Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and Co. belongs to their respective parties, not limited to Disney Interactive and Square Enix.

Warnings: Slash. AU. Er... Very suggestive comments—cuz we all know that Riku's a pervert. Profanity, but nothing too extreme. Or so we say.

Rating for the Story: R

Thanks loads to: Elvey-san, Tom, and Julie for all their support and their beta reading. Marvelous job guys! -huggles all of 'em- We wanna kidnap you guys and chain you to our bedposts cuz we love you so much!

Fixed Compass

By Tomi and Somi

(a.k.a. the baka rangers)

Part I:

"Anything else, dears?" inquired the waitress as she watched Sora sip his citrus drink. She reached down and collected their plates and utensils, leaving only their drinks.

"No, that's it for us, thanks!" replied the raven haired girl, Yuffie, who sat across from him. Sora nodded, smiling around the straw between his lips. Yuffie gave the waitress her own smile (albeit a sleepy one) as she took out some bills and paid the waitress for their breakfast.

"All right then. Have fun on your trip!" She nodded to their bags, smiling benevolently. "Thank you for coming, you two!" With that, the waitress hustled away.

Sora continued to sip his drink lazily. It was finally summertime in Traverse Town, Sora's favorite time of the year. The air was boiling hot and he was trying to savor as much of the chill of his drink as he could.

Yuffie and he were at La Passée (1), the local restaurant in town, waiting for their friends Selphie and Riku to show up. It was very early in the morning, about 6 AM, and they were very lucky the restaurant actually opened this early.

They had all agreed to meet here as a starting point for their road trip. Sora remembered it was just last Friday, the last day of school, when Riku had caught up with him on his way home to ask if he wanted to go on a road trip with the gang. Of course, Sora had accepted right away. After all, didn't he deserve some fun after spending nine and a half months in Hell? Hell yeah, he did!

Since their little gang was not so little, they had decided to split into two groups. One group consisted of Sora, Riku, Yuffie, and Selphie (He had no idea how that had happened—why couldn't they have gone with Leon and Cloud instead?); the other group contained, well, everyone else. They had all settled on starting the trip three days hence from Friday. And today was Monday, that fated day, and still, after finishing his breakfast, he saw no sign of either Selphie or Riku. Where the hell were they?

He sighed, finishing his drink and leaned back on his patio chair. He looked out at the town square. Right now, it wouldn't be difficult at all to spot his 'missing' friends. Seeing as it was so early, no one was out and about at all, making it very calm and peaceful. He closed his eyes. He could hear the thatched roof of the patio rustle in the light, hot breeze that blew through the square.

"Where is (yawn) Selphie?" queried Yuffie, unsuccessfully trying to stifle a yawn. "If she doesn't get here soon, we'll never get to Wonderland in time to avoid the crowds. That's why we got up so early in the first place! And where the hell is Riku?"

"Hmm, don't worry. I'm sure they'll get here soon," he replied, eyes still closed.

No sooner had those words left his mouth they heard the sound of distant footsteps. The footsteps grew louder and quicker with each passing second, accompanied with delicate "huff-huff's". Sora opened his eyes to see Selphie running towards them, shopping bags clutched in each hand.

"Sorry to (huff) keep you guys (huff) waiting!" panted Selphie, somehow managing to make them sound cheery. She slid to a halt in front of them. "Just had to do (huff) some last minute shopping!" She held up her bags(2), a grin spreading across her face. "See?"

"Oh, Selph." Sora shook his head, a fond smile on his face though he was clearly exasperated with her.

Yuffie giggled, winking at him. "She can't help it! She's a girl—what d'you expect?"

He snorted. "Shut up, Yuffie. You're just like her!" he accused, pointing a finger at her.

"I know!" she chirped and the three of them broke down laughing.

