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Keychained

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End…of school

A boy was sleeping soundly in his bed, dreaming of his year so far as a sophomore in Destiny Islands Senior High School. He dreamt about the dances, he dreamt about his friends, and he was dreaming of that one beautiful gi-.

"WAKE UP!"

SPLASH!

"WHAT IN THE LIVING BLUE HELL?!" cried the boy.

"Come on, Sora it's time to get ready for school," said a brown haired lady.

"And this is how you wake me up?! I'm soaked to the freaking bone!"

"Yes well, you looked like you needed a little freshening up, seeing that you forgot to take a shower last night."

The boy named Sora grumbled at his mother, and she just rolled her eyes playfully, and walked out. Sora shifted in his bed only to hear sickening plops and other noises that indicated that his bed was indeed VERY WET. And he was sure he wasn't thinking that far into his sexual drive about that girl during his dream. Not to mention that he was also drenched, so it was obviously his mother with a bucket of water.

Sora slowly got out of his bed, his shirt and Joe Boxer pajama pants sticking to his skin. He rushed to his bathroom and quickly removed his clothes having it drop to the floor like a lead weight. He sighed in relief only to realize that yes even his boxer briefs were wet too. As he removed his underwear, Sora decided that since he was naked he might as well take a shower.

Sora stepped into his shower, and turned the water on, having the warm water, go all over his body. He got his shower gel, scrubbed himself clean and washed his hair. He then rinsed off, stepped out of the shower and dried off. He looked at himself in the mirror as he dried off his naturally spiky hair. He had lightly tanned skin, and a well built body. After all in his school, P.E. classes were mandatory so he got plenty of exercise.

Sora stepped out of his bathroom and got dressed in his school uniform which consisted of blue slacks, a white and blue plaid shirt and a blue tie with black shoes. Sora was just glad that it wasn't mandatory to tuck in your shirt at his high school; otherwise there would've been a lot of hatred towards that uniform.

"Sora! Come get your breakfast!"

Sora lifted his nose into the air and tried to guess what was going to be on his plate this morning. Despite his efforts, he was no bloodhound, and he went downstairs to see his mother place his plate on his usual spot on the left side of the dinner table. Sora sat down and grabbed the maple syrup. He turned the syrup bottle upside down and poured it out freely, drowning his pancakes in syrup.

"Reenacting this morning son?" asked his mother sarcastically.

Sora just grunted at his mother's remark making her laugh. His mother and father were always jokesters, which did make them pretty cool parents around your friends, but hey once you run out of come backs for your parents, they just slay you with their sarcastic remarks. Eventually Sora would get used to them, but right now he was just worried about finishing his breakfast and getting to school. Today was the beginning of the end of his sophomore year. It was the final week of school, and the battle of the bands would be during the end of the year dance, on the last day of school. It was basically the school's way of making sure everyone goes to school on their last day.

Sora finally finished his breakfast and so he put his plate in the sink, kissed his mother goodbye and grabbed his backpack walking out the door to walk to school. The sweltering June weather was living up to its name, as Sora was already starting to get sweaty. Just great. Thankfully, he lived relatively close to the school, so in just a few moments he would be graced by the marvel of air conditioning.

And there it was. Amazing grace. The grace of air conditioning. Sora felt the cold rush of air wrap around his body and instantly comforting him. He looked at his wristwatch and saw that he was pretty early. He still had twenty minutes before 1st period started. In Sora's school odd numbered days you would go to your 1st, 3rd, and 5th period and then on even numbered days you would go to your 2nd, 4th, and 6th period. He decided to get his math books from his locker, before school started and he walked over to it, only to be greeted by someone very special to him, after he closed his locker. It was his best friend Kairi Panettiere. He looked at her from head to toe. She was dressed in the female version of the school uniform, except instead of slacks she was wearing a skirt of the same color. Kairi had auburn hair, and the most beautiful amethyst eyes. And she had a very nice figure especially for a 16 year old. However, Sora didn't see her that way. Or at least he didn't think he did. After all he was far too occupied with his celebrity crush on Naminé Snow, a famous pop singer. Of course Sora was more into punk rock and the like but Naminé was just irresistible. With that wavy blonde hair, her beautiful voice, and most of all that hourglass figure that makes any man drop their jaw. Sora really didn't know why he insisted upon himself to keep this crush going. Perhaps he was driven by false hopes of having a chance with her.

