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Vacation parts 24 through 27
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Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14, 15 and 16 17 and 18 19 and 20 21 22 and 23
Or here in my Memories.
Title: Vacation (Part 24, 25, 26 and 27)
Word count: 599, 279, 303, 586
Spoilers: Possible for all the games
Notes: Post KH2, Sora, Kairi, Riku. Not overly shippy, hints of a budding Sora/Kairi.
Four in one, buddies! Sorry it's been so long- work beckoned, then the muse did, and I couldn't get a break. I hope you enjoy- if you do, please let me know! :D
World traveling, new transformations, another Jack, and food... or something like it.
They dropped into the cockpit and looked at each other. There was a moment of peace, absolute silence- then everyone broke apart and began shouting. Riku very loudly and insistently explained what he planned to do to Sora for putting them all in danger like that- Sora insisting that he'd had it in hand thank you very much, and could have gotten himself and Kairi out eventually- and Kairi berating Riku for his recklessness and examining every square inch of him for bullet wounds, poking him here and there until Riku began squirming. He was a little ticklish.
"You aren't hurt?" she asked. "You really aren't?"
"I'm fine, Kairi- I- Kairi!" he grabbed her hands as she started undoing the zipper on his shirt. "I didn't get shot."
"You're sure?" she asked fiercely.
Very calmly and seriously he nodded.
"...Okay," she said- and promptly crushed him in a hug. "Don't ever do that again!"
"We were fine," Riku assured her. "We have potions up here, you know how to use a sword, Sora can cast cure, and I never said I'd leave you down there in the first place."
They stopped dead, blinking. Then Sora laughed. "You didn't, did you?" he snickered. "All you said was that you'd leave bleeding."
"Yep," Riku said, still hugging Kairi, gently rubbing her back. "But I'm not bleeding- I'm fine. We've been up against better guns than that!" he smirked. "Wasn't as much fun though."
Sora grinned appreciatively and Kairi smacked him. "Don't remind me," she muttered.
There was a pause, and Riku looked at them. "So... what exactly happened?"
Kairi looked at Sora, Sora looked at Kairi. Kairi gave Sora a look and tilted her head to the side.
"You explain it. You know more about the situation. I'll fly us to Halloween Town."
The boys immediately began to protest- Sora at having to explain and Riku at her flying the ship.
"We are going to Halloween Town, right?"
"Yes- but-"
"Gummies are easy to fly, right?"
"Yes- but, Kairi-"
"Do you see me wearing the Captain's hat?" she demanded, pointing at her head.
"Yes, I see the hat-" Riku began.
Sora was trying not to laugh.
"There is no arguing with the captain's hat!"
Riku made a half-hearted swipe for said hat, and Kairi scrambled into the pilot's chair.
Sora grimaced, tapped his index fingers together a few times, and looked at Riku.
"Okay... so the last time I went to Port Royal, we needed a favor from Jack, because he has a ship, and we needed one. But he wasn't going to do it for free, so after the insanity stopped, he told us what he'd take as payment."
"The Keyblade," Riku said, certain.
"Yeah," Sora murmured, scratching his head.
"Why didn't you tell me he was down there and still wanted it?"
"You'd only had four hours of sleep! I didn't want either of you to worry, and I knew I could handle it!"
"...Right." Riku shook his head. "Okay, from now on we're sticking together." He paced forward and leaned over Kairi's chair. "Halloween Town is next, we'll leave with enough time to fly to the Pridelands, sleep on the gummi and start there in the morning, then head for Agrabah when we're done.
Kairi looked up at him. "Sounds good."
Sora nodded.
"...That is a nice hat, Kairi."
"Thanks!"
Riku blinked as a sword hilt 'appeared' in front of his face, and Sora grinned at him. "Even without seeing the sights, you get a souvenir."
He took the blade, admiring the craftsmanship, and smiled a little.
"Thanks."
~~~~~~~~
They touched down on the grey landscape just outside Halloween Town.
Riku looked around at Sora and Kairi- and laughed. He noted that he sounded somewhat hoarse, but didn't think anything of it. They looked too funny.
