Oh yeah, I already have the next chapter ready! That didn't take too long, ^_^
Hmm…something that should be said here is that I make a reference to my first KH story Dehydration with the mention of 'paopu fruit juice.' Don't worry, I'm not saying you have to read it, but I didn't want ya wondering what the heck it is. It's exactly what it says it is…just with some side effects, xD!
There is a bit of a Birth By Sleep reference here, and maybe a bit of a spoiler as well…do forgive me for those that didn't want to know anything about the game until you got it. I'm trying to do the same thing though, so it's one of the very few things I know about the story line.
Alrightie, read it, like it, love it and review it!
Wardrobe Malfunction
"Riku, you gonna take that off?"
Riku shot a look at Sora, who was only staring at him with curiosity and worry. Oh…he was talking about the blindfold he had on.
Slowly, he reached up and undid it, blinking his eyes open for the first time in ages.
"What was that all about?" Sora asked him, referring to just why he felt the need to walk around like he was always ready to play 'hit the piñata.'
King Mickey walked up to them and, clarifying things in his slightly round-about way, said "His eyes couldn't lie."
Sora looked shocked and hurt as he turned to his friend. "And just who were you trying to fool, huh? Huuuh?"
Riku lowered his head in shame. "Myself."
"Riku…no need to get all emo. You have friends like us!" Sora ran over to the group of others and in turn, they each smiled and nodded in confirmation.
What Riku didn't tell Sora was that he was actually embarrassed with Sora's new company. Dogs, rats, and ducks are just…weird! Cool points reset to zero with them! And Sora was in the negative with how close he was to these…things. Even Kairi didn't look too thrilled about them. What about Namine and Roxas? What might they say?
With a shake of his head, Riku told him, "Have you forgotten? I'll tell you why. Because I'm not a total nerd like you!"
Sora spluttered, then yelled, "Say that again!"
"I'm not a total nerd like you."
"It was a rhetorical statement Riku. You weren't actually supposed to repeat it."
Now Riku felt stupid.
Just then, the moon of Kingdom Hearts gave a loud rumble. Over the ledge of Castle That Never Was, they could see a multitude of heartless beginning to draw closer. There wasn't much sense in defeating them there, since as long as the moon existed, they would simply multiply like rabbits. Or roaches. Or any other creature that there was just an unnecessary surplus of.
"What should we do?" Kairi asked.
"We must defeat Xemnas," Riku spoke for them. "He's the Organization's last survivor."
The group nodded in agreement with that assessment.
"Now…to ditch these," he said, referring to the Organization cloak. In a dramatic gesture, he grabbed the front of the robe, then threw it behind him into the wind. Underneath he wore a dark vest with the very bottom slightly unzipped, then a white and yellow smaller jacket over that.
Sora stopped taking in the rest of the outfit as something begged to be mentioned here. "Riku…this…I'm lost."
"And I'm in heaven!" Kairi muttered loudly, staring at Riku's navel. "Mmm mmm MMM!"
"KAIRI!!!" The Disney characters shouted.
"What?! I'm just…appreciating the view is all!" She huffed and turned away from them.
Sora was starting to mumble to himself as he paced back and forth. "A second pair of pants? Okay…but the ones he had on before were tighter than these ones…And a second pair of shoes…now that's just impossible! The rest is plausible at best…"
"Sora, you're starting to look like a quack over there," Donald told him.
"Your mom's a quack!" Sora said, pausing just long enough to say that, before going back to his muttering.
"Before you evoke the entire wrath of Disney, let's just figure out what the hell is wrong with you and get on with this," Riku said. "Now, what has you wearing tread marks into the ground like this? You didn't have any more paopu fruit juice, did you?"
"Hey! That was a one-time occurrence!" Sora shouted. "And if you guys had just told me there was a possibility of having hallucinations from drinking it, we might've been able to avoid that fiasco!"
