A/N: Hi guys! It's amazing the wonder of vacation Internet service. Lol it wouldn't be a vacation if I didn't write, because I be flooded with a whole bunch of ideas and I wouldn't be able to sleep and I'd go insane. Well anyway this is the chapter of Selphie's demise! I-I mean umm you know what Sora just take it away with the disclaimer…
Sora: I'm too sad to do the disclaimer! Riku you do it or should I say…father wanna-be.
Riku: Shut up Sora. FlowerLady-Aerith does not own Kingdom Hearts. If she did I wouldn't have wore a dress in the first game.
Sora: That was funny though…
Riku: Shut up!
Is This Just Another Lie?
- This is Real -
"Cid Highwind!" Tidus exclaimed. He looked around at the others that didn't look the least bit surprised. "Does no one else care or did I miss something?" he asked rubbing the back of his neck.
Yuna sighed. "We didn't want to tell you he escaped from jail because of what happened before with Selphie. Nobody likes a paranoid Tidus," Yuna explained. Everyone agreed. Tidus sighed and plopped down in one of the waiting room chairs. Yuna smiled. "Thanks for understanding, but don't worry Rikku, Paine, and I will track down Cid and put him back where he belongs."
"Yeah!" Rikku exclaimed thrusting her fist into the air. Tidus smiled sadly. Riku crossed his arms and eyed the blonde man.
"Stop worrying if you think negative thoughts you'll only get a negative outcome," Riku advised.
"But I can't help it!"
The doctor stepped out of the operating room. Tidus jumped up and grabbing the man by his shoulders and started to shake him. "Is she okay!" he shouted shaking him harder. Sora cleared his throat looking away. Tidus laughed nervously and let go of the doctor backing away.
"We're very sorry…but she didn't make it."
Tidus paused looking down at the ground. There was a silence over the room. Tidus looked up at the doctor. "Selphie died?" he asked quietly. The doctor started laughing. "Why are you laughing this isn't funny!" he shouted about to knock the doctor on the ground. Axel and Wakka ran over and held him back. "Stop laughing!"
The doctor cleared his throat. "So your not here for Miss Maleficent? That's the one that died…by Selphie you mean Selphie Tillmit I presume?" Tidus nodded eagerly. The doctor let out an exasperated sigh. "She's in that room over there she's probably reading that wedding magazine the nurse gave her."
"She's alive!" Tidus cried running towards where the doctor had pointed.
"Throughout the entire operation all she asked was do you have wedding magazines? Or does yellow look good on me? Or Eww blood! And sometimes even oh my god did you see Survivor last night!" the doctor shouted.
Kairi jumped back scared of the doctor. She smiled and patted his shoulder. "You need therapy," she said before running off towards Selphie's room.
As the doctor had said Selphie was sitting in her hospital flipping through the wedding magazine the nurse had given her. "Oh this is a nice tuxedo for Tidus!" she squealed marking the page. "It'll definitely match the dress I want." Tidus burst through the door with Kairi right behind him. Selphie looked up and smiled. "Oh hi guys…hey Tidus I got a new tux-."
Tidus hugged Selphie squeezing her so tightly she couldn't even breathe. Selphie gasped for air trying to pull away. Kairi laughed. Sora smiled looking over at Riku who frowned. "Here's your ten dollars," Riku grumbled. Sora grinned.
"Why did Riku give you ten dollars?" Kairi asked watching Sora put the money in his pocket.
"He owed me."
"Cid you idiot you were only instructed to kill the girl not Miss Tillmit!"
"I had to improvise no big deal."
"Yes it's a big deal now the police will be after you especially since you didn't hide her body."
"We'll just have to send her to do your job and give you a new assignment since you can't do anything right."
"Well what do you want me to do?"
"Monitor the newlyweds."
"Okay I'm on it."
Yuffie smirked. "Oh Riku-kins," she said slyly. Riku raised an eyebrow. Whenever Yuffie called him Riku-kins. She smiled and sat down on the couch beside him. "Remember last night?"
Riku spit out his tea and looked at Yuffie strangely. "W-Why?" he stuttered a faint blush on his face. Yuffie smiled and leaned on his shoulder.
"I was just wondering if you remembered," she said. "You don't have to be embarrassed about it," she laughed before taking his sandwich and running away. Riku blinked unaware that his sandwich had just been stolen.
"That was weird," he muttered looking down to pick up his sandwich but it wasn't there. Then he finally understood. "Hey!" he shouted crossing his arms.
