Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha OR Kingdom Hearts, but I do own Miyu.
A/N: I hate filler chapters ... but it does give some hints on what's coming in future chapters.
Couples:
Sora and Kairi
Hayner and Olette
Roxas and Namine
Kagome and Riku
Charter Ages:
Kagome: 16
Inuyasha: 17
Miyu: 8 and 18
Sango: 18 (I think)
Miroku: 19 (I think)
Shippo: 9 (I think)
Riku: 17
Sora: 16
Kairi: 16
Roxas: 16
Namine: 16
Olette: 16
Hayner: 16
More To Come
Chapter 8:
Not Good Enough For Truth In Cliche
Kairi looked at her friend that stood in the doorway in shock. No way that this could possibly be true that they have a new roommate. No one told them anything. Not even Aerith, who usually does that stuff. Hell, they didn't even know that Kagome was coming to Twilight High in the first place!
Kairi quickly glanced around the pink room. Nothing. Nothing seemed to be disturbed. Nothing seemed to be added. Nothing seemed to have even been touched since she and the rest of the girls left.
Hayner jumped off Riku not wanting to get hurt. He knew Riku always hated when him and Sora jumped and clung onto him. Always. Even though the consequences were painful, they still did it in order to bother him or prevent him to do something he might regret. Hayner only hoped, as he moved to stand between Olette and Roxas, that Sora would get off Riku soon . . . before he was lying on the floor in pain.
He didn't. Instead of Sora doing the smart thing like Hayner did, he decided that he would climb up Mt. Riku some more in order to get a better look at the confused raven haired girl before them. His azure eyes were peeking over Riku's head, having a perfect view of Kagome.
"What do you mean we're roommates?" Sora asked as he looked down upon her.
Kagome had almost missed what Sora, had said. Her brain was completely scattered, trying to make sense out or what just happened. The first friends she met here were supposedly her roommates? Well...the girls that is. She wasn't sure whether to be happy about this or be freaked out by the twist of fate...it was probably best to be happy about it. At least she was bunking with people she knew.
She looked up to meet Sora's gaze. She took notice that Hayner was gone...probably inside, and that Sora was more on top of Riku then before. She gave him a look that said: What-haven't-you-got-off-him-yet? Sora, of course, was oblivious to this. "Roommates..." She finally answered, "You know...R-o-o-m-m-a-t-e-s."
At that moment when Kagome spelled out that word, Roxas swore she sounded a little like Axel. He grinned as a thought came to mind. There was no way he was going to let this chance pass. And before he knew it the words slipped out of his mouth. "Got it memorized?" He murmured rolling his eyes.
Everyone in the room either giggled or chuckled at that. Well...everyone except for Sora, Riku, and Kagome.
Kagome cocked an eyebrow at that. She failed to see the humor in the joke.
"He's rubbing off on you." Namine smiled at her boyfriend.
Roxas 'hmphed' at that. Namine of all people should know how he hates to be compared to his best friend.
Sora quickly snapped his head to his counterpart. "Yeah, the last thing we all need is another Axel." He grinned as he turned back to face Kagome.
Sora especially should know that as well.
Kagome was so confused at what was going on at hand. 'Axel?' She thought. Was this somebody she should know about? Will she meet him in the near future? Kagome choose to shun those thoughts away as of now. Besides, she could ask one of her friends later about him...if she didn't forget.
Right now, they needed to get back to the matter at hand. "Right. Anyway, are we roommates? Well...Kairi, Namine, Olette, and me that is. Or am I possibly at the wrong room, which I'm pretty sure I'm not." Kagome laughed halfheartedly to play off the not so funny joke.
There was silence all throughout the dorm and for good reason as well.
Kagome heard light footsteps against the plush carpet from inside the room. Someone was coming towards the door.
Kairi put her hand on Riku's forearm and applied a little pressure to it, to let him know that she was there and to move aside.
