Advantage
"Looks like I finally win—" Xion laughs when Riku mangages to climb out of the water and sit down beside her on the paupu tree.
He smirks and tries to shake more water out of his hair. "No—knocking me off was cheating, Xi. Doesn't count."
She punches him playfully and he looks at her—and suddenly feels a by-now-familiar hunger stirring within him.
He grabs her by the shoulders and kisses her deeply—and gasps as she pins him to the tree by straddling his waist.
"...Looks like I still have the advantage," she mutters, smirking into his neck.
Author: Kind of surprised myself with this one. XD (I rather like it, to be honest...)
I HAD to throw in at least one reference to Riku's old rivalry with Sora in a way that connected with Xion, yet was... different from his rivalry with Sora.
Figures that sparring by the paupu tree would be the shout-out to that... though I bet Riku never would've thought something like this would happen by the paupu tree in his future... Lol!
To my reviewers:
vanitas1776: Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it! I've had the ULTIMATE last drabble ("Endings," appropriately enough) written since before chapter fifty went up... I revised it a couple times, and while it's not as... "final" in some ways, it has a ring to it that I like. It's my kind of ending, anyway... Hope you like this one! ^^
Espionage247: Thanks a lot for your review! I have to agree, it's best when that happens. :) I'm gonna miss these, too... But I'll still be writing RikuShi, you can count on that! ^^
See ya next time!