"No"

Tane glared up at Riku, a look of pure hatred covering her features, all the progress they'd made over the past few days of becoming 'friends' now gone. How dare he not let her go. He had no right to tell her what to do. He was just a stupid jumped up ass that loved to boss people younger than him around. He'd been wrong about Kairi being with Sora. If she wanted to go and find her sister, he had no right to stop her. True, she couldn't conjure up portals like he could- but that was also his fault! He'd told Maleficent some crap about not wanting the darkness to take her over because she wasn't strong enough. Who the hell did he think he was to make her decisions for her. She was stronger than him! Heart wise atleast. Even Tane had to admit Riku was stronger physically. But that still gave him no right. She'd find a way to get to Kairi. And when she did, he'd be sorry.

And she'd start with the portal the arrogant ass had just conjured to go through. Admittedly she had no idea where it would take her, but that didn't matter. Did he think he could just tell her she couldn't go find her sister and then leave? The world did not revolve around Riku.

Pushing past him, Tane sprinted towards the portal, hoping she'd caught him off guard enough to make it. If he'd been expecting her to try anything there was no way she'd be able to do this. But it seemed he hadn't. Riku stumbled sideways, looking slightly surprised, before moving after her. Tane stretched out her arm, refusing to look behind at how close Riku was as darkness twisted up around her fingers. She could do this, willing herself to take just one more step. One more and she'd be free of him-

A spine chilling scream of frustration parted Tanes mouth as she felt Riku's hand grasp her free wrist. He was not going to stop her. Not this time. Yanking as hard as she could, Tane reached out to the portal again. But it wasn't enough. Riku pulled her back, the portal closing before her eyes, all her hopes of escaping from him vanishing. Just when had she become his prisoner?

She struggled again, managing to get a few fairly decent kicks to his shins and a good left punch to his cheek-, which was a miracle in itself, as she'd never punched anyone before. But all that seemed to do was anger him. And apparently he'd had enough of this one-sided war assault. Pushing her backwards- a lot harder than was necessary, Tane winced as her back and head collided with the wall. That was going to bruise in the morning. But she took slight pleasure in knowing Riku's cheek had already started to bruise from her first.

Gripping her wrists tightly against the wall, Riku continued to glare at her. Apparently the hatred was mutual now.

"I don't need babysitting" She said after five minutes of silence, venom filling her voice.

"Then don't act like such a baby" He spat back, his grip on her wrists not loosening.

Maybe it was because of hitting her head, or maybe being in such close proximity with Riku would explain her next actions. Or maybe, just maybe, they didn't need explaining at all. As she glared up at the older white haired boy that she'd grown to hate since childhood, something inside Tane changed. All the hatred and anger was still there. Definitely. But there was something else aswell. And that something, for however small or large It was, possessed her to lean up and press her lips hard against his. She wasn't quite sure what she'd expected or even why she'd done it. But she definitely hadn't expected to feel Riku's lips kissing her back, albeit roughly, but never the less, he was kissing her back. It wasn't a passionate or heartfelt kiss, and there was nothing special about it. But it certainly wasn't normal.

She wasn't sure whether to be grateful or upset when he broke away, but they were both slightly breathless. As she composed herself and glanced upwards at Riku, she couldn't help the shock that filled her features. As far back as she could remember, he'd always had a calm, unreadable look on his face. But now, she'd never seen so many emotions.

"Riku" Tane whispered, about to apologise even though she wasn't sure why.

"Don't" He said, taking a step back from her and releasing her wrists. Admittedly his grip had loosened when she'd kissed him. But her wrists still hurt as they fell to her side, "If you hadn't, I would" He muttered, before making a portal she'd been so desperately trying to escape into earlier appear, and stepping into it. Leaving a confused and annoyed Tane to slump to the floor. Alone.

A/N: Did you expect it? ;) it's short, I know. But Kinda an important chapter. Thanks for reading, please review. More coming soon, Z-Nugget xx