Riku did as the princess commanded and stepped aside to let her get to Kagome.
"Nobody told you?" Kairi asked.
Kagome tilted her head to the side and blinked. Was she more confused now than before! "Nobody told me what?"
Kairi couldn't believe it! Nobody told her! She had to tell the living arrangements to Kagome! This was going to be hard. She believes the outcome was not going to be all that well either.
Memories flooded Kairi's mind. She remembered the day when she found out about 'who' exactly she was going to live with in this dorm. And she was happy about it. Though she wasn't so sure how Kagome was going to react.
"Well you see, Kagome...ummm ...you don't just live with me, Namine and Olette." She stopped to see if Kagome got it yet. By the look on Kagome's face, she didn't. Unfortunately Kairi had to continue. She let out a sigh. " ...You ummm live with Sora, Riku, Roxas and Hayner as well. " She smiled scratching her cheek. "In this school, our dorm rooms are co-ed."
Kagome blinked. Once. Twice. Until it all clicked. "WHAT!" Her eyes widened. She was living with boys! Of course she had slept near a pervert, a half dog demon and with a fox demon. But, one was a child and the other protected her from the pervert, who was now a dear friend. So this shouldn't be a problem, right? Wrong.
"We're all roommates." Sora sang – song.
Kagome was completely fine with the girls. But the boys? She had only met them a few hours ago! What if one was a potential rapist?! No. No. Kagome should know better than that. They all helped her when she was lying on the hall floor in pain. 'Might as well accept it.' She almost smiled slightly. Almost.
Namine came up to the door as well. "Don't worry, Kagome, you'll get use to it." She beamed. "Why don't you come inside now and we'll give a tour and answer any questions you have." She and Kairi moved aside to let their new roommate in.
"O-Okay." Kagome nodded as she walked in though the little space in between the girls.
Riku had a lot on his mind, which was the main reason why he hadn't talked at all during the ordeal with Kagome. Thoughts like: How the hell could she possibly be standing, why isn't she down stairs, where did she get the new garment, how did she get those lacerations, and I can't believe were roommates. All these thoughts were going through his head. His mind though was mostly set on the last two.
He couldn't fathom that the girl he had run into this morning was now a friend, but now a roommate? Has this world gone mad? Riku shrugged it off and decided to let it be.
He moved on to the next thought. The one that has been nagging at him since Kagome collapsed on the floor in the hall and he saw the blood coming from her back. 'Where did she get the wounds from?' He shuddered at the memory. The poor girl that seemed strong willed when he first met her looked so fragile and broken when she lied in his arms...
Riku mentally shook his head. What the hell was he thinking?! He has not one idea why he was so worried about Kagome. It was not like him to get so worked up over someone he hardly knew. Was it because they were friends? No . . . that's not it. In any case, if someone outside his group of friends try to be 'friendly' or 'a little more than friendly' towards him, he would pay no mind to them and avoid them; brush them off like nothing they all were. It was just the way he was. So it shouldn't be any different with Kagome, right?
Wrong...Sora was involved in this as well. He was the one who invited Kagome to their group in the first place. And once Sora invites someone in they were bound to never leave. It's probably had something to do with him being the key and all. Everything was connected when it came down to Sora. And that, to Riku, could be very tiring.
Riku didn't expect to be friends with anyone in this town. He didn't even want to be friends with anyone here. But Sora had to go and invite Olette, Hayner, Roxas, Namine, and, hell, more into the group. That was a forced relationship. He had no choice but to be friends with them. But even though it was forced, Riku didn't regret it. Sora always did know what is best for him. Now they all acted like a big, happy family.
But...with Kagome... it was different... in a weird way. Even if she was his friend, he had only just met her, hence the reason why he shouldn't be so... so... attached. No that's not the word . . . it was more like they were... connected. Now that was the word.
Connected.
They were connected.
