Hello, all you wonderful, wonderful people! Wow…the eleventh chapter. We sure have come a long way, haven't we? XD I just want to say that I am not exactly sure when the next chapter will be posted, because I am suffering from writer's block…only on this story! I cannot write the twelfth chapter, really, and it's darn annoying. X( Argh…anyway, I'll probably post in three or four weeks, but it could still be two weeks, who knows? Maybe I'll get a sudden writing surge. ;) Haha. But anyway it will most likely be three, hope you all can understand!
Summary: Sora Hikari is a normal 16-year-old trying to survive through school, friends, crazed ex-girlfriends (or they think they were his girlfriend) and stalkers. Or at least he thinks he is normal…
Disclaimer: Oh, come now…if I owned Kingdom Hearts, Riku and Sora would be the main pairing, Kairi would go off with Naminé and leave Riku and Sora alone—Axel would have ended up with Roxas, Zexion and Demyx would have been in the same game…and would have made out a lot…and so on and so forth. Yeah, pretty much looking at the game…I think you can figure out I had no part in making it whatsoever.
Warning: This fic will contain yaoi (boyxboy love). If you do not care for boyxboy love, I suggest you leave. This fic will also contain language.
Reviews: Sweet! I love all the reviews you guys leave me…we're just two away from 150! Awesome! You all make me so happy, trust me. :D Honestly, I'm always very nervous and worried whenever I post a new chapter, and when I get new reviews when people say they like certain things in it, it always makes me smile with relief. You people rock. :)
A/N:Bah, this chapter is shorter than the others, but it had to be. XD Anyway, it's supposed to be more of a "humorous" chapter, just like the last one. Also, it's a bit more of a filler, but near the end something important happens. Enjoy!
I'll Be There for You - Chapter 11. Stuck in a Sticky Situation
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"Music is like candy; we need to throw out the (w)rappers. –Unknown (Please don't be offended. XD)
Sora grumbled, sending down a death glare at Sonja—though she was still asleep. Whenever she got knocked out drunk, it took her forever to wake up. And Sora found it quite annoying, to be sure. He continued to grumble profanities that Riku was not even able to catch as he glared down at her, crossing his arms.
And even if she did wake up, she would have a major hangover. And let's just say…that a Sonja with a hangover is not a pretty sight, by any means. No, no…it most certainly was not. Well, Sora decided he might as well be daring. He would wake up his mother no matter what it took. Suddenly, a devious smile spread across Sora's face. After all, Sonja had been waking him up in an evil way for years, so Sora might as well repay her the favor, right?
Sora rubbed his hands together in an evil manner, and Riku backed away slowly. Sora looked rather scary, after all. But this would most certainly be a fine show. Riku grabbed one of the leftover bags of chips and popped it open, munching on them. Yes, it was most definitely going to be a spectacular show.
"WAKE UP!!!" Sora yelled right in Sonja's ear.
She merely rolled over on her side, snoring loudly. Sora was pulled slightly along with her. Sora figured that would not work. "Riku!" he called out to the boy. "Go and get me some cold water, will ya?"
Riku grudgingly stood up to go get the water, leaving his chips behind with a sigh. He may have to take part in the show after all. Riku would have much preferred to be a member of its audience, he most certainly would have. But did that happen? Why, of course not. Riku could never, ever resist Sora. It was impossible. Riku came back with the water, and Sora got that evil glint in his eyes…again. Riku did not like that look. Not one bit.
"Is it ice cold, Riku?" Sora asked, rubbing his hands together in an evil manner…again.
"Yes," Riku answered dully, sitting back down by his beloved chips. He sure had a bad case of the munchies.
"Bully, bully," said Sora, staring at his mother evilly.
"You've seriously flipped your lid," Riku muttered under his breath, stunned.
"What was that?" Sora asked, his evilness and anger immediately directed towards Riku.
Riku backed away slowly, holding his hands up in the air in defeat. "Nothing, darling, nothing. I was just coughing, that was all."
"I thought that's what it was," said Sora, turning his gaze back to his mother. He picked up the bucket in his hand and poured it over her, making sure not to get any on himself—for they still were connected…of course. Sora grinned as he gazed down at his mother. Her lips were twitching slightly. She would wake up any moment now…surely…
Sora's jaw dropped as a whole minute passed by and yet she did not move. "Are you insane?!" he shouted at her. "How can you not wake up after that?! You must be super-human or something." Sora thought over this, puzzled.
