Surprises and Lies
Disclaimer – I do not own KH, deal wiff it. But, I do own Lalaine, you'll see in one of Kairi's POVs.
A/N – There are some POVs of Sora, 'kay?
Chapter 3, Telling Kairi"No. WAY!" Selphie shrieked. "Sora's on the—"
"Shut up!" Tidus said covering her mouth.
Selphie shoved Tidus' hand off her mouth. "Ew! Don't touch me." She became all serious. "Okay. So, I can tell anyone but Kairi, right?"
"As long as Kairi doesn't find out, yeah, I guess so." Tidus said. "If she does, Riku's going to be in A LOT of trouble."
Selphie nodded and said, "Okay, see you tomorrow at the movies." She waved good-bye to Tidus.
Tidus' face beamed with happiness. "Yeah! Tomorrow…"
Selphie couldn't believe it! Sora was on the island. If you needed to tell someone a secret, Selphie's your gal. She may seem perky and obnoxious, but she's a real loyal friend. At least, so far.
Selphie strolled over to Kairi. "Hey, Kairi."
Kairi looked at Selphie. "Hi, where've you been?" Kairi asked her and sipped some punch she was holding. The sweetness of the punch caused her to lick her lips. She took another sip.
Selphie shrugged. "You know, talking to Tidus… Talking about our date tomorrow." She said grinning.
Kairi squealed with delight. "Oh. My. Gosh. You and Tidus? Wow, it's like… Wow." She made an immature kissy face. "Selphie and Tidus sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Kairi laughed.
"Ha. Ha. Very funny." Selphie said sarcastically.
Kairi giggled some more. When she glanced at the clock, she gasped. "Oh gosh, it's already nine o'clock. When are you planning on going home?"
"Oh, right. I was going to ask you if it was all right if I could spend the night at your house, since it's your birthday. Is that alright?" Selphie asked.
Kairi nodded and said, "Oh, sure. I'm positive my dad won't mind. After all, it's my birthday and my house is so empty the way it is."
Selphie smiled. "Thanks." The two girls hooked arms and walked around the party room, smiling at people who waved or greeted the best friends.
Selphie, knowing not to tell Kairi that Sora was on the island, was suspicious about one thing. "Kairi, I was just wondering. What would you do if Sora just, you know, came back?"
Kairi stopped walking and thought about the question. Surprisingly, it was awfully hard for Kairi to think of an answer. Finally, in about a minute or two, she said, "Well, the first thing I'd to if he would came back, would just spend a day catching up on each other's life. Maybe a walk on the beach. I'm not entirely sure, I guess I haven't thought about that." Kairi smiled. "But, thanks for bringing it up."
"Was that a sarcastic comment?" Selphie asked, trying to figure out what Kairi had just said.
She laughed lightly. "No, that wasn't meant to sound sarcastic. I just like the though of, well, thinking of him."
"Oh, okay."
XxXxX
Sora, standing on the shore of the island where he and his friends would always play on, stared at the horizon slowly hiding behind the ocean's water. He wasn't thinking about Kairi. Sora was thinking about her dad, the mayor, wondering why he had been so rotten to him. Exactly. You attract them, Sora. If Kairi finds out you're here, she'll want to be with you every second. She'll be in sure danger. Last time she lost her heart! Please, just stay away from her.
"But, I saved her. Don't I get credit for that?"
Finishing up his gaze, he walked over to the tree house. Man, nobody bothered to fix this place up? He thought. Carefully, he climbed up the ladder and slowly walked on the wooden floor. Then, he remembered. I was supposed to fix this place up myself, with no help from anyone. He stopped daydreaming and entered the room with the cloth in it. When he stepped into it, he gagged. "Ugh, this place stinks!"
"Actually, I quite enjoy this tree house." Said a voice.
Sora whipped his head towards the person who had just spoken and beamed at the sight. "Riku!"
The silver haired young adult smiled and nodded. "I see you're back, Sora. Since when?" Riku asked and walked over to Sora, studying his new look. Black top and slightly sagging black shorts. Yellow belts randomly scattered around the outfit and two red pouches dangling from his shorts. Lastly, he was wearing his usual necklace with a crown, protective gloves, and black and yellow shoes were placed on his feet.
Sora looked at Riku and shoved his hands into his pockets. "This morning. I stopped by Kairi's party but—" He started.
"I know, Mr. Nodoka forbids you to see Kairi." Riku interjected. "I saw you and I asked Kairi's dad if it was really you. He explained the whole thing to me." He said sadly.
