Sora: I wonder if this is the last chapter.
Roxas: That depends on Saki.
Are you guy hovering over my shoulder?
Sora and Roxas: *jumps back*
Riku: *listening to music* Hey these songs are pretty good.
Axel: I'm going down in flames. I'm falling into this again, yeah
Axel shut your mouth!
Axel: What? Aren't I good?
Of course honey, it's just that I'm not using that song in here.
Axel: … Oops! I looked at the wrong plan. ^^;
I own nothing~!
"So how exactly are we supposed to go about this?" Axel asked looking out at the gathered crowd from the side of the stage.
"What are you so worried about? You asked me to let you and Roxas perform this song because it's you, so now you're both performing it." Riku said.
Kairi had just finished applying eyeliner to Roxas's eyes and moved over to Axel with a studious expression "I need a pocket knife! Tidus do you have yours?" she finally said.
The sandy blonde dug into his pocket and pulled out the weapon with a blue handle. Kairi first pulled Axel's hood up to a point that allowed his face to be seen along with some of his hair using a few bobby pins to hold it in place since they would be dancing. Pulling the blade from its hold she cut the hem of the coat where the sleeves met the shoulders exposing some of the redhead's arms. She unzipped the coat fully showing his black tank top and pants underneath.
"Is there a reason you cut my coat? I like this thing!" Axel scowled.
"It gets people to pay attention and you don't look suspicious. Now deal, Roxas seems to like it." Kairi pointed at the blonde who was blushing cutely.
Seeing this Axel smirked, "Okay, I'll deal."
"And now ladies and gentleman, a couple of new island radiances will show us what they've got. Give it up for our friends Axel and Roxas!" Sora announced making the crowd roar in excitement.
The stage lights cut off curtsey of Naminé of and Kairi gave them headset mikes and pushed the two Nobodies on. Axel and Roxas took up the position they remembered from Sora and Riku's rehearsals, Roxas standing straight with his hands clasped in front of his chest over his heart and Axel standing a little behind him to the side facing out to the ocean.
The sound of a ticking cloak and some wind affect started then a clock bell rang; one spot light turned on over Axel who began singing a note as Selphie played on the keyboard, then Roxas took over singing at a higher note when a spotlight turned on him, Tidus and Riku joining in on drums and guitar with Axel started his dance, Naminé turning on all the stage lights and Sora activating other sound and music affects via Riku's laptop with Roxas singing another high note before they started singing, Roxas swaying to the music.
"(ROXAS)Asa made odoru yume dake misete
tokei no kane ga toku mahou
aimaina yubi sasou kaidan
sandan tobashi ni haneteiku"
"(AXEL) Basha no naka de furueteta"
The next line they sang together.
"Mijimena furugi mekurimegure yoru no butou"
Axel stepped up next to the blonde making Roxas face him, holding him around the waste with one arm while Roxas held one hand behind his back as if he were hiding something he didn't want Axel to see. They stared into each other's eyes as they started singing the chorus.
"Mishiranu kao sagasu sasayaku ano koe ga
nigirishimeta yaiba tsukitate subete wo ubae to"
They turned away from each other, Roxas staring at the invisible object in his hand as he walked towards the end of the stage he was facing.
"Minashigo tsudou shiro emi kamen ni egaite
itsuwari no itsukushimi sae hane de tsutsumu SERAFU"
Axel faced the crowd as he sang his next verse.
"(AXEL) Hai no naka de akaku tokete majiru garasu no kutsu"
Roxas turned back to the redhead, walking in a slow seductive way towards him as he sang. Axel acted as if he didn't see him coming.
"Imasara kaeru furuete iru no
anata ga me wo yaru tokei"
Axel turned, seeing Roxas raise his hand and bringing it down in an arc as if to attack him with what the audience guessed to be a dagger he was pretending to hold.
"Kutsu nugiodoru SUROOPU nukete
nodo made nobiru yubi no saki de"
Axel took a step back and dropped to one knee, his face scrunched up as if he were waiting for the coming blow, one eye open and looking at the blonde.
"(AXEL) Sukuu shizuku kuchizukete"
He stood up again, he and Roxas singing together again.
