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It was as if Kairi was living a dream…no, a nightmare, and she just wanted to disappear, erase the past, or have someone pinch her into reality. She didn't want to believe Vincent was dead, and she didn't want to believe Sora was actually the person that she least wanted him to be…even if the clues were obvious. True, she was scared to face the truth, but how would you feel if your worst fears were revealed? Terrible, huh? Well that's how Kairi felt, but ten times worse.
Kairi had been staring blankly at Sora for so long that she actually fell to her knees due to the lack of blood in her head and the loss of blood from her shoulder wound. Sora had his eyes glued to hers as well, confusion written all over his face, and it was him who said the first words.
"Kai, you need to get out of here," Sora told her suddenly, piercing into reality once again. "Aiden is going to come and…"
He couldn't seem to finish his sentence, but I wouldn't be able to either if I saw the expression fastened to Kairi's face. She was glaring the most hateful glare that Sora had ever seen, even when the two were fighting as assassins.
"What? Is he going to kill me too, just like he did to my boss?" Kairi yelled, tears congregating in little pools in her eyes, threatening to fall down. She didn't care if this was her friend anymore, because he was still an assassin, and he still was working for that wretched murderer Aiden.
Sora seemed taken back by these words and he shook his head.
"Kai, what are you say—"
"I trusted you!" Kairi cried, no longer able to keep the waterfall of tears trapped in her soaked eyes from falling and letting them spill down her blood stained cheeks. She was suddenly angry, suddenly so mad that she could barely hold it all in without tensing up with hate.
Kairi then threw herself at Sora, knocking him down in one clean swipe and recklessly throwing punches at his face. Obviously Sora had more strength than she did and grabbed her hands, once again pinning her against the wall of the house. Kairi cringed as pain erupted in her shoulder as soon as she hit the wooden wall and she glared up at the boy trapping her in this painful position.
"Let me go!" Kairi screamed, thrashing around in Sora's tight grip; he didn't loosen it one bit. Instead he pushed her even harder against the wall, blood now oozing steadily from her wound, causing her to gasp in abysmal pain.
"I'm sorry Kai," he said. "I didn't want this to happen, but there's nothing we can do about it now."
Kairi snorted at this remorse remark, even though deep inside she was tearing apart with controversy. It was a raging battle between heart and brain, and so far, her brain was winning.
"Please, save me the lame antics and fight me like a real assassin!" Kairi shouted, once again trying to shove Sora off of her. The boy didn't budge, although it was difficult for him to keep holding her, since Kairi was like a wild animal when provoked. He heaved her into the wall again, both out of anger and frustration, receiving a low growl from the girl he was holding.
"You've got to stop doing that," Kairi muttered angrily, but couldn't keep a sour look on her face for long, for Sora was now crying silently and gazing at her with a pitiful yet pleading expression glued to his face.
"Please Kai…" Sora begged, loosening his grip and letting Kairi's arms limply fall to her sides, his soon following suit afterward. "I don't want to see you get hurt any more than you already have. Please, you can do whatever you want to me later, but for now, just get out of here!"
Kairi was ultimately defeated, her heart cracked and bleeding, and she could no longer stay angry with her friend. True, he was an assassin, but for now she was too overwhelmed with depression to argue any further.
Kairi resisted her urge to trust him one final time, but finally she gave in, and whipped away, trotting down the porch. However she had only gone a few steps when she turned around to convene to the eyes of her friend, who was now her enemy.
They kept their gaze on one another for a very long time, until Kairi turned around so Sora wouldn't see the tears in her eyes, and she quickly jumped off the balcony.
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Kairi's mind was flashing back memories of Sora, and the good and bad times they had spent with each other echoing in her brain. Tears were spilling down her cheeks and she couldn't seem to stop them as she raced back home. Excuse me, let me rephrase that. She couldn't seem to stop the waterfall of tears spilling down her cheeks as she raced to some unknown place. She didn't want to go home, and she definitely didn't want to face Tifa and Cyrus, so she decided that she would…. wait. Where were Tifa and Cyrus? How come they weren't protecting Vincent?
They probably were protecting him, but got ambushed by Aiden's gang… Spoke Kairi's conscious. Just thinking about Vincent brought tears to her eyes, but she forced herself to be strong, for that's what her boss would want.
"Vince…" Kairi whispered in the wind as she reached a cliff, or what appeared to be the end of one, but erosion and other natural disasters had diffused it a little. Why do you ask? Why did Kairi come here? Well as many of you might have expected, it was Vincent's favorite spot in the town (well technically the way outskirts of town, but the town nonetheless.) He had brought Kairi here a couple of times to either train, or to enjoy the view. Of course it had always been sunny and beautiful when Vincent and Kairi were here, and since now he was dead, it was like the weather had changed as well. Kairi was getting soaked with rain, her whole body burning with unforgettable hate and regret. Tears shed from her eyes and her hands curled into tight fists, as if waiting for some unknown presence to appear so she could beat the living crap out of it.
"Why?" Kairi shouted, taking a step closer to the edge of the cliff. "Why did he have to die? WHY!"
Kairi punched the ground angrily, and did so until her knuckles began to bleed. Blood and tears splashed on the wet ground, creating a small pool of red liquid by Kairi's side. She almost saw her reflection upon it, but the pouring rain soon blotted it out. Half satisfied with her close-to-broken hand, Kairi stood up and let the unforgiving storm soak her like she were a sponge in a sink.
