Life As It Is
Chapter 3 – Healing and Tearing
A/N: The next chapter! Rating has gone UP because of cursing to PG-13 and it's not gunna get higher. (seriously, I'm only 13). I'm starting to love this story. I just don't want Squall to be a meanie... and Riku has found his girl. ((winks)) she'll show up somewhere in this chappie. I got the idea from my totally awesome reviewers. Oh, and Riona (you know, Squall's girlfriend from FFVIII) will be in this chapter. WARNING: SERIOUS RIONA- BASHING. This chapter is mainly going to be C/A and S/K fluffy, some plot, and the beginning of L/Y fluffiness. R&R everybody!
Dedicated to: A friend that's moving away. Notice the self-esteem butterfly reference? that's him
ria-aeon-hunter: You're the best! Thanks for reviewing again. I took some of your tips for Riku's girlfriend. Her name is ((whispers in ear)).
hikari15candals: Every time you see Sorina, replace it with Hikari. ((winks)), but Riku's MINE!!! lol j/k. What does hikari mean? If you want I COULD add you to the story... do you mind being a kitty? I like the name.
himaco: the amber-hair idea was nice, and yes, she's gunna be independent
madcow863: the magicy, evily part's for you. like the twist so far? gunna be more later
fanficlvr: Thanks, but I'm not going to involve FFX characters here... but I like your RikkuRiku suggestion! Hope you like this new chappie.
MoonFlow-Kairi: I'm going to continue it! Thanks!
Disclaimer: O.O Guess what? I own kingdom hearts! That's why I'm writing a fanfic about it, not a sequel-game to it! And I love the Barney song SOOO much that I own that too! rolls eyes I actually DO own an Evanescence CD...
"I love you, you love me" sang the alarm clock. "At least you love me" said Yuffie, slamming the off button. Opening the door, she saw that the chicken noodle soup was still there. "Better cold breakfast than any." Yuffie grumbled, and gulped down the soup.
"Yuffie dear, do you want any breakfast?" asked Aerith when Yuffie entered the living room.
"Already got some" she replied, tossing Aerith the empty bowl from her chicken noodle soup and ran out the door.
"It's Sunday, where's she going with her backpack?" said Aerith worriedly.
"Somewhere. You know Yuffie. She knows how to take care of herself" replied Kairi, reading Vogue.
Yuffie ran out, smelling the sweet, crisp autumn air. Sighing, she looked at the campus map.
GYM. 'That's where I'm going.' she thought, 'Time to take the life out of some punching bags'. But then again, Squall might be there. She looked again.
Cafeteria. Too many people.
Library. Too boring. She looked over the list of clubs.
Chess club. Stupid figures. Can never figure out which does what
Pottery Club. The last time she made pottery it ended up all over her t- shirt and her "pot" looked like a rock. "Looks like there's no where I can go besides the library." she thought, and drearily headed towards it.
"Welcome to the library. I will be your personal librarian today, Ms..." an old man said.
"Yuffie. Just Yuffie. And your name is?" Yuffie asked.
"Cid. Name's Cid." Just then a cat clawed him. "DAMN YOU STUPID CAT!" cursed Cid.
"Okay... someone needs to wash their mouth out with lotsa soap and water" said Yuffie, backing away. As she backed away, she tripped over a chair. "DAMN YOU STUPID CHAIR!" she cursed.
"Hey looks like we're da same." said Cid, grinning.
Whispering, Yuffie replied, "Are we going to get in trouble?"
"On Sunday? No way. No one's ever here." snorted Cid.
Yuffie reached over to pet the silver-furred, blue eyed kitty. "What's his name?"
"Her name is Hikari." he said, "but don't let the gender fool ya. She's one hell of a kitty."
Yuffie straightened up, smiled, and said, "Since you're going to be my personal librarian, how about being my personal tutor?"
"Depends on what subject" he said.
"Love life?" she asked, face falling.
"Aw poor girl. Who is it?" he asked.
