Chapter IX
Covering Up
Kairi's POV-
I couldn't believe it, and neither could Sora. Namine and Riku were together, at a park and during a time like this! But why? My sister would never betray anyone, she was a kind-hearted person. But why was she with Riku?
Sora grunted and stomped a few steps towards them. I immediately grabbed his arm and shook my head, "Don't do it. We'll get in trouble." "Not if that slut gets in trouble first!" Sora hissed. I perfectly knew that the 'slut' referred to Riku.
Sora shook his arm off of my hand and ran towards Riku, "What do you think you're doing?!" "None of your business!!" Riku said. "Are you here to ruin my life again?" Sora folded his arms, "I would be glad to."
I ran up to them and gave Namine an 'are-you-insane' look. Namine sighed and turned to her feet; she always did this when she did something bad. But being with Riku isn't a bad thing; it's a cruel thing. What would Roxas say if he learnt of this?
"You should already know by now that Namine and Roxas are in a relationship!" said Sora. "So what are you doing with her?!" "Who do you think you are? My father?" Riku asked. "Who gave you the right to tell me what to do?!"
"Well, who gave you the right to date Namine?!" Sora yelled.
I heaved a sigh of relief; fortunately, they weren't fighting physically. This made the whole 'situation' easier to explain, if necessary. I was about to say something when suddenly Riku smacked Sora's head, "None of your business means none of your business! Did you fail in English or something?"
Before I knew it, the cousins started pushing and punching each other. I wanted to stop them, but that meant that I would get hurt. But if I don't stop them, the boys will keep fighting and get hurt. Either way, they would be injured!
"STOP FIGHTING!!"
Sora and Riku stopped their actions and looked up, shocked. I was shocked as well; it sounded like a girl shouting, and I perfectly knew who the girl was. I turned to Namine, who was glaring at the two boys in front of her.
"Didn't you hear?! It's none of your business!" Namine shouted, raising her voice a little. She then grabbed Riku's arm and turned to Sora, "Sorry if we bothered you in any way." And with that, the couple disappeared in the trees ahead..
Sora gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "Oh, you'll be sorry, alright... You'll be really sorry..."
Sora's POV-
"Why are you so eager to come along with us?" I asked. "I mean, you never showed any interest in sports. Plus, we're going to a blitzball tournament. And you hate blitzball!! You said it was a stupid game!"
Sunday. The day for us all to relax. Tidus-- for some odd reason-- bought ten tickets to a blitzball tournament, which was going to be held today. He invited me and Roxas to come along. Like I said earlier, Roxas didn't like blitzball very much, but he seemed so eager to come along.
Roxas turned and gave me his usual goofy grin, "Because Namine will be there." I gasped; Namine! It reminded me of the incident last night! I remembered Tidus inviting Riku and Namine. What would happen if Roxas sees them? Together?
"Sora?" Roxas called out. "Is something wrong?" I blinked twice and shook my head, "N-nothing, Roxas." Roxas turned back to the mirror and went back to fising his hair, "So how did the date go last night?"
"It's not a date!!" I could already feel myself blushing, for some reason. "Kairi and I were simply hanging out!" Roxas laughed, "Okay. So how did the outing go? Did you follow all of my instructions? Did you do anything to embarrass yourself in front of Kairi? Did anything strange happen?"
Oh god. The only strange thing that happened was meeting up with Namine and Riku. I can't tell Roxas that. And hopefully he doesn't find out anytime soon. "Nothing strange happened," I lied. "Everything went well."
Roxas nodded, but he didn't seem to be paying attention to me; he was still fixing his hair. I sighed in relief that he didn't know I was lying. If he did, he'd force me to tell him the truth.
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After waiting (for what seemed like a thousand years) at the town square, we finally met up with Tidus and the others! Well, not quite...
Kairi-- who wore her pink tee shirt and blue shorts-- ran up to me and grinned, "I don't see Riku anywhere." I looked around. She was right; there were no signs of a silver-haired bitch anywhere. "W-why are there only nine people?" I asked, pretending to be clueless. Only Tidus, Selphie, Olette, Hayner, Pence, Namine, Roxas, Kairi and me were in the group.
"He had some homework to finish off, but he say he'll try and make it," said Namine. "Well, if he doesn't show up, that guy owes me 10 munny," said Tidus. He then grinned, "Should we make our way to the stadium now?"
