Some things belonging to shadows
By: Sissy
Chapter 7
After visiting the graves, they headed back to visiting the other islands to see everything again.
"Hey, it's starting to get a bit late. Shouldn't we head back to the island?" Riku asked.
"Hey you're right. It's already four. Selphie will probably kill us." Tidus said.
"But Kairi is the one that'll kill me." Riku said and Sora laughed.
"Sora, it's not nice to laugh at others misfortune." Tidus scolded the boy.
"Sorry." Sora said, kinda not meaning it.
"Whatever. Let's go." Riku said and they left.
… …
"Where? Were? You?" Selphie looked like the devil in their eyes.
"We kinda got distracted on the way." Riku told her.
"We were sightseeing!" Sora cheered and the girls sighed, forgetting they were ever angry.
"You know, you could have called." Kairi whispered in Riku's ears, "Don't make me worry so much." she told him.
"Sorry." Riku told her, giving her a small kiss on the cheek.
"…" Sora looked a bit sadden and Tidus quickly saw it.
"Hey! Um, Selphie!" Tidus quickly called.
"Yes?" the girl asked.
"Should we go and play something around the shore?" Tidus suggested, giving off a few hints to the girl.
"Huh? Oh! Sure!" Selphie said cheerfully and grabbed Sora's hand, "Let's go Sora!" she said and the three left to play somewhere else.
"Looks like they left us alone again." Kairi pointed out.
"That or they were getting Sora away from here." Riku said thoughtful.
"Why?" Kairi asked.
"What?" Riku was confused.
"Why would they want to take Sora away from here?" she asked him.
"I'll tell you some other time." Riku told her and petted her.
"No fair!" Kairi pouted.
… …
"Where are we going?" Sora asked.
"To play of course!" Selphie told him.
"Are you sure? It's not just to keep me away from the lovers?" Selphie jumped as soon as she felt a hand passing through her hair.
"Shadow!" both Tidus and Selphie where surprised.
"Nice to see ya again toots." Shadow smirked and Selphie let go of his hand.
"Sora was probably in no mood to be reminded that the girl he likes is with some other guy." Tidus reminded Shadow.
"Ooh. Scary." Shadow laughed.
"What do you want Shadow? It seems the moment we arrived at the islands you've been planning something haven't you?" Tidus asked.
"Perhaps. Perhaps not." Shadow smiled.
"Stop it Shadow!" Tidus yelled, "You're playing with human lives here!" he screamed at him.
"So? If you haven't noticed I'm not exactly human here." Shadow told him.
"You're still inside a human body Shadow." Tidus pointed out.
"And I plan on staying inside it for a long time." Shadow said happily and walked off.
"Aren't you going to follow him?" Selphie asked.
"Not for now. But don't worry. I'll be watching him." Tidus glared and the already gone Shadow.
"By the way. I've been meaning to ask you something." Selphie called Tidus attention back to her.
"What is it?" Tidus asked.
"Where's Auron?" Selphie asked.
"Crud. Now that you mention it, I haven't seen him yet. He did say he was coming here later on, but…" Tidus went in thought.
"Oh, well. He'll appear eventually I guess." Selphie said and went towards the water, "Come on Tidus! Let's go for a swim!" she said happily.
"What the hey. Better than doing nothing." Tidus said and went towards Selphie to play with her.
… …
"Where are you going?" Auron asked.
"Nowhere. Just around. What about you? Shouldn't you be with your boyfriend?" Shadow asked.
"I'm working." Auron replied.
"Well, me too. Go figure." Shadow smiled.
"…" Auron eyed shadow, "You don't work." he said bluntly.
"Your point being?"
"Why say you're working if you don't actually work?"
"Because I do work. But it has nothing to do with you." Shadow told him.
"Oh, really?" Auron asked, eyeing Shadow.
"Yes. And if you keep asking, I'll sock ya." Shadow told him.[1]
"Yeah, right. Like you have the guts." Auron joked.
"Keep it up and you won't laugh anymore." Shadow said, forming a fist.
"Don't you have work to do?" Auron asked, smirking.
