Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square-Enix does. You should probably know that by now, but anyways...
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SoraxKairi fic. Yay, it's finally the day of the party! ^_^ SoraxKairi fluff as promised. 1000 thank yous for everyone who reviewed, I love you all! Now, to chappy 6. Enjoy! =)
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CHAPTER 6 - The Princess and the Masquerade
Thursday and Friday had passed quickly, basically only with constant reviews of Yuffie's "plan of genius", as she had named it. Sora spent the entire morning decorating what he was supposed to say, and good ways to start a conversation.
Yuffie had told him to get around at the club by 7 o'clock for the preparations. So when it was time, Sora followed Yuffie's instructions and found the Moonlight Club. It was big, and the logo on top of the entrance was shining and alternating between green and yellow lights. There was also a flashing moon right next to it. Sora entered the club and saw Yuffie talking to the waiters.
"Heya Sora!" she said, approaching the boy. "Everything's ready. I invited a few selected people too, heh!" she finished, taking a list out of her pocket.
"Are you sure it is going to work?" Sora asked. After all, that was Yuffie.
"Of course it will, or else the plan wouldn't be called The-Very-Cool-Yuffie's-Super-Special-Infallible-Plan-To-Make-Sora-And-Kairi-Get-Together." Yuffie breathed, then completed "Or TVCYSSIPTMSAKGT for short."
Sora stared at her. "Riiiight."
"The only thing missing is that we need to change... oh there you guys are!"
Tidus, Wakka and Riku had entered the main hall from the changing room, already in their costumes. Tidus seemed like he'd rather be anywhere else than there (But then again, who wasn't?). He was wearing a very funny Batman costume, he couldn't breathe with the mask on, and the utility belt kept falling. Wakka's Sherlock was completely ruined by his more athletic body, so the coat was too small to fit him (the funny accent and orange hair didn't help either). Riku, however, was absolutely creepy as a vampire - he looked like Dracula himself, with false blood dripping from his mouth, and fake teeth and a black cape completed the look.
"Wow, they're pretty nice, right Sora?" asked Yuffie, smiling. Sora just nodded while bitting his lip to prevent him from laughing at his friends' faces. "Tidus, put the damn mask ON - now! - I don't care if you die because you cannot breathe, just make sure you wear the mask! - Okay, Sora, you can go change."
Sora went inside the changing room and put on his outfit. At first he felt ridiculous, but then he realized it wasn't so bad. After all, it wouldn't be so bad to be Kairi's prince, right? Well, at least I'm not a Batman...
Yuffie handed him a mask and hat as soon as he got out of the room. "Here, wear these." she said.
"Why?"
"Kairi won't need to know *you're* Sora." Yuffie explained.
"Why not?"
"Well, you would be too shy to do anything if she actually thought it was you. But if you act like you're someone else, you'll feel more confident." said Yuffie proudly of her geniousity.
It kind of made sense. How does Yuffie know that much about me? Feminine intuition? In the end, Sora agreed and wore the hat and the mask.
A few minutes later, the first guests arrived. Most of them Sora didn't know, others he recognised as his classmates. They were dressed in all sorts of things: fairies, monsters, famous people, Spongebob, anything you could imagine.
What if she doesn't come?
But she came.
Kairi entered the club followed by Yuna and Selphie. Kairi was indeed dressed as a princess, and she was very pretty. Wow, Yuffie *is* good with that intuition thing. She was wearing a long blue shining dress with white layers above it, with a very beautiful crown around her head which made her look even more angelical.
Selphie came as a fairy and wore a pretty pink dress. Yuna wore a simply amazing kimono, and she was looking around the club shyly.
Yuffie waved to the girls and they came to meet the group. Selphie squealed as usual. "Oooh, it's so nice to see you all! Aaah, Riku~! You're sooo scary!"
Riku just rolled his eyes in response. Tidus and Wakka laughed.
"How come you're not dressed?" Yuna asked looking at Yuffie, who was still wearing her regular clothes. Sora had never seen Yuna so closely before; she had a... mysterious air around her, but she was pretty nonetheless. Her voice was as pure as snow.
