Me: Hello everyone! This is my second story! Don't worry, I'll be slow at posting for this story too :P! Jk jk, I'll try my best! I am NOT stopping "What should have been done" and I never will so don't think that! For those of you who don't know that story please look at it! I've put so much into it and would like some reviews!
Hibiki: Don't forget to say who owns what!
Me: Oh yeah! I only own Mitsuki! My best friend, dollyllama, owns Hibiki and Ganko! We worked on this story together. This is the chapter that she mainly wrote and I revised! We're just posting it on my account because she's too busy with life so I've mainly taken over. But she's still awesome and deserves credit! Anyway, I don't own KH characters! They're awesome but I don't own them. Oh and I don't own Neosporin or Band-Aids. If I did, the company would go bankrupt from my.. accidents xD!
Ganko: Shut up and let them read the story.
Me: So sorry! And I hope you enjoy! Please review! Oh and -Light's Edge Academy- is just a divider thingy :P!
It was a fateful day when I was running through the streets of Twilight Town. My short, blond hair shaking with every step I took. I was running to my part time job in the Sea-salt ice cream store. It was my first day and I was obviously excited. At the time, I was wearing a burgundy t-shirt with the sleeves torn off right below my shoulders, a scarlet short skirt, crimson leggings, and laced, maroon converse.
"Gaa!" I yelled as I tripped over the paved road.
"It takes a true genius to trip over nothing," I thought to myself.
"Hibiki... Be more careful," chided a familiar voice.
It was my good friend, Mitsuki. She calmly walked up to me with her dark purple, almost black, hair flowing in front of her face. Her hair cut was cut short so that it didn't reach her chin but had two strips of long hair to the sides of her face that went past her chest. She looked at me with her motherly, deep purple eyes and had on a plain, navy t-shirt, dark blue capris, and black flats that had one white bow. Mitsuki had always acted as if she was at least 18 years old and my mother, even though she was only 15 and I was 14.
"Let me look at your hands." she said, taking my hands out from under me and I looked at them as well. They were all scratched up and bloody from the fall. "There's no need to rush things," she almost scolded and took out a small first aid kit from her back pocket.
Taking out a one time use packet of Neosporin and a few Band-Aids from the kit, she patched up my wounds and we walked together to the ice cream shop. I ran to the back of the store and put on my uniform, which was a light blue apron, and started serving ice cream while Mitsuki left to do some food shopping.
A few minutes later, a voice said, "Two please."
I looked to see a tall teenage boy, with flaming, spiky, and red hair in a school uniform. A shorter boy with blond hair spiked to his left side was behind him, with the same uniform. For some reason, the uniforms looked familiar... It consisted of a plain, tan dress shirt, which had short sleeves and a navy neck tie around a collar, and also a pair of black pants. I handed them two ice creams. When I looked at them, I instantly realized that the two were people I faintly remembered...
"Where are those uniforms from?" I asked, "And where have I seen you before?"
"The name's Axel and this is the school uniform for Light's Edge," the boy with red hair said and then tapped his temple with the index finger of his free hand, "Got it memorized?"
"Oh! I remember now! Roxas and Axel! They're friends of Sora and the others!" I thought to myself.
About a year passed since I met them and back then, Mitsuki and I had simply stumbled upon Sora, Roxas, Riku, Namine, Demyx, Axel, and everyone else.
-Light's Edge Academy-
Mitsuki and I were separated after our world was destroyed by the Heartless and we met up later on. But before then, I had landed in the Castle that Never Was and met up with the Organization.
"Who are you?" Axel quietly asked after cornering me, with his red and silver chakram at my throat.
I didn't know how to fight at the time so this was an easy task for him. When I randomly appeared at the doorstep of the Castle that Never Was, Axel had easily hid me to interrogate me privately before he handed me over. Of course, he never did after I told him my story.
"H-Hibiki," I stuttered, afraid of the cold metal I felt, "W-where am I?"