"…You're lucky I'm busy. Or I'd have corked you by now." Shadow told him and left. [2]
"I'm sure he'll come eventually and say the truth." Auron told himself, "Though I hope it has nothing to do with those two midgets." Auron thought out loud.
…
"Hey, how do you think Cloud would know Auron?" Tidus suddenly asked Selphie.
"Cloud knows Auron?" Selphie asked confused, "How?"
Tidus glared at her and she sweatdroped, realizing that that was what he asked first.
"Sorry?" she said nervously.
"Very funny. But I was wondering this for a while now." Tidus went in thought as he dropped on the watery sand.
"He went to see Cloud today, right?" Selphie asked.
"How'd you know?" Tidus asked her.
"I saw him this morning when I went to Kairi's house." Selphie told him.
"That's right. Kairi still lives near the elders, doesn't she?" Tidus thought out loud.
"Yeah. It's a drag to go by their place without getting someone's look of 'you're-probably-a-bad-person-and-that's-why-you're-here'." Selphie sighed.
"They're idiots. Everyone knows you're the most honest and goodest person in the world." Tidus bragged.
"Thanks." Selphie blushed, "Too bad you're taken. I know a lot of girls who would have killed to have you as their own." Selphie giggled.
"Gee, thanks." Tidus sweatdroped, not knowing what kinds of girls Selphie referred to.
"So, what now?" Selphie asked.
"Now you get out of there and we talk like normal people." both teens jumped and turned around to Auron.
"Auron! Did you finish working?" Tidus asked.
"No, not yet." Auron smiled at the boy as he helped him and Selphie up from the sand.
"Now this is a true gentleman." Selphie giggled, "Not like some other people I could mention." she smiled. (Riku: ACHOO! (sniffle) I think someone's talking about me.)
"Thank you, m'lady." Auron bowed and Tidus laughed.
"Hotshot." Tidus smiled.
"Oh, but I'm your hotshot." Auron smiled and kissed Tidus.
(flash)
"Huh?" both boys looked towards Selphie, who had a camera in her hands.
"Thanks! Now this is a memory I plan on preserving!" Selphie smiled, laughed and ran off.
"…" both males were dead to the world for a few minutes before they came to their senses, "Hey! Give us that camera!" and ran after Selphie.
Selphie laughed, knowing it would be a while before they could catch up to her.
…
"It's nice out here." Kairi rested her head on Riku's shoulder.
"Yeah, it is. Ignoring all the screams to make it peaceful, but it's better than nothing I guess." Riku said, petting Kairi.
"Are you talking about your parents?" Kairi asked, looking a bit sad.
"No. Not really. What about Sora's? How was it that they died?" Riku asked curiously.
"The official report said they died in the fire, but… Cloud says it was something completely different what had happened." Kairi said sadly.
"Oh." Riku simply said.
"Interested in my past are you know? Well, I'll make sure you get uninterested in it, 'cause Sora's mine and I'll make sure you stay dead this time." Shadow smiled to himself, watching from afar at Riku and Kairi.
TBC…
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Sissy: Not sure if you guys will accept this but, oh well.
Kody: By the way, Sissy's grounded so she can't use the com too much.
Aoi: So please forgive us for taking too long.
Ryu: KH or FF characters don't belong to us, so don't sue.
Amy: The replies:
Madison Conway, Secret Agent; this was actually an inside joke me and my sis know about. The thing was that we believe that the puertorrican orange juice is drugged. Because, for unknown reasons, we always get giddy after drinking it. You do the math.
greyspark; Shadow has his reasons. I think. Oh well. Someday it will all be clear!
Sorceress Sakura; thanks. I have various ideas of what happened to Sora's parents. But it would help if readers gave me their ideas (sniffle) I'm useless on my own. Which s why I have my sis! XD
Sissy: Btw:
[1] Shadow says this 'cause he's like a rebel and I think this was street talk for punching someone really hard in the face.
[2] The same thing, 'cept I think it meant killing or hitting someone. Someone correct me if I'm wrong!
Aoi: Can we go to bed now?
Sissy: Not yet. We have to finish for the scan.
Aoi: Miercoles.
Sissy: AOI!
Aoi: What? Like anyone'll know what it means.
