Chapter 10: Waltz of the Moon
A/N: Yay! We finally reached the ball chapter! I've been looking forward to writing this chapter for a long time.
Also I wanted to clear a few things up. I got a few reviews saying about a few things that are related to Final Fantasy 8 such as with the whole Angelo thing. Just to clear things up, I know everything there is about that game and have studied it a lot for the sake of this story. I know Angelo wasn't a full German Sheppard in the game and was actually female. The fact that I made the Angelo in this story a male dog is simply because I wanted to make some characters original. All of the things you see that are referred to in Final Fantasy 8 is simply reference. If it may seem a tiny bit wrong or was the opposite in the game, that's because I intended to make it that way. It's kind of like in some of the spin off Final Fantasy games where you can name your character after one of the main characters in the main series. I hope that clears all the confusion. If not then you can always send me a PM and I will be more than happy to explain it to you.
Anyway, let's get on with the chapter! I'm sure you guys want to see Hikari and Riku dance, right?
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts; I just own my oc's.
Enjoy!
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"You bought a dog?"
Hikari laughed nervously at the look Leon was giving her. After she 'bought' Angelo she brought him back to Merlin's place so everyone could see her new pet. She even got him a cute little collar that matched her outfit.
"Aw, come on, Ni-san. I couldn't just leave Angelo with that guy" she insisted.
"He was being mean to him"
Leon held the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that you actually bought a dog!"
"Hey, to be honest, that guy wasn't really nice" Tsukiko said.
"Plus he was going to get rid of it anyway"
"Don't call Angelo an it" Hikari insisted.
She smiled and she scratched the dog behind his ears.
"He was being such a big meanie to my wittle Angie" she cooed.
"Isn't that right, Angelo?"
Angelo licked her face and he panted happily. After the guy left he turned into happy, cheerful dog. He seemed to be just as happy as Hikari was with this whole situation.
Sora knelt in front of him and petted him.
"He does look cool" he admitted.
"I wonder why he didn't want him?"
"It's because he's a special dog" Hikari explained.
"He can do magic"
Donald rolled his eyes.
"I doubt it" he said.
Hikari huffed in annoyance. Donald was probably jealous that he wasn't the only animal who could perform magic.
"It's true" she insisted.
"Show them what you can do, Angelo"
The dog sat up straight and started barking. Every time he barked, sparks of lighting would hit the floor.
"Gosh, that's amazing" Mickey said.
Hikari smiled and hugged Angelo close.
"I know! He's going to be an amazing addition to our family"
"You're not keeping him" Leon said.
Hikari looked hurt and surprised that her brother would say that.
"But why?" she insisted.
"You won't have to take care of him, I'll do it. He's my pet after all"
"I'm not having that mangy mutt in the house" Leon said.
Angelo growled at being called a mutt. It seemed it was smarter than other dogs as well.
"Oh, come on, Ni-san" Hikari insisted.
"I've always wanted a pet; can't you just let me keep him?"
"No" Leon said.
Hikari pouted and held Angelo close.
"I don't want to give him back to that mean man" she said.
Riku saw how upset Hikari was getting and didn't like it. He didn't see what was wrong with her having a pet if she was willing to take care of it. He thought Angelo was a pretty cool dog anyway. If Hikari wouldn't be able to keep him, then he would.
"Don't be upset, Hikari" he said.
He knelt down in front of her and scratched Angelo's ear.
"If you can't keep him, then I'll take him" he said.
"And that way you can always come to my house and see him whenever you want"
Hikari smiled at the prospect of being able to go to Riku's house all the time and play with her new pet.
Leon's eye twitched at the thought of his sister hanging around the demon child's home.
"On second thought, keep the dog" he muttered.
Hikari smiled and hugged Angelo.
"Yay! I get to keep my dog!" cheered.
Angelo barked in response and licked her face. Riku smirked when he saw his plan worked.
Ankoku rolled her eyes in a bored manner.
"Great now I'll have to deal with a slobbering dog" she groaned.
Leon suppressed a headache from starting.
"Alright, enough with the dog" he said.
"Tomorrow is the big ball. You guys better have nice outfits for tomorrow or forget about even coming"
"Don't worry, we'll look our best" Sora said.
