Disclaimer: I do not own anything here… all I own in this ficcy is DJ, the parents of the characters and other stuff which I have no idea of right now

A/n: Heya! Sorry for the late update. My final mid-terms are coming and I soooo need to study. Thanks a whole lot to… Deliahgirl, angelofsweetness, Kairi and Cloud, Typical Sundays, IcyPirateChic, sorakairiforever, sakura's conscience, junebug21946 and wexiuan18. TY for reviewing! Oh yeah, sorry that this story is going to have really late updates. I have to concentrate on FFTL first. I have my reasons… Now, on with the show!

"Um, Miss Hikari, I think Kairi would like to join"

"What!?" The red head said "Selphie, no!"

"Perfect. Thank you, Ms. Sonoda" The teacher said "Ok, the people who are going to be part of the auction for the Homecoming dance next week are, Naminé, Kairi, Ashley, Jennifer, and Hope."

Kairi slunk down in her chair and gave a death glare to her brunette friend "Thanks a lot, Selph"

"No Problem, sis!" Selphie beamed and showed off her pearly-white teeth like her life depended on it.

RIIING!

School was over and as if by magic, Kairi suddenly disappeared from the two brunette's eyes. "Hey, DJ, have you seen Kairi?"

"Uh… No" he replied, ruffling his brown and red hair and placed it in his baseball cap "The last time I saw her was during History"

"Okay. If I was a red-haired teen whose name happens to be 'Kairi Sonoda', where would I be?"

Both of them stroked their chin, well, Selphie actually. DJ just looked at the ceiling pondering really hard… until both their eyes widened and they had a grin on their faces

"LIBRARY!" they said in unison

Kairi's pale hands were clutching hard into the library cart and pushed all those books away and two figures shadowed behind her. They were obviously Selphie and DJ.

"Kairi" the female said "C'mon. You know it. You're really pretty. You should join!"

"I don't wanna be part of that stupid auction thing. What if I don't like my date?!"

"Don't worry. You know almost everyone in this school and most of the guys are your friends"

"But—"Words escaped her lips, followed by a long sigh "I- I just don't want to go"

The brunette daintily placed her hands on her shoulders and the redhead looked at her with worried eyes. "Kai, I'm going to use all my powers possible to make you one of the prettiest there. Even prettier than Naminé for sure!"

"You really think so?"

"Have I ever steered you wrong?"

"Well, there was this one time where you told me that there was a monster under my bed when we were nine when it was actually a piece of lint, there was another time where you—"

"Ok, fine" Selphie said and rolled her eyes "Have I ever steered you wrong recently?!"

Giggles which formed into little bubbles escaped her mouth. "Maybe"

Selphie pouted and did her very cute, very irresistible cute puppy dog eyes. She whimpered like a puppy and made her eyes huge and sparkly. "Okay, fine. You didn't steer me wrong" Kairi said and Selphie smiled "Recently"

Kairi was sitting on the chair, her legs crossed and a white bathrobe was wrapped around her whole body. Selphie was holding on to a white puffball and splashed powder into Kairi's delicate face, followed by some blush. Her hands painted her face like a canvas. She lightly put on some pink eye shadow and pink, glossy lipstick on her soft pink lips. While Selphie was curling Kairi's eyelashes, DJ's mouth was slightly agape, for seeing his best friend getting primped up. She looked even more radiant than she did usually and her face was even more beautiful than an angel.

"DJ, can you get Kairi's dress? It's over there"

The dark-haired brunette wasn't listening. His deep blue-green eyes were focused on Kairi. On her facial features, especially on her eyes-- "DJ?!?" Selphie shouted "DJ?!?!? ANYONE THERE?!"

"Huh?"

"Don Juaaaan, I said, can you get Kairi's dress?!" she said, sounding annoyed "It's waaay over there"

She jabbed her index finger on the door outside and DJ snapped out of his trance.

"Oh. Ok. And, by the way, my name's DJ. DEEEE JAAAAAY. GET IT RIGHT, FOR ONCE!"

She rolled her big green eyes and he walked away, his black tuxedo flowing behind him and his black cap was still on his head.

On the other side of the room, Naminé was sitting down on a chair when her friend came by.

"Oh, Hey, Naminé,"

The blonde girl looked behind her and her stylist was playing around with her flaxen hair. She focused her eyes on him. "Hey, Roxas"

He was wearing a simple white tuxedo and a flower was placed on his chest pocket. She was wearing a long blue gown with glitters which sparkled in the light above them. "You know, I hope that I get to dance with Sora tonight,"

"Really?" Roxas asked but on his mind was 'No surprise there'

"Yeah, I hope he voted for me"

"Sure" the blonde-haired guy said and somehow felt funny inside. He didn't know why, I mean, Naminé is his FRIEND. Right? "I gotta go. See ya later, Nam!"

"You too, Rox" she said and focused her eyes on the mirror and continued to put make-up on her face.

Outside, the announcers on stage were Ms. Hikari and Ms. Yoritimo. "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome our lovely ladies!"

After the girls were all out…

"Ms. Naminé Kaname! And her date is, Mr. Todd!"

Naminé's heart broke, knowing that it wasn't Sora. Todd went up the stage and held Naminé's hand and she smiled courteously and stood beside her smiling at the audience.

"And… The girl who got the most votes… Kairi Sonoda!"

"And, Ms. Sonoda's date is…"

Sora's heart was racing. Sure, he liked Naminé and all but, somehow, he voted for Kairi. He just wanted to be with her, to be in her arms and dance the night away. DJ was smirking, he voted for her too. He was really confident that he was going to be with Kairi. "Don Juan De La Cruz!"

