Big Brother Complexity
A/N: I just realized this while I was watching trials on the news... and then I typed this up. This chapter is actually going to be serious. I have known a friend who got raped, but she loved VanVen. I dedicate this to her. Also, she adores little Sora, and she also wanted to see what it was like to have humor in a courtroom. Later on...
Okay, then maybe it's partly serious...
Warnings: Kairi will start to have bad language issues... Sora needs to get the soap. Demyx needs to get the water.
Chapter Nine: Time to Testify Part One
Ven could hear his heart beating rapidly in his chest. He couldn't believe it just happened so fast. It had only been a few weeks before they last saw Kairi, and just a few days before, she had gotten, well- sexually harassed. Sora and Roxas are way too young to know about stuff like this, because they shouldn't need to get their innocent minds filled with the wrong things.
"I can't do this!" Kairi said as she flailed to escape Axel's grip.
Ventus shivered as he thought about everything that could go wrong and Vanitas stood silent beside him. Roxas fiddled with his backpack, looking uncomfortable, and both Xion and Sora were on the edge of tears. Kairi was crying, and Axel tried to comfort her, only he kept sending glances to the other side of the room, and Ven knew very well he was looking at the man who had done the crime.
Ansem.
Ven could even tell he would have done even more serious crimes before this one, just by looking at him. The judge, Auron, raised his gavel to dismiss the court for a short recess (for Kairi didn't want to go up there). As soon as everyone was dismissed, Ventus dragged the three spiky haired boys behind him with one hand, the other cradling Xion as he raced to get to Kairi. "Oh my god!" Kairi wailed, wrapping her arms around Axel in a tight hug. "I can't do this Axel! I can't!" Axel sighed, and shook his head. "Come on, I'm going to take you outside."
"We're coming too!" Sora chirped, reaching out to grab Kairi's hand. The redhead smiled, and ran her finger's through her hair, trying to make herself look presentable. Xion gurgled in Ven's arms, and Kairi seemed to soften up. "You're going to need to testify," Axel reminded Kairi, and her eyes went dim. Her breaths were coming out short and erratic, and Vanitas put his hands on her shoulders.
"Kairi, focus. Ven is going crazy just by looking at him. And whenever Ven goes into mother-hen mode, I usually get kicked out of my own house. Now focus for me, because I'm not going to spend the next few nights at Terra's."
Kairi kept breathing, but she shook her head. "I'm breathing dammit, BREATHING!" she cried out in frustration, and Roxas cuddled Sora as the brunette began to sob. "I can't go up there and testify," Kairi paced back and forth, ignoring out the stares of her friends. "I can't just go up and- and- and stop staring at me, you clown-faced RAPIST!" she screeched, at the smirking silver-haired man from the other end of where the group was standing.
"Kairi! You have to get ahold of yourself!" Axel demanded. "He's staring," the weeping redhead complained. "He's staring at me, waiting for me to fuck up, and he wants to just get to me again!"
"Kairi needs to wash her mouth with soap," Roxas suggested, and he took out a small bar of soap out of his backpack. Axel sighed. "Let's hope Ansem drops the soap."
TBC...