Author's Note:
Love is a desert rose, so sweet, dripping with crimson, incomplete holding onto what I've already lost.
;_; I tried.
Sora: Yes. Yes, you did.
Anyway, let's pronounce my name - "KEE-DAAAH!!!"
Riku: -_o?
Sora: -_-;;;; What the hell was the point of that?
Kiyda: Nothing. Nothing at all. Oh yeah, I'm gonna change my name to Kiida!
Riku: What difference is there?
Kiida: Simple. The "y."
Sora: ? So?
Kiida: WHAT?? I just wanted to be able to spell my name in Hiragana!!! Is that such a sin!!??
Sora: -=pouts in thought=- I suppose not...
Elven: -=pops out of nowhere=- Whatever. ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
Miiko Ashida: -=pops out from the same place as Elven=- YEAH!!
Fans: -=ditto=- BRING ON THE SEX!!!
Sora&Riku: O_O!!!???
Kiida: Yesh, I was quite surprised too how so many prefer sex over plot, action, and yes, even comedy. Oh well. Thanks guys, for reading my fanfiction and reviewing! You inspire me!!! ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^!!!
Kiida: Also, I'd like to say how sorry I am that I haven't been keeping up. You know. Loss of internet. School work. Other shitte. Moving. Stupid boys that won't leave me alone. Other stuff. Mainly because we had to wait forever to get new internet service.
Anyway, this is the last of the introductory series. The next series will be the field trip series where we will go on a field trip to the mountains! Like I promised.
Everyone: HURAHH!! Yay!
Sora and everyone esel: -_-;;;; Boooooooo
Kiida: C'mon people! Work with me! Go have sex or something. Hell makes a good baegal, you know!
- -;;; Once again, I must do this every gazillion chapters or so - I own Spike, Trinity, Haiku, and Hikari. However, I don't own Yugioh, the cabinet under the sink, or even a car. Don't even shove in the pain and agony that I don't own the rights to Kingdom Hearts either. I'd die. x.X
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Chapter 15. Hanging by a Jackhammer
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"Huh? What's wrong?" asked Selphie, worriedly darting her eyes from Wakka and Tidus.
"Oh goddess..." moaned Lulu, sinking into her seat up front and shading her eyes with a hand.
"Wakka, let's move!" exclaimed Tidus as at once, both of the boys jolted out of the car, leaving Selphie no time to react.
"What? Wait! Ti-dus!" whined Selphie as she scrambled to reach a designated exit. Too late, for they were already running down the streets, dodging between cars to reach the circle of vehicles surrounding a single area. Selphie bit her lip before dashing after them.
"Guys! Wait up!" she called out as she folled their path. Wakka panted as he ran alongside his friend besides the car. Doubts clouded his thoughts like... well, like clouds.
"Tidus-man, you don't think-" but Tidus was thinking the same thing through their race to the center of the catastrophe of traffic.
"It's gotta be him! The guy he's told us all the stories about! It's him; I just know it!" shouted Tidus to Wakka over the honking of the cars and across the row that divided them. Wakka turned back to running and smirked to himself as they gained closer to their destination up ahead.
"To think... we finally get to meet.." he begins where Tidus finishes...
"..the ultimate villain!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Lulu takes a deep breath and turns to the cab driver with a fake grin ear to ear.
"So do you take coupons?" asked Lulu politely.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "....traffic seems to be back up all throughout I-40 to the intersection of Poplaur and Greenbrew so much that no progress has seem to be made in moving traffic forward. Police say not to worry about it; they have the situation covered. Just on the safe side, it's perhaps better to take J-35 to Overhill to Underhill. Now next up: Are Bunnies taking over the world? Tips on how to prepare yourself for rodent invasions-"
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"Wanna see my boobs?"
"Sure!"
Zip!
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"mmghjunnhuhjjjenough.... SHARONNN!!!"
"Oh, Ozzie!"
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"Uh!"
"Muh.."
"Jason!"
"Eric!"
"Ugh... Ah! Ahhh.. Ahhhh!!"
"Oooo, I love this show!"
"AuWAAhh!"
Sora leaped forward with surprise, at the same momment, muting the television. He snapped an embarrassed look back at snickering Hikari. She grinned at his nervous smile.
"What?! I wasn't- I wasn't watching any-"
"Ha! You're funny, Sora! It's just a show. It doesn't have to mean anything," she said, interrupting him as she walked around the couch to sit back into the recliner. She tossed back her silver hair back so that she may tie it tight it a bun. It did no use. A few hairs still hung over her eyes.
Sora blinked at her, then smiled sheepishly, somewhat relieved was she wasn't getting any of the clues. She smiled at him as he leaned back into his relaxed position on the couch. 'Figures that Hikari wouldn't care,' considered Sora. He spoke, "Oh... Okay. Sorry, just uh.. you know-"
"Yeah, I know," Hikari told him, snuggling back into the recliner. Silence passed over them, as they continued to watch the show, muted. Hikari glanced sideways at Riku, sleeping next to Sora. His silver hair was spilled onto a throw pillow at the opposite end where Sora sat. The couch was a cushioned 90 degree angle couch, so Sora might've been really sitting in the vortex of the angle.
Sora glanced up from watching the program to gaze down at Riku. He slept like an angel on a cloud although he was more of a devil on a rock. Well, not quite a devil, but certainly not an angel. His chest would rise and fall at his slow and silent breath as his eyes remained gently unseen behind closed lids. His hair was spilled like milk over the pillows that made his appearance and presence even more angelic with his calm, relaxed expression of slumber. Sora wondered if he was dreaming, or if he was dreaming at all. Sora certainly felt he was.
Sora didn't hear Hikari leave the room, but of course, he had forgotten she was ever in the room in the first place. Instead, Sora turned around to face Riku while sitting on both of his feet. He stared at Riku, watching him intently. Something he hadn't done in a long time. He placed his head in the palm of his hand into a thoughtful state.
'What's wrong with me?' he asked himself mentally. 'I don't get it. I've never felt this way about anyone before. It's so strong, like an instinct. Whenever I'm around Riku to feel attracted to him. I know I've said before why it isn't so uncommon - I mean - just like Hikari, anywhere he goes, everyone stares at him as if he's unearthly.'
' Yet, for me, it's unusual to notice beaus - let alone guys! But.. Riku is so different. I feel so at peace, but at the same time, nervous. Nervous of how he'll think of me or what he'll do or what he will say. I feel happy around Riku. I want to be around him all the time, but.... what does that mean? Does that mean I like Riku? Do I like him as a friend or more than that? Holy mother of god, help me out here! I'm so friggin' confused...' prayed Sora as he ran a hand through his hair, brushing away his thoughts.
