Author's Ranting: and here's the next chapter, still inspired by MP's idea! What is Wakka planning??
You'll see....
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Sora had fallen asleep while 'taking care' of Riku.
It was only five in the morning when Riku woke up and decided to go for a short walk since the weather was nice again. He still had a headache and was coughing a little but this wasn't going to stop him.
When he closed the door behind him and stepped into the fresh morning air he closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling of the upcoming sun warming his face. It was very relaxing and soothing. The only thing that was even better was Sora. Riku smiled. Sora had tried to stay awake the night to take care of Riku but he fell asleep, hanging all over Riku. When Riku first woke up he wondered why he was having such a hard time breathing but when he opened his eyes he found Sora lying on top of him.
"Riku."
Riku snapped out of his thoughts and turned around to see Wakka standing behind him.
"Wakka." he stated, raising an eyebrow at the other boy. Why did he look so angry?
Wakka looked Riku straight in the eye and scowled. "I challenge you to a duel. Just you and me."
Riku blinked and then rolled his eyes. He wasn't going to learn his lesson any time soon, was he? He had no chance in beating Riku. The only one who could have had a chance to compete with him would be Sora but the rest like Tidus, Selphie and Wakka weren't anything.
"I'm serious, ya." Wakka threatened.
Riku shrugged and nodded. "Fine."
"Today at noon. Not at the Paopu tree, I will choose the place. We fight on the beach next to the piers." Wakka sounded so different from usual, Riku noted. He sounded as if he was really, really serious about this. But what reason could Wakka have to be angry with Riku? Sure, Riku had beaten him quite often but that was always during their training duels, it was just because Riku was a better fighter. It wasn't anything personal...so why was Wakka acting like this?
"Bring your friends if you like. But don't let them interrupt us. This is something between me and you."
Riku nodded and Wakka left without saying anything else.
"Rikuuu!"
Just as Riku was about to let his thoughts fix on his wonderful Sora again, a shrieking voice prevented him from doing so.
Selphie and - surprisingly - Tidus with her.
"Morning.." Riku muttered, wondering why everyone was already up. Usually they all got up at noon. And the fact that he felt slightly nauseatic didn't help at all.
"Have you heard anything about Kairi?" Selphie asked, bouncing like she had too much sugar.
Riku shook his head.
"No. Just saw Wakka." he muttered.
Tidus raised his eyebrows. "Wakka?"
Riku rolled his eyes. Why did he have to repeat himself? "Yes Wakka. He challenged me to a duel today at noon..."
Selphie squealed and jumped happily. "Whee! That's gonna be great! We'll all watch you kick Wakka's butt!" Tidus shook his head and sighed. Selphie was way too hyper for five in the morning...how did she manage to be like that?
Riku shrugged and waved at them to announce that he was going back home - to Sora's home actually.
~~
Coming back, he saw that Sora was still sleeping like a baby, all huddled up in blankets and pillows. Riku smiled and decided to crawl into bed as well to cuddle a little. Yes, Riku was cuddly, as ridiculous as it sounded.
"Feeling better?" A muffled question came as Riku wrapped his arms around the boy.
"Mmm." Riku breathed, nuzzling Sora's hair. The younger boy opened his eyes and looked at Riku before smiling sheepishly.
"I really tried to stay up, you know...."
Riku chuckled and shook his head. "You did a good job. I'm feeling a lot better now." Though he was lying because he actually felt worse than the day before. He just didn't want to disappoint Sora and besides that he had a duel today.
"Oh yeah, Wakka challenged me. Today at noon." Riku muttered.
Sora sighed and suddenly grinned. "He doesn't get it, does? I'm the only one who can compete with you."
Riku laughed. He had been thinking the same thing.
"Yeah but that doesn't mean that you'll ever have the chance to actually *beat* me." He smirked and Sora blew him a raspberry.
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Noon. Riku and Wakka were facing each other, Riku holding his sword, Wakka holding his Blitzball. Selphie, Tidus and Sora were sitting on the bridge as audience and watched them.
"You'll pay." Wakka hissed as he narrowed his eyes.
