Title: Blue-Eyed Butterfly (was Throwing me Away… eh… it just doesn't fit with the story)
Chapter 4: Masquerade Kiss
Disclaimer: Don't own KH or KHII. Didn't come from my twisted mind so yeah.
Warnings: PMSing Rya, cursing, time jump, bad grammar, and OH, kisses!
Two years later:
"Riku do I look fat?"
"Rya, you look fine, for the hundredth time," Riku pursed his lips as his sister looked at him with worried green eyes.
"Seriously? I mean, do I look like I could possibly live in a mansion than our little shack?"
Riku nodded, "I'm sure Sephiroth wouldn't have bought you anything that looked like a commoner would wear it."
"You never know! That bastard would do anything to embarrass me…. So… do I really look great?" Rya glanced back into her floor length mirror. "We've been dating for over a year now and still…."
"Rya!" Riku groaned and stood up from her bed. They were in Rya's room getting her ready for Sephiroth's Valentine Masquerade ball, supposedly, held in Rya's honor. The silver haired teenager had finally grown taller than his sister's height of five feet and three inches. He pulled the older girl into a hug and smiled, "We'll both be knocking those arrogant rich bastards on their asses! And it's interesting to see you in a dress other than gym clothes, Pjs, or work clothes."
Rya sighed and pulled away from her younger brother, she glared at Riku but chose to ignore his comments, "and I can't believe Sephiroth invited you too. You're sixteen, and you had the chance to bring anyone, a girl even, but yet you invite that loud mouthed, perverted…."
The doorbell rang and Riku smirked, "That must be Axel! I'll tell him you still love him."
"Oh great, just what I need a headache on top of this. Go let him in before he gets ring happy with the doorbell," Rya rubbed her temples as her brother walked to the front door.
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"Hey Riku!" The red haired teen smiled and stepped into the house.
"Hey, Axel. So you're supposed to be?" Riku eyed the other boy's choice of clothing, a black and red pinstriped tux, a red overly long tie, blue undershirt, and a shining red mask that flamed at the ends.
"I am a hot and sexy flaming lady slash boy killer, got it memorized?" the red head smirked and his blue eyes shined mischievously.
"You're flaming all right, look I invited you so I wouldn't have to mingle with all the rich people in this thing. Don't embarrass me or, better yet, yourself," Riku sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. Riku met Axel when he came to go to school in the county. They became fast friends and even though the boy came out to be bisexual Riku stayed by his friend's side. Homophobia was not in Riku's state of mind, not that he was gay or anything… the homos just didn't bother him; look at Cloud and Leon.
"Aww ikle Ri-Ri jealous? So what're you supposed to be?" Axel laughed at Riku's own choice of a costume.
"Axel seriously I will round house kick you like a three legged ninja! Anyways, Sephiroth picked it out supposedly I'm his mini-me and Rya's his queen…." Riku narrowed his eyes down at his own costume a simple black tux with an aqua undershirt and white tie; his mask was black velvet with aqua and white highlights around the eyes.
"Speaking of Rya, here she comes," the red head tackled the older girl as she came out of her room. "RYA!"
"Hello Axel, you're choking me," Rya said in monotone.
"Wow never thought to see you in a dress and your hair down… damn! Let me guess, you're the host's maid of honor? Well if you don't want to be I'll gladly escort you," the red head waggled his eyebrows suggestively and moved away from the girl.
"Hmmm… think about this, Axel, I will kill you and I promise I will enjoy every moment of it," Rya sent her death glare up at the younger male. "Ugh teenage boys, friggin' tall teenage boys! I know Leon and Cloud are tall but still…" she continued mumbling under her breath.
Riku laughed. This was an ever-occurring "game" as Axel called it, between Rya and the said red head. One would do one thing to irritate the other. Riku recalled an incident on his fifteenth birthday where Axel pushed too hard and the red head went flying out of the house. Riku forgot to tell his best friend that him and his sister both was martial artist. So when the small five foot three eighteen year old put his rear through the door Riku couldn't help but laugh at Axel's face. Of course now, Axel decided to play a game with the she-dragon and see how far he could push the older girl before blood was to be spilled.
"Axel quite it or Rya will put you through the door again and mess up that pretty suit," Riku cackled.
"Come on kids lets go see the rich people and ooo and ahh at their so called glamorous selves," Rya grabbed her keys and slipped on her mask which matched Riku's except where his was aqua her's was green, plus she added with a grimace a tiara.
