Hey guys! Sorry for such a slow update! I said it would be around this time anyways but I said before or on Halloween or something didn't I? I'm still late and this is still a slow update...Sorry! I will explain more later! Anyways, enjoy the chapter! I tried to make it a bit longer!
Disclaimer: Do Not own Kingdom Hearts or the Characters or the settings and blah blah.
"Hey Xion!"
"What Kairi?" She yelled back sounding somewhat annoyed.
I laugh as I hear her tone of voice. She didn't like being distracted when she was getting ready for nights out. "Is there anything you want me to pack for tonight? I already have some glow sticks, food, flashlights, and a blanket."
She comes out still looking as great as she always does in her outfits. I didn't bother much with mine. Just a baseball tee with shorts that cut around the knees with high tops. It wasn't cold around Destiny Islands remember, even if it was autumn. But it did get a little chilly around this time, especially at night. "Nah, I'm fine. I think that's all we actually need for tonight. The others might not even need to bring anything!"
"Yeah, but it's alright. Did you call Axel, Roxas and Riku?" I inwardly smile as I picture Riku to ask if he wanted to hang out with her. Well, actually all of us but you get my point. Yeah, I know, I sound creepily obsessed but I just found them too cute.
She started looking around in the kitchen for some reason. "Pretty much. We're supposed to meet them at the pier by 9 and row to the islands with them." I hear her mumble and 'ahh!' as she got an iced tea out of nowhere. I smirk knowing the real reason she was looking around.
"Calm down. We'll still have food left over after tonight. It's not like we're having a huge party where we have to sacrifice all of our food." I chuckle as I remember we're actually avoiding the ones on the mainland. I could tell she was also hiding her face as she answered me before for some reason that I didn't know.
All she replies with is a mumbled 'I know, pfft.' And I just laugh as she finishes her iced tea quickly and starts gathering her things to lock up. "Come on, we should start walking if we wanna get to the pier by nine." I follow her suit and we leave the apartment.
So we start the fifteen minute walk to the pier. "It's just the other way right?" I ask pointing the opposite direction from where we walk to school.
"Yup! Have you ever been to the pier Kairi? It's so pretty. I love how we can see the little island and the sunset really well! But it's kinda too late for it now, huh." She still had a smile on her face though.
Smiling as I saw her eyes light up, I respond, "I think a couple times when I was little. I don't remember much of it though."
"Oh, well you get to now! It'll be a nice little memory refresher! I don't really come around at night but it's still really pretty I think." I just reply with a small smile. I see her look around a bit. "Ooh, almost all of the trick-o-treaters are gone. I guess their parents don't want them out for long this year. We still gave away all our candy though!"
Laughing, I joked, "Yeah, that must upset you. You love candy! Selphie does too! Haha, she went trick-o-treating though! She'll probably have loads in her backpack when we get back to school! You can jack some from her!" I continued.
"Yeah.." She whispered. She just started staring off in front her now. We both got quiet because I think we were a little tired.
As we neared the pier I finally said something and asked, "Hey Xion, how has your week been?"
"Huh?" She seemed confused at the random question.
"How has your week been? We've been busy with so much stuff lately, especially for the end of the quarter. I realized that we haven't talked much this week because of all the studying for final tests and final work and all." It was true. We get to relax a bit now since it's only going to be the beginning of the new quarter now.
"Oh, right. That's true. Well, it's been fine really. I'm just glad it's over so we can relax. Plus, the end of the year always brings holidays and days off!" She grins widely like a little kid. "How's yours been?"
I smile. "It's been pretty good I guess. The same pretty much. I'm glad we get the day off from school tomorrow since the teachers are supposed to do report cards!"
She laughs at me knowingly. "I knew you would! Haha, you were always an eleven o' clock person. You hate waking up early." Hey, I couldn't deny the truth. "Look! There they are!" She points towards our friends and starts running, making me follow .
"Heyo! Look who we have here! Come any later and we woulda left ya!" I quickly thumped him on the head. "Ow!"
"Be quiet, we walked here and got here on time! Plus we brought practically all of the supplies Axel!"
He was still rubbing his head when he answered. "Fine, fine." He smiles and puts his arms out. "Nice to see you cuz."
I giggle as I give him a hug. "Nice to see you too Axel! Hey Roxas!"
"Hey Kairi!" He replies grinning.
"Xion! Come here and give me a hug!" Axel yells towards her.
Giggling also, she walks over to him giving him a hug. "How ya been buddy?"
"Pretty good. I haven't gotten any burns lately ya know!" He announces proudly.
We all laugh. "Good! You shouldn't be messing with fire so much Axel!" Roxas responds.
"I know.." he mumbles. "Come on! Let's just row out to the islands already!"
