Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, the plot or any of the characters… I do own DJ and--… blah, blah, blah. You know the rest. I don't need to tell you… but I will anyway!!! I do own DJ, the character's parents and the stuff that are rightfully mine to own.
A/N: Heya!!! I hope this chapter is going to be worth reading… Wehehehe… Thanks a lot to… Typical Sundays, ilovecupcakes, junebug21946, Doggone2dog, weixuan18, angelofsweetness, Kairi and Cloud and Penguin11593. And happy un-birthday to everyone!!! (Randomly came when I was typing… Sorry. XD) and everyone thought that Kairi was going to confess that she was Kitty in the previous chapter but nope! You will just have to wait when she would really say it. BWA! Now that everything's done, on with the show!!!
DJ and Kairi were in the school's garden after class hours. Kairi was doing what she always does, look at her notes and read her books just to have an advanced study and DJ was fiddling with the hair that fell on his face with his breath, blowing it up and letting it fall back into his face. He finally gave up and started gobbling on a chocolate bar he saved.
Suddenly, a hyper-active bunny ran towards them. She was a little tired from running all the way from the classroom but she didn't mind. A huge smile was carved on her face as she came closer to the red head and the brunette.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!!" Selphie screamed at the top of her lungs "CHRIST-MAAAS!!!"
"You mean 'Jesus-mas'" DJ said, not feeling shocked by her usual hyper-ness…
"Whatever,"
Kairi giggled at her friends "Guys, Christmas is still a week away!" she said and she let out a big gasp "Oh my God! I forgot!"
"What did you forget?" DJ asked subconsciously, still eating the chocolate bar "You forgot that Selphie was a total nutcase?" he questioned as he got hit on the head with one of Selphie's books. "Idiot…"
Kairi smiled at the two. "No, I haven't given everyone something for Christmas!!!" she said and hung her head "I don't even have enough money to buy something for everyone,"
DJ looked at her with sympathy "Kai, you don't have to go and give me something" he said as he placed an arm around her and pointed his thumb on the brunette girl, "Selphie, on the other hand, she wants a Pikachu stuff toy, a Pikachu pillow, a—"
"Hey, I can be fine even WITHOUT a gift, thank you very much. I just wanna be with my best friend!!! And this monkey-excuse for a boy," she said as DJ gave an annoyed look. "And why do you even expect me to have so much of those Pikachu stuff?!"
"Yellow's your favorite color, right?" He rhetorically asked "So, that must mean you like Pikachu!!!"
Selphie crossed her arms and snootily looked up "I don't like Pikachu… I like Jigglypuffs!!! They're much cuter…"
Kairi giggled again "Hey, I'll meet up with you guys later. I need to go meet Sora,"
"Okay!" Selphie squealed. "Fine," DJ said, crossing his arms together. He hated the name 'Sora', especially when Kairi says it. 'Wait, why am I feeling this way? She can be friends with whoever she wants… Does this mean I'm… jealous?!... Nah!!!'
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Sora was patiently waiting for Kairi on their usual studying spot near the lake. His eyes looked for a single strand of red hair but even though there were a few, it wasn't the person he was looking for. He walked around, back and forth waiting and hoping she would come.
He looked up as he saw Kairi gasping for breath and he just gave off a smile before lowering his eyes and looking away from her beautiful porcelain face.
"Hey, Sora," she said with a smile and noticed he was feeling down "W-what's wrong?"
He looked up as his eyes grew bigger and he just nervously placed his hand behind his head and showed his goofy grin "Oh, it's nothing," he lied "Nothing at all,"
Kairi grew suspicious and jabbed her index finger at him "Hey, it wouldn't be nothing if you were moping around, y'know," she snapped "Spill,"
He bit his lip and wished some red liquid would squirt out "A-are you sure you want to know?"
"I'm your friend. I should know what's going on in that brain of yours,"
"O-o-ok-okay,"
He took a few steps forward and came closer to her, so close that she could hear his heart racing. They've never been this close before. Sora lowered his head and his lips showed a small pout. 'Why am I doing this? Kairi and I are friends. Just… friends… right?' She looked at him with worried eyes. What if something happened? What if someone died? Sora's lips haven't spoken a single word for a while, still thinking deeply if he should do it or not.
