I'm back! Well, after almost a month of not having good ideas (mostly 'cause of writing Book of Beginnings, the one-shot stories, school and other stuff), I finally found one: water skiing. Well, I personally can't water ski (can only swim) so I thought, what if some of the cast of Kingdom Hearts went water/jet skiing for Christmas. So, here's the result.

-miano53

Disclaimer: Still own nothing…

Life in Radiant Garden

Christmas Vacation, pt. I

Every year, around the Christmas season, the Pellegrinos always prepare for their Christmas vacation/Terra's Birthday at Destiny Islands. Aqua would work more at the shop for monetary funds. Ven would cut back on peanut butter so Eraqus could have more spending money for him. Terra would write down all the plans that he had for each year.

This year, he wanted to go water skiing around the islands. When he presented the plan to Eraqus on the evening of December 18th, all the older man could do was look at his son. "Do you really know how to water ski?" Eraqus asked Terra. "Yeah, all you have to do is put on the skis, put on the vest, grab the handle, straighten the rope and go," Terra said confidently. "But the last time, you screamed like a little girl," the two heard Ven yell from up the stairs.

"No I didn't," Terra said, getting embarrassed…again. "Yes you did! You screamed 'Get me on the boat!'" Ven laughed. "Riku asked you what was wrong and all you could yell was, 'Yucky toes. The seaweed…It touched me'," he added, coming down the stairs.

"I didn't scream like that," Terra said, lying. "Yes you did," the men heard Aqua say. She came in the door, just getting off of work. "You screamed so loud that everyone thought that you were a girl," she laughed. "Grr, I'm water skiing and that's final!" Terra yelled, stomping to his room.

The next day on Destiny Islands…

Riku, after going to Sunday mass, came back home to find the phone ringing. He answered it and said, "Hey, Ven." "Heya, Riku. Guess what Terra wants to do when we get there," Ven said. "What?" Riku sighed, knowing it was going to bad.

"He wants to go water skiing," Ven said, laughing. Riku, remembering all the epic fails, wipeouts and crashes into his family's boating store, looked horrified and said nothing. After a few moments of awkward silence, Ven said over the phone, "Are you okay?" "No, you remember what happened the first time!" Riku yelled.

"Well, he was just getting started," Ven said, defending his brother. "He wiped out when the boat was going zero! He kept doing that for an hour!" Riku yelled. "Then the time after that, he wiped out when the boat took off!" he added.

"Well, he wasn't used to it," Ven said, still defending his brother. "Then the time after that he triple-flipped when he lost the handle!" Riku yelled, getting louder. "He got better…" Ven said, still trying. "He crashed into a jumping dolphin! He nearly killed it!" Riku yelled, angry as he was the one who was teaching Terra.

"Then the time before that, he crashed a jet ski into the boating store!" Riku yelled, getting at his loudest. "We paid for the damages…." Ven mumbled. "He destroyed more than half of the store! We didn't have jobs for months! We had to eat canned tuna, Ven! Canned tuna!" Riku screamed angrily.

"Okay, okay. I'll try to convince Terra not to go jet skiing," Ven said, giving up. Calming down, Riku said, "Good. But if he even touches a jet ski, I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish!" The phone then hung up with a click.

December 23, morning of departure…

The Pellegrinos, Yuffie, Lea, Isa, Zack, Squall and Rinoa headed straight for the nearest airport. Once everyone was in attendance, Terra, Eraqus and Squall headed to the ticket booth. There, they found quite a long line. When Squall was next, he headed up to the booth to find that Rinoa and his tickets were denied.

"Here, can you take care of this for me?" Squall asked. The ticket agent sighed and said, "Let me see what I can do." She then rapidly typed on the keyboard and said, "Okay, your tickets are code fare based red. What I can try to do….I can try to…Let me see if this will work."

Squall sighed and the ticket agent began rapidly typing again. "See? It's not accepting it. Because your tickets are T-15116…as it stands right now…." the ticket agent said. "Whatever! I gotta get to Destiny Islands! Move it along! Just give me some new tickets and shove off!" Squall yelled, not wanting to hear any more jargon.

After getting their tickets, everyone began to get extremely angry when they saw their flight was delayed. Aqua read the sign and it said, "Flight 403 to Destiny Islands…Delayed until 15:30 (4:30 p.m.)." "Aw, come on! I wanted to go water skiing," Terra moaned.