He didn't want to avoid her (Hell, he couldn't even if he tried). He wanted to help her like a good friend would. Just like the way he is with all his good, close friends. Funny … in a way he wanted to be like Sora.
Riku brought himself back from his thoughts when he saw a wave of raven hair flutter pass by him. It was Kagome and she was coming into the room. Now this was his chance. He could now ask her where she got the wounds from.
"Come on, Kagome. We'll first show you the living area." Olette smiled as she gestured to the door to the left that lead into the big room. She, Namine, and Kairi began to walk towards it and stopped once they reached it. Roxas and Hayner followed suit, but instead of waiting at the door like the girls are for Kagome, they went inside.
Kagome turned towards the door and walked slowly towards her friends. In her mind she grimaced. 'Living area? So that was the room I saw with all the fancy stuff that shouldn't be in a school.' She felt embarrassed at the way she reacted to it earlier on. How ridiculous she was; pretty much having a heart attack over it! She mentally shook her head and proceeded to the door.
"Kagome, wait." Riku said.
The second he told her to wait, she stopped dead in her tracks. She slowly turned around to face him. She looked at his eyes for a slight second and in his emotionless turquoise eyes . . . she saw it. She saw the burning question he wanted to ask.
She knew what he was going to ask her. She knew. And how she dreaded it. She was hoping no one would bother to ask her where she got the lacerations from or that they would all forget about it. Unfortunately, she was wrong. How was she ever going to explain herself?
"Kagome?" Namine questioned.
Kagome looked over her shoulder to make eye contact with the girls. "You guys go on ahead. I'll be there in a minuet, okay? I just got to talk to Riku."
"Okay." Kairi responded for all of them as Kagome turned back to face Riku. Namine and Olette started to go inside the Living area while Kairi lingered behind for a moment.
She made eye contact with Riku and gave him a look that read: You-better-not-ask-her. She glanced up to his head and gave a small smile to Sora before she went inside the Living area herself.
Riku brushed away the look the seventh Princess of Heart had just given him. Even though they had discussed minutes before that they were not going to ask any questions about the wounds on Kagome's back, he was going to do it anyway.
(A/N: 1)
And what was the smile Kairi was giving to... the... top... of his head? Riku eyes widened as he finally realized the extra weight that was being exerted on him. 'Sora!' He practically growled. His body immediately became rigid as he closed his eyes tight, clutched his teeth together, and flexed his hand open and closed. "Three …Two … On-"
"I'm off, I'm off!" Sora rapidly jumped off Riku and put his hands in front of him in defense.
Riku opened his eyes and unclenched his teeth. "Go wait inside with the others. I have to talk to Kagome."
"...Okay." The Key Bearer didn't understand what was going on but listened to his best friend anyway. He walked slowly towards the door and into the Living area; closing the door behind him. He had a feeling that Riku wanted some privacy with Kagome.
Riku waited until Sora left to turn towards Kagome. But when he turned to face her . . . she wasn't there. Riku heard some shuffling over to his right and turned to it. There was Kagome, shuffling through the draw of the left nightstand. "What are you doing?"
Kagome ignored Riku's question and continued to look through the draw. She moved some papers aside. "Hmmmmm... Ah, found it."
"Huh?"
Kagome held the object she had found tightly in her right hand. She straightens her frame, closes the draw, and gracefully strides over to Riku. She stopped before him and held the object in front of him. "Here... It's the book you dropped in the hall." She thrust to him. "Ansem'sReports."
"Oh, um thank you."
"Your welcome."
He reached to grab the book. But as he gripped hold of it, his hand brushed against Kagome's. For a split second a strong electric current went through him. He swiftly pulled his hand back.
"Ah!" An electric current had gone through Kagome as well. She jerked her hand back; the book was still in it. And oddly enough it was like being at the mall again; when Riku had caught her. The electric current sent a pleasurable sensation down her spine, which made her tingle all over. Why was this happening again? She wasn't looking directly into his eyes.
