Hi again, uh, thanks for pointing that out, kingdomhearts lover120. I made a typo in Kairi's schedule; she's supposed to have blob 3rd period and in 4th she has Horseback riding with Jasmine. Sorry, hehe, my bad.
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During the rest of the day, Kairi noticed that Jasmine was pretty quiet. Well, more than she was. It looked like she had a permanent serious-face on her. Tonight, there was supposed to be something 'special' going on in a campfire, so everyone was gathered in the open gym (as in, it only had a roof, haha!). They were in lines by the cabin.
"Alright, Jasmine, you're gonna tell me what's going on", Kairi said, getting frustrated of having no one to talk to.
"Huh?", Jasmine asked as if nothing was wrong. Kairi arched her eyebrow at her.
"Don't act like that, what's wrong, Jasmine?", Kairi said. Jasmine took a deep breathe.
"Look, Kairi, I'll tell you later. It looks like the councelor is already gonna start talking", Jasmine smiled slightly. "I guess you're right, haha!", Kairi held back a laugh.
A man was up on a platform, trying to get the campers' attention. He had two red paint marks on his cheek, a long red shirt that said 'Spartans' in black, and blue jeans. No one seemed to be paying attention to him.
Finally, after 5 minutes, he got everyone's attention. "We are gathered here today to initiate you into your teams! The two teams are the 'Spartans'", the guy pointed to his shirt. "And we have the 'Athenians'", a girl councelor with a blue shirt that said 'Anthenians rule!' and a white skirt jumped up on the platform.
(A/N: I actually got these team names from a camp I went to 2 years ago. It's called Camp Olympia. It was awsome)
"Please make a file line and we will take you to the ceremony spot", the guy said. It was already getting dark.
"Hi again, girls", Sora's voice went through their ears. Sora and Riku were in back of Kairi and Jasmine. "Hi, I wonder what teams we're gonna get in", Jasmine smiled. "I know, I hope all 4 of us are together", Riku added.
The four got in line and started to walk into a lot of trees (the woods are far away, they are not even close to Kikyo yet, mwahaha). There were lights glowing from trees above them.
"I hear drum beats, or is it me?", Kairi listened. "Oh yeah, I hear them too", Sora said. "Oh great, is it like those Chinese ceremonies or something?", Riku asked no one in particular. The 3 shrugged.
Before they knew it, they were at the front of the line. There was a man with a microphone in a big platform in the middle. On one side there were people dressed in blue and on the other side there were people dressed in red; Athenians and Spartans.
Riku jumped up a little when they called his name from the microphone. "Riku!…You are an Athenian!", the guy said. The Athenians cheered and Riku ran over to their side, waiting and praying for his friends to be with him.
"Sora!…You are a Spartan!", the guy called out. Sora and Riku shared sad faces before Sora ran over to the red side. Kairi and Jasmine looked at each other before Kairi went up.
"Kairi!…You are a Spartan!", the guy cheered. Kairi laughed and ran over to where Sora was. They gave each other high fives and laughed together.
"Jasmine!…You are an Athenian!", the guy yelled. Jasmine smiled and ran with Riku. "Yay! At least I got one of my buddies over here", Riku smiled. "We can't leave poor Riku alone, now can we?", Jasmine grinned. "Oh whatever", Riku smiled.
The others went by and finally, every single camper was in a team. "Alright, now that everyone is in a team, tomorrow the games will begin. At the end of the season, the winning team will get a trophy each!", the guy yelled. "But now it's time to go back to your cabins and wait for tomorrow. Remember that tomorrow is free period, ok? You get a few hours to do anything you want", the guy said before climbing off the platform.
The four buddys got together and walked all the way until they reached the girl's stop. "We'll see you girls tomorrow. So we're not swimming tomorrow, right?", Riku asked. "Yeah, let's leave that till next time", Kairi smiled. "Alrighty, we'll see ya tomorrow at the Chow Hall", Riku smiled and started to walk with the other guys.
