Darkmoon: And so, another chapter after so long. I can't wait for mangafox to update so I can see if I can get Vanitas into the fray as well later on. Not saying how though. Hehe… Also, I want a PSP really badly so I can get KHBBS. I would like to thank Arisu Rin for her story (at least I think it's a girl…). That's what got me to finish this chapter. It's also more reason for me to add Vanitas. Also, Hikari no Kasai and I both need the same thing: Reviews! Please read his story and mine and review! Thank you.
ありがとぅ (In case it doesn't show up, I wrote Arigatou in hiragana here. I'm so happy I learned and memorized the characters!)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the content in this story, yada yada, you know how it goes.
Kairi's eyes widened in shock as Roxas's lips pressed against hers. As Roxas pulled away, however, she thought she saw a familiar brunette…
"EEEYYYYAAAAAAAAAA!"
Naminé raced onto the balcony, where Kairi stood alone. "What, what is it?"
Kairi pointed at where the thief had stood. "IT'S… IT'S… A PEEPING TOM!"
Naminé rolled her eyes. "What? I think your just imagining things…"
In the basement of the Vensu house, Sora, Aerith, and Eraqus all stood around the fire. Supported on a pedestal over the fire was the Saint of Tears Holy Maiden statue. Aerith and Eraqus extended their staffs.
"Almighty strengths of the spirits!" cried Aerith. "Seal the power within to a deep slumber!"
As she and Eraqus raised their staffs, the fire was replaced by a tornado of glowing red feathers, that went steadily upwards. Sora stared in wonder. So… this is what my ancestors would witness?
When all the feathers had gone up, the glow became a steady beam of light over the statue. The feathers all turned black, slowly drifting to rest on the statue, where they vanished.
"…whoa…" murmured Sora.
Aerith nodded to Eraqus. "This should be okay. The power is sealed for now." She took off her hood and smiled brightly at her son. "Anyway, good job!"
Sora blinked, then nodded. "Yeah. Good job everyone." Then he realized something. "Wait! That's not right, mom!"
"Eh?" she set down the staff.
"What happened to my body? I got the Holy Maiden… but I couldn't return to normal. All thanks to that, I… I…" He remembered Roxas kissing Kairi and touched his lips, rubbing them slightly. Blushing, he faced his family again. "But, I won't transform anymore, right? I'm okay now, right?" He took a step closer to his mom. "Please say I'm okay!"
"Your okay! See?" Aerith held out a picture of Naminé.
Sora felt the burning feeling again. "No way… That feeling again!" He clutched at his chest. He looked up at the picture again, to see that his mom had replaced it with a picture of Eraqus wearing the girls' school uniform. "What the-" but the feeling was gone and Sora sighed in relief.
Aerith smiled. "So-chan, as long as you have feelings for Akawa Naminé-chan, you'll always be able to transform!" Eraqus nodded.
"That's not okay at all!" complained Sora. Then he remembered the second photo. "Speaking of which, why is grandpa's picture…?"
Eraqus shrugged. "Looks like me, doesn't it?"
Sora glared at him "Grandpa! You lied to me, didn't you?"
Eraqus shook his head. "I didn't lie to you."
Before Sora could protest, Aerith spoke up. "That's right! Since you haven't obtained it yet," She held up Naminé's photo. "This is So-chan's Holy maiden, not the statue."
Sora gasped. "Huh? If she's the holy maiden… then… Roxas's holy maiden is Kairi?"
Kairi splashed water from the sink onto her face, then looked at her reflection in the mirror. A faint blush crossed her face, and she squeezed her eyes shut. It was a dream. A dream. Definitely a dream! Kaitou Roxas… Slowly she touched her lips. Who happened to pass by… and…
She remembered the kiss and Roxas becoming Sora. She gasped and splashed more water on her face. Why, why, why?
She stood up the rest of the way. Even if it was a dream, For Vensu-kun's face to appear… She blushed fiercely.
"Ah! Kairi!"
Kairi whirled around to see Naminé. She grabbed a towel and dried her face as Naminé spoke excitedly.
"Listen! Listen! I finally found my perfect match!"Naminé squealed. Kairi mumbled something unintelligible into the towel, and Naminé continued. "And his name is… Roxas-san."
Sora sat on his bed, remembering his discussion with his mom.
"Yes, yes, yes. It's alright. You'll return to normal as soon as she loves you back."
"Then this is practically impossible…" muttered Sora. "Why did this have to happen?"
"Inside So-chan's body, Roxas's DNA reacts to the feelings of love. When So-chan becomes Roxas, and when Roxas becomes So-chan, it's the same principle."
Sora blinked. "Huh? Same principle?" He thought about it for a moment. "That means the reason Roxas turned back into me was…"
Kairi lay in her own bed, unable to sleep. She stared at the ceiling. "…Vensu-kun… Vensu-kun…" She thought of the way he acted at school.
"Clumsy…" she thought of how he failed at dodge ball in gym.
"Unreliable…" she thought of how Hayner always pushed his work on Sora.
"He doesn't have anything cool about him…" she sighed. "Then…" She turned over in her bed. "Why?"
She tried to go to sleep, but gave up. She sat up. "Ugh… geez!" She got up and left her room.
In the meantime, Naminé was telling fortunes with Tarot cards, flipping them over. "Reunion… Mystery… Faith…" She had just one card left now. "This is the one that decides them all!" She declared. She squeezed her eyes shut and flipped it over.
She held up the card, then opened up one eye a crack to peek at it, then her eyes flew open as she read it. "Alchemist!" (a/n: The alchemist means a change will occur in your love life) A huge grin crossed her face. "No way! Really?"