Riku just looked at him confused but eventually shrugged it off and waited for Wakka to attack.
They circled around each other, Wakka insulting Riku with the meanest things while Riku had no idea why Wakka was doing that. After some time he decided to attack and ran towards Wakka, dashing his sword forward. Unfortunately Wakka was able to dodge and used the opportunity to throw his Blitzball. He missed. Riku was, as always, faster than him and had already moved to the side.
"You bastard!" Wakka yelled, trying to hit Riku again.
"Why are you calling me that?" Riku confusedly asked. He hadn't done anything to him, had he?
"How can you be so cruel?!" Wakka countered, totally ignoring Riku's protests. They continued fighting, Riku always using his best combos while Wakka used some of his special attacks he especially practised for Riku. Both of them were pretty good although Riku was still the better one. Selphie and Sora both cheered for Riku while Tidus wasn't sure whether to cheer for Wakka or Riku. He then decided to cheer for Wakka. It was just a duel, wasn't it?
"Come on Wakka! You can beat him!" Tidus cheered.
Wakka growled and ran towards Riku, faking to throw the ball so that Riku moved to the side. When Riku was standing there, thinking that he had dodged the attack, Wakka rammed the ball into Riku's stomach.
"Riku!" Sora yelled as he saw Riku holding his stomach in pain. Wakka was strong, he had to admit. The silver-haired boy growled and decided that the pain was meaningless, going for a counter attack.
And so he jumped into the air to hit Wakka from above, and of course succeeded.
Wakka was hit pretty hard and nearly sank to the ground.
"You mean bastard." he growled though it was obvious that he wasn't angry because Riku hit him but because of something else.
"What did I do?" Riku demanded.
Wakka snorted and launched himself at Riku again.
"You'll pay you little...!" They continued fighting and their friends continued cheering.
Riku suddenly felt nauseatic again and his vision began to blur.
'My head...' he thought, feeling a sneering pain inside his head. He also started to feel very cold, he was almost shaking.
Wakka took the opportunity to beat the heck out of Riku who was wincing in pain every time he was hit.
"Riku!" Sora cried out, worrying about his friend. He wanted to get up and help him but when he was about to jump up Riku pulled himself together and glared at Sora.
"Don't! This is my duel, you have nothing to do with it!" he yelled.
At first Sora was taken aback, almost a little hurt, but then he remembered Riku's fighting spirit. He was always like that. If there was battle he would do it, alone. And still, he felt awful having to watch Wakka beat him like that.
Riku tried to get his body to function again and managed to hit Wakka a few times. Unfortunately it was too little and he sank to the ground while Wakka kept insulting him and throwing his ball at him.
"Stop it!" Selphie shouted, rushing up to stop Wakka. "Don't! Can't you see he's lying on the ground?!" Selphie cried. Wakka still growled and kicked Riku one last time before strolling off. Tidus blinked in confusion and ran after Wakka. Why was he acting like that? He had never fought like that.
Sora quickly rushed over to Riku and took him into his arms.
"H-hey...you're ok? Riku?" He asked quietly, frantically.
Riku was breathing heavily and sweating although he was shaking like a leaf. Selphie frowned and put a hand to his forehead, noting that he was burning.
"Gods, Sora! He has high fever!" she grabbed Sora's hand and put it to Riku's forehead only to have it nearly burned.
"Whoa!" Sora yelped. Riku was really burning. And he had been fighting in this state?! No wonder Wakka was able to beat him.
Selphie and Sora did their best to carry Riku home to have him rest.
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"Kairi?" Wakka came stomping in.
Kairi was sitting on her bed, still having a headache.
"I took care of Riku." He muttered, wishing that he could have done more. Just when he was so enraged he would have wanted to kick Riku senseless, to let him pay for making a nice girl like Kairi cry. Wakka was determined that from now on, he was going to be her 'knight', protecting her from that bastard.
"What did you do?" Kairi asked, frowning a little. Wakka shrugged and threw his ball into a corner.
"Fought him and beat him. He looked pretty messed up after I was done."
Kairi's eyes widened and she gasped. "You mean you went to beat him up?!"
