Chapter 3

I decided to go look for Riku. I saw that I was wearing a long shirt, but I didn't care. I wasn't going to stay here for long anyway. Or so I thought. I pushed open the door and saw some people. They didn't notice me. Yuffie, Sora and a guy with blond hair and icy blue eyes were talking to each other, or arguing.

"She can't stay here." The blond guy said. They were obviously talking about me.

"But she doesn't remember anything, Cloud! Where else can she go?" Yuffie said.

'So his name was Cloud.'

"That's not our problem." Cloud said.

"You're so mean! What if it was you who's lost their memories? How would you feel if we threw you out?"

"I would go and find my memories"

"Oh right. I almost forgot. You don't have any emotions! You wouldn't care! Argh! You're just like Squall!" Yuffie spat.

"It's Leon" Some guy, who obviously was Squall/Leon, said. "Cloud's right. Besides it's much too dangerous with the heartless. She's already been attacked once."

"Hey guys, I have an idea." Sora said. "If she can learn to fight in three days, we let her stay. If she can't, she has to go."

"Fine by me" Leon said. Cloud nodded and Yuffie hesitated but then sighed and said "Fine"

Then Riku came in with some clothes. Hedid spot me.

"Ah Riku! We were just deciding if we'd let the girl stay or not." Cloud said.

"Her name is Jen and she's standing right behind you" Riku said. They turned around and looked at me. I looked down and went back into the room. I heard Riku say

"You guys are so stupid! How could you have not seen her standing there?"

He came in and closed the door. I sat down on the bed. Riku gave me the clothes.

"You'd better go change in there" He said, while pointing at a room I never noticed was there. It was a bathroom. It was painted black and red, my favourite colours. I quickly slipped out of the large shirt and put on the clothes Riku gave me. They were just normal jeans and a black T-shirt. I was glad he didn't give me a skirt or something pink. I hate that!

Anyway, the clothes fit perfectly. I walked out and noticed Riku was still there. He looked up.

"Hey are y- "

"I'm fine." I interrupted because I knew what he was gonna say. "I heard what they decided and I'm okay with it, I guess."

"What did they decide?" Riku asked.

"If I can learn how to fight in three days, I can stay and if I can't, then I'll go. And I want you to teach me." I said because Riku was the only one I trusted. Riku smirked.

"Me? I would be honoured." He said. I smiled.

"Good. Now, who do I tell?"

"I guess you should tell Cloud." Riku said and told me where to find him.

I walked down the hall when I ran into another woman. She had long brown hair, tied together in a braid and green eyes.

"Hello. I'm Aerith" she said.

"Uh…yeah hi! Are you the one that healed me?"

"Yes, that's right." She said kindly.

"Oh…thanks then…I guess…" I really didn't know what to say. I didn't even know these people.

"If you need anything, just come to me, okay?" She said.

"Okay great!" I smiled and walked further. I arrived at Cloud's room not much later. I knocked, but nobody answered. So I opened the door. I guess he didn't hear me because he was standing outside on the balcony, staring over town. I was about to say something when he sighed and said

"I love you, Aerith" I was confused.

"Then why don't you tell her?" I asked. He jumped and turned around.

"W-what I didn't say anything!" Now I was even more confused.

"Yeah you did. You said 'I love you, Aerith' " His eyes widened.

"I didn't say that, I thought that!"

"Wait. What? Are you saying I can read minds?" Then I realized something. "Wait! I remember! I can read minds!" I said. Cloud looked at me weird.

"That's strange. So can Riku." He said. My eyes widened.

"What! Oh no no no. Please tell me you're kidding!"

"I'm not." He said dryly.

'Oh god! That means he heard me think that I thought he was hot' I stormed out of the room and back to the 'living room'. Riku was there, watching TV. I stood in front of him and said.

"Why didn't you tell me you can read people's minds?" He looked up at me and smirked.

"I thought it would be fun to read your mind and guess what? It was."

'Luckily she can't read my mind' I heard Riku think. I smiled.

"Oh but I can read your mind, Riku" I said. His eyes widened a little, but then he smirked again and said.

"But you didn't hear anything I would find embarrassing." My smile faded.

"You really heard that?" I asked. His smirk got even bigger. He stood up and walked away. Then he turned around and said

"Yeah, I did"

I stormed at him, but suddenly Sora came out of nowhere and stopped me.

"Let me go!" I yelled. "I'm gonna kill him and that stupid smirk of his!" But Sora held me even tighter and I couldn't move.

"What happened?" Sora asked.

"That asshole didn't tell me he could read minds" I hissed, still struggling to get out of Sora's grasp.

"Yeah and now I know she thinks I'm hot."

Then suddenly some guy with a beard came in and put a friggen' Stop-spell on me! Bastards! Sora let me go and faced the man.

"Merlin! What are you doing here?" Sora asked.

"Hello Sora. I heard there was some kind of problem here and I know how to fix it." Merlin said. "Why don't you get the others?" Sora nodded and left. I still couldn't move so the only thing I saw was Riku, still smirking. 'I'm so gonna kill you when I can move again' I thought and I knew he could hear me because his smirk go even wider. 'Stop smirking! I hate you! I know you for, what is it, a few hours and I already hate you!'

"But you still think I'm hot" Riku said. Then everybody came in. Sora had already informed them.

"You can unfreeze her now, Merlin" Cloud said.

"Yes, but you might want to make sure she doesn't kill Riku" Merlin said. Sora got back into his position and Merlin unfroze me. I immediately tried to escape, but Sora was to strong.

"You're so dead when I get the chance." I said.

"Everybody sit down" Merlin said. "You too Jen" he continued as everybody sat down.

"As long as you keep him away from me, I'm fine" I said, glaring at Riku, which made him, naturally, smirk even more, if that was possible. I sat down too, as far away from Riku as possible.

"Now, I think we have a little mind-read problem here." Merlin began. "I have an idea. I can make you two not able to read each other's minds"

"Yes, please!" I almost begged. "I don't want him to keep reading my mind and I don't want to know his perverted thoughts either." The others, except Riku of course, agreed. So Merlin fixed it. One problem solved. Now I had to find a way to kill Riku.

"So when are you gonna train?" Yuffie asked me.

"As soon as I find a partner" I answered. "I'm not gonna train with him" I continued.

"Actually, you are" Cloud said. "WE voted on who's gonna train with you and everybody thought it would be best for you to train with Riku" I groaned.

"Do you people hate me or something?" I said. They just laughed and left. Accept Yuffie. She found it necessary to make me even more miserable.

"You have to sleep in Riku's room now, don't you?" She said. I groaned again.

"Why me?" We sat down and talked for a while, but then she went to bed too, leaving me with Riku. I had calmed down a little, but I knew it wouldn't last long.

"Do you have a spare bed?" I asked him.

"No, but you can sleep with me if you want." I felt my anger rising again.

"No, I'll sleep on the couch" I said.

"Whatever you want, ma'am" he turned off the TV and went to his room. I took off my shoes and laid down on the couch. I tried to sleep but I couldn't. It was way too cold and I didn't have a blanket or anything. I just laid there for a while. Then I sighed and stood up. I walked to his door and slowly opened it. He was already sleeping. I tip-toed to his bed and crawled under the blankets, next to Riku. Luckily, the bed was large. So I stayed on one side as far away from him as possible. I knew Riku was gonna make a comment about it in the morning, but hey, at least I was warm.

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