Khknight: Well, I'm in high school now.
Sora: -walks in with priest- We'll start praying for you now.
Khknight: Well, I would've been beat up on the first day of school, but look at that! I'm in one piece.
Sora: -pokes khknight- Wow, he's right.
Khknight: Kairi, if you will.
Kairi: Khknight doesn't own shit. -pokes khknight- For once, Sora's right.
Khknight: Okay, enough with the poking.
Riku: -pokes khknight- Poke.
Moon and Sky
Chapter 3 Unwrapping A Package
Kairi woke up early and called her two friends. She immediately remembered their last mishap and decided to check on them. They were already eating breakfast and were going to get ready for school afterwards. She shrugged and hopped into the bathroom. After, she ran to her closet and picked out some clothes. She decided on a black short sleeve top, a small denim skirt, a brown leather belt, and her same pair of white Phat Farm sneakers. She ran downstairs to find her parents eating breakfast.
"You're up early." her dad said upon her arrival. Kairi put on a confused look. She looked at a nearby clock.
6:42.
"I thought your classes start at 8:00." her mom commented. Kairi nodded.
"They do." she added. Her mom nodded as well.
"What would you like for breakfast, dear?" she asked. Kairi walked to the kitchen and brought out the contents of her breakfast.
"I'll just grab some cereal." she replied. She put the contents in a bowl and put them away. She sat at the table and began to eat away. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Kairi put down her spoon and answered the door. There stood Namine and Rikku.
"Ready to go, Kairi?" Rikku asked. Kairi shot her a funny look.
"I'm still eating breakfast." she replied. She looked at a clock. "And school starts in an hour." She welcomed Namine and Rikku. They sat down on the couch and watched MTV. Kairi finished up her breakfast and grabbed her bag. "Mom! We're leaving!" she yelled through the house.
"Have a good day sweetie!" her mom yelled back. The three walked out the door and they made their way to school.
"So, why are we heading to school this early?" Kairi asked. Rikku giggled.
"Well, there are two reasons." she replied.
"Which is...?" Kairi asked. Rikku giggled again.
"One, I'm going to look for the hot foreign exchange student." she added. Rikku giggled again. Namine and Kairi shook their heads. "Oh, and we got some info on Sora from Yuna, Tidus's girl." she added again.
"Which is...?" Kairi asked again.
"Oh, when Sora is at school. For some reason, he's always at school early. You should go and ask him out!" Rikku exclaimed. Kairi's face filled with red.
"No! No! No! We hardly know each other!" she said while waving her hands no. Rikku just smirked.
"Well, one of you is going to ask each other out anyway! Might as well now!" she protested. Kairi thought about it.
That's probably true. And Sora is opening up to me. And I have interest in him- Wait! Why am I thinking about this! We're nothing more than friends! That's right. Nothing, but friends. Just keep telling yourself that Kairi. she thought. Namine waved her hands in front of her face.
"Hello! Kairi! Earth to Kairi!" she yelled to her. Kairi continued to orbit in space. Suddenly, she walked into a traffic light pole and fell backwards. Rikku and Namine burst out laughing. Kairi got up and brushed herself off.
"Any marks?" she asked. Rikku looked at her very closely. She backed up and smiled.
"Nope! Not one!" she exclaimed. Rikku looked forward and her jaw fell open.
"What is it?" Namine asked. Kairi and Namine looked in Rikku's direction. Rikku hopped up and down and clapped her hands.
"THAT'S HIM! THAT'S HIM! THAT'S THE NEW FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT!" she cheered. They saw a tall, blonde and long haired guy walking into the principal's office. "OOOHHH! I'm gonna go introduce myself!" she quickly replied before she ran off.
"I'm gonna go get some stuff in my locker." Namine replied before leaving. She began to walk, but suddenly stopped. "Oh, and Sora should be wandering somewhere near the bleachers." she quickly added. She walked into the main building, leaving Kairi to her own business. Kairi walked down to the bleachers and looked around.
Nothing.
She sighed and sat under the bleachers. She looked up and smiled. There sat Sora, reading a book. She immediately rushed up to the bleachers.
