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Authors Note: I will admit this to you now. This is the second to last chapter. And I'm pretty sure some things may surprise you (or may not. Who knows). At the end of the last chapter I will have a questions thing where you guys can ask questions to me about ANNNNYTHING YOU LIKE! Just send your questions in with this review mkay?

CHAPTER 21
Viva Las Vegas (Day 6): Tower of Love
(Started: December 21st, Ended: February 2nd)

"Hijiki," Niwa, the bright spiky red head kneeled on one knee with slight tears in his eyes. "We must tell the audience."

"Yes," Hijiki, the girl with long purple hair said in a over dramatic way. "We must."

"This is our last episode," Niwa cried softly.

"Yes," Hijiki nodded sadly. "We have things we must put before Riri's House."

"Like our marriage," winked Niwa. Hijiki punched him in the face.

"Baka!" Hijiki groaned and yelled at her brother. "We are freaking siblings."

"Just trying to make things humorous!" Niwa rubbed the spot where he got hit.

"I'm going to miss Riri's House," Kairi sighed and took another bite of her popcorn.

Selphie nodded. "I know. But your going to miss it more then me," the brunette winked teasingly to her friend. "It is, after all, how you met Sora."

"I can't believe I was in love with Niwa!" Kairi laughed light heartedly. "Who ended up to be Sora!"

"Crazy how things work out," Selphie nodded and also ate some popcorn. "Let's watch the episode Kai-chan."

"Right," Kairi nodded while the two set their eyes back on the screen.

"Boom, boom, boom," Niwa was raving. Yes. Raving. The red hair boy was raving. Very badly in fact. "Let's go back to my room."

"What the hell did we miss?" Kairi started laughing her ass off.

"So we can do it all night," Hijiki sang as she also raved with the same skills as her younger animated brother.. "And you can make me feel right."

"Freeze pop!" Selphie sprang up as she knew the answer. "They are singing a song from Freeze pop!"

"How did Aerith and Sora get their hands on American music?" Kairi asked curiously.

"Who knows," Selphie shrugged. The two turned their attention back to the television.

"So," Niwa sat in a chair upon the screen. He titled his head up towards the ceiling. "What should we do for our last episode?"

"Let's talk about the good things and memories that came out of Riri's House!" Hijiki suggested with an enormous smile. Niwa smirked at her.

"You just want to talk about your boy friend," Niwa laughed. Hijiki looked like a tomato the way she blushed. "So how are you and sky?"

"L-l-let's not talk about that," Hijiki smiled nervously as she stuttered. The purple haired girl turned around to smirk at her younger brother. "How about you and that one girl, huh?"

"Which one?" Niwa blinked.

"The one that isn't in the hospital," Hijiki told him.

"Who knows what goes on in her mind," Niwa laughed. "Let's change the subject."

"Let's say words that start with the letter M!" Hijiki bellowed out at random.

"Man," Niwa began naming things off.

Hijiki added to the list with, "Mister."

"Meiosis."

"Manage."

"Michael Jackson."

"Oh my," Selphie laughed as she put the episode on pause. "It's a good thing this is the last episode. They are running out of ideas!"

"That's for sure," Kairi agreed. She stood up off the bed and stretched her stiff muscles. "Any idea where we are going tonight?"

"Not sure," Selphie shrugged. "I heard it was a surprise. After all, this is our last day we can visit Las Vegas."

"I can't believe the trip has gone by so fast," Kairi smiled at the memories. "I mean so many things have happened."

"Yeah," Selphie blushed. Kairi pretended not to notice. After all, she was most likely blushing at memories of her and Riku. Kairi wasn't supposed to know about her and Riku.

"Where we are going better be good," Kairi informed Selphie. She nodded in agreement 'After all, it is the place where I am confessing my love for Sora.'

'This trip has meant a lot to me,' Sora thought to himself as he brushed his teeth in the privacy of the downstairs bathroom. 'My girlfriend tried to commit suicide. I needed to clear my mind.'

Sora looked up into the mirror. His eyes we're completely blood shot. 'But it doesn't work sometimes. I stayed up half of the night thinking about Namine. Will she be okay?'

Sora sighed and splashed some water on his face. The water droplets slowly fell off his face into the pool of water that awaited in the sink. Sora starred deep into his reflection. 'She left me a message on my phone...' Was the last thing he thought before he remembered the words that had been ringing in his ears.

