Disclaimer: I don't own KH, but maybe I'll see the rights to it under my tree this year! With a big red ribbon, to boot! Hey, you never know. ;) I don't own Love Connection either. I love that show, though.
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 45/10: Where Has All the Light Gone? (Aftermath of 2000 Years, Part Three)
"Sora! Sora, look!"
"Ugh...five more minutes..." The brunette mumbled, turning away from the voice that was trying to pry him out of really sweet dreams...
"Soraaaa, guess what?" No reply, so whoever was trying to wake him up continued, "Kairi's here to announce her love for you!"
"WHAT? KAIRI'S HERE!" Sora jolted straight out of bed, ran to the bathroom and came out with a toothbrush hanging out of his mouth as he multi-tasked; brushing his teeth and putting a shirt on simultaneously. "I gotta get ready!" He mumbled.
"It was just to wake you up." Olette, the person who had been trying to get him to wake up, laughed, sitting on the bed, "I'm surprised that you got up so fast. Usually it takes you fifteen minutes or a cold glass of water to actually get you out of bed."
Sora sighed in aggravation, going into the bathroom across the hall. When he came out, five minutes later, he was fully dressed and didn't have his toothbrush hanging out of his mouth. Then, he yawned and looked over at the clock, "OH MY GOD!" He exclaimed, so loud, that Roxas, who had been sleeping, awoke with a start.
'WHAT! What! What's the matter!' He asked in a non-asking way, quite alert and poised.
"Nothing..." Sora replied to Roxas, "It's just that SCHOOL BEGAN TWO HOURS AGO! OLETTE WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE AND WHY AREN'T WE THERE AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE OH MY GOD IT'S RUINED!!" He then clenched his fists and said, "I bet HAYNER snuck into our house last night and put sleeping pills in our water!"
She laughed; usually she'd be the one fretting over her perfect attendance record, "Look out the window, Sora." Olette said calmly. He looked at her suspiciously, then walked to his window and pulled back the curtain. Snow was swirling around, creating a white breeze that gently carried the delicate little flakes to the ground.
"IT'S SNOWING!" He shouted, dancing a little jig, "IT'S SNOWING, IT'S SNOWING!" He burst out in song, "Oh, the weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful, and here are lyrics I don't know, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!"
"Yes, Sora, they cancelled school. There's a lot of ice on the streets and they don't want anyone slipping or something." Olette explained, and added, "And there's a lot of snow on the ground. Uncle Zack and father are shoveling it all away from the driveway."
"Then...if we don't have to go to school today, how come you're so dressed up? We're not...going anywhere, are we?" Sora asked suspiciously. As much as he loved family outings, he hated fancy restaurants. Everyone was always telling him to keep his voice down and they had really funky things on the menus, like duck butt and dog snout, like at some restaurant Roxas had gone to.
"Well...I was going to ask Mother..." Olette trailed off, grabbing Sora's hand and dragging him downstairs, "Come on!"
Once they got downstairs, they saw their mother and Tifa sitting on a plaid couch sipping hot chocolate. They knew it was hot chocolate because Tifa couldn't stand coffee. She claimed she'd rather bang her head on a wall before drinking what she called 'the vile concoction'.
"Hey Sora, Roxas." They both greeted, smiles gracing their faces.
"Did he say yes?" Aerith asked, looking at Sora, then back at Olette.
"Well, I didn't really ask him yet." Olette said, lacing her hands behind her back, "I don't know, it may not be any of my business, really..."
"You're his sister." Tifa said, "Of course it's your business."
"Yes, but...That's not what I meant." Olette said, seeming a little aggravated. Aerith whispered something to Tifa, who then 'ahhhhed' and nodded.
"He can be pretty protective. But I don't see why he'd say no." She shrugged, "I think it's nice you want to meet her."
"Her?" Sora repeated, rubbing the back of his head. "You can't mean Kairi! You must mean..."
'Naminé?' Roxas asked, 'You want to meet Naminé, Olette?'
"Yes, I'd very much like to!" She said, smiling, "I heard from Tifa that she was very beautiful. I really want to meet her, and today seemed like the perfect day because we don't have school!"
'I don't see the problem with that.' Roxas said, 'Though I hope she's awake.'
"Awake?" Olette asked, tilting her head.
"You'll see." Sora answered, then added, "Ooooh, so THAT'S why you're dressed up. To go to see Nadine. Well, she's blind, sooo..."
