Sorry this is late. I was at my grand-parents house and my laptop can't connect to their internet, so I had to wait til I got home. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.


Chapter 8

Riku had hardly slept all night, wondering what horror awaited him today. Though he had a good idea, somewhere, deep down, he knew it wasn't going to be fun for him.

Breakfast was almost exactly like supper, except for the food, of course. Everyone was talking and barely paying attention to what they were doing. Riku didn't talk. He only spoke when Naminé asked him some stuff, or wanted an opinion.

After breakfast was eaten, everyone scattered to do their own things. Axel headed out towards the island with Demyx. Most likely to receive punishment from Roxas for waking them up last night. The girls headed towards their room to 'prepare' as they told him. Leon and Cloud went to square off against each-other in the garden as a friendly match. That would most likely get out of hand. The twins had disappeared somewhere, but Riku knew he would see them again sometime today. And Riku? Well, he was patiently waiting at the entrance of the mansion for the girls. Today, they were going shopping for clothes.

"Alright Riku, I think we're ready now," Naminé said as she came skipping towards him. She wore a simple white dress with white sandals. Though plain, it made her look quite cute. Aerith was the second to join up. She wore a pink and white dress and brown boots. Her hair was placed in a braid and held up by a red ribbon again today. Yuffie and Tifa both wore black attire that seemed specialized for fighting.

"Say, Riku, what sized shoes do you wear?" Yuffie asked, her eyes locked and scanning Riku.

"Err, I think 6, but I'm not really-"

"To the shoe store first!" She grabbed Riku and dragged him out of the house, the others in hot pursuit.

"How about these ones?" Aerith asked, showing Riku a pair of running shoes. "Here, try them on." She quickly passed them onto his feet. The shoe store was located in the middle of town, along with pretty much every other store too. People were everywhere today, maybe because it was Saturday. The train was going around the area, dropping and picking up people. It was a lovely day.

While Aerith was getting Riku to try on shoes, the other girls were enjoying their own sort of shoe shopping. Finally, Riku decided on a pair of black and white running shoes.

"Alright, we got what we came for, so drop the fancy shoes and let's go," Aerith practically ordered. The other girls were in the older women isle with all the high-heels and prettier shoes.

The next store the small group went to was the clothing store for both genders. The girls, other than Aerith, all went to the girl side, while Riku went to the boys with Aerith.

"Let's see, we could get a few pairs of pants and shirts. That should do you for a while," she said. They started looking and eventually, after trying on everything in the store, got 3 pairs of pants and 4 shirts. Now it was time to find the girls who had disappear into the rows and rows of girl clothes. Riku wasn't going to like what he was going to see.

Luckily, Naminé came to them, so they didn't have to search.

"Come quick! You have to see this!" she said, moving her arms in a way to say come on. There wasn't much of another choice.

Naminé led the two into the isle of girly, frilly dresses; the kind you'd find on dolls.

"Aw, you guys look so cute!" Yuffie's voice ringed out. They found her and Tifa surrounded by piles of tried on clothes, crouched down over someone.

"What are you guys doing?" Aerith asked. The two turned towards them to reveal...Sora and Roxas dressed up like porcelain dolls.

"What the-" Riku asked, stupefied.

"We're playing dress up!" Sora answered happily.

"You shouldn't be surprised Riku. They're only 6, so they are allowed to do this sort of thing," Naminé replied to Riku's face. Sora skipped up to him and grabbed his arm.

"Come dress up too, Riku!" he said with a big smile on his face.

"I'd rather not," Riku replied.

"You won't play with us...?" Sora asked, putting on his best puppy-eyed face.

"Urg...Fine," Riku answered, giving in to Sora's highly irresistible face. An evil grin appeared on the faces of the girls and Riku immediately wished he hadn't agreed. In the end, Riku ended up in a super, flashy pink dress and his hair in two little girl ponytails.

"Riku is pretty now! But not as pretty as us!" Sora complimented...somewhat. In reality, it seemed that Sora was the only one, other than the girls, who was enjoying this dress up. Now that he thought about...

"Say, Roxas. Weren't you suppose to meet up with Axel on the island?" he asked as he got undress. He was in the dressing room, of course, with the twins.

"Axel will wait all day until we go. So we don't have to leave right away," Sora answered in his brother's place.

"Oh, I see."

Once they changed back to their original clothes, the girls headed back to the mansion while the guys went to the island. Axel was patiently waiting on the beach.

"Roxy finally decided to show up," he said, nervousness betraying his act of courage.

"We don't like it when you call us like that. You're in big trouble now," Sora said, placing his hands on his hips.

"You're not the one I'm talking to," Axel replied. Roxas simply stared, as if he dealt with this kind of thing everyday.


End of chapter 8! There is going to be fighting in the next chapter! Will the keyblade or the chakrams be appearing? Who knows! You'll have to wait and see!