Okay. I finally finished chapter…7! First things first, individual reviews!
Neassa: I PUT RIKU IN! WOOHOO! And if that PS was about the keyblade/keyblades, YOU GET A MUFFIN:gives muffin:
scrb3331: Yes, the arguments were funny. Thanks to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, they inspired me to do it! The one with Selphie and Tidus, it just hit me. I think I made Selphie a bit too bossy… I hope Riku didn't choke on those muffins. While we're talking about muffins, YOU GET A MUFFIN for finding the correct amount of times I used keyblade/keyblades in the chapter:gives muffin:
KairiLuv: I read at least half of A World Without You…but I will finish soon! As soon as I'm not busy doing all of these things I need to do this summer. Thanks, I thought that chapter was great, but not the greatest! THE GREATEST ONE WILL COME! Sometime. :smiles: And…YOU GOT A MUFFIN! WOOHOO:gives muffin:
Dreaming Wistfully: YAY! A FILIPINO! LUCKY! You get to go to the Philippines and I don't get to go back there until my grandparents' 50th anniversary! I read Charcoal Sketches. It's great! I'm glad I inspired you. LOL! The land of Mein fanfics. Anywhoo, this chapter has Kairi meeting Sora, so HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS PEOPLE!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from KH or Disney, only Camille!
You know the key by now. The only thing different is that there is no mysterious voice and the bold A/N's.
Chapter 7
It was late on a Friday night. David's parents were out at a meeting and David was left to take care of his two younger siblings. They were fast asleep so David decided he should go to sleep too. He headed up the stairs and turned left towards his room. Before he entered his room, he checked up on his siblings. They were snoozing away. "I guess there's nothing to worry about." David slipped into his bed and shut his eyes.
Lightning flashed across the sky. BOOM! Thunder racked the sky. David woke up to the racket of the storm. Lighting flashed in front of his window. He covered his ears to prepare for the loud thunder. BOOM! He peeked through his blinds to see what was going on outside. It wasn't raining. He wondered if his parents were home. He looked at his clock. "It's 1:35…they should be home by now." David headed towards his parents' room, which was across the hall. Their door was ajar. David peered through the open space. The bed was empty. He sighed and headed towards his room. He climbed into his bed, unable to sleep. He stared at the ceiling and watched the performance of the storm in the corner of his eye. After a while, David fell asleep.
The wind blew harshly. Once again, David woke up. But this time it wasn't to the storm. It was to a scream. David had one thing on his mind: check to see if his brother and sister were safe. He dashed out of his room and into his younger brother's room. He wasn't there. He went to check on his little sister's room. She wasn't there. David panicked. "Where could they be?" He thought of one place: their parents' room. He ran towards the room.
Two piercing scream ran throughout the house. David reached his parents' room and found a dark creature taking a hold on his siblings. David ran towards it swiftly. "LET GO OF MY BROTHER AND SISTER!" It didn't seem to listen to him. David tried to interfere and make it disappear, only to make himself captured by another creature. He struggled to free himself and his siblings.
A different creature materialized out of nowhere. It signaled the ones holding the captives out the door. When David was being dragged out of the room, he flailed himself against the creature that was holding him. He managed to get free. David sprinted towards the door. His brother and sister were struggling too. 'If I can knock this one out, I can run with them (as in his brother and sister).' He pounced on the enemy. It let go of David's siblings and turned his attention to the 'attacker.' It had an aviator's hat and wings. It rose above David and did a spiral dive towards him. David rolled to the side and sprung at the flying creature. He managed to bring it down and pinned it to the floor. It swung its claws at David's arm and tore his skin open. David recoiled from the creature and winced from the pain.
The same creature that injured David flew over to his vulnerable siblings. When David saw this, he ran towards them. The flying creature swooped down and scooped up David's brother and sister. It flew away, too far for David to catch up. "This…this can't happen!" He slumped down onto his knees. "I've let them down, I've let my parents down. I've let myself down. WHY?"
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"No, no, not again."
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The wind grew and blew the parts of the house down. Pools of Darkness appeared out of nowhere. David just sat there. Soon he was on a strip of land. Everything around him was devoured. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know where he would end. Then he figured it out. He wanted to live and save his family. David looked around to see if there was anything he could do. There was nothing but wind and debris flying around. He called for help. There was no one there to reply.
A large tree branch collided with David. David was thrown off the piece of land. He quickly grabbed onto the edge with one hand. He held on for life. His hand was slipping and he finally let go. David was free falling and it felt like his stomach was going up his throat. 'There's no hope now,' he thought.
"Wrong." Someone caught David.
"What happened?" David looked up at the mysterious person that saved his life. He was wearing a hooded black cloak and a blindfold. He had sleek sliver hair that came down to his shoulders.
He chuckled. "You were falling. Didn't you notice?"
"Where are we going?" They flew over a piece of land with a Darkside and a helpless girl.
"To a safe place I assure you. Now hold on tight." They passed through some sort of barrier and they were floating in space.
"Who are you?" David asked.
"I'm Riku. I'm sorry for the short notice, but I've got to put you to sleep." Before David could ask why, he was fast asleep. Riku hauled David across the galaxy to a planet.