"I'm asking the questions," he stated with an intense glare from his piercing emerald eyes, "Why are you here?"
"I-I don't know," I replied, "M-my home... was destroyed by the heartless... A-and I wound up here..."
He released his grip, "You're alone? The last survivor?"
I shook my head, "I have a friend, Mitsuki! And her older brother too! I don't know if they survived... But…"
Axel, who just witnessed his best friend, Roxas, walk out of the Organization, quickly sympathized with the situation and said in a determined tone, "I'll help you look for her then. I just lost a friend too and I want to find him."
From then on, I traveled with Axel and when we met up with Roxas, we had convinced him to stay with us. As we traveled, we met Namine too. After a few weeks of searching, I found Mitsuki traveling with Riku. Turns out, she had been looking for me too.
After we all met up, Namine had announced that Roxas needed to disappear for Sora to come back but Mitsuki, who had gotten an odd attachment to him after traveling for no more than a week, convinced her to tamper with the memories a bit more so they can coexist. Namine, who never thought of something like that as a solution, tried it out and Mitsuki was right. But after sorting out the memories, Namine still needed to go back to Kairi. But she traveled with us until then.
We all continued our journey to stop Xemnas. On the way, we met Demyx, who was still working with the Organization. Before Sora fought him, I stopped them both, pleading them not to fight and destroy each other. When Demyx realized that Roxas and Axel survived everything, he gave up being in the Organization.
Then we all went to face Xemnas. We met up with Sora, Donald and Goofy on the way and we all beat him together. Afterward, Xion, who was apparently Roxas' replica, appeared saying that because Xemnas was destroyed, Kingdom Hearts granted her a second chance as a person, not a mere replica. Demyx, Roxas, and Axel also received hearts because they had helped Sora.
-Light's Edge Academy-
"Already more than a year now," I thought nostalgically.
Axel waved his hand in front of my face and he said, "I think we lost her."
It snapped me out of my thoughts and then I responded in a near yell, "Oh yeah! I remember you guys now! You're Roxas and Axel!" I pointed to each one as I said their names, "Why do you have school uniforms on anyway? It's still summer!"
"Well we just came back from doing some physical training for upcoming sports," Roxas explained, taking a bite out of his ice cream, "It's mandatory to wear the uniforms."
"Oh okay! I'm so glad to see you again!" I exclaimed.
I waited for a response but neither of them did. They just stared at me because of my random outbursts and loudness. Then, I heard foot steps behind me. Mitsuki was back with the food we needed for dinner.
"Hey Mitsuki!" I called out to her and then pointed at Roxas and Axel with both of my hands, "Remember these two?"
"Hi Mitsuki!" Roxas said, a little too eager.
"W-what are you two doing here?" she stuttered and looked down slightly as she approached them, "I thought that you two had practice…"
"It ended like an hour ago," Axel casually responded while eating his ice cream.
Roxas smiled gently and asked, "How are you doing Mitsuki?"
Mitsuki blushed slightly and replied, "G-good... Thank you."
"Wait a second!" I yelled waving my arms around, "How did you know that they were at sports?"
"Oh... Umm... We go to the same school," she answered, "It's the school you'll be going to next year."
"WHAT?" I yelled again, "NO ONE TOLD ME THAT I'D BE GOING TO LIGHT'S EDGE ACADEMY!"
The school had been known for decades as the perfect place for battle, magic, and overall academics. The high school was run by Ansem the Wise and even during the few years when he disappeared, the school reigned to be the best of the best. He came back though and became the dean of the school once again. The high school was public, which means students didn't have to pay to get in, but each and every scholar needed a special invitation from Ansem the Wise himself and no more than fifty invitations were sent out each year to all of the known worlds.
"So, you'll be a freshman?" asked Axel, ignoring the outburst with a sly grin on his face.
"Yes," Mitsuki replied for me as I was going crazy.
Axel snickered with a smirk on his face, "Thought you were older than that."
