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Previously On 12

Kairi and Namine are sitting in class.

"You have an excellent voice,"

Sora hears laughter behind him; he turns around to see Cloud and Leon.

"Well, if it isn't the Troublesome Twelve Brothers,"

Kairi and Namine meet two new people.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Aerith Gainsborough,"

"I'm Yuffie Kisaragi,"

Sora, Roxas, Leon and Cloud walk towards Kairi, Namine, Yuffie and Aerith.

"Allow me to introduce you to their Guardian Angels, Leon Eleven and Cloud Nine,"

Two Creatures are staring at the school.

"On of them was here,"

"Let the bounty hunter know,"

The creatures disappear.

Chapter 6.

SURPRISE!

"Now, as you know, the school Talent concert is on again this year, and we are looking for any musical talent that you may have, anyone who can sing, or play an instrument, I encourage you to sign up, Sign up ends today, with the concert in two days time"

It was a Monday morning, and Kairi really didn't feel like being at school. No one ever felt like being at school on a Monday morning, it was the beginning of the week, five whole days until the weekend. Kairi had enjoyed that weekend. She had gone to Dawn City to watch a couple of movies. Sora had said Saturday morning that he and Roxas had to go to Australia to check something out, and that he'd be back at school on the Monday morning. However, neither Sora nor Roxas had arrived yet.

Miss Notes took out a folder, and opened it up, "Now when I call your name, please answer, Hannah Ashtorough,"

Miss Notes went through the clipboard, until she reached the Twelve brothers.

"Roxas Twelve?" Miss Notes called out, and Kairi expected to hear nothing but the whispers of the other kids.

She was mistaken.

"Here," Someone called out, and Kairi Spun around to see a spiky haired blonde dusting something of his jacket, and smile at Kairi.

"Where the hell is Sora?" Kairi whispered.

"Wait for it?" Roxas smiled.

Kairi was about to say, "Wait for what?" But just then, Miss Notes had called out, "Sora Twelve," At that moment, Kairi blinked, and next to Roxas, where an originally empty chair had been, a smiling Sora now sat, wearing a green shirt under his usual black jacket, a pair of Black pants, and green converse sneakers with a brown side bag carrying all his personal belongings.

"Here, miss," Sora continued to smile.

Kairi's eyes went from shocked to pissed off.

"Do you enjoy fucking with me?" Kairi asked.

Sora's grin turned even bigger, and in a whisper, he said, "Oh yes,"

Kairi couldn't keep it contained, the smile was all too much, she began to giggle, which gathered the unwanted attention of several people, one of them Miss Notes.

"Do you find something funny about me reading the notices?" She asked.

"No miss," Kairi almost shrank a meter in her chair.

"Then please control yourself until lunchtime," Miss Notes stated.

"Yes miss," Kairi said softly, and Miss Notes returned back to her Notices.

Kairi instantly turned to look at Sora.

"Oi, don't look at me like that, it wasn't my fault you laughed," Sora stated.

"Umm, Dude," Roxas taped Sora on the shoulder, "It kinda was,"

"Shut up, Roxas," Sora said, followed by silent laughter from their friends.

"Oh, yeah, there is a talent show coming up, are you guys going to try out for it?" Kairi asked.

"Well, actually, the principal is going to kindly ask us not to," Roxas sighed, slouching in his chair.

"What? Why?" Kairi asked.

"Well, he thinks…what will be his words Sora?" Roxas turned to his brother.

"So good that we would smash the competition," Sora recited, while digging through his bag for something.

"Right, that," Roxas turned back to Kairi, smiling.

"Well, that sucks, you guys would make it interesting, every other year its just some random Year 7 kids doing magic tricks," Kairi groaned.

"Yeah, basically the only good one is Riku playing the guitar for a couple of minutes," Namine pointed out.

"Yeah," Kairi had a dreamy look on her face.

"Kairi…Kairi…" Namine waved her hand in front of Kairi, but she maintained her dreamy appearance.

"What is she doing?" Roxas whispered to Namine.

"She's dreaming about Riku," Namine stated.

"What about?" Roxas said with a grin on his face, acheing to know what.

"You can't really tell with Kairi," Namine shrugged.

Roxas turned to his brother and said, "Sora?"

"She's dreaming about Riku playing his guitar nude, with the guitar covering him up," Sora absently stated while he picked up a book from his bag.

"Oh, God, some days I wish I had you powers," Roxas smiled dreamily

"Well, thankfully, I don't return that wish," Sora stated with a small smile as he took out a pair of rectangular lens glasses, and put them on. Namine looked at Sora for a couple of Minutes, before he said, "Something wrong?"

"I never knew you wore glasses," Namine stated.

"Well, they're basically for reading, and viewing something up close whilst I'm in my human form, I'm fine in angelic, but when I was human, I had an eye problem, and have had it every time I go into angelic," Sora smiled.

"Oh," Namine turned to her best friend, "Hey Kairi, did you know that Sora wore…oh for the love of God,"

Sora looked up, and removed his glasses to see that Kairi and Roxas were in the exact same position as they had been 5 minutes ago.

"Don't worry, they'll be moving in exactly 5 seconds," Sora looked at his watch

"Why will they be mov…" But Namine never finished what she was going to say, for at that exact moment, the bell went indicating the end of Roll Call, and Kairi and Roxas jumped from their positions.

"Shit, that was quick," Kairi said as she picked up her bag.

"Funny, all the women Roxas sleep with say the exact same thing," Sora said as he picked up his bag and began to walk out the door.

"OI!" Roxas yelled at his brother while Kairi and Namine roared with laughter.

"What?" Sora smiled, and his green converse was the last thing seen as he walked out of the classroom.

12------12

Kairi huffed as she sat down, she had received her marks from the homework she had previously handed in for Geography, and in return, she had received piles of Homework from their teachers.

"I can't believe it, you have the power of reality to give you the best answers, and your managing a constant grade of F?" Sora said, as he looked over his brothers Geography assessment task.

"Hey, I'm just not that good at Geography," Roxas shrugged.

"Roxas, your not good at anything," Sora stated.

"Wrong, I'm good at making love," Roxas smiled seductively, and Sora rolled his eyes.

Just then Rikku, Paine and Yuna walked into the cafeteria, and sat down.

"What's up with you guys?" Sora asked.

"We're trying to get a band together, but were a few musicians short," Yuna sighed.

"Who have you got so far?" Roxas asked.

"Well, we have Rikku on lead guitar, Paine on bass, and me on drums," Yuna stated.

"Well, I don't know if this helps, but I've been playing the keyboard for a couple of years now, if you wanted a keyboard player, I guess I could give it a shot," Namine stated.

"Terrific," Rikku jumped up.

Demyx was about to say something, when he was cut off by a passing Axel, "No Demyx, you are not going to be the sitar player in Yuna's or any other band in the world," and with that dream crusher, Demyx slouched back into his seat.

"Now all we need is a singer," Rikku stated absent mindedly, to which Kairi almost choked on what she was eating.

Kairi instantly said, "Oh, I just remembered, I've left my phone In the library," And made to get up, but at that moment, Namine stated, "Wait, Kairi can sing," and her plan was shot to hell.

"Oh, fuck," She muttered, and was instantly met with a begging Rikku.

"Please, Kairi, we need you as a singer, you're the only good singer who will be able to play at the Talent Show,"

"But Riks, I'm not good at singing in front of crowds," Kairi stated.

"Oh, come on, it'll be dark, you'll hardly be able to see anyone, and you'll do fine," Rikku smiled.

"Oh, I don't know," Kairi bit her bottom lip.

"Come on Kairi, Do it for the group," Yuna begged.

Kairi just looked to the ground, and twisted her foot slowly.

"You know, I think Larxene will be doing that dance routine she does every year," Namine smiled to Paine.

"Yeah, and with no real competition, she'll probably end up winning it," Paine looked back at Namine.

Kairi's head shot up, and there it was, the motivation that would fuel her to not only participate in the talent show, but also win it.

