Authors Notes: Well, here's chapter 12. This whole chapter's pretty much full of sap, but hey, I like sap, and it's my fic so try not to complain. The sap will lighten a little, and then there will be much more, heh heh. Enjoy~ ^_~
Disclaimer: I'm not going to put this anymore ok, because you ppl should already know what I don't own, which would be Kingdom Hearts or anything related to it. I'm only going to put a claimer, k.?
Claimer: I DO own Falina, Ceres, Narimo, Tetra, and the plot. I also own a PS2, bed, room in my house, and a big black wolf-dog named Shadow, but you all don't care about that now do ya? Ok, I'm done.
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While everyone else was sound asleep, Tetra was having a dream. It made her move nervously in her sleep, and a cold sweat ran down her face. She was having the same nightmare she had been having for a while now. The nightmare was about that day nearly a year ago.
~*~ She was in her room asleep, as were her parents in their room. The whole town was quietly sleeping. They hear a sudden explosion near by. Tetra quickly sits up in bed wondering what happened. Her parents come in her room to see if she's alright.
They all run in the living room, looking out the windows trying to see what's going on. She sees a person in the sky, and there's a large fire below him where a house once lay. Though she did not know it, this person was Ceres. He is just floating in the air grinning at the damage he caused, and searching for his next target.
Tetra and her family ran outside on the porch, staring up in fear. Ceres swung his arm out shooting a small blue ball of light from his hand. It hit a house close to them, knocking out the windows on one side of Tetra's house. ~*~
Tetra started talking and moaning in her sleep. Riku, being that his room was closer to the living room, he could hear her. He was deep asleep, but now he was only half asleep because of Tetra.
~*~ Tetra's eyes filled with tears, because the house he just hit, was her best friends house. Their family was inside looking out the windows with fear at what was going on. Tetra just saw her best friend be killed right in front of her eyes. She screamed, but she couldn't hear anything. Her father quickly turned to her and told her to go back inside and hide. She reluctantly nodded and slowly turned to run back in. She went to her room and crouched down in a dark corner, praying for her parents to be alright.
Only seconds later she heard another explosion very near by. She quickly looked up, fearing the worst. Her parents had tried to go to the neighbors across from them to see if they were alright or if they knew anything of what was going on, but they didn't make it.
Tetra ran out onto the porch. A few yards away, she saw the lifeless bodies of her parents. She felt her heart stop. Tears flowed from her eyes as she stood there stunned, hoping with every fiber of her being that this was just a bad dream she'd wake up from. She ran over to them and fell to her knees beside them, slowly shaking their shoulders, telling them to wake up. Her whole body was shaking. Now knowing they weren't going to wake up, she hit the ground with his fist and yelled at the top of her lungs. She looked up at Ceres, with nothing but pure hatred in her eyes. He simply grinned back, feeling no remorse for what he did. Then the dream ended.~*~
She sat up on the couch suddenly, letting out a quick scream of, "Damn you!" That was what woke Riku. Realizing it was just a dream, she put her sweaty forehead in her hand. He walked into the living room to see her there, catching her breath a little. He looked worried and started walking towards her. She heard him coming, and quickly turned her head to face him.
"Oh Riku, it's you." She turned back around and he sat beside her.
"What's the matter?" He asked, sounding concerned.
"Bad dream. I've been having it for a few nights now, and it just seems to get worse every time." She informed him.
"You wanna tell me what it's about?"
"...Yeah. It's about the day Ceres destroyed my town. And of how he killed my parents. We were asleep and we heard an explosion. We went outside to check it out, only to watch him destroy my friends house, killing her and her parents by using some sort of magic or something.
My parents told me to go inside and hide, so I did." Tetra's could see the part of the couch she was looking at get blurry from the tears forming in her eyes. "I heard another explosion, and went outside. When I got out there, I saw the bodies of my parents. I felt like I was going to faint, if not worse. When I ran over to them, they were...dead." She started crying and put her face in her hands.