Sora's hair was a shade darker than his normal brown, his clothes a patched, ragged cape and old-fashioned form of suit. Small fangs indented his lower lip as Sora grinned first at Kairi, then at him.
Kairi wore a black/grey/purple dress which clung in some places, drifted in others- and all around, made a rather alluring picture. It was her striped stockings and conical hat with wide brim that made him snicker. Her hair had darkened, as Sora's had. She smiled and her eyes seemed to sparkle.
Sora grinned mischievously, showing more fang, reached out with one claw-tipped hand and tugged on Riku's ear- which was much higher than it should have been.
He yelped- and it sounded like a yelp.
"Oh no."
They were both grinning widely at him now.
Riku patted frantically over his body- fur... fur... fur- muzzle, cold, wet nose- he felt something press against his warm, exceptionally hairy leg and grabbed at it- and felt the grab through what he had grabbed. It was a tail.
It was his tail.
"Sora, what did you turn me into?"
Kairi put her hands on her hips and the sparkle intensified as she grinned wider.
"Riku the Wolf Man."
Sora was up and gliding away- into the town, before Riku realized he was growling and started to chase him.
Kairi looked down at her hand- the wand she'd been holding since they touched down- and examined it as she followed.
~~~~~~~~
They journeyed past the moving statues (ground-dwelling Creatures liked to topple them onto unsuspecting travelers), and into the main square of Halloween Town.
Sora took the lead. Kairi stood at his right hand, his Key hand, and Riku to his left, the unprotected side.
They stood, three outsiders attempting to blend in with locals- who weren't there. The streets were utterly deserted.
"There's no reason to be scared," Sora whispered, "but it's polite to scream at least once when it happens."
"When what happens?" Kairi whispered back.
There was a white/green mist flowing through the square.
The only light came from the fountain in the center- a phosphorous green glow that cast eerie shadows over the surrounding buildings.
Things moved in those shadows.
They were oddly shaped, with a peculiar gait.
Sora could feel Riku tensing behind him, raising clawed hands. Kairi's grip on the wand changed- as if it weren't simply part of the costume.
He took a step back and held out his hands, brushing theirs and halting their defensive reactions before they could shift into offense.
The shadows crept closer.
Closer and closer still- moving through the fog.
His heart pounded even though he knew exactly what was going on.
The trio drew closer together, readying themselves for whatever might happen.
Sora glanced to the side- saw the skeletal hand on Kairi's shoulder a second before she felt it. At the same moment, another hand was threading into Riku's silver fur.
Kairi screamed- Riku howled- Sora yelped, nearly in unison.
They whirled around and looked up, up and up at a tall black-clad figure; a stick of a creature with a moon-white skull for a head- and an undeniably friendly grin.
"Sora!" Jack Skellington cried, "Welcome back," his voice deepened to a frightening and decidedly dramatic tone, "To Halloween Town!"
~~~~~~~~
"So! How was it?" The Pumpkin King was asking, later, as they and the entire population of Halloween Town sat at a banquet table that ringed the square. (They made the Headless Horseman sit by the guillotine. He didn't care, but his horse was less than pleased.)
"Terrifying as always, Jack," Sora grinned, giving him two thumbs up.
"Jack?" Riku muttered.
"Different one," Kairi muttered.
"Well, yeah."
The townsfolk were murmuring excitedly about their performances and the home-made dishes they'd brought to the feast.
"Are there eyeballs in that?" Kairi whispered.
Sora leaned close to her. "You don't want to eat the food here. We'll get something in Christmas Town later. Whatever they serve you- feed it to the Worm under the table."
Riku looked briefly under the table and shook his head at Kairi when she moved to do the same. He looked up again as a witch took his glass, filled it with reddish liquid, and thumped it back on the table in front of him.
"...What is it?"
"Pure cranberry juice," she answered.
His eye ridges flew upward. "That's it?"
The witch nodded. "Smashed 'em myself and didn't add a thing. ... I imagine you'll want something more robust, eh?" She reached for the vessel, but he snatched it up in a clawed hand.
"No- this is fine- thank you."
