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Lili is dead. Not really. But Lili doesn't feel like making a disclaimer this chapter. She might own Kingdom Hearts...she might not. You should know this by now. Um...the force is with you...blah blah blah...
-The wonderfully dead Lili

Authors Note: No more review notes! Sorry guys. It's officially a rule. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and sorry for the late chapter. I HAVE A CHRISTMAS FIC UP. It's called 'Yes, I believe in Santa'. This chapter was hard for me to write...so please don't give me grief over it.

CHAPTER 20
Viva Las Vegas (Day 5): Embarrassing Embraces
(Started: November 6th...Ended: December 14th)

Dear Diary,

Last night was a blast! We went touring the strip. The group went touring Excalibur, which is this castle hotel. I say the group because n.n; I sort of day dreamed while we were touring. Then we went to MGM and took a lot of group pictures, where Sora kissed me! Yaaaay! After that we all entered a Karaoke contest. We won second place! Then we went deeper into the strip. I wish we could stay here forever. There are so many things to see! And a lot of them I won't be able to see. We walked past a few places and we decided to go to. Then, as we were walking over a bridge, we saw this kakkoii guy playing guitar for money. Tidus actually joined him in singing! Like I said...it was a blast. Vegas is awesome!

-Kairi

The girl closed her book and looked up at the rising sun. She shielded her eyes and smiled to the new morning. "Ohayo dei!" Kairi grinned happily as she looked into the sun. (A/N: That means "Good Morning Day!")

A sudden noise from her stomach interrupted her train of thought. "Guess I'm hungry." The crimson haired girl picked up her things and headed inside.

She casually trotted down the stairs to browse at the living room. The crimson hair girl lazily gazed at what her peers were doing.

"Subject Cloud and Aerith. These two are sitting by each other on the living room sofa without killing each other. Hmmm...watching some American program. Veeerrryy interesting," Kairi spoke to herself, little by little driving herself to insanity.

"Lulu and Sephiroth are stealthily browsing through the kitchen while Tidus and Wakka are playing a card game," Kairi mentally noted.

"Subject Kairi," a voice said from behind. Before the crimson hair girl could turn around the voice pulled her into an embrace. The struggle made the two fall down on the stairs. "Acting more strange everyday. She is possibly going insane"

"Sora-kun," Kairi sighed as she tried to escape his grasp. It was early in the morning. Okay, it was noon. Kairi wasn't capable of being groped by Sora yet. "Let go!"

"Awww Kairi," Sora whispered in her ear, obviously not letting go. "Still adding kun to my name? Have we not known each other long enough for you just to call me Sora?" (A/N: Most of you know the rule in Japan that you don't call someone by their first name unless your friends. Well, you don't even call them by just their first name unless your really good friends!)

"Let go of me," Kairi said as she still struggled. "I want to get something to eat!"

"Well I'm right here Kairi," Sora playfully implied as he pulled her into a more tight hug.

'I may love you Sora,' Kairi thought to herself. 'But your one major pain in the ass.' She sighed and stopped struggling. "May I please go get something to eat?"

"Yes, may she?" a voice laughed softly at the bottom of the stairs. Kairi and Sora lifted their heads up, despite the struggle, to see who had disturbed/saved them. Luckily for them it was only Aerith. "I did cook some ramen with my own special broth!"

Sora let out a nervous chuckle from underneath Kairi. "Please don't tell me..."

"Yep!" The excited brunette clapped her hands together. "Sea food surprise! Shrimp broth, Crab broth, Squid Broth-"

"That sounds good!" Kairi smiled to her chijin (A/N: Yes..look it up..XD I mean both meanings). "I actually had calamari once and it wasn't all that bad!"

"How are you related to me?" questioned Sora jokingly as he finally let go of Kairi.

"Well," Aerith bluntly stated. "See our mother got her private hole contaminated by our dear old dead fathers-"

"I get the point!" Sora waved his hands in front of his face to protect himself from his onee-chan's dirty words. He stood up embarrassingly and started up the stairs. "I'm gonna get ready!"