"That was . . ."
" . . . Really weird." She breathed finishing for him.
"Yeah." Riku shook his head and attempted to grab the book again. This time he cautioned to not make any skin contact with her. He retrieved the book from her grasp and was grateful that it was now finally back in his possession.
Once Riku had taken the book back from her, she started to head towards the door that went into the Living area. 'Please let him forget, please let him forget . . .' She was hoping Riku would forget to ask her the question.
"Wait. I'm not done with you yet." The second the words left his mouth, Kagome stopped dead in her tracks again.
"I have to ask you a question." Riku had no idea what she was thinking, but he wasn't going to let her off the hook that easily.
"Oh, really? W-What is it?" Her body started to tremble slightly. How was she going to answer this?
" . . . Those wounds on your back . . . Where did you get them?" He paused for a second and waited for an answer, when he didn't get one, he continued. "It must have been fairly recent, since they looked like they were just mad-"
Kagome swiftly turned around to face him, narrowing her eyes. "I believe that is none of you business." The words were sharp, though she strained to say it as nicely as possible. She didn't want to ruin this new friendship she had formed with Riku now, but how dare he ask her something that is personal so bluntly.
Sure she would have told her companions where she got the wounds from... if demons were supposed to be real. And since they aren't supposed to be real, if she told them now, which she wouldn't due to their protection, she could possibly be sent to the Loony Bin before she could utter another sentence about demons.
"I believe it is if it happened in this town. I believe it is mine, Sora's and everyone else's business. You're hiding something." An amused grin played on his lips.
Kagome saw this and it infuriated her more. She bit back a rather rude comment, closed her eyes and counted backwards from ten to compose herself. Once she reached one she let out a breath of air and opened her eyes. She was back to her original self. "Well, it didn't happen here, it happened before I left. And I don't believe it is anyone else's business, but my own." Her eyes downcast toward the carpet as she rubbed her right arm. "I'm not hiding anything... I just don't want to talk about it."
She abruptly turned back towards the door and began to walk away from him. She was about halfway to it when a hand grasped her wrist and yanked her back; preventing her to get any closer to the door. She turned her head to look over her shoulder. Her eyes widened when she saw Riku. 'He's really, really fast.'
Riku was not about to let her go that easily. He tightened his grip on her. Not until he gets a better answer then 'none of your business,' anything other than 'none of your business.' He looked her hard in the eyes.
Strange. They had skin contact, but no electrical current was going through them like before. Neither did they get lost in each other's eyes. He gave her a look. I- will-find-out, it read.
Kagome returned a look of her own, grinning slightly. Just-try, hers read. She roughly pulled her arm out of his grasp.
Riku grinned all the more. This truly was amusing. Who did she think she was to set up this competition? He was surly to win due to his competitiveness. "Don't worry, I will." He will find out. And he will do it all on his own; in secret.
Kagome rubbed her wrist. He really did hold it tight. "I have no clue what you are talking about. I truly am not hiding anything . . . but if you want to find out where I got these wounds from, be my guest. I'm not going to help you out though."
"If you are not hiding anything, why won't you just tell me?"
". . . I . . . just . . . can't." She looked up to him. "Look, can we just forget about all of this and continue on with our lives... where I got the wounds form... it's nothing, really. Just an accident. Trust me."
". . . It does not look like an accident did that."
"It did."
Riku steely eyes bore into her chocolaty ones, trying to look for any hint of a lie. Kagome noticed this and put on the mask she had developed over the past two months.
"You promise?"
Kagome hesitated. She didn't expect a promise to be made. In any case, she was willing to tell him anything to get him off her case. ". . . I promise that an accident did cause this and it truly was nothing."
"Good." He smiled.
"You know, you shouldn't have held my wrist so tight . . . it hurts now." She rubbed it once again.
"Sorry . . . I'll get you an ice-pack to put on it once we get into the Living area."