"Mmmm..." Riku stirred in his sleep, turning on his side. Sora opened one eye to glance at him. He smiled warmly to himself.
"He sure looks cute though..."
"Mmm..." Riku stirred again, but this time, opened his eyes. At first, weak, but then blinked so that he could see clearly of what laid before him. He sat up on one elbow and turned to look at a deer caught in headlights.
"Sora?" he asked. Sora stared then blinked, and smile.
"Yeah. Hey, Riku," Sora greeted. Riku mumbled a "hey" before sitting up fully into an "Indian Style" seat. He smiled weakly, still a little sleepy.
"I had a strange dream," spoke Riku. Sora blinked, curiously.
"Um, really? What was it about?" asked Sora. Riku chuckled.
"Kind of silly, really. You were really short, like a little kid and you crawled into my lap and asked if I could play heroes with you. I said I couldn't and you looked at me strangely then ran off. I tried to follow you, but you ducked into a cave of some sort where it was dark with a long tunnel. I followed you until we came to an underground opening where you stood in front of a broad stone door with golden lining. You were staring at it, then you turned around and became really old. Like my age. The you kind of looked at me strangely before grinning and taking out your wooden sword and throwing at me. It hit me. Right here."
Riku place a hand over his heart, closing his eyes then looking down into the fabric of the couch.
"It felt strange. Painful, yes. But almost pleasant as if I deserved it. Before I could do anything else, you launched yourself at me, and we both fell to the ground....." Riku finished. "That's when I woke up."
Sora stared at him, in some ways a little hurt, but Riku continued to smile weakly. This was a little surprising since a dream he had was a little moribund. Sora still continued to stare at him, a little more solemnly until Sora leaned forward, placing a hand on the hand that covered Riku's heart and one behind the silver boy's head. Riku glanced up, startled.
"So.."
"I will never do that to you. Not in reality, never in your dreams. I would never hurt my soulmate. You hear me, Riku? I won't let any harm come to you ever again," Sora oathed to him, pressing his forehead against Riku's. Riku blinked, then lowered his lids and gave him a look of agreement.
"I understand," Riku told him. He took a deep breath as he turned his hand around to entwine his fingers with Sora's. "Doumoarigatou."
Sora gazed at Riku's closed eyes, and smiled.
"Riku, promise me you won't ever tell anyone this, 'kay?"
"Promise," he spoke, his eyes still closed. Sora leaned in close to his ear and whispered quietly.
"I'm in love."
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"Yuffie?"
A figure that held shadow in a tree moved. There was a rustle of leaves until a yellow stair fruit shot out of the tree at about 100 miles an hour at the Professor's head who was lucky enough to have seen it coming.
"You could get arrested for assaulting the teacher," he said without a change of tone or voice. She threw three more at his feet which he barely dodged.
"Serves you right," she muffled. Leon hung his head, no in embarrassment or shame. He shoved his hands into his pants.
"Don't make me come up there," he ordered the private.
"No one's making you, ya natzi!" snapped Yuffie. There was some sniffling following and lightly curses for the lack of tissues. He sighed, and rubbed his head with his fingers, nervously.
"Damn kid," he cursed quietly.
"What?" called out Yuffie, actually unaware of what he said.
The Professer winced and shouted, "I said 'damn spoiled brat!' If you will not come down, I will have to come up and get you!"
That bristled Yuffie like a cat on the edge. She abruptly stood on the branch she sat on and popped her head out from the branches.
"What do you mean, 'spoiled?!' You're the one acting so spoiled with your who inapropitatism thing! If you're so just and legal, then why did YOU kiss ME!!!?? You act so civilized and gentleman-like, when really you're just a cold hearted bastard! You play girls fools, and I bet that's your only reason that you became a profffeeeeSAAAHH!!"
"Yuffie!"
The young ninja fell into the arms of her professor, though as gallant and as romantic that sounds, for a moment or too, all the other could think about was what might have happened if he wasn't there to catch her. Both Yuffie and Leon were out of breath as they grasped to one another in reflection of the fall. Then Yuffie found herself in not her Professor's arms, but in Leon's. She became peeved, but Professor Leon was far from anger.
"Are you all right, Yuffie?" asked Prof. Leon. She glared at him.
"You shouldn't have caught me," she snapped.
"You are my student, Yuffie. I could never let my student get hurt while I am in their presence."
Yuffie stared at him for a moment, speechless. She didn't know what to say. She knew what to think as the wheels of her brain began to slow down, but to say... she didn't know. 'You wouldn't let me get hurt.... because I'm your student?' thought Yuffie, painfully. 'Not because you love me?' Yuffie's stare softened into a gaze and Prof. Leon knelt to the ground to let her down, but she wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him gently.
"I don't want to let go. Don't let me down," she whispered. "I want to be with you, and I don't know why. I've never loved anyone before. Not like this. I'm not asking you to sleep with me or kiss me or even hug. I just want you to acknowledge my existence and my affection. Just please! That's all I'm asking.... That's all I want..."
Yuffie sniffled into his shirt, fighting back the urge to cry. Her world was crumbling. She could feel it wither away as the silence grew behind her words. Yet at least as the core's warmth began to fade away, his voice whispered into her ear.
"Even if I never touch you or make any advances or show any personal signs of affection, will you truly feel acknowledged? Will you be happy?" he asked quietly. Yuffie opened her eyes to gaze at the fabric on his back.
"Mmmhmmm," she replied a yes. Leon pulled her away and brought her lips closest to his.
"Then I cannot promise you this will be your last kiss from my lips..." he whispered before brushing his tender lips against hers. She muffled a soft cry as he kissed her lips.
Leon pulled away to stand up, but she latched herself onto him like an urchin.
"What are you doing?" he asked, raising a brow.
"Does this mean we're a couple now?" asked Yuffie.
"This means you know that I know you love me. Other than that, don't expect me to make any midnight booty calls or whatever," said Professor Leon as he walked off. Yuffie sprang onto her feet to follow him off into the sunset.
"What?! What do you mean?! What about the "not last" kiss?!"
"What about it? I told you it might not be your last."
"Uh-huh! I got that, but does it mean I can hang around you and make a lovedovey music with you?!"
"What the hell is lovedovey music?!"
"C'mon Professor, can at least hang around your desk!?"
"Yuffie, you can't let anyone know we're together!"
"So we are together!"
"No, we're not!"
"But you just said-"
"I meant that you could you know that I know that you know..." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Let us through, man!"
"Kid, does it look like fun fun fun over there?" asked the police officer sarcastically, as he held his hands open as if to hint Wakka could not pass.
"We don't have time for this! Our friend's dad is out there!" snapped Tidus, waving his arms about. A vien could be seen popping out his brain.