Sora laughed. "Yuffie tricked you again," he laughed grabbing his coat. Riku glared at the brunette man.
"Where are you going?"
"Kairi's."
Riku smirked and ambled towards Sora. "And what are you going to do at Kairi's?" he inquired.
Sora blinked. "We're going to watch movies," he replied opening the front door. "Aren't you nosey today." Sora stepped out of the door and closed it behind him. Riku smirked twirling Sora's car keys on his index finger. Sora opened the door and snatched the car keys away. "Thank you!" he exclaimed before running away.
Riku grumbled closing the door. "I need lessons," he muttered walking back over to the couch so he could finish watching his television program.
Wakka and Lulu sat in the restaurant. At the moment they were waiting for their food. Wakka was entertaining himself by playing with the silverware while Lulu just stared at him. She cleared her throat finally getting his attention. "We're here to discuss some important matters," she said crossing her arms.
"Oh right, what did you want to talk about?" Wakka asked.
Lulu sighed. "Let me spell it out for you," she said. "I…think…you…are…attractive," Lulu said extra slow. Wakka grinned.
"Really!" he exclaimed getting all excited over nothing.
Lulu laughed. "You've never had someone say that to you eh?" she asked with a smile. Wakka shook his head. It was true he had never been in a relationship. Axel insisted that it was his funny accent while Tidus said it was because he was always playing Blitzball. "So I suppose you've never been kissed either."
"Nope," Wakka replied slightly embarrassed. Lulu smirked striking fear into Wakka. Why did her smirk look evil? "Umm," he mumbled looking around. Lulu grabbed Wakka's shirt collar and pulled him into a kiss.
Kairi smiled looking over at Sora who was eating popcorn and watching the movie they had put in. Sora blinked looking over at Kairi. Kairi blushed and looked away. Sora chuckled scooting closer to Kairi without her knowing. He bent down and whispered into her ear, "Why are you looking at me?"
Kairi bit her lip looking over at him. Sora grinned resting his head in her lap. She frowned crossing her arms. "Lazy bum," she scolded pushing him off of her and onto the floor.
"Hey!" he exclaimed rubbing the side of his head. Kairi giggled.
"That's what you get," she replied crossing her arms.
Sora pouted giving her puppy dog eyes. "Please Kairi," he whined. "I like it when you touch my hair and your thighs are softer than a pillow." Kairi raised an eyebrow. "Please Kairi!" Kairi sighed and nodded. Sora grinned laying on the couch and resting his head in Kairi's lap.
"You're so spoiled," Kairi teased running her fingers through his hair. The two watched the rest of the movie in silence. Sora had even fallen asleep halfway through the movie. Kairi grabbed the remote clicking off of video and switching to channel twenty-five. "Sora what do-." She looked down and saw him asleep in her lap.
The auburn haired woman smiled. Sora looked so peaceful in his sleep, unlike when he was awake and restless. She gently removed his head from her lap and placed it down on the couch standing up. Sora opened his eyes slowly seeing Kairi turn around. He grabbed her wrist wanting her to stay. She bent down so she was looking him straight in the face. "I'll be right back okay?" she whispered kissing his cheek. Sora lazily let go of her arm and closed his eyes falling back asleep.
Kairi giggled quietly walking into the middle hallway, then to her and Selphie's room. She opened her drawer and pulled out her nightgown. She quickly changed and walked into the bathroom to brush her hair and what not. She brushed her teeth then washed her face. She dried her face with the towel and looked into the mirror. Kairi paused, who was that standing beside her?
Kairi quickly looked to her left seeing nothing but air. She sighed laughing at herself. "I must be really tired," she laughed picking up her brush. She began to brush her auburn hair still staring at her reflection in the glass mirror.
Her amethyst eyes landed on the shower curtain behind her. It had moved. But how could it have? There was no breeze in the bathroom and she knew she hadn't done it. Nobody else was in the bathroom…perhaps she did see someone in the mirror? Her heartbeat increased. "S-Sora this isn't funny," she muttered turning around to face the shower curtain.
She was suddenly pulled into the shower and pushed against the tiled wall. Kairi winced staring at the face in front of her it was herself? "Who are you?" she asked frightfully. She wasn't sure she wanted to know.
"You don't know your own self? Well I'm offended," the woman scoffed.
"A-Anti-Kairi?" Kairi stuttered not believing her eyes. "You were only in my mind! How did you get out?" she demanded hiding the fear that she had. But Anti-Kairi saw right through her.
