The Joys of Life
Well since I'm currently going through an LO phase. An idea sparked in my head. Let's put the cast of LO back in school, upper school that is (High School to everyone else, sorry I'm not american so I'm going by my school system, sorry for any inconveniences, I'm English sorry....).
Disclaimer: I do not own Lost Odyssey or Mistwalker. If I did, LO would have some changes.
Change 1: Kaim and Sarah would not be married.
Chapter 1: First Day
It was the first day of school from the summer holidays. It was beginning of September, so the sun was still shining and it was just the right temperature, not too warm and not too cold. For one person it was the start of his fourth year in upper school, the start of Year 13 (That's for 17-18 years olds). The only difference was, this was the start of his second and final sixthform year at upper school.
Kaim got off the school bus, his hands in his pockets of his jeans. He looked up the front of the school; a sign said "Uhra Upper School". Another year... Kaim thought. He then got distracted from some "popular" girls calling his name. Their leader walked up to him. She had long, straight blond hair and brown eyes.
"Hey Kaim. Gonna join the sports teams this year too? I would love to cheer you on." Rita giggled and put her around his. (I made this character up, her purpose you will figure out later.) Kaim stared at her blandly before unlinking and walking straight by her, heading towards the entrance of the school. Rude.... but don't worry Kaim, one day you will be mine...Rita thought. She looked back at his disappearing figure and then walked back to her posy. In Kaim's three years of upper school, he had always been an all round, all star, sportstar. For some odd reason, he excelled in all sports. Football (soccer), Rugby, Hockey, Tennis, Badminton, Rounder's, Cricket, you name it, you could call him a jock. But he wasn't the type of jock that you would expect; he didn't take in all the glory and get all the girls. He could if he wanted to, but he didn't want all the glory, fame and popularity, he liked keeping people at a distance, that's the way it's always been and always will. For that reason, people didn't really understand him; many thought he was strange for not wanting the glory and female attention of being the sportstar.
Kaim entered the school to see hordes of students. They were repacking their lockers, reuniting with friends and looking at their new timetables for the year. Kaim walked up to his locker, and started to organise before a familiar but annoying face appeared.
"Hey there My Chuckles!" Kaim looked over at the man, slight disgust on his face.
"Jansen, what do you want?"
Jansen was probably Kaim's only true friend to a certain extent. He had known him since they were both small but all the while, Kaim always thought he was extremely annoying. Currently, Jansen was the "womanizer" of the school. Girls seemed to swoon over him, Kaim never understood why.
"Mr Chuckles, you haven't changed one bit. So, what are your plans for this year." Jansen leaned against the lockers.
"None of your concern." Kaim grabbed his bag and made his way to his new classroom.
A blond passed Kaim, too focused on his new timetable to look where he was going. Before long, he bumped into a fellow student, books and papers flying everywhere.
"Oh, I'm sorry. That was my fault. I should have looked where I was going." The blond looked up at the student he collided with. She had porcelain skin, grey/brown eyes and shoulder length chesnut hair. Wow... was all Tolten could think.
"Oh no, it was my fault, I was too involved in my book." She looked up at the stranger, even though her glasses were somewhere in the pile of papers, his features were amazing. Golden hair and crystal blue eyes. She went into a dream state for a few seconds.
"Here, I think these are yours." The blond gave her back her glasses. She put them on, relieved she could see again. They both stood up, and the blond gave the girl her possessions.
"My name is Tolten. I'm new here. Nice to meet you."
"M-My name is Sarah." She could feel her cheeks going red and her heart rate had heightened.
"Well, I must be going now so farewell. Sorry again." Tolten walked off the the direction of his next destination. Sarah looked back at the figure as he walked off. He's soo charming... she smiled to herself before going to her classroom.
Kaim entered his new classroom, he felt slight relief that Jansen happened to be put in another class. As he walked in, he heard gestures from some of his classmates telling him to sit next to them, two people particularly.
