Chapter IV
It was late morning, sunny and warm, the breeze was drifting by. It was a lazy day…..
The peace was broken by the sound of a car, a deep but loud rumbling, almost smothering the thumping of bass from an overly loud sound system.
Sora wanted to cry as he saw his cousin Vanitas's car speeding up the dirt road, a billowing cloud of dust following the trail of the 1993 Honda CRX. He frowned when he realized that Vanitas had finished re-painting his car. The last time he had seen it was almost a month ago, and it had still been Cherry Red with gray spots where rust had once been. Now, it was a flat black, a shadow car if there ever was one. The sun didn't reflect off of it, and it didn't shine. Sora shook his head.
'So that's what he meant when he said the cops wouldn't be able to catch him at night… No one would be able to even see him!'
Sora was currently standing outside of the cabin the Camp Councilors used for their offices. Roxas was wandering around camp, and Riku was eating a late breakfast because he had slept in till about 9:30. It was now 10 on the dot.
Just as Vanitas was walking up the stairs, Roxas turned the corner of the cabin. Seeing Vanitas, his eyes widened.
"What are you doing here?" Vani smirked.
"I got a call last night from a Marluxia-sensei, about how Sora's behavior was getting out of hand, so I'm here to 'set him straight' in place of Aunt Aerith."
Sora cringed. Roxas's eyebrow rose to his hairline.
"….. I don't want to know….. *sigh* I'll probably see you again later, I'm sure. See ya!"
Without waiting for a response, Roxas turned back the way he came. Unknown to Vanitas and Sora, Roxas just stood behind the cabin, out of sight.
Vani shrugged. He walked up to a sweating-in-fear Sora, slung an arm around his shoulder, and dragged him into the councilor's office.
10 minutes later, Roxas came back around the front of the cabin; where Vanitas's car was parked. Seeing the doors were unlocked, he got into the car.
He rummaged around in the tiny car, looking for some form of blackmail against the evil man. Or get revenge on him for Ventus. Either one.
His thoughts came to a halt as something caught his eye.
"Hello~. What do we have here~~?"
His dark, quiet chuckle would have made anyone get chills down their spine had they heard.
Vanitas and Sora walked out of the cabin, Sora was downcast and Vani was chuckling. Vanitas had agreed to stay the nigh, and if one more incident happened, Vanitas would be responsible for taking Riku, Roxas, and Sora home.
Sora feared what his mom would do to him once she found out about this. He could just hear it now; she'd rant at him about how he shouldn't cause so many problems for the councilors, and how they were there to have fun, not prank the crap out of each other. Still somewhat dejected, he told Vanitas that he'd see him later. He was going to go find Riku, and most likely sulk.
Vani watched his cousin go, smirk in place. He turned to his car, getting ready to grab some chips and a soda from the backseat. He stopped when he saw Roxas leaning against his car, a smirk in place, and something in his hand. Eyes narrowing, he went to the shrimp that was related to his favorite target; Ventus.
"What's up Roxas?" Vani tried to get a look at whatever he had in his hand, but Roxas hid it in a pocket before he could. Roxas's smirk got just that little bit more vicious, and a tad bit bigger.
"Not much. Just wondering how many other pictures of Ventus you have hidden away somewhere~."
Vanitas glared. 'How the fuck did he find that? I know for a fact that I had that hidden in a secret compartment! Friggen genius kid…'
"What do you want?" He wasn't happy about it, but he'd have more blackmail on the damn shrimp soon enough.
Roxas just kept on smirking while he replied.
"How about this; You can get this picture back, but! You have to stop bullying my brother. No blackmailing him or anything. In fact, why don't you just completely ignore him, as if he didn't exist. Then you can get this picture back." He was incredibly smug. Vani narrowed his eyes.
"And if I refuse?" 'Hmmm….. Y'know, I have a copy of that picture somewhere….. Oooooh… That'll work nicely as revenge…. Kukukukukukukukuku…..'
"I'll copy this picture, expand the copies, and plaster them all over the school when it starts. Then you can explain why you did it to Ventus when I tell him I saw you doing it."
They glared at each other for all they were worth for a while. Then, Vani locked his car and stormed off.
Roxas had no idea what he had just done. After all, Never poke a sleeping dragon, lest it wake up and decide you look tasty and would be delicious crunchy.
Vanitas had slunk around camp, looking for Sora and Riku. Finally, he found them chilling in a clearing. He got their attention, and told them he'd help them with The Final Prank. He outlined what would happen, and they immediately got to work.
Sora found an old and big plastic pool still assembled in a different clearing. There was an old deck attatched to it as well, leading to another abandoned cabin. The pool didn't have any holes in it either. He sent a text to Vanitas and Riku.