"Okay . . ." There was a short comfortable silence between them. Kagome let out a sigh. "...You're going have to trust me . . . we are going to be together for quit a while."
Riku grunted in response.
"Now can we go in the other room? I want to see what this place looks like and get that ice-pack."
"Sure."
At this Kagome turned and walked towards the door. Her hand was on the handle when…
"I'm still going to find out what did that to you."
"Argh, I JUST DON'T CARE ANYMORE!" Kagome rubbed her temples. It didn't matter; he wasn't going to find out anything, she didn't leave any evidence. The only way he could possibly find out was if he followed her, which she will most definitely prevent, when there was another demon attack.
Riku chuckled at her little outburst and came up behind her. "Let's get a move on."
"Yeah, yeah." Kagome turned the handle and they both went inside.
Kagome looked around the huge room once again. It still amazed her. This time though it wasn't empty.
Kagome heard Riku chuckled. She looked up to him to see what was causing this. She followed his gaze. To her right, on the couch in front of the TV was a fuming Sora and a very happy Roxas who were playing a video game. Hayner was grinning the whole time as he sat beside Roxas and was telling him what to do in order to beat his counterpart.
Seeing Sora mad amused Riku a little. It wasn't very often he got mad. When he saw Sora through the controller, that done it. He and Kagome burst out laughing. That made their presence known.
Namine and the rest of the girls heard some laughing. She turned her head and saw that it was Riku and Kagome. "There you two are." Her voice was heard.
Kagome turned her head to her left, wiped a tear away quickly, and faced the girls. They were all sitting at the table; now facing her and Riku. "Yup, were here." She faked smiled. She hadn't notice that she was subconsciously rubbing her wrist again.
Riku notice this and felt a pang of something in his heart. Guilt? Most likely. "How about I get that ice-pack for you now. Hm?" He was making his way the mini fridge.
Kagome nodded her head in response.
Kairi removed herself from the table and walked over towards Kagome. "What happened to your wrist?" She gently lifted Kagome's hurt wrist up and examined it. After looking at it, she dropped it.
"Ummmm . . ." Kagome looked over to Riku for some help. No help that was. He was shuffling through the freezer as if the question didn't faze him at all. Should she tell their friends that he held on to it so tightly that it might bruise? Or just flat out lie?
The question didn't faze him at all. Riku could care less if Kagome told them that he was the one who hurt her wrist. All he will get is a lecher from Kairi and possibly a punch from Sora . . . which he could easily prevent and give him one of his own.
". . . Well, uh I got it before I left to come here. Nothing really. It's just a little sore now." She really didn't want to make Riku look like the bad guy here. It was just an accident… right?
'Or she could just lie.' Riku smugly smiled. He grabbed the ice-pack, closed the fridge, and made his way back to Kagome.
"I hope it feels better soon." Olette said as she and Namine made there way to Kagome as well.
"Yeah, me too." Kagome threw a glare at Riku.
"Here you go." He stopped in front of her. The smug smile still played on his lips as he handed her the ice-pack.
'I'm starting to think I shouldn't have covered for you.' She grabbed the ice-pack and placed it on her wrist. She flinched due to a slight sting. "Thanks." She grumbled.
"You're welcome." The smug was still there.
'Wipe that damn smile off you face.' Kagome was close to punching him.
Riku got the message from Kagome by the look on her face and wiped the smug look away. The girl truly did give the phrase 'if looks could kill' a whole new meaning.
Sora was glad to see that the two had finally came back. Now, he could interrogate them. He jumped on the couch, jumped over it, maneuvered his way past the two couches and the coffee table, walked over to his best friends side, and faced Kagome.
Sora's famous smile was plastered on his face. "So what were you two talking about in there? Huh? Huuuuuh? Nothing nasty, I hope." He wagged his eyebrows up and down.
Kagome's face went a flame. "Uhhhhhh . . ." She was at a loss on how to answer this.
