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Riku Shirumoni- I used your red roses idea. Thanks a lot!

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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 EIGHT: RED DINNER

It was early when Riku was woken up by wet smelly kisses from his harem of zombies. "I'll get up!" he moaned as he rolled out of bed to escape their sticky lips. When he opened his eyes he watched Leon push the zombies out of the room and then lock the window.

"Good morning lover," an eerie voice said to Riku and then rolled out from under the bed. "Boy!" laughed Yuffie. Riku caught his breath, for a second he thought the zombies could talk.

"Yuffie leave me alone," he ordered as he got up of the floor.

"Awwww....Is little Riku sick?" she asked and felt his forehead. "Oh no! He's burning up! We need to get him some help! Aerith! Aerith! Aerith!" Yuffie began chanting and running around in circles.

Aerith came running out of the closet with a wet rag and placed it on Riku's head. "Hold it there," she told him and began pushing him towards his bed. "Riku dear, where is your mother?"

Riku yawned and thought for a moment. "With Sora's mom. They just went out of town for the holidays," Riku answered.

Aerith shook her head. "Why aren't you guys with them?" she asked.

"We didn't want to go to Lala Land."

"Then I'll have to take your mothers place."

Riku felt himself being picked up by two strong arms. "What?" he asked, he was exhausted and couldn't think straight.

"It's just me," Cloud answered and set him in bed. "All that swimming has caught up with you. I'm no doctor, but you should get some rest."

"Oh Cloud! You're so smart! I didn't realize how charming you were with children!" Aerith giggled as she hugged Cloud.

"Of course Aerith. I just love those little tigers. I'm hurt that you'd think I was so cold," he snickered.

"Get off my baby!" Sephiroth ordered as he pushed Aerith into the wall and glomped Cloud. "You're safe! I'll protect you from that devil!"

"Shoot me already," Riku moaned as he rolled over in his bed.

Sephiroth grinned and then pulled out a small gun. "All right!" he laughed.

"Seph don't!" everyone screamed. CLICK.

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Sora was running down the street with an arm full of red roses. He'd heard that his best friend was sick and wanted to get him something safe. "Roses will make Riku real happy!" he chuckled to himself as he approached Riku's house.

"Who are those for?" a voice asked. Kairi jumped down from a tree and blocked his way. "Are they for me?"

"Hahah, of course not. Riku is sick. I need to give him a safe present," Sora laughed.

"Riku...Riku...Riku...I hate Riku!" Kairi screamed. Suddenly she was jumped by seven of Riku's zombies and dragged away. The eighth zombie took Sora by the arm and led him to Riku's house. Sora and the zombie ran into the house, followed by the other seven zombies, and ran up to Riku's room.

"Riku!" Sora exclaimed when he saw a huge bump of his friends head. "What happened?"

"Seph shot him with a rubber bullet," Yuffie answered.

Sora and the zombies rushed over to Riku's side and began to poke him. "Are you alive Riku? Riku! Speak to me Riku! Riku!" Sora screamed frantically.

"Shut up," Riku moaned and turned his head towards Sora.

"You're alive!" Sora laughed as he hugged the sick boy. "I brought you you're present. Nine red roses! I hope you like them."

Riku took the roses from Sora and smelt them. They smelt nice compared to the zombies. "Thanks Sora," Riku said with a smile.

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Ansem sat with the heartless now in his lap. They wee both singing random Christmas songs and rocking back in forth. "I am your Christmas tree! You know that I'm so pretty!" Ansem sung.

"Pretty! Pretty pretty pretty!" the heartless sang.

"You know what?" Ansem said to the heartless. He took a moment to take a sip of his sake. "This is a great way to spend my time waiting for the last presents to finish being made," he muttered before taking another drink. This time it was a gulp instead of a small sip.

The heartless stood up and looked around. "Bye bye bye!" it laughed and then left Ansem singing to himself.

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Just as Riku was about to hand the roses to Aerith so she could put them away, his heartless appeared and stole them. "Mine!" it roared and ran into the closet.

"No! They belong to Riku!" Aerith screamed as she followed the heartless into the closet and a war began.

Leon shut the closet door and smiled. "Heartless are strongest in the dark," he snickered.

"You jerk!" Cloud exclaimed and knocked Leon to the floor. "Sephiroth! Save Aerith!"

Sephiroth grinned at Cloud and sat down beside Riku. "I need to take care of Riku," he told him.

"You mean jerk!" Cloud screamed as Leon kicked him off.

"I'll do what I want fool!" Leon barked back.

"No more!" Yuffie shouted at the two. They ignored her and continued exchanging names. "Fine then..." Yuffie's boomerang appeared in her hands and she threw it at the two guys. It barely missed Cloud's spike and Leon's nose. "I SAID STOP!"

"Shut up!" Riku snapped and threw a pillow at Yuffie. Sephiroth guarded Riku from any sneak attacks Yuffie might try to pull on him. "Just let me sleep," Riku begged.

Aerith crawled out of the closet with the heartless on her head. The zombies all swarmed her and grabbed the heartless. "Help help!" the heartless cried as the female zombies pulled on it's arms.

"Nope," Aerith laughed and grabbed the last rose that the heartless hadn't eaten from it's claws. The heartless gave Aerith a look that could kill and then disappeared into thin air. Aerith didn't seem to mind the fact she'd just gotten a death gaze from the deadly creature and handed Riku the last rose. "There you are," she laughed.

Riku looked at all his friends in his room and smiled. "On the ninth day of Christmas my best friend gave to me," he began sing. "Nine red roses, eight rotting zombies, seven jumbo hot-dogs, six magic Keyblades, five stolen hearts, four hours wasted, three crazy body guards, two fallen angels, and a heartless in a pear tree." When he finished he closed his eyes and rolled over. "I'll be okay tomorrow. You guys don't have to worry," he told them before falling asleep.

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Ansem was still sitting on the rock when the heartless returned. "Where were you?" he asked it. He didn't expect an answer and he didn't get one either. The heartless only glared at a rock and then headed towards the tall black tower.

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