Thesrazrbladekisses- lol, I hope ur vacation was fun! I haven't updated too much while you were gone, I've been completely brain dead on what to right, so you haven't missed anything.
Sorafanluver- I love little puppies, but I absolutely adore cats! No offence to dog lovers, but I'm way more into cats then dogs. So I'm mentioning my cat in this chapter. Not a prob about reviewing, I love your stories: D. I'm glad you and Sora are looking forward to this chapter. Kairi is quite happy about it too.
Kairi: blushes Lol, hope you like this chapter!
carbuncle x3-I know it sucked having to leave poor Princess behind, but Kairi didn't want her to get hurt. Thanks for the review by the way!
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Chapter 14- The Trip and The Unforeseen
We all sat in the car, off doing our own thing. Sora was sleeping, and Cloud and Namine were talking. Leaving Tidus and I to talk. "It just hit me, how come we're not the ones driving to the campsite?" Tidus said looking at me.
"That's a good question," I replied. It was true, how come we weren't driving? We all had our licenses; we just don't use them too often since it's nice enough to walk around town.
"Well, Riku's mom and I agreed that we prefer knowing where you guys were and so you don't actually drive off across the island to do something else," Sora's mom said who obviously heard us.
"Oh…" Tidus and I said in unison. Tidus turned to me.
"Where are we going anyways?" he asked.
"Some place where it's disserted so no one can kidnap you." Sora's mom spoke up again.
"Forest?" I asked.
"It's right on the beach by the rainforest, yes," she said. "It's quite popular, but hardly anyone goes to it since it's so far out from civilization."
"That sounds cool though," Namine said who now joined in the conversation.
"How much longer anyways?" Cloud decided to ask.
"Another hour." We all groaned. Sora started to stir. I looked at him to see his eyes starting to flutter open. Soon his blue eyes met mine.
"What did I miss?" he asked through a yawn.
"Nothing important," I said kissing him. I too yawned. "Ugh, did you have to yawn?" I said turning away. I heard him laugh.
"Kairi!" Namine yelled.
"What!" I said back. I noticed her yawn and then give me a glare. Soon the yawning had been passed around the back seat of the mini-van. It started to get quiet after a while. I turned to look in the seat behind me. Cloud and Namine were both asleep. Tidus was listening to his iPod. Sora just gazed out at the passing scenery. I laid my head on his shoulder and soon fell asleep.
"Kairi," I heard my name being called. I started to open my eyes. "Kairi, get up," Sora's voice said in my ear. I slowly sat up seeing Tidus jumping out the door, with Namine and Cloud following right behind him. I stretched and got out of the car, too. It was so beautiful here. The water was crystal blue and the waves seemed to shine like diamonds in the light. The rainforest was full of different kinds of greens and some pretty reds, yellows, pinks, purples and oranges flowers were seen. Seagulls were heard over the ocean, while other rare birds were heard from inside the forest.
"Wow," I said breathlessly at the site. Namine and me gazed dreamingly at it. Soon Amanda and Selphie stood next to us doing the same.
"I think they're drooling," I heard Riku say behind us. I turned around and smiled at him.
"Well, do you guys want us to help you set up camp?" Riku's mom asked, as the last of our things were unloaded from the cars.
"We can take it from here," Wakka said.
"All right. Have fun guys, call us if you need anything," she replied waving goodbye to us. We waved back and watched them drive away.
"So where are we camping?" Amanda asked looking at us.
"Hum, let's go this way," Sora said pointing through the forest. "There's a really neat place with lots of fish to catch." We all gathered our things, while the guys took care of caring the fold up tents. We walked through the forest stepping on broken twigs and making lots of noise. After about a ten-minute walk of complaining from the weight of things getting heavier, we finally arrived. "There is a waterfall from the mountain, and there's a stream from it with clean water over there." We looked to where he was pointing. A small waterfall with refreshing water landed into a small pool, with sure enough a small stream leading to the ocean.
"Well, let's set up camp," Selphie said with a big smile. It took us over an hour to finally finish setting up camp. The guys agreed to fish, while us girls decided to start the fire. It was about five when the guys had enough fish for all of us. After dinner, we all went swimming until dark.
"Well, we're off to bed," I said stretching. I stood up from the fires edge. Namine, Amanda and Selphie did the same.
"All ready?" Wakka said looking at us as if we were nuts. We all nodded. Sora, Riku, and Cloud all got up. We all kissed our guys and headed into our tent.
