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Gosh, I was like 'Get this finished get this finished get this finished' when I started typing this chapter. And I wanted to get back on schedule again. So here goes, read and then review! Thanks in advance!oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo

Previously:

"Little Selphie got that much for the school." Tidus said, mocking Selphie and trying to lift the brunette's mood.

"No use to try Tidus. Maybe like Kairi, I just need some time." And on that, the brunette waved off the blonde to leave him alone behind the dark and shady school. In a matter of five minutes, the school bell rang thus starting the school day.

He walked slowly to his first class, which was math that he had with Kairi. And with Kairi… is Riku. Walking at his normal pace now, Sora saw Kairi and Riku pacing around in the hall.

Kairi glanced up, still angry that she had to be chauffer for Skyla's 'photo buddy.' When she looked around, noticing that the room started to fill into the rooms, saw Sora lagging in the line. She left Riku to just stand there, staring off into space for no heck of a reason, and walked over to Sora. "Hey Sora, you —"

"What happened to 'I need some time'?" He said, waving off the hand she was trying to put on him.

"Oh that. Listen, I know the perfect spot we could meet tonight. When can you go?"

"I'm working my dad's shift, so I can't."

"Why are you working so much? C'mon! Skyla got me a fund that I could tap into, so I could get you some money."

"As much as I'd like to, I can't. That's already asking too much, and—" The second bell rang, indicating that classes are starting. "We gotta go in now. Maybe lunch we can talk again."

Sora turned around to go into the class and Kairi looked around for Riku, who appeared to be listening to an MP3 player. "Let's go to class Riku."

"So she said she wanted to tap into her fund. I knew I shouldn't have given her one. Riku good job." A voice said over a talking device at lunch.

The silver haired boy took a deep sigh. "Yeah, thanks."

"Riku? What happened to your accent?"

"Skyla, I thought you'd already know, I never had an accent."

"Okay whatever. So are you going to do anything else to keep 'em apart?" Although she wasn't able to physically see it, Riku nodded a yes. Skyla dove into a whisper and told him a plan.

"Do I have to?" he asked.

"RIKU! Just go and keep Kairi and the boy away from each other. And we'll be all happy."

"Why do you hate him so much again?"

"His dad is the guy who started the group of people trying to shut us down! If they win, our regular customers would stop buying our stuff. And if Kairi's seen with his boy—"

"It's Sora."

"Like I care! If Kairi's seen with you, more people would start buying my cosmetics."

"It's the same story with you Skyla, you want money, you use Kairi and now, you're forcing her to call you Skyla even though you're her mom!"

"Your point is exactly?"

"None. Just think, every time you force Kairi to do something against her will how it could affect her own life instead of yours." A few words or so of Riku's finally reached Skyla heart. She remained silent for a moment, letting them sink in. "Skyla? Still there?"

"Get to Kairi and keep them apart. If you fail to do so, do not forget what I can tell your dad." On her request (sorta), Riku closed the phone and started walking towards the lone table of Kairi and sat down.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, flinging her peas around with her fork while the rest of her food lay lifeless on her plate. "Haven't you ruined my life enough already?"

"Heh? Oh of course not!" He told her. Still not wanting to keep them apart but didn't want to face the wrath of an evil Skyla, he decided to go with her plan.

"So why are you here?"

"Eh…I need to tell you something. And it's really important so I need to tell you now." He paused, expecting Kairi to say something, anything at all.

"…" She looked at him, wondering why he stopped. "I thought you were going to tell me something?"

"Oh right! Sora told me that he doesn't like you, that he was doing an act to look like he likes you." Riku looked the best he could at Kairi because she was facing away from him and to Sora by now. Her eyes were tearing up, on the verge of falling. "Kai, are you okay?"

"Do you really mean it? That Sora doesn't really care about me?" She started, her voice cracking in sadness.

"I'm sorry Kai, I overheard him talking with his friends saying that he won the bet. They were betting to see if Sora could get together with you. He probably never had any feeling for you." Kairi plunged into depression at that moment and Riku took her in his arms.

"Hey Sora, I thought Kai-chan hated that Riku person?" Selphie asked him. The whole group of Sora, Tidus, Wakka & Selphie turned their heads to Kai-chan (that's Kairi if you're wondering).

