"You Found Me"
Chapter 1: The Letter and Explanations
SUMMARY: What happens when someone lost is suddenly found by the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, but won't give any details but the name of a cousin they so desperately want to see? The Darkness is on the move again, the only question is "Why?". This is my take on what I think KH3 will be (I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT WHOLE "Sora goes into a newspaper or whatever and gets suckered into becoming a sort of murder!" CRAP IS THE 'TRUE' KH3!!) and will be a slight crossover with FF6, FF7, FF8, and FFX & FFX-2. ... Not to mention a bit AU for some messing around with families on my part. sweatdrop Yeah, pairings will DEFINITELY include the following:
FROM KH ONLY: SoraxKairi, Rikux??, RoxasxNaminé, AxelxXion (mainly because I can and if I DO throw in Marluxia and Larxene like I'm thinking of doing, the Lightning Bitch is SOOOO gonna be with Flowerman!), Zemyx (a.k.a. ZexionxDemyx for those who have been living under a rock and because I just can NOT bring myself to pair these two up with anyone else but each other! XD)
FROM FF6 ONLY: Locke ColexTerra Branford, Setzer GabbianixGogo (with Gogo later turning out to be Setzer's old girlfriend he thought was dead, Darryl! XD I just KNOW I'm gonna be dodging dice for this one once he reads it!)
FROM FF7 ONLY:CloudxTifa, ZackxAerith (I told you it was a bit AU! XD), VincentxYuffie, Cid HighwindxShera (yeah, I'm throwing in Highwind's wife from the FF7 mini-series! ;P), TsengxElena (yay TURKS!), RenZoo (a.k.a. RenoxYazoo for those who don't know and probably the ONE of the ONLY homo pairings in this story cause I just CAN'T bring myself to pair Reno up with anyone else! XD), Reeve TuestixShalua Rui (for any KH fans who don't know who these two are, copy and paste the following into your browser and take out all the spaces: finalfantasy . wikia . com / wiki / List _ of _ Dirge _ of _ Cerberus _ -Final _ Fantasy _ VII - _ Characters
Just scroll down until you see "World Regenesis Organization" and click on the two names underneath that to learn more about Reeve Tuesti and Shalua Rui)
FROM FF8 ONLY: LeonxRinoa (once again, another reason for the AU warning), ZellxQuistis, IrvinexSelphie, SeiferxFujin (with Fujin starting out as Fuu, but that will all be explained in the later chapters I'm planning on writing)
FROM FFX & FFX-2 ONLY: TidusxYuna, WakkaxLulu, BuddyxRikku (like I said on my profile, just to piss Brother off! XD), GippalxPaine (look at my profile for my reason behind this)
CROSSOVER PAIRINGS: SephirothxUltimecia (Sephy obviously from FF7, Ultimecia being from FF8)
And there may be more, I just need to think of them; the MickeyxMinnie and DonaldxDaisy pairings are obviously implied considering it's Kingdom Hearts. Also, I know I'm taking on a monster with writing this, but I seriously want to write it anyways! Can anyone say mental-masochist?! But I think I've said too much. Just please read and review? :(
Kit: Hey, y'all!! I'm back with an installment for the KH fandom written as a final grade for one of my TWO –– yes, TWO –– English classes 2nd semester of my senior year of high school!! We had to "write an original piece of descriptive narrative writing" and I, of course after asking if it was in the boundaries for this assignment, chose to write mine as a fanfic, even going as far as to include all of this nonsense at the beginning so my teacher could get a feel for how I like to write here on !! (XD) But I digress! This is just something I wrote out off the top of my head—no plot line thought out or anything—so things might get a little wonky once in a while. Now then... who to have do the disclaimer?? Hmm.... LUXORD!
Luxord: walks in, shuffling a deck of cards Must I read this for you?
Kit: Yes, because I just HAPPEN to know a nice little SECRET of yours, Luxy. evil glint in eye
Luxord: You do not.
