Animegrrl: sorry that most of my chapters have been long…I think…
Nozomi: You are so confusing sometimes…
Animegrrl: Shut up!
Misa: Animegrrl, I think you need a break….
Nozomi: I agree…
Animegrrl: . NO I DON'T
Nozomi & Misa: -shrinks back-
Animegrrl: START THE STORY!!
With Misa
"MISA WHAT IN HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!"
"…."
"MISA ANSWER ME!!"
"Look he hurt you okay!"
"Like that gives you the sudden right to hurt anyone that comes in your way!"
Misa huffed in aggravation. Once the group reached the Usual Spot Roxas began his interrogation. Misa could barely look him in the eye the whole time. But Roxas, he was livid.
"Misa did you ever think of the consequences of hitting anyone your fists came in contact with?!" Roxas once again shouted, though that caused Olette and Kirio to intervene. Kirio stepped in front of Roxas glaring up at him. Roxas, noticing this, stopped mid-shout and looked down at Kirio.
"Don't you dare keep yelling at her when you've barely heard her side of the story. 'Cause you know that girl she sucker punched was that bitch-of-a-fan Sakura." Kirio brutally stated, leaving Roxas quiet. Misa could finally notice the blur in her vision, and noticed that tears were slowly forming. Quickly she raised a hand to wipe them away; unfortunately she wasn't the only one to notice.
"Look what you did Roxas you made Misa cry!" cried Olette. Hurriedly the girl swiftly went to the aid of the distraught female. Olette led Misa to the couch Pence and herself usually sat on, but since it was important Olette let her sit on it. Pence quickly got up from the couch to let Misa and Olette occupy it. Hayner sat on his famous seat, which was a box of some kind. Hayner's brows were furrowed in contemplation, not looking at anyone. Kirio continued to stand in front of Roxas, who had yet to do anything. He finally looked over to Misa, who had managed to get a hold of herself as Olette comfortingly rubbed her back. Slowly he started to walk towards her, and Kirio watched him with heedful eyes.
Olette watched him with the same look when she saw him starting to walk towards Misa. Pence and Hayner also looked at him, with the exact same stare. All in all, the entire group besides Misa watched Roxas slowly make his way to her.
Olette slowly got up, to let Roxas sit down next to Misa. Misa had yet to acknowledge anything, so when she felt someone pull her close Misa thought is was Olette giving her a comforting hug. But then once Misa smelt the definitely all too familiar male scent did her eyes widen and did she try to back away. However two muscular arms stopped her from moving away, so she was instead stuck to sitting on Roxas' lap. Quickly Olette and Kirio moved the two boys out of the room, and the two girls left as well; leaving the couple the only people in the room.
"Misa, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Roxas managed to say through her hair. Misa was rigid for more than a moment, and then finally she loosened her muscles and let herself relax.
She still had yet to say anything, causing Roxas to worry. Then finally she nuzzled closer to his chest while wrapping her arms around his torso. That caused Roxas to hug her even closer to his body.
"Why didn't you believe me?" Misa slowly mumbled into his chest. It took a moment for Roxas to reply, "I'm just…I…it was too much to handle."
Misa closed her eyes and inhaled his scent again. All in all it was a cinnamon kind of scent that made her smile. But it was also mixed with masculine scent, causing Misa to nuzzle him even more. Roxas chuckled, the feelings Misa made almost drove him mad.
"C'mon we gotta do that report." Roxas finally said regained control of his feelings. 'This girl is going to be the death of me…' Roxas thought as he watched her get up. Then, while smiling, she held up a hand to help him up. Roxas smiled as well taking her out-stretched hand. 'Then again…maybe that's not that bad of a thing…'
Misa still held onto their connected hands and led him outside, where indeed Olette, Hayner, Kirio, and Pence were. They were all standing conveniently in front of the Usual Spot.
Kirio was the first one to notice the couple coming out.
"Finally you guys are done with your lovers spat." Kirio remarked after seeing their smiling faces. Roxas' face contorted to one of mock anger, "Yeah okay whatever."
Hayner just smirked, "You've been acting weird lately." Roxas just shrugged and let Misa walk ahead of him, as they started to follow Pence.
"Okay everyone the first wonder is over at Sunset Station." Pence stated, as they made their way to the station. The group listen intently as he continued, "It's said that the stairs leading to the station are a different number going up and down."
Kirio tilted her head in thought and said blandly, "That doesn't sound very wondrous to me."
Pence then chuckled, "Well I wasn't the one who counted the steps, it was Rai." Hayner looked at Pence in understanding, "Well that's just bogus. What's the next wonder?" Pence looked up in thought as the group continued to walk in a random direction, "Well I think the next one is in Sunset Terrace." Olette rolled her eyes, "Then we're going the wrong way!"
Quickly the group shuffled themselves the other way around heading towards the train station.
"Since we're only going to Sunset Terrace the tickets should be a lot cheaper." Roxas replied once they approached the train station. Hayner nodded in agreement, "So everyone should be able to buy their own ticket." Immediately almost everyone started to fret since some of them didn't bring munney.
"Hey Hayner, old buddy old pal, couldyoupayformyticket?" Hayner had to dumbly recall the last few words Pence quickly said before answering, "What?! I thought you were the responsible one?!" Hayner gave him a look of shock, which Pence returned with a look of confusion, and then realization dawned on him.
"You didn't bring munney either did you?" Pence quietly said looking at Hayner in disappointment. Hayner just huffed and crossed his arms, "So what if I didn't? You didn't either!" But Pence just sighed and looked away.
Luckily Olette and Kirio were smart and brought munney along with them. "You know boys if you wanted munney all you have to do is ask." Kirio replied waving a bill of munney in their faces. (A/N- I really don't know how they described munney in Twilight Town so I'm just making it up as I go along)
Roxas chuckled and led Misa into the train station; with the rest of the group in tow. Hesitantly Misa asked, "Roxas…who's going to buy the tickets?"
The boy looked at Misa with hidden amusement and decided to have a little fun with this, "You mean you don't have any munney?" he asked with a mock worried expression. However Misa could tell he was making fun of her so she playfully slapped him on the shoulder. "Don't freak me out like that!" she yelled playfully. Though Roxas only grabbed her around the waist and held her close to him.
"Freak you out like what?" and by pulling Misa closer to him, he also increased the proximity between their faces. Roxas was just a hairs breath away from Misa's trembling lips.
"Roxas!" Misa practically screamed after she was able to regain her composure. Roxas could only laugh and place a swift kiss on her nose, before pulling back. By then Hayner, Pence, Kirio, and Olette finally came in and didn't notice the cute little scene a minute ago.
"Okay boys you owe us so much after this." Kirio complained while fishing for some munney in her wallet. Olette grumbled as well, looking for more money in her purse.
Roxas sighed and went to the ticket booth, getting two tickets to Sunset Terrace. After purchasing them Olette came up after him, purchasing four tickets. Misa started to wander around and then suddenly twirled making her hair spin around her. Roxas watched with interest, taking note how every which way her body went.