"We're getting the situation under control and we don't need a kid running AHHHH!!!"
SMASH!!!
He was hit by a falling car.
Tidus and Wakka stared wide eyed.
KA BOOM!!!
The car blew up.
Tidus and Wakka stared from a safe distance.
"Hahhh, hahhh, finally, you guys waited," said Selphie as she supported her tired weight on her knees. They glanced down at her, then back at the car on fire. Without looking at eachother, Wakka spoke.
"I think we should go, ya?"
"Ya."
"Did I miss something? What's with the big fire? Hey, let's go get some marshmellows; we could make smores!"
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"What?"
There was a cacophony of clicking, like someone trying to open the door, and Sora sat up, taking his hand from Riku's neck. His fingers slipped from the entwinement of each other's. Riku still stared at Sora, like a person who just heard he had won a prize he didn't apply to win. There was a rustle of keys, and then the sound of opening the door.
"I'm home!!" shouted a feminine voice.
"Someone's home," Sora spoke (A/N: - -; No duh).
"What do you mean by -" Riku began to shout, until his mother called out again.
"Riku? Hikari? Kids?" wandered the voice along with the body.
"We're in here!" called out Sora.
"Riku? Is that you?" called out Riku's mother, Quistis. She walked into the living room to find the two boys sitting on the couch with the tv on mute.
"Excuse me, but who are you?"asked Quistis, politely. Sora smiled.
"I'm Sora Strife, a friend from school," stated Sora, pointing to his face with a silly grin. Quistis smiled.
"Oh, I see. Riku invited you over?" asked Quistis.
"Yes. No. Wait. Um. Yeah, I'll just say yeah," said Sora at last, scratching the back of his head. Quistis waited, staring at him as Riku darted his eyes between the two before sighing and resting back against the couch.
"So, Mom, how was your day?" he asked. 'Like I really could give a crap,' he recondsidered. His mother became darker.
"Well, it was shitload of annoying, whining students that constantly blabbered and ranted on and on about their leg or their hair at each exam to the cave or fire or I forget what the hell its name is, and I had to fail each and every one of the fucktards.... Oh yes, they suffered. They suffered very well...heh heh heh heh..." chuckled Riku's mother quietly with glowing red eyes...
O_O;;;;;;;.....
o_-?
Sora stared wide eyes as Riku gave her a raised eye brow.
"Having our period, aren't we, mommy?" asked Riku to his mother. His mother sprung back into "politely happy" mode.
"Yes, bear, and I'm afraid your father's going to get it if he doesn't bring home dinner...."
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"What's happening?" asked Selphie. The trio of teenagers, huddled behind an abandoned vehicle, watched as cops piled ontop of one another on top of the perps mentioned before in a traffic report. Wakka and Tidus glanced at each other until Wakka nodded for him to tell her as he gazed back to the scene. So then, Tidus began:
"Its him. Sora's dad said he would come back.... The One Winged Angel. Years ago, Sora's dad was a soldier for the government of Spira. While he was there he met his bestfriend, the angel, who was the star warrior of the Soldier military. This... angel, Sora said he was, was a brilliant fighter and straegist with the most ultimate of swordmanship. They were really good friends. Until the angel revolted against the government. He killed the entire soldier army with only his sword, the legendary Masumune, and murdered the council until all that remained was the emporer alone. The only thing that stood in the angel's way, was Sora's dad. Sora's dad tried to reason, but the angel would not have it. He told us that he must've battled with for hours, until he defeated him. Sora's dad saved Spira, and after that, the angel dissapeared. No one knows what became of him or if he'd ever return, but Sora's dad knew he would. And now he has."
Selphie blinked with wonder and amazment. "Wow. So where is the angel? Where is Sora's dad? Gasp!"
KAFWOOM!!
Suddenly, in the time enough to tell the story, the mountain of bodies in the center of a cirle of police cars catapulted into the air. Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka watched with fearful, wide eyes.
"YOU STUPID BLOND!!! HOW DARE YOU TREAT ME THIS WAY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!!!" snapped a villanous voice. A man with long white hair tore then men off his arms as he backed a few steps from his opponet.
"WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?!! WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS AFTER ALL YOU HAVE DONE?!" snapped the chocobo haired man as he backed a few steps as well throwing the men off his arms as well.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KEEP RANTING ABOUT!!!!??? I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO UPSET YOU!!!!" shouted the silver haired villian as he withdrew his back up gun.
"What's he doing with a gun?! He's supposed to have a sword!!!" declared Tidus.
"Well, he can't just a pull a sword out of thin air..." spoke Selphie.
"You who believe in such frivilous things actually understand impossabilities, ya?" asked Wakka. Tidus and Selphie stared at him.
"What? I can use big words, too, ya! WHOA!!"
They ducked just in time to miss a flying car. The watched over their shoulders as it landed onto some Yevon nuns. They turned back around tried to forget what they just saw.
The blonde pulled his twin pistols and fired at silver haired as they spiraled each other in a circle of flying bullets. When the bullets ran out, they sprung at eachother and began hand to hadn combat. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie watched with wide, observing eyes taking it in all so quickly. In a single moment, the silver haired was sent soaring backward into a row of police cars, colliding into one big mash of metal. Selphie gasped.
"Oh no! The angel!" exclaimed Selphie. Tidus darted a look of confusion and disbelief as she climbed over the car they hid behind to race toward the pile of metallic jumble.
"Wait, Selphie! Don't!!" he called out, climbing over the car and racing after her.
"YAH! Tidus! Selphie! It's too dangerous, ya!" declared Wakka, following them after giving a short, but angry groan as he climbed over the vehicle as well.
Despite wearing a skirt, Selphie could run pretty fast when her heart was running with her. "Hahh hahhh, I hope the angel is okay!"
The bouncing brunette reached the site of the angel's burial, but before she could even try to release him from his prison, Tidus leaped infront of her with open arms.
"Selphie, what the hell do you think you are doing?! It's too dangerous to be out here!" snapped Tidus with an angry look. Selphie looked upset with concerna and madness at once.
"But the angel is going to get killed! We have to save him!" she declared trying to push past him, only struggling over his arms as he held her back.
"The man is not an angel! Didn't I tell you that?! He's a murderer!!"
KABOOM!!!
Metal exploded into the air as Tidus tackled Selphie to the ground to proctect her. Selphie cried out his name as he did, and they were pummelled by metal, but sheilded by a car. The fallen metal had made them a cave.
When it was all over, Selphie opened her eyes to find Tidus hovering over her. He cringed his eyes shut with pain, and she panicked as she saw the sheet of scrap metal covering his back. He coughed up blooded over her shoulder.
"AH! Tidus!" she cried out in concern.