Kit: Dude, it's me. Of course I do. holds up a photograph envelope thing from Wal-Mart
Luxord: eyes bug out of head while thinking "Aww, f—k!" KitaraStrife does not own any of the rights to the Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy video game series, nor anything else mentioned in this story other than the shoddy plot line—you spelled that wrong, by the way—and any O.C.'s (Original Characters) created by her or "borrowed" from friends such as H e a r tless f a i r ytale and Cooley Fair of this very site. Any similarities to any real person are not intended and thus just happen to be. She is only borrowing the majority of the characters she is using in this story with the best of intentions and thus, having me read this disclaimer to state so, does NOT need to be sued for the most likely high amounts of money which she does not have. There, I read it. NOW GIVE ME THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS!!!
Kit: Hm? What photographs??
Luxord: The ones you have of me making out with Larxene, dammit!
Kit: (O.O) Uhh.... Luxy?? You realize I was just BLUFFING, right? holds up a series of photographs of the Daughtry concert from August, 2008 You're a skilled gambler; you should've known that. Now you're gonna have Marluxia on your ass in three... two... ONE.
Marluxia: WHAAAAAAT!!!!!!!???????? runs in with pink-bladed-and-green-handled scythe raised to kill and proceeds to chase Luxord around the room
Kit: watches for two seconds before busting out laughing (XD) Yes, my teacher, THIS is how insane it is in my head! Trust me; you do NOT want to even ATTEMPT to get inside my head! Now then, ON WITH —!!
Larxene: runs in MARLUXIA! DON'T KILL HIM! WE WERE DRUNK!! runs past Kit to try and stop Marluxia from killing Luxord, even though she has NO idea why
Kit: (O.o) Ooooookay...?? That was odd. shakes head Anyway!! ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
EDIT ON MAY 26, 2009!!!: Typing this edit the day that I turned this thing in to my teacher, but... the title of this story MIGHT change, but for now I am keeping it "You Found Me". Said title I am borrowing from Kelly Clarkson's song "You Found Me" which my boyfriend just happens to have on his iPod! (:D) I was borrowing his iPod one day last week and was kinda scrolling through the songs during my 4th and 5th period classes (would've done so during 6th and 7th as well, but I sit RIGHT in front of the door during 6th and although my 6th period English teacher—yeah, 6th is my other English class—doesn't really give a crap if we listen to our iPods or other music devices during class so long as she isn't teaching, there's this teacher at my school that will walk RIGHT INTO A CLASS THAT'S NOT EVEN HIS and take your cell phone and/or iPod and/or mP3 if he sees you with it out; and then there's 7th period which is Study Hall and I REALLY don't know if my Study Hall teacher would yell at me for having an iPod out or not, so I don't even bother in that class, but anyways...) and scrolling through his the songs he has on there, seeing what ones were titled something that would be good for this fanfic and listening to them, and came across "You Found Me" by Kelly Clarkson, only... it said "Unknown Artist" on his iPod cause he tends to get most of his music off of Limewire. Anyways, I just thought that since I didn't have the whole "I'm borrowing my title from a song by Kelly Clarkson" in the disclaimer, I'd at least state it in some sort of edit thingy. That's a—OH, WAIT!! Last thing to mention is that I didn't include a summary with what I handed in to my teacher, so the summary up above is all for you readers! NOW that's all, so I'll let you all get on to reading chapter one of this!
The clang of metal rang out as the thunder crashed over head. Rain fell hard in large wet drops, stinging the skin of any wretched soul unfortunate enough to still be outside at a time such as this. A time when heroes were needed once more. A time when AVALANCHE needed more members than ever. A time when, with his strength multiplied through his army of Darkness and villains, Sephiroth had returned.
**SCENE CHANGE!!**
Everything began not even one month after Sora and Riku had battled Xemnas, leader of the Nobody group called Organization XIII, and managed to find their way out of the Darkness and back to the Light and Destiny Islands. The two Keyblade wielders had been missing from their home world for almost two years, starting on a night that was stormy and dark, with the sky covered in blue-and-purple clouds. But I digress.
Oh, who am I? I am someone who will be introduced later on. Do not worry, I will tell you readers who of the characters in this story I am after I am introduced. Now then, where was I? Oh yes, Sora and Riku after their battle with Man–I mean Xemnas.
