And then there was light! Here's another one! I should be busy doing other things, but I'm still trying to think up real presents for my family. I'll just happily write until I get an idea. Enjoy this section.
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Sora: "I noticed back in chapter four some of my words were messed up." "At you come with me to get it."
Riku: "That's what happens when you try and be cute."
Sora: "Psh...."
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of it's characters. Thus is why it is called a FANFIC
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CHAPTER FIVE: MISSING PERSONS
It was around midnight when Riku left Sora's house. "I'll see you tomorrow," he said to Sora as he was heading towards the window.
"Why are you jumping out of the window?" Sora asked, he was still amazed that is room was so clean.
"If I go down stairs you're mom will hear me and I'll never be able to leave."
"Oh...Bye!"
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Riku walked over to his own house, and tried to sneak into his bedroom through his window. He carefully climbed up the side of the house and went to open his window but found it was locked. If Aerith hadn't been cleaning.... He tapped on the glass, hoping one of the five presents would hear him. As expected the window opened and he jumped inside. His room was sparkling clean and the five presents were in their proper places. Aerith cleaning, Yuffie in the closet, Cloud watching Aerith, Leon against the wall, and Sephiroth sitting in a ball on the floor. Wait...Seph? A ball? Riku walked over to Sephiroth and punched him softly in the shoulder. "Hey, are you asleep already?" he asked playfully.
"We were all waiting for you," Leon mumbled.
"Yeah! You left so early we didn't get to go with you!" Yuffie whined as she crawled out of the closet.
"Whatever. What's wrong with Seph?" Riku asked as he poked Sephiroth in the arm.
"He's sad," Leon answered.
"I can see that. Why?" Riku barked.
"Cloud."
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and turned to Cloud. "What did I do?" Cloud asked innocently.
"Don't play dumb with me. You hurt Sephys feelings," Aerith replied as she hit Cloud in the head.
"Cloooud!" Sephiroth sang happily.
"Go away!" Cloud snapped.
"Oh but Cloud! You're my best greatest most important friend in the whole wide world! I love you!" Sephiroth giggled as he glomped Cloud.
"Get off!"
"But why?"
"Because I hate you!" Cloud screamed. Sephiroth let go immediately and scooted to a corner. "Uhh....Seph?"
"Now you did it!" Yuffie yelled and tried to comfort Sephiroth. "It's okay, Cloud is just a big meanie. He didn't mean it."
Riku just glared at Cloud. "You are so lame. Even when Sora makes me mad I don't say such things."
"I know, sometimes I think Cloud hasn't a heart at all!" Aerith added.
"Hullo! I'm a FALLEN ANGEL! Not a gift from the heavens!" Cloud screamed in anger.
"I'm going to bed," Riku groaned as he jumped into his bed and within a few minutes was fast asleep.
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When Riku woke up he felt a heavy weight on his chest. When he looked down at the object his worst nightmare came true. "SEPHIROTH!" Riku screamed as he kicked Sephiroth on the floor.
Sephiroth slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Riku. "Hiya buddy!" he giggled.
Yuffie came out of the closet and smiled at the two boys. "Awww...Looks like Sephy claimed a new friend."
Riku almost exploded. "Sephy, never sleep with me again!" Riku ordered.
"Oh but Riku-chan...I was cold and Cloud hates me," Sephiroth complained.
Riku looked over at Cloud who was sleeping beside Aerith and Leon. "You know...He looks kinda cold. You should go warm him up," Riku suggested.
Sephiroth looked at Cloud and nodded. "You're right! Even if he hates me I must protect him from the harsh temper of mother nature!"
"Yeah, you do that," Riku laughed and brushed his hand through his hair. "You know what? I need a shower."
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Sora woke up in the Secret Place. He sat up and rubbed his eyes and was surprised to find Ansem standing over him. "What am I doing here?" he asked.
Ansem grinned. "Don't you remember? You felt so bad about not having a present for Riku that you came here to get the new one early," Ansem answered.
"Is that the truth?"
"What do you mean is that the truth? Of course it is! I do not have any interest in little boys!"
"Yeah I guess not, since you're so OLD!"
"I'm only 46," Ansem argued and tossed a small bag at Sora. "Take them. These are the presents for today."
Sora opened the bag and looked inside. "Why are we giving him these?" he asked as he examined the objects inside.
"They're pretty. That's why, "Ansem answered with a smiled. "Now, go take them to Riku before they spoil."
"All right!" Sora answered. "He'll sure like these!" Sora removed the large bolder blocking the entrance and ran out onto the beach.
"That foolish little boy! Muwahahaha!" Ansem laughed as he placed the bolder in front of the entrance again.
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Riku came into his bed room again and found Sephiroth hanging on Leon. "What's this?" he asked and grinned at Leon.
"Cloud yelled again and he came crying to me. See if I ever try to comfort him again," Leon groaned as he tried to push Sephiroth away.
"Isn't it great Riku? Leon loves me too!" Sephiroth giggled as he fought against Leon's struggles. "We're gonna get married!"
"NO!" Leon screamed and used all his strength to push Sephiroth away. He succeeded and Sephiroth went flying into the wall.
Riku laughed as he sat down on his bed and started to play with his wet hair. "Oh Riku. Don't you know how to dry your hair?" Aerith asked as she approached him with a towel. "Let me." She dropped the towel on Riku's head and began drying his hair gently.
"No fair!" Cloud screamed, it was obvious he was jealous.
"Oh please Cloud," Aerith replied to his complaints. "Riku is but a child compared to me."
