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Chapter 23: Street Fight

Jeez, when was the bell going to ring? It's 8th period and I'm nearly dying here! Hearing my History teacher go on and on about History is making me feel sick! Finally! The bell rang! I grabbed my books and went straight to my locker. Man, for some reason, I just hated being at school today. Especially, since today was nothing but lectures, lectures, and lectures about random things we have to study about. I had so much homework because of it. I never got any time to start my homework like usually. I just stood there gathering my homework.

" Guess who?" I heard Sora come up and put his hands over my eyes. I jumped and accidentally tilted my head back bumping Sora in the nose. " AH! You nearly broke my nose!"

" Don't scare me like that!" I hit him playfully on the arm. I laughed and went back to what I was doing.

" Hey, mind if we do the math homework at your place? You know I suck at math."

" Okay, but I have to stop by Selphie's. I have to pick up something that she forgot to bring to school."

" That's fine, I have to start my laundry anyway." Sora blushed with embarrassment.

" You know, I have never met a man who does his own laundry." I laughed as I shut my locker. " Even in marriage, the husband's always like, 'it's laundry day, and you should start the laundry.'" I made a sort of mocking voice.

" Okay, well, I'll see you 'round." Sora began to walk off.

" Sora, you forgot something."

" Oh, right!" I gave Sora a peck on the lips before he really left. I sighed as I watched him leave.

" You know, you have been attached to him ever since Spring Break." Selphie said as she came behind me.

" Well, what can I say, he's perfect." I grinned and blushed.

" Poor Kairi got hit by Cupid's arrow." We both laughed at that.

I walked towards Selphie's house with her, so that I could pick up the video game I loaned her. Selphie walked into her house and then gave me the game. I said thanks as I put it into my backpack. Once I did, I began to walk towards my neighborhood so Sora and I could have some work time alone without students gossiping. I'm actually not enjoying the fact that students are gossiping about the fact that Sora and I are a couple. Well, at least its better than a rumor.

As I walked across from the park, I saw something that didn't feel or look right. It looked like three seniors were picking on a freshman. I took a closer look. I was right! The bad news is that it was the same gang of seniors I had to deal with before, Seifer and his gang! They were picking on Tai again! Man, I just wanted to kill those three! I looked at my watch. I still had 20 minutes to get this over with and then get home before Sora arrived. I began to run over to Seifer. Seifer had Rai and Fuu holding him on the ground and Seifer looked like he was ready to beat Tai till the death! I dropped my bag and pulled Seifer off of Tai.

" Get off of him!" I yelled while pulling Seifer off of him. I was panting with anger.

" You again!" Seifer glared. He called the others to get off of Tai. I went and helped Tai up.

" Are you okay?" I asked.

" Oh, your helping Tai? I guess you don't love Sora anymore." Seifer teased me.

" That's not true! I love Sora! More than anything!" I had tears rolling down my cheek. My hands clenched into fists.

" No fight." Fuu simply said.

" Seifer's not gonna fight you, ya know?" Rai said in his annoying accent.

" What're you talking about?" I asked.

" We hired HER to beat the crap out of you." Seifer and his gang moved revealing Tifa!

" Tifa? Tai, get out of here, now! Just go get Sora, I'll be okay!" I whispered.

" Miss me?" Tifa asked me.

" Not one bit." I clenched my fists harder and gritted my teeth. " If you hurt me, you're dead meat! Because Sora will not put up with this!

" I am dead meat? Oh, I'll show you dead meat!"

Tifa then tackled me to the ground in an angry rage. I was scared to death now! I tried to get away from Tifa, but she wouldn't let me go! I was yelling trying to get her off of me! When I pushed her off of me, she counterattacked by punching me in the jaw! I held my jaw as she tackled me the ground once more. What was it about me she didn't like? She began punching me, slapping me, and even pulling me by the hair just for fun! I began to cry form the pain and fear I felt.

Sora's POV

I walked my basket full of laundry down to the basement where I would wash my clothes. I threw my clothes into the washer and put in the soap as I heard the door bust open. I watched as Tai frantically called my name. I put down the soap and ran over to Tai.