That's it. I'm telling her. She's going to hate me so much for this.
"K-Kairi, I…" he said, trying his best to let it out. Kairi's head tilted a little "You… what?"
He closed his eyes for a bit and pushed his head down, looking at the grass blades which nailed his feet to the ground, not even thinking about letting him go, when he was this close already. He darted his head back up, her eyes glistened as Sora tried to tell her what was going on with him. "This is kinda hard for me to say this but…"
"But?" she asked, still feeling a little awkward to their close-ness…
"Kairi, I-I love you," he said as he felt a little more confidence inside him and clutched her arms "Y-you love me too, right?" he asked her as she looked away and he felt like he lost all hope. He knew that Kairi didn't love him back. He turned his face so his cheek was facing her, ready to receive a merciless slap.
Instead, Kairi was actually thinking if she should tell him. If she did, that would mean that she would be stealing Naminé's boyfriend, but she didn't care… he loved her back. Just as much as she loved him.
"Yes," she beamed and Sora showed his teeth again as he heard those three simple words which changed his life forever "I love you,"
Sora wrapped his arms around her and she gave it back, feeling his quick-paced heartbeat against her own. He moved away from her and still gave her a smile. He turned his head around so he was staring at the large blue pool of water "WHOO! SHE LOVES ME BACK!!!" he screamed at the lake as the birds which were wading on it started flying away.
Kairi shushed him "Sora, what are you thinking?!" she asked "You don't have to tell the whole world!"
"I want to let the whole world hear me," he said and looked at her again "D-does this mean, you can be my girlfriend?"
She nodded. He smiled (again… Something must be seriously wrong with this boy and smiling). Sora pulled her into another hug and they felt the warmth of each other. Kairi pulled away "Sora, I'll be glad to be your girlfriend but, promise me one thing,"
"Anything,"
"Don't tell anyone about this, especially Naminé. If Naminé finds out, she'll be crushed,"
"Okay. I promise,"
'Just what I want for Christmas…'
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It was the Christmas party in school and everybody was in a huge Christmas mood. Gifts were given and received, cakes the size of Florida were being devoured (Mostly by DJ) and everyone was singing a little Christmas tune. Kairi and Sora were over at the food table, getting something to eat when they both had a smile slapped on their faces. Sora grabbed the gift which was in the sleeve of his jacket and Kairi got the gift which was in her purse and quickly exchanged, so no one would see them. They went their separate ways once again, Sora going over to Naminé and Roxas, and Kairi went to DJ and Selphie, who were arguing again.
"It's Christmas," Selphie said as DJ pushed her head forward "No, it's Jesus-mas!!!"
"Idiot…"
"You're the one who's the idiot!"
Kairi butted in "Cut it out, you two!" she snapped "Can you two get along for five minutes?"
"NO!" they said in unison. Kairi placed her hand on her hip "Well, can you get along because it's Christmas?"
"JESUS-MAS!" DJ screamed and let out an exasperated sigh "Fine, you win. Truce?" he asked Selphie as he extended his arm "Fine, 'Truce'. For now,"
From the other side of the room, Roxas was chatting with some people while Sora and Naminé had some alone time. "Umm… Sora?" she asked
"Yeah?" he asked while eating a slice of one of those Florida-sized cakes
"I was wondering, are you free on Saturday? We could check out a movie or something," she said as Sora rubbed the back of his head. He promised he wouldn't tell anyone about Kairi and his relationship, and they had a date on Saturday "Uh, I'm kinda busy. Some other time?"
"O-okay," she said, looking a little down.
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A few days passed by and Sora and Kairi still kept the secret relationship as a secret. No one found out about the secret dates, the secret meetings or anything like that. 'I just hope that no one finds out…' Sora thought as he grabbed stuff out of his lockers. "Sora!" someone shouted and he turned around. "Oh, hey, Naminé,"
"Umm… Sora?" Naminé asked once again "Can we go out tomorrow?"