Sora groaned. "It's so unfair! What has gotten into that guy? I'm home now! The heartless will not follow me here. I know it. I just want to see Kairi." Sora walked past Riku. "I want to tell her something… No, I need to tell her." He continued, making hand gestures and he spoke.
"You know, I'm still here and I can hear every word you're saying!" Riku laughed. "So… What's this "thing" you need to tell Kairi?" Riku put up air quotes while saying 'thing'.
"Uh… Riku, shouldn't you know by now?" Sora mumbled.
"Why, should I?"
"No… Just asking. You'll find out when I tell her." Sora assured his best friend.
Riku hurriedly sprinted to Sora and grabbed his shoulder. "Dude, you can't have any contact with Kairi, remember? If you do, you know her dad will do something to you! You cannot disobey his orders."
Sora scoffed. "Now you sound like Mr. Nodoka." He shrugged off Riku's hand off his shoulder. "But, right after I left the party, I promised myself I would find a way to tell Kairi what I need to tell her, even it takes me twenty years." Sora repeated his promise.
Riku ran his fingers through his hair and dropped his hands to his side. "But, how?"
Sora grinned. "That's why I need your help."
"What?"
"You in?"
Riku hesitated. He really didn't want to get in trouble and take the risk of being tormented from Mr. Nodoka. On the other hand, Sora had just come back and he did want to help out his best friend since childhood. The most loyal, trustworthy, coolest friend ever, and the Keyblade Master.
"I'm in."
XxXxX
Kairi and Mr. Nodoka stood at the door and greeted everybody good-bye. Selphie stood contently next to them and smiled and nodded at the people, even though she scarcely knew them. Maybe about one hundred and twenty people left at that time, a fourth were relatives, a little more than half were family friends, and the rest were Mr. Nodoka's old friends and co-workers. Kairi didn't really care who came to her party, as long as her friends considered on coming.
As the last few people left, only Kairi, Mr. Nodoka, and Selphie were left in the now-empty room. Kairi glanced at the grandfather clock in one of the room's corner and it read twelve fifty-nine. "Wow, dad. That was some party." Kairi said, hugging her dad.
The mayor hugged her in a big squeeze. "Of course it was, you have just one more year until you're a official adult. I wanted this to be a special one."
Selphie watched Kairi and her dad hug. When the hug was over, Kairi looked at Selphie. "Do you want a hug, too, Selphie?" Kairi laughed.
"Yes!" Selphie giggled, and Kairi threw her arms out at her close friend, giggling as well, readying herself for the hug.
Selphie whizzed right past Kairi and squeezed Mr. Nodoka. "Great party, Mr. N!"
Kairi sweatdropped and rolled her eyes, smiling when Selphie finally let go of her father and gave her a hug as well.
Kairi thanked Selphie and Mr. Nodoka stood in the middle of the two girls, took their shoulders and said, "Hey, are you guys still hungry?" Kairi and Selphie looked at Mr. Nodoka. "I think we might have some cake left!" Mr. Nodoka used the hand that was resting on Selphie's shoulder to point at the cake sitting near the snack bar.
Kairi sniffed. "Of course we still have some leftovers, Dad! You ordered that cake to be four layers!" Kairi exclaimed.
Selphie ran over to the cake. "I'll take some." She sliced some cake onto a plate with a sharp knife. Selphie took a big bite of cake. "Mmm…"
Kairi laughed at the sight she had just witnessed. I hadn't noticed that Riku left, and Tidus, too. I wonder where Riku went, and Tidus, too. I just hope they aren't planning a diabolical scheme. Kairi thought.
XxXxX
I sat on my bed waiting for Selphie who had to go to her house and pick up some clothes and the essentials. I laid my head down on my soft pillows. I turned my head towards my window and looked out into the darkness, thinking about Sora. "I wonder if he's still fighting those heartless right now." I whispered.
I turned my gaze to look over pictures on my wall. The picture that drew my attention and made me sit up was a picture that contained me, Selphie, Riku, Tidus, Wakka, and in the middle was Sora giving out a beaming smile and his peace sign and with a wooden sword on his shoulder. I looked at myself in the picture. I looked so happy there. Sure, I do look happy right now, but bottled up inside me is fear. "I wonder if… Sora still… ali—"
The door busted open and Selphie came in. "I'm ba-aak!" Selphie slung her bag over in an empty corner and plopped her butt on my bed and started to bounce. "So… What are we going to do? Paint our nails? Do our hair? Pillow fight? C'mon, I'm giving you the best stuff to do at a sleepover!" Selphie stared at me, waiting for an answer.