"Um…Sora?"

Sora snapped out of his daydream frenzy and turned his attention to Kairi.

"Yes Kai?"

"I was wondering if you were competing in that Battle of the Bands the last day of school. You know you can play guitar very well."

"Yeah, well Kairi in case you haven't noticed, I don't have a band. And I'm not into songs that involve a single electric guitarist."

"Oh well that's too bad. I would've loved to hear you perform a song."

Sora thought for a moment. Why was Kairi so eager to hear him play guitar? Especially urging him to play it alone. Most single guitarist songs are love songs. Did Kairi have feelings for him? No way could that ever be. Still, every time Sora was around Kairi her eyes seemed to twinkle.

'Probably the fluorescent lighting in this hall…' Sora thought.

"Sora?"

"Err…what?"

"You were daydreaming again weren't you?"

"Yeah, sorry."

Kairi rolled her eyes and turned around. Almost instantly Sora felt guilty for letting his thoughts go wild and not paying attention to his best friend. Lately he had been doing that a lot so now was his time to make up for it.

"Hey Kairi!"

"What?"

"How about I bring my guitar and my amp after school and I'll play a song for you?"

"Really? You would do that for me, Sora?"

"Of course Kairi. You are my best friend after all."

"Oh thanks Sora," The bell then rang, "Oh! I'll see you at my house after school!"

Kairi then ran off to her 1st period class. It was a shame. This year Sora didn't have any classes with Kairi. He only saw her before and after school and during lunch. It was a shame really. Oh well. Sora began to daydream again.

'Naminé sure is cute…'

He had thoughts like that for the next 5 minutes not even moving from his spot by his locker. And then…

RRRRRIIINNNNNGGGG!!!

"What the-? AHH CRAP!" cursed Sora as he ran to his math class.

Sora walked out of math class with a detention for being late. This was just great. First day of the last week and he had a detention. Oh well. He only had to endure two more classes and it would all be over. His 3rd period, was P.E. with his cousin Roxas and other best friend Riku.

Roxas was sliding his shirt on as Sora walked in to the locker room.

"Hey Roxas!"

Roxas peeked his head out from the hole in the shirt. Roxas was very similar to Sora. They had very similar cerulean blue eyes, and gravity-defying hair. But Roxas's hair was blonde and had a different way of sticking up. Nevertheless, they looked extremely similar.

"Hey, Sora. You just missed Riku, he already went out to the field."

"Oh ok. I guess I'll get changed now."

"Yeah you better. You know how Coach Highwind is."

"Yep, how could I forget?"

Previously, Coach Highwind had given many extra laps around the track for being late, which he made you do AFTER the exercises everyone was supposed to do. This, in turn, made you lose a few precious minutes of lunch. And those few minutes were everything. Thankfully, Sora had changed just in time to-

RRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGG!!

Hear the bell ring…

'Great just great,' thought Sora.

As he trotted outside to the field, he saw Coach Highwind in all his blonde, 46-year old glory. He knew what was coming in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

"OSMENT! YOU ARE LATE AGAIN! AFTER EXERCISES YOU RUN 5 LAPS AROUND THE TRACK!"

"Yes Coach!" replied Sora.

"Alright ladies, I know you are all excited that the year is coming to a close. Soon, most of you will be juniors, and some will be seniors. I am very proud with the physical progress you have made. So, for today's exercise we will be having a relay race! Get into teams of 4!"

