I dreamed I was a moron ~ Squall Leonhart FF8
ForzenLioness: And I dreamt I owned Kingdom Hearts, but unfortunately I just write lame fanfics T-T
Warnings:
chibi Riku as usual... try not to die from kawaiiness ^.~ oh and a little Selphie and Kairi bashing. I didn't mean it though.. it's just Riku's way of seeing them, ok? I like Selphie! And Kairi's just... Kairi. *rolls eyes*
Author's Ranting:
Thanks again for the reviews, I'm glad you like this story ^^
So, already a new chapter... geez, I shouldn't write so fast, you'll just get used to it and then you're disappointed because I get into a slump -_-
Anyway.. this chapter... Riku meets the others! Kairi and Selphie are monsters... O.o
Have fun!
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Thus, Sora had to make up a story about a stork delivering babies in boxes to the happy parents.
"You're lying," Riku commented as Sora finished his little fairy tale. The brunette raised one eyebrow and crossed his arms.
"Why do you think that? It's perfectly true."
Riku gave him a look and crossed his arms, too. "I'm not as stupid as you think, I know that babies can't breathe in boxes!" He stuck out his tongue and looked proudly at Sora.
The brunette stared for a while before he started to laugh. Riku immediately pouted, frowning in confusion. Why was Sora laughing at him?
"Hey! Don't laugh at me!" he whined, bouncing on his feet, trying to punch Sora. And he nearly hit him where it hurt the most.
"Woah watch it!" Sora quickly stopped Riku and crouched down to him. "I wasn't laughing at you. I was just...um...you were just so cute, I had to laugh." He smiled, ruffling the silver haired boy's head. Riku thrust his lower lip forward and pushed against Sora's hand, trying to get it away. Sora grinned and ruffled his head more, loving to tease the little boy. He could almost see the steam coming out of his ears. Sora got up and tried to take Riku's hand, but the young boy refused.
Just when Sora wanted to pick him up, the door swung open and Kairi stood in the doorway, eyebrows raised.
"Sora? What are you doing here? I was just about to visit Se--" She stopped, looking down to the person next to Sora. She blinked and froze. Sora rubbed his hands nervously, titling his head to peer at Kairi.
"Uhh, Kairi?" He leaned forward, waving a hand before her face. The girl remained still.
Riku kicked the sand beneath his feet and watched it being carried away by the wind. It seemed fascinating to him as he watched in concentration, repeatedly kicking to make more sand come up.
"So....so..." Kairi's lips moved, and a faint sound came out. "So...he's so..." Suddenly, Kairi attacked Riku, hugging and cuddling him.
"HE'S SO CUTE!!" she squealed, pinching the poor boy's cheeks while she pulled him close to her. "Awww Sora! Is that really Riku? Awww isn't he the sweetest boy ever? Aww I wanna eat you, you little darling!"
Riku had a look of horror on his face and tried to wriggle out of Kairi's death grip, but the girl was too strong. She continued to shower him with kisses and hugged him almost to death, talking in stupid baby language to him. Riku was three, he could talk like a normal person.
"Heeeelp! The monster is goin to eeeaaaat me!" he wailed, hoping for Sora to save him. The brunette was laughing so hard that he didn't hear the cry of help, although he did feel sorry for Riku. Kairi was doing exactly what Sora wanted to do all day. Riku was just the most adorable being on this earth.
Finally, Kairi pulled away, ruffling Riku's hair once more before she stood up again, smiling dreamily at him.
Riku's face was now as blue as his shorts and he panted for air, glaring at Kairi. The girl totally ignored the look. "Aww! Is little Riku hungry? Do you want to make happa happa? I have lots of sweets here! Or do you wanna play? Playing is soo fun, right?"
Sora doubled over in laughter at Kairi's attempt of talking to Riku, and the little boy only stared at her as though she was a total retard. Then he crossed his arms, wearing a cool and smooth expression on his face, very unlikely for a three-year-old but reminding of the normal Riku. He looked up to her with his crossed arms and said,
"Just because you're a moron, you don't have to treat me like one."
Kairi flinched and blinked. "Ehh?"
Sora nearly choked at the statement and crouched down to Riku. "Riku! You don't say such things to your friends!" And where did he learn that word anyway? Wasn't 'moron' a bad word, just like 'hell'?
The silver haired gave him a look as if to say 'but she's really a retard' and then turned away, ignoring both of them. Kairi just stood there, kind of dazed and shocked because of Riku's behavior. Sora scratched his head and shrugged, trying to apologize for Riku.
"He's just in a bad mood, I guess. But what I wanted to ask..."
"Do you know what happened to make him into this? I found him on the beach and he was already like that. He says he can't remember anything. I mean, the only thing he remembers, is me." Sora sighed and looked at Kairi. She frowned and rubbed her temple, thinking.
She narrowed her eyes. "Um...well...it could be..um, my fault," she then said, frowning even more. Sora's eyes widened.
