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For the next week, the moomba kept running in every once in a while to visit me. I had decided to call him Tino, and he loved the attention. Riku just rolled his eyes and continued whatever he had been doing at the time. I had made a silent pact with Tino and myself that when this was all over he was to come home with me. Another time that week, Riku and I were racing down the halls and we got yelled at by a random heartless commander who caught us. Riku beat the snot out of him and kept running, with me trailing behind laughing. He tripped, and I didn't see in time, so I tripped over him and landed on top of him. We were both laughing really hard and I started to get up. He stopped me. I looked at him quizzically as I sat back down on his stomach, and he still had his hand on my arm. He was smiling at me, and I smiled at him. He signaled for me to lie down, and I was about to, but Maleficent wandered down the hallway. "Oh, for the love of Christ." Riku rolled his eyes and pushed me off him. I went tumbling down the hallway and stopped when I hit the witch's feet. I scrambled up and saluted. "I was just looking for you two. lovebirds." Riku raised an eyebrow and I just snorted. "Yeah, right, witch. Like I would ever be in love with her." Riku sneered from behind me. "Dare you defy me? I just saw it with my own eyes. And how many times do I have to tell you to refer to me as 'Maleficent', or 'Queen', or 'Her majesty'?" Riku let out a cough that sounded strangely like the word 'wench'. I sniggered. The wicked sorceress looked at us with an eyebrow raised, and said, "Yes, well, I need you two. The boy with the Key is approaching, and I wish for you to stop him before he gets any farther. Do it however you wish, but if you fail. well, we wouldn't want that, would we?" She finished sweetly, and it made me gag. "Sure, witch, but on one condition." "What might that be, boy?" He narrowed his eyes at her and replied "We do it only if you let us go afterward." Maleficent blinked, and answered, "If you succeed. But if you fail, you will join my heartless servants!" She floated away cackling, and it freaked me out. I got the chills whenever she was around, and I visibly shook. Riku rubbed my arm and sighed. "Come on. we might as well get it over with." I looked at him sheepishly and replied, "But, Riku. do you really think we can beat him?" He smiled and said "We won't have to, Tuni. We try once, just for a test, and then Maleficent will get mad and try to fight him on her own. We offer to help, but she'll turn us down, and get killed." He started chuckling. "Sora's our 'get out of jail free' card, if you will. We just have to double-team him once, get a little beat up, and retreat. You can take a little pain, right?" I nodded, and said, "Let's go," Rambo style, complete with lip movements. Riku laughed, and we fetched our uniforms. Riku was right. We tried once to stop Sora, and we did get a little beat up, and he apologized every time he hit us. We retreated laughing at what was coming up, and Maleficent approached us in a corridor. "You worthless idiots, I should have never picked you as my minions. Here, go join the Heartle-" "But Queen Maleficent, we weakened him up for you! Why don't you try and see how hard it is!" She blinked at me, and Riku looked appalled. "Alright, girl, I will. But after I distinguish the lad's hopes, I'll finish you two worthless creatures off. And no begging for mercy, either! Well, maybe you, you're such a sweet little girl." She grabbed my face like the Grandma from hell and kissed my forehead. She disappeared and I started gagging and rubbing my forehead clean off. "Hey, easy Killer," Riku walked up behind me and stopped my relentless scratching. "But you see what I mean? You're such a kiss-ass that even the evil overlords love you." My forehead was still burning, and he could tell. It was red and splotchy. He chuckled a bit and asked if he could help me. I nodded, and I expected him to heal it, but he instead kissed my forehead in the exact spot Maleficent had. My eyes popped open and I blinked at him a couple times. I was so shocked that he had kissed me that I didn't realize my forehead was fine. He just smiled and said, "Let's go watch her get her ass whooped." He draped an arm around my shoulder and we walked down the hall in that fashion.
For the next week, the moomba kept running in every once in a while to visit me. I had decided to call him Tino, and he loved the attention. Riku just rolled his eyes and continued whatever he had been doing at the time. I had made a silent pact with Tino and myself that when this was all over he was to come home with me. Another time that week, Riku and I were racing down the halls and we got yelled at by a random heartless commander who caught us. Riku beat the snot out of him and kept running, with me trailing behind laughing. He tripped, and I didn't see in time, so I tripped over him and landed on top of him. We were both laughing really hard and I started to get up. He stopped me. I looked at him quizzically as I sat back down on his stomach, and he still had his hand on my arm. He was smiling at me, and I smiled at him. He signaled for me to lie down, and I was about to, but Maleficent wandered down the hallway. "Oh, for the love of Christ." Riku rolled his eyes and pushed me off him. I went tumbling down the hallway and stopped when I hit the witch's feet. I scrambled up and saluted. "I was just looking for you two. lovebirds." Riku raised an eyebrow and I just snorted. "Yeah, right, witch. Like I would ever be in love with her." Riku sneered from behind me. "Dare you defy me? I just saw it with my own eyes. And how many times do I have to tell you to refer to me as 'Maleficent', or 'Queen', or 'Her majesty'?" Riku let out a cough that sounded strangely like the word 'wench'. I sniggered. The wicked sorceress looked at us with an eyebrow raised, and said, "Yes, well, I need you two. The boy with the Key is approaching, and I wish for you to stop him before he gets any farther. Do it however you wish, but if you fail. well, we wouldn't want that, would we?" She finished sweetly, and it made me gag. "Sure, witch, but on one condition." "What might that be, boy?" He narrowed his eyes at her and replied "We do it only if you let us go afterward." Maleficent blinked, and answered, "If you succeed. But if you fail, you will join my heartless servants!" She floated away cackling, and it freaked me out. I got the chills whenever she was around, and I visibly shook. Riku rubbed my arm and sighed. "Come on. we might as well get it over with." I looked at him sheepishly and replied, "But, Riku. do you really think we can beat him?" He smiled and said "We won't have to, Tuni. We try once, just for a test, and then Maleficent will get mad and try to fight him on her own. We offer to help, but she'll turn us down, and get killed." He started chuckling. "Sora's our 'get out of jail free' card, if you will. We just have to double-team him once, get a little beat up, and retreat. You can take a little pain, right?" I nodded, and said, "Let's go," Rambo style, complete with lip movements. Riku laughed, and we fetched our uniforms. Riku was right. We tried once to stop Sora, and we did get a little beat up, and he apologized every time he hit us. We retreated laughing at what was coming up, and Maleficent approached us in a corridor. "You worthless idiots, I should have never picked you as my minions. Here, go join the Heartle-" "But Queen Maleficent, we weakened him up for you! Why don't you try and see how hard it is!" She blinked at me, and Riku looked appalled. "Alright, girl, I will. But after I distinguish the lad's hopes, I'll finish you two worthless creatures off. And no begging for mercy, either! Well, maybe you, you're such a sweet little girl." She grabbed my face like the Grandma from hell and kissed my forehead. She disappeared and I started gagging and rubbing my forehead clean off. "Hey, easy Killer," Riku walked up behind me and stopped my relentless scratching. "But you see what I mean? You're such a kiss-ass that even the evil overlords love you." My forehead was still burning, and he could tell. It was red and splotchy. He chuckled a bit and asked if he could help me. I nodded, and I expected him to heal it, but he instead kissed my forehead in the exact spot Maleficent had. My eyes popped open and I blinked at him a couple times. I was so shocked that he had kissed me that I didn't realize my forehead was fine. He just smiled and said, "Let's go watch her get her ass whooped." He draped an arm around my shoulder and we walked down the hall in that fashion.