"Hey…Roxas…" Misa slowly said when noticing he was looking at her. When hearing his name he looked up and into her eyes, making her feel self conscious under his gaze. "What's Sunset Terrace like?" she finally asked. Roxas faintly smiled when she asked and replied, "Its like just as it sounds, and the Sunset is forever setting there." His voice sounded slightly dazed and Misa wondered, was there more to what he was saying?
However before he could continue the other four came up and Hayner took the time to get Roxas in a headlock.
"And where'd you get all the munney huh?" Hayner asked in a non-suspicious way, but like a joke. Roxas only laughed and got out of the headlock while saying, "What? So I can't have my own personal supply which I use for my own personal needs?"
Pence looked at him oddly while saying, "Wow Roxas, that sounds pretty personal don't you think?" then everyone laughed with the joke. Then the loudspeaker announced that the train they were waiting for had arrived. Quickly they went towards the trains and found theirs.
Once boarded they all found seats to sit in. However there was one side enough for four people, and another side fit for two people. Roxas pulled Misa towards the smaller side and the others went to the larger one. Numerous people were in there as well, but it wasn't crowded enough for you to feel claustrophobic. Misa took to sitting next to Roxas, who only took hold of her hand and as they sat. Some people noticed this and Misa could faintly hear the whispers of their comments,
"Oh, they look so adorable together."
"How cute, they're holding hands!"
"Oh look she's blushing."
And indeed Misa was blushing in embarrassment as the people taking spectacle of her were whispering hushed observations of her and Roxas.
Roxas even noticed her blush, and since he couldn't hear the comments about them, he asked, "Misa why are you blushing."
Misa blinked slightly when Roxas asked and she dumbly replied, "O-oh no reason."
Roxas looked at her with disbelief written in his eyes and Misa could only laugh shakily. "It's just that, well, some people here are watching us…and they called us cute." Then immediately a thought came to Roxas' mind…but he didn't know if Misa would go along with it.
"Did they now?" Roxas merely said instead. Misa nodded and yawned, and taking this moment Roxas quickly gathered Misa in his arms and made her sit in his lap. The girl was still yawning and she didn't realize she was sitting on his lap until she felt him tuck her head under his chin.
Faintly Misa heard him whisper, "Just go along with it, we'll give 'em a show." Though Misa could only look at him in confusion. Roxas could only wink at her, and quickly enough for only her to see. Finally getting it she indeed started to snuggle into his chest, getting more comfortable. Now Roxas wasn't expecting this but didn't push her away. That was when Roxas could finally hear the whispers of the other occupants in the train.
"Oh, that was so sweet of him, to let her sleep in his lap."
"Wasn't it? Oh look she's closing her eyes."
"He's closing his eyes too, how cute!"
Yes, in fact Roxas was closing his eyes, but only to put up with the show; this was getting amusing. Unconsciously he started to rub Misa's shoulder as she closed her eyes. The audience continuously watched their every move, and would possibly go "Aww" when either Roxas or Misa did something cute.
Finally they reached their destination, where a lot of people where found watching Misa and Roxas leave the train. Roxas found himself smirking when they were finally off. Misa was blushing, making herself resemble a tomato. When Roxas looked at her face he almost laughed, but decided to keep to a mere chuckle.
"Misa, don't tell me you didn't enjoy it." Though the girl could only glare at Roxas with a pout on her lips. By doing so, Roxas could really see why the passengers on the train had called her so cute.
Before Misa could say anything though, the other four came bombarding off the train. The couple could only look at them in confusion as they watched the four bicker amongst themselves. That was when they noticed that Hayner's hair looked damp and a little brown, while Pence smelled like…was that coffee?
"Well if you just've sat down you wouldn't be drenched in coffee!" Kirio yelled in anger. Hayner retaliated though, "Sit down, SIT DOWN?! Next to that chick that kept staring at me, I don't think so!"
Misa and Roxas could only stand there and watch as Kirio and Hayner continued their feud. Olette and Pence would try and separate the two, but that only increased their yelling.
"Guys..." Misa tried, but that did nothing.
"Guys!" but again that gained the same response.
"GUYS!!" finally the four looked towards Misa with a startled expression.
"Can we just go and find the seven wonders and call it a day?" Misa finally said, once she gained their attention. The four looked at each other hesitantly before they followed Roxas out the train station.
Once out Pence magically developed a map, showing where each wonder was…and why.
"Okay, Hayner and Olette you can take the tunnel and the wall mystery. Roxas and Misa you two can look at the doppelganger one, and Kirio and I will check out the train and the animated bag." But as Kirio was counting the wonders on her fingers, she realized something.
"But Pence that's only 5." Pence looked up at them sheepishly and said, "Well…there's one, but it's pretty bogus."
Hayner looked at him in annoyance, his hair still wet and smelling like coffee, "And that would be what?"
"Well the Mysterious Stairs one was well…you see…you know how I told you that Rai was the one who took to counting the stairs from up and down…so I think we can see how they're different." Hayner laughed out loud while Kirio and Olette took to smirking.
Roxas rolled his eyes and Misa giggled just a tad.
"Now that we got that settled lets move!" Hayner announced sounding all "macho".
Olette rolled her eyes and pushed Hayner forward towards the tunnels. Pence and Kirio took to Sunset Hill, with Kirio talking animatedly to Pence all the way.
Roxas and Misa started off slowly towards the fountain.
"What do you think made the fountain so mysterious Roxas?" Misa asked in all innocence. Roxas could only smile and say, "I have no clue, but we'll find out."
Once they got there, it looked like any other kind of fountain. It was really beautiful and the waterfall added to its beauty.
"Oh wow! Roxas this is amazing." And Misa rushed forward to look at the fountain. As she walked closer she could see her reflection smiling back at her. Roxas smiled as he watched Misa marvel at something so small. He saw Misa turn back to look at him, but to his horror, her reflection didn't turn along with her. It kept staring straight at him with that smile on its face. And before he knew it, the reflection…started to walk?!
"Misa watch out!" and Misa dumbly looked back at her reflection wondering what was wrong. She soon saw what he was pointing at, for her reflection walked right through her.
Roxas and Misa looked at the Misa clone as it smiled and waved. It still looked a little see through, but still scared the shit out of them.
"R-Roxas what's going on?!" Misa asked in fright as her clone only smiled back.
"I-I don't know." But then before he knew it Misa's clone went from smiling, to smirking in triumph. The clone was then developed in a black mist, and the instead in its place was a black humanoid looking thing.
The black shroud then took out an exact replica of the hand knives Misa kept hidden. The girl's eyes widened in fright, 'How did it get those?!'
Suddenly the black shroud bolted towards Misa, and before Roxas could blink, Misa took out her own hand knives. 'The ability to fight…that's what The Voice granted me.' Misa thought after slowly realizing when out of instincts she grabbed her knives.
Misa pushed back her clone, and started to aim a few hits here and there. But the clone either dodged or blocked, as if knowing when and where Misa was going to strike.