He felt sad for her, and he leaned towards her, putting his arms around her shoulders and pulling her close. She wrapped her arms around his ribs, grabbing the back of his shirt tightly and crying into his chest and neck. He just sat there whispering to her, trying to comfort her. After a couple of minutes she stopped crying a little, but still had a few tears going down her cheeks. She slowly pulled away from him, wiping one of her eyes. Riku smiled softly and wiped away a tear below her eye with the top of his finger, making her blush slightly and smile a little.
"You shouldn't cry. Tears don't suit you." He told her. It just made her smile a little more.
"I know. But everyone needs a good cry sometimes." She replied, wiping a final tear away.
"Yeah, that's true." He said, and then leaned back on the couch. She sighed and leaned back beside him, sitting there thinking for a few seconds. She wanted to change the subject, so she did.
"Is it true Sora and Falina have only known each other for about two months?" She asked him.
"Yeah it's true. Why?" He replied.
"Nothing really. I just find it kinda odd how they fell so much in love within that much time." She smiled a little, leaning her head back.
"Yeah, it is a little odd I guess. But if you ask me, I think it's one of those 'love at first sight' things."
"...Like with you and me." She said slowly. She covered he mouth, not believing she said that. "I have no idea where that came from." She recovered herself.
He looked at her somewhat puzzled, but then remembered his earlier thoughts of how seeing Sora and Falina together made him feel a need for someone too, and how he thought that maybe, Tetra was his "someone".
"Actually Tetra. You may be right." He said as he looked away and smiled. She looked a little confused.
"Huh? Whaddyou saying Riku....?"
"I'm saying, I think....I may have fallen in love with you at first sight." He replied. She looked a bit shocked.
"...Let me guess, you don't feel the same way, do you?" He asked, looking slightly uneasy. Her expression turned into a gentle smile.
"To tell you the truth Riku, I think..." She paused for a moment. " I do." She said. He looked a little surprised.
"Huh...really?" He asked, not actually expecting an answer. She simply smiled at him and nodded. He just smiled back. A few silent seconds passed.
"Well this was rather sudden. So just when did you realize that you fell in love with me 'at first sight'." She questioned, smiling.
"I don't really wanna tell you." He smiled back teasingly.
"Huh, why not?" She asked, not expecting him to say that.
"Because I'd rather show you." He said as he quickly leaned towards her and gently kissed her on the lips. It lasted a few seconds, until they slowly broke it. Surprisingly, she didn't look shocked, and she just smiled at him gently. He just smiled back, softly.
He grabbed her around the shoulders and pulled her close to him, both of them slightly blushing, but smiling. Her head was laid on his shoulder, until she put her arm over his waist and laid her head on his chest. They stayed that way for a few minutes, until he decided she should go sleep in her own room, and not on the couch. He looked down at her.
"Tetra....are you awake?" He whispered. But being that she hadn't exactly had a good sleep due to her dream, she had already fallen asleep. He wondered if he should carry her to her room or not. He figured that it wouldn't hurt to sleep like this. Besides, he always woke up before Sora.
He laid back on the couch, trying not to disturb her. He pulled the cover over them. She moaned a little, but didn't wake. He looked at her with soft eyes and ran a finger down her soft cheek. Then he closed his eyes, and thinking of all that just happened, drifted off to sleep.
It was true. This was just like Sora and Falina. Love at first sight.
But Riku should have taken his own advice. 'Make sure no one else is awake that you don't want to be awake, if you're up in the middle of the night'. For Sora had been in the hall, listening. Sora and Falina were woken by Tetra's scream when she woke up from her nightmare. But Riku got in there before he could get out the door. So he just stood in the hall listening. He smiled to himself, and walked back towards the room. He went in and crawled back in bed with Falina, who was trying to sleep.
"So what was wrong?" She asked him sleepily.
"She just had a bad dream. But don't worry, Riku took care of it." He said the last part smiling and laughing a little. She turned over towards him.
"And what's so funny? Whaddyou mean 'Riku took care of it'?" She asked with interest.
"Well, I kinda listened to their whole conversation, and Riku told Tetra that he fell in love with her at first sight." He said. She just smirked and smiled.
