The Magic of the Earth and the Sky
by Flare Haynekie
Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai, Kairi-bashing?
Author's note: Please don't kill me! I know you all want to, so please don't! Um, this chapter's longer… I think… and you all still want to kill me….
Oh, yeah! Before I forget… this "—" in italics means it's on the phone. This new system is freakinly annoying! Gah.
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Chapter 24: Selphie's grand idea
Sora sighed. He walked to the backroom and came out a while later wearing a pair of knee-high jeans, and a tank top. The uniform had slightly annoyed him, and he was glad when Cloud returned with a change of clothes. The brunet sat next to Riku, the older teen ruffling Sora's hair.
"Feeling better now?" he asked, at which Sora just pouted before answering.
"A bit." Sora scanned the area, spotting his little fan club at the tables having hushed conversations while doing homework. "Why are they still here?"
"I don't really know. Apparently, they're very entertained."
"Since when?"
"Since you came out with a tank top." Riku grinned, which made Sora blush.
"That's not funny." Sora pouted, making Riku lean over and place a soft kiss on the brunet's lips. Sora's blush deepened and he sighed before leaning on the counter, Riku chuckling and returning his gaze at the fan club.
They had noticed the small kiss, and were whispering even more fervently than before. Hours later, Sora was sleeping on Riku's shoulder while the brunet's fan club started to leave, waving at them as they left, some of them going "aww" before leaving. Once Riku was sure that they were all gone, he softly shook Sora awake.
"Come on, Sora. Let's go home."
"Already?"
"Yeah. I think Yuffie could use some assistance in the kitchen, considering Cloud is eating too."
Sora yawned, rubbing his eyes. "And considering Leon might stay over again."
"Yeah, that too."
They said goodbye to Caroline, they headed home, encountering Kairi on the way.
"Sora? What are you doing wearing that? Have you forgotten our deal already?" she asked, at which Sora shook his head.
"No, I haven't forgotten. It's just that you never specified when I have to dress up as a girl. And besides, it's not like I have a complete wardrobe for cross-dressing." Sora replied, making Kairi stomp off mad.
Riku patted Sora's hair and continued on their way home, stopping by Sora's house to greet Sion, before dragging him to Yuffie's house with them.
"Yuffie! We're home!" Sora called, bouncing into the kitchen.
He stopped at the entrance, looking at the kitchen curiously.
"What's up?" Riku asked, stopping at the entrance at well. "Oh."
"What are you guys doing here?" Sora asked, pointing to Cloud and Leon who sat at the dinning table, already eating while Yuffie happily cooked.
"Yuffie invited us for dinner when she found out Sion wasn't hungry enough to cook." Cloud exclaimed, stuffing another spoonful in his mouth.
"Come on, guys! Sit down and eat!" Yuffie invited, smiling.
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"Come on and eat! I made so much, but my brother wouldn't have any, so I thought I'd sit him to eat it, but I didn't know he had friends! How shocking!"
The prince looked up to see the short chestnut-colored hair girl bounce around with a large basket in her hands. "Who's you brother?" he asked.
"This anti-social jerk." She replied, pointing at Leon
"I didn't know Leon had a sister!" Fluffy exclaimed, Bunny laughing.
Bunny petted the brunet. "This is Yuffie, and yes, she's Leon's sister, even though that's sometimes hard to believe."
"Cool! Well, um, this is my brother, Cloud." Fluffy said, pointing to the blond who was currently having a whispered discussion with Leon. "And this is Bunny." He then said, grabbing Bunny's arm.
"Bunny? O-kay! Whatever you say then."
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The kitchen inhabitants looked at each other with wide eyes. Not only had they shared the same memory, they were all trying to figure out the weirdness that the memory left them with.
"Yuffie was my sister!" Leon suddenly exclaimed, Yuffie looking at him while Cloud started laughing.
"Well, at least you guys know that now, right?" Sora asked, carefully poking his food.
"Why? Why did I have to be related to Leon?" Yuffie asked, ungracefully letting herself fall into her chair.
"I don't think it's that bad." Riku stated.
"Not bad? Not BAD!" Yuffie exclaimed. "It's disastrous! And what's up with the weird nicknames? Who's Bunny?"