Misa aimed a low attack, but ended up over estimating her step and stumbled to the ground. She managed to spread out her hands before she the ground made an impact with her face. When she looked up she saw her clone raise it's knives for the deadly finish. Misa could only watch with horror struck eyes as the weapon descended lower and lower. But before it could hurt Misa, Roxas had come in with his keyblade and hit the clone aside.
"Roxas!" Misa said in gratitude. Roxas only looked back at her with a smirk before he blocked an attack by the Misa clone.
He hit the clone again and finally it stumbled, but before he could lay an attack on it, a blinding light came from the clone and covered the two.
A few minutes later
"Hey, hey, Misa, Roxas you okay?" Misa woke up to see Olette looking down at her with worry.
"W-what?" Misa slowly asked while sitting up. She looked to the side and saw Roxas doing the same thing, only with Hayner helping him up.
"We should be asking you the same thing. We just came out of the tunnel looking for you guys and we find you two passed out on the floor." Olette explained while helping the other girl up. Misa smiled in gratitude and said, "You mean…we were just…lying here?"
Olette nodded and then a surprised "Wow!" came from the fountain. The two girls looked to see Hayner waving at his reflection.
"This is amazing, it looks like there's another me!" and then before they knew it Hayner started posing at his reflection. Roxas rolled his eyes and pushed Hayner away from his reflection.
"C'mon stop goofing off and let's find Pence and Kirio." Roxas said as he kept pushing his best friend forward. Hayner groaned but started to walk anyway.
Misa watched as Roxas and Hayner walked ahead of them, and before she could catch up Olette asked, "So did you find out what the doppelganger mystery was?"
Misa blinked for a few seconds before saying, "Yeah…the reflection in the mirror," 'comes to life' "is really amazing. It's like there's another you right there." Olette made an "o" shape with her mouth and nodded.
"The tunnel was just Vivi training and his shouts sounded like moans cause of the echoing. And the wall one was just some kid throwing a ball around." Olette explained. Misa nodded along, only half paying attention.
She was still thinking about the whole reflection coming to life, and she wondered, did Roxas remember too?
And if he did, would he question her about the hand knives.
After some debating with herself she decided, if Roxas were to ask her about it…she would deny it. She didn't want Roxas to find out the truth about her…just yet.
When they were half way up to Sunset Hill, down came an exhausted Kirio and Pence.
Hayner looked at them in confusion, "What happened to you two?"
Kirio panted before explaining, "The animated bag found out to be a dog stuck inside a sack. It took us forever to catch it, calm it down, and then release it. And the train? Puh-lease nothing came at all."
Hayner only chuckled when looking at his tired friend, "Well at least you got some exercise."
Pence took to glaring at him though. Roxas gave Pence a pat on the back, "Better catch your breath, we're walking all the way back to Sunset Station."
Pence groaned as they started to walk there. As the boarded the train, traveled back, and got to Station Plaza they were all exhausted.
"At least it was just us on the train; that was a nice quick nap." Kirio said while stretching. Olette took to yawning and Hayner practically leaned all his weight on Pence. Misa also yawned while Roxas put his arm around her shoulders, a little tired.
"What about that last wonder?" Olette asked, rubbing her eyes. Pence took out the map again and searched it for a while, "It's the haunted mansion."
Hayner rolled his shoulders before replying, "Yeah…how bout we look at that one tomorrow?" Then before they knew it he started to go towards the door that led to their spot on the tower.
"Hey wait up!" and the other three, Pence, Kirio, and Olette, started to follow him.
Misa was about to follow before Roxas grabbed her by the wrist. "I wanna check this out real quick, come with me." Misa looked a little unsure but followed Roxas anyway.
They walked through Tram Common where not that many people were. Once there they went through the crack in the wall and through the woods. Finally they reached the front of the mansion.
"So…what's the rumor again?" Misa asked looking towards Roxas. Roxas quickly looked back at her before saying, "It's said that…there's this girl staying up at the second story window. And if you watch closely…you'll see her."
Misa looked at Roxas in confusion, hearing his slightly dazed voice. When he made no further movement and she figured he was looking at the window. Looking at it herself she focused on it intently. Then to her amazement, she saw movement. Surprised she looked at it closer, but only realized it was the flap of the curtain.
"Hey Roxas you see anything yet?" and when Misa looked towards the boy…he had yet to do move at all.
Confused she walked closer and waved a hand in front of his face, still nothing.
'Strange.' Misa thought. And then finally she shook his shoulder, and it seemed to snap him out of his stupor.
He looked at her in surprise, and then finally blinked.
"Did you see something?" she repeated but he only shook his head.
"C'mon, lets get back to the gang." And the two slowly started to walk towards Station Plaza.
While walking there Roxas slowly said, "Misa…back at Sunset Terrace…with the doppelganger." He didn't continue but looked at Misa expectantly.
Misa blinked, and slowly thought, 'This is it…what do I do?'
"Roxas…what are you talking about?" it practically broke her heart to say those words. And when realization dawned on Roxas' face he didn't say anymore.
When they got to the tower the four were playing and joking playfully. Seeing them, Olette handed the two a sea-salt ice-cream each.
"So whatcha find out about the haunted mansion mystery?" Pence asked and then devouring half of his popsicle.
"It was just a curtain flapping in the wind." Misa replied, and then she licked her ice-cream slowly, savoring the taste.
Roxas was quiet the whole time.
When Misa looked at him, he did nothing. Heck he didn't even touch his popsicle.
Misa grew confused but decided to not act upon it. When it was getting even more dark they all started to separate.
As Misa and Roxas walked to Roxas' house, Misa kept looking at Roxas with worry. Finally Misa confronted Roxas about it, "Roxas are you okay?"
The boy looked up at her with shock, "W-what?"
Misa narrowed her eyes, "You've been quiet ever since we got back from the mansion, what's up?"
Roxas only shook his head and said, "It's nothing Misa."
Misa didn't but it and instead took to standing in front of Roxas. The spiky haired blonde had to stop himself before he crashed into Misa.
"Misa?" but the girl only huffed and said, "Roxas…please don't lie to me."
Roxas could only look at his girl for a few moments before smiling, "Really Misa…it's nothing."
And he took her hand as they Roxas led them to his house. Misa could only look at the back of his head in wonder.
Once they got to his house, they went inside, Roxas gave Misa a set of clothes said goodnight and started to walk to their respective rooms.
But before Misa got too far, she ran towards Roxas.
Before he opened his door Misa hugged him from behind, and slowly said, "Roxas…if you ever need someone to talk to…I'm always here, please remember that."
With that the girl started walking towards the guest room, with Roxas looking at her in confusion, and gratitude.
With May
"Sora…Sora…Sora wake up!"
"Hmmm…"
"Sora…"
"Hmm….five more minutes."
"…"
"-snore-"
"SORA WAKE UP!" May finally screamed in his ear, and Sora woke up with a start.
Sora woke up with his arms flailing about and May had narrowly dodged before he hit her.
"Ah!" May yelled after jumping back. Sora still looked dazed and didn't know what was going on. He looked around the room sleepily and when his eyes set on May, who still looked startled, he took to rubbing his eyes.
