GX – GX
It was getting close to summer vacation and everyone was at an end-of-the-year party that Chazz decided to throw (surprisingly). They were all in his extended dorm room and having fun when Aster noticed his sister, Melody, leave.
"Guys… I'll be right back." Aster announced and walked out. He soon found Melody on the edge of the cliff, looking out at the ocean. "What are you doing out here?"
"…Brother, what's going to happen this summer? Am I supposed to go back to the mainland with you, or back to Destiny Islands where I grew up?"
"Well, I was rather hoping that… you would come live with me? I mean… I haven't lived with actual family for a while now, and it could be fun."
"Aster… it's not that I don't want to spend summer vacation with you, it's just that… I have family back on the islands… and so do you."
"I do?"
"Yeah. At least… I don't think you've ever heard of our cousin, Riku."
"…Riku? Um… no, I can't say that I've ever heard of him."
"So, you also wouldn't know about Sora either? Or Tidus? Or Wakka? Or…or Kairi…" Melody said, trailing off at the mention of her best friend.
"Um… it sounds like Kairi is the most important?"
Melody laughed and said, "Well, she was the only girl friend I ever had; all my other friends were guys. I mean… there was also Kairi's other best friend, but we were more like acquaintances rather than friends."
Suddenly, they heard someone scream.
"Did you hear that?" Aster asked.
"Of course I heard it! Someone's in trouble!"
"Let's go help them!" Aster said and ran off towards the scream with Melody right behind him.
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When they got to where they heard the scream, they saw a red-headed girl trapped in between a wooden gate and three guys.
"Come on over here, pretty girl. We won't hurt you… much." The "leader" said.
"They're gonna rape her!" Aster whispered to Melody.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Melody said and jumped in between the girl and the three guys.
"Look at this, fellas! Now we've got two pretty girls all to ourselves!"
"Don't you dare even think about it! You touch me or her and you all die!" Melody growled.
"Get her!" The "leader" said and all three guys lunged at Melody.
Melody soon kicked one of the guys into a tree and knocked him out. She then easily got rid of the other two and they ran off.
Aster came out from behind the bushes and up to the shaken red-head. "Are you alright, miss?" He asked, gently. "Did they hurt you before we got here?"
"No, they didn't have a chance to hurt me. Thanks to you two."
"Please, I didn't do anything. It was all her." Aster said as he pointed to Melody.
"Well, I still thank you both for saving me. My name is Kairi by the way."
Melody's eyes widened and she turned around sharply to face the girl. "Did you just say Kairi?"
"…Have we met before?"
"You don't remember me?" Melody asked with a raised eyebrow as she stood over her.
Kairi suddenly remembered. "Melody?"
Melody smiled.
"Oh my God! Melody! It's really you, I can't believe it!" Kairi said as she jumped up and hugged Melody tightly. Soon, she broke the hug and said, "You know that Sora, Riku, and I all thought you were dead."
"Really? Why did you think that?"
"Well, you went to the mainland and never came back. What would you have thought?"
"I guess I would have thought the same thing. I'm sorry for scaring you all, but… I just happened to run into my long-lost twin brother while I was there."
"Really? I'd like to meet him some time!"
"Kairi, you already have."
"Huh?"
Melody laughed and said, "Kairi, meet my twin brother, Aster." She introduced as she pointed to Aster who had stood up.
"You're her brother?"
"Yeah! And you're the famous Kairi, right?"
"I… guess so."
"So Kairi, what are you doing here anyway?" Melody asked.
"Well… we just thought that we would come check this place out! I never dreamed I'd run into you here though!"
"So, Sora and Riku are here too?"
"Mm-hm!" Kairi answered with a nod. "And not only them, but everyone else too!"
"Aster, you have got to meet them! Come on!" Melody said, happily as she dragged Aster and Kairi both off.
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They finally got to the ship and Melody soon spotted everyone.
"Melody, I don't think it'll be such a good idea to just walk up to them and say hi. They still think you're dead, remember? Besides… you know how Sora gets with ghosts." Kairi said.
"Well, I'm not dead, and I'm not a ghost. Besides to you, Kairi… Aster needs to meet his cousin!" Melody said and walked towards everyone while dragging Aster. "Hi guys!" She said, happily.
Everyone just looked at her with wide eyes.
"M-M-Melody? That's impossible! You died!"
"Sora, I never died. I'm alive. I'm right in front of you!" She said.
Sora slowly went up to Melody and started poking her.
"Yes, I am real, Sora. I'm alive and here to say hi!"
Sora smiled brightly and hugged Melody tightly. "Melody! It's so good to see you! We all missed you so much!"
Melody smiled and hugged Sora back, just as tightly. "It's good to see you guys again! I missed you all so much and I'm really glad that I get to see you guys again!" She said, then broke the hug and immediately tackled Riku in one. "It's so good to see you, cousin! I missed you!"
Riku chuckled a bit and hugged Melody. "It's good to see you too!"
"Oh! By the way…" Melody said as she broke the hug, then pushed Aster so he was standing in front of Riku. "Meet your long-lost cousin, Aster! Aster, meet our cousin, Riku!"
"Nice to meet you!" Riku said as he stuck his hand out.
"Likewise!" Aster said with a smile and shook Riku's hand.
Melody suddenly looked over and saw Sora and Kairi talking and laughing together. "…Hey Riku?"
"Hm?"
"Are Sora and Kairi… you know… going out?"
"…Not that I know of, but… I wouldn't exactly be surprised."
"And you're not saddened by that thought?"
"Why should I be?"
"Well, I know you have a thing for Sora!" Melody said.