She shrugged and went to talk with Kairi ("It's so good to see a youngling taking up the craft! Would you like a few pointers, dearie?")
Riku took a drink- and gagged.
His face screwed up in agony, tongue lolling out, lips peeling away from teeth at the bitter flavor.
"Sally doesn't look that scary," Kairi whispered to Sora.
"She can pull the threads out of her skin and still move her limbs when they're separate from her body."
Kairi's wide grin expressed just how awesome she found that to be. Her eyes sparkled again. What was that?
The Clown leaned close to them over the table sliding back and forth a bit as he kept balance on his unicycle. His cavern of no-face bounced the echo of his voice up to them.
"When the Doctor first made her, she was forever sneaking out of the house." The Clown, it seemed, was privy to all sorts of gossip.
"That still doesn't sound all that-"
"She slipped Deadly Nightshade into his food to do it."
"...She poisoned him?" Kairi asked, shocked.
"Yep!" the Clown sounded like a fond friend, proud of what Sally had done.
Kairi eyed the food and Sora gave her a 'See? I told you.' look.
The townsfolk sitting across from Riku gasped- then 'oohed' and 'aahed' over his menacing expression.
He waved sheepishly at them, still rubbing his long tongue against the roof of his mouth- trying to get relief. When he could manage a straight face again, he turned.
"Hey Kairi- want some cranberry juice?"
"That's all that's in it?"
"Yep."
"Okay!"
She took a drink and her mouth sucked inward- puckering as if she'd sucked on a lemon. Riku bravely refrained from laughing.
"Why, you look ferocious!" Jack said, looking at Riku.
Surprise etched itself onto his snout before a whisper from Sora smoothed it into a tentative smile.
"Thank you, your Majesty."
"Please," the Pumpkin King said, spreading his hands modestly, "call me Jack."
"Kairi, are you okay?" Sora asked, catching sight of her. She smacked her lips a few times- trying and failing to get rid of the aftertaste.
"I'm fine. Have some cranberry juice, Sora."
~~~~~~~~
The cranberry juice thing actually happened to me. ;p Unsweetened, it tastes awful.
kh_drabble!Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14, 15 and 16 17 and 18 19 and 20 21 22 and 23
Or here in my Memories.
Title: Vacation (Part 24, 25, 26 and 27)
Word count: 599, 279, 303, 586
Spoilers: Possible for all the games
Notes: Post KH2, Sora, Kairi, Riku. Not overly shippy, hints of a budding Sora/Kairi.
Four in one, buddies! Sorry it's been so long- work beckoned, then the muse did, and I couldn't get a break. I hope you enjoy- if you do, please let me know! :D
World traveling, new transformations, another Jack, and food... or something like it.
They dropped into the cockpit and looked at each other. There was a moment of peace, absolute silence- then everyone broke apart and began shouting. Riku very loudly and insistently explained what he planned to do to Sora for putting them all in danger like that- Sora insisting that he'd had it in hand thank you very much, and could have gotten himself and Kairi out eventually- and Kairi berating Riku for his recklessness and examining every square inch of him for bullet wounds, poking him here and there until Riku began squirming. He was a little ticklish.
"You aren't hurt?" she asked. "You really aren't?"
"I'm fine, Kairi- I- Kairi!" he grabbed her hands as she started undoing the zipper on his shirt. "I didn't get shot."
"You're sure?" she asked fiercely.
Very calmly and seriously he nodded.
"...Okay," she said- and promptly crushed him in a hug. "Don't ever do that again!"
"We were fine," Riku assured her. "We have potions up here, you know how to use a sword, Sora can cast cure, and I never said I'd leave you down there in the first place."
They stopped dead, blinking. Then Sora laughed. "You didn't, did you?" he snickered. "All you said was that you'd leave bleeding."
"Yep," Riku said, still hugging Kairi, gently rubbing her back. "But I'm not bleeding- I'm fine. We've been up against better guns than that!" he smirked. "Wasn't as much fun though."
Sora grinned appreciatively and Kairi smacked him. "Don't remind me," she muttered.
There was a pause, and Riku looked at them. "So... what exactly happened?"
