Two weeks. Not too bad and not too good. Eh. What can you do? I'll admit it. I've been lazy. Sorry! =3
AN – Cannot wait for kh 358/2 days! I resisted the urge to look at all the cut scenes! Yay me! Lol
Disclaimer: Okay, crazy idea here! What if I was to gather a hoard of yaoi fan girls and went to happen to kidnap Nomura! Then I force him to give me Kingdom Hearts! Great plan, eh? But . . . I'd probably be grounded for eternity . . . and plus the game would end up sucking . . . so, yeah. You figure it out. *cough I don't own it cough* XD
Warnings: swearing, BoyXBoy, molesters who admit to being so, a little blond with a dangerous weapon (still), Yuffie crazier than ever, and a crazy angry red head.
I really don't know about this chapters quality, but anyway, enjoy!
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16: Goodbye Reality.
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This crossed the line of insanity. In fact, it not only crossed it, but kept going and going and going - Never stopping. Now, it took a lot for Sora to take in the ghosts, the evil, the storm, the "becoming a hero" thing, and the whole thing with Kairi. But this right here, right now, was just too much.
Evil. Roxas. Gun. Pointed. At. Him.
Those six words just do not go together. They shouldn't go together. They wouldn't go together. They just couldn't go together. Sora didn't know how long he stood there trembling, only feet away from someone who had a gun pointed at him. If it were anyone else, the situation would have been just as petrifying. But this was Roxas. Roxas. A smirking, evil, ghostly, smartass Roxas. But still, none the less, the same Roxas who he thought of as a brother. Sora never would've thought he'd be in this situation. But then again, who would go around thinking about their best friends pointing guns at them? Someone really paranoid, maybe, but that wasn't the point.
It seemed like eons, years, decades, centuries of agonizing silence. Roxas wasn't saying anything, just smirking, eyeing Sora with intense concentration. Sora wanted to look away, but found himself glued to those now orange eyes. They looked so damn familiar, but Sora couldn't place them. He could still hear Axel and Kairi's yells from the other side of the door, but they seemed distant because he was so focused on Roxas. While Sora's mind was still on an endless spin, Roxas finally said something, "Aw, little Sora's crying, how . . . pathetic."
Sora blinked, and touched cheeks. God, he was crying – this was pathetic. If it was some ghost, Sora would've glared and retorted right back, but it felt as if it was really Roxas – a friend – who was taunting him, kicking him down. It actually hurt, even though this really wasn't Roxas, and Sora knew that.
Finally, Sora finally was able to manage out a whispered, ". . . R –Roxas?"
If it was possible, Roxas' smirk widened as he lowered the gun, "Roxas is gone, Sor – Sor. It was his own fault."
What? Suddenly, Sora realized what was happening. Roxas was being possessed, and finally recognizing those orange eyes, Sora knew that it was none other than Xemnas. Hatred replaced fear and Sora balled his hands into fists, and glared at Roxas . . . err, Xemnas . . . Sora just decided to call him evil Roxas.
"Xemnas let him go!"
Evil Roxas shook his head slowly and tilted his head to the side, "Now why would I do that? This is too much fun."
Then he turned his head over his shoulder toward the door, as if just then, noticing Axel and Kairi. Sora watched as he glanced back at Sora with that smirk and then turned back and walked over to the door. He twisted the knob and swung the door open so hard that it banged off of the wall. Axel and Kairi's eyes widened and they instantly gasped, "Roxas?!"
Evil Roxas looked from Axel to Kairi, finally resting his gaze on Axel, who looked down with an arched eyebrow, most likely because of that smirk that seemed to be permanently glued to evil Roxas' face and, oh yeah, the gun. Then, the blond did something no one was expecting. He grabbed a fistful on the taller's shirt (the gun was still dangling in his other hand) and pulled Axel down so that their lips locked in a kiss.