"It's so pretty here," Selphie said as we all crawled into our sleeping bags.
"Very," Namine agreed.
"So, what do you think the guys are going to do with out us?" Amanda asked.
"Probably go to bed too," I said. With that, the fire that was burning brightly went out. Darkness fell over us.
"I guess you were right," Selphie said with a small laugh. I laid on my back, looking at the ceiling of the tent.
"It's quiet," Namine whispered.
"Well, yeah, because everyone is going to sleep," Selphie replied whispering as well.
"I don't know it seems too quiet," Namine said sitting up. I looked at her.
"Don't tell me you're getting scared," I laughed sitting up too. Amanda and Selphie sat up.
"No, I think she's right. Something doesn't seem right," Amanda said looking around. It did seem kind of eerie. Silence fell upon the four of us. It was too dark to see shadows out side of the tent.
"Okay, you guys are freaking me out now," I said quietly moving closer to the middle. The others did the same. We all huddled back-to-back looking around us.
"It doesn't seem right for the guys to be so quiet," Selphie said. We all nodded in agreement. Suddenly, a sound as if something very fast had flown by, kind of like a fast plane in a cartoon. That fake whistling sound. We all screamed loudly since it was so sudden. Then there was pounding on our tent. We all continued to scream. "GO AWAY!" Selphie screamed. Suddenly it got quiet.
"Think it's gone?" I asked quietly.
"What was it?" Namine asked looking around.
"Let's go look," Amanda said crawling slowly and quietly out of the tent. I followed with Namine and Selphie behind. We stood up looking around. No one was there. I tired looking in the forest, but it was too dark, and none of us wanted to get close enough to look.
"I think I hear something coming from inside," Namine said almost too quietly for any of us to hear. She started to walk closer to the forest. We all followed close behind. Out of nowhere, the guys jumped out from behind trees and bushes causing us to scream again.
"I can't believe you did that!" Selphie yelled as the guys laughed hysterically at our reactions.
"How rude!" I yelled at them. Sora was holding his stomach from laughing so much.
"Sorry Kairi, we had to," Sora laughed. I crossed my arms along with the other girls.
"No you didn't," I pouted childishly.
"I'm sorry." His laughing staring to subside as he hugged me. "I won't do it again, I promise." Cloud and Riku went to Namine and Amanda putting they're arms around them. Soon the laughing was gone and only left the sound of the waterfall and the ocean. There were cracks from twigs breaking from inside the forest along with a lot of rustling.
"Okay, you can come out now, the joke is over!" Selphie called inside.
"Selphie, we're all here," Tidus said. We all exchanged looks. A loud crack was heard from inside the rainforest, causing us to jump. The rustling was getting closer and louder. The guys pushed us behind them.
"Don't worry Kairi, I'll protect you," Sora turned and whispered to me. I gave a faint smile.
"Show yourself!" Cloud yelled. I was scared. I wanted to know what was inside, but I didn't at the same time. Out of the forest ran Leon, Aerith, Yuffie and Cid. We all sighed in relief.
"What are you guys doing here?" Tidus asked.
"We heard screaming from our campsite," Cid answered.
"Oh, it was just the guys who scared us," Selphie said lightly pushing Tidus.
"Oh, that's a relief," Aerith said.
"Aw man! I thought it was something exciting," sighed Yuffie.
"Yuffie!" Aerith said looking at Yuffie.
"So everything is okay?" Leon asked.
"Yeah," we all replied.
"Okay, good," Cid said.
"So you guys are camping out too?" Selphie asked.
"Yeah. We heard this was a great spot," Leon said looking around. We all nodded in agreement. "Well, we better go."
"We'll just be on another campsite if you need anything," Aerith said, turning around.
"Bye guys!" Yuffie waved. We all waved bye to each other as Cid, Aerith, Leon and Yuffie made their way through the forest.
"Well, that was unexpected," I said.
"Well, let's get some sleep, so we can go exploring tomorrow!" Namine said crouching down as if she was on a secret mission. I laughed. We said our goodnights and headed back to our tents and soon fell asleep.
"Wakey, wakey," Selphie said shaking me.
"Ugh, your like my dog," I said pulling the covers over my head. I heard her laugh.
"Come on Kai. We need to go exploring!" I heard Namine call cheerfully. I slowly sat up to the other girls wide awake. They were all dressed and ready to go.