Not but a month after their return to Destiny Islands, the two boys were lounging on their favorite mini island, connected by a bridge to the slightly larger island which they and their four friends—Kairi, Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka—always played on. A teenage boy of fifteen years with gravity-defying spiky light brown hair, ocean blue eyes, and a face containing only hints of baby fat, Sora was leaning against the first of two bends in the awkwardly-growing Paopu tree in his white-outlined black jacket with silver shoulder guard-looking designs and yellow straps; red, yellow, black, and dark blue shirt; black fingerless gloves with yellow and white stripes; black and dark blue baggy shorts with yellow straps and red-and-black pouches for pockets; and black and yellow shoes with dark blue crisscrossing straps, his signature silver chain crown necklace around his neck. His best friend of sixteen years with layered silver hair that fell about two inches past his shoulders and aquamarine eyes that revealed wisdom beyond his years, Riku was sitting on the trunk of the Paopu tree with his to his left and the second bend in the tree to his right in his black two-way zip-up tank top underneath a light beige sleeveless zip-up vest with yellow and navy blue accents; light beige fingerless half-arm warmer on his left hand; baggy blue jeans held up by a silver-studded black belt; and light beige sneakers with gray, yellow and black accents. Both teens were staring out at the ocean, Sora with his gloved hands behind his head and Riku with his right foot comfortably resting on the bark of the tree with his right arm draped lazily across his knee and his left hand resting on the tree beside him. The slightly tropical summer wind softly rustled the leaves of the Paopu and other trees on the small island, as well as the boys' hair.
"Nothing's changed, huh?" asked Riku, breaking the silence.
"Nope. Nothing will."
"What a small world," Riku said, talking about their home.
"But part of one that's much bigger," Sora replied, knowing that Riku understood he was talking about their world being connected to all the other worlds out there in the galaxy—connected through the Keyblade.
"Yeah," agreed Riku.
A few seconds of silence passed between them as they felt the light mist of waves crashing into the island caress their skin. Then Sora turned his head to look up at his best friend and ask, "Hey Riku… what do you think it was—the door to the light?"
Laughing, Riku hopped down from his perch on the Paopu tree, Sora standing up straight; both boys turned to face each other. Pointing to the brunette's heart, the elder said, "This."
Sora looked slightly perplexed, placing his own hand over his heart. "This?"
"Yeah. It's always closer than you think," the silverette told him, the corner of his mouth curving slightly in a smile. Sora grinned a second later, understanding his words.
Suddenly, a voice called out, "Sora! Riku!" They turned to see a girl with vibrant dark red hair layered to her shoulders and brushed mainly to the right and blue eyes wearing a pink dress that had part of a white tank top attached to the top of it and a black hood attached to the white straps, the dress having a total of four zippers –– one at the bottom of the middle set of teeth, undone up to the third set of teeth, and one at the top of the middle set of teeth, undone slightly more to show off the white, with the final two from the bottom hem up until just below top hem on either side of the middle zipper –– the on the front of it, the entire dress ending just a little too short for some tastes; her signature white stone necklace around her neck; three bracelets –– one blue, one gray, and one white –– on her left wrist; a black belt with four square metal rings—two in the front and two in the back—to which two black straps are attached using two rings on either side, a lavender and black pouch clipped to the strap on her left; and lavender-and-white slightly-high top shoes with black soles and and laces going through only the first and third pairs of holes before tying around her ankles running across the bridge towards them, her right hand waving and something clutched in her left hand. She ran up to them, stopping a few feet away.
"Hey, what's up?" Sora asked, worried that something was wrong.
The girl, Kairi, took a few more seconds to catch her breathe before she said, "Look," and held up a corked bottle. The bottle itself was not that fascinating, but what was inside the bottle was: a single small piece of paper rolled up and stamped with two small black circles atop a slightly larger black circle–King Mickey's seal.
