Ahahah! It's Christmas for the characters! Weee!
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Dear Clueless 97, Kaleena 55, LiLi-Sama, and Riku Shirumoni: Thanks for reviewing a whole bunch! I really do appreciate it! And to all my other readers, thank you for reading my story and dealing with my mess ups! At the end of the story I will have an extra surprise for everyone! Enjoy the chapter!
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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 ELEVEN: CHRISTMAS DAY
"It's Christmas!" Sephiroth screamed and jumped on Riku. Riku was torn from his warm bed to the cold hard floor. "Riku Riku Riku! We've gotta open presents!" Sephiroth giggled.
Poor Riku didn't know what was going on, he was half asleep and still thought he was in his dream. "I don't want to wake up," he mumbled and flopped down onto the floor.
"Riku!" Sephiroth whined and then picked Riku up by the shoulders. "Wake up please!" Sephiroth began shaking Riku violently until Riku finally opened his eyes and brought his fist down on Sephiroth's head.
"Did that hurt?"
"Ouchy! Yeah that hurt!" Sephiroth cried as he grabbed his head and held back his tears.
"Then don't do that to me again! I've got a headache now!" Riku screamed. He became quiet when he felt an ice pack against his forehead.
"I had it ready," Aerith said to him and she leaned over and came into view. "Please don't be angry."
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Sora woke up and once again had camped out in the secret place. "Hey Ansem!" he shouted as he jumped the sleeping Ansem, that was sleeping beside him. Ansem had also stayed in the secret place to prepare the last presents. "Wake up Ansem!"
"What is it Sora?" Ansem asked sleepily.
"It's Christmas!"
"Yeah, well go back to sleep. Riku won't be here for a while."
"Oh...Okay..."
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Once Riku was completely awake, everyone sat in a circle on his floor. "What are we doing?" Riku asked the crowd.
"Handing out presents," Yuffie answered as she pulled out a bag from her cloak. "I'm first!"
"Why don't we all just give each other gifts and open them one by one?" Cloud suggested as he began handing out gifts.
"That's a good idea," Riku replied as he leaned over to his closet and pulled out the presents he had for everyone.
A few minutes later...
"Why don't we have Aerith go first?" Riku suggested. Everyone groaned and then turned the Aerith and watched her intently as she opened the gifts.
"I got a bar of chocolate from Seph, a coin from Leon, a hand from the zombies, a shirt from Yuffie, a glass heart from Cloud, a CD from the moogles, and a charm from Riku," she announced. Everyone clapped and then turned to Yuffie who began tearing her gifts open.
As it all ended, Cloud had given everyone but Aerith clocks, Riku gave everyone charms, Sephiroth gave everyone deadly chocolate, Aerith gave everyone soap, Leon gave everyone coins, Yuffie gave everyone shirts, the moogles gave everyone CD's, and the zombies kissed everyone.
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Riku pushed the zombies away from him and wiped all their kisses off of his face. "Ugh, I've got more presents to give away," he told everyone as he headed towards his door.
"I feel like going," Leon announced and then stood up. "Besides, I need to talk to you Riku."
Riku looked at the serious expression on Leon's face. "All right," he replied.
The two of them left the house in time to be attacked the two girls. "Riku!" Selphie and Kairi cried. "The boys are still missing!"
Riku suddenly found them both in his arms crying. "It's okay," he soothed. "I promise I'll find them soon. Until then, Merry Christmas." Riku handed the two girls tiny heart charms. "These will protect your hearts."
Selphie wiped her eyes and took the charm. "Really?" she asked as she looked up at Riku.
"Yeah!" Riku replied happily.
"Hey Aerith!" Riku whispered once everyone had gone to bed. "Do you have them?"
Aerith sat up and tossed a small bag to Riku. "I blessed them. No matter what happens, no heartless will be able to get it's hands on their hearts."
Riku smiled at Aerith and stuck the bag under his pillow. "Thanks a lot."
"They will?" Kairi asked as she also took the charm from Riku. "It's pretty."
"I give you my word," Riku told them both and he hugged them both tight. "Now, I've gotta go see Sora." He let them go and then ran off towards the boats with Leon.
"What did you need to talk to me aboutm, Leon?" Riku asked as they jumped into a boat and began to sail out towards the ocean.
Leon stared at Destiny Island then looked at Riku. "Listen, I've got your back kid. If something bad happens, I'll help you. I won't abandon you or hurt you. Even if it means I get another scar, I will save you," he told Riku. His eyes were full of worry, Riku had never seen him that serious.
"Uhh...thanks. Is something going to happen to me?" Riku asked as he tried to ignore the strange feeling he had.
"It's just a bad feeling. Look, there's Sora."
Riku looked at the island to find Sora standing on the beach smiling. "There he is," he mumbled to himself.
