Chapter Six

Beach Ball Bonanza part 1 -

Riku's Dark Secret

A/N Disclaimer, I do not own KH but I did create Chiyo and the story is originally based on my idea. All characters, worlds and enviroments belong to Disney and Squareenix.

Morning had arisen in Destiny Island and the clouds split a path for the sun to shrine through. Birds were singing and children were playing in the streets, even the ice-cream man did his daily route round the colder sacks. It was the perfect start to the day .

"It's going to be another wonderful day" sighed Kairi who was about finished applying her sun lotion. It was a surprise to her that she hadn't even struck a tan since she arrived in Destiny Island, perhaps she was one of those burning types and her skin was more sensitive than others.

She parted the curtains from her window to allow the suns rays a clear entry into her room, nothing was more surreal than this, she truly believed nothing was going to go wrong today. Packing her swimming costume and other Beach appliances into a pink swimming bag, she set off for the island with toast in one hand (that she was able to scoop up in the rush hour) and a bottle of water in the other.

---

Chiyo's sleep was a lot more restless than she desired it to be, waking up to the sound of loud bangs and an elderly mans manic heckles, she decided that to be her wake up call and launched herself out of bed.

The ebony haired teen recognised it was her Father up to no good…again. Most likely with Riku as the onyx haired male was missing from his futon; funny, when she had gazed down at the bed, it was already neatly packed, rolled up into a fine sausage situation, well, at least she wouldn't have to struggle with it later on. 'That was thoughtful.'

Descending down the long isle of steps, the fatigued child's accusations were correct , she could see their shadows in the next room, she entered with a nonchalant look on her face, Dad was working on some invention that was the size of a handbag whilst Riku was happily making conversation and eating breakfast.

Chiyo then made her presence known. "Funny, I didn't peg you as an early riser." She said through a symphony of yawns.

Both Riku and the inventor tilted their heads, Riku raising a smug smirk.

"Ah! There's my precious rosebud!" Chiyo's dad yelled lovingly, halting his work to embrace his daughter. The man was drenched in machine oil, she repelled his hug, moaning 'daaad' from the corner of her lips. He obeyed and sat back down, his bottom lip puffed to show his disappointment, Chiyo merely rolled her eyes and chose her seat.

" Morning sleepy head, nice hair." Riku teased. Chiyo had ignored all contact with the mirror and hadn't recognised her explosive hairdo all bundled in a tangled fuzz. She grunted mindlessly at his insult, scratching her belly like a prehistoric caveman.

"Now daughter, I've told you about scratching yourself, you'll get stretch marks" He said.

"Dad!" she squealed.

"Pfft!" Was the sound heard from Riku attempting to keep his mouth full of tea whilst trying to not to laugh. The baggy eyed bushy haired girl took a seat on the edge of the dinner table, she could still hear him scoffing, the cracks were beginning to show on his cool demeanour.

Pouring her favourite hot chocolate substance into a mug and bringing it to her lips, Chiyo's eyes were carefully placed on Riku as if to inspect his every move. Despite her paranoia of the 15 year old, Riku seemed comfortable in the hectic environment.

Toast was firmly set between his teeth before he wrenched it apart with one swipe.

"I wasn't born with this amazing body Chiyo." He mumbled through a mouth full of toast "I wake up every morning to do my morning exercises, 30 press ups then 30 push ups. You should try it if you want to stop that cellulite early."

"So, you're an obsessive fitness Jock? That don't impress me much." She replied "Thanks for being so concerned, but my thighs are perfectly fine." She snapped whilst taking another swig of hot chocolate. She was in a less bureaucratic mood then yesterday, it was true that she was a bit on edge when it came to Riku's fast remarks, she felt as if they were deliberate stabs at her but in reality it they were just the 'quirks' of his personality

Just as she thought about this, Riku seemed vacant, perhaps lost in thought.

--Flashback--

Young Riku: "Coach! Alfred's having an Asthma attack and he forgot his inhaler. Can he lay down for a second?"

C-Fed: "Of course he cant! Asthma isn't a sickness, its an excuse! Now I want three laps round the basket ball court."

Alfred runs off crying into the distance

Young Riku: "Coach! I think you hurt his feelings!"

C-Fed: "Feelings are what women have, they come from their ovaries, now drop and give me 50!" )

'Coach Fedeline, you were a blessing, and a curse.' The boy said in a daze obviously not paying attention to Chiyo fanning her hand in front of his face to get some signal out of him.