"Sorry, Nam," he replied "I have stuff to do,"
"Well, can you at least walk me home?" she asked, hoping he would say 'yes'. She needed to be with him… "Uh… Next time? I have to get a few books from the library to study with,"
She lowered her head "Okay…"
A heartbroken Naminé walked along the paved street. Her hands shivered as she tried to keep the weight of her shoulder bag on her shoulder. She looked to her right and noticed no one was there 'I wish Sora was here…' Some kind of thing which looked like Sora stood beside her and 'it' smiled. She shook her head and looked again. He was there but,
Sora wasn't there beside her…
He was with another girl. Their hands were joined together and both of them were smiling at each other. Naminé's broken heart now turned into little tiny pieces of glass; each one cutting through her pale skin and letting blood pass through. The girl had long red hair but she couldn't tell who she was since they weren't facing her but she caught a glimpse of her face and knew who it was already.
"KAIRI?!"
The blonde haired girl ran away from them, running all the way back to her house. Tears rolled off her eyes with each step she took and her breaths were now quick and sharp. She couldn't stop unless she got home. 'No, it cant be. I-I'm dreaming. This is all a dream!' she tried telling herself but her eyes saw what they saw and she saw Sora together with her maid.
She rushed in the door of her house, looking at that girl who stole Sora away from her. Kairi was humming a tune to herself while cleaning the floors until a furious Naminé stormed in. "Kairi!," she shouted as Kairi looked at her.
Naminé's hand brushed her cheek painfully as it started to throb with pain. Kairi cupped her cheek and tried to stop it from swelling and turning red. Salty tears rolled off both of their eyes as Naminé looked at her with rage "Why did you get him?! He isn't yours!"
"Who?" Kairi asked, hoping her rage would die down. Unfortunately, it just went higher "You know very well who it is," Naminé shouted back "Why did you steal Sora away from me?!" she said as she gave another painful slap across the cheek
Kairi's breaths got heavier as she looked at Naminé again "He wasn't even yours! You were just his 'friend'!!!"
Amira wondered what was going on with the two teens and looked out the window, gazing outside until she saw her daughter with her maid. She looked at the two as both of them cried until they could cry no more. Kairi returned the slap Naminé gave her and Amira's cold eyes widened "Kairi!"
Kairi looked up as she saw Amira going downstairs "What did you do to her?!"
Naminé ran to her mother, clutching her waist and hoping she wouldn't let go. "Mom, she's going out with Sora," she cried and she patted her back and gave soft calming noises into her ear and looked up at Kairi. "You stole Sora?!"
"A-Amira… I—"
She was cut off because her hands were clutched on her hair as she moved back and forth, hearing her shouts and screams. Suddenly, Jenalyn came out of nowhere, seeing the commotion. She stood before Amira "Stop it!"
"No!" she shouted back "Your daughter stole Sora away from Naminé!"
Jenalyn looked at Kairi who was bursting with tears "Kairi, is this true?"
"Mom, you have to understand, I-I didn't mean to, I—"
Naminé's dad, Seth, looked at the women fighting and went between them "Amira, stop," he said but she didn't listen "I hate you, Kairi Sonoda! I'm going to—"
"ENOUGH!" Seth said as he grabbed his wife's arm which pointed at the red-haired girl as the blondes went back into the house. Kairi's eyes were filled with wet tears as she ran away from her mother.
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Kairi was sobbing in her room, her face attached to her pillow until her mother entered the room "Kairi…" she softly said as Kairi's sobs got louder "Why did you go out with Sora? You know he already has a girlfriend, and that's Naminé"
The red haired girl pushed the pillow away from her face "Mom, why are you taking her side?!" she asked "Mom, I'm your daughter!"
Jenalyn started crying too and shook her head "Kai, It's hard to explain,"
"Why?!" the red haired girl asked as she looked at her mother "Why is it so hard to explain? Why don't you just say it in front of my face!?"
Jenalyn looked on the floor 'I guess it's time for her to know' she thought as she looked at her in the eyes "B-Because Naminé is your sister!"
"What?!" Kairi asked, her eyes wide open "How… How did that happen?!"
"I-I told you, I-It's hard to explain" she said as she gave her daughter a hug. Kairi knew the pain that she was feeling and returned the hug back "Mom, it's okay… You don't have to explain it anymore,"
"Now you know," the older woman said "A-Are you going to tell Naminé?"
