okay, so my updating sucks...disclaimer: see previous chapters ...anyway, enjoy!
"I have an announcement; I heard from Michael that the construction on the main castle is finished!" said Aerith as she placed a bowl of carrots on the table, "So I was thinking that we should have a ball there…"
"A…what?!" choked Leon as he took his seat at the dinner table.
"Come on Leon! It's going to be fun, please?" Yuffie then put on her best trampled puppy dog face and sat right across from Leon who narrowed his eyes at her.
"What's going to be fun?" River then took her seat between Sora and Tifa.
"I'll tell everyone once their all here, Where is Cloud and Cid?" asked Aerith as she took her seat and picked up her napkin and placed it on her lap.
"Sorry we're late." said Cloud as he walked in and took a seat with Cid coming up behind him with a grin on his face "Mmm, smells good Aerith, as always yer cookin' is the best."
"Thank you Cid. Okay, since everyone is here, I have an announcement, since the construction on the castle is finished, we should have a ball there, it could be a farewell ball for Sora since he has to leave and find Riku and King Mickey." said Aerith as she passed the baked rolls around.
"Sora, you have to leave?" asked a surprised River.
"Yeah, I need to find Riku and King Mickey, I don't actually live here, remember I told you that I live on Destiny Island."
"Who's Riku?"
"He's my best friend, hey River, since you just appeared here, have you seen him? He has silver hair and turquoise eyes, and he's a year older than me."
"Sorry, I haven't seen or heard of anyone by that name or appearance." said River with a weak smile.
"Oh…"
"Don't worry Sora, you'll find 'em, eat up you need energy to find 'em." Cid then looked up from his plate to the stares that everyone was giving him and gruffly said: "What?! He will find 'em."
"Right!" Sora then started to stuff his face with food.
After dinner while everyone was cleaning up, Leon quietly walked over to River who was just tying up the trash bag, and was getting up to throw it out.
"River, can I speak with you?"
"Huh? Oh! Yeah sure, just let me throw this out." River then picked up a trash bag and moved to grab the other, but Leon picked it up before she could and waved a hand towards the back door. "Thanks." And River opened the door and stepped outside to the slightly warm evening.
"Come on, let's go." Whispered Yuffie as she, Cid, Merlin, Tifa and a reluctant Cloud being pulled by Aerith sneaked over to the sink and ducked down by the open window to listen to Leon speak to River.
"River, can I see your weapon?"
"My weapon? Uh sure." River then pushed back her right sleeve and took a small bracelet off her wrist, it glowed and grew to a large ring of thirteen swords, she then passed it over to Leon who examined each of the swords and let out a gasp.
"What is it?"
"What does this symbol represent? It's on all the swords." Leon then pointed near the hilt of a sword, where a symbol of a heart with two intricate keys crossed over the center and a single amethyst jewel placed where the two keys crossed. Just like the one we found this morning but it has a diamond instead.
"Um…hey! Let's go back inside its cold. C'mon." River then pulled on Leon's wrist and headed towards the door.
"River, what are you hiding?" Leon stood his ground as he looked River in the eye, she looked back at him hesitantly and then looked down, letting a curtain of hair block the expression on her face.
"We found this." Leon then pulled out the small pendant from his pocket and held it in his hand, River's eyes grew in surprise, as she picked up the pendant, "Where did you find this?"
"This morning, Cloud and I were in the middle of our spar at the large plateau when this was thrown at us. I knew I recognized it when I saw it, what does it represent?" Leon looked at River questioningly, who was looking off towards the few stars that were weakly shining as the sky grew dark. Where are you?
"…River?"
"…we should head back in." River then turned toward the door and snapped her fingers and her weapon appeared back on her wrist as a bracelet, pocketed the pendant and took a step forward when she was suddenly pulled back and spun around to face Leon who blocked the door.
"Leon." said River, as she calmly waited for Leon to respond.
"What are you hiding from me…no us?"
"We are all entitled to our own secrets, and this is one thing that I prefer not to talk about, now please move." River moved her hand to grasp the doorknob when the door opened; causing Leon to lose his balance on the door that he was leaning on and collapse on top of Sora.
"Mmmph…" Leon then quickly got off of Sora and pulled him up "Sorry."
"Sora! Leon! Are you two alright?" Aerith, Tifa, Cloud, and Yuffie then quickly came over and to check if anyone was injured.
"I'm alright, just a bit surprised, what were you doing outside Leon?" asked Sora
"I was just talking to River- wait…River?" Leon then turned around and stood up, River was gone.
So any suggestions? Should I concentrate on the blooming romance or the plot line? Let me know
