CHAPTER TEN: KIDDIES DAY OUT PART 1

It was another day on the isle of Destiny Islands. That morning the Destiny Island Preschool had gone on another class field trip. Miss Utamori had taken her students to the Museum of National History.

The Museum of National History was located on the eastern region of Destiny Island which was two-hour bus drive from the Destiny Island Preschool.

The Museum of National History was the main source of culture on the island bringing to the residents of the island full coverage of the island's traditional background, past foundation and the founder of the island. Miss Utamori and her students had come to the museum. The first person they met upon entering the museum was a lovely young lady.

Her name was Ella. She was dressed in a green suit: an emerald blouse and mini-shirt with a pair of green high-heel shoes. Gold lined the suit at the rim of the blouse and at the sleeves.

Ella even wore on her golden yellow head with the initials D.I.M.O.N.H. (Destiny Island Museum of National History) embellished on the front in gold.

Ella was the museum director. She smiled humbly at Miss Utamori and her student upon their entrance.

"Goodmorning and welcome to the Museum of National History," Ella greeted.

Ella shook hands with Miss Utamori and Mr. Zeno, who had tagged along too, and with a wave and a smile to the students, Ella ushered everyone out of the entrance hall of the museum.

With the assistance from Ella, Miss Utamori and her students were able to get around the museum with ease.

Ella directed the school around the museum. The group visited the several different exhibits of the museum like the Egyptian Exhibit and the Roman Exhibit. Now the class stood in the fossil section of the Dinosaur Exhibit.

The fossil section consisted of a room with greenstone tiles embossed with several fossils. The fossils were being placed on display, securely contained in glass/glass-covered containers and labeled correctly with the right thumb tags indicating the specific name and type of the fossil.

"…And here we have the pride and joy of the fossil exhibit. This here is a 'Gigano Recto' otherwise known as a fossilized bone. It is said to come from the giant predator dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, "Ella explained, pointing out one of the fossils on display. Like Ella had said it was a huge dinosaur bone imprisoned in a fossilized crust. All crowded around the glass container containing the dinosaur bone to get a closer look of the fossil.

Though the rest of the class was peering at the huge fossil, one of the students was observing one of the smaller species of the fossils.

It was little girl. She had chestnut brown that was spiky at the ends and pitch black eyes. The little girl wore a red cap on her hand with a matching red Hoodie T-shirt with a pair of crimson red shorts and orange shoes. The little girl's name was May.

"Oh my I wonder what this one is," May said pressing her face against the glass container containing the smaller fossils.

"Whatcha looking at May?" Sora asked curiously walking over to stand close to May.

"I'm looking at this fossil Sora. Isn't it neat?" May asked. She pointed at one of the small fossils in the glass container, indicating the one named "Pruellis"

"Pruellis?" Sora read, "What's Pruellis?"

May shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know," she answered, "I'll ask Miss Ella." May raised her hand and waved to Ella. "Yoo-hoo! Miss Ella?" May called. Ella looked to May.

"Yes little miss. You have a question for me?" Ella asked with a trademark smile. May nodded her head. "Yush," May said, "I'd like to know what Pruellis is."

"Pruellis is one of the tinier fossils that were found near the fossils. They are said to be the aftermath of the digestion of the dinosaurs' daily diet and their excretory process," Ella explained.

"In other words," May said.

Ella smiled and gave May a playful pinch on the nose. "In other words the fossil you're asking about is one of the fragments of fossilized dinosaur droppings," Ella answered.

"WHAT???!!!!!" May said wide-eyed.

"So that's dinosaur poop?" Sora said in awe.

"Cool! Ancient poop," Tidus said enthusiastically.

"Sweet!" Wakka said with the same enthusiasm smacking Tidus a high five.

"YUCK! No it's not," Selphie said screwing up her face in disgust.

"I don't get it. Why do boys always have to find the gross stuff like poop cool," Kairi said.

"Because gross things are cool," Wakka said.

"…and edible," said a voice. The voice belonged to a little girl around Kairi's age and height. She had short jet black hair tied in a silver grey bandana and dark blue eyes. She wore a bright banana yellow scarf around her neck with a green tank top and light yellow short jeans fastened with a blue belt. Orange hand gloves adorned the girl's hands and a pair of orange boots was worn on her feet. This little girl was Yuffie, otherwise known as the class ninja.

Selphie, Kairi and May looked at Yuffie weirdly as she approached them with her famous toothy grin plastered on her face.

"Um Yuffie? Did you just say that poop is edible?" May said.

"Yes. Poop is edible," Yuffie answered.

Selphie raised an eyebrow at Yuffie. "And you know this…how?" Selphie asked.

"Not like I actually tried eating poop but I have a second cousin, twice removed who did," Yuffie said, "he ate a whole pile of pigeon poop, vomited it out and then ate it again,"

"Really? He did all of that and still lives to tell the tale," Tidus said.

Yuffie nodded. "Yup," she answered.

Sora, Tidus and Wakka smiled at Yuffie with impressed grins. "Awesome," they muttered.

"I know," Yuffie said grinning proudly.

"Urgh! After hearing that story I think I'm gonna be sick," Kairi said holding her stomach.

"Me too," May said.

"Come on children. Time to move on the second section of the Dinosaur Exhibit: The Bones Display," Ella said. She gestured for everyone to follow her towards the second part of the exhibit. Miss Utamori and Mr. Zeno followed. Though some of the students did not wish to leave the fossil display they eventually when they realized that their teachers were gone.

"Hopefully the dinosaur exhibit will be more interesting than the fossil display," said another four-year-old boy. This boy had shortly-trimmed brownish black hair and blue eyes with a rather pale complexion of skin. He wore a brown leather jacket over a baby blue T-shirt and a pair of navy jeans that were so long and baggy that they draped over the child's sneakers. This particular young boy's name was Lamont, the main comrade of May and Yuffie.

Lamont was chatting with Riku who shook his head to what Lamont had just said about the fossil display.

"Aw come on Lamont. The fossil display wasn't that bad," Riku said, "I mean look at that fossilized dinosaur bone. It came from a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex. Isn't that cool?"

"True. The bone was interesting I admit," Lamont said truthfully, "but the bones display should be more interesting because it has statues made of the bones of the dinosaurs they came from like the Brachiosaurus, the Pterodactyl, the Apatosaurus and the Triceratops!"

"Wow Lamont! You sure know a lot about dinosaurs," Sora said.

"I do. I love dinosaurs just as much as Yuffie loves ninjas," Lamont said.

"Only ninjas are cooler," Yuffie stated flatly.

"HEY!" Lamont said.

Riku chuckled. "Ha! We'll be the judges of whether dinosaurs are cooler than ninjas once we see the display," Riku said, "Come on guys let's go!"

"Just one second Riku. I need a cup of water," Tidus said. There was a Water Cooler near the entrance to the fossil display and grabbing a plastic cup, Tidus poured some water into his cup.

"Huh? Water again Tidus! That's your fifth one this morning," Selphie said.

"One for each exhibit," Tidus said taking a sip of his water when he was done pouring.

"But Tidus don't you think that that's a little too much water," Kairi said.

"No," Tidus answered, "according to my pediatrician I have to be hydrated all the time or else I'll be DE-hydrated! Do you want me to become dehydrated? No……WELL LET ME DRINK!!"

Tidus stuck his tongue out at everyone childishly. Selphie snorted. "Fine. Do what you want," she said.

Tidus drank his cup of water and when he was finished he crushed his cup and threw it in the bin with a satisfied smile. "AAH! Now I'm-----"Tidus touched his stomach, "Uh oh!"

"Uh oh? What do you mean 'Uh oh'?" Wakka asked.

"I need to use the bathroom," Tidus answered, "BAD!!!" Tidus added seriously.

"WHAT!? But Tidus we have to see the bones display. Can't you hold it in?" Riku asked.

Tidus shook his head frantically. "NO! I have a bladder the size of a walnut and if I don't pee soon it's gonna POP!" Tidus bellowed. Tidus bit his lip and crossed his legs, jumping up and down. "Guys please! I really need to PEE!!!" Tidus whined.

"Then PEE in your DIAPER!!" Selphie shouted.

"I can't do that here! If I pee in my diaper then it'll get wet and since my mommy isn't here to change me, my diaper won't be changed and if I walk around here with a wet diaper I'll get a rash on my winkie!" Tidus bellowed.

Sora chuckled softly. "HEEHEE! Tidus said 'winkie'," Sora laughed.

"Sheesh! You don't have to yell Tidus! You're such a baby, do you know that?!" Selphie shouted angrily.

"SHUT UP SELPHISH!" Tidus snapped.

"MAKE ME TIDY!!" Selphie retorted.

"Guys! This isn't the time to be fighting!" Wakka said standing between Selphie and Tidus.

"Look I'll go get Miss Utamori and she'll take you to the bathroom Tidus," May suggested.

"I can't HOLD in it in any longer!" Tidus whined.

"Fine! Then we'll take you to the bathroom ourselves," Riku said.

"Come on guys. TO THE MUSEUM BATHROOM!" Sora said. "…and STEP on it!" Sora added watching as Tidus's entire face began to turn blue the more he tried to hold back his pee.

"We should go with you guys too," Lamont said indicating himself, Yuffie and May.

"No Lamont. You guys should go on ahead. Wouldn't want you to miss the bones display," Riku said.

"That's for sure," Yuffie said.

Riku nodded. "We'll catch up with you guys as soon as we get Prince Whiney-Pants to the bathroom," Riku said pointing to Tidus.

The spiky-blonde was now rolling on the floor with his hands between his legs; his face was as blue as a blueberry.

"Man! He REALLLY has to go," Riku said observing Tidus, "I bet he'll be super happy once we find the bathroom,"

"But Riku the museum is HUGE! Finding the bathroom might take you decades," Yuffie said, "aren't you afraid of getting lost."

"Don't worry Yuffie. We won't get lost," Riku said confidently, "be back in a jiff,"

Riku, Sora, Kairi and Selphie left Yuffie, Lamont and May and headed for the museum bathroom with Wakka dragging a constipated Tidus who was too blue in the face to budge an inch.

"Try not to get lost you guys!" May's voice yelled behind the group.

"Ha! Us? Get lost in the museum? Ha! Like that's gonna happen," Riku snorted.

Three hours passed and after visiting the remaining museum exhibits and gaining valuable knowledge of their home island in addition to some of the other worlds, Miss Utamori and her class were ready to depart from the museum.