Found an old pool. Looks about 5ft deep in a clearing close to ours. No holes, its good to use.
Vanitas texted him back almost immediately.
Good, Riku and I should be there soon with the supplies.
Twenty minutes later found all three of them mixing water and a LOT of cornstarch in the pool. Vanitas and Riku had snuck into the pantry of the camp kitchens and had stolen just about all of the economy size bags. They had run a hose into the pool, and were mixing it all together.
Once they were done, Vanitas cleared off the deck, and tested the simple mixture. First he placed a 5 pound rock close to the edge of the pool. It sank. Slowly at first, then faster. He backed up as far as the deck would let him, about 10 feet, then took a running start. And kept going. Riku's and Sora's eyes widened as they watched him basically run across the top of the mixture without sinking. He rolled off of the pool and landed in a crouch and smirked.
"Perfect. Okay, the rest is up to you two. I'll be in camp, waiting to hear the details." He smirked and left to go take a nap somewhere.
Roxas was chilling, not doing much when Sora showed up. He tensed, knowing that Sora still hadn't actually retaliated against him for the last prank. He turned and ran. He unknowingly ran in the direction that would lead to his downfall. Sora chased him all through camp, and all the way past his and Riku's clearing. Sora chased him into an old cabin and cornered him. Not seeing any other options, Roxas ran out onto the deck, and turned to the cabin. Instead of flying out of the house in pursuit, Sora slowly walked out. He backed Roxas all the way to the edge of the pool. Not sure what would happen next, Roxas tried to make a break for it. Sora caught him and pushed him. Roxas found himself in the pool. And sinking. Fast. Before his shock wore off, he had sunk completely.
The strange gunk was slowly finding its way into places it should not be in. He tried to flail and get himself out, but that only managed to make it worse. He squeaked as the goo made its way further into extremely uncomfortable crevices. He slowly made his way to the edge of the pool and used every bit of strength he had to pull himself out. The gunk clung to him and made him look like he was covered in paint. It only got worse as it started to dry and harden. He could barely move!
Meanwhile, Riku and Sora laughed their asses off as they watched him.
Unknown to them, someone was nearby taking several pictures.
Marluxia-sensei was furious. Roxas (still covered in dried, and not so dry, cornstarch and squirming every few minutes), Riku, and Sora were all sitting in front of his desk.
"This behavior is the most uncouth and disgusting behavior that I have seen in a long time! You three are all expelled from this summer camp! Now take these horrid little miscreants home and deal with them yourself!" The last was directed to Vanitas whom had been standing by the door. Dejectedly, the three younger boys left to pack their stuff to leave. Vanitas signed the necessary paperwork in place of Aerith, and left as well.
Once they were gone, Marluxia let his head 'thunk' on the desk.
'Dear god. I pray to whatever deity listening that none of those miscreants, the older one included, have ANY of my classes next term…'
While the boys were packing, Vanitas went to someone else's office. Squall 'Leon' Lionheart was an acquaintance of his. They had met at a party and became decent friends. When he found out that Leon, as he preferred to be called, worked at the same summer camp that his little cousin would be going to, he rang up the man and bargained with him. In exchange for one item of blackmail he had on him, Leon would keep a close eye on Sora and his friends. As a result, he got much more blackmail to add to his repertoire. And all he had to give up was one measly picture out of many. A good trade indeed.
"Hey, Leon. Got that merchandise for me?"
The man grunted and nodded his head to a thick manila envelope. Vanitas reached into his pocket and tossed a picture onto Leon's desk. The man quickly snatched it up and put it into a compartment in his desk that he could lock with a key.
Vanitas flipped through the good quality pictures of every prank that occurred between the trio, including Sora's attempted prank and subsequent capture. He smirked. These would do perfectly.
The boys were waiting for Vanitas to come unlock his car so they could leave. A thought suddenly came to Roxas.
'The Picture!' He quickly reached into one of his pockets and pulled it out, along with more goo. Unfortunately for Roxas, the picture was ruined. You couldn't even tell that it was a picture. He crumpled it up and tossed it in a nearby trash can. He yelped when some goo dropped down from his hair, down the back of his shirt, and almost to his boxers before he scooped it out from under his shirt. Riku had snickered at his yelp, so Roxy scooped as much goo from one of his pockets as he could and snuck behind the taller male.
He slapped the goo in Riku's hair and rubbed as much of it in as he could before Riku shrieked and ran from him. Riku, having recounted just exactly what had happened to his hair in the past couple of weeks, fainted. Sora hung his head while Roxas cackled.
Vanitas came upon this scene and took pictures of his own before they noticed. He skillfully slipped the camera back into the envelope. He kicked Riku's leg, waking him up.