"I saw that one comin."
"Yeah, I did too, but not so soon." He added with a smile.
"Strange how it took them, what, almost two days, and it took us nearly two months." She said.
"It didn't take me two months." He said, making her look up at him, and he just smiled. She just closed her eyes and smiled back, almost laughing. He laid down beside her, put his arm around her and kissed her. She then cuddled up in his embrace, her face against his chest. He rested his chin on top of her head, and they fell asleep. ~
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Authors Notes: Well, I told ya didn't I? Lots o' sap. I had to make Riku and Tetra's relationship happen kinda fast 'cause my friend didn't tell me she wanted her character in my story until quite a while after I had written some, and then I didn't have much time to make the whole thing happen, k? Plus it just worked out that way. Well, that's all I'll say of this chapter. ^_~
Reviewer Credits:
Chibi Neko-Chan: Yes...yes it was cute, lol. I think you probably liked this chapter, since you couldn't wait to see what happened. Glad to hear you say I'm doin a great job on the chappies, heh heh. Talk to ya on AIM. Thanx for your review! ^_~
Kirae: Wow! I'm glad you liked my story so much. Your review put me in such a better mood ^^. I'm glad you love the humor and the whole Sora/Falina and Riku/Tetra thing, and you think it's heart-warming too, heh heh. Now I wouldn't say you'll never be as good an author as me. After all, there are authors out there much better than me that I've found ^^; . Really cool that you think my fic is da bomb, heh heh. Can't believe you liked it so much, I really appreciate it ^^. Thanx for your review! ^_~
LewsTherinInsanity: Glad you thought the chapter was good. I knew some people would figure out that Riku and Tetra would be paired, heh heh. Don't worry, I will keep it up. Seeya on AIM. Thanx for your review! ^_~
Dark Angel 13388: Whoo hoo, you finally read it, lol. Glad you liked the chapter, and thought Riku and Tetra were cute, I was hopin most people would. Lol, don't worry, I never have and never will listen to those "jealous Mary-Sue accusers", lol. Don't you listen to them either, lol. Seeya on AIM. Thanx for your review! ^_~
Disclaimer: I'm not going to put this anymore ok, because you ppl should already know what I don't own, which would be Kingdom Hearts or anything related to it. I'm only going to put a claimer, k.?
Claimer: I DO own Falina, Ceres, Narimo, Tetra, and the plot. I also own a PS2, bed, room in my house, and a big black wolf-dog named Shadow, but you all don't care about that now do ya? Ok, I'm done.
~*~ = Dream (Beginning and end)
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While everyone else was sound asleep, Tetra was having a dream. It made her move nervously in her sleep, and a cold sweat ran down her face. She was having the same nightmare she had been having for a while now. The nightmare was about that day nearly a year ago.
~*~ She was in her room asleep, as were her parents in their room. The whole town was quietly sleeping. They hear a sudden explosion near by. Tetra quickly sits up in bed wondering what happened. Her parents come in her room to see if she's alright.
They all run in the living room, looking out the windows trying to see what's going on. She sees a person in the sky, and there's a large fire below him where a house once lay. Though she did not know it, this person was Ceres. He is just floating in the air grinning at the damage he caused, and searching for his next target.
Tetra and her family ran outside on the porch, staring up in fear. Ceres swung his arm out shooting a small blue ball of light from his hand. It hit a house close to them, knocking out the windows on one side of Tetra's house. ~*~
Tetra started talking and moaning in her sleep. Riku, being that his room was closer to the living room, he could hear her. He was deep asleep, but now he was only half asleep because of Tetra.
~*~ Tetra's eyes filled with tears, because the house he just hit, was her best friends house. Their family was inside looking out the windows with fear at what was going on. Tetra just saw her best friend be killed right in front of her eyes. She screamed, but she couldn't hear anything. Her father quickly turned to her and told her to go back inside and hide. She reluctantly nodded and slowly turned to run back in. She went to her room and crouched down in a dark corner, praying for her parents to be alright.