Sora closed his eyes, relishing the moment. He loved times like these, where all they did was hang out and goof around. It was nice. Especially when they didn't have much time left together because, as they all knew, college was just right around the corner. Selphie had nothing to worry about, her being only 15. But the others... Yuffie, who was 19, was finally going to college this fall after taking a year off from school. Sora was just done with his first year of high school. He had two more years(3) before he'd have to leave for college. And Riku, Sora frowned, only had one more year... He'd be leaving soon, probably to some rich, private university somewhere. Honestly, Sora didn't want Riku to go away, ever.

Someone poked him softly in the cheek. "Hey now, what's the matter, Sora?" came Riku's familiar voice.

Puffing out his cheek, Sora opened his eyes and glared at him. "You," he said. "You're late."

Riku smirked. "Aww, aren't you just dandy this morning." It wasn't a question. It was Riku teasing him. As usual.

"Shaddup!" His cheeks puffed out even more. Sora crossed his arms and huffed, looking away from Riku. Stupid Riku and his teasing.

Arms slid slowly over his shoulders to embrace him from the back causing him to stiffen and then relax. Riku moved so his mouth was just beside Sora's ear. "C'mon Sora... Don't be mad," he murmured. "I was just teasing."

Sora struggled and squirmed a bit, his attempts half-hearted. "I know!" he whined. "Now let go." Riku's embrace caused warmth to spread throughout his body. It was a weird soothing sensation, but it was too good to feel comfortable.

Riku tightened his embrace. "No," he said.

Sora struggled even more. He could just hear the smirk in Riku's voice.

Someone, or rather a couple of someones giggled.

"Heehee, as much as we like to see you two flirting, we'd best be going because if we don't, we'd be run over by the crowds at Wonderland when we get there." Yuffie grinned.

Yuffie and Selphie. Sora mentally groaned as a deep blush covered his cheek. He couldn't believe he had just forgotten those two were in the room! Argh, stupid Riku! It was all his fault.

Riku slowly released him with an inaudible sigh. "You two are no fun..." He straightened, tucking his thumbs into the pockets of his khaki boardshorts. "Well, I've got the car set and ready." He gestured vaguely to the entrance.

Sora looked to the entrance and saw Riku's SUV parked parallel to the restaurant's curb. Excited, he leapt up from his seat and rushed to the vehicle with Selphie close behind. He heard Riku chuckling softly behind him.

"So impatient, Sora," he commented.

Turning his head, Sora stuck his tongue out at him.

"I call shotgun!" shouted Selphie, only a few steps behind Sora.

"Not if I get there first!" interjected Sora. He knew it was a cheap shot, but, not really caring, he used his taller body to block Selphie and pulled open the car door, bouncing in. "Ha!" He shot Selphie a triumphant smirk.

"Aww..." sighed Selphie though she didn't seem disappointed at all. She gave him her own cute smirk and winked. "Oh well, I guess I'll just have to sit in the back then..." Walking to the back seat, she opened the door and jumped in.

What's up with her? wondered Sora. She's always faster than me... This is Selphie, the near-raving, cutie-cute lunatic, we're talking about here.

Sora let the thought fade as Riku sat down next to him in the driver's seat, a tiny smirk on his face. It made Riku look dazzling; then again, Riku was always incredibly handsome (and sexy). "What?" asked Riku, noticing Sora's inspection of his face.

"Nothing, nothing," replied Sora, waving it off and looking away. He busied himself with strapping on his seatbelt.

Riku shot him a curious look, but let the subject drop. Just as he was about to grab his own seatbelt, a hand stopped him.

"Riku, get out of the driver's seat," Yuffie commanded. "I'm driving. Remember what happened the last time you drove??"

Riku rolled his eyes. "I was distracted," he said, his eyes darting to Sora for a split second.

Selphie giggled. "That's not an excuse, Ri-ku!" she pointed out in singsong.

Sora nodded. "You are a pretty bad driver, Riku. Whenever I'm with you, we always end up nearly crashing into something..." The 'last time' Yuffie had mentioned was the time when Riku had volunteered to drive them bowling. Needless to say he nearly ran over a cat, twice.

