Rating: M Pairings: AkuRoku, SoRiku, Zemyx among others
Chapter 1: New and Improved...not.
Roxas sighed as he stared up at the doors of his new school. His parents, Cloud and Aerith Strife, had decided to move into a more 'friendly neighborhood', as Aerith had put it. Roxas had no problem with his old place. He loved going to the clubs and malls in Traverse Town.
But Aerith had sensed that it wasn't a good place for children to grow up in. Cloud had eventually agreed with her, and they ended up buying a house in Twilight Town. And if Roxas hadn't know better, he would have thought that moving was just a way for his parents to torture him.
Roxas frowned, then ran a hand through his golden-blonde hair and started up the steps of his new school: Twilight Town High School. It was the nearest public school to his new house, and even though he had wanted to go to an art school, this was his only choice for now. " Now Roxas,
I know you would love to go to a school where you can express your talent, but we just don't have the money right now." Aerith had said, and Roxas had accepted his fate, and had been enrolled in this high school. As he walked inside, Roxas was met with cool air that had sort of a lavender scented disinfectant smell. He shuddered and shifted his bag on his shoulder, heading to what he hoped was the office. When he walked into the room, he was greeted by a woman with long, dark hair. She had a bright smile on her face that Roxas couldn't help but smile back at. " Hi, I'm uh, Roxas Strife. I'm the-" " Oh, Roxas! Of course!" The woman interrupted, " You're the new student. I'm Mrs. Leonhart, but you can just call me Tifa. The 'Mrs' makes me feel old." Roxas smiled. " Hello, Tifa. It's nice to meet you." He said, trying his best to be polite. Tifa smiled back at Roxas. " It's nice to meet you too, Roxas. Now, lets see about your schedule, shall we?" She said, and sat down in front of her computer. She typed in a few things, humming a random tune as she searched. 'She seems like a nice woman' Roxas thought, and jumped a little as Tifa's " AHA!" sounded loudly and echoed through the room. " Here it is. I'll just print it out for you." She said,
and clicked the 'print' button. She headed to the printer that was in a corner in the back of the room and collected Roxas's schedule, then smiled widely as she handed the paper to Roxas. " Here you are, Roxas. Have a great first day here, okay?" She said, and Roxas nodded. " Okay. Thanks, Tifa." He said, then walked out of the office. He looked down at the paper that was still warm from the printer and studied it.
" Homeroom with Mr. Prince, english with Mr. Newbern, history with Mr. Fair, PE with Ms. Kisaragi, literature with Mr. Rhapsodos, math with Mr. Hewley and science with Mr. Prince again." Roxas sighed and headed to his homeroom. As he walked down the hall, he studied his surroundings with half-interested glances. He noticed a few posters around the halls, most of them saying, " Go Twilight Town Tigers!" or something along those lines. They all had footballs on them, so Roxas assumed that the Twilight Town Tigers was the name of the football team. By the time he made it to his homeroom, the door was already closed, so he had to knock when he found that it was locked. It opened a second later, and Roxas was greeted by a man in a white lab coat with long pale hair and icy green eyes. He flinched away from the icy glare he was recieving from the man, then said, " Um, hi sir, I'm Roxas Strife. I'm new, and I'm in your class." The man nodded, and ushered Roxas into the room. The blonde felt his face heat up as the class stared at him curiously. " Class, this is Roxas Strife. He's a new student here at Twilight Town High, so I expect all of you to be on your best behavior toward him. Roxas, you may have a seat next to Ms. Flynn." The man, who Roxas figured was Mr. Prince, said and pointed to a girl with short burgundy hair. Roxas walked over to the table she was sitting at and sat down. " Hi, I'm Kairi. It's nice to meet you, Roxas!" The girl said, smiling. " It's nice to meet you too, Kairi." Roxas said, smiling back. " So, where did you move from?" Kairi asked. " Traverse Town." Roxas replied, and took out his sketchpad and an art pencil from his bag. " Oh, that's so cool! I've always wanted to go to Traverse Town! Oh, what's that?" Kairi asked, pointing to the sketchpad. " Uh, it's my sketchpad. I like to draw and stuff, so I carry it with me." Roxas said. " Ooh! So are you any good? Can I see some pictures?" Roxas handed the sketchpad to Kairi and watched her flip it open. " I'd like to think that I'm pretty good, but I don't know." Roxas said, watching as Kairi flipped through the pages.
She stopped at the last picture Roxas had drawn and gasped. " Wow... Roxas, this one... it's so amazing!" She said, and Roxas blushed a little. It was a picture of him and his parents, all smiling and looking happy. " Thanks... that's my mom and dad with me." Roxas said. Kairi brushed har index finger across the page, examining the picture. " It... looks just like an actual photo!" She said, then smiled at Roxas and handed him his sketchpad back. " You have a real talent, Roxas. I can't wait to see more of your pictures." Roxas smiled and took his sketchpad from Kairi, then sighed. " So, what are the other students like here?" He asked, and Kairi frowned in thought. " Hmm, well, I really only know the ones that are in my classes, and also some from my brothers classes. Well, there's Namine, who's in my math class. She draws pretty well, too.
Maybe you guys could be friends! Um, then there's Xion. She's in this class, actually. Over there." Kairi pointed to a girl with short black hair who was sitting across the room. Roxas nodded. " Oh, then there's Marluxia, Saix and Demyx. They're all in my brothers class. Demyx is really sweet, and Marluxia is pretty nice, too, but Saix is just like Axel." Kairi said with a sad sigh. " Who's Axel?" Roxas asked, curiosity lacing his voice. " Oh, Axel is my brother. He's a total jerk-wad though, so I don't hang around him much. Saix isn't really as irritating as Axel, but he gets pretty sadistic when he's provoked. And all you have to do is look at him wrong to provoke him, so yeah. I stay away from him." Roxas nodded, understanding her pain. He had to go through someone like that back at his old school. His name was Seifer, and he was a total jerk, and all you'd have to do is glance at him and he'd go off on you. " So, I can introduce you to them after class if you'd like." Kairi said, shaking Roxas out of his thoughts. " Huh? Don't we have to go to 1st period after this?" He asked, confused. Kairi giggled. " Nah, we have an hour after homeroom to do whatever we need to do, and I usually go out to the courtyard and sit with the guys. Most kids try to get their homework done in that time, because they were too lazy to get it done at home. But, being the perfect student that I am, I do all my work as soon as I get to my room." Kairi said, then shook her head and laughed. " I'm kidding, I'm not a perfect student, I actually have pretty suckish grades right now. Oh, but I do my homework where it should be done though. At HOME, hence the name. I mean, DUH people! I mean, HOMEwork is to be done at HOME! Oh, sorry if I'm talking too much, Roxas." Kairi cut herself off and blushed when Roxas laughed. " No, it's alright. I don't have much to say anyway, and listening to you is amusing." He said, and ran a hand through his hair. Kairi was about to say something else when the bell rang. " OH! That's the bell! C'mon, I'll introduce you guys!" Kairi squealed, and pulled Roxas out of the room giggling.
