Alright, I'm back with a new chapter today. It took a bit since I was busy with midterms. Anyway, here's the new chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts: Salve of Love Revised

Ch.4 Captured!

Kairi sat on her bed with a pillow on her lap. Namine and Selphie sat on chairs near the bed, the blonde having her notebook on her lap.

"Are there any boys you like?" Selphie asked the two girls with an exited smile on her face.

Kairi rolled her eyes, "Where did that come from Selphie?"

"That's the only thing girls like her think about," Namine pointed out while drawing on her notebook.

"Girls like me?" Selphie glared at the blonde.

Said girl nodded once more, "Airheads."

"Are there any you like Selphie?" Kairi quickly broke in, having witnessed the flash of anger flashing over Selphie's eyes.

The brunette's expression changed, her cheeks reddening and gaze lowering. "Um… I uh…" she stammered over her words as her blush deepened, "T-there's a guy…"

Namine looked away from her notebook, giving Selphie an odd look, "Really?"

Selphie didn't respond, instead blushing even more. Kairi watched her friend in mild amusement. It was rare to see her act so shy around them.

"What's his name?" Kairi asked with a smile.

"It's um… what? I won't tell you!" Selphie responded with a blush. Namine laughed slightly, earning a glare from the brunette, "What about you Namine? Instead of laughing to yourself over there, tell us who you like!"

"Nobody," Namine responded almost instantly. She turned back to her notebook with a frown, "Everyone at his school is shallow. If they were like the ones from my stories then maybe I would be interested."

Selphie laughed nervously before turning to Kairi, "What about you Kairi? Do you like anyone?"

The redhead shook her head. "Nobody right now," she closed her eyes in thought before letting out a short breath, "Right now I've got too many problems to think about getting a boyfriend."

"What kinds of problems?" Namine asked in curiosity.

"I get tons of homework almost every day, my grades are not good and, worst of all, I have no time to fix any of these problems," a sad look washed over her as she spoke, "Not to mention my father expecting me to be on top of my class."

Selphie looked at her with a frown, "Then you really need a slave then."

Kairi, for the first time when it came to the subject, didn't respond.

Sora walked through a street in Hollow Bastion with his hands in his pockets. It was a bit cool out and he had forgotten to take a jacket to his 'task.'

Small houses were lined up next to each other on the street, leaving almost no room for gardens since most of that space was taken up by sidewalks. A few amount of people walked along the street with some of them appearing to be dangerous.

Sora sped up his pace before finally making it to a one-story home with pale white walls and a small porch. He made his way to the door before taking out the key to it from his pocket.

He opened the door as slowly as possible, cringing with each creak it gave off. Alerting Aqua of his presence was not on his list of things. He tiptoed into the house, taking in the small living room with a couch and a small coffee table.

"Sora!"

'Dammit,' he turned to the source of the noise, finding Aqua standing under the doorway of her room. Her arms were crossed over her chest, giving him a disapproving gaze.

"Where were you?"

Sora scowled before speaking, "I was out with a few friends."

Aqua's eyes narrowed, "Since when was Seifer your friend?"

He flinched at that, making a mental note to pay Roxas back for this.

"Listen well Sora," she began, "Do not hand around with Seifer. He's a criminal. If I ever hear of you going to him again, there'll be consequences."

Sora frowned, "What's the big deal? You sound like a mom."

She glared at Sora, giving him a look into just how furious she was. "Don't ever get close to him again, you hear? I'm going to sleep now, don't be loud," she spoke with a growl to her words, making Sora turn on his heel and walk away, knowing that he was in danger of unleashing her wrath.

Aqua's expression softened once Sora entered his room. She was worried about him, after all, she had been with him since he was only a kid. As time passed she grew very protective of him and it wasn't until later that Roxas showed up, also an orphan. Now she saw them as the family she didn't have.

A sigh escaped her lips before entering her room, knowing that she would be busy the following day.

"What the hell Roxas?" Sora glared upon entering the room.

Roxas chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his head, "I guess Aqua found out about Seifer?"

Sora frowned before moving to his bed, right next to Roxas' since there wasn't much room. The room was painted a light brown with a single window between the beds. And of course, like everything else, it was a bit small for the two of them.

"Seriously Roxas," he began with a groan, "Did you really have to tell Aqua? You should've seen how mad she was."

"I'm just looking out for you," Roxas admitted with a shrug, "We both know that we can't trust Seifer."

"Oh yeah?" Sora reached into his pocket before taking out the munny from his previous job. Roxas' eyes widened in pure shock, never having seen so much munny at once, "I think that these speak for themselves."

Roxas looked back at Sora after getting over his initial shock, now replaced with concern, "But are you really sure about this? Munny is great, but come on… Seifer?"

"I know but…" Sora struggled with his words before dropping on his bed, extending his arms on the mattress, "But, it's so much. I could actually help Aqua out with bills."

"But you know that it's dangerous to trust Seifer," Roxas went on, "Do you really think that he won't eventually end up in jail? Or even worse, Radiant Garden?"

