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----------------------------------------------------------------------------Love is Stronger Than Want

There was no telling exactly how long Sora, Riku and Kairi sat staring at each other before Riku said "No, Kairi, there's nothing I want you to know. Let's go."

They wandered off and Sora, so stricken by jealousy he was hallucinating, could see them arm in arm and suddenly felt the urge to rip Riku to shreds.

No one does that to their best friend! He told himself. That is, unless they try to take your girlfriend, or almost girlfriend, or whatever you would call Kairi right now!

Wait. I'm confused. Why didn't Riku tell Kairi he loved her? I already knew. It shouldn't have mattered that I was here. But… he shuddered. Maybe he just told her and she loved him, not me? What if they're kissing right this second? AHHHHH!!!!!

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" the head scream became a real scream as he saw Kairi's boat leaving the docks.

Wait. Sora thought. That's not even Kairi's boat! It's Riku's! He's going with her! He'll take her from me, and I can't let that happen!

"NOOOO!!!!" Sora screamed at the top of his lungs. "KAIRI, COME BACK! I CAN'T LOSE YOU!!!"

Sora? Kairi thought. "Sora!"

Sora's feet were hitting the wet beach sand with a splish, splosh, sploosh, and he was almost to the boat when Riku hit the gas.

Can't let him…can't let him take her… Riku was saying this over and over in his head.

Soon the water was too deep for Sora to keep running, so he started to swim. Kairi reached a helping hand out to him, as if to save him, but now Riku was struck with the beast of jealousy. In his mind, Sora was not worthy of Kairi's help. Not anymore, at least.

Sora grabbed the edge of the boat and Kairi helped him up. Riku hit Sora with a glare as cold as ice, and sharp as a needle. Sora returned this with a grin; about twice it's normal size, as he was faking it. Riku took this as a smug look, and Sora portrayed him as ready for a battle.

"So, which shall it be, Riku? A battle of body or of mind? Or maybe we should do a battle of the heart, for a heart!"

Kairi looked simply confused and overwhelmed. She knew they were talking about her, but she didn't know what Sora meant by it.

"Wha…what are you talking about?" stuttered Riku (totally unnatural, I know!).

"Aw, c'mon Riku, don't tell me you haven't told her yet. You told me years ago."

"What are you guys talking about?" Kairi asked, obviously embarrassed, considering she was covering her face and her voice seemed unusually giggly.

"Well, Kairi, I guess I should tell you." Sora stated. "Riku's loved you about as long as I have, maybe longer. There you have it."

"Why you son of a–" Riku was cut off by a sudden clap of thunder. For the first time since getting on the boat, the three looked up at the sky. It was dark with storm clouds, and as they looked a streak of lightning pierced the sky.

"Idiot!" shouted Riku, the word directed at himself. "You shouldn't have brought Kairi with you! You knew this storm was coming!"

Now he's really lost it. He's talking to himself! Sora thought. I'll take her now, I'll just- Sora never did have time to finish that thought, because at that moment someone crashed out of the storage area in the bottom of the boat. He was carrying a guitar case on his back, his body covered in a dark-colored cloak, and his face hidden by a hood.

That's the guy that was stalking Kairi! Sora put this thought into words.

"Here's Demyx!!!" the guy said while throwing off his hood.

"I knew it had to be you! When Sora and I caught you…you didn't hear that conversation, did you?" Kairi said.

"Of course I did, and I'm here to claim you as mine!" Demyx yelled over the howling wind that was picking up speed by the minute.

"Of course you are, and so are they." She said gesturing over to Sora and Riku, who were arguing about who loved Kairi more.

Finally Sora had had enough. "It's time for some action!" he yelled, and jumped on top of Riku. As the fight raged on, so did the storm until Demyx broke it up for a while by hugging Kairi, which immediately set off another argument, then another fight, this time with all three involved.

Oh, how could this have happened? A choice between my ex-boyfriend, my best friend, and the best friend I have a major liking of. Great. Only to me. Kairi thought.

The wind got stronger and louder, as did the sound of the fight. When the winds stopped for a brief moment, so did the fight, only the fight didn't pick up again after five seconds. Sora, Riku, and Demyx all had been battered and bruised, broken, confused. (Sorry, I got that from a song!) Kairi was about to see if the three boys were okay, but she felt the boat tip over to the side. It came back up, but not for long. The boat was rocking back and forth on the waves.

Okay, Kairi, now is NOT the time to get seasick. You need to help the guys! She told herself.

She would have made it to the end of the boat where the three boys were unconscious because they tried (and succeeded in) beating the crud out of one another, but the boat gave one final rocking motion, and then flipped altogether.

Oh, no. Kairi thought as she hit the water. As she drifted in limbo (not awake, but not unconscious, either) she wondered whether or not she would see Sora again. It seemed that no one else in the world mattered. Sora was her world at that moment. She didn't care about anyone else like she did him. Then her world went black.