"Kaim, old friend! Come sit here, I've made the seat nice and warm for you!" Gongora said. He too was a fellow jock, but unlike Kaim, he loved the glory and attention.
"No!!! Don't sit next him, sit next to me Kaim!!!" Rita shouted. "Maybe we can talk, and get to know each other a little better...." She smirked. Kaim ignored both of them and sat at the desk right at the back, placing his bag on the sit next to him to prevent anyone sitting there.
Gongora stared back at Kaim. "Your loss, Kaim." Before long, Gongora already had the attention of some girls. Rita crossed her arms, furious while one of her "friends" tried to comfort her.
"Don't worry Rita. He'll come around, he's just shy..." Her friend lied.
Yeah right... I'm gonna get him if this is the last thing I do... Rita thought.
Once the class was settled, the teacher began to talk.
"Welcome class, I hope you had a nice summer. And welcome to Year 13. Now, I-"
Before Mrs Piddick could continue, Gongora already had something. "Looking good Mrs P." (Not really something Gongora would say but....)
"Thank you Gongora..... now, we have new student this year. Please make her feel welcome."
The door opened and the new student entered. She had a tanned complexion to her skin, cerulean blue eyes and she had beautiful blue, almost navy hair which no one had ever seen before (I can't even really put a colour on Seth's hair). Her fashion sense was odd to most. She wore a denim miniskirt, with some navy over-the-knee socks and a pair of brown boots. She wore a brown vest and some brown armwarmers(This is actually an outfit I actually have lol).
The students stared at her in awe. Kaim looked up from the table to take a look. He examined her for a few seconds before returning to looking out the window.
"Um, hey. I'm Seth Balmore, nice to meet all of you." She smiled.
Some whispered comments were heard. "Where did she get a body like that?? And that hair???" A girl whispered, "I would so do her." whispered one of the jocks. Seth decided to ignore the comments she heard.
"Okay, Seth. Why don't you find a seat and get settled." Seth looked around the class for a spare seat, the only free one she could see was next to Kaim. She walked up to it.
"May I sit here?" She asked. Kaim looked up at her and then removed his bag from the seat so she could sit. "Thanks." She smiled and sat down. The whole class just stared at that table, all the students were in shock that Kaim actually let someone sit next to him.
Rita began to get even more furious.... "I can't believe it... he lets her sit next to him, but not me? When we get out of this classroom, I'm gonna put her in her place." She looked back at Seth, "What does she have that I don't."
Kaim whispered three words in Seth's direction. "Just ignore them."
Seth looked at Kaim before simply nodding. The teacher continued, "Well then, classes start soon so I will let you leave." The bell rung.
The students began to stand up and exit. As Kaim got up, Seth spoke. "I'm sorry, I never caught your name?"
"Kaim."
"Kaim... nice to meet you." She smiled, she put her hand for him to shake. Kaim took her hand and shook it, he was surprised at the strong grip she had and even though it was barely visible, Kaim even smiled, just slightly.
Seth looked at her timetable. "Apparently I have Biology in S6. Do have any idea where that is?"
"That's my next class. I'll take you there." Kaim said.
"Really? Thank you very much." She beamed.
"It's no.... problem?" Kaim said perplexed.
They both walked out of the classroom together. Rita happened to spot them, "Ugh... he's even walking with her!?! This has to be stopped...." Rita and her followers marched up to Kaim and Seth.
"Seth, right? Could I talk to you for a moment? Over there? It'll only take a second." Rita asked. Seth looked Kaim, she was supposed to be going to Biology with him. "I'll wait here." He said.
"Uh, okay..." Seth wandered with Rita to a place slightly more far away. "So, what is it you wanted?"
Rita's face turned from smiley to a sour one. "Stay away from Kaim. He's mine and you can't have him!"
"W-What are you talking about?" Seth asked. Kaim looked over to where Seth and Rita were, he could tell things weren't going well. He began to walk towards them.
"Oh you know what I'm talking about, Seth Balmore, so back off!"