"We're the guest of honors after all"
Leon rolled his eyes.
"Just try not to screw up. We've worked really hard to make this event even happen"
"Don't worry, Ni-san. We won't" Hikari said.
"We'll make this a night that everyone will remember!"
Leon smirked a little.
"Let's hope that it will"
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(The next night)
"Woo! We're gonna party like there's no tomorrow!" Sora cheered.
Riku rolled his eyes as he fixed his dress shirt in the mirror. Aerith and Mikomi picked all of the guys outfits for the night that consisted nice dress pants and dress shirt. Aerith had a sharp eye and picked out a color that fit Riku perfectly. He wore a pale yellow dress shirt that looked similar to his vest.
Sora's shirt was a deep maroon color with a black vest that went over it.
"I wonder what Kairi is going to wear at the dance?" Sora asked.
Riku smirked.
"You hoping that she'll dance with you?" he joked.
Sora blushed deeply and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Maybe" he said.
Riku patted him on the shoulder.
"Relax. Of course she'll dance with you" he said.
Sora smiled in relief.
The door to their room opened to reveal Mickey. He along with Donald and Goofy decided to stay in their regular outfits since it would be hard to find nice outfits in their size and because they thought the ones they had on at the moment were festive enough.
"Hey, fellas" the king said.
"You guys ready?"
"As ready as we'll ever be" Riku said.
They left the room and headed for the party that was meant for all of them.
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Everyone was having a blast at the party. People from around town came to dance and celebrate the anniversary of their world being returned to its former glory. Everyone was dancing and having a grand time.
"This is amazing!" Sora cried.
Riku couldn't agree more. He was amazed by how much this world changed in such a short time. Instead of it being the home to heartless it was the home to innocent people.
"The power of the keyblade really does wonders" he thought.
Tsukiko came over wearing a beautiful purple dress that was sleeveless on one side and had a slit on the other.
"Hey guys. You two look handsome" she said.
"You waiting for a couple of cute girls to dance with?"
Sora and Riku blushed at her joke. The sight caused Tsukiko to laugh.
"Aw, you guys act way too innocent for a couple of boys who saved the worlds. Man up a little. This party is dedicated for you thanks to what you did"
Riku stuck his hands into his pockets.
"Maybe more for Sora. I don't see any reason why they would thank me"
Tsukiko gave him a sympathetic smile.
"You've atoned for what you've done in the past, believe me" she said.
"Taiyouko always talks about you and how you really worked hard with defeating the Organization. Don't let one little mistake change anything"
Riku looked at the ground. Of course Taiyouko would say something nice about him. She didn't have the heart to say anything negative about anyone.
Kairi came over wearing a cute pink cocktail dress and had her hair clipped up in a twist. Sora's jaw dropped at the sight of her and had to have Riku jab him in the side to compose himself.
"You guys look amazing!" Kairi said.
She blushed when she saw Sora.
"You look really handsome too, Sora"
Sora gulped and fixed his shirt collar so he could breathe better.
"Y-You look great too, Kairi" he said.
Kairi smiled.
"Oh! You have to see Ankoku's dress!" she said.
"She looks amazing!"
Sora and Riku looked through the crowd to find their sarcastic buddy. They figured she wouldn't be wearing a dress since she wasn't that girly. Yet when they saw her, they had to cover their mouths to prevent themselves from laughing.
Stomping over to them was none other than Ankoku…in a Lolita style dress. The nobody wore a nasty scowl on her face as she was covered from head to toe in frilly lace. Everything was in blues and blacks while her hair was curled at the end to give her a 'dolly' look. She even had a cute little blue hat to top it all off.
"W-wow, Ankoku" Sora snickered.
"Y-you look so-so"
"Blue" Riku finished.
Ankoku had murder written on her face as the two of them snickered at her outfit.
"Don't even say a word" she hissed.
Riku just couldn't help it. He thought that this was karma getting back at Ankoku for being such a jerk to him. It seemed luck was on his side after all.
Ankoku stomped her patent leather shoe in anger.
"Shut the hell up!" she growled.
"Aerith got me this stupid dress at the last minute! I don't have a choice!"
"Sure you do" Sora said.
"You're just too lazy to talk back"
Kairi thought Ankoku's dress was rather cute and couldn't help but gush over it.
