Okei! Welcome to my new fic Trapped in Eternal Rhapsody. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer (because every writer needs one somewhere): I DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts. I sincerely wish I did though.

WARNING: This story will soon have shounen ai/yaoi in it. If you don't like that then get the heck out right now because it WILL be in this story whether you like it or not! Thank you xD

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I stood there, just staring at my boyfriend as he kissed my best friend against a wall in the hallway of our school. It was like he had no idea where he was! Anyone could just walk down the hallway or exit a room and they would've been spotted!

I surprised myself at these thoughts; shouldn't I have been more…sad? Heartbroken? I wasn't. I still had to know why he cheated on me though so, clenching my fists, I walked over and grabbed Roxas by his arm and dragged him away from Axel and down into another hallway.

"Why Roxas? Why!" I asked him. He just stood there speechless, not even looking me in the eye. I gripped his arm harder in subconscious annoyance. He winced in pain and I loosened my grip again. He might've been cheating on me but that didn't mean I wanted to hurt him.

"Answer me Roxas."

"I-I it…nothing was! I wasn't…!" he said incoherently. I just looked at him with an emotionless face that made him flinch and he bowed his head and sighed.

"I'm sorry. I never wanted this to happen. I like you… but I like Axel more…," he said glancing back down the hallway. I dropped my grip on his arm. So that was it. I turned promptly on my heel and began walking away back to my classroom without another word.

I knew we were over, but strangely enough I didn't feel all that bad, a little irked of course, but that just came with the territory. Besides, Axel does compliment Roxas quite nicely.

"Hey! HEY! Wait! Zexion! Zexion, where are you going!"

I stopped at the end of the hallway and glanced over my shoulder and gave him one of my few, fleeting smiles, my rare signs of emotion.

"We're over Roxas. You know that, and I know that, so lets just move on alright?"

With a sense of finality, I rounded the corner and went into my classroom.

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The next day began like any other. It was a nice sunny morning on April 15, 2010 and I woke up by being jumped on by my cat, Melody. It seemed she saw it as her mission to wake me up every morning. Groggily I sat up and looked around pushing Melody off of me in the process, and earning myself a hiss and a flick of her tail. I just chuckled quietly and got out of bed.

Silently I walked over to my closet and opened it. I grabbed a dark blue shirt that said, 'IDIOT (I-de-ut) - Definition: Anyone stupid enough to have read this shirt. See: MORON', a pair of white, ripped skinny jeans, black high-top converse, and a black studded belt. I came out of my closet and got a new pair of boxers out of my drawer and some socks and then dropped it all on my bed. Glancing over for a second I saw the time and cringed, if I wanted to take I shower I had better hurry, I only had about an hour.

"Shit…"

"Meow!"

I looked down at Melody to see what I would call a, scolding look. She was like a mother to me, she woke me up for school, scolded me when I did something bad, and worried over me when I was sick. I bent down by the floor and petted her on the head until she purred contentedly.

"Sorry."

Standing up I grabbed my clothes and dashed to the bathroom down the hall to take a quick shower. I shut the door and turned on the water to the shower. Stripping myself of the boxers quickly I jumped into the shower without checking the temperature.

"Ow!" I yelled at the feeling of the scalding water on my back. I changed the temperature and proceeded to clean myself as fast as possible. After I was done I dressed and blow dried my hair, and then straightened it. I pursed my lips at my reflection in the mirror and tried pushing my hair out from in front of my eye. It didn't work and almost immediately went back into position. I sighed and opened a drawer under the sink and got out some black eyeliner. I put it on with a quick efficiency only those who used it all the time had.

I exited my bathroom and went back down the hall, bypassing my room and making a right into the kitchen. I lived by myself except for Melody. My parents were assholes and when they found out that I was gay they decided they didn't want me anymore and had kicked me out. It was messed up but I've come to accept it for what it was; the fear of something they didn't understand, and didn't want to.

I placed two pieces of bread in the toaster and pushed down the lever thing to get it to start. I might've been smart but I didn't want to learn about something that I thought anyone had absolutely no worth in knowing. Now I wouldn't say that if I was talking about, say books or philosophy. That stuff is important and you can actually use the knowledge. Knowledge was what was keeping me alive these days.

My toast popped up and I buttered it and stuck a piece in my mouth and held the other while slinging on my bag and walking into the living room. I'd managed to wrangle two pretty well paying jobs and so I could afford this apartment with a little help from my friend Axel. I hated that he lent me about $80 every month but I needed to live so I didn't complain too much. Axel happened to be one of those rich kids; he had pretty much everything and got an allowance of about $200 a month. It was mind boggling.

I bit off some of the toast that was stuck in my mouth and grabbed it with my newly free left hand. Then turning around I looked down and said, "Bye Melody, see you later tonight."