"Ok, you got me, I'll sing," Kairi smiled.

"Yes!" Rikku jumped again, and herself and Yuna dragged Namine and Kairi off, with Paine following behind them.

They passed by Riku, who looked at them for a few moments, before walking to the group's table.

"What was that about?" Riku pointed behind him.

"The girls want to follow in our footsteps," Roxas smiled.

"What?" Riku asked.

"They're starting a band," Sora translated.

"Oh, right," Riku said as he took a seat.

"Something on your mind?" Sora asked as he took a sip of coke, and placed it back on the table.

"Well, its Kairi birthday this Saturday, and I'm having a bit of difficulty," Riku sighed.

"What are you having difficulty with?" Sora asked.

"We're missing a band," He simply stated.

Sora looked at Roxas with a smile on his face, to which he returned the smile with a grin of his own.

"Riku, don't worry about the band, we can get that," Sora stated.

"You worry bout everything else," Roxas smiled.

"Ok, thanks guys, you're really saving my arse here," Riku smiled as he got up and walked out of the hall.

"Well, I guess we'll need to get the guys together," Sora laughed.

"Yeah, it'll be great to catch up," Roxas smiled.

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Throughout the two days, Kairi and Namine had been non-stop practicing for the talent show, and Kairi was determined to beat Larxene. Kairi hadn't let anyone except the band members hear her sing. Of course, most of the people had already heard her sing a couple of times, but Sora and Roxas hadn't heard her.

It was the afternoon of the performance, and the girls had spent most of time in a dress rehearsal. Going over how the performances would work out that night. Kairi's mum had told her to wear her short hot pink dress, seeing as her red hair matched perfectly with the dress.

They had been told that the performance would be starting in an hour, and that they were aloud to wonder the grounds, but not to go out of the school. Kairi told the other girls that she needed to take a little walk before the show began.

Kairi wandered up one of the big hills, until she got a good look at the school, and all the people that were attending, she sighed, and shivered as a long wind passed by her, and thought to herself God, why did I come out here without a coat.

"Cold?" said a voice, and Kairi turned around, and was not at all surprised to see her Guardian Angel standing behind her.

Kairi giggled, "I think you know the answer to that,"

"Yeah, just being courteous," Sora smiled, and he removed his black jacket and placed it around her, which, for some odd reason, kept Kairi extremely warm. Sora's green shirt was very clear, considering it was such a dark night.

"So, you nervous?" Sora asked, to which Kairi replied with a fake laugh.

"What do you think?" Kairi asked him.

"Yeah, I think you're nervous," Sora smiled, and Kairi rolled her eyes.

"You know, the Moon Light Shines on you something beautiful," Sora smiled, and Kairi flicked a bit of hair out of her face.

"Thank you," She smiled, and Sora copied her, before looking at the school car park.

"Where's Roxas," Kairi asked after a few moments of silence.

"Wishing Namine good luck," Sora stared as the cars started to increase in number as they parked in the car park of the school.

"Well, aren't you going to wish me good luck?" Kairi asked, battering her eyelids at Sora.

"I don't need to wish you luck, seeing as I have heard what people have said about your voice, and what other people know about the other girls musical skills, I believe the night will be without a hitch," Sora stated, still looking at the car park.

"Right, of course," Kairi stated a little angrily as she got up, took off Sora's coat and placed it on the ground, Sora looked at her and asked, "Going somewhere?"

"The girls will want to know where I am," Kairi began to walk off down the hill towards the school.

"Kairi," Sora called out.

"What is it Sora?" Kairi said a little rudely as she turned around.

"Good luck," He smiled, and all the anger that had previously been inside of her had gone.

"Thanks Sora," Kairi smiled, and she turned back towards the school, and walked towards the building.

When she was out of sight, Sora chuckled to himself, and got up, picked up his coat, clicked his fingers, and all the dust fell off of it. He placed it on himself, and buttoned it up. Then as he was about to click his fingers, he stopped, and said to himself, "You know, it's such a lovely night, I think I'll just walk down," And he stuck his hands in his pockets, and began the walk back down to the school hall.

12------12

"Please thank Larxene, Riona and Quistis for those wonderful dance moves," Pence said as the three girls walked off.

As Larxene walked by Kairi, she purposely bumped into her shoulder. Kairi responded by tripping her over, to which everyone stopped what they were doing and sniggered while Larxene got up and stormed out of the stage area.

"Our next and final group of performers are an amateur band, and got their inspiration from our very own Memories of an Angel, please make them feel welcome for their first performance," Pence clapped them on, which was followed by everyone else in the audience.

"Well, lets go," Kairi breathed in, and she walked through the curtains, followed by the others.

12------12

Sora and Roxas were currently sitting in the crowd near the front of the stage with Riku, Axel, Demyx and Zexion watching Larxene, Riona and Quistis were dancing to Single Ladies by Beyonce. Larxene and Quistis outfits were consisted of some of the shortest pants anyone had ever seen, and the most revealing tops ever. Riona was dressed in something a little more suitable for a young lady.

Riku was busy looking at the performers dancing more than what they were wearing. Roxas, Axel and Demyx were drooling over the girls, Zexion had fallen asleep, and Sora was reading a book.

As Larxene ended the song, and the entire crowd clapped politely (with most of the guys cheering louder than the girls). Sora removed his glasses and put them in his inside coat pocket, placed the book on the floor, and shook Zexion awake.

"Are the sluts done?" Zexion yawned as he stretched in his seat.

"Yeah, the girls are up next," Sora said, and Zexion nodded before looking at the stage.

"Please thank Larxene, Riona and Quistis for those wonderful dance moves," Pence had walked onto the stage, and clapped them off. Sora positioned himself in a comfortable position in his seat.

"Our next and final group of performers are an amateur band, and got their inspiration from our very own Memories of an Angel…" Sora smiled as he heard some girls from up the back of the audience shriek, and some guys yell out "Yeah,"

"…please make them feel welcome for their first performance," And the crowd screamed as the girls entered the stage, each of them dressed differently than the other.

Rikku was dressed in a pair of jeans, and bright golden yellow shirt. She had a pair of yellow shoes on, and her hair sparkled in the spotlight. Demyx's eyes hadn't stared at anyone else when the girls had gone on. She was holding out a bright yellow guitar, and had a very large smile on her face.

Paine was dressed in complete black, with Black Jeans, black shirt with a long black leather coat and long black leather boots. Sora looked at Zexion, and he could have sworn was drooling for a moment, before he went back to his usual monotone look. Paine came on holding a pitch black bass guitar.

Yuna was wearing a bright purple top with blue Jeans, and bright purple sneakers. Axel wasted no time in wolf whistling as loud as he could, and Yuna responded by giggling, and a wide grin was plastered on her face. She took her seat behind the drum kit, and retracted two drumsticks from her pocket.

Namine was wearing a white dress, but in no way was it see through (much to the disappointment of Roxas) She smiled at most of the people behind her keyboard, and her smile only increased when she saw Roxas drooling over her. Sora had to reach over Zexion and slap Roxas in the back of the head, where he woke up and cleaned off the saliva from his face.

Kairi received the most attention, wearing her hot pink short dress, as there were many wolf whistles, calling outs, and what Sora could have sworn was a marriage proposal, before the sound of Riku silenced them all when he shouted out "OI, SHE'S ALREADY TAKEN!"

She certainly is Sora smiled as he stared up at what was at that moment the most beautiful girl in the world.

"Hi guys," Kairi's voice echoed throughout the hall, "We were talking about it back stage, and we think we have a name for our band, what do you guys think of Midnight Eclipse?"

The answer came in the form of hundreds of students roaring into the night. Kairi looked at her friends, who were all cheering, until her eyes rested on Sora. She wanted to know what her Guardian Angel thought.

What do you think? Sound good? Kairi thought, knowing full well he was using his mind reading technique.

Sora smiled, and mouthed something that Kairi was almost positive she knew what he had said.