"I'm fine..." he groaned. Tears came into Selphie's eyes as she stared at his hurt body in the dark.
"No, you are not fine! I'm sorry, Tidus, it was all my fault! We have to get you out of here! We have to get this off of you!" she exclaimed, trying to reach above him and push the metal off. Tidus panted and groaned.
"No, you can't.. It's too heavy-"
RAAAWWWWWWBBB BRAWWWWRRR.....!!
The pile of scrap metal was ripped and torn through and off his back. The sunset of day shone onto them as a dark face hovered over them. The two were both surprised to find him their savior.
"Who's a murderer?!" demande the angel with a worried, upset look.
"The angel!" exclaimed Selphie with a smile, but Tidus was too astonished to say anything but cough as he turned to sit on the ground beside Selphie. The angel reached out a pulled Tidus onto his feet and out of the cave, then pulled Selphie out as well.
Wakka appeared out of nowhere to run up and catch weakened Tidus in his arms.
"Tidus, man! What happened to you, ya?!" demanded Wakka. Tidus looked up to the angel.
"Why did you save us? You're supposed to be the villian?!" demanded Tidus. The angel gave him a confused look. Selphie blinked at him, then at the angel. Then-
"SEPHIROTH!!!" screamed a familair voice as the angel was tackled by the blonde with arms wrapping tightly around his neck from behind.
"AAAAUGH!!!! Get off, Cloud! I mean it!" snapped Sephiroth.
"Not until you give me back my money!!" snapped Cloud.
"What money!?"
"The eighty bucks from the last poker game!!! How dare you try to sneak out of our deal!!"
"What do you mean, dammit?! I didn't lose! You're the one who lost! And that was 16 years ago!!! Is this how you welcome your old college roomate!?" snapped Sephiroth.
"You're not getting out of this this time!!!"
Tidus stared as the two adults bickered and fought like two year-olds over a slice of moldy cake. Slowly, he came to the conclusion that...
"Wait, so there was no big story? He didn't kill alot of people? He just cheated you off on a poker game?" asked Tidus.
"That's the story I heard, ya, isn't that what you were told, too?" asked Wakka. Tidus glared with narrow eyes at nobody.
"I'm gonna kill him."
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"I had a nice time today... 'cept the dude and all who beat the crap out of us..." stated Sora. Riku glared.
"No, he didn't."
"Yes, he did."
"No, he didn't."
"Yes, he did."
"No, he didn't."
"You have a hard time admitting defeat, don't you?" asked Sora. Riku glanced away.
"I don't know what you mean. But anyway, today was a good day, as you said, and I hope we can do it again," began Riku. "I also hope we're bestfriends now and a bunch of other stuff. You know, it's kind of hard ....moving to a new place... and all..."
Sora blinked, then smiled warmly.
"It must be. I can't imagine living anywhere else but Zanarkand. I've lived here my whole life," he confessed. "And you don't have to worry about relationships with us.... We're soulmates. That's a whole lot better than best friends. We belong together because we were made for eachother-"
"Like me and Hikari."
"Yes... sort of. I want to be with you all the time and do lots of MANLY things together," stated Sora, emphasizing at "MANLY." Riku tried to hide his blush again, by looking away or hanging his head. He had a trouble with saying goodbye. Even though it was something he was used to doing, it was dificult when the one he wanted to be with the most was going away, even if only for a night.
"Well, see ya, Riku. I'll see you Monday!" he waved as he headed off. He only walked a few steps before Riku called out.
"What did you say?"
Sora stopped. He glanced over his shoulder.
"I said goodbye!"
"No, I mean... earlier..." Riku began getting softer. He rose his voice to the normal level again. "Earlier, you whispered in my ear that you were in love.... Um. Who are you... In love with?"
Sora blinked and stared as he turned around completely. His arms hung to his sides as he faced Riku with a blank look. Riku became nervous, and he scratched the back of his head and shove his other hand into the hem of his pants. His face was still turned, trying to cover his expression
"I mean, you don't have to tell me... I mean, I know how crushes can be and it can be kind of difficult to ex..."
Sora parted his lips as if the name was at the tip of his tongue. He began.
"I... I'm in love with-!"
SLAMN!
"Riku! It's dad! He says he's in prison, and he needs one of us to bail him out!" exclaimed Hikari after bursting through the front door. Sora and Riku both looked at her speechless, having their dramatic moment interrupted by such a silly, spontaneous matter.
"Can't mom, do it?" asked Riku, confused slightly. Hikari shook her head, still holding one hand over the receiver over the cordless phone.
"Dad doesn't want us to 'cause he's afraid of being hurt," exclaimed Hikari. "You know how she gets on her monthlies..."
Riku gave a worried, depressed look before hanging his head in a sigh and surrendering.
"All right," Riku agreed. "Tell him I'm on my way..."
"Thanks, Riku," exclaimed Hikari with a grateful grin. She picked up the phone. "Hello, Dad? Riku's going to come by and bail you out. Where's the bail money? In your sock drawer? Oh in the gun drawer... Okay..."
Riku turned back to Sora who was looking at him strangely with a concerned expression of extreme doubt that disturbed Riku.
"....What?" he asked in defense. Sora spoke quietly.
"I'm worried if I should leave you here in the care of the Adam's Family," confessed Sora, in a deep thinking pout. Riku blinked and then began to smile into a laugh.
"So you're worried about me, are you?" asked Riku, walking down the steps to meet him eye to eye. "I would be no better off in your crazy house."
Sora grinned, shoving his hands into his back pockets. "Too true. Who knows what Mom would put you through," he declared. Riku smiled slyly as he took Sora's chin in between his fingers.
"Awwwww, but my little soulmate would be there to protect me, ehh?" asked Riku. Sora knocked his hand away from his face, quickly enough to hide his blush as Riku chuckled.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Sora!"
"See ya, Riku! Good luck bailing you dad out!"
"You bastard child!"
"You know you love me!"
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Lots of people have signed up for biology, over-night field trip to the mountains, and guess who's going? Everyone, of course! Including Kairi, and Sora, and Riku, and Hikari, and Yuffie, and even Leon as a counseler! Cid is comming too and so is Sephiroth and Cloud! Oh no! What will happen?! What will go wrong?!! Who will have an erection in the middle of the night from gazing at his bestfriend (and soulmate) for too long?! See ya then!!! (EEEK!! A student and a teacher having a relationship are going to be going on an over-night field trip to the mountains?! Oh the temptations! The TEMPTATIONS!!)
Iiiiiii'm loving youuuuuu -
NOT THOSE TEMPTATIONS!!!
Next Episode of Symphony Remix: blah blah blah, I haven't thought of one yet. expect it in December 2003.
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"All you have to do is go that way, really fast! If something gets in your way, turn." - Monique, Better off Dead.