"From the King?" inquired a surprised Sora as he reached out and took the bottle from Kairi's outstretched hand. He pulled the cork out and dumped the letter into his hand, unrolling it so they could all read it. Riku moved to read over his shoulder while Kairi managed to read it upside-down:
Dear Sora, Riku, and Kairi,
Sorry to bother you all so soon after you all finally got reunited with each other and your family and friends, but it can't be helped. Ya see, there seems to be trouble brewing again and we're gonna need all the help we can get!
A few days ago, Minnie and I received word from Leon that they found a young girl passed out in Ansem's computer room two weeks ago. She looked like she'd been through a lot, and Leon said she didn't wake up for a week.
When she did wake, they tried to get her to tell them what happened to her, but all she would tell them was she wanted her cousin. Apparently it took them a few more days to coax her cousin's name out of her, and the name she gave surprised them, Cloud included. (Ever since Tifa showed up, he's been hanging around the others more and more.) Here's what Leon wrote in his letter:
'She kept her gaze on Pooh's book, rubbing her arm and biting her lip, refusing to look at us for another five minutes. I heard Cloud and Cid sigh at the same time I did–they must have thought she wouldn't tell us today like I did. Just when I was about to tell her she didn't have to tell us today if she didn't want to, she spoke.
"Islands."
We all looked at her, shocked that she had spoken. We all remained silent as we waited for her to continue.
"Destiny Islands… I-I want m-my Destiny Islands cousin……S—," she cut herself off and wrapped both arms around herself. We waited with baited breath for her to continue—something very uncharacteristic of me as you well know. A minute passed before she finished: "I want my Destiny Islands cousin……Sora."
Everyone gasped, the girls taking a step back. We've tried to get more information out of her, but she won't say anything about it except wanting to see Sora. We don't know what else to do, even though we don't want to disturb Sora so soon after he defeated Organization XIII, so we all decided to ask your opinion on this.'
He went on to say that he was leaving it up to me if I should contact you. I talked it over with Minnie, Daisy, Chip and Dale, and the fellas, and we all agreed you should be notified. None of us remembers ya mentioning having a cousin, Sora, but she does look related from the picture Leon sent me with his letter. I'll be sending Donald and Goofy to pick ya up in about a week. I'm guessing you've already explained to your friends and family what happened to ya, showing 'em the Keyblades and your skills with them and magic as proof. Haha! Knowing you boys, you showed off by sparring with each other! I hope you guys decide to come with Donald and Goofy in the Gummi ship. If not, I gave 'em permission to spend a day or two with ya—they really miss ya, Sora.
Sincerely your loyal pal,
King Mickey
P.S. I remembered how ya said Kairi's letter managed to reach you boys when you were in the Darkness after battling Xemnas and thought I'd try a similar approach to send this letter to you. I went to the largest lake here at the Castle and put the letter in the bottle before setting it in the water and watching it float away, praying that it would reach your world. But just in case that failed, Minnie agreed with Daisy in that I should write a copy and send it with Donald and Goofy. So, if you didn't get my message in a bottle, they can fill ya in. Hope to see you three real soon!
Looking up from the letter, the three teens exchanged glances of shock mixed with amusement and confusion. None of them seemed to want to break the silence, to voice their thoughts on the king's letter. None of them moved from the island with the Paopu tree; the wind blew silently through the trees above their heads.
Finally, Riku broke the silence and chuckled. "We'd be wrong to say that we showed off by sparring."
"Hm... I guess you're right," agreed Sora with a smile.
"But that still doesn't change the fact that your cousin is with Leon and everyone in Radiant Garden, Sora." Yes, Kairi. Way to kill the mood. ... Erm... sorry. Those were my thoughts when I heard she'd said that. ... Let's get back on topic.
"We don't know if the girl's really Sora's cousin, or someone who's really good at acting and or being forced to say she is."
"What do you suggest we do, Riku? Just sit back and relax while the forces of darkness could be hard at work?"
Sora looked between his two friends as they argued, looking to the king's letter once again before his eyes suddenly widened. "OH!"
The two arguing teens stopped bickering and looked to the brunette.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Kairi asked worriedly.
When the champion of Light did not respond, Riku put a hand on his shoulder. "Sora?"