I just glared at him angrily, obviously ready for a fight.
"Well!" Roxas almost yelled, trying to stop the argument from going on any longer, "Thanks for the ice cream. We have to go. See you around. What was your name again?"
"Hibiki, Hibiki Ootani," I replied through gritted teeth while getting an ice cream to try and calm myself down.
"See you around campus, Hibiki," Roxas said while pushing Axel into a dark portal.
I just sighed and took a bite out of my ice cream, "Why were you acting like that anyway...?"
Mitsuki blushed again, gently pulled my arm, and whispered into my ear, "Those two are two of the Popular Seven at school! It's a group of people that each has something amazing about them..! Axel is the sly one while Roxas is the gentle one and Xion is the kind one. Sora is the sweet one and Riku is the cool one. Demyx is the rebel. And Kairi is the princess."
"Say what? You're kidding right? They've changed that much…?"
"It's not that..." Misuki replied, shaking her head, "It's just that... when they all transferred at once, everyone was amazed at each one's talents and overall looks. Now they're invited to every party or dance there is... No time for me to join them because I'm always studying…"
"Oh…" I said, disappointed.
"Plus," she whispered so quietly that I could barely hear, "I find Roxas cute..."
I snickered, "Roxas…? HAHAHA! I can see how you like him…"
"Y-you do?" Mitsuki asked
"Yep! And he likes you too," I said taking a bite out of my ice cream.
Mitsuki blushed intensely, "H-how do you know?"
Then, I added, "You talk in your sleep; I can hear you from down the hall. Anyway, why don't you go make dinner? I can handle this place."
Mitsuki looked worried, "Are you sure?"
I gave her a big, reassuring smile, "Yup!"
"Okay then," she replied and then headed home.
"Yes!" I thought, "Time alone!"
It was very slow for the rest of the day until this boy came and asked, "One please."
His voice was very witty and he had a grey cap on and a devil-like grin. A red bandana could be seen underneath his cap and also some dark grey hair. With auburn eyes and three scars on his face, he wore chain bracelets and had the tough look any rebel would have. But the strange thing is, he also wore the same uniform Axel and Roxas were wearing earlier, only with the first few buttons undone.
"Sure!" I said, happy this was the last costumer until closing.
I gave him the ice cream and he walked off. As I was I was taking off my apron, I heard and saw the same boy teasing Roxas.
"C'mon Ganko, give it back!" Roxas shouted trying to get a pouch from the boy named Ganko.
"You want it? Then let's fight for it," Ganko responded with a smirk.
I took off running toward them, "Gaa! Guys, don't fight!"
Then I tripped, but someone caught me by the waist before I hit the ground.
"Are you ok?" the voice asked, worried.
He stood me on my feet and I turned to see that it was Axel.
"Hibiki are you ok?" Roxas said.
"Y-yeah... I'm fine…" I replied. I took a step towards Axel and then asked, "Why didn't you help Roxas?"
"I was going to and when I heard him yelling, and I ran as fast as I could. I would never put Roxas in danger!" Axel yelled back, looking at me sternly implying that I already knew that.
Ganko scoffed and then threw the pouch back to Roxas. He smirked, "Just cause the little lady said so. Peace losers."
Ganko ran off to meet up his two other friends. I shook my head at him and Axel and Roxas started walking into a portal. I was about to walk home too until I had the most amazing idea.
"Hey guys! Let's go to the school Gardens tomorrow for lunch! I wanna look around!" I yelled after them with a wink at Axel. They both turned around, puzzled for a second.
But Axel quickly caught on, replying, "You should bring Mitsuki! What time should we get there!"
"About 11 am. I'll make the arrangements!" I stated.
"Meet us at the gardens and I'll invite a few more people!" he hastily added.
Axel ran into the Corridor of Darkness he made with a confused Roxas, and I went home, to tell Mitsuki that she'll have a "meeting" with Roxas.