"Maybe this is God's way of saying not to water ski," Ven mumbled. "What? Why? I've gotten better," Terra said. "Uh huh. Like last time when you crashed into a group of five skiers," Squall said. "Or the time you crashed headfirst into the lifeguard," Rinoa added.

"Seriously, how can you crash into someone that was on the beach?" Lea asked. "'Cause he's just that bad," Isa replied. Terra glared at Isa and Eraqus said, "I will try to find out why this is happening with our flight. Until then, Terra and Aqua, watch my things. The rest of you stay as close as possible just in case things change."

With Yuffie and Ven…

The two began walking through the airport, trying to find something to eat. When they arrived at the nearest fast food restaurant, Yuffie's face lit up with glee. Ven, however, was horrified. The restaurant they found was the dreaded restaurant called "Cinnabon".

Yuffie rushed in and Ven smelled the sickening sweet smell of giant cinnamon rolls. He sniffed the air and he immediately said, "Ow, I just got a cavity. Dang cinnabons." Luckily for him, he remembered to bring his jar of peanut butter.

"Let's get in line," Yuffie told him and dragged him to the outrageously long line. When they arrived, Ven noticed that everyone wasn't making eye contact. The line of 150 people had the look of shame on their faces. One man, looking around, said, "I'm just here for the napkins! I'm not a pig like you guys."

Ven never found a reason to have a cinnabon, nor has he eaten one. Unlike Ven, Yuffie found reasons and always tried to persuade him to eat at least one. Just as with any other times, she tried to persuade him again. "They're delicious," Yuffie said while they were in line.

"Seriously, the place is run by Satan. Who would wanna eat 5 pounds of cake before getting on a plane?" Ven said. "But that's what makes waiting at the airport worth it. It's dessert-on-the-go," Yuffie said. "But look at everyone! They look humiliated!" Ven said, looking around.

He then spotted a person who looked morbidly obese. The 6'2 person, weighing in at 450 pounds, was standing in front of ten people ahead of them, had the look of shame/glee on his face. He looked around as if looking for a person and looked ahead in guilt. Ven saw this and said, "Seriously, this he knows full well he shouldn't be eating Cinnabons!"

The man heard him and turned around. "He'll probably get a heart attack if he eats it," Ven said to Yuffie, not noticing the man walked to them. "Uh, Ven," Yuffie said, looking at the large man. "He probably needs insulin after eating it! Cinnabons are evil!" Ven said. "Ven…" Yuffie said, pointing at the guy.

Ven saw this and said, "He's standing right behind me, isn't he?" "Uh huh," Yuffie said. Ven turned around and the man said in a raspy voice, "Why are you talking about my size?" "Um, uh, I was just trying to tell my friend why Cinnabons are evil," Ven said in his defense. The two backed out of line and the man walked up to them.

"No one talks about my size and gets away with it!" the man yelled. He then roared, causing for Yuffie and Ven to scream. They began running and much to their horror, the man chased after them. "OMG, we're gonna die 'cause of your big mouth!" Yuffie screamed at Ven. "It's not my fault! The man knows he can't eat Cinnabons!" Ven screamed.

With Squall and Rinoa…

The two began looking around to find a place to eat. That search ended once they found a small bakery that sold small cakes. Rinoa, so hungry that she wanted to eat a whole cake, walked in and Squall thought, 'She got a problem. She's addicted to cake.' He followed her in the store, knowing she was going to come out with a large amount of cakes.

Inside, there were hundreds of small cakes, muffins and other pastries. When Rinoa saw some of the muffins, she said, "Well, I can't have cake. Oh, I'll have a muffin!" Squall looked at her and said, "You wanna know the difference between a cake and a muffin? Nothing. A muffin is a bald cupcake. You know it, Rinoa."

Rinoa scoffed and picked up a bag of mini-muffins. Squall sighed and said, "Rinoa, how much denial are you in?" "Oh, I'm just gonna have one or twelve. They're so small that they don't really count. They're like 'muffin vitamins'. That's why I have them for breakfast," Rinoa replied.

After ten minutes of finding small cakes of chocolate, peanuts (for Ven), vanilla and red velvet, Rinoa and Squall headed outside. Once they were out of the bakery, the two heard screams coming from behind them. The two looked and saw Yuffie and Ven getting chased by….a 450 pound man.

