Author's Ranting: Ok how long was it? I haven't updated for soo long! Man...sorry, everyone! I don't even have a real excuse...just that... RealLife kinda took over O.O OMG there's a world outside my room?! yeaaahh there is and it kept me from writing...grr...BAAAD WORLD! BAAAD!
Ya anyway, I got the next chapter here! Aren't you proud of me? AREN'T YOU? *glares* Good.
Have fun! *smiles sweetly*
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"Hiya boys! Let's get the party started!"
Tidus and Wakka stared in horror at the girl with the dynamite in her hand.
"Se-se-se-se-Selphie! Where the hell did you get this stuff?!" Tidus yelled, taking her by the shoulders. The girl blinked and cocked her head.
"From my room, where else?" She wriggled out of his grip and started bouncing towards Kairi's house. The two boys frowned and ran after her, trying to hold her back.
"Selphie! Get a grip! You can't just blow up the house! It's Kairi's home, and now that she's back..."
Selphie spun around. "Kairi's back?! Already?? How??" She dropped the explosives and looked at Tidus. "How?" she repeated.
The two boys exchanged a look and Tidus sighed. "Well...Wakka and I...we got her back while you were busy finding a spell."
Selphie opened her mouth to say something but shut it shortly after and frowned. She looked at the ground, wrinkles forming on her forehead. Then she looked back at Tidus and Wakka, crossing her arms. Her lips formed a pout and she stomped her foot.
"You went without me?! I wanted to be with you when you got her back.." she paused, putting a hand to her chin.
"Ah never mind that now! I have work to do!" She quickly bent over to pick up the dynamite and placed it before Kairi's house. Tidus and Wakka followed her. The redhead motioned Tidus to distract Selphie so he could catch her. Then they would talk some sense into her, or at least take away the dynamite. The blonde nodded and the boy started the action.
"Hey Selphie, I got a huge bowl of ice-cream there. Wanna have it?" Tidus called out to Selphie, immediately earning the girl's attention.
"Ice-cream!" she squealed, jumping towards him. "Where where where where where where?" she raved, bouncing on her feet as though she was already high on sugar. "Wheeere?"
Tidus smiled and jerked his thumb behind him. Selphie peered wide eyed behind her boyfriend, drool already running down from the corners of her mouth. Tidus stepped aside to clear the view, and as Selphie leaned forward to see the ice-cream, Wakka appeared out of nowhere, and captured her, holding her with all his strength. The girl yelped and then screamed, trying to kick Wakka but Tidus placed a hand on her head to stop her.
"Selphie. Hello, Selphie," he called, waving a hand before her eyes. She looked up and glared at him.
"What's wrong with you? I have a job to do here!" She kicked some more and then bit into Wakka's arm, causing him to yell in pain. He didn't loosen his grip, though.
Tidus tried to calm her by cupping her face.
"Selphie, it's okay, you don't have to blow up this house, all right? Put away the dynamite and calm down. No blowing up today. Just, breathe, breathe Selphie."
The brunette pouted and intentionally held her breath. Tidus sighed and patted her head and she stopped struggling, glaring at nothing in particular.
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"Are you planning to watch me all day or what?" A voice echoed from the Paopu Island and shook Sora out of his thoughts.
"Huh?" He blinked and narrowed his eyes, seeing that Riku hadn't moved. But he was sure that Riku had just spoken. Sora kicked the sand beneath his feet and scowled, wondering what he should do. Of course he came here to talk to Riku, but he just realized that he didn't even know what to say.
Riku remained motionless, just as though he was a statue. It frustrated Sora that he didn't know what the other was thinking.
"I'm coming to you," he murmured, more to himself than to Riku and ran towards the water to climb up the ladder instead of taking the bridge. As he made his way upwards, he heard Riku move away from the tree and as he was finally on the island, he saw Riku jumping into the water.
Sora blinked and stared at Riku's swimming form.
"Hey!" he called, frowning in confusion. Riku turned around to swim on his back and Sora could have sworn that there was a challenging smirk on his lips. The brunet narrowed his eyes and then smirked back, accepting the challenge. With one swift movement he dove into the water, swimming after Riku to catch up with him. Unfortunately the older boy was faster and it seemed that he was leading him somewhere.
