Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square-Enix does. If I did own it, it would be really crappy and I'd be married to Sora (Riku or Leon wouldn't be bad either...). But unfortunetly, I don't, so don't sue me.
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SoraxKairi fic. Chapter 10 is here! The day of the event! Who would think this fic would go so far? *wipes away tears* Lol, anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed! I love you SO much! =D Enjoy!
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CHAPTER 10 - Competitions and Arguments
Finally, it was the day of the several competitions Sora had signed up for. All of the students were gathered in front of the school, each one with special uniforms made for that day. The uniform for class 2-B was a blue T-shirt with the saying "Kingdom Masters" on the front, and the name of the student on the back. For class 2-A, the shirt was red and said "Cetra Warriors" in the front. There were several others, "Al Bhed Lions", "Yevonite Soldiers", "Darkness Raiders", "SeeD Generals", "Avalanche Eagles", and a few more.
There was also a cheering squad, which Selphie and Yuna were in. Selphie had said to Sora before that even if they weren't allowed to cheer for one person in particular, she'd be cheering for him. And there she was, dressed in the cheerleader uniform: a short yellow dress with the school emblem.
Everybody was very excited. The director would make a speech that moment, so everyone stopped talking and turned to look at the judges balcony. But instead of the director actually appearing there, someone put a radio on top of the balcony and turned it on. A deep, gloomy voice came out of it.
"Is this thing on? Geez, these stupid modern technologies... Okay, right, can everybody hear me? Good! Now, I'm the director, and you will all... follow my instructions, and your hearts will give in to the DARKNESS! THAT'S RIGHT! The darkness! MWAHAHAHAHA! Open your hearts to the dark-... what? Oh yeah, ahem, hem, well, the first competition is the team racing between classes 2-A and 2-B. Please choose your partners and meet Professor Cloud in the racing track..... WAAAH! THE LIGHT! THE LIGHT! SOMEONE CLOSE THE WINDOW! THE LIGHT!! WAAAAAH!!!!"...
"That director Ansem is a weird one, don't you think?" Tidus asked, confused like nearly everyone else at the school. "Anyway, let's make a team here. We can mix classes in this one so – Rikku, Wakka and me, and Sora, can stay with Yuffie and Kairi."
"Hey, why do I have to stay with the girls?"
"Okay then... Riku can go on your team, while Yuffie stays in ours."
Sora smiled. Riku was the champion of races in their last school, and even when they were kids. But of course, Tidus didn't know about that. We've got the advantage now, Sora thought.
"Alright... let's go then. I'll be the first to run." said Tidus, running to the racing track.
Sora looked for Kairi, and he saw that she was putting on a pretty gold necklace in the shape of a star. "Lucky charm," she said when she saw him looking at it. Soon they were all in their respective places at the track. Each one would have to run with a baton and hand it to the next person, and so on until they reached the finish line. Riku was first, Kairi second and Sora was last.
"Alright... in your positions... ready… set…" said Cloud, ready to whistle the beginning of the competition. "GO!"
After the whistle, Tidus ran like a tiger, making a circle and reaching Wakka. But Riku was already much ahead of them, and handed over the baton to Kairi in no time. Wakka was slow, even more so than Kairi, so she didn't have any trouble keeping ahead.
The boys could hear Selphie and Yuna cheering in the background. "Go Kai! Go Kai! You can make it! You can make it!" they were shouting. Soon, Kairi reached Sora and, with a smile, handed him the baton. Sora ran very quickly - all those races with Riku had after all been for something - and before he knew it, he reached the finish line. They had won.
"YEAH! SORA! SORA! Give me an S! Give me an O! Give me an R! Give me an A! SORAAA!" cheered Selphie, so loud that the other cheerleaders were covering their ears.
The team came running to the boys and said "Good job" to each other, while Yuffie punched Wakka and screamed "YOU'RE SO SLOW, DAMMIT!" When the group left, Kairi hugged Sora and whispered "You were really great!" in his ear.
Sora felt like he could win against the entire school at that moment.
"Now the classes 3-A, 3-B and 3-C will have racing competition. For classes 2-A and 2-B, tug-of-war, the Kingdom Masters versus the Cetra Warriors." The announcer was a weird cat sitting on top of a fat pink stuffed animal, holding a microphone. School couldn't be any weirder now.
It wasn't going to be easy; class 2-A had stronger students than class 2-B. In Sora's classroom the only really strong guy was Tidus, while the other class had Riku and Wakka, both much stronger than him.
Everyone positioned themselves along the rope, white lines on the floor marked the place where the ribbon in the middle of the rope would have to pass in order for one team to win. Soon, Cloud blew his whistle, so Sora pulled the rope with all his strength.
Unfortunately... it didn't do much good. The other class was already winning – Sora's team was going to lose. However, luckily for them, Tidus was one heck of a great leader.
"Okay everyone, when I say pull, everyone pull the rope together, understand?" he called to the class, and everyone made notes of agreement. Then he yelled "All right... PULL!"
Everyone pulled together, and the rope came more to their side. "PULL!" Tidus yelled again. It seemed like they were going to win, but then, the entire class A tripped to the ground, while class B celebrated their victory.
"Woohoo, Tidus, I didn't know you were so great in charge!" Yuffie teased. Tidus just rolled his eyes and at that moment, the cat's voice echoed again.
"Classes 2-A and 2-B, please prepare for the marathon."
The marathon would be the most difficult event, at least for Sora. It would be a run from the school around the streets of the island, especially closed for this event, and they would stop where the secret challenge would take place. Sora went to the starting line and positioned himself for the competition. He saw that Yuffie and Riku were glaring at each other from their places, clearly thinking, "I'm gonna beat you so hard you're gonna cry out for your mommy."
Sensing that those two would never get along, Sora sighed and settled himself between Kairi and Wakka.
"Ready? 1,2,3... GO!" The whistle blew, and everybody started to run along the track. Sora heard a bumping noise from behind and saw Wakka had fallen in the ground. "I'll be fine... I can't go on... continue without me..." he was holding his foot, like he'd sprained it.
Sora twitched, then continued to sprint. Yuffie and Riku were tied up in first place, running like there was no tomorrow. Tidus was a bit behind, and then came Sora and Kairi - who proved to be a very good runner.
Who knew Riku would find himself a rival? Sora thought. Along the way there were teachers who counted the students and pointed them on in the right direction. Sora saw Aerith, and when they passed her, she gave them a smile.
Sora could hear perfectly well the argument which took place between Riku and (as usual) Yuffie.
"Go away, you ninja brat!" Riku panted.
But Yuffie managed to get ahead of him, and she yelled over her shoulder.
"Ha, women make great leaders, wouldn't you agree? You're just following me!" Yuffie said, laughing over her shoulder at him.
Riku scowled and ran faster to be in front. "You will learn not to mess with me, you crazy girl!"
Sheesh, this was going to be a long run.
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A/N: Now was I the only one who thought this was a boring chapter? =D It was fun to write though. I like to make up team names such as Kingdom Masters ^_^ It would be so cool if we had that in my school. I'd be in the cheering team, hee hee =D Also, our dear Ansem is here!!! He'll appear again later, so don't worry. Anyway, thanks again Fruity and Delicious for ideas and for beta-reading! Next chapter: the secret challenge!
Waah, too lazy to write thank yous... please don't be mad okay! I still love you! =)
See ya next chapter!
Tallis