Now, this would've of been sweet since it was that anticipated moment they were all waiting for. Except for the fact that Roxas was really an old, creepy, and perverted ghost in side and Axel had no clue what was happening. The kiss lasted about ten seconds, then evil Roxas, pushed the confused red head away and ran down the hallway, laughing.
Sora ran out of the room, watching the blond run away at an impossible speed (Yep, definitely not Roxas) there was a stunned silence and then Axel scratched the back of his head, "I don't know what the hell happened," Then he smiled wryly. "But damn, that was hot!"
Kairi shoved him, and Sora decided to let Axel know who exactly he had kissed, "Err, Axel. Roxas is being possessed, so that wasn't him."
" . . . Dare I even ask, who was it?"
Sora hesitated, "Technically you just kissed some perverted, old, evil ghost."
A moment of silence and Kairi and Axel both reacted at the same time. Kairi burst into laughter, and a look of disgust was placed on Axels face, and he banged his head against the wall, moaning, "Oh god, this can't be happening . . ."
"Ha, serves you right," Kairi laughed out. Axel glared at her, "Oh, shut up Kairi."
There goes the fighting again. Sora sighed, then yelled out, "Shut up!"
The two red heads stopped the spat, and looked toward him. "You two need to pull it together. Roxas is being possessed by some demented ghost and we need to save him! Who knows what could be happening?!"
"Your right," Axel sighed, looking down the hall. "He's heading toward Dem's group, we should warn them."
He reached toward his pocket, and that's when they all realized that his shoulder bag he had been carrying was gone. The bag that held all the flashlights, equipment, and walkie-talkies was gone.
"He stole it," Kairi proclaimed. "He is really fast . . ."
"Okay that's it!" Axel exclaimed, angry. "He kissed me, shoved me, and he stole my bag – that ghost is sooooo dead."
"Err, Axel. He's kind of already dead," Sora put in.
"Whatever! He's going down! Now let's go!"
Axel started to run down the hall, and Sora and Kairi looked at each other. Kairi mumbled, "Someone's in a mood."
"I heard that!"
Sora and Kairi glanced at each other, before heaving heavy breathes, and running after Axel.
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"Do you . . . hear laughing?" Demyx stopped, and turned his head around.
"You're probably just imagining things again," Zexion waved him off and went to keep walking but Demyx grabbed his arm and hugged it tightly. "Let me go Demyx," He muttered.
"But Zexy!" Demyx whined, only pulling tighter. "I'm seriously hearing something! Listen! Listen!"
Zexion sighed. Typical Demyx. But it was nice to see him back to normal. Though, Hayner and Pence were snickering behind them. He shot them a murderous glare, and they immediately stopped and looked away. It was same thing everything every time. Demyx would do something weird or odd, Zexion would get embarrassed, people would laugh, Zexion would glare at them, and over again. He should've been used to it, but yet, he never was.
"Maybe he's right," Hayner said. "I mean, we ALL heard that crash."
"This house is over a century old," Zexion reasoned, trying to break free of Demyx's grasp. No luck. "There are probably things falling down every day. It's nothing."
Hayner glared at him, "You always think you're so right, don't you? Well, you're not as smart as you think you are."
"Really," drawled Zexion. "'Cause you're definitely not the "almighty struggle champion" that you were trying to convince everyone you were this summer."
"That's not the point," The blond growled through gritted teeth.
"Always trying to run away from conflict, huh?" Zexion mocked. "Especially that involving Seifer Almasy."
Hayner's eyes widened for a split second, then he glowered at Zexion, "Why you –"
"Hayner, calm down," Pence grabbed the blondes arm, and pulled him away from the silverette.
"You too, Zexy!" Demyx once again grabbed Zexion's arm. "Behave!"
Zexion scoffed, "Whatever. Let's just keep going."
"Not so fast!"
The four froze and turned their heads, and with wide eyes stared at Roxas. But, it wasn't Roxas. This blond was glowing, had orange eyes, and carried a devious smirk. Three things Roxas would have never had. Oddly enough, he seemed that he was carrying Axel's shoulder bag. But, worst of all, the blond had a gun, that he was holding loosely with on hand. Like it was no big deal.