Wakka hesitated a little but then nodded. "Ya." Was it wrong? Did Kairi want him to do something else? He thought it was the best thing...it was the first thing that came to his mind.
He looked at Kairi, waiting for her reaction.
And there, the girl on the bed was staring at him with big eyes before her lips raised to a smile. A content smile.
"And is he hurt? You know, like, really *bad*?" she curiously asked. Wakka nodded.
"Was lying on the ground when I left after kicking him one last time."
Kairi's eyes, if possible, went wider and she started to grin. "Cool! And you..." she blushed a little. "You did that just for me?"
Wakka gulped and blushed a little himself. "Um...ya...I guess..." he stuttered, hoping that Kairi would like him now.
The girl got up and hugged Wakka. "Wow thanks! You're the only friend I have right now..."
Wakka hugged her back, inwardly doing a little happy dance. Kairi was hugging him and thanking him! So he did the right thing, after all!
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"Riku...?"
Riku's eyes slowly opened to see Sora bending over him. His vision was still blurred and he felt like someone had just crushed his head with a hammer. He coughed as he opened his mouth to say something. When did he last feel so bad? He couldn't remember feeling like this before.
"What..?" he breathed, feeling a sting in his head. Sora bit his lower lips and laid a cold wet cloth on his forehead to make him feel a little better. Riku gasped slightly and then sighed, closing his eyes again.
"Why didn't you tell me that you have fever?" Sora quietly asked.
Riku didn't answer, not because he didn't hear Sora but more because he felt too horrible to do anything right now.
Sora sighed and stroked Riku's hair.
"Tonight I'll really stay up and take care of you, I promise."
~Tbc~
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Ending notes: ne? how was it? liked it? ah in case you're wondering...NO they don't have parents here! LOL... well, they have..but I'm ignoring the fact that they have parents...the story's pretty good without parents.
oh and evil wakka...well, having a crush on EVIL Kairi makes Wakka EVIL too LOL... nah they're not really evil but they have to be like that to move the plot along!
so yeah...review again? hehe... next chapter will be full of fluff I guess...Sora taking care of Riku ^_^
You'll see....
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Sora had fallen asleep while 'taking care' of Riku.
It was only five in the morning when Riku woke up and decided to go for a short walk since the weather was nice again. He still had a headache and was coughing a little but this wasn't going to stop him.
When he closed the door behind him and stepped into the fresh morning air he closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling of the upcoming sun warming his face. It was very relaxing and soothing. The only thing that was even better was Sora. Riku smiled. Sora had tried to stay awake the night to take care of Riku but he fell asleep, hanging all over Riku. When Riku first woke up he wondered why he was having such a hard time breathing but when he opened his eyes he found Sora lying on top of him.
"Riku."
Riku snapped out of his thoughts and turned around to see Wakka standing behind him.
"Wakka." he stated, raising an eyebrow at the other boy. Why did he look so angry?
Wakka looked Riku straight in the eye and scowled. "I challenge you to a duel. Just you and me."
Riku blinked and then rolled his eyes. He wasn't going to learn his lesson any time soon, was he? He had no chance in beating Riku. The only one who could have had a chance to compete with him would be Sora but the rest like Tidus, Selphie and Wakka weren't anything.
"I'm serious, ya." Wakka threatened.
Riku shrugged and nodded. "Fine."
"Today at noon. Not at the Paopu tree, I will choose the place. We fight on the beach next to the piers." Wakka sounded so different from usual, Riku noted. He sounded as if he was really, really serious about this. But what reason could Wakka have to be angry with Riku? Sure, Riku had beaten him quite often but that was always during their training duels, it was just because Riku was a better fighter. It wasn't anything personal...so why was Wakka acting like this?
"Bring your friends if you like. But don't let them interrupt us. This is something between me and you."
Riku nodded and Wakka left without saying anything else.
"Rikuuu!"
Just as Riku was about to let his thoughts fix on his wonderful Sora again, a shrieking voice prevented him from doing so.
Selphie and - surprisingly - Tidus with her.