"Come on, Kairi. I need to tell you something in the cabin", Jasmine smiled as she started to jog to the cabin. Kairi started to walk until she felt a hand grab her wrist and stop her. She looked back and saw Sora with a smile on his face. Kairi immediatley smiled back and turned her whole self towards Sora.
"Tomorrow when we loose Jasmine and Riku, we're gonna talk, ok? I really need to tell you…", Sora started. Kairi giggled softly and kissed his cheek. "Tomorrow, we'll loose them and we can have a little time to ourselves to talk about what really happened, ok?", Kairi smiled softly. Sora nodded and smiled widely.
Sora returned the favor and kissed her cheek, "Bye!". He started to run after Riku, who was now way ahead of him. Kairi smiled, almost not believing that tomorrow was gonna be the day and forgetting about Namine, and then ran to the cabin.
She ran in and saw that Jasmine was combing her hair and was in her pj's. "Hi, Kairi", Jasmine smiled. "Hey, Jasmine. I'm just gonna go change and I'll be right back, ok?", Kairi got her pj's from her trunk and walked out. She was heading towards the bathroom cabin.
She stopped on the side of the doorway when she heard the voice of Catherine and Namine mention Riku. She was spying on them.
"Oh my god, Riku is so hot", Catherine giggled like a school-girl as she and Namine combed their hair in the mirror. Kairi was about to barf (not literally, lol!).
"He does seem your type, I think you two would make the perfect couple. Only, that stupid Jasmine girl is getting in the way of you", Namine said with a disgusted voice. Kairi's face turned into anger. How dare she insult her best friend (besides Selphie).
"Oh, I think it'll be easy to break her. So what about you?", Catherine asked. Kairi could see from the corner of her eyes that they were no longer brushing their hair, only having a girl-to-girl talk.
"Sora is extremely hot. I love his eyes, they're super blue and his hair is so wild. I love it", Namine started. Now it was personal, Kairi thought. "It's just that Kairi that's standing in your way. I think that if, somehow, you get Sora to get away from Kairi, Sora will fall for you in a heart beat", Catherine grinned.
"I know, I'm already planning on how to get him away from her. My plan will start the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, I need to go work on my tan, you coming with?", Namine asked. "Totally", Catherine smiled. The two girls started to walk towards the door.
Kairi gasped and quickly walked in, like nothing happened. Namine and Catherine glared at her, Kairi glared back. Kairi quickly changed and walked into the cabin.
"Jasmine, can I come up?", Kairi asked. Jasmine peeked her head from her bunk and nodded with a friendly smile. Kairi climbed the ladder and sat with Jasmine.
"Jasmine, whatever you do, do not stay away from Riku, ok?", Kairi whispered. "What? You know I don't like him", Jasmine said, a blush showing on her cheeks. Kairi raised her eyebrows.
"Ok, fine. You win, yes I like Riku. But why do I have to stay with him?", Namine asked.
"Because, when I was on my way to the bathroom, I heard Namine and Catherine say that they were going to try to 'break you' and that way Catherine could have Riku all to himself…and…something else about me, but that's not important", Kairi explained.
"Oh great, I have that to worry about now. Kairi, I'm not strong enough to see her flirting with him like I did when I was walking to 4th period", Jasmine said sadly.
"Oh, so that's why you were all depressed, huh?", Kairi put her hand on Jasmine's back. Jasmine nodded sadly.
"Aw, don't worry about it. Just take my advice and don't leave Riku alone. He can be with me or Sora, but do not leave him alone, ok?", Kairi smiled. "Ok, got it", Jasmine smiled.
"Girls, it's already gonna be lights out in 5 minutes. Get to your beds and get comfy", Molly came in. "G'night, Jasmine", Kairi smiled and went to her own bed. "G'night", Jasmine yawned as Molly turned off the lights once everyone was in bed.
Kairi put her hands behind her head and looked out the window that was next to her. The moonlight illuminated all the trees and cabins. She wondered how the little 'talk' between Sora and her go.
