.
"Oh…" Kairi said softly, suddenly remembering how her parents were brutally murdered. "I, um…I'm sorry."
Sora's head shot up as he heard his friend apologize.
"No really, its not that bad. I mean, I'm having a fantastic time here…I have family, friends and a good life. I'm glad I left," Sora explained, fingering the steel ropes that held up the seat of the swing.
"Hey, why don't we go see a movie or something? I'll pay," Kairi suggested, jumping of the swing and smiling at Sora; he looked rather shocked at her sudden change in mood.
"A m-movie?" He repeated, evidently getting the wrong idea. Kairi laughed and yanked him off his seat so he was standing next to her.
"Not like a date, silly. I just mean like an entertaining movie since we're bored and it's starting to rain," Kairi clarified while pointing to the sky. Sora blushed a little and agreed to Kairi's idea.
So that's how their day went. The two friends watched the most exciting movie that was showing at the small movie theater, drank ices and ate popcorn. After that they went over to Sora's house and played his x-box 360, and Kairi discovered that nobody was usually home at his house either…which was strangely similar to life at her domain as well.
Finally it came time when Kairi needed to get home; she had almost completely forgotten about Vincent or her assassin life in which she needed to get back to now. It was also getting dark and heavier rain began to fall, so Sora accompanied her walk back to her house.
However, on their short walk back, forming in the middle of the street was a purple portal, and Kairi froze when she saw it. Sora noticed what she was staring at and immediately halted when his eyes met the transportation device.
"What do you suppose it is?" Sora asked, his voice unusually high and pitchy. It took awhile for Kairi to answer, but she finally shook her head.
"I don't know…" She muttered, but knowing perfectly well what it was. Nobody was walking out of the portal thankfully, so that relieved Kairi a little and she grabbed Sora's arm and tugged him to keep walking with her. Ignoring the swirling and electrifying noise was difficult for the both of them, but they finally reached Kairi's house without much distraction.
"Uh, thanks for walking me home and…for hanging out with me today," Kairi said, smiling at her friend. He grinned back at her and turned around to start leaving.
"Oh Sora? Sorry for making you walk back in the rain…" Kairi apologized.
"No problem. See you at school Kai," He replied cheerfully. With one more wave Kairi entered her house, admiring Sora's high spirits and reminiscing over the days events. Nevertheless she didn't forget about the portal she saw in the streets, which can only mean one thing: trouble. She wasn't expecting anybody to be home, nor she expected anybody to come, so she jogged up the stairs, determined to stop whatever Aiden was planning to do.
Not exactly sure why, Kairi looked out her window to see if Sora had left yet and gasped at what she saw.
Sora was talking, or what appeared to be moving his lips, to the portal, though Kairi could not see whom he was talking to, or if the person he was speaking with was obscured by the shadows and rain. Kairi's heart began to beat ten times faster as she continued to watch. Then she saw her friend nod his head and enter the ghastly portal, reaching in and entering arms first. Kairi let out a gasp and grabbed the windowpane with such force that her hands turned an abnormal shade of white.
"SORA!"
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