Chapter 10- Confessions of a Broken Heart

" Reiko, you know I love you right" Riku said to Reiko as they sat on his bed.

" Yup"

" Well, there is one way to help save me"

" WHAT, HOW"

" Well, I need to keep Konatsu away from me for two days. Then the darkness in his heart will settle down and he will be normal again"

" We can do that right" Reiko asked.

" One problem, Konatsu knows where I live, he could teleport there through the darkness"

" Well, hmm, I dont know"

" Me either" Riku sighed. Reiko perked up. She wiped out her keyblades and turned to Riku.

" I'll protect you" she said. Riku put the keyblades in her hands down.

" Well you could, but I don't know how strong he will be, with the darkness and all". Reiko raised an eyebrow.

" What, you don't think I'm strong enough" she said. Reiko poofed the keyblades away and stood Riku up. She shoved him against the wall till' he was a foot from it.

" HEY! Put me down, I don't want you to strain your arm"

" Your kidding right" Reiko said. Riku shook his head.

" No, I really care about you" Riku said in all seriousness. Reiko let him down gently. Riku put a hand on his chest.

" Ow, that hurt" he said.

" Oh, I'm sorry, hug" Reiko said, outstretching her arms with a puppydog look on her face.

" How bout a kiss instead" he asked.

Riku smiled and leaned down to kiss her. Then the door opened.

" Oh, sorry" Konatsu said. Riku stamped his foot impatiently.

" Umm, I was wondering if you saw Sora" he asked.

" No, LEAVE" Riku said, pointing out the door. Konatsu turned and walked out.

" Now, where were we" Riku asked, turning to Reiko.

" I think you were going to kiss me" she said. Riku smiled and leaned down and kissed her.

" Sora... Soooorraaa" Konatsu called. He walked into his bedroom. Sora was still asleep, and Konatsu could see dried tears clung on his face. Konatsu felt the guilt rush in. He felt horrible. Konatsu cried a total of 4 tears then walked out.

Suki woke up. She looked at the clock. It was 9:30. Sora was gonna kill her for not following " schedule" and waking up at 7:00. Suki scrambled to get dressed and ran to the kitchen. Roxas, Konatsu, Kairi, Riku, and Reiko were all eating and talking.

" Enjoy your beauty sleep" Reiko asked. Suki nodded and made herself a cup of tea. Everyone started up there own conversation. Reiko was telling Suki about her first kiss ( surprisingly, Suki had never been kissed). Riku was talking to Konatsu. Then the door opened. Sora trudged in. His hair was a mess, his eyes were red and puffy, he looked awful. He walked to the table and sat, then clunked his head on the table. He looked up. Roxas was staring him in the face.

" Hey man, you don't look so good" Roxas said.

" I know" Sora said in an extremly raspy voice. Suki looked concerned.

" Oh, Sora go back to bed. I'll get you some asprin and make you some tea" she said, then began to make some tea. Sora nodded and went back to his room. Konatsu looke at Kairi.

" Do I even have to say it" Konatsu said. Kairi got up and walked into the hall with Konatsu.

" I am NOT doing this anymore" he said.

" B-but why? I think our plan is working" she said.

" You call THIS working" he yelled.

" But if we just stuck around for another day or two-

" NO! Kairi this is the last straw. Its over" Konatsu said. He stormed off. Kairi sighed. This was going to be a long flight.

" Sora..." Suki called as she knocked on his door. She opened it and saw him on his bed. She walked over and gave him the tea and aspron. He weakly smiled and ate the asprin. He looked at Suki. Then he burst into tears and hugged her.

" Its not fair. I know she'll never like me, but it hurts" he cried. She held him as he cried.

Kairi decided to go see Sora, thinking he had the flu. She walked to his door. Kairi was about to knock when she heard a voice. Suki's.

" I know baby, I know" Kairi heard her say. She silently gasped.

" The plan didn't work, but it was foolproof" Kairi said.

" What plan" came a voice. Kairi turned. Riku.

" Again, what plan" he said.

" Well, you see, it all started, Sora" Kairi rambled.

" You mean YOU did this to Sora" Riku said.

" NO! I didn't want this to happen, I wanted-

" You know what I really don't care. You hurt my best friend, I don't think I could ever forgive you for that" he said, then he walked past her into Sora's room.

" Hey, how ya feelin" Riku asked as he shut the door and walked over to Suki and Sora. Sora looked up. He grabbed Riku and Suki and hugged them.

" You guys are my best friends, I love you" he cried. Suki and Riku looked at each other. Sora let go.

" So, is the reason you look so horrible-

" Uh huh" Sora said.

" Don't worry, it'll be ok" Riku said, giving Sora a goofy grin. Just then Konatsu, Reiko and Roxas came in.

" Hey man " Konatsu said. Sora smiled at him.

" Umm, do you like have the flu or something" a clueless Reiko asked. Everyone stared at her.

" Umm, yeah lets go with that" Suki said. Just then the door opened. Kairi walked in. She got an angry glare from Konatsu and Riku. She walked to Sora.