That seemed to snap him out of his trance as Sora shook his head and looked at them. "I think the girl is my cousin! Kairi, didn't you say that my mom got a letter from my Aunt Amaya soon after you first returned home?" he asked, turning to the seventh Princess of Heart. "A letter saying that she couldn't find her daughter?"
The redhead's eyes widened as the meaning of Sora's words became clear to her. "You don't think—!"
"He does," breathed Riku, his aquamarine orbs wide as realization dawned on him as well. They all glanced at the letter once more before looking at each other and nodding in unison.
The next morning, Sora woke bright and early—a habit from sleeping in open areas where Heartless could attack at any moment—and went about his normal routine, heading downstairs to grab a bite of homemade Paopu jam-on-toast before heading out, giving his mom a kiss on the cheek and saying he was meeting Riku at Kairi's. His mother just smiled and told him to be good and not have too much fun. With a laughed comment about there never being such a thing as too much fun, Sora ran out the door and headed for the mayor's house. The boy completely missed the saddened quality that his mother's smile took on as he disappeared from her view.
Leaning against the front gate of the mayor's house with his arms crossed and eyes closed, Riku looked up at the sound of hurried footsteps on the gravel-and-sand road. He smirked to himself as he saw a spiky-haired brunette cram the last of a piece of toast in his mouth.
"And I thought you said you got up early these days," he teased, the brunette stopping a few paces away. Said brunette glared at him as he licked the last of a red orange substance from his fingers.
"Not everyone is as much of an early bird as you, Riku. Now are we going in or what?" he retorted, looking to the big tan house as he wiped his hands on his pants.
Lightly pushing off the gate of the white picket fence, Riku held it open as he bowed and eloquently waved his hand in front of him. "Ladies first."
Sora just crossed his arms and sent the silverette a look of annoyance, a single eyebrow raised in questioning. "I forget: which of us has the longer hair here?" he asked with a sneer.
"You're the one with the girly face."
"I am not!"
"Are you two just going to stand there arguing all day or come inside?" They turned to see Kairi with the front door open, her arms crossed as she leaned against the framework with a smirk plastered on her face. Sora just laughed nervously as he scratched his head, Riku shrugging it off like they had not just been arguing before heading through the gate with the younger teen hurrying after him.
As they walked through the large house, Kairi asked Sora if he had the letter. Sora froze and lapped himself in the head.
"Scatter-brained as ever," muttered Riku as he shook his head.
"Sora!"
"Haha! I'm kidding!" Sora laughed as he pulled the bottle from the day before out of his pocket. "I put it in my pocket last night so I wouldn't forget it."
"Sora, that wasn't funny!" chided Kairi.
"What wasn't funny, Kai?" The three teens looked up to their right to see Nari, the mayor and Kairi's adoptive mother ever since the redhead first arrived on their island when she was five-years-old, standing half-way up––or down, in this case––the stairs. The woman had long light blue hair that fell to her waist in soft waves and curls, half of it up with her turquoise bangs framing her face. Her eyes were a calm deep purple framed by a lavender eyeshadow with a light topaz eyeliner and mascara, her cheeks dusted a very faint rose and her lips painted a light pink with just a slight hint of glitter. The woman was in a lavender T-shirt, a pair of what looked to be her favorite faded blue jeans that really did not need the green belt to hold them up, and her rarely-worn-out-in-public purple tennis shoes. A pair of purple leather gloves was barely visible from her back pocket given the angle they were seeing her from.
"Morning, mom!" the girl exclaimed with a smile as the woman finished descending the stairs, the two exchanging a brief hug once on equal ground. "Nothing really, just Sora being a jerk," she continued, shooting a quick glare at said boy over her shoulder as she walked to the kitchen with her mom. Behind them, Sora spluttered while Riku followed after the two females, laughing at the boy.
Running into the kitchen with the bottled letter in hand, Sora asked, "How am I a jerk, Kairi?"
"If you don't know, then I think Roxas' roots have gotten to your brain," she huffed, setting down plates full of pancakes, bacon, natto, and rice upon the large table.
