Chapter 3: After a Dream
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Passerby: What, I don't get credit, I caused the hula sensation that's sweeping the nation.
Kupo3.0: -rolls eyes- Pfft…that is an exaggeration, I'm sure.
Passerby: Oh yeah… -wheels over TV and clicks it on-
Newscaster: Hello, and welcome to this breaking news report. Across the country, socially awkward videogame/internet nerds are breaking out into Hawaiian hula dances. These dances include grass skirts and defined hip movement. More to come at the top of the hour.
Kupo3.0: O-o
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of KH except my shrine containing copies of the shiny games… soo…shiny
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I remember once… remember once…
The words kept echoing in her dreams, like a phantom that wouldn't lay at peace.
I think with my heart…my heart…
His voice, so blossoming with passion, sounded repeatedly inside her mind.
But in her sleep, a sudden vision of a woman at a distance appeared. The images flashed so quick that there wasn't much to make of them. A dark hallway. Cold silver room. Streaks of red. An intense green eye burning with hatred.
Kairi shot up forward, half leaning out of the hammock in her room. She wiped her sweating forehead with a violet blanket, trying to wipe her memory clean too. That dream was disturbing. But she could never have seen any of this before, so she tried shaking it off as her imagination.
She slipped into a swimsuit and decided to go out to the sand. There was always something soothing about the ocean waves washing over her head. It was like rinsing tension away.
Kairi ran outside with a towel and dropped it on the shore and dove into the ocean. She swam underwater as far as she could, bursting on top for a breath of air yards away from the coast. Her worries were left behind, dispersing themselves in the water.
She continued to do some somersaults and treading out far till she decided to head in seeing a spiky head and a silver one walking onto the beach.
Getting into the shallows where she could still wade, Kairi called out to the boys.
"Hey, Sora. Did sleep do you any good? I hope so, or Riku is still going to be a wreck."
Sora quickly turned to face Riku with an incredulous look. "You were worried about me?"
Riku shrugged, replying, "Not really man. You just seemed a little bent out of shape is all."
Sora responded, "Yeah… I kind of was. I couldn't handle all that stress. After awhile I thought everything might actually be over, so these… things… just took me aback."
Kairi smiled coyly and said, "Well, if you're okay, why don't you come in? The water's great."
She swirled some water around, trying to tempt her friends into joining her.
Sora laughed. "Yeah, sure."
As he started to walk into the water, Kairi's eyebrow went up.
"You're not going to change?" she asked.
"Nah, my clothes are worn from running everywhere in the other worlds anyway. Some washing might do them good," he retorted.
"Sora, swimming isn't the same as washing."
"Whatever," he said, lumbering into the water with his baggy pants and jacket.
"Riku, you coming?" Kairi asked.
Pulling off his shirt, Riku dropped it onto his vest and shoes on the sand and replied, "Yeah, geesh, I'm right here… gosh, did you sleep weird or something?"
Kairi shot him a quick look, but suddenly softened it in her attempts to try and forget again.
"Eh, a little restless, not bad. I just think we should talk rationally about who we'll tell. I think we can agree on a handful of people for help, we just need to pick carefully. So we can talk in the water, cause I like it," Kairi said, smiling cheesily.
Riku scratched his abs and stretched his arms while walking into the water. He stopped for a second, saying, "Kairi, this water isn't nice, you're psycho."
Kairi jokingly snapped back quickly, saying, "Oh yeah, like how your face isn't nice, psycho?"
Riku paused, and once registering what she said in his brain, put a ridiculous look on his face, laughing while chasing after her in the water saying, "Oh yeah wait till you see what your face looks like when I'm done with you."
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Selphie was strolling onto the beach, leaning onto Tidus' arm while listening to what he was saying. When he was done telling his story about the previous day, she pushed him and had a puss on her face.
"Tidy, I know that they aren't crazy, okay? We all had a weird blank out for awhile and when we woke up… well, none of can remember any of that well, its like we weren't even here… we were all out of it. Sure, these guys seemed to be gone for a little longer than us, but Kairi was here for awhile wasn't she? And who says that Sora and Riku didn't go out on that raft like they'd planned? You're just assuming I'm a silly little gossip and will believe anything you say. Well, unlike you, they've grown up very nicely, and I wouldn't mind hanging out with Sora more than you now. I mean, his hair…," Selphie rambled, flipping her hair and daydreaming off.
Tidus looked offended and gave Selphie a look.
He said, "Selphie, I know we've all been out of it. But don't you wonder why they're such a clique. I mean, when we were little, we all used to hang out together. Not isolating ourselves, or whispering, or giving weird looks."
Selphie huffed and responded, "Well maybe you're the one that needs help Tidus. You're being so paranoid and stuff… just back off. Have you even made an effort to talk to them since they got back?"
Tidus looked away and said, "…No…but they haven't tried either."
Selphie grabbed Tidus' head and looked him straight in the eye.
"Maybe you can't expect everyone to come to you… try selflessness," she spoke truthfully.
Walking onto the shore, Sora, Riku, and Kairi were tossing a towel around and drying off. Kairi and Riku headed off to their houses waving bye, while Sora walked up to Selphie on the beach.
He touseled his hair and then looked her in the face.
"Hey Selph… can I talk to you about something? Its kind of important," Sora said.
Selphie looked up at Sora and smiled, replying, "Sure… anything."
Sora let out a sigh of relief and grabbed her arm and while walking with her said, "Uh… lets go over on the dock… its going to be awhile."
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Kupo3.0: Ta da! So exciting! The beginning: dark. The middle: clenching. The end: on the edge of your seat suspense.
Passerby: Actually, you really heavily hinted at what the-
Kupo3.0: WAS I TALKING TO YOU!?!?
Passerby: I'm the only one here, other than Jiminy –cricket, cricket-
Kupo3.0: 0-0 oh…well then, I, uh…Um, go review readers, have fun with them, let me know your predictions on the dream and the "talk".
Passerby: -standing around looking off into space- Want to go get mozzarella sticks?
Kupo3.0: Uh… sure…
-start walking off together-
Kupo3.0: Hey… who are you anyway, Passerby? o-O