Sora followed his friend and they eventually reached a place he held dearly in his memories. The little cave near the pier. The brunet smiled as he watched Riku a little further away, already crawling out of the water. Sora quickly swam over and followed suit, shaking his head to dry his hair.
Meanwhile Riku started to take off his clothes, throwing the wet garments to the floor.
"Damn. How could I be so stupid. I should take them off *before* I jump into the water...." Riku mumbled, fighting to get his pants off. They were soaked and clung to him.
Sora started to grin as he watched Riku mumbling and cursing, trying to undress. No matter how *difficult* Riku was, his sexiness and cuteness would always make up for it. Eventually, Riku finished and only wore his boxer shorts, which were of course wet, too, but he didn't feel like running around naked right now, although Sora would have liked it for sure. The younger boy almost groaned in disappointment when he saw that Riku sat down in his underpants.
Silence overcame them and Riku just sat there, letting the heat dry his skin. Sora was still in his wet clothes, looking as though he was deep in thought.
After a while, Sora sighed and crawled over to Riku, leaning his head on his boyfriend's shoulder. No words were exchanged but it felt like they were having a clearing conversation. Riku put his arm around Sora's waist, pulling him closer so that Sora leaned against his neck, nuzzling it lightly.
For some time, they just sat like that, waiting for their clothes to dry. Sora felt them cling to him, making him feel a little uncomfortable. But Riku's embrace was too comfortable to move...his clothes could wait.
Riku let his fingers play over Sora's waist as his hand rested there and tugged Sora's head under his chin, feeling Sora snuggle up to him with a content sigh. The waves of the ocean and the boys' breathing were the only sounds as the two lovers sat in silence. They closed their eyes and simply relaxed by holding each other, feeling their body heat warm each other.
But after some time, Sora pulled away. He looked serious and let his hands rest in his lap. He had a frown on his face which made Riku worry a little. The moment had been so peaceful. He was almost afraid that Sora would ruin it with words. He didn't want to hear them now. He didn't want to know about his naive conceptions.
"I wish you could just read my mind," Sora suddenly said, turning to look into Riku's eyes. The silver haired boy blinked in surprise and then raised an eyebrow in question.
Sora sighed and nodded. "I don't know how to put in words what I want to tell you. I really don't know. Because I think whenever I say something it gets out the wrong way and then everything is ruined."
The younger boy hugged himself and looked down at the ground with a frown.
Riku rubbed his temples and looked away, thinking. What should he respond now? He wished *Sora* could read his mind, so he would know that Riku had absolutely no idea what to say.
"I have no idea what to say," he suddenly blurted out, surprising both Sora and himself.
The brunet's head snapped up to him and stared at him in wonder. His eyes were fixed on Riku and something in them changed. They almost looked as though they were laughing. And then Sora smiled.
"For once, the great Riku does not know a witty response, huh?" he murmured, smiling a little sadly.
Riku looked down but then turned back to face Sora and he nodded, smiling, too.
"I'm...sorry. I wish *you* could read my thoughts. Because maybe then you could understand them and tell me what the hell I'm thinking. It's like, I don't understand myself anymore."
Sora nodded eagerly. "That's exactly what I feel! I...there are so many things I want to say but I don't know how. It seems like my thoughts can't be told in words..." he trailed off, moving a little closer to Riku.
The silver haired boy sighed and also moved closer to Sora. He heaved a long sigh and tilted his head up to look at the ceiling of the cave.
"This cave is our secret place. No one is allowed to ever come here. When...when we feel strange or sad, we come here. When we don't know what to say, we just come here and sit together. And should we happen to be somehow apart from each other, I'll be here so you can find me."
He tilted his head back as he supported himself on his hands.
Sora was silent and just watched Riku, realizing how young the silver haired boy looked like this. He was sitting like a little boy, legs stretched out, supporting himself on his hands as he leaned his head back. And what he said...
"It's a promise."
Riku turned back to look at Sora and sat up properly. He held out his hand, towards Sora, and nodded at him.
The brunet hesitated, but only for a split of a second, and then reached out to take his hand, nodding with a smile.
"A promise."
They sat in silence again, gazing into each others eyes. But although they were smiling, they still felt like they hadn't solved their problems. Something was simply wrong in their relationship, and that must be solved.