"That's because you were there Sora!" Riku said. "When you're there, I get a bit reckless."

"Wha?" What did he have to do with Riku's reckless driving? All he did was... sit there...

"Well, Sora's here now. If he distracts you then you shouldn't be driving," Yuffie said, giving him a superior look.

"Oh, fine! You drive then," huffed Riku a bit sullenly. He got out of the car, walking to Sora's side to sit, and Yuffie jumped in cheering.

"Thank you, Riku." Yuffie fluttered her eyelashes. "Ok, is everybody in? Have we got all our stuff?" asked Yuffie as she adjusted the car's mirrors. All their stuff had been crammed in the back storage area.

"Check! Everything's here!" Selphie informed with a bright grin. "Ohhhh, I wanna sit next to you, Yuffie! So we can talk girl stuff!" She poked Sora in the head. "Pwetty pwease, Sowa? Switch with me?"

Sora couldn't help but roll his eyes. Typical Selphie. He got out of his seat and walked over to her side. Opening the door, he waited for her to get out before he got in. He settled himself into his new seat, buckling in next to Riku and flashing him a bright smile. Really, Sora liked it better when he was next to Riku anyway. That was why he always called shotgun—Riku was always driving.

Yuffie eyed them from her rearview mirror. "Alright! Take it away Sergeant Selphie!"

"Okee-dokee!" Selphie mock saluted the older girl as Riku and Sora chuckled. "Everyone here?"

"Sir, yes, sir!" they answered in unison.

"Seatbelts on?" giggled Selphie.

"Sir, yes, sir!"

"All materials present?"

"Sir, yes, sir!"

"Then we are go!" she crowed.

Yuffie revved up the engine and put the car in reverse. Carefully she backed up, switching gears, and entered the main road.

Sora leaned toward Riku, smirking. "Yuffie is a way better driver than you are, Riku."

Suddenly the car lurched, jerking them back into their seats as Yuffie sped hazardously down the road.

"What was that last one, Sora?" Riku asked innocently, though he gave him a very pointed look.

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After an hour of having their heads slammed into the side windows and clutching their seatbelts to avoid being thrown headfirst into the windshield, Sora and Riku were beginning to regret letting Yuffie drive and letting Selphie sit next to her. Sora had a slight inkling Selphie was distracting Yuffie even more than he distracted Riku when he was driving (though exactly how he distracted Riku, he had no idea; all he did was sit there!). After all, Yuffie had nearly crashed into six telephone poles (in a row!). It was time for an intervention. Otherwise, they would all be dead by the time they reached Wonderland. If they ever were to reach it at all.

"Oi, Selphie, let me switch places with you," growled Riku, Sora gripping his arm tightly as Yuffie swerved dangerously once again.

"Ohhhh, do I have to, Riku?" whined Selphie. She threw her hands up in the air as Yuffie sped dangerously through a tunnel. "Wheeeeee!" she squealed.

"Selphie!" Sora cried urgently, his grip on Riku's hand tightening. "Switch with Riku!" He did not want to die. Oh no, dying was the last thing on Sora's mind. He had so many things to look forward to! He hadn't even received his first kiss, yet! They should give him that much, at least, before he died!

"Come on, Sora! It's like a roller coaster!!"

"Yeah, the Roller Coaster of Death..." he mumbled darkly. "Switch with Riku!"

"But I don't wanna switch!"

"Fine!" Riku said tightly, "Yuffie, I demand you switch with me! Right now. Not that I'm tired of Sora clutching my arm or anything," he said glancing at Sora, whose eyes were wide in fear, "but his finger nails are digging into my arm! STOP!!!"

"Oh, fine. We'll stop at this gas station that's coming up, but I'm still gonna drive! You can switch with Selphie!" said Yuffie, grinning a bit evilly.

The next stop? thought Sora wildly. He didn't think they were going to survive until then. "Riku!"