"Just... a guy..." she replied, "The MEANEST guy in the world."
"Let me guess." said Cid, "Leon?"
"How'd you know?" Yuffie asked, surprised.
"You don't want to know HOW many girls run in here crying because they asked him out and he said no." stated Cid.
"What?! I did NOT ask him out!" Yuffie said indignantly.
"Then why er ya cryin over him?" he said, lighting a cigar. Or rather, trying to light a cigar. Before he knew it, Yuffie had stamped out his cigar.
"No smoking here! I cough a lot and you don't want me to die of second hand smoking, old man. Have you ever seen those commercials?" she said crossly.
"Okay... okay... so answer my question."
"that's none of your B-I- business. So can you tutor me in math?" Yuffie asked, swinging her legs up on a stool.
"No." said Cid, "The only thing I know are the parts to any WWII plane."
"Wow you ARE old, old man." Yuffie replied, laughing.
"Not as old as your teeth look" retorted Cid, fixing his headband.
Yuffie blushed and said, "I felt bad today, okay?" and bent down to finish a persuasive essay on school uniforms.
"Hey kid" Cid said a while later, "It's 12 and I gotta kick you out for lunch."
"Okay." Yuffie replied, packing her stuff away, "I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Cid!" and skipped out the door. Right into Squall.
"Watch it, kid." he said gruffly.
"Hey it's Yuffie!" said Cloud, stopping, "Aerith was getting worried about you." Squall also stopped.
"Well tell her not to worry." said Yuffie, getting up.
"Where were you?" Cloud asked.
"Talking to Cid" she replied.
"The old man?" Cloud said, laughing.
"Hey Cloud, I'm going to take off. Riona's over there." Squall said, ignoring Yuffie.
"Okay bye Squall. Have fun." Cloud said, almost bursting with laughter.
"Do you want me to get started on Aerith, Cloud?" said Squall in a venom- sweet voice. Cloud stopped laughing.
"Good" and with that Squall walked off.
"Who's Riona?" asked Yuffie innocently.
"That girl in the blue jacket over there. She's Squall's girlfriend." Cloud informed her, "Now let's get lunch. I'm hungry. Aerith said she's cooking today, so we're going back to the dorm." Yuffie, watching Squall and Riona, followed Cloud to her dorm.
As soon as Cloud entered the room, Aerith swooped over and kissed him. 'Sick lovebirds' Yuffie thought, slipping past them. Sora, Kairi, and Riku were already there. Yuffie noticed that there was an extra chair. 'Probably for Squall.' she thought. Aerith also noticed.
"Hey where's Squall?" Aerith asked.
"With his girlfriend Riona." Cloud said in a disgusted voice. Sora gagged, and Aerith scrunched up her nose. Apparently Riona wasn't very popular with the rest of Squall's friends.
"Wait, Squall has a girlfriend?" asked Kairi.
"Yeah. His parents set them up. Squall has to go out with Riona or else his parents threaten to kick him out of college. She's so clingy and... abusive." said Aerith.
"What's this? Our perfect Aerith hates someone?" teased Sora.
"Sora!" Kairi exclaimed, mock-punching him. "Anyhow, why would his parents force him to do something like that?" she asked.
Cloud answered, "Because Riona's father is the boss of Squall's dad and the only reason his dad makes so much money is because of Squall. Riona wants Squall to be her boyfriend, and her dad actually PAYS for Squall to go out with her."
"Yeah, she's a princess" added Aerith.
"Why didn't you bring YOUR girlfriend?" Sora asked Riku.
"She's busy" Riku responded mysteriously.
"Aw come on, why don't you tell us her name?" coaxed Sora. The door then banged open. Squall entered, with a black eye and a couple of bruises.
"The shower's to your right. You can use my room. It's the one with the pink door" said Aerith.
"Thanks" Squall mumbled.
"See what she does to him?" Cloud whispered. Kairi was clingy to Sora.
