A/n: This is my first fic uploaded on here. I am really excited about it, and I hope it doesn't get flamed. I'de hate to have to go off on some people! Haha just kidding. Anyway.

This is an AU fic featuring none other than Axel, as well as other characters from Kingdom Hearts. Axel, a teacher at my OC Hayley's high school and he develops different feelings towards her. No, this character is NOT based on me, but it IS based on a true story from someone I knew. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I own only my character and the story idea. Thanks


Chapter One

A New Teacher

"Hayley, you better eat that bagel before Mr. Cid gets in here. You know how much that man hates when we eat in his class!" Namine stated firmly as they pushed through the crowds of people. Hayley just rolled her gray storm colored eyes as she bit into the bagel with exaggeration to annoy the snowy blonde rushing beside her.

They laughed as they reached the class, only to realize that everyone was already in their seats and the bell finished ringing. Hayley also noticed that the Mr. Cid, the old, country, Trigonometry teacher that usually grunted, wasn't there. In his place stood a really tall, young, spiky redhead with the greenest eyes she had ever seen. The dirty blonde haired girl looked at Namine whose mouth was open in shock and she turned to the man as he began to talk.

"Excuse me Ladies, you're a tad bit late, take your seats please and don't let it happen again, got it memorized? Oh and get rid of that food, miss, this isn't a café'." his smooth voice scolded as both girls nodded at him and looked at each other as they walked across the front to find their table on the other side of the room. Hayley tossed the bagel out on the way.

"Who does this asshole think he is?" Namine whispered as she placed her messenger bag down. Hayley shrugged as she pulled her binder out of her zebra bag, along with a mechanical pencil and she slid into her chair. She bit her lip as she watched the other student resume their positions of watching and wondering who the new teacher was, just like her and Namine. She looked over to see Namine had a look that could kill and she crossed her arms.

"Now that the interruption has been taken care of…" the man began, giving a stern look to the girls as Hayley looked down, not wanting to see his odd colored eyes. "I can now take roll. I am Mr. Axel Kisawagi, but calling me Mr. makes me feel old, so just call me Axel. Got it memorized? Mr. Cid had to retire early due to some health difficulties, so I will be your teacher for the remainder of the semester. Seeing as it's only February, we'll be spending loads of time together. To set ground rules, no talking, do your homework and do not be late!" he commanded, giving another look at Hayley and Namine. Hayley smiled politely and turned to her binder, ignoring his comment.

"Cloud Strife…Sora Takasumi…." The roll continued as people would raise their hands and replying that they were present. Hayley grabbed her cell phone and made sure that it was off before she resumed anything else. She didn't need him nagging her about that either.

"So, if he calls us out one more time, I will go off, I swear to whatever is out there…" Namine whispered harshly as Hayley laughed quietly.

"I know you will. I don't blame you, this is ridiculous!"

"Namine Xu?"

"Here! Exactly, he's new, he should be cowering before us all or something!" she raised her hand then turn to the conversation.

" I'm just ready for Volleyball tomorrow, we need to score another win! I can just see playoffs!"

"and last but possibly not least, Hayley Zane." His green eyes lifted as Hayley raised her hand and smiled.

"Okay, so now that's through, let's go over your homework. Hayley, since you were so kind enough to be late today, perhaps you can give us the correct answer. Maybe that's why you're late, you didn't finish your homework and you scrambled to finish it at last minute?" Axel smirked and assumed as he held the math book in his hand close.

Hayley gave him a 'what the hell' look and concealed her anger by finding the answer on her paper. She turned and smiled as she read the answer.

"The answer is 3.9087. I used the TAN function on my calculator last night. Me and Namine were late this morning, because my car was having malfunctions on the way to pick her up." She replied raising an eyebrow. Oh how she loved being right. Axel's smirk grew as he looked down at the answers and scowled slightly.

"Correct , and you should get your car looked at, as you know it won't be an excuse next time."

Hayley sighed as she slammed her head against the table when he wasn't looking. Namine snorted trying to hold in a laugh as she patted her friends head. She couldn't win for losing, this guy was such an ass to her, just because she was late!

Time passed by quicker than she thought, well at least when Namine woke her up. Shit, she fell asleep. She prayed he didn't notice.

"How long was I out?" she whispered as she rubbed her face. Namine smiled as she answered.

"Um about an hour and a half!" she giggled.

"Dammit, Nami! Tell me next time! He's going to have my ass!" she replied, laughing at herself as the redhead finished up his boring lecture.

