BEYOND SHADOW'S VEIL
Chapter 1: Fate?A groan could be heard in the quiet classroom, faint but heard by all but it was simply a common sound from the horde of students, such a cough or a distant squeak of a chair. The only person who bothered to pay any attention to the noise at all was a silver-haired boy, realizing the sound came from his neighbour. The teen's Caribbean blue eyes had fixated on a spiky-headed brunette who was nestled in his chair with an utterly bored expression, staring at about 10 pages of writing in front of him.
'He's done his assignment already?' thought the teen who was still eyeing the boy from behind some silver strands, not turning his head toward his mysterious neighbour. He was always curious about the blue-eyed boy who had been sitting next to him for some-odd-months now and yet not having said a word. The boy never even spared a single student a simple whisper, it made him seem…distant.
'I think his name was Sora or something like that…'The silver-haired boy continued to ponder, turning his eyes back to his paper. For some reason…he seemed familiar, like he had seen him years before but he knew that couldn't be true.
"I know you were staring at me, don't think me to be an idiot." A soft and mildly-deep voice murmured in the teen's ear, making him jump only slightly. He glanced over to see the brunette staring at him with a chilling glance. 'Well, he isn't a mute after all.'He said only mentally, sending a raise of an eye brow in reply to the brunette's sudden cold stare.
"That look doesn't fit a human or a normal teenager at least." The silver-haired teen whispered into his neighbour's ear, giving a sinister smirk. The other boy stared wide-eyed and gaped, giving the impression of terror.
"Riku! Sora! You can continue your conversation after my class is over, please and thank you." said a young female teacher that stood before the students, emerald eyes glaring at the two with hands at her hips. A braid of brown strands was swinging as she walked around the classroom, usual cheery face now displaying aggravation. Whispers started, most likely the conversations were about the fact that Sora finally said something, at school at least.
The brunette known as Sora stared down at his papers, still in a state of shock, but why? He continued to stare at his papers, settling his panic to simply paranoia, still as bothersome unfortunately.
It felt like forever before the bell rang at last. Riku packed his books, not noticing the eerie stare from his neighbour who was stalling by turning an mp3 player and scrolling through songs. The room quickly emptied, the only two left was Sora and Riku, even the teacher had stepped out.
"Are you trying to stalk me now?" Riku spoke up finally, breaking the silence.
"I could ask you the same thing, Riku." The brunette replied, smirking at the other boy.
"What do you want from me?" said Riku as he was just about to pass Sora, but was suddenly gripped by the collar and pressed up against the wall they just so happened to be near at the time, having knocked down a desk or two in the process. Sora held his grip on the silver-haired teen, his clenching fist turning white.
"I know you know something!" The shorter boy shouted, panic returning.
"Whatever do you mean? That you're more than what you appear?" Riku said softly, that same smirk that made it look like he could read peoples' minds. Sora let go of Riku's collar, arm falling limply to his side.
"Hey, Sora!" A cheery voice called. The two looked to see a blonde boy with blue eyes standing in the door way, grinning at the brunette.
"…hey Roxas." Sora murmured weakly, swallowing hard.
"I waited for you in the foyer for a few and decided to come look for you." Roxas blinked at the silver-haired boy he did not recognize, glancing back at his friend.
"Don't worry about it, I was just having a chat with a classmate, sorry to keep you." Sora announced, scooping up his bag and dashing toward Roxas, soon leaving.
Riku remained in the secluded classroom, laughing to himself as he sank to the floor, using the wall for support. 'He has much to learn…'
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"Yeah think he knows?" The once innocent and now cold voice of the blond questioned. He stood next to his friend on the roof of their high school, watching the sleep yearning sun as it tried to hide beyond the horizon. Sora was crouched, staring silently below over the school entrance, waiting for something.
"Possibly…he knows something, that's all I can say. About you, I'm not sure, but he's discovered something about me." The brunette said quietly, clearly in deep thought.
"What could he possibly know, I mean, he's just a pathetic human-"
"-as far as we know." Sora said, cutting Roxas off, who was now staring at his best friend, trying to examine his thoughts.
"…What d'you mean by that?" The older teen asked.
"I mean exactly what I said. Clearly…he is not what he seems to be." Sora said as a merciless smile emerged from his lips, staring down at some familiar silver hair that had just exited the school.
"You want me to kill 'im or d'you wanna have some fun?" The blond replied as he shared the same smile.
"I haven't had any fun toys in a while and he looks interesting." Sora said, looking over his shoulder for approval.
"Go to it then, bud." Roxas nodded, continuing. "Try not to break 'im to soon, though."
"Oh don't worry, I want to see what he's useful for first." Sora chuckled as a smirk appeared once again. He watched Riku head down the sidewalk, plotting all at once.
"Sometimes I wonder 'Is this fate? Or, is it simply coincidence?'" The other mysterious boy stated, staring out at the setting sun and placing his hands in his pockets.
A/N: Originally posted August 3rd, 2007. Still a work in progress. Possible rewrite. Reviews are appreciated.
