Hey everyone...this is the last chapter. It's over! Oh no! I can't believe this is the last before-chapter note thingie of this story! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter...and if you don't then you're a meanie!
Disclaimer (the last one for this...T.T): I do not own Kingdom Hearts...I wish I did. But I do own a little box with a CD inside that says "Kingdom Hearts" on the outside. So HA! I DO own it!
Riku rushed back into the kitchen and grabbed Sora by the shirt collar and slammed him against the wall.
"What did you say to her?! Answer me Sora! What did you do?!" Riku demanded.
"I...ack...she, Riku can -cough- can you put me down so I can explain?" Riku growled, then lowered Sora on to the ground.
"Thank you." Sora sigh, "Let me just start from the beginning."
"Ok" Riku replied and took a long breath to calm down.
"After I dumped Kairi and saw that you were going out with her, I started to get jealous and want her back. Then I saw Sayomi, and she...well she...you know what? I don't want to see her get hurt any more because of me. Riku, Sayomi likes you. I mean really likes you. And she probably always has. I mean she is still a girl technically, you know? So I told her that we should pretend to be dating to make you guys jealous. I guess, I just didn't expect to fall in love with her. And the whole Kairi thing just... I was being selfish." Sora explained and sighed, he felt that he was finally getting everything off his chest.
"Ok...Then why is she mad at me?" Riku asked.
"Well...uh...er...you see... I kind of told her about how we were competing to win her...and I kinda messed up the words and it came out more like it was just another competition and--"
"Gotcha. Sora--"
"You know what Riku? Go to her. I don't deserve her. You do. And plus she loves you more anyways, so I want her to be happy." Riku's lips curved up into a smirk after Sora's statement.
"Oh come on Sora, stop trying to play the valient, self sacrificing hero for once." Riku joked.
"Shut up Riku! I'm serious!" Sora said as he punched Riku in the arm and pouted.
"hehe, so now you're admitting that you're intentionally being sappy--" Riku remarked.
"Rikuuu!" Sora whined. Riku chuckled and waved as he walked out of the kitchen. He stopped at the entry way and faced Sora to say, "Sora...thanks" And walked off. He drove off into the street heading over to Sayomi's house to see if she was there.
"Sayomi! Sayo?!! You in there?" Riku shouted as he punded on the door. After a few minutes of no answer, he remembered that he had a spare key to her house incase of an emergency. "Well, I guess this is sort of an emergency." Riku mumbled to himself as he grabbed his keys.
He opened the door and dashed up the stairs to Sayomi's room only to find that it was empty, much like the rest of the house. He ran downstairs and to his car and drove off to other places that she could possibly be, which included the mall, and Riku's house. Riku had searched all the places, but still there was no sign of Sayomi. Then, a thought suddenly struck him, and he knew where she was.
Flashback:
"Hey Riku. I think there's a ghost in there." Sora said as he pointed to the secret cave entrance. The 5 year old Riku frowned at his younger friend grabbing onto his shirt. He listened, and sure enough, there were sobbing noises coming from the cave.
"Sora, there's no such thing as ghosts! Come one, let's go explore it!" Riku suggested.
"N-no...Riku it's too scary!" Sora exclamied.
"Oh come on you scaredy cat." Riku replied as he dragged his tembling friend into the cave. As they made their way into the the dark cave, the sound got louder, until they reached the end and saw a little girl sitting and crying.
"Hey, you ok?" Riku asked. A little Sayomi looked up at them curiously. "You're...Sayomi right? You're the one who came over a couple of weeks ago 'cause your mom is friends with my mom, right?"
"Y-yeah..."
"Oh, hi then! I'm Riku, and this is my best friend Sora." Riku explained.
"Oh, hi..." Sayomi replied.
"So why were you crying?" Sora asked curiously.
"oh...because I asked this one boy...Seifer if I could play with him. And he said I couldn't because I was a girl and was supposed to play with other girls." Sayomi explained.
"Oh, so why don't you?" Riku asked.
"Because, they pretend to be princesses and play with barbies. I hate doing those!"
"Really? I don't think I ever met a girl who doesn't like barbies! I don't like them either. Hey, you can play with us. And be our best friend too!" Riku offered.
"really? Okay!" Sayomi accepted.
"Come on, let's go!" Sora exclaimed.
"Wait, Sora we haveta draw this here. Come on, we can all draw ourselves on the wall in this place, and it can be like our secret place!" Riku explained.
"Okay!" Everyone agreed. They set out to draw portraits of each other on the wall with stones, they we all holding hand and smiling. And over the top was written "Best Friends", although the 'E' was turned around and it was kind of scribbled handwriting.
End Flashback.
Riku went down to the docks and saw that Sayomi's car was parked, and her boat was gone.
"She must be there." Riku thought to himself. He got out of the car and sprinted towards his boat, and as fast as he could, rowed down to the little island. As soon he tied up his boat, Riku ran down the sandy beach and past the water fall to the entrance of the secret place. He ducked down and walked into the opening, as he advanced his way farther into the cave, he could hear someone was in there. 'It has to Sayomi' Riku thought. He made it to the end of the cave, and in the opening, saw Sayomi sitting, hugging her knees.
She looked up to meet Riku's aquamarine eyes. They held that glance for just a second, before she turned away. Riku started going towards her.
"Sayomi, I'm --"
"Just save it Riku!" Sayomi yelled angrily. Riku got closer and tried to touch her shoulder, but she just slapped his hand away. Riku crouched down infront of her and just looked at her for a moment.
"Sayomi I'm sorry!" Riku apologized quickly before she could interupt again. Sayomi slowly turned to him and stared into his eyes. "Just let me explain..." Sayomi was silent after this and stared at him, giving him the sign that she was listening.