She meowed in response and I opened the door and almost tripped over a small box on my doorstep. I bent down and looked at it for a moment. Whatever it was could wait until after school, I thought and then stuffed it in my bag. Then I began to walk to school, thankfully without any interruptions.

I walked to school because I wasn't all that far from the school and I couldn't afford a car at the moment. It sucked when it rained though. If there is one thing I hate more than idiots it has to be rain. I don't know how people can stand to walk around in the rain; it made me look and feel like a wet dog.

I got to the school gates and slowed my walk so I could look around. There were people everywhere as usual but I saw an unusually big group on my right by the courtyard. I passed by it without interest; if it was someone new I would have to meet them later anyway, no reason to do it now. I entered the school quietly and went to my locker, quickly and efficiently putting my bag in and taking out a book.

"Hey…Zexion?"

I turned around to look at Roxas while shutting my locker. "Yes Roxas?" I asked.

"Well," he said shuffling his feet nervously, "I wanted to know if we could, you know, still be friends?"

He looked at me hopefully while I just stared into his eyes thinking about his question. I shrugged and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'll still be your friend Roxas. I think we were better as friends to begin with honestly. So it should be no problem to go back to being just friends as we were before."

With that said I dropped my hand from his shoulder and walked away towards the library. He walked after me with a bright smile on his face.

"Thanks Zexion. I don't know what I'd do without you."

I glanced over at him and said emotionlessly, "Fail school of course."

He looked affronted for a moment and then realized I wasn't serious and smiled again. I smirked back at him and nodded my head to the right where Axel was standing by his locker. Axel nodded back and I continued walking while Roxas stayed with Axel.

I was a bit of a loner so not having anyone around was common for me and not unwelcomed. I didn't really crave human contact all that much, but having friends was nice when I got tired of complete silence once in a while. I continued my walk to the library and went up to the librarian handing her the book. She took it and opened the cover scanning it quickly and put it on the cart of books that needed to be put back.

"Thank you Zexion."

I nodded my head to her and turned around, walking to the science-fiction section. I liked all books but at this moment I felt like reading a work of fiction. They always managed to relax me after a day at work. I grabbed a book at random and took it to the librarian. She had a shocked look on her face when I handed it to her.

"This one? Are you sure?"

"Yes. That one Ms. Goldstein."

She nodded slowly and checked it out for me while muttering to herself. I didn't manage to catch any of her mumblings though and when she handed me the book I quickly went to leave.

"Wait!" yelled Ms. Goldstein. I turned around.

"Be careful with that book! It will change your life son…"

I nodded, going along with her crazy story. I didn't know what she meant at all, but I was going to find out. I walked out of the library and began walking down the hallway when the bell rang signaling that class was to begin soon.

Crazy woman…If I didn't know better I'd say she was from Halloween Town. That place was full of nutty people; no one wanted to go there. I held the book close to my chest and entered my class.

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It was lunchtime and I got my lunch and sat at my usual table. Axel was already there and I nodded to him.

"Hey, what's up Zexion? You're holding that book awfully tight."

I looked at him and said nothing. He just gave me a curious look and glanced back down at the book practically glued to my chest. I'd had this funny feeling all day that if anyone took this book something bad would happen. I don't know why but I didn't want to take any chances. Besides the book was mine, I didn't have to show it to anyone if I didn't feel like it.

Suddenly a hand grabbed my shoulder and I jumped. Roxas looked down at me and grinned.

"Surprised you didn't I?"

I nodded, "Yes, you did."

He sat his tray down next to mine and said, "Good."

I glared at him and he laughed so I just turned my head away and ignored him while I began to eat. I stabbed a piece of broccoli and looked at it suspiciously. The food here wasn't the best and for all I knew could've been poisoned. I stared at it a bit longer until it passed my inspection and then I ate it.

"I don't understand how you can eat that Zexion. Broccoli is disgusting!" Roxas said with a disgusted look at what just went in my mouth.

I shrugged, "It's not that bad actually. Besides, I'm a vegetarian. It's not like I can eat that."

I pointed to the chicken and grimaced. I couldn't believe people ate animals; it was an absolutely disgusting thought. Roxas stuck his tongue out at me and then took a bite of the chicken.

"Whatever, your weird," muttered Roxas as he continued eating. I just ignored his mutterings and continued my inspection of the broccoli.

"Hey, will you let me look at that book now?" asked Axel from his seat.

"No."

Axel pouted and looked over at Roxas. "Roxy! Zexion is being mean to me!"

Roxas looked up from his food and glanced at Axel. Then just stuck out his tongue again and ignored Axel. I chuckled at the fake hurt look on Axel's face and he turned too glared at me. Right after he was done glaring at me he pouted again and just stared at me with puppy dog eyes. I stared back with an emotionless face. After a while he gave up and started grumbling while stabbing his chicken harshly with a fork.