"What? Why? How?!"
Kairi ruffled her hair in confusion and took a deep breath. She looked at Riku again, studying the little boy before her. Then she shook her head, blinking a few times. She sighed.
"Selphie and I made a potion. We were looking at photos and we saw little Riku, and we thought he was cute. I said I wish I could turn him into a little boy again, and we started to fool around with potions because Selphie had this chemistry game... I just never thought this stuff works! Selphie said that we were just playing and that it would never work."
She looked again at the silver haired boy and chuckled. "But isn't he just the cutest being ever?"
Riku winced, preparing for another attack of the baby language talking retard. Sora chuckled and nodded, melting at the sight of his little friend. Then he got serious again and sighed.
"So you made a potion. Something chemical? Do you think there is something like a reverse potion?" Sora closed his eyes and prayed. Kairi just had to know a cure. She just had to.
"No."
"Darn!" Sora barked. This was just stupid. The whole situation seemed like one of those stories where a crazy fangirl author chibified her favorite character just to trouble the others... **hint hint XD**
"Sorry," Kairi tried to comfort Sora, smiling sheepishly. "I never thought it would actually work."
Sora shook his head and smiled. "Nah, it's not your fault. We just...have to find out what to do now. How do we tell his parents?"
The two teens frowned. Riku was listening to them although he was still not looking at them. What were they talking about? He didn't understand one word. For a few moments, the three of them just stood in silence.
"Where do the babies come from?" Riku suddenly piped up, looking at Kairi with big hopeful eyes.
Kairi raised her eyebrows in surprise and looked at Sora. The brunette suddenly had a wicked smile on his face and his eyes were laughing gleefully at her. Kairi frowned, but then shrugged.
"Well, little Riku, babies come from big fluffy clouds! You see, there are those wuffyfluffy clouds where lots of babies are and when a mama and a papa want a child, the baby flies down right into their arms."
She smiled proudly at Sora who just shook his head. Riku rolled his eyes and shook his head, too.
"You're lying. Stop telling me stupid stories. If there were babies in clouds, wouldn't we see them?"
Sora laughed and nodded. "Yeah Kairi, shouldn't we be able to see them? Stop telling Riku fairy tales, tell him how it really works." He smirked and waited for Kairi's response. The girl frowned and crossed her arms.
"You want to know? Okay..so..um...babies...you know... when...two people...and...they want...and then..."
Sora broke into a fit of laughter and Kairi turned beet-red, stammering something incoherent. Riku just watched in confusion.
Suddenly, a squeal was audible. And then, something yellow flashed before them and before they knew what was happening, Riku was being pounced by a hyperactive Selphie.
"Aaaaiiiiiii sooo cute!! You're even cuter than I thought! Awww cute Riku-chan!" she did the same thing as Kairi did before, and Riku began to kick and scream to make her go away. This time, Sora decided to save him and removed Selphie, making her land in the sand.
"Stop it, he's not a cute teddy bear you can cuddle all you want. He's a person. He's Riku!" He turned to Kairi, attempting to say something but he was cut off by something yellow flashing past him.
"Huh?" He turned around.
"Waahhhh monsters! Monsters! I don't want to get eaten! Wahhhh!" Riku was running around in circles as Selphie chased him.
"I'm not going to eat you, Riku-chan! Stay still and let me cuddle and wuddle you!" Selphie jumped and caught Riku, choking him with her embrace.
"WAHHH!" Riku wailed, trying to kick himself free. Sora decided to help him and ran over to them.
"Selphie, let him go and I'll buy you as much ice cream as you want."
"Really?!" the girl shrieked and immediately let go, bouncing beside Kairi with a big smile. Riku frowned and quickly hid behind Sora's leg, holding it tight. Sora blinked and looked down to see Riku hugging his leg, cautiously watching Selphie and Kairi.
"Now look what you did! He's afraid of you," Sora said, shaking his head. Riku's ears perked up and he let go of Sora, putting his hands to his hips.
"I'm not afraid! I'm brave!" he proudly exclaimed, but when Kairi and Selphie began to squeal, he quickly ran back behind Sora's leg and hid, squeezing his eyes shut.
The brunette laughed and picked him up, cradling him in his arms. "All right, now back to the topic. Selphie! You made this crazy potion, don't you know how to reverse it?"
Selphie cocked her head and stopped bouncing for a second. "Reverse? Why do you want to reverse it?" she asked, obviously confused. Sora rolled his eyes. Sure, little Riku was cute and all, but they had to get things back to normal before their parents found out. What would they tell them? What would his parents *do* with a three-year-old boy? They were almost never at home.
"Selphie, we have to get him back to normal!" Sora exclaimed, a little too loudly and Riku clutched to him, burying his head in his shirt. "Stop shouting," he whined. Sora frowned and stroked over Riku's hair. "Sorry."
The girl looked at Kairi and then at Sora. "What are you so worried about? He will be back to normal in a week." Kairi blinked and Selphie shrugged. Sora's eyes widened.
