Chapter Four: Kara's in love with Riku?

I'm sorry this is so late.

Chaos was sitting in her room meditating. She had strictly told Ace not to interrupt her, otherwise the consequences could be quite dire for them both. That seemed to keep Ace quiet the entire time that she was meditating, but it was not Ace that broke her concentration. It was something else...she heard talking between Riku and Kara outside her door. She wouldn't have been bothered had she not realized what was being said between the two.

"So, you want to go out into the forest for some time together?" she heard Riku asked. One of her eyes went open and her concentration immediately focused on what was being said between the two.

At first, there was silence for a few seconds. She could imagine Kara too embarrassed to say anything, and smirked, figuring that she would run off and hide in her room. But what instead happened shocked Chaos beyond reason. "Um...s-s-sure!" she heard Kara say, and then Riku laughed in joy. She could imagine them hugging, maybe even kissing! What was going on?

She looked at the door and heard footsteps as one of them walked away. Then, there was a knock on her door. She frowned, deciding to ask around while also not being very happy that her meditation was interrupted. She walked to the door and opened it to find Kara standing there, and she frowned. "What do you want, Kara?" she asked, making Kara seem guilty suddenly.

"I'm sorry, Chaos-san. I didn't know you were-" she started before Chaos shook her head at her.

"It's alright. I just didn't want it happening at this particular time..." she calmly said, looking at Kara. "Now why did you bother accepting Riku's request?"

Kara seemed shocked that she knew. "You were listening?" she asked, looking at Chaos in surprise.

"How could I not when you were both standing right outside my door talking in the loudest voices you could about it?" the white hedgehog asked, seeming more than just irritated now. "Look, don't go out with him. You don't know what he might do with you."

Kara frowned and asked, "How can Riku-kun do anything to me? He likes me too much to do anything mean to me!"

"Is that what you really think, Kara?" Chaos asked, crossing her arms and looking sternly at the young girl.

Kara frowned and then turned away, as if hiding tears or hiding an angered look at Chaos. "I don't care anymore about what you say about him, Chaos-San. You're wrong about him if you think he's mean! He's the best person in the world!"

Chaos was surprised by her challenging tone, taken aback, even. But she refused to let Kara talk back to her like that and suddenly grabbed her, forcing her to turn around. Kara let out a loud, frightened yelp when that happened, and Chaos glared into her eyes.

"You do not talk back to me like that!" Chaos nearly shouted, getting Riku's attention. He walked over to see what was the matter and saw Kara struggling to get away from Chaos, who was glad that she was starting to fear again.

"LET HER GO!" Riku shouted, startling Kara who looked over in relief.

Chaos looked over at Riku with a glare and said, "You are not to talk her anywhere apart from this house. If you do, I go with you to make sure that you don't do anything to her, baka!"

"Baka? Who made you in charge?" Riku asked, walking over to her with a glare on his face and his sword drawn. "Do I need to teach you another lesson to get the fact that I'm in charge here through your thick skull?"

Chaos let go of Kara who ran over to Riku and hugged him suddenly. "Don't hurt Chaos-San, please! She's only doing what she thinks is right!"

Chaos looked at the hug and then frowned. "Kara, step away from Riku. If he wants a fight, then I'll put his butt on the ground and teach him a lesson. He does not have the right to tell me what to do with you."

"I love him, Chaos-San! If you hurt him too bad, I'll hurt you back!" she said, which gained two reactions, one from both Riku and Chaos. Riku looked down in surprise, a joyful happy surprise, though. Chaos, on the other hand, stared at Kara in disbelief before opening her mouth and no words came out for a few seconds.

Then, she screamed, "WHAT? WHAT? What? No, no, no, no...NO~! You're not supposed to love a guy that you've only just met, Kara! You know that! What the heck is wrong with you?"

Cool it, Chaos, before I step in and knock you out. You're really working yourself up and the last thing I need is you getting yourself a heart attack by stressing over this! She heard in her head, making her wince.

"Oh, shut up, Ace!" she said, surprising Riku. Chaos turned to them both and sighed. "Kara, why? Why don't you listen to me for once?"

"Because I like Riku better, and I know I can trust him. He saved us from G.U.N, Chaos!" she said, and the white hedgehog realized that Kara had a point. She still went to say something, but before she could utter her words, she closed her mouth again and then looked down in disappointment.

"What is wrong nowadays? What happened to me being the one that was always right?" she asked. Was Kara growing more mature and becoming less of a child thanks to Riku's help? What was going on?

She finally said, "I'm sorry for what I've done, Riku-San." Kara smiled but then gota surprised look on her face when she heard her title that she gave Riku.

"Fine. Maybe we can have a nice conversation one of these times and clear things up. Kara...let's go, if you're ready," Riku said, smiling at the dark blue hedgehog. Kara didn't quite remember her saying that she loved him, which was a good thing since she would otherwise be so greatly embarrassed that she wouldn't quite be thinking straight even now.

"One moment! Let me get my shoes!" she said, running back to her room before then skipping there about halfway to her room, acting like a child again.

"Be careful, Riku-San. One wrong move and you could seriously hurt her for life. She's just a child at heart, you know?" Chaos said, hoping he'd get what she meant.

The white cat turned and said, "Very well, but, why do you call me Riku-San?"

"It's a title of respect. Kara had a point, and I'm trying to keep her happy and whole at this point. I...well..." she said, not wanting to show that she had a soft side but she said, "I felt had scaring her like that."

Riku's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "I thought you weren't one to have a soft side," Riku said, smirking at her.

"Don't tell Kara, though, or anyone else!" Chaos said, pointing at him.

The white cat grinned and put his hand to his chest, saying, "I swear it upon my honor, that no one else shall hear a word of it."

Chaos gave a grim nod and turned away, but she then smiled as she walked back into her room. "Seems that I have someone as tough as me that I actually like," she said, walking to a window and gazing out at the forest around them.

He'd better not tell anyone, right? Ace asked, only getting a nod from Chaos who was still beaming as she stared out the window. "Now...where was I in meditating..." she muttered, getting a frown now as she turned back to the bed. She went right back to the bed and began to meditate again, catching up on what she had missed.

Hope this is still going good. Iknow, this is shorter than my other ones, but this scenario that I had planned was rather short. It's like some scenes in movies that are shorter than other scenes, or scenes that are longer than others, and vice versa. Tell me what you think, all of you that are reading! (Unless you just don't feel like telling me what you think, in which case, I'll be quite disappointed.)