"I do not have a thing for Sora!" Riku yelled.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Melody said with a wave of her hand. "That's exactly what Aster here said about his best friend, Satorious! Although… I went across his room one night and caught them-"
Aster had quickly covered his hands over Melody's mouth and said through clenched teeth, "Don't you even dare think of telling the end of that story!"
Melody took Aster's hands off her mouth and was smirking. "Afraid to tell your cousin that you lost your virginity on a couch at the age of 16?"
"Uh…" Was what Riku said to that.
"I'm not a slut! Honestly! I only did it because I really love him!"
"Hey! I never said you were…" Riku said as he held his hands out in front of him defensively.
"Exactly!" Melody said as she wrapped an arm around Aster's shoulders. "Besides, Satorious is the type of guy who never sleeps with someone unless he really, really loves them!"
"Glad you think so!" Aster said.
"Oh, I do, brother! Now if you don't mind, I have to go ask Kairi something!" Melody said and walked off.
"Don't you find it weird that she seems more interested in talking to Kairi than spending more than 2 minutes with us?" Tidus asked.
"Not really. I've always had this hunch that she has a crush on Kairi, but I could never get her to admit it." Riku said.
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Melody walked up to Kairi and Sora who were still talking. "Hey! What are you guys talking about?" She asked.
"Oh, just something stupid…" Kairi said.
"Okay…" Melody said, slowly. "Well, do you guys want to meet my friends here?"
"Sure!" Sora answered. "Why not?"
"Great! There's a party going on tonight in the Ra yellow dorm! All my friends will be there! If you don't know where the Ra dorm is, ask Aster. He'll point the way, but right now, I've got to take care of something." Melody said and walked off.
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That night, everyone was following Aster to the Ra yellow dorm and when they finally got there, there wasn't anyone else there.
"This is a party?" Sora asked.
"Not really a party so much as it is a sleepover." Aster said.
"A sleepover?" Kairi asked. "Cool! I haven't been to a sleepover in a long time!" She said. "So, it's just us?"
"And our friends." Aster said. "Come on! Let's go!" He said and walked inside with everyone following him.
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They got to the back of the Ra yellow dorm and everyone was back there playing music, in the pool, or singing along with the music. They saw Melody in the corner wearing a red shirt with Mickey on it and Mickey pants (which happens to be what I'm wearing now) and she was dancing to a crazy frog song with two other girls.
"Who are they?" Sora asked Aster.
"Oh! That's Amanda and Victoria. Melody and them are known as the three musketeers around here because they're always together." Aster replied.
"Really? Sora, Riku, and I are often called that too!" Kairi said.
"Cool!" Aster said, then heard someone call his name and smiled. "Hi Satorious!"
"Hi!" Satorious greeted when he reached Aster and kissed him.
"So, you must be Satorious." Riku said.
"Yes! That's me, and you must be Riku! Melody told me about you!"
"She told me about you too!" Riku said as he shook Satorious' outstretched hand.
Suddenly, a new song came on and tan-skinned man with gold hair and violet eyes grabbed the microphone and started singing. The song was S.E.X by Nickleback. The man grabbed Melody and started singing to her.
"Are they… dating?" Kairi asked.
Aster scoffed and said, "As if. Like I would let that perv touch her."
"Well, what's his name?" Riku asked.
"Marik… Marik Ishtar."
"Well, it looks like he's touching her now." Sora said.
"What?!" Aster asked and looked. "Oh, he's just holding her hand… I can deal with that… I think."
Melody laughed as Marik continued to sing to her. She suddenly looked over and saw Riku, Sora, Tidus, Wakka, and Kairi standing on the porch. "Guys!" She cheered excitedly and ran up to them. "Welcome! You guys have got to meet everyone! I can see you already met my brother's bf! Hey Marik!" She called over and he stopped singing to run over to her.
"Yeah?"
"Meet four of my best friends from Destiny Islands: Tidus, Wakka, Kairi, and Sora." Melody introduced then walked up to Riku. "And this is my cousin, Riku."
"Oh great… more family." Marik muttered.
"What was that?!" Riku growled.
"Nothing." Marik quickly said. "Nice to meet you." He said as he stuck out his hand to shake Riku's.
"I would be lying if I said 'likewise'." Riku said.
Marik glared at Riku and vice versa and Melody swore she saw sparks come from both of their glares. Melody sighed and said, "Come on, Riku. This is no time to be making new enemies. Same goes for you, Marik." She said as she took Marik's ear and dragged him off.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! That's hurts, Mel!" Marik whined.
"Oh, stop being such a baby." Melody said as she continued to drag him away.
"…That could have gone worse. You should have seen it when Melody introduced Marik to Aster. Man, was that a complete disaster!" Satorious said.
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It was around 3:30 in the morning and everyone was worn out so they just decided to go to bed.
Kairi couldn't sleep though. She looked over at Melody who was sleeping a couple feet away and she crawled over to her. "Melody? Melody?" Kairi asked as she gently shook Melody a little bit.
Melody groaned and opened her eyes to look at Kairi. "Yeah? What is it?"
"I just want to say that… I missed you, Melody. We all missed you."
Melody smiled and said, "I missed you too, Kairi. I missed all of you too."
Kairi giggled as she put her head on Melody's stomach and yawned. "Good night, Melody."
"Good night, Kairi." Melody said, and they both fell asleep.
Riku had woken up and opened one eye to look at them and smiled. 'I knew it.' He thought before going back to sleep.
KH – KH
Whew! I've been working on this chapter for a while now and I finally finished it! I should really be concentrating on other stuff, but I like this story!
Next chapter, you will meet some new characters and hopefully the actual plot will pick up then!
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