"Wait!" We all turn towards Xion. "Where's Riku?" I smirk. So she was the one out of all of us who noticed Riku was missing huh?
"Right here!" A voice rushing towards us said. Well speak of the devil. "Geez, I just go to bathroom and you forget about me, Axel?" He croaked out between his pants.
"They were making fun of me! I just wanted to turn the conversation somewhere else!" He defended making us giggle.
"Well we would have left you if you came any later anyways so come on!"
So we rowed out to the island and just…well we pretty much just chilled and had fun. We put a blanket down to put our stuff, Axel made a bonfire (obviously), Xion and I took out crackers and chocolate, Riku whipped out the marshmallows and Roxas took out the metal sticks to roast them. You could tell we made smores. They were good.
"Hey! Axel! Give me back my chocolate!" Xion cried out chasing after him.
Riku smiled at her. "Heh, I guess I should help her." Roxas and I laughing nodding at him. And with that, he started to run after her.
We were all laughing again, just having fun hanging out with each other. "You seem happy." I turn my head and there was Roxas with a smile on his face.
I look back up at the sky. "Yeah, I guess I am. Just spending time with friends and sitting on the beach at night. It's relaxing and it just kinda lifts your spirits, you know?" I answer with a grin.
He takes a breath in. "Yeah, it does." He joins in with me looking at the night sky. "So how's your situation with Sora going?"
I ponder this for a second. "Well, it's going alright as far as I know. We haven't talked really since that one day but we haven't really had to I guess with how busy this week's been. Maybe I'll talk to him soon though." I smile a little at the mere thought. "How's your situation?"
He rubs the back of his head. "Eh, same old, same old."
"You know, you shouldn't be so calm and laidback about this, or at least to the extent that you are currently being." I said with a smirk.
He smirks back at me. "I know." We started hearing random shouts and feet running against sand. "Sounds like they're coming back."
"Mhmm."
The three run back in front of Roxas and I panting. "Thanks…Riku." She said in between her pants. All of them were breathing heavily.
He smiled at her and said, "No problem. I'm glad you got your chocolate back before this fatty ate it!"
Axel couldn't help grinning down at them as he straightened up and stopped painting. "Heh, I was hungry and wanted her chocolate. So what? I got an appetite. Get it memorized."
"We already do." Roxas countered making us all chuckle. "Man, you must lost your catchphrase man."
"Hell yeah! Get it mem-"
"Do not say memorized or I will cut you." I interrupted. We all laughed again. I look back up at the sky and take a deep breath. Being with friends, it really was refreshing.
"Hey what time are we leaving?" Xion asked. You should figure out by now she's somewhat obsessed with time. (Asking when Riku was supposed to leave, making sure we got to the pier on time, asking when we're supposed to leave)
"Uhm, around 11:30. What time is it now?" I replied.
"About 10:25." Roxas said looking over at Riku's arm to look at his wristwatch.
"So who's up for some games?" Axel announced with a devious smile.
Oh no.
We played some games like truth or dare, would you rather, a combination of the two, or just straight up all dares. I'd rather not re-live some of these memories. Luckily, it was mostly the guys just daring each other to do stupid stuff so there wasn't much to re-live. Then we started telling scary stories. Cause you know, it's Halloween. And it's night time with teenagers alone on a beach around a bonfire. Perfect atmosphere.
"And to this day, no one knows what happened to poor Jimmy and why everything in his room mysteriously disappeared that fateful night." Riku finished turning off the flashlight. We all had our glow sticks out and a couple flashlights to share.
Xion was shaking. She got very easily spooked. "Ugh, enough of these. They're creeping me out. I want to be able to sleep tonight you guys!" I was spooked easily too, but not as much as her. The past couple ones didn't shake me so much. Riku and Axel didn't get scared by anything really and Roxas was a sort of balance with only slight chills at things. We all just laughed at her. "Awwh! Don't laugh at me you guys!"
"It's okay Xion! Everything is gonna be alright!" Riku said in a baby-ish tone of voice while hugging her from the side. Roxas joined in to and soon we were all just hugging Xion from all of her sides.
"Hey guys, where's Axel?" Roxas asked.
We started to shake our heads back and forth, left and right, looking for any sign of him but none of us saw anything. "I don't see him anywhere." I replied.
"Me either!" Xion cried out.
"That makes 3 of us." Riku said coolly.
"Dammit! Where did that pyromaniac go!"
All of a sudden we started hearing footsteps. None of us were moving or walking. We were just all huddled together at the moment. "What was that?" croaked Xion.
"I don't know!" I whispered. This was really creeping me out. "If you guys are pulling a prank then stop it! We need to look for Axel!"
"We're not doing anything!" Roxas and Riku exclaimed in low whispers.