"Aw Kairi what's wrong?" Sora asked.
"... n-n-nothing" she stammered.
"Kairi... tell us" he coaxed.
"I don't want to talk about it, okay?" Kairi cried, running to her room.
"What's with her?" Sora muttered.
"You really should go after her" said Aerith.
"Do I? What do I say to her?" asked Sora.
"Boys really are quite clueless, eh? You go and comfort her. And take these stickers. I heard she loves butterflies." said Aerith.
"Thanks" muttered Sora. He looked at the stickers. The stickers were shaped in a butterfly with different designs on them, and on each one it said, "Self-Esteem". Opening the door the Kairi's room, Sora was greeted by what seemed like a gazillion of these stickers on her bedroom walls.
"Kairi, are you alright?" Sora asked, wrapping an arm around her. She sniffled.
"It's just that... that reminded me of my old dad..." she whimpered.
"These are for you" Sora said, handing her the stickers.
"Aw how sweet of you." she said, kissing him on the cheek and got up to post them on her wall, "These always made me feel better. My mom used to get them for me."
"What about now?" Sora asked.
Her face fell. "She's dead. My dad's in prison, and I'm an orphan" she stated plainly as she could. Sora gaped. Before he knew it Kairi was sobbing, head on his lap. After a few more minutes, she whispered, "Let's go back outside. But open the door quietly. I want to see if they've been spying on us", smile back on her face. Sora laughed. They crept up, opened the door, and sure enough four bodies crashed into Kairi's room.
"What are you doing?" Kairi asked, putting on her best innocent-face look.
"We... er... saw a big bug on your wall and decided to kill it." lied Yuffie.
"Yeah, you wanted to kill it with a cup" snorted Sora.
"Okay, okay, so we were eavesdropping. Happy now?" said Riku.
"Not really. But that's expected." Kairi giggled, "Come on. Let's go check on Leon."
"Yeah." mumbled Yuffie, blushing.
"Hey, where can I get more of these stickers?" Sora whispered to Aerith.
Giggling, Aerith whispered back, "On Self-Esteem brand clothing. I'll take you shopping someday"
"Greeeeeeeat" said Sora sarcastically.
Kairi entered the room to hear Squall groaning loudly.
"Aw come one you big baby." Aerith said, and cast a healing spell.
"Wow, what was that?" Yuffie and Kairi both exclaimed.
"You've never seen magic before?" asked Aerith.
Wrapping his arms around Aerith, Cloud said, "My little Airy-poo here is one of the few people in the world with healing abilities. It's passed from generation to generation."
Leon got up and touched his scar. "Many people have magical abilities. They just never discovered them." he said.
"It took Sq, er, Leon, Sora, and Cloud quite a while to find their abilities Sora had to be almost killed by a dog before he found his." Riku slightly mocked. Sora blushed nervously, looking at Kairi.
"Well at least I have a girlfriend that I'm proud of" Sora retorted, hugging Kairi. Kairi giggled happily. Yuffie felt a stab of jealousy, much like the one she felt when she saw Cloud and Aerith together.
"I am proud of her!" Riku stated, nostrils flaring, much unlike the usual calm, collect Riku.
"Riku. This is not worth it." warned Leon, but Riku had already started beating Sora up.
"RIKU! You don't want to summon it!" shrieked Aerith. Cloud went over and pulled Riku off of Sora.
"Oh... sorry..." muttered Riku, but still had a dangerous glint in his eye.
"Sora" he exclaimed, "I'll show you I'm proud of her." Looking around to the group, he said, "Meet me at McDonalds." and with that he left.
Putting her hand to her forehead, Aerith exclaimed, "At least he didn't summon it." Leon, Cloud, and Sora nodded. But they were wrong. Very wrong.
"So what's this summoning thing?" asked Yuffie at McDonalds. They were waiting for Riku and his girl.
"I'll tell you back in the dorm. This is definitely not the place to discuss it. Let's just try to have a good time, okay?" said Aerith.