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Love is a desert rose, so sweet, dripping with crimson, incomplete holding onto what I've already lost.
;_; I tried.
Sora: Yes. Yes, you did.
Anyway, let's pronounce my name - "KEE-DAAAH!!!"
Riku: -_o?
Sora: -_-;;;; What the hell was the point of that?
Kiyda: Nothing. Nothing at all. Oh yeah, I'm gonna change my name to Kiida!
Riku: What difference is there?
Kiida: Simple. The "y."
Sora: ? So?
Kiida: WHAT?? I just wanted to be able to spell my name in Hiragana!!! Is that such a sin!!??
Sora: -=pouts in thought=- I suppose not...
Elven: -=pops out of nowhere=- Whatever. ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
Miiko Ashida: -=pops out from the same place as Elven=- YEAH!!
Fans: -=ditto=- BRING ON THE SEX!!!
Sora&Riku: O_O!!!???
Kiida: Yesh, I was quite surprised too how so many prefer sex over plot, action, and yes, even comedy. Oh well. Thanks guys, for reading my fanfiction and reviewing! You inspire me!!! ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^!!!
Kiida: Also, I'd like to say how sorry I am that I haven't been keeping up. You know. Loss of internet. School work. Other shitte. Moving. Stupid boys that won't leave me alone. Other stuff. Mainly because we had to wait forever to get new internet service.
Anyway, this is the last of the introductory series. The next series will be the field trip series where we will go on a field trip to the mountains! Like I promised.
Everyone: HURAHH!! Yay!
Sora and everyone esel: -_-;;;; Boooooooo
Kiida: C'mon people! Work with me! Go have sex or something. Hell makes a good baegal, you know!
- -;;; Once again, I must do this every gazillion chapters or so - I own Spike, Trinity, Haiku, and Hikari. However, I don't own Yugioh, the cabinet under the sink, or even a car. Don't even shove in the pain and agony that I don't own the rights to Kingdom Hearts either. I'd die. x.X
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Chapter 15. Hanging by a Jackhammer
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"Huh? What's wrong?" asked Selphie, worriedly darting her eyes from Wakka and Tidus.
"Oh goddess..." moaned Lulu, sinking into her seat up front and shading her eyes with a hand.
"Wakka, let's move!" exclaimed Tidus as at once, both of the boys jolted out of the car, leaving Selphie no time to react.
"What? Wait! Ti-dus!" whined Selphie as she scrambled to reach a designated exit. Too late, for they were already running down the streets, dodging between cars to reach the circle of vehicles surrounding a single area. Selphie bit her lip before dashing after them.
"Guys! Wait up!" she called out as she folled their path. Wakka panted as he ran alongside his friend besides the car. Doubts clouded his thoughts like... well, like clouds.
"Tidus-man, you don't think-" but Tidus was thinking the same thing through their race to the center of the catastrophe of traffic.
"It's gotta be him! The guy he's told us all the stories about! It's him; I just know it!" shouted Tidus to Wakka over the honking of the cars and across the row that divided them. Wakka turned back to running and smirked to himself as they gained closer to their destination up ahead.
"To think... we finally get to meet.." he begins where Tidus finishes...
"..the ultimate villain!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Lulu takes a deep breath and turns to the cab driver with a fake grin ear to ear.
"So do you take coupons?" asked Lulu politely.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "....traffic seems to be back up all throughout I-40 to the intersection of Poplaur and Greenbrew so much that no progress has seem to be made in moving traffic forward. Police say not to worry about it; they have the situation covered. Just on the safe side, it's perhaps better to take J-35 to Overhill to Underhill. Now next up: Are Bunnies taking over the world? Tips on how to prepare yourself for rodent invasions-"
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"Wanna see my boobs?"
"Sure!"
Zip!
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"mmghjunnhuhjjjenough.... SHARONNN!!!"
"Oh, Ozzie!"
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"Uh!"
"Muh.."
"Jason!"
"Eric!"
"Ugh... Ah! Ahhh.. Ahhhh!!"
"Oooo, I love this show!"
"AuWAAhh!"
Sora leaped forward with surprise, at the same momment, muting the television. He snapped an embarrassed look back at snickering Hikari. She grinned at his nervous smile.
"What?! I wasn't- I wasn't watching any-"
"Ha! You're funny, Sora! It's just a show. It doesn't have to mean anything," she said, interrupting him as she walked around the couch to sit back into the recliner. She tossed back her silver hair back so that she may tie it tight it a bun. It did no use. A few hairs still hung over her eyes.
Sora blinked at her, then smiled sheepishly, somewhat relieved was she wasn't getting any of the clues. She smiled at him as he leaned back into his relaxed position on the couch. 'Figures that Hikari wouldn't care,' considered Sora. He spoke, "Oh... Okay. Sorry, just uh.. you know-"
"Yeah, I know," Hikari told him, snuggling back into the recliner. Silence passed over them, as they continued to watch the show, muted. Hikari glanced sideways at Riku, sleeping next to Sora. His silver hair was spilled onto a throw pillow at the opposite end where Sora sat. The couch was a cushioned 90 degree angle couch, so Sora might've been really sitting in the vortex of the angle.
Sora glanced up from watching the program to gaze down at Riku. He slept like an angel on a cloud although he was more of a devil on a rock. Well, not quite a devil, but certainly not an angel. His chest would rise and fall at his slow and silent breath as his eyes remained gently unseen behind closed lids. His hair was spilled like milk over the pillows that made his appearance and presence even more angelic with his calm, relaxed expression of slumber. Sora wondered if he was dreaming, or if he was dreaming at all. Sora certainly felt he was.
Sora didn't hear Hikari leave the room, but of course, he had forgotten she was ever in the room in the first place. Instead, Sora turned around to face Riku while sitting on both of his feet. He stared at Riku, watching him intently. Something he hadn't done in a long time. He placed his head in the palm of his hand into a thoughtful state.
'What's wrong with me?' he asked himself mentally. 'I don't get it. I've never felt this way about anyone before. It's so strong, like an instinct. Whenever I'm around Riku to feel attracted to him. I know I've said before why it isn't so uncommon - I mean - just like Hikari, anywhere he goes, everyone stares at him as if he's unearthly.'
' Yet, for me, it's unusual to notice beaus - let alone guys! But.. Riku is so different. I feel so at peace, but at the same time, nervous. Nervous of how he'll think of me or what he'll do or what he will say. I feel happy around Riku. I want to be around him all the time, but.... what does that mean? Does that mean I like Riku? Do I like him as a friend or more than that? Holy mother of god, help me out here! I'm so friggin' confused...' prayed Sora as he ran a hand through his hair, brushing away his thoughts.