"Thank you Ella for such a lovely tour. Because of you the children and I have learned so much," said Miss Utamori. She stood at the entrance of the museum, shaking Ella's hand with a grateful smile.

Ella returned the smile. "It was my pleasure Sarah," she said.

"Ashe, don't you and Penelo have something to give to Ella," Miss Utamori said turning to Penelo and Ashe. Both girls nodded their heads and stepped forward.

"On the behalf of our school we'd like to congratulate you with this bouquet of flowers Miss Ella," Penelo said, "please accept this as a token of our appreciation,"

Ashe held up the bouquet of flowers. It was a lovely assortment of roses tied perfectly in a bundle and tied with a bright red bow. "I hope you like roses Miss Ella, I picked them myself yesterday," Ashe said handing the bouquet to Miss Ella.

"Oh Roses! I love roses!" Ella said gratefully accepting her bouquet, "Thank you my dear and thank you Sarah!"

"You're welcome Ella," Miss Utamori said beaming.

"You and your students are welcome back anytime in my museum, Sarah," Ella said, "Be sure to come back another time. The museum is always gaining new exhibits for all to come see,"

"Don't worry Ella. We'll come back, I'm sure of it," Miss Utamori said.

"Come on rugrats. Let's head to the bus," Mr. Zeno said ushering the students to the bus. One by one, all of the students exited the museum waving goodbye to Ella as they did. Once they began boarding the school bus the children sat in their seats deep in conversation about their morning at the museum and the difference exhibits they visited.

"The museum was great!" Yuffie cheered enthusiastically.

"Yeah. The bones display in the Dinosaur Exhibit was my favourite," Lamont said.

"My favourite was the exhibit on Japanese Culture," Yuffie said.

"You only liked it because it had ninja statues," Lamont said with a knowing smirk.

"Heehee! I know," Yuffie giggled.

"Is something the matter May? You seem awfully quiet," Lamont said glancing at May who only kept looking back at the museum with a worried look on her face.

"Yeah didn't you enjoy the museum May?" Yuffie asked.

"Yes I did enjoy it but---I can't help having the feeling that we're forgetting something," May said, "Are we?"

"Hmm….Nope. I don't think so," Yuffie answered with a shrug.

"Nothing that I know of," Lamont said.

"Okay," May said, "that's what I thought,"

Meanwhile in another part of the museum……

"We're lost aren't we?" Riku asked.

"For the billionth gazillionth time Riku, we are NOT LOST!" Tidus bellowed in annoyance. "Just because we can't find our way back doesn't mean that we're lost," Tidus added.

Riku sweatdropped. "We are SO lost!" he stated dryly.

After running aimlessly through the museum corridors, Sora, Wakka, Selphie, Kairi and Riku had alas located the museum bathroom which at the bottom of the staircase in the third hall. Once the discomforted spiky-blonde had done his business and no longer had to go 'bad', the group departed from the bathroom and headed back to find their class. However, this task proved harder than the friends expected.

Despite finding the bathroom Sora, Riku, Tidus, Wakka, Kairi and Selphie had apparently lost track of their path back to the fossil display in the Dinosaur Exhibit. In other words, they were lost. Now the six friends were wandering aimlessly through the museum halls without the slightest idea of where they were going.

"Guys are you sure that we're going the right way?" Kairi asked.

"Of course we are Kairi," Sora replied with a reassuring smile. "We are right?" Sora questioned turning to Riku.

"Beats me," Riku answered with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Don't worry guys. I'll get us back to the class," Wakka said.

"Oh? How?" Riku asked.

"Simple. Because I know exactly where to turn," Wakka answered, "just follow the yellow line,"

Wakka indicated to a trail of a yellowish substance splattered against the floor which led in a straight line down the hallway.

"Are you talking about the yellow puddle?" Sora asked staring down at the yellow trail.

"Yup," Wakka answered crossing his arms, "It's Tidus's pee. While we were dragging him I guess he sorta peed himself a little and left a trail. All we have to do is follow it and well…we'll be back with Miss Utamori in no time,"

"I thought I would never say this but…YAY for Tidus' pee!" Riku cheered sardonically.

"I guess that's cookies for me," Tidus said proudly.

"You mean kudos," Riku corrected.

"That too," Tidus said grinning cheekily. He then turned to grin at Selphie.

Selphie huffed. "Just when I thought that you couldn't get any more disgusting you went and do something like this," Selphie snorted.

The grin that was previously worn of Tidus's face faded and was replaced with his tongue as he gave Selphie the raspberry.

"Hey guys. I could see our class!" Kairi exclaimed pointing. Down the hallway, the class of the Destiny Island Preschool could be seen between the spaces separating a few statures.

"See. I told you guys the pee would lead us back," Wakka said grinning goofily.

"Um guys……why is everyone getting on the bus?" Sora asked. As the group approached closer to their school they realized that everyone was boarding the school's school bus on the outside including Miss Utamori and Mr. Zeno.

"Why is the bus door closing?" Sora asked. He noticed the doors of the school bus slammed shut. There was also a loud churning sound as the engines started and the bus started to move.

"Why is the bus driving off?" Tidus questioned.

It took awhile for what was happening to sink in and when they finally realized what was happening, Sora, Tidus, Riku, Selphie, Wakka and Kairi jumped in surprise.

"Oh no! The bus is driving off!" Kairi exclaimed.

"Guys! They're leaving us!" Selphie shouted.

"Quick! After it!" Riku shouted.

"Wait Riku!" Kairi called but Riku had already run off with Sora and Wakka sprinting behind him.

The three boys sprang out the museum doors and ran down the street, screaming after the school bus in an attempt to make it stop. Unfortunately it was too late.

The school bus gained speed and sped off down the road. Riku, Sora and Wakka gave up chasing after the bus and watched with breathless faces as the vehicle disappeared from view.

"WAIT! Come back!" Sora yelled behind yet still the bus drove on. Sora groaned despondently. He then felt a hand touch his shoulder.

It was Riku.

The lavender-head looked at him sadly and Sora nodded. The two looked to Wakka who nodded too. Together the three boys walked back to the museum with their heads lowered.

As the three reentered the museum, they were immediately questioned by Selphie.

"Did you do it?" Kairi asked, "did you stop the bus?"

When neither of the boys replied to her inquiry Kairi got the hint.

"I can't believe it. They…left us!" Kairi said in disbelief.

"AW MAN!" Tidus tugged at his spiked locks. "This cannot get any worst!" Tidus shouted.

"THE MUSEUM IS NOW CLOSING!" a voice announced throughout the entire museum.

"Huh?" Tidus who was standing directly infront of the museum entrance almost jumped out of his skin as the doors suddenly slammed shut in his face.

SLAM! SLAM! Booming noises echoed around the museum indicating that the other doors were shut too.

The lights then went out and the only source of brightness came from flamed lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

Tidus stood wide-eyed and awe-stricken at what just occurred.

The museum……had closed and to make matters worst he and the others were locked inside. Talk about an 'Oy vey' moment. Riku frowned at Tidus as he looked at him.

"You had to say it, did you?" Riku said.

"Guys what would we do? Miss Utamori left us here and the museum is closed! What will we do? Oh what will we do!" said Kairi distressfully.

"Calm down Kairi!" Riku said shaking Kairi by her shoulders. Kairi stopped her distressful screaming and blinked at Riku. "This is not the time to panic," Riku said coolly.

Several minutes past before Riku released Kairi's shoulders and tugged at his own hair wildly. "Oh who am I fooling? This is the time to panic!" Riku shouted loudly, "We're stuck in the museum by ourselves and there is nothing we can do! WAAHHHHH!!!"

Now it was Kairi's turn to shake Riku by his shoulders. "Calm down Riku," Kairi said reassuringly.

"How could I be calm? We're LOCKED in!" Riku bellowed.

"This is all you're fault Tidus!" Selphie growling pointing an accusing finger at Tidus.

Tidus looked at Selphie rather taken aback by her accusation. "What? My fault!" Tidus shouted.

"Yush! You're fault! If you didn't have to go to the bathroom so bad then we would be safe on the bus back to school!" Selphie shouted.

"Well excuse me if I have a small bladder!" Tidus yelled.

"Why don't you get a bladder control pill!" Selphie snapped.

"Why don't YOU get a breath mint!" Tidus retorted.

Selphie growled. "Pissypants!" Selphie yelled.

"Stinky breath!" Tidus shouted.

"PISSYPANTS!"

"STINKY BREATH!"

"QUIET!!!"

All arguing ceased as the others turned to Sora.

"Sora?" Wakka said staring blankly at the spiky-haired boy.

"Alright guys. Listen up!" Sora said seriously, "This isn't the time for panicking or fighting with each other. We're locked in a museum! Fighting won't help us!"

"He's got a point," Wakka said.

"Sorry Tidus," Selphie said apologetically. "You still need a bladder control pill," Selphie added dryly.

"And you still need a breath mint," Tidus said.

"ENOUGH!" Sora yelled. Placing his hands behind his back Sora began pacing up and down the floor, looking to his friends as he did so. "Now here's the way I see it. We have one of either two options. We could totally panic and whine down the place like babies screaming for their mommies or……" Sora smile his trademark goofy smile, "we can turn this negative situation into a positive one," Sora said.

"Okay. How do we do that?" Kairi asked.

"Simple. We're in a museum, right? So let's make the fun of it. We didn't get to see most of the other museum exhibits because someone had TOO MUCH water and HAD to go to the bathroom," Sora looked at Tidus as he said this.

"I said I was sorry," Tidus said.

"Look all I'm saying is…we're all alone in a BIG museum, right?" Sora said.

"Right!" the others answered.

"So what do we do?" Sora asked.

"I dunno. Pee ourselves?" Wakka said.

"WRONG! We have fun!" Sora exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Sora. How can we have fun in a museum?" Tidus asked.

"Well there are lots of stuff we can do," Sora answered his grin widening, "we can check out the cooler exhibits and even snack out in the museum cafeteria. My mommy told me that the museum cafeteria is always open even after closing,"

"…and since no one else is around," Sora continued, "We can have all the jelly donuts and ice-cream we want. Think of all the possibilities,"

"Think about all the sugary drinks," Tidus said hungrily.

"And cool exhibits," Wakka said.

"AND SUGARY DRINKS!" Tidus repeated.

Riku shook his head.

