Here is chapter 11!! Thank you everyone who reviewed! (We are now at 11 reviews. Double digits how exciting!) Hopefully I got this chapter up soon enough for everyone (young gun kid I hope no cats were shot!) I had to admit I really enjoyed the Kairi and Sora scene! (Oops sorry I'm ruining it) Well I'm going to stop now before I spoil the rest of the chapter! And Riku actually has feelings! Ok I'm done now! Enjoy
*Selphie*
"Those two have so much in common! I'm calling it a week before they finally go out!" I said as I watched Riku leave the secret hide out, only moments after Lauren had done the same thing. I got weird looks from Tidus and Wakka but I noticed that…what was her name? Oh yeah, Yuffie. Anyways I noticed that Yuffie was nodding her head in agreement.
"Come on Kairi I want to show you around town! This is where you were born anyway." Sora said, holding out his hand. Kairi nodded happily before grabbing his hand and with that Sora whisked her away to show her the sites and sounds of Radiant Garden. I turned to Yuffie
"Man this is gonna be sooo exciting! No school. No parents! And we get to totally kick heartless butt!" I said, punching the air with my fist.
"Not so fast "Cloud said holding up his hands. I crossed my arms and put on a pouty face.
"Awe why not?!" I moaned. I just wanna get out there and show Sora and Kairi and Riku and Lauren that I can fight too!!
"Well first we are going to show you three how to properly fight" Tifa said, pointing to me, Tidus, and Wakka.
"You're on!" Tidus said, raising up his wooden sword and getting into fighting position. Tifa just smiled before shooting forward so quickly she was a blur. She slid across the floor, kicking Tidus's legs out from under him before jumping up, punching him in the face as she went. Tidus collapsed to the ground holding his face.
"Now will you let me show you how to actually fight?" Tifa said smugly, wiping herself off. Tidus just grunted and got up, dusting himself off. Then there was a poof of smoke and a man with a long gray beard, glasses, a blue hat, blue slippers, and a blue robe that was way too short for him came out of the smoke.
"Well it seems I have arrived right on time, as usual." He said before glancing around. "Though I would've enjoyed getting the chance to teach Kairi a bit of magic too"
"So that makes you late?" Leon asked, which caused the strange man in blue clothing to look offended
"No I am right on time! I just have some regrets about the way things played out." He said. Leon made the right choice and decided to drop the subject. The man turned to us.
"My name is Merlin. I am a highly trained magician and have been requested to teach you three in the art of magic." He explained. My eyes widened. I had seen Sora do magic before and I was absolutely amazing! I could watch him for hours! Not that he ever actually did magic for hours. Lazy Keyblade Master.
"You mean like the 'create a bouquet out of thin air' kind of magic?! Because I can already do that." Tidus said. I rolled my eyes
"No silly like the magic that Sora does!" I said with a squeal of excitement. Man this is going to be sooo exciting!
"Now if you three will just follow me I have some extra furniture that you three can practice magic on" Merlin said before heading up a staircase that I hadn't noticed before. I squealed with excitement one more time before heading up the staircase with Tidus and Wakka.
*Riku*
Man I'm a mess! I slashed my way through yet another horde of heartless, trying to clear my head. Adrenaline had always been useful when I was trying to really think things through. Thoughts pounded against my skull like a swarm off wasps, stinging and stinging me without dying. Man I feel so confused. I'm going to make a freaking list of my feelings….yeah this is gay. Oh well.
I'm confused about: everything
A) Lauren- I liked her…a lot just three freaking days ago! Now I hate her. How did that happen?!
1. B) Sora- I've always sort of been the one everyone looked to for guidance and it seemed like I was always the leader. Now suddenly it seems like Sora's taken that role. I feel like I don't even know my own best friend anymore.
1. C) Myself- If I've always been the leader and now that's what Sora is, then what am I? I don't have anyone to talk to anymore that will understand. I feel like everyone has changed. Is it everyone else or is it just me?
2. I'm worried and lost and angry and hateful and sad and sca- OK THIS LIST IS NOT HELPING!!!!!
This is why I think therapists are completely pointless. Slashing heartless is much better.
Doing my best not to continue my list I kept slashing any heartless that came near me and eventually worked my way up to the one place I didn't want to be and the place I had been searching for at the same time. I had finally made it to the castle where Maleficent had carried out all her evil deeds, the same place where Sora and I fought over Kairi, and the same place Xehanort's Heartless had taken over my appearance.
