The next tale I bring you; the second of three,
Is a tale of a couple who each wield a Key.
One is called Kingdom, the other, Destiny's Embrace.
They're summoned, instead of carried, so they won't be misplaced.
They walk in the Light.
They battle the Dark.
Heartless flee in fright
When they see the two's spark.
Though time and time again, they will cause great conflict
In the fanfiction world, you see, their relationship can afflict
The minds of great authors who try very hard
To prove to those readers who're mentally scarred
By yaoi and yuri and canons galore
That Sora and Kairi are the leaders of this war.
This war they call "pairings" though, there is not a one leader,
They're all very equal among each and every reader.
Some prefer SoKai or SoRiku or RiKai.
Some hate all three pairings, though with no alibi.
But no matter whether you loathe or love all three;
Let's just sit back and enjoy this tale of the couple, who each wield a Key.
T, D, DD, K, T, or P chapter 17—Filler Chapter Number two: SoraxKairi
~xXxKairixXx~
"What's wrong Kairi?" Amai asked her sister.
Kairi sat up from her previous slouched position then looked at Amai, "Sora's… gone."
"He is?" Amai's eyes widened, "Where'd he go?"
Kairi looked back down at her feet, "He's the new head ringmaster a Cirque Du Soleil…"
(A/N: "Cirque Du Soleil" is a circus thingy in Las Vegas, Nevada.)
"What? How?"
Kairi sighed, "Well…"
~ flashback~
After chapter 15 ended and Terra and Aqua kept kissing and kissing and kissing, Sora and I decided that we would kiss too.
"You're hair smells good." Sora complimented.
"Uhh… thanks?" I raised an eyebrow at him for breaking the kiss just for that.
"What kind of shampoo do you use?"
I stared at him for a while, then answered, "…Well if you must know; I use Garnier Fructis Daily Care Shampoo. I get an extra boost of strength and energy when it works deep to strengthen my hair and conditions the surface for a healthy shine. It's gentle enough for everyday use."
"Oh really? You know, I prefer Garnier Fructis Body Boost Shampoo. I get body and fullness that lasts all day. You know, it really lifts at the roots for full volume and strengths from the inside to create all-around body."
"Ooo, I can tell." I felt one of his spikes.
"See what I mean-"
"-What is the point of telling me this part of the story?" Amai asked Kairi.
"Amai," Kairi said calmly then raised her voice, "this is my story! MINE. I WILL tell you how I want to tell it!" Kairi yelled at Amai.
The whole room stopped what they were doing for a moment. Even Terra and Aqua stopped their heated make-out session for a moment to see why she was yelling… but only for a moment.
"What the fuck, Kairi? Don't talk to me like that when I didn't do anything to you." Amai looked at Kairi and so did the rest of the room.
"Uh…" Kairi nervously laughed, "S-Sorry I guess I'm just a little on edge since Sora isn't here…"
Amai rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Just tell me the rest of your story."
"Oooo! Kairi's telling a story?" Tidus asked, "I wanna hear a story!"
"I do too!"
"Me too!"
Me three!
"Story time! Story time!" Selphie cheered.
"Ugh, now look what you've done Amai." Kairi sighed.
"Don't put all of this on me!"
"What do we do now?" Kairi asked her, "I don't want to tell everyone (except for the many readers who are reading this) my story!"
"Hm… Oh! I know! You could…" Amai leaned towards Kairi and whispered something to her.
"Oh yeah, good idea."
"Okay boys and girls," Amai started to announce, "Kairi's going to tell you a very special story filled with action, adventure, drama, fantasy… and even a little romance." She paused for a moment to build up suspense. "Kairi is going to tell you: The Story of the Pillsbury Dough Boy."
"Wait… the Pillsbury Dough Boy has a story?" Demyx asked.
"Of course he does! It's one of the most well-known stories in the Land of Kairi & Amai." Amai said then Kairi began to tell the story.
-3 Minutes Later-
"…And that's how Barrack Obama and Michael Phelps ended the Russian Revolution." Kairi ended.
Everyone applauded, "T-that was such a beautiful story, Kairi!" Pence whimpered and wiped a tear from his eye.
"Yeah."
"Beautiful!"
"It was great!"
"I loved it!"
Everyone agreed then started to go back and talk amongst themselves again.
"Wait; was that whole part just a filler within a filler?" Amai asked.
"I think so." Kairi thought about it, "(gasp!) Fillerception!"
"Anyways, can you tell me the reason why Sora is the head ringmaster at Cirque Du Soleil now?" Amai asked.
"Oh yeah, now after Sora and I stopped talking about our differences in shampoo, we decided to start to kiss again…"
~ flashback~
Ring Ring!
