Hello everyone! I've actually updated. Not too far off schedule, actually... I'm hoping to finish this before July at the very least. Who wouldn't want Christmas stories all year, though? (laughs)
Now, as to why I haven't updated, here's my list of lame excuses I've prepared, since you'll dub any excuse I give as lame:
1. Drama Club has taken over my life (Senior Show was fun, even if I was home less than two hours the week before the play. XD)
2. School has absorbed what little life I have left
3. I needed to finish an AMV for a friend
4. I got Final Fantasy XII (SO worth it!)
5. Got Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (One of the best LoZ in my oppinion)
6. Christmas
7. New Years
8. LOTS of homework
9. Dance
10. Anime Con (Well, most of you probably wouldn't count hanging around a bunch of other KH fans in costume as a lame excuse, but... ah whatever)
11. Found bunches of good music
12. Desperately trying to find Real Emotion International Version (which I finally found with help.)
13. Other things
So that's been my life the past couple weeks. Pretty lame excuses most of them, I'm sure. Anywho, here's the chapter.
Sora glanced around the huge palace known as Disney Castle, but something was different. Instead of shrubs being shaped like different Disney characters, they were all of Donald or Goofy. Confused, he turned to Mikazuki.
Mikazuki shrugged and led Sora inside. "I don't know what's going on, but it's probably chaotic!" he started laughing maniacally.
Sora gave Mikazuki a strange look. "You wouldn't happen to know Xemnas, would you? Or Saïx?"
Mikazuki paused and thought. "We were in the same High School Drama Club. Why do you ask?"1
Before he could inch away from the guardian angel he now saw as nuts, Sora noticed a certain Disney Duck walking by wearing golden robes and—shocker—PANTS!!!!!!2 He pointed. "It's my fault Donald never wore pants...?"
Mikazuki was laughing even harder and pointing at Goofy, who was wearing a business suit.
Goofy went up to Donald and bowed. "Good evening, Your Majesty," he said in a strong British accent. "How is everything in your kingdom?"
"Wonderful, Mr. Goofy," replied Donald. "How is your multi-million interplanetary Gummi Ship corporation going?"
Sora glanced unbelievingly from his former friends as if they were now strangers. "How is it MY fault that Donald wasn't king, didn't wear pants, Goofy talked funny, and didn't own a multi-million corporation?!"
Mikazuki shrugged once again. "I dunno, but maybe they had more time for other things since they weren't babysitting YOU!" He started sniggering again.
Glaring coldly at the supposed guardian, Sora declared that he wanted to leave and check out Hallow Bastion.
"Fine with me," Mikazuki said, regaining his composure slightly.
They teleported to Hallow Bastion.
Riku was prepared this time. He had his Way To Dawn Keyblade drawn and at the ready to strike the next Organization meat-head to show up in his living room. He was chuckling darkly.
Something in a black coat surrounded by rose petals tackled Riku and knocked him to the ground in a hearty glomp. "RIKU!!!!!!"3
All Riku could manage to do was to stare at his groupie. The girl had short brown hair and bright blue eyes. There was a problem with this, though Riku couldn't quite put his finger on it. Then he realized. "Wait, when did another GIRL join the Organization? I thought Larxene was the only one."
The girl stared at him, confused a minute, and then glanced down at his clothes. "I didn't wear Larxene's clothes again, did I?" When she'd made sure, she gave Riku a funny look. "What are you talking about? I don't look THAT girly, do I?"
That's when it clicked. This person who'd tackled him was a HE, not a SHE. Riku started gagging as the Organization member continued the introduction.
"I'm Marluxia, sometimes called Marly. I'm the ghost of Christmas Present!" he said with a grin. "Now, let's get the lead out and go. Shall we?" Marluxia offered his hand.
Riku took one look at the gloved hand and said, "No thanks, I'll walk."4
Either Marluxia ignored the comment or didn't hear it all together. He drew his girly flower scythe with a rose wrapped around the pole5 and took Riku's arm. The two vanished into thin air.