"What? A week?"
Selphie nodded. "Yeah. This potion is just for a short period of time. In one week, everything's normal, so stop making such a fuzz out of this and have fun with the little cutie!" Riku whimpered and tried to hide in Sora's shirt, afraid of the drooling yellow thing that wanted his life and the retard who couldn't talk properly.
Sora sighed in relief. "So it's just one week? Thank God." Looking at the boy in his arms, Sora smiled happily. "Then I'll take care of him since my parents aren't at home this week. As soon as he's normal again he can go back to his own house."
Selphie and Kairi tried the puppy look on Sora, begging him to let Riku stay with them, but Sora refused. "You wouldn't be able to hold back and probably eat him. It's too dangerous," he said, smirking at them.
The girls pouted.
"Hey, there are you!" Tidus and Wakka came running over to them. "What's up? Why's everyone gathered here?"
Wakka looked at everyone and noticed that Sora was carrying someone. A little boy. With silver hair. He also noticed that Riku was not standing beside Sora or Kairi like always.
"Where's Riku, ya?" he asked, looking around. Kairi chuckled and Riku looked up at the mention of his name. He looked at the red hair and stared in fascination. His hair was almost as fascinating as Sora's.
Tidus nudged Wakka. "I think Riku's the little boy."
Wakka's jaw dropped and he stared at Riku who was staring at his hair. "This kid? What happened?!"
Sora, Kairi and Selphie groaned. They decided to sit down to tell Tidus and Wakka the story. Riku, who had been sitting on Sora's lap, eventually crawled off him and walked around while the others talked. Tidus listened with interest while Wakka watched the little Riku crouch down to examine a bug. He wanted to laugh as he saw Riku try to poke the bug but withdrew because he was afraid that it would bite him.
Then, Wakka smirked as he had an idea. Riku had always beaten him when they fought. It was time for a little payback.
He took his ball and grinned.
"Hey, Riku! Catch this!" He threw the ball towards the little boy, though only lightly. He didn't want to kill Riku with a hard blow, but a little bump with the ball would serve him right. Riku looked up in confusion. His eyes widened as a huge round thing came flying towards him and yelped as he got knocked over.
Wakka snickered and the others immediately turned to see what happened.
Riku slowly sat up, rubbing his nose with the back of his hand. He looked at Wakka, a deep frown on his face and then he turned to look at the ball behind him that had hit him. He cocked his head and then looked back at Wakka.
"Why did you do that?" he asked, frowning even more.
Wakka began to feel sorry as he saw that cute little face scrunch up like that. He hoped he hadn't hurt the little boy.
"Um...I..." Riku's eyes were piercing through him and he began to feel really uncomfortable. Sora decided to help him out and walked over to Riku, picking him up again.
"He was just trying to play with you, Riku. You're supposed to catch the ball, and then you throw it back," he calmly said, and everyone was surprised how well Sora could handle kids. They looked at the ball and everyone, including Sora, sweatdropped as they saw the size of the ball. It was almost as big as Riku himself, so how should he have caught it?
Wakka scratched his head and apologized, patting Riku's head slightly. Riku was still a little confused and sat back on his spot on Sora's lap, taking Sora's arms to wrap them around himself. Everyone 'aww'ed and Sora blushed.
Selphie finished the story and the boys nodded. "So one week and it's over? We should be able to handle that, right?"
Kairi snorted. "Yeah, we should. But Sora won't let us do anything! He wants to babysit Riku alone."
Sora frowned. "I never said that! I said that you shouldn't babysit him," he said looking at Selphie and Kairi. "Tidus and Wakka can help me." He then looked at the ball and shook his head.
"No, Tidus can help me." He grinned at Wakka who rolled his eyes and muttered, "I apologized, ya... I didn't mean to hurt him..."
Everyone chuckled and Riku just watched them in usual bewilderment. He had no clue what Sora and the other big people were talking about. As Sora got up, he took Riku's hand and let him walk beside him.
"All right. We're leaving now. I'm sure Riku gets hungry soon," Sora said, smiling down at the silver haired boy. Riku let go off Sora's hand and ran over to the ball, picking it up. He had to struggle to hold it since it was so big but when he got it, he turned to Wakka.
"Catch!" he called, throwing the ball as hard as he could. Of course, it didn't go very far but just flew a few inches. Wakka smiled and picked up the ball, ruffling Riku's hair.
"Thanks, kid."
Riku smiled proudly and Sora chuckled while Selphie and Kairi went mad from all the cuteness.
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Ending notes:
Ouch. Riku got knocked over with a ball. I wrote that out of experience, I got knocked over with a giant ball when I was 3 lol.
Anyway...Riku hasn't asked any questions in this chapter...but the 'why' questions will come eventually...
One week to babysit little Riku, can Sora handle this?
Next Chapter : Riku finds the Adult Channel on TV and starts to ask Sora about it... ehehehe ^.~