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Chapter 2: First Day
Tifa groaned as she begrudgingly got up from her comfortable bed to start the day. As she did her eyes came under assault from the slightly open drapes to her left. "Auuugh!" , unfortunately her already sideways momentum sent her sprawling out onto the floor. "Damn it, Marlene." she groaned, at first she was tempted to just lay there, that is until a heavenly scent infiltrated her room. Getting up at light speed she sniffed the air as it drifted further in.
Grabbing her nearby robe she quickly put it on as she raced out the door and down the stairs. Taking the corner at high speed she skidded to a stop in front of the counter in the main floor.
Sitting in front of the bar on stools were Marlene and Denzel both eating a stack of pancakes. Both of them stopped as she cleared her throat, looking up from the stack they both grew wide-eyed.
Marlene swallowed and said "Morning, Big Sis." Denzel simply continued chewing, but nodded his head.
"Morning." she said smiling, making both Denzel and Marlene swallow in fear. "Who made those?" she asked, her tone being that angry sweet. "A-arcos and A-aidan." Marlene replied her voice slightly trembling. "They made some for you to." she said pointing to a stack of pancakes on the counter behind the bar. Immediately her eyes locked onto the stack of cakes, the air grew even tenser. Her legs moved of their own volition as she drew closer to the heavenly aroma.
On the plate was a stack of four cakes, each one a perfect golden brown. A square of butter covered in syrup comepleted the picturesque breakfast. Her eyes were wide as it seemed to glow in front of her. Next to the stack was a fork, grabbing it she carefully cut the stack part of the cakes into a small triangle. Stabbing it she brought it up to her mouth, her shock could not be described as she swallowed.
(Tram to school)
"Hey do you think she's tasted it yet?" Arcos said as he leaned back against the tram. Turning to Aidan he saw a lone finger raised in answer, face looking down at his phone. Soon enough the phone began to ring as he recieved a series of messages. "As requested Big Sis' reaction to your pancakes. Please make more sometime soon :3" Was Marlene's message, multiple pictures followed. The final one was Tifa laying on the floor sprawled out with a caption of "Critical Hit!". A few minutes passed by until a slight snickering could be heard from Arcos.
After a few more minutes he collapsed onto his side laughing at full throttle. Aidan was clutching the chair and ribs as he laughed silently. "Ohhhhhhh maaaaaaan! That was great!" he said as he sat back up. After several more minutes they regained their composure. The rest of the tram ride passed by in silence as they looked out at the town from the inside. From the height of the tram they could see Traverse Town its small shops and houses circling the inner city and contrasting with its giant gleaming skyscrapers.
"Next stop: Kingdom Academy." the announcement rang through the car as they grabbed their bags and stood near the door. The tram came to a stop at the station, slowing steaadily until the doors opened and they stepped out. Arcos yawned despite being used to getting up earlier than that, still he was a pro at finding strange times to sleep. All Aidan could do was pray that he did not find a time during school to fall asleep.
After they passed through the front entrance they were immediately greeted by a moogle. "Hello and welcome to Kingdom Academy, kupo, I am Suzuna. Are you the new students Arcos and Aidan? kupo." it said as it brought forward a very small clipboard. As they both nodded, the moogle turned around and said "If you would please follow me, the headmaster is waiting for you, kupo!" with its little bat wings flapping the moogle took off towards the campus.
With the two in tow the moogle took them through the lavish halls of the school, despite the size of it though the trip to the headmaster's office was fairly short. The entrance to his office was a pair of double doors, unlike the rest of the school they were just a plain set of doors, no fancy door knockers, no type of plating either. The moogle stopped and turned to the two as they reached the doors. "If you would wait out here I will let the headmaster know you have arrived, kupo." Suzuna said as she went into the room.
Arcos leaned against the wall as he crossed his arms, "What do you think the headmaster is going to be like?" he said turning to Aidan who was standing stock still in the hall. Aidan shrugged in response, but didn't get to respond before the door opened again and Suzuna stuck her head out. "The headmaster will see you now, kupo." she said beckoning them in. Upon entering the room they found themselves star struck. Literally almost everything in the room was decorated to look like an astrarium.
