Childhood Friends
Chapter 4 : Somewhat Secrets

Author's Notes: Okay... It's been a loooong time since I've updated this fanfic. o.o; And I am truly sorry. By now I should have been killed for not updating. Sorry, but I'm just such a lazy bum. XD So, please, forgive me. .-.; Well, since I haven't been writing for a long time, I forgot what my plan for this chapter was all about! XD So, because of my exams and a few ideas from some shows, I have a new plot. 8D Hopefully a better one. xD And an easier one. .-.; So, along with the new plot, this chapter has a new title. XD I know, I'm not good with titles.

Anyways... Happy reading!

PS: To the Noypi people, I have a request. Read my fanfic, Tanong sa Aking Isipan. If it isn't obvious, XD it's a Filipino oneshot I worked on one day when I was kinda bored. So, just asking you to read. If you don't want to, it's okay. Anyways, on with the story!

Comments:

Aemi (Dreaming Wistfully) - Yeah. I miss the Fire Trees now too. T.T I'm sorry. Did you want me to model it after the party? Cause I didn't. As you have read yesterday and you looked quite shocked with the toot thing. Ahehe... XD Yeah... She has high metabolism. xD I wish I had high metabolism. :P XD But also, another point, after she ate all those food, she suddenly ran back home. I wonder why she didnt get that appendix thing. .-.

carbuncle x3 - Thanks! XD

thesrazrbladekisses - I'm so sorry! I'm really really sorry! Please do forgive me! -bows- If you kill me... Please do. o.o

skippinsunday - Ahehe... You're welcome. XD She has high metabolism. I wish I was like her. XD But not the anorexic part. .-.; Hm... Yeah! Tell him that! XD Bwahahaha! Ooh! Lucky you!

Casey - Thanks! You'll see who the guests are. xD The microphone... Riku was spying on Kairi and Sora. Making them think that he ran back home but he really is just outside listening through the mini microphone. XD; Yes. I know. Weird. XD And yes... Yes. Such high metabolism. XD

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Shirozora - You'll see who the guests are. xD Thankies! Sorry I was not able to update that soon. .-.

kryuzei - XD Sorry. And thanks. ;

khknight - Don't worry. She won't. XD

thekeybladegirl - No one's stupid. XD Only me.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy characters that are to be found in this fan fiction.

I sighed. I guess I was kind of nervous. I don't really know who the guests are, and I don't really know why they had to come here to our mansion. In fact, I don't know anything about these guests. But now that they're here, soon to be right in front of my face, I don't know what to do.

I looked at myself in the mirror again and turned left and right. I wore a purple silk dress that somewhat showed my curves. Embarrassing to admit, but everyone says that I do have curves. Not that I don't want to have curves. I just go on with what other people say. My red shoulder length hair was up and twirled, sealed with a chopstick. Some of my hair got loose from the chopstick, but it came to a nice effect. I smiled again as I stared to calm down a bit.

My eyes grew wide in surprise as I heard the sound of a car stopping. I turned my gaze to the direction of the door leading to the hall. Slowly, I made my way, step by step toward the door. I stepped out of my room and looked to my right, seeing my older sister, Krisha, was standing right there.

"Anare," I called out to her. I called Krisha 'anare', because 'anare' meant older sister in Japanese. "why are you still--"

"Kairi," she started, of course, interrupting me. "you have no idea what this gathering is for, don't you?"

"Eh?" I cried out a bit. I blinked for a few times, thinking back on what my sister just said. "Wha?"

"Yup. You're clueless."

"Hey hey hey hey hey." I said in a mere second. "Why are you still in your normal clothes? You should be in some gown! Like I am!" I cried. "You're the one who's clueless!"

She laughed. "No, you really are the one who's clueless." She grinned, quite sheepishly. "This gathering isn't for me, it isn't for Kuni either."

"It isn't?" I asked as I tilted my head. "Then it's just for me? What for?"

Krisha laughed. She was always like this. She always tried to annoy me. Some people say it's because she's jealous of me. But some say it's because she loves me. As for me, I say it's how big sisters really are. Except for me with Kuni, my little brother. He's just too cute to be meddled with.

"Sorry, can't tell ya, sis." She grinned. "You'll have to figure it out for yourself." She said as she tapped my nose with her finger which resulted me to pout a bit. She smiled. "But I'll tell you one thing."

"What?" I asked. I was really curious! Who wouldn't be?

"It has something with the word that has eight letters, starts with the letter 'M' and ends with a letter 'E'." She grinned.

I blinked. "Wha?" I tilted my head.

My sister looked at me with eyes that were shocked.

"Are you that slow?" She asked in somewhat an insulting tone. Well, to me it was.

"Ah! Hey!" I pouted.

"Well, anyways," she said as she turned back to the direction of her room. "that's all I wanted to tell you. My lips are now sealed." She waved her hands as if erasing what just happened from her mind. I sighed as I looked at her retreating back.