"I knew it! You were talking about nas-"
"Get over here, you!" Riku quickly grabbed Sora into a headlock and started to give him a noggie . . . a very, very heard noggie."
"Hey! Stop!" Sora tried to pull his head out of Riku's headlock, but to no avail. Riku's headlock was like the jaws of life.
"Say mercy!" He wrapped his knuckles harder on Sora's noggin. All the while, Riku was smiling. He really was enjoying this.
"Oh, Sora . . ." Kairi smiled as she sighed tiredly.
Olette and Namine giggled a little.
Kagome sweat-dropped just looking at the scene.
"Mercy! Mercy!" Riku instantly released Sora from his grasp.
"Owwww . . . I was joking." Sora massage his head.
"I know." His best friend replied.
Hayner and Roxas where howling with laughter during the whole scene. It wasn't anything new; they always see Sora and Riku act like that. It was always just so funny to watch.
They were pretty much rolling on the floor with tears in there eyes. "That looked like it hurt." Hayner called out once he caught his breath . . . which didn't last to long ..."
"It always does!" Sora threw his hands up in the air. The response and the gesture he gave cause the two on the floor to crack up again.
"Okay, you two." Olette clapped her hands. "Enough."
After about a few seconds their laughter died down. Hayner sprawled himself on the carpet, his chest heaving up and down like crazy.
Roxas sat up. "O . . . Okay . . ." He breathed. "... We're okay." It was great to laugh a true laugh. How great it was for him to finally have a heart of his own. He relished it.
"Dandy." Sora dead-panned. The crown of his head finally stopped throbbing.
While all of this was going on, the Princess tapped Kagome on the shoulder. The poor girl looked so lost.
When Kagome felt a light tap on her shoulder she turned around to come face-to-face with Kairi. The auburn haired girl had such a bright smile on her face that it almost beckoned Kagome to try to smile. Try, being the main word here.
"Don't worry about those two. They always act like that." Kairi smiled as she gestured to Sora and Riku who were now laughing abut something. Well, Sora was laughing and Riku was chuckling.
"So I see." Came Kagome's reply as she looked at the two best friends. Her wrist stung again, she winced, and her grip on the ice-pack tightened.
Kairi noticed this. "Does it feel any better?"
" A little ... it should be fine soon."
"That's good to hear."
"Say, Kairi ... how about we get that tour started?"
"Oh! Right! I can't believe I almost forgot." Kairi laughed. "Okay then," She said so the whole room could hear her. Everyone went silent. "Who wants to help me give Kagome the tour around here?"
"I would love to," Olette yawned, "but I'm really tired. Sorry."
Kagome looked around for a clock. When she found one near the right wall, her eyes widened when she saw the time. '11:45! How long was I knocked out for?!' She turned back to face Olette."Thats okay, Olette. Thanks anyways."
"I'll go, Kairi." Sora made his way to his girlfriend's side. "What about you, Riku?"
He grunted in response.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Kagome questioned. Couldn't he give her a straight answer to understand?
Sora and Kairi laughed. "That means 'yes' in Riku's vocabulary." The Key Bearer answered.
"Shut up, Sora." Riku dead-panned.
"I'll come too." Namine smiled. She noticed that Roxas wasn't volunteering. "Aren't you coming, Roxas?"
"Uh, If it's alright with you, I would like to beat Hayner at this video game." Roxas rubbed the back of his neck.
"That's fine. You don't have to ask me. You could do whatever you want." She giggled.
"You're right." Roxas chuckled as he looked to the girl he adored so. "Have fun showing Kagome around."
Namine nodded in response.
Roxas waved as he made his way over the couch and started to play the game as he waited for Hayner to be done with Olette.
Olette made her way to Hayner, who was now standing, and embraced him. Her heart swelled up when he hugged her back. She closed her eyes and relished the moment.