Seth began to get angry. "You want me to back off!!" Seth began to click her knuckles, "Listen, you littl-" Before Seth could finish, Kaim interrupted. "Rita... leave her alone. She hasn't done anything to you."
"But...but she was... huh?" Rita moaned.
"Seth, we gonna be late." Kaim put his hand on Seth's back to guide her away from Rita and her posy and towards Biology class. Rita looked at Kaim and Seth before kicking a locker in frustration, unfortunately not causing a dent. "He even touched her. This means war Seth Balmore." (It rhymes... I'm soo lame.)
"Ugh... what was her problem?" Seth asked.
"I wouldn't worry about." Kaim and Seth entered Biology, slightly late of course.
The teacher turned round. "Oh, glad you could make it Kaim.... and you are?" He looked towards the woman next to Kaim.
"I'm Seth Balmore, sorry we're late, he was helping me with something, it's not his fault."
"I'll let you both off, it's the first day, but don't be late again. Now sit down." Seth sat down in the first free seat and signalled for Kaim to sit in the seat next to her, surprisingly, he took it. Unfortunately, Jansen happened to be in Biology too. He looked over at Kaim and Seth.
Is Kaim actually talking to a girl? Oh, Mr Chuckles, I taught you well.... Damn, she's a looker. Well, if he messes up, I'll give her a ride.... Jansen smirked to himself.
"Right class, turn to page 126, I know you already have some knowlegde on the cardiovascular system (yeah, I'm a biology student lol) so answer questions 1-10 to see what you have remembered from last year."
Seth opened the book and got started. To Kaim's amazement, she finished the questions in a matter of minutes. She looked up to see him staring at her.
"What? Is there something on my face?" She asked.
"No." Although her making that comment made him look at her face. "You look perfect."
Seth slightly blushed. "...Okay. Yeah, I'm a bit of a wiz when it comes to anything science related." She smiled.
I never realised... Kaim eventually woke up at the fact that he was intently looking at Seth, but he didn't know that Jansen was watching him.
"Well, he really is taking an interest in her... go get her man." Jansen whispered.
The biology class continued for an hour. Jansen continued to watch them as they had small conversations together. He watched their eye contact and he could swear he saw Kaim smile once.
This girl must be something if he smiled....
As the class ended, Seth and Kaim walked out of class but then Seth turned to face Kaim.
"Um, thanks for getting me out of trouble earlier with Rita. If you didn't come when you did, things may have turned out differently. And thanks for being the only person who has been nice to me since I got here, as well as being the only sane person I've met so far. Doesn't happen a lot to me..." She looked down at the ground.
"What do you mean doesn't happen alot?" Kaim asked, with tad of concern in his voice.
Seth looked up at him. "Oh, n-nothing. Um.... Listen, Kaim, would you li-" Before Seth could finish her sentence, Jansen came running in.
"Hey! How's it going?" Jansen chimed.
Kaim sighed. "Jansen, what is it?"
"What? A guy can't just say hi..." Jansen could see that Kaim was giving him daggers.
"Well, I can see you guys are busy so I'll go, I'll see you around." Seth said and walked off to her next class, as she knew where that was.
Jansen put his hand on Kaim's shoulder. "She's hot. You should go for her."
"Jansen-"
"No Kaim listen to me." Jansen went round to face him. "A girl like that does not come around every day. I mean look at her, that body, that chest, that bu-" Kaim put his hand over Jansen's mouth.
"Stop talking. You should really stop talking about women like that." That was the last thing he said before walking off.
"Whatever man.... but I know you like her." Jansen said as he walked off to his next class.
Lessons later...
The bell rang for lunch and students scurried off into the canteen (or cafeteria, whatever you wanna call it). The line was at it's longest.
Sarah was standing in queue when someone tapped her on the shoulder, she turned round to see who it was.
"Hello again." Said a familiar blond.
"H-Hi." Sarah said nervously as she pushed up her glasses, she tried to think of something to say. "Um... so what do you think of Uhra Upper so far?"