"I thought it was Naminé?" Aerith asked, slightly confused because she could not hear Roxas like everyone else in the room.
"It is." Tifa answered, nodding, "How are you guys going to get there?"
"Teleportation, how else?" Sora asked, "I mean, it's too cold to be flying around outside, and, like, Roxas has never really carried a person while flying before..."
'I have SO! Well, actually...no, wait, yes, yes I have.'
"Hey, do you think it would be a good idea if I separated from Roxas? I want to meet her, too! You know, since we haven't officially met." Sora explained, waving his hands around for emphasis.
"I think it'd be fine," Tifa replied, "And if Roxas, you know, gets a little shakey you can just say either of you need to go."
'Sounds like a plan to me.' Roxas said, walking right out of Sora. He brushed the dust off of his clothes(although there was none) and made sure his hair was all in order. "You guys ready?"
"Ready as ever!" Sora and Olette piped.
"Alright, see you later!" Roxas said to Tifa and Aerith, grabbing onto Sora and Olette's shoulders.
In an instant, the trio arrived in front of the orphanage. Snow flurried around the trio, and luckily someone had shoveled away snow from the driveway, but their ankles were still surrounded in snow. "We shoulda brought jackets..." Sora mumbled, brushing off some snowflakes that were visible on Olette's brown hair. He knew his sister liked to be very prim, neat, and organized. Sora really couldn't care less about the snow getting in his hair. He wondered if Roxas minded the snowflakes in his hair, and then wondered why he even cared in the first place. Then he answered his question: To get his mind off of the freezing numbness eating away at his nose, fingers, and ears.
"WILL YOU OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE WE FREEZE TO DEATH!" Sora yelled in Roxas' ear, "This is NO time to be contemplating your decision to bring us here, and unless you want us to get hypothermia and possibly die, and hey, if I die, I hate to break it to you but you'll die too so unless you have a deathwish GET MOVING!"
Roxas jumped, mumbled an apology, and opened the door. The warm air greeted them like a bakery on a cold winter's day. Well, it was a cold winter's day, so what kind of analogy is that?
Once inside, they saw little kids playing around on a giant carpeted area, which had some couches where some teenagers, not much younger than themselves(well, Sora and Olette, anyway) were conversing. At the front desk was the familiar face of Reks, who seemed to be scribbling something down on a piece of paper, and then instantly looked up at the noise.
"Oh, it's Ven." He said, standing up and putting his pen down, "And you brought friends..."
"They're like my family," Roxas said, smiling, "It's really cold outside, so what could be better than a visit from us to you guys? I doubt you get many visitors when it's snowing."
"We barely get any visitors wishing to adopt anymore," Reks said, walking away as the trio hurriedly followed, "It's a shame, too, because around the Holidays all of the kids always get so excited, thinking that this year, they'll get what they want the most: parents."
"That's so sad..." Olette frowned, "At least they get gifts, right?"
"The other years, we've been able to afford one gift per kid, but this year, our income is down. You can probably see that; all the owner could afford was a wreath for the front door. And I would give them gifts if I could, but I can't. I'm saving up so I can take care of Vaan and Naminé when I get an apartment." Reks sighed, then said, "I'm sorry. My personal life isn't your business."
"Hey!" Sora said, "I have an idea! Ro--" Roxas and Olette glanced at him, before he quickly corrected himself, "Ven would be happy to provide some Christmas carols to brighten up the mood!"
"And Sora and I," Olette said, gesturing to Sora and herself, "Could tell Christmas stories to the little kids!"
"Yeah! We'll gather up everyone we can! You know, we have connections, so we might get a big company to donate some of their money to make these kids happy this year!" Sora said, obviously meaning Reno and his adoptive father and their OBVIOUS riches. If they could pimp out the Student Council office like that, then imagine what joy he could bring to these kids!
"Would you really lend us your voice this Holiday, Ven?" Reks asked, looking at Roxas.
He thought this over. The idea highly appealed to him because A. What better way to spread Christmas cheer than a song for all to hear, B. He'd bring joy to all of the orphans, and his angelic-ness was all for spreading kindness and joy to those less fortunate, C. He liked to sing, and hey, if you got it, flaunt it, and, finally, D. This would build up major brownie points with Reks and Vaan, and they'd trust/respect him more. So, with a grin on his face, he said, "Sure! There's nothing I would rather do than spread Holiday cheer to all those who would like to hear!"