It wasn't very often they did this in public. Oh, how she wished for the moment to last forever. But like all moments, they must come to an end. "Night." She breathed as she removed herself from his arms. She didn't want to embarrass him more than she already has.
"... Night." Hayner let go of Olette reluctantly and watched as she made her way to the door that lead to the girls dorm. Why did she always brake their moments short. He discarded the thought with the shrug of a shoulders, he'll try to figure it out later, and went to play the video game with Roxas.
(A/N: 2)
"Well, good night everyone. I'll see you all tomorrow And it was very nice meeting you Kagome. I hope you like Twilight Town." Olette bid as she went into the room to get some shuteye.
"Good night." Everyone responded.
"Okay!" Kairi exclaimed with a pump of her fist in the air. "Let's get this tour started!"
Kagome let out a long sigh.'Finally . . .'
The tour was quicker then Kagome had expected. Kairi and everyone else had first showed her the Entertainment area, that was where Roxas and Hayner were. Then they showed her the Kitchen, which was connected to the Entertainment area. That would be where they make their daily meals and if nobody felt like cooking they would go to the cafeteria or go out to eat.
"Be sure you don't let Hayner cook." Sora informed. It was probably best if he told Kagome this now. "He burns everything. And I mean everything."
"I heard that!" Hayner exclaimed.
"What about you and Roxas?" Kagome asked.
"We're decent cooks." Sora replied with a shrug.
"Us girls are the ones who usually do the cooking around here." Namine added.
"Can you cook, Kagome?" Kairi asked.
She replied with a nod. She shifted her gaze to the silver haired boy next to Sora. "What about you, Riku? Can you cook or do I have to be sure to keep away from the stove as well." She smirked.
The ends of Riku's lips tugged down and his eyes narrowed as he folded his arms. "Actually, I do cook. Much better than the other three idiots, but not as good as the girls."
Kagome's mouth went agape to this. He knew how to cook? "Huh?"
Riku smirked at her reply. Well, two years ago he did have to survive somehow. So why not learn how to cook in order to eat?
"It's true." Side Kairi as she patted Riku's arm. "Riku is the only guy here who knows how to really cook."
Next, they quickly showed her the boys dorm. Kagome noticed it really wasn't anything different from the girls. It was just colored blue instead of pink and everything was placed oppositely.
"Riku sleeps top buck on the left bed, while Sora has bottom." Namine informed.
Both Riku and Sora smiled as they remembered how that came to be. When they first came here to Twilight High both Sora and Riku wanted the top bunk. Of course they fought over it; pushing each other off it, throwing blind, light punches here and there, the usually stuff. The outcome was really no surprise to Riku. He knew he would win a normal fight like that with Sora.
Now, with Keyblades, that is a whole different book.
"And on the right bunk, Roxas has top and Hayner has bottom." Namine finished.
"I see ..." Kagome examined the room a little more. When she heard someone moving, she turned her head to see that Riku was putting that book away in the nightstand closest to his and Sora's bed.
She committed that to her memory for future use.
The last room to see was the Study room, which was only a few strides away from the Kitchen. Kagome remembered it to be the closed door to her left when she first examined the Living area.
The Princess opened the door that concealed the room. It was a small narrow room that had two desk, chairs for the desks, two bookshelves, and a comfy chair that was near the phone that was on the wall. On top of the two desks were two computers as well.
"The Study room." Riku started. "This room is soundproof, to keep any outside noises out if we want to study in here. We use it when we don't want to study in Study Hall. Any of us can come here. We could also come here to do other things as well. We could use the computers for our own use, come here if we want to be alone, or to use the phone in privet."
"Out of all the rooms I think I like this one the most." Kagome declared. It was perfect! So concealed, so privet. It was wonderful!
(A/N: 3)
That was bizarre. Riku took glaces at his three other companions and made eye contact with them. Then he looked directly at Sora. He closed his eyes and nodded his head slowly to Riku. Yes, Sora agreed with him, that was not normal. No one should really like this room that much, it was to dark and why too cut off with the real world.