"Hi!" she greeted after sitting next to him. Sora simply waved and looked at her. "Whatcha reading?" she asked. She looked over, trying to read some of it. Sora closed it and shoved it into his bag.
"Just some teenage drama. I got nothing else to read at home." he replied. He sat back and looked at the sky.
"So..." Kairi started. Sora looked at her.
"Hm...?"
"I was wondering, would you like to hang out with me at the mall this saturday? I'm free." she asked. Please! Please say yes! she screamed in her head. Sora sat up and kept his normal face.
"Sure. I'll see ya at the entrance at 9:00 A.M." he replied. Kairi smiled.
"Okay then! See ya! I'm gonna go run to my locker!" she quickly replied before running off. Sora slightly smiled as he watched her leave.
Saturday Morning
Kairi hopped out of bed at 7:00 A.M. She quickly got to the bathroom and out in a flash. She dried off her hair and ran to her closet. She picked out a brown t-shirt, a pair of dark blue denim jeans, and her same pair of shoes. She quickly put on some make-up and ran down stairs. She grabbed a slice of toast and grabbed her purse.
"Where are you going this early?" her mother asked. Kairi openned the door.
"I'm meeting a friend at the mall! Bye mom!" she quickly answered before running out the door. Her mom smirked and put her hands her husband's shoulders, who was reading the paper and drinking coffee.
"Honey, I think our little girl has a boyfriend." she squealed. He looked up at her and gave her a kiss.
"I was your 4th boyfriend, right?" he asked. She thought about it.
"I think so."
Meanwhile, Kairi was on a bus going to the mall. There, she got off and made her way to the entrance. There sat Sora, sitting near the water fountain.
"Hi!" she greeted. "Ready?" she asked. Sora stood up. He was wearing a dark brown t-shirt, a pair of dark blue denim shorts, and a pair of dark grey sneakers. Kairi's eyes grew big. Wow, I didn't even know he would dress like this. I'll ask him about it later. she thought. Sora waved his hands over her face.
"What are you waiting for? We gonna go or not?" he asked. Kairi shook herself out of her daydream and nodded. They entered the large mall and were off.
Later
Kairi and Sora went to almost every single store. Kairi bought at least one bag of clothes from each clothing store while Sora just bought a couple shirts and a belt at Hot Topic. Kairi was trying on some, as she put it, gothic apperal there and showing it to Sora. He simply smiled at each outfit while Kairi giggled at herself. Anyway, they were now eating lunch at the food court. Let's go into detail.
Kairi was eating a salad while Sora had a soda.
"Are you sure you don't want anything else?" Kairi asked after swallowing part of her salad. Sora rubbed his eyes.
"I'm fine." he replied. He began to rub his eyes slightly quicker.
"Are you okay?" Kairi asked. Sora stopped.
"Yeah, my contacts are just irritating me." he answered. She gave him a strange look.
"You wear contacts?" she asked. Sora took out a small container.
"No, I keep them as a souvenier. Of course I do!" he replied. He removed his contacts and put them in the container. He showed her gray eyes.
"Whoa, those are some cool eyes!" she exclaimed. Sora shook his head. "Were you born like that or what?" she asked. Sora sighed.
"I got them in an incident." he whispered to her. Kairi gave him the strange look again.
"Care to explain?" she asked. Sora sighed again.
Flashback
Sora was working with his girlfriend, Garnet, in his room with a project. His mother was cooking dinner and his father was drinking in front of the TV.
"Honey! Time for-"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Sora's father snapped. Sora's mother stomped it into the living room and turned off the TV. "TURN IT BACK ON YOU STUPID WHORE!" he yelled.
"You do nothing, but drink and watch TV!" she snapped. Sora's father got up and punched her. Sora heard the noise looked outside. His father was beating up his mother.
"Call the police!" he yelled to Garnet. She nodded and took out her cellphone. Sora ran to the living room and tackled his father. "Mom! Run!" he cried while holding his father down. She nodded 'no' and Sora's father threw Sora into a wall. He made his way to his wife and grabbed an empty beer bottle. He smashed it against the wall and slit her throat. Sora got back up and threw a punch to his father. He saw this coming and struck him across the eyes. Sora fell to the ground with blood flowing from his eyes. Garnet ran to Sora, just as his father was getting ready to finish him off. She kneeled down and shielded Sora as he struck her instead Finally, the police blasted through the doors. They got Sora's father under arrest and took a look at the place.