"I don't know Sora. What about the school bus? After we have our fun in the museum how are we gonna get home? How am I gonna get to my mommy?" Riku asked. (A/N: Imagine how cute little Riku would sound saying this 3)

Sora placed his index finger to his chin and pondered. "Y'know I never thought about that," Sora said.

"Don't sweat it guys. Look what I have," Kairi said. She reached into her skirt pocket and pulled out a small Kodak camera hung with a pink string. Kairi held the camera up to her friends' faces.

"A camera?" Selphie said.

"Not just any camera. It's Miss Utamori's camera," Kairi replied.

"Kairi! How'd you get Miss Utamori's camera?" Riku asked.

"She gave it to me to take some pictures for our school when we went to an exhibit," Kairi explained, "once Miss Utamori realizes that her camera is missing she'll have to come back for her camera and us. It's a win win situation…"

""…and since Miss Utamori asked me to get her some pictures of the museum, that's exactly what I'm gonna do," Kairi went on, "I'm gonna take as many pictures of the museum as I can and you guys can help me,"

"Don't you see Riku? We are ALONE in the museum. We can do whatever we want," Sora said.

"Anything?" Riku replied a smile playing at his lips.

"Anything," Sora replied, "we can goof around so much it'll make our heads spin!"

"I still don't know you guys," Riku said unsurely.

"C'mon Riku. Goofing around the museum sounds fun especially around now, eh," Wakka said.

"Yeah Riku, don't be a party-pooper," Tidus said.

"Yush! Embrace the goofiness inside of you Riku. Unleash you're goofy side!" Sora said.

"My…goofy side?" Riku repeated.

Tidus, Selphie, Kairi, Sora and Wakka nodded their heads. Riku looked from the encouraging looks on his friend's faces and bit his lower lip. The lavender-head lowered his head and when he raised it back up Riku gave everyone a silly look. Riku twisted his mouth and stuck his tongue out at everyone.

"NYAH!" Riku taunted. The others stared at Riku blankly and Riku merely pointed at his friends and laughed in their faces.

"What? You told me to be goofy. Was that goofy enough for ya?" Riku said grinning broadly.

His friends: Kairi, Sora, Selphie, Tidus and Wakka all laughed and returned the grins.

"Alright Riku!" Selphie cheered.

"He's in the game!" Tidus said.

"Ha! Ha! Whaddaya say you guys? You up for a little kiddies' day out in the National Museum?" Riku laughed.

"You betcha!" Kairi exclaimed.

The six friends pumped their fists in the air.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Wakka said.

"Let' the games begin!" Sora cheered enthusiastically.

First on their agenda of mischief, the group revisited the Prehistoric Exhibit. They had passed through the fossil display in the Dinosaur Exhibit, admiring the giant fossilized dinosaur bone again, and made their way into another exhibit. This exhibit was different from the Dinosaur Exhibit though yet mildly similar in certain ways.

Tidus stared absentmindedly up at the ceiling of the exhibit as he and his friends wandered through it. Ornaments hung from the ceiling. Some were in the shape of stars and moons while the others were shaped like planets. There was also one giant ornament that hung superior to the other ornaments and this one looked like a giant flaming comet.

"Which exhibit is this?" Tidus asked curiously turning his attention away from the ceiling to look to Wakka. Wakka peered at a gold sign that was hung on the wall of the exhibit and read what was written on its surface. "Welcome to the Pre---Preha---Prehatoric Exhibit?" Wakka said.

"Actually Wakka it says prehistoric exhibit," Riku corrected.

"Oh! What's prehistoric?" Wakka asked."Prehistoric involves what happened on earth centuries ago way, WAY back in the time of the dinosaurs and the cavemen," Riku explained.

"Wow Riku. You sure know a lot about this kind of stuff. Did you get it from a book?" Kairi asked.

"Nope. I just read it off the chart over there," Riku answered. He gestured to a chart supported by two wooden sticks that stood near the exhibit sign. Tidus, Wakka and Kairi peered with curious eyes at what was printed on the chart. "Hmn! I can't make out anything on this chart," Tidus huffed, "anything but these two dorky looking guys carrying giant baseball bats,"

"Those are cavemen Tidus and what they're carrying are stone clubs," Riku said peering over Tidus's back at the chart.

"Who are the cavemen Riku?" Sora asked.

"Well from what my daddy told me about cavemen, back thousands and thousands of years ago during the period of the dinosaurs, the cavemen were the first species of people to roam the earth along with the dinosaurs," Riku explained.

"Were there cave girls?" Selphie asked.

"Yes there were. Actually back then they were called cave-women," Riku answered, "the cave-women were the mates of the cavemen and the mother of the little cave-babies,"

"Ooh!" the other chorused interestedly. Riku nodded his head.

"What's with the giant clubs, eh?" Wakka asked.

"Well in the days of the prehistoric era, the cavemen were fully responsible for providing food and shelter for their families so while the cave-women stayed safe in the cave with the cave-babies, the cavemen went out and hunted for food," Riku explained, "they used those stone clubs to take down whatever prey there was back then to feed their mates and babies,"

"They also used sharp spears as weapons at sometimes because spears were a lot more lethal than clubs," Riku added.

"Sounds cool," Sora said in his usual hyperactive tone.

"Say Riku how come we never hear so much about the dinosaurs and the cavemen anymore?" Kairi asked.

"Because Kairi, the cavemen and dinosaurs are now extinct meaning that they no longer exist," Riku said, "after the prehistoric era and the ice age, a giant flaming comet smashed into the earth turning the dinosaurs and cavemen all into pancakes,"

Wakka licked his lips and rubbed his belly. "Mmm I love pancakes!" he said.

"Alright guys! History class over!" Sora said pumping a fist in his excitement, "Now to do some exploring! Let's check out the statues!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Sora sprung toward the statues with the others following him. The six friends stood behind the blockade that separated them from the statuettes and stared up at each sculpture with deep curiosity hinted in their eyes. The two statues were sculptured in the exact likeness of cavemen, each draped in a specific material of clothing and placed in a different pose with a different weapon in hand. One statue held a stone club and the other held a spear.

"Is that how the cavemen looked like back then?" Selphie asked.

"Seems so," Wakka answered.

"Well the cavemen were pretty undeveloped," Riku said, "They weren't really all that smart. They were only skilled in the art of catching prey for themselves and their mates and nurturing the cave babies,"

"Y'know in a way the cavemen are a lot like monkeys," Tidus said, "though monkeys are a lot smarter,"

"Words of wisdom from the monkey king himself," Selphie remarked.

"HEY!" Tidus barked.

Wakka scratched his chin. "Hmm. I'm curious about something," Wakka said.

"What is it Wakka?" Kairi asked.

"If I stick my finger up a caveman's nose, how much handfuls of boogers will I get? I betcha I'd get a whole bucket full," Wakka said smirking goofily.

"Cool. Ancient snot!" Tidus cheered slapping Wakka a high five.

"Yuck! Stop! You two are gonna make me throw up!" Selphie said disgustedly. Tidus and Wakka merely sniggered at the sickened look on the brunette's face. Riku gave a loud yawn.

"Y'know for a historic exhibit based on the prehistoric era and cavemen, this one is not very fun and the cavemen add no appeal to it either," Riku drawled monotonously, "This is SO BORING!"

"I know how to make this more fun," Sora said. He had a mischievous look written across his face which could have only meant one thing. ULTIMATE MISCHIEF! Before anyone could've stopped him, Sora climbed over the blockade and now stood on the opposite side facing the others. Riku, Wakka, Tidus, Selphie and Kairi gawked.

"Sora! What are you doing?" Riku shouted to the spiky-haired brunette.

Sora ignored Riku as he climbed up onto the ledge between the two cavemen statues. Sora looked at the faces of the cavemen statues and laughed scandalously as he stuck his finger up one of the statues noses. This action brought laughs to Wakka and Tidus yet Selphie and Kairi appeared confused at what Sora was doing and Riku had his hands on his hips glaring at Sora.

"Sora! SERIOUSLY what are you doing up there!" Riku yelled.

"Hey guys look at me!" Sora shouted waving down to his friends. When he had gotten his friends' attention, Sora twisted his face funnily and messed up his hair (A/N: Not like that would matter because Sora's hair is always messy XD). Sora then started walking back and forth on the ledge pretending to hold an imaginary club in his hand. "GRR! I'M A CAVEMAN! GRR!" Sora said.

"Sora, cavemen don't growl," Riku said, "They grunt!"

"Like this? UGGA! UGGA! ME CAVEMAN! UGGGG!!" Sora grunted as he continued to do his impression of a caveman. Riku laughed. "Yeah that's it," he said. Climbing himself over the barricade, Riku joined Sora on the ledge."ROAR! I'M A T-REX!!!!" Riku growled doing an impression of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and playfully chomping his teeth at Sora. Sora laughed at Riku's dinosaur impersonation.

"UGG! Big T-Rex! Food! Caveman Sora hunts big T-Rex," Sora laughed, pretending to clobber Riku with his imaginary club.

"No! Me too young to be turned into a giant T-Rex Burger," Riku said laughing.

"With a side of T-Rex nuggets," Sora added.

Both Selphie and Kairi giggled at Riku and Sora. "Ha! Ha! You guys are so silly," Selphie giggled.

"Hey Sora, Riku! Let me take a picture of you guys," Kairi said and she raised her camera.

Sora and Riku both froze in place and posed for Kairi to take their picture. Sora had grabbed the caveman's club and posed with his tongue stuck out in a silly face and Riku did the same, posing with his tongue stuck out while clutching the other caveman's hunting spear. Kairi grinned at the two boys as she looked at them through her camera.

"Say cheese!" Kairi said.

"CHEESE!" said both Riku and Sora. Kairi snapped the snapshot and smiled happily as the snapshot was taken. A fresh new snapshot instantly came from the camera once the picture was taken and taking the picture, Kairi showed it to Selphie.

"That's a pretty good picture, don't ya think Selphie?" Kairi asked.

"Yeah! Sora and Riku both look funny," Selphie giggled. "What do you think Wakka?" Selphie asked.

"…"

"Wakka?" Selphie looked around to find that Wakka was nowhere in sight.

"Huh? Wakka's gone," Selphie said.

"Tidus isn't here either," Kairi said acknowledging that the familiar spiky-blonde wasn't there as well.

Selphie frowned and placed her hands on her hips. "Now where did those two go?" Selphie asked.

"Hmm. Let's check out the other exhibits and see if they're there," Kairi suggested.