"May?...what's going on?" Sora asked, sleep still evident in his voice. He slowly raised a hand to rub his eye tiredly. May huffed and got up and when she was close enough whacked Sora on the head.
Sora yelped in pain and looked up at her in annoyance while rubbing his head.
"What'd I do?!" Sora yelled. May only glared back and said, "You scared me half to death that's what you did!"
Sora looked at her in confusion, "What?"
May only sighed and said, "Nothing…just get up because Donald amazingly enough made breakfast."
May left the room leaving Sora there rubbing his eyes tiredly. Slowly he got up stretched and then walked out the door. When heading out he almost stumbled over Goofy's shield that was place hazardously outside the door.
Sora grumbled in annoyance and kept on walked towards the kitchen. Occasionally since he was still too sleepy he might bump into something again. Causing him to grumble in annoyance and rub the area that was hit, which would include his head, shoulders, knees, and toes. (A/N- okay I don't why I added that but I thought it would be funny…D)
When Sora finally reached the kitchen he was positive that there were at least 10 bruises forming on his body. The other three, May, Donald, and Goofy looked up in surprise when seeing a rather sleepy Sora.
"Good morning Sora!" Donald said in delight when seeing his friend. Though said boy gave no reply and instead merely sat down and laid his head face down on the counter. May looked at Sora in confusion and asked, "What's eating him?"
Goofy only giggled and replied saying, "Sora was never a morning person." May's mouth made an "o" shape and looked at Sora with amusement.
Sora only blinked slowly, with one eye closing before the other. May looked at him in surprise, not expecting that.
"And most of the time he's half asleep." Goofy once again said. May full out laughed, and that caused Sora to look at her with confusion.
"Whatcha laughin at." He slurred and May could only hold back her laugh to mere giggling.
"You." She finally said cutely and Sora could only smirk lazily.
"I'll take that…as…a compliment." After that Sora yawned rather loudly. May could only roll her eyes while Donald and Goofy took to conversing. This is how the seating went, Donald and Goofy sitting on one side, and May and Sora sitting on the other.
Donald had managed to make a handsome looking salad which tasted just as good as it looked. May was picking at hers while Sora had yet to notice his. Finally May nudged him in the ribs rather roughly and Sora shot up in his seat. As Sora shot up he caused the table to move and his dish to wobble. It was so noticeable that Goofy and Donald stopped their chattering.
Sora was practically wide awake by now, and then slowly, almost frighteningly; he turned his head towards May, who was almost full out laughing.
Sora only glared at her but then it seemed a rather devious idea came to his mind because instead he took to smirking. May kept laughing not noticing Sora grab some salad dressing, put some on his finger, and then dip it on her nose.
That immediately stopped May's laughing and her awe struck face looked adorable. Sora couldn't help but laugh at that. Though May glared back and grabbed practically a handful of salad dressing herself, and dumped it all over his face.
Sora stopped laughing when the salad dressing splattered on his face almost made him choke. Donald snickered behind his hand while Goofy took to giggling. After Sora swallowed some of the salad dressing down he then took to wiping off the remaining dressing off his face. He looked at May who had a rather smug look on her face. Sora eye could only twitch in response, and then before he knew it, he had subconsciously grabbed more salad dressing and had practically thrown it at her face.
May gasped in shock when feeling the cold salad dressing cover her neck, and practically went down her shirt. Menacingly she growled, turning Sora's insane laughter to cease at once. Instead the brown haired boy took to looking at her with shock and confusion. For her once angry face took to once of utter mischievous, just like Sora's earlier face.
May in turn had grabbed the whole bottle of salad dressing, opened it and positioned it at the very top of his head.
Sora looked at the bottle over his head, then back to May, then back to the bottle, and then rested on May.
"May…May think rationally here, May don't do this!" Sora said, stuck between a rock and a hard place. May could only smirk and without a second thought, squeezed the bottle dry.
Every ounce of the bottle landed on his head; slowly and none too delicately. It would seep through his spiky hair; land on his shoulders, or down his face.
May was smirking with all her might, in complete triumph, showering her glory upon the others. Donald could only watch, bill open, while Goofy was looking wide-eyed and shocked.
Jiminy had long come out as well, hearing the rather weird splats. He was, but of course, writing everything that was taking place; taking his job very seriously. Soon though Sora took the excess amount of salad dressing and threw it at her face too.
In a matter of seconds an all out salad dressing fight emitted from the two. Goofy, Donald, and Jiminy could only watch dumbstruck, neither knowing whether to cheer or stop the commotion.
"Ah my eyes!" Sora yelled when some salad dressing got caught on the upper portion of his face. May could only laugh hysterically and replied back, "Serves you right!"
Finally Donald seemed to conclude that what they were doing was pure madness, and thus he decided to stop all this.
"Stop! Stop! You guys are acting like two year olds!" and then finally when both Sora and May were in mid-throw did they stop to look at Donald in annoyance. Donald was now standing atop the table with his arms spread out, trying to stop them both from throwing that portion of salad dressing.
"AND WHY SHOULD WE LISTEN TO YOU?!" of course their sudden question thundered down upon the other three rather forcefully but that didn't stop Donald.
"BECAUSE YOU'RE BOTH COVERED IN SALAD DRESSING!" with that said, Sora and May looked at each other, then down at what they were wearing. And to their dismay, it was true; they were utterly covered in salad dressing.
"You've got to be kidding me." May said in a lame excuse to sound innocent. Sora's eye just twitched and then finally said, "I need to take a shower."
May looked at him with his randomness, but when seeing his hair which was her doing she said, "Yeah I agree."
Sora took to glaring at her and May smiled sheepishly back. Jiminy, finally done writing that stupid non sense, went down in front of them and said, "Yes indeed, and I highly suggest you both change…or do something."
"I think there's a working bathroom upstairs…" Goofy said thoughtfully. May and Sora quickly looked at each other, before looking away quickly, both blushing. Donald noticed this and snickered behind his feathered hand. Sora glared at him fervently and slowly got up and headed out the kitchen. May also got up and followed him as well.
By then you can obviously tell that Sora was wide awake and grumpy. He would occasionally rub the back of his neck, further more showing his annoyance, while May would look down guiltily.
"Hey…Sora…I'm sorry…about earlier." Sora quickly glanced at May and looked down as well.
"Yeah, I'm sorry too." Sora muttered. The girl looked at him with a smile on her face. Sora only chuckled back, while wiping even more salad dressing off his face with the back of his hand.
Finally they reached the second floor, and indeed found the working bathroom.
"Okay, so…you wanna take a bath first?" Sora asked hesitantly noticing how May was covered in more salad dressing then he was. However, May looked at his hair and thought otherwise.
"Well you're the one with the salad dressing hair gel." She pointed out. Slowly Sora reached up and patted his hair, feeling the cool substance.
He pulled back his hand in disgust and grimaced at the salad dressing on his palm. May giggled quietly behind her hand, while Sora continued to look in disgust at the thing on his hand.