Kairi looked away and pondered deeply. "No. Things are bad enough as it is. I don't want to make it worse,"
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While Kairi and Jenalyn were sharing a moment, Naminé was sitting quietly in her room, sniffling a little and her mind was filled with thoughts. 'I can't believe it…'
KNOCK, KNOCK!
"C-Come in…" she said even though she didn't want anyone to be in her room for a while.
"Naminé?!" the shrill high-pitched voice of her mother said as she went into her daughter's room. Naminé quickly stood up and brushed away the tears from her face and the imaginary dirt from her clothes. Amira didn't care and jabbed her hand at the blonde "Why did you let Sora go?!"
"Mom, I'm sorry…"
"Sorry?! That's it?! You let Sora get away! What's worse, he fell in love with our maid!"
Naminé kept on trying to stop her mom from getting very mad but to no avail. Amira was giving her cold stare at her "See, this is what happens if you're like your father. You always choose your heart over your mind,"
The blonde haired girl didn't reply and just looked at the floor. She continued to listen to her mother scolding her. "I-I'll find a way to get him back…"
"Make sure you do. I need him to get closer to his mom, okay?"
"Okay,"
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Kairi was walking alone, hearing people all around her. But one voice made her start sprinting "Kairi!" it said "Kairi!!! Wait!". Doing what she's told, her feet stopped moving and she looked at the boy who called her over "Kai, why'd you run?"
"Sora, stop. I-I don't want to love you anymore,"
The brunette was shocked "What?! Why?!"
"T-Too much people are getting affected if we're together… Please, just leave me alone…"
Just when Kairi was going to run away from him again, a blonde girl stood in front of her "Kairi!" she said "We're not done yet!"
"Naminé, I—"
"Nam, stop it," Sora said as he went between the red head and the blonde. "Sora, stay out of this, this is between me and her," Naminé snapped as she pointed her slender finger at Kairi.
A blond boy was behind Naminé as he started smirking and gave a soft laugh "Sora, Sora, Sora," he said "I knew you had good taste, but I had no idea that you would make out with this… person,"
"Rox, get outta he—"
"I mean, who would date his friend's maid?!"
Kairi's body was stung with his harsh words as she started running again. Sora looked at her run and followed her "Kairi!"
"Leave me alone!" she cried
Sora was able to catch up to her as he saw her crying rivers of tears. She dropped her books but Sora made her look at him "Kai, I can't leave you…"
"I know. I-I can't leave you too," she said as he cupped her cheek and brought her closer to him "But no one wants us to be together,"
"Then… Let them think whatever they want. We can fight it. I love you and I can't stay away from you,"
The brunette stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her. He played along with her hair and inhaled her fresh strawberry scent. Kairi dug her face into him, wetting and wrinkling his uniform.
I can't stay away from you…
A/n: YAY! Another suck-ish part of the story!!! -. Oh yeah, almost forgot. Selphie and DJ look like they could be getting together… It's not what I had in mind but if you want Selphie and DJ to get together in this story, tell me!!!
And there might be something… Interesting… on the next chapter. –silently laughs like a maniac- So, to keep the tension up, I've made a little sneak peek for all of you who are still reading this!!!
Preview for Chapter Seven
The blond-haired man was standing in front of Sora, looking at him with a small glint in his deathly yellow eyes. "Sora…"
The brunette looked up from the ground, tear streaks forming in his cobalt-blue orbs. He saw Ansem in a gray suit and he looked different from what he was wearing when he was the school's janitor. "Ansem?"
"Sora, do you want to see Kairi again?"
"Of course! I'd do anything to see her again, but…" Sora said as he looked down "How can I? She—"
"If you're ready, put this on. You will see her," he said as he handed Sora some kind of thing "But be careful. This is a very delicate thing. Once you do this, you can't turn back,"
"Okay," he promptly replied since he couldn't wait to see her. He quickly placed the thing on his skin as it started doing some unusual thing. His eyes quickly closed and once he opened them once again, a red haired girl was right in front of him.
"KAIRI?!"
End of Preview for Chapter Seven
Okay, hopefully, I didn't spoil anything and I just made you guys uber suspicious… Hehehe… Bwahaha… I feel so particularly evil today. XD
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