"Good idea," Selphie said. She turned to Riku and Sora. "Come on you two. We've gotta look for Tidus and Wakka," Selphie said.

"Aw…man just when I was having fun," Sora whined, pouting disappointedly as he placed the stone club back in its possessor's grasps before jumping off the ledge. Riku was about to follow Sora when he noticed something sparkling on the floor.

"Huh?" Riku bent down and picked up the object. As it turns out the object was a pair of glasses with concave lenses. Riku stared at the glasses in bewilderment.

'What's this doing in the Prehistoric Exhibit?' Riku thought but his thoughts were interrupted by Selphie calling to him.

"Come on Riku!" Selphie yelled waving to Riku.

She, Sora and Kairi were already waiting outside the exhibit entrance. Placing the glasses safely in his pocket, Riku jumped off the ledge and followed his friends.

Sora, Selphie, Kairi and Riku walked into the room next to the Prehistoric Exhibit.

That particular room was roomed to the Dinosaur Exhibit which displayed an abundant proportion of ancient dinosaur bones as well as giant statues of dinosaurs made from their exact bones.

While Selphie, Kairi and Riku walked through the exhibit with Sora leading the way, the five kept their eyes peeled for any signs of their missing comrades: Tidus and Wakka.

"TIDUS! WAKKA!" Selphie yelled.

TIDUS! WAKKA!

"Did you guys hear that? It sounded like someone was repeating what I was saying," Selphie said.

"That's not someone else Selphie. The room is so quiet that you could hear your own echo," Riku explained.

"Really!" Sora said enthusiastically. He cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled loudly.

"HELLO?! HELLO!? ANYBODY THERE! ECHO!" Sora shouted, smiling proudly to himself when he heard his echo repeat exactly what he shouted.

HELLO?! HELLO?! ANYBODY THERE! ECHO!

"Ha! Ha! That's so cool!" Sora said sniggering.

"Come on Sora quit fooling around! Remember we still have to find Tidus and Wakka," Kairi said.

"Well I don't know about Tidus but I see Wakka," Sora said.

He gestured across the room where a figure was running towards them. It was Wakka!

The carrot head was running towards his five remaining friends at full sprint. He was not accompanied by Tidus which was the strangest part.

Selphie crossed her arms and frowned at Wakka as he approached her.

"Wakka! What's the big idea---" Selphie began but she was cut off by Wakka who stopped infront of her, Kairi, Riku and Sora panting breathlessly with his facial expression grim.

When he had finally caught his breath Wakka spoke.

"Guys! Come quick! You gotta help!" Wakka said gravely, "It's---Tidus! He's gotten himself trapped in one of the dinosaur statues!"

The others gawked. "WHAT!"

"Wakka are you sure?" Riku asked.

"Duh! Would I be this serious if I wasn't sure?" Wakka said.

"He's got a point," Kairi said.

"Lead the way Wakka! We've got to help Tidus," Sora said. Wakka nodded. He motioned for the others to follow him which they did.

Wakka led Sora, Riku, Kairi and Selphie on a wild run around the exhibit until the five came across a humungous statuette of a Brachiosaurus made from its original dinosaur bones.

The group stood before the giant statue.

"Tidus?" Selphie called.

"Selphie! Is that you?" a voice replied squeakily.

It belonged to Tidus. The spiky-haired blonde was trapped inside the belly of the Brachiosaurus statue whose bones formed a sort of prison cell around Tidus's small body.

"Tidus?" Kairi called.

"Help," Tidus muttered worriedly.

"Aw...you look so adorable behind bars Tidus," Selphie said teasingly, appearing to find her friend's current imprisonment amusing.

"Har! Har! Funny Selphie," Tidus said dryly, "NOW GET ME OUTTA HERE!"

Riku slapped his forehead. "Oh brother," he said.

"I don't get it. How did Tidus get himself trapped like this anyways?" Sora asked.

Wakka shrugged. "I dunno," he answered, "we were playing in the exhibit then Tidus got this crazy idea for the two of us to play inside this statue and before I knew it he was inside of this statue's belly and...now he can't get out,"

"Humph! Serves you right for ditching us," Selphie snorted.

"Well excuse us for being bored," Tidus said.

"Yah man we got tired of the cavemen exhibit and came here," Wakka said, "that's when we found this colossal dinosaur statue and..."

"...Tidus got trapped?" Riku said dully.

"Well...yeah," Wakka said his cheeks slightly pink from embarrassment.

Selphie burst out into fits of laughter as she pointed a finger at Tidus. "This is so funny," Selphie said in between giggles, "Tidus behind bars. That's a classic! Quick Kairi take a picture of him,"

Tidus immediately blocked his face. "This isn't funny Selphie," Tidus spoke seriously.

"Why don't you try squeezing yourself through the bones," Sora suggested.

"I could but I can't," Tidus said.

"Why not?" Sora asked.

"Because I tried already and...let's just say I almost got stuck," Tidus said.

"That's because you're too fat. I told you not to eat too many creampuffs," Selphie said.

"Hey I'm not fat and you know how much I love creampuffs Selph besides my mommy says that I'm not fat but just a little chubby. It's not my fault that I was born with puffy cheeks," Tidus said. He pinched his cheeks and groaned at how chubby and rosy they were.

"Well if you can't squeeze yourself out Tidus then how are you gonna get out?" Kairi asked.

Tidus shrugged.

"Don't worry guys I have the solution," Riku said, "Tidus do you see any sort of opening in their like a hole of some sort?"

Tidus looked around the interior of the statue and smiled. "Yes I do see something. I see a hole," Tidus said gleefully, "but it's kinda far up, think I could reach it?"

"You better because it's your only way out," Riku said.

"Okay! Okay! I'll try and reach it," Tidus said, "meet ya on the outside"

Getting to his feet, Tidus started climbing out of the belly of statue. His movements could be heard from the outside as he made his way up to the opening,

"I wonder where that one passageway leads to," Sora said.

"Hmm if my calculations are correct then Tidus should pop out right about...here," Riku said. He traced his finger along the Brachiosaurus stature until it pointed to the rectal area. There was a hole at the top and surely enough Tidus's head popped right out.

"Hiya guys!" Tidus said.

"I was right. I knew Tidus would have come out of there," Riku said proudly.

"But...isn't that the statue's……butt?" Kairi asked.

"Uh I guess so," Riku answered.

"Ha! Tidus stuck his head out a dinosaur's butt!" Sora guffawed clutching his stomach while rolling on the floor laughing his butt off.

Tidus titled his head and looked at Sora confusedly. "Hey what's so funny? What's Sora laughing at?" Tidus inquired.

"He's laughing at you," Wakka said while trying his best to stifle a laugh, "guess what Tidus you're head is sticking out a dinosaur's butt,"

"It is? I came out of a dinosaur's butt?" Tidus said. He then grinned goofily. "Awesome! Wait till I tell everyone else at school that I came out a dinosaur's buttocks!" Tidus cheered.

"I bet they'll all be thrilled to hear that," Selphie stated wryly and Kairi giggled. When he finally pulled himself out of the Brachiosaurus' behind (XD) Tidus stood ontop of the statue's back looking down at his friends. He was pretty high up. The Brachiosaurus was one of the tallest dinosaurs of the prehistoric era so its statue was no different. Fortunately for Tidus he was a baby and quite light so the bone-made statue didn't fall to pieces as he told upon its back.

"Wow! You guys look like little ants from all the way up here," Tidus called to his friends below.

"Enough fooling around Tidus. Get down from there before you break it," Selphie said.

Tidus stuck his tongue at Selphie. "You don't have to rush me Selph," Tidus said, "I'm coming down and I know the bestest way how,"

Tidus jumped off the statue's back and slid down its long tail "WHEEEE!" Tidus yelled excitedly. When his ride was over and his feet touched the ground Tidus stood grinning at his friends.

"That was fun!" Tidus said happily, "Oh! Can I do that again?"

"NO!" everyone yelled at once.

"Aw...you guys are no fun," Tidus said pouting.

"No fair! You got to slide down the dinosaur's tail and come out of its butt!" Wakka whined, sulking at Tidus, "I'm so jealous of you Tidus! I wanna ride on the dinosaur's tail too,"

"Don't worry Wakka. We can always ditch these guys again and come back here, and then we can both ride down the dinosaur's tail together AFTER we come out of its butt together," Tidus said, smiling toothily.

"That would be SWEET!" Wakka cheered.

"Oh no you don't! You two aren't leaving us again!" Selphie said. The brunette outstretched her hands and grabbed both Tidus and Wakka by the ear, much to their disliking.

"OW!"

"Selphie let go!" Tidus yelled.

"Nuh uh! This time wherever we go you two follow, got it!" Selphie growled.

"But..."

"GOT IT!" An inferno burned in Selphie's eyes and for a moment she looked almost demonic. Both Tidus and Wakka cringed at the look on Selphie's face.

"Yikes! Yes ma'am!" said both boys in unison.

Riku chuckled. "Now that's what I call classical," he said.

"C'mon everyone. Let's check out another exhibit," Selphie suggested, "I wanna try the Egyptian exhibit this time. I love the Egyptians. They're so flashy with all their golden jewelry and their giant pyramids,"

"Sounds interesting," Riku said.

"Well what are we waiting for? To the Egyptian Exhibit!" Sora exclaimed pumping a fist.

"Wait Sora. I'd like to take another picture," Kairi said, "and this time I want Wakka and Tidus to be in it so you can let them go Selphie,"

Kairi looked to Selphie who still held the squirming Wakka and Tidus by their ears. Sighing, Selphie did what Kairi said and released Tidus and Wakka. Now both boys stood with annoyed faces while massaging their throbbing ears.

"Ok Tidus and Wakka. I'd like the both of you to pose by the dinosaur statue please," Kairi said.

Tidus and Wakka walked over to the same statue of the Brachiosaurus and posed together infront of it.

"Like this?" Tidus asked, looking to Kairi. The red-head nodded her head.

"That's perfect!" Kairi said gleefully. She held up the camera. "Now say 'Dinosaur butt'" Kairi joked.

Both Tidus and Wakka laughed but despite themselves they said, "Dinosaur butt!"

SNAP!

Kairi took the photo and stood admiring how well the snapshot came out.

"Wow! This one came out just as good as the other one," Kairi said. "And Tidus and Wakka both look silly in it too," Kairi added, giggling at the goofy looks on her friends' faces in the photo.

