birfdayyyyyyyy [fic]: Kingdom Hearts
In continuing with Tradition! (that is, bringing people at work bagels for my own birthday, posting fic, etc).
...my boss and her boss got me a cake for my b-day at work.....from COSTCO. Boy, I really hope someone took the leftovers home (the leftover itself was like, the size of two normal red bricks side by side).
I was totally planning on posting the ending bit of the Bandits thing and wrapping up the adventures of Shousenpuu and Ensei in the Satsujinzoku, but it's kinda meh and not to mention probably will be made null by canon at some point (wasn't there a gaiden on it already?), so, I found some fluffy Kingdom Hearts stuff instead!
Series: Kingdom Hearts (Set post-KH2)
Characters: Sora-Kairi-Riku
Warnings: Coconuts?! And Prom!
**
Kairi flopped herself down on the sand next to Riku in an unlady-like sprawl. He looked down at her with a smile and said, “You did pretty well.”
Kairi huffed, blowing her bangs out of her face as she caught her breath. “Yeah, I’m sure getting disarmed in a few moves is doing well. And that guy still has energy to go get coconuts,” she muttered, propping herself up on her elbows and making a face at the sensation of sand on her back and arms. Sora waved from where he was gliding toward the palm grove. “Ugh. I’m wiped out. After five minutes.” She dropped back down to the sand.
“It was more like fifteen,” Riku offered helpfully. “Don’t worry about it, your stamina’ll improve the more you fight. No one’s really good off the bat.”
The Princess of Heart groaned. “You and Sora were.” She grumbled, closing her eyes.
She could hear the wryness in Riku’s voice. “Me and Sora were beating each other up with wooden swords since we could hold them.”
“Barbarians.” Kairi laughed and Riku hummed a wordless agreement. They sat in companionable silence for a few more seconds before Kairi cracked an eye open and said, hopefully, “Help?”
“What?”
She sat up. “Give me clues on how to beat him! Or,” she amended, “how to disarm him. You always do better when that’s the condition, anyway.”
“It’s a kind of pointless condition,” Riku said doubtfully, “Since we can always call our Keyblades back.” But he relented when she gave him her most beseeching look. “Well, okay, here’s something that might work…”
**
Sora shimmied down the trunk of the palm far enough that he was reasonably sure that a coconut wouldn’t be smashed open on impact, and dropped the three that he had in his arms. He actually wanted to pick more, but Kairi had mentioned a new hot dog stand opening down another stretch of beach, and of course that made him crave hot dogs something awful. He was going to drag Kairi and Riku there sometime, soon. Maybe even today.
Coconuts in hand, he headed back to the palm tree, ready to share his spoils. Riku and Kairi didn’t seem to notice his approach, the two of them sitting with their heads together, whispering furiously. Sora grinned at the sight, not really care that it was probably completely goofy.
You are such a sap, Roxas told him.
Quiet, you, he thought back fondly, grinning wider.
Riku was demonstrating something with his hands, and Kairi was nodding along when Sora came up to them. Almost as one, they looked up and Sora nearly took a step back at the identical grins of unholy glee on their faces.
“Uh…” Instinct won and he did end up taking that step. “What’s up, guys?”
Kairi hopped to her feet and relieved him of his food burden. “Let’s try again!” she said cheerfully, depositing the coconuts in Riku’s lap. Sora blinked.
“Try what again?” He asked dubiously, and was answered in the same breath when Kairi manifested her keyblade with a brilliant flash of light and the sound of metal being unsheathed. “Oh. I thought you were tired?”
Kairi started pacing out a rough perimeter for their arena. “I got my second wind.”
Sora slid a look to Riku, who merely smirked. It was his I-know-something-you-don’t smirk, so Sora wasn’t too reassured, but he shrugged and said gamely, “If you say so,” and hurried to catch up to Kairi.
Once they were set, he braced his feet and took ready-stance, calling the Kingdom Key to his hands. “The usual?”
“Disarm or ring-out,” Kairi replied with a nod, gesturing to the off-side lines provided by the two palm trees and the ocean. Her keyblade came up and she grinned. “Ready when you are.”
