Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square-Enix does. Honestly, I would certainly not be writing crappy fanfics if I DID own Kingdom Hearts, now would I?
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SoraxKairi fic. This is a more funny chapter overall, so almost no Kairi ;_; But next chapter will be totally dedicated to Sora and Kairi, so don't be disappointed! Thanks for all the amazing reviews, so onto chapter 5. Enjoy! =)
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CHAPTER 5 - Prepare for the party
"Okay, I already made the reservation at the Club, so really all we have to do is find a costume for all of us." said Yuffie at break time of Wednesday.
They were all sitting on a table of the cafeteria, all planning to help Sora with the party. A total of 5 people. Sora, Yuffie, Riku, Tidus and Wakka (both who had agreed in participating of the plan when Yuffie had told them - Wakka was an old friend of Tidus, and was in class 2-A). How did this group get so big?
"Nothing embarassing, ya?" asked Wakka. He had a funny accent, and an athletic look that very much resembled Tidus'.
"Oh, no, no, just something that covers your faces and nobody recognises you - except for us, of course." Yuffie explained. She seemed like a general commanding her troops. All it was missing was the boys saying "Yes, sir!" to every order she gave them. "Anyway," she continued, "meet me at the Costume Shop after class. Don't skip it!" and with that, they all got back onto their respective classes.
"Yuffie, don't you think you're overreacting a bit?" Sora asked with panic in his voice.
"I think you need all the help you can get, dear little friend." she said, grinning. "And besides, I could do with some fun. Haven't had any for a while."
Sora decided there was no use discussing with Yuffie, so he brushed the thought aside, hoping he could deal with that later. Instead, he found it much more comfortable to just stare at Kairi's hair. Kairi's very pretty hair... Kairi's red hair, it must be so soft, it smells really nice too...
Unfortunetly, he didn't hear the Geography teacher, an old hot-tempered man named Cid, asking him a question on the subject he was teaching. Something to do with space, other planets, all that babbling.
"So, kiddo, do ya know the answer?" Cid asked, his arms crossed in front of his chest.
What? What question? "N-no, I don't know, sir..." Sora answered, embarassed.
"Heh, for a boy with the head on space you don't know much about it eh?" He laughed more than necessary at his own joke, then said "You better pay more attention kiddo, or else you won't leave this class next year, ya understand?"
Sora nodded. Great, first week of school, and I already get a warning by a teacher. Nice way to impress Kairi.
Thankfully the classes ended soon and Sora ound himself heading to the Costume Shop as Yuffie had told them to. Surely enough, Yuffie was standing in front of the store, beating her foot on the ground with her hands on her hips.
"Why did you take so long?" she asked, impatient.
"Yuffie, I took like, five minutes to get here." Sora explained.
"Whatever. The rest of the guys are arriving now too, those lazy bums, so let's get started." Yuffie said, spotting Tidus, Wakka and Riku approaching the shop. They all got in, and looked for something they could wear. Unfortunetly, most of the outfits they refused to even try - such as clowns, vampires ("Aw c'mon Riku, you would look great as one!" Yuffie told him, receiving a killing glare in response), and other embarassing things.
In the end, Riku reluctantly agreed in wearing the vampire costume. Wakka picked up a Sherlock Holmes outfit, with the hat, cloat, and sunglasses to hide his face a bit more. Tidus, having found nothing he liked, let Yuffie pick one for him - terrible choice. She made him wear a Batman costume, complete with the mask, utility belt and cape. Yuffie herself chose a ninja outfit ("I always wanted to be one!" she had told Sora), but Sora still hadn't decide.
"Come on Sora, pick anything and let's go!" said an angry Riku.
"Wait, I can't find anything good..." Sora said. It was true - he surely wasn't going as Goofy from that Disney cartoon. Yuffie, however, had already thought of a solution.
"How about..." she moved through the tons of clothes and attires, until she found what she was looking for. It was a prince costume, probably taken from some of those fairy tales by Disney. "This one?"
"Why a prince costume?" Sora asked, confused.
"Something tells me Kairi will be going as a pretty princess Saturday night" Yuffie answered, grinning. "And there's no princess without a prince, right?"
"How do you know?"
"Feminine intuition." was all Yuffie responded.
They payed for the costumes and left to their houses. Sora and Riku took the boat to Destiny Islands, as usual.
"You better be grateful, because we're doing this all because of you." Riku said, when they arrived on the island.
Sora smiled. "Thanks. For everything."
"You should be." Riku said. But then he turned to Sora again and asked, smiling, "You're not going to screw this up, are you?"
"I hope not" was all Sora could say. Now that he thought about it, he didn't have much experience in talking to girls, especially Kairi. He got all nervous and didn't manage to say a word. Oh, I can so screw this up.
"You better work on what you'll say when you meet Kairi on Saturday," Riku said as if reading the other boy's mind. "Don't wanna make a fool of yourself, right? Oh, I guess it's a bit late for that, isn't it?" he completed, laughing.
"Hey! It's not funny!" Sora said, pouting. "Well... I thought I should start with, 'Hi,'. What do you think?"
"Yeah, 'Hey' is so out of the season!" Riku said, doing a perfect imitation of Selphie when she talked about clothes.
Sora noted that. "I think you're spending way too much time with that Selphie girl."
"I agree." Riku sighed. "It's not as if I wanted to, though."
Sora laughed. Then the two boys headed to their own homes, Sora thinking about Kairi, and the club.
I'm so NOT going to screw this up.
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A/N: I feel like I haven't been centering much on the romance, don't you think? Oh well, it's just that I really enjoy writing the funny parts =) But as I said above, the next chapter will be the party, so Sora/Kairi fluff is guaranteed! ;) Plus I really needed to "prepare the ground" before they got together. So don't abandon me now, please? ;_; *makes puppy eyes* And I'd really appreciate if you told me what you thought of the story, so please review! ^_^
A few personal thank yous (sorry I didn't include everyone):
Fruity and Delicious: Oh well, yeah, that was wrong. But it wasn't on purpose - in my A/N on the first chapter I said English wasn't my native language, so there ARE lots of mistakes in this story, I won't deny, but I try my best not to make them. Plus, I'm my own beta-reader. I'm surprised I didn't see anyone scream "You are killing English!" or something like that yet O_o; So I'm sorry for all the mistakes. And Kairi is not meant to be a Mary Sue (she is NOT perfect, you'll see later ;) ). Please forgive me - and thanks for your review!
BubbleFairy03: Yay! Other faithful reviewer ^_^ Your review totally made my day. No, Yuffie and Selphie aren't related (Selphie is the most hyper, popular and fashion one, while Yuffie is more of a trouble-maker or tomboy. Hope this clarified =) ). Yeah, an argument between Cloud and Leon would be funny, thanks for your idea! ^_^
Raserei Hojo: I'm glad you liked Sephy. I really like him too, but his part on that chapter was really small =D And thanks for pointing out my mistakes, it's just that in my language the "s" sometimes has the sound of a "z", so that confuses me... _
Riyoji Jeremishou: Hey, another crazy Sephy fan
^_^ lol! And yep, Ansem is in fact in this story, but he won't show up for a
while (he might be a bit OOC too... but I'll try my best ;) )
juzlovnsora:
Thanks for your comments, and I like Sora
dressed like that too but I already thought of a costume for him ^_^ it's a bit
crappy as you've seen in this chapter, but anyway... =D
MoonFlow-Kairi: Thank you! And you were
eating cookies too? Lol =D Thanks again for your review, I'd be eternally glad
if you think this is one of your faves ^_^ *feels loved* =)
See ya guys next chapter! =)
Tallis