Oh Yes

"Well, that's settled, Midnight Eclipse will be playing for you I Never Liked You by Rogue Traders," The entire audience roared into the space.

Sora looked at Roxas, who in turn looked at Sora, and they both smiled at the same time.

Man, this is going to be so good Roxas's voice suddenly entered Sora's mind.

Of course it is Sora chuckled in his own mind, knowing that Roxas would hear him, and then was silent when Yuna hit her drumsticks together, in a beat of 4.

Rikku strumming the guitar was the first thing that was heard from the band, she played it beautifully, her hands flicking off the strings. Then Yuna's drumming, Namine's keyboard, and Paine's bass was added in, Finally, Kairi shouted out into the audience.

Hey!

Sora was almost taken aback, and if he wasn't watching it, he might have thought that her voice belonged to an Angel, it seemed perfect. Her voice had perfect pitch, tone, everything. Sora smiled at himself. Keeps surprising me all the time don't you Kairi. He thought.

Hey!

Kairi jumped up and down the stage, dancing as she removed the portable mic from its stand, and danced around the stage, getting roars from the audience, and smiling while Rikku jumped up and down, flicking her hand up and down. Namine's hands were gliding across the keyboard

I'm sick of this dirty dress

I'm thinking I might do less, now

There's something I must confess, to you

Kairi's voice sounded throughout the hall, with the only sound was the beat of the drums, the bass and the guitar just quietly playing, and the keyboard in a rhythmic tone.

You know how everydays

The same old everyways, well

I've got a secret to tell

The music started to get louder, Namine's fingers barely even touched the keys as they glided through, Rikku was jumping up and down, strumming as fast as she could.

I can't contain it anymore

Who's knocking at your door?

Kairi jumped as high as she could, as Yuna's drumming suddenly got faster, and Paine's playing got louder, the crowd cheering as loud as their lungs would allow them.

Hey! Surprise!

I never liked you, even when I tried to

Don't speak now it's my turn baby uh uh

I never liked you, and I won't pretend to

Kairi looked at all the students jumping and screaming to the noise her friends were producing, but more to the noise that she was producing from her lips.

Hey! Look twice!

I never liked you even when I tried to

Can't you see the curtain's falling uh uh

Is there a reason you're still hangin' around?

Kairi resumed standing still, as the music became considerably softer again, and she barely whispered into the mic, to add affect, which seemed to be the right thing to do, as the response was absolutely phenomenal.

That's right I'm waving goodbye

You always thought I'd play nice, well

You never thought at all

You look a little distressed

Am I looking my best, now

Here's something you can't possess

Kairi's voice rose as the instruments behind her began to increase in their volume, the roaring also increased. Even Zexion was bopping his head up and down.

I can't contain it anymore

Who's knocking at your door?

Kairi jumped as high as she could, and at that moment, the entire school population rose from their seats, and jumped up and down in the beat of the music from these 5 extraordinary girls.

Hey! Surprise!

I never liked you, even when I tried to

Don't speak now it's my turn baby uh uh

I never liked you, and I won't pretend to

Hey! Look twice!

I never liked you even when I tried to

Can't you see the curtain's falling uh uh

Is there a reason you're still hangin' around?

The Guitar bust to life in Rikku's arms as her fingers barely touched the strings. Her guitar playing was extraordinary, and Sora was extremely impressed.

How could it suddenly be that we've come to this?

Kairi was bouncing up and down on her feet, as was the other members of the band. The music coming from them softened.

I'll drag you down to me, and then I'll switch your place

Kairi raised her hand, and brought it towards her, moving her index finger, as if to call them towards her

So you're the one that's stuck here with a picture of my face

The music began to get louder, and louder, until finally, it all went off with a bang.

Hey! Surprise!

I never liked you, even when I tried to

Don't speak now it's my turn baby uh uh

I never liked you, and I won't pretend to

Kairi smiled to herself, knowing that the song was coming to an end very shortly. She looked behind her, to check how everyone else was doing. Namine's hands were looking sore, but she didn't give up. Rikku look as if she had barely even started playing. Paine just had the usual emotionless face. Yuna was just hitting the drums, which such force, and yet, her hands swiftly held the drumsticks as they hit their intending targets.

Hey! Look twice!

I never liked you even when I tried to

Can't you see the curtain's falling uh uh

Kairi couldn't even hear herself breathing heavily as the entire crowd exploded in a mixture of cheers and screams.

"Thank you," Kairi breathed into the mic, and the five girls made their way offstage, passing their principal, Joshua Sunlight, A tall man with a bald head and a black goatee in a black suit.

"Well, wasn't that a treat," Principal Sunlight had an extremely deep voice, a voice that could be both kindness and seriousness.

"I don't think I need to tell you who has won this years talent show, please give another round of applause for Midnight Eclipse…"

But he never got to finish what he was going to say, for at that moment the entire school screamed and clapped like they couldn't be heard. Riku being one of the loudest, they continued cheering as Midnight Eclipse walked back onto the stage, shook hands with Principal Sunlight and accepted the winner's trophy, and gold trophy, with what Kairi assumed was a thelassa shell engraved into it. She smiled as she held up the trophy, and let the lighting catch the shine of the trophy, as the school continued to congratulate them through their claps and roars.

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They were backstage; mostly people there were packing up, putting things away. Midnight Eclipse was waiting until everyone went so that they could safely return home.

One of the backstage doors opened. Kairi looked around to see Sora, Riku, Roxas, Axel, Zexion and Demyx walking towards them. Kairi smiled as she ran towards Riku, and Riku followed suit. They embraced each other half way. Roxas walked over to Namine, took her hand, and pulled her into an almighty kiss (to which Sora just chuckled and shook his head). Axel walked over to Yuna, who jumped into his arms, and proceeded to tear his face off with her lips. Zexion and Paine silently walked up to each other, and gave each other a peck, before talking about Paine's guitar playing. Demyx walked over to Rikku, and they both just stood their, not saying a word. Sora was the only one who hadn't had anyone to go up to. He just smiled to himself, and placed his hands in his pockets and leaned against the edge of the curtain frame.

"You were fantastic," Riku whispered into her ear.

"I know," She smiled as she whispered back, and than they deeply kissed each other. After a couple of minutes, they broke apart by the sound of something.

"I LOVE YOU!"

Everyone in the vicinity spun around to see Demyx with a look of shock, probably due to what he had just yelled out.

Rikku also had a look of shock on her face, she just stood there and her eyes completely wide open, not moving an inch, then she said something barely in a whisper.

"You love me?"

"Umm, well…ye-yeah I do," Demyx stuttered, starring at his feet as he shuffled them.

Rikku grabbed him by his collar, which made him look up and she brought him into a long kiss.

Everyone stared around, looking embarrassed, except for Sora, who was looking at the situation with a smile on his face. The new couple stood there for a few minutes, kissing, before they broke apart, both breathing heavily.

Nobody knew what do, everyone just stood there, shifting his or her eyes. Then, suddenly, there was the sound of clapping. Everyone looked around to see Sora clapping, and a smile on his face. Suddenly Demyx smiled and leaned in and began to kiss Rikku. Everyone smiled, clapped, laughed, or, in Axel's case, wolf whistled.

"I'm going to congratulate Namine, ok honey?" Riku asked.

"Yeah, sure," Kairi smiled, and after a peck on the lips, Riku walked over to Roxas and Namine.

Sora smiled as he picked himself off the curtain frame and walked over towards Kairi.

"What did I say?" He said, smiling to himself.

Kairi turned around, and smiled.

"You said I didn't need to wish you luck, because you knew I was going to win," Kairi smiled.

"And I think you'll find I was right," Sora's smile grew bigger.

"Yeah, I guess you were," Kairi said, and she gave him a big hug, which he returned almost immediately.

"Ah, you were brilliant," Sora said into her ear.

"Thanks," Kairi returned the smile, as he put her down.

"You never told me you had such a wonderful voice," Sora stated.

"You never asked," Kairi smiled.

"You never said," Sora retaliated, to which they both laughed.

