Disclaimer: Me no own Kingdom Hearts. And, if I did, it would be on the PS3. ;_;
A/N: This will be most likely the only AN in the whole thing. XD I'm trying to get back into the swing of fanfiction writing (because I wrote nothing all summer), and challenges always help with that, cursed word limits aside! The pairings I'm doing are Roxas/Naminé and Riku/Shiki. :3 Hope you enjoy!
New Beginnings
"The Flick Rush competition draws ever closer! Two remain of the qualifying competition, but who will grasp victory and advance to the best of the best? Stay right here folks!"
Roxas sprinted through the stampade of people, Flick Rush cards gripped tightly in his hands. He was going to win this, damn it! All of his training wasn't going to fall apart, and so far, it hadn't; he'd made it through to the finals, and while he didn't know who his opponent was, he'd most likely be a walkover.
A small girl holding a deck of cards suddenly walked into his path, and he narrowly avoided having a nasty collison with her. She glanced up, and her eyes reminded Roxas of a frightened owl, but he wasn't in the mood to feel sorry.
"Be careful!" he snapped.
She nodded, snowy-blonde hair bouncing. Roxas stared as she skittered off.
Strange kid.
The needle wove in and out of the green patchwork with ease. Smiling, Shiki held up it to inspect the unfinished skirt. The helm needed a few more stitches, and then she had to add some pockets, but apart from that, it looked complete. Hopefully Eri would like it...
Shiki held the green thread in her mouth, fumbling about as she tried to get it to go through the tiny, tiny hole at the top of the needle. So. Hard.
Without warning, two foreign hands lifted up the skirt and looked at it curiously. Shiki dropped the thread from her mouth in alarm. Who would-
"-It's beautiful. Did you make this?"
"Y-yes. My friend did the design, mind..."
He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Hey, what's your name?"
W-what!? "I-I'm Shiki." She held out her free hand, smiling. "You?"
The silver-haired boy smiled back and took her hand. "Riku."
Completed: 1/50.