Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts
A/N: I'm back in action, sorry, I had to get this and some other stuff that I will be posting shortly out of my system. And yes my dearly devoted fans (if there are any) I will be updating "The Difference between Girlfriend and Girl Friend" soon. "Rain Spell" might continue, but not for long, I'll probably scrap the idea if I can't make the story more exciting. AU/OC story
Raffle You Off
Chapter 1: Say What?
This will work. It's perfect! Kairi thought as she smiled secretively. If anyone saw her right now, they would recognize the smile as the one she had whenever she had some "ingenious" scheme, others would call it the "mad scientist" smile that brought forth disaster and accidental success. Whichever it was, it was sure to bring shivers down one's back. She couldn't wait to introduce this new scheme to her two best friends, Naminé and Xion. Now only to find out where they are . . .
That's when she spotted them in their homeroom finishing things up for their teacher no doubt. She smiled and walked up to the door of their classroom. Kairi took a deep breath and gave herself a moment to compose herself before she burst into the classroom loudly announcing her arrival with a shout and her arms raised up high as if awaiting praise.
She waited and not only was she met with silence, but it also seemed as if her two best friends didn't hear her at all. Either that or they were very good actors. They weren't even startled by her presence. No twitch. No, 'Oh, it's Kairi!' Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Only the continuous sound of pencil scratching paper could be heard.
Kairi narrowed her eyes. She wouldn't take it. She couldn't take it. She refused to be ignored. She stormed over to her two best friends and skipped around them. Sticking her face close to theirs and doing as much random shit possible to annoy the hell out of them. She was desperate. Anything that would elicit even the smallest movement that showed that they knew she was there was done. But she was still ignored, still unseen.
She stopped skipping around them in circles when she realized that this was futile and cracked her knuckles in anticipation. Grabbing her water bottle, Kairi jumped onto their desks in one fluid motion. With one foot on Naminé's desk and one foot on Xion's desk, she finally got the attention she wanted.
Both girls stopped what they were doing and looked up at her. When Kairi was sure both were looking at her, she held the water bottle close to her mouth like a microphone and announced, "Hi, this is Kairi your daily Key of Destiny reporter and here we have today with us . . ." She looked at Xion expectantly as if they had rehearsed this before and was reminding Xion of her role, but was only met with a confused gaze. "Hey, Xion!" Kairi hissed.
"Huh? What is it?"
Kairi rolled her eyes impatiently and waved the hand not holding the plastic water bottle in the air as if the answer was obvious. "Drum roll?" Realization sparked in Xion's crystal blue eyes as she pounded her palms flat on the desk.
Kairi then jumped off of the desk and settled on sitting on top of Naminé's desk as she resumed her little speech like nothing happened. "Naminé Sato, our favorite blond protagonist!" Xion continued to pound the table. Kairi glared at her and Xion shrugged it off with a mischievous smile.
Naminé was a bit lost at this turn of events. However, after a moment of puzzling over the silent argument sparking in the air around the pair, Naminé discerned from the words unspoken that Xion was purposely spiting Kairi by continuing the drum roll (when she knew she should've stopped awhile ago) an action obviously done to make fun of Kairi's habit of over dramatizing her little speeches. Honestly, if Xion didn't do it, she would have done it herself. Kairi could be such a drama queen sometimes.
"Eh, hemmmmmm!" Kairi cleared her throat lightly and kicked Xion under the desk with no subtly at all. Xion stopped the drum roll and reached down to rub her leg as she glared playfully at Kairi. The red head just ignored her and focused her attention back on the "crowd" when in fact only the three of them were currently in the classroom.
"As you know, our dear Naminé, has won many art and writing awards and is currently one of the top 5 students in the class -" Now it was Naminé's turn for fun. She stood up abruptly, pushing her chair back so forcefully that if fell backward as she bowed deeply, clasping her hands together as she shook them to her left and then to her right at the imaginary crowd. Then she followed up with air kisses and to finish it off she twirled in a circle, letting her white sun dress spread out around her before picking up her chair and sitting back down as she smiling pleasantly at Kairi's glare. I know, I'm great aren't I she mouthed at Kairi.
Kairi continued to glare at them as she continued, ". . . after two beyotches who are of no importance and shall not be named and the sexy and dynamic, yours truly, followed up by the ice queen Xion!"
Kairi glanced at Xion and smirked, giving her a look that said "take that", knowing full well that Xion hated being called the ice queen. Now it was Kairi's turn to smile pleasantly at Xion's full on glare. Ice queen . . . Naminé would never admit it to Xion, but it was a name that fit her well. The glare alone made Naminé feel as if the temperature in the room just dropped 10 degrees. She shivered involuntarily and that small movement shattered the ice.