They stood there in silence. Hayner and Pence were in shock, Demyx was in the utmost fear, and Zexion got over the shock rather quickly and was giving whatever the heck it was an inquisitive stare. "Roxas" just smirked at them.
The first one to make movement was Hayner. He shoved past Zexion and Demyx, so that he was only feet away from his friend. Then he said just about the stupidest thing you could say in this situation.
"Roxas," The blond snapped. "What the hell are you doing?"
At this, the blond let out a small laugh, "You shouldn't have asked that."
Then, he raised the gun he was holding and aimed it right at the four. Smirking all the while.
"What should we do?" Demyx whispered.
"Only thing we can do," Zexion muttered. "Run!"
They all turned around and started a dash down the hallway, all while hearing a gunshot and laughter.
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"Let's goooooo," Yuffie muttered, banging her head against the table. "I'm sooooo bored and there's nothing here! Jeeze, you two, no matter how many times you look at that same bookshelf, it'll never change!"
"But there's something strange here," Olette said examining the bookshelf. "Like a book that could be pulled out, or a secret lever . . . or something . . ."
"Yuffie, you really should be helping us," Aerith scolded. "Instead of whining."
"I AM helping," Yuffie retorted.
The two brunettes looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"See, I'm, um, cleaning up!" She started 'cleaning' as in wiping books onto the floor. "See I – hey, what's this?"
Aerith and Olette walked over, and looked over Yuffie's shoulder. Through the mess, there was golden drawing etched into the wood. It was complicated with loops and swirls but what caught the most attention was that within the drawing there were three circles. Two circles had a symbol in it – one with a heart with a diamond like bottom and the other had a cross with an upside down heart hanging from it. The third circle was empty.
"What could this mean?" Aerith asked, using her pointed finger to trace the drawing slowly.
"Somehow, these two symbols look familiar," Olette muttered one hand on chin. "Hm. It's like, if you were to draw in the third symbol . . . something were to happen."
"Oh C'MON," Yuffie whined. "It's not like the movies where you pull a book out and a secret passage way opens or if you take some super valuable stone off a pedestal a huge rock will come rolling out of absolutely no where, and BAM. You start doing all these great and super ninjafied moves to get out of the way and somehow the rock just rolls right past only completely destroying the cave, or house or whatever! C'mon! Have some SENSE!"
The two brunettes stared at the exasperated ninja, and then started cracking up into giggles. Yuffie fumed, standing up and stomping her foot, "Why are you laughing?! Why?! This is no laughing matter!"
"Sorry Yuffie," Aerith apologized half heartedly, because she was still smiling. "It's just that saying that we need sense is a little ridiculous coming from you."
"And you're being a little dramatic, don't you think," Olette added.
"Dramatic!?" Yuffie exclaimed angrily. "Kay, THAT'S IT, I am SO changing groups!"
"Yuffie," Aerith sighed trying to grab her shoulder but Yuffie shook it off and marched out of the room, swung open the door, paused, and yelled, "Roxas, I am so not in the mood! Because of you I had to work with these meanies who insulted my intelligence and – and why do you have a gun? And why are you smirking? Put that gone done right this instance!"
Aerith and Olette ran over, and were shocked to find Roxas only feet away from the door way with a gun in his hand that was pointed at Yuffie who seemed to be completely angry instead of shocked.
"Roxas?" Olette asked suddenly. "Where have you been?"
Roxas glanced at Olette, smirk still wide. It took the brunet aback a little bit. So unlike Roxas . . .
"Move out of my way, Roxas," Yuffie commanded. "I'm so not in the mood."
"Yeah, well I am."
Suddenly, the door slammed shut, and the force pushed them all to the ground. Yuffie was the first to get up off of the ground, and turn the door knob.
"WHAT?!" She screamed. "It's LOCKED?! What the hell is this!? Open up right this minute, Roxy!"