"Hashiru shoudou sebone nuketeiku setsuna"
Roxas placed a hand on Axel's chest over his heart.
"Kane wa narasanaide anata ni hizamazuki"
Axel stepped closer and Roxas's hand went to his cheek before he turned away towards the audience at the last lyric.
"Mada DAME to sakenda migite ga tsukisasu SAYONARA"
Roxas did his own dance while Axel looked on.
"Kesenai shouen wo kousui ni matou hime"
Then he turned back towards the redhead at the last line of the chorus as if to attack him, Axel faked surprise.
"Tsuyoi hitomi boku no kootta kamen goto uchinuku"
Riku's guitar screamed as the song reached its bridge, Axel moving to deflect the attack. Roxas seemed to stare at Axel with conflicting emotions.
"(ROXAS) Ima mo mimi ni anata no toiki ga
tsukisasaru no tooi yume"
Axel adopted a look of understanding, placing his hand on Roxas's cheek.
"(AXEL) SUTENDOGURASU goshi hikaru tsuki ga
kimi ni kabuseta BEERU"
Roxas threw down his invisible dagger and danced with Axel as they sang, their choreography in sync.
"DORESU hiza de saite TIARA wa nagesutete"
Axel wrapped his arms around Roxas waste bringing him close so that their foreheads touched, Roxas's hands rested on the other's chest as they stared into each other's eyes again.
"Mitsumeau hitomi to hitomi ga hibana wo hanatsu"
They turned so they were back to back staring up at the sky.
"Kodoku na tamashii ga honoo age hikareau"
They turned to look at each other again, Axel reaching towards the blonde.
"Sono namida sukuenai nara marude hitori asobi"
They danced together, their choreography in sync again.
"Toki yo tomare ima wa anata ni yoishirete
yureru kodou hitotsu hitotsu wo kizamitsuketetai
todomare atsuku nure uchitsukeru takamari ni
kore ijou wa ugokenai yo marude FEARITEIRU"
As the melody was ending Axel brought Roxas to him, kissing him deeply in front of everyone and earning gasps of surprise, cheers, and wolf calls from the audience. They broke away smiling at each other and going to the side to join Sora and Naminé; Kairi was playing the keyboard with Selphie so she and the others who had been playing came over to join them.
"Oh my gosh that was amazing!" Selphie squealed "A song of love that is deceitful at first but in the end the deceiver chooses to be with the prince, how romantic."
Roxas stuck his tongue out, "I don't know if I like that deceiver comment."
Naminé hugged Roxas around his neck, "Still, it was an amazing show."
"Sick! That was disgustingly sick!" the group looked to see Del climbing onto the stage and facing the crowd "How can any of you even cheer that? Don't you see there's something wrong with them?" she screeched.
Riku glared at the back of her head. He picked up a microphone and walked towards her "Del will you shut your damn mouth?" the girl snapped her head around to look at him "Axel and Roxas don't care what you think about them having a relationship. And if anyone else wants to frown upon it go ahead, because they've dealt with worse! You however, I already warned you. Keep up this bitch routine and you'll end up alone."
Kairi came onto the stage stopping at Riku's taking the mike from him, "And here's something else you need to learn, when someone says they aren't interested leave them alone! All you're doing is causing trouble for them and driving them to the point of ripping their hair out."
Sora came up and took the mike, "And stop acting like everyone is a threat to you just because they hang around someone you're interested in. So me and Kairi hang around Riku all the time, big deal! It's what friends do all the time. But you wouldn't know that because you don't have any! Just a posse of fan girls who know more than you, and you even treat them like dirt! I honestly can't believe they hang around you still."
Del glared at Sora and Kairi, "You can't talk to me like that! Who do you two-!"
"Del get off the damn stage!" they all looked and saw Jenn had climbed onto the stage. He took Del by her elbow and started leading her away "You can't leave anything alone, it's annoying."
Del snatched her arm back, "What?"