Riku glanced at him before reaching out and clasping Yuffie's shoulder tightly. "Damnit, Yuffie, now."

Yuffie sighed and rolled her eyes. "And you say I'm no fun," she muttered under her breath, but Sora heard her. She pulled to a stop on the side of the road.

Sora and Riku both breathed sighs of relief while Selphie moaned in disappointment. Sora felt a bit disappointed himself when Riku moved to the front seat. Oh, well. Selphie wasn't that bad, just a bit talkative. Or so he thought.

Sora never realized just how much the brunette could talk! No wonder Yuffie was distracted with Selphie. He sat there listening to Selphie chitchat about this and that, but unlike Kairi's gossiping, Selphie's was interesting to hear. She seemed scatterbrained, and maybe she was, but she knew the most interesting things. She was actually able to get and keep his attention; Kairi was never able to do that. Sora eventually forgot he was disappointed in not being able to sit next to Riku though once in a while he would look up and find Riku gazing at him through the rearview mirror. It was weird and embarrassing, but he didn't mind too much. He wondered why?

He was listening to Selphie speak about an incident involving a warthog, a cat, and the unrequited love between the two when her cell phone rang. It turned out to be Kairi calling to report on her group's status. Kairi's group (which consisted of everyone else not in Sora's group: Wakka, Tidus, Aerith, Cloud, and Leon), who were traveling by van, had gotten lost.

"Already?" Sora had asked, surprised. He hadn't thought it was possible to be lost so soon, especially when Wonderland was only their first stop in a series of many.

"You'd be surprised," Riku had replied with a snort. He obviously had experience with this sort of thing.

Kairi informed them her group would still be meeting up with them at their last stop, Twilight Town, and that they were to have fun without them anyway

"Don't worry, I'm sure that won't be a problem," Riku had commented. Thankfully, Selphie was the one talking on the phone to Kairi, so she didn't hear that near-rude comment.

Selphie's energy seemed to dwindle after the phone call. Eventually, she ran out of energy and fell asleep with her head on Sora's shoulder, who in turn, rested his head lazily on her own, though he didn't fall asleep. Sleepiness seemed to spread to everyone else, too. Yuffie didn't seem to want to drive so recklessly anymore. She did, however, speed through the occasional tunnel, but it was probably to keep herself from falling asleep.

Sora shifted slightly, trying not to disturb Selphie, so he could see Riku better. Riku was resting his head in one hand, with his window rolled down, and was peering out at the scenery with impassive eyes. The light wind blew strands glossy of hair into his face, but he didn't seem to care. Riku was gorgeous, Sora noted, not for the first time.

In fact, all of his friends were very good-looking, in one way or another. They were all very atypical, too. All his friends were interesting. Well, with the exception of Kairi. Sure, she was pretty, but she was... average in a way. Come to think of it, compared to everyone else, Kairi was really very dull and boring. She didn't seem to have any interest in anything other than what other girls normally liked and she dressed very conservatively. There was nothing noticeable about her personality. Selphie, who had her bizarre, hyper personality, made Kairi look like a dull rock.

Sora winced. That wasn't very nice of him...

"Sora?"

Sora looked up at the sound of Riku's voice. "What?"

"What's wrong? You just flinched," Riku murmured. He wasn't even looking at him.

"O-oh, umm... nothing," Sora stammered. "Just thinking."

"Hmm." Riku straightened, turning to peer at him with icy aqua eyes and somehow those blue-green eyes weren't so icy, instead they were quite warm. It made Sora's stomach squirm. What did Riku do to him? Why did he have that affect on him?

"Sora..." Riku reached out and brushed his hair back gently. He lightly flushed. What was Riku doing? Riku's hand slid through his hair, down to the nape of his neck, sliding to his cheek. He lightly caressed Sora's cheek for a moment, leaning in.

His heart nearly stopped. Wait, was Riku going to kiss him?!