Kairi continued animatedly without further adieu. "As you all fully know, the fall festival is coming up in a week and you –" she pointed accusingly at Naminé, "Have yet to find a suitable date." Naminé opened her mouth to protest, but was cut off as Kairi said, "And no. You are not going to refuse my offer this time and that is final."
Kairi put down the water bottle and hopped off Naminé's desk before glancing at Naminé then at Xion, looking for backup from the latter. Naminé also turned to look at Xion, pleading with her eyes. This was a very popular topic for them that always ended in an impasse with Naminé on one side, Kairi on the other and Xion in the middle.
". . . I hate to say this, but . . ." Xion started slowly. Naminé started, this was the first time that Xion expressed her opinions on this matter by choosing a side. Kairi and Naminé both hitched a breath waiting for whose side Xion will finally choose. "Naminé," Naminé banged her head down on her desk and groaned, she could guess what was coming. "Kairi –"
"-is right is what you were going to say right?" Naminé looked up at Xion as the raven-haired girl looked back at her silently as if contemplating what to say next before settling for a solemn nod. Naminé glared at her. "Traitor." Then she turned her glare to the redhead and hissed, "Don't think that this is over for a minute! I will continue to rebel with every cell in my body! I won't sit back and take this quietly. If I go - I'll go kicking and screaming."
Kairi looked at Naminé with glee before tackling Xion and giving her a hug as she squealed in delight, oblivious to Naminé's threats. Xion patted her arm awkwardly and Kairi swung around to face Naminé while casually slinging an arm around Xion's shoulders with a triumphant look on her face. Bring it on she mouthed at Naminé, indicating that the threats didn't completely fall on death ears.
"As I said before, Naminé, we will make it our personal mission to dress you up like a Barbie doll and sending you on a fabulous date for the fall festival! Xion and I will also be there of course to make sure that "A" you don't run away or do any funny stuff and "B" to supervise and make sure that nothing goes wrong and that the guy with you isn't shady. But putting all of that serious stuff aside, it looks like fun, don't chaya think?" She winked and grinned wickedly, daring Naminé to argue with her and argue she did.
"Kairi!" She whined. "I'm too busy for that kind of stuff right now! With the AP arts and writing placement exams coming up, I just don't have time! Besides, I'm not really interested in that sort of thing." She grumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.
"Naminé you always say that!" Kairi scolded.
"What do you mean by that, Kairi?" She raised an eyebrow at her. Then she turned to Xion in time to see her nod solemnly again. Naminé exhaled loudly and groaned again. Why can't Xion just take her side on this? Normally Xion was neutral territory and she never pushed for a certain result. She was always cool about going at one's own pace. What made her change her mind about her normal philosophy this time?
"And this is why you still don't, oh sorry, correction, never had a boyfriend." Kairi thundered.
Naminé lifted her chin and glared at Kairi defiantly. "Well who said I wanted one? It's not like I need one. Boys are so overrated." Naminé scoffed and quickly filled in the last couple of names in the seating chart so she could leave soon.
When she was done, she stood up to organize all the other documents she had on her desk before picking them up dropping them off in a basket her teacher had placed at the front of the room. Thank god Kairi's theatrics before didn't ruin them.
"Naminé!" Kairi shouted, exasperated. "Cut it out! With that kind of talk you'll wind up alone forever if you don't do anything about it. And boys aren't overrated. You're like that little kid who still has come to terms with the fact that she is interested in a male of the species." She sighed and plopped down on Naminé's chair as Naminé herself crossed her arms and leaned back onto her teacher's desk.
Kairi glared at her and then she suddenly broke out into a smile. Naminé, startled, did not like the look on Kairi's face at all. It was probably another of Kairi's "ingenious" schemes. This did not bode well for Naminé at all as she mentally prepared herself for whatever Kairi's scheme was this time. "And that's why I came up with a plan! Advertising!"
Ummm . . . wait, what? Would you kindly like to repeat that? Advertising? Both Naminé and Xion exchanged identical confused looks before looking at Kairi expectantly, waiting for her to explain her insane plan. Naminé to hopefully pick it apart and Xion to understand what the heck is going though her best friend's brain this time.
Kairi's excitement faded a little as she realized the pair did not understand what she was saying. She rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath. "Am I the only one with a brain in this room?"
She launched herself off of Naminé's chair and dug around her backpack before pulling out a sheet of paper. Marching purposefully to the front door, she pasted it on the window section. Naminé and Xion both made their way forward to where Kairi was standing to get a closer look.
As the pair read it silently, Kairi looked on to watch their expressions. She watched as the horror on Naminé's face grew as she read what the sheet of paper encompassed. Xion on the other hand looked amused and a little worried at the same time, a curious combination.
"Kairi! Are you out of your mind?" Naminé exclaimed hysterically (in the insane way).
Kairi smiled. "Nope, that's exactly what we'll do, we'll raffle you off. It's the perfect plan!"