"Nah, don't feel like it," He replied back through the door in that weird, echo voice. "See ya!"
"Roxas?!" Yuffie yelled. "Roxas?! God damn you little blond!"
"Yuffie calm down," Aerith said calmly. "Let's use our walkie-talkie to contact the other group so that they can get us out."
". . . Fine." Yuffie reached into the little bag that was tied to her belt, but only to come back empty handed. "W –what?! I could've sworn, how –"
Her eyes narrowed and she practically blew up as she went to go (literally) beat up the door, "DAMN YOU ROXY! GIVE ME BACK MY WALKIE-TALKIE!!!"
There was no answer, which probably meant that "Roxas" was long gone.
"Well," Olette sighed. "Might as well, try to figure out that drawing. I have a feeling it has to do with what's happening."
"Good idea," Aerith nodded, and then she turned to the miserable brunette pouting by the door. "Yuffie, would you care to help us?"
"Yeah . . . I guess so," Yuffie got up and walked over to the table. "But when we get out, do I have permission to beat Roxy up?"
"No!" Both Aerith and Olette said in unison, and the ninja scoffed.
"This is pretty much the worst sleepover ever; I'd rather be stuck with Cloudy and Squall where ever the heck they are."
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This was undoubtedly the worst day of Leon's life, and if not, it was pretty damn close.
First, he had to go get the god forsaken batteries because Yuffie was an idiot and refused it was her own fault even though she insisted on doing all the preparation herself. Then she forced him to go outside (with Cloud for some reason) into the pouring rain too get a bunch of completely useless stuff, Next it was the fact that the car ride took forever, and apparently Cloud didn't like long held silences so he kept talking and talking and talking until he was practically talking to himself and it took Leon all he had to keep himself stoic and not completely explode at the blond. But that proved to harder, when five minutes after getting into the store, it was announced that they would have to stay in the store. Then Yuffie called, and everyone started talking about ghosts and that Roxas was gone or something like that and Cloud completely and utterly freaked out. And if the night wasn't horrid enough, the few other people in the store decided to start a discussion circle which included a couple a damned fan girls and banshees and some guy who was most likely a molester. And they all absolutely adored Cloud – especially that damn molester who Leon was eyeing because Cloud was completely in his own world and barely even noticed.
Leon swore to god that Yuffie was going to mysteriously disappear one day and no will find her.
"Hey, Mr. Stoic! Get over here!"
Leon was leaning against a shelf, not too far away from the others, and replied, "I'd rather not."
"Cloud!" A blond with braids grabbed Cloud's arm. "Make your boyfriend get over there!"
Leon froze and Cloud's face turned red, and he waved his hands around in defense," N- No! He's not my boyfriend!"
"Oooo ~ so you're single?" The molester leaned toward Cloud. Leon narrowed his eyes, why didn't Cloud just push him away? It was obvious that it bothered him.
"Err, yeah, I guess," Cloud just kept leaning back, and that god damn molester just kept moving forward. The girls barely noticed anything.
"Then maybe –"Leon shoved the guy away, and sat in between him and Cloud. The molester glared at him, and Leon gave him a cold look. It didn't affect this guy, oddly enough, but it didn't matter. Leon just wanted to get the point across.
"YAY! Mr. Scowls is here!" The blond cheered, and she sort of reminded Leon and Cloud of Yuffie (Leon already couldn't stand her). "Now let's do introductions! Yay! Okay I'm Rikku! With two K's! Okay I was born on a cold, cold night but my birth heated the day up! And the BAM it was spring! People call me a miracle! Okay, they don't, but they should! So . . ."
This could take hours. Maybe days. Seriously. Leon had learned from Yuffie, who on the first day of third grade, made her introduction speech so long that it lasted the whole half day, and she had only made it too her toddler years. Leon didn't even want to know what she would have to say about nineteen years.
"I was a little angel, down from the heavens and –"
"Err, Rikku," The brunette girl cut in. "Maybe you could cut it short on the name."