"Here, we'll leave so you can change," Amanda said leaving the tent with the other two. I stretched and changed into some dark blue jeans and a purple t-shirt. I walked out and met up with everyone.
"So, where are we going?" Riku asked.
"That way!" Selphie and Namine yelled at the same time pointing into the forest. We all ran inside together. It was gorgeous. Streams of light shined from the treetops onto the forest floor. We saw rare bugs and many different kinds of birds. I even saw a monkey. It landed on a branch next to Riku who didn't notice until Amanda pointed at it. The monkey scared the living daylights out of Riku. It was so unexpected. We all laughed as the monkey scattered into the trees. We had a great time exploring.
Our mini-vacation ended too fast. We all had a blast spending time with just the group. I got to spend all that time with Sora, which I was absolutely happy about. Christmas was coming up and we talked about our normal traditions on the car ride home. I used to love Christmas time, but since people haven't had too much Christmas cheer anymore, it wasn't as exciting as when I was little. I was still looking forward to having my first Christmas back in my real hometown. After about a two-hour drive, we arrived back home. I said bye to everyone as I got all my belongings and walked across the street to my house.
"I'm home!" I called opening the front door. I sat all my things down and closed the front door. My mom and dad came in and greeted me.
"Kairi! How was your trip?" my mom said hugging me.
"It was so much fun! I'll have to go into detail about it at dinner, first I want to go and take a shower," I said. Princess ran down the stairs. "Princess!" I yelled happily as I picked up my puppy. She licked my face happily. I started to head up the stairs with her in my arms.
"Kairi," my dad called. I put Princess down who ran up the stairs to my bedroom door. I turned to face my dad. "You have an early Christmas present waiting in your room."
"Thanks!" I smiled and ran upstairs. Princess waited excitedly at my door. I slowly opened the door and Princess ran inside. I looked at my bed and gasped at what I saw. A cute little Persian kitten with a red bow on its head was waking up from its slumber. It had orange ears, with some hints of orange on its face and tail. Other then that it was long pure white fur. Its eyes were a beautiful blue. Kind of actually reminded me of Riku's eyes. Its eyes were big and round, unlike normal cat eyes. I ran over to the kitten and picked it up. It gave a small meow. I kissed its little head. It was a little bigger then my hands put together, so it was fairly young. It looked like a little snowball (A/N: That's what my cat looked like when she was that age, now she's bigger, but still adorable!) I ran downstairs with the kitten. "THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!"
"We got Princess and the kitten to get along while you were gone," my mom said. "So what are you going to name it?"
"Is it a girl or boy?" I asked holding up the baby kitty.
"Girl," My dad answered. I examined the kitty. It was so precious.
"Her name is Precious!" I said kissing my kitty. (A/N: That's my cats name!) Suddenly the door opened. Namine came running in with a baby kitty that looked like Precious; only it had gray replacing Precious' orange color.
"Kairi! I got a kitty!" she cried out holding up the kitten in her hands. "You got one too!" Precious and Namine's kitty were swatting at each other.
"Namine's mom and I saw an ad in the paper for Persian kitties," my mom said. "So we got you them."
"Her name is Precious," I said holding up my little fur ball after smiling at my mom.
"This right here is Angel. She must be Precious' sister!" Namine said cheerfully. "Well, I better go before I get into trouble. My mom didn't want me bring the cat everywhere I go," she laughed.
"All right," I laughed too. "Bye." Namine waved goodbye and left. I left Precious in my room with Princess while I took my shower. After dinner and telling my parents all about my trip, I decided to go and walk Princess. I went up stairs to see Princess lying on my bed. Precious pounced on her, playing with her ears. I laughed at the adorable site.
"Well, come on Princess, it's time for your walk. I'm sorry Precious. Be back in a little bit," I said walking over to my bed with Princess' leash. Princess jumped off the bed as I leaned over to kiss Precious. She swatted at my hair and fell on her back. I laughed as I kissed her little tummy. I put on Princess' leash and walked to my door. "Bye Precious."
It was nice to be back in familiar territory. I was walking Princess towards the busiest part of town. Some girl with mid-length brown hair was walking towards me. She looked really familiar, but not at the same time. She stopped in front of me.
"Hey Kairi," she said. 'I know that voice.' I gasped after realizing who it was. 'She couldn't be… could she?'
Author's Note: ha ha. Sorry I had to leave a cliffhanger. Can anyone guess who this mystery girl is? Review please!