Riku's thumb began to caress the back of Sora's hand as they continued to look at each other. One moment's bliss was all they had. This blissful peacefulness. For one moment, they were simply together, without the worries about others, without thinking about anyone. In this moment, they were simply Sora and Riku, simply in love.
Riku suddenly frowned. "Do you...still love me?" he then asked, quietly, almost shakily.
Sora's hand reeled back as if burned and he stared at Riku with a strange expression. His mouth was open, but there was no sound coming out. Riku frowned even more and looked down to the ground again, feeling strange. It felt like their relationship had changed over time. It felt like something was missing. Or maybe there was something surplus.
And then, Sora got up, rubbing his arms as though he was cold, before he turned around and ran towards the edge to jump into the water without even looking back. Riku closed his eyes, he didn't want to see how Sora left him. The splash of water was audible and Riku bit his lip so hard that it drew blood. Had he scared Sora away with this question? Did this mean that Sora didn't love him anymore?
Riku swallowed his tears and began to put on his clothes.
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Meanwhile at Kairi's house.
"Okay, I promise I won't blow up anything. Just let me go now!" Selphie demanded, struggling again. Wakka frowned at Tidus and the blonde narrowed his eyes. Selphie was unpredictable.
"All right. First, I'll get rid of the explosives. Then Wakka will let you go."
Tidus carefully picked all the dynamite up and ran away to hide it somewhere. Selphie would find them anyway. They just had to convince her that she shouldn't.
When he came back he nodded at Wakka and the redhead let go. Selphie squealed and immediately bounced up and down with inhuman speed. After she was done she blew out her breath and stretched.
"All right. No blowing up. I'm busy with Sora and Riku, anyway! I have to feed them!"
Tidus and Wakka exchanged a look as Selphie began running off.
"Sora and Riku?"
"Feed them?"
The boys shrugged and sighed, plopping down on the ground. At least Selphie hadn't blown up the house. But there had to be something to undo the curse.
"Come on, let's go play Blitzball, ya?" Wakka suggested. He put an arm around Tidus and pulled him up.
"Just leave it for now. Maybe Kairi won't even notice," he said, walking away from the house. Tidus sighed and hung his head.
"If things were just so easy..." he murmured, letting Wakka pull him along.
When the two boys were gone, Selphie peeked from behind a palm.
"Yeah! They're gone!" She patted the two turtles in her arms and grinned before she put them down on the sand. "Ooo~kay! Come on, Sora, Riku, here we go again! Let's get the party started - Take 2!" she giggled insanely and started to spread petrol all over the house, leaving a trail to a nearby palm where her turtles were sitting.
"Good. And now...." She took a deep breath and took out a lighter. She had a total serious expression and nodded at her turtles, then lit the trail of benzine with the fire. In no time the trail was burning and Selphie picked up her pets, running away as fast as she could.
"They didn't say I couldn't burn it down. It was just 'don't blow it up!'" she proudly declared while she ran. Today's mission....accomplished! The cursed house was no more!
~~~
And somewhere in Sora's house, Kairi was oblivious to all that was happening, happily looking at her reflection in the mirror. The new style fit her, she thought. Of course, her hair couldn't look exactly like Sora's, but it was close enough. Everything seemed to be perfect...and the real fun would start as soon as she got back into her house.
Unfortunately, she didn't know that her house was currently a mass of flames.
~Tbc~
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Ending notes: I'm not too cruel to Sora and Riku am I? No I'm not. It won't get too angsty, don't worry. I could never endure such a thing... I just can't let my sweet bishounen suffer so much. A few hurt feelings OK but nothing too depressing, don't worry. And Kairi's going to be reaaally insane...I guess.
And Selphie? Well, I think she's already insane enough. The problem is, I can just picture her doing all that stuff... I don't know why but I think it really fits her. And since she hasn't much of a personality in Kingdom Hearts anyway I'd say she isn't too OOC, what do you think? You can never tell by the little bit we know about her in KH.
And there's something else. I think writing OOC is not even a bad thing... if you want them totally in character, just play the game! But if you wanna make them do something you would like to see, they just *have* to be a little OOC. I think.