David woke up and heard Riku say, "Destiny Islands. I wish I could go back, but I can't. I've got to help the king." Riku looked at David. "I see you're awake. Well, here's your stop!"
David looked down at the planet. 'This is my new home,' he thought.
"You ready?"
David took a deep breath. "Yeah, I'm ready."
David dove towards the planet. He landed in the ocean. Salt water rushed inside his mouth. David tried to float to the top, but the strong current disabled him to rise. The current pushed him towards some rocks. David smashed into the rocks and hit his head. He went unconscious.
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"HEY?" In front of David was a piece of toast.
"That's your breakfast."
David looked at the clock. "10:07? I slept in that late?"
"You sure did." Tidus was at the door. "You better get dressed. We're going over to Kairi's house. She says there's something important she needs to tell us. And she is in ten minutes."
David scrambled out of bed. "TEN MINUTES? WHY DID'T YOU WAKE ME UP?"
Tidus chuckled. "You were sleeping peacefully. Now I'll leave you alone with your toast." He left the room closing the door behind him.
David plopped back on his bed and nibbled on his toast. 'Did that really happen? With my family and home planet, a guy named Riku, and landing here? Well, there's no time to think now. I better get ready.' David wolfed down his piece of toast and fixed his bed. He rummaged threw his closet. He put on knee length shorts and a striped t-shirt. He headed into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. He checked in the mirror if everything was in place. When David was done, he headed downstairs.
"Finally! What took you so long? We've only got 3 minutes to spare!" Tidus was at the door.
"I dunno."
"Whatever." Tidus and David walked out the door.
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"Good morning Sora!" Sora walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Morning." He sat at the table.
"I thought you would be one of the first to wake up," Camille said, "but you ended up the last."
"So did I. I guess all this work being the Keyblade Master is tiring me out. Where's Donald and Goofy?"
"They're upstairs. You're breakfast is right there." She pointed at the counter.
"Thanks." Sora went over to the counter and brought his breakfast to the table. He looked down at his plate. "Two eggs and a piece of bacon, shaped into a face. And a nice cup of skim milk to start the day." He smiled. Sora started eating his eggs when…
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GOOFY!" Camille and Sora looked up at the stairs from their seats.
"You can finish your breakfast while I go check on them." Camille pushed her chair under the table and went up the stairs.
Sora finished his breakfast as soon as Camille reached halfway of the flight of steps. He put his plate and empty glass in the dishwasher. After that, he decided to sweep the floor. Sora went over to the pantry and got the broom and dustpan. He swept the kitchen floor until he looked at where Camille was previously sitting. On the table was a soft orange journal labeled, 'My Life.'
The interested boy looked at the journal. 'It's Camille's journal. No need to look. I don't need to know anything that's in there…right?' He imagined that this was one of the moments on cartoons where there was the devil and the angel version of him on opposite sides of his shoulders. Sora was more curious. 'It contains her life that she won't reveal to anyone, like her darkest secrets.' He bit his lip. 'But I don't want to invade her privacy.' He glanced at the journal. It had a lock, just like most journals/diaries. 'It's locked anyway. I can't open it without the key.' He resumed sweeping with his chain bouncing against his chest. Sora stopped once more. 'But…' He headed back to Camille's journal and took out his keyblade. He lifted it up to the level of the lock.
"SORA!"
Sora spun around and saw Camille on the stairs. 'Uh oh.'
"What are you doing?" She rushed down the stairs.
"Uh…I…I," he scratched the back of his head, "I was trying to get rid of a fly." Sora tried to act as calm and collective as he could be and flashed an innocent smile.
Camille raised her right eyebrow. "With your keyblade? Riiiiiiight."
Sora put the broom and dustpan away after dumping the trash out of the pan. He sat down across from Camille at the table. Her journal was not on the table anymore. "What happened with Donald and Goofy?" Sora asked.
Camille sat with her head raised by her right hand. "It turned out that Donald was trying to get himself cooked."
Sora was confused. "Huh?"
"He tried teaching Goofy magic. A fire spell to be exact."
"Oh." Sora chuckled. Thay sat there in silence until Sora spoke up.
"I'm going to see my friends. You wanna come?"
"Sure!" Camille popped out of her chair. "What about Donald and Goofy?"
"I'll go ask them." Sora ran up the stairs and asked them. He ran back down and said that Donald needed to finish teaching Goofy his lesson. So Camille and Sora headed towards the first friend's house, Kairi. (EEP!)
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"Okay guys. Ready for the big news?" Kairi was so excited.
David, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie replied by nodding.
"Sora's back!" Right after she finished her announcement, everyone (except clueless David) was jumping up and down so excited that he's back.
"I'm sorry but…who's Sora?"
"I forgot you didn't know Sora!" Kairi rushed over to a cabinet and pulled out a picture album. She rushed back over to David and showed him a picture. "That's Sora." Kairi pointed at Sora in a picture with Sora, Riku, and herself.
"Hey, isn't that Riku?" David pointed at Riku in the picture.
