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Chapter 3- Eggs and Drool
The waves rushed in front of the shimmering sea, the sound congruent to the sun's rays. Smells of bacon, eggs, pancake and maple syrup wafted through the air, waking up Sora instantly. He 'sleepwalked' to the kitchen, where he tripped over a chair, and landed at someone's foot.
"Stomach woke you up, huh?" Riku grinned down at Sora, whose mouth was watering at the fork in Riku's hand.
"* drool* Why hasn't anyone * drool* gotten up yet?"
"Jet lag, probably." Riku shrugged.
Cloud shuffled in, his eyes instantly locked onto a "puddle" he stepped on.
"What on earth… Riku, you don't have a dog or anything, do you?"
Sora grinned, his mouth revealing the answer to that question. Cloud stared askance from the mouth to the puddle… What on EARTH is with me and that damn saliva? It's like attracted to me or something…* shudders*
Cloud pulled Sora from floor to chair, putting his hand over his mouth( with drool seeping through it) until everyone got up and sat themselves down. As soon as the hand was removed…
Shhhooooooomm!
Food started flying- this is to say, into their mouths. Sora couldn't keep everything in, so while trying to eat and talk/laugh with his mouth full, little bits of egg dangled from the side of his mouth, making everyone half groan/ laugh/ lose their appetite.
"Hey, Riku, no offense, this is the greatest breakfast in the world… but I can't eat no more. Sora… you're sick, dude! How can Riku put up with you every morning??" Yuffie looked Sora in the eye, but looked away quickly as her eyes slid to his mouth.
Riku blushed at the compliment, and shrugged at the comment. "Just eat and don't look. You can finish faster that way."
"Yeah! Riku's chomp breakfasts chomp are the BEST!" Sora spit out everything that was in his mouth at the time out to put emphasis on that last word. Unfortunately, Cloud was just reaching for some bacon that happened to be right in front of Sora…
" ARGH! What the- Sora! I'm gonna get you this time!!" Cloud got up from his chair and proceeded to strangle Sora, who was laughing his head off.
"Least you saved the bacon!" Tifa grinned at the pair, and excused herself to the loo.
It continued a while like this, until breakfast was finished- well, with the exception of Sora, who was trying to "conserve food" by eating the tidbits that had fallen from his mouth…
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"Soo…what to do today?"
Riku shrugged, his eyes rushing over the various activities in his mind.
"Hey, do you think it would be possible for one to row off this island using one of those boats?" Cloud gestured at the neat row of boats that docked at the bay.
" Nah, don't think so… you'd probably hafta build a raft or something… why?"
"Well, to be honest, I'm just wondering if Sephiroth is still here. I mean, the dragonship is here, and I don't see no jet he could've used to escape… so where exactly is he?"
Riku frowned, his mind bumping into a solid wall, now that he thought of it. He'd completely forgotten about that strange man… and by the looks of the others, they had too… all but Cloud.
"Hey Cloud, dun worry bout him… he's not assassin or anything, right? Loosen up, we here on vacation!" Tifa whirled around, pointing to the white sand and palm trees, the perfect vision of a paradise.
" Yeah…but it's so unusual, you know? You don't see him everyday! In fact, hardly anyone's seen him before, and…"
Sora and Yuffie woke up from their own daydreams, unaware of the situation. They cast bleary eyes to the people around them and grinned innocently.
"Let's go swim, yeah?" Sora's blue eyes reflected the sea, and everyone agreed to freshen their minds...
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Sephiroth yawned silently from the top from the top of the palm tree, where he'd been listening to their conversation. His neck and back ached, and the sun was blinding his eyes… not to mention making him extremely hot and bothered. It was all he could do to keep still, lest someone noticing him. At first, when he'd climbed on, he'd thought the tree might break… or at least bend over…
But it didn't. So he decided to stay- until the sun hit its rays straight onto his back. At first it was satisfying, but now, it was all he could do to stop glancing down at the inviting waterfall, wishing to jump down and become one…
However, his perseverance served him well, and he soon heard his own presence repeated in the conversation.
Soo…Cloud hasn't forgotten about me… that must prove that…he's suspicious… problem is… what the hell does this all mean? He took out the note again, only to read-
Satsujin
Shinra base
Immediately
Strife
Sephiroth stared at the paper in shock and astonishment. What??!! What in the name of the Masumune was happening?! He was certain… so certain… that it only had one word on it. But now appeared more orders, more riddle… more confusion. He ran his fingers hesitantly over the paper, felt its smoothness, it's texture… but nothing else.
He was dumbfounded. Here he was, with a piece of magical paper, ordering him to go after someone- A PIECE OF PAPER! He bit his lip mulling over the situation, when-
SPLASH
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SPLASH
Sora jumped into the glimmering blue sea, causing a large spray of water… and at the same time, another huge spray of water spread across the sand… Sora swam further and further away, leaving Riku, Yuffie and Tifa to swim swiftly after him…
Cloud glanced over at the waterfall. His eyes widened in surprise. There, floating in the water, was Sephiroth, looking even more shocked than he was!
Dripping wet, Sephiroth climbed out of the pool, shocked but rid of the burning sensations he'd been feeling on his back. He was soaked to the skin… he glanced fearfully at his forsaken note. Drawing it out, he saw, with another spasm, that it was still dry! Even the water on his fingers slipped off the paper, as if it had a protective shield around it…
He examined it closely, nothing that the ink had not smudged or faded. He was about to yawn, when he noticed brown boots in front of his own. He looked up, and there was his victim.
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What's Sephy going to do? Is he going to complete his mission once and for all? Find out in the next chapter of Expect the Unexpected!