I don't own Kingdom Hearts. It belongs to Squaresoft and Disney. Christie belongs to me. And another thing- sorta messed up the title of this fic. It's actually called "Kingdom (Valentine) Hearts". Why can't you have brackets in the titles...?
Before we start, I'd like to say a few things to the people who reviewed the first chapter;
Sorafanluver: Poor Sora, indeed! lol I'm glad you found it funny
Lady Sonora the Black-Rose: You have another person who finds Love Amongst the Coconuts funny! Poor, poor Riku! XD
Gozaru no da: Whoareyouhowd'youknowmyname? I chose the name "Christie" because it seems like a name they wouldn't have heard before, and I just wanted to be in my fic! Hehe! XD
Okay, so this chapter is going out to Sorafanluver because she was the first to review! Hope y'all like it!
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The heck! Why'd I run away? So what if Sora has a girlfriend that he never told me about!
Kairi trudged down the beach, ignoring the frequent drip-drip of rain on her shoulders and head.
I just thought... I don't know what I thought!
Her thoughts were interrupted when she bumped into someone.
"Kairi?"
She looked up and saw familiar silver hair and soft face. "Hi, Riku," she said, trying to sound cheerful.
The boy was holding a large leaf over his head. "Hey, it's raining. Aren't you cold?"
Kairi shook her head, but shivered anyway.
Riku smiled and put the leaf over Kairi's head and his arm around her shoulder. "Something's troubling you... wanna talk?"
Kairi shook her head again and blanketed herself in the warmth of her friend. She just needed to think.
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"Okay! What's step one?" Sora asked Christie.
"I dunno... we go out and act all lovebird-ish," the blonde replied, shrugging.
"Oh...kay? Uhm... do you have to wear that?" Sora pointed at Christie's clothes.
Christie looked down. She didn't find anything wrong with her baggy 'Megatokyo' t-shirt and men's Old Navy white shorts. "What... you expect me to go naked?"
Sora blushed. "N-no! It's just... your clothes are pretty... other-worldly."
"Gee, I wonder why," Christie said sarcastically. "Well, if you want me to buy some new clothes, you're gonna have to pay, 'cuz I don't have any money on me."
"Don't worry, I have some," he said, smirking. He grabbed Christie's wrist and dragged her downstairs. He grabbed a large umbrella and stepped outside. Christie followed him and he closed the door and opened the umbrella.
"Wow... it's so nice here when it rains," Christie commented. They walked down the steps and began following Sora up a path.
"Yeah! You should see it when it's summer, though," Sora added, smirking with pride for his home.
"Summer? What do you mean? It's not summer?"
"No, it's February. February 7th."
They entered a small town. Immediatly, Christie could feel eyes staring at her. One of her many phobias was opthalmophia, so this raised her anxiety. Out of instinct, she tried to hide herself behind Sora.
"Hey, it's alright," Sora reassured, reading Christie's face, "it's just because you're new. You should have seen them when Kairi came!"
Christie nodded slightly and followed her "boyfriend" into a clothing shop. Other than the strange clothing, it looked pretty normal. There were posters of upcoming sales, racks with clothing hanging on them, jewlery and accesories, and a clerk behind a counter. The only thing it was missing was a cash register.
"Alright, go on. Choose what you want to wear." Sora encouraged, grinning.
"Uhm... what's my price limit?"
"Don't worry about that! Just go!"
They spent nearly an hour in the store. When they were finished, Christie had a brand new outfit, consisting of: a skin-tight black t-shirt that went half-way up her neck covered by a baggy white t-shirt (both of which only went down to the bottom of her ribs), baggy low-rise black and blue jeans with mesh over the knees, sneakers that looked like Sora's (except blue instead of yellow), leather fingerless short gloves, and- to top it off- a white and blue bandana.
"Cool!" Sora said, looking at Christie's new outfit.
"Not overboard?"
Sora shook his head and smirked. "No, not at all!"
Christie changed back and they went up to the clerk. "Offer," the woman said lazily.
"50," Sora replied.
"60."
"55."
"58."
"Deal." Sora put some coins on the counter. Each of the gold and silver coins had the symbol a sand dollar has.
The clerk looked at Christie in her Earth clothes. "If you want, you can change here," she offered.
Christie blushed and thanked her, rushing back into the changing rooms. She came back out two minutes later, holding her old clothes. The clerk help open a fabric bag and Christie dumped the clothes in it and took it, thanking the woman again.
"Okay, so now what?" Sora asked outside the store.
"Uhm... hang-out? I don't know... what do couples do around here?" Christie shrugged, ignoring a nearby wolf-whistle.
Sora looked up at the sky. The rain had stopped and the sun was shining through the clouds. He also shrugged closing his umbrella.
Christie folded her arms and looked around. She noticed a poster on the wall. It had a big heart on it. "Valentines Dance... 14th February..." she read. She looked at Sora and smirked. "Hey, you could ask Kairi to go to that if she's your girlfriend by then!" She said, laughing.
Sora blushed. "D'you really think this'll wor--"
His sentence was cut short by him being picked off the ground by two strong arms and swung around. "Hey Soraaaa!" Yelled the intruder.