If only Naminie wasn't here, Kairi thought with a frown. She makes everything so difficult. Even though Sora specifically said he did not like her, she, like Jasmine, was the jealous type. She did not like to see Namine all over Sora.
Kairi turned herself towards her cabin, where the girls were still doing things with their faint flashlights. Kairi didn't want it to be the day after tomorrow, that's when Namine would show her rage 24/7.
She sighed and layed on her stomach. The most important thing would be tomorrow. She prayed and hoped that everything would work out the way she planned it to with her and Sora. After all, she loved him with all her heart.
The Next Morning in Chow Hall…
"After breakfast, you can be free and do anything except golfing and waterskiing for 4 hours. And those of you who were planning on swimming, you better have brought your swim suits under, cause you can't go back to the cabin unless it's an emergency", the main councelor named Sammy explained loudly over the chattering of the campers.
"I want to go to free period already! I can hardley eat", Jasmine smiled wide. "You're skinny enough as it is. Eat, I say, eat!", Kairi laughed. "Whatever", Jasmine laughed with her.
Immediatley after their laugh attack, Chow Hall was over and all the students ran out. Jasmine and Kairi tried their hardest to find Riku and Sora.
"Do you see the guys anywhere?", Kairi asked Jasmine, looking around the mob of kids running around everywhere. "Oh, look, there they are!", Jasmine pointed to the two boys, searching frantically for them.
"Sora! Riku! Over here!", Kairi waved. Kairi's face soon turned into anger as she saw Namine walk slowly past Sora on purpose. She winked at him and swayed her hair back. Kairi knew that Namine was only in minimun with Sora, tomorrow, Kairi was in for it.
Jasmine and Kairi saw the confused and awkward faces on Sora and Riku. They both shrugged and walked over to the girls.
"That girl is getting so annoying", Sora mumbled. "Imagine being in her cabin", Jasmine crossed her arms.
"Oh my god! I can't imagine. I hate girls that wear too much make-up and try to kiss up to guys", Sora shivered at the thought. This made Kairi smile.
"I have that same problem with that Catherine girl", Riku added. "The two sluts of the cabin, go figure", Kairi rolled her eyes.
The two guys laughed. "So, what do you guys wanna do first?", Jasmine asked.
"Uh…how about…", Sora looked around, looking at all the activities. "Ok, never mind, I don't know", Sora smiled.
"Ok, then…how about rock climbing?", Riku suggested. "Oh cool!", Jasmine jumped up. Riku smiled wide.
"How about you guys? Are you in?", Riku asked. "I'm sorta…afraid of hights, especially if you're only holding on to rocks and the only thing protecting you is a rope", Kairi bit her lip.
Sora found this as the perfect opportunity. "I'll keep her company. We'll watch you guys from down there on those benches", Sora said.
"Then why don't we just pick something else-…oh, I get it", Riku grinned. "What?", Sora asked with a blank face.
"Riiiight. Ok, come on, Jasmine. Let's go and leave these party poopers while we go rock climbing", Riku smiled.
"Bye guys, we'll meet you here in a while, ok?", Jasmine winked as she and Riku to the rock climbing.
"Ok, they're on to us", Kairi sighed. "Nah, don't worry about it, it's gonna take a while for them to get up", Sora crossed his arms proudly.
"What makes you think that?", Kairi asked. "Because, look how many walls there are. There are at least 6 different climbing walls. Knowing Riku, he's gonna want to try them all", Sora laughed.
"Yeah, true", Kairi nodded, looking at all the climbing walls.
Sora grabbed her hand urgently, "Which gives us more time to talk, come on". Sora started to pull her. Kairi started to laugh as the two started to run awaysomewhere where Riku and Jasmine wouldn't be able to interrupt like they always do.
"Oh, cool. I didn't know there was so many", Jasmine gasped as she and Riku looked at the climbing walls up close.
"Yeah. You still wanna go?", Riku asked. "Duh", Jasmine laughed and ran over to the first one.
Riku grinned and ran after her. By the time Riku got there, Jasmine already had on her helmet and a councelor was putting on the rope for safety.