"Great!" Reks smiled back, turning around and continuing to walk through the hallways that seemed to stretch on for miles, "I'll have to talk it over with the owner, but I'm sure she'd be delighted with the idea."
Finally, Reks stopped in front of a room. He opened it and looked inside. Another dirty-blonde, bearing much resemblance to Reks, whom Roxas identified as Vaan, was leaning against a wall, and looked at them when they arrived. He got off the wall and walked towards them.
"Hey, Reks, Ven and...?"
"I'm Sora!" Sora chirped, then pointed towards his sister, "And this is my twin, Olette."
"I'm Vaan." Vaan said, and shook each of their hands. "I take it you're here for Naminé? She's getting very popular these days." He then mumbled, "With all of those waiters from Castle Oblivion coming here to see her..." The trio instantly sighed in relief, glad that Riku/Seifer had not visited.
"Sooo, this girl..." Sora trailed off, not saying her name because he knew he'd say 'Nadine' again, and he didn't want to tick off the brothers because that would not be a good thing, "Where is she?"
"Right here!" The flaxen-haired girl jumped off of the bed she had been sitting on, and turned around to face them. "I'm Naminé, it's a pleasure to meet you both!"
"I'm Olette." Olette said, a teeny bit shocked that she was wearing bandages over her eyes. She knew the blonde was blind, but why wear bandages?
"And I am Sora!" Sora said.
"I think Ven's told you about me, right?" She asked, smiling. Roxas exchanged glances with Sora and Olette, who shrugged.
"What makes you think that, Naminé?" Vaan asked, he and his brother crossing their arms.
"I just..." She laughed, "I don't know," Then she shrugged, "I just have a feeling he talks about me. Don't tell me if I'm right or not, because now I feel special!"
"Aw, how sweet." Olette said, clasping her hands together and placing them beside her cheek, tilting her head in a dreamy stance, and then continued on with a sigh, "Everyone always says the Holidays are the most romantic!"
"Oh!" Naminé seemed surprised, "It's the Holidays? I love the Holidays! You know, Ven, I have a gift for you."
"You do?" Roxas, Reks, and Vaan asked simultaneously.
"Yes! But, you'll only get it when the Holidays are actually here!" She said, and laughed, "I think you'll be really surprised!"
"Ven is going to have a Holiday concert soon. He'll sing some carols and everyone will be there. You can give it to him then." Reks said.
"Oh! Christmas carols! I love Chirstmas carols!" Naminé said excitedly. "I hope you won't mind if I sing along! I just love the spirit of all of the Holiday songs!"
"Oh, me too!" Olette said, snapping out of her daydreaming, "Some of them are just so pretty! Oh, Ven, I would love to sing along, too!"
"Sure." Roxas said, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "We'll have sing-a-longs and karoake and gifts and it will be a good time!"
"When will it be?" Sora asked, "I'm just so excited!" He said, and by the way he said that, you'd think he was being sarcastic. But he was not, whether that's believable or not. Sora loved the Holidays, and his favorite part was the door-to-door caroling he and Olette did every year as a tradition. But now, he got the chance to sing a song; something he never did because Roxas always took the spot of the singer, since his voice was so magnificent.
"We have to talk it over with the owner, first." Reks said, "And she's out doing some grocery shopping. She won't be back for awhile."
"But we're having it." Roxas decided, "I'm going to do it for free anyway, and I can just raise my voice if people have trouble hearing me. There's no cost involved, so why would it not be okay?"
"You'll...really do it for free?" Reks asked.
"Of course. Just think of it as my gift. From all of us," Roxas gestured to Olette, Sora, and himself, "To everyone here."
"We'll bring as many people as we can." Olette said, "Ven is very good at gathering people together."
"Yeah, everybody listens to him." Sora said, placing his hands on his hips, "Not that he's commanding or anything, but like...I dunno." He then scratched his head, trying to word what he was going to say, "It's just weird like that. When Ven talks, people listen."
"Thank you, guys, but we're not here to talk about me." Roxas said, not wanting the brothers to think he was some kind of stuck-up jerk. Then they'd really hate him.
"I think people listen to him," Naminé added, ('Can't we just get off of the damn subject already??!' Were Roxas' exasperated thoughts) "Because he's an angel."
