Boys Over Twilight
AU. This is a KH remake of the Hana Yori Dango series.
Primary pairings are:
Riku x OC
(Domyouji x Tsukushi/Dao Ming Ssu x Shan Chai/Jun Pyo x Jan Di)
Roxas x OC
(Rui x Tsukushi/Lei x Shan Chai/Ji Hoo x Jan Di)
Roxas x Namine
(Rui x Shizuka/Lei x Teng Tang Jing/Ji Hoo x Seo Hyun)
Seifer x Olette
(Soujiro x Yuuki/Xi Men x Xiao You?/Yi Jung x Ga Eul)
Sora x Kairi
I know Akira isn't paired with anyone in the HYD franchise, but just roll with it. Kairi, by the way, is going to be sort of like a second Yuuki/Xiao You/Ga Eul, but for Sora (Akira/Mei Zuo/Woo Bin)
Secondary pairings are:
Riku x Selphie
(Domyouji x Shigeru/Jun Pyo x Jae Kyung) (I don't know the name of the fiancée of Dao Ming Zhe, seeing as I never watched Meteor Garden)
Riku x OC
(Domyouji x Sakurako/Jun Pyo x Min Ji)
Seifer x Fuu
(Soujiro x Sara/Yi Jung x Eun Jae) (I don't know the name of Xi Men's first love. Again, I have not watched Meteor Garden)
Differences between HYD and this:
*Instead of Domyouji/Jun Pyo/Dao Ming Zhe's mother interfering with the relationship, it will be Riku's dad, who is… (hint: JENOVA Enterprises)
*Tsukushi/Jan Di/San Chai's parents work at the school, as the lowest-paid teachers (30 Munny per hour; and that isn't enough to pay their rent)
Twilight High is controlled by the Twilight 4 (T4 for short), the richest boys in Twilight Town. The richest boys in the city (don't know why it's called town) are Kamenaya Riku, heir to JENOVA Enterprises and leader of T4; Rizuya Roxas, 'pet son' of another big company (but not nearly as big as JENOVA) and right-hand man; Sekiguchi Seifer, the son of famous potters (and a renown potter himself); and Ebiku Sora, heir to a prominent construction company with a fifty-year tie to the mafia.
STORY START!
Any minute now… I thought, just before my alarm rang. As if on cue, my parents busted through the door.
"Mizushima Kaoruko! Wake up and get ready for school!" My over-excited parents burst through the door pestering me to go to school.
"I'm not going." I covered my head with a pillow.
I could tell my mother put her hands on her hips. "Now, Kaoruko, we need you to be at school. How else do you expect to snag a rich boy and put us out of this poverty?"
"I don't." I replied simply, lifting my head out of the pillows.
"Don't be like that! Think of your little brother! Do you want him to have the same future as us? No spare food, barely able to pay the rent?" That comment stung. Reluctantly, I got up and shooed my parents out of my room.
"Stupid parents, using my brother against me…" I muttered under my breath as I got changed into my uniform. (The uniform is the one that Kairi wore for that one scene in KH2 where she throws the bottle…)
At School
I was going through my classes (ignoring the stares and whispers, as usual) when it happened. I wasn't surprised; it was a common occurrence for the T4 to Red-Tag someone.
"Kuromi Yuuji, Year 2, Class A, has been red-tagged!" A student ran through the halls, repeatedly saying the phrase. I looked over to Yuuji, the Red-Tagged boy who happened to be in the same class as me.
As the entire student body rushed downstairs to the appropriately-titled Mess Hall (where poor Kuromi-san would receive his punishment) I heard a faint voice ask, "What's going on?" I turned, and met a girl with black hair and blue eyes.
"Poor Kuromi-san," I cocked my head in his direction, "Is receiving punishment by T4 for angering them."
"T…4?" The girl asked shyly.
"T4 stands for Twilight 4, a group of the four richest boys in the entire city. If any of us angers them, we get Red-Tagged and are subject to T4's beating until we leave the school. By the way," I said, almost reaching the Mess Hall, "What's your name? Mine's Mizushima Kaoruko."
"Hanakawa Hikaru." She said as we stepped into the Mess Hall and waited for what seems like an eternity. Finally, the double doors opened, and in came the T4, with them squeals and cheers.
"That's T4 over there. The one in front is Kamenaya Riku, leader of T4 for all intents and purposes. Behind him is Rizuya Roxas, right-hand man and best friend of Kamenaya. To the right of him is Sekiguchi Seifer, and then over to Rizuya's left is Ebiku Sora." I quickly explained as T4 made their way to the center of the room, facing Kuromi.
"Kuromi Yuuji." Kamenaya said in a loud voice. "You dented my car. Do you have any money to fix it?"