"Hey Kairi," Namine shouted from afar, and Kairi looked towards her.

"Yeah?" Kairi responded.

"I think your mum is here," Namine stated.

"What?" Kairi walked over toward the curtain and pulled it back an inch, to see her mother talking to Miss Notes.

"Oh, Shit, My mum's here," Kairi almost feinted.

"Kairi, Kairi, relax, everything will be fine," Sora smiled, as the curtain was pulled back to reveal Katie Faller, Kairi's mum.

"Oh, my sweet angel, you sung beautifully," Kairi's mum ran to her daughter and gave her a great big hug.

"Mum, please, you're embarrassing me in front of all my friends," Kairi mumbled, as her mum put her down.

"Oh, hello, I don't think I have been introduced to you," Ms Faller noticed Sora standing there, smiling.

"No, my name is Sora Twelve, I recently moved here with my brother, Roxas," Sora held out his hand.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Kairi's mum," She took his hand and they both shook hands, Kairi still eying off her mother, for any signs of her mother doing something drastic.

"So, I suppose that is your brother there," Ms Faller pointed to a blonde haired boy talking with Namine and Riku.

"Yes, that's him," Sora smiled.

"Well, It was good to meet you, Sora, but Kairi must be off, she has a very busy day tomorrow,"

"Oh, well, it was good meeting you, I'll see you another time maybe," Ms Faller said, as she began to walk out the curtain.

"See you tonight?" Kairi whispered, to which Sora chuckled.

"See you tonight," Sora smiled.

Kairi ran over to her boyfriend, gave him a quick kiss and a goodbye to Namine and Roxas, before she ran out the door and towards the car park.

The car ride at first was completely silent, Just Ms Faller concentrating on the road, and Kairi concentrating on the side of the road. Suddenly, Ms Faller said something.

"So, that Sora, aye," Ms Faller smiled.

"What about him," Kairi asked, although she had a feeling she knew where this conversation was going.

"Well, he seems charming, sweet, definitely a looker…" Ms Faller smiled.

Kairi groaned, "Mum, I know where you're going with this, and the answer is no,"

"Whatever do you mean, sweetheart?" Now Ms Faller was grinning.

"I'm not leaving Riku for Sora, mum, me and Sora are just friends…even if he is charming, and sweet, and funny, dangerous, mad, brilliant, smart, se…" Kairi made herself stop at that moment, but she feared it was too late.

"Ah, you do like him," Ms Faller smiled, as she pulled into their house.

"Mum, we are just friends, alright, I would never think about going out with Sora Twelve," Kairi undid her seatbelt, opened the car door, and slammed it shut as she got out, and ran into the house, up the stairs and into her bedroom, where she laid on her bed, with her head on her pillow.

"Parents just don't understand anything," Kairi frustratingly said to no one.

"They rarely do," said a voice, and although Kairi was used to it, she still jumped up when she heard Sora speak.

"Why do you have to do that?" Kairi still had a frustrating tone in her voice.

"Do what?" Sora asked in an innocent tone.

"Scare me every time I enter this room, why can't you knock on the door?" She asked.

"Because this way is more fun," Sora smiled.

Kairi groaned, and the smile slowly came off his face.

"Sorry," Sora simply said, as he hung his head.

This time Kairi sighed, "No, it's not your fault, I just had an embarrassing conversation with my mother which you probably heard all about,"

Sora took a deep breath and said, "Actually, I didn't, I had to check something quickly in Africa, energy readings were off the radar for a second, it might have had something do with demonic activity, but apparently it was just a flame flare,"

Sora took another deep breath and continued, "But I'm not convinced, we've been getting more flame flares than ever recently. I know it has something to do with the demons, but I can't prove anything. And if we don't hurry up, and find what's causing it soon, I'm afraid that things are going to get worse. The only one that actually believes me is Cloud, but they're hardly going to believe the ex-assassin with issues, lots of issues,"

Sora stopped when he saw Kairi smiling at him.

"What, what, what's with the smile," Sora stuttered with a confused look on his face.

"You, talking all technical," Kairi smiled.

"You do realize that I'm talking about the invasion of earth, right?" Sora looked at her, still with confusion.

"Yeah," Kairi continued to smile.

Sora groaned and sat in the only chair in the room, her desk chair. Kairi jumped up and made her way out of her room.

"Where are you going?" Sora asked.

"I'm going to take a shower, if that's ok with you," Kairi smiled again.

"Fine, go ahead," Sora waved his arm, as he took one of her books and flicked through it.

Kairi walked into the bathroom, and proceeded to take a long shower. After about fifteen minutes, Kairi came out, dried herself off and took her pink nightie, and put it on. Kairi smiled as she walked into her bedroom, to see Sora reading something that had been on her desk. Sora looked up to see Kairi next to the doorframe.

Sora merely raised his left eyebrow, "Am I suppose to be impressed?"

Kairi retracted her arm, and said, "Maybe,"

Sora chuckled, as he continued flicking through the book.

Kairi slowly walked over to her bed, and got in. Sora put the book down on the desk, and got up. Kairi pulled her blanket over her, and her eyelids began to get heavy.

"Busy day tomorrow," Sora smiled.
"Yeah, It's my birthday, can't wait," Kairi yawned, as she looked at her calendar. The next day was the 12th of September, Kairi's birthday

"You won't have too, just take a deep breath, and it'll be here before you know it,"

Kairi took a deep breath, and her eyelids were brought down, the last thing she saw was Sora, with a smile on his face, and then she was asleep

12------12

"SURPRISE!"

Kairi jumped up to see her mother standing there with a smile on her face. Kairi smiled as she sat up.

"Happy birthday, dear," Ms Faller smiled, as she held out a small box wrapped in birthday wrapping.

"Thanks mum," Kairi smiled, as she took the box, and unwrapped it, revealing a new 64GB iPod Touch.

"Ah, thanks so much mum," Kairi smiled, as she gave her mum a hug.

"Now, that gift next to your door is from your father, it arrived last night," Ms Faller pointed at a large box wrapped in gold.

Kairi, who was curious, got out of bed and walked towards her door. She took the card that was on top of it.

Dear Kairi It read

I know that it is a big disappointment that I can't be with you on your special day, but I hope this will bring you joy.

Your dad.

Kairi smiled as she ripped open the present, and gasped. Inside was a Macbook Pro, a very expensive, powerful one.

Ms Faller chuckled, "Your father always did like the flashy things,"

"Wow, this is mine?" Kairi asked, still with shock on her face.

"Yeah, its all yours, like we agreed, a computer for your 16th, a car for your 17th, and an apartment for your 18th," Ms Faller smiled.

"Wow, my own laptop," Kairi smiled.

"Now, get dressed, I suppose your going to have a busy day today," Ms Faller smiled, and she left, as her daughter began to get changed into a pink shirt, back jeans and purple converse sneakers.

As she made her way downstairs, she saw a full breakfast in front of her, consisting of bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausages, toast and orange juice. Kairi smiled as she ate her breakfast, and was just finishing off her piece of toast when there was a ring at the door.

"I'll get it," Kairi said as she ran to the door, and opened it, revealing Namine standing there in a pair of blue jeans, thongs, and white, non-see through top.

"Happy birthday, Kairi," Namine said as she hugged her best friend.

"Thanks, Nam," Kairi finished the hug, as she pulled away.

"Here you go, that's from Roxas and me" Namine held out a blue box. Kairi thanked Namine as she opened it, revealing a blue wristwatch.

"Roxas made it, no matter where you are, that watch will tell you the exact time," Namine stated.

"Ah, awesome," Kairi smiled as she put the watch on her left wrist.

"Yeah," Namine smiled.

Kairi looked at her new watch, and saw that apparently it was 12:25.

"Wow, it's going by so fast," Kairi stated a little sadly.

Kairi invited Namine in, and Namine looked through all of Kairi's DVD's while Kairi sat on one of the arms of the living room chairs.

