6H: Yes, the last chapter was short and pointless. But hey, I'm back with Chapter 13. God, I love spring break!!
Anaretsu: Yes.
6H:So the gang is going on VACATION!!!! Will Yuffie and Tidus get their sugar? Will Riku find love? Will Sora and Kairi hook up? Will Wakka find a way to use blitzball in his battle plans? And most importantly-
Anaretsu: Why are we asking you? To the fic!!!
6H: That's the first time I've heard you say that.
Anaretsu: I wanted you to stop asking stupid questions.
6H: Pairings develop in this chapter!!!
Wind~By The Six of Hearts
Chapter 13~Car Ride Fun
Kairi woke up early out of pure excitement. Today, she and her friends were shipping off to go to Dust Rose Bay! Selphie's dad would drive them there and then the were home free-no parents, no teachers, and no rules! Well, Sel's dad would go through the usual "no drugs, no sex" thing, but hey! None of them were planning to do that anyway! Kairi's plans including swimming, shopping, and having late night talks with Sel and Yuffie. Those were always fun, espically when Yuffie was fueled by pure sugar.
Kairi's mom and dad stood with her in the kitchen, saying their farewells and wishing her a good time.
"Remember Kairi, keep your cell phone on at all times, and stay with at least one or more of your friends. You're in a new place and there are strange people all over there." her mom warned. Kairi nodded.
"I'll be very careful. And Wakka would rather die after losing a blitzball game than let me go wandering off alone."
"See, dear?" her dad said. "We raised Kairi to be smart. And she's with a good group of kids. Nothing can go wrong." Her mom sighed. A horn sounded in the driveway.
"There's your ride! Good bye, Kairi. Have fun!" She hugged both her parents and waved as she carried her suitcase to the car. Selphie's dad drove a white van that had more than enough room for all nine of them. (had to count that!) Cloud sat in the very back, doozing off because it was still early- the sun hadn't even come up yet. Next to him was Leon, who Kairi was surprised to see. He waved at her, and she waved back. Next to him was a-for once-calm looking Tidus, who yawned a greeting to her. Next to him was Yuffie, disapointed because she didn't get to sit next to Leon. The two seats in front of them contained Wakka and Riku, both of who were barely awake. Selphie sat in the very font, next to her dad, who was smiling and joyful as usual. The only empty seat was in the second row, next to Sora, who seemed to have just woken up. He smiled at her, and she returned it. Selphie jumped out of her seat to help Kairi load her lugage in the back.
"Your dad has a very big car, Sel." Kairi said. Selphie shrugged.
"He got it from work. But hey, I've got a big family, remember. It'll be good to get away from them for two weeks!" Kairi nodded, and Sel focred her suitcase in, causeing more to fall out. After five mintues of her trying to get everything to fit, she succeeded, and slammed the back door shut, causing Cloud to jerk forward in shock and murmer a "Holy hell!", the most anyone had heard him say since Yuffie's birthday party last year. Kairi walked back around to the side and climbed into the last empty seat, shutting the door behind her, but not before waving to her mom and dad, who stood on the front porch. Sel jumped back in.
"Are we ready, Selphie?" her dad asked.
"You bet dad! Let's go!" Her dad backed the car down the long road to the bottom of the hill and turned them around when they reached the main road. (Kairi's house is out of the middle of no where.) The van made it's way further down the hill into the heart of town. The small shops and houses zoomed past as they made their way to the highway that would take them to their vacation spot.
For the first hour of the drive, everyone but Sel and her dad (of course) caught up on sleep. The van turned onto a bridge that took them out of town and streched across the water. The golden sun began to peek out over the hoirzon and the sky softened to pink. It all reflected onto the van windows as it made it's way through the western part of town, finally getting on another bridge and then on the Ocean Turnpike- a highway that actually ran on the ocean.
The passergers began to stir. Tidus, first to awake, felt somthing heavy on his shoulder. He turned his sleepy eyes to his side to see Yuffie, still sleeping, leaning on him for comfort. Flushing exactly seventy-six different shades of red, he gently moved Yuffie off him, leaning her on the window instead. Next up was Cloud, who thanked god for the silence about him. Slowly they all stirred until they all were awake. Kairi streched her arms over her head, stiff from sleping in a car. The sun, now fully risen, began it's daily ascent across the sky. They all looked out onto the ocean.
"It's so blue!" Yuffie said. "So much different from the ocean back home!"
"Dust Rose Bay is known for having the bluest waters anywhere! The closer you get there, the bluer the waters become." Sel said, recalling what she leaned in geography class.
"Thanks again for inviting me, Selphie. I've always wanted to meet these great frineds my cousin Sora's been talking about." he said. "Besides, I gotta keep my check on him-make sure he doesn't get into trouble. Aunt Lin would hate it if something happened to her little Sora!" He said, crawling up to where Sora sat and capturing him in a playful and loving headlock.
"Well, it was all Yuffie's idea!" Sel said. Yuffie blushed.
"Mine?"
"Don't you remember calling me on the phone and suggesting to invite him? You said it'd be good to make new friends within the group, right?"
"What? I mean yes!" Leon took his seat in the back. Cloud sighed. This was going to be one hell of a car ride.
Riku and Tidus took turns play on Riku's gameboy. Both were having a very fun time, as it seemed. Yuffie stared out the window and thought about how to get Leon to like her. Cloud slept some more, just to ease his never ceasing headache. Wakka had a pad of paper and was writting up-what else?!-battle plans and stratagies. Sel and her dad discussed father-daughter stuff. That left Sora and Kairi to amuse themselves.