Soon, Riku entered with a girl. All the other guys who didn't have girlfriends (and some who did) stared. She was gorgeous. She had smokey grey eyes, dark, ruby-red hair layered to her shoulders, and was tall. Almost as tall as Riku. Aerith waved. Smiling, he walked over.
"Hi guys, meet Sorina ." he said.
"Hi" she mumbled shyly, sitting down next to Riku.
Yuffie was the first the break the spell. "Hi! My name's Yuffie. That's Kairi, Sora, Cloud, Aerith, and Squall."
"Leon" growled Squall.
Sora kept on staring at her. "I know you from somewhere" he said.
"No, I don't think so..." Sorina said.
"She doesn't go to school here" Riku stated.
"Do you tell everyone that?" mumbled Sorina .
"What's wrong with saying that?" Riku asked, eyes blazing.
"Riku, are you okay?" Sorina asked worriedly. Riku was a strong, silent type. Quiet, and hard to anger. Someone who would not get angry over such as small thing.
"Of course I am!" he exclaimed, slapping her.
Sorina gasped. She slapped him back, which seemed to knock him back to his senses.
"I'm so sorry, Sorina..." he whispered.
"Riku! You cannot get angry! We won't get so lucky next time!" Sorina reprimanded.
"I don't think we were so lucky the first time" whimpered Riku.
"What's up with them?" asked Yuffie.
"Just shut up." Squall snapped.
"Oh my, look at the time." Aerith said, "Cloud and I have to go see an opera. Bye you guys!"
"Sora and I need to go too. We're seeing a movie." Kairi said.
"I'm going to take Riku back to his dorm" Sorina said, and with that dragged Riku out the door. Only Yuffie and Leon were up.
"Listen, sorry about yesterday" whispered Yuffie.
"I don't want to hear it" Squall said and got up.
How can Squall be so mean? She even apologized. Yuffie rushed after him. "What's the matter with you?" she demanded.
"Nothing that you need to know!" he yelled at her.
"Is it about Riona?" she asked, praying that it would attract his attention.
He stared at her, blazing eyes bore into hers. Finally, he grabbed her and pushed her into his car and looked around.
"What are you looking for?" she asked.
"Microphones bugging this conversation" he stated simply.
"Oh" she replied.
"So who told you about Riona?" he asked, content that they weren't being bugged.
"Your friends" she said, "Tell me about her."
"Why? You have no right to know" he said, annoyed, but at least the fiery was gone from his eyes.
"I don't get it. Aerith told me that she'll tell me... it's so confusing" Yuffie tried on her best convincing voice possible.
"When we get to my apartment. I owe Aerith one." he stated, "But from now on, shut up."
Yuffie sighed. "Can you at least turn on the music?"
Growling, Squall said, "I guess I'll start telling you the story here." Evanescence's whole album was played, to be followed by Linkin Park's Numb and In the End. Sighing, Yuffie leaned back in her seat. This was going to be a long night.
A/N: What's going to happen? What did Riku summon? What do these songs have to do with Squall? When will the Squiffiness start? When will I stop asking questions? Now. ((giggles shrilly)). I hope ya all enjoyed it. This is 7 pages, with 10 size font and times new roman. It's the most I ever written, so R&R!!! All reviewers get to see a picture of a squirrel I drew. If you reviewed my story, you get your name on it. Tell me if I missed any of you. You can save it, say its ugly, print it on a gazillion pages, post it on your siggy (like on gaia). JUST DON'T GO SAYING IT'S YOURS!!! I know it may look ugly... but I slaved long hours on it. You CAN direct link... it's going to be the only way 'cause I'm going to be adding names onto it constantly (well I hope at least)... It's on my author thingy under homepage. I can't really think of anything else to give out... well hope ya liked it! And for all you Riona lovers, TOO BAD!! Actually, I'll make her good in the end. I like her too much. Now I need the song lyrics to Linkin Park's Numb...
