Well, I decided to be nice, I haven't updated because I was not getting any reviews. But anyway, I'm celebrating Spring Break and I got to sleep in today! Yay me! :clap Londan style: so here's the chapter! I hope you enjoy it!
Enjoy!
Riku and Mai
Fifty four
Mai sighed again they were still at it.
"Porcupine."
"Rich kid."
"Firecracker," Riku muttered.
"Prince Baka," Axel threw back. (A/N: for those of you who don't know Baka is the Japanese word for idiot.)
Mai shook her head and started to walk to the house.
"If we can't decide let Mai decide."
"Fine," they walked over to her before she could get to the steps. "Captain obvious." Axel said.
"You should have thought of it first then," Riku said. He looked at Mai. "Mai who do you want to teach you?" Riku asked. He waited and he didn't make any gestures to her for her to pick him. He stood there emotionless waiting for her to answer. Axel did the same but his cockiness didn't hide the smirk he wanted on his face.
"I don't care who teaches me so long as I learn something," Mai shrugged.
"No, we need a choice," Axel said.
"I told you, I don't care who, if you guys would just work together we can get through this day."
"Okay fine," Riku said.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Baka?"
"Yeah, Firecracker, arm wrestle," Riku answered.
Mai rolled her eyes, 'Of course they'd decide by using muscle, knuckle heads,' Mai shook her head, 'My knuckle head better win.'
"Best score out of three?"
"Sure."
They all walked inside where the dining room table was their arena. They sat and glared at each other for a moment. Threw their elbows on the table and their hands gripped each others. And the match began. Mai folded her arms and sat watching. She didn't understand what was going on, she never seen this… game before.
Riku and Axel's hands while locked together struggled for the win. Riku kept his arm firmly on the table as did Axel but their struggle was clear as their hands shook against the opposite pressure and force. Riku's arm was shaking just a little more than Axel's. But Axel seemed to look more worried. Then Riku grinned and slammed Axel's hand down.
This happened three more times…
Mai guessed that Riku won, Riku gave Axel a victorious grin. Mai just tilted her head and studied them. Riku won. Mai was sure.
"C'mon Mai, let's finish what we started."
"Okay," Mai shrugged.
She stood and followed Riku, Axel followed Mai. They were outside again.
Silently this time, Axel watched. Mai tilted her head and watched Riku, he was thinking eyes closed. Mai straightened her head and blinked. She turned to Axel and asked him what Riku was doing. Axel chuckled, 'You'll see,' he answered.
Riku, eyes still closed, walked over to the palm tree in the back yard and jumped up with his amazing ability to jump high, and grabbed a leaf. He walked back in front of Mai and opened his eyes.
"With your Chakra you can do cut through just about anything."
"I can?"
"Watch," Riku grinned; he closed his eyes and threw the leaf in the air. As the long, green, leaf drifted to the ground Riku kept his eyes closed and then straightened his figures and karate chopped the leaf in half with no problem.
Mai blinked in amazement. When the leaf to the ground Riku opened his eyes.
"How… how did you do that? You didn't even touch it."
"Chakra is like the heat that rises from our body. The heat goes beyond our bodies, it doesn't end at the skin, and the Chakra goes further and is ten times stronger than any adrenaline that we can bump."
Mai picked up the leaf and examined it. "Okay… let me see," Mai went to the palm tree and jumped up to the lowest leaf, she couldn't reach one. So she turned to Riku sheepishly and waited. Riku did a half chuckle and got a leaf down for her.
Mai watched as Riku landed on the ground and handed her the leaf. She swallowed, now she was nervous. Mai closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. She threw the leaf up and summoned as much Chakra as she could. She swallowed again, she was sure she could feeling rising through her fingers. Then she slashed at the leaf. She hit it, but it wasn't even slightly cut.
Mai exhaled in disappointment.
"You must take time to summon it first… wait… Mickey said you could control your powers better with your Keyblade, summon one," Riku's ice blue eyes blinked after remembering something in the back of his mind. Mai summoned her blade and waited. Riku took the same leaf and took a few steps back. "Try again."
Mai sighed and focused her powers into her Keyblade. After a second or two she nodded and swung her Keyblade at the leaf that was two yards away. The leaf fell to the ground in two pieces.
"You did it," Riku grinned.
Mai smiled in victory. She threw her arms in the air as she smiled and danced. One step down many more to go! She was going to learn everything she could to defeat Doki's little organization. And if Doki was alive she was going to get him too. Mai turned her back to the house. She threw her hands up in victory again. She was going to win this thing.
But what was that? She felt a cold shoulder, a cold vibe in the air. She turned to Riku and saw that he was staring at her. Mai grinned and ran into his arms, oddly they weren't open. Riku was staring into the sky, not at her. Mai looked where his eyes gazed. He was grinning now; he wrapped his arm around Mai and rested his head on her head.
'Am I still that short?' she asked jokingly to herself. 'It's okay, I don't want to be taller than him,' she grinned.
"Mai, you love me right?"
"Yes," she answered.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm very sure."
"Okay, that's a good thing, a very good thing."
"Why?"
"Because, it just is," he answered.
