Naminé and Joey: Season 2 Episode 2
This is Halloween
Joey slept on the couch in the living room. His sixteenth birthday was fast approaching. 10 days left. It was Halloween on the islands, and Naminé and Kairi were dropping by later that day. It was the last day of school that week, and Joey was all too happy that he could finally sleep in for the first time in ages. He had a History test the following day, which was the whole reason Naminé and Kairi were visiting.
Joey did terrible in history. Naminé did extremely well, but failed in chemistry, the only subject Joey was good at. They were going to help each other study. As soon as the doorbell rang, Joey leapt up and ran to the door. Naminé was dressed in a witch's costume.
"Naminé, we're studying, not trick-or-treating."
"I know, but when I saw this at the store, I just HAD to buy it! Doesn't it look cute?" Joey looked at the costume.
"Well, yeah, but-"
"But nothing! I knew you'd like it!" Naminé's costume consisted of knee-high stockings, a black blouse, a black miniskirt, and a witch's hat. Misa then ran through the door and pulled Kairi through, who slammed the door behind her.
"So, how's the party coming?" Misa asked, smiling at Joey.
"Party?" Joey and Naminé exchanged looks. "What party?" Kairi screamed. One of the windows smashed as a hand felt its way inside. Conker, Joey's pet Chocobo, flew in the window, and away from the angry crowd. He heard people outside chant 'Party, party!' Joey looked evilly at Misa. "You…"
"Me?" Misa smiled and ran behind the couch, "No killing Misa, I'm too cute!"
"Misa, did you tell everyone I was throwing a party?"
"I said Party at my place, and since I... erm... 'accidentally' destroyed my apartment, they thought I lived here." Misa said, rolling her eyes. Joey rubbed his eyes.
"Misa, you can be such an idiot sometimes." Joey said, angrily.
Zexion ran to the coffee table and pulled up one of the floorboards. "Alright, guys, in the secret passageway!" Joey and Kirari looked at the floor.
"Zexion…" Kirari said, angrily. "How long have we had a trapdoor?" Zexion shrugged and shooed everyone into the pit. They sat there for about an hour until the sound died out. They all got up and looked around. The house was still fine, but the window was smashed. Joey pulled Naminé out of the pit and walked her over to the couch.
"So much for studying." Joey said, sadly. Naminé smiled.
"Well, we can still study chemistry." Naminé bent down and kissed Joey. Joey held his arms around Naminé and pulled her close.
"I think you passed." Joey said, jokingly. Naminé giggled.
"Yippee!" Naminé leapt up and down, cheering.
Joey dropped by Naminé's house around 9:00 a.m. He rung the doorbell and saw Kairi answer the door.
"Hey, Joey. Naminé's upstairs. She's still getting ready for your day together."
"Thanks." Joey sat down on the couch and waited for Naminé. During that time, though, Kairi sat down to talk to Joey.
"So, Joey, even though I see you just about every day, I feel like I don't know you enough. How are you?" Joey shrugged.
"I've been better. I feel a bit sick, but I can get past that." Kairi nodded.
"Okay. So what've you been up to lately?"
"Not a lot. I still feel like I'm gonna fail history." Kairi shrugged.
"History's easy. There's a few wars, Heartless take over Hollow Bastion, we reclaim Hollow Bastion, the worlds disappear, I get abducted, Sora saves me…" Kairi paused sometime after the mention of Sora.
"What's up?" Kairi looked down. "Something happen with you and Sora?" Kairi nodded and remained quiet. She eventually leapt forward and held Joey. She began to cry.
"*Sniff* You understand me, Joey. That bastard tore my heart into pieces!" Joey looked at the girl huddling him.
"Well, now you know how Misa feels, I guess." Kairi continued to weep.
"I swear, I don't ever want to see that damned man ever again!" Joey held Kairi in his arms.
"Well, I can at least be kind. We're friends, right?" Kairi sniffled and hugged Joey tightly to herself.
"You're the only good one of them." Joey retracted his arms and tried to slip out of Kairi's grasp.
"Um… I think I hear Naminé, I'll go see how she's doing." Kairi looked up.
"Hurry back!" Joey blushed as he climbed the stairs. He knocked on Naminé's door.
"Hey, Naminé? You in there?" Naminé's voice came from the inside of the door.
"Almost. I'll be down in two minutes. Not even." Joey nodded.
"Ai'ight. I'll be downstairs." Joey walked back downstairs and saw Kairi waiting for him.
"What took you so long?" Kairi said, playfully. "Come on, I've got some music playing." Joey took a few steps back.
"Um… Kairi…"
"Oh? No music? Alright, I've got a few things in the fridge." Kairi cornered Joey She leaned forward and kissed Joey full on the mouth. Joey freaked out and pushed Kairi off.
"Geez, what's up with you?" Kairi giggled and rested her head on Joey's shoulder. Naminé walked down and saw Joey and Kairi in the corner.
"What…" Joey looked afraid. He began mouth his words.
"Help me!" Naminé ran into the kitchen and started to rummage through the fridge. She grabbed a pudding cup and set it on the table. Kairi leapt at it like a hungry dog and ate furiously.
"There. I'm leaving now, bye!" Naminé let Joey out and shut the door behind them.
