DISCLAIMER: I do not own RUGRATS or "Song For You" by LastPageFirst

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the late update, I've been fairly stuck on this part of the song. I was finally able to type something worth keeping around and found myself rather pleased by the end of the chapter. I originally intended to post a longer chapter and have go into the next two lines but decided this would stand alright alone. Hope you all like it!

Thanks to El-Queso, ff, Caramello and Acepilot6. Your uplifting comments pushed me to not give up and continue this story. =)

The lyrics of the song will be italicized and bolded.

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Of Hot Chocolate and Snowflakes

the kids that i hung out with
they used to laugh at you

It was scorching hot, it was hard to believe that summer was nearing the end and autumn was just around the corner. Wiping the beads of sweat off his forehead with the back of his head, Phil collapsed onto the patch of grass beneath him.

"Finally, man!" his teammate yelled as he fell onto his back. "I thought you were never going to take a break."

Phil laughed as he reached for his water bottle. "We're juniors next year Mike. We won't make varsity from taking breaks."

"When did you turn into such a hard worker, Deville?" joked his other friend, Sean, earning a sarcastic laugh from Phil.

Silence fell amongst the three friends and Phil opted to laying back against the grass. He busied himself by throwing the soccer ball up and catching it on his own. A few minutes passed before Mike and Sean talked idly about the upcoming school year before snickering from under their breaths.

"Check it out. Someone thinks its Halloween," chuckled Mike as Phil turned to look. He sat up, resting against his elbows to see a familiar Asian dressed up in costume.

Sean busted out laughing before nudging Phil. "Hey Deville, don't you know her?"

As if on cue, Kimi smiled widely before calling out to him. "Phil!" She waved cheerfully as Phil contemplated whether to laugh or groan.

"You know she looks pretty cute even with the costume," Sean voiced, rather seriously. "Introduce us Phil."

He shot Sean an annoyed look. Ignoring the comments being made from his friends and their laughter, Phil rose from his spot off the grass and jogged toward Kimi. "Hey. New statement?" She grinned brightly as he approached her.

"Ha. Ha," Kimi pouted as she rolled her eyes. "I told you the anime convention is today."

"Oh right," nodded Phil as he looked over what appeared to be an oversized black karate gi. He nearly forgot Kimi fell in love with anime while in Japan. She even managed to convince his sister to watch a few shows with her. "So what are you? A martial arts master?"

Kimi frowned again as she placed her hands on her hips. "I'm a shimigami! I swear Phil, just watch one episode of Naruto or Bleach. I know you'll enjoy it as much as I do. Please?"

Phil laughed as he shook his head. She had been bugging him even before returning home for him to start watching so that they could talk about the storyline together but he told her video games was enough of an addiction. "I'll think about it." He ruffled her hair, with a grin, pleased he shot up a few inches since the start of summer. "Why does your hair look so different?"

"Stop," Kimi scolded as she swatted his hand away. She spent majority of the morning trying to flip her hair the right way. "If you watched the show, you'd know why."

"I can't believe you cut your hair just for one event." He decided to leave out the thought that her shoulder length hair was slowly growing on him. His eyes dropped to her hips. "Cool, is that a sword."

"Yeah. Jeez, boys and your toys," she replied as he pulled the wooden sword from the scabbard and began swinging it around. "You sure you don't want to come?"

"Nah," he declined as he handed back the make-shift weapon. "I saw my sister before leaving the house with her hair dyed pink. I don't even want to know what kind of get up you both plan to put me in."

"You don't have to dress up. It just adds to the experience," Kimi explained as she smiled at the thought. Phil chuckled as he glanced at his friends as she followed his gaze. "Are you practicing for next season?"

"Yeah," nodded Phil as his friends looked in their direction, laughing, earning a puzzled look from Kimi. "They find your outfit wildly amusing you know."

Kimi frowned as she stuck tongue at the boys. "Your friends can be jerks sometimes. Like I care what they think." She huffed and glanced up at Phil. "Well, I should go. I told Lil I would try to convince you to come with us before going over to your place."

"Sorry, maybe next time," Phil suggested half-heartedly as Kimi waved him off. "Have fun! Bring me back a souvenir!"

"Whatever Phil," Kimi called over her shoulder as he laughed.

Phil watched her leave the park and disappear in the distance before returning to his friends. Since her return from Japan, that was pretty much the basis of their friendships. Interactions between the two were more frequent but short and comfortable. He appreciated that things were that way.

Later that night, Phil laid in bed with his eyes glued onto the television screen. Music played quietly in the background but his attention was on playing Call of Duty online with Chuckie and Tommy. They were in the middle of ambushing an opposing team when a package fell on his chest.

"Ow! What the heck Lil?" whined Phil as he sat up glaring at his sister. The package rolled onto the bed.

"Is Lil home?" Tommy piped up on his headset earning a chuckle from Chuckie. It was no secret between the three that Tommy had a crush on his twin sister.

"Kimi asked me to give you that," Lil said as she plopped on the bed, snatching the controller away from him to play. "You should have came."

"Not my thing," Phil sighed as he picked up the package curiously.

"Hey nice kill Phil!" Tommy complimented, as Phil glanced to the screen just in time to see Lil take down five enemies.

"I'm not playing. Lil is," laughed Phil, knowing very well how good his sister was on the xBox. She was a secret gamer at heart.

He ignored jokes from Chuckie as Tommy flustered over compliments to Lil he wanted Phil to relay. Phil turned his attention back to the package and flipped the bag over. A pentagon shape object to drop into his palm. "What is this?"

"You said you wanted a souvenir," commented Lil as she peeked at the object from the corner of her eye before smiling.

"Yeah but what is it?" Phil asked again ignoring the curious questions being voiced by Tommy and Chuckie. He stared at the wooden object that appeared to have a skull on it and held it up by the rope attached to it.

"Ask Kimi, but she'll probably tell you to just watch the anime," laughed Lil as tossed the controller back to her brother. "Kimi and I are going to log on. We'll teach you boys how to really play."

-TBC-

SIDE NOTE: I like everything else but the ending for both scenes. It seems rather incomplete. All wells, something to edit later! Please review!