But that's only my humble opinion. Kay. That's it. Sorry to bother you with such boring and long ending notes (which you probably didn't read anyway)
See ya and pleaaaase stay tuned for the next chapter! And don't forget to review *sees the number of reviews* HOLY SPOON! so many already? WOW! phew...wow... wow.... *is speechless for the rest of the day*
Ya anyway, I got the next chapter here! Aren't you proud of me? AREN'T YOU? *glares* Good.
Have fun! *smiles sweetly*
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"Hiya boys! Let's get the party started!"
Tidus and Wakka stared in horror at the girl with the dynamite in her hand.
"Se-se-se-se-Selphie! Where the hell did you get this stuff?!" Tidus yelled, taking her by the shoulders. The girl blinked and cocked her head.
"From my room, where else?" She wriggled out of his grip and started bouncing towards Kairi's house. The two boys frowned and ran after her, trying to hold her back.
"Selphie! Get a grip! You can't just blow up the house! It's Kairi's home, and now that she's back..."
Selphie spun around. "Kairi's back?! Already?? How??" She dropped the explosives and looked at Tidus. "How?" she repeated.
The two boys exchanged a look and Tidus sighed. "Well...Wakka and I...we got her back while you were busy finding a spell."
Selphie opened her mouth to say something but shut it shortly after and frowned. She looked at the ground, wrinkles forming on her forehead. Then she looked back at Tidus and Wakka, crossing her arms. Her lips formed a pout and she stomped her foot.
"You went without me?! I wanted to be with you when you got her back.." she paused, putting a hand to her chin.
"Ah never mind that now! I have work to do!" She quickly bent over to pick up the dynamite and placed it before Kairi's house. Tidus and Wakka followed her. The redhead motioned Tidus to distract Selphie so he could catch her. Then they would talk some sense into her, or at least take away the dynamite. The blonde nodded and the boy started the action.
"Hey Selphie, I got a huge bowl of ice-cream there. Wanna have it?" Tidus called out to Selphie, immediately earning the girl's attention.
"Ice-cream!" she squealed, jumping towards him. "Where where where where where where?" she raved, bouncing on her feet as though she was already high on sugar. "Wheeere?"
Tidus smiled and jerked his thumb behind him. Selphie peered wide eyed behind her boyfriend, drool already running down from the corners of her mouth. Tidus stepped aside to clear the view, and as Selphie leaned forward to see the ice-cream, Wakka appeared out of nowhere, and captured her, holding her with all his strength. The girl yelped and then screamed, trying to kick Wakka but Tidus placed a hand on her head to stop her.
"Selphie. Hello, Selphie," he called, waving a hand before her eyes. She looked up and glared at him.
"What's wrong with you? I have a job to do here!" She kicked some more and then bit into Wakka's arm, causing him to yell in pain. He didn't loosen his grip, though.
Tidus tried to calm her by cupping her face.
"Selphie, it's okay, you don't have to blow up this house, all right? Put away the dynamite and calm down. No blowing up today. Just, breathe, breathe Selphie."
The brunette pouted and intentionally held her breath. Tidus sighed and patted her head and she stopped struggling, glaring at nothing in particular.
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"Are you planning to watch me all day or what?" A voice echoed from the Paopu Island and shook Sora out of his thoughts.
"Huh?" He blinked and narrowed his eyes, seeing that Riku hadn't moved. But he was sure that Riku had just spoken. Sora kicked the sand beneath his feet and scowled, wondering what he should do. Of course he came here to talk to Riku, but he just realized that he didn't even know what to say.
Riku remained motionless, just as though he was a statue. It frustrated Sora that he didn't know what the other was thinking.
"I'm coming to you," he murmured, more to himself than to Riku and ran towards the water to climb up the ladder instead of taking the bridge. As he made his way upwards, he heard Riku move away from the tree and as he was finally on the island, he saw Riku jumping into the water.
Sora blinked and stared at Riku's swimming form.
"Hey!" he called, frowning in confusion. Riku turned around to swim on his back and Sora could have sworn that there was a challenging smirk on his lips. The brunet narrowed his eyes and then smirked back, accepting the challenge. With one swift movement he dove into the water, swimming after Riku to catch up with him. Unfortunately the older boy was faster and it seemed that he was leading him somewhere.
Sora followed his friend and they eventually reached a place he held dearly in his memories. The little cave near the pier. The brunet smiled as he watched Riku a little further away, already crawling out of the water. Sora quickly swam over and followed suit, shaking his head to dry his hair.
