Chapter 7: Partied too Hard

A/N: My update schedule has been crazy, I know. For that, I deeply apologize. It doesn't help that things don't get considerably interesting until chapter nine so I haven't really been into writing it. Not to mention, I've got two other stories I'm working on: one I'm trying to keep updated regularly as well, and the other I haven't even put on FFnet yet. Not to mention, I rarely get to use the computer so I don't get to type as often. I'll try my hardest to not update so infrequently but I can't promise fast ones until I get a new computer. Also, my attention span is really short … I forgot where I was going with that but anyway, here's the new chapter. Read and review!

Warnings: Language, mentions of alcohol, Sora having a perv moment … that's it really.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, or The Legend of Zelda.

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Yet another lack of reviews … Ah well, I won't stop writing just because of that but it still makes me a bit upset to only get one review. I'll currently blame it on my horrible updating schedule but I hope I can get more people to say something this chapter.

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My first thought as I woke up was … why am I waking up in the first place? I don't even remember falling asleep! My second thought was … why am I upside down? My third thought was … why am I on the couch upside down in nothing but boxers that I'm sure I didn't come here wearing? My fourth thought … where's Rikku so I can go kill her? All in all, I wasn't having a very good morning. In fact, I was really irritated. That, and I was experiencing a killer hang-over that would explain why I can't remember half of last night. My eyesight was blurred slightly and I took the time to rub the sleep out of my eyes before I heard a groan next to me. Next question … why are both Garnet and I upside down on the couch and half naked? I'd seriously like to know what happened!

As I continued to freak out silently, Garnet opened her eyes with another groan and sat up. Her hair was messy and for some strange reason, she was wearing a bright red bikini that had my own eyes glued to her figure. The funny thing was, though, that not only did she slip off of the couch when she sat up, but her bikini top slid completely off her. I, being the typical teenage boy, couldn't stop myself from staring. Damn. She's well endowed. The only thing that could ruin this moment? … The fact that she realized I was staring. I only noticed it when she gasped but I couldn't tear my eyes from her breasts. They were just too perky.

"Sora!"

It took me a while to respond.

"Hmm?"

Unfortunately, the nice view I had was covered by her hands, forcing my eyes back to her face. Her cheeks were completely red. It took this long for my normal politeness to come back and I blushed as well and apologized. That just might have been what saved me from getting slapped. She huffed and grumbled something like 'you didn't have to stare' as she pulled the bikini top back on before she stopped to look down at herself in confusion. I had temporarily forgotten the situation in favor of Garnet's boobs but it came back to me pretty quickly when she started talking.

"... Why am I wearing a red bikini?" She looked up at me, "And why do you only have boxers on?"

I rolled off the couch to land beside her and cracked my stiff neck before shrugging.

"Beats me. Hopefully someone else will remember something," I said truthfully. I really had no idea what happened and had the sudden strong need to get my pants back before someone came downstairs.

Unfortunately fate doesn't like me that well.

Tidus, of all people, came ambling down the stairs with a completely confused look on his face. He stared ahead of himself for a moment as if he wasn't sure where he was, and then turned his attention to us. We were both staring as if we were deer caught in headlights but he seemed to not have noticed. I didn't know if I should've taken that as a good or bad sign. He didn't do or say anything for a while though. He just … stood there. I finally decided to break the silence when it was getting to be too much.

"... Tidus?"

He didn't say anything.

"Tidus?"

Still nothing.

Good lord, please don't let this be the start of the Zombie Apocalypse. If Tidus comes running for our flesh, I'm not hesitating to put a knife through his brain.

"Tidus, man, what's up?" I tried again. Thankfully, he answered.

"... Where am I?"

Sometimes, I worry about him.

"You're in Rikku's house. It's the day after that obnoxious party she threw, remember?"

"... no?"

"Oh god ..."

Sadly, he didn't seem to be that worried about the fact that he couldn't remember a thing. He just scratched his head and made his way to the kitchen. I decided he wasn't worth the effort of worrying over and instead opted for finding pants. Garnet was still trying to get over the fact that none of us knew what happened last night so I went to get her a towel. After finally finding some jeans (who knows who they belonged to but if they fit then they were most likely either mine or Roxas'), I started to head upstairs to see if anyone else was awake. There were no sounds of movement but one of the doors was open. And it was just who I needed to see.

"Rikku ..."