My phone started to ring. I looked at the caller I.D. and saw that it was a blocked number. I answered the phone then got up to go to another side of the room so that I could hear whoever was on the other line better.
"Hello Kairi." A voice said.
"Uhm… hi. Who is this?"
The voice just sighed, "Tell me, Kairi," I started to hear some kind of sharpening noise, "How's Amai?"
"Who IS this?" I said a little louder, growing impatient.
"Who I am is not of importance, Kairi. I'm more interested in you, Kairi."
"Creep." I said then I hung up the phone and was about to put it down but then I heard the voice start to talk again.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Kairi. Well, unless you don't want to live."
"Who the hell is this and how the fuck are you still talking when I hung up the phone?!" I yelled into my phone that had a black screen.
"Nevermind that, Kairi." I shuddered at the person's overuse of my name, "Just answer my first question, Kairi: How is Amai?"
I was really starting to freak out and was going to throw my phone across the room but then the person warned me not to again,
"I really wouldn't do that if I were you, Kairi. You see, there's a bomb that I have placed inside of your phone that will go off if it leaves from touching anything on your body."
"Who ARE YOU? What do you want from me?!" I screamed in a whisper so that Sora and no one else could hear me.
"I want to play a game." They said, "If you can't find the Key then everyone in this room will die from a toxic gas that they have already inhaled. If you win, then I will give you the antidote."
"What the fuck is this?"
"But if you don't believe what I say is true, then that is a choice that is made by you. I cannot control what path you choose, but by not believing me means that you choose to lose. But if you should decide to accept the words I say, then I have a clue for you on this fateful day. This is your one and only clue to finding the Key." The person paused for a while. Nothing but small breaths could be heard on the other line. "But, the clue won't be transmitted over the phone. Go outside to the field to receive your message… And one more thing, Kairi. You still haven't answered my question-"
I pulled the phone away from my ear before the Voice could say anything else.
It was hard to believe what was going on. I didn't know who this person was. I didn't know why he was targeting us. But what it did know, is that I needed to save everything that I cared for. Oh, and of course I needed to save you guys too.
"Conceited bitch…" Amai mumbled and rolled her eyes.
"Sorry, did you say something, Amai?" Kairi asked.
Amai shook her head, "Carry on with your story."
Kairi smiled, "Okay… where was I? Oh yeah," She cleared her throat, "So yes, I needed to save everything I cared about (which, of course, is me). But I knew I couldn't do it alone. I needed help…"
~flashback~
I put my phone in my pocket and walked back over to Sora who was (thankfully) taking off the gauze that made his hair look so terrible. I kept thinking of ways to ease the news of our potentially impending death to him. I had to be subtle so that he wouldn't freak out.
"SORA, OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE."
"WHAT?" Sora almost choked on some water which he had somehow acquired.
"YES. WE'RE GONNA DIE AN AGONIZINGLY SLOW DEATH FROM A TOXIC GAS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE AIR EVER SINCE WE'VE STARTED TO PLAY THIS GAME."
"SERIOUSLY?!"
I nodded, "Yes Sora! And there's only one way to stop us from dying! So I need you to come with me outside and help me solve the riddle so that we can find a key!"
"Oh. Okay!" He happily agreed and took my outstretched hand to get off of the floor, "Let's go."
I was kind of disturbed on how he agreed so quickly, but I didn't question it. We walked outside without anyone noticing we were gone.
"Where do we have to go?" Sora asked as I closed the door behind us.
"Right there." I pointed to a silver box that I could barely see out in the middle of the field. "Come on, let's go."
Sora nodded and we walked over to the box.
We walked closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
And closer…
"Kairi!" Amai whined.
"Okay, okay…"
~ flashback~
We approached the box and I motioned Sora to kneel down and open it (you know, just in case something jumped out and it would kill him instead of me.)
He unclasped the lock on the lid and lifted the top off of the box. Inside, was a glass bottle with something inside.
"How do we open it? We don't have a bottle opener." Sora asked.
I shook my head, "Do I seriously need to do all the work around here? Geez…" I sighed then took the bottle away from Sora so that I could smash it open on the side of the box. Sora then sifted through the broken ashen and foggy glass and retrieved a miniature sized piece of paper the color of a blood-shot eyeball.
"What? A blood-shot eyeball?" Amai asked.
"Yeah, it was really good description, wasn't it? Looks like that writing class I miserably failed in actually paid off."
"Uh… sure…"
"Anyways…"
~ flashback~
"What does it say?" I asked.
Sora cleared his throat to read it out loud,
The second layer of Earth's atmosphere, towers just over a thousand feet.
The place where you will find the key is on The City's street.
"So… what does that mean?" I asked.
"Well, I know that 'the second layer of Earth's atmosphere' is the Stratosphere. But… that's way past a thousand feet. Hmm…"
"Uh y-yeah." I played along even though I didn't know what he was talking about.