"I was just going to do that so, excuse me!" Yuffie replied, leaving for the changing room, but when she passed Sora, she whispered in his ear, "Invite Kairi to dance, won't you?"
Wakka and Tidus decided to grab some food, Selphie dragged a very reluctant Riku to the dance floor, and Yuna was asked to dance by another guy, so Sora was left to talk to Kairi.
"Hey Kairi." he started.
"Hi, but-" Kairi seemed confused, and raised an eyebrow. "how do you know my name? Have I met you before?"
Oh yeah, she doesn't know I'm Sora. "Uh, no, no, but Yuffie told me your name," lied Sora, taking care of also changing the voice a bit.
"Oh. So, what's your name?"
"Ah, it's, well," Sora picked the first name that came to his mind. "My name is Donald." Donald?! What kind of a name is Donald?!? Stupid Disney cartoons...
"Nice to meet you. Can I call you Don?" Kairi asked. Sora saw she was trying to hide a giggle, and with a *good* reason.
"Y-yeah, all right." he said with an uneasy smile. "Hey, do you wanna dance?"
"Of course!"
Both of them headed to the dance floor and started to dance along the agitated music, not even bothering to follow the correct steps. Sora didn't feel embarassed at all, just being there with Kairi, even making her laugh with funny dances. Soon, both Sora and Kairi were dancing like two maniacs, imitating robots, and inventing new steps, laughing hard and drawing the attention of the entire club. But somehow they didn't care. It was just the two of them, and nobody else mattered.
The music ended, and instead came a romantic song. Tidus invited Yuna to dance with him, and she accepted with a smile. Riku, looking extremely dizzy from dancing with the hyper Selphie, refused to dance that other one with her (His exact words were "I WILL NEVER DANCE WITH THIS INSANE GIRL AGAIN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!", but it came close).
"Er, we don't have to dance this one, if you don't want to..." said Sora, uncomfortable. It had been fun earlier, but that was a *romantic* song, and as much as he'd like to dance it with her, he wasn't sure *she* felt the same for him.
Much to the boy's surprise Kairi responded "Oh, I don't mind." She put an arm around his back and holded Sora's hand with her own. Sora felt a bit embarassed with so close contact with her, but that feeling was soon switched for the one of joy. A few days ago I felt like I couldn't even get near her, but now... I guess I'm not such a bad dancer after all, heh.
After a few moments of dance, Kairi rested her head on Sora's shoulder (he wasn't much taller than her). Sora felt his face get red, and hoped Kairi wouldn't notice.
"Sorry, I'm a bit tired." she mumbled. "We sure rocked back there, don't you think?" she said, smiling.
"No problem. And, you dance very well." said Sora, feeling like he could stay like that forever if Kairi didn't leave.
"Heh, if that crazy dance was dancing very well, then I'm like Madonna!" Kairi said, laughing. "I'm usually terrible at this. By the way, if I step on your foot, I'm sorry."
"Don't worry, you won't." Sora smiled.
Sora could now visualize the beautiful crown more closely.
"This is a very pretty crown."
"Oh, thanks. It was my grandmother's. She told me she gained this from a real prince, but I don't know if it's true."
"Really? I thought you were truly a princess and that was your actual crown."
"Heh, no way!"
"For someone so beautiful, it's natural." Sora didn't know what made him so poetic that night, but he thanked heavens for whoever sent that gift at that moment. Kairi stopped dancing and looked at him, her sapphire eyes glowing. Their faces were so close, Sora could feel the girl's breath.
Sora saw Kairi getting closer to him, and she said in a low voice, "You're not different from a prince either." She leaned closer, giving Sora a soft kiss on the lips.
They were barely aware that the whole hall stopped to watch the scene, and that one girl was mentally praising herself from behind the music boxes.
"Man, I should really write an advice book." thought Yuffie.
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A/N: Hello! I hope you all liked this chapter. I spent sooo much time thinking of a good way for this to go (I wasn't sure if Kairi should kiss Sora, if Sora should kiss Kairi or if they shouldn't even kiss at all) _ In the end, I didn't know if it was good. And guess who's gonna tell me? That's right, YOU, my dear friend. So go ahead and press that pretty little purple button down there and feed me with reviews! ^_^
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Till next chapter! =)
Tallis