Chapter 5: Memories
A/N: Just to warn you. The chapter's gonna be boring. It's obvious because of the chapter title. I'm stalling for time and ideas. So, these are mostly flashbacks from First Love. Nothing new. I'm doing this before writer's block hits me again.
Tidus walked up to Sora. "You never did pay me for the bet we made nineteen years ago." He snorted. Sora froze. "What bet?" Kairi and Yuna asked in unison. "Nothing." Sora answered quickly.
"Nineteen years ago...wasn't that when Skye and Riku got together?" Yuffie asked. "Yeah." Leon replied emotionless. "You still owe me, Sora." Tidus smirked.
"Yup. We dare you two to date each other for at least two months and show signs of it." "What if we don't?" Riku asked. "Then, you two have to run this party naked." Sora said, whom Kairi hit on the head.
"Show signs of it? As in kissing, hugging and all that other stuff?" Skye raised her eyebrow. All four nodded.
Both Skye and Riku sweatdropped. "I'd rather do the dare." Skye whispered. "Fine. Here's another thing. We'll see how long it will take Selphie to get jealous and how long you two can put up with each other." Yuna added.
"Tidus, I'll make a bet with you. I bet 150 munny they'll fall for each other in about three weeks." Sora whispered.
"I bet 200 munny that it'll be four weeks." Tidus whispered back. "Fine, we'll see."
"Oh, that bet." Sora muttered, hanging his head. "Hey! Remember when Riku was in the hospital and Skye was in his ward." Yuna reminded.
"Oh yeah. If both of them hadn't hear us, we'd know if...." Kairi was cut off. "Know what?" Skye asked. The rest of their friends had forgotten they were right there, listening.
Skye took a deep breath and closed the door. "Hey Riku! I'm so..." "Its OK, Skye. You don't have to apologize." Riku said, struggling to sit up. "Still hurts, huh?" Skye asked, sitting in the chair next to the bed. "Yeah, how'd you...? Great, they're watching." Riku pointed at the door.
"They are so predictable." Skye said, turning in time to spot one chestnut brown spike. Riku nodded. "They're always like that."
Outside of the room...
"They saw us! Sora!" Kairi screamed. "Hey! Calm down, you two! Please!" Yuna begged. "We want to hear what they're saying." Tidus added. Then, they heard laughter from both Skye and Riku.
"What are they laughing at?" Yuffie asked. "Us," Leon answered emotionless, "They kept quiet so they could hear us. And they're doing a very good job on that." "It's supposed to be the other way around though." Sora whined.
"All of you can come out now." Riku said. "Besides, it was predictable that they would choose this time to spy." Skye eyed Kairi very carefully when they popped up. Then, Ellone walked in. "Squall, I told you it was a bad idea." "Sis, why do you always have to be right?" Leon snorted, "And it's Leon, not Squall."
"Why were you spying anyway?" Riku asked suspiciously. 'Oh no. I think I know what they've got in their minds. They think I like Riku.' Skye shook her head. 'They think I like Skye.' Riku crossed his arms.
Blood gushed out of the wound on Riku's back again. Skye put her hand over the open wound and concentrated hard. "Skye! What are you doing?" Kairi asked. A blue light surrounded and healed the wound.
"That's not a healing spell. The aura would be green." Sora explained. "Then, what did you do?" Yuna asked. "The blue light that healed his wound is called Angel's healing touch. Skye was born with that ability." Ellone answered. 'Angel's healing touch? That's sounds more like Skye than she thinks. Not again. I've gotta keep those thoughts out of my head for now.' Riku thought, looking at Skye from the corner of his eye.
"Do you still have that Angel's healing touch ability?" Yuna asked. Skye nodded. "Remember the beach party we had for Riku after he got out of the hospital." Sora moaned.
"Yeah. That was..." Tidus groaned. Leon chuckled. "Kissing contest, right?"
"OK. Kissing contest first!" Yuna screamed, "The best kissers win!" "WHAT?" Skye and Riku shouted in unison. "Do I have to spell it out for you?" Yuna asked suspiciously. Skye shook her head. "Yuna, Tidus. You two first." Now, it was their turn to yell. "WHY?"
"Just get it over with."
"Fine. This is the only time I'm kissing Tidus." Kairi nodded. "Just do it."
"Fine."
It seemed like they kissed in slow motion and took forever to let go. Yuna wiped her mouth and enjoyed his kiss for one reason. Tidus spit out saliva and coughed a few times.
"Don't tell me you French kissed." Kairi muttered.
"They did." Skye whispered.
"She told you not to tell!" Sora shouted.
"Who's next?" Tidus asked.
"Skye, Riku." Sora jerked his thumb at them.
"Only this once, got it?" Skye said.
"Same here." Riku muttered.
Riku bend down a little and they kissed. 'He is a good kisser. Not again. I'm starting to think I like....' Her thoughts stopped when her tongue touched his. When Riku realized what he was doing, he jerked away.
"What the heck? Why did you two stop?" Kairi asked. Skye looked away, blushing madly.
"It's your turn. Sora, Kairi. Let's see how you do." Riku pointed at them.
"You and Skye might win this though." Sora snorted.
"We may never know if you don't do it." Tidus snapped.
"Fine, fine. Get ready."