Riku leaned back, crossing his ankle over the other. Ah, this surely was a good show—and it was getting more interesting by the minute. Sora continued to yell at his mother, and his language became increasingly explicit as he did so. Riku chuckled softly. Sora was cuteness in a bottle.
"RIKU!!" Sora called out to Riku, his voice desperate.
"What is it, Sora dearest?" Riku asked, batting his eyelashes.
Sora stared at Riku. He then blinked. And he blinked again. "Don't do that. You're fuckin' scarin' me. You're reminding me of some seductive housewife or something." Sora shook his head, attempting to get the image of Riku in an old '50's housewife dress out of his head. He seriously did not need to have that image in his head. Riku should never dress up in a dress. Ever. "Anyway, Riku, I need you to now get me hot water. Really hot water, 'kay?"
Riku sighed, and trudged off to get the water, shuffling his feet. He came back in a few minutes, and Sora grinned gleefully. "Thanks, Riku," said Sora, flashing him a dazzling smile.
Riku sighed dreamily as he walked back to his bag of chips. That was truly a beautiful sight. Every smile of Sora's—was precious to him. Riku could not love him more. Or at least, Riku thought that was impossible. Riku munched on his chips, watching as Sora dumped the bucket of hot water on Sonja. She mumbled something inaudible, something that sounded oddly like: "Ah, what a nice spa," but one could not be too sure. Riku shook his head. Cloud may be a heavy sleeper, and Roxas was worse—and honestly, Sora seemed to be the worst of the bunch—but whom did they get this from? Why, Sonja of course, because she could still sleep during an earthquake, for goodness' sake.
"Oh, why won't you wake up, dammit?!" Sora yelled, frustrated. He gripped his head with his hands. Well, he at least attempted to grip his head with both hands, but ultimately just ended up pulling Sonja over to roll on top of him. "GACK! Oh my fucking—1" Sora was cut off as Sonja snored loudly. "Geez! Get offa me, already!" Sora attempted to push Sonja off, but to no avail. It was futile, in a word.
Riku stood up from his precious chips yet again, chuckling slightly. He pushed Sonja off of Sora, and Sora sighed in relief. "Thanks, Riku," said Sora.
"No problem," said Riku. "So what are you planning to do now?"
"I…I'll have to think about it."
As Sora pondered over how he would wake up in mother in an evil way, something stirred in a bush nearby. Of course, Riku and Sora were oblivious to this, for they were paying too much attention to Sonja and how they would manage to wake her up. Sora wanted to be unstuck, damn it!
"What is Sora darling doing?" Kairi asked herself. Yes, it was Kairi; Kairi, the crazy; Kairi who was currently stalking Sora, and believed that he was her boyfriend. She really was a crazy gal. She talked to herself, too. "Oh, my goodness!" she suddenly exclaimed, gasping slightly. "Is Sora stuck to my future mother-in-law, Sonja? Why…however did that happen?" Kairi leaned in for a closer look. "And who is Sora talking to?" she added in a whisper. Kairi was quite confused, indeed.
"All right, Riku—it's now time for plan B," Sora suddenly announced, the look of vengeance in his blue eyes.
Riku laughed nervously. "Ahem, Sora…isn't it plan C? You've already tried two different things."
Sora cleared his throat, the vengeance gone for a mere moment. "All right then, plan C. Go and get me some ice cubes. Surely if we put them down the back of her shirt—she'll wake up."
Riku did so; but yet again, it did not work. Sora looked like he was about to crack up. So then they tried plan D. Plan was set off firecrackers around Sonja (on the side that would not be by Sora). Sora plugged up his ears at the loud noise; Riku ran for cover in a bush: the bush right beside Kairi's, though Riku did not notice her. He peered out of the bush he was hiding in, as did Kairi. Yet again, Sonja did not awaken from her slumber. Sora really was going to lose his mind now. And so then plan E went underway. It was to get a CD player and crank up AC/DC's "Shook Me All Night Long" to the max. Sora had to get earplugs for this one. But once more, this plan resulted in failure.
"Oh, and she thinks I'M hard to get up!" Sora shouted. "How does she manage to wake up every day before me if she can't get up no matter WHAT I do?!"
Just then, a ringing sound was heard. Sora stared down at Sonja, quizzical. It would appear that an alarm clock beside her had just gone off, which Sora had failed to see before. It rang only twice, before Sonja placed her hand on top of it, shutting it up. She then yawned at sat up, rubbing at her eyes. She turned to Sora and said, "Good morning," before she yawned again.