"Everyone has been very nice to me so far and-" Tolten was interrupted by a swarm of girls coming to him.
"Hi Tolten!!!! Drama was sooo much fun!!!" A girl said.
"Yeah Tolten, you should be an actor!" The group of girls started giggling, before they noticed he was with Sarah.
"What are you doing with that loser? She's not worth your time. Come with us, we have plenty food, we don't mind sharing!"
"Yeah, come with us!" Before Tolten could speak, they pulled him out of line towards "their" table. Tolten looked back when he managed to get out of the girls' grip but when he looked back, Sarah wasn't in the line anymore.
Sarah had run out of the line and was trying to get out of the way of people, out of the canteen, she had lost her appetite. She tried to push past people, one of them being Seth. She caught a glimpse of Sarah's face, she saw a tear run down it. Sarah ran out of the canteen, outside onto the field. Even though Seth didn't know the girl, she thought it was her duty to atleast see what was wrong so she went after Sarah. When she got outside, the sun blasted in her eyes.
"Owww... I almost got blinded." She managed to spot Sarah sitting down by the tree and walked over to her. Sarah had her knees to her chest, she buried her head in arms. Seth kneeled down to her level.
"Are you alright?" Sarah's tear stained face looked up to see the friendly one of Seth's.
"I-I'm fine.... who are you??" Sarah didnt recognise her face.
"Oh, I'm new here, just started today. I'm Seth Balmore, you just looked a little upset and I wanted to know if anything was wrong."
Sarah wiped her face on her sleeves. "It's nothing, really." Sarah tried to smile. Seth sat next to Sarah.
"Are you sure. it looked like those girls were bothering you and I heard the word 'loser'."
Sarah fixed her glasses. "I'm used to it. After all, I'm am a loser...." Sarah mumbled.
Seth seemed a little shocked. "Don't be so hard on yourself. I know I only just met you but you don't seem like a loser to me. To be honest, since I've arrived here, I've felt like a loser. No one has really been nice to me, apart from one person anyway..."
Sarah giggled. "You don't seem like a loser. You seem confident and your attractive, I mean, just look at what you're wearing."
Seth smiled. "Atleast I made you laugh. And by the way, you are very pretty,uh....."
"Sarah."
"...Sarah." Seth nodded. "So... have anybody to eat lunch with because I certainly don't."
Sarah had never had another student be so nice to her before. "Sure... except I didn't get time to grab any lunch." Sarah's belly rumbled.
"I got ya covered. I don't eat food sold in the canteen. Never have. And I made extra so I'm sure we can share because I certainly can't eat all this." Seth removed some sandwiches, fruit, some crisps (yes crisps, not chips) and chocolate.
"Are you sure??" Sarah asked. She felt a bit bad.
"Yeah, its fine. It'll be like a picnic. It's nice and warm out here."
Sarah began to feel comfortable around Seth. She had a warm smile, it reassured her. Maybe she finally had someone to talk to rather than spend all her free time in the library.
Meanwhile, Jansen ended up dragging Kaim to sit at the "popular" table. Kaim sat at the end of the table, trying to block out the meaningless conversations. He looked out the window to see Seth and Sarah eating lunch, they looked like they were enjoying themselves, he sighed. Rita and her gang were still keeping their eye on him.
"Hmmm.... Kaim seems down than usual." Rita said.
"Rita... he's just staring outside that window..."
"He is?? What's he looking at??" She leaned over to peak through the window to see Seth and Sarah eating lunch.
Rita started to get angry and bashed her fists on the table. "WHAT IS IT THAT SHE HAS THAT I DON'T!?" The entire canteen turned and stared at Rita. She quickly sunk back in her seat. An idea struck her.
"This ought to get her out the picture..." An evil grin formed on Rita's face.
Ta-Da!!! I hope you liked it!! Wonder what Rita's plan is???????? Find out in the next chapter!!! Oh and one more thing.... REVIEW!!!!!!!! By the way, I haven't introduced all the characters if your thinking "People are missing!!!!" so don't panic lol.
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