Only seconds later she heard another explosion very near by. She quickly looked up, fearing the worst. Her parents had tried to go to the neighbors across from them to see if they were alright or if they knew anything of what was going on, but they didn't make it.
Tetra ran out onto the porch. A few yards away, she saw the lifeless bodies of her parents. She felt her heart stop. Tears flowed from her eyes as she stood there stunned, hoping with every fiber of her being that this was just a bad dream she'd wake up from. She ran over to them and fell to her knees beside them, slowly shaking their shoulders, telling them to wake up. Her whole body was shaking. Now knowing they weren't going to wake up, she hit the ground with his fist and yelled at the top of her lungs. She looked up at Ceres, with nothing but pure hatred in her eyes. He simply grinned back, feeling no remorse for what he did. Then the dream ended.~*~
She sat up on the couch suddenly, letting out a quick scream of, "Damn you!" That was what woke Riku. Realizing it was just a dream, she put her sweaty forehead in her hand. He walked into the living room to see her there, catching her breath a little. He looked worried and started walking towards her. She heard him coming, and quickly turned her head to face him.
"Oh Riku, it's you." She turned back around and he sat beside her.
"What's the matter?" He asked, sounding concerned.
"Bad dream. I've been having it for a few nights now, and it just seems to get worse every time." She informed him.
"You wanna tell me what it's about?"
"...Yeah. It's about the day Ceres destroyed my town. And of how he killed my parents. We were asleep and we heard an explosion. We went outside to check it out, only to watch him destroy my friends house, killing her and her parents by using some sort of magic or something.
My parents told me to go inside and hide, so I did." Tetra's could see the part of the couch she was looking at get blurry from the tears forming in her eyes. "I heard another explosion, and went outside. When I got out there, I saw the bodies of my parents. I felt like I was going to faint, if not worse. When I ran over to them, they were...dead." She started crying and put her face in her hands.
He felt sad for her, and he leaned towards her, putting his arms around her shoulders and pulling her close. She wrapped her arms around his ribs, grabbing the back of his shirt tightly and crying into his chest and neck. He just sat there whispering to her, trying to comfort her. After a couple of minutes she stopped crying a little, but still had a few tears going down her cheeks. She slowly pulled away from him, wiping one of her eyes. Riku smiled softly and wiped away a tear below her eye with the top of his finger, making her blush slightly and smile a little.
"You shouldn't cry. Tears don't suit you." He told her. It just made her smile a little more.
"I know. But everyone needs a good cry sometimes." She replied, wiping a final tear away.
"Yeah, that's true." He said, and then leaned back on the couch. She sighed and leaned back beside him, sitting there thinking for a few seconds. She wanted to change the subject, so she did.
"Is it true Sora and Falina have only known each other for about two months?" She asked him.
"Yeah it's true. Why?" He replied.
"Nothing really. I just find it kinda odd how they fell so much in love within that much time." She smiled a little, leaning her head back.
"Yeah, it is a little odd I guess. But if you ask me, I think it's one of those 'love at first sight' things."
"...Like with you and me." She said slowly. She covered he mouth, not believing she said that. "I have no idea where that came from." She recovered herself.
He looked at her somewhat puzzled, but then remembered his earlier thoughts of how seeing Sora and Falina together made him feel a need for someone too, and how he thought that maybe, Tetra was his "someone".
"Actually Tetra. You may be right." He said as he looked away and smiled. She looked a little confused.
"Huh? Whaddyou saying Riku....?"
"I'm saying, I think....I may have fallen in love with you at first sight." He replied. She looked a bit shocked.
"...Let me guess, you don't feel the same way, do you?" He asked, looking slightly uneasy. Her expression turned into a gentle smile.
"To tell you the truth Riku, I think..." She paused for a moment. " I do." She said. He looked a little surprised.
"Huh...really?" He asked, not actually expecting an answer. She simply smiled at him and nodded. He just smiled back. A few silent seconds passed.
"Well this was rather sudden. So just when did you realize that you fell in love with me 'at first sight'." She questioned, smiling.
"I don't really wanna tell you." He smiled back teasingly.