"Bunny is Riku. I'm Fluffy." Sora explained, finally eating.
"How come?" Yuffie asked, forgetting for a moment her little dilemma.
"Because when we met, or better yet, when Sorae and Rikue met, they didn't give out their names. They just gave each other nicknames according to certain accessories on their clothes." Riku explained.
"Accessories? What kind of accessory did they have to end up with those nicknames?"
"Bunny from the small rabbit shaped pouch Rikue had, and Fluffy from the feathers on Sorae's belt."
"Weirdoes." Yuffie stated. "How is that, by the way?" she pointed to Sora's plate.
Sora smiled. "Really good!"
Yuffie got up, getting herself some of her meal, and joining them to eat. Almost an hour later, Leon was washing dishes, Yuffie taking advantage of their "sibling rivalry".
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"How was your first day of school?" Sion asked Sora the moment he walked into the house, Riku right behind him.
"Good…" Sora replied, knowing that Sion would ask him about the uniform.
"So what's this I hear about you using a girl's uniform for your first day?"
Sora sighed. He definitely saw that coming. "Kairi is evil and she made me put it on for a week. You're not mad or anything, are you?"
Sion smiled. "Of course not. So, how does it feel to be treated like a girl?"
Sora laughed. "It's fun, a bit. But it's tiring. I have guys checking me out! And the rest of the female population either wants to kill me for being with Riku, or they want to stalk us because we make a cute couple."
"Oh, so the stalking group started with you two."
Sora looked at him puzzled. "What do you mean started with us two?"
"Cloud told me how a bunch of kids from Rakuen were stalking him and Leon just because they're "friends" and they were taking your lunch today together."
Sora laughed as he turned to look at Riku. "So that's why they wanted to leave when those two left!" he exclaimed at which Riku nodded.
Sion smiled, walking into the kitchen once more, while Riku and Sora headed upstairs. Half way up the stairs, Sora's cell phone rang, which Sora picked up curious.
"Hello?"
"Sora!"
Sora smiled. "Hi, Selphie. What can I do for you?"
"A play!"
"A what?"
"A play!" she repeated.
"Um, why?"
Selphie giggled before replying. "The school's festival is gonna be in January, and everyone wants to do something, but we didn't know what. So I suggested doing a play about the legend! They liked the idea, but since we just don't have enough info about it, I came up with asking you and Riku to write it for us using the memories you two have!"
"A play about the legend with our memories…" Sora repeated so Riku would know too.
"Is this for the festival in January?" Riku asked at which Sora nodded.
"Anyway, all you have to do is write down all the memories you have, and if you remember one that's important, you write it down too. Then later on, I'll put it all together and make the play. I'm thinking leaving it the same, but since we are a bit strapped for time, we need to only have the important parts. I'll do that, so you and Riku just write down the memories, kay? Thanks a lot Sora, bye!"
Sora looked at the phone, noticing she hanged up rather quickly. He shrugged and continued his way up to his room while telling Riku what Selphie wanted them to do.
"Is she out of her mind!" Riku exclaimed.
"Um, I wouldn't know, really." He stopped at the room's entrance, Riku stopping behind him.
"This whole thing can't be shrunk down to a few hours! This is days, months, or years of memories, all shrunk down to a few hours."
"She said that we should just write yours and mine, cuz we have the most important memories, and then, she would do the fixing for the play."
Riku shook his head. "She's definitely out of her mind this time." He said before pushing Sora the rest of the way, and silently closing the door.
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To be continued!
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(Author's note)
I'm soo sorry to have not posted this up earlier! And, yes, I know the address is wrong. I'll put it on my author's info page later on, after I've posted this (so it should be up by the time you read this).
Certain factors that didn't allow me to post this:
1. limited computer time
2. not enough money to pay the uni's tuition, which meant working a lot
3. more work
4. new games (which reminds me, I'm gonna go buy "We love Katamari" tomorrow!)
5. getting a boyfriend and then breaking up with him due to certain reasons.
6. camping
7. um….. homework?
(Things you should know)
After putting Kairi evil, she kinda grew to me… which means that she's nice later on! Yes, I'm shocked too.
That would be all!
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Oh, yeah, the reviews!
1. piggiesofdoom (x2) - yay, thank you! I know, very evil of me to just leave things like that… sorry!