"Mmmm..." Riku stirred in his sleep, turning on his side. Sora opened one eye to glance at him. He smiled warmly to himself.
"He sure looks cute though..."
"Mmm..." Riku stirred again, but this time, opened his eyes. At first, weak, but then blinked so that he could see clearly of what laid before him. He sat up on one elbow and turned to look at a deer caught in headlights.
"Sora?" he asked. Sora stared then blinked, and smile.
"Yeah. Hey, Riku," Sora greeted. Riku mumbled a "hey" before sitting up fully into an "Indian Style" seat. He smiled weakly, still a little sleepy.
"I had a strange dream," spoke Riku. Sora blinked, curiously.
"Um, really? What was it about?" asked Sora. Riku chuckled.
"Kind of silly, really. You were really short, like a little kid and you crawled into my lap and asked if I could play heroes with you. I said I couldn't and you looked at me strangely then ran off. I tried to follow you, but you ducked into a cave of some sort where it was dark with a long tunnel. I followed you until we came to an underground opening where you stood in front of a broad stone door with golden lining. You were staring at it, then you turned around and became really old. Like my age. The you kind of looked at me strangely before grinning and taking out your wooden sword and throwing at me. It hit me. Right here."
Riku place a hand over his heart, closing his eyes then looking down into the fabric of the couch.
"It felt strange. Painful, yes. But almost pleasant as if I deserved it. Before I could do anything else, you launched yourself at me, and we both fell to the ground....." Riku finished. "That's when I woke up."
Sora stared at him, in some ways a little hurt, but Riku continued to smile weakly. This was a little surprising since a dream he had was a little moribund. Sora still continued to stare at him, a little more solemnly until Sora leaned forward, placing a hand on the hand that covered Riku's heart and one behind the silver boy's head. Riku glanced up, startled.
"So.."
"I will never do that to you. Not in reality, never in your dreams. I would never hurt my soulmate. You hear me, Riku? I won't let any harm come to you ever again," Sora oathed to him, pressing his forehead against Riku's. Riku blinked, then lowered his lids and gave him a look of agreement.
"I understand," Riku told him. He took a deep breath as he turned his hand around to entwine his fingers with Sora's. "Doumoarigatou."
Sora gazed at Riku's closed eyes, and smiled.
"Riku, promise me you won't ever tell anyone this, 'kay?"
"Promise," he spoke, his eyes still closed. Sora leaned in close to his ear and whispered quietly.
"I'm in love."
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"Yuffie?"
A figure that held shadow in a tree moved. There was a rustle of leaves until a yellow stair fruit shot out of the tree at about 100 miles an hour at the Professor's head who was lucky enough to have seen it coming.
"You could get arrested for assaulting the teacher," he said without a change of tone or voice. She threw three more at his feet which he barely dodged.
"Serves you right," she muffled. Leon hung his head, no in embarrassment or shame. He shoved his hands into his pants.
"Don't make me come up there," he ordered the private.
"No one's making you, ya natzi!" snapped Yuffie. There was some sniffling following and lightly curses for the lack of tissues. He sighed, and rubbed his head with his fingers, nervously.
"Damn kid," he cursed quietly.
"What?" called out Yuffie, actually unaware of what he said.
The Professer winced and shouted, "I said 'damn spoiled brat!' If you will not come down, I will have to come up and get you!"
That bristled Yuffie like a cat on the edge. She abruptly stood on the branch she sat on and popped her head out from the branches.
"What do you mean, 'spoiled?!' You're the one acting so spoiled with your who inapropitatism thing! If you're so just and legal, then why did YOU kiss ME!!!?? You act so civilized and gentleman-like, when really you're just a cold hearted bastard! You play girls fools, and I bet that's your only reason that you became a profffeeeeSAAAHH!!"
"Yuffie!"
The young ninja fell into the arms of her professor, though as gallant and as romantic that sounds, for a moment or too, all the other could think about was what might have happened if he wasn't there to catch her. Both Yuffie and Leon were out of breath as they grasped to one another in reflection of the fall. Then Yuffie found herself in not her Professor's arms, but in Leon's. She became peeved, but Professor Leon was far from anger.
"Are you all right, Yuffie?" asked Prof. Leon. She glared at him.
"You shouldn't have caught me," she snapped.
"You are my student, Yuffie. I could never let my student get hurt while I am in their presence."
Yuffie stared at him for a moment, speechless. She didn't know what to say. She knew what to think as the wheels of her brain began to slow down, but to say... she didn't know. 'You wouldn't let me get hurt.... because I'm your student?' thought Yuffie, painfully. 'Not because you love me?' Yuffie's stare softened into a gaze and Prof. Leon knelt to the ground to let her down, but she wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him gently.
"I don't want to let go. Don't let me down," she whispered. "I want to be with you, and I don't know why. I've never loved anyone before. Not like this. I'm not asking you to sleep with me or kiss me or even hug. I just want you to acknowledge my existence and my affection. Just please! That's all I'm asking.... That's all I want..."
Yuffie sniffled into his shirt, fighting back the urge to cry. Her world was crumbling. She could feel it wither away as the silence grew behind her words. Yet at least as the core's warmth began to fade away, his voice whispered into her ear.
"Even if I never touch you or make any advances or show any personal signs of affection, will you truly feel acknowledged? Will you be happy?" he asked quietly. Yuffie opened her eyes to gaze at the fabric on his back.
"Mmmhmmm," she replied a yes. Leon pulled her away and brought her lips closest to his.
"Then I cannot promise you this will be your last kiss from my lips..." he whispered before brushing his tender lips against hers. She muffled a soft cry as he kissed her lips.
Leon pulled away to stand up, but she latched herself onto him like an urchin.
"What are you doing?" he asked, raising a brow.
"Does this mean we're a couple now?" asked Yuffie.
"This means you know that I know you love me. Other than that, don't expect me to make any midnight booty calls or whatever," said Professor Leon as he walked off. Yuffie sprang onto her feet to follow him off into the sunset.
"What?! What do you mean?! What about the "not last" kiss?!"
"What about it? I told you it might not be your last."
"Uh-huh! I got that, but does it mean I can hang around you and make a lovedovey music with you?!"
"What the hell is lovedovey music?!"
"C'mon Professor, can at least hang around your desk!?"
"Yuffie, you can't let anyone know we're together!"
"So we are together!"
"No, we're not!"
"But you just said-"
"I meant that you could you know that I know that you know..." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Let us through, man!"
"Kid, does it look like fun fun fun over there?" asked the police officer sarcastically, as he held his hands open as if to hint Wakka could not pass.
"We don't have time for this! Our friend's dad is out there!" snapped Tidus, waving his arms about. A vien could be seen popping out his brain.