Jenn sighed in frustration and rubbed his forehead, "Look, I love you and all but I'm tired of being the one who has to listen to all your complaining. And when you expect me to do something about it, I get pissed. I won't do it anymore, especially if I end up getting my ass kicked! So leave them alone." He took her by the arms again, his grip stronger as she struggled, and led her off the stage.
Riku let out a breath and looked out at the audience with an apologetic smile, "Sorry you all had to see that." The crowd laughed.
The sound of the ocean played over the speakers with a piano playing over it, a full on melody coming through. Kairi had run off to the side of the stage in a hurry and came back with the headset mikes she had made with the butterfly wings, handing Riku the blue ones and Sora the aquamarine ones "I made them for this song." She said with a smile. She took the mike from Sora and ran off.
Smiling Sora and Riku put them on as the cue for the first verse was coming up. Once ready, Sora sang.
"(SORA) Kabosoi hi ga kokoro no hashi ni tomoru
itsu no ma ni ka moehirogaru netsujou
watashi no chou fukisoku ni tobimawari
anata no te ni rinpun o tsuketa"
Riku took Sora's hand making him turn so that they faced each other. Entwining their finger he moved his face close to the brunette's as if to kiss him.
"(RIKU) Karamiau yubi hodoite
kuchibiru kara shita e to
yurusarenai koto naraba
naosara moeagaru no"
Sora pressed his body close to Riku's with his arms tight around the silverette's chest while they sang together.
"Dakiyosete hoshii tashikamete hoshii
machigai nado nai n da to omowasete
kisu o shite nurikaete hoshii
miwaku no toki ni yoishire oborete itai no"
Riku moved Sora in front of him making them face the crowd, a hand on the younger's hip while the other held his hand.
"(RIKU) Sokubaku shite motto hitsuyou to shite
itoshii nara shuuchaku o misetsukete
"okashii" no ga tamaranaku suki ni naru
ikeru toko made ikeba ii yo"
"(SORA) Mayoikonda kokoro nara
kantan ni tokete yuku
yasashisa nante kanjiru
hima nado nai kurai ni"
Sora turned back to face Riku then rotated them so that the audience could see both of them. They held each other's hands as they moved their bodies in a dance that hand them stepping forward to one side of each other, then back, then repeating the step going on the opposite side.
"Kurikaeshita no wa ano yume ja nakute
magire mo nai genjitsu no watashitachi
furete kara modorenai to shiru
sore de ii no dare yori mo taisetsu na anata"
The music reached its bridge as Sora and Riku started another dance, a ballroom-tango combination. They paused their movements as the lyrics bridge came up and Sora faced the audience.
"(SORA) Yoake ga kuru to fuan de
naite shimau watashi ni"
Riku stepped behind him ghosting his lips over Sora's cheek as his arms wrapped around the boy's shoulders. Sora couldn't help the blush crossing his face.
"(SORA) "Daijoubu" to sasayaita
anata mo naite ita no"
The teens faced each other. Sora placed one hand in Riku's while the other went to his shoulder, Riku put a hand on his waste bringing their bodies close as they swayed in time with the music and sang.
"Dakiyosete hoshii tashikamete hoshii
machigai nado nai n da to omowasete
Kisu o shite nurikaete hoshii
miwaku no toki ni yoishire oboretai"
Their dance picked up; Sora taking steps to seem like he was trying to turn away from Riku but the hand on his waste brought him back.
"Hikiyosete magunetto no you ni
tatoe itsuka hanarete mo meguriau
furete ite modorenakute ii
sore de ii no dare yori mo taisetsu na anata"
Before the song ended Sora sang out one long note loud an strong. With some last notes from the piano the song ended, Riku kissed Sora gently, and the crowed screamed, some were shouting for an encore.
With a slight bow Sora and Riku joined their friends at the stage side, Kairi hugged them both and kissed their cheeks "And you thought it would be embarrassing!" she laughed.
"What I wanna know is when you two happened! I heard Sora was going out with Kairi." Tidus said.
Sora blushed as he took the headset off, "Um today? It's a long story, it had to do with why Axel and Roxas suddenly showed up."
Selphie squealed loudly making everyone cover their ears, "Another romantic song, and about lovers trying to survive a world where they're frowned upon. Riku you should make a living out of this!"
