Author's note: Fryie Mystic here again. I wrote this story when I was on vacation with my family at Destiny Islands. Ok so maybe it wasn't Destiny Island but it sure looked like it, and this story was written when I was trying to get some thinking done by myself. I loved the pier at the hotel so that is where most of it was written. This story is the prequel to a story that my friend wrote, I don't know if she will ever post hers though. I hope she might.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot.
The Birthday Gift
Sora stared out his window. The day was cloudy and dreary. He hoped that tomorrow would be better. After all, tomorrow was the lead Princess of Heart's birthday. He wanted it to be a very special day.
He got up and headed downstairs. He had shopping to do. Yep, the keyblade master was the biggest procrastinator in all the worlds.
"Wonder what Riku got Kairi?" He mumbled to himself.
Riku had gotten Kairi's present three weeks ago and he still wouldn't tell Sora what he got her. It was starting to annoy Sora. He didn't want too get Kairi the same thing that Riku had gotten her. Little did Sora know, there was no chance of duplicating Riku's gift.
Sora was in his own little world, and of course not watching where he was going, as he bumped into Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie.
"Are you shopping for Kairi too?" Sora asked, hoping that he could het some help from the other three.
"No, we finished that earlier this week. You mean that you haven't gotten her anything?" Selphie asked surprised. "I would have thought that you, of all people, would have finished that weeks ago."
"You would think." Sora sighed, "I have been wracking my brain to think of something that she would not just like, but absolutely LOVE."
"Well good luck with your search. We have to go and decorate Selphie's house for tomorrow." The three friends yelled as they jogged away.
"Thanks." Sora sighed, as he shook his head.
About that time, Riku walked up behind the pouting brunette. "Hey Sora. Why are you so blue?" Riku said as he slapped Sora on the back. Riku had to try really had when Sora jumped to the top of the nearest tree.
"How many times have I told you not to sneak up on me like that? I could have chopped you in two." Sora screamed from the highest branch that would hold his weight.
"You? Chop me in two? That will be the day. Besides you don't even have your keyblade out." The silver-haired boy laughed as he summoned Way to Dawn.
"Haha. Very funny Riku. Put that thing away before you poke someone's eye out… again!" Sora laughed as he jumped out of the tree, landing beside Riku.
"So I heard you have NOTHING for Kairi?" asked Riku, as Way to Dawn vanished in a puff of blue smoke.
"Yeah, that's right." sighed Sora. "I just have no idea what would make her happy."
"Sora," sighed Riku, "You make her happy. She would be happy and excited about whatever you choose to give you."
"You really think so?" asked Sora, a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "Well, duh Sora." was the only response he got back.
"Speaking of Kairi's present," inquired Sora, "Are you ever going to tell me what you got her?"
"No! Not until tomorrow. I will tell you before the party starts."
"Why before?"
"Well, I sort of need your help with it." joked Riku.
"Oh ok." replied Sora, "Hey do you want to help me look for a good gift for Kairi?"
"Actually, I was on my way to help decorate Selphie's house. So I guess that you're on your own." Riku stated.
"Listen to what your heart is telling you." Riku smiled as he taped Sora's chest with his finger.
Sora watched the silver-haired boy walk away. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he was off, knowing exactly what he was going to get Kairi. 'This was going to be a birthday to remember.' He thought to himself as he ran along the crowded street, before deciding that gliding would be faster.
The Next Day
Kairi lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling. Today was her 20th birthday. She should have been happy, but something was bugging her.
"Sora's been distant the last couple of days. Wonder what's wrong with him?" She said to herself, as she crawled out of her bed.
Sora flung open his curtain, hoping that it was sunny. Not only was it bright and sunny but there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
"Today is going to be perfect, just perfect." Sora said to his presents to Kairi.
Sora knocked on Selphie's door. He was really early. "Why are you so early?" asked a voice behind him.
Sora spun around, only to come face to face with Kairi. "What are you doing here so early, too?" He asked, being glad that he didn't have her gifts with him.
"I asked you first." She stated.
"Well… well… I was going to ask Selphie if I could bring your gift over early. So, I don't forget in the excitement of your birthday." Sora grinned with his trademark grin.
Suddenly, Roxas and Namine appeared in spirit form. "You know," Roxas said, "You two should be together more often."
"I missed you, Nami." He said giving the blond hug and a kiss that made both Kairi and Sora shiver.
"Hi Roxas," Namine said with a smile. "I agree with Roxas." She said turning towards the other couple.
"By the way, Happy Birthday Kairi!" Roxas said. "You are really going to like Sora's gift, part of it is from me too."
"Shhh! You'll give it away!" Sora yelled before slapping his hand over his mouth.