**
Riku was trying his best not to snicker when Sora was stamping his foot and pointing at him, yelling with injured dignity, “that’s cheating!”
“I wasn’t even in the ring!” He protested, holding his hands out in a gesture of surrender as Kairi grinned, still breathing hard, bent over to catch her breath. The Kingdom Key remained on the sand for a second before disappearing in a flash of light and reappearing in Sora’s hand, the one not currently occupied with pointing accusingly at Riku.
“You taught her that!”
“Taught her what?” Riku replied innocently.
“Th-that wrist thing!” Sora gestured wildly. “That wrist thing you do!”
“It’s a classic disarm,” Kairi interjected, even though it wasn’t, not really; not after Riku was through modifying it to use against Sora, anyway. She reached out and put a hand on Sora’s outstretched arm, gently pushing it down. “And now that I know it, you can’t go easy on me anymore.”
Sora drooped. “I…I wasn’t trying to go easy on you.” He mumbled.
She smiled. “I know. But if you don’t let me catch up, I’ll be left behind again.” Kairi laced her fingers in his and squeezed. “And more than anything else, I don’t want that.” She held his gaze for a few more seconds before nodding and saying in a lighter tone. “And now, I’m famished. Let’s get some food!”
**
The hot dogs turned out to be so good that Sora ended up getting them again much later, when the sun was starting to set and their thoughts were turning towards home and homework. He was munching on one, Riku and Kairi splitting the other, the three of them sitting on the trunk of the paopu tree, when a thought struck him.
“Hey, guys,” he asked, looking up at the darkening sky. The stars were starting to come out and it reminded him of the posters currently up everywhere at school. ‘A Night To Remember’, they all said in flowing, girly script. “Are we going to prom?"
Riku raised an eyebrow at him, but shrugged noncommittally. Sora, being well versed in the language of Riku, took that as a ‘dunno, don’t care’.
But Kairi looked up at him, eyes bright. Sora wasn’t sure why, but most girls seemed to get that way about prom. He didn’t mind it with Kairi though. “We should,” she said.
And that was that.
**
Hhhhhhhmmmm, off to contemplate breakfast.^^
Majo
...my boss and her boss got me a cake for my b-day at work.....from COSTCO. Boy, I really hope someone took the leftovers home (the leftover itself was like, the size of two normal red bricks side by side).
I was totally planning on posting the ending bit of the Bandits thing and wrapping up the adventures of Shousenpuu and Ensei in the Satsujinzoku, but it's kinda meh and not to mention probably will be made null by canon at some point (wasn't there a gaiden on it already?), so, I found some fluffy Kingdom Hearts stuff instead!
Series: Kingdom Hearts (Set post-KH2)
Characters: Sora-Kairi-Riku
Warnings: Coconuts?! And Prom!
**
Kairi flopped herself down on the sand next to Riku in an unlady-like sprawl. He looked down at her with a smile and said, “You did pretty well.”
Kairi huffed, blowing her bangs out of her face as she caught her breath. “Yeah, I’m sure getting disarmed in a few moves is doing well. And that guy still has energy to go get coconuts,” she muttered, propping herself up on her elbows and making a face at the sensation of sand on her back and arms. Sora waved from where he was gliding toward the palm grove. “Ugh. I’m wiped out. After five minutes.” She dropped back down to the sand.
“It was more like fifteen,” Riku offered helpfully. “Don’t worry about it, your stamina’ll improve the more you fight. No one’s really good off the bat.”
The Princess of Heart groaned. “You and Sora were.” She grumbled, closing her eyes.
She could hear the wryness in Riku’s voice. “Me and Sora were beating each other up with wooden swords since we could hold them.”
“Barbarians.” Kairi laughed and Riku hummed a wordless agreement. They sat in companionable silence for a few more seconds before Kairi cracked an eye open and said, hopefully, “Help?”
“What?”
She sat up. “Give me clues on how to beat him! Or,” she amended, “how to disarm him. You always do better when that’s the condition, anyway.”