Sora fainted.
Sora woke up to a bucket of ice cold water being splash on his face. Obviously, he shot up like a light. He shook his head wildly back and forth, getting water everywhere.
Sonja tsked. "Sora, how could you go and knock out like that for a such a long time? Honestly, you go out like a log when you sleep—or faint, whatever." Sonja shrugged her shoulders in a nonchalant way. "Anyway, Sora, chup chup. It's time we go to the store to get this glue off, no? Yes, being stuck to you is all good and fun, but honestly, you want to go hang out with your friends, right? So we might as well go ahead and do so."
Sora did not respond; he merely glared at her evilly. Nothing he had tried to wake her up had worked…! And now she had been the one to wake him up brutally. How horrid could life be? Surely it was cruel. Cruel…too cruel.
But Sonja did not care if Sora spoke to her or not. Oh, no, instead, she merely dragged him along into the car, his protests getting louder and louder by the minute. She turned on the car and backed out of the driveway. Sora groaned in horror. If anyone was the worst driver in the world, it truly was his mom. She was known to drive on the wrong side of the street, speed through stop signs, and confuse the red light with the green light (though Sora wasn't entirely sure if it had anything to do with confusion)…and much, much worse. I shall not mention them, for surely it would be too horrific to even think of.
Riku sighed as he saw them leave down the street. What was he going to do when Sora was not here? Riku furrowed his brows when he suddenly heard a noise from behind him. His eyes widened when he saw the door shut. A burglar?! Sonja had left so quickly that she had left the door wide open. Who had just gone inside?
For a minute, Riku was quite scared to go in. What if he had a gun? And then Riku remember something…
Oh, he thought, I'm already dead.
So, of course, if he was already dead, it did not matter if he got shot. Besides, nothing could penetrate him, so the bullet would just go right through. Riku grinned in triumph. He could just spook the burglar away, and then when Sora got back, he could tell him how cool and brave he was, and Sora would swoon—and then Riku would win everything. Yes, Riku's cocky/insane side took over. He ran back inside the house.
He looked around; there was no sign of anyone. And then he heard a noise from upstairs. Riku ran up the stairs quickly. He then darted his eyes around to the different rooms down the hallway. All of the doors were closed? Where had that noise come from?
"Aww!" came a voice suddenly.
Riku's head whipped around to gaze at a certain door. It was Sora's door. Why had the person gone in there of all places? Riku was quite confused, indeed. Either way, Riku walked over to it and opened it, squeezing through. What his eyes laid on…he would have never guessed it in a million years.
"KAIRI!!!" he shouted, falling over.
Kairi's ears perked up. "Did someone just call my name?" she asked.
Riku began to panic now. Could she see him? She looked around, and looked directly at Riku, staring right through him. It would seem that that would be a no…
"Oh, geez, whoever thought it would be you here?" said Riku, groaning.
Kairi turned her head around again, looking confused. "I could have sworn someone talked just now…"
Riku was now very interested. So, Kairi wasn't able to see him, but could she hear him? That was odd. Riku was so puzzled by this, that he ignored Kairi for the moment. She threw herself on Sora's bed, inhaling deeply.
"Ah! I am finally in Sora darling's room! It has been too long since I have been here. Honestly, he has been acting to secretive lately—and he keeps ignoring me. I am beginning to think Sora now has an imaginary friend. For I see him talking to himself when no one is there, and I also don't understand why he wouldn't be spending more time with me."
Riku's head whipped around to look at Kairi, whom was currently lying on his bed! His BED, people! Obviously, this was a crime. A crime against humanity—and all that is good and holy. The only other person allowed on Sora's bed besides Sora, was Riku! Kairi was not allowed…to be there! "Get off of there now!" Riku yelled, frustrated.
Kairi snapped up, her eyes widening. "W-who said that?!"
Riku grinned evilly. Oh, was he going to have some fun. BOY, was he going to have some fun… He cleared his throat. "Kairi, this is your conscience."
"My conscience is a boy?" asked Kairi, bewildered.
"Don't ask questions!" Riku ordered.
"Y-yes, sir!" stuttered Kairi.
Riku would have laughed evilly, but then he realized Kairi would be able to hear him—so he opted for grinning like a maniac instead. It sufficed nearly as well, to be honest. Riku took in a deep breath. "You know this is not your room, Kairi—so why are you in here?"
