Disclaimer: I beat it, but I don't own it!
This is the sequel to Ear? and I hope it funny. It's probably going to be shorter then the other one, but it will probably make anyone laugh at the very end. Well, here's the second chapter. Enjoy!XD
No Use Hidding
"Come on just test it out for me!"
"No way!"
Currently in Merlin's house. Leon was being chased down by the old wizard as he dodged the powder that was being thrown at him.
"Why not? I'm sure I got it right this time! And this time it's a powder!" Merlin explained brandishing the little pouch with purple powder inside.
"No! I saw what it did to Mana! And I am not walking around with cat ears!"
"I promise I've got it right this time. Don't worry you won't get any cat ears."
"I still don't want to test it for you!" Leon yelled stopping at the door. He turned and faced Merlin, "So, no."
"Oh, come on it won't be that bad." Merlin said, taking some powder into his hand.
"No."
"You won't be persuaded, will you?"
"No."
"Fine. I guess I have no choice," Merlin sighed before throwing his hand back and releasing the powder at Leon, "Hyah!"
Leon jumped to the side as the powder came flying at him. Just as the powder was about to hit the door, it opened and Riku walked in. The powder hit him in the face and he stood there confused, as Leon and Merlin stared at him in shock.
"What was that for?" Riku asked, as he tried to wipe the powder off himself, "And what is this stuff?"
They both just continued staring at the teenager who was still trying to remove the powder off of himself. After a few seconds their facial expressions changed. Merlin's one of disappointment and Leon's one of 'I-told-you-so'.
"I told you! This is why I wouldn't test it for you!" Leon commented, pointing at Riku.
"And I thought I had it for sure this time..." Merlin said in discouragment.
"Um, what are you talking about?" Riku asked, not understanding anything at all.
Leon sighed, before he went into a drawer and produced a hand mirrior, "Here, look."
Riku looked at his reflection and saw two wolf ears on his head. He turned his head around and saw that he also had a wolf tail as well, "How...?"
"Ask the wizard." Leon said pointing at Merlin with his thumb.
"Well, I did tell you it wasn't going to be cat ears." said Merlin, as he walked over to Riku and placed his hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry it'll wear off in 24 hours."
Riku was horrified, he was stuck being half wolf for the whole day. Mana was able to take it because she didn't find it embrassing in the least. But, Riku couldn't stand the thought of everyone fawning over his new animal parts, "I have to hide them. But, how?"
"I have an idea," Leon said. He went over to a closet and searched inside until he brought out a black hat-a white dragon embrodied on the front-and handed it to Riku, "Just tuck in your tail and wear this over your ears. That'll keep them hidden."
"Thanks, Leon." Riku said pulling the hat on, "I appreciate it."
"No problem." Leon replied, and watched the boy leave the house. He turned his attention back to Merlin and saw he was working on something again, "What are you doing?"
"I'll get it right for sure this time..." Merlin mumbled, absored in his experiment.
Leon covered his face with a hand, groaning. He hoped this time Merlin would not ask him to be a test subject.
Riku walked into the market place, and right into Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The three small ducklings stared at Riku as he stood there, wating for the three of them to move, "What is it?"
"What's with the hat?" Dewey asked pointing to Riku's head.
"Nothing's with it."
"I've never seen you wear one before." Louie quaked in, "What's the occasion?"
"There's no occasion. I just felt like wearing one. Now if you'll excuse me." he replied, stepping around the three into the market place.
"There's defiently something weird going on with Riku." Louie stated as they watched Riku converse with Sora.
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Huey piped, "Let's follow Riku around and try to get his hat off. Then we'll know what's underneath it."
"Yeah!" the other two agreed cheerfully, and they ran after Riku, staying out of sight.
They watched as he finished talking to Sora and moved on from the market place. They walked up to Sora and questioned him about why Riku was wearing a hat, thinking he would know. Sora didn't have any clue (and knew he would be killed if he asked), so the three ducklings tailed Riku silently.
They had tried everything in their power to get the hat off. They tried using a fishing line, but instead ended up flat on their faces when Riku pulled down on the string. They almost had it when they sent a toy helicopter to get it, but it got sliced in two when Riku thought it was a Heartless. They even tried pretending to be McDuck selling Sea Salt ice cream, but instead got in trouble when the real McDuck came by and chased them away.