Rikku pouted, "Fine Yunie. Go ahead."
"Okay, I'm Yuna."
"Paine," a gothic girl said unemotionally.
"Hiya!" a girl with two braids greeted. "I'm Penelo!"
"Sephiroth Sinclair ~," The molester drawled. Leon scoffed. What a name.
They all looked at him now that it was "his turn", "I'm not telling any of you anything."
Cloud shoved him, and smiled at the others, "His names Squall."
"It's Leon," the brunet muttered.
"And I'm Cloud," The blond finished.
Rikku squealed, "Oh, that's such a cute name! I can't help but love it!"
"Yes, it's lovely," the molester – no, he would not call him by his name - smirked. Leon narrowed his eyes, could he be any more forward? It was disgusting.
"Err, thanks. I guess," Cloud replied unsure.
"Sooooo . . ." Rikku grinned. "Let's play a game."
"What game?" Cloud asked.
"Truth or Dare!"
Why does this whole scenario seem so familiar? Oh yeah, because Yuffie came up with it a million times and always supplied misery on the side. Rikku's idea of the game didn't seem like it'd be too far off. Leon immediately declared, "I'm not playing."
"Aw, Squally!" Damn you Cloud. "C'mon!"
"No."
"Cloooouuuud," Rikku whined, latching onto the other blond's arm. "Make your boyfriend play!"
"I told you – he's not my boyfriend!"
"Well then~," the molester said slyly. Leon turned his head, how the heck did he get on the other side of Cloud? He was standing beside Cloud, leaning his head down. "How bout we – Ah!"
Leon kicked his foot into that molester's leg, causing him to fall over behind Rikku. The girls all giggled (excluding Paine). "You did not want to finish that sentence."
The guy flamboyantly flipped that silver hair and at first seeming angry, then smirked, "Oh ~ someone's a little jealous."
Leon stood, and glared up at him. The fact that this guy was taller than him wasn't helping him at all. "You –"
Then, his phone rang. He growled, turned from the molester to answer it.
"Hello?"
"SQUALL!" Leon took the phone away from his ear, and held it inches away in the air. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"At the store, still."
"STILL?! BUT YOU NEED TO COME BACK NOW!!!"
"And why's that?"
There was a sigh, "I need to talk to Cloud. It's about his brother."
Leon handed the phone to Cloud and muttered, "Its Yuffie."
"Wait a minute," Rikku piped up, Leon glanced at her. "Yuffie? As in Yuffie Kisaragi?!"
"Yeah, I guess."
Rikku squealed, and grabbed the phone from Cloud's hand. The blond looked confused and out of it for a second, the turned towards the ecstatic blond with a questioning gaze. But Rikku was too busy to notice anything around her, "OH MY GOD!!! Yuffie?! I love you Yuffie!"
Yuffie was apparently ticked off beyond belief, because when she was ticked, she yelled. And she was yelling so loud that everyone could hear her clearly when the phone wasn't on speaker. Rikku winced, and pulled the phone away from her ear, but was still grinning all the while.
" . . . WHO IS THIS?! CLOUD?! WHERE ARE YOU?! ARE YOU LISTENING, CLOUDY?! HEY . . ."
She just kept going on like that, and Rikku looked like she was hyperventilating. What the hell did Yuffie do to get a fan? You really have to watch that girl 24/7 . . .
Cloud finally grabbed the phone away from Rikku, and held it out of her reach, "Yuffie, YUFFIE. Calm down! That was just some crazy girl –"
"Hey!"
"- named Rikku. So, something about my brother, and evil, and guns . . ."
Cloud drifted into silence, and everyone watched as he listened on the phone and his expression changed from listening, to confusion, to disbelief, and then to annoyance.
"What did she say?" Leon asked, although he really rather not know.
"Um, well," Cloud said the confusion still on his face. He then recited slowly, "That my brother is now evil and he locked them in the library . . . stole their walkie-talkie . . . and is now running around with a gun."