"Hey Sora," a weak, far off voice seem to call to him. "It's Namine. I'm getting better, you don't have to worry about me anymore."

'But that wasn't all...'

"My family thinks it'd be a good idea for me to move in with my uncle. Everyone thinks I just need to get away from Japan...and I agree with them. Things aren't the same as they were," Namine's voice rang in Sora's ears as he remembered the message.

"My uncle lives in Europe. I really wanted to say goodbye to you in person but I don't think that's possible."

'Namine...'

"We need to break up. There's no way we could handle this long distance relationship even if you did still have feelings for me."

'She knew the entire time...'

"Good luck with Kairi. Maybe we'll meet again some day."

'That I fell out of love with her and in love with Kairi.'

"Dear Mom and other people who live with me," Selphie cheerfully spoke out loud as her souvenir Vegas pen touched her notepad. "This trip has been really, really, really awesome! It has turned out exactly how I wanted to be. The first place we went we rode on this really cool roller coaster! And Kairi almost pissed her pants!"

"Hey!" Kairi called from the closet, where she was getting changed. "I heard that."

"Any who," Selphie continued to write, now using a more quiet voice. "I got to spend time with people I really love."

'Like Riku,' smiled Selphie at the thought. 'I wish I could go back in time and spend thoughs days together again. Especially that one night we spent alone.' Selphie was careful not to let her blush show. 'But that night was also really sad. Riku told me that he was going to leave Tokyo at the end of the summer.'

"What a bummer!" Selphie pouted. She cleared her throat and continued to write. "Any who. I'll tell you more about my trip when we get home. So much happened and I can't fit it all into a letter! So tata for now!"

"You write very strange letters," Lulu told the brunette as she started to seal the piece of paper in an envelope.

"No," Selphie told her. "My way isn't strange. It's just different."

"No," Kairi came out of the closet with a laugh. "I have to agree with Lulu. They are strange."

"Your mean," Selphie grinned slightly at her two roommates. She's gotten to know them so well. Selphie even thought of Lulu, her opposite, as a friend now! Las Vegas had brought everyone together.

'Our last day here is going to kick ass!'

"Everyone!" Riku bellowed out from downstairs. "Hurry up!"

"Coming!" Kairi called from the top of the stairs as she struggled to put on her shoe.

"Same," cried out the other two of three girls.

"Jesus girls are slow," Cloud yawned from beside Riku and Aerith.

"We'll meet you out in the car," Aerith sighed in frustration.

"Hold on!" Selphie emphasized as she ran down the stairs. The other two girls were trailing behind her.

"Well finally," Riku teased the girls. "We thought you we're gonna take the rest of the trip to get ready for tonight."

"Some people want to look nice tonight!" Kairi exclaimed in a little angry tone as the group of students headed out to the car. 'Today is the day I'm confessing my love.'

They all got into the car in semi-silence. Soon everyone was settled and they we're on there way to the strip.

"So," Aerith smiled at the students from the front seat. "How about we talk about our favorite memory of the trip?"

"That sounds fun," Cloud smiled back at Aerith.

"Okay then," Aerith giggled silently. The three girls, who knew what was happening, giggled along as well. "I'll start. I ah-" Aerith took a quick glance at Cloud. "Really like how everyone came together and bonded."

"My favorite memory?" Riku questioned as he drove down the crowded streets. Kairi glanced quickly at Riku's face and it said 'SELPHIE' all over it. "I really liked spending time at the Luxor. Magnificent hotel..."

"My turn!" Selphie cried out. "I ah--" Selphie glanced nervously at Riku.

'I feel bad for all these couples,' Kairi laughed to herself. 'Most of the people who are together here are together in secret. Obviously there most favorite memory is with them but they can't say it!'

"The roller coaster!" Selphie exclaimed as she rocked back in forth in her seat. "That was so cool!"

"Well I personally liked Excalibur," Lulu chimed in, her usual dull voice following. "It was rather fascinating."

'I wouldn't know,' Kairi laughed to herself as she remember the day dream that made that entire hotel experience a giant blur.

"Yuna," Tidus chuckled as he let his inner pervert out. "Meeting Yuna. Dude she was really hot."