"But then, what about 'The City'? It's capitalized. It could be a typo…" Sora paused for a moment, "Or maybe, it's… intentional…"
I nodded, hoping he would get the answer soon.
Sora started mumbling something about spicy chips or something, and I was about to ask him what was taking so long but then he spoke out loud, "Aha! I've got it!" Sora raised his hand in the air.
"What, what? What'd you get? You figured it out?"
"See look. When it said 'towers just above a thousand feet' it couldn't possibly mean the actual Stratosphere. So that means we have to go to the next best thing: the Stratosphere hotel. "
"You mean the one in Las Vegas, Nevada?"
"Precisely. That building stands exactly 1,148 feet high. And since it said, 'the place where you will find the key is on The City's street' that must mean-"
"It's on Las Vegas Boulevard!" I finished his sentence, finally getting what he was talking about.
"Yeah!" He said and I held out my hand for a high-five but he ignored it and left me hanging and started to walk over to his motorcycle.
I walked over to him, "Since when have you had a car? Or a… motorcycle?"
He just shrugged, "Get on."
"O-okay." I was kind of nervous but I still got on regardless.
It took about thirty minutes to get there from Radiant Garden. It was a long ride, but we finally made it.
"Here it is: the Stratosphere Hotel." Sora announced as we got off his bike.
"I know this, Sora. I've been here before." I scoffed then started to walk towards the entrance of the building.
"Okay, so basically, we went inside and we went to the very top floor of the building and had this big show down with the 'crazed killer person'… yada yada yada. But then turned out that we were in no danger at all, it was just some crazy old Kingdom Hearts fan who likes to make prank calls on us for some reason…" Kairi explains.
"That's it?" Amai asked.
"Yeah. Go figure, right?"
"So you wasted my time by telling me a story a bunch of unnecessary details when you could have just told me THAT?"
"I told you that I would tell my story how I wanted it." Kairi simply replied.
Amai shook her head then leaned back and propped herself up with her arms. Then she remembered what the whole reason why she even stopped combing her loves hair just to see what was wrong with Kairi. "Wait, then how did Sora become the head ringmaster at Cirque Du Soleil?"
"Oh yeah. That part. Well, I guess, for some reason, it has always been his dream to be a ringmaster at a circus and apparently, Cirque Du Soleil was hiring 17 yr. old teenagers for the job. And since we were in Las Vegas… I guess he applied for the job and got."
"Huh." Amai sat back in her seat and shrugged.
"Yeah…" Kairi sighed.
~Somewhere out there…~
"Ahh, I'm so glad that I finally got away from Kairi." Sora stretched his hands in the air then leaned back down onto his towel which was sprawled out in the sand. "Psh, ringmaster at Cirque Du Soleil. I really have no idea how she actually bought that. But nevertheless…" He trailed off as he yawned and fell asleep on the beach.
DeMoNiCaNgEl209: I am so glad you thought it was funny! ^^ And you almost got it right, the game is 358 / 2 Days. But who's checking, right?
Silver Dawn: Ah, being grounded sucks. And I hated all of the fillers in Bleach too. And the person at gamestop who was telling me that my pre-ordered was canceled or whatever, was being a real bitch -.- . Yeah, that wasn't the high point of my day that day but... you know, life goes on. Oh yeah and I think that by saying update soon is a bit cliche. But it's just something you say right before you sign off. (it does get a little old after a while too. But you're right, it is nice).
Starlol9: Hey girl! ^^ And yes, you were right. (but not all the way... hehehe.)
OmegaStarShooter14: Hahaa yeah its a filler. But the next chapter is the last one.. yay?
ascendingDeath: Aw man, I wish you would have told me those dares sooner. I bet I could have used them! But I already have the enging (for the most part) ready to be typed, but thank you anyways!
xXroxasloverXx: Hahaha, yeah. ^^
Guest/Anonymous (I yet and still have no idea what to put here!): Yeah, that's basically the same boat that I'm in T-T. Welcome to the club, want a cookie? :3 Haha and thank you.
PrincessWarrior3: My older cousin, Indigo (cool name, right?), used to be a Jesse McCartney fangirl too. Actually, she loved a whole bunch of boy singers too. Like 'N Sync and a bunch of other people.
Keyblader1997: Namine: Yay! I'm a favorite of someone! Me: Haha Thanks!
Omega01x: Nope, she's one of the last two people who haven't. Its gonna be her and Selphie last. And thanks!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts ©. All rights go to Square Enix and Disney.
Inspiration: Truth, Dare, DoubleDare, Kiss, Tell, or Marriage? by The Ladies Man
xxxHikari-Kuraixxx (xxxLight-Darkxxx)