"Morning.." Riku muttered, wondering why everyone was already up. Usually they all got up at noon. And the fact that he felt slightly nauseatic didn't help at all.
"Have you heard anything about Kairi?" Selphie asked, bouncing like she had too much sugar.
Riku shook his head.
"No. Just saw Wakka." he muttered.
Tidus raised his eyebrows. "Wakka?"
Riku rolled his eyes. Why did he have to repeat himself? "Yes Wakka. He challenged me to a duel today at noon..."
Selphie squealed and jumped happily. "Whee! That's gonna be great! We'll all watch you kick Wakka's butt!" Tidus shook his head and sighed. Selphie was way too hyper for five in the morning...how did she manage to be like that?
Riku shrugged and waved at them to announce that he was going back home - to Sora's home actually.
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Coming back, he saw that Sora was still sleeping like a baby, all huddled up in blankets and pillows. Riku smiled and decided to crawl into bed as well to cuddle a little. Yes, Riku was cuddly, as ridiculous as it sounded.
"Feeling better?" A muffled question came as Riku wrapped his arms around the boy.
"Mmm." Riku breathed, nuzzling Sora's hair. The younger boy opened his eyes and looked at Riku before smiling sheepishly.
"I really tried to stay up, you know...."
Riku chuckled and shook his head. "You did a good job. I'm feeling a lot better now." Though he was lying because he actually felt worse than the day before. He just didn't want to disappoint Sora and besides that he had a duel today.
"Oh yeah, Wakka challenged me. Today at noon." Riku muttered.
Sora sighed and suddenly grinned. "He doesn't get it, does? I'm the only one who can compete with you."
Riku laughed. He had been thinking the same thing.
"Yeah but that doesn't mean that you'll ever have the chance to actually *beat* me." He smirked and Sora blew him a raspberry.
~~
Noon. Riku and Wakka were facing each other, Riku holding his sword, Wakka holding his Blitzball. Selphie, Tidus and Sora were sitting on the bridge as audience and watched them.
"You'll pay." Wakka hissed as he narrowed his eyes.
Riku just looked at him confused but eventually shrugged it off and waited for Wakka to attack.
They circled around each other, Wakka insulting Riku with the meanest things while Riku had no idea why Wakka was doing that. After some time he decided to attack and ran towards Wakka, dashing his sword forward. Unfortunately Wakka was able to dodge and used the opportunity to throw his Blitzball. He missed. Riku was, as always, faster than him and had already moved to the side.
"You bastard!" Wakka yelled, trying to hit Riku again.
"Why are you calling me that?" Riku confusedly asked. He hadn't done anything to him, had he?
"How can you be so cruel?!" Wakka countered, totally ignoring Riku's protests. They continued fighting, Riku always using his best combos while Wakka used some of his special attacks he especially practised for Riku. Both of them were pretty good although Riku was still the better one. Selphie and Sora both cheered for Riku while Tidus wasn't sure whether to cheer for Wakka or Riku. He then decided to cheer for Wakka. It was just a duel, wasn't it?
"Come on Wakka! You can beat him!" Tidus cheered.
Wakka growled and ran towards Riku, faking to throw the ball so that Riku moved to the side. When Riku was standing there, thinking that he had dodged the attack, Wakka rammed the ball into Riku's stomach.
"Riku!" Sora yelled as he saw Riku holding his stomach in pain. Wakka was strong, he had to admit. The silver-haired boy growled and decided that the pain was meaningless, going for a counter attack.
And so he jumped into the air to hit Wakka from above, and of course succeeded.
Wakka was hit pretty hard and nearly sank to the ground.
"You mean bastard." he growled though it was obvious that he wasn't angry because Riku hit him but because of something else.
"What did I do?" Riku demanded.
Wakka snorted and launched himself at Riku again.
"You'll pay you little...!" They continued fighting and their friends continued cheering.
Riku suddenly felt nauseatic again and his vision began to blur.
'My head...' he thought, feeling a sneering pain inside his head. He also started to feel very cold, he was almost shaking.
Wakka took the opportunity to beat the heck out of Riku who was wincing in pain every time he was hit.