"Nice one," Sephiroth mumbled. "I see Tidus here finally developed hormones."

"Hey!" Tidus pouted.

"Anyways," Sephiroth continued as he ignored the dirty blonde. "I liked making out with Lulu on the roof," the silver haired man grinned evilly at Wakka. "Our tongues were one, lips in full motion-"

"Get over yourself man," Wakka sat stiffly in his seat. "I've gotten over Lulu." He cleared his throat as Sephiroth blinked at Wakka's bluntness. "My favorite memory was probably touring that one Greek hotel. Really amazing architecture."

"Skip me," Sora mumbled under his breath. "I don't feel like going."

"Me either," Kairi gave her sweetest smile. 'I'm hoping tonight will be my favorite memory.'

The car drove in silence as they gradually made their way along the strip. Everyone was getting glances of everything and trying to get all that they could in on their last night.

"I'm going to miss Las Vegas," Selphie mumbled as her gaze continued to stare sadly out the window. "I don't want to go home..."

"I would say that we have to go home sooner or later," Riku began to say. "But that would just ruin the moment now," he winked and brought the young girls mood up. "Wouldn't it?"

No words were spoken. They all knew the answer. Everyone, no matter if they liked each other or not, had a bond with each other. They all knew that they'd all be closer when the trip was over with. But in the mean time they were going to enjoy themselves.

"We're here," Riku quietly spoke as he parked the car. Everyone slowly left the car as if they were in a trance. "The Eiffel Tower!"

Everyone looked up at the tower in confusion. "Sensei," Tidus asked the silver hair man. "Isn't the Eiffel Tower in Paris?"

"Yes," he nodded as he took our his tour guide book. "But this one is a replica! It is reduced in size by one half then the actual tower in Paris. There's even an elevator inside where you can ride up to the top and see the breath taking view of the strip."

"An elevator huh?" Kairi smiled to herself. "Sora-kun!" She grabbed the spiky hair boys hands. "Let's ride to the top together!"

"I don't know," Sora mumbled, not looking into Kairi's eyes.

"Come on!" She dragged him towards the line. 'I'm gonna do it on the elevator. That's where I'll confess my love.'

Kairi remembered something as she stood in the elevator.

She hates heights.

She hates heights so very much.

Why did she go on here?

"Pretty view," Kairi held onto the railing as if for dear life and managed to say. Sora replied in a mumble. "Sora?"

"Leave me alone Kairi," Sora sighed and sat down on the elevator.

"Well someone is a bit cranky today," Kairi teased him and continued to gaze the strip as they headed up.

Silence.

"Sora?"

Silence.

"Sooooora-kun."

More silence.

"Talk to me damn it!"

"No," he simply put it.

Kairi sat there with a dumb struck look on her face. "Can't argue with that."

'Damn,' she thought. 'This was supposed to be it! Everything's going wrong so far!'

Just as Kairi finished her thought, the elevator lights started blinking as if they were strobe lights. The five by five foot space started to shake a little. And no matter how hard they tried, Sora and Kairi could not stand still.

"WE ARE GOING TO DIE!" Kairi cried.

"No," Sora mumbled annoyingly. "The elevator is just dying."

"OH MY GOD THE ELEVATOR IS GOING TO DIE!"

"Kairi..."

"OH MY GOD!"

"Kai-san..."

"THE WORLD IS ENDING!"

"SHUT UP KAIRI!"

"Gomen," Kairi huddled in the corner as the elevator finally came to a stop. 'Things just went from bad to worse...'

"Yeah," Sora stood up and gazed out the window. "The elevator broke down. We're going to be here for awhile."

"Thing about good things Kairi," the crimson haired girl rocked back and forth on her feet. "Puppies. Puppies are nice. Cute little puppies with kittens! Yes! Kittens! Kittens who are stuck on an elevator and puppies who are going to die."

"Your giving me a head ache," Sora groaned as he sat down once again, this time on the opposite side of the elevator.

'What is with him?'

They sat in silence once more. It was quiet for the longest time until they heard a voice.

"Is anyone in there?" asked a voice from no where.

"OH MY GOSH!" Kairi exclaimed. "IT'S JESUS!"

"...My name is Ian."

"...Jesus is named Ian?" Kairi blinked.

"Shut up Kairi," Sora mumbled.

