Okay, before I do anything else, I would just like to say::::
DOES THAT EVEN SOUND LIKE ME?! That review WAS my mother. She INSISTED she write a review because
I told her about those reviews you left me and she was kinda pissed that you had the audacity to write crap like that.
So sorry, but she can be quite ornery sometimes ^__^;;; And as for my grammar, spelling, ETC. I HAVE to use the enter
key frequently because /notepad/ doesn't stop and move your writing down a line. Oh, no, you could just keep typing and
it wouldn't automaticly scroll down. Also, I think up things for my stories very quickly and sometimes my hands can't type as fast
my brain can think (If that doesn't sound to weird) Now, we all know that /notepad/ doesn't have spell check and
grammar check. And trust me, boy, you have your share of spelling mistakes. And I HAVE read the dictionary.
The ENTIRE dictionary for a class assignment. And I got 1,000 points of extra credit! So, just STOP and jump
down off that high horse cuz the poor dear is tired.

Sorry this chapter took so long to write! I've got the stomach flu or something. I'm spewing alot (ugh).
Besides that, I hope you really like this chapter. Read on, peoples!
(P.S. *makes a face at ayodbotla* You just need to get laid, honey. you're too uptight!)

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Chapter 5:
Dark malice and shadows

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Asuka woke up and this time, it was early morning.
she stood up and like she always did, folded the blankets and put them in the corner.
She walked out of the room and down the stairs. Heading out the door and into the early morning twilight.

She spread her arms and stretched, then rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
With a yawn, she proceeded to the waterfall and up the ladder, along the walkway.
She came to the platform where Tidus always plays and climbed up tower.
She reached the top and sat down, waiting for the sunrise.
The sky turned sherbert orange and pink, then the sun broke the horizon.
She smiled. Asuka liked the sunrise alot better than the sunset.
That meant, there was whole new day ahead and you could do anything!
a sunset only meant your time for that day was over.

Asuka stayed on the tower till the sun was high above the horizon and she climbed down.
"Oh, hey Asuka. Whats up?" A breathless Tidus asked her.
"Nothing. How are you, little man?"
"Oh, good."
She smiled and waved bye, then proceeded along the walkway.
She came to the ladder and jumped down, feeling too lazy to climb.

"Hey, Kairi!" Asuka called. Her friend was on the beach looking for shells.
"Look at the shells I found, Asuka" She held out her hands and there was every shell imaginable.
Lady slippers, clam shells, and tiny cat claws.
Then Sora was running along the shore towards the girls."Look at this one I found!" He held up a giant shell that was
pink and cream colored."Ooh, that one's pretty" Kairi said."Hey, what kind of shell is this one?" Riku asked as he
walked up from another part of the shore.He was holding a flat black shell that glittered purple in the sun.

"Hmm. I don't know" Kairi said after taking a good look at it.
"Who cares. It's a cool" Sora said.

"I'm hungry" Kairi began "Let's go into town and get something to eat.
"Yeah, lets go to the candy store" Sora jumped up and down like a giddy little school girl (^__^;;)
"Calm down!" Riku warned, laughing hardily. With Kairi in front, the gang walked through their neighborhood,
and finally into the bustling town. Islanders were everywhere, carry things, buying things, haggling. It was somewhat funny
to watch. Kairi turned down a street and kept walking. They turned left and stopped. "Here it is" She smiled.
Yes, and there was the candy store in all it's glory. All the candy you could ever want, right there in that little store
'The Destiny Island candy CO'.

Asuka's eyes widened and she cried with joy (Well, not really,,but you get the idea).
"I have just died and gone to heaven" She informed her friends. "Come on, Asuka," Kairi warned jokingly
" Or we're gonna leave you out here!" "Oh, wait, no! wait for me!" She axclaimed and ran in after them. But unbeknownst
to the very preoccupied teens, someone was watching "Heh heh heh..." The shadow chuckled "Humans are such fools.
Don't they even know what they're doing?" The shadow dissapated.

Meanwhile, Asuka was in heaven. Grabbing all kinds of candy you could imagine. She threw them all in a little bag and tied it.
"Jeez, did you get enough candy, Asuka?" Sora asked jokingly "Oh, no! I can never have enough!" She answered but she really
wasn't joking (Sora: ^__^;;). They quickly paid the the cashier and walked back through the town, Asuka munching happily
on some swedish fish. "You know, I think swedish are my favorite candy" She somehow managed to say with a mouth full
of candy. "Are you sure?" Riku asked "Yes! Absolutley posotively! Oh, no wait. I really like jawbreakers, too...and Jelly beans..
ah, crap! now I'm torn between all of them" Asuka rambled on.