"Aah! Run for it!" Ven screamed, crying. No one had to tell Squall twice as he took off immediately after seeing the fat man running towards them. Rinoa followed and the other two followed her.

As they ran, Yuffie noticed that the man didn't tire. "What is he? A football player? I thought he would be tired by now!" she screamed.

With Lea and Isa…

The two boys headed for the nearest Burger King. When they arrived, the two saw that they had a special on "Bacon Burgers". Isa looked at the sign and said, "'Bacon Burgers'? What the heck is that supposed to be?" "I dunno, but it sounds good," Lea said and headed in line.

In line, the two boys found out what the bacon burger was. It was a beef patty that was wrapped with ten slices of bacon. Since the boys were fanatics of bacon (the most beautiful thing on Earth), the two's stomachs began growling. Once at the cash register, Lea and Isa ordered the bacon burger and paid for it, much to everyone's horror.

After about five minutes, the boys received their burgers. Lea opened his up and was angry. His burger only had two strips of bacon while Isa had twelve. Lea headed back to the register and said, "How come I only got two measly strips of bacon on my burger?" "Oh, sorry, we're out of bacon," the clerk said.

"I want more! More bacon!" Lea yelled. Knowing that Lea will set fire to the airport if he didn't get his bacon (the teen usually pulls out his hidden lighter if angered), Isa immediately dragged the teen out of the restaurant. Once they were outside, Isa offered to give Lea five extra strips of bacon from his burger.

After avoiding that potentially dangerous situation and eating their burgers, Lea and Isa heard screams coming from behind them. Lea's face went pale as he saw a fat man chasing Squall, Rinoa, Ven and Yuffie. "Run!" Ven yelled, screaming and crying. Lea dropped his bag of fries and took off. Isa did the same and they hoped that the fries would stop the man. It didn't.

With Terra, Aqua and Eraqus….

The three heard screams coming from somewhere. They looked around and saw Squall, Rinoa, Yuffie, Ven, Isa and Lea running away from a morbidly obese man. "Holy…" Terra muttered, shocked. "Terra! Stop him!" Ven yelled, tears streaming down his face (as well as snot from his nose).

Instead of Terra, Eraqus stood in the path of the charging man and the others hid behind him. The man surprisingly stopped, but not before leaving marks on the floor from his shoe. Eraqus, looking stern, said, "Why are you chasing my son and his friends?" "'Cause he talked about my weight," the man said, breathless and raspy. "Ven, what exactly did you say to the man?" Eraqus asked.

"I didn't say anything to him. He just overheard my reasons for not having Cinnabons," Ven said. "He said that I shouldn't be eating them, embarrassing me. No one talks about my weight. No one!" the man yelled.

"I shall deal with my son. In the meantime, here," Eraqus said, giving the man 5,000 munny for his cinnabon. Terra and Aqua saw this and their mouths went agape. "Now, just go in peace. I'll deal with my son," Eraqus said.

The man left, leaving a petrified Ven, Yuffie, Squall and Rinoa. The four collapsed and Ven asked, wiping his nose with a tissue, "Am I on punishment?" "No, just…be careful when speaking in public. You may offend someone like you did today," Eraqus told him.

Four hours later (2:00 p.m.)…

The group heard an announcement about their flight. "Flight 403 to Destiny Islands is now arriving. Please ready yourselves accordingly," the announcer said. The group quickly rushed over to the ticket agent line and saw that the line was horrifically long.

As the group headed further down the line and the ticket agent checked their bags and selves one by one, someone who was pumped for vacation told Terra, "Hey man, you're next." Annoyed, Terra said, "Yeah, I know I'm next. Shut the heck up!" He then looked around, looking worried.

When it was his turn, a ticket agent said, "Next." Terra, not knowing where the voice came from, looked around confused. "Sir, your next. Sir, I will take you over here. Sir! Sir!" the person said impatiently.

Terra walked forward and began walking around with his luggage. "Seriously, I don't see you. I don't know where you are," he said. "Go there! She's over there!" the people in line yelled. Terra, going the wrong way, said, "I don't know. Where do I go?"

"On the other side!" the people yelled. "I'm sorry. I didn't know. I don't know where to go!" Terra screamed, panicking. "Sir, I'm looking right at you," the ticket agent yelled.

"Okay! That's not helping me!" Terra screamed with rage, a vein appearing on his face and neck. "Marco!" Terra yelled, hoping to find the lady. "Polo!" the ticket agent yelled. He went in that direction and finally made it to the security line.

