. Chapter 11 .
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Kairi's arm was draped over Sora's shoulders to keep her balance. Her right leg still felt somewhat numb, including her arms. Kairi looked over at Sora who looked so serious. He didn't mind that people were taking pictures of them in the process. He didn't mind that he had a girl clinging onto him. He really didn't seem to care what other people thought.
"Sora?" Kairi whispered, "People are taking pictures of us." Sora sighed, "I know." Kairi looked far off in the distance. So he really doesn't care... She smiled; Sora really was an interesting person. Charming, kind, funny; not to mention talented. She'd heard him play the piano a few times back at the mansion without him knowing.
As they reached the mansion, Sora and Kairi both could see someone jumping up and down from a window. Kairi squinted; it was Hayner. What was he doing at the mansion? The door burst open, as the Organization and Kairi's friends came running outside with shocked looks on their faces. Sora could see that Selphie was charging towards Kairi with full speed, so he let go of her quickly and dashed to the side.
"Kairi!" She squealed as she glomped her, "You're alive!" Everyone stopped by the fountain that was in the middle of the front lawn, and rejoiced together. "We thought you were dead!" Yuffie screamed, pushing Selphie aside and pulled Kairi into a bear hug.
"Sora!" Terra yelled, "Look at you, you're not dead!" Terra began to place his hands on various places of Sora's body. "What the hell are you doing?!" Sora jumped away, protecting himself. "You're violating me!"
"I was just checking to see if you were real!" Terra said in his defense, "I wasn't feeling you up or anything!"
"Augh!" Axel yelled, "Unwanted mental image!" He then looked over at Kairi, "Are you all right? We were worried sick about you!" Kairi was surprised; even Axel cared about her? "Yeah, we heard you fell into a hole in west side beach." Zexion walked up to her and examined her, "You don't seem to be injured... thank goodness." Even Zexion?
Xion ran up to Kairi and also gave her a hug, being followed by Riku. "You're all right." He smiled and backed away from the hug. "Are you feeling all right?" Riku as well? This was just getting scary! Namine grinned from behind Riku as Kairi walked over to her.
"Everyone was worried about you." Namine half-giggled at all the attention that was now placed on Kairi. She looked at her surroundings. Everyone around her truly cared and worried about her. They were all overjoyed when they saw her, weren't they? They all cared. Kairi had never felt so happy for awhile now.
She felt... truly happy to be surrounded by people that cared about her. For once, it wasn't a lie. No one cared about her just because she was given a special position; they cared because they really were worried. Her friends cared about her from the start; unpopular or popular.
The Organization, on the other hand, showed different ways of their affection. Memories flashed by in Kairi's mind; Roxas giving her a job, Sora sending her flowers, Axel and Larxene helping her out when she first started out at the pizzeria, Ventus looking after her and Sora saving her a few moments ago. Kairi now felt overjoyed and smiled; she felt happy, from the bottom of her heart.
That's why, the next day, Namine wasn't surprised to find Kairi smile a true, genuine smile on the Organization picture with plaques.
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"Good morning!" Kairi skipped into the Organization's living room, only to be greeted by everyone else except Namine. She was still upstairs, brushing her teeth. "Hey," Ventus started, "You coming with us?" Kairi raised a brow, "Where?"
"Zexion's uncle got us tickets to the new blitzball game this afternoon in Traverse Town. He kinda owns the staium." Roxas replied with a smile, "So you wanna go?" Kairi tapped her chin, "Well, I don't know much about blitzball... but I guess it would be a good experience. Okay, I'm in!"
"All right, be ready by 1:30pm." Terra then made his way to the kitchen for some breakfast, being followed by Aqua. Namine raised a brow as she entered the living room, "Hey, Aqua looked kinda spacious there? Does she--"
"Yes." Riku said with an annoyed tone, "Aqua likes Terra. Terra likes Aqua." Sora punched his arm, "Why do you have to be so mean about it?" Riku rolled his eyes, "Because, I've been watching those two idiots fall in love with each other and I'm sick and tired of nothing coming out of it." Sora leaned back in his armchair, "That is very true."
"Well, I'm hungry! See ya!" Axel walked down the hallway towards the kitchen. "I call the bacon!" Yuffie ran past Axel, only to be caught by the hood of her sweater. "Nuh-uh! That bacon is mine!" Yuffie tried escaping from his grasp, but ended up running ont he spot. "Axel, you pig!"
Kairi laughed; the Organization were just normal people if you got to know them. "Good morning, Namine!" Kairi ran up to her sister and hugged her. Namine was startled, and looked at Roxas and Sora from behind. They nodded with a smile; Kairi did feel happier. Ever since yesterday, she couldn't keep that smile off her face. "We're going to a blitzball game today!"
"Really?" Namine asked, pulling away. "But we know nothing about blitzball." Larxene shook her head, "It doesn't matter." Namine then clapped her hands, "All right, it'll be fun!" Namine too felt happier ever since things had gotten sorted out when her father visited. Sora crossed his arms and smiled at Kairi, "I told you so."