Chapter 3 – Healing and Tearing
A/N: The next chapter! Rating has gone UP because of cursing to PG-13 and it's not gunna get higher. (seriously, I'm only 13). I'm starting to love this story. I just don't want Squall to be a meanie... and Riku has found his girl. ((winks)) she'll show up somewhere in this chappie. I got the idea from my totally awesome reviewers. Oh, and Riona (you know, Squall's girlfriend from FFVIII) will be in this chapter. WARNING: SERIOUS RIONA- BASHING. This chapter is mainly going to be C/A and S/K fluffy, some plot, and the beginning of L/Y fluffiness. R&R everybody!
Dedicated to: A friend that's moving away. Notice the self-esteem butterfly reference? that's him
ria-aeon-hunter: You're the best! Thanks for reviewing again. I took some of your tips for Riku's girlfriend. Her name is ((whispers in ear)).
hikari15candals: Every time you see Sorina, replace it with Hikari. ((winks)), but Riku's MINE!!! lol j/k. What does hikari mean? If you want I COULD add you to the story... do you mind being a kitty? I like the name.
himaco: the amber-hair idea was nice, and yes, she's gunna be independent
madcow863: the magicy, evily part's for you. like the twist so far? gunna be more later
fanficlvr: Thanks, but I'm not going to involve FFX characters here... but I like your RikkuRiku suggestion! Hope you like this new chappie.
MoonFlow-Kairi: I'm going to continue it! Thanks!
Disclaimer: O.O Guess what? I own kingdom hearts! That's why I'm writing a fanfic about it, not a sequel-game to it! And I love the Barney song SOOO much that I own that too! rolls eyes I actually DO own an Evanescence CD...
"I love you, you love me" sang the alarm clock. "At least you love me" said Yuffie, slamming the off button. Opening the door, she saw that the chicken noodle soup was still there. "Better cold breakfast than any." Yuffie grumbled, and gulped down the soup.
"Yuffie dear, do you want any breakfast?" asked Aerith when Yuffie entered the living room.
"Already got some" she replied, tossing Aerith the empty bowl from her chicken noodle soup and ran out the door.
"It's Sunday, where's she going with her backpack?" said Aerith worriedly.
"Somewhere. You know Yuffie. She knows how to take care of herself" replied Kairi, reading Vogue.
Yuffie ran out, smelling the sweet, crisp autumn air. Sighing, she looked at the campus map.
GYM. 'That's where I'm going.' she thought, 'Time to take the life out of some punching bags'. But then again, Squall might be there. She looked again.
Cafeteria. Too many people.
Library. Too boring. She looked over the list of clubs.
Chess club. Stupid figures. Can never figure out which does what
Pottery Club. The last time she made pottery it ended up all over her t- shirt and her "pot" looked like a rock. "Looks like there's no where I can go besides the library." she thought, and drearily headed towards it.
"Welcome to the library. I will be your personal librarian today, Ms..." an old man said.
"Yuffie. Just Yuffie. And your name is?" Yuffie asked.
"Cid. Name's Cid." Just then a cat clawed him. "DAMN YOU STUPID CAT!" cursed Cid.
"Okay... someone needs to wash their mouth out with lotsa soap and water" said Yuffie, backing away. As she backed away, she tripped over a chair. "DAMN YOU STUPID CHAIR!" she cursed.
"Hey looks like we're da same." said Cid, grinning.
Whispering, Yuffie replied, "Are we going to get in trouble?"
"On Sunday? No way. No one's ever here." snorted Cid.
Yuffie reached over to pet the silver-furred, blue eyed kitty. "What's his name?"
"Her name is Hikari." he said, "but don't let the gender fool ya. She's one hell of a kitty."
Yuffie straightened up, smiled, and said, "Since you're going to be my personal librarian, how about being my personal tutor?"
"Depends on what subject" he said.
"Love life?" she asked, face falling.
"Aw poor girl. Who is it?" he asked.