But you never gave up. Isn't that what counts?
The voice rang in my ear. I remembered a girl telling me that, a long time ago. It was just after I had gone through Kingdom Hearts with the King. I remembered wondering for weeks who that girl had been. So why did her voice sound so familiar all of a sudden? I walked over to the edge of the cliff and sat down. With a full moon and clear skies I may just stay here all night. With a sigh I closed my eyes and began to try and sort things out.
*Lauren*
I walked peacefully across the bluish colored land to where a cliff was. I was high above the ground which was exactly how I preferred it. With a full moon high in the sky, a cool breeze, and an all around perfect night I sat down, feeling completely relaxed for the first time in days. I had destroyed enough heartless for my body to decide I deserved some contentment before the next urge to fight came on. Wanting to take complete control of the moment I took in a deep breath and began singing, softly at first but then louder.
I'm hunting shadows in the dark
In steaming jungles of the world.
Either to kill or to be killed
By creatures never named or heard.
I'm lifting wishes to the stars
The gleaming satellites of time.
Orbiting circles overhead
To futures when your love is mine.
But you were always pretty reckless with your love
Come with the sun and getting restless when it's gone.
And when you go you leave me breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you.
Your voice is echoing again
Through catacombs inside my mind.
And I've been dreaming of revenge
To make you love me more than even you can try.
All words converge to where you are.
And if I follow I will surely find
The horses gone the fire still warm
And you've moved on an hour before.
You like to keep me just one step behind.
But you were always pretty reckless with your love
Come with the sun and getting restless when it's gone
And when you go you leave me breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you
Breathless…..
Breathless…..
Breathless…..
Breathless…..
I hummed softly to this part of the song, which was my favorite part. It was just a guitar playing but it sounded so sweet, almost supernatural, like something so amazing couldn't really be heard. I took another breath as words approached
Yeah you were always pretty reckless with your love
Come with the sun and getting reckless when it's gone
And when you go you leave me breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you
Restless when it's gone…..
Breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you
Breathless…..
Breathless…..
Breathless…..
Breathless…..
I sighed happily, imagining a roaring applause. No one had ever heard me sing so I wasn't exactly sure if I sounded good or not. I didn't really mind though. I didn't want people to hear me sing, just in case I did sound bad. Just then I heard clapping.
"Not bad!" a voice yelled. Dammit I know that voice! I looked down to see….! Oh no he did NOT!
*Riku*
She's not too bad, for a horrible abomination of nature that is. I clapped a few more times, and then laughed when I saw the furious look on her face. With out hesitation she jumped off the cliff and turned over so she was facing the rock wall. She summoned Two Across and jammed it into the rock. She continued to slide down, still holding on to her blade. When she was about 10 ft from the bottom she pressed her feet flat against the wall and pushed off in a wide back flip. She landed easily and summoned her blade out of the wall and back to her hand.
"Were you listening the whole time?!" she yelled angrily
"Would I be clapping if I hadn't heard you?" I asked. She stomped her foot angrily and I laughed
"You weren't supposed to hear that!" she said
"Well I did!" I responded this was really starting to annoy me. It was just a song right?
"Oh forget it!" she said. "I'm not about to let you ruin this!" she turned towards the cliff I had been sitting at, the one that gave you a perfect view of Maleficent's old castle. She yawned and stretched up her hands and with out another word she ran and jumped off the cliff.
"Are you insane?!" I yelled but it was too late. She flipped over so her head would be the first thing that would hit the ground and just as she was about to hit the ground and die a pure black wing and a pure white wing sprouted out of her back and she shot up into the sky. What the hell….? Then I remembered that Fury had wings so I guess Lauren had them too, as long as she and Fury were the same person. Lauren circled around the castle and did a series of dives and turns, smiling the whole time. In the end I smiled too. She's completely insane.
If I wasn't insane that would never have worked!
I just laughed. Then I realized that it was probably getting pretty late. I checked my phone. 11:45.
Dammit we gotta go! It's already almost midnight!
Ok ok relax I'm coming.
Lauren did a wide turn and started flying back to where I was. She was about twenty feet away when something shot out of the sky, hitting her square on. She shot towards the ground and hit hard.
Dammit! Stupid heartless! Ugh great- I broke my effing wing.