Anti-Kairi twirled Kairi's auburn hair. "I told you not to get rid of me didn't I?" she mocked with a smirk. "Now you have something I want so I'll just be taking your body…if you haven't noticed I'm transparent."
Kairi gasped as she saw Anti-Kairi go right through her. She dropped to her knees holding her head. "G-Get out of my head," she mumbled feeling her strength leave her. Kairi's hands dropped to her sides. She smirked standing up.
"That was easier than I had expected…well Kairi's always been a push over," she laughed walking out of the bathroom. She grabbed the pillow from Selphie's bed and walked out into the hallway and then into the living room area. Sora was still asleep on the couch some drool was sliding down the side of his face and getting on the couch.
Anti-Kairi bent down and shook Sora vigorously. Sora jumped up standing on his feet. "What is it Kairi?" he asked looking down at her. Anti-Kairi stood up and pulled Sora into a hug. Sora blinked. "You woke me up for a hug?"
She frowned. "No," she replied slyly. She pushed Sora onto the couch and sat on top of him. Sora turned red and sunk into the couch.
"K-Kairi what're you doing?" he asked watching her face get closer to his. She didn't answer instead she slammed the pillow in his face. "Kairi!" Sora shouted trying to remove the pillow from his face. He needed air.
"Kairi can't answer you!" Anti-Kairi shouted. Sora growled kicking his legs in the air and knocking her on the ground. He panted breathing in the fresh apartment air. He narrowed his eyes staring at Anti-Kairi who only glared.
"Well then who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Kairi what does it look like!" Anti-Kairi exclaimed standing up and dusting off the nightgown. "I knew you were dense but I didn't think you were that dense." Anti-Kairi winked. "See you around."
"Huh?" Sora said reaching out for Kairi. Kairi suddenly toppled to the ground. "What! Kairi!" he exclaimed picking her up and laying her on the couch. "What's going on," he muttered lying down beside her. Why did Kairi just try to kill him?
"Okay Vivi spit it out," Dagger hissed shining the reading lamp on Vivi's face. Vivi crossed his arms and looked away.
"I have nothing to tell," he spat using his hat to cover his eyes so he wouldn't be blinded. Dagger sighed and snapped. Zidane walked over with a Pizza Hut box in his hand.
"Then explain this take-out box," Zidane said sitting the box in Vivi's lap. Vivi paused he had to think of something quick.
Vivi smirked in the only way he could. "I found it outside and thought I could use it for a project I'm working on," he lied. Dagger bit her bottom lip. Vivi was never going to admit he had ordered pan pizza without them.
She narrowed her eyes and snapped again. She had a plan. Zidane went and came back with a stuffed bear. Vivi's eyes widened. "Not Mr. Snuggles!" he exclaimed reaching for his bear only to fall out of his chair because Dagger lifted it higher.
"Admit it!" she cried.
Vivi pouted. "Fine I ordered pan pizza without you," she grumbled snatching Mr. Snuggles from Dagger. "Now go have your happy day," he said walking towards him and Zidane's room. Zidane sighed.
"What was the point of doing all that?"
Dagger shrugged. "I don't know…it was fun?"
"Good enough for me."
Roxas banged his head on the wall making Naminé wince. That was the thirty-fifth time he had done that; she had been counting. "Roxas can't you just tell me what's bothering you?" she asked touching his shoulder.
The blonde man shook his head. "It would be too embarrassing," he replied a blush appearing on his face. Naminé put her hands on her hips as if saying 'tell me or else'. Roxas gulped. "It's that Shuyin guy that's bothering me," he blurted out.
Naminé smiled patting Roxas's spiky head. "You don't need to waste your thought on that jerk," she said. "Just don't ever leave me alone and I'll be okay," she said with a wink. Roxas blushed looking at his shoes.
"Okay," he replied. Naminé lifted his chin and smiled. "What?" he asked.
"You got something on your face," she replied. Roxas raised an eyebrow. Naminé licked her finger and rubbed Roxas's cheek cleaning off whatever it was. "All better," she chirped. Roxas frowned Naminé had just acted like his mother.
"Roxas darlin' you've got a dangler," Roxas's mom said licking her finger and rubbing it all over Roxas's chin. The poor boy watched in horror as his mother cleaned his face with spit. "All better."
Roxas shivered at the memory. He was glad his mother stopped when he was eleven. "Well anyway Naminé want to stay the night since its already one in the morning?" Roxas asked walking over to his closet to dig for a pair of pajamas.