"But your going to miss lunch!" Aerith called after him.

"I don't care!" Sora yelled down the stairs before he slammed the bathroom door closed.

"Oh my," Aerith smiled as she went back to her cooking. "Lately, he seems to have a chip on his shoulders, doesn't he?"

"Yeah..." Kairi gazed at the spot that once was Sora. "He does.."

"Any who," Aerith perked up and helped Kairi and her sleepy self off of the steps. "Do you want to help me cook lunch?"

"Love to," Kairi nodded and lied. "But I think I should get up and get ready. Everyone else is already set...excluding Sora."

All Aerith did was simply nod and say "Alright. Oh yes! I'd suggest wearing a bathing suit," she winked. "You have no idea where we might be going tonight," went back to cooking. Kairi took this time to make her way back upstairs. To her room. Her room was anti-Sora. Which would have made her happy if she wasn't stuck with a gothic girl as a room mate.

After 'getting ready' for the day (AKA Kairi just sat in her room reading a book before realizing it was past one o'clock) Kairi decided to gather her clothes. She went to her suit case and pulled out a white collared button up and jean shorts. Then, just to be safe, she pulled out her purple bikini to put under it. Couldn't be too careful!

The crimson haired girl was walking down the hall to the bathroom when she over heard two people talking. Being the curious girl she was, she decided to sit down and 'overhear' what they were saying.

"I can tell she likes someone else," she heard a familiar voice sigh. "Why bother confessing my love? I know it won't be returned."

"Interesting..." Kairi whispered to herself as she laid her ear upon the door.

"You mean that Yuna girl you met the other day?" questioned Wakka. His voice was almost impossible to detect wrong. "Man, I hate to tell you but you've only known her for a few days. Your not in Romeo and Juliet or anything."

"No I'm not talking about Yuna!" Tidus exclaimed in an almost frustrated voice. "Sure I was attracted to her but your right. I don't even know her. I'm talking about someone else."

"Selphie?" Kairi thought to herself. Who else could it be? It's not like Tidus was a ladies man or anything. In fact, girls pretty much like to avoid him at school. Kairi decided to take her ninja skills a step further and look through the small crack between the door and the carpeted floor.

Wakka went over to Tidus' bed and laid one of his bronze hands on his undeveloped shoulders. "It's Selphie, isn't it?" Amazing how great minds think alike.

Tidus didn't say anything for a few moments. But that familiar red tone in his face said it all. The blonde nodded and softly said, "Yeah."

Wakka let out a rather large laugh, which led Tidus to pout. Before the blonde could say anything in protest Wakka said, "You think she doesn't like you, man? I'd have to say different. Do you remember that game of truth or dare?"

"That's because she got dared!" Tidus exclaimed in defense. He blushed one more and lightly brushed his thumb upon his own lower lip. "Just because she kissed like that," he spoke softly. "Doesn't mean she has any feelings for me what-so-ever."

"I better leave before I get caught snooping," Kairi said ever so quietly to herself.

"Too late," chuckled a voice from behind. Why do all these people sneak up on poor Ninja Kairi?

Kairi sighed in a frustrated voice and went, "Sora," she said turning around. "I really don't-" But she was paused in mid-sentence after realizing the boy behind her wasn't Sora.

It was Cloud.

"Oh h-hey!" Kairi exclaimed as she gathered herself up off the floor. She couldn't help but stare at Cloud's face at the moment. It looked so strange. Was he smiling? "What are you smirking about?" Kairi asked.

"Nothing hachimitsu," Cloud winked as he headed towards the stairs. "You'll find out later."

"So strange," Kairi blinked and shrugged as she headed towards the bathroom door. Once inside, Kairi decided to take off her pajama top and look at her 'natural' state above the waist. "Hmmm..." she said out loud. 'I think you guys are getting bigger,' she smiled silently to herself. With that thought in mind, she happily removed the rest of her clothes and jumped into the already running shower.

Wait.

The shower was running?

