Chapter Seven
Beach Ball Bonanza part two
Thanks for the positive reviews everyone! When I read threw a couple of chapters I did notice I put too many describing words into a sentence. Anyway, I thought I'd have fun with the active time event approach this time around. Just to shorten dialogue and too speed things up a bit, the race to beat Nomura is on! P.S I'm SO sorry for the long wait, this has got to be my worst update ever, i apologize if you guys were waiting. Well i hope you enjoy this chapter, Sora shows signs of Jealousy
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"Hey Guys!" Riku yelled to the approaching trio, the girl, Chiyo who had been a passenger on his boat, stood behind him almost as if she was terrified by their presences.
'The-they're all… staring.' she thought as she anxiously played with her fingers, the tension and attention was both awkward and creepy.
After running his hand threw his hair, Riku sidestepped to reveal the shy girl that hid behind his shadow. She stuttered slightly from his manoeuvre and feeling their eyes upon her, her nerves exploded in a frenzy of fidgety movements.
"This is Chiyo, she's a little shy so be nice." He said in a rather fatherly tone.
Tidus was the first to speak up, shattering the awkward silence "Hi Chiyo, it's nice to see you out of your uniform." The others stared blankly at the blitz boy, their faces suggested that they were completely oblivious and so Tidus decided to explain.
"She goes to the same Bushido class as me" The boy explained, Wakka nodded in response to this. "Weird though, I've never spoken to her until now." He added, scratching his head.
"That's cool eh? You certainly don't look like a martial arts person." Wakka's loud mouth disturbed her somewhat; did she really look weak, feeble? She certainly didn't feel like any of those things but it was the aura she gave off that made people believe so. Shy; retiring; small voice, all the examples of a girl uncertain and unsure of herself.
'I'm not anything special; my dad forced me to do it, to boost my confidence. I don't think I'm any stronger than all the others…Really' she thought
The other female presence flinched by this, finding all the male testosterone pretty hard to deal with. "Bushido, ew. That means you get all sweaty, not very attractive!" Selphie replied to Chiyo in a drowsy disposition, the girl wasn't all that open minded about martial arts despite having always being asked to fight with Sora from time to time.
Riku chuckled along with Selphie to ensure it was all in light humour "Heh heh. Behave Selphie." He smiled to her.
"U-um… well…" Chiyo didn't force a reply, she merely shifted her glance from Wakka to Selphie then back to Tidus who had raised an eyebrow and produced a slight groan.
There wasn't much of a reply after that; Wakka seemed more content with his ball then about the new comer, Selphie scanning the horizon for any signs of Kairi.
The blonde haired boy took a fleeting look at the others. They seemed vacant of thought, they could at least make an effort to get to know her, but the boy left these words to his memories before answering back to Chiyo. "Well umm, Play volleyball with us later, okay Chiyo?" Tidus's request was noted by the orange eyed child, after that they all seemed to go off in separate directions, Chiyo's heart had started settle.
She clutched the space where her heart resided and mumbled words of appreciation, she felt accepted and this feeling was so strong her eyes began to grow moist.
'Thank you, I don't know what I've done to deserve this, but I feel truly-blessed.'
Riku rushed ahead of the others, spinning on his heel toward Chiyo who was in the exact same place as before. He frowned a bit, but managed to shake it off with a yell
"Yo, you have permission to explore the island you know!? Jeez I feel like I'm babysitting here." The last part was uttered in a hushed tone so it was not too distraught the girl. Chiyo waved, watching closely as Riku headed to the hut in the distance, as usual Riku claimed his spot by the paopu tree.
'Maybe I could make the effort to get to know them, this is no time to be shy now Chiyo, just do your best!'
She gripped her fists tightly to make sure it wasn't a dream, and then headed toward her first destination. "This place…it feels familiar somehow?" she pondered.
"Maybe I should talk to Wakka first? He seems like a jolly fella." She made her way to her first target, brimming with cheerfulness; she greeted the boy with a wave.
[Active Time Event
Conversation skills – Take One
Chiyochan: "Umm, greetings Wakka?"
Wakkawakka: "hahah das a funny accent you got der!"
Chiyochan: "Umm, how do you mean Wakka?"
Wakkawakka: "You royalty or sumthin?"
Chiyochan: "N-no, why do you say that?"
Wakkawakka: "Well, you sound uber posh, ya?"
Chiyochan: "P-posh? Oh, haha, Oh my, well I must've caught it from somewhere, I don't usually talk like this you see."
Wakkawakka: "rite rite, I could give a few lessons in speakin street, you gotta sound your age, kuz at the moment you sound like an ol lady yu know?"
Chiyochan: "(How direct.) Hmm, alright then, I'd be obliged to be educated in some conversation ski-"
Wakkawakka: "Hah, best get started den, how bout we start with, alrighty then."