"Just... a guy..." she replied, "The MEANEST guy in the world."
"Let me guess." said Cid, "Leon?"
"How'd you know?" Yuffie asked, surprised.
"You don't want to know HOW many girls run in here crying because they asked him out and he said no." stated Cid.
"What?! I did NOT ask him out!" Yuffie said indignantly.
"Then why er ya cryin over him?" he said, lighting a cigar. Or rather, trying to light a cigar. Before he knew it, Yuffie had stamped out his cigar.
"No smoking here! I cough a lot and you don't want me to die of second hand smoking, old man. Have you ever seen those commercials?" she said crossly.
"Okay... okay... so answer my question."
"that's none of your B-I- business. So can you tutor me in math?" Yuffie asked, swinging her legs up on a stool.
"No." said Cid, "The only thing I know are the parts to any WWII plane."
"Wow you ARE old, old man." Yuffie replied, laughing.
"Not as old as your teeth look" retorted Cid, fixing his headband.
Yuffie blushed and said, "I felt bad today, okay?" and bent down to finish a persuasive essay on school uniforms.
"Hey kid" Cid said a while later, "It's 12 and I gotta kick you out for lunch."
"Okay." Yuffie replied, packing her stuff away, "I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Cid!" and skipped out the door. Right into Squall.
"Watch it, kid." he said gruffly.
"Hey it's Yuffie!" said Cloud, stopping, "Aerith was getting worried about you." Squall also stopped.
"Well tell her not to worry." said Yuffie, getting up.
"Where were you?" Cloud asked.
"Talking to Cid" she replied.
"The old man?" Cloud said, laughing.
"Hey Cloud, I'm going to take off. Riona's over there." Squall said, ignoring Yuffie.
"Okay bye Squall. Have fun." Cloud said, almost bursting with laughter.
"Do you want me to get started on Aerith, Cloud?" said Squall in a venom- sweet voice. Cloud stopped laughing.
"Good" and with that Squall walked off.
"Who's Riona?" asked Yuffie innocently.
"That girl in the blue jacket over there. She's Squall's girlfriend." Cloud informed her, "Now let's get lunch. I'm hungry. Aerith said she's cooking today, so we're going back to the dorm." Yuffie, watching Squall and Riona, followed Cloud to her dorm.
As soon as Cloud entered the room, Aerith swooped over and kissed him. 'Sick lovebirds' Yuffie thought, slipping past them. Sora, Kairi, and Riku were already there. Yuffie noticed that there was an extra chair. 'Probably for Squall.' she thought. Aerith also noticed.
"Hey where's Squall?" Aerith asked.
"With his girlfriend Riona." Cloud said in a disgusted voice. Sora gagged, and Aerith scrunched up her nose. Apparently Riona wasn't very popular with the rest of Squall's friends.
"Wait, Squall has a girlfriend?" asked Kairi.
"Yeah. His parents set them up. Squall has to go out with Riona or else his parents threaten to kick him out of college. She's so clingy and... abusive." said Aerith.
"What's this? Our perfect Aerith hates someone?" teased Sora.
"Sora!" Kairi exclaimed, mock-punching him. "Anyhow, why would his parents force him to do something like that?" she asked.
Cloud answered, "Because Riona's father is the boss of Squall's dad and the only reason his dad makes so much money is because of Squall. Riona wants Squall to be her boyfriend, and her dad actually PAYS for Squall to go out with her."
"Yeah, she's a princess" added Aerith.
"Why didn't you bring YOUR girlfriend?" Sora asked Riku.
"She's busy" Riku responded mysteriously.
"Aw come on, why don't you tell us her name?" coaxed Sora. The door then banged open. Squall entered, with a black eye and a couple of bruises.
"The shower's to your right. You can use my room. It's the one with the pink door" said Aerith.
"Thanks" Squall mumbled.
"See what she does to him?" Cloud whispered. Kairi was clingy to Sora.