She set the cards down and shuffled them. "Let's see Kairi's…" she murmured as she placed them on the table. She picked up the first card and…
"HUH? REALLY?"
A tired Kairi entered the room and approached the horrified Naminé. "You weren't in your room…" Naminé gasped and whirled around as Kairi continued. "But I never thought you'd be here telling fortunes so late at night."
Naminé stood up, still shocked by the card. "Hey, hey, hey! Have you kissed anyone lately?"
Kairi gasped, then looked away. "Wh- what's this all of a sudden…?"
Naminé took in a sharp breath. "You have, haven't you? No way! With who? With who?"
Kairi whirled to face her sister. "I-I didn't! I didn't do something like that…" she looked away, remembering Roxas's kiss. That's right, it was an accident in my dream. That really wasn't my first kiss!
Naminé sighed. "Maybe it's because I was switching them around so much." She sat back down. "At first I thought there was no mistaking it, but…"
Kairi blinked. "At first?"
Naminé grinned suddenly. "But you know? The readings said that Roxas-san and I would fall in love with each-other!" She squealed and held her face in her hands. "What shall I do?"
"Don't do it, geez!" exclaimed Kairi. However, she knew she couldn't get Naminé to stop daydreaming and gave an exasperated sigh. "I guess I can't stop you. You should get some rest." She left Naminé in the room.
Naminé blinked. "Why'd she come in here, anyways?" she muttered to herself. She then looked out the window. "I wonder if someday, Roxas-san will come to meet me, right here at my window."
Something with wings flew by then, glowing. "Huh?"
Naminé peeked out her window and put her head outside, staring where it had gone. "Roxas-san?" Then she saw what it was. A pure golden bird, with shimmering wings. It flew swiftly out of sight.
Naminé sighed. "Just a bird, huh?" She lowered her head, sadly. "I thought it was Roxas-san…"
"Yes! It's got to be Roxas!" exclaimed Hayner the next day at school. "Two accidents probably happened last night due to his appearance!"
Pence spoke up. "Oh! I know about that!"
Selphie nodded. "I saw it on the news."
Hayner nodded, then continued. "Both occurred at different locations and times. There is absolutely no relation between those two accidents." Then he smirked. "But they both said the same thing. They said 'A bird flew at me!'" He leaned against his desk. "According to my induction, that bird is actually… Roxas!"
Sora, who hadn't really been paying attention and was listening to Roxas grumbling about how boring school was, looked up suddenly in shock. "Wha?"
Hayner raised one arm as if it were flying. "He flew away on black wings, and these victims must have mistook him for a bird!"
"Don't say things like that!" Naminé raced up to Hayner and stuck her face in front of his. "Roxas-san isn't the kind of person who would do that!"
Sora looked up. She's sticking up for us, is she? Asked Roxas.
Hayner glared at Naminé. "What's wrong with you, Akawa Naminé? Do you have any proof?"
Naminé shook her head. "None, but I'm definitely right!" Hayner sweat dropped as Naminé clasped her hands together. "Because… Because… Someone as cool as him could never do anything like that!"
Hayner scoffed. "Heh! Persuasive argument… Not! I can't hand over Roxas's case to the likes of you!"
Then Naminé remembered what she had seen last night. "That's right… A bird…"
Hayner stared at her. "Huh?"
Naminé thought about it. "I saw it myself… Last night, I remember seeing a mysterious bird flying over to the scene of the accident."
Sora stared at her as she spoke. Roxas, that wasn't us, right?
I doubt it. Didn't see any cars crash, and I turned back into you before those incidents.
Naminé's eyes met Sora's, and he looked away before leaving the room. "Vensu-kun?"
She began to follow him, but Hayner stopped her. "Whoa, hold on! Tell me more about this!"
Sora barely heard the last of their conversation. However, Riku heard it, and watched Sora as he left the room.
Naminé… She said that Roxas is cool… and if I'm Roxas…
Forget it! scoffed Roxas. Sure, you may be me, but the person she thinks if cool isn't you. Its me!
Kairi panted as she raced through the halls in her track uniform. On no! I'm late! I was too focused on this morning's practice!
As she rounded a corner She suddenly saw a very depressed looking someone also rounding it, but she couldn't stop herself before she crashed. The two landed awkwardly.
"Ungh… uh?" Sora stared up at Kairi in shock and a blush crossed his face.
"Wha…?" A faint blush crossed Kairi's face as well, but then she remembered that she had seen Sora's face that night. "Iiya!" She pushed Sora away.
"Uwah!" He landed hard against the wall, and let out a faint sigh. Kairi gasped as she realized her mistake.
"I'm sorry, Vensu-kun!" She raced to his side and knelt next to him. Sora let out a small pained sound, but didn't open his eyes.
"Vensu-kun? Vensu-kun!"
"The bird… flew at me…" murmured Eraqus, repeating what the man at the coffee shop was saying.
The man nodded. "Yes. Those were the victims' last words before they fell unconscious."
Eraqus swirled his coffee around in its cup. "A bird… Could it be… the Central Church's…?
Darkmoon: Alright! Another chapter down! I also want to know something for future reference. Would you rather have Xion be a maid for the Vensu household, or have her hold a similar role to that of her role in KH Days? Or would you rather have Only Xion, or Xion and Tifa? I won't say more than that, but I need to know if you want me to include DN Angel's Mio Hio anime arc. Why would I ask you? Because I want Xion in there, and both roles are way OOC for her. XP Also, i learned how to add LineBreaks! yay!