Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, nor Fullmetal Alchemist

I woke up to the sun glowing through the windows and into my poor unprotected face. The brightness hurt my eyes as I slowly opened them.

I looked over to see my mom on another air mattress, beside me. She looked so peaceful when she slept. I wish she was always peaceful, but no one in this world will ever have a life that is always peaceful.

Getting up, I could see that Mom had unpacked quite a bit while I was asleep. Most of the kitchen items were already put where they belonged.

After a few minutes of searching, I found a glass and filled it with water. The glass reminded me of Riku's eyes and how they penetrated my skin.

I grabbed a bowl and poured cereal and milk in it. As I ate, my mom walked in. I smiled at her and said, "Good morning."

She smiled back and said, "Good morning."

We sat at the table, talking, until the doorbell rang. I left my empty bowl on the table and answered the door.

A girl, barely shorter than me, and a guy around my mom's age, was standing there. The girl smiled at me and said, in a cheerful, "Hi. My name is Kairi and this is my dad, Tidus." Kairi pointed to her dad and smiled.again.

"I'm Sora. My mom is in the kitchen. Would you like to come in?" I asked.

Tidus looked me over and said, "No thanks. We just dropped by to greet our new neighbors."

Mom walked up and shook hands with Tidus. "Nice to meet you. I'm Sora's mom. My name is Yuna."

Tidus smiled at her. "Kairi and I are going down to the beach to play blitzball. Woul you two care to join?"

"I would love to but I have to finish unpacking. I'm sure Sora would like to go, though."

I looked at my mom with my begging eyes. She needed to have some fun and this was the opportune moment. "Mom, come on. We can unpack later. Why don't we go have some fun?"

Playing blitzball is one of my favorite things to do. If it'll help me get Mom to take a break, I'm all for it.

She looked at me and then back at Tidus. "Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt anything. I have to say, though, I'm not a star player."

Tidus looked at us and said, "That doesn't matter. It's just to have some fun."

My mom nodded and grabbed the keys. We walked out, locking the door behind us, and headed for the beach. Tidus and my mom talked the whole way while Kairi talked to me. Every now and then I would reply with an "uh huh," or a "yup." She didn't seem to care. I guess she just liked talking.

"Sora, what grade are you going to?" she asked.

"10th. What about you?"

"Cool! Me too! Have you met Riku yet?"

When I heard his name, my breath caught. Images of his muscles and green eyes tore through my head.

"Uh...Yes. I met him last night. He seems like a cool guy."

"He is but sometimes he just keeps to himself and makes you wonder why. He seems like one of those popular guys in high school that constantly get attention. I mean, sure he's got his own little fan club made of most of the female population in school. Every time a girl asks him out, though, he denies."

"Really? I expected him to have a girlfriend. Why does he deny everyone?"

"No one knows. Riku is, well, Riku!" She smiled over at me then looked at my hair. "How do you get your hair like that?"

"No idea. It just does that on its own." I looked over at Kairi's hair and then at Tidus's. "How come your hair is red? Your dad's is blond."

"My mother had red hair before she left us."

"Oh, " was all I could say.

We reached the beach and could see the blitzball stadium from where we were. When we reached the water-filled, globe-like stadium, I saw two more people standing there.

Immediately, the green eyes mad my hair stand on end. I know that my hair already sticks up so at least no one could tell. He walked over to Kairi and me. Kairi smiled and greeted him while I walked over, without saying another word.

"Hey, Sora. What's up?" Riku said, turning towards me.

I looked at him and gave a slight smile. "Nothing much. How about you?"

"Same. So you guys ready to take on the adults?"

"You bet!" Kairi and I said at the same time.

We started laughing and looked over at our parents. "Sora, is your mom pretty good?" Riku asked.

"When she gets into the game she is."

Kairi made us turn around in a huddle. "Okay, boys. My dad was the star player for the Zanarkand Abes. So watch out for him. Riku's dad is really aggressive so be careful. Our advantage is that we're small and can squeeze around them. Remember, teamwork is our way to winning, so no hogging the ball!"

Riku and I nodded in agreement as we all stood back up and walked over to the stadium.

All six of us went into the globe and got into position. Riku was to be the forward. Since he was also the tallest of us, he was jumping for the ball. Kairi was put into goalie position while I played mid-forward and defense. I knew I could handle it since I used to play as a kid and now had speed.

The ball was tossed by my mom, who played goalie as well, and Tidus hit the ball toward our goal. I caught it and started swimming towards the other side. Just as Sephiroth was about to catch me, I tossed the ball to Riku.

He sped towards the goal and made a shot, that was too fast for my mom to block. One point for us!

The ball was thrown back in and as I turned around to go to the other end, the blitzball hit me in the face, knocking me out cold. All I could hear were distant voices that were not unknown to me. I finally distinguished them and managed to crack my eyes open.

"Wha..." I could feel a warm liquid all over my face and wiped some of it off with my hand. Blood. My nose was bleeding and it was getting everywhere.

I looked up to see Riku right above me. It felt like my insides were going to burst because of his perfect green eyes. He smiled at me and said, "He's alive, everyone!"

I could hear my mother in the background. It was embarrassing when she cried, "My baby!! Are you okay? How do you feel? Can you feel your nose?"

My face flushed and I could hear Riku and Kairi snickering behind her. I looked over at them and smirked as my mom checked me over. "Mom, I'm fine. Let's get back to playing."

The other two adults walked over and said, "No. We really shouldn't. You could get another nosebleed. Let's be safe and just call it a game."

I sighed and was disappointed that everyone was treating me like I was 10 years old. Kairi and Riku walked over, helping on my feet. "We still won!" Kairi said.

Riku had a smile that clearly said he was holding back from calling me "Mamma's Boy."

We left the stadium and started for home. Riku, Kairi, and I walked in front of the adults the whole way and just talked about school, which was starting in two days.

When we all reached our houses, we said a quick "goodbye" and "good game" to each other and then walked in. We took a little break and then started unpacking. We ate dinner and took quick showers, then went off to bed.

Author's note: Next chapter, school starts and the FMA characters will be introduced. Thanks for the reviews! Enjoyed reading them and hope to see some more ;)