"Riku-REEEKKKUU?" She whined several times before getting a response.

His eyes fluttered "Huh? Oh…Where was I?" He moaned, mindlessly pulling Chiyo's hand away.

She fell back in her seat. "You went cross eyed for a second there, everything alright?" She said with a half a smile creeping on her lips.

"Yeah." He muttered, his gaze recoiled back to Chiyo "Now, what was this talk about showin me what you're made of?"

She was cut off from idly drinking her hot coco, staring at her preoccupied father before returning to Riku's question. "Um, excuse me?" Chiyo lolled her head upwards.

The boy smirked "Oh now don't tell me you forgot? We were going to spar." His smile widened as he felt at this moment she was going to back out of his proposition. Despite his urgency to get an answer from her, Chiyo's farther announced that his freshly baked invention was ready.

"Riku that reminds me, the weapons you wanted are ready, just pick them up whenever. Yu I'm so excited; Chiyo will surely wipe the floor with you. Nyuk Nyuk."

Chiyo rested her mug on the table and looked bafflingly at her dad. 'Weapons? So dad was up all night making weapons, for what purpose? I thought it was going to be hand to hand.' Chiyo was already on her feet and prepared to enter the fighting fray whilst Riku groaned solemnly at Vlad

The emerald eyed boy slammed his fist on the table, demanding an explanation "Whoa there doc! I thought you'd be rooting for yours truly!" He pressed his thumb on his chest to verify he was talking about himself.

The man stared clueless at the silver haired teen "Oh humn, who would that be then? Hmm…Oh-OH right! Well my dear boy as they say, blood is thicker than water, I'd appreciate it if you would fight outside." With that he stood up and escorted them out of the back kitchen door.

After Breakie…

Now clothed and fed, Chiyo decked out in her green dungarees stood opposite the opposition, her orange eyes burning feverishly in the baking sun.

A weapon rack was situated beside her mother's flowerbed (if you've played Tekken 5, think of the 'secret garden' as their battle ground) Chiyo was magnetically drawn towards the Bo staff, retrieving it from it's resting place, she grabbed it with both hands before retreating towards the battle circle. Riku, who claimed the Dadao, which was a two-foot long Chinese saber.

"You don't seem scared?" He said intently, his overconfidence lead him to think it would be an easy win. 'In fact she's barely flinching? What's making her so cocky?' He swung his sword to his side.

"Judging from this battle circle, you train?"

"Five hours a day." She said confidently.

Surprised, the boy snorted in amazement, he didn't expect a girl to be so committed. "Good, then I'm not wasting my time; you might actually be a descent opponent. Don't disappoint me. "

"I'll have you running around in circles. Let's see if those big muscles don't slow you down!"

The girl charged at full speed, she came rushing toward him, this made him hesitant to strike; Chiyo used that to her advantage and struck the first blow to his side. The boy gritted his teeth, the pain to his rubs made him wince "Cheap shot" he groaned, swatting his sword to the side to dispel Chiyo's next advance.

"There are no cheap shots in battle, Strike quickly to end it quickly." The girl said, swiftly moving into a dodge roll and hammered a middle kick to the chest; it was blocked. Riku held firmly onto her shoe, it made her twist into an uncomfortable position. "You're slow" he countered with two shots to the chest with his sword, the force pulled her back some and she failed to get to her feet

"Bad form bad form!" Spectator dad in the corner booed the silver haired boy.

The next five minutes was of them parrying and grinding their swords together, realizing there wasn't going to be a result, Vlad decided to end the match.

"ha, ha, ha, that's the first time.. I've actually had to use my skills in a fight."

"I underestimated you Riku. I'm sorry. But you helped me learn something about myself too." Out of breath and exhausted, she sat down where she had stood and motioned Riku to follow her actions, he did so and sat opposite her.

" Because you helped me discover a different side to myself, I want to return the favor."

"What are you, some kind of clairvoyant? Okay, this should be amusing" The boy humored her and even held out his palm, she shot him a glare that said 'that wont be necessary' and so he retreated his palm.

"…All off your Ki is being twisted to one place, I knew I felt something was wrong when I fought you, you have an unhealthy amount of darkness in your body, if you want I could try to expel the pain?"

That was. Bold of her, darkness? She found that out just by fighting him, Riku's eyes widened then he bowed his head as if it weighed a ton, his silvery bangs covering his eyes. The boy stood and lowered his voice in a tone that sounded threatening.

