Edited 3-18-17:
A/N: It's oh god what was I thinking hour with Chaos and... just Chaos, because I don't talk to myself in public anymore.
"Who are we looking for again?" Kairi asks bouncing up and down excitedly as they wander the streets of the main island. Riku's eye twitches and he stares at her, muttering about insane camera wielding maniacs under his breath.
"We're looking for anyone who is willing to help us either willingly, through blackmail or for homicidal tendancies towards Selphie," Riku says, ignoring the urge to slam his head into the nearest solid object. Kairi blinks.
"Ohhh...Like Kuja. HI KUJA!" Kairi yells waving at the disgruntled silver-haired mage who jumps and nearly falls down the stairs in his surprise. His dark blue eyes focus on the pair and narrow suspiciously, Riku sweatdrops as Kuja inclines his head towards them in greeting and walks over to them.
"Have you seen Zidane?" Kuja asks in a curt voice leaving no question as to what he would do to them if they did not immediately volunteer his foster brother's whereabouts. Riku stares at him for a moment sweatdrop growing larger by the minute, Kuja was well known for his dislike of Selphie.
"He's playing pirates with Selphie with Tidus's house." Kairi chirps, Kuja's eyes flash dangerously. Riku slowly edges away from Kairi as Kuja starts to mutter something under his breath, praying that whatever spell the silver haired boy is casting makes Kairi shut up for at least five seconds.
Unfortunately for Kuja his spell is interrupted by a large teenager running right over him screaming for some odd reason. Riku blinks, watching Raijin's retreating back with cautious green eyes and then directs his gaze into the direction that he came from which is quickly blocked out by a booted foot as someone (Fujin) kicks him out of the way and runs after Raijin shouting random words.
"AS SOON AS I FIND ZIDANE I AM GOING TO CUT YOU INTO A THOUSAND PIECES AND FEED YOU TO QUINA!" Kuja yells twitching repeatedly. Riku and Kairi look at him fearing for what little sanity he has left. He stands up, healing the bootprint on his face and dusting himself off. "So why are you two involved in this?"
"Selphie kidnapped Sora," Kairi explains with the wisdom of a hundred blondes, Kuja stares at her like she's lost her mind and looks to Riku for confirmation. Riku nods, sea-green eyes perfectly serious.
"Sora got kidnapped by pirates...BWAHAHAHA!" Kuja starts laughing maniacally, imagining Sora surrounded by kids pretending to be pirates. Riku sighs and rolls his eyes, if it just wasn't Sora he would've laughed too. But it was Sora, so he had to make time later to laugh about it.
"PIRATES! You kids say something about pirates?" Jecht's deep voice resonates down the street, Riku nods warily. Jecht was as unpredictable as he was crazy. He elbowed Kuja in the side to make him stop laughing, it was best to keep one's wits when dealing with Tidus's dad cause he's the one Tidus got his fighting skill from. "Well what do you know as it happens a bunch of pirates took over my house, kidnapped Auron and forced my kid to join them. Damn pirates need to be hanged on a flagpole by their underpants..."
"Uh...Ok Mr. Jecht. Whatever you say." Riku says, sweatdropping as he notices the sock on Jecht's head and decides he's just gonna walk away now. "Oh hey look there's my brother Rufus, We've got to tell him something. Hope you get your house back." Riku grabs Kairi who is giggling and Kuja who is eying Jecht like he wants to kill him and drags them towards his brother.
"No I will not save you from the man-eating mushrooms," Rufus says sneering at his little brother as he approaches. Riku gives him the look that says you'd better help me or else. "Or else what?"
"Or else those little pictures I took at the halloween party will be pasted all over the town..." Riku smirks evilly as his brother pales several shades, Kuja raises an eyebrow at the two and Kairi wonders what kind of dirt Riku had on his brother.
"Alright what do you want me to do?" Rufus sighs, making a mental note to find where Riku hid the negatives, but knowing Riku it was probably somewhere he'd never guess.
"We're assembling a pirate crew to defeat Selphie and rescue Sora and you dear brother, have just been drafted."
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