Cloud smiled and crossed his arms. "Hear that Riku? She said she's mine," he laughed.
"I don't remember hearing her say such things," Riku muttered, his voice was muffled by the towel. When Aerith removed the towel she saw the teen's hair was now a fluffy mess.
"This will not do," she told him as she pulled a hair brush from her cloak pocket. "I'll make it nice." She began brushing his hair and singing random Christmas tunes.
"Aerith, where did you get the towel from?" Riku asked as he felt the hair brush scrape against his skull. She wasn't as gentle as he thought, and he tried to keep from crying out in pain.
"My cloak," she answered, carelessly brushing away.
"Okay..."
"It's a nice cloak."
"I'm sure it is," Riku replied as he pulled away. "That's enough brushing. I think my hairs pretty enough."
"Oh! He said pretty!"
"I think I'm gonna go meet Sora at the island. He's probably waiting for me."
"Wait! Take Squall with you!"
"It's LEON," Leon exclaimed trying to correct Aerith's mistake.
"Whatever, just take him," she giggled.
"Fine," Riku mumbled as he headed towards his door with Leon close behind.
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Sora was getting bored as he waited for Riku to arrive. Maybe he isn't coming, he thought to himself. At that moment he saw two figures tying a boat to the docks. "Riku!" Sora exclaimed and ran towards the two men.
"Hey Sora!" Riku greeted as he spotted Sora running towards him.
Sora stopped and stared at Leon before saying anything else. "I see you're using my presents!" he laughed happily.
"Yeah, well the other present demanded I bring him along," Riku replied as he eyed the bag in his friends hands. "What's in there?"
Sora grinned and handed the bag to Riku. "Just 5 little presents," he answered.
"I hope they don't talk."
"They don't talk anymore."
Riku slowly opened the bag and dumped five shining hearts into his hands. "Hearts!" he exclaimed. These are exactly how the hearts that my heartless ate looked like.. As if being summoned, the tiny heartless appeared on Riku's shoulder and tried to grab the hearts.
"I think not," Leon snapped as he grabbed the heartless by the neck.
"Do you like them?" Sora asked Riku, he was worried by the last word his friend had shouted.
Riku smiled a fake smile. "Uhhh...yeah. I love them," he answered. Suddenly the five hearts joined together creating a pendant. "Wow!"
"Yeah, I hope you like the necklace," Sora giggled as Riku tied it around his neck. The heart pendant rested on his chest and had an eerie feel about it.
The heartless glared at the pendant and disappeared from Leon's grasp. "Stupid thing," Leon muttered and brushed his hand through his long brown hair. "Are you two done yet?"
Riku smiled and Leon and looked back at Sora. "Hey, you wanna hang out for awhile?" he asked.
"Sure!" Sora answered.
"Brat..."Leon grumbled.
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Two Hours Later....
Riku and Sora were dueling with their wooden swords and randomly throwing their weapons at Leon. "To bad we don't have Wakka's ball huh?" Sora laughed as he threw his sword at Leon. His aim was perfect and he hit Leon in the nose.
"That hurt!" Leon bellowed.
Riku stopped running around Sora and stared at the club house. "Yeah. To bad we don't..." he mumbled.
"Is something wrong?" both Sora and Leon asked Riku.
"Of course not!" Riku laughed, trying to hide his guilt.
"Riku! Sora!" a girls voice called.
The two boys turned to find Kairi and Selphie running through the water. "Did you swim the whole way?" Riku asked, noticing they didn't have a boat.
"Yes we did!" Selphie answered as she stopped next to Leon. She stared at him for a second but quit when Kairi grabbed her arm.
"Sora, it's terrible! Five people in town have been found dead!" Kairi exclaimed frantically.
"What?" Sora yelled.
Riku's stomach turned. If five people were missing and Sora had just given him five hearts, something bad was happening. "Five huh?" Riku replied calmly. "That's terrible."
"That's not all!" Selphie added. "Tidus and Wakka have been missing!"
"Tidus!" Riku exclaimed as he ran towards the club house. As soon as he opened the door he gasped at the sight. Lying on the floor beside Wakka was Tidus, and standing next to Tidus was his heartless. "You! What did you do?" Riku yelled, demanding an answer. The heartless laughed and began bouncing around as a shining heart appeared in it's hands. "That belongs to Tidus!"
Riku lunged towards the heartless but he was too late. The heartless had already devoured the poor heart and was growing to the size of a computer backpack. It looked up at Riku and smiled. It's mouth was full of white teeth, and it's eyes were full of evil. "Mine mine mine!" it laughed as it faded into the shadows.
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Riku left the club house and found Sora and Leon standing with the two girls. "Hey guys! Tidus and Wakka are just sleeping," he told them acting as if nothing had happened.
Suddenly Riku felt himself being picked up. "RIKU!!!" a familiar voice laughed. Riku turned his head and found Sephiroth hugging him tightly. "I was worried about you and my best friend!" he giggled as he squeezed Riku harder.
"Great...just...great..."Riku muttered between breaths.
"I love you Riku!" Sora screamed as he also glomped onto Riku.
"At least it isn't me," Leon snickered and turned away.
"On the fifth day of Christmas my best friend gave to me," Riku began to sing. "Five stolen hearts, four hours wasted, three crazy body guards, two fallen angels, and a heartless in a pear tree."
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Alright, there's chapter five. I got some ideas for presents 7 and 8...but I still need 9 and 10. If you've got any ideas lemme know. Okay, R&R please!!!