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I have returned once more and I am so sorry for not updating last Saturday like I usually would have, but I wasn't feeling well, and was too sick to even finish writing this chapter. However, I am better now, so here is chapter 5!

WARNING: Mentions of alcohol and cigarettes.

Disclaimer: I do not own the songs used, or any Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 5

Saturday arrived and Kairi found herself lounging on her bed. Luckily, her parents were gone on a business trip for a week, so her and Namine were home alone. She had her headphones perched on her head, humming to the tune, until she began to softly sing out loud.

"Old, but I'm not that old, young but I'm not that bold." Completely into the song, she hopped off the bed. "And I don't think the world is sold, I'm just doing what we're told. I feel something so right-,"

"Hey Kai is-,"

Namine walked into her sister's room to see the redhead doing odd dance moves on the carpeted floor. She raised an eyebrow,

"Kairi I-,"

"Take that money watch it burn, sink in the river, the lessons I've learned!"

"Kairi!"

"Take that money-" With a sigh, she ripped the headphones off of Kairi's head and tossed them onto her bed. "Oh, Nami—when did you get here?" The blonde rolled her eyes and glanced at the imaginary watch on her wrist.

"Oh I don't know…about two minutes ago?" The redhead blushed in embarrassment. "Oh…um…is there anything you wanted?"

"Yes, Xion said she's coming over today."

Kairi was momentarily surprised. Xion, the shy pianist, was coming over? "Was there a reason?" Namine shrugged. "Didn't say but I just thought you should know-,"

The two heard the doorbell ring from downstairs, shocking them a bit from the conversation.

"That must be her!" Kairi exclaimed rushing down the stairs. "Hey, wait!" The redhead stopped by the door, smoothed out her clothes—which were a pair of baggy sweatpants and a tank top—before turning the knob. "Hey Xion! How are ya?"

The black haired girl gave a warm smile. "Hi Kairi and I'm fine to answer your question."

Kairi stepped aside to let her guest in. The three entered the living room and quietly sat on the couch. The redhead cleared her throat, "Um, our parents are on a business trip; lucky us huh?" Xion grinned.

"I guess so, that's like with Roxas, Sora and I, except our mother's gone almost everyday."

The fact that Roxas and Sora were her brothers still baffled the twins. Then, Namine noticed something. She said mother only…what happened to their father? "Oh, is your mother in the business career too?"

Xion twiddled her thumbs, "Well…uh…kind of."

Kairi wanted to press more on the subject, but decided not to. Xion seemed uncomfortable just sitting on the couch and she didn't want to make matters worse by lingering on a touchy subject. "So, any plans for the weekend?" She shrugged. "Not really, probably just practice, hang out with the guys, the usual."

"So you hang out with the band pretty often huh?"

Xion gave a nod. "Yeah, they're practically apart of my life. Roxas and Sora live with me, Riku comes like everyday, and now that Axel became their new B.F.F…well, you can see where I'm going with this. In fact, you guys are my only girl friends; aside from Larxene of course."

Kairi chuckled, "I can only imagine how fast your food runs out."

Xion gave her a deadpanned look. "You have no idea."

The three girls shared a laugh until a ringtone rang throughout the room. "For the first time in forever, there'll be music, there'll be light!" Xion quickly answered the phone while Kairi nudged her sister. "Guess we've found another Frozen fan."

"Really Axe? You're gonna drop this on me now? I'm not even home!…Okay but…alright fine."

Namine raised an eyebrow. "Everything alright?" Xion sighed. "You guys weren't doing anything tonight, were you?" Kairi crossed her legs on the couch. "Not really—why?"

"How would you feel about going to a party?"

XXX

The three girls walked down the streets, the sun slowly losing it's battle to the moon. Having told of this late notice, Kairi and Namine hurriedly dressed in what they deemed "party appropriate" clothing, with Xion borrowing one of their tops. "Thanks again for the shirt, and I'm sorry for the late notice; stupid Axel."

"It's okay, it's not like we have lives." Namine said.

"You're the one without the life," Kairi mumbled, before being elbowed in the stomach.

Xion giggled and soon the two heard loud music blasting a few houses down. Even from the distance, they can see the lights flashing all over the streets. The three finally stood in front of the house—well mansion—completely in awe.

