The Moon and The Star
Written By: x-Kuroi Neko-x
"Sometimes they come together
Sometimes each one alone
Moon sad under a starless sky
Star crying in a moonless night"
17 days till the 20th... Very special thing comming up till then!
"I-Its okay, you don't have to tell me anymore…I understand," Kuro assured with a smile.
"I'm sorry Joannu, but it's just between the people who were there…" Olette said.
Everyone soon had to leave because Yuffie' parent didn't want her friends to stay past eight at their house. On the way home as Kuro walked around the puddles from the rain that had passed she started thinking of her memories. Memories of that photo of Kisho and that hazel eyed girl, memories when she first met Kisho, and her memories of her promise…
December had soon fallen upon Twilight Town, and its residences. Everyday it's always seemed to be colder and colder from the winter season. Even though many weeks passed since Yuffie's birthday party, Kuro could never forget why Kisho just ran like that, but her relationship with Kisho didn't really get affected by it though.
"I can't believe it's finally winter break!" Kuro sighed happily as she sat on Joannu's bed. She and Olette were hanging out in Joannu and Leiko's room as usual.
"Oh yeah Kuro, are you spending Christmas with your family this year?" Joannu asked.
"No, they've got a lot of business trips this holiday. Why?"
"Well, since Leiko's and Joannnu's parents are stinkin' rich, we're wondering if you wanted to spend the whole holiday with us and the rest of the gang," Olette smiled.
"Yeah, on an all expense paid trip!" Joannu added. Lcuky for her Leiko had a wild party last night with Kisho, and fell asleep.
"Sure, I'll come." Kuro smiled, "But where are we going?"
"Just on the other side of Twilight Town," Joannu giggled for some unknown reason, "Today's Friday, so if you plan on coming you have to finish packing on Sunday, cause were leaving on that day!"
"Okay, I will." Kuro was really looking forward to this.
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It was soon Sunday (A/N: Time flies by quickly doesn't it? XD) the day of the Winter Break trip for Kuro and friends.
"How much luggage are you bringing Joannu!" Olette exclaimed seeing that the trunk of her car was over loaded.
"Just a little bit more!" Joannu laughed nervously as she continued stuffing in her bags.
"So how are the guys going to the hotel?" Kuro asked.
"Well Olette, Hayner, and Riku got all their licenses…but Hayner does have his car in a repair shop, so they're their all probably gonna cram up in Riku's car…" Joannu replied.
"Oh I see," Kuro said, "but isn't there like seven of them?"
"Hey people!" Kisho greeted, walking up to the girls with his bags.
"Hi Kisho, shouldn't you be with the guys?" Olette asked.
"Yeah…um, you see…Riku's car is only has five seats and they're already having trouble with fitting all of them. And then they pushed me out saying that I should ride with you guys...So can I?" Kisho begged.
"Yeah sure, but that's only if you don't have too much luggage," Olette said pointing at Joannu's overloaded cargo.
"Okay, thanks!" Kisho thanked Olette as he put his bags away before going into the car.
In the seats, Leiko was the navigator, Olette the driver and in the back staring from the left were Kisho, Kuro(being in the middle), and Joannu.
Earlier before the seating plan…
"C'mon Jin, just switch seats with me! I don't wanna sit beside this jerk!" Kuro begged. Kisho heard this and just shot her a quick glare.
"Nope, sorry. But I feel uncomfortable without the window, and I know Kane feels the same way, obviously... And think of it this way…You get to sit beside Kishiri!"
"You are soo mean!" Kuro glared.
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Throughout the whole ride, Kuro and Kisho were silent. But Joannu kept talking away while Olette ignored everything and fought with Leiko as she just read the map to help navigate.
"This is soo boring!" Kuro thought.
Kisho was fast asleep and was leaning on the window. Kuro just stared at the boy.
"How can he sleep like that?" she said quietly to herself.
Olette made a sudden turn in the road causing Kisho to fall on his side, making him fall onto Kuro's shoulder.
"Eek!" Kuro began blushing madly.
"Aww...you two look like a real couple!" Joannu squealed. Earning a high five from Leiko.
"Shut up!"
Kisho began opened his eyes slowly, but still had a dazed look on his face. He just stared at Kuro who gave him a glare/if-you-don't-get-off-I'm-gonna-kill-you kind of look. Kisho didn't even say a word he just leaned back to his side and continued leaning on the window as support.
"Idiot…" Kuro mumbled.
As Kisho fell into his deep slumber, he began to dreaming.
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"Kurori, wait!" Kisho begged as he ran for the raven haired girl through the park.
She suddenly stopped with her back still turned towards Roxas.