Leon raised an eyebrow, and Cloud sighed and put the phone back to his ear. "Yuffie . . . how much lemonade did you drink tonight?"
That got Yuffie mad again, and Cloud already knew before hand because he held out the phone at a distance, "Only one! Or . . . maybe three . . . okay! Fifteen cups but – WAIT A MINUTE! THAT'S NOT THE POINT! I'M SERIOUS –"
"Yuffie, calm down," Cloud brought the phone back to his ear at the sound of the familiar (and softer) voice of Aerith. "Cloud, she actually is telling the truth. Roxas locked us in the library, and he . . . had a gun. Something is very wrong here."
Cloud's breath hitched, could it really be Roxas? He nodded, "O- okay . . . you I believe . . ."
"Cloud, are you alright? Cloud?"
"Yeah . . . I'm fine. See you soon." The blond flipped the phone shut and looked at Leon. "We have to get back."
Leon sighed, "You and I both know –"
"I don't care!" Cloud shouted. "This is my brother! And I'm leaving with or without you!"
Then the blond bolted out of the store, and Leon found no choice but to run after.
The others watched as the two dodged security and bolted out of the store.
"Well that was . . . interesting," Yuna piped up.
"No, it was stupid," Paine scoffed.
"It was so cute!" Rikku squealed.
"Hmph," Sephiroth said. "Cloud could do so much better."
They all stared at him, "You know," Rikku said. "You come here more than once every week. Then you hit on guys. You really need a life."
"Oh, it's just for fun," Sephiroth waved her off. "But that Cloud kid sure was cute."
"You're not gonna follow him home are you?" Yuna asked, arms crossed.
"I may be a molester, but I'm not a stalker," he said as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
Penelo scrunched up her nose, "I don't know which to be more scared of: the fact that you're a molester . . . or the fact that you admitted to it."
"Well, anyway," Rikku said, gazing outside. "Those two are so made for each other . . . whether they'll admit too it or not."
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Throughout all the commotion of the night, no one would've thought anything else could happen. But, as always, there's always gonna be something else that pops out of nowhere to bring extra mayhem on top of everything else.
"What are we doin' here? I'm missin' an episode of Kupo Kitchen for this, ya know?!"
"Stop your whining and hurry up."
"This is stupid, man. We're soakin' wet and it's freezin', ya know? Fuu agrees too, ya know?"
"Ridiculous," The silver haired girl agreed bitterly.
Seifer growled. Some help they were. But he had to get back at that runt for ruining his rep. People were starting to think that he (Seifer Almasy!) was growing soft, and that just wouldn't do. Despite their protests, Fuu and Rai followed him through the forest, until they finally saw lights from the mansion.
"Okay," Seifer said, as soon as they were under the porch roof. "Here's the plan. We'll put these sheets and masks on, then go up to the window and bang on it! They'll be scared for sure! Ha!"
"Original," Fuu scoffed, and Seifer glared at her.
"If you have problems with it then leave." Fuu continued to glare at him, but snatched the sheet and mask from his hands.
"Good," Seifer smirked. They all put the cloak over themselves and then the mask. Seifer leaded them to the window, and just as he was about to make his move . . . he noticed that no one as there.
"What?!"
Seifer whipped the mask and cloak off and stared through the window in disbelief. How could no one be there?!
"Oh, I guess no one's here! Let's go ya know!"
"Oh, hold it right there!" Seifer grabbed the back of Rai's shirt and dragged him towards the doors. "Look! It's open!"
"That's trespassing, ya know?"
"Leave," Fuu commanded, arms crossed. Seifer waved them both off. "C'mon!"
Seifer pushed open the door, slowly. He stepped inside, and Fuu and Rai reluctantly followed. Seifer looked around, "Where are they? They had too of been here."
They all slowly stepped more inside, and suddenly, out of nowhere, they saw some blond with his back towards them. Seifer knew right away it was Roxas Strife. He smirked. Mine as well have a little fun.