"Sora! Riku!" before either of them could look Sora was glomped by Lee Mei who immediately squeezed the life out of him "I'm so proud of you two!" she cried. She released her son and hugged Riku around his neck, "Riku honey I didn't think you knew I was serious when I said I should let you marry Sora."
Riku blushed darkly, "Uh, what?"
She pulled away with a smile holding his hands, "If I had to choose someone for my Sora to spend the rest of his life with it would be you. You always watch out for him without needing to be asked and you've been his friend for so long, I'd be proud if you two married."
Sora blushed darker than Axel's hair, "Momma it's a little soon to be thinking about that, we're still in school!"
The others laughed at him and Lee Mei pinched his cheek saying he was "just adorable".
X_X_X_X_X
A few weeks had gone by since the Paopu Festival. Lee Mei decided to adopt Roxas saying she'd like more people in the house, she couldn't get over how much he looked like Sora anyway.
Axel moved in with Riku. It was hard for the silverette to pack up his grandmother's stuff in boxes but he had dealt. They moved the bed and dresser to another room in the house that they had used as a storage room and moved the stuff in that room to the attic, making that former storage room Axel's bedroom. Once settled Axel and Roxas enrolled into Destiny High, Axel got a job at a surfboard shop by the beach.
Naminé was taken into Kairi's family and enrolled into school as well.
To say Riku got his fan club off his back would be a major mistake, it actually got worse since the festival. If there was anything that was worse than girls fawning over irresistibly hot guys, it was girls squealing over guy-on-guy love. But Riku and Sora supposed it was okay, especially since they weren't the only ones suffering. They lost count of how many time Axel threatened to burn them though.
Things were at peace, the darkness hadn't showed itself and no one really gave them problems, not even Del and Jenn. Del actually opted for homeschooling seeing as she couldn't really face anyone after her huge humiliation that night at the festival. Jenn had devoted his time to volunteering at places like the local library and youth centers than bullying, every now and then he would be seen talking to Sora, Riku, and their friends about anything.
There were some problems from others about the relationships that were displayed that night but they got by. Riku's dad merely shrugged when he heard about his son's relationship, saying it was just something he wasn't paying attention to before when he was lost in self pity and that he had no right to complain.
Riku had brought up Twilight Town to Roxas once but Roxas said, "No way I'm leaving, I really like you guys! Besides, here I can go to the beach everyday! No one would know me there anyway." Not at all sad.
Sora thought about that night often, about what Mickey said about light in its purest form. In his opinion light had many pure forms, none could be called the purest really. Friendship, family, trust, loyalty, happiness, faith, and love, those were the brightest lights Sora and Riku had ever seen. And they always made sure to bask in their warmth. What was once incomplete was now complete.
… It's done… Though maybe the ending could have been better.
Kairi: Yay! Another job well done~!
Not quite! Okay here are the credits.
Eden by To Destination
Cendrillon, Magnet, Matryoshka, and Imitation Black from Vocaloid
Inolvidable by Reik
Beautiful Disaster by Kelly Clarkson
At the Beginning from Anastasia
Why by Ayaka for Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core *starts crying about Zack*
Hoshi No Suna by Gackt (he's so hot! XD)
Come to Me by Jesse McCartney
Yuugao by Weiß
The characters of Sora's mother, and Riku's father and grandmother were based off the ideas of Jenn and Kelly's Sora Show on YouTube, Del and Jenn are characters I created to help create conflict in the story, and of course Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy and their characters are owned by Square Enix and Disney.
Axel: Then why are we here with you?
Because I have rights to be a fan girl.
A big thank you to LovelessHyde for all her support and ideas, followers who found me on DeviantArt, and all the lovely reviewers who helped me get motivated to finish the story.
Go to YouTube to see the dance Axel and Roxas did for Cendrillon, the video had Len and Kaito in it. Also a SoRiku version of Magnet does exist on YouTube too.
I do plan to do a sequel, just not right away. I'm gonna work on an AU story first so I don't stress over trying to remember storylines. So be on the lookout for more awesomeness~!