"Roxas its already morning so I can't stay the night I'll have to stay the morning," Naminé laughed. Roxas rolled his eyes playfully. Naminé always had to be so specific.
"Ugh."
Kairi slowly opened her amethyst eyes. She looked around realizing she was in the living room. The smell of food was strong…someone was cooking. She suddenly remembered what happened last night. She jolted up from the couch and onto her feet. "Sora!" she exclaimed.
"The little murderer is up!"
Kairi turned around and saw Sora cooking breakfast. Kairi smiled and ran over to him pulling him into a hug. Sora laughed. "You're not going to try and suffocate me with a pillow this time right?" he joked kissing her cheek. "You have some explaining to do Ms. Shitoko."
She sighed rubbing the back of her neck. "Well remember how we were separated and everything?" she asked keeping her gaze on the tiled kitchen floor. Sora nodded cutting off the stove. "Well…you could say I went through a depression stage that lasted up to know and something was born…out of it."
"An Anti-Kairi?" Sora asked searching the cabinets for plates or something they could eat on.
Kairi nodded. "It all started a few weeks after I arrived home."
Kairi sniffled wiping a few tears from her eyes. She was wearing a large overbearing black hooded jacket and baggy jeans. Her auburn locks covered most of her face. Laid out in front of her was Sora's jacket.
She was sitting in her dark closet in the far most corner. This had become routine for her. Ever since that day the closet seemed like the only place she could go for comfort. Everywhere else she was bothered by people who kept asking her questions. She hated being bothered especially about her trip.
"Kairi."
"Leave me alone," she said her voice muffled because it was buried in her jacket. "How many times must I say I don't want to be bothered!" she screamed looking up to see who it was, but instead she only saw herself. Kairi's eyes widened. "How…"
Her twin smiled. "You just want it all to go away huh?" she asked sitting down cross-legged in front of her. Kairi nodded hugging her knees. "I can help you."
"Y-You can…wait I don't even know who you are."
"I'm you silly!" she shouted touching Kairi's hand. "I can help you. Just trust yourself."
Kairi paused. If she could make the pain go away then what was she waiting for? "Okay," she whispered. Her twin smiled and dematerialized into Kairi's chest. Kairi gasped quickly fainting afterwards.
"That was day I got my illness," Kairi stated finishing her breakfast. Sora frowned. "She only brought me more pain…I shouldn't have been so foolish," she grumbled standing up, folding the paper plate, and throwing it in the trash.
Sora smiled throwing away his plate. He put his arm around Kairi. "Well she won't ever hurt you again as long as I'm around," he said. "Guess that means I can't leave you alone in your apartment until Selphie comes back."
Kairi laughed. "You minus well take a shower with me," she joked punching his arm. Sora smirked.
He rubbed the back of his neck. "Well if you want me too…" he started to say but Kairi covered his mouth.
"No…it was just a joke," she replied blushing at the thought. "You're such a pervert," she stated. Sora grinned picking her up. "What are you doing?" she asked hitting his back.
"Being a pervert," Sora joked.
"Sora!" she shouted being carried into her and Selphie's room. He sat Kairi in a chair and tied her to it with Selphie's yellow bathrobe string. Kairi struggled. "Let me go!" she cried frowning at the brunette.
Sora grinned. "Let's go through Kairi's things!" he exclaimed strolling over to her drawer. Kairi's face flushed.
"You wouldn't!" she growled still trying to remove her body from the chair. Sora opened her top drawer and turned red. "Sora stop gawking!" she screamed her face also red. Sora held up a red thong.
"I didn't think you would be the type," he said turning a deep shade of crimson. Kairi looked away.
"Selphie bought it for me last year," she mumbled. Sora threw it back in the drawer and closed it moving on to the second one. He pulled out his old jacket. He grinned. "Hey!" she exclaimed.
Sora stuck out his tongue. "It was mine in the first place," he said putting it on, but it looked strange with all his newly built muscles it didn't fit him anymore. Sora laughed nervously pulling it off. "I guess it doesn't fit like it used too." He tucked it back in Kairi's draw and moved onto the neck.
Sora blushed again. "This is a really short skirt," she said imagining Kairi wearing it. Kairi sighed once again telling him that Selphie bought it for her. Sora pulled out a halter-top. "Hey look it matches!" Kairi sighed; Sora could be really slow sometimes.
Once Sora was finished he sat down in front of Kairi's chair staring at her. Kairi frowned at him. "So you're done invading my privacy now?" she asked rudely refusing to make eye contact with him. Sora grabbed her grin making her face him. Kairi tried to look away but she couldn't resist the cerulean eyes.