May rolled her eyes with a smile on her face. They both went inside the bathroom and noticed it was nice and quaint. Not beyond average but was nice enough for them not to sneer in disgust. Sora walked in casually and May watched him with amused eyes. Sora walked towards the shower which had a shower curtain guarding it. Moving it aside he looked in and was relieved to see it amazingly clean.
"Oh Thank God." He breathed out. May came in also, wondering what he was looking at. She also breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the shower clean. May continued to survey the shower looking if it held any soap, shampoo, or anything of the like. The girl heard some clothing rustling behind her but ignore it. Finally she saw a soap bar and some shampoo hidden in the corner of the shower. Smiling in relief she backed up and turned……only to come to see something rather shocking.
Before her was still a salad dressing stained Sora, but only….he was shirtless. May had to keep herself from gaping like a fish, but failed miserably. Her eyes were wide as she watched Sora toss his shirt to the floor. He shook his head a little and his hair shook with him. It ended up with some of the dressing to land on his shoulders.
May had to gulp audibly, which ended up as Sora looking up at her.
"Did you just…gulp?" Sora asked while furrowing his eyebrows in confusion. He was still oblivious to May's discomfort which kept the girl practically shaking.
Finally she got the nerve to look away, "Did you have to take off your shirt while I'm still here?!"
Since May turned away she didn't see Sora's confused face took to a one of an amused boy. While she was still looking away he slowly walked right in front of her so he could smell the scent of her hair. May, wondering what happened and why he was quiet, turned back to face him…only to come nose to nose with him.
May quickly "eeped" and almost fell over in shock had Sora not grab her by the sides of her arms.
"And May, please tell me, are you nervous when I'm shirtless?" His eyes gleamed with mischief as he looked down at her. May's eyes bugged out even more if it were possible, and blushed hotly.
"S-Sora." Was all May was able to squeak out. Sora chuckled huskily and caused shivers to go down May's spine. Before Sora could do anything else, she broke away from his grasp and started to walk towards the door. In a hurry she quickly said, "I'mgoingtofindsomeclothesforusokay?Okay!"
Sora could only watch her dumbly as she walked out the door in a rush. May quickly closed the door and turned the corner.
May felt her heart rapidly beating; and she shut her eyes in embarrassment.
She blew out a nervous breath and closed her eyes, leaning her head against the wall. Soon she heard the water run through the pipes and into the shower. Her eyes slowly opened and she exhaled shakily once again.
Finally she pushed herself off the wall and started towards the white room. Once inside she looked around and hoped to find some type of chest of some sort.
Looking around she could only find a small chest with colored pencils and an empty sketch book. Huffing in defeat she walked out the room.
She could still hear the shower on and continued past the bathroom.
After a few more minutes of searching the mansion for kinds of clothing May grew desperate.
Finally, when worst came to worst May finally said in annoyance, "DAKOTA!"
Next thing she knew she felt a rush of wind, a pulling sensation from her stomach, blurring colors, and a change of scenery. She found herself once more on the glass platform and the pitch black sky.
You rang?
May could only let out a breath and say, "Can you…can you provide some clothes for me and Sora?"
And then before her eyes there was a black bag, with what seemed like clothes inside.
Is that all?
May quickly blushed and nodded, but thinking that the voice couldn't see her was about to say something else.
But then the performance from earlier quickly repeated itself before her eyes.
May stumbled slightly trying to get used to the sudden change. She steadied herself and was about to walk forward when her foot caught on something, causing her to fall forward.
"Ah!" and she landed on the ground with an astounding thump.
She landed on her forearms and rolled over on her back, rubbing at the hurt appendages to get rid of the stinging sensation. Finally she looked up and saw that she tripped on the black bag The Voice had given her.
Mumbling in agitation she got up and took the bad in her hand. Finally as she got up she walked out the white room, bag in hand.
"…Sora what are you doing?"
Was all May was able to hear before colliding with something rather hard, just when she was walking out the door.
She fell back to the floor again on her butt. In front of her she could hear a similar thump, as if someone else had just fallen.
Looking up, to her horror, she saw Sora…in just only a towel.
So all in all, it just meant…he was shirtless…again.
Blushing in embarrassment she practically threw the bag at Sora and ran back into the white room.
She closed the door behind her in a hurried movement. Leaning against it, she breathed deeply and closed her eyes.
"C'mon Sora couldn't you just wait until May came with the clothes?" Goofy asked sounding concerned.
"Not really…waiting….while wearing a towel….is kinda uncomfortable." And every time Sora paused to say something May could hear the rustling of clothing.
'He must be putting on the clothes…in the hallway.' Immediately a hot blush enveloped her cheeks causing her to shake her head. Her hair swayed with her, making her look even more embarrassed.
She took deep even breaths until she couldn't hear the rustling of clothing or anything else happening. Thinking it was safe enough to come out of the room she dared to open the door slowly. Once it was fully open she saw Sora standing in the middle of the hall way while brushing some imaginary dust off his person.
Sora was wearing a clean black colored shirt that was slightly baggy on him. As well as tan cargo shorts, and of course his cue shoes.
The boy looked up when hearing the door open and he noticed May standing there looking flustered. He blinked and then smiled, "The bathroom's all yours." And after he said that he casually held the bag towards her, which still held her clothes inside.
Looking at him with guarded eyes she walked forward and carefully took the bag, expecting him to do something. And she was right for when she grabbed the bag he jerked the bag suddenly to himself, so then she was practically crashing onto him.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, he caught her and ended up giving her a smearing kiss. May pathetically struggled in his hold but soon gave in. She could feel him smirk into the kiss and let her go, tauntingly slow.
May's eyes were still closed as he slowly backed up. She slowly opened her eyes, and then to Sora's surprise, grabbed the bag and hit him rather harshly.
"Owww!" Sora said in dismay when feeling the bag hit his stomach brutally. This time May smirked and made her way to the bathroom. All the while Goofy, Donald, and Jiminy were standing there watching the entire scene before them. Quickly May walked into the bathroom, locked the door, stripped, and hurriedly went inside the shower.
She turned on the water and let the warmness of it surround her. Breathing a sigh, she closed her eyes, enjoying the luxury of taking a shower.
With Nozomi
Typing away madly Cid tried to do understand everything he could about the computer. So far he understood that the powerful Ansem the Wise documented all his work on this very computer. He also understood that the Ansem didn't "die" or else he would've left something here to say he did. Not only that, but he understood that Cloud and Nozomi were stuck in a virtual reality, one that was very good at evading his search.
Leon and Tifa were trying everything they could on Ansem's study, looking for secret drawers, documents, and/or weapons. Ansem the Wise wasn't stupid (hence his name), and understood that what he was researching could very well cost him his life. They also wanted to know something about his apprentices, which all seemed to have disappeared as well.
Aerith and Yuffie had gone off somewhere trying to find out more information on Ansem the Wise from the locals.
But as he continued typing and searching every nook and cranny the computer had to offer, a sudden pop-up alerted him.
The pop-up was practically the whole size of the screen, and was pure blue, with obnoxious red words that said,
Connecting…
"What in Sam Hell…" was all Cid could say on the matter. The pop-up continuously flashed, making him squint his eyes. Finally the flashing stopped and on the screen was a scratched up and beaten Tron.