"So, is this the plan, just watch DVD's for my birthday," Kairi sighed.

"Um, well, no, not exactly," Namine said slowly, looking up to Kairi.

Kairi straightened up, "What do you mean?" She asked.

"Well, Riku is planning something for your birthday, and he and the rest of the group are preparing it," Namaine said slowly, as if she was choosing her words carefully.

"What is he planning?" Kairi quickly asked.

"I can't say, I've been warned by Roxas that Sora will be listening in while he's doing what he does, and that if I utter one word, he will mind wipe us," This time Namine sounded a little intimidated.

"Damn angelic mind reading ability," Kairi muttered.

"So, basically, I have to keep you distracted until Roxas calls me," Namine smiled.

"Great," Kairi merely stated, as she dropped herself into the chair.

After a few more minutes of Namine silently flicking through Kairi's Movie collection, she held up a movie and said, "How about this,"

Kairi raised her head to see Namine holding up a copy of 'The Dark Knight'

"Yeah, sure," Kairi said, and Namine took out the DVD and placed it in the DVD player, dimmed the lights, and they began to watch the Dark Knight.

"Heath Ledger was such a great actor," Namine sighed as the joker revealed himself to the mob banker.

"Yeah, well, all the great actor came from the Destiny Islands," Kairi reminded her.

Halfway through the movie, during the interrogation scene between Batman and the Joker, Namine's Cell Phone went off. Namine excused herself and went into the hallway to take the call off her Nokia 6265i. Kairi didn't even bother to spy on her, seeing as she would probably find out what it was about in a manner of minutes.

Indeed, a few minutes later, Namine returned back into the living room, turned on the lights and turned off the TV.

"Come on, time for your surprise," Namine said, as she took Kairi by the arm, and lead her out of the door, and down the street.

Kairi was surprised to find herself in Sunset Terrace, the uptown of Twilight Town, where they passed by the many shops, movies, food shops, until they arrived at a place Kairi was not aware of.

"The Betwixt&Between Bar?" Kairi said, looking up at a giant sign.

"Just go in," Namine pushed her friend into the bar, where it was pitch black. Kairi blindly staggered in, wondering where the light switch was. As if her thought was answered, the light was suddenly turned on, causing her to become temporarily blind.

"SURPRISE!"

All the people she knew were standing there, and the fact that there was so many took Kairi aback, they were all there for her birthday, and at the center were all Kairi's friends standing there, with smiles on their faces. Namine ran up to Roxas, who was wearing a black t-shirt underneath his unbuttoned black jacket, blue jeans and black Nike shoes, and stood next to him. Next to Roxas was Sora, dressed in his usual green shirt, black jacket, black jeans and green Converse. He was next to Riku, who had his usual mirrored aviators in his hair, and was dressed in a white shirt, and black jacket and loose dark blue jeans with black and white adidas shoes. Next to him were Yuna and Axel, and next to him were other friends that Kairi lost track of, because at that moment they had all walked towards her, with Riku giving her hug.

"Happy birthday, beautiful," Riku whispered into Kairi's ear.

"You did all this for me?" Kairi said, still in shock.

"My dear sweet Kairi, you are worth it," Riku said, and they shared a very romantic kiss, that was immediately followed by many wolf whistles and claps.

"Now, we're just waiting for the band that Sora hired out," Riku said, as he turned to Sora, "Sora, where is this band you promised?"

Sora checked his watch, "They should be here in about an hour,"

Riku sighed, "Well, at least we have the DJ until then," Riku smiled.

Riku took Kairi's hand and he led her over to a table, which was full of boxes and envelopes. Kairi raised her hands to her mouth in shock.

"Now, I'm not going to ask you to open all of them, because that could take a while, but I am going to ask you to open those from your best friends," Riku smiled.

"Well, I don't have to open Namine and Roxas' gifts," Kairi raised her arm, to reveal the blue watch that Roxas had created for her.

"Oh, what a pretty watch," Yuna stared.

"Yeah, it is," Kairi smiled.

"Here you go," Riku took a present from the pile, and gave it to Kairi, "This is from me,"

Kairi unwrapped the present, to see a black box. She opened the black box, and gasped at what was inside.

There, sitting in the middle was a golden charm, with a ruby incrusted into it. She lifted it up, and turned it over, to see something engraved on the back.

Yours now and forever

A tear escaped Kairi, as she grabbed him into a tight hug, and didn't let go.

"I take it you like it," Riku chuckled.

"I love it," Kairi simply said, and she pulled him into a tight hug, and a passionate kiss.

"If you like, I can put that on for you," Riku offered after the kiss, to which Kairi gracefully accepted.

As Riku went behind her, and slowly put it on, she looked up, with a smile on her face, to see Sora standing there, smiling. Kairi smiled even bigger, and Sora raised his glass in a toast to her.

"Perfect fit," Riku said, as Kairi looked down to see the charm just hovering below her neck.

"Thank you so much," Kairi said, and once again gave Riku a passionate kiss.

"Open our one next," Yuna said, pointing to a small box, as she held Axel's hand.

Kairi picked it up, and opened the gift, revealing a charm bracelet; with the words friends are forever written around it.

"Oh, thank you so much guys," Kairi gave Axel and Yuna a hug.

"Our ones on the top," Demyx, who was hand in hand with Rikku, said nervously, pointing to a present up the top of the pile. Kairi grabbed it and carefully opened it, revealing a pair of gold earrings.

"They look so cute, thanks," Kairi smiled, as she removed the earrings she was currently wearing and put her new earrings on.

"There's our one," Paine, being held by Zexion, pointed to a black wrapped present.

Kairi took their present, and opened it, revealing a black ring with a topaz encrusted into it.

"Oh, thanks guys," Kairi smiled.

"Alright, you can open your other presents later, right now, lets get this party started," Riku roared, and the club instantly went dark, and the DJ up on the stage began to mix a couple of songs.

Kairi was almost about to protest, seeing as she hadn't opened Sora's gift, but Sora merely shook his head, and mouthed the word Later. Kairi merely laughed, nodded in response, and began to dance with Riku.

Sora gulped down the rest of his drink, and walked over to one of the tables, and sat down, placing his feet upon the table. Roxas noticed his brother sitting alone, excused himself from Namine and sat down next to his brother.

"What's up, Sora," Roxas asked.

"Nothing," Sora said, his mind on something other than the conversation.

"Seems to me everyone is dancing with someone, except you," Roxas stated.

"Good observation," Sora said in a calm voice.

"Come one, brother, have a drink, have a dance, loosen up," Roxas nudged his brother.

"No thanks Roxas, but please, don't let me stop you, I'm sure there's someone…or something, that you could be flirting with right now," Sora smiled.

Roxas chuckled, "Too right, but, I don't like seeing my brother unhappy,"

Sora merely rolled his eyes, "Roxas, trust me, I'll be fine, just enjoy yourself, like I know you can,"

Roxas sighed, "Fine, but we have to get you to loosen up somehow,"

Sora smiled, as he watched his brother get up.

"Oh, and Roxas,"

Roxas turned around, and saw his brother smiling.

"What?" Roxas asked.

"No sex," Sora's smile grew any bigger.

"I wasn't thinking about…oh, right, mind reading ability," Roxas realized, as Sora tapped his temple area and chuckled.

Roxas smiled, and he walked off into the crowd, just as Kairi came out, and took a seat next to Sora.

"Tired?" Sora smiled.

"Just been dancing a lot," Kairi sighed, as she slouched into the seat.

"Yeah, I noticed," Sora nodded his head.

Kairi turned in her seat. And said in a childish voice, "So, what you get me,"

"Well…" Sora reached into his inside jacket pocket, and withdrew a thin gold box, and handed it to Kairi, "…just a little something," Kairi opened the box, and smiled in awe.

Inside was a bright white feather, clean as anything, and was probably as long as 20 centimeters.

"What is it?" Kairi asked.