Roxas was speechless. He glanced at Sora, who was mouthing, 'How does she know?' and then at Olette who mouthed, 'You told her?' He looked back at Naminé, unsure of what to say.
"I--I...I don't mean an actual angel!" She stuttered, sensing the tension in the air, "I mean like...he's such a sweetie-pie, you know?"
"S-Sweetie-pie?" Sora asked, doubling over in laughter. "Oh, man, that's good stuff. Sweetie pie..." He repeated, chuckling as he wiped a tear from his eye, "Oh-ho, Nadine, you're quite a joker."
"Naminé." Everyone quickly corrected him.
"So, you just mean he's an angel personality-wise?" Olette then questioned, and Naminé nodded, sitting down where she stood. Then Reks and Vaan sat down, and so did the trio, so they formed a little circle.
"Of course that's what I mean!" The blonde said, placing her hands on her knees, "Angels exist, but, I don't think any of them walk on the Earth anymore. Their place is in Heaven!"
"What do you mean, 'anymore'?" Roxas asked, taking a deep breath. Did she mean...? Could she mean...?
"Well, you know," Naminé turned red, "Way back when, angels had their own little town on the land. But it's not around today..."
"Because it got destroyed by an explosion. Right?" Roxas finished, deep in thought.
"Hmm." Naminé seemed to be in thought as well, and then she grinned. "You know," She tilted her head, "I'm really tired. You all should be going now." She then stood up and everyone else glanced at each other confusedly. Her face did not match what she was saying, and that was the cause of their confusion. Maybe she was happy she was tired? "Vaan, Reks, everybody, I'm going to sleep. Please, out of my room!"
Reks and Vaan shrugged, and the five got out of her room. Almost immediately, they heard Naminé singing a carol and she sounded really happy.
"I don't think she's sleeping." Olette laughed, and Roxas did too.
"I guess we should get going," Sora said, and shrugged, and then pointed his thumb towards Roxas and Olette whom were still laughing, "They're acting a little wacky and that's making me nervous."
"We'll see you later." Vaan said, then nodded. Both he and his brother then gave Sora the blitzball sign for victory instead of the normal goodbye wave .
"Oh!" Sora would recognize that sign anywhere, "You two blitz?"
"Oh, you blitz too?" Reks asked, and the brunette nodded.
"I'd love to play your team against mine sometime!" Sora said, waving as he joined Roxas and Olette in the cold snow of outside.
Quickly(before Sora complained again), Roxas teleported all three back to their peaceful adobe. "Well, that was weird." Sora commented, scratching his head. From Naminé singing carols when she supposedly wanted to go to sleep to Olette and Roxas having a strange outburst of laughter, to Reks and Vaan suddenly admitting they blitzed; this sure was an unusual day. Well, it wasn't like it was out of the ordinary for Sora. After all, he had an alter ego who was an angel. How normal could a day get with a family like his?
"Oh, you're all back already?" Aerith, who must have been in the kitchen, walked in the living room, where the trio quickly took a seat. Tifa soon followed, and asked them how it went.
"Well," Roxas looked at Tifa, "Naminé...she remembers Mizu no Akashi and The World That Never Was."
"What?" Sora, Olette, and Aerith asked. They had never heard of either of those places, which was surprisingly, especially to Olette, who thought that she knew the whole story so well she could tell it backwards.
"Mizu no Akashi...is the city where the fallen angels used to reside." Making a not-so-dramatic entrance was the bandaged-up Cloud with a snowy shovel over his shoulder. Right behind him was Zack Fair, none other than the twins' favorite uncle, even if he wasn't actually related.
"Oh! Cloud! Zack! I told you two to leave the shovels by the door!" Aerith panicked, standing up, "Now you'll get snow all over the carpet and it will get all wet and...!"
"Aerith, you worry too much." Zack said, he and Cloud placing the shovels near the door as they took a seat.
"Wait, you said it was where the fallen angels used to reside? Well, what happened to it?" Olette asked curiously.
"Uh..." Roxas laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head, "Well, you see...what happened was that Seifer was going to marry Naminé, right? I obviously didn't want that to happen, but I was in jail at that time..." At this, Olette and Aerith gasped, "Don't worry, I'm here now, aren't I? Anyway, so Axel busted me out and we went to where the wedding was taking place. So I knocked Seifer into a portal of light, but he created a portal of darkness at the same time, sending us to Betwixt and Between. So we fought and fought and fought...and then Seifer decided that enough was enough. He created a giant bomb made out of darkness, and sent it my way. I opened a portal behind me and the bomb went through there...but I forgot where I had sent it too."