"We're getting the situation under control and we don't need a kid running AHHHH!!!"
SMASH!!!
He was hit by a falling car.
Tidus and Wakka stared wide eyed.
KA BOOM!!!
The car blew up.
Tidus and Wakka stared from a safe distance.
"Hahhh, hahhh, finally, you guys waited," said Selphie as she supported her tired weight on her knees. They glanced down at her, then back at the car on fire. Without looking at eachother, Wakka spoke.
"I think we should go, ya?"
"Ya."
"Did I miss something? What's with the big fire? Hey, let's go get some marshmellows; we could make smores!"
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"What?"
There was a cacophony of clicking, like someone trying to open the door, and Sora sat up, taking his hand from Riku's neck. His fingers slipped from the entwinement of each other's. Riku still stared at Sora, like a person who just heard he had won a prize he didn't apply to win. There was a rustle of keys, and then the sound of opening the door.
"I'm home!!" shouted a feminine voice.
"Someone's home," Sora spoke (A/N: - -; No duh).
"What do you mean by -" Riku began to shout, until his mother called out again.
"Riku? Hikari? Kids?" wandered the voice along with the body.
"We're in here!" called out Sora.
"Riku? Is that you?" called out Riku's mother, Quistis. She walked into the living room to find the two boys sitting on the couch with the tv on mute.
"Excuse me, but who are you?"asked Quistis, politely. Sora smiled.
"I'm Sora Strife, a friend from school," stated Sora, pointing to his face with a silly grin. Quistis smiled.
"Oh, I see. Riku invited you over?" asked Quistis.
"Yes. No. Wait. Um. Yeah, I'll just say yeah," said Sora at last, scratching the back of his head. Quistis waited, staring at him as Riku darted his eyes between the two before sighing and resting back against the couch.
"So, Mom, how was your day?" he asked. 'Like I really could give a crap,' he recondsidered. His mother became darker.
"Well, it was shitload of annoying, whining students that constantly blabbered and ranted on and on about their leg or their hair at each exam to the cave or fire or I forget what the hell its name is, and I had to fail each and every one of the fucktards.... Oh yes, they suffered. They suffered very well...heh heh heh heh..." chuckled Riku's mother quietly with glowing red eyes...
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Sora stared wide eyes as Riku gave her a raised eye brow.
"Having our period, aren't we, mommy?" asked Riku to his mother. His mother sprung back into "politely happy" mode.
"Yes, bear, and I'm afraid your father's going to get it if he doesn't bring home dinner...."
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"What's happening?" asked Selphie. The trio of teenagers, huddled behind an abandoned vehicle, watched as cops piled ontop of one another on top of the perps mentioned before in a traffic report. Wakka and Tidus glanced at each other until Wakka nodded for him to tell her as he gazed back to the scene. So then, Tidus began:
"Its him. Sora's dad said he would come back.... The One Winged Angel. Years ago, Sora's dad was a soldier for the government of Spira. While he was there he met his bestfriend, the angel, who was the star warrior of the Soldier military. This... angel, Sora said he was, was a brilliant fighter and straegist with the most ultimate of swordmanship. They were really good friends. Until the angel revolted against the government. He killed the entire soldier army with only his sword, the legendary Masumune, and murdered the council until all that remained was the emporer alone. The only thing that stood in the angel's way, was Sora's dad. Sora's dad tried to reason, but the angel would not have it. He told us that he must've battled with for hours, until he defeated him. Sora's dad saved Spira, and after that, the angel dissapeared. No one knows what became of him or if he'd ever return, but Sora's dad knew he would. And now he has."
Selphie blinked with wonder and amazment. "Wow. So where is the angel? Where is Sora's dad? Gasp!"
KAFWOOM!!
Suddenly, in the time enough to tell the story, the mountain of bodies in the center of a cirle of police cars catapulted into the air. Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka watched with fearful, wide eyes.
"YOU STUPID BLOND!!! HOW DARE YOU TREAT ME THIS WAY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!!!" snapped a villanous voice. A man with long white hair tore then men off his arms as he backed a few steps from his opponet.
"WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO?!! WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS AFTER ALL YOU HAVE DONE?!" snapped the chocobo haired man as he backed a few steps as well throwing the men off his arms as well.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KEEP RANTING ABOUT!!!!??? I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO UPSET YOU!!!!" shouted the silver haired villian as he withdrew his back up gun.
"What's he doing with a gun?! He's supposed to have a sword!!!" declared Tidus.
"Well, he can't just a pull a sword out of thin air..." spoke Selphie.
"You who believe in such frivilous things actually understand impossabilities, ya?" asked Wakka. Tidus and Selphie stared at him.
"What? I can use big words, too, ya! WHOA!!"
They ducked just in time to miss a flying car. The watched over their shoulders as it landed onto some Yevon nuns. They turned back around tried to forget what they just saw.
The blonde pulled his twin pistols and fired at silver haired as they spiraled each other in a circle of flying bullets. When the bullets ran out, they sprung at eachother and began hand to hadn combat. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie watched with wide, observing eyes taking it in all so quickly. In a single moment, the silver haired was sent soaring backward into a row of police cars, colliding into one big mash of metal. Selphie gasped.
"Oh no! The angel!" exclaimed Selphie. Tidus darted a look of confusion and disbelief as she climbed over the car they hid behind to race toward the pile of metallic jumble.
"Wait, Selphie! Don't!!" he called out, climbing over the car and racing after her.
"YAH! Tidus! Selphie! It's too dangerous, ya!" declared Wakka, following them after giving a short, but angry groan as he climbed over the vehicle as well.
Despite wearing a skirt, Selphie could run pretty fast when her heart was running with her. "Hahh hahhh, I hope the angel is okay!"
The bouncing brunette reached the site of the angel's burial, but before she could even try to release him from his prison, Tidus leaped infront of her with open arms.
"Selphie, what the hell do you think you are doing?! It's too dangerous to be out here!" snapped Tidus with an angry look. Selphie looked upset with concerna and madness at once.
"But the angel is going to get killed! We have to save him!" she declared trying to push past him, only struggling over his arms as he held her back.
"The man is not an angel! Didn't I tell you that?! He's a murderer!!"
KABOOM!!!
Metal exploded into the air as Tidus tackled Selphie to the ground to proctect her. Selphie cried out his name as he did, and they were pummelled by metal, but sheilded by a car. The fallen metal had made them a cave.
When it was all over, Selphie opened her eyes to find Tidus hovering over her. He cringed his eyes shut with pain, and she panicked as she saw the sheet of scrap metal covering his back. He coughed up blooded over her shoulder.
"AH! Tidus!" she cried out in concern.
"I'm fine..." he groaned. Tears came into Selphie's eyes as she stared at his hurt body in the dark.