Next, we heard loud creaks like when someone walks on wood. I shone a light from my flashlight towards the shack but I didn't see anything. I quickly turned it off. I didn't want us to be found if some creepy person was lurking around, well other than Axel. Our bonfire was already unlit before we started telling the stories and I'm sure the others agreed with me unconsciously about not wanting to be seen since no one else was turning on their flashlights. Our glow sticks were already dimmed so much it was like they weren't even glowing as we left them somewhere on the blanket on the sand.
The creaks seemed to be getting louder but then they stopped. I think I felt us all relax a little until we started hearing footsteps again. We started getting tense again and still wouldn't dare to shine our flashlights around. All of a sudden we heard some grunts and we could tell they were coming from a man. Then we heard some rustling of leaves. There were too many leaves from the bushes and trees around that we weren't sure where it could be coming from.
At this point Xion and Roxas were starting to freak out a little. You'd expect it to be me instead of Roxas but my panic attacks are not screams or fidgeting, I stay still and quiet as if my life depended on it. I doubt I'd ever scream for help if I was being hunted. They both turned on their flashlights and started pointing them in all different directions. "Who's there!" Roxas called out. Obviously no answer. We were still huddled together but Xion was getting closer to Riku and I tried to stay close to everyone.
"Wait!" We all look at Xion who was pointing her flashlight at some of the coconut trees on the other side of the bridge. "I think I saw something up ther—" THUMP. She was interrupted by the sudden loud noise causing her to drop her flashlight as well the rest of us did. Whatever she saw in that tree we couldn't see anymore. We were all too petrified. We started hearing some more creaks when we suddenly felt water droplets on our skin. "Hey!" Xion automatically let out but then slapped her hand over her mouth.
Oh shit. Damnit! What's gonna happen now! I gathered enough strength to finally move and picked up a flashlight. I pointed it towards a random direction and turned it on. As soon as I did, we all screamed.
I gathered enough strength to finally move and picked up a flashlight. I pointed it towards a random direction and turned it on. As soon as I did, we all screamed. I dropped the flashlight but after a moment, my mind returned back to normal and kicked sense into my head. Axel!
As soon as I turned on the flashlight, there was a face with a scary expression right in from of us that belonged to none other than him. "Axel! What the fuck? You freaked us all out! Why the hell did you half to go do that?" I started hitting him and kicking his legs making him fall to the floor but with how hard he was laughing, he didn't need my help to do that.
"Yeah! I'm gonna kick your ass!" Xion cried out and started to join me kicking and punching him. After a couple more hits though, Xion and I got off of him, stood up and just looked down at him, pissed.
Riku brought him back up and by that time, his laughter died down. Roxas gave Riku a look who responded with a nod and they slapped Axel. One slapped him upside the head while the other smacked his face. "Hey! That hurt you guys!"
"You really suck! Why did you try to scare us?" Roxas yelled at him.
"Because it's Halloween! And I wasn't really planning to! I just sneaked away to go for a swim and then I climbed up the side of the little islet and crossed the bridge! Then I saw you guys all getting nervous so the idea to freak you out crossed my mind. After I finished crossing, I climbed up the tree, and then jumped onto the shack then I jumped in front of you just when Kairi turned on the flashlight. I was actually going to tackle you all to make you freak out but the flashlight thing worked out too."
"So that would explain the footsteps which were when you were walking on the islet, the creaking when you crossing the bridge, the grunts when you climbed the tree and the rustling of the leaves when you were on top of it, then the loud thump when you jumped onto the shack..." Riku started explaining.
"I'm amazed you didn't break it." Roxas stated.
"Me too! I was afraid of that but I took the risk." Axel said all proudly. "Ow!"
I smacked him up the head. "What if it did break though! We would have had to build it again!"
"But it didn't so stop hitting me!" he whined.
"What about the random water droplets though?" Xion asked.
"Oh, I started shaking my hair. Hehe, it was still wet from when I was swimming. Hard to believe you guys couldn't figure out it was me though." Axel said grinning sheepishly.
"We were all in too much panic to think clearly man." Riku argued.
"So, the only reason you did this was for a Halloween scare?" Roxas asked.
"No! It was also kind of an early half-present for you to see the girls get scared, but I didn't think you guys would get scared too." He admitted.
"Well, everyone gets scared in real-life scary situations." Roxas said trying to defend his pride. Apparently Riku agreed with him.
Axel chuckled. "Alright, alright. I'm sorry. Well, let's celebrate your birthday now! It's the reason why I came here instead of to those costume parties you hate!"
"Huh?" he said confused. "How are we? We don't have anything to celebrate with and aren't we supposed to go home now? Did we stay out that late? Is it midnight now or something?" Roxas asked and then went to check Riku's watch again without his permission.