"Who's house is this?" Kairi asked. "Riku's, I'm surprised those knuckleheads managed to convince him to do this."

A few teenagers lingered around the front yard, holding red plastic cups, some even smoking cigarettes.

Namine felt her heart jump a little; she's been to parties before, but they weren't like this one, and if they were smoking cigarettes, she was sure there were more…uses going on in the house. They managed to step over trash on the front steps, giving greetings to a few familiar faces, before standing before the door.

"Well, here we go." Xion opened the door and the first thing on the twins mind was…

Wow.

The place was like a theme park! A beautiful expensive looking chandelier hung in the center of the living room, a fountain just below it. Teenagers were everywhere, moving their bodies to the beat of the music. A bar was to the right of the kitchen—drinks probably illegally brought—with an array of foods and snacks imagined sitting on buffet tables.

"Riku lives here?" Kairi shouted over the music.

"Yup! And most likely his parents will kill him for throwing a party this wild!" Xion responded.

The black haired girl scanned the crowd and grabbed her friends' hands. "Come on, let's go find the guys and let them know were here." Xion led them through the marvelous living room and to a set of glass doors.

A grand marble staircase led from the doors all the way to a pool where teens were swimming about. Behind the pool was a large black stage, but what really caught Kairi's eyes was the boardwalk that lead to an everlasting river.

"There they are!"

The three managed to make their way to the boardwalk, bobbing the colorful array of balloons from their faces. Riku, Sora, Roxas, Axel and Larxene stood, watching their guests have a grand time. In a way, they kind of resembled kings and queens watching over the civilians in their kingdom.

Xion gave a wave and placed her hands on her hips. "How did you guys manage to do this in a span of what—two hours?"

Axel raised his hands in defense. "Hey, we just did the decorations, everything else was done by the guests." His eyes skittered to Kairi and Namine. "I'm surprised you've managed to convince these two; they're always cooped up in the house."

The redhead narrowed her eyes. "No we're not!"

Sora, now interested gave a daring devilish smirk. "I wouldn't be surprised; especially you cupcake. You seem like the type to be a housewife at a young age."

Kairi's cheeks flared a fierce tomato red. "Wanna run that by me again, you spoiled brat?"

Sora's eyes gave a flash—something she couldn't detect—before his eyes narrowed dangerously at her. To be honest, that glare sent an unpleasant shiver down her spine. Although, Kairi was curious as to why he reacted that way. Awkwardly, Riku cleared his throat.

"I don't think we've been properly introduced, I'm Riku Takahashi—you guys are Kairi and Namine, right?"

The blonde gave a smile. "Correct, it's nice to meet you."

He gave a nod. "Same, and welcome to my party."

The redhead raised an eyebrow. "What's this all for, anyway?"

"Well, these idiots surprisingly managed to convince me to throw a "back to school" party."

Xion raised an eyebrow. "Wait—shouldn't that have been done, the weekend before school actually started?"

Riku raised his hands in defense, before leaning down to her level. "I thought the same thing." Everyone noticed the slight blush on her cheeks before she hurriedly stepped back. "Uh, y-yeah."

Axel glanced at his almost empty cup. "Well, I'm gonna get a refill—go mingle! You can't have fun by just staying in one spot!"

With those words said, Axel and Larxene disappeared into the crowd. It was six of them now, and it was then that Namine noticed Roxas. He was the only quiet one, who mixed the contents of his cup around slowly in a circle. Inching her way over to him, she held out a timid hand. "Hi, you're Roxas, right?"

Shocked by her sudden actions, Roxas hesitantly responded. "Um, right, and I suppose you're Namine?"

"Mhm."

There was an awkward silence between them and Namine brushed a lock of hair behind her ear. Roxas glanced at her, feeling an odd smile creep on his face, yet he didn't know why. "So, are enjoying the party so far?"

She nodded. "Yeah, it's really…whimsical." The spiky haired blonde chuckled. Whimsical, huh? "Well it's quite boring standing here…would you like me to show you around?"

Namine grinned. "I would like that."