"No, you are not fine! I'm sorry, Tidus, it was all my fault! We have to get you out of here! We have to get this off of you!" she exclaimed, trying to reach above him and push the metal off. Tidus panted and groaned.
"No, you can't.. It's too heavy-"
RAAAWWWWWWBBB BRAWWWWRRR.....!!
The pile of scrap metal was ripped and torn through and off his back. The sunset of day shone onto them as a dark face hovered over them. The two were both surprised to find him their savior.
"Who's a murderer?!" demande the angel with a worried, upset look.
"The angel!" exclaimed Selphie with a smile, but Tidus was too astonished to say anything but cough as he turned to sit on the ground beside Selphie. The angel reached out a pulled Tidus onto his feet and out of the cave, then pulled Selphie out as well.
Wakka appeared out of nowhere to run up and catch weakened Tidus in his arms.
"Tidus, man! What happened to you, ya?!" demanded Wakka. Tidus looked up to the angel.
"Why did you save us? You're supposed to be the villian?!" demanded Tidus. The angel gave him a confused look. Selphie blinked at him, then at the angel. Then-
"SEPHIROTH!!!" screamed a familair voice as the angel was tackled by the blonde with arms wrapping tightly around his neck from behind.
"AAAAUGH!!!! Get off, Cloud! I mean it!" snapped Sephiroth.
"Not until you give me back my money!!" snapped Cloud.
"What money!?"
"The eighty bucks from the last poker game!!! How dare you try to sneak out of our deal!!"
"What do you mean, dammit?! I didn't lose! You're the one who lost! And that was 16 years ago!!! Is this how you welcome your old college roomate!?" snapped Sephiroth.
"You're not getting out of this this time!!!"
Tidus stared as the two adults bickered and fought like two year-olds over a slice of moldy cake. Slowly, he came to the conclusion that...
"Wait, so there was no big story? He didn't kill alot of people? He just cheated you off on a poker game?" asked Tidus.
"That's the story I heard, ya, isn't that what you were told, too?" asked Wakka. Tidus glared with narrow eyes at nobody.
"I'm gonna kill him."
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"I had a nice time today... 'cept the dude and all who beat the crap out of us..." stated Sora. Riku glared.
"No, he didn't."
"Yes, he did."
"No, he didn't."
"Yes, he did."
"No, he didn't."
"You have a hard time admitting defeat, don't you?" asked Sora. Riku glanced away.
"I don't know what you mean. But anyway, today was a good day, as you said, and I hope we can do it again," began Riku. "I also hope we're bestfriends now and a bunch of other stuff. You know, it's kind of hard ....moving to a new place... and all..."
Sora blinked, then smiled warmly.
"It must be. I can't imagine living anywhere else but Zanarkand. I've lived here my whole life," he confessed. "And you don't have to worry about relationships with us.... We're soulmates. That's a whole lot better than best friends. We belong together because we were made for eachother-"
"Like me and Hikari."
"Yes... sort of. I want to be with you all the time and do lots of MANLY things together," stated Sora, emphasizing at "MANLY." Riku tried to hide his blush again, by looking away or hanging his head. He had a trouble with saying goodbye. Even though it was something he was used to doing, it was dificult when the one he wanted to be with the most was going away, even if only for a night.
"Well, see ya, Riku. I'll see you Monday!" he waved as he headed off. He only walked a few steps before Riku called out.
"What did you say?"
Sora stopped. He glanced over his shoulder.
"I said goodbye!"
"No, I mean... earlier..." Riku began getting softer. He rose his voice to the normal level again. "Earlier, you whispered in my ear that you were in love.... Um. Who are you... In love with?"
Sora blinked and stared as he turned around completely. His arms hung to his sides as he faced Riku with a blank look. Riku became nervous, and he scratched the back of his head and shove his other hand into the hem of his pants. His face was still turned, trying to cover his expression
"I mean, you don't have to tell me... I mean, I know how crushes can be and it can be kind of difficult to ex..."
Sora parted his lips as if the name was at the tip of his tongue. He began.
"I... I'm in love with-!"
SLAMN!
"Riku! It's dad! He says he's in prison, and he needs one of us to bail him out!" exclaimed Hikari after bursting through the front door. Sora and Riku both looked at her speechless, having their dramatic moment interrupted by such a silly, spontaneous matter.
"Can't mom, do it?" asked Riku, confused slightly. Hikari shook her head, still holding one hand over the receiver over the cordless phone.
"Dad doesn't want us to 'cause he's afraid of being hurt," exclaimed Hikari. "You know how she gets on her monthlies..."
Riku gave a worried, depressed look before hanging his head in a sigh and surrendering.
"All right," Riku agreed. "Tell him I'm on my way..."
"Thanks, Riku," exclaimed Hikari with a grateful grin. She picked up the phone. "Hello, Dad? Riku's going to come by and bail you out. Where's the bail money? In your sock drawer? Oh in the gun drawer... Okay..."
Riku turned back to Sora who was looking at him strangely with a concerned expression of extreme doubt that disturbed Riku.
"....What?" he asked in defense. Sora spoke quietly.
"I'm worried if I should leave you here in the care of the Adam's Family," confessed Sora, in a deep thinking pout. Riku blinked and then began to smile into a laugh.
"So you're worried about me, are you?" asked Riku, walking down the steps to meet him eye to eye. "I would be no better off in your crazy house."
Sora grinned, shoving his hands into his back pockets. "Too true. Who knows what Mom would put you through," he declared. Riku smiled slyly as he took Sora's chin in between his fingers.
"Awwwww, but my little soulmate would be there to protect me, ehh?" asked Riku. Sora knocked his hand away from his face, quickly enough to hide his blush as Riku chuckled.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Sora!"
"See ya, Riku! Good luck bailing you dad out!"
"You bastard child!"
"You know you love me!"
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Lots of people have signed up for biology, over-night field trip to the mountains, and guess who's going? Everyone, of course! Including Kairi, and Sora, and Riku, and Hikari, and Yuffie, and even Leon as a counseler! Cid is comming too and so is Sephiroth and Cloud! Oh no! What will happen?! What will go wrong?!! Who will have an erection in the middle of the night from gazing at his bestfriend (and soulmate) for too long?! See ya then!!! (EEEK!! A student and a teacher having a relationship are going to be going on an over-night field trip to the mountains?! Oh the temptations! The TEMPTATIONS!!)
Iiiiiii'm loving youuuuuu -
NOT THOSE TEMPTATIONS!!!
Next Episode of Symphony Remix: blah blah blah, I haven't thought of one yet. expect it in December 2003.
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"All you have to do is go that way, really fast! If something gets in your way, turn." - Monique, Better off Dead.
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