I felt relieved when I didn't hear the screaming anymore. I knew the Jak games, but I never knew how Daxter got turned into a gopher looking thing. I have to play that game just to see if he gets changed back, but then again, I've seen the games later in the series. I don't think he does.
I put the remote back down on the invention and left, glancing out the window when I started to hear birds chirping. Could it really be morning already? Although I went to three different games too.
I went into the kitchen and made some pancakes for my siblings, just to be nice to Serah so she wouldn't think of blackmail. And Nathan really needed it, we weren't exactly being the best sisters to him either…
"Ooh, breakfast!" I heard Serah's voice as she ran down the stairs and eyed the stove. "Wait, you're making it?" She asked, pointing at me in disbelief.
"Yeah…?" I asked as she crinkled her nose. "Hey!"
"Sorry sis, but ya can't cook." She stated as Nathan came down the stairs, rubbing his eyes.
"Hey." He greeted, coming into the kitchen and standing next to me. "Smells good."
"Thanks." I said as I put some on a plate and gave it to him. He gratefully took it and went to his spot at the table, and waited for the rest of us. We all sat down, and it felt… kinda like we were a family again.
"So, what're you two up to?" Nathan asked us. Serah shot me a look and smiled at her plate.
"Um, not much." I stammered as Serah shoved a piece of food in her mouth to stop herself from laughing. "Why do you ask?"
"I gotta go to the store and buy some oil to stop all the doors in this house from creaking." He answered, and it was legitimate. All the doors in this hose haven't really been moved in a while, so it was desperately needed. "But while I'm gone I need you two to think of some vacation thing we can do."
"Oh, okay!" Serah exclaimed, shooting me a look. I glared at her and shook my head lightly without Nathan noticing. Her spirits dropped instantly.
"Okay." Nathan said, ending the conversation and putting his dishes in the sink. He grabbed his car keys and waved to us and left. Serah and I stood by the front window and watched him drive away.
"Let's hope he comes back this time." Serah muttered and left the window. I knew he would, but then again, Mom and Dad didn't… but this was Nathan, he wouldn't do something to get himself killed. And it was a department store, right? He'd be fine. I don't know why I'm getting so worried…
"Relax, Serah." I called as I heard a door being opened and shut again. I ran to the office and jerked her away from The System before she had the remote strapped on her wrist.
"What the Hell, Kairi?" She whined as I strapped on one too.
"You're not going in there alone, are you crazy?" I shot at her, but she gave me another glare for the umpteenth time today.
"Fine, but can we?" She sounded hopeful, her eyes lighting up and staring up at me with them.
"I… guess…" I muttered as she pushed past me and started hitting buttons. I threw her back to the center of the room and hit the correct settings, and then walking next to her.
"What do ya think it'll be this time?" She asked as the red line scanned us.
"I don't know, hopefully something multiplayer…." I trailed as we were pixilated, and we were off.
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The first thing I see is the steering wheel. My hands are locked onto it. I'm sitting down in some sort of car, and the finish line was right above me. I read the words and squealed happily, but turned to look at Serah who was next to me. She gives me a smile and we wait for the countdown. during that I look around, and I see a ton of characters. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Koopa Troopa, and many more behind us.
In front of us was the road with two sides, and I saw the grass and the sand, and the wonderful prize boxes. This was one of my favorite games of all time, and it was multiplayer, so I got to be in it with my sister.
Mario Kart.
"You ready for this, Kairi?" Serah called from her kart. I turned my head and gave her a thumbs up.
"You ready to get beat?" I called back, but she shook her head and her gaze locked on the road.
"We'll see who laughs last!" She laughed as the flying turtle with the flag raised it in front of us, and I heard the countdown begin.
"Yeah, but I've always been better at Luigi circuit!" I stated and kept my eyes on the road, ready to race for real.
Three. Two. One.
And I was gone, flying down the track. Serah was almost next to me, but her driving was spastic, swerving left and right while I kept more straight. I ran into a prize box, finding a banana as I held it behind me so no one could hit me with a shell. I made the straightaway, turning into the angled speed boosts that lined the last turn. But this was only lap one.
I run into another prize box and I hear the blue shell warning. I braced for the worst, because blue shell aims for… first place.
I was blown up into the air as other people past me, but I landed, shook it off and kept going. Somewhere along the way I saw Serah pass me, but I launched a shell at her and that quickly solved that problem. Now I had to catch back up to first…
We were all on the last lap, I was in second as Serah was on first, yelling and screaming things at me because she thought she was gonna win. I knew better then to doubt Mario Kart, because what goes around comes around. And then I saw the blue shell fly over me and soar for the person in first.
"Ha!" I laughed as I past Serah who got blown up and past the finish line. She finished a while later, getting fourth, and I knew she was ticked.
"Not fair! I got hit by a blue shell!" She cried as I kept laughing, celebrating my first place.
"Okay, then let's do some other courses, see who the best is." I offered, and she nodded determiningly.
"You're on!" She stated and we went to the next course that was probably on random. I only hoped for a course you couldn't fall off of, because those all sucked and you would get put in something close to last place. So as the screen faded to black and reappeared, I searched for my sister in the line, regretting coming here. We got stuck on the worst track of all possible in Mario Kart.
"Serah!" I called, but she was behind me. "We can't do this track!"
"Why? Cause you know I'm gonna beat you!" She laughed, facing the road. We were stuck on Rainbow Road, the course that you can fall off every five seconds cause there was close to no rails. Falling off was inevitable.
"Fine, this race, then we're out." I told her and she nodded, and the countdown began. But I was still very uneasy about this track.
Three. Two. One.
I started, swerving slightly before getting launched down the rainbow road that was angled at one hundred fifty degrees and had speed boosts. Then we were launched into the air, landing on the other track. We got launched on this track so much that somebody had to fall off. I slowed down as Serah sped ahead of me, but she could win as long as I didn't fall off.
"Two slow, Kairi!" She called, but she bounced into one of the few rails on the track and got launched into the space, falling and falling… until she was gone.
"That's what you get, Serah!" I called as I saw her behind me, getting placed back on the track and I was launched through the rainbow shooting star. This track was long though, and I still had two laps to go. But I made the last two turns of the first lap, and surprisingly never fell off. Let's hope it lasted…
I made the last turn on the third lap, and even though I've been hit by two blue shells I was first place, with Serah in eighth or something cause she kept falling off. I had to wait a while before she finally finished, and her tantrum just made me laugh even more.
"Come on! One more, please? I have to beat you!" She whined, but I shook my head.
"We'll come back when you're more experienced, or when Nathan leaves again. But we gotta see if he came back." I told her.
"But why can't he know?" She asked, really starting to get on my nerves. "I don't understand, Kairi."
"He will know, just not now." I shot at her and she sighed dramatically like the drama queen she was.
"Fine." She muttered and I drove my car adjacent to hers and hit the eject button, and we both flew out of Mario Kart.