"How in the Hell did you do that?" Naminé shrugged.
"I don't know. She likes pudding. No one's figured out why." Joey began laughing.
"That explains so much." He said, still laughing. Naminé let a look of worry across her face. "Okay, what's up?" Naminé looked at Joey.
"N-nothing, why?" Joey leaned in close to Naminé.
"That face of yours. I've seen it before. It's that face that says something's up with you." Joey kept a smile through his whole speech. He kissed Naminé's forehead. "So what's up?" Naminé looked down.
"You like Kairi, don't you?" Joey shook his head.
"Like a friend, nothing more. Why?" Naminé stared back up at Joey.
"I saw her kiss you." Joey smiled.
"So? Still doesn't mean I don't love you." Joey put his arm around Naminé. "So, what do you wanna do today?" Naminé smiled.
"I don't mind. Anything so long as you're there with me." Joey rested his head on Naminé's.
"I was hoping you'd say that." Joey and Naminé walked off towards town.
Back at Naminé and Kairi's house, a few hours later…
Kairi started drawing pictures. She was as good of a drawer as her sister. Not really as good, but close. She drew pictures of her and Joey. Each one of them was in full color and extremely detailed. She smiled at each of the pictures she finished. She tacked them all up in her room.
She began talking to herself. "Geez, I thought I was lying to myself before, but it's true! I do love Joey! Now I just need him to get away from Naminé for a while." The front door slammed shut a few minutes later. Joey and Naminé were back. Kairi snickered as she walked back downstairs to greet them.
"Kairi! We're home!" Naminé called as she did every time she and Joey arrived. When the two sat down, Kairi ran downstairs.
"Hey, guys!" Kairi tapped Naminé on the shoulder. "Hey, sis. I found something you might find interesting in the closet. C'mon!" Naminé nodded and looked at Joey.
"Hey, Joey, I'll be right back." Joey nodded. He saw the two go to an upstairs closet. Naminé walked in, followed by Kairi. In a few minutes, Kairi walked out. She ran downstairs and leapt on Joey.
"Hey, Joeykins!" Joey sighed.
"Kairi, where's Naminé?" Kairi shrugged.
"She's checking out that thing in the closet."
"What thing?"
"The big book of her old sketches." Kairi smiled.
"Really? Well, I'd like to see some of those." Kairi pushed Joey back down on the couch.
"No! I… um… I'm sure she'll bring you some to see when she's out of the closet." Joey nodded, not buying a word of it.
"I'm sure she will." Joey tried to push Kairi off of him. "Kairi, could you get off, please?" Kairi shook her head.
"No way. I'm taking advantage of this moment." Kairi pressed her mouth against Joey's as she held him tight. She let go after Joey kept trying to push her off. "Oh come on, stop fussing!" Kairi held Joey to her breast. "Oh, you're so cute when you're anxious!" Joey moved his way out of Kairi's grasp.
"Kairi, seriously! Cut it out!" Kairi frowned.
"Stop being so serious, you're not nearly as cute, then."
"I'll be just as serious as I need to be! You've been coming on to me the whole time I've been here! It's because of these kinds of things I left Shibuya!" Naminé, who was listening from the inside of the closet, felt a bit of shock. Would Joey leave the islands?" She kicked the door one last time as it unhitched from the wall and landed on the ground with a loud 'thud'. She untied the rope on her arms and ripped off the duct tape on her mouth and ran downstairs just as soon as Joey left.
"Joey!" Joey ignored her. He was too pissed at Kairi. "Joey!!" Naminé ran after him. When she caught up to him, she could see tears streaking down from his face. "Joey…"
"What do you want?" Joey stopped at the oak tree by the school.
"Joey… what did make you leave Shibuya and move to the islands?" Joey sighed.
"It was really because of Misa's friend Sayu. She found me attractive and came on to me every time she had the chance. I couldn't spend any time alone with Misa. She started to get pissed when she saw Sayu talking to me at the mall, thought we were on a date or something, and picked a fight with me. She was really ready to kill me."
"Why didn't she kill you?"
"Two reasons: One is that she still kinda loved me. The other is because she lost her notebook."
"What notebook?" Joey shook his head.
"That part isn't too important. It's for the cops to figure out." Naminé looked fairly worried.
"Um..."
"It wasn't bad. Not really." Joey shook his head. "It doesn't matter, I'm headed off for Traverse Town." Naminé was in shock.
"Why? Why are you leaving?" Joey turned around and faced Naminé.
"I think I already told you. This is just like Shibuya. Now you're pissed at me and I'm leaving." Naminé shook her head.
"No, no, no! You don't get it! I'm not pissed; I'm not even the least bit angry. Well, at Kairi, yes, but not at you!" Joey looked down at Naminé. She was on her knees crying her heart out. Joey smiled and bent down.
"Well, I think that's good enough of a reason to stay." Naminé smiled through her tears and held Joey tightly.
"*sniff* You're the best guy ever." She kissed him as a leaf fell from the oak tree and landed on Naminé's head.
"Well, that sure is cute." Naminé looked up.
"I guess it does look cute on me, doesn't it?" Joey began to laugh.
"Reminds me of Halloween."