"Yeah, they're hugging now." Tidus added.

"It's not like we can't see that. I'm going to see what's happening." The brunette announced to his friends.

"Man, I don' tink dats a good idea." Wakka pulled Sora back down into his lunch seat.

"Why?"

"You guys mebbe togeter, but mebbe dis ting is personal between dem."

"He may have a point, a stupid one considering the fact that Kai-kuro may hate Riku, but a point nonetheless." Selphie insisted to him that Sora doesn't go with Wakka.

"Heh, you may be right, but you also can be wrong. If Sora just stays here, then he'd never know." The blonde turned his head to Sora. "I say you go."

Sora began to stand up and walk to them but something hit the back of his head halfway there. He turned around and Wakka gave him a 'WTF are you doin' mon?' look.

"I'm just going to see what's happening, that's what I'm doing." The brunette told him.

He continued walking to them, the anxiety to find out what's happening but the nervousness of it too. Sora reached the table where Riku and Kairi were. She turned her head up and saw him standing there. Kairi stood up as well; face leveled with face, his curiosity not the same as her anger. She raised a hand and slapped his face really hard, leaving her handprint.

"OW! What was that for?" Sora asked her as he felt the searing pain.

"'What was that for?' Like you don't know the bets you make yourself! You're so careless about other people's feelings!" Kairi turned her attention to Riku. "C'mon Riku, let's go." Both the red head and silver haired teens walked off the lunch yard. A few stares followed them but the rest laid on Sora as he walked to his own table.

"So? Why was Kai-ko hugging him?" Selphie asked, using another name for her friend.

"She just hit me and that's all. No answer." He told them all.

"Kairi might just be in a bad mood right now." Tidus' suggestion questioned them all.

"She could've been, but she usually comes to me. This time it's different."

"Skyla." Wakka simply said.

Selphie, Tidus and Sora turned their heads and asked in unison "Who?"

"Skyla Sonoda, Kairi's motha. Remember she was always complainin' 'bout how much she hates her? It could be 'cause of her."

"When did you get smart?" Selphie cocked her head to the side a bit.

"Selphie, shut up. My blitz ball friend here might have a point." Tidus told her. "So? You still have any more theories.

The orange haired boy shook him head.

"Then we'll just have to go with the one we have. Sora, you said you and Kairi sometimes meet in places, do exactly that."

"Then what would happen?"

"Make sure Skyla comes. If Kairi gets mad and stuff while she's around, then it's because of Skyla. If Kairi is completely okay with her there, then it's not because of her. That's how we'll find out." Everyone turned their heads to the other person who was acting smart.

"What? I can be smart at times, just like carrot head here." He said as he hooked his arm around Wakka shoulders.

"Kai, Kai, I know you're there. Answer please, we need to talk." Sora begged on Kairi's answering machine. "I didn't get to ask you at school so I'm asking you now."

She was there; she just didn't want to answer. After what Riku told her, she didn't want to talk to him.

"Kairi, I have a perfect place for tonight."

That caught Kairi's attention. She quickly picked up the phone and asked, "If it's a perfect place then what is it? Don't you have your dad's shift tonight since he's going to throw more rocks at me?"

"What? No, we've got a day off, but it's just today so we have to talk. And there's one more thing I have to ask—"

"And that would be?"

"Skyla's coming with you."

oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoh, there's a plan coming up. But now as the reviewers, I need you to do your part: should it be a good or bad ending? If it's good, it'll have extreme fluffiness, but if it's bad, you'd be best off if you have a box of tissues (Mkay that's overdoing it, but it will be sad). AND I'm thinking about making an Avatar story, it'll be romance but I suggest for those who don't understand the show to not read the story. I'm planning to have major fluff in that one too! And I have a new nickname, A.A.! I got it from raxer so go and read her stories 'cause they're good and I'll be mad if you don't. And I'm sorry if my Wakka talk sounds weird, I know, I'm not good at it. And (gosh I'm saying and a lot) when Selphie goes Kai-kuro and stuff like that, um it's and ending that girls use to make their names sound cute. I just learned about this so I'm not all that good at it. NO FLAMING ABOUT THAT, please and thank you!
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