"Yay! Alright now that we've got the photo let's head on over to the Egyptian exhibit," Selphie squealed in excitement.

"Come on guys, can't we stay here a little longer please?" Tidus implored. He was rewarded with Selphie grabbing him and Wakka by their ears again.

"Nope. You're coming to the Egyptians exhibit whether you want to or not misters," Selphie said.

"Ouch!" Wakka yelped.

"Selphie..." Tidus whined.

Ignoring the whines she was receiving from Wakka and Tidus, Selphie kept a serious look as he dragged both boys towards the exit. Kairi, Riku and Sora followed behind, trying their best to hide their amusement.

"Ha! If there's anyone who can get Tidus and Wakka to listen, it's DEFINITELY Selphie," Sora stated.

Riku and Kairi nodded in agreement.

"Yup! Yup!" they said.

"Oh boy! Oh boy! I can't wait to see the Egyptian's exhibit! It's gonna be the best exhibit in this entire museum! Just wait till you guys see it for yourselves! You'll love it!" Selphie ranted.

Selphie alongwith Tidus, Wakka, Kairi, Sora and Riku had been continuing their little tour of the museum. After previously visiting both the Prehistoric Exhibit and the Dinosaur Exhibit, the group made their way to the Egyptian Exhibit which was located on the western wing of the museum.

Now the six friends walked down the red-carpeted aisle leading down to the Egyptian exhibit; listening to Selphie's constant rants during the walk.

"The Egyptian Exhibit is the bestest exhibit of all time!" Selphie said, "It's got so many awesome stuff that'll make your eyeballs bug out! Have I told you guys how awesome the Egyptian exhibit is?"

"YES!!!" said Wakka, Sora, Riku and Kairi.

"About a billion times," Tidus added crossly.

A tiny blush crept up on Selphie's cheeks and she laughed in embarrassment. "Oops," she said.

"Just out of curiosity Selph, have you ever actually been in the Egyptian Exhibit before?" Riku asked.

"Nope. This is my first time visiting it," Selphie replied.

Riku did a double-take. "What? So then if this is your first time coming to this exhibit then why do you like it so much?" Riku asked.

"Because it's all about Egypt!" Selphie answered perkily, "My great grandmamma travels all over the world and once she visited Egypt and sent me and my mom a whole boxful of Egyptian jewelry and trinkets and it looked so pretty, every since that day I fell in love with anything Egyptian! So a whole exhibit all about Egypt will be perfect for moi!"

"That's cool Selphie," Kairi said.

"Uh huh! Oooh I'm so excited about seeing the Egyptian Exhibit I can just BURST!" Selphie squealed enthusiastically.

Before anyone could've stopped her, Selphie raced down the aisle jumping up and down like a hyperactive maniac. The others just gawked at the curly-end brunette.

"Wait! Selphie slow down!" Kairi called behind Selphie.

"EGYPT HERE I COME!" Selphie screamed. She ran and ran until her form disappeared into the shadows of the passageway.

"Selphie!" Riku shouted.

"Whoa! Talk about your runaway Selphie," Tidus snickered.

"Quick! After her!" Sora shouted.

Sora, Riku, Kairi, Tidus and Wakka sprinted down the aisle after Selphie. When their forms disappeared into the darkness shrouding their path, the five felt themselves running through nothingness until their bodies collided with the back of Selphie.

One by one, Tidus, Wakka, Sora, Riku and Kairi tumbled backwards onto each other and lay on the ground, rubbing their heads from the impact.

"Owie! That's another pain I've gotten today, eh," Wakka groaned.

"Yeah well at least you don't have Sora's butt in your face," Tidus said dully. He was laying ontop Wakka's back with Sora lying on him with his butt pressed against his neck. Tidus glared at Sora who gave a nervous laugh at the position they were in.

"Whoops! Sorry Tidus," Sora apologized.

"Yeah well…just don't fart on me!" Tidus said.

"I'll try but it won't be easy," Sora said. (XD)

Riku, who was laying ontop of Sora with Kairi ontop him, snorted. The lavender head forced himself out of the dog pile and stood to his feet looking at Selphie crossly. Selphie paid no attention to the look Riku was giving her for she was too preoccupied staring with her jaw hanging at something infront of her. Riku ruffled his hair angrily and shook Selphie by the back of her shoulders.

"Selphie! What's the big idea running off like that?" Riku said.

"Big…triangle!" Selphie said.

"Big---what?" Riku said. He then peered behind Selphie and that's when he realized why she was so awe-stricken. Sora, Tidus, Wakka and Kairi looked up too and they were also appalled.

Positioned in the centre of the room they stood in was a giant pyramid. The pyramid towered above the room up to the ceiling, its golden squares glistening the room light.

"Wow! It's gigantic!" Sora said.

"I've never seen anything like it," Kairi said.

"Me either," Tidus said. "What is it?" Tidus added questionably.

"Well from what my great grandmamma told me about Egypt, that's a pyramid," Selphie answered.

"Ooh…," Tidus said. "What's a pyramid?" Tidus then questioned.

"It's like a house for the Egyptian people only that it's bigger and more triangular," Selphie answered.

"That's part of it Selphie," Riku stated, "In truth, pyramids such as this one were built to be the sacred resting grounds of the deceased Egyptian pharaohs. Some pyramids even have hidden treasure,"

"Wow!" Wakka said.

"Just hearing about it just makes me like Egypt more!" Selphie squealed.

"Hey you guys, there's a door in the pyramid," Sora said pointing out an opened pathway into the pyramid. An excited smirk crossed Sora's lips and he turned to his friends. "Who wants to go exploring in it?" Sora asked.

"I DO! I DO!" Selphie screamed jumping up and down ecstatically.

"Last one in the pyramid is a rotten egg!" Tidus shouted. A stampede broke out between Tidus, Wakka, Riku, Kairi and Selphie as the five of them sprinted wildly for the passageway.

"EEP!" Sora yelped covering his head as his friends raced past him and into the pyramid.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Sora shouted to his friends as he ran inside the pyramid.

"Ha! Ha! You're the rotten egg!" Tidus taunted as Sora came panting through the door.

"Aw pickles!" Sora said pouting crossly.

"Wow! Is this how the inside of a tomb looks like?" Selphie said twirling around, getting a good look of the pyramid.

On the interior of the pyramid, the group stood in a room lit by flamed torches. There was nothing else in the room other than a few golden sarcophaguses lined up by the walls.

"I don't like it inside here," Kairi said frightfully, "It's so dark and spooky,"

"Yeah it's so dark that I barely see my own hand infront of me," Sora said.

"And you never know what kind of ghost might haunt this place too," Tidus said. He jumped behind Kairi. "BOO!" Tidus yelled in Kairi's ear. Kairi screamed and almost dropped the camera as she spun around to face a snickering Tidus.

Kairi frowned at the spiky blonde.

"Stop it Tidus! That's not funny!" Kairi shouted.

"Yes it is," Tidus said. He did his ghost imprecation again. "BOOOO!"

"Stop it!" Kairi screamed.

"Chill out Kairi. I was only kidding," Tidus said. "…and besides there are no ghosts in Egypt," Tidus added. Tidus felt something touch the surface of his fingers. The spiked-haired blonde almost jumped out his skin as he looked to the source of his fright. It was one of the gold sarcophaguses.

"What is this?" Tidus asked, examining the sarcophagus.

"Oh it's only a sarcophagus," Selphie answered.

"A sarcophagus? What's that?" Tidus asked.

"Sarcophaguses are like coffins and whenever someone of royalty dies or if someone breaks a law in Egypt their bodies are mummified and placed inside of these sarcophaguses," Selphie explained.

"So there really aren't any ghosts in Egypt?" Kairi asked.

"Nope. No ghost," Selphie answered.

"But there are mummies," Sora said,

"Mu---Mummies!" Kairi stammered.

"Yeah after the people become mummified, they then come back to live and haunt the people who were mean to them when they were alive by walking around like zombies and devouring their souls," Sora said.

"Oh no!" Kairi squeaked.

"Stop it Sora!" Selphie said poking Sora on his arm.

"Ouch! But Selphie, it's true," Sora said.

"No it's not! Everyone knows that there are no such things as ghost or----"One of the sarcophaguses swung open revealing a cloth-wrapped mummy sleeping in its tomb.

For a moment, the mummy looked harmless……at least until its eyes glowed red.

"MUMMY!" Sora screamed.

"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" Riku bawled.

Immediately, Sora, Tidus, Riku, Selphie, Wakka and Kairi sprinted out of the sarcophagus room and into the other one.

"Man that was a close one," Riku panted leaning against the wall for support.

"Good thing we escaped the mummy," Wakka said.

"Still think that Egypt is cool Selph," Tidus said looking to Selphie.

"I said that I love Egyptian jewelry, I never said I liked its mummies," Selphie said.

"Well now that the mummy is gone, where are we now?" Kairi asked.

Sora glanced around. The troop now stood in a tunnel lit by flamed torches leading down the pathway.

"I dunno. It's look like a tunnel," Sora replied.

"A tunnel?" Kairi repeated confusedly.

"Hey! Check out the funny chalk drawings," Tidus said. He indicated to the some drawings sketched across the barricades of the tunnel written in Egyptian text.

The infernal fires of the torches blazed across the barricades revealing more Egyptian text.

"Man whoever drew these pictures need some serious art lessons, eh," Wakka said.

"Those aren't drawings Wakka. They're Egyptian text," Selphie said, "I should know. My great grandmamma also sent me puzzles and board-games from Egypt with the same Egyptian handwriting,"

Wakka looked at Selphie with a puzzled expression. "Huh?"

"It's the ancient language of the Egyptian people," Selphie explained, "you often see it on the walls of these pyramids,"

"Do you know what this text means Selphie?" Kairi asked.

"Nuh uh," Selphie answered.

"Well that bites," Riku stated flatly.

"So the Egyptians drew funny drawings on the walls. BOOO-RING!" Tidus drawled.

"Hey what's that light?" Sora asked. There was beam of bullion light glowing at the end of the tunnel.

"What a pretty light," Selphie said.

"Walk towards the light you guys," Sora said. He led the way and Riku, Selphie, Kairi, Wakka and Tidus followed behind as they walked towards the light. When the six friends walked through the light, they found themselves in another room.