"Huh, why not?" She asked, not expecting him to say that.
"Because I'd rather show you." He said as he quickly leaned towards her and gently kissed her on the lips. It lasted a few seconds, until they slowly broke it. Surprisingly, she didn't look shocked, and she just smiled at him gently. He just smiled back, softly.
He grabbed her around the shoulders and pulled her close to him, both of them slightly blushing, but smiling. Her head was laid on his shoulder, until she put her arm over his waist and laid her head on his chest. They stayed that way for a few minutes, until he decided she should go sleep in her own room, and not on the couch. He looked down at her.
"Tetra....are you awake?" He whispered. But being that she hadn't exactly had a good sleep due to her dream, she had already fallen asleep. He wondered if he should carry her to her room or not. He figured that it wouldn't hurt to sleep like this. Besides, he always woke up before Sora.
He laid back on the couch, trying not to disturb her. He pulled the cover over them. She moaned a little, but didn't wake. He looked at her with soft eyes and ran a finger down her soft cheek. Then he closed his eyes, and thinking of all that just happened, drifted off to sleep.
It was true. This was just like Sora and Falina. Love at first sight.
But Riku should have taken his own advice. 'Make sure no one else is awake that you don't want to be awake, if you're up in the middle of the night'. For Sora had been in the hall, listening. Sora and Falina were woken by Tetra's scream when she woke up from her nightmare. But Riku got in there before he could get out the door. So he just stood in the hall listening. He smiled to himself, and walked back towards the room. He went in and crawled back in bed with Falina, who was trying to sleep.
"So what was wrong?" She asked him sleepily.
"She just had a bad dream. But don't worry, Riku took care of it." He said the last part smiling and laughing a little. She turned over towards him.
"And what's so funny? Whaddyou mean 'Riku took care of it'?" She asked with interest.
"Well, I kinda listened to their whole conversation, and Riku told Tetra that he fell in love with her at first sight." He said. She just smirked and smiled.
"I saw that one comin."
"Yeah, I did too, but not so soon." He added with a smile.
"Strange how it took them, what, almost two days, and it took us nearly two months." She said.
"It didn't take me two months." He said, making her look up at him, and he just smiled. She just closed her eyes and smiled back, almost laughing. He laid down beside her, put his arm around her and kissed her. She then cuddled up in his embrace, her face against his chest. He rested his chin on top of her head, and they fell asleep. ~
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Authors Notes: Well, I told ya didn't I? Lots o' sap. I had to make Riku and Tetra's relationship happen kinda fast 'cause my friend didn't tell me she wanted her character in my story until quite a while after I had written some, and then I didn't have much time to make the whole thing happen, k? Plus it just worked out that way. Well, that's all I'll say of this chapter. ^_~
Reviewer Credits:
Chibi Neko-Chan: Yes...yes it was cute, lol. I think you probably liked this chapter, since you couldn't wait to see what happened. Glad to hear you say I'm doin a great job on the chappies, heh heh. Talk to ya on AIM. Thanx for your review! ^_~
Kirae: Wow! I'm glad you liked my story so much. Your review put me in such a better mood ^^. I'm glad you love the humor and the whole Sora/Falina and Riku/Tetra thing, and you think it's heart-warming too, heh heh. Now I wouldn't say you'll never be as good an author as me. After all, there are authors out there much better than me that I've found ^^; . Really cool that you think my fic is da bomb, heh heh. Can't believe you liked it so much, I really appreciate it ^^. Thanx for your review! ^_~
LewsTherinInsanity: Glad you thought the chapter was good. I knew some people would figure out that Riku and Tetra would be paired, heh heh. Don't worry, I will keep it up. Seeya on AIM. Thanx for your review! ^_~
Dark Angel 13388: Whoo hoo, you finally read it, lol. Glad you liked the chapter, and thought Riku and Tetra were cute, I was hopin most people would. Lol, don't worry, I never have and never will listen to those "jealous Mary-Sue accusers", lol. Don't you listen to them either, lol. Seeya on AIM. Thanx for your review! ^_~