A/N: of the rules in the story that are listed, can you find the one that highly based off of the KLK semi-AU fic "What-if?" by NotKingCrimson?
[At the gateway (Day 1 at this new world)]
Sora began what could likely be called a long trek to the center of all the action. After a while of walking toward the upward spiraling structure, he sees a large sign overhead that read 'Honno-Ji Academy' and then quips "so that's the name of this world… certainly sounds a lot more intimidating when actually spoken than simply read, I'll give 'em that."
[Past the gates into the city]
He then finally proceeded through the gates and was undoubtedly awed has he found himself in what would certainly be dubbed as the single largest school in existence. He took a gander and noted that this section was most likely the slums, where the residents are either struggling to get by or resort to fighting amongst themselves. As much as he would like to do something about the violence among locals, he recalled an important piece of wisdom given to him by King Triton 'One must NOT meddle in the affairs of other worlds!' He then sighed "Right… I want to, but I shouldn't." He then turned his head and saw a very large sign listing some key rules; there were some that he paid extra attention to and are the following:
'1: Do not attempt to vandalize the walls surrounding either the city or separating the districts. Any attempts to do so will be met will extreme, if not lethal, force. This goes tenfold for the main building of the campus, save for the Student Council, where The President herself resides. Anyone that is neither The Council nor granted permission by them is caught within 10 feet from the doors will be accused of attempted assassination and will be faced with public execution.
2: Do not attempt to steal, vandalize, or trespass on any property owned by any student or their families that outranks you; especially a uniform. If a student was caught stealing a uniform, they have the option to surrender it completely and face punishment for the crime with minimal bodily harm.
3: All freshmen and transfer students are to submit themselves to Goku Uniform testing. These testing are completely harmless, save for those that try to steal from us. Those that either refuse the testing or steal from the labs will be facing extreme force, followed by a level ten background check via truth serum.
4: The school's Student Council have full jurisdiction of the entire city. If for any reason a member Elite Four, or more so, The President herself shows up during a class session, everyone, including the teachers, are to completely halt everything they are doing at the time and follow their instruction to the letter.
These rules are absolutely mandatory for all zero, one, and two star students and, by the power of her majesty, invested by the people of Japan, lawful! - Ira Gamagoori; Discipline Committee Chairman and Student Council President's chief enforcer
"Looks like bit about the screwing with the order of other worlds won't be the only rule I'll have to follow here. This is not going to be easy…" Sora quipped after reading those rules in particular.
[Elsewhere]
From an extremely remote distance, quite possibly from higher up the campus, a man with frizzy faded blue hair with glasses that completely obstruct his eyes was holding a pair of binoculars. He then decided to use then to observe Sora as he was strolling the city looking for potential clues in regard to the whereabouts of any heartless. He then muttered "and not a moment too soon either…"
[Back in the Slums]
Sora was seen conversing with one of the homeless, getting clues about the heartless.
"You're sure you've seen nothing? Some are pitch black, have these weird antennas; other will have this emblem on them." Sora asked
"Sorry kid. No heartless, only bodies." The hobo said
"You mean Nobodies, right?" Sora replied, nervous about what the hobo said
The homeless then chuckled and answered "You wish; we all wish! I meant to say bodies… as in corpses." Sora's gut then sank "They seem to strike when we're at our most vulnerable. Sleeping at night, at the restroom, and for the kids, after a long day at class on their way home. Those kind of times, kid."
"This is truly nothing less of messed up, sir. If only I had gotten here a bit sooner, I bet I could clean the place up. At least this was enlightening for me so here's 100 Munny for your troubles." Sora finally answered, while giving him some Munny to help get by and bid him farewell. Then he proceeded through the slums of the city, only to find in front of him a demented obstacle course of some sorts. What many that weren't him would see before them a deathtrap of absurd proportions, others would see as a demented gameshow for the viewing pleasure of the common couch potato, the youthful and optimistic would see it as the largest amusement park ever to be created. But for Sora, it was just the one thing he needed to keep himself sharp in this dangerous new world… He then smirked and muttered to himself "Practice."
[In an Undisclosed Location]
In a room where, by the looks of things, only a select few are even allowed to enter, a young man with what appears to be blue hair in something of a bowl cut, wearing blue glasses, and had his entire collar covering his mouth was watching what was referred to as "Anti-Tardy Day", which so happens to involve the insane and brutal as hell obstacle course that Sora stumbled upon. He then turn his head to what appears to be a large throne hanging from the ceiling and asked "My Lady, if you please I would like for you to see this."