There, the agent said, "Sir, do you know what's in your luggage?" Terra (mad that he was late for water skiing on his birthday) sarcastically said to her, "Hmm, no. I tied a sock around my eyes and packed with my feet. I'm thinking…sausages and gunpowder. That's probably it."

Aqua, knowing security would arrest Terra, said to the ticket agent, "He's being sarcastic!" After seeing his luggage carried off to the plane and he was screened for illegal items, Terra joined the rest of the group and they began boarding the plane. Once there, he immediately put on his headphones, sat next to Ven and began listening to his I-Pod. Ven placed a pillow behind his head and took a nap.

Squall sat next to Rinoa and the two fell asleep. Aqua sat next to Isa, who in turn sat next to Lea and Erauqus. Once the whole plane was filled, the pilot ordered for everyone to put on their seat belts. The passengers (including Rinoa and Squall who were awoken by a steward) did and the plane took off.

That night, the plane flew through calm winds and skies. Terra and the others were sound asleep as well as most people on the plane. The pilot and co-pilot were peacefully monitoring the auto-pilot when an alarm began blaring. The pilot saw that they were headed straight for a storm.

He immediately went on the P.A. speakers and said to the passengers, "Uh, we'll be experiencing some turbulence. So, everyone stay in your seats until further notice." That woke up Terra and he immediately became pale (as he hates turbulence when in planes or airships). Eraqus and Aqua woke up after hearing the announcement and glanced over at a terrified Terra.

Much to Terra's dismay, the plane began rocking due to the turbulence of the storm. That woke up the others and everyone began looking around in panic. "Er, everyone, stay in your seats. We're experiencing turbulence," the pilot said. Ven looked outside the window and saw rain and lightning outside.

What made the situation worse was that a bolt of lightning hit the plane, causing it to drop 1,000 feet. That unleashed Terra's anima (his girly side). He grabbed Ven, hugged him and began screaming loudly in the upper decibels. "Aah! Aah! Ah-ha-ha! Aah! Aah," he screamed in the soprano range, nearly making everyone around him deaf and causing for the steward to question his…sanity.

He kept screaming like that until the stewards told him, "Sir. It's okay. The turbulence is over. We're out of the storm."

Terra didn't hear them and kept screaming. "Aah! Aah! Aah!" he screamed.

His hug tightened around Ven, causing for the poor boy's face to turn blue. "Terra…can't…breathe," he said, gasping for air. "Aah! Aah! Ah-ha-ha!" Terra kept screaming.

"Terra, get a hold of yourself man!" Lea yelled, getting out of his seat. "Seriously, Terra, we're okay. We're not dead," Aqua said, getting out of her seat. "Aah!" Terra screamed.

Noticing poor Ven was suffocating, Aqua pried the boy out of Terra's arms (with great difficulty). After a few moments of prying the poor boy out, Aqua was immediately grabbed by Terra and was locked in a choke hold. "Aah! Aah! I'm gonna die!" Terra screamed.

"Terra! Terra! Let me go!" Aqua yelled, punching him in the stomach to no avail. The stewards gathered around and began prying Aqua out of Terra's chokehold.

After about ten minutes, the stewards managed to subdue Terra by using a tranquilizer. "Aah…oh," he said and fell asleep. "Oh thank God!" one of the other passengers yelled. "He finally shut up!" another said. "Well, at least this'll last us until we arrive on the islands," a steward said.

The next day, the plane landed at Destiny Islands. At the airport, a groggy Terra looked around for his luggage. After getting his luggage, he slowly walked over to the exit where his family and friends were. When he arrived, he saw a black haired girl, a spiky brown haired boy and a silver haired teen. Knowing who they are, Terra sleepily said, "Hey, Xion, Sora and Riku."

Sora looked at him and asked Ven, "What happened to him?" "Oh, he got traquilized by the stewards 'cause he kept screaming on the plane," Ven replied. "Why?" Sora asked. "'Cause he's afraid of turbulence, got it memorized?" Lea said. After everyone was ready, the group was led by Sora, Riku and Xion to their hotel. Eraqus then hoped that the vacation would go much more smoothly.

Well, at least they made it to Destiny Islands (despite all the drama and craziness). Okay, I probably gonna load up two more chapters for this and end this story and start a new one. 'Til then, I have other stories I would like people to read and review.