Chapter III

Very late that night, under cover of darkness, Riku snuck into the Cabin that Sora and himself shared with three other boys. Noticing Sora sitting in his bed, he gestured for the other boy to follow him into the bathroom. Once the door was closed, he flipped on the light switch.

….

Sora stared, gaping like a fish out of water at his hair.

The once beautiful and slightly longer than shoulder length silver hair was now singed unevenly, mostly in back, obvious by the missing inch of hair and burnt black ends. Riku was obviously distraught because of it. Riku's hair was also seriously frizzy…..

A sudden memory hit Sora.

He had been about 10, and their recently moved in Neighbors (Rikku, Paine, and Yuna, the former two who were lesbians and dating each other and Yuna ho was bi,) had come to ask Aerith for advice. Yuna had wanted to get a Perm. And she did; a bad one. Her hair had been extremely frizzy for the longest time. It looked kinda like Riku's hair did now….

And suddenly, to Riku's utter horror, Sora started laughing. Hard.

Looking back at Riku and seeing his face, Sora slowly stopped laughing.

"Sorry, your hair kinda reminded me of one of my neighbors when she got a really bad perm. Her hair was frizzy and poodle-like for the longest time…" Sora trailed off when he saw Riku's horrified expression. He looked close to tears…..

"Don't worry! We can fix it! I promise. Come here, sit on the tub. I'm going to trim your hair… Actually, while I'm grabbing some scissors, you take a quick shower. I'll sit on the toilet until you're done. Just hop in, I'll grab a towel and your Pj's."

As they did just that, Roxas slept peacefully in his own cabin, completely unaware of what awaited him…

Half an hour later, most of which was Riku tenderly washing his poor, violated hair, Riku was on the edge of the tub trying not to cringe as he heard the 'snip-snip' of his once beautiful hair being cut.

Once Sora was finished, Riku took a look in the mirror, dreading what he would see.

The length wasn't too much shorter, just brushing his shoulders at the longest. It was also somewhat layered due to the uneven burn spots. The shortest, luckily enough, just barely brushed the top of his ears. The burnt ends were all gone, and it didn't look like a hack-up.

Riku sighed in relief and turned, gathering Sora in a bear hug.

"Thank you Sora! You're a God-send!" Riku let go, grabbing his toiletries and going to bed with peace of mind.

Sora however, went to the bunk bed he shared with Riku, grabbed his hiking shoes, a large bag, and his jacket, and left once he was sure his cabin mates, Riku included, were all asleep.

An hour later found Sora exiting another Girl's Cabin. He had been to two others, had grabbed clothes from random drawers, gone to Roxas's cabin, and tossed them all over the cabin, inside and out.

Just as he was exiting the last Girl's Cabin however, he was caught red-handed. By Marluxia-sensei.

'Shit….. Strike Three. I'm screwed!' In his head, Chibi Sora was attempting to sacrifice himself to a god, so as to avoid his Mom's wrath, and cousin Vanitas's Blackmail.

Once in Marluxia-sensei's office, Sora was left to sit in front of the desk. The clothes had been confiscated and were now behind said desk. Marluxia himself was sitting at the desk, dialing his home phone number.

"Hello. This is Marluxia from Summer Camp. I'm trying to contact Ms. Aerith." Some silence. "Ah. I see. Yes, you can actually. You see, here at Summer Camp we have a 3-Strike system. Sora here has just gotten his third strike. Due to Policy, this requires that a guardian or relative come to camp to set him straight, or take him home." Some more silence. "That would be sufficient under the circumstances." … "Yes I will inform you of what all three were." … "If at all possible, 9 in the morning." … "10 at the latest will be acceptable." … "Okay, goodbye and good evening."

Marluxia-sensei turned back to Sora.

"Due to unforeseen circumstances, your mother is not in town, and won't be reachable until next week. Your older cousin Vanitas will be here tomorrow morning."

In his head, Chibi Sora withered, his little soul flying away.

End Chapter Three.

Tsuki: Woot! Finally done. Sorry about the wait; I had momentary writer's block. Thanks to Lilly-chan though, I broke it! :3 Also, I know I said Vani would make an appearance this chapter, but someone (Looks pointedly at Lilly-chan) wanted me to split this chapter in 2, so that there would be one last chapter. Which means that yes, Next chapter is the Story Finale. It will also most likely be the longest chapter of the entire story. If I have to, I'll split it further. I hope I won't have to.

Sora: I'm going to die! I just know it! This isn't fair! Why Tsuki, WHY? TT_TT

Tsuki: Because Lilly-chan told me to.

Riku: Do you do everything she tells you to?

Tsuki: Nope! :D She may be my Pimp-

Lilly: I AM YOUR PIMP! DX

Tsuki: No interrupting~! You may be my Pimp, but that doesn't mean I'll listen.

Lilly: Unless you want me to sell you to…

Demyx: Larxene! He's got needs, like the rest of us men.

Tsuki: *Headdesk* You do that, and I'll leave for a different Pimp.

Lilly: … sorry…

Tsuki: That's what I thought. :3 Anyway, This ACB (After Chapter Blurb) is pretty short, but that's 'cuz I gotta get back to my Honeymoon with Vanitas.

Vani: And Ventus! XD

Tsuki: Yup.

Vani: I love you Tsuki-chan. And Veni. X3

Tsuki: Love you too Vani, love you too. :D

Veni: T_T

Tsuki: Bye Guys! REVIEW! 3