Though Riku refused to say it, much less think it, he liked this room the most too. But he had a reason. It was the darkness that is within him. It sometimes made him want to be alone, so he usually came here.
But this shouldn't be a favorite to someone who was not part of darkness ... unless there was seriously wrong with them.
"And that's the tour!" Kairi said as they walked out of the room. She wasn't oblivious to Kagome's comment about the room. For someone like Kagome, she expected her to like something like the Entertainment area or something, anything, other than the Study Room. "So what do you think?"
"It's like an apartment. Does everyone here have dorms like ours?"
"Most do." Namine replied.
"Thank you all for showing me around."
"It's no problem. I just hope you really like it here." Said Sora.
"Looks like you all had fun." Roxas said as he came up from behind Namine.
Sora looked all around the area. Hayner was nowhere to be found. "Where's Hayner?"
"He went to bed in a fit of rage ... mumbled something about killing me in my sleep." Roxas smirked. Oh, how fun it was to see one of his good friends explode after losing 20 times.
"Right ... You won again didn't you?" Sora dead-panned.
"Yup!" Roxas was beaming.
Was Kagome ever so tired. She tried to stifle the yawn that was coming up. It didn't work.
Riku smiled as he saw this. "Think it's about time you head to bed."
"Yeah, Kagome, you almost look like your dead with those dark bags under your eyes." Sora noticed as he examined her face.
"Sora! Don't say that." Kairi smacked him on the head.
He rubbed the crow of his head. That was the second time today something happened to his head. "Sorry."
"It's okay. You and Riku are right. I'm pretty tired and I think I should head to bed." She said as she was making her way to the door of the girl's dorm. "Thank you everyone ... for everything ... I am so glad I have met such great new friends ... good night." Kagome almost wanted to smile again. Almost. But it still was not enough. She slowly made her way into the dorm.
Kagome silently closed the door behind her. She was quite surprise that she was able to see. She saw that the dim on the lamp was on. Olette must have done it so Kagome would be able to see around her when she got ready for bed.
She looked around. Olette was on the top bunk of the bed she was sleeping on. The girl was in a deep slumber and it seemed nothing could possibly wake her up.
Kagome quietly tiptoed across the room to the dresser her cloths were occupying. She was careful not to make a peep. She silently opened the draw, grabbed the fist pajama outfit she saw, and made here way to the bathroom.
There she quickly undressed and redressed into her pajamas - being careful of her wounds. Then went back outside to put the dress away in the dresser. She closed the draw and made her way to her bed. Before she went into her bed she wondered: 'Should I leave the light on for Kairi and Namine?' She decided it would be nice to leave it on for them.
She slowly pulled the blankets up and nestled herself inside the bed. She closed her eyes as she breathed in the sent of lavender that her blanket was giving off and let out a long sigh. She opened her eyes to see the bottom of the top bunk. Dread washed over her. How much she heated this time of day.
"Let the midnight terrors ... begin." She breathed as she closed her eyes. Waiting, waiting. That soon all will end.
Everyone in the dorm bid Kagome good night. Kairi watched as Kagome slowly closed the door th their dorm. She waited until she was sure Kagome was completely gone to spin on her heels and make direct eye contact with Riku.
"We need to talk." The Princess told her dear friend.
'Crap ...' Riku knew what was coming.
Sorry for the cliffy, but this chapter is the longest I ever written. And yeah, Kagome did forget to ask who Axel was.
A/N:1 - Everyone discussed and agreed (except for Riku) not to ask Kagome about her wounds. Sora suggested that they wait till she tells them herself; to build trust.
A/N:2 - Yay for more little HaynerXOlette fluff!
A/N:3 - Remember, she is not like how she used to be. She grown fond over dark, quite, alone places ... kind of emoish- I know ...
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