Chiyochan: "Ah, ah-alrighty then?"
Wakkawakka: "ya?"
Chiyochan: "y-yah!"
Wakkawakka: "Now, instead of usin those long words jus shorten em, like 'guv' 'oi' Wakkawakka: 'wuzzat?' 'wassup brudda!' 'ya get me blud?'
Chiyochan: "ah, intriguing- er-- I mean das great guv, yah?"
Wakkawakka: "Ya gettin there, heh"
Chiyochan: "H-how do you know abou- I mean, whot are yur tawkin bout brudda? Bruva…From anutha mother! Ha, I made that one rhyme"
Wakkawakka: "uhh, yeahh, don't say that, ya? We got a lotta work to do."
Moulding Chiyo into the perfect conversationalist was defiantly hard work. As he trained her in the ways of Wakka linguistics 101, he could sense this girl had been sheltered even though they're time together was short.
The enthusiastic child caught on quickly, more importantly Wakka was one point ahead of Selphie's tedious bet. It was like trying to teach a fish how to swim, Chiyo was very good at remembering things if a bit distracted at times, yeah she was always looking left and right as if she was scared someone was gunna jump on her. Now if only he could test her out on a passer by victim.
After a long session, Wakka allowed Chiyo to settle herself whilst the blitzer talked a bout his achievements at school.
"And then I was made the blitzball coach and Tidus was made Cap'n, ya" He stated proudly to the girl who sat, legs crossed intrigued by his short story.
Before they knew it Wakka and Chiyo were having a deep conversation about the red heads one true love; blitzball, well that's what he called it, the rest just called it volleyball.
But blitzball, true blitzball meant something more to him, it was an idea Tidus and himself thought of, and one day he would be able to put his dreams into the reality circle, no one seemed to understand just how important his dream meant to him.
"That's great news—"
Chiyo however felt differently, she felt encouraged to say something inspiring, but her gut was preventing her from doing so. 'What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.'That type of gut feeling that prevented her from making a stand at that bossy teacher, that type of will to act in the face of danger, Chiyo never learnt that and so, her words were left unsaid. It was a shame.
"Hey guys! What're you talking about?"
A cheerful boy around fourteen had just finished collecting items for Kairi, his eyes grasped hold of a girl in green talking to Wakka. Fascinated, he ran to them, he just had to see who it was. He ran and ran until a small cloud of sand brushed up against the side of Chiyo's thighs and as she looked up, the brunette stud stood there with his hands firmly on his hips, much like a gallant knight.
Her mind melted, all current thoughts were lost, Chiyo was in the presence of Sora! She stood up quickly to face him, her eyes focused on him and only him. This time though it was out of a working environment, she was seeing him in his usual attire. Red jump suite fasten together with a zip followed by a yellow belt and a less colourful jacket.
"hehehe oh it's you Chiyo! It's nice to see you out of school clothes" he chuckled rubbing his nose.
Said girl stared dumbly at him, unable to voice any opinion on the subject, Wakka looked on in terror.
'Okay Chiyo, here he is. Go on talk to him' Uttered Chiyo's voice instructor
"uh—uuuh, wassup mah homie, you siggin the dene? I-I imean, diggin the scene!"
"What are you talking about? Have you been hit on the head?" Sora said gingerly. crossing his arms and raising a brow, the budding keyblader leered closer to the girl outstretching his gloved hand and resting it on her head.
"You don't look like you've got a bruise"
Faint
"Bwah! Oh my god Kid, you killed her!"
"N-no way, I didn't touch her! Ahhh quick Wakka get some water!"
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"Psst, have you seen her? Ew her eyes are so spooky, they give me the chills looking at them, I don't see how the boys can even stand her." Moaned the curly haired individual gripping so tightly to Kairi.
As soon as the ebony haired teen regained her consciousness and her composure, she found herself surrounded by people all huddled in a circle around her."Hehe leave Chiyo alone Sora, your scaring her!" Kairi said denying Selphie's invitation to make fun of the new girl. The cherry haired female brought herself close to the small gang."Give her some space guys" Tidus informed the group, shunning any people who tried to get closer to Chiyo, especially Kairi who was close to Sora. Sora nudged himself further away from the girl as Tidus instructed "heh heh sorry! Anyway, are you going to play?"
Chiyo brought forth a cold silence, she failed to reply as Kairi the one whom she had coincidently offended the other day gave her such a warm greeting.
"I'm sorry but..I don't..know how to play?" Chiyo replied sheepishly, slowly rising to her feet and brushing away sand that stuck to her rear. "Don't be silly, anyone can play, its mainly for fun. Okay Sora you can be on Kairi's team, kuz it's lyke tradition on the island. Chiyo you can be with me and Tidus." Selphie said, clueless by the romantics quick decision to get Kairi and Sora on the same team Wakka agreed with a nod, Tidus looked on with a frustrated stare.