" H-hey" she said.

" Hi" mumbled Sora. Suki looked at the two.

" Umm, groupmeetinginthehallwitheveryoneexceptSoraandKairi NOW" Suki yelled. Everyone followed Suki into the hall.

" Hey, why did you make us leave! I could feel the steam between them-

" Shut up Roxas" Suki said, she grabbed som wierd gadget from her bag and stuck it on the wall. They could hear what Kairi and Sora were saying now.

" So, do you have the flu" Kairi asked.

" No but I am sick though" he mumbled. Sora looked at the ground. Kairi looked devastated.

" Look, I know you saw me and Konatsu the other night. But its over between us, were through"

" Well I'm sorry for your loss" Sora said sarcastically. Kairi was on the verge of tears.

" Look, I wanted to tell you something but nevermind" Kairi said. She ran out the door.

Riku walked in followed by Suki. Konatsu and Roxas had gotten bored and were thumb-wresteling.

" Hey..."

" Hi..."

" YOU DIDN'T TELL HER SORA WHY DIDN'T YOU-

" Suki calm down! Sora's had a rough week. Give him some sympathy" Riku said. Suki shut up and sat down.

" Well, I wanted to tell her, but I was sooo mad" Sora said.

" Well, you got me and Reiko together, so I owe you one" Riku said, then he ran out the door.

" Wait! Riku what are you planning" Suki yelled chasing after him. Reiko walked in. She sat on the bed next to him.

" Umm, hi. I kind of overheard your conversation. I was still in the hall. Mind explaining to me what " I wanted to tell her". Please explain who and tell them what" Reiko said. Sora looked at her. He sighed.

" It all started in preschool..."

FLASHBACK

4 year olds Sora and Riku are sitting in a classroom playing with clay.

" I made a paopou fruit Miss. Starr, seee see" said an excited Riku who held up an extremly colorful blob of clay.

" Yes I see Riku. Sora, what have you made" Miss. Star asked.

" I made a heart for Morgan" he said, revealing a red blob of clay that if you turned your head and squinted, looked like a heart.

" Eww! I don't like you or your ugly heart Sora" said a blonde. She and a group of girls went off to talk to older guys. ( 5 year olds, oooh). Sora started to cry. Just then a brunnette walked over to him.

" I like your heart Sora" she said. Sora smiled.

" My name is Kairi. I'm new here"

END OF FLASHBACK

" Ever since then I've liked her. She lived two houses down and so we became best friends. But I never found the courage to tell her" Sora said. " It doesnt matter anymore though. She'll never like me".

" Ok, but um, if you don't have the flu, whats wrong" Reiko asked, still clueless.

" Well, I saw Konatsu and Kairi kissing. It felt awful. Like-

" You would never love again. Like your heart was ripped out and stomped on" Reiko cut in with a creepy look on her face.

" Umm, yeah. How did you know" Sora asked confused.

( explains story about Sutzu)

" Oh. Wow. That stinks" Sora said.

" Say, when are we landing" Reiko asked, changing the subject.

" Umm, in two days"

" Oh, ok, well, I'm gonna go to sleep. It's been a long day. Night". Sora said. Then he fell back and went to sleep. Reiko looked at her watch.

" It's only 7:00 though. Oh well" she said. She yawned. Then she went to her room. She was tired herself. She sat on her bed and was about to fall asleep when...

" REIKO" came a voice. A spikey haired silver head jumped on her and started to tickled her. She screamed and laughed. She punched Riku.

" Get...hahaha...of me... I... gotta sleep...hahaha" Reiko squealed. Riku got off and went to his bed.

" Good night" he said.

" Night" she said.

3 hrs later...

Reiko was having a hard time sleeping. She was tossing and turning. She was having a nightmare.

DREAM

Reiko is standing in the Hall of Empty Melodies. Riku is laying on the ground in a pool of blood. Reiko gasped. She looked down. Hey keyblade was covered in blood.

" Why Reiko, why" came a voice. Sora stepped out of the shadows, the Ultimate Keyblades drawn.

" We trusted you" cam another voice. Konatsu came out, the Kamniack in hand.

" Where is your heart" came a last voice. Roxas stepped out, his keyblades drawn. They all came toward her.

" I didn't do it, I love Riku" Reiko said.

" Yeah, if you love him so much why did you kill him" Roxas asked.

Reiko felt something whack her legs. She shrieked and fell to the ground. Reiko looked up. She saw Sora raise his keyblade, then swing.

" NOOO"

" Reiko"

" I didn't do it I swear"

" REIKO wake up"

Reiko sat up. She panted and looked around. Riku had his hands on both of her shoulders and was looking at her.

" Riku, I had an awful dream"

" I can see that. What was so scary about it" he asked.

" Y-you died" she said.

" Ah. That is scary. Luckily its only a dream. Go back to sleep" he said. Then he walked over to his bed and layed down.

" I'm not going anywhere" he said. Then Riku went to sleep.

" But, it was so real".