Sora immediately got with Roxas, Riku, and another friend named Tidus. Riku, a junior, had silver hair that went past his shoulders and aquamarine eyes that girls just melted in. In the past Riku had had many girlfriends. He practically dated every girl in the school that piqued his interest. He had gotten the reputation for being a man whore, but after a week of that, everyone had stopped when he threatened to break anyone's arm who called him that. Riku was usually very cool and collected but he can't stand lies or rumors. Riku also had a very good singing voice. He was able to manipulate it so that he could sing in all vocal ranges. It was amazing.

Sora looked over at his other friend Tidus. Tidus had blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. He was on the school's blitzball team, and is 1st on the list for expected team captains next year. He could also play the drums, like a professional.

Roxas started to hum and play notes on his air guitar. Actually, Roxas was a bassist; he liked keeping the steady beat in a song. It was freaky, at how so many of Sora's friends could play instruments, and yet none of them had their own band. Such a shame.

"Ok, now since Tidus is slowest, we will put him first to get him out of the way…" said Riku.

"HEY!" replied Tidus.

"Is for horses, now shut up." retorted Roxas.

"Both of you, shut up. Ok it will be Tidus first, then Roxas, then me, then Sora. Understand?"

The team nodded their heads and broke apart from the small huddle they had made. Tidus made his way to the starting line on the track and Roxas, Riku and Sora made a line, right next to Tidus and the race began. Tidus was a good runner, but he wasn't the best and soon fell behind some of the other kids. Roxas made his way to the starting line as Tidus slapped Roxas's hand. Roxas took off and began to catch up…That was until the student named Seifer tripped him.

"See you later punk!" yelled Seifer.

Roxas growled and got back on his feet. Seifer's dirty trick had motivated Roxas to run even faster than before, which was no easy feat. Regardless, Roxas had caught up with the bulk of the group and slapped Riku's hand making him take his turn around the track. Riku took his turn without any problems and now it was Sora's turn to run. Sora ran as fast as he could, his heart was racing with its breakneck speed, and his lungs were ready to collapse, but he was going to do it. He was going to win. He saw the student in the lead and tried to go faster, but his body just couldn't take it. He let his team down and he got second place.

"Hey don't worry about it Sora. I mean it's not like we were doing it for money or prizes." reassured Roxas in the cafeteria after Sora had done his extra 5 laps around the track.

"Yeah but it still sucks Roxas! I tried as best as I could and it still wasn't enough."

"Don't worry about it. After all, Seifer had tripped Roxas making us lose a lot of time. It wasn't because you were slow. You did your best and that is all that matters." said Riku.

"Yeah man, don't let it bother you." added Tidus.

"Thanks. You guys are the best. And If you'll excuse me I have to go meet Kairi." said Sora standing up.

"Ohhhh" said the other three boys in unison.

"What?" asked Sora.

"Sora has a date!" exclaimed Tidus.

"I do not!" retorted Sora.

"Sure…" Riku slurred sarcastically.

"Ugh whatever" said Sora as he left the cafeteria in search of Kairi.

Kairi was sitting on a bench in the school's butterfly garden. This place had become hers and Sora's special spot. It mostly belonged to couples or couples-to-be which is why Kairi liked it so much. She only told Sora that she liked the butterflies and flowers that were in the area, but she really liked it most because it showed hope of her getting together with Sora.

"Hey Kairi!"

Kairi looked up to see the familiar brunette walking towards her. She smiled and lowered the flower she had been holding.

"Hey Sora" she replied sweetly.

"Here I saw this in the vending machine. And it was the very last one, too!" explained Sora as he handed Kairi a pack of gummy bears.

"Aw! Sora! Thank you! You're so thoughtful!" squealed Kairi as she ripped open the small packet of gummy bears.

She and Sora just sat there for a while, both of them chewing on the ever-sweet gummy bears. Throughout their time together, Kairi would tease Sora by flashing him a red gummy bear and then keeping it out of his reach. She had done this at least three times already and she was down to her last gummy bear. Truth be told, it was a red one. Kairi giggled and smirked at Sora.

"What?" asked Sora as he looked Kairi in the eye.