"I'm sorry if I don't speak great," Ian told them. They found out he was speaking to them via emergency speaker. "I never thought we'd have Japanese tourist stuck on the elevator. Someone down here is just telling me what to say to you in Japanese."

"HI KAIRI!" Selphie yelled from the speaker. "It's Selphie!"

"Obviously," Sora and Kairi mumbled together.

"I'm gonna talk to you now," Selphie's voice burst through the speakers. "Some gadget blew up...and so your gonna be up there for awhile."

"Kuso," Sora mumbled and stared up at the ceiling.

"There going to fix it though!" Selphie told them. "Just sit there and don't have sex. The news cars are already starting to pull up."

"...News cars?" Kairi questioned. She slowly looked over the railing and saw at least three (which was a lot considering they've been stuck for only twenty minutes) news trucks with various numbers advertising their station on the ground below them. "Jesus!"

"We're going to leave you to be," Ian came back on to tell them. "We're going to try to fix things down here. We'll contact you when it's fixed okay?"

"Okay," The scared girl mumbled as the speakers clicked off. She sighed and buried her head in her knees. "Tonight was supposed to be special."

"Stuff it Kairi," Sora mumbled once more in anger. "Your opinion doesn't count."

Then she snapped.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Kairi jumped up in anger. Here she is with a hundred emotions running through her...scared, broken down, sad, hurt...and Sora is treating her like a jack ass. "Why are you treating me so bad?"

"Tonight was supposed to be my night," Sora implied with the same anger, ignoring Kairi.

"Your night?" Kairi asked him. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"You don't get it Kairi!" Sora yelled at her. "I've loved you since before I have even met you and you throw my feelings away like trash."

'What?'

"Sora!" Kairi yelled at him. "Let me talk!"

"No!" Sora continued ranting. "You always treated me badly! Like when I tried to flirt with you innocently you call me a pervert. When I kiss you, you act like it's dirt. The only time your not bad at me is when it's about you!"

"That isn't true!" Kairi tried to explain to him.

"And yesterday," Sora turned away from her. "I practically told you all that was in my heart and all you did was stood there!"

"I was shocked!" Kairi told him as she tried everything she could to try to convince him.

"Yeah," Sora yelled sarcastically. "Shocked that someone like me could like you! Anyways, I'm not sure how you can think this is your night! Like I said, everything is about you!"

"Sora!"

With thoughs words Sora pinned Kairi against the elevator wall. There were tears welling up in his eyes. Did she really hurt him that much? "Why Kairi," he starred straight into her eyes. "Why can't it be about me for once? I do everything I can to try to make you happy. To make me happy...heck! To make us happy."

'Us?'

"I can't tell what your thinking Kai-san!"

'Oh why must he call me that?'

"Are you happy with me? Are you mad? Do you not care in general?"

'I do!'

"What are you thinking Kairi?"

'Why can't I talk? Why aren't the words coming out?'

"What can I do Kairi?"

'Do?'

"WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME!" Sora finally burst out and started crying. He couldn't even look in Kairi's face anymore. Not with thoughs tears streaming down his face.

He finally told her.

Then he felt a finger rub against his face. He looked up to see Kairi smiling the sweetest smile he had ever seen her smile.

"What you did just now," Kairi leaned forward to kiss him.

'I love you Sora.'

They embraced each other, now that they had confessed to each other. Every once and awhile they went in for a kiss. The power of love and happiness took over their bodies.

"Kairi?" Sora whispered softly as he rubbed his hand against Kairi's back.

Kairi tried not to moan as she answered, "Yes?"

"What the heck is this?" Sora grabbed the band of Kairi's thong-like underwear and snapped it. "Ass floss?"

"...Sora," Kairi had to laugh. "If I didn't love you I'd beat you right now."

Sora winked at her. "I know."

They kissed once more as the elevator started moving down. Kairi gazed out the window and saw a crowd outside waiting to greet them. She had to smile.

"Oh yeah, Sora?"

"Yes?" Sora replied.

"...If anyone ask," she smiled at him as they approached the ground. "I confessed to you."

"Gotcha."

Moments later they had reached the ground. The came out of the elevator and were rushed by the hundred dozen people in the crowds.

"KAIRI!" yelled Selphie the moment they got off the elevator.

"SORA!" Aerith yelled to her little brother.