However that wasn't the only thing that shocked him, the screen kept shaking occasionally, as if wherever Tron was, an earthquake of some sort was happening. Or something was attacking their server mercilessly.
"Are you Cid?" Tron said unsurely but quickly. Cid could only leave his mouth agape and let his toothpick fall out of his mouth.
"Are you Cid?!" Tron repeated though raising his voice. Hesitantly Cid nodded his head and watched as Tron looked around him.
"Nozomi, I got him!" and then to Cid's amazement the person on the screen was replaced with a worn looking Nozomi.
"Hey Cid what's up?" she said casually.
Cid gave her a look that merely said, 'What the fuck?'
"Girl, either you have a nasty sense of humor, or you just don't understand how much danger you're in." Cid said in disbelief.
Nozomi only smirked, "Oh trust me I know how much shit I'm in, now follow these instructions before I get into much deeper shit."
Cid could only roll his eyes but then prepared himself none the less, "Whatcha need girly?"
Nozomi sighed and the screen shook on her side again, making her wince.
Cid, finally letting curiosity getting the better of him, asked. "What the hell is goin on over there?"
The girl on the screen let out a shaky laugh and replied with, "Oh same old same old, you know with mechanical heartless attacking and all…"
The older man only blinked and repeated, "Whatcha need?"
Letting out a breath, Nozomi seemed to have started typing and then another pop-up came out in front of him.
"Okay I sent you a link to the gates to this world, click on it and I need you to find the link that says 'Pit Cell' got it?" another shake of the screen and the connection seemed to go poor for the image of Nozomi went blurry.
"Oi, girly can you hear me?" Cid asked, clicking on the link and looking for the words "Pit Cell".
After scrolling madly he found it and looked towards Nozomi who winced again.
"Kay I found it now what?"
"Click on it!"
"Don't yell at me missy…"
Cid clicked on it and then three options were presented to him,
Delete
Connect
Renew
"What the hell do I press?" Cid yelled/asked while looking at the options, though when he heard no answer he looked towards the screen which held Nozomi only to see….she wasn't there. The screen merely showed a blue like wall with microchip inscriptions etched on it. Then to Cid's amazement he saw a big ass purple heartless that quickly passed over the screen then left again. Getting annoyed he finally yelled out for Nozomi.
"Oi!" and then on cue Nozomi came back, looking even more scratched up. Then Cid heard a yell, "HURRY IT UP!" from behind her.
"Was that Cloud?" Cid asked.
"NEVERMIND THAT! PRESS…." Though he wasn't able to hear it….since static was overwhelming the screen.
"Girly I can't hear you!" Cid yelled back in frustration.
"PRESS…." However static once again overwhelmed the speakers. Finally Cid took to looking at the options before him and did process of elimination. Obviously it wasn't Delete; no would that just be stupid…now it was only on Renew or Connect…
"PRESS…" but then however he didn't hear the usual static that would muffle her voice, but instead heard a soft mechanic click.
Cid looked at the screen expectantly but to his horror he only saw the words in red,
Connection Failed
Taking a chance, while under pressure, Cid chose Connect. Once he clicked on it, immediately a white light came out of the wall behind him. Cid looked on it in amazement as two figures started to materialize before him. Finally it got clear enough where he could see Nozomi and Cloud, and then they were whole again.
Cloud let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, and almost fell forward had Nozomi and Cid had not lunge for him suddenly.
Nozomi put one of his arms around her shoulders and grunted while lifting him up, Cid did the same, minus the grunting. Numerous scratches were evident on both Nozomi and Cloud, Cid noted. Finally they managed to put Cloud down on a nearby chair. The blond leaned on his elbows while they rested on his knees.
He took deep breaths while Nozomi slumped nearby, leaning against the wall.
Cid quickly left going to find a potion or something of the like.
"We…did…good." And at every pause Cloud would take in a gulp of air. Nozomi only smiled back warily and said, "Yeah, I guess we did." The girl took to closing her eyes and breathing deeply as well, feeling the exhaustion catching up with her.
It seemed that stamina worked differently in either world. While in Space Paranoids you could feel the pain, but the after shock of it wasn't that bad, when you come back to the real world…your body seemed to finally react to all the hits you've received and gotten. Cid soon came back with two potions in had, and handed one to Nozomi and the other to Cloud. Quickly they both downed it and held onto the cases.
"C'mon guys we gotta go back to the cottage, we all thought you died on us." Cid said warily, watching them catch their breaths.
Cloud sighed and got up; Nozomi took longer since her body wasn't use to the potion working with her bloodstream and what not. The blond helped her up and she limped slightly, favoring her left leg since her right got a pretty large scratch from a couple of the heartless.
Cloud noticing this asked, "How's the leg?" since he was there to witness her getting tackled to the ground and landing on the leg irregularly, as well as it getting beaten up on.
"It's fine." She said back through gritted teeth, and it seemed that potions didn't really work on sprained limbs.
Looking at her with doubt, he watched as she continued to limp after Cid who was walking through the purple maze.
Then before Nozomi knew it she found her feet of the ground and a rush of some color. She found herself in Cloud's arms as he carried her the rest of the way.
"C-Cloud!" she said in shock. Cid heard this and only turned his head slightly to look back, and seeing this he tried to conceal his shock and continued to look forward.
"Hm?" was all Cloud replied back with. Nozomi wrapped her arms around his neck to balance herself and took to glaring at the chocobo haired male. He only glanced at her and continued walking. Seeing as he wasn't planning on letting her go anytime soon she relaxed in his hold.
They walked the rest of the way in silence, no one wanting to say anything. Nozomi felt about ready to fall asleep, and Cloud noticed this, "Go ahead and rest, I won't let you go." Taking the words to heart she let herself drift off, and soon found herself asleep.
3 hours later…
Nozomi suddenly heard numerous shouts coming from everywhere…or was it just her imagination?
When she dared open her eyes she saw that she was once again in Cloud's room. Looking down at herself, she was still wearing her clothes, minus her shoes and jacket. She grunted slightly and slowly got up, stretching when her arm cramped. Then she felt her leg wound return and she hissed at the jolt of pain travel up the side of her body.
Taking it slower she got out of bed and slowly put on her shoes. Once that was done with, she limped out the door while grabbing her jacket. The shouts she was hearing earlier soon increased when she was out the door. She slowly put on her jacket, trying to understand the shouts. Limping, she soon found her way towards the kitchen, where she found Cid, Yuffie, Leon, and Aerith…and this time there was an entirely new hole in the wall.
"You've got to be kidding me." Nozomi slowly said to herself. Thankfully none of them heard her, and kept on arguing.
"Yuffie how could a piece of cabbage make a whole that big?!" Leon shouted in anger while pointing at the hole. Yuffie only glared back and said, "I told you it was a fried piece of cabbage."
"YUFFIE IT'S STILL A PIECE OF CABBAGE!" Cid yelled this time, also not understanding. The hole was about the size of a dinner plate, and seeing how this "piece of cabbage" could make that Nozomi listened as well.