Kairi looked at Sora, Sora looked at Kairi. Kairi gave Sora a look and tilted her head to the side.
"You explain it. You know more about the situation. I'll fly us to Halloween Town."
The boys immediately began to protest- Sora at having to explain and Riku at her flying the ship.
"We are going to Halloween Town, right?"
"Yes- but-"
"Gummies are easy to fly, right?"
"Yes- but, Kairi-"
"Do you see me wearing the Captain's hat?" she demanded, pointing at her head.
"Yes, I see the hat-" Riku began.
Sora was trying not to laugh.
"There is no arguing with the captain's hat!"
Riku made a half-hearted swipe for said hat, and Kairi scrambled into the pilot's chair.
Sora grimaced, tapped his index fingers together a few times, and looked at Riku.
"Okay... so the last time I went to Port Royal, we needed a favor from Jack, because he has a ship, and we needed one. But he wasn't going to do it for free, so after the insanity stopped, he told us what he'd take as payment."
"The Keyblade," Riku said, certain.
"Yeah," Sora murmured, scratching his head.
"Why didn't you tell me he was down there and still wanted it?"
"You'd only had four hours of sleep! I didn't want either of you to worry, and I knew I could handle it!"
"...Right." Riku shook his head. "Okay, from now on we're sticking together." He paced forward and leaned over Kairi's chair. "Halloween Town is next, we'll leave with enough time to fly to the Pridelands, sleep on the gummi and start there in the morning, then head for Agrabah when we're done.
Kairi looked up at him. "Sounds good."
Sora nodded.
"...That is a nice hat, Kairi."
"Thanks!"
Riku blinked as a sword hilt 'appeared' in front of his face, and Sora grinned at him. "Even without seeing the sights, you get a souvenir."
He took the blade, admiring the craftsmanship, and smiled a little.
"Thanks."
~~~~~~~~
They touched down on the grey landscape just outside Halloween Town.
Riku looked around at Sora and Kairi- and laughed. He noted that he sounded somewhat hoarse, but didn't think anything of it. They looked too funny.
Sora's hair was a shade darker than his normal brown, his clothes a patched, ragged cape and old-fashioned form of suit. Small fangs indented his lower lip as Sora grinned first at Kairi, then at him.
Kairi wore a black/grey/purple dress which clung in some places, drifted in others- and all around, made a rather alluring picture. It was her striped stockings and conical hat with wide brim that made him snicker. Her hair had darkened, as Sora's had. She smiled and her eyes seemed to sparkle.
Sora grinned mischievously, showing more fang, reached out with one claw-tipped hand and tugged on Riku's ear- which was much higher than it should have been.
He yelped- and it sounded like a yelp.
"Oh no."
They were both grinning widely at him now.
Riku patted frantically over his body- fur... fur... fur- muzzle, cold, wet nose- he felt something press against his warm, exceptionally hairy leg and grabbed at it- and felt the grab through what he had grabbed. It was a tail.
It was his tail.
"Sora, what did you turn me into?"
Kairi put her hands on her hips and the sparkle intensified as she grinned wider.
"Riku the Wolf Man."
Sora was up and gliding away- into the town, before Riku realized he was growling and started to chase him.
Kairi looked down at her hand- the wand she'd been holding since they touched down- and examined it as she followed.
~~~~~~~~
They journeyed past the moving statues (ground-dwelling Creatures liked to topple them onto unsuspecting travelers), and into the main square of Halloween Town.
Sora took the lead. Kairi stood at his right hand, his Key hand, and Riku to his left, the unprotected side.
They stood, three outsiders attempting to blend in with locals- who weren't there. The streets were utterly deserted.
"There's no reason to be scared," Sora whispered, "but it's polite to scream at least once when it happens."
"When what happens?" Kairi whispered back.
There was a white/green mist flowing through the square.
The only light came from the fountain in the center- a phosphorous green glow that cast eerie shadows over the surrounding buildings.
Things moved in those shadows.
They were oddly shaped, with a peculiar gait.
Sora could feel Riku tensing behind him, raising clawed hands. Kairi's grip on the wand changed- as if it weren't simply part of the costume.