She was in the middle of brushing her hair and yelped in surprise and pain when my bursting in caused her to yank on her hair too hard. Hmph. She totally deserved it. It eased my mind a bit when the expression on her face as she turned around was apologetic but she certainly wasn't getting away with it that easy. I noted the fact that she was back in normal clothes (a yellow short sleeve and black shorts) and that her face was relatively pain free (aside from the grimace she had from yanking on her own hair) meaning she wasn't suffering from the headache we all seemed to have. Which also meant that she probably wasn't hung-over. Which meant that she probably remembers what happened last night.

"Spill."

She knew exactly what I was talking about, which would explain why her grimace only deepened. But it happened for a split second and I was lucky to have caught it.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said a bit too quickly. She was never very good at lying.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about," I said, my attitude worsening, "You remember what happened last night with everyone, don't you?"

The look on her face only seemed to shout 'guilty'.

Suddenly, there was a hand on my head and I was tempted to shout and start swinging … until I remembered that Riku's the only person who ever pats my head like that. Especially when I'm feeling particularly angry … towards Rikku. His hand stayed there for a few moments before he pushed me inside the room. I stood by the door as he walked over to Rikku's bed and sat down, sighing tiredly.

"She was video-taping everything."

"Riku!"

I figured that would be the case. I just hope I can find where it is so I can possibly burn the camera. I didn't need it to figure out what was going on since Riku seemed to remember everything as well. Shaking my head, I went to sit down on the end of the bed, waiting for an explanation. Riku started.

It took maybe an hour for him to finish, what with Rikku continually freaking out every time he brought up something embarrassing, but after it was over, I suddenly wanted to crawl into a hole and die.

"So I really—?"

"Yup."

"And you really—?"

"Yup."

Although, the fact that I streaked across the entire neighborhood was finally my answer as to why I was wearing different boxers … and nothing else. It still didn't explain why Garnet was only in a bikini. I made sure to vocalize my concern about that.

"Um, I don't really know. One moment, she's wearing the green dress she came in and next moment, she's in a tiny red bikini," Rikku said, just as confused as I was (even though my face turned red as I was once again reminded of the close up and personal view of Garnet's breasts I had gotten due to that very tiny bikini she was wearing). Another thought crossed my mind.

"So then … where's everyone else? I caught Tidus walking around like a zombie but I didn't see anyone else …" I trailed off.

"Somewhere either up here or on the front yard," Rikku answered nonchalantly. My eyebrow twitched a little at that and I suddenly felt the urge to look out of Rikku's bedroom window. Sure enough, there were a bunch of hung-over teenagers sprawled across the front yard as if they had just fallen there. I don't know what face I made when I turned back to Rikku but she seemed to have found it somewhat disturbing from the way she refused to look at me.

"Why did I come here again?" I asked myself rhetorically as I buried my face into my hands. Thankfully, no one answered. I left the room, figuring that whatever video it was that Rikku had made will probably pop up sometime and I'd get the chance to torch it then. In the meantime, I made my way across the hall just as Garnet came out of the bathroom with new clothes on. They looked way too dark for her which meant they were probably Paine's but I was just glad she got some actual clothes on. Her face turned a bit red when she looked at me but thankfully she smiled and I figured that she wasn't really angry with me for catching a peek.

"I just have to find Rox, and then we can head home 'kay?" I asked. She nodded and went back downstairs just as Paine opened the door from another room and stared at me for a bit.

"Pervert," she grumbled before closing her door again. I didn't really know what to say so I just resumed my search for my older brother. It was quite interesting seeing all the people sprawled out on the floors of a bunch of rooms but it didn't get to be an eyesore until I actually found the room in which my brother inhabited for the moment. He was lying on the floor … completely naked (rear-end facing up thankfully). I'm guessing Naminé was as well but at least she was on the bed and had covers over her. The scene made my head ache that much worse. I grabbed one of the pillows at my feet, not bothering to wonder how it got to the door, and threw it at my brother's exposed butt. He twitched before sighing and ignoring me. That wasn't good. I had run out of stray pillows. Instead, I opted for the next best thing. I walked over and kicked him in the ass. That got him to wake up. He jolted up and looked around for the culprit before his eyes settled on me and he glared tiredly.

"What?" he grumbled.

"Get dressed, dude, it's ..." I checked the clock sitting on top of a dresser, "Ten-thirty. We should really head home."