"No, warriors have to live with their darkness, and fight it themselves, that's what makes them strong. They bring all their powers to the battlefield, darkness or not." He said sternly, his green hues glistened with the passion of his voice; Chiyo could only stop and stare at those eyes.

"But..Riku!" she said pleadingly as she watched him walk out

"I'm going to see Sora, come on." He yelled in frustration.

Vlad placed his eyes on him as he left, then returned his glance to his daughter; they both shot each other concerned glances before returning to Riku.

'He should be in agony, the healthy cycle of ying and yang should be flowing through his body, it flows threw all of us, but his seems, disturbed…Oh Riku.'

"Riku wait!" Chiyo stepped up and jogged after him, being careful not to slip on her loosened shoe.

----

Active Time Event

The Island

"What time is it Wakka?" Selphie whined, glaring at the sun before flinching by its rays.

"The time is…" he created a soft pause whilst unraveling is invisible sleeves, it was all to keep Selphie glued "Time you got a watch, ya!"

"Oh! You always do that!" she scoffed, slamming her foot down.

"Well you always ask me! And you know I don't wear a watch." The boy snapped back, they glared evilly at each other cheek to cheek.

Wakka then retreated his glance to focus on the incoming blonde boy.

"Heads up, here comes, Tidus!" The Blitz ball coach yelled, almost defining Selphie who was still close to him. They greeted each other with a playful punch followed by a headlock from Wakka

"I thought you were with Sora and Kairi?" Wakka stated

"Nah, all that flirting was making game noxious." He grumbled in between his armpit, finally wrenching himself free, he retaliated by kicking Wakka in the shin.

"Hehe, I always knew the two would hook up. Tell me everything!"

Selphie seemed ecstatic about the news however Wakka looked skeptical.

" I don't know about that ya. I mean, I saw Sora with anudder girl and he seemed pretty smitten, you know?"

The chestnut haired girl rolled her eyes and ignored Wakka's view on the situation.

"Oh, is that so! Well then lets have a wager, I bet my girl Kairi will end up with Sora by the end of the summer holidays!"

"Fine, ya! But that means no meddling in their affairs, just let it be."

"Alright, If I win you're gunna have to share a paopu with Tidus and pay for my school dinners, oh and do my homework."

"And if I win, you gotta clean my gym clothes, polish my ball and share a paopu with Tidus's chocobo!"

Tidus, who wasn't really paying attention to their wager, had spotted a new boat head to shore, along with a new arrival.

"Look guys! It's Riku, and he's with a girl! A girl! Do you think it's his?"

"Hmm" Wakka walked up to the wooden railings to get a better observation. "She looks like the girl I saw with Sora."

"Oh! Scandalous! This is getting juicy! Do you think this girl might be playing the boys against each other?" Selphie winced with excitement; she couldn't help but get energized over the relationships of the Island gang.

"Knock it off Selphie! I swear you're just like my mum, always gossiping." Tidus complained

"Humph, well every girl has a hobby"

"Well, don't do anything to hurt Chiyo." The blonde blitz ball player barked

"Chiyo?" "Chiyo, ya? Hmm?"

"You know her?"

"…Come on, let's go see em!"

A/N

Q. Does anyone remember their P.E days in high school? I was an asthmatic but they'd never let you quit for a breath, even with your inhaler. P.E teaching bastids!! Lol I'd like to hear your P.E stories guys! I wrote that little memoir of Riku's P.E childhood as a reference for where he gets his inspiration. C'mon guys, like he'd get those godly muscles by just watching T.V. Anyway, I truly apologize for the wait, I did mention I was going to update my fictions quicker but my computer is currently at PC World trying to revive itself, so I have to use my sister's laptop for the time being.

I hope your still with me! C'mon! Onward to Chapter Seven! Beach ball Bonanza! I really want to start getting more chapters up before all those kingdom hearts games appear XP They'll spoil my story completely if they come out before im finished with my story -- sigh

Clairvoyance (from 17th century French Clair meaning "clear" and voyant meaning "seeing") is defined as the transference of information about an object, location or physical event through paranormal means. Clairvoyance is a form of extra-sensory perceptionwhich the transfer of information does not involve the known human senses. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant.

Claims for the existence of paranormal psychic abilities such as clairvoyance are highly controversial. Parapsychology explores this possibility, but no evidence for paranormal phenomena has gained acceptance within the scientific community. -- wiki