"And it turns out," Tifa continued, "That my adorable little blondie," She then pinched his cheeks which made him slap her hand away and say, 'Mom! I'm over 2,000 years old! Hardly a kid by human standards!', but she just smiled and continued, "Sent the explosion to Mizu no Akashi. It exploded...but luckily, no one had really been living there because Roxas accidentally scattered all of the angel's wings to the corners of the world, so he basically destroyed the whole population of fallen angels..."
"It became known as the World That Never Was. Where the darkness resides." Cloud finished.
"Darkness?" Sora questioned, "Is that where Seifer lives?"
"No. He's referring to Sephiroth, Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo, Vincent, Lucrecia, Marlene, Gippal, Rikku...everyone from Hell, basically. Except Seifer, who 'lives' inside of Riku..." Tifa said, trailing off and nodding her head.
"I don't even know who half those people are." Olette said, pursing her lips as she shrugged, "Oh we--WAIT! Isn't Gippal our History teacher?"
"Yeah." Sora nodded, "And I saw Marlene in the halls, too!"
"They're looking out for you, Sora. Because they know Seifer has come." Cloud said, crossing his arms.
"And when we see him again, we're gonna kick 'im in the spleen!" Sora said enthusiastically, punching his fist into his open palm.
"Spleen?" Everyone questioned. Sora shrugged as silence ensued. Roxas started humming some carols, and Sora was kicking his feet against the couch. Aerith, Cloud, and Zack were talking about god knows what, and Tifa seemed to be in deep thought.
Olette looked around. Everyone seemed to be busy, but her. It was getting a little too crowded even in the spacious living room, although there was only one guest. She stood up, and suddenly declared, "I'm going out!"
Everyone looked at her, and then Sora said, "Oh! I'll come, too!"
"Why can't I just go alone? I'm only going to be walking around Twilight Town!" Olette said, exasperatedly. It wasn't like she was going out to get high or make out with Hayner or something.
"It's too dangerous to be out by yourself." Cloud said, as Olette wrapped her favorite orange scarf(which happened to be lying on the couch) around her neck, and put on her equally orange jacket and zippered it up. She wondered if she should go up and get her favorite orange earmuffs, but decided that just putting on the fuzzy black ones would be enough to keep her ears nice and toasty. Besides, any respectable girl would know that if you put on too much of one color it's just tacky.
"Why don't I go with her?" Zack offered, "Unlike you both, I am cool."
"Hey!" Sora shouted, "I'm cool!" However, Cloud did not seem to be bothered by this proclamation. You could tell by the blonde's face that he did not care if he was cool, not cool, had the right trends, or whatever. (But no matter what Cloud did, people always seemed to follow in his footsteps. It was either that he's just THAT handsome or he's become an icon for everyone. Somehow, he thought it was both)
Olette laughed, "Okay, Uncle Zack, you can come with me." She then opened and walked out of the door, stepping over the shovels.
Once they got outside of the house, Zack said, "So, who's this boy you're meeting up with?"
"W-What?!?" Olette's face turned scarlet, and she immediately thought of Hayner when he mentioned 'boy'. 'No, no, noooo!!! What am I thinking!' She thought wildly, then took a composed breath and said, "N-no one! I-I mean, I wasn't here to meet anyone...um...I just wanted to take a breath of the nice winter air."
"I see." Zack said, though you could tell he was doubting the credibility of Olette's actually true words, "Well, I'll be off. Just call if this boy of yours gives you trouble, I'll be around." With that, Zack went off.
Olette blinked, and then waved. Sighing, she then walked a separate way from where Zack had gone off to. Silence followed her every footstep, aside from the crunching noise she was making due to the snow. Her breath came out in clouds, and suddenly she was wishing she brought gloves, as she dug her hands into her fluffy(and poofy) orange jacket.
She saw a group of sprightly carolers pass her, and just having them pass by brought a sudden festive atmosphere to the world. Olette could see that the people they have just caroled to were looking out of their foggy windows with charmed smiles on their faces. 'Aren't the carolers a little early this year?' She thought, then shrugged and continued on her way, 'I guess there's no too early of a time to carol. Maybe I should've brought Sora and we could've gone caroling together. Oh well...maybe next week.'