Seeing as how she was losing the argument Yuffie said, "Well, as I was saying I was frying the piece of cabbage on a frying pan and then I added something else to it…I didn't know what it was but I found it earlier and it smelled pretty good. So I sprinkled it on the frying cabbage and next thing I know it starts bubbling and glowing blue! I freaked out and flung the cabbage out of the frying pan and onto the wall!"
A moment of silence and confusion took the occupants in the room. Finally Aerith seemed to notice something, "Yuffie…that ingredient you found…was it blue looking liquid in a glass bottle?"
Yuffie nodded and said, "It smelled amazing too! Like heaven in a bottle!" her voice seemed to have taken a slightly dreamy state as she said this, causing Cid and Leon to look at her oddly.
Aerith let out a groan that seemed to catch both the male's attention.
"What's wrong pinky?" Cid asked while leaning against the counter.
"That…that 'ingredient' Yuffie found…was one of Merlin's…experimental potions." Aerith finished while shaking her head in dismay.
Leon now took to looking at her oddly, "What do you mean 'experimental'?"
Aerith could only look at Leon dead in the eye while saying, "It turned Ms. Yuri's flowers into orange monkeys that smelled like apples." And that led to Cid and Yuffie dropping their mouths in shock.
"She thought it would be a nice thing to add to her flowers because of it's nice smell…like how Yuffie was attracted to it, but it turned out when she added it to her flowers…well…her screams were heard all the way till the Bailey." Aerith concluded with an affirmative nod.
The other three were silent, as well as Nozomi. A potion that could turn flowers into monkeys, and turn a piece of cabbage into nuclear acid. Now that was pretty powerful stuff…now why exactly Merlin making something like that?
"Damn." Was all Yuffie could say when she was able to put two and two together.
"So then I guess, I'm happy I didn't keep it with me." Immediately the other three looked towards Yuffie in alarm. "What do you mean you didn't keep it!?" Cid yelled while getting a hold of her shoulders and shaking her roughly.
As he was shaking her, Yuffie was able to say, "I…gave…it…to…TIFA!" and during every pause Cid was shaking her about.
Quickly Leon left the kitchen, not seeing Nozomi, and went downstairs, followed by Aerith.
Cid let go of Yuffie and followed after. Yuffie, not wanting to be alone, quickly ran too also wanting to see what Tifa might've done with the potion.
Now it was only Nozomi standing there looking like an idiot after hearing all that. So then she took to going downstairs herself. While going down the stairs she would hiss when she applied too much pressure to her right leg. When she finally got downstairs she felt like she ran a mile or more, because she was panting from the pain. She noticed that she was also the only one downstairs as well.
Grumbling she kept on walking, though slowly not wanting to aggravate her leg even more.
While passing Merlin's bed she noticed something placed atop a few books. Getting closer she saw it was her katana. Pondering on whether or not to bring it she finally got the nerve to bring it with her, not knowing what she'll encounter. She grabbed the katana and swung the holster over her back and let it rest there.
Finally she limped towards the door, opened it slowly, and let it close behind her.
With Kana
"NAMINE DAMNIT SLOW DOWN!" yelled a fully exhausted girl carrying an armful of clothing. The blond she was calling to didn't hear her and continued to pass every available store that didn't catch her interest.
The blond girl would also make a comment as she passed by a store. For example saying, "Too bright." "Too clashy." "Too dark."
The male occupant of the group was falling even more behind, since he was carrying the most bags than Kana. And the bags he was holding were all of the top girly brands, so needless to say, he felt rather embarrassed to hold them. And since none of the girls were walking by him, it doesn't seem like he was carrying it for them, but was instead carrying it for himself. Hell, already one gay guy passed by him and gave him a once over.
Riku grumbled in anger and annoyance and continued to make his walk to try and keep up with Kana and Namine. However, as he passed by an alley he could faintly hear shouting. At first he didn't recognize the alley, but after surveying it once he realized that it was Roxas' main hangout.
Confused he was about to continue walking towards it until he saw Seifer, with a busted lip and a slight bruise on his cheek. Riku could only watch as Seifer walked right by him in a huff, along with the rest of his cronies. When they were gone from view, Riku faintly heard someone call his name.
"RIKU YOU IDIOT HURRY UP!" Kana yelled from 10 stores down. Riku quickly looked at her and took to speed walking. Of course him speed walking with all the bags made him look even gayer.
He ended up blushing when another gay guy whistled his way. Finally he reached Kana who was seated on a bench in front of a store. Around her were also bags galore of clothing stores they've come to pass. Exhausted Riku dumped himself on the bench beside Kana. He was finally able to put down the bags he was carrying and rotate his arms and shoulders.
"I…can't…feel…my…arms." Kana finally was bite out as she looked straight ahead. From where Riku was seated he could see Kana's eye twitch.
He ended up laughing aloud when seeing her act that way. The girl turned towards Riku and gave him an annoyed look. Instead she kicked him in the shin hoping he would shut up. And he did shut up, grabbing his shin in an effort to reduce the stinging. He rubbed at it as he grumbled something under his breath. Kana didn't bother to catch it but took to instead watching Namine gather another pair of shoes in her already full arms.
When the stinging in his leg stopped he glared at Kana.
"Was that really necessary?" Riku said exasperated ruffling his hair. Kana could only grumble something and fold her arms.
Riku chuckled some and looked at Namine once again. The girl was marveling at what seemed like a skirt…a very short skirt. Riku sighed, not understanding girls, but then he looked to Kana. Said girl was idly playing with the hem of her own skirt, twiddling it between her fingers. 'And I especially don't understand her.' Riku thought.
Finally Namine came out of the store, with amazingly enough, no bag whatsoever in her hand.
"Does that mean…you're done?" Riku asked hopeful. To Namine's own dismay she nodded, "Unfortunately I ran out of money back at Hoover's."
Kana's jaw dropped, "THAT WAS 12 STORES AGO?! HOW'D YOU PAY FOR ALL THIS OTHER SHIT!?" Namine could only giggle behind her hand and say, "I have my ways."
Both Riku and Kana simultaneously twitched their eye. Namine giggled again and started to hum and walk away, heading back towards the mansion. Annoyed Kana angrily got up and pushed up a sleeve while going straight for Namine. Riku, seeing what she was planning on doing, immediately grabbed her arm before she could do anything.
"Kana that'd be really unwise." Riku warned. Kana could only huff, grab the bags, and follow after Namine. Riku sighed and grabbed his share of the bags as well, following after the two girls.
They continuously passed some buildings here and there with people conversing with one another. It was about 6 in the afternoon by now, and they were all worn, the pack mulls especially. They finally reached the mansion, went to the white room, plopped the bags they were, or weren't, carrying and sat back on the seats.
"Namine, if you ever suggest shopping again…I'm gonna kill you." Kana said looking cross, Namine could only pant a little and say, "Trust me, I don't think shopping is gonna be on my mind for a while."