"Excuse me," spoke a news reporter in English. "Can you comment about what has happened to you tonight."

"Are you kids okay?" Riku asked in a worried voice as he rushed over to them.

"Yes," they both answered together. They smiled and looked down at their linked hands. Suddenly, all commotion stopped and stared at their hands.

"DAMN!" Tidus yelled in the middle of the silence. "Sora got game!"

The couple had finally landed.

"This trip has been so wonderful," Kairi wrote in her journal. "I can not even describe in words how happy I am. I can probably draw a picture or something, but it wouldn't have the same effect."

"Do you have everything Kairi?" Aerith asked her kindly, disturbing her from her writing.

"Yes Aerith," Kairi smiled.

"How about Underwear?" Aerith pulled out a check list. "I know I always forget that on trips."

"I have underwear," Kairi laughed.

"Shirts?" Aerith asked.

"Yes."

"Sock."

"Yes Aerith," Kairi began to say in a slight annoyed voice.

"Belts?"

"Didn't need them."

"Lotion?"

"I used it all," Kairi commented. "I just threw away the bottle."

"How about condoms?"

"WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE SEX!" Kairi burst out.

"...that's a yes," Aerith winked. "I'm gonna check in our luggage then."

"Okay," Kairi then went back to writing. "There were a bit of rough times but this has been one of the best experiences of my teenage life."

"Did you hear about Namine?" Wakka told Sephiroth and Lulu, who he had became good friends with. "She's moving in with her Uncle!"

"So we aren't going to see her in school anymore?" Lulu asked with concern.

"We aren't going to see her period," Sephiroth explained to her.

"I never thought I'd say this," Lulu said sadly. "But I'm sad."

"There is the topic of Namine," Kairi continued to write. "Apparently she's moving in with her Uncle because being in Japan stresses her out too much. Apparently she went through depression problems. She looked so happy all the time too..."

"KAIRI!" Selphie yelled as she hugged her from behind. They were on their way to the news stand.

"What Selphie?" Kairi asked with a little laugh in her voice.

"WE'RE GOING HOME!" She yelled in a 'I-am-loud-and-I-am-proud-of-it' voice.

"Yes," Kairi laughed at her overly hyper friend. "I know."

"I can't believe I didn't do anything interesting," Tidus came up to the two girls. "I'm still a V."

"Sucks for you," Selphie winked at him. Tidus blushed furiously.

"What are you all doing?" Sora came up to the three with a check list.

"Talking about Tidus' virginity," Selphie stated bluntly.

"...That's interesting," Sora hugged Kairi from behind. "What are you doing Kai-san?"

"I'm actually writing a journal entry," Kairi told her new boyfriend.

"Going to let me read it?" Sora asked her as he put on his 'adorable' face.

"Not a chance," Kairi stuck out her tongue at him.

"Your mean Kai-san!" Sora laughed as he kissed her on the cheek. "But we need to check if all the students are here."

"Tidus and Selphie are right here," Kairi told him. "Lulu and Sephiroth are making out in the bathroom, Cloud and Aerith are talking with Riku, and Wakka is buying food." She smiled up at him proudly. "I already did it."

"More time to make out?" Sora asked hopefully.

"No," Kairi winked.

"...Why am I your boyfriend again?" Sora asked the crimson hair girl jokingly.

"Because you love me," Kairi smiled a giant smile.

"Got that right," Sora kissed Kairi.

"...I couldn't be happier about how things turned out," Kairi wrote.

"Whoa!" Sora tried to grab the journal. "Let me read!"

"Not a chance!" Kairi teased the spiky brunette as she started to run away. Sora began chasing after her.

"KAIRI!" A familiar related-to-Sora voice rang out. Kairi and Sora both stopped to talk to Aerith. "What is this box?" Kairi looked at the box to see that god forbid box of condoms her mother jokingly gave her before her trip.

"..Jesus Kairi," Sora smirked with pride. "You really wanted me didn't you?"

"Like I mentioned before," Kairi smiled and ran into Sora's arms. "You better be glad I love you so much."

"I am," Sora kissed her.

'Summer is going to come before we know it,' Kairi thought to herself as she stayed in Sora's hug. 'But I can't wait for it. And high school too. In fact, I can't wait for whatever the future holds! Life is just so great.'

But is the future all good? Will life remain this way?

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