"Anyways, I'm confounded by your strange wardrobe change," Sora continued. The rest were blown away that Sora would even use a word such as 'confounded', but he pressed on. "Okay, the top part is possible. It's a heavy cloak and it'd be easy to wear a shirt or two under it. But still. Look at the collar on the black vest. It sticks up too high. Your cloak was unzipped a bit at the top to show part of your chest, meaning the collar wasn't there.
"Then there's the pants. They're much bigger than the ones you had on before, meaning it makes no sense as to how you would've been able to wear them under the first ones. Also, who just wears arm warmers or whatever that white thing is, right under their gloves? That's a fashion accessory! It's not needed! Meaning you planned this outfit out for when you threw off your clothes! You whore!"
Riku gave him a shocked stare and turned his head sideways in confusion. Sora was losing it.
"And lastly, the shoes. Any and all explanations that might've been able to cover for the clothes come to a halt when it comes to the shoes. There is just NO WAY to wear two pairs of shoes like that. None. Whatsoever. So do explain to me, oh dearest friend of mine, how you went from those black boots to the shoes on your feet now."
Riku blinked at him for a moment, then said, "Is it not possible to just possess some magic to be able to change my clothes at will?"
"That's too simple!!!!" Sora yelled. "There's more to it! You're a witch! Burn the witch!"
Riku reached out and slapped him.
"Ouch! I'm not going crazy, damnit! This does not compute! And magic is a lame excuse too!"
"Okay Sora, fine. No magic. And yet you can wield a Keyblade…how?"
"I…" Sora faltered, realizing there wasn't a logical explanation for everything he and his Keyblades had been through.
"Plus, I'm sure your parents would love to know where you've been the past year instead of at school. I already have my excuse ready. Kairi does too. What's yours? Because you can't tell them the truth. Really, do you think they're going to fall for you've been out saving the worlds of Disney from darkness and now you're best buddies with Donald, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse? Would you believe your child if they came home with a story like that?"
"Yes! Because it's true!" Sora told him. Riku sighed and rubbed one of his temples from a headache.
"I forgot how gullible you are. And yet, here with the clothes, the one time I need for you to be gullible, some sort of hidden detective gene in you awakens and you're all over this. Look, we know magic is behind all of this. Evidently, we possess some. I was given some from Maleficent and Ansem. You were given some from...I don't know."
"Cousin Ventus," Sora suddenly said.
"WHO?!" The others asked.
"Cousin Ventus…he was a legendary Keyblade wielder in my family. Well, the rest didn't know except me, and he was pretty widely known around the worlds. But…he died one day when he hit himself with his own Keyblade, releasing his own heart and thus, since I was the one holding his body as it happened, his heart went to me. That's why Roxas looks like him."
Everyone stared at him for a moment, before Kairi said, "Okay, he's lost it people. Sora's out of his mind, back in five minutes."
"Er, anyways…" Riku cut back in. "So that's the source of your magic. But we still can't tell the 'rents this. They're like…muggles to us being wizards. That's how my clothes changed. End of story. Got it, Sora?"
"Phew, for a moment I thought you were going to say, 'got it memorized?' Roxas keeps saying that as a tribute to Axel or something," Sora sighed. "And fine, if we want to blow off everything with the perfectly sensible answer of magic then I'm game! Now, let's finally continue!"
They marched off through the rest of the castle. Standing far above them and watching them was Xemnas. He turned halfway around and glanced back at Kingdom Hearts. "And I thought I had issues…"
One day, Cousin Ven (yes, you must capitalize the 'Cousin' too! It's his title!) will probably be a short story that I'll do, based off of nothing from the game, simply because I like saying his name like that! Don't ask me where the heck the idea of him killing himself came from; I don't know how Ven loses his heart (AND DON'T TELL ME IF YOU DO KNOW!!!!!!), but I just thought him accidently committing suicide was kinda funny.
And this is explained in more detail on my profile, but I might wanna let you guys know that I'm no longer accepting anonymous reviews. I'm not trying to be mean here (and review numbers mean nothing to me, so it's also why I myself am not hurt by this change), but it means from here on out, you guys are gonna have to get an account or sign in, 'kay? It'd really, really be much appreciated!
