You're not!
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kh_drabbleChallenge: [098] Mother
Title: You're Not!
Word Count: 489
Spoilers: General, post KHII fic.
Notes: Based off of the last narrative track from the NBC OST. Thanks always to ceci for the beta.
Kairi sat braiding the long, red hair of the little girl in her lap, watching Sora and Riku taking turns shouting threats and entreaties up the trunk of a nearby palm. Sora was still doing fairly well, but Riku was starting to run out of patience.
“Come on Danny! We can’t play if you’re up there and we’re down here!” Sora laughed.
A little voice called back, “I don’t have to play! I’m king of the world!”
“No you’re not, you’re just king of that palm tree!” Riku shot back, arms firmly crossed over his chest. “Now get down here or I’m going to climb up and get you!”
“Ha! You’re a big fat klutz! You couldn’t make it!” the voice retorted, followed by a coconut that was probably supposed to be aimed at Riku, but came closer to hitting Sora.
Kairi sighed. Enough was enough and even at a distance, she could tell Riku had just had enough. Setting the little girl on the sand, she stood and walked over to join the boys. “Let me handle it, you two.”
Sora gave her a quizzical look. Riku just shot her a quick glare which then darted right back up to the top of the tree and stepped back.
Cupping her hands around her mouth, Kairi called up sweetly, “Danny, please come down now.”
“You can’t make me! You’re not my mom!”
Next to Kairi, his sister continued Riku’s more forceful approach. “I’ll tell mom! I’ll tell mom and dad that you’re not behaving for the babysitters!”
“Tattle-tail!”
“It’s okay, Catherine, really.” Kairi smiled down at the little girl, patting her on the head. “It’s okay, he can stay up there as long as he wants. He doesn’t have to go get ice cream with us.”
“Ice cream?” The little girl’s head snapped up, black pit eyes widening, toothy mouth breaking into a smile.
“Ice cream?” The voice from the tree echoed. “I want ice cream too! Don’t go without me!” Suddenly there was a clatter of femur on tree branch on tibia on rib on Riku’s skull as Danny jumped from the tree, rolled noisily off of Riku, onto the beach, and came scampering over to Kairi. “Please, can we get ice cream?”
“Well, if you promise to behave…” Kairi gave him a knowing look.
Both little skeletons jumped up and down excitedly, sand flying from their patchwork pinstripe clothes. “We do! We do! We’ll behave!”
“Alright then.”
“YAY!” The two Skellington children went pounding off down the beach to cries of “Race ‘ya!”
Kairi just watched them, laughing, as the boys walked up behind her, Riku still rubbing his head.
“How do you do that?” the pale haired boy asked, more than a little envy in his voice.
“Simple. It’s part maternal instinct…” she shot the two of them a sly smile, “and part putting up with you two for years.”
Title: You're Not!
Word Count: 489
Spoilers: General, post KHII fic.
Notes: Based off of the last narrative track from the NBC OST. Thanks always to ceci for the beta.
Kairi sat braiding the long, red hair of the little girl in her lap, watching Sora and Riku taking turns shouting threats and entreaties up the trunk of a nearby palm. Sora was still doing fairly well, but Riku was starting to run out of patience.
“Come on Danny! We can’t play if you’re up there and we’re down here!” Sora laughed.
A little voice called back, “I don’t have to play! I’m king of the world!”
“No you’re not, you’re just king of that palm tree!” Riku shot back, arms firmly crossed over his chest. “Now get down here or I’m going to climb up and get you!”
“Ha! You’re a big fat klutz! You couldn’t make it!” the voice retorted, followed by a coconut that was probably supposed to be aimed at Riku, but came closer to hitting Sora.
Kairi sighed. Enough was enough and even at a distance, she could tell Riku had just had enough. Setting the little girl on the sand, she stood and walked over to join the boys. “Let me handle it, you two.”
Sora gave her a quizzical look. Riku just shot her a quick glare which then darted right back up to the top of the tree and stepped back.
Cupping her hands around her mouth, Kairi called up sweetly, “Danny, please come down now.”
“You can’t make me! You’re not my mom!”
Next to Kairi, his sister continued Riku’s more forceful approach. “I’ll tell mom! I’ll tell mom and dad that you’re not behaving for the babysitters!”
“Tattle-tail!”
“It’s okay, Catherine, really.” Kairi smiled down at the little girl, patting her on the head. “It’s okay, he can stay up there as long as he wants. He doesn’t have to go get ice cream with us.”
“Ice cream?” The little girl’s head snapped up, black pit eyes widening, toothy mouth breaking into a smile.
“Ice cream?” The voice from the tree echoed. “I want ice cream too! Don’t go without me!” Suddenly there was a clatter of femur on tree branch on tibia on rib on Riku’s skull as Danny jumped from the tree, rolled noisily off of Riku, onto the beach, and came scampering over to Kairi. “Please, can we get ice cream?”
“Well, if you promise to behave…” Kairi gave him a knowing look.
Both little skeletons jumped up and down excitedly, sand flying from their patchwork pinstripe clothes. “We do! We do! We’ll behave!”
“Alright then.”
“YAY!” The two Skellington children went pounding off down the beach to cries of “Race ‘ya!”
Kairi just watched them, laughing, as the boys walked up behind her, Riku still rubbing his head.
“How do you do that?” the pale haired boy asked, more than a little envy in his voice.
“Simple. It’s part maternal instinct…” she shot the two of them a sly smile, “and part putting up with you two for years.”
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Date: 2007-03-12 11:08 pm (UTC)That line was priceless.
I like how you incorporated Jack and Sally's children--and the way that Kairi handles the situation is just perfect for her.
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Date: 2007-03-13 04:03 pm (UTC)Random confession: I've been wondering if anyone out there had actually heard the track that inspired it...
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Date: 2007-03-14 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-14 03:50 pm (UTC)Hmph. Well, phooy on them! Here, it has to be online someplace, so, for the sake of posterity:
And finally everything worked out just fine
Christmas was saved, though there wasn’t much time
But after that night, things were never the same
Each holiday now knew the other one’s name!
And though that one Christmas things got out of hand
I’m still rather fond of that skeleton man
So, many years later I thought I’d drop in
And there was old Jack, still looking quite thin
With four or five skeleton children at hand
Playing strange little tunes in their xylophone band
And I asked old Jack, do you remember the night
When the sky was so dark and the moon shone so bright
When a million small children pretending to sleep
Nearly didn’t have Christmas at all, so to speak?
And would, if you could turn that mighty clock back
To that long fateful night, now think carefully Jack!
Would you do the whole thing all over again,
Knowing what you know now, knowing what you knew then?
And he smiled like the old pumpkin king that I knew
Then turned and asked softly of me
Wouldn’t you?
"I do see why they're called Danny and Catherine, though. "
Oh good! That was the other one I'd hoped people would get. ^_^
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Date: 2007-03-17 10:20 pm (UTC)And I swear, ice cream is the PERFECT incentive. Even if you're not a kid. Heck, ice cream is seriously the driving force of the Kingdom hearts universe. *cackle*
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Date: 2007-03-18 03:31 pm (UTC)Forget hearts! What the Nobodies really need is ice cream! XD