I wrinkled my brow and stared back. "Why would I do those things? You know I'm not like that."
Selphie rolled eyes and groaned. "What do you want to do? Mope around and talk about the good old days? That's so bor—"
"Yes." I simply answered.
"Yes?" Selphie retorted. "Fine. You start. Talk about anything that happened over, hmm, three years ago. It won't matter if it's sad or happy."
I tapped my chin. "Um, I think four years ago, um, Sora put glue on your seat in class and you had to call you mom to bring you a pair of pants!" I laughed. "That was so hilarious! You sat down—and—you were all stuck!" I said between a couple of laughs. I wiped a tear from my cheek.
Selphie put her hands on her hips. "Thanks a lot for bringing that up, Kairi." It was Selphie's turn to say something about the good old days. "Okay, this is very romantic. Are you ready to hear it?"
"Hurry up, Selph." I urged.
"Fine. Remember in seventh grade, there was a Valentine's Dance?" Selphie asked me.
"Yeah…" I said slowly.
"…And Sora asked you to go with him and you did?"
"Mmm hmm…"
"…You guys came to the dance and when you got in a slow-dance position…"
"Selphie! Stop stopping. I barely remember that night. How do you remember?"
"It's a specialty of mine. Now on with this event. When you guys started to dance, you laid you head on his shoulder. Sora placed his hand on your back and the song played for about fifteen seconds until you sneezed." Selphie laughed lightly. "You kept sneezing and when Sora asked you what was wrong, you said you might've been allergic to his cologne!"
"Selphie—" I yelled, throwing a pillow at her. "That was so embarrassing!"
"You wanted to play!" Selphie blocked the pillow.
"Oh," I said sarcastically, "You know what'll be a good laugh? When you and Tidus go to the movies and he does the old pretend-to-stretch-put-his-arm-on-girl's-shoulder trick. That'll be a hoot, especially when you feel it and you snuggle up to the 'hot hottie'!"
Selphie laughed. "So, you think Tidus is a hot hottie also?"
I threw another pillow. I guess I threw it a little too hard because it exploded. Feathers flew in every direction. "Um…" I started.
We chuckled hysterically. When our guffaws faded, Selphie said, "So, you really think Tidus will put his arm around me?"
More feathers.
XxXxX
"So… What do I have to do?" Riku asked, following Sora around on the beach. "What if we get caught?"
"We won't get caught." Sora said firmly. "Only if you follow my plan."
Riku nodded. "What's the plan?"
"Well, we need to be very sneaky because Kairi's father hired some guards to watch over me, making sure I have no contact with Kairi. Next, I want you to tell Kairi that I'm on the island. Tell her in a deserted place so if she causes commotion, nobody will notice."
"Got it."
"Second, tell her to meet me at the paopu tree at midnight on Tuesday. I'll be spending the night at the tree house, since my mom's out of town and I don't have a key. Got it?"
"Got it! So, I tell Kairi that you're here and make sure everyone will hear the commotion." Riku said.
"Riku!"
"I'm kidding! Tell her in a quiet place and tell her to meet you at the paopu tree at midnight on Wednesday."
"Riku!"
"God, I'm just joking. Midnight on Monday."
Sora groaned, put his hand on his forehead. "It's no use…"
Riku put his hand on Sora's shoulder. "Hey, I'm just messing with your big head, I got it, alright? I'll tell Kairi that you're on the island in a deserted place and tell her to meet you at the paopu tree at midnight on Tuesday, is that correct?"
Sora smiled. "Yeah. Thanks, Riku." Sora turned his head to look at the already-dark sky. "I'll finally see Kairi and tell her how I feel."
"You'll finally tell her you love her?" Riku asked, grinning widely.
"Yeah—" Sora turned to Riku, blushing, "Hey!"
Riku laughed and ran away. "See you later, Sora!"
Sora waved at Riku and sighed. "I hope Riku won't mess up."
XxXxX
Selphie and I continued playing the game about the good old days and when it finally became three o'clock, we went to bed. We woke up at seven o'clock, well, at least I did. I woke up from the sound of Selphie's snoring at seven. Selphie woke up at seven forty-five.
"Good morning, Kairi." Selphie said, yawning. "How long have you been up?"