"Someone! Call an ambulence! We got three victims here!" one police officer called. Soon, the ambulences came and Sora and his mother were on their way to the hospital.
End Flashback
"So, my dad is doing life in the county jail." Sora explained. Kairi had a concerned look on her face.
"What happened to your mom and Garnet?" she asked. Sora took a deep breath.
"My mother died within 20 minutes of being slit in the throat. Garnet died on the spot. She was hit where her heart was." he answered sadly. Kairi's expression got more unhappy.
"And you?" she asked.
"I should be blind, but they fixed my eyes. I'm just colorblind now." he replied.
"I see. I'm sorry for bringing it up." she apoligized. Sora shook his head.
"It's okay. It just bothers me that I can't see color again. Everything is just shades of grey, black, and white." he explained. "So, I live with my grandmother. She always worries about me since her own son went berserk on his own family, but I always reassure her."
"That's good." she replied. Kairi looked down. "I wonder what it's like. To see everything without color." Sora gave her a slight smile.
"It's quite alright for me." he reassured. Kairi looked up and smiled. Sora looked around.
"Hey, Kairi?"
"Hm?"
"Have you ever gone ice skating?"
Later
Sora and Kairi were on the ice rink with Sora skating in circles around Kairi. She was standing as if she were a statue.
"C'mon, it's easy." Kairi stood still.
"I'm not moving!" she snapped.
"Trust me. I learned how to do it at a snow resort once." he tried to reassure.
"Snow resort?" she questioned.
"My grandma was visitting some relatives and i decided to take up a part time job there. Now c'mon!" he exclaimed. Kairi took a deep breath and moved forward.
"Hey! I'm doing it! I'm ice skating!" she exclaimed. Sora skated next to her.
"At the speed of a snail." he added. She stuck her tongue out at him and tried to go faster. She ended up falling on her butt. Sora smiled at her.
"Meanie!" she snapped at him.
"Watch me." Kairi watched his moves carefully. She got back up and did the same.
"You're a fast learner. I guess you aren't so dumb after all." Sora responded.
"I know. Wait a-" she skated right into a wall and fell backwards. Sora smiled. He just bursted out laughing on the spot. Kairi got up and put her hands on her hips.
"Meanie!" she countered before sticking her tongue out at her. They left the ice rink and took a break on a bench. "Y'know, that's the first time I ever saw or heard you laugh." Kairi suddenly said. Sora didn't look at her.
"I don't want to have many friends. If I did, they would want to know everything about me and then they would end up worrying about me all the time, like I'm suspecting you will now." he explained. Kairi gave him a hug.
"Don't worry. I won't" she reassured. Sora turned red.
"Um, Kairi?"
"Hm?
"I can't breath."
"OH! SORRY!" Kairi apoligized. She let go and they walked around the mall again. Kairi caught sight of Namine and Rikku and dragged Sora over.
"Kairi!" Rikku yelled at her. Rikku and Namine gave her a hug while Sora stood in the background. Namine caught sight of him and waved. He waved back.
"Uh, Kairi? I gotta go. I'm going to go grab some stuff for my grandma." Sora told Kairi before leaving. She nodded, he grabbed his bags, and left. Namine and Rikku gave Kairi big smiles.
"What?"
"YOU ASKED HIM OUT! YOU ASKED HIM OUT!" they cheered over and over. Kairi immediately turned red.
"No! No! We just hung out today!" she responded while waving her hands 'no'. Namine and Rikku raised their eyebrows.
"Sure." Namine replied sarcastically.
"It's the truth!" Kairi snapped. Rikku and Namine just giggled while Kairi shook her head. They dragged her around the mall for the rest of that day.
Khknight: Well, that was a long chapter.
Sora: Now get to your homework young man! -points to khknight's room-
Khknight: You got homework too ya idiot! You even got more than me!
Sora: -looks at backpack full of papers and books- Right.
Khknight: YOU TOO! -points to Kairi and Riku-
Kairi & Riku: AW!