"Leave me alone…" Kurori said quietly.
"Kurori, just tell me what's wrong. I feel like I did something wrong when I watched you run off like that…"
"Just go away!" She yelled.
"No Kurori, I love you. And I can't just watch you continue sulking like this…" Kisho put his hand on her shoulder.
Kurori turned around from this gesture and stared at his falu red eyes with a mad expression. When she did, Kisho could see her hazel brown eyes shining as the tears continued to fall. He felt so much guilt as he watch the girl cry.
"Liar!" she exclaimed, "You're such a liar you know that? You don't love me. I'm just a replacement for that girl and you know it! You keep on saying that it isn't true, but it is!"
Kisho was shocked, "W-what are you talking about?"
"Kisho…I loved you for as long as I can remember…but I know now that you don't even care about me that much," Kurori put her head down as the tears still continued to fall.
"H-how can you say that? I love you way more than her. She's just in the past now!"
"What are you talking about? I see the way you are when you talk about her. And when you smile at me, that smile isn't even for me…it's for the girl that looks like me…I know you still think about her, and you're still waiting for her to come back!"
Kisho just stood there…what could he say to her? He realized that everything she just said was true…he could never forget about his childhood friend.
Tear still continued to flow from Kurori's eyes. She wiped it off with the back of her hand, then tried her hardest to smile, "Kisho…I hope you find her again someday," more tears began to begin spilling again as she dashed off away from the blonde boy, leaving him standing there alone.
"…I can't belive lost you too..." Kisho said as he stared into the direction where Kurori could no longer be seen. He fell on his knees and began to cry too… "I'm so stupid. First that girl, and now her too…what's wrong with me?"
"Kisho…"a little girl's voice called out from the distance.
"Huh?" he lifted up his head and began looking around.
"Here I am!" Kisho turned around to see a little girl with short black hair and innocent deep ocean blue eyes in front of him.
"Hey, aren't you that girl I made my promise to?"
"Yup, that's me! So are you still gonna keep it?" she asked innocently.
"I don't think I can…I mean, it's been like what eleven years? And I even broke Kurori's heart because of this…"
"Aww…don't worry you find me soon enough if try looking harder!" She smiled.
Just then everything began to fade away into a white oblivion.
"W-what's happening?" Kisho said standing up.
"Kisho…" a feminine voice pierced through the emptiness.
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Kisho…hello?" she continued to call out.
"Kuroru? No it can't be Kurori it's-"
"HOLY CRAP! Just wake up already!" someone began shaking Kisho vigorously.
Kisho jolted from his slumber and turned his head to see Kuro's face closer than usual. Kuro blushed at Kisho's sudden reaction, but snapped out of it and pushed the boy.
"Jeez…how can you sleep like that? Everyone's already in thier rooms, and here I am being forced to wake you up for the last twenty minutes and its cold!" Kuro ranted.
Kisho just stared at her with and arched eyebrow.
"Ugh! I give up, I'm going in the hotel," Kuro said shivering as she went out of the car to grab her bags.
Kisho soon came out of the car and grabbed his belongings too and followed Kuro towards the elevator.
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In the elevator, Kuro was just standing as she continued to look at the numbers go higher as the elevator went up, while Kisho was deep in thought as he leaned against the wall.
"That dream…when I woke up I saw Kuro. Could my promise girl be Kuro? Naa…she couldn't be, Kuro told me she moved to Destiny Islands…but still…" Kisho began stealing glances at the quiet girl beside him.
Kuro began getting ticked off seeing what the boy was doing at the corner of her eye, "What are you looking at?"
"N-nothing!" Kisho exclaimed quickly as a blush crept on to his face.
"Whatever…" Kuro turned her face to look at a different direction, "he's just as weird as usual…" she thought.
Soon the elevator stopped signaling the two that it was their stop. The two separated ways, seeing that their rooms were at the opposite sides of the hallway. Kuro was rooming with Olette, and Joannu, Sora with Riku, Wakka with Ven. While Kisho, Hayner and Pence shared a room for three. And Leiko? Wanted to be at peace. Something about being bugged by Ven, and her siblings too much.
When Kuro reached the room she dropped her bags near the bed she claimed as hers and just fell down backwards on the huge bed, "Finally, no Kisho!" She thought.
The bathroom door opened causing Kuro to sit up straight.
"Hey Kuro!" Olette greeted.
"Hi," Kuro smiled.
"Oh, were supposed to meet the others right now in the lobby. Sora and Joannu arranged the group meeting."
"What's it about?"
"Something about Christmas I think, anyways let's go before we're late!" Olette smiled as she opened the door.