She continued along, passing some lovely young streetsweepers(who tipped their hats to her) and shouted 'Happy Holidays, Miss!' to which she then bowed her head and repeated the good wishes to them as well. "The streets are certainly lively tod--oh!" As she traveled closer to where the Old Mansion lie, she could see a crowd surrounding the giant hole in the wall(Which was Roxas' fault, but he said it was a good connection to nature for humans. Good cover-up, Rox).
Quickly, she made her way over to what the people were staring at. "What is it?" She asked someone she kind of recognized from school, "Why is everybody crowding?" Olette couldn't see over the sea of heads, since she wasn't exactly model height.
"I don't know!" The other replied, equally frustrated(and short). They both tried standing on their tiptoes. No such luck. After an eternity, some tall people moved, and they quickly filled in their space like jelly filling to a doughnut.
"Oh! That's..." Olette blinked. Everyone was watching Kairi ice skate on a really gigantic puddle of frozen water that must have been cleared of snow. The emerald-eyed girl wasn't surprised; usually that foresty area received a lot of rain and with the combined cold temperature and snow...
"She's amazing!" People whispered many a compliment about her, and Olette had to say that Kairi was fantastic. She was glad and sad that she didn't bring Sora now. She was glad because he'd be drooling all over everyone, and she was sad because Kairi's little recital for everyone was quite magical.
The auburn-haired cheerleader then performed a couple of spins before bowing to everyone. Suddenly, everyone magically had flowers in their hands that Olette hadn't noticed before(maybe Hayner was secretly teaching everyone how to make flowers magically appear) and were now throwing the flowers at Kairi, congratulating her on her performance before they left. Soon, only she was left standing. As Kairi picked up the flowers, she spoke up, "That was really great!"
Kairi looked up, and then said, "Oh, thanks. You're Olette, right? Sora's sister?"
"Yeah." She nodded, and helped her pick up the abundance of flowers.
"Hey, would you mind if we had a little girl chat for a second?" Kairi suddenly asked, seeming nervous. Olette blinked, and then nodded slowly. Experience told her that ice-skating cheerleaders were not best friends with fashion-senseless 'nerds'(Though Olette thought she had good fashion sense, a sour experience with an obnoxious cheerleader told her otherwise).
"Um, sure..." Olette handed her the flowers she had picked up, and Kairi gave her thanks. With her ice-skates on and all, Kairi walked(more like stomped) her way through the snow-covered forest, skating on the patches of ice. Olette followed(almost slipping once or twice), wondering what the auburn-haired girl could possibly want to talk about.
"I don't think anyone can hear us from all the way in here. So, you know your brother, right?" Kairi asked, and the brunette nodded, "Weeeell..." Kairi looked around again, just for reassurance, "He's not with you, right?"
"Right. I left him at the house." Olette said, getting excited. She loved to hear heartfelt confessions! And Sora was head-over-heels for her and...wait till he heard that KAIRI was wondering about HIM!
"Good. I feel like I can trust you. Don't betray this trust, or else it will be the worst mistake you have ever made in your entire life." She said menacingly, and Olette gulped and nodded. Kairi then giggled, flipped her hair, and clapped her hands, "Oh, good! Okay...so you know your brother, right?"
Olette nodded tiredly. She had already said this! Kairi may be pretty and friendly, but her brain was probably the size of a nut, "Yes, I know him..." She replied, wanting her to get on with the mushy-gushy love confessions. Suddenly, Olette felt like she was the host of Love Connection, trying to get Sora and Kairi together.
"Weell...I've been meaning to ask you this for sometime, and well, now's the time! Okay, so, wait a minute..." Kairi then looked through her sweatshirt pocket and fished out a notepad and a pencil, "So. What qualities does he like in a girl! Go!"
"Huh? Qualities?" Olette asked, and Kairi then scribbled down something furiously, as if she were trying to drive the poor pencil clear through the small little notepad. "Well...wait, why do you ask?"
Kairi sighed in frustration, "I thought you were smart! Can't you tell?!?"
"It's not because you..." Olette's eyes then widened, "Oh my god. Are you saying what I think you're saying? You...you...you...like my b--"
Kairi immediately clapped her hands over her mouth, and the cheerleader looked around. "Shhh! We don't want anyone to hear! And...and yes..." She said, flushing a deep cherry color as she took her hands away from Olette's mouth, "I do like...um...Sky."
