Chapter IV- Preparations

"Hey Sora! Wake up!" Riku yelled. "You need to get ready for your date." Sora rolled over and put a pillow over his head. "Come on!" Riku started poking Sora in the shoulder. "You don't want to keep Xeni waiting do you?" Sora opened his eyes and sat up.

"How did you know about that?" he asked.

"What? You didn't think I was really asleep did you? Now get a move on, it's already 10 o' clock" Sora immediately jumped out of bed and went to take a shower. After he finished he got dressed and then went to go eat breakfast.

"I have to get going." Riku said as Sora finished his breakfast. "Why don't the two of you take a walk through the park and you can stop at the food stand that I work at. And then I can also keep an eye on you." He smirked at this and ruffled Sora's hair. "I'll see you later." They kissed and then Riku left. Sora looked at the time. He still had an hour left.

"I wonder what Xeni is up to?" he thought out loud.

Xeni was having a crisis. She had spent most of her morning trying to figure out what to wear. She shifted through her clothes. "Should I wear a skirt? Or maybe shorts? Or should I go with pants? And what kind of shirt should I wear?" After a while she finally decided on and outfit: capris and a light red tank top. Now she needed shoes. She decides on her red flip-flops, but she couldn't find them.

Xeni walked over to her brother, Marluxia's room and knocked on the door. "Marly have you seen my shoes?" she asked. Marluxia was always stealing her clothes.

"If it's the red ones then no." he shouted.

"Come on Marly! I need my shoes! Sora's going to be here any moment. Marluxia opened the door.

"Oh so that's what you need them for." He looked at the outfit she was wearing. "Nice choice." He gave her the shoes. "Have fun!" he teased

"Oh shut up!" Xeni walked back into her room and examined herself once more in the mirror. "Okay. Looks good."

She heard a knock the door. "One minute!" she yelled and crashed around trying to get to the door. She opened it and saw Sora standing there.

"Hey!" she said.

"Hey you look great. Ready to go?"

"Yeah, where are we going?"

"Umm, how does a walk in the park sound? It shouldn't be very crowded."

"Okay, cool. Let's go!" she smiled, grabbed Sora's hand and led him out of the building.