I stood up and started to fold the blanket I took out in the middle of the night, since Selphie grabbed my blanket. "Oh, about forty-five. I woke up because I heard an elephant."
"You have an elephant?" Selphie jumped up and shook her fists in midair. "Ooh, can I see her? What's her name?"
I snorted. "Her name is Selphie."
Selphie crossed her arms and scrunched up her nose. "Why'd you name your elephant after me? That's mean!"
I looked at her. "I mean, Selphie, the elephant is you!" I laughed.
"You're saying I'm fat?"
"No! I'm saying you snore like an elephant!"
"Elephants snore?" Selphie asked.
We laughed, and sat down on my bed, catching our breaths when my phone rang. I crawled over to my study desk where my cell phone buzzed and moved around inch by inch. I flipped it open. "Hello? … Hi Riku. What do you want? … Talk? … Why at School? … Why can't anyone hear us? … Fine… See you at seven… Bye."
"Why did Riku call?" Selphie asked, folding her blanket, as well as the blanket she took from me.
"He wanted to meet me at the school, he said it's the only place people won't hear us, he said it's a something really serious. Hm, he's been acting weird. Oh well." I put my phone down and asked, "Do you want anything to eat? I think we have some bagels and strawberry cream cheese."
Selphie bobbed her head. "Yum. I'll change then I'll be down."
I nodded my head back and walked out of my room, down the stairs, and into the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator and looked for the bagels and the strawberry cream cheese.
"Are you looking for something, Miss Kairi?"
I looked behind me and a few feet away was Lalaine, one of my dad's maids. "Oh, hi Lalaine, I was just looking for some breakfast for me and Selphie. She spent the night." I closed the fridge, not finding the bagels. "But I can't find the bagels."
Lalaine smiled and motioned me to follow her into the dining room and the were food like bacon, eggs, cereal, and there was the bagels I was looking for. "I made you a birthday breakfast, since I couldn't make you one yesterday morning. Did you run off to the island again?"
I was about to say something when Selphie came downstairs and said, "Yeah, Kairi had to do some thinking at the island. She's been doing a lot of thinking lately. Oh, hi Lalaine." Selphie said, her eyes widening when she saw the food. "Whoa."
"Help yourself, Selphie." I said, patting the seat next me and took a bite of a bagel covered with strawberry cream cheese.
Selphie beamed and hugged Lalaine. She sat down, filled up a plate, and dug in.
XxXxX
Riku stood at the entrance of the school and waited for Kairi to show up. It was seven o' five, and Kairi was five minutes late. Finally, he saw a figure walking towards him.
"Riku, what's this 'very serious' thing you want to tell me about?" Kairi reached Riku. "This better be important, or I told Selphie to go home for nothing. So, spill."
Riku looked around, making sure nobody but Kairi will hear. "It's about Sora."
Kairi gasped. "What about Sora? What happened to him? Is he alright? Is he—"
"Kairi, calm down. Sora is fine." Riku put a finger to his mouth. "But stay quiet. Let's get one thing straight. Your father can't know about this. He has guards watching over all the people that know."
"Know what?" Kairi whined. "If this is a joke, Riku, it's not funny."
Riku sighed. "It's not a joke. I can never joke about Sora. He's on—"
"Hey!" A deep voice boasted. "You there!"
Riku's head shot up, not looking at the person who had surprised the two. "Run, Kairi! It's a guard."
Kairi stood there, smiling.
"What are you smiling at? Run!" Riku hissed, not looking back.
"Hello, Mr. Kei." Kairi said sweetly.
"Mr. Kei?" Riku's tensed body calmed down and he turned around. It was indeed their Principal, Mr. Kei. "Um, hi Mr. Kei."
The principal grunted. "What are you two doing here? The school is off limits to anybody after six o' clock, especially during the spring break."
"Sorry, Sir." Kairi and Riku said in unison.
"Now, please head on off."
"Yes, Sir."
The principal watched the two teens walk off. Kairi looked behind them to see the principal turn and leave.
"Riku, just tell me already!" Kairi stopped walking.
Riku walked stopping as well, and took a hold of Kairi's shoulder. "Sora's on the island. He's back. That's what he wanted me to tell you."
Author's Note -- Hello everyone. I hope you like this chappie. Ooh, cliffie. Unless you don't think it is. Two chapters already end with somebody telling somebody Sora's on the island. Wierd, huh? PLEASE REVIEW!