"Wow Riku you weren't kidding, she does look like a queen," Axel breathed.
"Oh come on, that's my sister!"
"GET IN THE CAR!" Rya snarled through the open door.
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"Oh my gosh! Why in the hell is there no place to park? Ugh don't you kids just love how news travels among the rich. Party at Sephs' let's go and brag a lot!" Rya growled and pulled her Volkswagen into Seph's driveway, which was already filled with cars. At the mansion, which was glamorously decked up for the bash, the trio could already see a long line of people waiting to get inside.
"I'm so glad we're VIP" Riku smirked. "We get to cut in line!"
"Seriously? That's wicked!" Axel smirked.
"Hush… wonder if there's a spot by Sephiroth's truck?" Rya drove up a little farther.
"Rya, we stick out like a sore rusted thumb," Riku said looking at all the fancy cars parked in the drive way, "Oh my gosh is that the new Porsche… um… the car that was in the movie Transformers?"
"Holy crap it is!" Axel's mouth dropped, "that's not supposed to come out until later this year!"
Smash.
"Rya… you… you just hit the pretty car!" Riku rubbed his head where it had collided with Axel's.
"Ow, ow, ow! That smarts, dude, what is your head made of?" Axel rubbed the side of his head.
"Get out you big babies look it didn't even dent either of the cars, that shits made to last and anyways, the dumb ass shouldn't take up two spaces with the "pretty car". Feh, I hope this won't be like Christmas! I bet it's Christina's new car her daddy bought her!" Rya scoffed and climbed out of her own sore, rusted car.
The two in the back sighed and did as told. Riku dared to look at how his sister parked. The beetle was squeezed in between the unfortunate Porsche and a black Ford F250 that he recognized as Sephiroth's truck. He hoped nobody would notice the slight scratch on the shinny car. He sighed, "Axel, something tells me Rya either does not like the person of that car or her car being picked on…."
Axel gave a grave look, "With your sister try both."
"Quit gossiping like girls and come on," Rya glared at her brother and the red head and started walking up the stairs of the mansion.
"Man, oh, man Sephiroth's got it made," Axel gazed around with a smile, "Wouldn't mind living here."
"Become a lawyer, and get rich parents," Riku smiled.
"Sure,sure..." Axel frowned.
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The trio quickly marched up the stairs beside the crowded line of people. Most of them gave the three sneering looks. Some even called out and said that they couldn't skip in the line. Rya shot them all the bird and walked straight up to the giant bouncer of the house. "Hello Artie, it's Rya and Riku, the red head's with us."
Then man nodded and let them walk through. Rya turned on her heel with a happy-go-lucky smile, "You two have fun I'm off to find my baby the owner of this disturbing display. Stay out of trouble or I will kill both of you."
"You too, psycho," Axel muttered under his breath and earned a swift stomp on the foot by Riku. "Ow why do you two insist on hurting me?"
"Come on 'Axel the flaming' lets go mingle…." Riku led the red head to the ballroom where most of the dancing was being held.
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Riku sat at the bar that was built inside of the ballroom. He hummed along with the love song that echoed out from the speakers set up around the room. He had to had it to Seph the man did know how to throw a party. He glanced into the crowd and spotted the two silver haired people dancing in the middle. Riku couldn't help but smile as his sister and Sephiroth, they looked so right together. He spotted a flash of red and saw Axel dancing with a few people, making Riku shake his head at the boy's antics. Everything just seemed so surreal with the steam makers set up around, the lights turned down to a dim, and occasionally a bubble maker, up above, would start making bubbles rain down.
"Would you go dance with my friend, she's been eyeing you all night?"
Riku snapped out of his peaceful, bliss, "What?"
"Smooth…" a red headed girl popped out of nowhere and was standing next to Riku. She was gorgeous, with a slender body and sleek pink and white dress. "I said would you go dance with my friend, she's been eyeing you all night."
"Err, sure," he smirked at the girl.
"GreatI'llgogethim… Imeanher!" the girl gave an excited squeal and dashed off into the crowd.
'Ok did she say him? But she said I was dancing with a she? Ow headache!' Riku rubbed his temples and looked up to see the crazy girl dragging somebody behind her.
"This is… er… er… Sky! Her dad's a rock star and you know how they can be with the naming their kids with weird names. I'm Kairi by the way. Anyways isn't my friend just the cutest think..." the red head, Kairi, babbled and waved her hand with a quirky giggle.