Now they all sat on the roof of Merlin's house (hiding from McDuck) and watched as Riku left to go to Ansem's Study.
"We'll never going to get that hat..." Dewey sighed.
"Yeah..." Louie sighed as well.
"I guess..." Huey sighed too.
They all sighed heavily as they watched Riku continue on, their faces sad at not finding out his secret.
"Riku!"
All three ducklings looked down to see Mana emerge from Merlin's house, and walk up to Riku.
"What is it?" Riku asked, stopping to look at her.
"I was just wondering..." she paused before continuing, "What's with that hat?"
"It's nothing." Riku replied turning to go.
"But, you never wear a hat."
"I just felt like wearing one, ok."
"That's not a good enough reason," she said stepping in front of him, "I want to know the reason why."
"It's nothing."
"Why is it nothing?"
"It just is, ok?" Riku replied irritation in his voice, "Would you leave me alone about it?"
Mana looked at the ground, before lifting her head up again, looking as if she was about to cry when she said, "Fine, then don't tell me about it. I was just wondering that's all."
"Mana!" Riku called as the girl ran off towards the Postern. Riku grumbled before he ran after the crying girl.
Up on Merlin's roof the three duckling's had watched the scene, and now all their eyes glimmered with acknowledgement. Unbeknownst to them they all thought the exact same thing, one word;
Weakness
Riku had finally caught up with Mana when she had stopped at the Postern to rest. He was thankful that she wasn't crying when he got there.
"Mana..." he said, but she didn't respond just stood there, her back to him.
"Look, I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I didn't think it would hurt your feelings like that." Riku said, placing his hand on her shoulder and turning her to face him, "Will you forgive me?"
She nodded her head, but she still wouldn't look at him and just stared at the ground instead.
"You know..." Riku said, filling the silence, "I guess I can show you what's under the hat..."
At this Mana, finally looked up at Riku with surprise, "Really?"
"Yeah, really," he answered, "But, you can't tell anybody, got it?"
"I promise I won't tell anybody!" she agreed excitably.
Riku sighed, before he removed his hat revealing the two silver wolf ears. He watched as Mana's expression turned from surprise to a big grin. She hestiantly reached up and touched one of them, "They're really soft..."
"Yeah, I guess." Riku replied.
"Why were you keeping this a secret?"
"I didn't want everyone touching them."
"I see..." Mana mummered mesmerized by the ears, "Hey...Riku?"
"Hmm?"
"Can I rub my face against them?"
"What?" Riku asked surprised, "I don't think-"
"Please! I won't tell anyone. Pretty please!" she pleaded with puppy dog eyes.
"...I guess" Riku sighed in defeat.
"Yay!" Mana yelled before leaping on Riku, her arms around his neck as she rubbed her face against his ears.
"Hey!" Riku yelled, keeping her up so she wouldn't be hanging off his neck, "Slow down a minute."
"They're so cute!" she sqeaked continuing to rub her head against his.
Riku was about to say something when a flash of light blinded him. The two of them froze, and Riku put her down rubbing the dark spots from his eyes, "What was that?"
"We did it!" three high pitched voices yelled triumphantly.
Standing on a ledge hidden behind a wall was the three ducklings, Huey brandishing an old fashioned camera in his hand.
"We did it! We found out Riku's secret!" Louie quaked dancing.
"And we have it on film!" Dewey quaked along with his brother.
"Oh, really?" Riku smirked advancing towards the three, "Let's see what happens when I get my hands on that camera."
He lunged at the three as they scattered and continued chasing them, trying to get the camera from them. All the while, Mana laughed at Riku's attempts.
Mana sat on a bench in Merlin's house, an old photo album in her lap. She was gazing at one picture in paticualr. In it she was rubbing her head against Riku's wolf ears. She smiled and thought, He never did get the camera.
In the background Merlin was running after Leon, a large needle in his hand.
"I know for sure I have it right this time! Just test it!"
"NO!"
Haine-of-Winter: This is the end of Little experiments Gone Wrong. The hat is supposed to look like Siefer's (I actually do own a hat like this). This chapter actually ended up longer than the other one, which was the opposite of what I said at the beginning of this one. It's funny how the world works sometimes. I hope everyone liked it, and got a few laughs. This is just the beginning though, since I'll be having Traveling Heart started sooner or later (hopefully sooner). Well, hope to see everyone who read this, read Traveling Heart too. Thank you for reading.*bow*
