A/N: Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! My birthday was... decent! I seem to like that word.

So I was told to 'make them suffer' in this sequel.

Yeah.

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Chapter Thirty-Five

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"I'm afraid to live with my eyes open,
Because even if I'm searching, I won't be able to see you
Instead of yearning for you...
Living with my eyes closed is probably better...

Don't love, it hurts so much that you feel like dying
Tears fall each and every day..."

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Kairi's head banged against the couch rest as Vanitas did what he wanted to her right in front of everyone. She couldn't cry. She couldn't scream anymore. She could hardly even breathe.

As long as she was the only one getting hurt, it was okay.

But it wasn't like that.

Roxas tried his hardest to move towards her, despite being tied up. His entire body ached as he inched across the floor towards Kairi. All he could see was her hand, lifelessly hanging over the edge of the couch.

"K-Kai...ri..."

"Why don't we give them some time alone?" Auron motioned for the other two to leave.

"Aww, I wanted to watch. She's a cute girl." Jecht complained, but was shushed.

Reno knelt down in front of Roxas, blocking him from seeing Kairi. "No hard feelings. It's all business..." he glared back at Vanitas, "or it would be... if we weren't doing this shit for free..." he grunted and walked out.

Once Vanitas was done raping her, he got off of her lifeless body and zipped up. After catching his breath, he went over to Roxas and lifted him off of the floor. He kicked him in the stomach as hard as he could, knocking Roxas back into the wall.

Kairi didn't move.

"This girl is mine now. You don't have to worry about her anymore."

Vanitas grabbed Roxas' jaw and forced him to look him in the eyes. He could take advantage of this situation, just like he had always dreamed. His darkest desires would be able to come out now—and he didn't care who suffered because of it. It excited him. It made him feel like he had control.

Vanitas was a psychopath—he was pure evil.

Whatever reason he had for doing this was irrelevant. He was completely messed up in the head.

Unable to look at him anymore, Roxas spit in his face and turned his head down. Enraged, Vanitas backhanded him.

"So you want to do it that way, huh?" Vanitas smirked evilly and stood up. He focused his attention on Kairi, who still hadn't moved from her position. Suddenly, he dragged her onto the floor, causing her to cry out. He made sure she could see what he was about to do to Roxas and then reached for the knife on the table. He paced back and forth slowly, in a creepy manner, just admiring the knife in his hands.

"Kairi, my dear, this is what happens when you disobey me."

Kairi's eyes widened as she finally realized what was about to happen. "N-No! Please! Don't... hurt him!"

Her begging really made him quiver with arousal. Maybe he could have a little fun with this.

"If you don't want him to die, beg for it some more."

Kairi didn't even think twice.

"Please... I'm... who you want... aren't I? Please... just... you can... have me... just..."

"Kairi!" Roxas called out, giving her an incredulous look. Pain escalated in his sides and he fell back over.

Vanitas rolled his eyes and pointed the knife at Roxas. "Not good enough. He really just needs to go."Vanitas lifted the knife right above him. Kairi screamed and shut her eyes tightly. This was just a nightmare that she could wake up from, wasn't it? She wasn't really here right now. This wasn't happening...

It... wasn't...

All of a sudden, star-shaped blades came out of nowhere, striking Vanitas right in the hand and causing him to drop the knife.

"Yuffie, I told you to wait!"

"But he was about to stab him."

"It's bad enough that you were late. We need to go according to plan!"

Sora, Genesis and Yuffie appeared. Vanitas, outnumbered, immediately became nervous. His plans were going to be ruined.

"You think Leon and the others can hold off those other three?" Yuffie scratched the back of her head.

"No time for that." Genesis charged at Vanitas, while Sora and Yuffie went to help Roxas and Kairi. Yuffie cut the ropes around his wrists and ankles and he nearly fell onto her. Sora hurried to clothe Kairi and helped her stand while Genesis beat the crap out of Vanitas. Roxas and Kairi were extremely weak; it hurt for Kairi to walk.

"You're safe now." Sora whispered to her. "Tifa will take you two out of here..."

Yuffie lost her balance of Roxas and he fell onto the ground and coughed up some blood. Seeing this, Kairi shrieked and ran over to him.

"R-Roxas... speak to me..."

A loud bang was heard, meaning gunshots were going off. Instinctively, Kairi covered her head and ducked over Roxas. Sora and Yuffie pulled them up and forced them to go outside. She had no idea what was going on—whether or not anyone on their side was shot, or anything. Kairi had no idea about anything. She just wanted it to end...

"Sora, hurry!" Tifa already had a car ready.

"Can you sit up?" Sora asked Kairi; she was still in pain.

"Roxas... needs the back seat... I'll... deal..."

Sora carefully helped Kairi into the passenger's seat and buckled her seat belt for her. Yuffie carried Roxas and set him down behind her and tried to secure him.

"Sora... what about you?" Kairi gave him a worried look.