“It’s a kind of pointless condition,” Riku said doubtfully, “Since we can always call our Keyblades back.” But he relented when she gave him her most beseeching look. “Well, okay, here’s something that might work…”
**
Sora shimmied down the trunk of the palm far enough that he was reasonably sure that a coconut wouldn’t be smashed open on impact, and dropped the three that he had in his arms. He actually wanted to pick more, but Kairi had mentioned a new hot dog stand opening down another stretch of beach, and of course that made him crave hot dogs something awful. He was going to drag Kairi and Riku there sometime, soon. Maybe even today.
Coconuts in hand, he headed back to the palm tree, ready to share his spoils. Riku and Kairi didn’t seem to notice his approach, the two of them sitting with their heads together, whispering furiously. Sora grinned at the sight, not really care that it was probably completely goofy.
You are such a sap, Roxas told him.
Quiet, you, he thought back fondly, grinning wider.
Riku was demonstrating something with his hands, and Kairi was nodding along when Sora came up to them. Almost as one, they looked up and Sora nearly took a step back at the identical grins of unholy glee on their faces.
“Uh…” Instinct won and he did end up taking that step. “What’s up, guys?”
Kairi hopped to her feet and relieved him of his food burden. “Let’s try again!” she said cheerfully, depositing the coconuts in Riku’s lap. Sora blinked.
“Try what again?” He asked dubiously, and was answered in the same breath when Kairi manifested her keyblade with a brilliant flash of light and the sound of metal being unsheathed. “Oh. I thought you were tired?”
Kairi started pacing out a rough perimeter for their arena. “I got my second wind.”
Sora slid a look to Riku, who merely smirked. It was his I-know-something-you-don’t smirk, so Sora wasn’t too reassured, but he shrugged and said gamely, “If you say so,” and hurried to catch up to Kairi.
Once they were set, he braced his feet and took ready-stance, calling the Kingdom Key to his hands. “The usual?”
“Disarm or ring-out,” Kairi replied with a nod, gesturing to the off-side lines provided by the two palm trees and the ocean. Her keyblade came up and she grinned. “Ready when you are.”
**
Riku was trying his best not to snicker when Sora was stamping his foot and pointing at him, yelling with injured dignity, “that’s cheating!”
“I wasn’t even in the ring!” He protested, holding his hands out in a gesture of surrender as Kairi grinned, still breathing hard, bent over to catch her breath. The Kingdom Key remained on the sand for a second before disappearing in a flash of light and reappearing in Sora’s hand, the one not currently occupied with pointing accusingly at Riku.
“You taught her that!”
“Taught her what?” Riku replied innocently.
“Th-that wrist thing!” Sora gestured wildly. “That wrist thing you do!”
“It’s a classic disarm,” Kairi interjected, even though it wasn’t, not really; not after Riku was through modifying it to use against Sora, anyway. She reached out and put a hand on Sora’s outstretched arm, gently pushing it down. “And now that I know it, you can’t go easy on me anymore.”
Sora drooped. “I…I wasn’t trying to go easy on you.” He mumbled.
She smiled. “I know. But if you don’t let me catch up, I’ll be left behind again.” Kairi laced her fingers in his and squeezed. “And more than anything else, I don’t want that.” She held his gaze for a few more seconds before nodding and saying in a lighter tone. “And now, I’m famished. Let’s get some food!”
**
The hot dogs turned out to be so good that Sora ended up getting them again much later, when the sun was starting to set and their thoughts were turning towards home and homework. He was munching on one, Riku and Kairi splitting the other, the three of them sitting on the trunk of the paopu tree, when a thought struck him.
“Hey, guys,” he asked, looking up at the darkening sky. The stars were starting to come out and it reminded him of the posters currently up everywhere at school. ‘A Night To Remember’, they all said in flowing, girly script. “Are we going to prom?"
Riku raised an eyebrow at him, but shrugged noncommittally. Sora, being well versed in the language of Riku, took that as a ‘dunno, don’t care’.
But Kairi looked up at him, eyes bright. Sora wasn’t sure why, but most girls seemed to get that way about prom. He didn’t mind it with Kairi though. “We should,” she said.
And that was that.
**
Hhhhhhhmmmm, off to contemplate breakfast.^^
Majo