He took a step back and held out his hands, brushing theirs and halting their defensive reactions before they could shift into offense.
The shadows crept closer.
Closer and closer still- moving through the fog.
His heart pounded even though he knew exactly what was going on.
The trio drew closer together, readying themselves for whatever might happen.
Sora glanced to the side- saw the skeletal hand on Kairi's shoulder a second before she felt it. At the same moment, another hand was threading into Riku's silver fur.
Kairi screamed- Riku howled- Sora yelped, nearly in unison.
They whirled around and looked up, up and up at a tall black-clad figure; a stick of a creature with a moon-white skull for a head- and an undeniably friendly grin.
"Sora!" Jack Skellington cried, "Welcome back," his voice deepened to a frightening and decidedly dramatic tone, "To Halloween Town!"
~~~~~~~~
"So! How was it?" The Pumpkin King was asking, later, as they and the entire population of Halloween Town sat at a banquet table that ringed the square. (They made the Headless Horseman sit by the guillotine. He didn't care, but his horse was less than pleased.)
"Terrifying as always, Jack," Sora grinned, giving him two thumbs up.
"Jack?" Riku muttered.
"Different one," Kairi muttered.
"Well, yeah."
The townsfolk were murmuring excitedly about their performances and the home-made dishes they'd brought to the feast.
"Are there eyeballs in that?" Kairi whispered.
Sora leaned close to her. "You don't want to eat the food here. We'll get something in Christmas Town later. Whatever they serve you- feed it to the Worm under the table."
Riku looked briefly under the table and shook his head at Kairi when she moved to do the same. He looked up again as a witch took his glass, filled it with reddish liquid, and thumped it back on the table in front of him.
"...What is it?"
"Pure cranberry juice," she answered.
His eye ridges flew upward. "That's it?"
The witch nodded. "Smashed 'em myself and didn't add a thing. ... I imagine you'll want something more robust, eh?" She reached for the vessel, but he snatched it up in a clawed hand.
"No- this is fine- thank you."
She shrugged and went to talk with Kairi ("It's so good to see a youngling taking up the craft! Would you like a few pointers, dearie?")
Riku took a drink- and gagged.
His face screwed up in agony, tongue lolling out, lips peeling away from teeth at the bitter flavor.
"Sally doesn't look that scary," Kairi whispered to Sora.
"She can pull the threads out of her skin and still move her limbs when they're separate from her body."
Kairi's wide grin expressed just how awesome she found that to be. Her eyes sparkled again. What was that?
The Clown leaned close to them over the table sliding back and forth a bit as he kept balance on his unicycle. His cavern of no-face bounced the echo of his voice up to them.
"When the Doctor first made her, she was forever sneaking out of the house." The Clown, it seemed, was privy to all sorts of gossip.
"That still doesn't sound all that-"
"She slipped Deadly Nightshade into his food to do it."
"...She poisoned him?" Kairi asked, shocked.
"Yep!" the Clown sounded like a fond friend, proud of what Sally had done.
Kairi eyed the food and Sora gave her a 'See? I told you.' look.
The townsfolk sitting across from Riku gasped- then 'oohed' and 'aahed' over his menacing expression.
He waved sheepishly at them, still rubbing his long tongue against the roof of his mouth- trying to get relief. When he could manage a straight face again, he turned.
"Hey Kairi- want some cranberry juice?"
"That's all that's in it?"
"Yep."
"Okay!"
She took a drink and her mouth sucked inward- puckering as if she'd sucked on a lemon. Riku bravely refrained from laughing.
"Why, you look ferocious!" Jack said, looking at Riku.
Surprise etched itself onto his snout before a whisper from Sora smoothed it into a tentative smile.
"Thank you, your Majesty."
"Please," the Pumpkin King said, spreading his hands modestly, "call me Jack."
"Kairi, are you okay?" Sora asked, catching sight of her. She smacked her lips a few times- trying and failing to get rid of the aftertaste.
"I'm fine. Have some cranberry juice, Sora."
~~~~~~~~
The cranberry juice thing actually happened to me. ;p Unsweetened, it tastes awful.
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