Sora was put down and the brunette turned his head. "Hey Riku!" Sora greeted.
Riku grinned at the shorter boy, then looked up and whistled. "Whozzis? Your girlfriend?"
Christie blushed and waved. "Hi, I'm Christie."
Riku jumped forward and took Christie's hand in his. "It is a fine day when I can meet such a fine lady as yourself!" He sang, kissing Christie's hand.
Christie's heart gave a large budump then seemed to have stop completely. Judging by the temperature of her face, she assumed she was as scarlet as... well, as scarlet as scarlet. There aren't that many actual scarlet things that come right to mind.
"Hey...!" Sora said, trying to sound defending. He managed to stifle his laughter but not his grin.
"Aw, Sora! Calm down!" Riku said. He wrapped his arm around Christie's neck and pulled her closer. Christie's blushing stopped when she received a large noogy.
"Oww!" She cried, laughing. "Man, you people are straightforward!"
"Only the guys," laughed a new voice.
Everybody looked up to see a familiar redhead. "Hi, I'm Kairi. You new?"
Riku let go and Christie ran her fingers through her hair. "Y-yeah, I'm new. Name's Christie."
"Christie...? What kind of name is that?"
The blond put a hand over her heart. "My pride..." she muttered.
Kairi covered her mouth. "Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to sound rude, it's just... that isn't a popular name around here. I've never heard it before, in fact." She added with a slight giggle.
"So, you and Sora going to the Valentines dance?" Riku asked, pointing to the poster with his thumb.
"I don't know. Do you want to, Sora?" Christie asked.
"What? Uhm.. yeah, sure!" Sora replied, snapping out of his "Kairi trance".
"Cool! Me and Kairi are going together," Riku said, smiling. He walked over to Kairi and put a hand on her shoulder.
Sora's face flushed. "Cool..." he murmured.
Christie looked at the trio then grabbed Sora's hand. "C'mon, Sora! You still gotta show me around the island!" She said, dragging him away.
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"How could he!" Sora exclaimed.
He and Christie were sitting on the paupu fruit tree, watching the sunset.
"They could just be going as friends, you know," Christie replied.
"I know, but still...!" Sora sighed and picked up a wooden sword from the ground. He swung it around.
Christie jumped down and picked up another one. "C'mon, let's fight," she said, holding the sword up .
"No, I don--" His sentence was interrupted by Christie hitting his wrist. Sora's sword flew out of his hand. Christie held her sword to Sora's heart.
"See, now you'd be dead. There's a lesson, you know- never decline a challenge just because your friend stole your sword." She lowered her sword. "Go pick up your sword- we're gonna fight."
Sora gloomily stood up and pick up his sword. Christie swung her sword and he deflected it, but he missed the next swing. "Zero-two."
"You're keeping track?"
Christie raised her eyebrows.
After about 45 minutes, they stopped. They were tied, five-five, and Sora was reasonably happier. "Thanks," he said, smiling.
"No problem," Christie replied.
"Hey!"
Both teens turned to see Riku walking up the bridge. "For an outsider, you're pretty good!" He said, walking up to stand by Sora.
"You were watching?" Christie asked, blushing.
"Yeah, I was at the shack. Here, Sora-" Riku held his hand out, "-I wanna go against her."
"Careful," Sora said, handing his friend the sword, "she's a lot stronger than she looks. I'm heading home, anyway. See you later."
Christie and Riku waved and Sora walked down the bridge.
"Alright, let's do this," Riku said, holding his sword out in front of him.
"Don't go easy on me," Christie replied, smirking. She held her sword down.
Nothing happened for a good three seconds before Riku let out a war cry and lunged at Christie. The girl braced herself and held up her sword, flat-out. Riku hit it.
"You're fast," he commented, grinning
"You're strong," she replied, returning the grin.
Riku jumped back and lunged again. This time, Christie dodged and swung her sword around. Riku spun and blocked it. For a while, Christie would swing while Riku blocked, then Riku began trying to hit Christie while she blocked. He spun so he stood behind the girl. She held up her sword right before Riku hit it. They both stopped, breathing hard. Riku was standing so close to Christie, she could feel his heartbeat. At first, she didn't notice his hand on her stomach. When she did, her face went red.
"Careful," Christie said, giving a sidways smirk around her shoulder, "I'm pretty sure Sora wouldn't miss a heartbeat to punch you in the mouth." The blonde took the boy's hand and pulled it off.
"I'd like to see him try," Riku laughed.
Christie smiled. Sticking her sword into a soft spot in the ground, she walked onto the bridge. "I'm heading home," she called over her shoulder, "Ciao."
Riku waved, still smiling. "See you tomorrow."
The sun had set, but there was enough light for Christie to find her way to the long bridge back to the residential island Sora lived on. She looked over her shoulder and saw that Riku had lit a torch and was laying on the tree, looking up at the stars, smiling. She turned and looked forward again. 'This would be loads faster with a boat,' she thought with a sigh.
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There's the second chapter! Sorry it's so long. Ah, I'm such a hopeless romantic! XD (Proof that I play the computer too much- XD XD XD lol)