'I'm so sorry he isn't here yet.' I heard someone say. The voice was quite familiar. I made my way to the end of the hall where the stairs was located to make sure if the person whom I believed the voice belonged to is really that person. 'You see, he was supposed to arrive home early today from an outing with his friends. But that boy, well, you know how he was.'

'It's alright.' I heard my mother say. 'We'll just have to wait for him a little longer.'

'I thank you so much.' Another familiar voice. Unlike the other one, the voice sounded more like one of a male's.

'Well, why don't you two sit down?' I heard my mom ask.

'Okay then.' The female voice said.

'Hm... Where's Kairi?' The male voice asked.

'Um... Well...' And that was the last I heard. They probably headed for the Living Room. A dreaded room where eavesdropping can not reach. Too bad, I couldn't see whom the voices really belonged to.

I stretched my arms up as I breathed in deeply and closed my eyes. Releasing my breath and my stretched out arms, I opened my eyes again and felt someone tucking my dress. I tilted my head to see who it was. As I looked down, it was Kuni, my 5 year old younger brother.

"Hey, Kuni." I smiled. He was so cute! He was holding his little stuffed paopu my father, my mother, my older sister and I gave him on his third birthday. He looked at me with such cute baby eyes and he looked so adorable I could just pinch him.

"Kairi-onee-chan," he called me. 'Onee-chan' is another Japanese term for older sister. "shouldn't you be going downstairs already?"

I looked at Kuni who looked up at me. I nodded my head, continuing to smile. "Are you gonna come with me?"

He shook his head, left to right. "Mama doesn't want me to." He replied, politely.

"Oh..." I said. "Okay then." The more I thought about Kuni and Krisha-anare wouldn't be with me during the gathering made me feel more nervous. I looked back down at Kuni who was smiling that don't-be-afraid-sis-you're-gonna-be-fine smile. I smiled back at him. He really was a kind and polite kid. "I'll take you to your room before I go downstairs." I said. I took his small hand in mine and started to walk towards his room. He still held the stuffed paopu with his other hand. As we got to his room, I tucked him into bed.

"I'm not sleepy yet..." He said, rubbing his eyes with his free hand. He looked over at the small table in his room. "I want to listen to the music box."

I blinked. Music box?

I looked over at the table he looked at. There, I found a small purple music box. It looked kind of old. I blinked a few more times, thinking about where I've seen this music box before.

"Mama said that the helpers found it in the attic the other day." He started. "They said it's been there for years."

I looked back from Kuni to the music box. I knelt down a bit, making sure that my dress wouldn't get dirty. Then I opened the lid of the music box. As the lid opened, music started to play. It was that tune, that song. Sora, Riku and I's favorite song before. I was confused. When did this ever get here?

"Kuni--" I said as I looked back at him, only to find him sleeping. I stood back up and walked over to him. Kissed his cheek and went over to the door. I closed it a bit, still leaving some space for light to leak in.

I sighed again as I walked over to the stairs. There, one of our helpers was waiting for me.

"Miss Kairi," she started. "Madam wants your presence in the living room."

Nodding my head, I said, "I'll be there."

She nodded her head and walked back downstairs. I followed her shortly after calming myself one last time, though I was still thinking about what Krisha-anare said. I sighed. But after that sigh, I put back my smile. Before entering the living room, the helper stopped and looked back at me. She took some lip gloss from a nearby drawer and started to put some on my lips. Why was there lip gloss in the drawer? Please, don't ask me.

"There, better." She said as I rubbed my lips together. "Now, go."

I started to walk towards the living room which was at the left side of the first floor., to the right was the kitchen and the dining room, and on the opposite side of the main door was the ball room. And so, I walked on. My heart beating faster by the second. Finally, I arrived at the living room, seeing my mom sitting on one of the sofas facing the living room door, and the two guests sitting on the sofa facing the opposite side of the door.

"Oh! There she is!" My mother cried. "Come over here, Kairi."

I nodded my head as I walked to my mother. I was happy since I managed to walk gracefully toward my mother, and sat down gracefully as well. As I sat up straight, feet together on the floor and my hands cupped on my lap, I looked at the two people in front of me. And then I realized who they were.

"You are--"

"Sora's parents." The couple said, simultaneously.

I blinked as my eyes turned to dots and my mouth somewhat turned into an x. (a/n: her face is like this:x) I was shocked, and I didn't know what to do. Unconsciously, I stood back up and walked back into the hall.

"K-kairi!" I heard my mom call me. But I didn't want to go back, it was too horrible. How could I have been so blind? Just from my sister's clues I should have known what this was already. It's all clear now.

I'm going to be engaged to Sora.


End Notes: Shocks! XD Shocking, isn't it? Or was it not shocking? o.o; Well, too bad if it wasn't. XD But if it was, then... YAY! XD So... Cheers to the new plot! Mwee! -drinks iced tea- Hope you enjoyed that chapter! XD Till next time, ja na!

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