"Doesn't she look cute?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, she's cute alright" Riku said.
"She looks like a crappy little Bo Peep"
Ankoku growled in anger.
"Say one more thing pretty boy"
She summoned her keyblades secretly.
"Say one more thing"
Riku just held his hands up in mock surrender.
"Hey, don't cause a scene now" he said.
"You don't want to ruin this party that everyone worked on and make Hikari upset, do you?"
Ankoku dismissed her weapons and gave him the finger.
"Screw you" she spat.
She stormed off when she saw she wasn't going to get any sympathy.
"I'll be at the snack bar!"
Tsukiko just rolled her eyes at her friend.
"I better go watch her in case she decides to 'accidentally' get food on her dress"
She left the three friends behind as they tried to catch their breath from laughing.
When the music started to pick up, Kairi's eyes lit up in excitement.
"I love this song!" she cried.
She grabbed Sora's hand and dragged him over to the dance floor.
"C'mon, Sora! You have to dance with me!"
Sora's face went beat red as he was ushered away by the girl of his dreams.
Riku smiled softly. He was glad that his two friends were finally starting to show their feelings for one another. He would have done the same with Hikari, but she was nowhere to be seen.
He leaned against the wall as he watched everyone dance. He was fine with just watching everyone. Dancing really wasn't his thing and he would just make himself look like an idiot on the dance floor anyway.
He swayed his head to the music, enjoying the scenery when his eyes caught something in the middle of the dance floor.
There, standing in the middle of the room had to be the prettiest girl he had ever seen. Hikari was dressed in a light red dress that reached her knees and wore matching shoes to go with it. Her hair was curled at the ends and bounced whenever she moved her head in the slightest and wore the brightest smile on her face.
He always thought she looked pretty in whatever she wore but right now, he was having a hard time trying to close his mouth in shock.
Hikari saw him from across the dance floor and hurried over to him. When she reached him she placed her hands on her hips.
"You're the cutest looking guy here" she joked.
"Dance with me?"
Riku smirked but shook his head.
"I don't dance" he said.
Hikari pouted a little.
"What do you mean? Of course everyone can dance" she said.
"Oh, I get it! I bet you won't dance unless someone tells you. Well guess what, I happen to be a very powerful sorceress and I bet I can make you dance with me"
She waved her hand in front of his face in a joking manner.
"You will dance with me. You will dance with me" she chanted.
She tilted her head to the side.
"Well?"
Riku just snorted.
"Sorry but you're going to have to try harder" he said.
Hikari huffed and placed her hands on her hips.
"Oh come on" she said.
"I don't want to go out there by myself. And I even got this pretty dress on just for you"
Riku smirked.
"Well, since you went to such troubles then how could I possibly refuse?" he joked.
Hikari beamed and grabbed his hand.
"Hurry! The next dance is about to start!"
Riku staggered as Hikari lead him to the center of the dance floor. She quickly placed his hand on her waist while she held his other.
"Just follow my lead" she said.
The two of them started dancing with Hikari leading and Riku following. The keyblade wielder staggered as he tried to follow Hikari's movements without stepping on her feet. Hikari spun out of his arms and spun back while Riku accidentally bumped into her. He got embarrassed and started to leave but Hikari dragged him back and had him to it again. They tried dancing again but Riku got lost in the movements and bumped into a nearby couple that was dancing.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!"
Hikari stuck her tongue out at them and gave them a nasty look.
"Why don't you go watch where you're going?" she retorted.
The couple just moved away and left them be.
Hikari smiled up at Riku.
"See? There's nothing to worry about"
Riku smiled softly and decided to try dancing one more time.
It seemed like third time was the charm because they were able to dance perfectly without any screw ups. He spun Hikari perfectly and had her spin back into his arms. The two of them blushed when they saw how close they were to each other. Riku slowly dipped his head to kiss her but they were interrupted by a batch of fireworks going off.
Everyone cheered at the sight while Riku and Hikari blushed with embarrassment.
"I told you that you could dance" Hikari said.
Riku smiled and shrugged.
"I guess I can" he said.
"Hey Hikari"
Hikari turned to see Leon standing a little ways off. The gunblade wielder wore a slight smirk as he offered out a hand.