Kairi slowly turned around in the warm sprinkling water. When she did (you guessed it) she saw the naked body of someone in particular. "S-sora?" she blushed to no end. The crimson haired girl tried to cover herself up with her hands. "What are you-"

"I knew you wanted me but I didn't know it was this bad, kanojo!" Sora tried to remain his cool and collected self. Though it was rather hard under the circumstances. He pulled the 'o-natural' Kairi into a hug. "All you had to do was-" (A/N: "Sweetheart" or "Girlfriend")

Kairi blushed at her new nick name and looked down at all of Sora's...well...glory. "What in the world is that!" Kairi exclaimed in a painfully shrieking voice. "I didn't know they look like that!"

"Hey Kairi?" Sora proceeded to act calmly. He took his right index finger and poked Kairi in the chest. "Are your boobs getting bigger?"

"NANI?" Kairi screamed at the top of her lungs. She slapped Sora as hard as she could. Then she grabbed a towel and covered herself with it as she ran out the bathroom door. (A/N: "What!")

"Oh my," Aerith sing-songed from the first floor. Her head popped out from the stairs. "Was that Kairi in a towel?"

"Yes," Sora came out of the bathroom, obviously in another towel, rubbing the mark where Kairi had hit him. Aerith blinked and stared up at her younger brother.

"Hmmm," Aerith hummed. "Kairi's in a towel. Sora's in a towel. They both came out of the same area..." she mumbled to herself for everyone to hear. "I got it! Kairi and Sora finally did it!"

"W-w-we did n-not!" Sora stammered with a mighty red blush on his face. Before he knew it, a few people had gathered to see the sight.

"Well whatever he did," Sephiroth smirked with his arm around Lulu. He looked up at the red hand mark Kairi had left Sora. "He obviously didn't do it right."

Meanwhile, in Kairi's room...

Kairi had plopped herself down on her bed and sunk her head into her pillow. "Now I can never marry!" Kairi sobbed at the situation.

And there she cried for the longest time until Selphie came into the room to cheer her up.

"Kairi!" Selphie smiled brightly. The crimson hair girl still had her face in the same pillow. It had been there for nearly half a hour. "Cheer up."

"It...Sora...naked..." Kairi kept on mumbling. Selphie sighed in frustration.

"Come on Kairi!" Selphie began to pout. "We're leaving in an hour. What do you want us to do?"

"Sora...naked..." she kept on mumbling.

"Alright," Selphie simply answered. The brunette opened the door and yelled downstairs, "SORA! KAIRI WANTS TO SEE YOU NAKED AGAIN!"

"NANI?" Kairi broke from her state and slammed the door. She glared at Selphie. "I do not!"

"Well," Selphie smirked in her happy-go-lucky tone. "I asked you what you wanted and you said," Selphie began to imitated the pissed off girl. "Sora...naked. So I-"

"Never mind," Kairi groaned. And slumped back down on her bed. "It's just-"

"What Kairi-chan?" Selphie now asked in concern.

"He saw me naked," Kairi moaned and pouted as she crossed her legs like a little girl.

Selphie nodded and took out a pen and notepad. "Yes, yes."

"And," Kairi blushed. She laid down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. "I saw him naked."

"Hmmm I see," Kairi heard Selphie say.

"And it was really embarrassing!" Kairi yelled and covered her face with her hands. She let her finger slip to look at Selphie.

"And how does that make you feel?" Selphie asked in a mono-tone type of voice.

"Be serious Selphie!" Kairi groaned once more and threw a pillow at her friend. "I'm not going to be able to face him at this point!"

"Hmmm," Selphie hummed to herself. Kairi sat up in fear. It wasn't good when Selphie hummed. It wasn't good at all. "Lulu," Kairi saw the evil smirk form on her face. "Grab a chair and duct tape."

"S-s-selphie," Kairi stuttered as she scooted back. "Don't get any funny ideas."

"I'm not," the brunette smiled innocently. Lulu then came out of the closet with a chair in one hand and duct tape in the other. "Just sit down in the chair like a good girl."