About that time, the front door opened, and out stepped Selphie. "What are you two doing here, especially you, Kairi?"
"Well I was just going for a walk and saw Sora getting ready to knock on your door. Thought that I would stop and see what he was doing." Kairi said, trying to look innocent.
"And I was going to ask if I could drop off her gift early." Sora added.
"Well, yes Sora, you can drop it off early and Kairi…" Selphie paused, "You fail at being innocent. You were spying on him and my house. Hi Roxas. Hi Namine."
"So my innocent face didn't work? Kairi laughed.
"Ha Ha Ha. Are you kidding? That was the worse innocent face I have seen in a while." Selphie laughed, as the other three joined her.
"Well, if that is the case, I am going to head back to my house or to the island for a while. Sora walk me to my house." Kairi demanded, grabbing Sora's hand.
"Uhh Ok." Sora stated, startled, but not minding the attention.
"Hey Selphie, I will be back a little later with the gift. Is that ok?" Sora yelled over his shoulder.
"Yeah that's fine. You can tell me what you think of the decorations." Selphie said, "The boys and I worked really hard on them."
"Come on in." She said turning to the remaining couple.
"So, Sora, why have you been so distant?" Kairi asked, aster they had walked a little while, afraid of what the answer might be.
"I've been distant?" Sora asked confused. "I didn't that I have been."
"Well you have," Kairi pouted, "I haven't seen you much over the last couple of days."
Sora wrapped his arms around Kairi. It was the type of hug that made Kairi know that everything was going to be just fine.
"Kairi, you know that I would never ignore you on purpose," joked Sora. "I have just been worried about you birthday and your presents."
"Haha, you know that isn't very funny." Kairi started to say before Sora cut her off by embracing her is a loving kiss on the lips.
"You know it was." Sora laughed.
"Anyway, I need to drop you off at your house, so that I can take your present over early." Sora said. "I really think that you are going to love it."
"I hope so. I heard that you look really hard for it." Kairi laughed
"I did, but who told you that." Sora laughed.
"Riku, that's who." Kairi answered, with a smile.
"I swear that boy had the biggest mouth. He's almost worse then Selphie." joked Sora.
And with that comment, both Sora and Kairi broke into laughter, until Kairi accidently snorted. Then both were laughing so hard, they were collapsed on the ground and neither could breathe.
"Come on Kairi," Sora gasped, "I need to get you home, so that I can get your present over to Selphie's.
And with that he picked up his princess and carried her all the way to her house. After giving her another kiss, he glided back to his house to get the presents before heading to Selphie's.
Riku watched him walk by, carefully holding a very large gift. "Hey Sora. What do have there?" He asked, as he joined Sora.
"Shhh, you'll wake them up." Sora whispered, before showing Riku the two lovebirds, which were obviously in love, cuddled together.
"Did you get her anything else or just the lovebirds?" Riku asked, but he seemed to already know the answer.
"Yeah, I got her something else, but I am not going to tell you what it is. You will have to wait and see with everyone else." Sora grinned. Riku could tell that he was super excited about tonight.
Sora knocked on Selphie's door, only to be greeted by Tidus. "Hey Sora, Selphie said that you would be coming over early. Is that her gift? It's huge!"
About then, Selphie pushed Tidus out of the way so that Sora and Riku could come in.
"So, what did you end up getting Kairi, Sora?" Selphie asked.
"Peep Peep Peep" was the answer that she got back.
"Ohhh, you got her lovebirds. That is so cute." Selphie squealed. "Look how much they love each other. That will be perfect for Kairi. She is going to love them."
"I sure hope so." Sora answered. "So what is the plan for tonight?"
"Well, the party starts here, and then we are all going to head to the island for a bon-fire." Selphie responded.
"The decorations look great." Sora said, admiring the purple and silver streamers and balloons.
"Thanks," Selphie said, "Glad that you like them."
"And a bon-fire sounds like so much fun!" Sora stated, as he turned to Riku. "Is Lily coming tonight?"
"Yeah, she is really excited about it." Riku said, "But she is going to be a little late. She has to work late. They've got a big flower order due tomorrow."
"So how many people are coming tonight?" Tidus asked, only hearing the last part of the conversation.
"Well there's Sora, Riku, Wakka, Lily, Roxas, Namine, you, me, and of course Kairi," so answered Selphie, counting on her fingers. "So that makes 9. That seems like a good number. I only invited our closest friends."
"Sora's not my friend," joked Roxas, before being chased by Sora.
The thing about being a spirit nobody is that you can choose to be able to go though things. That is exactly what Roxas did, causing Sora to run into the counter.
"Ouch! That really hurt." Sora screamed. "Roxas, I'm going to kick your butt when I get a hold of you."