Riku mean while wasn't focused on her insistent babbling he was looking at the girl that hadn't said a word and was looking at her feet with a huge blush on her face. Riku instantly decided she was cute. Short but taller than the auburn, her green and blue dress was a dress only a princess would wear, and the mask she wore covered almost her whole face, it was a butterfly he realized a green, black, and blue butterfly. 'Defiantly cute,' he decided with a smile.
"I'm Riku," he held out his arm to the blushing girl. "Shall we then?"
"By the way, she has a sore throat so if it sounds rough just ignore it! Have fun you two!" with that said, Kairi sashayed away with an evil grin on her face.
"So Sky, that's a weird… name?" Riku instantly regretted the words when he looked into the girl's eyes. They were deep blue. "Wow never mind, it suits you perfectly…. Your eyes..."
"Thank you, can we dance now?" the girl mumbled so low Riku barely got what was being said.
"Sure, so what do you think of the place?" Riku said as he placed his hand on the girls waist.
She nodded and just seemed to meld into him keeping her head down. 'Wow so she's shy….' He thought to himself.
"Well, the guy who owns the place is my sister's boyfriend," Riku said with a grin as they swayed to the slow song.
The girl's head shot up and she looked right into Riku's eyes. Riku felt his breath hitch, those eyes... he could have drown in them. "Your sister's boyfriend?" the mumble raised maybe an octave and was rougher. Riku nearly thought that it was guyish sounding.
"Err... yeah… they've been together for a while…." The music stopping interrupted Riku.
Axel materialized out of nowhere and put his arm around Riku, "So who's your friend? And man did I meet somebody…. I'll tell you about them later."
"This is Sky, she just wanted a dance," Riku blushed and let the girl go.
"Ladies and Gentlemen may I have your attention!" Sephiroth's voice filled the room.
"Hey Axel do you think he's going to do what I think he's going to do?" Riku pointed at the middle of the room where the floor was rising up with a startled Rya clutching on to Sephiroth.
"I have no clue what you mean. I would ask the lovely Sky but she probably doesn't have a clue what we're talking about…." Axel scratched the back of his head. "Oh! Before I forget, my name is Axel, Sky, got it memorized?"
Riku was about to smack his friend before Sephiroth spoke again, "Well it's almost midnight. Which of course means the de-masking and midnight kiss. But before all that I have to do something….
Rya Inakura," Sephiroth got down on one knee and produced a black box, "in front of all these people I ask you… would you marry me?"
Several in the crowed 'awed' and several others, mostly female, gave almost guttural snarls. Riku and Axel cheered and cat called, Riku for the time being forgot about the girl he was dancing with. He was about to get a new brother-in-law and most likely a new house. He laughed and elbowed Axel as Rya's face went from shock to a blush and then to a smile.
"I knew you would find some way to embarrass me…" the girl sighed. " Of course I'll marry you, I love you."
Riku and Axel's jaws dropped.
"Holy shit she can love? Riku I didn't think she actually had a heart!" Axel gasped.
"Hey she loves me…" Riku snorted and added quickly. "In sisterly motherly way ya freak!"
With a flicker all Riku saw was black, the lights went out and a bell tolled for midnight. Riku pulled off his mask and heard something behind him. Quickly he was spun around and some feminine voice snarled, "A deals a deal, Sora. One minute" Then Riku was sent into bliss as someone pressed their lips against his. Sparks tingled up and down his spine and he hurriedly kissed back. He half hoped Axel wasn't kissing him and yet half hoped it wasn't some stranger. The lights flashed back on as the last dong of the bell was sounded. Riku opened his eyes as the lips left him and blue eyes peered into his aqua ones. Sky blushed, "Sorry…." Then she fled from the stunned boy….
"Axel did you see… oh my gosh! Happy feeling gone!" Riku turned his head from his best friend making out with a guy, only to see his sister in a lip lock with Sephiroth. "Oh, ew, now it's really gone!"
He turned standing on tiptoe looking for the girl that had kissed him. He could feel his lips tingling. Even though the crying-from-either-happiness-or-anger crowd was dispersing Riku couldn't catch sight of the blue-eyed girl or even the auburn headed Kairi.
Yea! I finally finished this chapter. The end was fun to write. Eh I know no big surprise as to who Sky is. Anyways Read and Review as all us authors beg lol.