With a loud POP, the two reappeared on the beach. A chilly breeze blew and made Riku shiver, despite the warming sunlight. Marluxia noticed Sora and Kairi dancing to some pop song the DJ was playing and cracked his knuckles.
"That's the punk who beat me!" he shouted as he went to attack the Keyblade Master. He stopped himself and took a deep, steadying breath. "No, I don't want to end up in that place with the men in white coats again," he said. "Calm down, calm down, find your Happy Place." He sighed. "Under control.6
"Anywho," Marluxia continued, back to a happy-go-lucky moron, "doesn't this Christmas look fun? Now, where are you in this party?" He surveyed the area.
"Not here," Riku said calmly. "I'm getting dragged to my Aunt Paddie's this year for Christmas and have to miss out on the fun of tricking Sora and Kairi under the mistletoe or into sharing a Paopu Fruit."
Marluxia started cracking up. "Nice! You should do that!"
Riku shrugged. "I was thinking of coming to their little get-together anyway. His Majesty's supposed to be here and..." he trailed off as he saw Mickey. "All right! He actually came!"
Marluxia smiled. "Well, my job's done!" He banged the bottom of his scythe on the ground.
In a flash of light, Riku was back in his living room. Marluxia reappeared next to him.
"Now, for my payment!" Marluxia said with a grin. Our favorite Kingdom Hearts character to make fun of ran over to the kitchen and pigged out on all the random junk food Riku had out on the table, from Rice Krispie Squares to Liters of soda. He then grinned and vanished.
"You sleaze!" Riku shouted at the place Marluxia had just been. "That was for Sora and Kairi's party!"
A note dropped out of nowhere onto Riku's head. Riku read it slowly. "So long and thanks for all the food."7 He shook his fist at the sky. "I HATE YOU, YOU STUPID FLOWER GIRL!!!!!!!!!"8
1. Believe me, a lot of people in my Drama act a lot like that. Laughing the same as other Drama members, that is. That's how we know we're in Drama Club. XD
2. Dumb joke, I know... (sigh) I'm a loser.
3. Guess who!
4. No, I have no idea where that came from.
5. There was a Marluxia at the con who wound a rose around her scythe. The scythe looked amazing. If you are reading this, Marluxia, it's that Naminé with the Mickey plushie in the Organization Coat! HI!!!!! (lol)
6. XD (dies laughing)
7. Stolen from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," where the original line was "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
8. Riku is REALLY bad with insults, is he not?
Yeah, a bit of a lame update. Gomen Nassai! It took me forever to write! I was really busy.
Anywho, don't worry about reviewing this fic! I'm not gonna ask, since my friend KuroKagome sent me Ze List of all the things you could do in the time it takes to review a fanfic!
Here is Ze List:
Cook a pack of Ramen
Drown (Not recommended)
Draw a quick sketch
Listen to a song, possibly two
Laugh really well
Eat a cookie
Sweat the petty things (Not recommended)
Pet the sweaty things (Not recommended)
Save a life (Recommended )
Get a glass of milk
Finish reading a climatic ending to a good story
Run up and down the stairs few times
Dream
Scream
Sleep
Make a sandwich
Use a dictionary
Have a staring contest (Highly recommended)
Have a squirt gun fight
Walk
Breathe several times (Recommended)
Pet an animal
Dance
Eat a sandwich
Lose something
Admit you love someone
Plan on never telling the someone that you love that you love them (Wheee! Say that ten times fast)
Get in/avoid a car crash
Chug a can of coca-cola
Throw up twelve times (Not recommended)
Did I mention Sandwiches?
Hug someone you love.
Hang up your cell phone and drive
Avert disaster (Recommended)
Reconcile
Take a drunk's keys (Recommended)
Learn a jig
Watch a short flash movie
Call a friend/family member for no reason at all
Find a better story
Freak out
Learn to swear in a foreign language (:-D :-D :-D :-D)
Clean out your ears
Take a quick shower
Enjoy life
Read this list
And so many other things