"Told me what?" Kairi asked, placing a hand on her hip. "I told you living with the Organization would get better." Kairi grinned. Sora was right that day; living with Organization-- wasn't so bad.
"You know? Ever since you've finished your starting Organization duties, you've gotten alot more free time!" Olette said happily as she walked alongside Namine and Kairi. "Hey. Namine, Kairi!" Tidus waved from a distant bench. Kairi waved back as Tidus ran up to them. "Are you two going anywhere today? Or... have any Organization business?"
"Well, we're going to a blitzball game today." Namine replied as she watched Tidus' eyes go wide. "Really? I was just about to invite you two with us! All of us have tickets, but we have two left over!" Kairi giggled, "Well, I guess we'll be seeing you guys there."
Selphie jumped in out of nowhere, looking very alert and secretive. "Psst." She gestured Namine and Kairi to stoop down to her level; literally. "The real reason we're going on this trip is to finally get Olette and Hayner together." Kairi and Namine nodded, giving her a thumbs up.
"We'll help for sure!" They said in unison, giggling afterwards. Kairi then walked up to everyone else that set on the fountain's edge. "G'morning everyone!"
"Someone's unusually perky." Rikku grinned. Yuna nodded, "You've been really happy lately, Kairi." Kairi looked confused for a moment, then smiled. She was happy. Selphie then snuck up to everyone and huddled them together, leaving out Olette and Hayner.
"Okay guys, give Olette and Hayner as much alone time as you can give them!" Selphie instructed. Everyone nodded whole-heartedly.
"What's going on?" Hayner and Olette both sighed, looking at their friends suspiciously.
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"Run Wakka Run! Come on, you can do it! Come on... come on... GOAL!" Kairi felt braver, she really felt she could open up towards the Organization. They weren't ashamed to open up to her, so she figured she should return the favour. Kairi, Namine, Sora, Zexion and Riku watched from the control room while Roxas and everyone else sat down in the stadium seats.
Kairi did seem interested in the game, but she couldn't keep her eyes off Olette and Hayner. They were left alone at their seats; Selphie seemed to have come up with a good excuse to leave them there. Any moment now... Namine and Kairi chanted. "May I ask... what are you two staring at?" Sora asked from behind, his hands behind his head.
Kairi pointed at Olette and Hayner who seemed to be shivering in their seats. Sora nodded; he knew what Kairi and Namine were up to. He snapped his fingers, "I know exactly what to do." Sora looked over at Zexion, "Is it time?" Zexion looked at his watch and nodded, grabbing the mic for the stadium.
"What's he doing?" Namine asked. Sora chuckled, "Oh, you'll see." Zexion cleared his throat, "Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we hope you're enjoying the game so far. But while our blitzball players take a little break, it's time to enjoy our kissing cam."
"Kissing cam? What's that?" Kairi asked as Sora placed an arm on her shoulder. He used his other hand to point at Zexion who seemed to be controlling a camera below. He shone a light at where the camera focused, revealing a young couple in the audience. They saw themselves on the big screen and blushed madly. The male pulled the female closer, bringing her into a short, yet passionate kiss.
Namine gasped, "Sora you are a genius!" Sora went over to Zexion and pointed at Olette and Hayner. Zexion nodded, after shining the camera at about 2 couples, he focused it on Olette and Hayner. They both blushed madly and nearly jumped out of their seats. It was focused on them for a few minutes, and everyone around them was chanting, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"
Kairi ran up to the mic beside Zexion and screamed, "Kiss her Hayner!" Hayner blushed and looked at Olette. He could see from the corner of his eye that they were on the big screen. He sighed and slowly paced a hand on Olette's cheek. They both leaned in, but before they closed the gap between their lips, Hayner had whispered something that no one could hear. After that, he smashed their lips together.
The crowd cheered, and Kairi could see Selphie cheering from the back of the stands. She looked over at Kairi through the glass of the control room, and gave her a thumbs up. Riku ran up to Zexion and pushed him off the chair. He played with the camera control and aimed it at Terra and Aqua. Sora laughed his hardest along with the Organization down below. Even Zexion chuckled a little.
"That bitch!" Terra yelled towards the big screen, knowing this was Riku's doing. Aqua placed a hand on his chest, "Oh loosen up." She got up on her tippy toes and gave him a light kiss on the cheek, causing his face to turn beet red. Sora decided to play with the camera controls, and aimed it at Roxas. Of course Sora hadn't noticed who was beside Roxas; and noticed it was Axel.
Kairi was now on the ground laughing with Namine. Axel and Roxas looked at each other awkwardly. Axel leaned in, only to be slapped in the face by Roxas. "You sick bastard!" Poor Axel sunk low in his seat, holding his injured cheek. Larxene comforted him, while Ventus and Yuffie were too busy laughing. Roxas looked up at the control room and flipped of Sora, who seemed to shrug it off and laugh.