He sighed again before nodding and getting to his feet to wake Naminé up. I didn't stay for that show; once was enough and Garnet's my girlfriend so it's not that worrying. I headed down to the kitchen just as everyone started to wake up and move about. Tidus was still there, huddled in a chair as Yuna fixed him some tea. I went to the refrigerator to pick out something to eat before settling for a glass of water. Yuna smiled and said good morning while Tidus continued groaning in agony from whatever horrifying head-ache he was experiencing. I nodded my good morning, understanding Tidus' pain and need for peace and quiet. Then, I sat down with my water and waited. It took a while, but, slowly, people started filing in to find either their clothes, some food, or both. Garnet, having gotten dressed in a black tank top and dark grey skinny jeans, didn't need to find her dress and I didn't really care that I had no shirt on. That coupled with the fact that I could just go home and cook my own breakfast meant that Garnet and I could just head home. I'm sure Roxas will drag his lazy ass home when he feels like it so I didn't worry about him too much. I had a feeling today would pass by quickly anyway.

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Eh. I was wrong.

Today couldn't have been any slower. It felt like a day on Pluto for goodness sakes! After we left Rikku's house, Garnet headed to her own and I came back to mine. I'm sure she wanted time to herself to think about that stupid party. Roxas didn't get back until about an hour after I got home but the moment he stepped foot into the living room, he sought out the couch and flopped onto it, unconscious the moment his face hit the leather. No one else was home since Mom had work, Dad had meetings, and Vanille … god knows what she was doing but whatever. That left me with absolutely nothing to do the entire day. I didn't feel like going out for the day, my head hurt too much to read or get on the computer, and I wasn't tired. After about an eternity of doing nothing, I decided to ignore the pinching feeling between my eyes and play Twilight Princess. Roxas had been fully spread out across the couch so I had no problem with using his back as my seat. He wouldn't know anyway.

I had gotten to the part where Link and Midna leave Hyrule castle after talking to Zelda when someone finally walked through the door. Unfortunately, though, it was my mother. Which was bad. She took one look at me and freaked. Well, more like she squeaked and fell back against the door before flitting towards me and grabbing my face between her hands. Her reaction got even worse when she noticed who I was sitting on. It took about ten seconds of awkward silence for me to even say something.

"Um … hey Mom …" I said, smiling weakly. Twilight Princess was long forgotten in favor of my Mother's distraught expression.

"What happened?" she asked immediately.

"Rikku's party …?" I said, unsure of what her reaction to that may be. It wasn't too scary. She just made a face before staggering upstairs. Just after that, Roxas decided he would turn over which ended with me being thrown off his back.

"Serves you right," he mumbled before turning his head to face the couch and going back to sleep. Sighing, I got back up and turned the TV and the Wii off (after being able to save my game) before heading upstairs myself to get changed and maybe some proper, more comfortable sleep.

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School the next Monday was as normal as it could've been. I walked to school, went through my first two classes just fine with the third one as an exception to the normal routine. Lunch consisted of the same antics: Tidus cracking obnoxious jokes, Roxas saving Axel and Demyx from getting dragged to the principal's office, Rikku being loud and hyper, Selphie joining Rikku in the whole being loud and hyper thing, Naminé smiling calmly and probably thinking to herself ways that she can send us all to an asylum, Yuna actually eating her lunch, and me just talking to Riku. My last four classes when by without incident and I went home … not being a very happy camper. Why? It all started with third period …

"Alright everyone," Marluxia (aka the Director) said, "I'm going to assign partners to work with each other at home. No, you may not choose, nor may you switch. Be happy with who you get because you're working with this person at home until dress rehearsals start."

Everyone started talking amongst themselves, wondering who they'd be partnered with. From what Marluxia implied, we weren't going to be working with our regular partners by default which was understandable. What better way to interact with the other characters in a more organized way? This also meant that I wasn't working with Kairi, which was a big relief for me.

"Starting off, I have to have the main characters stick with each other so Katherine and Petruchio will continue working with each other as will Bianca and Lucentio. That means Sora and Kairi, you guys are still partners. Same with you, Pence and Olette. Now, for the others …"

You have got to be shitting me.

My eyes drifted to Kairi to find her face bright red and her glare trained on me. I felt as if it would make my hair catch fire or something. Maybe there's a Brightside to this. Maybe now I can figure out why Kairi keeps giving me the evil eye. That is … if I can get her to talk to me without ripping my throat out.

So, the obvious reason as to why I'm not a happy camper would probably be because Kairi's walking behind me to my house right now. And the play isn't until April. This is going to be a long five months.

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A/N: Pretty short chapter but then again, I'm trying to keep the chapters in this story relatively short. I don't like it when they get above five thousand words. And this chapter's really just setting up for the next chapter. Anyway, review please. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon (it helps that I've already started it).