"No it isn't! Kairi." Naminé grabbed her friend firmly at her shoulders and shook her. "Are you sane? Do we need to bring you to the nurse? Are you PMSing? High?" With one final shake, Naminé leaned in really close and asked, "Should we be worried?"
Brushing Naminé's hands off, Kairi replied, "Of course I'm sane. This is the perfect plan. You have to agree with me. Right, Xion?" She turned and looked at the ice queen with a look that said you chose me, you better stick with me or I WILL kill you.
"No! I don't want to have any part in this! Xion, tell her! Talk some sense into this brick wall!" Naminé also turned to their mutual friend and gave her a look that said Xion, you have to admit that this is insanity right? I'm right aren't I? You know I am. Now choose my side and I might find it in my heart to forgive you.
Xion looked at the both of them. Kairi first and then Naminé. To be able to read their expressions so well, she knew that she was spending too much time with them. If only I didn't know. Xion thought regretfully Ignorance is bliss.
Kairi turned to Naminé and glared at her. "No, Xion, you're with me right?"
Naminé returned her glare. "Xion, you have to agree with me now right?"
"Xion!" Xion looked at Kairi.
"Xion!" Xion turned to look at Naminé.
The both of them advanced on Xion and continued to chant her name, saying this and that. Then they turned to each other and continued to argue. Xion was backing away and frankly didn't really know what to say. They were making her head spin. Then suddenly, both of them turned to face her again as they shouted in perfect sync, "Right, Xion?"
Then they proceeded to glare at each other again as Xion gulped and answered, "Kairi." Kairi snapped her head back toward Xion and boy was she not happy with Xion's listen to me carefully tone. "Naminé." Naminé looked to Xion and dared her to take Kairi's side on the matter again.
"Guys, please listen to me for a second. Kairi, first of all, what if some weirdo gets the ticket? Maybe we shouldn't go through with this." Kairi looked startled as she contemplated the new possibility.
"What did I tell you Kairi? Xion, I love you." Naminé chirped happily.
"Naminé." Naminé's smile fell. "Just because we are not using this method, does not mean you will get out of this."
"But –"
"But nothing, Naminé."
"BUT," Naminé continued, "Neither of you have a boyfriend either!"
"But, we have dated at least once before." Xion countered.
"But –" Naminé paused, having no better comeback, she grumbled under her breath unhappily as she realized that she was going to lose this argument no matter what.
Kairi looked at the both of them before saying, "We can still use my method. It isn't that big of a deal. It's not like I'm saying that you have to go with a really hot guy or a really shady guy. I mean, if Seifer came to get a ticket we could just tell him that we sold out. Or if some other problem arises, we can just rig the raffle a little so that you don't end up with a weirdo, right?"
"This is stupid. No one's going to want to buy a ticket anyway, so why bother." Naminé crossed her arms and pouted again.
"Naminé!" Kairi shouted. "Stop doing that! Stop selling yourself short. No matter what you say you are cute you know? Besides, that comment wasn't helping you. If no one wants to buy the tickets then what's the harm in trying it." Kairi smiled at her. "But seriously, Naminé, you ARE totally hot."
Naminé snorted. "That didn't stop a certain someone from rejecting me."
Kairi's eyes softened as she slung her arms around Naminé, hugging her. "Sweetie, forget that bastard. He was blind to give you up. Honestly I don't know what he had on his mind. You are totally hot. If I were a guy, I would've jumped you already."
Naminé laughed. "Yeah, Kairi. And I'm totally sexy too! Otherwise how would I be able to get you two awesome friends! Anyway Kairi, I'm not really bitter about that guy anymore anyway, why would I still be bitter?" Kairi's response was just to squeeze tighter. She knew full well that Naminé developed a dislike to boys since that incident and refused to converse with most of the male species, especially the hot ones.
Naminé patted her friend on the back and said in a softer tone, "I'm fine, really, Its okay Kairi."
Xion cleared her throat quietly and the Kairi let go before both of them turned to look at her. "I really hate to interrupt your girl bonding moment, but we have a guest."
Kairi smiled with glee while Naminé looked absolutely terrified as both of them turned to look at the poster and a member of the male species standing beside it reading the advertisement with a thoughtful expression.
"Sorry!" Naminé shouted frantically, hoping to save her skin before it was too late. "Ignore what it says. That was a joke. Besides we were just about to take –"
The boy just turned to look at the three of them and asked "How much are the tickets?" The trio's draws dropped open as they took in their visitor from head to toe.
Say what . . . ?
A/N: And that's that. End of the first chapter. I hope you like it. Once again I promise to update my other stories really soon after I get a grip on what the flow of the story is again. I have also decided that this story will be rather short. No longer than five chapters since it originally was supposed to be something like one shot, but it got too long and I had to cut it down a little. Thanks for reading. Expect chapter 2 soon!
