The Tale of the Lost

DnCnChIcK369

Teamwork

A/N: Tehe… see? I'm determined to get to chapter 10 soon since it took me so long to put up chapter 6! You lucky people. I need to do my other stories too… I just like Riku best right now, I guess, lol, and I'm stuck in The Bloodstone Necklace… kinda. I know what I'm gonna do, just not HOW to do it… lol!

Review replies:

Kairi irl: Yeah, I had fun with that chapter. SO much better than chapter 6, dontcha agree? Tehe, I'm not really sure if Riku would cuss. I think when he was THAT confused and/or frustrated, he might… and I know I probably would. I don't think Sora or Kairi would. Meera, however, definitely would. The language will be explained later. Actually, Kairi can read it too, ya know. She pronounced it right. That's the main reason I put that there. To let all you peoples see the pronunciation. XD Lol, anyway, yeah, a lot of stuff is tied in with Meera's story. And I just realized how I kinda made a pun. The woman from last chapter gave Meera a mirror. Lol, that's kinda funny. Meera mirror Meera mirror. I always give you such long replies! Lol, here's a post-holiday spirit candy cane::hands candy cane:: Thanks!

Cauryn Terenkey: Omg, thankies! I can't wait for that chapter either. It's gonna be pretty amusing. I have one certain chapter planned out, and I know that it's BEFORE then. So that's good, it means it isn't TOO far away. This chapter has a lot of Riku's theories as to why she hates him. I think it's kinda funny. Thanks for reviewing::hands post-holiday spirit candy cane::

Well peoples, be warned, the very happy air of this story will soon be shattered. I'll give you a hint. It involves Zopyris. And Meera. And Riku. And Melony. And Graise. And Miranda. And a lot of other people you don't know. Not to mention, it involves Kristal. Did I confuse you yet?

I like doing that!

Wow, already on chapter 8! I feel so proud of myself! Be warned, though, this will probably be the LONGEST Riku/OC story in all of I'm being serious. The plot is very, very intricate and deep and… I'm gonna stop giving things away and taking up your time. Disclaimer is in chapter one. Enjoy!

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Meera and Riku were sitting at a table in some random restaurant in Twilight Town. Meera's feet were up on the table and she was staring into 'The Mirror of the Apocalypse'. She was glad her dress was tight.

Riku was leaning back in his chair, clearly deep in thought, and staring at the sparkling ceiling. A waitress came up to the two.

"Hello! What can I get you two today?" She asked, obviously faking her bright, bubbly cheerfulness. Meera looked up from her mirror and took her feet off of the table.

"Water," she answered simply. Riku looked down and put his chair back, flat, on the ground.

"Coke," Riku answered. (A/N: Do they have soda in Kingdom Hearts? If not, oh well, now they do!)The waitress nodded, wrote it down, and walked away. "Got any ideas yet?"

"Nope."

"Great…" Riku muttered.

'She REALLY doesn't want to help me. Maybe she just hates everybody, in general?' Riku thought, leaning back into his chair again. He grabbed a piece of bread that was on the table and began eating it.

'Maybe I should TELL him why I hate him. No, then that would ruin all my fun. But then again, he might stay away from me if I told him. This is tough… hmm…' Meera thought, tracing the engraved words on her mirror with her finger.

'Well, that wouldn't work since she seemed to like Cloud, and she also seems to like Kairi. And probably Sora, too, but they don't talk too much. No, it's just me. Why does she hate me? What did I DO?' Riku was thinking deeply. There were then more footsteps and the waitress came back with their drinks.

"Thanks," they both said without changing their focus of attention. The waitress raised her eyebrows and did something she wasn't supposed to do. She asked them about their personal lives.

"Okay, are you two like… dating and in a fight or something?" She asked. They both snapped their heads to her and yelled "NO!"

"Oh really? Why do you keep saying everything at the same time, then?" They remained silent. "Fine, fine, I'll butt out. Anything else you want?" Still silent. "Alright then!" She left.

'Maybe she's a vampire and my blood smells bad. That could be it. But then again, don't vampires think ALL blood smells good? I don't think vampires discriminate unless the person HAS no blood. And I'm pretty sure I do, so I guess she isn't a vampire either,' Riku thought, once again leaning back in his chair.