"Ok kiddies. Sora, you're ok to get in my car. You and Roxas are in the back. However! Riku, Roxas, you two need to go get washed off before you even touch the interior of my car. Now shoo!" The two slunk away to the lake. Over there were a couple of showers they could use without getting in trouble.
15 minutes later found Riku's hair semi-normal again, and Roxas was squeaky clean and in fresh clothes. Vani nodded and unlocked the car. Riku and Vani pulled up the front seats to allow the other two to get in back. Sora set his bag on the floor of the car, strapped his seatbelt, tightened it, and grabbed the 'Oh-SHIT' Bar ™.Roxas gave him an odd look before putting his bag on the floor and buckling up, Riku doing the same.
Vanitas smirked. He locked the doors of the car and buckled himself in. he turned the key in the ignition, and the car roared to life, almost literally. The exhaust alone rattled the windows when the car was in neutral, idling. Vanitas opened one of his giant pockets and pulled out a case, about an inch thick and wide, and about six inches long. He opened it and put the face of his stereo system back on the stereo. He then pulled down his visor, and grabbed his sunglasses and a CD.
Sora suddenly felt dread, remembering how loud the sound system was when Vani pulled up.
'Oh Shi-' And then his thoughts were drowned out by 'Bounce' by Timbaland ft Justin Timberlake (and others).
Vanitas threw the car into gear, and burned rubber so fast he fishtailed, and completely turned the car around instead of backing out. The dirt and dust flew as Vanitas tore out of there at speeds that were quite illegal.
Roxas suddenly understood Sora's behavior when he got into the car, as he and Riku also clung to the 'Oh SHIT' Bar ™.
Riku opened the door and fell onto the ground. Sora and Roxas soon joined him in the worshipping of the stable, NON MOVING ground. Vanitas just chuckled.
Once the trio had managed to crawl inside the house, they collapsed in the living room.
"Never again Sora. Not without Warning! I would have rather WALKED home!" Riku groaned in agreement with Roxas.
Vanitas chuckled from his place by the door. The boys finally noticed the envelope in his hands, and felt a chill go down their spines. Vani noticed, and smirked.
"So. Aunt Aerith comes home in about two weeks. Coincidentally, the same day you are supposed to come back from Summer Camp. She asked me to pick you up for her, so she won't even realize that you got kicked out." Vani stopped here for a second.
Sora sighed in relief, flopping back onto the couch.
"Unless I tell her."
He shot back up. Vani just kept on smirking.
"So here's the deal. In this envelope is pictures documenting every single prank from the past three weeks. Including the panty one," Sora gulped, Riku and Roxas just looked confused. "and today's prank as well." All three boys knew that if any of that got out, they'd be ruined. And before they even started High School, too!
"What's gonna happen is this; Sora, Riku, you two will be my minions any time I ask it of you. Roxas, you won't interfere with my fun with Ventus. In exchange you can all pretend you're still at camp, and no one's parents find out about this. One slip up, and copies of these pictures just might find their way into the hands of certain individuals. Well, that's that. Don't disturb me, I'll see you kiddies later~!"
With that, their adventures at summer camp came to an end. And little parts of them died as they realized they were slaves to Vanitas's mercy for quite a while.
Life sucks, but at least What Happens at Summer Camp, Stays at Summer Camp.
Unless Vanitas decided otherwise.
End Chapter Four.
End Story.
Tsuki: … Uh… I'm alive? Anyway, to make up for my inexcusable absence (Blame school), I made this the longest chappie of WHASCSASC to date. Unfortunately, that also makes this the last chappie.
Riku: THANK GOD!
Sora: Yay!
Roxas and Vanitas: Awww! But it was fun~!
Lilly-chan: MY POOR ROXY!
Tsuki: He was only a LITTLE traumatized!
Roxas: By what standards?
Tsuki: Mine. *Grin*
Roxas, Riku, and Sora: …. *sweatdrop*
Vanitas: XDDDDDDDD
Lilly-chan: It's still funny. *cuddles Roxas* Except when its you!
Roxas: *Pats Lilly-chan's head* Uh, thanks?
Lilly-chan: You're Welcome!
Tsuki: Lol. Anyway. Let me know what you think. If y'all liked it enough, I might write more KH fanfiction. I've already decided to do one for my 'Pimp Cane' series. X3
Riku: Tell her it sucked! Wait, 'Pimp Cane' series…? O.o
Sora and Roxas: O.O
Vanitas: Oh~? Do tell~~.
Tsuki: Nope, gotta wait till its written and posted~! :D Alas, it is time to say goodbye, if only for now.
*WHASCSASC Cast, all at once (Lilly-chan included)*
Bye-Bye~!