"Riku!" Sora cried out, worrying about his friend. He wanted to get up and help him but when he was about to jump up Riku pulled himself together and glared at Sora.
"Don't! This is my duel, you have nothing to do with it!" he yelled.
At first Sora was taken aback, almost a little hurt, but then he remembered Riku's fighting spirit. He was always like that. If there was battle he would do it, alone. And still, he felt awful having to watch Wakka beat him like that.
Riku tried to get his body to function again and managed to hit Wakka a few times. Unfortunately it was too little and he sank to the ground while Wakka kept insulting him and throwing his ball at him.
"Stop it!" Selphie shouted, rushing up to stop Wakka. "Don't! Can't you see he's lying on the ground?!" Selphie cried. Wakka still growled and kicked Riku one last time before strolling off. Tidus blinked in confusion and ran after Wakka. Why was he acting like that? He had never fought like that.
Sora quickly rushed over to Riku and took him into his arms.
"H-hey...you're ok? Riku?" He asked quietly, frantically.
Riku was breathing heavily and sweating although he was shaking like a leaf. Selphie frowned and put a hand to his forehead, noting that he was burning.
"Gods, Sora! He has high fever!" she grabbed Sora's hand and put it to Riku's forehead only to have it nearly burned.
"Whoa!" Sora yelped. Riku was really burning. And he had been fighting in this state?! No wonder Wakka was able to beat him.
Selphie and Sora did their best to carry Riku home to have him rest.
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"Kairi?" Wakka came stomping in.
Kairi was sitting on her bed, still having a headache.
"I took care of Riku." He muttered, wishing that he could have done more. Just when he was so enraged he would have wanted to kick Riku senseless, to let him pay for making a nice girl like Kairi cry. Wakka was determined that from now on, he was going to be her 'knight', protecting her from that bastard.
"What did you do?" Kairi asked, frowning a little. Wakka shrugged and threw his ball into a corner.
"Fought him and beat him. He looked pretty messed up after I was done."
Kairi's eyes widened and she gasped. "You mean you went to beat him up?!"
Wakka hesitated a little but then nodded. "Ya." Was it wrong? Did Kairi want him to do something else? He thought it was the best thing...it was the first thing that came to his mind.
He looked at Kairi, waiting for her reaction.
And there, the girl on the bed was staring at him with big eyes before her lips raised to a smile. A content smile.
"And is he hurt? You know, like, really *bad*?" she curiously asked. Wakka nodded.
"Was lying on the ground when I left after kicking him one last time."
Kairi's eyes, if possible, went wider and she started to grin. "Cool! And you..." she blushed a little. "You did that just for me?"
Wakka gulped and blushed a little himself. "Um...ya...I guess..." he stuttered, hoping that Kairi would like him now.
The girl got up and hugged Wakka. "Wow thanks! You're the only friend I have right now..."
Wakka hugged her back, inwardly doing a little happy dance. Kairi was hugging him and thanking him! So he did the right thing, after all!
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"Riku...?"
Riku's eyes slowly opened to see Sora bending over him. His vision was still blurred and he felt like someone had just crushed his head with a hammer. He coughed as he opened his mouth to say something. When did he last feel so bad? He couldn't remember feeling like this before.
"What..?" he breathed, feeling a sting in his head. Sora bit his lower lips and laid a cold wet cloth on his forehead to make him feel a little better. Riku gasped slightly and then sighed, closing his eyes again.
"Why didn't you tell me that you have fever?" Sora quietly asked.
Riku didn't answer, not because he didn't hear Sora but more because he felt too horrible to do anything right now.
Sora sighed and stroked Riku's hair.
"Tonight I'll really stay up and take care of you, I promise."
~Tbc~
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Ending notes: ne? how was it? liked it? ah in case you're wondering...NO they don't have parents here! LOL... well, they have..but I'm ignoring the fact that they have parents...the story's pretty good without parents.
oh and evil wakka...well, having a crush on EVIL Kairi makes Wakka EVIL too LOL... nah they're not really evil but they have to be like that to move the plot along!
so yeah...review again? hehe... next chapter will be full of fluff I guess...Sora taking care of Riku ^_^