"What is the duct tape for?" Kairi's eyes opened widely. Selphie continued smirking.

"You'll see," she almost laughed manically. Selphie grabbed Kairi's wrist and made her sit in the chair. Lulu then unraveled some duct tape and used it to make Kairi stick to the chair.

"I'm a freaking' hostage!" Kairi exclaimed. Selphie used the tip of her index finger to put over Kairi's lips.

"Hush, hush Kai-chan," Selphie smiled. She held a black briefcase in her hands. "We're going to make you pretty."

"What the hell- "Kairi blushed. Lulu stuck a piece of duct tape over Kairi's mouth.

"It'll all be over soon Kai-chan," Selphie giggled as she pulled out foundation from her bag. Kairi closed her eyes and felt random sponges, brushes and powder touch her natural face. She was sitting there for nearly thirty minutes when she heard Selphie exclaim. "FINISHED!"

Kairi opened her eyes to see herself fully un duct taped. The smiling Selphie handed her a mirror and Kairi cried happily when she saw her reflection. "I look like a Princess," she cried happily.

"Hell you do!" exclaimed a familiar blonde voice from the doorway. Cloud stood there smiling at the made over Kairi. "Good work Selphie. It worked out perfectly."

"Nani?" Kairi questioned.

"Selphie didn't mention it before?" Cloud raised his eyebrow. "I asked her to give you a make over."

"Why?" Kairi questioned once more.

"Because," a familiar smirk snuck up on his face. "I have finished my side of the bet. I'm going to help you finish yours."

Kairi let this register with her. The bet. The bet to confess their love to the people they like. For Kairi this would be Sora. And for Cloud this would be Aerith.

"HOLY CRAP!" Kairi's eyes bugged out. "YOU-"

"Hush!" Cloud blushed and covered Kairi's mouth with his hand. He looked around nervously. "Don't say it out loud okay? We don't want Sora to know yet."

"Why?" Kairi asked again. Cloud sighed in frustration.

"Because Sora hates my guts," Cloud pointed out to her.

"What about me?" Sora stood in the doorway. The room looked over at the teen drinking a juice box.

"Nothing," Kairi nervously giggled. "Nothing at all!"

"Holy mother," Sora dropped his juice box and focused his attention to Kairi. "What happened to her?"

"I knew a make over was a bad idea-" Kairi began to say.

"She looks hot!" Sora exclaimed while still looking rather happy at the site of Kairi.

"Why are you up here?" Kairi asked Sora while she tried not to blush.

"Oh yeah," the brunette boy suddenly remembered. "We're going ahead to the strip. Be downstairs in ten minutes, okay?"

"Okay," Cloud mumbled. "But you could have just yelled that from downstairs."

"It's beautiful!" Everyone exclaimed with their 'ohs' and 'ahs'. Kairi was amongst these people.

They were at the famous Caesars palace. And it was a truly beautiful place to be at. Everything was shined upon with flood lights galore. It made the place seem like it was glowing. The group kept commenting on it as Riku read from his tour book.

"This Roman empire themed hotel has around 3,348 room. It opened in August in 1966 and one of Las Vegas oldest hotels," Riku concluded as he slammed down his tour book on the ledge. "Does anyone have any stories to share?"

The grouped looked at him with confused looks on their faces. "Riku," Sora looked at his silver haired teacher. "Are you stoned?"

"No," Riku sighed as he leaned against on of many pillars. "I'm just tired."

"Well," Selphie's voice rang out. "I have a Greek story my aunt told me when I was little."

"Tell on Selphie," Riku motioned towards her as his focus became on his throbbing feet.

The hyperactive brunette cleared her throat as she began her story. "Once upon a time there lived the Gods. They had a party one day but didn't invite this one chick. I forget why."

"Bravo," Lulu sarcastically clapped. "You should get an Oscar."

"I'm not finished!" Selphie tutted at the gothic girl. She proceeded to clear her throat again. "As I was saying. The one chick showed up at the party, even though she wasn't invited. With a golden apple! She said the prettiest Goddess would be able to eat the apple. Or something like that."