"Okay, do page 458 1-110 and I want to see work. You all are free to go." Axel stated as he closed the textbook and went back to his desk. Hayley said a quiet "YES!" as high fived Namine. Both girls stuffed their binders into their bags and headed out in unison, dropping off the homework by Axel's desk, not seeing the amused glare he gave them.

"Dude, Volleyball tomorrow night, we HAVE to beat Southern Hapshire. We lose to them every year!" Namine started as she slid her paper on his desk, Hayley following her gesture.

"Hey, I've got the serve, if you've got the spike. We got this."

"Like always. Now to good ol' Biology. Shoot me twice, seriously. Roxas told me he never finished the lab, which means we have a B on the lab section!" Namine complained, her voice trailing off as Hayley joined in.

Axel picked up both Hayley's paper as his green eyes curiously scanned the work on the paper. Hayley's handwriting was written with care and elegance. Oddly, he was intrigued by the girl. The way she walked in with spirit, like she actually wanted to be there. She wasn't like the mindless robots who just replied with answers. She also had eyes that had feeling and brightened when she talked or laughed with her friend…well, until she fell asleep, and even then she looked bright and alive. What was he thinking? She was his student. He wasn't supposed to think about this. He quickly shook the idea from his head as he ripped out a blue pen and began grading the assignment.


"No, seriously Roxas, he was such an asshole. You are so lucky you're stuck in calculus. Really." Namine groaned as Hayley drove them home. It had been a long day and the last thing she needed was to hear about the mornings events again.

"Well, as long as we aren't late again, we'll be fine. He wasn't that bad after a while, I guess."

"Yea, because YOU fell asleep. You're lucky he didn't see that because he was too busy correcting Sora. I swear that kid thinks he's a fucking genius or something. Who died and made him King?"

"Who knows. But yea, I guess I am lucky that I'm stuck in dumb calc, Riku complained the whole lunch period about Axel or whatever his name is. He must be a real prick!" Roxas answered, shrugging as he turned up the volume. Hayley thanked him in her mind. She could finally let the day go and get home.

After dropping the two off and speeding home, Hayley pulled into her three story townhouse. She turned the car off and pulled her bag out of the car and walked into the house. "Mom, I'm home!" she yelled as she dumped her bag and walked into the kitchen. The smell of sugar cookies filled the room as he mom pulled a tray out of the oven.

"Hey Baby! How was school?" her mom asked cheerfully as she blew off and helped herself to a fresh sugar cookie. Hayley slid into the stool in the island of the kitchen. She picked up a cookie and took a small bite, wiping the excess crumbs off of her jeans and her leopard short sleeve top.

"Well let's see, I got blessed out by a new Trig teacher because my car messed up and me and Nami were late, then in Biology, Roxas never finished the lab, so we had to rush to finish it. English, Art and Economics were fine though…" she trailed off as she finished her cookie. She looked up to see her mom give her a sympathetic smile.

"Well, we'll have someone look at your car this weekend, 'kay sweetie? And who cares about that teacher, he's just mad because he's stuck teaching. I heard about Mr. Cid. I'm sorry. " she replied cheerfully at her daughter and pushed the cookie tray closer to her.

"Thanks mom, I'm gonna go finish homework!" she mumbled as she pushed herself off the stool and walked towards the stairs with her bag in hand and into her room. Plopping on her bed, Hayley pulled out her Trig book and flipped to the page where Axel had assigned homework for class. Just looking at her book reminded her of how he acted towards her and her best friend. For once, she missed Mr. Cid. How could someone be that rude? It's not like she did it on purpose. She hated being late herself.

She shuddered as she finally pushed the thoughts of earlier events and began her homework. Math always took her mind off of everything. Off of the fact that school was stressing her out to the point of tears.

Hayley finished her math in an hour and drifted off to sleep. She didn't notice her mom pull a blanket over her and kissed her good night. Hayley dreamed about her father, who had left years ago. She hardly remembered him. She just remembered the empty feeling she always woke up with every morning, knowing that Namine, Roxas and all of her other amazing friends woke up and joked and talked with their fathers. She had nothing but a mother who was dating a millionaire. The money was nice, but she knew he didn't fit her profile as a dad. And money wasn't everything. Her mom loved him and that's all that mattered she assumed.


The next morning, her mom called up the stairs for Hayley to get up. Her gray eyes drifted open as the morning winter sun poked through her French doors and balcony. She looked down to see her math book open where she had finished her homework. She noticed she was also wearing the same clothes from yesterday.

"Hayley, you up?" a stern voice yelled at the top of the stairs. Seifer, her mom's boyfriend spent the night again. She yelled in reply that she was up as she walked down the hall into the bathroom. Quickly turning the shower on, Hayley pulled off the clothes from the night before and stepped into the hot shower, letting the heat wake up her tired body.