"I love you. I love you so much. And I'd never mean to hurt you--"
"Then why did you do it? You don't love me, it was all an act...so you could try and be better than Sora...again" Sayomi interupted again.
"I didn't mean to. I don't think you fully understood what Sora was saying...he was being his usual retarded self and got the words mixed. It was all real Sayomi. Look, I knew you 2 had some sort of agreement, and I found out. I realized that it was you I really loved. And at the party, I kind of told Sora that I would take you from him...ehehe. But Sayomi, we both really love you. I promise, we weren't meaning to hurt you so much. I'm sorry. And if you still hate me, that's fine. Just thought you wanted to know..." Riku explained. He got up and started walking away. Sayomi just sat there for a moment taking in what she had just heard. Then she finally spoke.
"Riku... just..." Riku walked back crouched back down. He took Sayomi's chin and brought her lips to his. They kissed deeply like this for a while. At first Sayomi was shocked, but a little bit more into the kiss, she relaxed and started kissing back. They broke it off and just stared into each other's eyes.
"I'm sorry" Riku said softly. "I'm really sorry. I promise, I wasn't just acting like I liked you. I really do."
"Riku...no, I'm sorry for confusing you and..."
"It doesn't matter. I love you Sayo." Sayomi went to hug him.
"I love you too." Riku got up and offered a hand to help Sayomi up too. Then, he started smirking and Sayomi had a confused look on her face.
"hehehe. I win." Riku stated jokingly, but still looking a bit cocky.
"Riku, are you really going to do this again? You guys are so competitive. It drives me crazy! Ugh! I mean, really, you two should--" Riku cut her off with a quick peck on the lips.
"Just kidding." He said with a laugh .
"Rikuuu!" Sayomi whined. He just chuckled and then smirked again. "What is it now?" Sayomi asked. He walked towards the scratched out picture that they had drawn together when they were little.
"Now what's this?" Riku asked as he pointed to the now ruined picture.
"Oh...ehehe...heh...ummmm" Sayomi replied nervously.
"Sayo?" Riku raised an eyebrow. She just laughed nervously and started heading towards the exit of the cave. Riku caught her wrist and turned her around.
"It's ok. We can draw a new one." Riku tossed her a sharp rock and motion for her to come to a bare spot on the wall. Riku got on his knees and started to carve a picture of Sayomi into the wall. Sayomi followed and drew a picture of Riku. They were next to each other and had a heart and a paopu fruit between their heads. It was obviously a better drawing than the one they had all carved when they were 5.
"Good work." Riku stated as he stood up. "Think Sora's gonna be pissed?" Sayomi giggled.
"meh, probably. But then again, he's probably gonna be all pouty."
"Ah yes, Sora and his pout." The two laughed as they left the cave. When they exited, they found said boy lying on the beach taking a nap. He had probably came to see if everything went ok.
"Hey Sora, wake up!" Sayomi yelled as she pushed him into the ocean.
"Gah! Cold!" Sora screamed as he ran out of the water. "Oh hey, soooo...are you?...you know..."
"What? oh yeah." Riku replied. Sora looked kind of down after that, and Sayomi noticed.
"Sora, come on. I love you too...just in a different way! And don't worry. If Riku ever pisses me off, which he probably will, I'll come to you!" Sayomi explained trying to cheer him up.
"Whatever. I'll try to be with Kairi again. I mean I kinda feel sorry for her. And you guys totally deserve eachother."
"Thanks Sora!" Sayomi said happily as she kissed his cheek and hugged him.
"Yeah, yeah..." Sora replied still a bit depressed. But he got over it pretty quickly. I mean Sora is way too nice. I mean he even forgave Riku who almost killed him, when he was possesed, but same difference.
"Hey!" Riku shouted jealously.
"Well, since you guys are all boyfriend and girlfriend-y now...what do you want to do? We still have some time until the sun sets." Sora asked.
"Um...wanna race for...um... doing the winners chores for the week?" Riku suggested.
"Yeah!" Sora replied.
"Riku! You do realize that this is exactely what got us into this mess, don't you?" Sayomi asked as she shook her head.
"Yeah, but it was amusing, no?" Riku replied with a smirk.
"Do you want me to break up with you and choose Sora?"
"Nope. Just kidding Sayomi" Riku said while pulling her cheek. And then he leaned down and leaned her chin up towards his face and started kissing her, again. Much to Sora's dismay.
"You guys! Really, are you going to be like this now all the time?" Sora asked with a look of annoyment on his face.
"hehe, sorry Sora!" Sayomi responded as she ruffled his hair.
"But, what are we going to do?" Riku asked, still a bit bored.
"umm...hide and seek?!" Sora exclaimed as he got the idea.
"Sora, tsk tsk, you're so childish sometimes." Sayomi complained. "...but...hehe, hide and seek sounds really fun right now!"
"See, I told you!" Sora said as he grinned. :So who's it?"
"Not it!" All called out simultaneously.
"I say, tallest is it." Sayomi suggested as she tried to smirk.
"Me too! I agree"
"Hey! I don't wanna be--" Riku was cut off as Sayomi and Sora ran off. "Hey Sora, wait. I'll be it on one condition."
"Yeah, what is it?" Sora asked curiously.
"hehe, just don't happen to go into the secret place." Riku explained nervously. He soon started to count loudly, cutting off anything Sora tried to ask.
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The End
I can't believe it's finally over! As for a sequel...I don't know...can't think of one right now. But maybe. Well, I'd like to thank all my reviewers for reviewing this whole time...and they would be:
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So this is the end of the story...T.T ooki!