"Are you excited?" she asked.
"Yeah. I've never been to a resort before. Have you?"
"No. But I remember going to the beach back home many times with my parents. I love the waves on the beach and feeling them wash over your feet in the sand."
"I don't think I've ever been to a beach before, either. I need to get out more!" he said, putting his hands behind his headan leaning back into his seat. Kairi giggled at his laid back attitude. He was so much different from the Sora of a few months ago. Who knew what friendship could do? But no matter how much he changed, he was still the same Sora, really. He was the muscian, the kind one, who always believed.
"Hey Kairi!" Yuffie yelled from the backseat. Cloud jetted awake again from the sudden sound so close to him. Cursing at Yuffie under his breath, he shifted back to sleep.
"What is it?"
"Uh...I forgot!" she said. Kairi sighed. Yuffie had a very short term memory sometimes. "Wait I remembered! When we get there, the first thing we do is go swiming!" she said. Kairi nodded. Tidus jumped into the conversation.
"Girls in swimsuits, huh? Sounds like a nice veiw..." he said, invisioning Kairi, Sel, and Yuffie in bikinis. Yuffie wacked the back of head.
"Don't be disgusting!!" she yelled at him. Cloud prayed that this would all end, or move far away from him, whichever came first. Kairi laughed and then turned back to Sora. He had doozed off, the wind from Sel's open window blowing some of his brown locks. (6H: kawaii!)
'He looks so peaceful.' she thought, staring at the sleeping boy.
"Kairi!" Riku called her, breaking her trance.
"Yeah?"
"I was gonna ask if you wanted to play a car game with us."
"What kind of car game?"
"Sel has a game with questions and puzzles on cards. Why don't we do that?" Leon suggested. Selphie got the box of cards out and threw them at Wakka. who caught them like an expert.
"You start, whoever caught it." she said.
"Should we wake up Sora and Cloud?" Riku asked.
"Cloud will never play and Sora has the right to sleep, so let them be. Let's just try to keep it down." Yuffie said. They began taking turns asking the questions, but it was hard to keep quiet. It was weird how such a simple game could make you laugh so hard. Soon, Sora was woken up, and joined in, and Cloud was woken up, but refused to join the game. He was just like that.
But soon they had gone through all the cards three times. It had been three hours since they left home, and they were getting anxious. Converstaion began and ended. They had to face it, they were bored. Cloud, even, could not get back to sleep, and since he...didn't talk, exactly, was bored beyond belief. That's when Riku got started on an interesting topic.
"I wonder if we'll meet anyone from our new high school. Like girls..." he trailed off. Tidus tried to take the conversation in a more perverted direction, but Yuffied wacked him in the back of the head again before he got the chance.
"Maybe, man. Ya know, I was thinking about people from out of town, like new people who don't live where we do, eh?" Wakka came in, for once not talking about battle plans.
"That's another reason why this will be exciting!" Sel said from the front. Tidus tried to speak again, not a nasty thought in his head, but he was wacked again. Leon leaned forward in thought.
"Maybe..." he said. Kairi drifted away and looked out the window. The ocean was so blue, and the sky was clear of any clouds. The sun shone overhead. Lost in her own random thoughts, she lost track of those around her. Sora looked over at her and smiled slightly.
'If it hadn't been for Kairi, I would've never made all these great friends. I would've still felt worthless. And I would've of never known what love was like. I think I should tell her soon, about the note. That I wrote it. She has the right to know, after all. But...maybe I'll wait awhile.' he thought, looking out his own window at the cars passing by. That's when Sel's dad began.
"Now kids, I promised your parents we'd have this talk. Now, we all trust you to be out here by yourselves and all, but I just want you to know that this doesn't mean you can go off and do what you like. The rules at home apply here too..." This evoled into, "...and history is very important for young people to learn about. This reminds me of the baseball game of 78'..." then, "...adults sometimes make investments in the stock market. And sometimes it crashes. But we have to learn to keep a positive attitude..." finally, he got to the point-"girls in one house, boys in the other. No sex, no drugs. Got it kids?"
" Yes." The half drowsy kids responded.
"Good! Cause you guys, we're here!" Sel exclaimed. They all perked up and cheered, Even Cloud...well, sort of. This was going to be the most awsome vaction ever!
END Chapter 13----------------
6H:Yay! They've arrived! Care to guess at the pairings? And cause I love you all so much, here's the preview of chapter 14!!
The white ball rolled up to his feet. Riku looked down at it and reached down for it. Footsteps walked up to him.
"Sorry about that!" a girlish voice said. Riku looked up. Before him was a tan girl with blonde hair up in a ponytail, brown eyes that stared back into his ice ones, and a small yellow bikini. Riku and the girl stared at each other for awhile, until girls from ten feet away began calling for their friend.
6H: HA HA HA!! Suspense! Bet you're dieing to know who that girl is. Well you'll have to wait! hee hee hee...
Anaretsu: Sounds like they're in for quite alot.
Sora: Kairi's gonna get raped again? NO!!!!!
6H: No. I guess I should put some sad stuff in this fic. It IS an angst fic. I already have some sad stuff planned, but I should definitly plan more. And for this chapter I even did a small chart of where everyone was sitting! So there!! So R+R!!!! Later!