I watched him for a moment more and then grabbed my tray and dumped it. I didn't eat much; never have, and probably never will. Roxas and Axel harped on me all the time to eat more, but I just couldn't eat much without feeling sick to my stomach. It's not like I'm anorexic either. I'm perfectly healthy, but I am a bit short, barely reaching the 5' 6" mark. My height doesn't bother me though.

I sighed and walked back to the library. There was still about 15 minutes left of lunch and I might as well read. Sitting down at one of the tables near the wall I stared down at the book. It was a black with three blue symbols that were interconnected on it that kind of looked like a messed up heart. On the spine of the book it had the words: Hallucination – Another Side, and the roman VI on it. I tried to open the book but it didn't budge so I picked it up and looked for some sort of clasp that would make it open. What I saw was a circle-like indention in the middle of the heart symbol. I traced the indention with my finger and sighed dejectedly. It seemed that the book needed a key of some sort to open it.

What a book like this was doing in the school library was beyond me. I wanted to find out why it was in the first place, but as it was, I didn't trust Ms. Goldstein as far as I could throw her after this morning's incident.

"You'll need a ring darling."

I jumped and turned around so fast I got whiplash. Ms. Goldstein was stood behind me, looking down with a small smile.

After I had a second to collect myself I asked, "A ring. Ok, then that ring must be the key to open this book. Am I correct in this assumption Ms. Goldstein?"

She nodded, "You certainly are Mr. Kurayami."

"If I may ask," I said and waited until she nodded, "What is this book doing in the school library in the first place? It doesn't seem to belong here at all."

With a smile she touched my shoulder and said quietly, "It was waiting for someone like you I'm sure. It couldn't hand itself out to just anyone now could it?"

"Well, I guess. You make it sounds as if it chose me Ms. Goldstein…"

"Why it did! It is very picky you know. I've had that book for the last 25 years and it hasn't chosen anyone till now!" she exclaimed with a laugh. I looked at her with an expressionless face and nodded slowly.

"Then miss, pray tell, what kind of book is this then?"

"A Lexicon of course."

"A dictionary?"

"Of sorts," she said nodding.

With a sigh I held the book up for her, "I do not have the key to this book though so I cannot keep it. I'm terribly sorry Ms. Goldstein."

She smiled again and shook her head, "Why don't you keep it for now and see what happens? I'm sure you'll be surprised."

Suddenly the bell rang and I jumped again, startled. Ms. Goldstein put her hands on her hips and looked down at me and winked.

"Have fun in class now Mr. Kurayami."

I got up and swiftly walked out of the library with the book in my arms. I knew this was going to consume my thought for the rest of the day and I sighed because my grade was inevitably going to go down a percent or two from the 100% I had it at.

"Well this will certainly be interesting," I mumbled to myself cynically.

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I was right. I hadn't paid as much attention in class and had only scored a 98 on my test in Algebra 2 today. I was disgusted with myself. How could I have let a book get in the way of school? Of course increasing my vocabulary was a wonderful thing but my grades shouldn't have to suffer the consequences of my curiosity.

Thankfully it was a Thursday and I didn't have to work after school. So I had gone straight home and dumped the box and book onto my bed. I had almost forgotten about the package I had gotten this morning and I needed to open it now.

With a pair of scissors I cut the tape surrounding the edges of the box and slowly pulled one side open. There were some foam pieces that needed to be pulled out so I did that and in the middle of it all found a little black box. I picked up the box and opened it slowly; wary of anything that could happen.

Inside was a black onyx ring with silver and blue veins running through it… It was a beautiful ring and I looked around the box for a card of some kind that would tell me who the sender was. I didn't find one though and went back to staring at the ring in awe. I took it out of the box carefully and slipped it onto my right index finger. It was a perfect fit and I smiled at the feel of it on my finger.

I heard a meow from my left and glanced over to see Melody staring at my book like some kind of cat scratching post. Grabbing it I placed it on my lap so she couldn't touch it with her claws. As I touched it my finger began to glow a wondrous sea blue. I blinked in surprise and stopped handling the book. The glow went away. I touched it again and the glow came back. I experimented with this process a few times until I took off the ring and examined it again intently.

The ring looked to be about the same size as the indention in my new book- Lexicon. It seemed highly suspicious to me that I would get the key to this Lexicon right before I had gotten the book itself. There was no way someone had just sent it too me either, as a thank you gift or otherwise. I didn't have many friends and the only one rich enough to buy a ring as expensive looking as this one was Axel. He wouldn't have bought me a gift unless he wanted something, I thought with a grimace.