Kairi smiled dreamily at this. "Well, you see—it is because I am Sora's girlfriend, and this is his room, so I decided to come up here and wait for him until he returns to carry me off on his white horse, and we will gallop off into the sunset, and he will finally make me his bride!" Kairi shivered at the mere thought of it.
Riku suppressed the urge to gag. The thought of Kairi marrying Sora was honestly too much! Oh, was it ever too much! Riku grabbed his throat, sticking out his tongue and pretending he was going to die. Well, maybe he wasn't pretending so much—it was real, after all. Riku thought he was going to die. Riku shook his head, finally able to get over the situation. He glanced at Kairi. She was looking about the room again, acting as if she belonged in here. Riku cleared his throat, making Kairi jump a little. "Kairi," said Riku, "Sora is not your boyfriend. You only think he is. You two were once friends, but nothing more. Do you understand?"
But Kairi did not understand—she merely looked confused. "Whatever do you mean?"
"SORA is NOT your BOYFRIEND," Riku clarified, emphasizing on those words. "Do you understand now?"
"B-but Sora loves me," said Kairi, looking down at the ground. "We've known each other since we were little…"
"You have known Sora since you were little, that is correct—but he does not love you. He may have loved you as a friend years ago, but that feeling is now lost, for you pretend to be his girlfriend, and Sora finds it quite exasperating."
"B-but if I don't have Sora…" Kairi said slowly, her voice shaking, "…who do I have left?"
Riku was caught completely off-guard by this. He had most certainly not expected that, after all. "U-um…"
"The boy I really loved is gone—Sora's the only one I have left. What am I supposed to do?" And then Kairi began to cry.
Riku realized something—this wasn't the new, insane Kairi—this was the sweet little girl that used to be one of his best friends. He could not believe it. He thought she was really gone. …And he had called her such horrible things; Riku felt ashamed. But she had said…that the one she really loved was gone? Whom did she mean?
Riku shook his head—he had to say something to her, anything, really…he didn't want to hurt her anymore. "Kairi…you can still be Sora's friend, and it will do you good. You can rekindle your old friendship. Your love may be gone, but you will find a new love, some day—if you just keep looking."
Kairi sniffled, wiping away her tears. "Thanks. This is sort of weird, huh? I have a conscience, and he really, really helped me. It's weird—but thank you."
And then Kairi stood up, and walked out of Sora's room, and out of his house. Riku fell backwards, feeling incredibly shocked, saddened…and…relieved.
Now Sora and Sonja were nearly at the store, and Sora was growing more frightened by the second. Sonja was an absolutely horrid driver. Sora thought he would surely be killed. He just hoped that soon they would be there, and he could kiss the ground and thank God he was alive.
"Sora, we're here," Sonja announced suddenly.
Sora got out of the car, kissed the ground, and thanked God. He then spit—for the ground tasted absolutely awful. He made a mental note, reminding himself to never kiss the ground again. Ever. It was a most horrible thing, you know. He drank some water, attempting to get rid of the horrible taste. It didn't help, to be blunt.
Gah, my life sucks, thought Sora. First of all, I have this crazy stalker that used to be my friend; my brother is a pervert; my older brother is an obsessively over-protective brother; my mother is as crazy as they come; my best friend died, came back, and now he torments me; and currently…I am stuck to said crazy mother with glue. Yeah…I have a nice little life, don't I?
Sonja did not just buy whatever she needed to get them un-stuck, she went around the store, twirling and waltzing (and gaining many stares, as well), and picked out several things—mostly unnecessary things, too. Sora smacked a hand to his forehead.
Finally, Sonja decided to pay, and the two went out of the store. Many people stared at them as well—for, well…they were stuck together. Whowouldn't stare? It would certainly be hard not to. When they were outside, Sonja refused to use the solution—until they got home, anyway. Sora attempted to chase her around the parking light, trying to get it from her. Which, ultimately, was impossible. It was like a dog trying to chase its tail, in all honesty. Eventually, Sora had to give in—and they drove the whole way home…still stuck together. Sora was planning Sonja's death as we speak.
"She's evil," he grumbled under his breath. "Pure evil."