The first half started and she was really bad at it, awful in fact, the opposing team were so many points ahead that Selphie's usually cheerful and optimistic disposition turned into an ugly and competitive haggered rage, her screams for more points put Chiyo off and what was once a friendly game turned into a desperate, vicious battle for victory.
"Oh god Chiyo get the ball already!" The brunette teen wailed, stomping her feet down angrily.
"uh, o-okay! I oof" the older girl said faintly. She failed, her pace was too slow and by the time she dived for it all she was rewarded with was a face full of sand.
Riku being naturally on Sora an Kairi's team looked on in shame, irritated and bewildered by Chiyo's spastic and quite retarded moves to claim the ball 'This is an easy win. She was brilliant, no amazing at martial arts, so why is she being such a pansy?' he groaned mentally whilst finishing another serve to claim the last point of the first half.
Tidus served the ball this time and as it flew over the net, Sora headed to pound it, just as he was about to, Riku virtually frog jumped over Sora, caught the ball and flew over the net in an awing vertical spin. Landing gracefully on the hem of the net, it arched in the middle where it took the silver haired heartthrobs weight.
'Show off' Sora spat as he had fumbled to the floor.
'cool!' thought Chiyo
'He's the man!' mused Tidus
"Alright Selphie, take a brake, we're switchin sides. Wakka will take my place on Sora's team."
They all complied without excuses, it was only the keyblade wielder that felt weary of the sudden change as he knew anything that Riku plotted only benefited himself. Selphie walked past Chiyo and rudely shoved the girl out the way, the flimsy child accepted the abuse whilst mumbling 'I deserve that'
As the game began again in an dramatic fashion, Riku and Tidus were scoring and parrying amazingly whilst Chiyo was in the background only hoping the ball wouldn't come to her in hopes of not disgracing herself in front of Sora. Unfortunately for her, Kairi was the one serving her ball after ball almost deliberately to fuddle the child, Kairi had to admit she secretly enjoyed watching Chiyo suffer especially since she knew nothing about her and Sora seemed so enthralled when they first met down the hall. That image alone turned her competitiveness full tilt.
Sora's eyes narrowed, suddenly he was more focused on the game than ever, this time he was against his best friend and arch rival, they'd usually compete against trivial things like Kairi's hand in marriage (when they were kids) and who would have to fork out the extra munny for a trip to the carnival. It became a major part of the foundation of their friendship, it came natural to what their next competition would be...
Chiyo: Who would claim her as her friend first. Even without her consent this was planned, just like writing your name on your favourite toy these two boys clearly had issues in how to really treat a girl. The principle wasn't the girl herself, no it was about scoring points, who would be better, stronger, faster than the other...That one step ahead.
He could mentally hear Riku's voice in his head spurring him on...
Their eyes met, focused and unwavering toward their goal.
As the game continued, Riku headed for the bouncy ball that flew in Chiyo's direction, determined to redeem herself, the honey eyed child hadn't realized the onyx eyed teen had intended on running back for the ball as well, he even looked like he was smiling.
They fell into one another, the massive collision was so intense that Riku's weight dragged Chiyo to the sandy floor. There was a brief pause followed by a sudden gasp of excitement coming from both Kairi and Selphie. Bosom heaving, Chiyo was completely bawled over by the feeling of Riku on top of her, she breathed in his scent, a mix of sea salt water and man spray. He could feel every vibration from her beating heart down to her shuddering thighs, the moment was intense, for a split second
it was only him and her, with Riku fixated on her eyes then every before. They were welled with so much passion with a petrified child hiding behind them
"Don't be afraid to look at me Chiyo" He lulled in a deep whisper, silver bangs covering Riku's eyes like a silk curtain.
Distressed, the brunette watched on almost with mild discontent to the ill treatment of Chiyo, and if but a small sign of jealousy could have been voiced it would have said 'get off her, she dosnt like that!' He knew it from the twisted expression in her face, that face with those eyes, that special girl that he befriended first. If any action were to have been given to show his discontent he would have shoved Riku off immediatly and helped the poor girl to her feet.
"Riku." He uttered. 'Why are you doing this?'
Traumatized by watchful eyes, the weary girl immediately pushed the bigger body of her, ashamed to even stare at the keyblade boy.
"U-u-uh I think i need to be going now." she sniffed, unaware of the whispers that followed behind her. Riku looked on, a sneer apparent on his face the type Sora was all too familiar with, the emerald eyed teen was up to something and Sora was adamant in finding out what, if he was going to take advantage of Chiyo then he had the right too know.
Riku's actions were pulling her further away from her goal, it was unfair and cruel. the brunette's glance had been lost in the moment, almost in disappointment that he wasn't the one...