Haphazard Circumstances

The chaos of second semester starting was nothing more than just a bunch of 17-21 year olds bustling around Twilight Town, moving dorms, collecting last minute supplies, and enjoying the last few moments of freedom. About a 15 minute walk away from the school sits one apartment building in particular, with a new dorm suite atop an apartment not owned by the school. It had newly been built as the student population to student living away from home ratio started to increase.

Keys dangling in hand, the first student had arrived to move in. She unlocked the burgundy door that lead inside, then climbed the stairs to the student apartment. Entering the apartment with her few belongings, she hung the keys up on one of the hooks next to the door. This particular student apartment was a six bedroom with a common kitchen, bathroom, and living room. The apartment was pre-furnished and the first student couldn't help but wonder just how much money circulated the school and it's community.

She glanced at the mirror that hung on the wall of the entryway, grumbling at her slightly disheveled appearance. The humidity lately had caused her normally straight, dirty blonde hair to have awkward waves. She finger combed through her bangs that were parted to the right of her face. She brushed back the layers that framed her face, continuing to brush through her hair that stopped a few inches below her shoulder blades.

After claiming her room, she wandered back out into the living room, noticing the agreement form on the table. Skimming through it, she quickly signed under her printed name: Asher Ives. Just as she finished signing the form, the door swung open and in walked three of Asher's classmates: Sora Nomura, Kairi Hikari, and Riku Tetsuya.

"Home sweet home!", Sora inspected the apartment, "Pretty spacious, I heard this one's got six bedrooms, though two of them aren't being filled at the moment" Noticing Asher, he grinned "Ayye, I heard from your last roomies that you are a pretty decent roommate"

Asher chuckled, "I try my best. Glad to see you guys are who I'll be sharing a living space with for the rest of this semester". The three were her first friends, and the most welcoming, when she first enrolled at Twilight Town Upper three months ago.

"I think we can say the same, we're glad to see you are doing well. Especially since you were so lost and confused about what seemed like everything" Kairi chimed in. The red-headed girl stood at about an inch shorter than Asher, who was 5'3", and quickly became one of Asher's closest friends in Twilight Town. Asher nodded, "Well, can you blame me? I have no recollection of anything before six months ago." One day she had woken up in an alley next to a bakery, having zero memory of anything prior. It took some adjusting, but the blue eyed 17 year old was doing her best to handle it.

Riku, having just finished filling out his share of the form, turned to the other three and said "Yeah, well maybe we should go with Sora's theory that you're an alien-"

"Hey! You know that I never said that".

"Sora. Kairi and I can't put it past you for the outlandish ideas you come up with," Riku raised an eyebrow at his friend. Kairi giggled in response, "You know he's right".

Sora rolled his eyes, a tint of dusty pink on his cheeks "Whatever. I need to unpack. I'm thinking some pizza later to mourn the loss of our winter vacation" He waltzed over to his room, supposedly to unpack.

Riku elbowed Kairi, "You should go unpack too. Lord knows you have a full closet to unpack, at least!". Kairi playfully glared at him, "At least clothes are useful, unlike a whole bin of magazines with pretty girls sitting on cars I'll never be able to buy".

"Kai, its an industry you should look into!"

The redhead scoffed at him as they went to their respective rooms to unpack. Asher decided to procrastinate on her homework and go out for a walk.

Twilight Town was an expansive town, constantly busy before lulling after the sun went down. Shops were starting to close and bars were beginning to thrive, and yet despite all the people meandering, Asher couldn't help but feel she was all alone. Maybe it was a stray of narcissism, maybe she felt lonely, but she couldn't deny that her lack of memories prior to 3 months ago was the cause of her feeling a separation from the rest of the world. The 17 year old strolled to the train station, admiring the clocktower that loomed over her.

In that moment the air felt dense against Asher's face. This is some freaky deaky vibes all of a sudden... Maybe I'm getting sick and should head home- Her thoughts were interrupted when out of no where a black mass appreared. Not even a moment into attempting to comprehend what was occurring, a hooded figure stepped out of what Asher realized must've been some sort of portal.

Her light blue eyes widened, wondering if her school lunch had been laced with an unmentionable. The tall and frail framed figure took his hood down to reveal messy yet tamed red hair. He glanced around, almost frantically, contrasting to his cool demeanor.

"Is Sora here?"

Asher gave the man a confused look, cocking her head slightly, as it took a few moments for her to collect her thoughts, "How do you know Sora?". This man didn't seem like the type of dude Sora would hang around.

"I'll assume that's a no. Let's just say we have a history and I'd like to catch up", the red haired man sighed, irritation flashing across his face. "Well you must know where he is".

Asher didn't trust him in the slightest, to her he reeked of trouble that was unwanted. "I don't know where he is. Sorry." She lied, "Maybe give him a call? If you have 'history' then you have his number...". The teen started to turn to walk away.

The next thing Asher knew her knees met the ground with a crash and her face was being buried into the brick. "Son of a bi-"

"You kiss your mother with that mouth?" The cloaked man hissed, knee pressed into her back just hard enough to keep the teen on the ground.

"Joke's on you, I don't know who my mother is" she snapped back.

"AXEL!"

Asher heard footsteps and then Riku's voice. Turning her head she saw her three roommates bolting over, "We were on our way to pick up dinner and saw you two... Axel let her go, she has nothing to do with..." Riku trailed off.