Finally, the two got back home (in one piece, miraculously). As she promised, Sonja unstuck them when they got home. And Sora felt like rejoicing. In fact, he did. He leapt around, praising…anything that had helped him get unstuck from the mad woman that was known as his mother. He hugged Axel when he saw him; Axel looked stunned. He shook Leon's hand enthusiastically; Leon just turned and walked away, muttering about the world going mad. He glomped Selphie when he saw her; she just glomped him back.
In the honest truth…Sora had flipped his lid.
He then ran up to his room, still in a damn good mood, considering he had been unstuck from Sonja for about an hour now. In Sora's mind, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, the flowers blooming, and the bees were buzzing. In quite all honesty, though, dark storm clouds loomed about their house, the birds took shelter, the flowers got drenched, and the bees had hidden away as well. But in Sora's eyes, the world was so beautiful.
When he got to his room, he found Riku there, on the floor, stunned. He had not moved…in quite some time, it seemed. Sora looked at him, puzzled. But then he smiled broadly once more. "Riku, isn't the world a most beautiful place?!"
"It's about to storm," Riku replied bluntly.
Sora's smile fell. "Hey, what the hell happened to you?"
"It's a long story," Riku answered, dumbfounded.
"And I'm a good listener—and in a good mood. I finally got unstuck, as you can see my insane, psychotic mother is not with me."
"That's…good news."
"Riku…"
"Oh, all right. Kairi was here, and she snuck in your room—"
"Oh, how dare she!"
"Hey, Sora, you said you wanted to listen, so shut up, 'kay?"
Sora pouted.
Riku continued. "So, anyway, as I was saying, Kairi was in your room, and before I knew this, I thought she was a burglar or something, so I came upstairs to spook 'em out—or something. Anyway, when I saw her, I was shocked and everything, and I yelled at her, telling her to get off your bed. She listened. Sora, how on earth could she hear me?"
"I have no idea, honestly…" said Sora, dumbfounded.
Riku smacked a hand to his forehead. "And so, anyway, she listened to me, thinking I was her conscience."
"What a dope."
"Sora…" said Riku, dangerously.
"All right, all right. I'll shut up, already. Please…continue." And at this, Sora bowed his head.
Riku rolled his eyes, and then cleared his throat. "Anyway, so…I decided to get through to her, you know? I didn't think it would do any good, or anything, but I thought it was at least worth a try, right? Well, so I told her you're not her boyfriend, and that she and you were friends when you were younger—and that she should try and be your friend again. I thought she'd yell at me, or tell me that I didn't know anything—that she was clearly your girlfriend, but she began to cry…and I suddenly felt…ashamed."
Sora was quite stunned, to be brutally honest. He did not know what to say—he had most certainly not expected this. It was very…peculiar. He could not think straight. Kairi…was actually crying?
"She said that," Riku's voice broke Sora out of his thoughts, "the one she loved was gone, and that if she didn't have you, who did she have left? And then she left. She was the old Kairi, Sora—I think I finally broke through to her. But I feel so…bad. Try and be good friends with her, okay? She really…really needs a good friend right now."
"Are you…serious?" Sora asked, very quietly.
Riku nodded, saying, "Yeah…I wouldn't lie to you, Sora."
Sora was silent. He did not know what to say. He had never expected…in all his wildest dreams that something like this would happen; but then again, he had never expected his best friend to come back as an angel. Goes to show how far unexpected surprises can go, huh?
"Excuse me," said Sora, walking out of the room.
He had a feeling…he knew where Kairi was.
And he was right.
Sora spotted her in the distance, sitting on a swing at the abandoned playground. They had often played there…when they were younger. Sora had just had an immense hunch that she was here, and he most certainly was right.
"Kairi," said Sora softly, approaching her.
"Sora?" she sounded disbelieving.
"Yeah…it's me," he reassured her. "Is there anything…you want to talk about?"
There was silence for a moment, and then Kairi said, "I'm sorry…Sora. For all the things I've done—I must be some sort of terrible friend, aren't I? Will you ever find it in your heart…to forgive me?" Her voice was quiet, sad, distant—Sora could not remember the last time he had seen Kairi like this…
"Kairi…you're not a terrible person, and I have never thought that. If anything...I wonder if you'll find it in your heart to forgive me. I was a horrible friend. I know…Riku's death hit you horribly as well, just as hard as it hit me, and I wasn't there for you, and so…you dealt with it in a different way. And I am so sorry…for all the terrible things I said to you. Will you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?"
"Of course I will, Sora." And Kairi finally turned her head to look at Sora her violet eyes shining with unshed tears. "Can we go back…to the way things used to be?"