Kairi felt Sora's lips against hers and they began to kiss passionately. "Well, Sora got his wish from his tenth birthday," Tidus chuckled, "He finally had the nerve to kiss Kairi." "OK. Well, they won. What now?" Skye asked.
"Hey! Remember that one time I was over at your place." Skye reminded. Riku cracked up. "I remember that."
Skye jerked awake. "Too good to be true." Next to her, she saw Riku, asleep. He looked so cute and innocent when he was asleep. She didn't even have the energy to wake him. 'Where am I? Oh crap. I think I fell asleep last night,' Skye looked around the room, 'Great, I'm at Riku's. Selphie would really kill me now if she found out.' She quickly hid under the sheets because the door flew open.
A silver-haired man about maybe three years older than Riku walked in. He had long silver hair, longer than Riku's. "RIKU! GET UP! IT'S NOON!" He yelled. Riku let out a low groan, "Yazoo, I'm still sleepy. Can't I get any privacy anymore?" "KADAJ, LOZ AND I ARE GETTING TIRED OF YOU SLEEPING IN!" The so-called Yazoo shouted.
"LITTLE BRO! GET UP!" The person called Loz walked in. He looked like Yazoo and Riku, but the only difference was the hairstyle. His was held up by gel. "Great, Riku has three brothers and never told me." Skye muttered. "Hey Kadaj! 'Ku refuses to get up!" Yazoo yelled.
"Then, pull the sheets off if he doesn't get up!!" Another voice whom Skye assumed was Kadaj. Then, both Loz and Yazoo pulled the sheets off, revealing Riku and Skye. "KADAJ!" Loz yelled. "What the heck is going on in there?" Kadaj ran up to his younger brother's room and saw them. He had short, silver hair like Riku. At the ends, his didn't stick up to the sides. All Riku's brothers wore tight black clothing.
"Our little bro finally got himself a girl." Loz said gratefully. Kadaj gave his older brother a death glare similar to Riku's. "Shut up." Skye said coldly. "Loz, calm down. Wait until Dad finds out." Yazoo taunted, laughing at Riku. Riku rolled his eyes and sat back down on the bed.
'Kadaj and Riku almost look alike. But, there are a few differences. Their eyes. Riku has turquoise and Kadaj has silver ones. And the hair.' Skye thought, looking at Riku. "She can stay until Dad gets home. Just don't get into trouble." At that moment, Kadaj and the two other brothers left the room.
"Riku, what happened last night?" Skye asked, "I remember being on the beach and that's it." "Well, you fell asleep and I brought you here." Riku replied. "RIKU! PHONE! IT'S TIDUS!" Yazoo yelled. "I'm coming!" Riku then turned to his girlfriend. As if she read his mind, she said, "Don't worry. I won't go anywhere."
Riku nodded and got the phone.
-On the phone-
Riku: Yup, Tidus. What's up?
Tidus: What exactly happened between you and Skye last night?
Riku: -twitching uncontrollably- Why are you asking?
Sora: I told you it was a bad idea to ask.
Riku: Great, all three of us are on three-way.
Sora: Yup, of course.
Tidus: Shut up, Sora! Where's Skye right now?
Riku: Why should I tell you?
Sora: 'Fess up. Where's Skye?
Tidus: She's probably in his room.
Riku: Shut up already.
Tidus: How did your brothers react?
Riku: You don't want to know.
Sora: Ah-ha! She is at your place!
Riku: Shut up! How many times do I have to say that?
Tidus: You still have answer my question! What happened last night?
Sora: Tidus, I don't think Riku would want to talk about it now.
Riku: Got that right!
Tidus: You still have to tell sooner or later. See ya.
Sora: Bye.
Riku: Later.
Riku hung up on them. "They're gonna drive me crazy one day." Loz paid no attention to his little brother. "Then, why do you hang out with them?" Kadaj asked. Riku shrugged in reply. "They might be crazy. But, they're still my best friends."
Loz had an evil glint in his eye that only Kadaj and Yazoo could see. "Don't even try to ask that, Loz." They snapped in unison. "What? I was just gonna ask 'Ku how he met her." Loz said going defensive.
"She has a name, you know. And it's Skye," Riku said, "Do I have to explain?" "Yes." Loz was being nosy again. "Why do you like nosing around in 'Ku's business, Loz?" Yazoo asked.
He didn't answer. Riku rolled his eyes and explained how he saved her life and everything else. "So, you saved her life and now, you two are dating because of a dare." Loz chuckled. Riku glared at him, "The other option was worse. Thanks to Sora." "Yeah, it was." Skye came down the stairs and kissed Riku on the cheek.
"A dare, huh?" Kadaj smirked. Skye rolled her eyes, "You know we have to date for two months. But, Riku didn't tell you we have to show signs of it."
Then, they heard the front door slam shut. "Great, Dad's home." Riku muttered. Sephiroth walked into the kitchen and saw his four sons and her, clutching Riku's hand. "Who's she?" He asked. "Umm...father. Meet Skye, Riku's girlfriend. Skye, meet our father, Sephiroth, the famous ex-SOLDIER." Yazoo introduced. "Hello, Mr. Valentine." Skye was nervous. 'Great. Thanks a lot, Yazoo. I was just going to leave.'
(A/N: That was one long flasback.)
Tidus and Sora cracked up after hearing that.
Riku: Uh-huh. Whatever.
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