"With Sora?" Axel finished for him then nodded at the brunette haired boy. "Oh I'm sure she doesn't know him at all. Never met right?"

"Thats not what he meant," Asher snapped from the ground, "What the hell is going on?"

"I'm wondering the same thing", Sora glanced between all of them, Kairi sharing the same puzzled expression as him.

"None of your concern," Axel summoned his chakrams, holding one to Asher's neck, "Though if you come with me then I can explain on the way to our destination."

The warm metal on Asher's neck released a ton of nerves as her and Kairi exchanged frantic looks of fear. What the hell is going on...

"No one is going anywhere Axel" Riku took a tentative step towards him, "We met at an impass, things are finally normal for us, please just go." The older boy's eyes were pleading, "And don't involve anyone that doesn't need to be involved".

Axel sighed, lifting himself off of Asher, "Fine, I'll just have to bring Sora with by force-" he was interrupted by the petite girl that had just been pinned under him as she tackled him to the ground. "I don't know who you are or what the hell is going on but you can't take any of them with you".

"Asher get off of him, you don't realize what you're dealing with!" Riku exclaimed.

"Then explain!" The dirty blonde glared at her friend, "What the hell is all this he is talking about?!-" At this moment, Axel booted her off of him.

Ignoring Asher's hasty inquiry, Riku tensed his fists as Axel stood, dusting himself off. "Things were finally peaceful, why are you here?"

The tall man sighed, "Stubborn as always... I want my friend back. We need our vessel. You wouldn't understand, underneath that silver mane of yours is a thick skull full of far-fetched thoughts. Maybe if you thought rationally you would understand. But you're stuck in this quaint, perfect, unrealistic world Riku"

Not even a moment after Axel finished his sentence, the silver-haired boy started taking several deliberate steps towards him. He raised his right hand and with a flash of light, a sword in the shape of a wing appeared in his hand. His 3 classmates widened their eyes as Riku stared down Axel, "I'm giving you one last chance. Leave"

"What... What is that in Riku's hand?" Kairi glanced at Sora, who was still staring, mouth slightly agape. "I have no clue Kairi... But hiding whatever this is..."

Asher stood there in bewilderment, 'I don't understand whats going on... But Riku wants to protect Sora from seemingly someone they know...' She looked over at both Sora and Kairi, 'But they don't seem to have a clue whats going on'.

Axel chuckled at Riku's demand, "This is getting messy and we haven't even started to fight. My, my, what a day already!" With that, Riku dove to stab Axel, who in turn blocked.

The two combated fervently while the other 3 watched. "Just... What the hell..." Sora ran a hand through his hair. "This is a lot to take in and I STILL don't understand what is going on"

"Dammit!"

Axel held his side after Riku had stabbed a good portion of his torso, "How embarrassing... Having been a few months I'd thought you'd be rustier..." He summoned a portal, just like the one that he appeared from earlier. "I promise you... We will have Sora. And I WILL get my friends back". He stepped into the portal and it vanished.

All was quiet for a few moments before Sora spoke up, "Riku, what was that all about-"

"For your safety, do not ask"

The look Riku gave him made Sora shut up quickly, though he would probably inquiry again later. Maybe use some of that tequila that Hayner gave to them after one of the recent parties and get something out of him.

"We should head back home. Its starting to get dark," Riku turned to Asher, "I'm sorry you had to see all this. You didn't get hurt at all by Axel did you?"

Asher shook her head, "No... I mean he definitely surprised me. But its better that I'm aware of what's going on I suppose, for when he shows up again".

Back at home, they ordered their pizza to mourn the loss of winter break. After dinner, Asher said her good nights, having been worn out by the events of the day. Closing her bedroom door behind her, she had a sudden ache in her forehead. Her vision blurred and the room danced around her. She collapsed as her knees gave out under her. In front of her she saw a few blurred figures, though she assumed the closest ones to her were male by their general shape. They reached out to her and she was inclined to grab hold of their hands. One of the figures faded out and as much as Asher tried, she couldn't reach them until they were completely gone.

Her eyes snapped open and she realized she was sprawled out on her floor, still in her room, alone. "Christ... What was that about?" She took her time sitting up, still feeling slightly light headed. Crawling over to her bed, she flopped down, quickly lulling to sleep.

Elsewhere

Rain lightly tapped Twilight Town in the early morning hours, but the air was warm. They were just heavy enough of drops to stir the raven haired man that was currently laying down in an alley. He opened his eyes to be greeted by the sky covered in dark grey clouds. Groaning, he sat up and pinched the bridge of his nose. This is too much pain to be dead... Did they toss my body in an alley? Sure I did some shitty things but I don't expect this kind of treatment, he frowned. Looking down at his clothes, he realized his garb had a giant blood stain but there was merely a scar on his torso. He stood up and walked out of the alley, noting to his left was a bakery with a sign that read "Twilight Town Bakery"

"I suppose wherever I am, its probably called Twilight Town. But one thing is for sure- I, Lelouch vi Brittania, am very much alive"

(To be continued)

AN: Ello and thanks for reading! Lelouch will be in the next chapter, hope that I was able to start this fic off well enough to keep your attention. This fic is going to have a lotttttttt of pairings as I am shipping trash. I also plan for a lot of arcs as well.

To give some context without spoilers, this takes place a few months after Dream Drop Distance. Code Geass belongs to Sunrise, Kingdom Hearts belongs to Square Enix and Disney, I do not own either, disclaimer here.

*Yes this is actually plot important.