"Hey! Chicken wuss!"
To Seifer's disappointment, Roxas didn't jolt and to his astonishment, the blond just turned around casually, all the while smirking uncharacteristically. What was weirder was that Roxas didn't say anything, and was just looking at him.
But that didn't bust Seifer's confidence, "What's the matter, Chicken wuss? Trying to act cool? Ha! What a pathetic act!"
To his annoyance, Rai didn't add his usually comment of "Seifer's the best, ya know?" but he let it pass, because his confidence was slowly fading. Why the hell wasn't he saying anything? And what was up with that face, anyway? Talk about creepy . . .
One last go. "It's not working. No matter what you do, you'll always be the same pathetic lamer as always."
"Oh really?"
Then, Roxas, whipped out a gun and had it pointed at Seifer. Okay, now every ounce of sanity had left the world. If anyone was going to be pointing a gun and being all threatening, it'd be Seifer! . . . Not that he'd actually do it, though. Just making a point.
"He's got a gun, ya know?" Rai whimpered from behind him. Even Fuu looked scared. God, this was pathetic.
"I really hate to say this, but," Seifer sighed, giving up all his pride. "RUN!"
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"Oh man! This is awesome!"
Riku, Namine, Marluxia, and Larxene had made their agreement and found their way back to the front of the mansion only to be met with utter chaos. The groups seemed to have been disbanded, and everyone was running around frantically. Apparently Xemnas had summoned more ghosts, and they were darting around, chasing the teens. But, before they could help anyone, Riku and Namine had to find Sora. But in the mean while, Marluxia and Larxene were having a blast with all the action.
"Riku, where is he?" Namine whispered too him.
"I don't know . . . I really hope he's okay," Riku sighed, and when Namine gave him an odd smile, Riku ignored what it meant. He couldn't deal with what Namine thought of him and Sora right now. But that conversation was starting to leak into his mind as he questioned the insane worry about the brunette. He couldn't really . . . actually have feelings for Sora? He just couldn't. He was dead, and Sora was still very much alive. He just couldn't bring anymore complications to his and Sora's already very odd friendship.
"So, can this Sora kid really help us?" Larxene questioned, unconvinced.
"Of course he can." Namine said confidently. "Right, Riku?"
I have to get this out of my head. I'm a ghost for god's sake! Besides, I'd probably creep Sora out . . . and I had enough trouble with creeping him out by just BEING here . . . what's wrong with –
"RIKU!" The silver ghost looked up and Namine, who flashed a concerned look and repeated her question. "Sora'll help us, right Riku?"
Sora. He'll help us . . . to move on. Riku smiled almost a sad smile and agreed softly, "Yeah . . . he will."
In the end, it won't matter. I'll move on and he has his life here. Of course.
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Not a cliff hanger! See, I'm not completely evil! Ha!
In my mind, there are three kinds of Sephiroth: nice, bad, and perverted. I chose perverted =3
Note: I think that Rai epically fails at nearly every subject, except for cooking! I think he's ironically the best student in that class! XD
Anyone from the store (which I'm calling mooglemart lol) won't really be in the story anymore except for maybe some random meeting. Lol and the whole Yuffie and Rikku thing was completely random too. I'll leave it to your imaginations as to what exactly Yuffie did to get Rikku as a fan ^-^
You reviewers, as always, are completely and utterly awesome. I love you guys and seeing a new review on my computer just makes me so happy! Thank you so much =). Keep em' coming! Please!
Note to reviewers: I have decided that I will answer reviews for a chapter after I finish the next chapter so I can tell you all when it'll be out, Kay?
Chapter seventeen: Cloud and Leon are back? What's up with that sign in the library? Seifer and Hayner clash. Sora and Riku struggle and Axel's figuring out some things. Roxas fights back. Kairi meets Namine. A little Zemyx too! It's all in the next thrilling installment of Heavenly Haunting: Chapter seventeen!
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~Before-I-Fall~ =3