'Ugh… maybe he should dye his hair, get contacts, and then get plastic surgery. Then I might hate him anymore, and I could concentrate on getting Sora and Kairi together. Of course, then I wouldn't need to, because then, I wouldn't care if he yelled at me or used magic around me. Interesting. I could go and paint him while he's asleep. That might work,' Meera thought, suddenly smirking. She put the mirror down and leaned on the table, her head in her hands.

'Maybe… maybe she thinks I'm horrendously hideous. But I'm not… at least, I don't THINK I am… maybe I am though, and no one ever had the guts to tell me before. Or maybe she really DOES think I'm gay, and she's homophobic. My hair IS pretty long, but that's normal. She's probably seen straight guys with longer hair than me. Like Sephiroth. Or maybe… maybe she really DOES think I'm a girl, and she hates me because she thinks I'm lying…' Riku was still thinking.

Meera banged her head against her arms, her nose hitting the table.

'Must get Sora and Kairi together… get Sora and Kairi together… forget about who you're helping… focus on the task at hand…' Meera was thinking in between each bang. She suddenly sat up and rubbed her nose. "Ouch…"

'Maybe she's suicidal because she knew someone with silver hair who died and I remind her of them so she gets pissed at me… no, wrong emotions. That wouldn't work. Still possible that that happened, but I don't think that's why she hates ME…' Riku thought. He didn't even notice her rubbing her now red nose.

'Okay… I can do this… maybe we should go to a library and check out a matchmaking book… meh…' Meera thought.

'Maybe she likes me and she's only saying that she doesn't so I won't know. Nope, that one can't me it either…' Riku thought.

'Oh! I know!' Meera thought. "I've got one!" She exclaimed, shaking Riku out of his thoughts. He stared at her expectantly. "We can lock them in a closet together!"

"As genius as that is, it would probably work for people who don't openly like each other. Kairi doesn't think he likes her, and Sora doesn't think she likes him. They like each other, but are too scared that the other doesn't like them back to do anything," Riku explained, Meera giving him a sour look. "Good plan B, though!"

'And he has a better idea? I don't think so! Ugh, another reason not to like him,' Meera thought.

'Maybe we should have just done that. I just gave her another reason to hate me. But at least I'm honest! Wait a sec… wasn't one of my ideas earlier that she hated me because she thought I WASN'T honest? I'm contradicting my own brain…' Riku thought. The waitress came back then.

"Still haven't worked things out then?" She asked them. The both glared at her and she noticed Meera's red nose, raising an eyebrow.

"There isn't anything to work out. We're trying to get two of our friends together. We don't like each other. We just decided to work together toward a common goal," Meera explained, clearly getting annoyed with the meddling waitress.

"Oh! That's all? Just stick them under a mistletoe, or hold a masque ball. Either would work, it's nearing Christmas anyway," She told them. They exchanged a weird look.

"It's only October, and right now the worlds seem to be warmer than normal," Riku told her.

"Then take them to Halloween Town and shove them through the tree to Christmas Town! There's bound to be plenty of mistletoe there! And then you could throw a masque too, just to be sure! Or you could even do both!" The waitress exclaimed.

"THAT'S IT!" Meera and Riku yelled at the same time, jumping up from their seats and running toward the door and fighting to get out first.(A/N: Yes, it is a small door.)

"I wonder if they need to pay for the drinks since they didn't even touch them…" The waitress said, taking a sip of Riku's untouched Coke. "At least there was some excitement here today!"

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A/N: I had fun with that, can you tell? You can thank Sailor Moon fics for the matchmaking ideas, tehehe. So here is Meera's mental list:

1) Hate Zopyris

2) Hate Riku

3) Find mistletoe

4) Tell Kairi about the trip to Halloween Town

5) Nag Riku until he tells Sora

6) Find a dress and mask

7) Make sure said dress covers right shoulder

And I put that in there for your own benefit… how'd you like this chapter? I'm not giving people very much time to review each chapter, am I? Next chapter is going to be quite educational, and a bit funny, with a lot of Kairi in it. TTFN!

Alyssa R.T.