"Aw Kairi what's wrong?" Sora asked.
"... n-n-nothing" she stammered.
"Kairi... tell us" he coaxed.
"I don't want to talk about it, okay?" Kairi cried, running to her room.
"What's with her?" Sora muttered.
"You really should go after her" said Aerith.
"Do I? What do I say to her?" asked Sora.
"Boys really are quite clueless, eh? You go and comfort her. And take these stickers. I heard she loves butterflies." said Aerith.
"Thanks" muttered Sora. He looked at the stickers. The stickers were shaped in a butterfly with different designs on them, and on each one it said, "Self-Esteem". Opening the door the Kairi's room, Sora was greeted by what seemed like a gazillion of these stickers on her bedroom walls.
"Kairi, are you alright?" Sora asked, wrapping an arm around her. She sniffled.
"It's just that... that reminded me of my old dad..." she whimpered.
"These are for you" Sora said, handing her the stickers.
"Aw how sweet of you." she said, kissing him on the cheek and got up to post them on her wall, "These always made me feel better. My mom used to get them for me."
"What about now?" Sora asked.
Her face fell. "She's dead. My dad's in prison, and I'm an orphan" she stated plainly as she could. Sora gaped. Before he knew it Kairi was sobbing, head on his lap. After a few more minutes, she whispered, "Let's go back outside. But open the door quietly. I want to see if they've been spying on us", smile back on her face. Sora laughed. They crept up, opened the door, and sure enough four bodies crashed into Kairi's room.
"What are you doing?" Kairi asked, putting on her best innocent-face look.
"We... er... saw a big bug on your wall and decided to kill it." lied Yuffie.
"Yeah, you wanted to kill it with a cup" snorted Sora.
"Okay, okay, so we were eavesdropping. Happy now?" said Riku.
"Not really. But that's expected." Kairi giggled, "Come on. Let's go check on Leon."
"Yeah." mumbled Yuffie, blushing.
"Hey, where can I get more of these stickers?" Sora whispered to Aerith.
Giggling, Aerith whispered back, "On Self-Esteem brand clothing. I'll take you shopping someday"
"Greeeeeeeat" said Sora sarcastically.
Kairi entered the room to hear Squall groaning loudly.
"Aw come one you big baby." Aerith said, and cast a healing spell.
"Wow, what was that?" Yuffie and Kairi both exclaimed.
"You've never seen magic before?" asked Aerith.
Wrapping his arms around Aerith, Cloud said, "My little Airy-poo here is one of the few people in the world with healing abilities. It's passed from generation to generation."
Leon got up and touched his scar. "Many people have magical abilities. They just never discovered them." he said.
"It took Sq, er, Leon, Sora, and Cloud quite a while to find their abilities Sora had to be almost killed by a dog before he found his." Riku slightly mocked. Sora blushed nervously, looking at Kairi.
"Well at least I have a girlfriend that I'm proud of" Sora retorted, hugging Kairi. Kairi giggled happily. Yuffie felt a stab of jealousy, much like the one she felt when she saw Cloud and Aerith together.
"I am proud of her!" Riku stated, nostrils flaring, much unlike the usual calm, collect Riku.
"Riku. This is not worth it." warned Leon, but Riku had already started beating Sora up.
"RIKU! You don't want to summon it!" shrieked Aerith. Cloud went over and pulled Riku off of Sora.
"Oh... sorry..." muttered Riku, but still had a dangerous glint in his eye.
"Sora" he exclaimed, "I'll show you I'm proud of her." Looking around to the group, he said, "Meet me at McDonalds." and with that he left.
Putting her hand to her forehead, Aerith exclaimed, "At least he didn't summon it." Leon, Cloud, and Sora nodded. But they were wrong. Very wrong.
"So what's this summoning thing?" asked Yuffie at McDonalds. They were waiting for Riku and his girl.
"I'll tell you back in the dorm. This is definitely not the place to discuss it. Let's just try to have a good time, okay?" said Aerith.