" Tai, what's up?" I asked in a worried tone.

" There's a street fight! At the park! Kairi's in it! Tifa and Seifer's gang are beating the crap out of her!" Tai said quickly. My hands clenched into fists.

" NO! NOBODY HURTS KAIRI! EVER!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I grabbed my car keys and ran out the door, got into my car and drove off!

Kairi's POV

I sat there on my knees looking up at Tifa. She was still burning with rage. I, on the other hand, had scratches, bruises, and blood all over the place. I especially had blood under my nose, my lip, and near my eyes. I had tears forming in my eyes. Tifa and the gang were laughing while Tifa kicked me again in the stomach. I held my stomach and grunted in pain while tears rolled down my face.

" WHAT! WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?" I yelled at Tifa at the top of my lungs. .

" You ruined my life! You stole the Volleyball Championship form me! You stole my dignity form me! And you stole Sora from me!"

" The championship doesn't mean anything! Popularity doesn't mean anything to me! But, Sora, I didn't steal him form you! He came to me because he loves me! And I love him! So, just…GO AWAY AND LEAVE US ALONE!" I finally stood up and began to walk in the opposite direction while sniffling.

" I don't think so!" Tifa ran and tackled me to the ground. " Hold her down!" Seifer's gang held me down with my stomach facing up. " Seifer, get me the glass."

" GLASS!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO DO?" I screamed while trying to break free of their grasps. I tried kicking, but when Seifer came back, he held me by the legs!

" I'm just going to do a little something that'll free us both from misery." I could see that Tifa was aiming at my stomach. She rose the glass that was REALLY SHARP at the end! I cried knowing I was going to die.

" GET OFF OF HER!!!!!"

I hear a familiar voice! It was Sora! I opened my eyes and saw that he was wrestling Seifer to the ground and luckily, Tifa was trying to help Seifer. That gave me a chance to get up. I ran up to where everyone else was and tried to get everyone off of Sora. Seifer was on top of Sora beating the crap out of him! Sora was in the same condition I was! I pulled Seifer off and pushed him away form Sora. I fell to my knees panting. Sora got up grunting in pain as well. I turned my head to see Seifer with the same piece of glass Tifa was going to use to kill me! I saw as Seifer began to charge towards Sora who didn't see Seifer coming!

" SORA! WATCH OUT!!!!!" I ran and pushed Sora out the way causing me to get scratched in the arm by the glass. I screamed in pain and fell to the ground crying. I couldn't see that well because of my tears, but I could see well enough to see Seifer backing away and running away from us. I watched as Sora clenched his fists together.

" SEIFER! IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO, I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!!!!!" Sora yelled at the top of his lungs. It began to rain.

" Sora?" I said softly.

" Kairi?" Sora kneeled beside me and held me in his arms. " Are you okay?"

" No, that, son-of-a-bitch Seifer slashed me in the arm. But, at least I saved you." I grinned and lay my head on his shoulder.

" Kairi…" He sighed and laid his head on mine. " I love you…more than anything. Nothing will ever change that." He placed a hand on my cheek. I grabbed the hand and stared into his sparkling, blue eyes. Sora then placed a gentle kiss my lips, which didn't last long because I saw my mom's car with Namine and Selphie in it.

" Kairi!" My mom called my name.

" Mom!" I tried to get up, but I couldn't because of the pain.

" Kairi! Talk to me! What happened?" Selphie asked.

" Tifa…" I answered and then went unconscious.

Sora's POV

I picked up Kairi bridal style and carried her to her mom's car. I hope she was okay. I don't know what id' do if she died. I sat in the back with Kairi and just continued to comfort her. Soon, we arrived at Destiny Islands hospital and took her in. they put her onto a stretcher and took her to one of the rooms. I wanted to go in really badly, but they wouldn't let me in. I just sat in one of the chairs in the waiting room and waited for the results.

A few hours went by and during those few hours, doctors and nurses were going back and forth between her room and the waiting room, which made me feel really nervous. Anyway, after the few hours passed, the nurse came out with the results of what happened.

Author's Note: Aw, cliffhanger! Review if you want to see what happens next chapter!