"I'll be okay. We're going to end this so that you never have to worry again." He shut the door and waved to Tifa. Before Kairi knew it, they were speeding down the road towards the hospital. Roxas must have lost consciousness, because he hadn't made a sound or movement in a while.

Was he...?

Panicked, Kairi turned and stared at him.

"Kairi, he'll be fine." Tifa said, keeping her eyes on the road straight ahead.

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Reno and Leon circled around the room, engaged in a standoff.

"What did you do to my wife?" Leon glared.

"She may or may not be alive."

"ARGH!"

Meanwhile, Riku and Cloud were trying to hold Jecht off, who was carelessly firing gunshots in a drunken manner and laughing as he dodged them flawlessly. Auron seemed to have disappeared into the night.

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Sora walked back into the warehouse; his blood boiling.

Seeing Kairi... and even Roxas like that pushed him over the edge.

Vanitas was at Genesis' mercy. He was reduced to a bloody pulp.

"That's a good look for you. Makes me feel better knowing that you are nothing like me." Sora said to him. "You aren't my brother... you're a monster..."

Maybe if Sora would have known Vanitas his entire life things would have been different. Maybe he would have had some kind of sympathy for him. But he had never wanted to strangle anyone so badly—blood related or not.

"What... the hell... are you talking about..."

Genesis was about to hit him again, but Sora stopped him.

"I want to do it. I think the others may need some help."Sora stared down at his twin, wanting nothing more than to just put him out of his misery.

But that would be too easy. Vanitas didn't deserve to die so quickly.

These new-found thoughts scared Sora, but he was way past rational thinking. All he had to do was picture Kairi.

Kairi—the one girl that he loved more than anyone else.

The girl that betrayed him.

He loved every bit of her.

Sora picked up the knife that Vanitas was about to use on Roxas earlier. Without hesitation, he slashed him across his chest.

Alright, actually doing it was different.

'I'm... I'm not like this... but he...'

'No... don't let your guard down...'

'I'm... not like him...'

Gun shot.

Sora dived out of the way, but then realized nothing else happened.

Vanitas lay there in front of him, dead.

"Oops," Riku threw the gun on the floor beside him and went over to help Sora up.

"R-Riku—you—killed... him..."

"And? Come on, we need to get out of here."

"What about the others?! The mafia members? Are they-?!"

"Sora, pull yourself together!"

Police sirens.

It was over.

As Sora followed Riku out, he stepped over Reno and Jecht's dead bodies. He never anticipated this reaction; he actually expected that he would be able to come here and kill? Yet... Riku did it without a second thought? His uncle, as well as Cloud, Genesis, Zidane and Yuffie could kill someone just like that? Sora couldn't comprehend it—he didn't really want Vanitas to die... he just...

It wasn't that he felt sorry for Vanitas—he just wanted justice to be served—the legal way...

Was he a criminal now?

What would happen to Riku?

"By the way, don't tell Namine about this. She thinks I'm out playing poker."

"DO YOU REALLY THINK I WOULD?!" Sora yelled as they loaded into the car with Leon and Genesis. The rest of them sped off in the other direction. How could Riku be so casual about this?

"Sora, what happened here... didn't." Leon said to him. Sora's face was pale."This is why I didn't want you to come. It was way more than you could handle."

"Leon... if you want," Genesis started, "I will take them down to the hospital. You need to go check on Rinoa."

Leon's hands tightened around the steering wheel.

"She's... gone. There's no need... to."

"WHAT?!" Sora called out.

"Surely Reno was lying! He didn't do anything to her! You have to go and find out!" Genesis yelled.

"I just... know. I can't feel her anymore."

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Tifa sat beside Kairi's hospital bed. Roxas was in critical condition and needed immediate surgery. Kairi passed out upon hearing that and was left on IV fluids for the time being. Sora came into the room. Tifa stood up and let him take her seat, then left.

He was still unnerved about everything that had happened.

Kairi's eyes opened slightly.

"S-Sora..."

"Yes? Kairi... I'm here..."

Tears filled her eyes and she started shaking. Sora grabbed a hold on her hand.

"Is it... over...?"

Although Sora knew that Auron was still out there somewhere, he couldn't let Kairi be afraid. "Yes. Everything is okay... now..."

"What about... Roxas...?"

Sora's grip tightened without him realizing it. He didn't know anymore than she did.

He knew that she still cared about Roxas to a certain degree...

...but that really bothered him. On top of everything else...

Maybe he was being selfish... but...

"Roxas... will be..."

As if on cue, a doctor followed by a few nurses walked into the room. Kairi tried to lift up so that she could see them, but it was hard.

"We're here to update you on your friend's condition." the doctor cleared his throat; the look on his face was daunting and only made them nervous, "...although the surgery was successful, Roxas has fallen into a coma. There is no telling when he will wake up... or whether he will even survive."

Kairi shrieked and buried her face in her hands. Once again, it was all her fault.

Sora just watched as she cried.

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