We turned and headed towards the stadium, which wasn't very far from here. "Should we tell Roxas about Riku?" I whispered to Kairi. "I don't think now's the right time," she said. "It's a bad idea."
We turned to Namine, who was giving us a suspicious glare. She probably thinks that we were talking about her. And if so, she was right. Roxas then turned to Namine and gave her a concerned look, "What's wrong, sweetie?"
Namine gave him a sweet smile-- most probably a fake one-- and shook her head, "Nothing's wrong, dear. Everything's fine."
"Hey guys!"
We turned and saw a familiar looking guy running towards us. Namine was really happy, of course. Because it was Riku.
"I managed to finish my homework on time," said Riku, when he finally caught up with us. "I thought you guys had already reached the stadium." "Well, count yourself lucky that you found us," said Tidus. We obviously knew he was talking about his 10 munny.
"Riku! I thought you'd never come!" said Namine. Riku turned to Namine and grinned, causing Namine to giggle. Oh no, Roxas was right beside them, and he was watching them! Worse thing is that Namine and Riku were getting close to each other, with their eyes sparkling!!
There was only one thing to do-- create a scene and distract everyone.
I grabbed Kairi's waist and pulled her closer to me. Before I knew it, her lips were already touching mine. I brought Kairi closer, hoping the kiss would look 'genuine'. I could tell that Kairi was shocked.
"Oh my gosh...," Selphie muttered. Everyone turned to me and Kairi and gasped.
I knew this would change my life, but at least this distracted Roxas, Namine and Riku.
Sorry guys for the late update (and the short chapter)! And no, I'm not having a headache this time. I'm just addicted to ANIME...
Currently, I watching Gakkou no Kaidan, meaning Ghosts At School. It's a really old anime, but who cares? Nowadays more and more people are watching really old animes anyway. xD I love this anime; they put almost all of the Japanese ghost legends into one show. Basically this anime only has 20 episodes, but I still like it. =3 Too bad they don't have my favorite legend in it-- Kuchisake Onna. I'll explain why I like it (because I know curious Ricola Lover will ask why xD):
There was a beautiful lady called Kuchisake Onna. And of course, a beautiful lady like her should have a husband. One day, her husband thought she was cheating on him, so he took a scissors and cut her mouth, shouting "Who's beautiful now?!" (you should see the piccture-- it's cool!). Afterwards, Onna died. In Japan, many people tend to wear those surgical masks on cold days, to keep themselves warm. Onna appears on cold (or foggy) days, wearing a surgical mask as well. She would usually target the teenage kids.
First she asks the kid, "Am I pretty? (Watashi kirei)". The kid will usually say yes. Then Onna will take of her mask and reveal her wound, then ask again, "Am I still pretty? (Kore demo)". If the kid say no, Onna will take out a scissors and cut the kid's mouth. If the kid say yes, Onna will follow him or her home and kill them (why she does this, I dunno). The only way(s) to escape her is to say "I don't know if you're pretty or not" or ask her back, "What about me? Am I pretty?" (Idk about the boys though xD). This will make Onna confused and leave.
GOOGLE HER PICTURE. lol. I have to admit; she still looks pretty with that wound. But does that mean she'll follow me home and kill me as well?
Ha. It's only a legend. I won't take it so seriously. xD
Review Replies:
Grey vs Ale: Haha! Thanks so much for the idea!! Man, you sure have a great imagination! I didn't want to put it in the start because Roxas wasn't there, so I put it as the ending for the chapter instead. Great work!
Kisdota-The Freak Gamer: Wow, you're good. You can figure out almost all of my story plans. xD Well, since you have already figured it out, yepps the Riku & Namine thing has something to do with Roxas' clay heart.
chickenman00712: Wow. You sound angry. Are you jealous or something? xD just kidding. It always happen like that-- one moment you'll be surprised and the next, you burst out laughing. And you make it sound as if your English class is boring or something. xD
Surreptitiously Anonymous: Yes. I know. I wanted to shout "WTF" at my brain for giving me that crappy idea. But I had no choice; the brain controls me! D: xD Yes, I've played 358/2 Days before and I LOVE AXEL TOO!! :D
Now I have to go back to watching Gakkou no Kaidan. I'm still at the third episode..... what? I just started today! lol.
Sorry for any grammar mistakes!
-- Yuffie