"It's one of my feathers, its tradition for a Guardian Angel to give their Principal a feather from their wings. Angel feathers are supposed to be an extremely unusual item. Whoever is holding it will know whether they are trustworthy or untrustworthy,"

"How?" Kairi asked.

"If the person is trustworthy, than the Feather stays white, while if the person is untrustworthy, than the feather turns black,"

"That's a clever trick," Kairi smiled.

"Well, you know," Sora smiled.

Suddenly there was a sound from the crowd of dancing kids, "Come on, Kairi, you coming back to dance?"

Kairi chuckled, and said, "Why don't you come join us?"

"No, but please, enjoy yourself," Sora smiled, and nudged Kairi.

"Alright, I'll talk to you later," And just as Kairi was about to get up, and walk into the crowd, the doors flew open, and the light shined. Roxas and Namine joined the two.

"Ah, they are finally here," Sora stood up.

"Who are they," Kairi looked up, trying to get a better look.

"The greatest group of Hero's anyone will ever meet, this is the Haven Elite," Sora smiled.

From the door, 5 groups of 2 entered the building; at the front were Leon Eleven and Yuffie, and Cloud Nine and Aerith, and behind them were 3 other groups, Zack Ten, Wakka Eight and Tidus Seven with their Principals.

Zack Ten, 25, was once 1st Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, and was in charge of training the assassins of SOLDIER. In actual fact, Zack was a spy, sent by an Organization known as the World Regenesis Organization (WRO), An Organization based on protecting the world, to bring down SOLDIER from the inside. Zack was the one who gave Cloud the information he needed to get into Rufus's Computer and find out about the Emotion Cancellation Chip. After Rufus finds out what Zack had done, He ordered for Zack to be brought to him, where he was shot several times in the chest. Zack died with a smile on his face.

He was brought to the Father, and because he tried to bring down one of the most evil Organizations on Earth, Zack was made a member of The Havens Elite. Zack had Black stuck up hair, and brown eyes. He was wearing a black long sleeve buttoned shirt with a white vest, dark blue jeans, and a pair of black sneakers. Zack usually wore an original version of Cloud's Buster sword hanging off his back. Zack had the ability to change his physical appearance, and the memories of his physical appearance of others. However, he normally stuck with what he originally looked like, and only changed his appearance for a short amount of time when needed.

Wakka Eight, 19, was once great Blitzball Champion Wakka Tranken. He was noted as an incredible nice, fair, yet strong player. However, a week before a grand champion battle, he was walking home from practice, when he saw a young teen being beaten up. He stood in to protect the boy, and was stabbed and killed in the process. Because of his heroic actions, he was placed as a member of Haven's Elite. He had red-orange hair stuck straight up, perfectly tanned skin and brown eyes. Wakka was wearing an orange t-shirt with pair of black knee long shorts, and thongs. Hanging from his belt was a blitzball on a chain, which he had won his first game with, and used it as a weapon. Wakka had the ability to conjure any substance into the shape of a ball, and used this ability to confuse his opponents, and also used it as a rapid-fire technique when attacking.

Tidus Seven, 17, used to be known as Tidus Bechu, a womanizer and swordfighter. After his father's disappearance, and the death of his mother, Tidus would constantly put himself in cage sword fighting matches with a blade he fashioned himself called the Brotherhood, a sword with a black handle and blue blade, at night, but by day he would go to many clubs and flirt with many girls. One night, while on his way to the club, he saw a young girl get attacked. He managed to save the girl, and decided to fight crime instead of the senseless violence he did every night.

After three years of doing this, he was eventually killed by a murderer, and was welcomed to heaven, and placed in Haven's Elite. He managed to recover the brotherhood weapon, and wore it from then on. Tidus had dirty blonde messy hair, blue eyes, and tanned skin. He was wearing a bright red shirt with a blue jacket and light blue jeans with brown boots. Tidus had the ability of heightened smell and hearing senses. This meant that he was able to sense when someone new had entered a room, or when someone was sneaking up on him.

The five members of Havens Elite and their Principals began to walk towards Sora, Kairi, Roxas and Namine. As they drew closer, people began to recognize the new people who had entered the Betwixt&Between Bar.

"Kairi, Namine, Allow me to introduce you to the members of Haven's Elite, You've already met Leon Eleven and Cloud Nine, this is Our Spy Zack Ten…" Sora pointed to Zack, who raised his index finger and saluted them.

"…Our Champion Blitzballer, Wakka Eight…" Wakka waved to the two girls.

"…And our womanizer, Tidus Seven," Sora ended, as Tidus walked up to Kairi and Namine, and took their hands, one after the other, and planted a Soft Kiss on them.

"The pleasure is all mine," Tidus smiled, to which Kairi and Namine giggled.

"Watch out, Tidus, this one is already taken," Sora pointed to Kairi.

"And I already called dibs on this one," Roxas pointed to Namine.

"Alright, Alright, I was just saying hello," Tidus backed off as he raised his hands up to shoulder height.

"Tidus, you don't say hello, you're like a mild version of Roxas," Sora pointed to his brother, and the Guardian angels, Kairi and Namine all laughed.

"I believe introductions are in order," Roxas said pointing to the three mysterious women that were before them.

"Ah, yes, this is my principal, the quick Karate master, Tifa Lockheart," Zack said in a slight monotone voice, with a hint of adventure in it, as he pointed to a girl with black long hair, brown eyes and was wearing a black shirt with long black jeans and high black boots.

"My Principal is a gothic wonder, ya? Her name is Lulu Doe," Wakka had a voice that almost sounded Jamaican, but was not quite there. He was pointing to a girl, who, like Tifa had long black hair, but she had reddish-brown eyes, and a long black dress. She nodded her head to Sora, Roxas, Kairi and Namine but Kairi could not read her face, it was very monotone.

"And this is the gossip queen, and overall hottie, Selphie Tilmitt," Tidus put on an announcer voice as he introduced his principal, a girl with brown hair that fell to the side, yet lifted up at the end, and green eyes. She giggled as she waved to the four. She was wearing a yellow dress, and matching yellow shoes.

"So, this is the party, Ya?" Wakka said, as he placed his hands in his pockets, and looked up in wonder at the size of the club.

"Whose the birthday for?" Tidus asked.

"This young girl here," Sora pointed to Kairi.

"Happy Birthday," Zack inched his head and smiled.

"Thank you," Kairi smile increased at all the friendly people.

"Where can we leave the gifts?" Selphie asked, in a bit of a hyperactive voice, as she held up a present.

"Oh, I hope you didn't go through all this trouble for me, I barely even know you, you didn't have to get me a gift," Kairi said.

"Hey, it's a birthday party, it wouldn't be complete without gifts," Tifa smiled, as they all held out gifts.

"Well, thank you so much guys," Kairi smiled, as she showed them all to the gift table.

At that moment Riku had extracted himself from the crowd, Jogged over to where Sora was.

"Sora, who are these people?" Riku asked.

"These people are the band you asked for," Sora stated.

"Oh, right, nice to meet you, I'm Riku, listen, we're all pretty excited, so, I guess you only need to play one song…you do have a song you want to play, right?" Riku asked to no one in particular, but it was Zack who answered.

"We havn't got an exact song to play, but I'm definitely sure we can find one," He smiled as he said it.

"Just as long as they are kept entertained," Riku said, and he turned and ran up to the stage.

"Can we count on yourself and Roxas to accompany us?" Zack turned to Sora.

"Oh, I wouldn't miss out on an opportunity like this for the world, when was the last time we performed together?" Sora asked.

"I believe it was 1967, we were at that school performance, scared most of the students there with out skill," Cloud stated, as he looked around.

"Then again, how many people have seen a young blonde haired boy walk up and lick the lead guitarists guitar," Sora pointed out.

"Hey, I was young and foolish," Roxas stated.

"Not to mention drunk," Sora pointed out.

Roxas thought about it for a few seconds, before saying, "Yeah, that too,"

Suddenly there was an interruption in the form of Riku standing on the stage. The DJ had moved his DJ station off the stage, and it had been replaced with a microphone stand.