Once Riku and Leon reached the dock Leon grabbed Riku's arm. "I'm gonna go now. Take care," he told Riku with a smile. "You can get back on Sora's boat, so I'll take this one back." He let go and sat back down in the boat.
"Okay," Riku replied and waved good bye. "Now Sora..." He turned around to see a bag in his face.
"Open it!" Sora ordered.
"Okay," Riku laughed and opened the bag, inside he found twelve bottles filled with a green liquid. "What are these?"
"It's poison!"
"For rats!"
"Oh! Hahah..."
"And here," Sora handed Riku another small gift. Riku unwrapped it and found a small bracelet with a star shaped fruit charm attached. "This is a real present I've had for you all year. Merry Christmas."
"It's awesome Sora, kinda girly...but thanks!" Riku laughed as he put it on his left wrist. "Here's your presents," Riku said as he handed Sora two small boxes.
"Thanks," Sora answered as he opened the first box. Inside he found a golden necklace with a crown charm attached. "Awesome!" he screamed as he put it on. It matched his look perfectly, like it'd been made just for him. He opened the other small box and found a tiny heart charm. "What's this one?"
Riku smiled as he attached it to his friends glove. "That one will protect your heart. I had it specially made," Riku replied.
"Thanks so much!" Sora shouted as he glomped Riku. "I love the presents!"
"And I love mine!"
"Yeah!"
"Merry Christmas Sora," Riku mumbled into Sora's hair. "On the twelfth day of Christmas my best friend gave to me," he began to sing." Twelve bottles of poison, eleven laughing ninja's, ten dancing moogles, 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."
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It was still day but, Sora had to return home any ways. "Hey Riku, you can take my boat. I'll swim," Sora told Riku as he jumped into the water.
"Heh, Sora you're going to catch a cold!" Riku shouted to Sora.
"I'll be fine!" Sora assured him. "I'll warm up at home."
"Silly guy," Riku laughed to himself and began to walk around the beach in circles.
"Are you bored?" a voice asked.
Riku turned around and found Cloud sitting on the club house roof. "What are you doing?" Riku asked as he watched Cloud jumped down.
"I needed to talk to you."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah," Cloud answered and walked past Riku. He stared off into the horizon and watched the waves hit the beach. "I know Leon already talked to you. I want you to know I feel the same."
"What are you talking about?"
"Even though you're a brat. If anything ever happened to you, I'd help you. Aerith and Yuffie agree. We're all kinda attached to you. We still feel we have a purpose for randomly being brought here by your friend Sora. Even If I don't like my purpose. If my purpose is to hurt you I'll refuse it."
"Uh..thanks..."
"Yeah, I've just got a real bad feeling..."
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Ansem sat on the floor in the secret place laughing to himself. "Now, we wait. When the time is right, everything will fall into place. If it doesn't then little Sora will have one last task," Ansem laughed to himself.
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Cloud had already left when Riku decided to return to his house. The sun was setting and he was nervous. He'd noticed the storm he'd been watching was so much closer and bigger. There was a soft breeze and the smell of rain in the air. Riku got in the boat and began sailing towards the main island. When he reached it, it was already dark. He walked home in the dark and on guard. After having everyone freak out on him, he was very paranoid. Who wouldn't be?
"Hey Riku," another voice said out of the blue.
"Ack!" Riku jumped to the sound of the voice. "Who is it?"
Sephiroth stepped out of the shadows, and smiled. "I can walk you home if you want?" he offered.
"Yeah, sure," Riku was worried now. Even Sephiroth was acting weird. Really weird. "Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"Yes, unlike everyone else. I know something is going to happen," Sephiroth explained.
Riku's heart skipped a few beats. That was something he didn't want to hear, and from a guy like Sephiroth. "R-really?"
"Yes, I will also lend you my power. I will protect you and fight against my purpose."
Riku stopped and turned to Sephiroth. "Your purpose. You know what it is?"
Sephiroth was silent for a while. "Yes," he answered after a few minutes.
The long pause had worried Riku, why was everyone acting so odd? I wonder what's going on. It's Christmas time, there couldn't possibly be a horrible event around the corner...Then again... "What is it?" he finally asked.
"I do not wish to tell you. If we can prevent it, I'd rather you not have to find out."
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The two finally reached Riku's house and entered to find everyone waiting for them. That night was quiet. Nobody fought with anyone else, and everyone went to bed early. This was going to be Christmas Riku would never forget, until Sephiroth broke the silence. "Oops, I made a stinky," he giggled.
"Seph! You ruined the dramatic moment!" Leon and Cloud screamed.
"Just go to sleep!" Riku moaned.
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All right! That was a more serious chapter. If anyone's seen the anime Fruits Basket, this is how this story will end. The mood I mean, it'll be a serious/dramatic/humor ending for the rest of the chapters. Expect a cliff hanger! MUWHAHAHAHAH!!!! All right, please R&R and don't forget to look for the next chapter!