"Sky?"
"Codenames! Duh!" Kairi said, and sighed, "Besides, Sora means Sky, so it makes sense! Anyway, continue..."
"Well..." Olette bit her lip, "I think he likes you too."
"R-Really?!?" Kairi asked, her face lighting up, "Oh, this is wonderful news! Let's go!" Kairi then hooked her arm with Olette's, and walked(well, as much as she could with her ice skates on) in a merry way, singing a happy tune. Olette didn't want to damper Kairi's mood, but she knew Sora would kill her if he found out she told him! Oh, what did it matter if they liked each other?
"You know," Kairi said(Olette wondered if the auburn-haired cheerleader knew where she was going), "I think we'd make a perfect match. 'Cause, you know, my uncle is a famous blitz player. Has Sora ever talked about a guy named Jecht?"
"Oh my god." Olette stopped, "If Sora knew you were related to the man, he would kiss the ground you walk on. He talks about him all the time. In fact, even I know things only a stalker would know. He's number three on the Zanarkand Abes, on offense, and he always gets goals in with his famous..."
"Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III." Kairi finished, "I could probably get him to autograph one of his old uniforms for Sora, if it'd make him happy."
"Happy? He'd be ecstatic! It'd make his entire lifetime." Olette said. Sora usually didn't talk about the magnificence of Jecht anymore because Roxas was tired of hearing about him babbling on and on and on and on about the guy! Who CARES if he once scored thirty-seven consecutive times in five minutes? Who CARES if he tattoed the symbol of the Zanarkand Abes on his chest?(Well, Sora apparently does, but that's not the point!)
"Really? Maybe I'll invite Uncle Jecht over one day and have Sora meet him in person!" Kairi wondered, then looking to Olette, "What do you think?"
"Knowing Sora, he would probably grovel and hug Jecht's leg and not let go of him, and when Jecht DOES speak to him, he'll probably faint." Olette said, and then said in her Sora-imitating voice, "'Oh, that guy's a blitzball legend!'"
They both laughed at her imitation, because it was quite comically accurate. Kairi then stopped when they reached The Usual Spot, where her sneakers were. She took off her ice skates and put her sneakers on. "Ah, that feels good!"
"Um, see you in school, then?" Olette asked, and Kairi nodded.
"Yeah! I'll see you around! See ya, Olette! Tell 'Sky' I said hello!" She said, waving as she turned around and left. Olette waved back, and sighed as she left.
She sat where she usually did in the Usual Spot, which was where she, Sora, Riku, and a bunch of other unimportant people usually gathered to just chillax and have sea salt ice cream. She noticed that beside her, was an open book. "How weird!" She mumbled to herself, closing the book to look at the cover. The words 'Sykelym Dnaycina' were imprinted in it. The book itself looked very, very old, the pages were all yellow and there was no back cover. She opened it and tried to read what was written inside, but it was written in a different language. She could see that there were drawings of things, and soon she had an idea of what it was. "A...fantasy story? Or...a spellbook? Is that possible?" She asked herself, tilting her head.
Olette wondered if she should take it with her or not. On one hand, if she left it here, the snow could deteriorate it within a second because it was so old. On the other, if she took it, it could be considered stealing. Deciding that if the book was really important in the first place, then the person who had left it here wouldn't have forgotten it, Olette decided to take it. After all, maybe Tifa or Roxas would be able to decipher the language. And besides, her inner bookworm did not allow her to leave such an old book lying out in the snow. It was probably so old that someone discarded it here. Yes, that had to be what it was.
So, she picked up the book, and decided to go on home, unaware of who's disappearance she was bringing home...
WAIT! Before those of you who like to translate Al Bhed translate it, wait a minute. There is no significance to 'Sykelym Dnaycina', in fact, I will tell you what it means: Magical Treasure(See? No significance to anything WHATSOEVER). I just picked it because it sounded awesome.
Oh, oh, oh. If you're wondering about the late update...um. I wasn't going to update until someone on my alert list posted up a new chapter(I got REALLY tired of waiting). That happened to be kinmoku2, give it up to her!
That reminds me. I bolded the word disappearance for a reason! Remember it well, everybody. REMEMBER IT:D
P.S. That is ALL I am saying:D Have fun guessing, guys! And...have a happy Noel(teehee), everyone who celebrates!