"You wanna fight? Huh? C'mon! Me against the elements! Give me your best shot, mother nature!" Kairi screamed to the sky, cringing as a bolt of lighting crossed the gloomy horizon. She knew she was being stupid, picking a fight with nature was probably the first sign of insanity, but at the present moment she would doubtlessly fight with pretty much anything.
Kairi continued to yell and scream and pick fights with random things until she fell down to the wet grass, completely exhausted.
"Vince…don't worry. Don't worry about anything, I'll take care of it," Kairi whispered, her voice choking off due to all the pain she was feeling, inside and out. Or maybe it was just because she had shouted her lungs out, and couldn't speak anymore. Her eyes fluttered, then began to droop lower and lower, and although she did not want to sleep right now, it was overpowering and she was soon enveloped in a heavy doze.
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"Hey Vince, did you ever meet my parents?" 13-year-old Kairi asked as she continued kicking the red pillow that she substituted as a punching bag. Vincent seemed caught off guard by this sudden inquisitive mood and he shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot."Uh…well not really," Vincent replied uneasily, questioning Kairi's inquiry with a stare. She didn't seem to notice however, and as she wiped her brow with a white cloth, she observed a slight confusion in the air.
"I was just wondering because…I'm sure they would've liked you," Kairi stated, smiling at Vincent's surprised expression. Even though she barely remembered her parents, she just had this amusing thought of them meeting her boss, and how it would be like. Of course she knew they probably wouldn't be happy with the idea of Kairi killing people, but they would most likely be fond of how Vincent acted like a second father, always caring and instructive.
"Ya know, you don't have to act so flustered when I talk about them," Kairi said, grinning again when Vincent goggled at her. "I don't see what the big deal is. Besides, I really can talk freely to you about these things."
Vincent's face lit up a little, and he flashed her a genuine smile.
"Thanks Kai. I'm happy to know that you're okay with it," he said, "it" meaning when her parents died. Kairi smiled. She couldn't exactly not smirk when she was around him. Why? Because he was so fun and lovely to be around, and she couldn't be happier with him as a guardian.
I want you to know that you're like a father to me….and don't you ever forget it.
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When Kairi awoke, her back ached tremendously and her limbs felt like they were going to snap. As she tried to move in to a more comfortable position, she found she couldn't move her arms due to something holding them back. Confused and agitated, Kairi opened her eyes to find herself not exactly where she had fallen asleep.
"Is she finally awake?" said a masculine voice not to far away from her. Kairi looked around feverishly, for she couldn't' see much attributable to the growing darkness surrounding her.
"I think so. Damn that girl sleeps a lot," replied another voice, however this one was a bit higher pitched and more disturbing than the last one. It sounded…evil, or at least that's the best way for Kairi to describe it. Finally Kairi faltered to see a pale light, most likely from a candle come floating ominously towards her. Frightened, Kairi backed away, and realized that her legs and arms where shackled and chained, and there was a handkerchief fixed tightly around her mouth. She had no idea where she was, and from the looks of it, things were just going to get worse.
"Ah Kairi, it seems that my loyal assassin did not kill you after all. How…disappointing," crowed the most sinister voice Kairi had ever heard. Evidently it was Aiden, and though he put the light to his face so she could see him, she already knew.
"I suppose I should finish the job for him, since he clearly was too shocked by your appearance to do so." Aiden continued devilishly, striding around the room in which Kairi was bound.
"Mmm! Mmrm, mmrmmm mmm, mrms mm!" Kairi shouted, but her jumbled words came out like a pile of mush, all mixed up and barely understandable. Aiden laughed, and Kairi cringed under his emanating malevolence.
"Sorry, looks as if your gag does a good job of keeping you from speaking," Aiden smirked victoriously. Then he smacked Kairi clean on the jaw, and she was thrown back hastily, reminding her of all the pain she had suffered from the day before. Painful tears wadded up in her eyes and she wished she could do something…anything to be out of this wretched state.
"Nobody is going to come for you," Aiden whispered, kneeling down to Kairi's level and staring straight into her fearful eyes. "You're going to be all alone for your death. I do wish Vincent could watch, but wait, I already killed him!"
Once again he laughed and he raised a long, mean looking dagger, that Kairi was pretty sure he used to kill Vincent. Kairi shut her eyes and turned to the side, as if expecting him to bring down the sword any second. There was no possible way for her to escape from this, even though it was the most horrendous thing for an assassin to just sit there and wait for an enemy to kill them.
"I'm sorry," Kairi whispered, a small tear escaping her eye. She was directing this toward Vincent, because she had felt that she was leaving this world with no vengeance for her boss. She had failed him, and for that she was always going to feel guilty.
However, as Kairi sat there waiting for her doom, she found that nothing was happening. Slowly opening her eyes, Kairi met her gaze with the most strangest, amazing, wonderful sight she had ever seen.
They had come for her.
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Yay! You don't know how happy I was when I finished this chapter! Yes I know I took a VERY long time, and for that I apologize greatly! I'm so sorry! bows headwhile being bombarded with angry reviewers lol. Well plz review again and I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner than I did this one!