"No really," Sephiroth hugged Lulu with his focus on Selphie. "You can stop."

"So the three goddesses went down to earth to ask Paris, this random guy," Selphie continued while she ignored the group. "They asked the random guy who was the prettiest and-"

"Hey Kairi," whispered Sora to the crimson hair girl as they all circled around Selphie. "Can I talk to you in private?"

"Sure Sora," Kairi blushed, which made her face seem even redder. They both stepped aside and walked until they were far enough away from the group. "What is it?"

The brunette ran his fingers through his hair and took a deep breath. "I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry for what happened today," Sora bashfully told the blushing Kairi. "It was an accident and I still made comments that you don't deserve."

"It's alright," Kairi told him with a smile on her face. "It made me feel awkward that's true," she said out loud. 'But I really liked what you said. I can't help it anymore,' she then thought.

"Anything wrong Kai?" Sora brushed a hair out of the day dreaming Kairi's face.

She continued to smile up at him. "Nothing," she told him.

He stepped by a fountain and looked up at the towering hotel. "This reminds me of a dream I had once." He said softly. "I was this boy from an island. Riku was there," and then he turned and grinned at Kairi. "And you were there too. We had lived on the island all our lives but we decided to build a raft and go out to other worlds."

"Where does that sound familiar?" Kairi softly whispered to herself.

"But then this black thing covered the sky and separated all of all," Sora voice shook a little. "And I was so scared I was going to lose you guys. But I found these two guys named Donald and Goofy-"

"A dog and a duck," Kairi interrupted him. Sora and her looked surprised.

"How did you-?" Sora was unable to finish his sentence.

"I don't know," Kairi shook her head. Sora laughed and ran his finger across Kairi's upper brow.

"Anyways, after going all over trying to search for you (and defeating heartless), I came to this Greek land," Sora continued telling his tale. "Where I met the son of Zeus and everything! They taught me to be stronger and to use my-" he scratched his head, "my-"

"Your what?" Kairi asked, intrigued by the story.

"Well it was like this key," Sora tried to explain. "But it had a handle and it was kind of like a sword."

"Oh!" Kairi perked up with the answer. "A key blade!"

"I guess that's what you can call it," Sora said. The two laughed together.

"Destiny," sang a voice on the other side of the fountain. Sora and Kairi stopped laughing and turned their heads. "Fate is what we call it."

"Oh my gosh!" Kairi exclaimed. There at the other edge of the fountain was a man in sunglasses playing a guitar. "It's a Squffie song!"

"Except it's in English," Sora told her. "I wonder what he's saying."

"The two stand by the picture book," the strange continued singing. "Looking at past memories. Look how they've grown up. Look how they've grown up."

"Look how they've grown up," Kairi softly sang a line. Sora looked at her once more.

"You know what Kairi?" Sora told her. "That's an old dream. I had it even before we met."

"You had a dream about me before we even met?" Kairi gasped softly in a happy surprise.

"The two ride down Lovers Lane on a camels back," sang the guitarist as Kairi and Sora talked. "Waiting at the chapel for that one binding kiss."

"Yeah," Sora sat down by the fountain and moved his hand lightly through the water. The light seemed to shine on him as he looked up at Kairi. "I guess that's why I fell for you so hard."

Kairi blushed and her heart started pounding faster then ever before. "They say 'I do' with their memories all around them. Let it be. Let them sing," the song man continued to preach.

'I'll tell him tomorrow,' Kairi blushed as her heart still continued to pound. 'I'll tell him I love him.'

Authors Note: Since I can't leave review notes anymore ..I'll sneak them in. I wish I could use all of your ideas...but the rest of the story is pretty much planned. And I shall not spoil anything for you...your just gonna have to read what happens mkay? Thanks for the reviews... 3 But I've decided that I'm gonna update my story whenever I want. Pa-cha!

Lili-sama (Let's shoot for 400 reviews :D! One year is on December 28th people!)