Some things belonging to shadows
By: Sissy
Chapter 4
"Sorry toots. I go by Shadow, not Sora." the boy spoke with an eerie voice that sent shivers down Selphie's spine.
"Why are you awake?" Selphie asked him.
"I was bored. But, I like your idea of the key chains. Did you know Sora's in love with the girl?" Shadow asked her, putting his arm around her neck.
"What girl?" Selphie asked him.
"Why, Kairi of course." Shadow told her, "I'm surprised you didn't know toots."
"You're not planning on doing anything to her, right?" Selphie asked him.
"Depends on Sora's actions." Shadow told her and they began to leave.
"Why does it depend on Sora's actions?"
"Because, toots, I want to see if my baby Sora has what it takes to get a girlfriend. And it helps she knows about me." Shadow said with a smug grin.
"But Kairi already has a boyfriend!" Selphie yelled.
"Lower your voice toots. I'm right next to you." Shadow told her, rubbing his ear.
"Sorry…" she said shyly.
"Anyway, what's up with her koi? He seems to really hate Sora. All he does is subtly glare at my baby Sora." Shadow said, a bit pouting.
"You can pout?" Selphie asked amazed and he glared at her, "Uh, sorry."
"So, what's with him?" he asked her.
"Well, ever since Kairi got the message that Sora was coming back, she's only talked to Riku about him. And it's gotten him pretty pissed." she explained to him.
"I see…" Shadow showed a big grin.
"Don't you dare do anything to hurt them!" she yelled at him.
"Me? Of course not. Wouldn't even cross my mind." he smirked.
"Shadow!" she shushed him.
"Selphie! Sora!" Selphie turned around to see Tidus and Auron running towards them.
"Oh dear." she and Shadow said at the same time.
"I like you toots." Shadow told Selphie.
'Great.' she thought sarcastically.
"Shadow, let Selphie go!" Tidus bonked the boy and he did as told.
"How could you tell it was Shadow?" Selphie asked him.
"We're his guardians. We're supposed to know when he's released." Auron told her as Tidus argued with Shadow.
"Get back in there this instant!" he yelled as Shadow ignored him.
"No thanks. I finally just got Sora to take a break from this morning." Shadow told him.
"This morning? You mean when we met up with Kairi and Selphie?" Tidus asked.
"Yeah. Don't tell me you're pissed again with Sora because he keeps hiding things form you?" Shadow asked and Tidus punched him.
"Tidus!" Auron yelled surprised, holding Tidus back, while Selphie checked on Shadow.
"Sora!" Tidus called, "Face me like a man damn it!" he yelled.
"Tidus, that's not helping." Auron told him.
"I'm sorry Tidus." he cried.
"Sora?" Selphie called.
"Yeah, it's me." he weakly smiled.
"Sorry I hit you Sora." Tidus extended his hand to Sora after Auron let him go, "Let's go home and rest." he suggested.
"Alright." Sora nodded weakly and took his invitation.
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"After all that, I'm still the one who has to carry him." Auron complained a little when he was told to piggyback carry Sora back to Riku's house.
"Sorry Auron. I promise to make it up to you soon." Tidus told him.
"You'd better." Auron gave Tidus a small kiss on the cheek.
"Aw!" Selphie said, making them both blush.
'Forgot she was there…' they thought.
"Where are you planning on staying? It's best if Sora doesn't stay at Riku's for too long. Riku seems to hate Sora." Selphie told them.
"I see…" Tidus went into thought.
"No wonder the guy was glaring at Sora earlier in the room." Auron thought.
"And it worries me Shadow might do something to Riku and Kairi." Selphie told them.
"Yeah… And with Sora liking Kairi and all…" Tidus thought.
"Which reminds me, why didn't you tell me Sora liked Kairi? Does she know?" Selphie asked them.
"Fortunately, no. We don't want her to worry about Sora. It'll be a bigger problem if more people start worrying about him. You know how Shadow doesn't want Sora happy." Tidus told her.
"We'll he told me earlier he wants to see if Sora has the guts to get Kairi to like him." she told them.
"He said that?" Tidus asked her.
"Yeah, and he seemed like he didn't like Riku glaring at Sora." Selphie told them.
"Oh, yeah. He pouts." Auron and Tidus said at the same time.
"I was wondering that. He's supposed to be the meanest demon in existence and he pouts?!" Selphie asked and they nodded.
"But he doesn't want to admit it." Auron said and Tidus nodded.
"No wonder. Yay! We're here!" Selphie cheered as they stopped in front of Riku's house.
Selphie went up to the door and knocked on it, waiting for Riku to open.
"Coming!" she heard Riku yell, "Oh, it's you." he said sarcastically when he saw Selphie.
"We're back!" Selphie said happily, ignoring Riku and entering the house, "How are you Kairi?" she said to her friend who sat on the sofa.
"Coming inside?" Riku asked the boys, who nodded and went inside, followed by Riku, who closed the door.
"I'm going to put the kid upstairs." Auron told Tidus, who nodded and he went upstairs.
"Hi Kairi. We're back." Tidus said, entering the living room.
"Hi. Where's Sora?" she asked him and Riku hid his anger.
"Auron went to put him upstairs since he fell asleep." Tidus told her.
"I see. There were no problems, I assume?" Kairi asked, and put both Tidus and Riku angry.
Riku was about to say something but Tidus beat him to the punch, "Who do you think you are?!" he yelled, "You are not Sora's guardian, nor his mother for Christ's sake! You know perfectly well Sora is our responsibility not yours! If something happens, we are responsible, not you! Just because you're his friend doesn't mean you have the responsibility of taking care of something you can't handle!" Tidus was about to yell some more, but Auron arrived and grabbed him, putting his hand on the boy's mouth so he would shut up.
"That's enough Tidus." Auron told him, "And you, Kairi, I don't care what relationship you have with Sora, but let me make one thing clear. You are not responsible for either Sora or Shadow. That is our problem. The next time you're worried about Sora, just ask the kid, okay?" Auron told her and she nodded, "Good. Riku, do you still want us to stay here? We can always go stay with Cloud, since he lives here and all."
"No. You can stay here until you want." Riku told them and Auron thanked him.
"I'll be upstairs organizing the room with Tidus then." Auron said and left for upstairs, still holding onto Tidus.
"That was fairly interesting. Care to explain?" Riku asked, not looking at either of the girls.
Kairi sighed and dare not look at Riku.
"For now, it's nothing. Just a problem they'll need to work out on their own." Selphie told him.
"Good. Then maybe later I'll ask who Shadow is." Riku smirked.
"They won't tell you." Selphie told him.
"Why not?"
"The less people know about Shadow. The better it is to control him."
"Why the need to control this guy?"
"He wants Sora to suffer. Badly."
"Why?"
"He believes that to be his only pleasure. He hasn't even notice he's growing an affection over Sora."
"Really?"
"Of course. He doesn't like you glaring at Sora."
"How would he know that?"
"He's inside Sora's head." Selphie didn't notice she said it until she actually did.
TBC…
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Sissy: Finally finished it.
Kody: Now go do the next one.
Aoi: Nothing here belongs to us, except for maybe the plot but…
Amy: You can't do nothing with a plot.
Ryu: (holds cardboard that reads: The replies:)
twix; thanks. Well, we'll just see.
Sissy: See ya guys next time!
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