"Sora..." Riku cooed, a slow heart-stopping smile spreading across his face. He leaned in even more and—

Flicked Sora's nose.

"Argh!" Sora jerked up, sending Selphie to the side with a thump ("Huh? What?" she mumbled groggily, waking.), and covered his nose with both hands.

Riku chuckled quietly. "You're so cute, Sora."

Sora glared at him, hands still covering his nose. "F-you Riku!"

Riku flashed him an amused, lecherous smirk. "Are you suggesting, Sora?" he asked, voice husky.

Sora's face flamed (he seemed to be doing that a lot recently). Mouth agape, he stared at Riku. "I-um-you-what?"

Riku leaned over to Sora as much as his seatbelt would allow, smirk still prominent on his face. "Me. You. Naked. Bed." He smirked. "Or car." Sora thought he was going to die of blood loss; his entire face was scarlet, including his ears, and if it was possible, he was sure his hair would turn red, too. Riku made himself look very inviting, until someone whack him over the head, messing up his silver locks slightly, causing Riku to glare at the offender.

"No more flirting!" Yuffie commanded, not looking away from the road. "We're finally here!"

"Yay!!!!" Selphie squealed, now wide awake.

Sora winced. He had forgotten Yuffie and Selphie were with them, again. Damnit, stupid Riku! Why did he always tease Sora?

Yuffie pulled up to Wonderland. They stopped in front of two enormous gates that, when closed, formed an enormous pink heart. The gates slowly opened and Yuffie drove down a long stone pathway with rows and rows of colorful flowers flanked on either side. It seemed to Sora that they made a design, but he couldn't quite see what it was.

As they neared a second set of gates, Sora could see a huge Ferris Wheel rise up in front of them. The gates opened, and Yuffie pulled into the parking lot. They could now see the ticket booths: little pink hearts with glass windows. Behind the ticket booths was a huge wall, covered in vines, hiding the Wonderland rides from view, save for the Ferris Wheel and the sky-scraping roller coaster. Sora definitely had to ride that.

Yuffie sped through the near-empty parking lot and skidded into a parking spot close to the ticket booths.

Sora smiled happily. Despite the fact that they had started off late, they had still arrived in time to beat the rush.

"Ok, Sergeant Selphie, do your duty!" ordered Yuffie, cheerfully.

"Okeedee!" Selphie saluted. "Money in hand, wallets, or purses?"

"Sir, yes, sir!" answered Sora and Riku.

"Camera ready to shoot down memories?"

"Sir, yes, sir!"

"Alright then, let's go!" declared Yuffie.

Notes:

1) La Passée- means "the past" in French (cursed language ;;). It's the restaurant in Traverse Town you first see when you arrive there in the game. We don't know the actual name so we just made one up.

2) If it's like before 6 AM, why are there stores opened (besides the fast-food places)?- They're not actually opened, per say. It's just that Selphie is rich so she can call them up in advance to open for her.

3) If Sora has only finished his first year of HS, why does it say he only has two more years? Aren't there four years total?- We're basing the schools on the regular Japanese ones, so there's only three years in HS.

Er... I think that's all for now. Anymore questions? Ask 'em in your review, but leave your e-mail address! We don't do review replies in the stories—except for the few reviewers who have no account, e-mail address, etc. We do thank-you's though. If you leave your reviews, you will be put on a mailing list for updates.

Tomi and Somi's Notes: This is our first Kingdom Hearts fic. Please don't be mean to us! It's also our first time writing together. It was originally supposed to be a one-shot for Uzumaki-sama's Contest, but school started and we just had no time for finish it -cries-. We take all advance courses, so we really do have no time to spare, except maybe during the holidays. Please don't leave reviews saying "update soon!" It'll make us really sad because we might not be able to do that. We'll update when we can. Don't worry. The story's fully planned out (sorta) and about half of it is written. There will be 4-5 (maybe more) parts total. Please don't ask for it to be longer. There's no way we can manage a longer fic.