"Kairi…do you still love me?" Sora asked softly.
"I'll love you forever Sora," Kairi whispered.
"I'll love you forever too," Sora replied quietly. "No matter what happens we'll stick together okay?" Kairi nodded. Sora caressed Kairi's cheek. "Kairi…"
"Yes," she replied keeping her voice low.
Sora pressed his forehead against hers. Kairi kept her eyes locked with his feeling her heartbeat increase. "Kairi…will you marry me?"
Kairi nodded unable to speak. She was so happy that her happiness was crushing her voice box, figuratively. Kairi leaned and kissed Sora pulling away a few seconds later. Sora grinned hugging Kairi. Kairi smiled a tear sliding down her cheek. She found it strange that a couple of months ago she thought she'd never see him again.
"You're supposed to be happy," Sora joked wiping Kairi's tear.
"I am…just really overwhelmed too," Kairi replied. Sora leaned in to kiss her but he suddenly fell on the ground unconscious. "Sora!" Kairi shouted looking up to see what had hit him. She screamed and
SLAM!
Yuna laughed drinking some more of her drink. "I wasn't so sure at first but you know Tifa I'm glad I decided to come," she said smiling at her companion.
Tifa grinned. "Well a bar is a great place to forget about the outside, you know once I settle down from the…business I'm going to own one," she said. Yuna nodded. "And you and everyone else can drink free."
"That'll be nice," Yuna said finishing hers. "What do you say we have one more drink and then head home?" she suggested when something caught her eye.
"Yuna what're staring at…well what do you know," Tifa said. "You should go talk to him…" Yuna nodded walking over to the blonde man.
"Hey," she said sitting down next to him. "You should really stop drinking," she said taking the bottle of beer away from the man's grip." The blonde looked up at her and cried slamming his forehead onto the table. Yuna winced rubbing his back. "Tell me what's wrong."
The blonde looked up at Yuna. "My mother died," he said. "…In a car crash…yesterday." Yuna smiled sadly. "She was last living relative!"
"It's okay," Yuna said patting his head. "It isn't the end of the world. She was bound to die eventually…she wouldn't want you to be like this…what's your name?" she asked.
"I'm Shuyin…who are you?" he asked calming down.
"Yuna," she replied. "Don't get in a wreck too okay?" she said patting him on the back. Shuyin smiled and nodded. "Oh and if you need anything call me okay…here's my number," she said handing him her detective card. Shuyin nodded studying the card as she left. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad after all?
Axel sighed resting his chin on his desk. Why did work seem so boring all of a sudden? Or maybe he was just annoyed by the disgusting sounds coming from Wakka's office, which was only next-door. Or maybe it was Tidus's pacing? "Tidus stop!" he cried. "Go to your own office."
Tidus bit his bottom lip. "But I'll only think about her more, there you're supposed to be helping me drain my mind!" Tidus cried slapping his left cheek. Axel frowned rubbing his cheek. Tidus sighed walking out of Axel's office and slamming the door behind him.
"What a strange guy," Axel muttered leaning back in his chair. "I mean honestly Selphie gets out of the hospital in a week he acts like she died or is in critical condition…if only she didn't squeal when I pay her visits."
Rikku burst into Axel's office. Axel blinked. Rikku's left eye twitched. "Axel have you seen next-door?" she asked pointing to Wakka's office.
"Yeah and I don't want to know," he muttered. "Anyway what's up?" Rikku smiled and leaned on Axel's desk.
"I was just wondering when you get off…since I'm already off and everything," Rikku said twirling her blonde locks. Axel shrugged. "Your telling me you don't know when your next break is?" Axel nodded. "You're hopeless."
Axel laughed. "I'm not the only one!" he laughed only to be slapped on his other cheek.
A/N: Okay people I couldn't kill off Selphie okay! She's my torture puppet…I-I mean uhh friend…yeah. Lol I'm just kidding. As I promised I won't single out Selph anymore. I can't guarantee that for the other characters though. School starts in two days! I'm so totally anxious. Well anyway I'm sure you'll all have bunches of questions about…the couple of Sora and Kairi so let me try my best to clear them up now. Oh did anyone like the slam? I thought it made a nice touch, lol.
Okay I will not reveal who did it but I can tell you its not Cid or Anti-Kairi. And also, no Sora did not give Kairi a ring yet. That's all I can answer out in the open! The rest your just have to ask in your review.