"Yeah." Kairi put the album away. "Wait. You know Riku?" Everyone was quiet.
"Um, sort of."
"How do you know him?" Selphie asked.
"He saved me when my home was being torn apart and brought me here." 'So it must have happened.'
"Well, let's go surprise Sora and welcome him home. We better do it fast before he comes here!" Kairi said.
"Well it's too late."
"Huh?" Everyone looked at the guest.
"SORA!" everyone exclaimed.
Kairi ran up to him and hugged him. Her shoulder length hair seemed to hug him too. "Oh Sora, I missed you so much."
"I missed you too." He planted a light kiss swiftly on Kairi's cheek so only they knew about it. Crimson color rose to her face and gave what happened away. She let go and allowed Sora to see his other friends.
Sora reached David. "I haven't seen you before."
"I'm David. I arrived here a year ago."
"Well, it's nice to meet you David."
"Same here."
Sora cleared his throat. "Now before I forget, this is Camille." She stepped further inside the room shyly.
"Hi." Camille's eyes wandered throughout the room and landed on a friend she hasn't seen in a while. She smiled. He smiled back.
Sora decided to ask, "Is Riku here?"
"No," Kairi replied. "But David said that he saw him when he came here."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but I was asleep most of the time."
Tidus, Wakka, and David exchanged glances. Tidus finally announced, "Hey, sorry to interrupt but Selphie, David, Wakka, and I have a blitzball match to go to."
"Why me, Tidus?" Selphie asked.
"You're the referee, remember?" Tidus cocked his head lightly towards Sora and Kairi.
"Oh yeah. But I need someone to help me because you guys always rattle me out if the ball was out, whose point it was, etc. So I'll take Camille with me! She could explore the island later with us! Is that okay with you Camille?"
"Yeah."
David said, "We better get going!" Tidus pushed everyone who was going to the 'blitzball match' out the door.
All of this happened so fast that Kairi or Sora couldn't say a thing.
Sora and Kairi were left alone. "So…what do you want to do?" Sora asked.
Outside, five teens stood by the door.
"Come on! Let's eavesdrop!" Selphie encouraged.
The five of them squished together and put an ear to the door. It was very uncomfortable. They were shifting positions every second or so.
"I can't hear anything!"
"Maybe they aren't doing anything."
"Whadda ya mean? They have to be doing something."
"They should at least talk so we have something to eavesdrop to."
"OW! YOU STEPPED ON MY FOOT DAVID!"
"Sorry Camille."
"SHHHHHHHH! I hear something."
Everyone was still and quiet.
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Sora and Kairi were sitting on the couch. "What's been going around here since I've been gone?"
"Nothing much. More people are coming here as a vacation spot. Oh and the school made us wear uniforms."
"What kind?"
"Plaid and plain white."
"Oh."
Kairi sighed and decided to ask a question that has been on her head since he arrived. "Sora?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you staying?" Kairi looked straight into his eyes. Her face said that she wanted the truth.
Sora looked down. "I – I don't think so." He looked back at Kairi whose eyes lost their shine. She looked down, away from Sora. "I mean with this task of defeating the Heartless and making the universe safe isn't a part-time job. I have to travel place to place in order to accomplish this task. I have a destiny to fulfill," Sora lifted Kairi's head up with two fingers, "and you have a big part in it." Kairi smiled. She blinked a few times to get rid of the excess water out of her eyes. (You know, that actually works!) "No matter what, you'll always be with me."
"But how do I know that's true? What about the oathkeeper?"
"I had to give it away." It was hard for Sora to say this.
"What do you mean?"
"I -"
"It's right there, silly!" Kairi pointed at his chain. Right beside the crown was the charm that Kairi gave him.
"Oh yeah." He chuckled and thought, 'How did that get there? I thought I gave it to King Mickey. Hmm…'
Sora stood up. "Do you want to make it official?"
"Make what official?"
"That no matter what, our destinies will be intertwined."
Kairi stood beside Sora. They headed towards the paopu tree with their hands linked together.
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"They're coming! Hide!" The girls hid in a nearby bush while the boys hid behind some trash cans located at the side of the house. They watched Sora and Kairi walk down the beach, hop in a boat, and row away to the island. As soon they were out of sight, the five spies met.
"Oh my gosh! That was soooooooooooooo romantic!" Tidus rolled his eyes at Selphie's remark. Selphie stuck his tongue at him. Then it became a stick-out-your-tongue-at-the-other-person war. It eventually stopped when David threatened that he would throw sand at them if they kept going.
The five of them saw Sora and Kairi return. After that, the two of them just sat on the beach with their feet wading in the water. Above, a seagull was carrying a paopu fruit in its mouth with two sections of the star missing.
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THE END
JUST KIDDING! This is not the end. I REPEAT: This is not the end. I REPEAT AGAIN: This is not the end.MWAHAHAHA! I am so mean.
It would have made a really nice ending, but I have something different in mind. The next chapter will be up soon, somewhere in the next three weeks. (Just like last time!)
Review! Please? YOU GET TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IF YOU DO!
P.S. No muffin contest this time. And I'll be putting little 'update' thingies in my profile.