They soon reached their neighborhood and walked up to the paopu tree. Asuka took her usual seat at the base of the tree.
"So *MUNCH MUNCH* What's up with those weird fruits?" Asuka threw into the air to break the silence."These fruits?"
Kairi asked, obviously wanting very much to explain their meaning "These little star-shaped wonders are called Paopu fruits.
It's said that if you share one with someone you really care about you'll stay apart of each other's lives...forever"Asuka's eyes
widened "Oh, that sounds so cool" She popped another swedish fish in her mouth. Kairi reached into her bag and got out
a little sweet tart. "Mmm! Blue's my favorite" She threw it up in the air and caught it in her mouth. "Cool!" Asuka reached into
her bag and grabbed a yellow jellybean. She threw it up in the air and attempted to catch it in her mouth. It hit her nose.
They all busted out laughing. "You have to," More laughing " Open your mouth more!" Riku managed to squeeze out.
"Yeah, and don't throw it up too high" Sora added, also laughing his very butt off. She attempted it again, but failed because she
was laughing so much.

Kairi was munching away on her sweet tart when it dissolved. Her eyes cracked wide open. She grabbed her throat and
began gagging. "Kairi's choking" Asuka exclaimed, her voice cracking a little bit. She jumped up and tried to grab her but
she fell back off the tree. Kairi plopped down in the sand, making it shift under her. Riku and Sora jumped off the tree
and ran to their friend. Asuka was already leaning over her, her ear to her friend's mouth. "She's breathing, but it's light. Like
when you're asleep." She informed then. "Let's get her to her bed." Sora and Riku were kind of confused. Was this very serious
very calm-in-the-face-of-danger the same Asuka who was just munching away on candy like a little kid? "Hey!" She
interrupted their houghts "I can't carry her. Riku, you're the strongest." She stood up and Riku bent down, picking up the limp
Kairi.

They entered Kairi's house and up the stairs to her room. Riku layed her down lightly on the bed. "Will she be okay?"
Sora asked, he was confused and scared. What if she didn't wake up? "I...don't know" asuka answered his query solemnly.
"There's just one thing that worried me. Why, if she was choking, could she still be breathing?" She asked no one. Sora and
Riku could see the sweat donning her brow. "Don't worry about it" Sora layed a reassuring hand on her shoulder "She'll be
fine" He smiled. Her face softened and she sighed. "Yeah, I'm sure she will be" She smiled a huge smile, trying to hide her worry.
_

Asuka made up her mind that she would stay in the seaside shack until Kairi got better. Despite Sora and Riku's disagreements.
She was very stubborn sometimes. She slid into her little wannabe bed on the floor and pulled the covers under her chin.
'What's wrong with Kairi?' She asked herself. She mentally began slapping herself around 'Think! Think!' Then she gasped.
Her mental beating on pause 'The candy! She passed out after eating the candy!' But she realized her folly 'But I ate the candy,
too.' She let out a long sigh in dismay. Her mental beating resumed.She was tense, but she knew she needed sleep. Asuka
closed her eyes and thought of the paopu fruit. How it was a pretty shape and yellow was her favorite color. Strangely, the
thought of the amazing fruit calmed her, and she finally fell asleep.

But at Kairi's house, something was wrong. There were shadows all over her room, but in one corner, the shadow was
darker than the rest. Then, the shadow reached out along the floor, like black blood seeping from a wound. The 'blood'
rushed across Kairi's floor, staining the tan carpet. It pashed a brush, a shirt, then a glass left there carelessly. As it passed,
it knocked over the cup. Kairi's eyebrow twitched. The shadow froze. A few seconds passed and it resumed it's slithering
across Kairi's floor. It came to her bed and crawled on, seeking out Kairi herself. It reached her limp body and slid up her arm,
up to her neck and, finally, her face. The streak of shadow began to harden and take the shape of a hand. It touched her lips.
"Yes, my dear," A deep voice whispered "Give it to me..." He willed the poor girl. And slowly, something tiny and blue
seeped from her mouth, being absorbed in the hand. "Heh heh heh" The voice chuckled quietly.

"Yes, I will soon have her" He whispered again.


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Who is this black shadow guy? And just who does he want?
bum bum buuuuum!
You likey? Are my paragraphs getting better? I think so.
Yes, I know, this, also, was horrible short. But like I said, I really don't feel good.
So, please, no flames! (No more, anyway) and read the next chapter of the sea borne girl
Thankies!
And I'm NOT destroying this story! Nyah nyah nyah! (Thanks blue wolf!)