Disclaimers: Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts are not mine, though they should totally mix these two aspects of the games together. The animals however, are mine in my mind, and Big Red in particular is my favorite.
By the way... I think the song "Bicycle Race" by Queen is totally at fault for making me think up the ending. Just so you know.
Hope you enjoy!
The two teenagers crawl on the ground, their intense stare firmly locked on the animals roaming inside of the pen. Even when one of the more curious critters butts its head against the fence a few feet away from them, they show no reaction whatsoever and continue moving. The younger one, the smaller brunet, only glances at it with an awestruck expression. He grins in excitement.
"Riku..." Sora says softly, nodding to himself in silent agreement to an unsaid statement. Riku flips his silver hair out of his face, a dark scowl already in place. He looks disapprovingly at Sora, shaking his head. "No. This isn't going to work." He states curtly, going back to staring at the animals. Even as he says this, a strange look of longing appears in his eyes and he continues to crawl closer with his friend.
"It's gonna work! This is a great idea!" Sora says loudly, making one of the animals closest to him jump in fright. The boys immediately become silent, freezing in mid-crawl. The animal looks around nervously, clawing at the ground cautiously, immediately inhaling air to look that much bigger. For a tense moment, it looks like it was about to take a running leap over the fence and onto their heads. They could both hear the sickeningly loud crunch in their minds. After all, the crunch of their skulls mashing into their brains would be a very memorable sound, if they survived.
In a moment, however, it calms down and goes back to grazing.
The boys look at each other, giving the other one a violent glare that pretty much says everything that they wanted to say out loud. 'This is a good idea, Riku!' 'No, it's not, you're gonna get us killed.' 'Will not!' 'WILL TOO!'
The animals make a low noise, staring at the completely silent boys before them as if wondering what the heck they thought they were doing. They pull away from each other, scowling violently to themselves. Within a few minutes, Sora calms down enough to jab his finger toward the animals, a determined look on his face.
It's pretty obvious from the look on his face that he was going to ride one if it killed him.
Sora and Riku look at each other before grinning in unison. Even the overly solemn and calm Riku couldn't help it. This was just too cool, too much fun to be all emo about.
"This is gonna be awesome." Sora says softly, grinning happily at the animals. One looks at the boy for a moment before 'kwehing' apprehensively. Something, probably animal instinct, told it that this was not going to end well. Sora walks up to it, hopping over the fence easily with a high jump. As the Keyblade Master slowly walks up to it and begins stroking its beak gently, it nudges its head into the boy's gloved hands.
"This is gonna be awesome!" Riku and Sora yell in unison, punching their fists in the air as they pet their chosen animals. The two steeds nuzzle into the boys' hands, each looking at the other one warily.
Nope. Wasn't going to end well at all.
Destiny Islands: Downtown Main Street
Kairi takes a lick of the strawberry ice cream cone that had been foisted on her by the overly excited Selphie. It wasn't bad, actually, though she didn't particularly like strawberry. Too girly for her taste.
"So, Tidus and Wakka have been sooo jerk-y today! They won't stop playing that stupid game. … I'm starting to think they're ignoring us, you know? Cause they won't even talk to Sora. And they love Sora." Selphie says solemnly, biting irritably at her spoonful of frozen yogurt. Even the deliciousness of chocolate doesn't help her mood, but she continues eating her way through the little carton anyway. Kairi rolls her eyes but stays silent, figuring this was one of those times to shut up and listen rather than say that Selphie was being dramatic.
She blinks and looks up at the street, suddenly imagining she heard something. Something like... thunder?
Sora's and Riku's Position
Sora clings to the mane of his steed, screaming his brunet head off as he and the animal make a sudden right turn, instantly jumping in front of Riku and his red animal. He hears a very loud swear as the animal skids behind him, almost stopping completely.
"WHOO-HOO! Eat my dust, Riku!" He screams as he yanks harder on the reins, tapping his heels against the sides of the animal to make it go faster. Immediately, it picks up its speed, tossing its yellow head back and 'kwehing' that much louder, as if in victory.
Riku grits his teeth, angrily slamming his feet at his animal's sides. With a furious noise, it begins to run even faster, as if it was pissed off that the yellow one (and more importantly, fucking Sora) was beating him.
He would not let them beat him.
Destiny Islands: Downtown Main Street
Kairi and Selphie stare at the huge dust clouds as they zoom down the street beside their cafe, identical expressions of sheer shock appearing on their faces. All they hear is a single sentence, and they know exactly what was going on. "Eat my dust, Riku!" Sora howls in delight as he and his Chocobo race past the cafe, immediately blowing over a few tables from the sheer wind pressure of the ride.
It lets out a loud "KWEH!" as it passes them, even throwing its head back proudly as it thunders down the street.
A single yellow feather lands in Selphie's yogurt as Riku on a blood-red Chocobo runs past them. They can only see him for about a second, but... he immediately goes faster on the animal, holding his arm out to the side, holding onto the reins with one hand. A large black and gray blade appears in his hand and he lets out a loud whoop, kicking the sides of the Chocobo to make it speed up. Within seconds, he catches up to Sora and slams the flat end of the sword-like weapon into his back, sending the younger boy flying off of the bird's back.
He immediately pulls hard on the reins of his own animal, stopping it in mid-stride. He hops off of his saddle, looks back at the street. The shocked people of Destiny Islands stare at him and Sora curses violently from the ground. Riku flips his hair back and smiles broadly.
"Okay, you can arrest us now." He tells the police officer that just jumped out of his car, holding his hands out to be hand-cuffed.
Alright, guys, this is a little thing I randomly thought up because I became convinced that Chocobos can totally be named after gum. Why? … You look me in the metaphorical eye and say that "Juicy Fruit" is not a hilarious name for a goddamn Chocobo. If I ever get my hands on a plush version, his name is gonna be Juicy Fruit, damn what anyone thinks!
Juicy Fruit: Kweh. (Better believe my name will be Juicy Fruit.)
-ForbiddenKHFan216 (And Juicy Fruit)
PS: To all my loyal fans, this is still not an update. The authoress is too depressed.