Sora looked at the blond with a bit of concern on his face. The job had been really dangerous and there was also the chance of him being caught. And if he was caught then he wouldn't get to see Roxas or Aqua again, let alone help them with anything.

"Fine…" Sora sighed out before closing his eyes, "I won't do it anymore. I'll just try to find a job tomorrow."

Roxas smiled, "See, was that so hard?"

Sora stirred from his sleep, removing his face from the pillow with a bit of drool trailing out of his mouth. He let out a groan before looking out the window, finding it to be light out.

"The rent is due!"

His brows furrowed before turning to the door leading to the living room. 'What's going on so early in the morning?' he rose from his bed before walking to the door, opening it only slightly and looking into the living room.

'Shit.'

Aqua stood in the living room, a look of worry on her face. In front of her stood a middle-aged man with a black beard and short black hair. He was dressed in a business suit and appeared to be angry.

"Just give me a day, I'll get the money," Aqua assured with a bit of desperation on her voice.

The man scoffed. "The rent is to today, not tomorrow," he reminded with a frown, "You are always paying me late. Now, is that fair?"

Aqua took a step back, "Please, just one more day."

A smile etched on the man's face. "Remember young girl," his tone was low as he spoke, "There's always other ways to pay."

Sora's blood boiled at that sentence. His fists tightened against the door, as did his teeth against each other. He was getting ready to get out of his room and beat the shit out that man but quieted down when Aqua began to speak once more.

"I'll have it tomorrow," she assured with no room for discussion.

"Fine," the man agreed with a sneer, "But if you don't have it tomorrow, you'll either get thrown out or just succumb."

With that he left, Aqua quickly closing the door once he was out. She leaned against the door, swallowing painfully with her eyes filled with sadness.

Sora couldn't take anymore and closed the door. He dug into his pocket before taking out all of his munny and walking over to Roxas' bed.

"Roxas wake up," he began to push the blond from side to side in an attempt to wake him up.

"Wh-what?" the blond muttered sleepily as his dazed eyes opened.

"Just listen," Sora spoke firmly, pushing the money into Roxas' hands. "This is all of the munny I made yesterday. I need you to go to the landlord and pay him the rent," he sat on his bed before quickly putting his shoes on while a confused Roxas simply stared at him, "There will be munny leftover so I want you to pay for anything else we owe."

Roxas watched as Sora opened their window, "Wait, what the hell is going on?"

"Don't worry about it," he responded calmly, "I'm going to be gone for most of the day so please get that done. I'm really counting on you Roxas."

With that Sora climbed out of the window, leaving a perplexed Roxas behind.

Leon sat in one of the chairs of the file room. Cloud too was on the room but instead leaned against a wall with a set of papers on his hands. The two were currently looking for the people that had been to Leon's house the previous day.

The police files were organized by any physical trait. The more you knew about the person's body type, the higher the chance of finding a file would be. Of course, this is assuming that they have a police file in the first place.

It had been a few hours since they had begun their search but they still hadn't found anything. Leon had only managed to notice the culprit's spiky hair and scrawny build, not much to go by.

"What about this guy?" Cloud gave Leon a paper, showing the picture of a teen with blond hair spiked to the side.

"Not him," Leon responded, putting the paper down, "The guy that was in my house last night had his hair spiked up."

The two went back to looking before Leon's eyes widened, a smirk forming on his face. "I think I've got him," he announced with a chuckle.

In his hands was a sketch that looked a lot like Sora.

Sora (A.K.A Spiky)

Crime: Charged with stealing pounds of fruit.

Physic: Blue eyes, spiky brown hair, small build.

Location: Unknown. Presumed to be in north Hollow Bastion.

Statue: Wanted

Leon put the paper down before getting up.

"Where are you going?" Cloud asked with a raised brow.

He simply smirked, turning on his heel and walking up to the door, "We know that they exaggerate with those reports. Which means that he probably stole a bit of food. Maybe I could make this guy Kairi's new slave."

"Okay, but it doesn't explain where you're going."

"I always like to prepare," he informed, "If the report said that he is presumed to be in north Hollow Bastion then that probably means that he entered Radiant Garden around the south gate. I'm going to go check things out there and find where exactly he entered from."

It was dark as Sora, Seifer, Rai and Fuu walked along the alleyways with bags slung over their shoulders, filled with the goods they had taken.

After leaving his house, Sora had gone to Seifer and told him that he wanted to keep going. They had then made plans to enter Radiant Garden that same night but not before Sora asking Seifer to give all of his earnings directly to Roxas since there was always the chance of him getting caught.

They had moved once it was dark out. Moving swiftly through the homes without being noticed and taking all they could from the home they chose. This particular home had been loaded with all kinds of things that promised to make them a lot of money.

None of this made Sora feel much better though. He still felt regret for taking the stuff from others but knew that he needed the money. He'd rather die than let that disgusting man so much as look at Aqua.

"Slow down," Seifer order from the front of the group.

The sewers were already visible but they had to make sure that there was nobody on the street right before the sewers. Someone could see them and report them to an officer since the large bags they carried were rather obvious.

"We're clear, let's move," Seifer jogged to the other side of the street, followed by his companions.