The moon started to shine more and come out of nowhere. The light was letting us see other completely now. "Actually, we wanted to surprise you." Riku took out a cake from a bag he hid near the shack and showed it to Roxas. Thanks to the moonlight we could actually read it. "It says happy 17th Birthday Roxas! And Axel already called your mom. She said it's okay to stay out past midnight. We were gonna sleep in the shack overnight but we could go home if you want."
We all grinned as we saw him smile a little at the cake. "Awwh thanks you guys. The plan sounds fine." Then he turned to look at me. "Haha! Even though I hate a late birthday too, I still turn 17 in my junior year with everyone else!"
I blew a raspberry at him. "Whatever Roxas." I said even though I had a little smile on my face. "That's just cause you're born the same year Riku was. And the only reason Riku is in our grade is because he failed a year!"
"Why you gotta bring that up?" Riku said trying to be funny. The only person who laughs is Xion who pats his head telling him it's alright. "Well anyways, you're still young Kairi. And it's officially midnight now. Time to celebrate! Let's all eat Roxas' cake! Oh yeah, Happy Birthday man."
As Axel grabs the box form Riku and opens it showing us the cake, we turn towards Roxas and scream, "Happy Birthday Roxas!"
He chuckles at us. "Thanks guys. Let's eat!"
"So what did you do for your birthday Roxas?"
"Huh? What do you mean? You were with me weren't you?" he asked looking at me. I just shake my head at him.
"Well, I meant other than the little party at the beach." I said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh! Not much really. I hung out with Sora a little. Then Namine came over and took Sora to go hang out with him. After that, Xion and Axel came over again and I got to hang out with them." He said.
"Awwh, no big party where you get drunk and laid and people trash your house?" I say teasing him.
He laughs with me though. "Pshh, of course not Kairi. You know that." Then the bell decided to ring. "Ahh, well see ya later Kairi!" He said as we got up and he went the other way to go to his 4th period.
"See ya Roxas!" I yell back. I start walking towards the gym. After we got changed and then went out into the gym, I heard a bunch of voices saying the same thing.
"Happy late birthday, Sora!"
"Hey Sora, Happy late birthday man!"
"Yo Sora! Happy late birthday!"
"Happy late birthday!"
"Yo everyone!" I turn my head towards the sound of the booming voice. I didn't know the person whom it belonged to but I could see he had Sora under his arm next to him. "This is my man Sora here! It was his birthday yesterday but I don't care so yall best wish him a happy birthday anyway! Come on! Say it!"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SORA!" The whole gymnasium sceamed and then everyone went on with their activities. It was a free day. I just giggled and jogged over to Sora.
"Hey Sora!"
"Hey Kairi!" He said with a small smile.
"I didn't know you were in the gym class! Wow, and it's been all quarter wow. I'm pretty slow huh?" I joked.
He laughed with him. "Nah, you're not. I didn't notice either!"
Hmm, something seemed a little off about him. "So did you really want all those people to wish you a happy birthday or something?" I ask teasing him.
"Nah my friend just wanted to do that to embarrass me." He said chuckling.
"Did it work?" I asked.
"Mhmm, pretty much haha."
I laugh at this and start pinching his cheeks. After a couple seconds I let go. "Awwh, nice. Well, did you get my text?"
"Hmm? What text?" he asked.
"The one I sent around midnight yesterday! It said happy birthday Sora!" I said giggling. "You didn't reply which is why I asked. You were probably sleeping and then too busy later that day right? Did you and Namine do something to celebrate your birthday?"
A look of realization spread across his face. It looked like it was as if he remembered something bad though. "Oh yeah." He started rubbing the back of his head. "I was. Sorry. Uhmm, I gotta go now. Bye Kairi!" Then he walked off in a hurry. It kind of disappointed me. I wanted to talk to him more.
I wonder what that was for though.
So here is the late chapter 10!
Sorry guys! I've been so tired lately! I sleep way more and whenever I get home from school, I'm either napping or doing homework or wasting hours on tumblr! Yeah, between this chapter and that last one, I got addicted to it. The addiction has somewhat worn off but I doubt it ever will completely haha. I'm always wasting hours on there...and being lazy. Sorry!
That's the main reason why this chapter was a slow update. And wasn't uploaded on halloween like it should have been at the latest! Sorry again! I hope you enjoyed the longer chapter! Though it's only barely longer -_- I fail, sorry! I don't think I'll ever update this late EVER AGAIN though! If I ever do, you can expect that I'll really try to make it a longggg chapter XD
Oh! And if you didn't know, I made a one-shot! I'm actually quite proud of it and thought it was cute. If you haven't read it, you should! You should also read this cute one-shot my friend made for me! It's a Halloween Sora and Kairi one (: It's by ultravioletpapercutsx and here's the link! .net/s/6281611/1/
YOU BETTER REVIEW IT! It deserves to be reviewed! It's so cuteeeeee. And speaking of reviewing...
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