From Sora's POV

"Kairi? KAIRI! Riku, come help! SOMEBODY HELP!" And then I slipped into unconiousness.

I was huddled over Kairi her limp body in my arms. At that moment all I wanted to do was rip that idiot Takumi's head off. I couldn't believe some low lives. How could he even live with himself after hurting someone as fragile and innocent as Kairi. I heard sirens wailing in the background. Thank goodness Namine had showed up. She was the only one that could keep a cool head in a crisis.

I saw two policemen march over to us as the paramedics arrived and whisked Kairi away. The two menacing policemen looked all three of us over. First me, then Riku, then over to Takumi. "So boys you want to tell us what happened here?" After recounting the events of the night , and after much struggle and idle threats, the two policemen cuffed Takumi and shoved him into the car. We watched them swiftly drive away and without a moments delay all 6 of us piled into Riku's car as we raced off towards the hospital.

Back to Kairi's POV

My eyes started to flutter open, trying to take in my strange surroundings. I was in a hospital bed with the curtains all closed around me. I glanced down at my arm and saw an iv in hooked up to a monitor. A moment later the curtains were thrown open and I saw all my friends with concerned looks on their faces staring down at me.

Riku was the first to speak up, probably because he was the only one strong enough to. "Hey Kai. We called your family and they're on their way over right now" I breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks Riku. That means a lot to me" suddenly I saw the tall doctor make his way in making his way through the crowd that surrounded me. I was relieved to see that the doctor looked very calm and not a tinge of fear crept across his face. "Well Kairi, I've looked over your test results, and all your vitals look stable. If we're lucky we can send you home tonight. You only had minor head trauma and minimal bleeding. You're very lucky. Now if you'll all step out Kairi needs some rest. You can visit her at a later time"

The doctor ushered everyone out of the big white room. I felt myself drift into a deep calming slumber. Feeling the problems of that night slowly fade away as entered the seclusion of my own mind.

I felt myself shaken awake. I glanced over at the clock. 5:45 A.M. I looked up to see a pair of deep blue eyes as boundless as the sea staring down at me. His soft face framed by deep chocolate spikes. Who else but Sora. But I didn't recognize the look that was spread across his face. It was a look of despair and sadness. "Kairi I-I….." His voice started to crack as he struggled to get the words out. A single tear fell from his eyes onto my hand. "I am so sorry. I don't know how I could've not seen it. The bruises. Your fear of that….that Low life!" His hands started to ball up into a fist.

I stretched my hand towards his face, and wiped away his tears. Sora fell to his knees and started to cry into my chest. I pulled him in closer for a tight embrace, then he put his hands up to his face and wiped away his tears and his usual grin came across his face. "Hey Kai, I got the okay from your doctor and parents and they said you can check right now! I have somewhere I wanna take you!" He went out of the room for a brief moment and came back with a white bag and pulled out my beautiful deep purple gown. "Here I put it in this bag so it wouldn't get ruined. Put it on! We got somewhere to go"

After changing back into my dress, we headed out to the car and before we got in Sora put a blindfold over my eyes. "Hey-yy Sora! What are you doing?" I could hear him chuckle under his breath. "You'll just have to wait and see! Now come on!" He took my hand ever so gently and lead me to the door and helped me into the car. After driving for what seemed forever, we came to a sudden stop. I could hear my door open.

"Okay now take my hand. Now come this way." Sora led me onto a sandy surface and I loved the feeling of the grainy surface under my toes. Sora untied the blindfold and I gazed upon one of the most gorgeous sites I had ever seen. I looked out at the site in front of me and saw the crystal blue ocean, framed by the sky with beautiful violets, pinks, Oranges, and yellows. My breath had literally been taken away.

I sunk to the unstable ground and I heard Sora collapse gently beside me. I looked over at his soft face and it looked perplexed as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how. I decided to try and break the ice. "What is it Sora?" His lips began to become pursed, and words began to form.. "You know Kairi, ever since we met when we were 8 I've thought you were the most amazing person I've ever met. But, I didn't realize just how amazing until tonight. Kairi I-I think I love you. Or at least I know that I want to spend every moment with you."

I was completely and utterly breathless. My heart began to beat out of my chest, and I didn't even know if I could form any words. Finally I composed myself well enough to respond. "Sora, you don't know how long I've waited to hear you say that. I feel exactly the same way." Then without warning, he pulled me into a sweet tender kiss. I let go for a split second, after which I pulled him into a deep passionate kiss. It felt like it could last forever, and I think I really wanted it to.

I gazed deeply into his deep blue eyes. "So, where does this leave us?" As if to answer my question, he pulled me into one last kiss as the sun rose in the clear morning sky.