"Of course."
"Axel, this is honestly the dumbest idea you have ever thought up," Roxas complained, trudging over towards the redheaded.
"Why?" asked Axel, curious.
"Because it is. Why on earth would you want to swim…in someone else's pool?! We live on an island! There's an ocean surrounding us! And beside, this pool doesn't belong to you! There is no way I'm getting in."
"Why not?" asked Axel, just as curious.
"Because…you. Are. Insane!" Roxas shouted, waving his arms around in a crazy manner for emphasis.
Axel merely laughed as he dove in. "Aw, don't worry about it, Roxy. It's not that bad, really."
"Yes, it is."
"No, it's not."
"It is!"
"It's not!"
"I won't get in that damn pool!"
"Get in the damn pool!" Axel shouted.
And…it would seem, that since the two were shouting so loud, someone from inside the house heard them, and was heading toward the door to come out. Axel panicked and jumped out of the pool, running like hell—Roxas quickly followed after him.
Once they were far off and safe, Roxas turned to Axel, a semi-smug expression on his face. "I told you so."
"You did not."
…And so…it continued.
Word traveled fast, and it had only been one day since Kairi had been told off by her 'conscience', but everyone by now already seemed to know about it. Obviously, Sonja was well pleased by this, and she then said that she and Sora had her blessing. Sora rolled his eyes at this. His mother made absolutely no sense 97 percent of the time…which was almost always.
Many people were still in disbelief—for the past few years, Kairi had been known as the "crazy" girl of Destiny Islands, and it felt very strange that she would have changed…just like that.
But honestly, Sora could not be happier. After all, his next best friend after Riku was Kairi, and he was quite happy by this. So happy, indeed, that Riku began to feel like he was being ignored. He was sitting on Sora's bed, contemplative and sulking. Now, Riku did not sulk often, and when he did, it surely meant it was big. He stared up at the ceiling—the flamingo with sunglasses nowhere to be seen, Sora had made sure of that. Riku sighed as he rolled on his side.
"Sora…I miss you so damn much." And then Riku came to a horrible realization. "You…you don't love Kairi, do you?!"
On cue, the door opened, and Sora walked in, sitting down in his desk chair. "Whew. I'm beat." He shook his head wildly back and forth. He then yawned. "Kairi and I…did a lot of things today."
"Oh, yeah?" said Riku bitterly.
Sora was oblivious, though, and he did not catch the bitterness behind Riku's tone. "Yeah, a lot of stuff, Riku."
"Do you…hate me?" Riku hated himself for letting that slip out. He was so darn stupid he could not even believe it.
Sora looked alarmed by this. "What the hell are you talking about? You're joking, right?"
Riku shook his head, his cheeks heating. He had made…such an idiot of himself in front of Sora. He felt hideous because of it now. Riku looked up at Sora, meeting his eyes. The brunet looked immensely serious.
"Riku, you know…you're the most important person in my life, don't you?"
Even though Riku knew he and Sora were best friend…he never knew those words would come out of Sora's mouth. It made him feel so special, he could not believe it—and he could not help but grin widely. "R-really?"
"Really."
There was silence for a moment, and then Riku said, "Ditto."
Sora smiled, but after a few seconds, he said, "Did you just watch the movie Ghost?" (1)
Riku laughed. "I sure did."
Sora smiled. He honestly…could not think of a better life he could be living. He just wished…that he and Riku could be like this forever—and that would be all he would ask for in this life; but Sora had the omnipresent feeling that he could not shake off…that something terrible would happen in the not so distant future.
1 – Ghost is a movie that came out in the 90's, about a man who was a ghost. Whenever his girlfriend said she loved him, he always answered, "Ditto." Bwahaha. I love that movie. And isn't it funny that Riku's an angel/sort of like a ghost and he said that? XD Maybe I'm the only one that finds that funny…
Next chapter: We take another trip back into the past to right after Riku dies, and he goes up to Heaven. He must learn to cope with a life without Sora, and learn to be an angel…but it's just so darn hard.
In total, I think there will be three flashback chapters. Chapter four was the first one, and the 12th one will be the next one. There will be one more, if I am correct.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it again! Thank you all for stickin' by me! And remember, a review always makes me smile! And if you all have any ideas you'd like to see in the story, just drop 'em in your review. I'd love to hear them—and perhaps use them, too! XD Until next time:)