I looked down to see her pure white wing was now turning red, and it was bent at an awkward angle. I took a few steps back, preparing myself. If I can jump off Memory's Skyscraper blind folded and survive I'm sure I can do this.
Just stay there- there's only two of them. I got it.
I crossed my arms angrily and sat down on the ground. I probably looked like a pissed off 5 yr old but I really didn't care. I watched as the first heartless that had broken Lauren's wing charged at her. At the last minute Lauren flipped over the heartless, dragging her Keyblade down its body. She landed and slashed out horizontally at the second heartless and just like that they were gone. She crossed her arms and stood there. For a moment I was confused before I realized she couldn't get back up.
Yes I can stupid! Watch and learn.
She tossed her Keyblade up high enough that it was over my head. Then suddenly Lauren disappeared. I looked up at the Keyblade and watched as she reappeared holding on to the hilt of the blade. She landed easily and then looked to me.
"What?"
"Hasn't Sora done that before?"
"Uh no?"
"God doesn't he know anything?!"
"That's a great question" I told her. She kept staring at me. "Now what?!" I asked
"Uh my wing's broken?" she said in an are-you-an-idiot sort of way.
"I don't have any potions"
"Have you heard of the spell Cure before?!"
"I can't do that spell smart one!"
"How about for once you try. Instead of just writing yourself off!" I stomped over to her and summoned up Way to the Dawn. I put the tip of the blade against her wing and said Cure. To my surprise small green orbs surrounded her wing and I watched as her wing positioned itself and I heard a soft click as her wings snapped back into place.
"Oh what a surprise! I was right!" she said before heading back towards the secret hide out.
"How about thank you Riku?"
"Thank you Riku" I stopped in surprise. I had expected something more PG-13 than that. She glanced back
"Are you coming? Or do I have to hold your hand and show you the way back?" she said, rolling her eyes. Something passed between us and I understood. Maybe we weren't friends. Maybe we hated each other. But the urge to completely destroy her went away or at least faded a little.
I call the bigger half of the closet in our room by the way.
And the urge is back.
I figured
*Kairi*
I collapsed against the wall trying to catch my breath. Sora and I had been fighting heartless for hours. But they still just kept coming. I took a quick drink from my water bottle, noting that it was almost empty. Sora appeared in front of me and held out his hand.
"It looks like the heartless are taking a break. We should too! Do you want to go grab something to eat? I think we've collected enough money from all these heartless to have ten dinners." He said with a smile. I laughed and took his hand. He helped me to my feet and we headed off.
"Where are we going to eat?" I asked him
"I want to show you my favorite restaurant in all of Radiant Garden!" he said before running off.
"Sora come back!" I yelled. Running was not my strong point, it wasn't anywhere close. Where does he get all this energy? I chased after him. Fortunately the restaurant was just around the corner, so I didn't have to run very far. We got a seat inside and ordered our drinks. Considering how tired we were we both just got water and drained our glasses the moment the waitress arrived with them.
"Would you like some more water you two?" she said sarcastically. We both nodded enthusiastically and the waitress picked up our glasses and headed back towards the kitchen.
"Man Kairi you're starting to get really good at fighting! I'm impressed!" Sora said happily. I just blushed and waved my hand
"Well I still have a lot to learn. I'd like Aerith to teach me some healing magic"
"I think you would be good at that. After all the more light you have in your heart, the better you are at healing! And that means you'll be the best!" he declared. I smiled but my happy moment was quickly cut off when I heard a women scream from outside.
"Heartless! The heartless are attacking!" I quickly scooted my chair back, accidentally tripping the waitress with our water! The water she had been carrying went flying and landed right on Sora. He yelped as the icy water ran down his back.
"Oh Sora I'm so sorry!" I said, rushing over to try and help him dry off. He held up a hand and sighed
"Just forget it Kairi." And with that he turned and ran out the door, summoning the Oblivion Keyblade. I noticed that he had been fighting with the Oathkeeper up until now. I groaned. Sora's never going to go to dinner with me ever again! Definitely not on a date! I summoned up the Flowerblade, as Riku called it, and headed out the door into the cool night.
There you have it! Magic,
singing, flying, dinner, and of course, heartless! Here is a video
with the song Breathless in it by the way:
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(The pairing is Noctis and Aerith by the way)Hope you
enjoy the chapter and I will try to update soon! Review please!