"Well it looks as if I have no choice Melody," I said, more to myself than to my cat. It seemed that if I wanted to find out exactly why I had acquired this book and its key that I would have to open the book and find out for myself.

So without further ado I pushed the ring into the indention and heard a soft click. Then pulling out the ring I opened the book. I had just enough time to put the ring back on my finger when the book jerked out of my hands and rose to my eye level, beginning to glow an ominous black.

I got to my feet quickly and backed up to the wall as the book began to spin.

You have a destiny to fulfill my dear Zexion and being in this time and place is not the way to accomplish it. You will be coming with me.

I flinched at the sounds of words in my head and stared at the Lexicon. It had begun to spin faster and emit a thin stream of white light within the black.

"Destiny? Explain; and how can you speak within my mind? You're a book."

I am a Lexicon, not some plain book as you've kept calling me. I shall explain later in detail once we have reached out destination. Now hold on young one.

Suddenly I felt this pulling feeling in my gut and I saw my body begin to dissolve and sink into the book. I should have been panicking honestly, but as it where I was more curious than anything.

"Meow!"

I looked over to the couch and saw the same thing that was happening to my legs happen to my cat and she disappeared in a flash of light. Soon the only part of me left was my head and I closed my eyes in anticipation and a little fear at what was about to happen to me. It wasn't everyday that some book-

Lexicon!

-Lexicon, came to life and had me dissolving into it.

Don't worry young one. Nothing bad shall happen to you.

"Easy for you to say…" I said trailing off as the rest of me finally dissolved. I was in total darkness and with little trepidation, I surrendered to it.

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"Hey. Hey! Wake up!" yelled someone.

"Ugh…"

"He's awake! He's awake Riku, Sora, get some water quick!"

I groaned again and listened to the voice yelling for water. It was a man and I was sure pretty young. I didn't know who Sora or Riku were but they seemed to be this person's friends.

I had a splitting headache and my body hurt all over. I couldn't lay here forever with my eyes closed though so slowly I opened my eyes and snapped them closed just as quickly. It was bright in whatever room I was in!

"Ugh, too bright…" I muttered rolling over on my side and uttering a moan of pain.

"OH! I'm sorry!" yelled the voice in a panicked tone.

I cracked my eyes open again and managed to keep them open this time and looked around. I was in a completely white room. The chairs, floor, table, everything was white! My Lexicon lay on the white side- table and stood out in this room with its dark colors. The person in the room also stood out quite a bit with his…Mohawk, mullet hairstyle thing. Not to mention his sky blue shirt and skinny jeans. It seemed that we were the only color in the room.

Looking down, I saw that I was in the same clothes I had been wearing when I had dissolved into my Lexicon. It didn't look as if I had been, wherever I was, very long.

I cleared my throat and looked at the boy standing to the right of my bed who still held the panicked look on his face and seemed to trying to be quiet for the moment.

"Um, where am I…"

"Demyx. That's my name," he said.

"Ok. Could you so kindly tell me where I am Demyx?"

He looked down and shuffled his feet then said, "You're at my house, in the guest room."

I nodded my head at this information. That was, sparse but very useful information to know. At least I know I'm not about to be sold to some whore house or something.

"Thank you Demyx for telling me that. Is it alright if I had something to drink?"

He nodded vigorously at me and just then two people one carrying a pitcher of some kind and the other carrying a glass walked in. I took the time to examine them as they stared at me in curiosity. One was tall and muscled with shoulder length silver hair and piercing blue eyes while the other had spiky brown hair, was very tan, and had eyes that looked just like the sky on a sunny day.

The brown haired one handed me the glass that already had a full cup of water in it and I nodded my thanks to him. I was thirsty you see, like I hadn't drank anything in months so as quickly as I could without seeming barbaric I drank the water. Once I was finished I placed the glass on the side-table next to my Lexicon.

"It's nice to meet you all. My name is Zexion."

The brown haired one grinned and said, "I'm Sora," he pointed to himself and then to the silver haired kid, "and that, is Riku. You've already met Demyx though right?"

I nodded, "Yes I have. He was kinds enough to tell me where I was."

His smile turned grim and he said to me, "Yeah, we found you on his doorstep passed out. We were hoping you could tell us why you were there…"

I shook my head.

"I'm sorry. I'm at as much of a loss as you are. I have no idea where I am, much less what day it is."

Riku then spoke up for the first time while glancing at his watch for a second, "Well the date as of just now is April 15, 2110."

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Well that's the first chapter of this story of mine. :D This first chapter wasn't very exciting (at least in my mind) but I can promise it will get better in the future. I have to warn you though, my updates can be sporadic so the best way to get me to post another chapter is to review and/or nag the hell out of me (hopefully you choose review… .). I'll get my best friend to nag me to so that I won't let down you wonderful readers. Anyways thanks for reading!