"Care to give your brother a dance?"
Hikari looked at Leon then to Riku, not sure what to do. Riku understood her dilemma and kissed her on the forehead.
"Go ahead" he said.
Hikari gave him a grateful smile and quickly went over to Leon. Leon smiled at Hikari then secretly gave Riku a nasty look.
Riku just rolled his eyes.
"When will he grow up?"
Hikari smiled as she danced with her favorite older brother. Leon didn't show it, but he was a pretty good dancer. Spun her around and swayed with the music like he had done it for years.
"I didn't know you were such a good dancer, Ni-san"
Leon just smirked and continued swaying with the music.
"Mom always taught me how to dance when I was little" he said.
"She said that it was the perfect way to win a girl's heart"
Hikari just laughed and their mother's logic. Of course she would think of something like that.
"You look cute by the way" Leon said.
"That dress fits you"
Hikari blushed and laughed.
"Well of course it would, you were the one who picked it out for me"
When Hikari went to get ready for the ball, Aerith gave her a box saying that it was from Leon. She was surprised that her brother would pick out such a beautiful dress for her, but she figured that he was showing how much he loved her.
Leon just smirked in his usual manner.
"I saw you dancing with Riku earlier" he said.
"Didn't know he was that bad of a dancer"
Hikari huffed in annoyance.
"He may not be a good dancer, but his heart is in the right place" she said.
"And at least he tried to my sake"
Leon rolled his eyes.
"Whatever"
Hikari pouted. It seemed that her brother was still going to hate Riku despite him being nice. She wished that her brother wasn't so protective or thick headed at times.
"Mind if I cut in?"
Leon and Hikari saw Riku standing next to them and held his hand out for Hikari to take. Leon was about to say something, but Hikari quickly cut him off.
"I would love to!"
Riku lead her away and looked at Leon.
'I win' he mouthed out.
Leon glared at him and gave him the finger in response.
Riku took Hikari away from the dancing area and outside where it was quiet and less crowded. The stars looked so bright out that it was as if the worlds where joining in on their celebration.
"It's so beautiful out" Hikari breathed.
Riku smiled in response and nodded.
"Who would have thought that there were so many worlds out there?" he wondered.
Hikari nodded in response and looked up at him.
"At least we're all connected in some way, otherwise I would have never met you and we wouldn't be here right now"
Riku gave her a gentle smile and kissed her forehead.
"I couldn't agree with you more" he said.
He offered his hand to her.
"I think I'm getting the hang of this dancing" he said.
"Let me show you"
Hikari accepted his hand and placed her other hand on his shoulder. Riku pulled her close and smiled when she seemed to fit perfectly against her. The two of them slowly danced to the music that was playing the background and looked at each other. There was so much love in their eyes that they didn't know that they could feel such an emotion that strongly.
She blushed when she saw how handsome he looked and felt her leg cramp up. She stumbled a bit but Riku managed to steady her.
"And I thought I had the bad balance" Riku joked.
Hikari just blushed and laughed. It seemed whenever she was super close to Riku her leg would start the cramp up for no apparent reason.
She placed her head on her shoulder and swayed with the music. She felt so safe and secured in Riku's arms. As long as she was with him, she knew nothing would harm her. Riku placed his head on top of hers and held her close.
They stayed like this for a long time and just danced even when the song finished. They didn't want this moment to end and tried to keep it as long as they could.
Hikari looked up at Riku and raised herself up so she could kiss him. Riku slowly lowered his head to kiss her in return.
The loving couple was about to share a tender moment, but like all good things, it came to a sudden end.
The ground shook as a large explosion erupted throughout the area. They looked up to see smoke forming in the distance and the sound of evil laughter echoing throughout the air.
It seemed that danger was upon them.
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A/N: Aren't I cruel for ending it like that? But hey at least that means it'll be adventure time for everyone. Who is the one causing this problems though?
I hoped you guys like this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it and enjoyed seeing Riku and Hikari dancing. Hikari even got a leg cramp because she was so close to Riku! That's just proof that she's Laguna's kid, right?
And I hoped you guys liked Tsukiko and Ankoku's outfits. I'm working on their drawings right now so keep an eye out.
Please review and tell me what you think!
Ja ne!