"What's with all the racket so early in the morning?" asked a gruff voice from behind the now drooling teen. Sora jumped and whirled around to see Kairi's father via adoption. The man was still in his nightwear—a black tank top with a pair of dark blue pajama bottoms—and a pair of obviously worn brown slippers. His shoulder length green hair was sticking up everywhere, reminding the brunette of a green-haired version of his friend Cloud. The man always managed to sneak up on Sora like a ninja, and then always proceeded to make him want to laugh by doing something to make himself look like a little kid, such as right now as the man yawned and rubbed one of his chocolate brown eyes in an attempt to wake up further.
"Ohayo, Akito-kun," Nari said with a smile over her shoulder, not being able to leave the stove due to the leek-and-curry omelette she was making for herself.
"Morning, dad." Kairi ran around the table to give the man a hug and kiss on the cheek, continuing on to grab a jar of something red orange from a shelf next to the doorway.
Sitting down at the table, Akito blinked as his gaze wandered around the kitchen, apparently looking for something. Riku, already sitting backwards in one of the chairs, handed him the morning paper from his back pocket. "Ah, thank you, Riku," he said to the silverette with a nod as he took it and scanned the front page, opening it up a second later.
"Are you boys hungry?" asked Nari as she sat down next to her husband with her omelette. "It seems Kairi made enough to satisfy any warrior knight," she continued, a mischievous glint in her eyes as she looked at the two boys, though her gaze remained a little longer on Sora than it did Riku and they both knew it was not because Sora was just then taking a seat between his friends. Ever since they had arrived home and explained their stories to everyone, Nari had been dropping hints about at least one of the twos boys getting together with Kairi—namely Sora. Some of the mayor's hints were subtle, others not so much, and some Sora just did not know where to place on the subtlety scale; now, for instance. Thankfully, Sora's poor brain did not have to suffer thinking about her words as she went to say, "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you three planned to meet here this morning."
"Well..." Sora shared a look with his friends before sighing heavily. Looking into the woman's' patient eyes, he said, "We kinda did."
"Has to do with that bottle you're hiding under the table, doesn't it, Sora?" Jumping slightly, the brunette looked to his left to see Akito looking at him, paper folded underneath his hands; sometimes he swore the man knew Yuffie and just was not telling them.
"Yes, sir," Sora replied meekly, an embarrassing blush across his face as he set the bottle in front of him on the table, the King's letter inside.
For the next half hour, Sora explained the King's message and what the three of them had decided to do, Riku and Kairi throwing in their two cents as well. When they were done, the three teens waited in silence, anxiously awaiting the response of the mayor.
"Hmm..." Mayor Nari hummed as she looked over the King's letter, one hand up to her mouth with the middle of her pointer finger pressed lightly to her mouth and her thumb under chin; her half-eaten omelette was completely forgotten on the plate in front of her. She read over the words the King had written for what felt like an eternity to the teens before she sighed, lowering the letter to the table with her eyes closed. When she opened her purple orbs a second later, she quickly glanced to her husband, flicking her gaze to the three anxious young adults across from her (Riku now sitting in his chair properly). "Are you three absolutely sure you want to do this?"
"Yes."
"Kairi, you said the only time you really fought was a month ago," her dad said, staring at her seriously—or at least as seriously as he could with his hair still sticking up everywhere.
"Yeeaahh," the girl in question replied, not sure where her dad was going with this.
"Are you absolutely positive you can take care of yourself—that you won't get hurt or kidnapped again?"
"Dad, I'll be fine! I'll be with Sora and Riku, not to mention Donald and Goofy!" she exclaimed, silently praying that they were not seriously thinking about keeping her there on the islands again; she just knew she would go crazy if she had to wait for them again—last time was enough, Naminé making everyone forget about her best friends excluded. "Besides, if I did get kidnapped again, —!" she continued, only to be cut off by the sound of two chairs scraping against the tiled floor.
"We'd go and find her!" Sora stated firmly, a fire in his ocean blue eyes—one that made his eyes look more like Roxas' than his own.