Meanwhile Riku started to take off his clothes, throwing the wet garments to the floor.
"Damn. How could I be so stupid. I should take them off *before* I jump into the water...." Riku mumbled, fighting to get his pants off. They were soaked and clung to him.
Sora started to grin as he watched Riku mumbling and cursing, trying to undress. No matter how *difficult* Riku was, his sexiness and cuteness would always make up for it. Eventually, Riku finished and only wore his boxer shorts, which were of course wet, too, but he didn't feel like running around naked right now, although Sora would have liked it for sure. The younger boy almost groaned in disappointment when he saw that Riku sat down in his underpants.
Silence overcame them and Riku just sat there, letting the heat dry his skin. Sora was still in his wet clothes, looking as though he was deep in thought.
After a while, Sora sighed and crawled over to Riku, leaning his head on his boyfriend's shoulder. No words were exchanged but it felt like they were having a clearing conversation. Riku put his arm around Sora's waist, pulling him closer so that Sora leaned against his neck, nuzzling it lightly.
For some time, they just sat like that, waiting for their clothes to dry. Sora felt them cling to him, making him feel a little uncomfortable. But Riku's embrace was too comfortable to move...his clothes could wait.
Riku let his fingers play over Sora's waist as his hand rested there and tugged Sora's head under his chin, feeling Sora snuggle up to him with a content sigh. The waves of the ocean and the boys' breathing were the only sounds as the two lovers sat in silence. They closed their eyes and simply relaxed by holding each other, feeling their body heat warm each other.
But after some time, Sora pulled away. He looked serious and let his hands rest in his lap. He had a frown on his face which made Riku worry a little. The moment had been so peaceful. He was almost afraid that Sora would ruin it with words. He didn't want to hear them now. He didn't want to know about his naive conceptions.
"I wish you could just read my mind," Sora suddenly said, turning to look into Riku's eyes. The silver haired boy blinked in surprise and then raised an eyebrow in question.
Sora sighed and nodded. "I don't know how to put in words what I want to tell you. I really don't know. Because I think whenever I say something it gets out the wrong way and then everything is ruined."
The younger boy hugged himself and looked down at the ground with a frown.
Riku rubbed his temples and looked away, thinking. What should he respond now? He wished *Sora* could read his mind, so he would know that Riku had absolutely no idea what to say.
"I have no idea what to say," he suddenly blurted out, surprising both Sora and himself.
The brunet's head snapped up to him and stared at him in wonder. His eyes were fixed on Riku and something in them changed. They almost looked as though they were laughing. And then Sora smiled.
"For once, the great Riku does not know a witty response, huh?" he murmured, smiling a little sadly.
Riku looked down but then turned back to face Sora and he nodded, smiling, too.
"I'm...sorry. I wish *you* could read my thoughts. Because maybe then you could understand them and tell me what the hell I'm thinking. It's like, I don't understand myself anymore."
Sora nodded eagerly. "That's exactly what I feel! I...there are so many things I want to say but I don't know how. It seems like my thoughts can't be told in words..." he trailed off, moving a little closer to Riku.
The silver haired boy sighed and also moved closer to Sora. He heaved a long sigh and tilted his head up to look at the ceiling of the cave.
"This cave is our secret place. No one is allowed to ever come here. When...when we feel strange or sad, we come here. When we don't know what to say, we just come here and sit together. And should we happen to be somehow apart from each other, I'll be here so you can find me."
He tilted his head back as he supported himself on his hands.
Sora was silent and just watched Riku, realizing how young the silver haired boy looked like this. He was sitting like a little boy, legs stretched out, supporting himself on his hands as he leaned his head back. And what he said...
"It's a promise."
Riku turned back to look at Sora and sat up properly. He held out his hand, towards Sora, and nodded at him.
The brunet hesitated, but only for a split of a second, and then reached out to take his hand, nodding with a smile.
"A promise."
They sat in silence again, gazing into each others eyes. But although they were smiling, they still felt like they hadn't solved their problems. Something was simply wrong in their relationship, and that must be solved.
Riku's thumb began to caress the back of Sora's hand as they continued to look at each other. One moment's bliss was all they had. This blissful peacefulness. For one moment, they were simply together, without the worries about others, without thinking about anyone. In this moment, they were simply Sora and Riku, simply in love.
