New chapter time and this one is probably the most random of them all so far. But I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 4: Curse of the Chibis I (Riku)
When Riku woke up, for some reason everything felt larger. Something seemed off though he could not seem to place his finger on it. Was this only because he was tired or some trick of the light? Either way it all felt rather strange.
But upon sitting up, he noticed clearly what the situation was.
It wasn't that everything looked larger, he had SHRUNK! Riku stared down at himself to see how much smaller his body looked now compared to his normal size. He was at least several times smaller now and his arms and legs were small and nearly rounded.
"I need to get to a mirror," Riku commented to himself before getting over to the edge of the bed.
Normally it wouldn't have been an issue, but now it was at least a good few feet off the ground from his small perspective. But he knew waiting around wasn't going to do anything, so he threw part of his bed sheet over the edge. One part of it was on the ground, he carefully climb down the sheet as if it were a rope. Thankfully the sheet did not give way thanks to his new small and lightweight body.
But that still left him fully feeling weird. He walked over to the long mirror on the other side of his room. Alibet it took him a little bit because of his size and stubby little legs. But he got there and thankfully was tall enough to see into the mirror. But what he saw made his mouth drop open with surprise.
He was barely two feet tall, but aside from his little body, his head was much larger in comparison. It was odd how he could even support his own weight with his head being that size, but it just added to the questions. One think he was thankful for was that his pajamas had also shrunk along with him.
But there was more than just that. There was also how his face looked. Despite a large face, his nose and mouth were fairly small. Though his eyes were much larger and oval shaped.
Riku slowly reached out his hand and placed it on the mirror, perplexed by his appearance.
But then it hit him.
"Oh my god! I've been turned into a chibi!"
Riku backed away from the mirror in horror, while keeping his gaze on his reflection. "How in the world did this happen? Why did this happen? What am I going to do about it?"
Riku began to pace back and forth, letting deep thoughts enter his mind. He kept asking himself the same questions over and over again even though he knew full well he did not have the answers.
But the further he paced, the more he kept thinking about how he was going to get out of this. Eventually he sighed and flopped to the floor. He stared up at his ceiling, hoping the answers would eventually come to him.
"It has to be some magic or something… it wouldn't make sense otherwise. But when did I ever encounter anything with magic recently? I can't remember…"
Riku let out a sigh before closing his eyes. He tried to relax, but the sudden sound of a doorbell distracted him. He jumped back to his feet, his eyes stretching larger. "Ah! I forgot that Sora was coming today! What am I going to do now? How in the world am I going to get down the stairs and open the door?!"
He walked out from his bedroom and approached the stairs. It looked so much more dangerous and large now that he was less than two feet tall. He was about to take a step down when he heard the doorbell again.
"Riku? You awake yet?" he heard Sora's voice shout from the other side of the door.
"Uh yeah!" Riku called out. He knew there was no possible way to hide this from Sora. And maybe Sora could help him figure it out. "Just open the door, it's unlocked!"
Riku scurried back up the stairs and back down the hallway. Despite wanting Sora to help him, he didn't want Sora to see him right away. Though it was foolish to think such a thing. Sora would have to see him regardless, there was no way he could hide this.
The door unlocked and Riku could see that Sora was looking around. "Riku? Where are you?"
"I'm upstairs, I'll be right down," Riku replied before sighing.
He ran his hands over his face as he tried to clear his mind. "Come on Riku, just go tell him what happened. He's not going to laugh at you. He's your friend after all."
Riku cleared his throat as he approached the staircase again. "Hey uh Sora… so I think I need your help on something. Can you come to the stairs?"
"Oh sure, what's up?" Sora asked as he got closer.
As soon as he came into view at the bottom of the stairs, his eyes locked right onto Riku. His mouth dropped open as he continued to stare. "Riku?! Is that you?"
Riku let out a long exhale, hoping that he could explain it easily to Sora. "Yeah… I don't know how it happened, but-"
Sora ran up the stairs before Riku could finish. He picked up Riku with ease and held him at arm's length. Now up close, Riku could see the wonder sparkling in Sora's eyes. Slowly his shock at Riku's appearance was turning into joy.
"Riku! What happened to you!?" Sora shouted.
"I don't know… that's what I was trying to tell you. I only woke up-"
"You are SO cute!" Sora exclaimed.
Riku could feel his cheeks warming up slightly. The way Sora was gawking over him was the last thing that he expected. But then again… it was Sora… who was easily fascinated and excited about just about everything.
"Sora please… we really should figure out a way to reverse whatever has happened to me," Riku replied quickly before Sora could interrupt him again.
"But you are so cute! Why would we want to reverse this?!" Sora asked before pouting slightly. He then brought Riku closer and hugged him tightly. "You are a little tiny chibi Riku! And this is just too cute!"
Riku's cheeks reddened even more. "Please stop calling me cute…"
"Aw, but you are though. This is the funniest and cutest thing to ever happen to you. OH! Just wait 'till Kairi sees you! I bet she will also think you are pretty adorable. And hey maybe she has some old doll clothes we can use to dress you up in."
Riku now tried to push away from Sora, failing his arms and struggling against Sora hug. "Stop squeezing me so tight! And let me go!"
Sora started to laugh. "Even you trying to be frustrated is extremely adorable. There's no way I'm letting this opportunity pass. We're going to have fun with this."
"Sora! I've been turned into a chibi, I don't see how I can have fun with this. Don't you think you should be more concerned?"
Sora finally loosened up on his hug and looked at Riku. He pursed his lips together, starting to think more seriously on the subject. Carefully he placed Riku back down on the floor before sitting down in front of him. He placed a hand to his chin before letting out a thoughtful hum.
"So… what do you think then? What should we do about this?" Riku asked while Sora continued to think.
Finally Sora placed his hand back down, but instead of placing it by his side he reached out to Riku. He held out his pointer finger and gently poked Riku against his chubby chibi cheek. Riku pouted before trying to swat away Sora's hand.
"Quit it," Riku replied before crossing his arms.
"Hmmm…" Sora hummed still without saying anything.
"Is there anything you could think of that maybe could have caused this?" Riku asked, hoping to get some actual thoughts from Sora.
"Ahh I can't think of anything. But I do know one thing," Sora replied.
"And what's that?"
Sora leaned forward before quickly wrapped his arms around Riku again. "You are seriously just too cute! That pout you did was just so cute! We are totally going to show you to Kairi now."
"No, Sora wait-"
Before Riku could finish, Sora had picked him up again and was holding him tightly in his arms. Sora had already started down the stairs and out of the house before Riku was even given a chance to think.
"We are going to make the best of this. And it's going to be soooooo fun," Sora chuckled as he headed down the street.
Riku groaned. He knew there was no way he could get out of this now. Even if he managed to get out of Sora's hold, he wouldn't be able to run very far. All he could do now was to let Sora carry him. He could tell that this was going to be a long day.
Is being turned into a chibi such a bad thing? Who knows, but it is pretty cute. Btw I was basing the chibi design off the World of Final Fantasy chibi style if you didn't catch it. But there will be more chibis in the future, but who is next? Heh. You'll see.