Riku had yet to say anything, but instead took to slumping in his chair and looking up at the ceiling. Kana looked at him strangely, wondering what he was thinking about. Finally Namine's stomach growled, causing the other two to look at her in shock.
"You're the one who ate the most!" Riku said in disbelief. Though Namine glared back, "Well sor-ry, because of that big fight that broke out I was only able to finish one out of my five precious burgers." Kana could only nod slowly while looking at her amazement.
Once again her stomach growled and she announced, "Well, since it seems we're not doing anything else, I'll look in the kitchen for anything to eat." Then quickly she left the white room, her destination the kitchen. The only girl in the room huffed and said, "Namine is acting weird." Though Riku looked at her quickly then looked away, "How weird is 'weird'?" Kana could only scratch her head and say, "Well…I dun know how to explain it…it's just…she seems…well the best I can put it is that she seems…out of character." Kana concluded. Slowly, Riku nodded, seeing what she meant.
"Hmm…maybe it's because…you're here." Kana looked at the silver haired teen with disbelief. Noticing that Kana was quiet Riku looked at her, and seeing her expression, he returned the look with a look of his own. "Oh c'mon don't look at me like that." He said.
Kana broke her look and merely said, "Well…I mean…no offense but that sounds completely idiotic," at that Riku scoffed, "How am I the reason Namine is acting so weird."
Riku could only tap a finger against his lower lip, "Well think about it, until now she's never been able to really…well…talk to anyone. She was just this shy little girl who didn't know how to socialize cause well…there wasn't anyone to socialize with. But then you come along, and offer to talk to her and well…all in all be a friend. And then I guess she's come to realize that, and taken that to heart. So now she's slowly opening up, and by her opening up she's exposing her true self. That true self that's been hiding behind that shy wall that we used to know as Namine."
Kana blinked looking at Riku in shock. That all amazingly…made…perfect sense. So really…Riku just had this really smart moment. Once again noticing that Kana was silent Riku looked at her. Seeing her once again shocked face he pathetically asked, "What?"
Slowly she said, "Who are you and what have you done with that stupid silver haired boy I'm use to." Riku could only glare and throw one of the shopping bags they had been lugging around at her. She merely blocked it off with her upper arms, and with her shin guards it felt like a big marshmallow.
"Yeah well that 'stupid silver haired boy' as you so well put it, can have an ingenious moment once in a while." This time he propped one of his legs over the arm-rest, making him look even more comfortable. Kana could only scoff, "You called that load of crap, 'ingenious'?" and by saying ingenious she raised her shoulders up a little to emphasize.
"Pssshhh, whatever." Was all the male said, leaning his head against his right arm.
A few more moments of silence before a question in Riku's mind finally started to bug him…so then he finally asked, "Kana…what exactly…are we?"
Kana eyed him for a few moments, before saying, "We are what you want us to be."
Hating how she didn't really answer the question he said, "So then, we'd be a couple?"
Annoyed Kana snapped, "No Riku we're dinosaurs, of course we're a couple!" Riku took to chuckling and shaking his head, when hearing Kana saying they were 'dinosaurs'. Kana huffed and said, "I don't see why you're laughing."
"Hm? Oh it's nothing, I just wanted to hear you say it." Confused Kana said, "Say what?"
This time Riku gave her a pure genuine smile, "To hear you say that I was your boyfriend."
For some odd reason that sent a rather hot blush to overwhelm her cheeks. Seeing the blush Riku smiled even wider, and even chuckled. Childishly Kana stuck her tongue out at him. Riku could only shake his head and look away. Finally Namine came back eating nothing but crackers.
Riku raised an eyebrow, "Is that all you found?" Disappointed Namine could only nod and bite into another cracker. She took her seat next to Kana and huffed.
Finally a comfortable, yet overwhelming, silence overcame the trio, with no one saying anything or making any noise. However Namine's biting and munching were the only sounds practically echoing in the whole room.
Then suddenly Namine said, "Kana…entertain me." Kana gave Namine a disbelieving look and looked away. Kana turned to Riku who only gave her an 'I-told-you-so' look. While Kana's look in return said 'oh-fuck-off'.
"Sorry Namine I'm not good source of entertainment." Was all Kana could come up with. Namine made a grunting noise and before she could say anything else Riku cut her off, "I'm with Kana on this one, can't entertain for shit."
That caused the blond to grumble and continue munching on her crackers. Kana took to closing her eyes, relaxed. Riku did the same relaxing more into the seat. Then a sudden thought came to Kana.
"Hey Namine…what was the point of getting all these clothes? I mean…it's not like we're going anywhere soon…" That's when Kana's eyes snapped open and she mentally counted the days that's passed. She sucked in a reasonable amount of air, and exhaled…all the while thinking, 'oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit ohshitohshitohshitohshit'
Namine heard her question and merely replied, "Oh well, not all these clothes are for me, there's some for you, and even some for Riku too." Though the boy made a disbelieving noise and said, "Sorry Namine but I ain't a cross-dresser."
Namine rolled her eyes and replied, "I know that perfectly well, and that's why I got you male clothing from some store." Riku gave her a look of shock, and a small bit of gratitude, "Really?"
The girl only smiled, "Well yeah…why not?" and that was a good question.
Riku only shrugged and continued relaxing, oblivious to how stressed Kana was. She tried to breathe deeply and evenly, trying to rid the stress from her body. When that didn't work she took to squeezing her thumbs, in hopes it might release some tension. Unfortunately it just ended up with her hand becoming sore. Finally she gave up and took to thinking over a strategy of sort for what's to come tomorrow.
'Okay first off, Misa is one of the major things to happen. I have to guarantee that she ends up going with Roxas. If she doesn't…I dun wanna think about what The Voice might do to her. Then…shit…neither May nor Misa know anything about the game...hopefully they can lead themselves to the train station, meet Yen Sid…be informed about the heartless…nobodies…shit…Roxas is with them, would he remember everything? Damn he most likely will…would he still love Misa? Argh! Okay okay…calm…okay so then they would acquire the gummi ship…and then go to…Hollow Bastian. Hopefully Nozomi would know what to do with them then. Is someone calling my name?'
And indeed someone was, Riku was continuously saying her name, wondering why in the world she wasn't moving or answering him. Finally Kana reacted by sharply turning to Riku, which almost gave him a heart attack.
"Damn, Kana don't do that." Riku said taken back. Kana just let out a breath and didn't bother to say anything else.
"Kana, what exactly were you thinking of?" Namine asked, curious as to what could make Kana so pre-occupied in her own thoughts. Kana didn't answer and said, "Oh…I'm just thinking about tomorrow."
End!
Animegrrl: okay I am sooooooo glad I've come to actually finish this chapter, with school and all I thought I might've had to post-pone this story
Misa: What don't do that!
Animegrrl: haha yeah I know better so don't worry
Nozomi: pssshhh know better my ass, you just know what people would do to you if you stopped the story
Animegrrl: oh shut up Nozomi
Nozomi: ha you know I'm right
Animegrrl: grumbles
Misa: Aww Nozomi look what you did
Animegrrl: Whatever! Okay until next time!