"Ladies, and gentlemen, if I could get your attention, how are you enjoying the party so far?"

The crowd erupted in roars and cheers, indicating that they loved the party so far.

"Are you guys ready for a live band?" Riku asked, and once again, they indicated their answer in the form of roars.

"Well, then, please welcome the live band we have put together," And Riku jumped off the stage as Sora, Roxas, Cloud, Leon, Zack, Tidus and Wakka walked onto the stage. Riku was at first surprised that Sora and Roxas were walking up with them, but nevertheless her maintained his position next to the birthday girl.

The 7 Angels huddled together, and talked about what they were going to play.

"Guys, in all honesty, there is only one song that would make them scream and cheer, and love us," Sora stated.

"And what song is that, brudda?" Wakka asked.

"2006, DragonForce, Inhuman Rampage, take your time, think about it," Sora said, and waited for them to realize which song.

"You cant mean," Tidus finally realized, to which Sora smiled, and said, "Oh, yes,"

"Its perfect," Roxas stated.

"It's brilliant," Zack smiled.

"It's Adequate," Cloud shrugged.

"It'll do," Leon stated.

"It's Insane," Tidus had shock on his face.

"It's fantastic, ya?" Wakka smiled.

"It's on," Sora smiled as wide as he could, as he broke the circle, and walked towards the microphone.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome one of the greatest living bands you will ever see, the Haven's Elite," Sora roared into the crowd, as they began to feel the electricity in the air.

Suddenly Sora, Roxas, Cloud, Leon and Zack spun around. Sora, Cloud and Zack were holding electric guitars, while Roxas and Leon were holding bass guitars. Sora's with his normal sunburst color, while Cloud had an orange and black, and Zack had a pitch black. Roxas had an electric blue bass, while Leon had a bright red one. Wakka and Tidus both dragged onto the stage a drum set and a keyboard. Sora stood in the middle of the group, with Cloud and Zack on his right, and Roxas and Leon on his left, and Tidus and Wakka connecting the two at the back with their drum and keyboard, making a pyramid shape on the stage.

"I hope you enjoy this song, as much as we will enjoy playing it for you," Sora smiled, as Cloud, Zack, Roxas and Leon reached into their pockets and drew out guitar plectrums, and Cloud stepped up the front, held out his guitar, Sora raised his hand, with his index finger pointing out, 1, 2, 3, 4.

Cloud played in a rhythmic fashion, his fingers all over the neck of the guitar, with Zack strumming a certain points. Suddenly the two got faster, and Roxas and Leon added their bass, with Wakka and Tidus adding their drumbeat and keyboarding, both quickly to the style.

"No," Riku's eyes had increased.

"What is it?" Kairi asked, as more people began to gasp.

"Don't you know this song?" Axel asked, one of the people in shock.

"What song is it?" Namine asked.

"One of the most difficult songs ever played," Riku said.

"What's it called?" Kairi asked, but never got an answer, for at that moment, Sora's angelic voice sounded throughout the hall.

On a cold winter morning in a time before the light

In flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight

When the darkness has fallen down and the times are tough alright

The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight

Sora had the wildest look in his eyes, as he walked around the stage, his guitar hanging from his side, and the microphone in his hand. Cloud's hands were a blur as they glided over the notes.

Fighting hard fighting on for the steel through the wastelands evermore

The scattered souls will feel the hell bodies wasted on the shores

On the blackest plains in hell's domain we watch them as they go

In fire and pain now once again we know

Sora raised his hands to sky, as if he was preaching to them. He smiled into the crowd, as Tidus jumped up and down, pressing his fingers on the keys. Wakka laughed as the drumsticks gracefully, yet quickly hit the selected drum.

So now we fly ever free, we're free before the thunderstorm

On towards the wilderness our quest carries on

Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight

Deep inside our hearts and all our souls

Sora shook his head, as the roars of the crowd were increasing by the minute. Zack moved to the front, next to Cloud, and they stood back to back playing their guitars, while Roxas jumped up and down playing, and Leon maintaining a stationary motion as he plucked his strings with such speed.

So far away we wait for the day

For the light source so wasted and gone

We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days

Through the fire and the flames we carry on

Cloud and Zack played a mini-solo part, while Roxas and Leon accompanied them in perfect sync. The crowd cheered, and Kairi was amazed at their professionalism, and took her a moment to realize that they had probably had centauries to practice, and maybe had a little angelic help.

As the red day is dawning and the lightning cracks the sky

They'll raise their hands to the heavens above with resentment to their eyes

Running back through the mid morning light there's a burning in my heart

We're banished from a time in a fallen land to a life beyond the stars

Roxas shook his head as he spun around, and was followed by Cloud, who seemed to be a professional. Zack smiled as he continued to play, and walked up to Wakka and bopped up and down in front of him.

In your darkest dreams see to believe our destiny this time

And endlessly we'll all be free tonight

Sora took no break as he went into the next part. The guitarists were not even breaking a sweat as they played, something that seemed to impress Riku, but made Kairi merely smile.

And on the wings of a dream so far beyond reality

All alone in desperation now the time has come

Lost inside you'll never find, lost within my own mind

Day after day this misery must go on

Cloud and Zack scrapped their fingers across the strings, and Wakka threw his sticks in the air, catching them in a second. Tidus spun in the air, and Sora jumped as high as he could.

So far away we wait for the day

For the light source so wasted and gone

We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days

Through the fire and the flames we carry on

Cloud and Zack played their little piece, accompanied by Leon, Roxas, Wakka and Tidus. Then all of a sudden they stopped, with the eco of the guitar in the air, and Tidus's keyboard playing. Then suddenly there were two guitar strums that came from Clouds guitar.

Whao-o-o!

Sora's voice was heard throughout the hall, then Cloud did it again, this time they were two very quick strums.

Whao-o-oh!

Cloud did another two short ones, and all the musicians on stage bowed their heads, as if they were praying

Whao-o-oh!

This time Cloud did two long strums, but on the 2nd one, he held it for as long as he could. The remaining members looked up to Cloud with respect, but Sora looked out throughout the crowd.

Wha-o-o!

Too add effect, Sora wiped his forehead with his arm, and breathed heavily. Kairi could tell that any moment, something big would happen.

Whao-o-oh!

Zack, Roxas and Leon then backed off the stage, and the spotlight focused itself on Sora and Cloud. Sora looked up to Cloud and smiled, who looked at Sora and nodded. Sora replaced the mic into it's stand

Whao-o-oh!

Sora then drew his guitar up to him, and in that moment Riku's eyes grew more than they ever had.

"He's not!?" Riku whispered fiercely.

"He can't!" Axel said, shaking his head.

The drumbeat increased from Wakka, and Sora raised his hand above his, and at the precise moment, he brought it down.

Sora speed on the guitar was impossible; his fingers were a blue as they traveled, barely looking like they were even touching the note, yet the sound coming out of the speakers proved that he was. Cloud and Sora were doing the impossible, the improbable. They were doing a guitar solo that was thought to be only possible to those who had created it. Sora jumped to the edge of the stage, and he continued to play extremely fast. The people watching him were amazed, there jaws dropping, their eyes widened. Kairi looked amazed, impressed, as she slowly laughed at how good he was. Soon one kid began to cheer, than another, than the roar of the audience was too numerous to count. Sora didn't stop playing as he jumped up and down. Kairi thought it was amazing that he could actually jump up and down, and yet be able to play this fantastic yet ridiculously fast song. Everyone watched, amazed that his hands never got cramped, and he smiled as he completed those tricky notes, and added a whammy when needed.

Sora knew that the impossible guitar solo was ending, so he moved towards the mic, as he was just about to end, the lights flashed on, with the band members in their original place they and been at the start of the song. Cloud and Zack took over the guitar playing as Sora released the guitar and grabbed hold of the mic stand.