Soon, Riku entered with a girl. All the other guys who didn't have girlfriends (and some who did) stared. She was gorgeous. She had smokey grey eyes, dark, ruby-red hair layered to her shoulders, and was tall. Almost as tall as Riku. Aerith waved. Smiling, he walked over.
"Hi guys, meet Sorina ." he said.
"Hi" she mumbled shyly, sitting down next to Riku.
Yuffie was the first the break the spell. "Hi! My name's Yuffie. That's Kairi, Sora, Cloud, Aerith, and Squall."
"Leon" growled Squall.
Sora kept on staring at her. "I know you from somewhere" he said.
"No, I don't think so..." Sorina said.
"She doesn't go to school here" Riku stated.
"Do you tell everyone that?" mumbled Sorina .
"What's wrong with saying that?" Riku asked, eyes blazing.
"Riku, are you okay?" Sorina asked worriedly. Riku was a strong, silent type. Quiet, and hard to anger. Someone who would not get angry over such as small thing.
"Of course I am!" he exclaimed, slapping her.
Sorina gasped. She slapped him back, which seemed to knock him back to his senses.
"I'm so sorry, Sorina..." he whispered.
"Riku! You cannot get angry! We won't get so lucky next time!" Sorina reprimanded.
"I don't think we were so lucky the first time" whimpered Riku.
"What's up with them?" asked Yuffie.
"Just shut up." Squall snapped.
"Oh my, look at the time." Aerith said, "Cloud and I have to go see an opera. Bye you guys!"
"Sora and I need to go too. We're seeing a movie." Kairi said.
"I'm going to take Riku back to his dorm" Sorina said, and with that dragged Riku out the door. Only Yuffie and Leon were up.
"Listen, sorry about yesterday" whispered Yuffie.
"I don't want to hear it" Squall said and got up.
How can Squall be so mean? She even apologized. Yuffie rushed after him. "What's the matter with you?" she demanded.
"Nothing that you need to know!" he yelled at her.
"Is it about Riona?" she asked, praying that it would attract his attention.
He stared at her, blazing eyes bore into hers. Finally, he grabbed her and pushed her into his car and looked around.
"What are you looking for?" she asked.
"Microphones bugging this conversation" he stated simply.
"Oh" she replied.
"So who told you about Riona?" he asked, content that they weren't being bugged.
"Your friends" she said, "Tell me about her."
"Why? You have no right to know" he said, annoyed, but at least the fiery was gone from his eyes.
"I don't get it. Aerith told me that she'll tell me... it's so confusing" Yuffie tried on her best convincing voice possible.
"When we get to my apartment. I owe Aerith one." he stated, "But from now on, shut up."
Yuffie sighed. "Can you at least turn on the music?"
Growling, Squall said, "I guess I'll start telling you the story here." Evanescence's whole album was played, to be followed by Linkin Park's Numb and In the End. Sighing, Yuffie leaned back in her seat. This was going to be a long night.
A/N: What's going to happen? What did Riku summon? What do these songs have to do with Squall? When will the Squiffiness start? When will I stop asking questions? Now. ((giggles shrilly)). I hope ya all enjoyed it. This is 7 pages, with 10 size font and times new roman. It's the most I ever written, so R&R!!! All reviewers get to see a picture of a squirrel I drew. If you reviewed my story, you get your name on it. Tell me if I missed any of you. You can save it, say its ugly, print it on a gazillion pages, post it on your siggy (like on gaia). JUST DON'T GO SAYING IT'S YOURS!!! I know it may look ugly... but I slaved long hours on it. You CAN direct link... it's going to be the only way 'cause I'm going to be adding names onto it constantly (well I hope at least)... It's on my author thingy under homepage. I can't really think of anything else to give out... well hope ya liked it! And for all you Riona lovers, TOO BAD!! Actually, I'll make her good in the end. I like her too much. Now I need the song lyrics to Linkin Park's Numb...