Unlike the previous room with the sarcophaguses and the dark tunnel, this room was bright and lit with light. A burgundy carpet festooned the grounds above transparent glass concealing a pond of goldfishes beneath. Royal purple curtains draped from the walls of the room and on either side of the ground sat treasure…tons and tons of Egyptian treasure. Rubies, diamonds, gold and sapphires littered the grounds and in the heart of the room were two thrones side by side. On either side of the two thrones were two mechanical wax robots disguised in male Egyptian garments which fanned the empty throne seats. Sora, Selphie, Tidus, Riku, Wakka and Kairi stood with awed faces as they gazed around the room.

"Now this is what I call cool," Wakka said.

"Check out the treasure!" Sora said pointing to the piles of rubies and diamonds.

"Check out the throne!" Selphie said. The brunette girl ran to the middle of the room where she seated herself upon one of the thrones.

With her hands on the armrest Selphie looked down at her friends with a broad smile.

"Hey guys, who do I remind you of?" Selphie asked.

"I dunno. Your mom?" Tidus replied cheekily.

Selphie frowned. "No silly. I'm Cleopatica," Selphie replied.

"Who?!"

"Cleopatica! Y'know the Queen of Egypt," Selphie said.

"You mean Cleopatra," Riku corrected.

"Yup! That's what I said," Selphie said, "don't you guys think that I would make a perfect Cleopatra. Imagine me, Selphie Timitt, Queen of Egypt. Ha! I was born to be a queen!"

"Yeah, the Queen of the Co-co-Clock," Tidus whispered to Wakka. Wakka chuckled.

"I heard that Tidus," Selphie said. She picked up an apple from a bowl of fruit near the throne and hurled it at Tidus. WHACK! Tidus staggered backwards rubbing his forehead where the apple had hit him.

"Ouch! Selphie you could've seriously hurt me with that apple!" Tidus shouted angrily.

"Humph! Serves you right," Selphie said crossing her legs.

"There's fruit here. Yummy!" Kairi said. The red-head sauntered over to the second throne next to Selphie's and climbed herself onto the seat. Now Kairi sat ontop the other throne with the bowl of fruit, which she had snatched from Selphie, in her lap.

"Ha! Ha! Bow down before me my royal subjects! Bow!" Selphie shouted commandingly.

"Yeah right Selphie. Like we're gonna bow down to a sissy girl like you," Tidus snorted.

Selphie glared daggers at Tidus. She snatched up an orange from the fruit bowl in Kairi's lap. "Bow down or I'll pelt you with again," Selphie growled giving Tidus a threatening stare. Tidus gulped. "Okay I'm convinced," he said.

Tidus bent down on his knees dragging Wakka down with him. The two boys bowed down to Selphie.

"ALL HAIL SELPHIE! ALL HAIL SELPHIE!" they chanted.

"Ha! Ha! I am queen!" Selphie laughed hysterically.

"Say Tidus how long do we have to do this?" Wakka whispered .

"At least until Kairi eats all the fruit, that way Miss Queen of the Co-co-Clock won't have anything to pelt us with," Tidus answered quietly.

"Good point," Wakka said.

"Y'know what? This would make a great picture," Sora said as he and Riku watched Kairi and Selphie seated upon the throne and Wakka and Tidus bowing at Selphie's feet.

The spiked-brunette glanced at Kairi who was licking her mouth hungrily as she stared longingly at a bunch of green grapes. "Say Kairi, toss me the camera!" Sora called.

Kairi tossed Sora the camera. With the camera now in his possession. Sora held it up to take the picture.

"Alright girls, I'm gonna take your picture," said Sora.

"Ooh! Make sure to get my good side Sora. A queen must always look her best especially on camera," Selphie said.

"Okay," Sora said. Making sure that both girls could be seen in the picture, Sora placed his fingers to the camera button.

"Say 'mummy'" Sora said.

"MUMMY!" Selphie said and she posed for the camera.

SNAP! Another picture was taken and when Sora showed Riku the picture, the lavender-head stifled a laugh.

"Bha! Look at Kairi!" Riku chortled.

In the photograph, it showed Selphie posed off on the throne and beside her sat Kairi with her mouth wide open.

She held the bunch of lime-green grapes in her hand and it appeared that she was about to gobble the grapes when Sora had taken her picture.

"And she said that we looked silly," Sora said.

"Who's the silly one now," Riku laughed.

"I'm hungry," Selphie groaned, "I want some fruit!" Selphie grabbed the fruit bowl from Kairi who had just popped four grapes in her mouth.

"Hey!" Kairi yelled at Selphie with her mouth full of grapes.

Ignoring Kairi, Selphie picked a ripe mango from the bowl.

"Hey Selphie, don't eat the fruit. It's made outta wax," Riku shouted.

"So? What's your point?" Selphie said with the mango already in her mouth.

"It's fake. So all of the fruit will taste like dog poop," Riku stated.

"Even the grapes?" Kairi said, who now had all of the grapes stuffed in her mouth.

"Even the grapes," Riku said.

"Ew," Selphie said disgustedly, removing the wax mango from her mouth and throwing it away.

Grapes went flying everywhere for Kairi had spat out the ones that were in her mouth.

"Yuck!" Kairi spat wiping her mouth.

"Is the treasure fake too?" Tidus asked. He and Wakka were now back on their feet, playing in the piles of treasure.

Riku shook his head in response. "Nope. The treasure's real. It's the fruit that's fake," Riku said.

"So this is real Egyptian treasure," Tidus said.

"Awesome! Let's take some!" Wakka said, grabbing handfuls of treasure and stuffing them in his pants pockets, "Think of all the candy we can buy with all this treasure,"

"No Wakka, we can't take any of the treasure," Riku said.

"Why not?" Wakka inquired.

"Because it's museum property and if we take it then that's stealing," Riku stated.

"Aw man," Wakka emptied his pockets of the treasure he had and sulked. "This stinks!"

"So much for the Egyptian exhibit being fun," Tidus said.

"Don't be like that you guys, there's still on fun thing left in this exhibit that we haven't tried yet," Sora said.

"What's that Sora?" Kairi asked.

"Why the magic carpet-ride of course," Sora answered with his trademark goofy grin.

"Magic carpet ride? What magic carpet ride?" Tidus asked.

"This magic carpet ride," Sora said. He reached out and yanked on something buried beneath the piles of treasure. What Sora pulled out was an old carpet with Egyptian text printed cross the front.

"Sora, that's no magic carpet ride. That's an old rug," Tidus said.

"It's only magical if we believe that it is magical guys," Sora said.

"Um…what?" Tidus looked at Sora puzzled.

"The carpet is only magical if we imagine that it's magical," Sora said smartly, "that…and if we use this," Sora patted a spot on the wall and a door appeared opening a slide leading out of the exhibit. Riku, Selphie, Tidus, Wakka and Kairi gazed down the slide and then turned to Sora with confused faces.

"Sora, how did you---"Kairi started but Sora cut her off.

"I found this slide when you guys were on the throne," Sora explained, "the way I see it, this is the only way out of the pyramid. The only way that's fun that is. So……who wants a ride out?"

Dragging the carpet, Sora placed it on the slide. He held onto the wall for support as he glanced back at his friends.

"Anyone want a ride?" Sora said.

"I'm in!" Tidus said.

"Me too!" Wakka said.

"Me three!" Selphie cheered.

"Heck I'm in too," Riku said.

"Kairi?" Sora looked to the red-head little girl who seemed hesitant. Despite her reluctance, Kairi nodded.

"You betcha!" Kairi said.

"Well what are you waiting for? Hop on!" Sora said. One by one, the remaining five piled themselves onto the carpet with Sora.

Kairi sat behind Sora with her hands around his waist, Selphie sat behind Kairi, Riku sat behind Selphie and Wakka and Tidus were in the back.

"Passengers ready?" Sora said to her friends.

"READY!" they answered.

"Okay! Here we go!" Sora said. He let go off the wall which he used to support himself and the carpet slid down the slide. The laughter and the exhilarated screams of Sora and his friends were heard all the way down the slide until they reached the end of the ride when the carpet slid out of the pyramid and the group was back on the outside. Sora and the others piled off the carpet.

"That was AWESOME!" Tidus cheered.

"Can we do that AGAIN?" Selphie asked anxiously.

"Hmm…maybe not. Right now I'm hungry," Wakka said.

"Me too. All that fake fruit spoiled my appetite," Kairi said.

"Say why don't we check out a few more exhibits and then head on over to the cafeteria," Sora suggested.

"That's not a bad idea," Riku said.

"Yeah let's go," Selphie said.

"Come on guys!" Sora said.

During the remaining course of the day: Tidus, Wakka, Kairi, Selphie, Sora and Riku spent the rest of their afternoon goofing off, causing mischief and all in all having fun in the remaining museum exhibits.

They visited the Exhibit of Japanese Culture and History, the World War I and II Exhibit and the Planetary Exhibit. They even managed to revisit the Dinosaur Exhibit in which this time, everyone got a chance to slide down the Branchiosaurus' tail and come out of its butt (A/N: But you didn't need to know that XD)

And during their visits to the other exhibits, Kairi took some very interesting pictures of herself and her friends. Like Tidus, Wakka, Riku and Sora standing in karate poses infront of a Samurai swordsman statue from the Exhibit of Japanese Culture and History…or Sora saluting a statue of a World War I Army General from the World War I and II Exhibit……or Selphie and Tidus standing next to a model space rocket in the Planetary Exhibit. There were also computers in the Planetary Exhibit and Kairi took a snapshot of herself and Sora playing on one of the computers. They both wore goofy faces in the photograph.

Following the fun that they had in the previous exhibits, eventually the group grew tired and hungry and decided to finally head on over to the museum cafeteria which, like Sora had said, was wide open even after closing hours.

Now the gang were happily helping themselves to refreshing drinks and delicious treats from the cafeteria snack bar. Kairi and Selphie were both seated upon stools by a cafeteria table and were currently in deep conversation over some delicious banana smoothies and M&M cookies.

Riku was behind the cafeteria counter, whipping himself up a snack while Sora was making chocolate and strawberry coconut swirl milkshakes using the cafeteria blender (A/N: Who knew he could use a blender /).

As for Tidus and Wakka. Both boys were indulged in a well-rounded game of horseshoe toss though instead of horseshoes they played with jelly donuts and plastic plates.

"Here I go!" Wakka yelled. He tossed his jelly donut. The donut soared across the room until it landed skillfully ontop of a plastic plate.

"Yes! Score one for me!" Wakka cheered.