"Okay then," Kuro stood up and followed the brunette girl out the room.
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"Now then everyone…since our group is starting to get bigger now with our latest addition, Kuro. Me and Sora came up with the idea that this year we should do a Kris Kringle!" Joannu announced. (A/N: For those of you who don't know what a Kris Kringle is, it's an event for Christmas where you pick a name out of a hat and you only have to give a present to that person. But of course it has to be a secret! XD)
Everyone thought it was cool idea to save money and everything, so they all agreed.
"Okay that's good. So, two weeks from now is Christmas. And obviously that's your dead line, now line up in front of me and get your names then go to Jin so she can record it," Sora stated.
Since everyone was too lazy to line up in an orderly fashion they trampled poor little Sora in order to get the names out of the white baseball cap that he was holding. They all did this because either; 1) It was just plain old fun to do that, and 2) they were all too lazy to go in a line. But mostly they were all going for choice number one.
They all took a piece of paper and read the name to themselves before they went up to Joannu (A/N: Oh yeah if you want to find out who they all got for their Kris Kringle thing, you can see it at the end of the chapter! XD). When Kuro unfolded the piece of paper she began glaring at it.
"How come I knew this was going to happen?" She thought as she stared at the paper which read 'Kisho.'
Kisho did the same as he stared at the paper, "Why is it always her?"
They all soon showed the papers that showed their Kris Kringle names to Joannu before chatting away in the lobby room.
"Hey guys, since Kisho, Hayner, and Pence's room is the biggest why don't we hang out there!" Ven suggested getting ready to go to the elevator.
"Yeah!" They all agreed with Ventus.
"Hey! Don't we get a say in this!" Hayner exclaimed, but he was actually the only one protesting against it, "Fine then!" He joined the rest in the elevator.
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"So what do we do?" Leiko asked sitting on the floor like most of them.
"I know, how about Monopoly?" Kisho said pulling the board game from under his bed.
"Yeah sure, I'm so gonna own you all!" Ven exclaimed.
"I don't really wanna play. So I'll just be banker," Wakka said.
They all agreed and chose thier pieces. It was about six o'clock when they all started playing, but around eight Ven, Leiko, Pence and Hayner were all bankrupt; followed by Riku and Olette by nine.
"This game is taking to long! I give up," Sora sighed.
"Okay then," Kisho said putting away all of his friend's pieces.
"My roll," Kuro got an eight, "Okay, I land on community chest. Alright, collect fifty dollars from every player!"
Kisho gave his money away like it was nothing, but Joannu on the other hand sighed.
"That's it Kuro, I have no places to mortgage. So I'm totally bankrupt!" she smiled in defeat.
"Aww…can't you just get a loan?" Kuro pouted.
Joannu shook her head, "Sora's right this game is taking too long," Joannu sat beside her cute brunette boyfriend and watched the two blondes game.
"Suit your self then," Kuro shrugged.
"So it's just you and me, Kuro," Kisho smirked as he grabbed the dice.
"I guess so," Kuro smirked back at her competition.
The dice began to roll and stopped at six, "Okay, one, two, three, four, five, six…Boardwalk, damn!" Kisho exclaimed.
"Hah! Since I have hotel that adds up to two thousand dollars! Now pay up!" Kuro laughed triumphantly.
"Eh, that's nothing. I still have another five thousand you know!"
"Whatever, with your money, I have officially six thousand five hundred!"
The game got more intense now that the others were out of the game. Every place was soon bought by the two blondes and they wouldn't give up. Ven, Leiko, Hayner, Sora, Pence, and even their banker Wakka were all asleep.
"Jeez, give it up already! It's two in the morning!" Riku exclaimed.
"Never!" Kisho stated glaring at the silver haired boy.
"Yeah, you're just a soar loser!" Kuro added.
"I don't care anymore! C'mon Jin!" Olette and Joannu just flipped the game board over and mixed up all the pieces.
"You people are crazy!" Kisho exclaimed.
"What was that for?" Kuro yelled.
"Who cares? We all just wanna sleep, and you two need it too!" Joannu exclaimed waking up the others from all the yelling. "Damn it Jin! I need sleep!" Leiko whinned as she pushed Ven of her back.
Everyone was going back to their rooms while Kisho and Kuro sighed. The two just put back all the pieces before Kuro went back to her room.
(The Kris thingy list)
Joannu– Riku
Sora – Wakka
Riku - Leiko
Kisho– Kuro
Kuro– Kisho
Ventus– Joannu
Leiko– Pence
Wakka – Olette
Olette – Hayner
Pence - Ventus
Hayner – Sora