"I'll try to get it fixed right away, Kamenaya Riku-sama." Kuromi said, his voice quivering.
"Right away? Are they fixing it now?"
"No, but…"
"I see." Kamenaya sat down and gave the signal for everyone to start. The rest of T4 sat down in the chairs surrounding him, all looking on boredly.
After school, Kaoruko's part-time job
"So, what happened today?" One of my best friends, Olette, asked, leaning against the counter in the small flower shop we worked in.
"Yeah, did someone get red-tagged again?" Kairi, my other best friend, came back indoors, retrieving the latest flower shipment.
"Kuromi Yuuji of Year 2, Class A." I responded, blowing some hair out of my face.
"Year 2, Class A… isn't that your class?" Olette turned away from me as she put some flowers back into the storage.
I nodded. "I also found a new friend."
"That's great!" Olette and Kairi chimed.
"Now our Ruko isn't alone anymore!" Kairi smiled.
"No, I'm still alone." I hung my head. "But whatever. It's better, since I plan on staying invisible until graduation, regardless of my parents' wishes."
"You mean their wishes for you to marry a rich guy and get them out of poverty?" Olette opened the door for any customers.
"Yup." I nodded again.
"So, what's your new friend's name?"
"Hanakawa Hikaru." I answered.
"Hanakawa Hikaru?" Olette's eyes widened, looking for justification.
"Yes… Why?"
"She's rich. Really rich. Her family owns half of Hollow Bastion." Kairi looked up at me. I whistled.
"Wow."
"Anyways, on to other matters." Olette shook her head, changing the subject. "When are you going to start skating again?"
"I'm not really sure…" I said as the first customer came in. The rest of the day went by pretty slowly.
One week later
"It's so hot…" Hikaru whined, fanning herself with one of my soft textbooks. Suddenly, she hit my arm with it.
"What?" I turned.
"Let's go get some drinks." She suggested.
I shrugged. Why not? I mean, it's not like any harm could happen… but, I was wrong. Once we got our drinks, as we were walking, Hikaru tripped. Her drink spilled, and landed right on someone's shoes. When she looked up, she saw the worst person who would take offense to the 'attack' on his shoes. "Kamenaya Riku-sama…" She trailed off, fear in her eyes. I followed her gaze, and it was indeed Kamenaya and the rest of T4.
"I'm so sorry!" Hikaru tried to clean up the mess on his shoes.
"Don't bother." Kamenaya said quietly. Hikaru looked up at him.
"What?"
"I said don't bother wiping it off."
"What do you want me to do?" At Hikaru's innocent question, Kamenaya had a gleam in his eyes.
"Suck it off." He said simply. My blood boiled. Sucking water off of someone's shoes was disgusting, and it could dry easily. What was this bastard's problem?
Before I could stop myself, I called out. "Hikaru, stop."
Kamenaya looked at me. "Who are you?" Sekiguchi went up to him and whispered in his ear. Kamenaya nodded and turned to me, saying, "So, you're the teacher's pet I've been hearing about."
"So? What about it?"
"I was hoping for someone more… appealing," I glared at him, "but here's the deal. You can keep going to this school, and I won't bug you… or we can test this friendship of yours."
"Keep going."
"Instead of your friend here sucking it off," He jerked his thumb to Hikaru, who flinched, "Why don't you suck it off yourself? That way, I'll forget it ever happened."
At his… order… I quickly formed a plan in my head. I walked up to him and made a motion for his shoe. He took it off and handed it to me. After a few seconds of staring at it, I threw it away and dunked my drink in his hair.
"Please. I'd rather jump off the school roof than follow orders that came from you." I turned and started to walk away from him, then turned back. "Oh, here. You deserve this too." I threw his shoe at him, hitting him square in the face. I turned to Hikaru. "Let's." I walked off.
After school
"Wow. Ruko, that isn't good." Kairi mused. I hung my head, sighing.
"I know. I'm doomed. Olette, Kairi, just kill me now." I pleaded.
"Sorry, remember rule number one." Olette shook her head as we all recited the rule in a monotonous voice.
"No mutilation whatsoever inside the shop." We recited, then sighed.
"Well, I guess the only thing I can hope for is to run away. Far away." I sighed again.
The next day
I stood in front of my locker, actually nervous. All day while walking through the campus, people gave me the cold shoulder. It was worse than just being ignored. Sighing, I slowly opened my locker. Everyone became silent, and the only sound audible was the creaking of my locker as I opened it. How dramatic, I thought. I looked up, and sure enough, There was a card stuck to the inside of my locker door with T4's symbol and T4 printed on the card in gold. I closed my eyes and sighed. So much for being ignored.
"Mizushima Kaoruko, Year 2, Class A, has been Red-Tagged!" A messenger shouted, running through the school halls.