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch Wakka, it's my turn," Tidus said. He tossed the jelly donut that he had and the donut soared across the room. The treat was almost to the plastic plate when it missed it and ended up landing on the floor. Tidus's jaw dropped and he gawked at his jelly donut with a flabbergasted face.

"But---But I had it. I HAD it! How could I have missed?" Tidus said completely dumbfounded.

Wakka, on the other hand, gave a hearted laugh and did a little victory dance. "I won! I won! I won! I won! I WON!" Wakka cheered. He then turned and whispered in Tidus's ear, "Again" with a toothy smirk.

Tidus's face boiled with envy. "No fair Wakka!" Tidus said, "I wanna another rematch!"

"Nah! I'm bored with this game," Wakka said, "let's eat the donuts this time,"

"Not without whip cream," Tidus said. He looked to Riku behind the counter. "Yo Riku, toss the whip cream if you please!" Tidus yelled.

"One whip cream coming right up," Riku said. He tossed Tidus the can of whip cream.

"Alright!" Catching the can of whip cream, Tidus sprayed some on his and Wakka's jelly donuts which the two then wolfed down.

"Ah this is the life. I love a good banana smoothie," Kairi said taking a sip from her ice-cold smoothie.

"Me too," Selphie said, "it's a good thing that we found the cafeteria open else we would have starved!"

"You got that right," Kairi said.

"Hey Kairi, Selphie, check out what I can do," Sora said. He walked out from behind the counter carrying four milkshakes in his hands.

"Aw how nice of you Sora, you bought milkshakes for us," Selphie said.

"Those milkshakes aren't for you," Sora said, "they're for me!"

"You're gonna drink all those milkshakes by yourself," Kairi said.

"Yup," Sora answered, "Watch this," Before their eyes, Kairi and Selphie watched intently as Sora drank all four milkshakes and when he was done, he stood quietly with his hand on his stomach.

Sora was quiet for a while but then he opened his mouth and began to burp his ABC's.

"A……B……C……D……E……F……G……H……I……J……K……L……M……N……O……P……Q……R……S……T……U……V……W……X……Y……" Sora stopped in midburp and looked to Selphie and Kairi, "What comes after Y again?" Sora inquired.

"Z," Kairi answered.

"Oh yeah," Sora said. He inhaled a breath. "Z……" he said letting the letter come out in one loud burp.

"Thank you," Sora said after he had done his trick and he took a bow. Kairi actually applauded Sora for burping the entire alphabet however Selphie quirked an eyebrow at Sora and looked at him with disgust.

"That was gross Sora," Selphie stated flatly.

"There's nothing gross about burping my ABC's," Sora said.

Selphie rolled her eyes at Sora. "Whatever," she said.

"NYAH!" Sora stuck his tongue out at Selphie.

"Ha! Your tongue's all yellow from the milkshake Sora," Kairi giggled.

"It is?" Soras checked out his reflection in a glass cup and noticed how yellow his tongue was. Sora laughed. "Cool!" he cheered.

"And now for the finishing touches," Riku said. (Warning: Reading this part may give u a huge craving for ice-cream XD)He had a bowl of vanilla and coconut ice-cream smothered in chocolate sauce and covered in whip-cream placed infront of him. Chocolate wafers were planted in the ice cream and adding some nuts and M&M's, topping it all with a cherry, Riku clapped his hands and admired his masterpiece.

"At last! It's done!" Riku cheered. Grabbing a silver spoon from off the counter, Riku smiled giddily at his ice-creamed masterpiece before starting to eat it, one giant scoop at a time.

"What's that Riku?" Sora asked peering at Riku's ice-cream from the edge of the counter.

"It's what I'd like to call 'Riku's surprise'," Riku said proudly, "it's my favourite coconut and vanilla ice-cream topped with chocolate sauce, chocolate wafers, nuts, M&M's and a cherry,"

"I thought you couldn't eat ice-cream because you were lactose and tolerant Riku," Sora said.

"I can't but this ice-cream is dairy-FREE! No milk contents in it whatsoever which means that I can eat it," Riku said happily, "Finally I can eat an ice-cream that doesn't make me wanna fart!"

Riku took another scoop of his ice-cream and stuffed it in his mouth, enjoying the delicious contents swirled together in his mouth.

"Wow! You finally get to taste the goodness of ice-cream," Sora said. "It's all you've got Riku so I'm gonna be happy for you," Sora added jokily.

"Har! Har!" Riku said sarcastically. He dipped his finger in his ice-cream and then passed it on Sora's face, smothering her cheek with coconut ice-cream.

"Hey! Quit it Riku," Sora laughed giving Riku a playful shove. He removed the ice-cream from his face with his finger and licked it off afterwards. The ice-cream tasted pretty good.

"Alright everybody! Get up off your feet. It's time for some karaoke!" Selphie said ecstatically. There was an old karaoke machine on the far side of the cafeteria and apparently Selphie was the one who had acknowledged it and was now trying to force everyone else, except Kairi, to join her in karaoke.

"C'mon guys! Sing some karaoke with me," Selphie implored, merely to be hit in the head by a flying donut sent by Tidus.

"Boo! We don't wanna do any stinking karaoke!" Tidus shouted.

"Aw c'mon Tidus, it'll be fun," Selphie said.

"No, it'll be stupid," Tidus said flatly, "we're not gonna do it!"

"Aw…man," Selphie sulked.

Kairi placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Selph, I know a song that'll get everyone off their feet," Kairi said with a broad smile. She pushed a button and turned on the karaoke machine.

"Now let's see here," Kairi shuffled through the variety of songs on the karaoke machine and when she had found the one she wanted, Kairi pressed another button and selected the song.

"Done," Kairi said.

"Say Kairi, which song did you pick?" Selphie asked.

"A song that everyone loves," Kairi said beaming. There was a small pause in the karaoke machine before it starting playing the opening tune to a familiar song.

It was…… 'The Macarena'.

A BIG smile crossed Selphie's lips and she squealed. "The Macarena! I love the Macarena!" Selphie shouted.

"I love doing the Macarena!" Sora said grinning.

"ME too!" Selphie said.

"ME three!" Wakka said.

"Hey guys. Let's all do the Macarena together!" Kairi suggested.

"Count me in!" Riku said, coming out from behind the counter after finishing his snack.

"Count me out," Tidus snorted, "I hate doing the Macarena! HATE IT!"

"Don't be a party pooper Tidus. Everyone else is gonna do it," Wakka said.

"No way. I'll sing the Macarena but there is no way that I'm gonna dance it," Tidus said stubbornly.

"Fine! Have it your way," Selphie said dryly.

"C'mon guys. Let's dance!" Kairi cheered.

Together Kairi, Selphie, Sora, Riku and Wakka lined up in the middle of the room where there was more dancing space, bobbing their heads in time to the opening beat of the music. Then after the intro, the five friends all began to dance the Macarena as the lyrics to its song burst from the karaoke machine in loud stereo:

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena, Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena, Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena,Hey Macarena!

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena,

Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena,

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena,

Hey Macarena!

"HEY! HEY! HEY!" Riku, Selphie, Wakka, Kairi and Sora cheered. They were dancing the Macarena while the song played and were having a lot of fun doing it. Seeing how much fun that his friends were having while dancing to the beat of the Macarena, Tidus heaved a sigh.

"I can't believe I'm gonna do this," Tidus groaned. He arose from his seat and moving himself beside Sora, Tidus slowly began to dance alongwith his friends and the more he danced the Macarena, the more fun Tidus began to have.

"HEY! HEY! HEY!" Tidus cheered with his friends and he gave a hearted laugh. The karaoke machine played the music more loudly as it entered the second verse of the song:

Macarena suena con el Corte Ingles Y se compra los mnodelos mas modernos Le gustaria vivir en Nueva York Y ligar un novio nuevo Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena Hey Macarena!

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena Hey Macarena!

"HEY! HEY! HEY!" sang Sora, Riku, Wakka, Selphie, Kairi and Tidus clapping their hands as they continued to dance to the rhythm of the song.

"This is so much fun!" Selphie said dancing next to Tidus.

"You got that right," Kairi said.

"I'm definitely feeling this," Tidus said. He did the moonwalk and joined Wakka who was dancing near the karaoke machine.

"What are you too doing over there?" Sora shouted over the music.

"Spicing things up," Wakka said. He slammed his elbow into the side of the karaoke machine. The machine shook for a few seconds but then it stopped shaking and the third verse of the 'Macarena' song boomed inside the cafeteria. A shoot opened up on the ceiling and a glowing disco ball appeared, hovering over the room and the covering the place in a glow of hypnotic florescent colours.

Sora, Selphie, Riku and Kairi gazed at the disco ball and happy smiles crossed their faces as they saw how lovely it made the room look.

"It's so magnificent," Selphie cooed.

"Now this is what I call a PARTY!!" Tidus cheered.

"Uh huh, Uh huh!" Sora said pumping a fist.

"Everybody do the Macarena!" Riku shouted.

"YAY!!!"

The group continued to dance to the beat of the Macarena until the very last verse of the song. That was when Sora formed a Conga line and everyone congaed around the room with the beat of the Macarena still ringing in their ears:

Macarena suena con el Corte Ingles Y se compra los mnodelos mas modernos Le gustaria vivir en Nueva York Y ligar un novio nuevo Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena Hey Macarena!

"HEY! HEY! HEY!" clapped Sora and his friends.

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena Hey Macarena!

"HEY! HEY! HEY!"

"One more time!" Sora shouted excitedly.

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena Hey Macarena!

Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena HEY MACARENA!!

"HEY! HEY! HEY!" Sora, Tidus, Wakka, Selphie, Riku and Kairi cheered one last time. The music stopped and the disco ball disappeared, turning the room back to normal. When the song was over, Tidus, Wakka, Sora, Riku, Selphie and Kairi all fell backwards onto the ground laughing heartily.

"Now that was FUN!" Selphie said, turning to grin at her five friends who all happily agreed with her.

"Yeah I've never had that much fun dancing in my life," said Tidus with flushed cheeks.

"Me neither," Riku said grinning from ear to ear.

"It's a good thing that we were left behind in the museum after all otherwise we wouldn't have had such fun," Sora said.

"Yup," Wakka said nodding in concord.

"Speaking of which, what time is it?" Kairi questioned.

"You know none of us can't tell the time yet, Kairi," Riku said.

"I know but I still wanna know what time it is," Kairi said staring up at the ceiling.