Roxas looked at the laughing Namine, and felt a smile creep up his face. He decided to laugh as well, and Namine noticed. They locked eyes for a moment and began giggling. Kairi grinned and looked at Sora who nodded at her. They awfully would make a cute couple...
Sora magically communicated with his eyes and looked at Kairi; But they're siblings... Kairi shrugged-- There was nothing wrong with a little incest, was there?
The night came quickly. Namine had too much fun at the blitzball game, she hadn't realized it was already night time. She struggled in her sleep. She still felt excited and thrilled from the game's antics. Namine punched her pillow. "Oh, spunk... I can't sleep!"
She felt her stomach grumbled. Maybe I should eat something... yeah, a full stomach always makes me feel sleepy... Namine got up from her bed, and quietly headed for the door. She slid it open, and walked outside. She snuck down the hallway, and down the stairs. She looked at the clock; 2:24am. No one would be awake; Namine sighed in relief.
As she headed down the living room, she found the lights in the kitchen opened. As she neared it, she heard someone humming. Namine got closer, and could make-out the words of the person singing. It went somewhere along the lines of, "They call me Strife. They call me Roxiiiieee, they call me him, they call me lame. That's not my name. That's not my name..."
Namine laughed; when she'd heard Roxie, she knew exactly who it was. She walked inside the kitchen and found Roxas dancing as he took out some milk from the fridge. He twirled around and came face to face with his sister. He squealed and fell back. The milk cartoon was open, causing it to spill all over the floor. "Nami!"
She laughed and helped him up, getting some tissues afterwards to wipe the floor. "Sorry about that." Namine giggled as she threw the used tissues in the garbage. "You should be." Roxas said seriously, both of them laughing afterwards. Roxas pulled out another cartoon of milk, and pulled out two glasses. He poured one for himself, and slid the other glass across the island for Namine.
"You can't sleep either?" Roxas asked, now taking out some cookies from the cupboard. Namine nodded, "Too much excitement for one day." Roxas placed some cookies on a plate in the middle of the kitchen island, and bgan munching on one. "Milk and cookies?" Namine giggled, "Kinda childish, don't you think?"
Roxas raised a brow, "Milk and cookies are the very foundation of midnight snacks!" He preached, bringing up a cookie in the air with one of his hands. They both laughed as Namine began munching on a cookie as well. She smiled; she felt... joyful around Roxas. He seemed to accept her as his sister, and they were both happy about that.
"So.." Namine played with the rim of her glass, "You think that kiss with Axel would've been nice?" Roxas sent her a glare, but shrugged it off with a smile. "Hm. Yes, maybe. I mean, Axel is pretty hot." He replied. It was silent for a few moments, until they both laughed their hardest.
He has such a charming smile... Namine thought as Roxas flashed her a goofy grin. She finished gulping down her milk, suddenly feeling awkward once she felt Roxas' eyes on her.
Why do I feel like this? So... queezy... is it just the milk? Namine shook her head from her thoughts and walked over to the sink to clean her glass, until she slipped on some unwiped milk, causing her to fall forward.
Roxas had caught her as she fell onto his chest, slowly looking up at him. She noticed some pink on his cheeks, and felt her cheeks heat up. Good god are we blushing? Roxas thought in his head, quickly helping her up. No... we can't... we're siblings.
Namine walked over to the sink, feeling awkward. She felt Roxas' eyes on her again, and felt even more anxious. Could it be...? No, that's impossible.. right?
Hey everyone! Thanks for the reviews, and I think I've realized.... that I have to apologize. Sorry for always begging for the reviews, I realize you're all busy. I just don't know what's come over me, so... sorry. :S I appreciate all your support, and I know you all can't review at once. I forgot about that feeling =P Forgive me. But that doesn't mean don't review! lol
Anyway, did you guys like this chapter? I had a good visual of the blitzball game, and that AkuRoku thing was priceless xD Anyway, it's replying time!
melodinami: :) That's nice to know!
elSarah: Oh, there will be Namixas -cackles evilly-
Jared Someone: Thank you!
SaphireWaves: I've always thought Uzumaki Naruto looked like Roxas =P
Swanna: TY :)
KHgatomon3444: Long ago, there was a Princess of Heart named Kairi. She had wrote that saying on the wall ever since 1675. Pretty long, huh?
msdramaqueeny: I hate waiting every week too! It's no... agitating!
rikku247: Did this chapter answer your question? =P
lovelymokotan27: OMG. I knew I heard that line somewhere! When I wrote it I'm like "Where have I heard this?" and it was from one of my favourite movies, Sweeney Todd! Thank you! It was bothering me that I didn't know where it was from xD
Thank you so much guys! And I'm sorry I always beg for reviews... I like reviews lol. Sorry for any grammar errors, and please forgive me! ... God I feel like an idiot!
-Kyorii