Riku suddenly frowned. "Do you...still love me?" he then asked, quietly, almost shakily.
Sora's hand reeled back as if burned and he stared at Riku with a strange expression. His mouth was open, but there was no sound coming out. Riku frowned even more and looked down to the ground again, feeling strange. It felt like their relationship had changed over time. It felt like something was missing. Or maybe there was something surplus.
And then, Sora got up, rubbing his arms as though he was cold, before he turned around and ran towards the edge to jump into the water without even looking back. Riku closed his eyes, he didn't want to see how Sora left him. The splash of water was audible and Riku bit his lip so hard that it drew blood. Had he scared Sora away with this question? Did this mean that Sora didn't love him anymore?
Riku swallowed his tears and began to put on his clothes.
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Meanwhile at Kairi's house.
"Okay, I promise I won't blow up anything. Just let me go now!" Selphie demanded, struggling again. Wakka frowned at Tidus and the blonde narrowed his eyes. Selphie was unpredictable.
"All right. First, I'll get rid of the explosives. Then Wakka will let you go."
Tidus carefully picked all the dynamite up and ran away to hide it somewhere. Selphie would find them anyway. They just had to convince her that she shouldn't.
When he came back he nodded at Wakka and the redhead let go. Selphie squealed and immediately bounced up and down with inhuman speed. After she was done she blew out her breath and stretched.
"All right. No blowing up. I'm busy with Sora and Riku, anyway! I have to feed them!"
Tidus and Wakka exchanged a look as Selphie began running off.
"Sora and Riku?"
"Feed them?"
The boys shrugged and sighed, plopping down on the ground. At least Selphie hadn't blown up the house. But there had to be something to undo the curse.
"Come on, let's go play Blitzball, ya?" Wakka suggested. He put an arm around Tidus and pulled him up.
"Just leave it for now. Maybe Kairi won't even notice," he said, walking away from the house. Tidus sighed and hung his head.
"If things were just so easy..." he murmured, letting Wakka pull him along.
When the two boys were gone, Selphie peeked from behind a palm.
"Yeah! They're gone!" She patted the two turtles in her arms and grinned before she put them down on the sand. "Ooo~kay! Come on, Sora, Riku, here we go again! Let's get the party started - Take 2!" she giggled insanely and started to spread petrol all over the house, leaving a trail to a nearby palm where her turtles were sitting.
"Good. And now...." She took a deep breath and took out a lighter. She had a total serious expression and nodded at her turtles, then lit the trail of benzine with the fire. In no time the trail was burning and Selphie picked up her pets, running away as fast as she could.
"They didn't say I couldn't burn it down. It was just 'don't blow it up!'" she proudly declared while she ran. Today's mission....accomplished! The cursed house was no more!
~~~
And somewhere in Sora's house, Kairi was oblivious to all that was happening, happily looking at her reflection in the mirror. The new style fit her, she thought. Of course, her hair couldn't look exactly like Sora's, but it was close enough. Everything seemed to be perfect...and the real fun would start as soon as she got back into her house.
Unfortunately, she didn't know that her house was currently a mass of flames.
~Tbc~
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Ending notes: I'm not too cruel to Sora and Riku am I? No I'm not. It won't get too angsty, don't worry. I could never endure such a thing... I just can't let my sweet bishounen suffer so much. A few hurt feelings OK but nothing too depressing, don't worry. And Kairi's going to be reaaally insane...I guess.
And Selphie? Well, I think she's already insane enough. The problem is, I can just picture her doing all that stuff... I don't know why but I think it really fits her. And since she hasn't much of a personality in Kingdom Hearts anyway I'd say she isn't too OOC, what do you think? You can never tell by the little bit we know about her in KH.
And there's something else. I think writing OOC is not even a bad thing... if you want them totally in character, just play the game! But if you wanna make them do something you would like to see, they just *have* to be a little OOC. I think.
But that's only my humble opinion. Kay. That's it. Sorry to bother you with such boring and long ending notes (which you probably didn't read anyway)
See ya and pleaaaase stay tuned for the next chapter! And don't forget to review *sees the number of reviews* HOLY SPOON! so many already? WOW! phew...wow... wow.... *is speechless for the rest of the day*