They made it across the street without much trouble before making it to the outside of the sewers, glad to have made it once again.

"So I was right. This is where the rats are coming from."

The group froze, eyes as wide as saucers. Behind them stood Leon, his arms crossed across his chest and having a look of anger on his face.

"You stole from the wrong person," he glared, balling his hands into fists.

Sora took a step back, gritting his teeth and trying to think of something. They were caught, they would disappear once they took them in. He wouldn't get to help Aqua and Roxas anymore, unless…

"Seifer!" Sora called out as he dropped the bag he was holding. "Get out of here, I'll hold him off but please give the money to Roxas," he kept his gaze on Leon as he dropped into a fighting stance, "Go!"

The group didn't waste time and ran for the sewers just as Sora ran at Leon with his right fist held back.

He neared the officer before the latter suddenly charged forward, taking Sora by surprise as he delivered a harsh punch to his stomach. His eyes widened in pain, a bit of blood splattering out of his mouth.

'What the hell are this guy's fists made of?' he staggered backwards while trying to regain his breath.

Leon's eyes narrowed before punching at the teen's face, making contact with his jaw and snapping his whole head to the side.

Sora felt a numbing pain on his jaw as his body hit the ground. 'How strong is this guy?' his eyes widened when seeing Leon begin to walk towards the sewers, going to catch Seifer and his gang no doubt.

'No.'

He knew, he knew that Aqua and Roxas depended on those three. They depended on the money and he couldn't fail them. He couldn't fail his family.

"W-wait!"

Leon turned to see the teen standing with blood trailing down his mouth. "What the hell do you want now?" his tone was cold, something he kept for the people he arrested, "Do you want another beating?"

Sora chuckled, tightening his fists and dropping into a fighting stance. "Why should I be scared of you?" more blood trailed down his mouth as he said this, "You can't stop me from helping those close to me! You' have to do a lot worse before you take me down!"

With that Sora charged at Leon once more, watching as the officer charged at him once more. The teen smirked before stopping dead on his tracks and leaning down, just as the expected punch whizzed right over him.

"Take this!" Sora exclaimed as he delivered an uppercut to Leon's chin, snapping his head back and making him take a few steps back.

The officer nursed his jaw before setting his eyes on the smirking teen. He pointed a hand at Sora, a ball of lightening gathering on his palm before shooting at the teen, hitting him square in the chest.

"GAAHHH!" he yelled in pain before being knocked backwards, falling hard against the ground. His whole body shook in pain as the electricity coursed through his system before finally stopping, leaving him completely drained on the ground.

"D-dammit…" he grunted before slowly pushing himself up.

Leon watched in surprise as the teen rose to his feet, never before seeing someone stand after taking an abuse like that. Sora threw him a defiant smirk before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and his body fell limply on the ground.

The officer's brows furrowed. He had really surprised him, just what was this kid?

Leon shook his head to rid himself of those thoughts. He turned back to the sewers but knew that it was a lost cause now, those kids were away now and he didn't know his way across the thing. Besides, he still needed to take the teen himself since another officer would only put him in a jail and forget about him.

He walked to the teen before picking him up and slinging him over his shoulder. For now he would go to Cloud's since he would probably need his morning shift covered. It would also be the perfect place to find out more about the teen.

After all, he couldn't let just anyone become Kairi's slave, could he?

Ch.4 End

That's it for this one guys. And yes, sadly, no short today since I have something else to show you.

I'm going to be starting my first P.O.V story tomorrow which is the 20th. It will be a Kingdom Hearts story with Sora having a bit of Kyon's (from Haruhi series) attitude.

It will be called, 'The Ordinary Life of Sora.'

Anyway, here's a preview to the story. Give it a read if you're interested.

Ordinary Life of Sora

Preview

Am I the only one with a problem here? First of all we're only four people, we need at least eleven to make a soccer team, that much I did know. Secondly, all of us suck at doing any kind of physical activity. Why do you think we're in this club in the first place? Cause we like it? Of course not.

I was blackmailed. Roxas only joined because of some alpha male thing. Kairi joined when she found out I was dragged into this. And Xion was simply bored.

Kairi smiled nervously. "I don't mind."

Her discomfort was so visible that even a blind man could probably see it. Oh boy... I guess I have to be that guy again.

"Wait Namine." I finally spoke up, knowing that nobody else would. "You can't just decide these kinds of things for us. What if we're busy that day?"

"Then it's settled!" Namine, completely ignoring my argument, sat on her seat before messing around with her computer. "The tournament starts this Saturday morning. Make sure to be ready by then."

I slapped a hand to my face. Could this girl not listen?

"Namine, we don't have enough people to play this thing." I tried to reason with her, keyword try, since she only waved me off before frowning.

"I'll get some random people to come with us."

I had no idea how she would get people to agree to come with us but didn't voice my curiosity. I was way too exhausted and couldn't really bother at the moment. I mean, who could put up with this kind of thing in a daily basis? Not to mention all that's happened to me this last few days...

Thanks for reading guys. Next chapter will come out as scheduled.