"And then we'd punish whoever it was that thought they could get away with taking her from us," Riku added, his voice carrying the tone of the same fire within Sora's eyes.
Kairi looked up at both boys in amazement, then looked back at her parents. Nari and Akito watched with guarded expressions as their adopted daughter stood and joined hands with Sora, the brunette joining hands with Riku at the same time. The three teenagers stared down the mayor and her husband for several minutes; neither party moved or said a thing within that time frame.
After another five minutes, Nari sighed and shared a glance with Akito. "You can go."
Kairi squealed with joy before running around to the other side of the table to hug her now smiling parents as she exclaimed, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" over and over again.
For the rest of the day, the three teenagers went around to their families and explained the King's letter, their decision, and their reasons for wanting to go to Riku's and then Sora's parents. They had a much harder time getting Riku's parents to agree to letting him go than they did Sora's, mainly because they wanted their son to finish his schooling before he went out on another adventure. Thankfully, they relented once Kairi promised that the three of them would take summer classes when they came back if they had to. Sora's mom was much more easy to deal with than his dad when they explained everything. The man was adamant that his son not go on another mission for some mouse king that he had never seen before—the man had never seen Donald and Goofy a month ago when the two boys had fallen from the sky into the ocean ten miles off shore of the Paopu island because he was at work and could not get off until well after the King and his friends had left. The three took up five minutes arguing with the man before Riku finally threatened to punch the man through a wall if he thought he could stop the brunette from protecting him and everyone else on the islands and every other world out there from the forces of Darkness, Sora's mom staying silent through it all.
**SCENE CHANGE!!**
That night on the Paopu tree, the three friends sat talking about what to tell their friends the next day.
"We should just tell them that we're going away for a while," stated Riku, staring out to the ocean like he normally did when on the little island.
"We can't do that. It's too vague." Kairi, from her perch on the parallel-to-the-ground trunk of the Paopu tree, was now giving the silverette a stern glare as he continued to lean against the tree.
"Kairi's right, Riku," piped up Sora, "We have to tell them the truth."
Sighing, Riku resigned himself to agreeing with the two fifteen-year-olds instead of arguing with them for the rest of the night and ever getting any sleep.
No chapter notes from me for once! HOLY FECK!! (O.O)
Kit: First off—MARLUXIA, NO KILLING LUXORD!!! ASIDE FROM HIM BEING YOUR SUPERIOR, HE OWES ME 5000 MUNNY FOR LYING ABOUT MY SPELLING OF "shoddy" IN THE OPENING AUTHOR'S NOTE!!!
Marluxia: glares at Luxord and begrudgingly removes his scythe from the blond's neck before storming away from the gambler You WILL pay, Luxord!
Larxene: hits Marluxia in the head I told you we were drunk! I think Xigbar spiked that punch we had at that party.
Xigbar: hears that and misses the bull's-eye of the target he's shooting at because of it Hey now! I didn't go anywhere near that punch, remember! I may love sherbet and all, but my stomach just does NOT agree with sherbet being mixed with those beverages!! Besides, I knew someone was gonna spike it sooner or later anyway!
Larxene: Then who the hell spiked that punch?!
Kit: (-_-) I think it was Xaldin, if you want my opinion. NOW DEBATE THAT LATER!!! gives them ALL death glares to shut up Anyway, I know that my "letter from the King" was kinda too long to appear on that little piece of paper Sora dumps out of the bottle in the ending cutscene of the game, but I needed something good. Sorry about that, guys. And about the description of Mayor Nari—I was totally head-keyboarding while I typed that 'cause I usually don't write that way, the whole 'describing the make-up' thing that is, so that was my first time doing it. ...And I think I did an okay job now that I think about it. I stayed up til about midnight describing her make-up and then most of the following four days—either at home or at school—before 2nd period writing the rest. Anyways, I COULD have made this longer, but then it probably would've gotten out of hand and besides, it long enough as is what with having to make the thing DOUBLE-SPACED in order to be turned in and get proper points!! I kinda made this thing, like... SEVENTEEN PAGES LONG WHEN DOUBLE-SPACED!!