2. Kayrana – Kairi is crazy! LOL! Anyways, I'm sorry you got kinda mad at me for actually not updating and just putting a random whine! And go do homework! Don't be like me and leave it for last!
3. squalmasy – wait… I skewed it? Please explain that to me! Heh… yeah, they're innocent! Cuz I'm not mentally prepared to write a lemon or a lime or anything close to it! Besides, why ruin it like that? It doesn't need Riku with a high libido trying to screw Sora every five minutes. (smile) I'm glad you like the flashbacks! And yes, everyone is tied to the legend in a way.
4. NaruNaru.O.k – you can? Actually so can I! LOL. Yeah, I don't think it would be here if I couldn't… I should draw it, I mean, if I can draw Duo Maxwell in a girls uniform (fanfic I read during class one day) then I guess I draw Sora in one too! Heh. This should be fun.
5. cammy-world – trying my best to update! I think… I currently want to write a YuRam one (has been watching too much Kyo Kara Maoh), but I don't think I should until I finish this one. Else I might get people mad and then hunting me with torches!
6. Largo-sensei – yup! He would, and does!
7. Momochi Zabuza - omg, thank you! (huggles Sora plushie and eats the ramen). Thank you soo much for the lovely review!
8. Misdarkdragon – erm, hope you're still waiting!
9. nurseangel – kay, the answer to the questions!
- How does it feel to have gotten up to chapter 23rd - well honestly, tiring but extreamly exciting!
- Where do I get the inspiration from - erm… anime, mixed with manga, mixed with video games, mixed with tv dramas, mixed with books… and then, my own brain.
- Was it hard to come up with the legend of Sora and Riku's past life - kinda. The shape of the legend itself was already in my head, but Sorae and Rikue like to create more of it, so it has slowly changed. It's romantic, but extremely sad considering the current ending (which you do not know about).
- What would you say you've liked best so far while writing this story? – erm, so far, I think it's the cellphone's charm. It's a little bell in the shape of the Paopu Fruit.
- how did the reviews of your loyal fans helped you while writing this story? – they help a lot, specially makes me try to brake the rules around here to write some more (not that I do it, cuz that gets me a week's grounding… maybe more)
- is there anything you would like to say to them? – of course! That I love them all! And that I'm always grateful that they've stuck to this story even though I had first mentioned that I would update on a whim, or so. But they made me try to update quickly.
- What does the future holds for this fan fiction, specially now that classes have started again? - what do you mean by that! It only means that I still have to work to get a laptop so I can finally finish this and fix all the messes from the previous chapters!
LOL, yeah, that's all. Thanks for playing reporter with me, Juju!
10. Ink2 – it's okay! I'm sorry for not updating sooner! Nooo! Not Watari, I mean, Wakka! Heh. Like I said, dun worry about it!
11. Bonnie Mizuhara – you are? Wow, I'm glad! Wait… everything you want! LOL! Oh, that's soo true! (bows) thank you very much!
12. Natsu Aoki – you were internet deprived! Omg, that's awful! Meh, now I feel awful for not updating! Please dun murder me for not doing so sooner!
13. Sorceress Sakura - hehe, thank you!
14. DARK WRYDER – yes, he's missing a few screws in his head, but leave him like that! Shu… Yeah, I think he got that after Kairi had made him wear it. Or the week later… hmm. Heh, sexy innocence. Yeah! Actually, she will. But shush. Something else happens. Yes, hurrah for them! And I know what you mean about Kairi… but she's growing to me. Here, at least. Cuz game or manga, I still can't stand her.
15. RikuxSora – yay! Obsess, some more then!
16. Shiakuu Hitome - erm… thanks? (scratches head) I know I got problems writing, but I'm trying to fix them. Thanks for the advice. (bows) But I think I'd like to still try on my own. Unless I find a good editor who's willing to stick with me thru think and thin and drag me out of my room to write… hehehehehe. Oh, but thanks thought! And, yes, I know my last post was in January, sorry!
That's it for the fanfics! And I'm really sorry, guys. I try. Um, the next chapter's not written… on the computer anyway. It's on my notebook… (waves notebook). So, um, yeah. And dun kill me! Byes!
----Flare