Now here we stand with their blood on our hands

We fought so hard now can we understand

I'll break the seal of this curse if I possibly can

For freedom of every man

Cloud performed an especially quick maneuver with his guitar, with Roxas and Leon accompanying them. Wakka hit the drums with such force, and so quickly, while they keyboard was played to its full extent at the hands of Tidus. Sora held on to the microphone as hard as he could, he know it was coming to an end very soon.

So far away we wait for the day

Sora bopped up and down as the music behind him blasted into the ears of the cheering audience members

For the light source so wasted and gone

Sora lifted his left arm straight to his side, maintaining the singing as clearly as he had before

We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days

He lifted his left arm straight to his side, so once again he looked like he was preaching

Through the fire…

He clicked his right finger, and a flame appeared in his right hand

and the flames…

He clicked his left finger, and a flame appeared in his left hand

we carry on

Sora brought his arms down, and at that moment a burst of flames emitted from the back of the stage, which caused the cheers to turn into shrieks, and a couple of "Awesome," and "Wicked," emitted throughout the crowd, but Haven Elite were not done yet. Sora, Cloud, Zack, Roxas and Leon all walked up to the edge of the stage, and began to play the ending of the song, raising their guitars to the side, playing their end. Sora held the endnote as long as he could, before bring the plectrum up, swiping a few more chords, and finally bringing the song to the end, while the applause was louder than it had ever been throughout the song. The musicians staggered around the stage, laughing, and high-fiving each other. Sora walked up to the mic, and yelled out, "Happy 16th Birthday Kairi," and everyone began to applause loudly again.

Sora turned to Roxas and said, "Well, we're done it again,"

"And it always gets better," Roxas laughed, and they gave each other a high-five up in the air.

12------12

It was around about 9:30 at night, all the party guests were leaving, and Axel and Riku had been elected to put all of Kairi's gifts in a large plastic bag. Kairi was busy talking with Tifa about the trills of having a Guardian Angel, when Riku came up to them, and forced them to cease their conversation.

"Kairi, all the gifts are done, do you want me to put them in my car?" He asked.

"No, thank you, you have done more than enough, you go get some sleep, I'll have Sora help me, he still needs to help me do something," Kairi smiled.

"I dunno, Kairi, providing entertainment that good was a pretty good thing," Riku stated.

"Well, he just keeps on surprising all of us, doesn't he," Kairi smiled.

"Although I wish he would have told me he was using pyro machines, I would've loved to have seen how he did it," Riku sighed.

"Yeah, well, maybe next time," Kairi giggled.

"Yeah, well, I'm going to take Axel home, you sure you don't need a lift?" Riku asked.

"Nah, I'm fine, I wanna say goodbye to all my new friends, my mum will pick me up later," Kairi lied, knowing her boyfriend wouldn't believe her if she said, "Sora is going to teleport me home later,"

"Well, ok, stay safe will you," Riku smiled.

"I always am," Kairi grinned, and they shared a long kiss before Riku walked out of the building, with Axel following him close behind.

"Wow, that looked good," Tifa said, still staring at the spot Riku had kissed Kairi.

"Oh, believe me, it was," Kairi giggled, and Tifa joined in.

Suddenly Sora and Roxas walked up from behind the stage towards the group. Tifa said something about seeing where Zack was, and she walked outside.

"Where have you two been?" Kairi asked.

"Just getting rid of all the instruments before management comes," Sora smiled.

"Well, guess who is going to be helping me carry all these gifts," Kairi grinned as she nudged Sora.

"Umm, Roxas?" Sora pointed at his brother, to which he received a punch in the arm, and, "Your principal, your problem,"

"Damn brother of mine," Sora rubbed his shoulder.

"Oh, please, that didn't hurt," Kairi stated.

Sora shrugged, and the two of them laughed.

"Oi, Sora, we're saying goodbye, you coming?" Roxas shouted from outside.

"Yeah, be there in a second," Sora called back, and he took Kairi's hand in his own and they both ran outside.

Everyone was saying goodbye to everyone, it appeared someone must have put an invisible soundproof bubble around them, because they were all talking loudly, laughing, and making a lot of noise.

"You should really come to Midgar some time, its such a wonderful place," Tifa sighed as she was talking to Selphie.

"We'll definitely try and get there soon, won't we Tidus?" Selphie called out to Tidus, who was busy talking to Wakka.

"And let me tell you, brudda, there are some chicks there, that you could die for, ya?" Wakka said.

"Really?" This piece of information seemed to interest Tidus, "Maybe I'll be making a trip up to where you are stationed,"

Meanwhile, Zack and Cloud were busy talking about SOLDIER.

"I've heard that they took a heavy blow, most of their agents were killed in an attack after a recon mission," Zack said.

"The less members they have, the better," Cloud stiffened up.

Aerith and Yuffie were talking about a bar they had seen in Midgar.

"I swear, I saw the hottest guy in there yesterday, had what looked like a claw thing on his hand, and was dressed in red,"

Aerith giggled, "Are you talking about Vincent Valentine, the local monster hunter?"

"I think so," Yuffie sighed, and Aerith giggled again.

Selphie had moved onto Lulu, and was very busy chatting about fashion.

"Really, you know I bet you would look good in a bright red or something," Selphie said, looking at Lulu's outfit.

"I wear black all the time, do you have a problem with that?" Lulu said in a very dangerous voice.

"No, no, not at all," Selphie squeaked, and she ran behind Tidus.

"Well, I guess its time to head off," Tidus said as he looked at his watch, "Wakka, I'll definitely be coming to see you soon, see you everyone," Tidus took a hold of Selphie, and they spun around and out of sight.

One by one, everyone said their goodbyes, and the Principals respective Guardian Angels teleported them back home. Finally, Sora, Kairi, Roxas and Namine were the last ones left. Sora snapped his fingers and the doors locked behind them.

"Sora, I'll see you tomorrow," Roxas shook his brothers hand.

"Kairi, happy birthday again," Namine gave her best friend a big hug, before she wrapped her arms around Roxas, and they both spun around and out of sight.

"Well, time to go home," Sora grabbed the bag full of gifts, and Kairi walked up to Sora.

"Oh, and Kairi?" Sora said, and Kairi looked up into Sora's bright blue eyes.

"Yes?" She said.

Sora gave her a big smiled, "Happy Birthday," And with that, the two spun around, and disappeared out of sight.

12------12

Tidus and Selphie arrived at their home, slowly coming to a stop.

"Ah, what a night, meeting new people, all that dancing, and you never told me you could…" Selphie stopped to see Tidus stationed completely still.

"Selphie, get behind me,"

For the first time since meeting Tidus, he sounded serious. Selphie looked in the direction Tidus was, and almost screamed.

At once Tidus rushed forward, withdrawing his brotherhood sword, but was too late, and with the butt of a sword, was knocked out.

Selphie stepped back, but tripped over, she had never been so scared in her life. The figure walked towards her, Raised the blade, and brought it down.

The sound of flesh ripping filled her ears, and Selphie screamed. The blood poured everywhere, onto the blade, onto the ground, but all of a sudden, the blood began to disappear into the blade, Selphie's screams ceased as she disappeared into a dust, and swam into the blade. Anything that had once been Selphie Tilmitt disappeared into the blade.

A figure raised in the spot, and in a dark, terrible voice, said, "One down, six to go," and laughed as he disappeared into the shadows.

Next time on 12

Sora and Kairi are on a beach.

"Oh my god, you guys haven't been to midnight yet,"

Sora and Roxas look up at many high buildings.

"Welcome to Midnight,"

A Car heads straight towards Kairi.

"KAIRI!"

Sora manages to pull her out of the way.

A scream is heard

Kairi is seen weeping over a body

"Would you like to say goodbye?"

Sora and Kairi are standing in Kairi's bedroom

"I'm going to tell you a story,"

Kairi looks up

"What story?"

Sora looks straight into Kairi's eyes.

"The story of how I died,"

God, that took me so long, and I'm glad I met my deadline, hopefully this will make many people happy, so enjoy reading, and please, remember to review, please, please, please, I love it when all my readers review, it makes me happy.