Kairi watched the entire ordeal, a soft look on her face. She felt proud of her younger twin, especially since she was always quite shy. As she watched them walk off, Kairi turned her head to the side. "So Xion do you wanna—," The short black haired girl and Riku were nowhere to be seen and Sora was flirting with a brunette from a far.

Rolling her eyes, Kairi smoothed out her hair. "Guess I have to improvise."

XXX

"I'm so serious, you have no idea—I swear it was like some unicorn or something!" Kairi threw her head back and burst into a fit of giggles. Her new "best friends" were sitting beside her on the couch. To simply put it, she was drunk. The redhead didn't drink often, in fact, this was her first time-but what she believed to be punch, actually turned out to be an alcoholic beverage.

One thing led to another, and she found herself with a cup of beer.

"I mean, why would he grab the potato anyway?" Suddenly a loud techno beat began playing and Kairi downed the beer in her cup. "I love this song!"

She immediately stood up, swaying a little bit as she walked over to the stage where other teenagers danced. "Islands, diamonds and trips around the world! Don't mean a thing, if I ain't your girl!" She sang out loud.

"A little party never killed nobody! So we goin' dance until we drop!"

Kairi flung her cup to the side, wiggling her hips, as she lost her soul to the beat of the music. She felt a hand twirl her around in a circle; she didn't know who's hand it was, and frankly, she didn't care. Unbeknownst to Kairi, the teens shimmied their way off the stage, leaving the redhead to sing and dance to her heart's content.

Meanwhile, Axel and Larxene returned from getting their drinks, only to see their friend dancing wildly on the stage. "You see what I'm seeing right?" Axel asked.

"Yup…Kai is wasted."

"It don't mean a thing if I give you my heart, if you tear it apart, no, uh, uh, ah, oh!" Suddenly the teens were cheering Kairi on, watching with her admiration, even though said girl was completely drunk.

Sora, who was viewing the entire affair, videotaped the events with his cellphone. "Oh…this will be interesting for the internet." He said chuckling to himself while a plan formed in his head.

Simultaneously, Roxas still happened to be showing Namine around. "And this is the kitc-," He was cut off when he noticed that the living room was nearly empty. "Well that's odd, where is everyone?"

Namine raised an eyebrow, until she noticed a large crowd make their way to the pool. "I think I have a hunch."

"It don't mean a thing if I ain't in your eyes, papa that ain't gonna fly, no, uh, uh, ah, oh." A voice sang. The blonde frowned. "Huh, that kind of sounds like Kairi."

She motioned for Roxas to follow, as the two made their way to where most of the attention was. Needless to say, both where shocked. The spiky haired blonde squinted his eyes. "Is that Kairi?" He asked.

Namine facepalmed. "Yup."

Roxas chuckled, mostly in amusement."I never knew your sister could dance, and she's actually pretty good—well for a drunk person, that is."

Feeling her cheeks flush, the blonde gritted her teeth. "Yes, quite shocking isn't it? Haha…" Kairi twirled around and sang the last line. "A little party never killed nobody!" With her hands thrown in the air, confetti sprayed all over the stage, causing the partygoers to erupt with a chemical madness of excitement.

"…And now it's time for her to go."

Namine passed through the crowd and walked onto the stage, grabbing her sister's hand. "Oh, hey Nami…" She stretched the name far longer than she needed to, and stumbled down the stairs.

"Kairi, you do know that you are drunk and will awake with a killer hangover tomorrow, right?" The redhead stared into her twin's eyes, dumbfounded, before bursting into another fit of drunken giggles.

"Aww, you're so adorable when you're acting motherly."

Namine sighed and began dragging the redhead to where Axel and Larxene were; this was gonna be a long night.

And that's it! I actually had fun writing this chapter, and to be honest, I was inspired by the parties from the movie the Great Gatsby. If you've watched the movie, you might've recognized the song from one of Gatsby's events. Anyway questions for the next chapter:

What's gonna happen the next morning?

What is Sora gonna do with the video?

Songs used in this chapter:

A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)-Fergie ft. GoonRock & Q-Tip

Counting Stars-OneRepublic

For the First Time in Forever- Frozen sung by Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell

Thanks for reading this chapter, I apologize for any grammar or spelling errors. I hope you enjoyed this latest installment of Melodic Hearts, don't forget to review and I'll see you all next week!