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Zippity-doo-dah, zippity-ay. My oh my, what wonderful day. Sorry, I was jus thinking of Splash Mountain. Sooooo, on with the story!

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"Still hate him, I'll kill him. Still hate him, I'll kill him." Trying to find out what she'll do to Riku for trying to keep her fighting with Veronica, Kairi was plucking the petals of a flower. "Still hate him, I'll kill him. Still hate him, I'll kill him."

Riku left Veronica in search for Kairi; he thought she'd be at the swing the most. He heard her tiny murmuring and decided to try and tune in to what she was saying.

"Still hate him, I'll kill him. Still hate him, I'll kill him." Stunned and hurt emotionally now, Riku still held his cover in the brush. Noticing there were also only four more petals, he counted what she'd say last. " Still hate him, I'll kill him. Well there you go, last petal right there! So where's Riku? He really is gonna die."

He stood up with his hands in a defensive position. "Whoa there girl, you really aren't going to kill me are you?"

A few seconds of thinking it over. "Ok, I won't kill you." One quick stare. "But I will do this!" Riku lowered his hands, now wondering what she'll do now. Kairi raised her leg and kicked him in the shin.

"OW! What was that for?"

"I said I won't kill you, so I decided to just do that."

"Hmmmm beats dying. Good choice."

"So what happened for the few minutes between you and Veronica while you didn't come? Something special?"

The two exchanged a disgusted look. "She tried to make a move on me, and you better not tell anyone. Not even Sora, not even when you guys come here to the swing for the fair."

"Huh? Seriously what are you talking about?"

"Stop acting dumb, Veronica got you two this swing private. She also rigged the Best Couple competition so the announcer would say you guys won."

Kairi muttered under her breath, "So she isn't evil to the core like she said."

"You say something?"

"No nothing. Here, you can go back to her, and I'll take Mrs. Celestial's stuff to her." She grabbed the books and pushed Riku away.

In Mrs. Celestial's Room:

"One more, let's leave it alone." Veronica finally finished eating all but one jellybean. Riku and Kairi went their opposite ways, him to the room, her to the fair set-up.

Riku was about to unlock the door again when Veronica opened it herself to leave.

"Done with the jellybeans?" Riku asked, looking over her shoulder and seeing no more left.

"Huh? Oh, yeah pretty much." She answered pretty drowsily.

"So, how much is there?"

"One." He gave her a serious look. " Really! There's only one more. Come in and see." So they came inside and there was no more, just the last one in the jar. Veronica sat in a desk and rested her head as if to sleep. Riku came over to the same bean in the same jar he saw earlier. He lifted it in hope to prove her wrong, but found the note instead.

"Hey Veronica, you said you counted them all, right?"

"Yeah."

"Did Mrs. Celestial bother you while you and Kairi were counting them earlier?"

"Yeah, then we lost our count. So she sent us here to count them again."

"Hmmm, I see. 'Cause she left a note."

"She did? What's it say?"

" It says ' Hey girls, sorry I bothered you. You guys left on one thousand-seven. So don't mess up my room completely. I'll also be sending Riku to get my stuff so don't be surprised. From, Mrs. Celestial.' So here I am, and there isn't just one bean, Veronica."

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry! Happy now?"

"Yeah, I guess I am." Mental fight between the two.

Over At The Fair:

"Honey dearest, why are you here?" The teacher asked Kairi.

"Riku and I switched the jobs. Is that ok?"

"Yes, dear it is. So you'll just take the job he had here. Let's see," she pulled out a file that said 'Riku' on the tab, " Right now, he's setting up the Picture stall. Then you'll have to take a few sample pictures to put in the frames."

"Great! So who's his… I mean my partner?"

"Uhh, Sora!" She said a bit too loud and he raised his head and turned to her. The teacher saw Kairi blushing a bit and assured her it was only ten shots.

"Yeah, but how close are we going to have to be?" Sora really didn't know why she said his name, so he ran up to her probably a foot away from Kairi.

Mrs. Celestial pushed the two shoulder to shoulder and gently brought their heads closer together so that their cheeks were touching. "Now smile you two and that's usually the case for the pictures."

As soon as she let them go, they spread apart and blushed like crazy. "Ok, thanks Mrs. Celestial. We'll get on it right away." Kairi said lightly and shy, not in a very excited voice.

"Yeah, um thanks Mrs. Celestial." Sora added in the same tone.

"Don't mention it! So start your shots, you two." And on that, they left to finish the booth. She muttered under her breath, "And don't hide it too."

"So, um, Kairi, why are you and I suddenly partners here?" Sora asked, his voice a bit lifted, but still shy.

"Uh, when Riku came over to check up on us…then we switched jobs. I didn't know he was partners with you."

"He didn't. I joined last minute to get away from Wakka, Tidus and another blitz ball game."

"Oh." They arrived at the booth. "So how you want to do this?"

"Let's put it up first. So this thingy goes here, and this goes up here."

"But what about that thing and this thing?" True playfulness started to come out of their voices as they exchanged 'things.'

"And this long thing goes where?" Sora asked.

"Beats me. I still think that thing goes here, not there."

"Yeah, those 'things' you say are called planks. It's wood if you're wondering." A different voice joined in.

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Please review; I'm sleepy so I won't say anything more.

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