"Sorry Sora, but that trick never gets old. And your threat doesn't give me much initiative to come near you, now does it?" Roxas replied. "Just look how you made everyone laugh."
Sora looked around the room. Everyone was laughing, really hard. Namine was collapsed on the floor, crying. Riku was holding himself up with the couch. Tidus and Wakka were holding onto each other to keep from falling, and Selphie was turning blue.
"Selphie breath. Breath Selphie, Breath!" Sora shouted, causing everyone to laugh harder.
They all kept laughing for a good 10 minutes before Riku gained his composer.
"Hey Selphie, what time is Kairi suppose to get here?" He asked.
"Huh? What? Oh… any…time…now…" Selphie answered between gasps for air.
About that time, the doorbell rang. "Wow, the girl's got great timing." Roxas stated.
"Of course she does." Namine replied as she lightly smacked him on the back of the head.
Selphie got up, and went to answer the door.
"Hey! What was that for?" Roxas asked surprised.
"You just needed it." Namine responded. "For what you did to Sora. You really need to be nicer to him."
About that time, Kairi and Selphie walked back into the room, where everyone was.
"Happy Birthday Kairi!" Everyone shouted.
"Thanks guys." Kairi said with a smile, "What have I missed?"
"Well Namine was just lecturing Roxas again" Riku replied.
"Again? What did you do this time?" Kairi asked, turning to Roxas.
"Nothing really. Only made Sora run into the counter." Roxas answered with his mischievous smile.
"Yeah, that hurt" Sora added. "It still hurts. Look, my arm is starting to bruise."
"Awww, poor Sora. Do you need me to kiss it better? Kairi asked, sitting down on Sora's lap.
"Yes." Sora answered, with a sad puppy-face pout, holding his arm out to the red-head on his lap.
"You're pathetic." Kairi smiled, pushing his arm away.
"Hey Kairi, what do you want to do first, open presents or have cake?" Selphie asked.
"That's a hard question." Kairi answered. "I think that I want to have cake first."
"Ok, cake it is," Selphie said, tuning back into the kitchen, as the doorbell rang again.
"I got it, Selphie," Riku yelled. "It is probably Lily, anyways."
Riku and Lily returned to the living room about the time Selphie was bringing out the cake.
Hey Lily," everyone shouted. "Glad that you could make it."
"Just in time for cake," Selphie said. "And then we are doing presents."
"Wow, that's a lot of candles," Roxas joked. "Aren't you worried about burning down your house, Selphie?"
"Hey, be nice" Kairi yelled before smacking the blond on the knee.
"You two need to stop smacking me," Roxas complained.
"Then stop being a pain," Namine joked.
"Do you guys have to sing?" Kairi asked, "I have heard you sing and it isn't pretty."
"Of course we do!" Sora grinned. "Ok, all together now!" and everyone started singing.
"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Kairi! Happy Birthday to you!"
Kairi sat there holding her ears. The singing was horrible and Sora, who was singing the loudest, had his arms wrapped around her so that she couldn't run away from it.
"Glad that's over," Kairi sighed after the song was done.
"Make a wish, Kairi!" Sora yelled.
Kairi got off Sora's lap so that she could blow out the candles. She closed her eyes and concentrated. As she opened her eyes, she met Sora's stare.
"So what did you wish for?" He asked.
"If I tell you, it won't come true." Kairi responded, as a mysterious gleam shone in her eyes, while she blew out the candles. She then sat back down on Sora's lap.
"Ohh, look at the adorable cake," Namine stated. "It is so cool that they could put a paopu fruit on it."
"Shame I have to cut into it." Selphie laughed as she cut the first piece, giving it to Kairi.
"Oh My God!" Kairi squealed. "It's chocolate with raspberry mousse center. That's my absolute favorite."
"Well duh. Of course I got your favorite. I am your best friend." Selphie replied as she handed out cake to the others.
As the group finished, Riku and Lily brought in all the presents, but Sora's.
"Hey Sora, come get your present." Riku yelled from the hallway.
"Ok," Sora said, picking up Kairi and putting her on the couch in his place.
"You know," Sora started, "You never did tell me what you got Kairi, Riku." as he walked down the hall.
"Well how bout I tell you now?" Riku responded, advancing on Sora.
"Umm, Riku?" Sora asked, while backing away from Riku, before his back came into contact with the wall behind him. Riku took that chance to pin the spiky- haired boy against the said wall.
"Quick Lily!" Riku yelled as his struggled with Sora. "Put it on him!"
Suddenly Lily appeared and snapped something onto Sora's neck. "Got it!" She yelled.
"What did you do to me?" Sora yelled as Riku let go of him.
"Just put part of Kairi's present in its place." Riku joked.