She finished her shower and wrapped in a fuzzy towel, walking back to her room and into the walk-in closet. Turning on the T.V, the weatherman claimed that it was going to be "another cold one" as she sifted through her closet to find her uniform. On game days they had to wear it to show spirit. Sadly the idea of wearing just volleyball short shorts and a short sleeved shirt didn't sound appealing.

Deciding on her clothes, Hayley reluctantly pulled on her uniform, but pulled on dance pants on top to keep her warm. Looking at the clock, she knew she had to leave as soon as she could so she could get Namine. She threw on some eyeliner and pulled her hair into a sports headband and high ponytail, grabbed her bag, books and cell phone as she ran out the door.

"Sweetie, Seifer and I will be at your game, I'll bring water! Have fun at school, see you tonight!" her mom called as she dashed into her car and turned on the ignition.

Namine was out the door faster than usual, making the blonde smile as the other blonde got into the car with a sly grin as she threw he books into the back seat.

"Hurry, Ms. Zane, we cannot be late. Your car isn't an excuse, got it memorized!" she mocked Axel, their teacher, causing Hayley to burst out laughing as she rushed past traffic to get them to school.

They got there 10 minutes before class began and were one of the first few besides Sora and Riku to get into the classroom, laughing all the while as Axel sat at his desk, waiting for the rest of the class to get there. He raised an eyebrow at the matching girls. He could see the uniform underneath the fleece jackets. Once sitting down, Hayley shrugged off her jacket as she laughed at Namine, who was discreetly picking on Axel.

"Shhh….Nami, he'll hear." She laughed as she tried to shush her friend.

"Whatever, Hayley! It's Friday, remember? Game tonight, whoo! We're gonna kick ass!" Namine yelled, getting a cleared throat from Axel's direction. She giggled and quieted down.

Axel sat quietly when he noticed the girls come rushing in so early. He assumed it was a stab at him for going off on them the day before. He felt a little guilty about it, but in a way he didn't, he hated tardy students. He watched Hayley take off her jacket, revealing her slender frame in the uniform. So there was a Volleyball game today?


Class went by so much quicker now that Hayley didn't fall asleep. Usually Fridays took forever to get through, but it went by fairly fast. Axel's class rushed by as he went over homework and taught the new material, which Hayley actually understood better than when Mr. Cid taught it. Not that she would ever admit that to Namine. She wondered what would compel such a young person to teach high school? She never had the patience, but the red head looked not a day over 28.

The rest of the day seemed to slow down as it got closer to the volleyball game, until the final bell began to ring, causing Hayley to want to jump out of her seat and run to the gym. Once the bell went off, she met up with Namine and they ran to the gym to get ready for the game that would start in 20 minutes.

"Okay girls, hurry, hurry, hurry. Let's go, put your stuff in your locker, grab you knee pads and meet me by the benches in 10." Coach Tifa yelled in the locker room as the team mates, including Hayley and Namine threw their school bags into lockers, pulled off the dance pants and stomped out into the bright gym and to the team bench.

"Honey! We made it! Here!" her mom called to her attention, a couple rows back as Hayley smiled at her mom and Seifer and grabbed her water bottle.

"Thanks Mom. Hey Seifer!" she greeted them both when her eyes stopped dead when she looked at a row above them. Axel was glaring with a mischievious smile at the scene between her and her mom, his eyes gleaming. She quickly broke they're locking stare as she blushed and smiled back at her mom and returned to her team. She grabbed Namine, scaring the pale blonde as she turned from her cheering and looked at her friend.

"Dude, guess who's here…look to your left, just above me mom and Seifer." Hayley said lowly as Namine shifted her eyes quickly and looked back wide eyed.

"Why the hell is that creep ass here?" she said scowling.

"I dunno, maybe he saw our uniforms and you did announce it loudly before class today remember?"

"Yea, maybe he's all about some school spirit or something, I mean this is the big game of the year. Mr. Tanaka and Mrs. Yuffie are here as well. So is Principal Leon." Namine reassured as she shrugged it off. Still, Hayley couldn't shake of the nervous feeling. Usually only the family came to watch small sports like Volleyball, but maybe Namine was right. It was the rival game after all, maybe he was wanting to support since he was new. Either way, the game was starting and she didn't have time to ponder it.


a/n: OKAY, so I hope I didn't bore anyone! I felt like I rushed it maybe, I dunno. And I hope I didn't make him to creepy. It'll get better in the next chapter I promise, this was just an intro. Hope you all enjoyed it and review por favor !!!!