"Well if you ask me I think that it's lunchtime," Sora answered.

"Lunchtime?! Well if it's lunchtime then how come Miss Utamori hasn't come back to pick us up yet?" Kairi asked.

"I dunno! Maybe the bus is stuck in traffic or something," Tidus replied flatly.

"Or maybe Miss Utamori forgot about us and doesn't want us anymore," Kairi said sadly, "I wouldn't blame her if she did. All we've ever done is bring her trouble,"

"What? How could you say such a thing Kairi? Miss Utamori would never forget about us," Riku said, "and besides what trouble have we ever caused her,"

"Let's see: Tidus ransacked the classroom during his sugar demon phase," Kairi said counting the events on her fingers, "The six of us got into trouble with Miss Utamori for cursing, Riku nearly drowned in the ocean which nearly gave Miss Utamori a heart attack and then there was the time when you boys called our exchange student: Lulu, Cootie Luluie!"

"So? What's your point?" Wakka asked.

"Well wouldn't it be a good thing for Miss Utamori to just like leave us here after all the trouble we've caused her," Kairi said.

"Are you hearing yourself Kairi? I mean sure we've caused Miss Utamori our own shares of trouble but we've also done some good things for her too like save the cookie jar from breaking. Remember Team Six: Cookie Jar Guardians? Out of all the kids in our class, Miss Utamori commended us because we saved the cookie jar and she never misses a day to remind us of that," Riku said.

"Exactly Miss Utamori loves us Kairi," Sora said.

"She does always smile when she's around us," Kairi said.

"And gives us good advice whenever we need it," Selphie said.

"I guess…Miss Utamori does care about us," Kairi said.

"That's right," Riku said, "so don't you ever say that she doesn't like us because she does, okay?"

"Okay," Kairi said, sounding unconvinced.

Sora placed a reassuring hand on Kairi's shoulder. "Don't worry Kairi, Miss Utamori will turn that big bus around and come right back here and get us," Sora said. 'At least I hope so,' he thought.

Tidus got up and went the smoothie machine behind the counter and returned with an ice-cold chocolate smoothie in his hands. Tidus took a sip of his smoothie and his cheeks flushed brightly from the sweet flavor of the drink against his taste buds.

"Mmm……chocolate smoothie," Tidus hummed in delight.

"Another smoothie Tidus! You had four before we ate the donuts!" Wakka said staring at Tidus in disbelief.

"So?" Tidus said.

"So that's your fifth one!" Wakka said.

"I'm a growing boy Wakka, I need sugar to survive!" Tidus said. He took another sip of his smoothie only to stop and touch his stomach. "Pit stop!" Tidus said.

"What's wrong?" Kairi asked.

"I need to use the bathroom," Tidus answered.

"AGAIN!!!" Selphie yelled.

"Hello I had five smoothies Selphie…FIVE SMOOTHIES!" Tidus retorted, "Now OUT OF MY WAY!"

Tidus shoved the smoothie cup into Riku's hand before shoving him out of the way as he dashed out of the cafeteria.

"Y'know it's funny. I drank four milkshakes and I don't even feel the slightest need to pee," Sora said.

"True," Riku said, finishing off Tidus's smoothie.

"Someone should go after Tidus just incase he gets lost," Kairi said.

"Yeah but who?" Sora asked. He turned to Riku, Selphie, Wakka and Kairi only to notice them looking at him. Sora sighed inwardly.

"Fine I'll go with him," Sora said. With that, he ran out of the cafeteria to catch up with Tidus.

"BATHROOM! BATHROOM! BATHROOM! BATHROOM!" Tidus screamed loudly. He had been running aimlessly around the museum with no luck of finding the bathroom.

"Tidus WAIT UP!" a voice called. Stopping in his race for the bathroom, Tidus spun around to find Sora running to meet him.

"UGH! I have no time for this! I need to use the bathroom BAD!" Tidus yelled. He turned to Sora. "Oh Sora, do you remember which way the bathroom is?" Tidus asked

"YES! YES!" Sora answered. "No wait---NO! No I don't," Sora added sweatdropping a little.

Tidus fell over. "Aw man! WAAAAH! I hate it when this happens! I NEED TO PEE!!" Tidus whined. Sora opened his mouth to say something but he was interrupted by Tidus who snapped, "And don't tell me to pee in my diaper because we both know what'll happen if I do,"

Sora frowned at Tidus's remark. "Darn it," he said.

"Sora PLEASE WHAT SHOULD I DO!!" Tidus whined holding Sora by the collar of his T-shirt.

"I dunno!" Sora said slapping away Tidus's hand, "Do what I do in these sorts of situations. Pee in the bushes,"

"But there are no bushes," Tidus said.

"How about a pot?" Sora suggested. He grabbed the nearest plant pot and held it infront of Tidus. Tidus smiled. "That'll do!" He said, snatching the pot from Sora's hand.

Tidus then ambled over to a wall and placing the pot infront of him, he was about to pull down his pants and do his business but not before looking back at Sora first.

"Turn around Sora," Tidus ordered.

Rolling his eyes, Sora turned around. With Sora's back to him, Tidus felt free to pull down his pants (and Huggies diaper) and pee directly into the plant pot.

(A/N: No actually plants were hurt in the typing of this chapter……well maybe just one begonia XD)

A relieved breath escaped Tidus's lips and upon hearing the sound Sora, with his body still facing front, asked the relieved Tidus, "Are you done yet?"

"No," was Tidus's response.

Sora waited a few minutes before asking again. "Are you done yet?" he said.

"No," Tidus replied, his voice raising slightly.

"How about now?" Sora asked.

"NO!!" Tidus bellowed.

"Well hurry up already!" Sora said impatiently, "I wanna get back to the cafeteria. I'm hungry again,"

"Look Sora, this sort of thing takes time," Tidus said calmly, "just make sure that no one is coming,"

"What's there to look for? We're the only ones here," Sora said.

"True," Tidus said. He then laughed. "Y'know I don't know what I'm worried about. There's no one else here, right Sora?" Tidus said.

"……"

"Sora?"

"……"

"Sora, what's wrong?"

"Mon---Mon---Mon……"

"What?" Pulling up his pants (and diaper) Tidus turned around to Sora. "I didn't get what you said Sora," Tidus said, "what was it that you-------"Tidus's didn't complete his sentence for his voice was replaced by a deafening scream.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Meanwhile back in the cafeteria……

"I wonder what's taking the guys so long," Kairi said. She was seated by a table with Riku, Wakka and Selphie who all had their heads resting on the surface of the table while they waited for Tidus and Sora to return.

"Knowing Tidus, he'll probably take a decade to find the bathroom even with Sora's help," Wakka chuckled with an amused grin.

"That's true. I could just imagine Tidus running around the museum like a maniac trying to find the bathroom," Selphie giggled.

"Let's just hope he doesn't pee his pants," laughed Riku.

"…and get a rash on his winkie," Selphie said in a sing-song tone. Both Wakka and Riku roared with laughter and almost fell off of their chairs from laughing.

"C'mon on guys, enough with the jokes," Kairi said though she couldn't help but giggle herself. Kairi plopped a hand ontop the table and placed it under her chin thinking. "Really," Kairi said, "I wonder what's up with-----"Kairi stopped in midsentence as the sounds of shrill screams reached her ears.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Kairi stood to her feet listening carefully. The screams were heard once more.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

"Did you guys hear that?" Kairi asked looking to the others. Riku, Wakka and Selphie nodded their heads.

"It sounded like Tidus and Sora. I know those screams anywhere," Riku said.

"Something must be wrong," Selphie said worriedly.

"C'mon!" Wakka said. The carrot head raced out of the cafeteria with Riku, Selphie and Kairi trailing behind. The four friends followed the sounds of the screams, the volume of the voices increasing with every step they took, until they arrived at its source.

On the floor…were Tidus and Sora. Both little boys were curled up together against the wall and were trembling in fright. Riku, Wakka, Kairi and Selphie immediately ran to their friends' sides.

"Tidus, Sora, are you two alright?" Kairi asked.

No response came from either Tidus or Sora as they sat staring transfixed at whatever was infront of them.

Riku shook both boys roughly which seemed to bring them back to normal for they both looked at Riku with wide eyes. "Guys what's wrong?" Selphie asked concernedly.

"Mu----se----um……Mon---ster," Sora stammered.

"What?" Riku questioned.

"Mu----se----um----Mon---ster," Tidus answered shakily.

"Huh?" Wakka said looking puzzled.

"MUSEUM MONSTER!!!!!!!" screamed Tidus and Sora in unison as they both hugged each other trembling while staring forward at something infront of them. Slowly, Wakka, Riku, Selphie and Kairi glanced infront of them and when they saw what was scaring Tidus and Sora, they too fell to the floor in fright.

A ghastly shadow reflected on the walls of the museum.

It was a Museum Monster alright……and it was heading their way……

To be continued……

Mistress:

Apology to my fellow readers:

I am SO SORRY everyone! Really I am. I apologize to all my readers for the long wait in this chapter. I know I said that I would update after three weeks and look what's happened! I haven't updated since April and now its May going on June! Man I've messed up big-time. I'm so SORRY! I meant to update before but lately school's been keeping me busy with the homework and the school projects barely giving me time to type plus……do you know how long this chapter is in Microsoft Word o-o 22 pages long! It took me FOREVER to finish typing it up and that's a lot of work D: Once again I am sorry really, I hope I am forgiven.

Apology to Phoenixral

SO SORRY that it took me a whole two months to put up your request Phoenixral, I hope I am forgiven for keeping you waiting this long and I hope you enjoyed this chapter……well part one of the chapter at least. Once again I had to split the chapter in half due to its length D: Still I hope u enjoyed the first part.

Apology to the 3rd power (XD)

Once again I am sorry for the long awaited update. I don't even know if you dudes still remember this fic (y'know with the long wait and all). I am really sorry. From now on I'll try my best to update faster now that the school term is nearing its end so I'll have more free time…hopefully. Once more I hope I am forgiven cause I really am sor----book'd

Wolfemon: If I got a dollar for every time you said the word 'sorry' I'd be a very rich wolf.

Mistress: It's not my fault that I feel guilty D:

Wolfemon: Whatever just don't say the word 'sorry' again.

Mistress: But I really am so----stops when Wolfemon walks over and picks her up, carrying her away Hey put me down!

Wolfemon: to Mistress -.-'Be quiet! This is for your own good. to the readers Please review