Riku found another councelor that was next to Jasmine. Riku quickly went up to him and the councelor put on his helmet and safety gear.
"I bet I can beat you to the top", Riku suddenly told Jasmine. "You can try, but you're not gonna win", Jasmine grinned as she took hold of the rocks.
"Alright, bring it on. On my mark, ok?", Riku said. Jasmine nodded. "One...two…three, go!", Riku yelled and started to climb.
Riku felt warm inside. He and Jasmine were actually best friends (hoping to be more in the future). Riku wasn't afraid anymore to treat her like he treated Kairi. Except she couldn't treat Kairi the exact same way since Sora would get all jealous like he usually did.
He was already half way there and he smiled confidently. "How's it going Jasmine?", Riku asked. Riku looked to Jasmine's climbing wall and saw Jasmine was in the same height as he was! How did she get where he was so fast?
"Pretty good, but I don't think I can say the same for you", Jasmine giggled as she started to climb rocks like never before. "Oh no you don't", Riku said as he started to climb fast on the rocks.
The two climbed and climbed until they both got on top of the wall at the same time. "You're good, Jasmine. No one has ever beat me or at least gone at the same pace as me", Riku smiled.
"You've met your double, in girl form!", Jasmine laughed. "A very pretty girl form", Riku grinned softly, his cheeks turning crimson red.
Jasmine did not expect for Riku to say that. She smiled wide and looked down, her cheeks flushing up. "You're just saying that", Jasmine smiled.
"No, really. I mean it, you're pretty. No, I take it back", Riku said. Jasmine's eyes went wide as she looked at him. Ok, unexpected. She was about to get mad until Riku calmed her. "You're not pretty, you're beautiful", Riku said softly, his eyes looking straight into hers.
Jasmine smiled and blushed even more.
"Oh Riku! Oh my god, you totally made it up!", a faint voice said from below. It was Catherine, waiting for Riku at the bottom. Riku sighed and looked at Jasmine. She smiled softly, not wanting him to feel bad, and grabbed on the rope. She began to walk down, Riku did the same.
"You went up super fast, you looked super hot doing that", Catherine flirted, twirling her hair.
"Uh, thanks, I guess. Jasmine also went up with me, she was just as fast", Riku wanted to give Jasmine some props. Jasmine walked over to them, her helmet and ropes already off. Catherine only raised an eyebrow and pushed Jasmine away with her hips, making Jasmine almost fall to the ground. Luckily, the wall was there to catch her fall. Jasmine gritted her teeth.
"Cathy! Hey, do you have that nail polish I lent you yesterday? My nail polish is fading", Namine said faintly. "Yeah, be right there", Catherine called back.
"Talk to you later, Riku", Catherine winked and ran towards Namine.
Riku rolled his eyes and jogged towards Jasmine, "Are you ok?".
"Yeah, I'm fine", Jasmine said, but her voice carried anger.
"You don't sound fine", Riku crossed his arms.
"It's nothing. All of a sudden, I don't really feel like climbing walls anymore", Jasmine crossed her arms and looked down, leaning on the climbing wall.
Riku knew she was lying. He sensed that she hated Catherine not only because she was a huge flirt and slut. Riku thought for a minute, What do girls like to do when they're depressed?...They like to chow down their anger by eating, but what?...Chocolate! I saw the ice cream stand somewhere near the pool!
"I know what'll cheer you up. You wanna go get some ice cream?", Riku smiled, bending his knees to look at her face.A bright smile appeared on her face as she saw Riku trying to look at her. She laughed quietly at his attempt.
"I'll take that as a yes, come on", Riku chuckled. Jasmine put her hair behind her ears and walked with him to the ice cream.
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I felt that I wasn't putting enough Riku and Jasmine fluffiness, so I dedicated this chapter PART to them. Mwahaha, but I left you on a cliffy with Sora and Kairi. You're going to have to see what happened in the next chapter. Oh and I have to warn you, the next chapter will have a huge tension between Namine and Kairi. Oh yeah, it's getting good. Send in reviews, no flames!