"Look what I've got," she said as she held the last gummy bear in front of Sora's face.

"Give me!"

"Nope!"

"Come on Kairi! Not again!"

"Ha-ha!"

Sora and Kairi continued to struggle for the last gummy bear, until Sora reached out a little too far. Doing so he knocked over Kairi, making them both fall off the bench. Kairi opened her eyes to see Sora on top of her entire body. She blushed furiously as Sora regained his head and looked down at Kairi. His eyes widened and he blushed as well as he lifted his body with his arms. Kairi giggled at Sora's funny embarrassed face and fed him the last gummy bear, to which Sora turned even redder.

RRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGG!!!

The lunch bell rang and Sora stood up instantly, a blush still on his face. He rubbed the back of his neck as Kairi stood up.

"um…uh…err…ehh…" Sora stuttered.

"It's ok Sora, it was just an accident right?"

"Yeah an accident…"

"Ok I'll see you later then?"

"Yeah, I'll see you later…"

"Don't forget your guitar and amplifier!" yelled Kairi as she ran off to her 5th period class.

"I won't!" yelled Sora back.

Sora walked into the band room. It was time for his favorite class of the day. Guitar. He was finally able to kick back and relax. The last week of guitar was for people who failed their guitar exams. Fortunately, both he and his guitar partner Hayner had passed the test of their first try with winning colors. The entire day, Sora just slept in class that was until Hayner interrupted his slumber.

"Hey Sora!"

"Hayner?" said Sora rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah! Hey, Riku, Roxas, Tidus and I are going over to my place to play video games and eat shit like we normally do. Want to come?"

"I don't know Hayner…"

"Come on I have Mario Party 8..."

"I'm in!"

"Awesome. Head there right after school."

The bell soon rang after and Sora headed to Hayner's house, it was a few blocks down from Sora's house so Sora took the time to drop off his backpack and books. From there he trotted to Hayner's house happily. Little did he know that Kairi was already home watching him trot down the sidewalk eagerly waiting for him to show up and play her a song.

'Sora…where the heck are you going?'

Sora walked into Hayner's house after knocking on the door, and being invited in by Hayner himself. Almost immediately everyone gathered around to play Mario Party 8 except for Riku, since he was more interested in the paintings on Hayner's wall. So far Sora was in the lead with 6 stars and 41 coins. Only one turn left. And…Sora had won the game!

"Yes! I won!" shouted Sora repeatedly.

While Sora was doing his victory dance, Hayner called a group meeting. All the friends blinked repeatedly wondering what Hayner wanted to discuss.

"Ok guys. You know how the battle of the bands is coming up right?"

"Yes," said the rest of the friends in unison.

"Ok well, I suggest that we start a new band!

"A band? Are you serious Hayner?" inquired Riku.

"Yes I'm serious! Come on guys why not? I mean Sora and I can play guitar, Roxas can play bass, Tidus knows drums and Riku can sing. Come on it's an all-star rocking band!"

"I don't know Hayner, battle of the bands is in four days…how can we be ready by then?" asked Tidus.

"Well we will just perform a song that we all already know. But, let's worry about that later. Right now we just need a name and positions for everyone."

"Ok well, I'll be the bassist, Tidus will be the drummer, Riku will be lead vocalist, and since got higher scores on the test and knows more songs than you Hayner, he will be lead guitarist and then you should be rhythm guitarist."

"Ok that's fine, I never liked being the grandstander anyway." replied Hayner to Roxas's suggestion.

"Now we just need a name…It needs to be cool, yet catchy…hmmm…" pondered Tidus.

"Destiny's Child?" asked Sora.

"NO WAY!" said the rest of the group.

"The Turned?" inquired Roxas.

"Nah," said the rest of the group.

"Throw Away the Key?" asked Tidus.

"Nope," replied the rest of the group.

"How about…Keychained?" asked Riku.

"Yeah! I like it!" replied Sora

The rest of the group nodded their heads in agreement. And from that day forward, the band Keychained was formed.