(Magical Mystery Kingdom Hearts 2 OST)
"Welcome to my academy, young ones." said an old man at the end of the room. In a tall chair sat an old man, a blue suit, long silver-gray beard, and his hands folded on his desk. Both Aidan and Arcos stood eyes wide as they stood stock still. (music stops) "That beard...is AWESOME!". (Continues) Arcos shouted pointing at the headmaster. Suzuna was floating to the side, clipboard dangling, if a moogle could make an expression this one would be pure shock. The headmaster simply stared the youngsters before him, his face purely impassive. Closing his eyes the headmaster leaned forward and folded his hands, the slightest hint of laughter could be heard from him. Then he burst out in a full on laugh, his assisstant staring at him, the new students smiling in admiration.
"Only one other person has made that exact same exclamation before." he responded as he beamed at the two young men before him. "But that is for another time, for now your entrance exams are being prepared, please follow me." The old man said as he got up from behind his desk. Walking over to the two he stopped in front of them and extended his hand, "I am Yen Sid, the headmaster of this esteemed academy." Shaking his hand Arcos replied in kind, "Arcos Lux and Aidan Tenebrae, it's a pleasure sir." Folding his hands behind his back Yen Sid made his way to the door.
(Scene skip)
They found themselves dumbfounded by the arena before them, it could easily seat the entire school, which it currently was. The arena itself looked like something from an e-sports tourney, there was a space seperating the stands from the center of the arena. In the center were reclining V.R.G.C.'s, several of them in fact. Yen Sid turned to the two of them and said "Now you shall be tested by your peers, I wish you the best of luck." he said as he turned and made his way to a set of stairs. As they watched him leave their attention was drawn to a large screen above the arena.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow students, it brings me great pleasure to introduce two noobs who would like join the ranks of our school!" the screen lit up with a guy's face, blonde hair, blue eyes and a smirk that screamed "I'm better than all you saps!". Both felt an incredible urge to punch him. "As you all know I'm your awesome M.C. and commentator Demyx! Today its time for these two noobs to either make it or break it!" the sadistic smile on his face comepleted his annoying announcement as it turned to the two of them standing at the entrance. Arcos wasn't that intimdating his posture relaxed as he stared at the screen, light-blue eyes and short brown hair, bag slung over his shoulders. Aidan had his hands in his pockets, his bag hung over his shoulder, dark brown hair and sage green eyes gazed at the screen with absolutely...no interest.
A spotlight then shone upon Demyx in the center between the V.R.G.C.'s, "Well then who would like to go first?" he said his sadistic smile still present. The urge to punch him was now increased ten-fold since he was now in front of them. Exchanging a look the two of them nodded and Arcos stepped towards the center. Demyx walked by him as he made his way to the stands, passing Aidan he said "Your both gonna lose, hardcore.". Aidan made no motion of acknowledgment, instead he smirked. A hologram appeared in front of Arcos resembling a blue technician. "Hello, I am Tron the safety program for the Academy's Virtual Combat Simulation Program, I will be overseeing the matches and will respond as necessary should the need arise. Please, proceed to a chair."
Turning to the right Arcos got into one of the red chairs. "Tron" turned to the holographic datapad in his hand and mumbled a something. The screen above the arena flashed as it brought a picture of Arcos with a blank one to his right. It began to flash with the pictures of students, eventually slowing down before stopping. "Ventus, shall be your opponent for this match." he said as he digitized into the sim itself. Soon enough a kid about Arcos heigth, maybe a bit shorter, walked down to the arena. Flashing Arcos a grin and a thumbs up, he took one of the green chairs.
(Simulation Grid Game: Light Cycle)
(Soundtrack Space Paranoids)
They both digitized into the realm as "Tron" stood by two motorcycles. Walking forward they stood by the motorcycles that matched their colors. "The rules are simple: the two of you will race, the objective is to digitize your opponents light cycle. The one who remains on their cycle will be declared the winner." he said. The two of them got onto their cycles and soon enough three lights appeared above them. As the light switched to green they took off faster than "Tron" could say "go". As they vanished onto the horizon "Tron" smiled almost callously.