"IT'S DJ!" he screamed at the top of his lungs

Kairi smiled and the dark haired brunette walked over to her. "Heh, it's you!"

"Sure. I don't want some jerk to go dancing with you, KaiKai"

She giggled. And with that, DJ placed his hand around her waist and she placed her hand on his broad shoulder and danced the night away. Sora slunk down on a chair and watched both of them, just wishing that he was with her, staring into her eyes, feeling the touch of her skin on his. A wish that was destined to never come true…

"WHOOO! GO DJ! GO SORA!" Kairi screamed on the bench with Selphie and their eyes were looking at the two brunettes and the other people there too. Cheers and laughter filled the air and they saw the guys in their swimming trunks, ready to plunge into the water.

BANG!

Their feet kicked off and they started to swim. Sora's brown hair was pulled back by the water, but that didn't stop him. He pushed and kicked, trying to get to the other end. His skin was cold once he touched the water and almost felt numb. He surfaced for air a few times before swimming again. The other people were cheering and clapping and Sora couldn't help but wonder…

Why didn't she come out yet? Naminé hasn't been waiting for him on the other side of the pool, drowning. His mind was concentrated on that. Where's Naminé? Once he was there, he turned around, getting ready to turn back to the other side.

Kairi watched them from afar. She noticed DJ was leading. Followed by Roxas and the rest, leaving Sora trailing behind. The blond went to the finish line, making the students who were watching scream 'Roxas! Roxas!' But, Sora finished last, making Kairi feel kinda bad for him. He was first place last time they practiced. What happened?

The brunette forcefully rubbed the towel on his spiky brown locks. Once he took it off, his hair was in its usual, spiky way. He saw Roxas being lifted by his swimming team and a sparkling gold medal was wrapped around his neck. The coach walked up to Sora and patted him on the back "Hey, Sora. You did your best and there's always tomorrow. By the way, what happened?"

"Sorry. I kinda sorta got distracted"

"Well, hope you do better next time"

"Thanks, coach"

Suddenly, Roxas popped out of nowhere, smiling at him. "Hey, Sora!"

"Yeah?"

"Sorry that you lost"

"Congrats that you won"

"Yeah, I am GOOD!" he said as he folded his arms and gave off a smirk "So, why'd you come in last?"

"Because the person I wanna save isn't there anymore,"

Sora slipped his clothes on and went to a place near the school, which was a beautiful lake which was surrounded by trees and green bushes and shrubs. He sat down on the bench and sniffled a little, still feeling bad that he lost.

"Uh… Sora?"

He wiped away the tears in his cobalt blue eyes and looked behind him. A slim, hourglass figure appeared and looked at him with a worried expression on her face.

"Hey, Kairi"

"Sora, you ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine"

"Well, I'm really sorry that you lost" she said as she sat down beside him and wrapped a hand around him "Hey, you know, I don't always pass at everything. When I fail, I always try to cope for the next one and do better next time. Like you should do too"

"Thanks, Kai"

"So, don't feel bad. There's always next time!"

Sunrise, Sunset. Sora and Kairi were together, either studying or just hanging out. Roxas, Naminé, Selphie and DJ got suspicious and continued to look after them, wondering if something was going on between the two. Especially Naminé and DJ. Naminé just wanted Sora to be hers. All hers. She wanted to always be in his sight everyday, seeing him smile at her, both of them would be happy, just being there for each other.

DJ was different. He just didn't like any other guys to be around his best friend. Sure, she was beautiful and he didn't deny it but, somehow, when Kairi was with another person (who isn't Selphie) it just seems kinda weird. He always wanted to protect her, keep her away from harm since he knew about how guys can break girls' hearts and how they don't take it in well. And, somehow, he probably has feelings for her. When she was around, he'd always enjoy being with her. How her hair always smelled like strawberries, how her eyes sparkled in the sun… It felt great.

Sora and Kairi were in his house, and Kairi's eyes were filled with wonder as she explored it. She caught something in the corner of her eye and it turned out to be a guitar. "Hey, Sora!"

"Hmm?" He replied, getting a drink from the refrigerator to get ready for studying.

"Do you play?"

"Uh, yeah"

He grabbed his guitar and started strumming away, Kairi's eyes widened for it was the same song she and JJ used to sing to! She listened carefully, not believing it until he started to sing with it too. His voice was beautiful and he played really well, but Kairi didn't mind. She was busy remembering the song she sang when she was still very young. Once he finished, she was a little frightened to ask but let it out anyway

"W-Where did you learn to play that?"

"When I was young, I stowed away on a ship, going to Destiny Islands"

Uh-oh

"Then, I met this girl there with me. We became best friends. After that, Barbossa, the meanest pirate of all, tossed me off the lake"

You've gotta be kidding me!

"And my best friend, Kitty saved me. I promised her to write every single day"

"Lemme guess. You didn't reply?"

"No! I replied every single letter and e-mail"

"Uh, Sora, Who's Kitty?"

"Naminé, of course!"

Oh… My… God

"Sora… There's something you need to know. Naminé Isn't—"

"Sora!!!" His mother cried out "We've gotta go now!"

"OK!" He shouted back and his voice turned to normal again "So, what was in that you were going to tell me?"

"Oh, That? Never mind. Just go with your mom"

"Ok. We'll study later"

"Sure"

The two left the house, going in opposite directions. Kairi was shocked. She knew that she was really Kitty and he was actually JJ, but how did he think that Naminé was Kitty instead of her?

"What have I done?"

A/n: Sorry that this chappie was kinda short. I have limited access to the computer/laptop now since I have to go to my cousin's house because my parents are going to the states. But, I'll try to make the updates a little faster. But remember, THERE ARE LATE UPDATES… DUN DUN DUUUUN