The woman doesn't turn her chair nor head; a small yet still audible sipping sound can be heard from where the lady in question sits. She is nonchalantly having tea right now although from where the camera is at now, we only see her mouth and nose; everything else is either out of view or simply darkened by the room itself. She sits her cup on a plate and then responds "Does it have anything to do with-"
"No, My Lady. And forgive for cutting you off. From what I was last told, 'She' doesn't even have her uniform on. No doubt Ira allowed this to slide only to make it easier to get her expelled. Smart man; smarter than what I give credit for." The boy in glasses answered, apologized, and updated all in that order. "It's someone…different. He looks like as if…"
"What?" the young adult questioned, beginning to establish curiosity of this new development
"Well…He looks as though he doesn't belong here, like he should be in another world or something. This is rather…curious, wouldn't you say?"
She now turns her chair to her to perfectly, even from where she's at now, see Sora blazing through the course like Nobody's beeswax "Now that is something else. Add him to my 'I'm watching you' list."
"Very good, My Lady." The techie bowed and did just that.
Had this been an ordinary office, echoes would be heard throughout the city. But they seemed to have made sure that was the contrary.
[Later in the deathtrap]
Sora was seen avoiding traps up, down, and all around. This was just what he needed to help keep his wits about him here; provided that what the hobo he met earlier said was true. And just when he getting warmed up, heartless started showing up around Sora, sporting the same red eyes that he saw from the one that Yen Sid destroyed no less. This is not a coincidence, this is where they come from alright. "Alright, time to see where I stack up to you guys." He draws his Keyblade, ready for a fight.
[Back in the Mysterious Room]
"My Lady, Those fiends from last week are back! They have surrounded the new blood. Shall I assist?" The blue haired man asked.
"No, neither you nor the others will help him. It's not every day I get to watch a Keyblade Master in action." The young woman replied. "I must see if it's as omnipotent as I heard the legends claim it to be…!"
"You mean-"
"Yes, Houka. When you told me about how out-of-place he was, I knew it had to be the things of legend." The girl reveals that she has harbored deep suspicions about Sora from the beginning as she then gets off her throne and walks from out of the shadows, revealing the rest of her appearance. She sports insanely long yet very straight hair which would no doubt take years to get it seamless, is decked out in mostly white and blue like if she's part of a Navy in both color and in style; save that the Navy would never allow heels as high as the ones she is wearing now, is seen to have blue eyes, is carrying what seems to be a heavily modified samurai sword encased in a white sheath, and the last thing that can make her stick out like a sore thumb… was her abnormally large eyebrow volume; almost like they have a life of their own, which only adds to the intimation value "but for it to be of true legends, I had to contain my excitement. We will let him fight, and then we will make him welcome here."
"As you wish, Lady Satsuki…" Houka agreed
[Back at the course]
Sora was ready for yet another fight with the Heartless, but he already knows that they are different from the ones that he is long since been familiar with. It's the red-eyes and mysterious red strings poking out of them. They seem to be a lot stronger than the ones he fought on other worlds, the new eye coloration seems to add some form of additional intimidation value, most of all they didn't seem as jittery as the usual brand. It's like they were more focused and coordinative with one another than the regular, non-modified Heartless. After a moment of observing this new breed, a Neoshadow of the same traits ascended from the ground. It got a good look at Sora and then actually spoke to him telepathically
"Are you the one named Sora? The one who destroyed Master Xehanort?"
Sora said aloud, not knowing how this Heartless is communicating with him mentally "I did indeed destroy Master Xehanort, so what chance you think you have against me?"
"He was the mistress' mentor!"
"'The Mistress'? Explain yourself." Sora poked in curiosity
"Like you would understand. Prepare for your execution!"
The Neoshadow then signaled the beginning of their assault. As one Darkball used its bobbing move on Sora when it was at point blank which he blocked easily, only for the first Darkball to move out of the way right on time for another one to use its charging chomp attack. He has noted their teeth seem a lot sharper than the standard variant; sharp enough to take a bite off a steel girder. At the last moment he ducked at the last minute, grabbed a hold of one of the small tails it has and slammed it at the first, dazing them and leaving them open for Sora to finish off.
He saw two more looking like they were readying some sort of laser attack. He considered dodging but another Neoshadow was heading straight towards him, most likely trying to use its signature break-dance-like attack. The moment the Neoshadow did, Sora instead jumped off the ground and onto the Heartless then he leaped off the Neoshadow itself which got it rouse out of it now
"Bitch! Did you just use me as a springboard!?"
He leaped off the Neoshadow with more than enough height to avoid the lasers and enough distance to close in and finish the Darkballs off.
[In Satsuki's Office]
"Was he…really talking to the creatures?" Houka asked
"More like to me THEY were talking to him." Satsuki answered "It stands with reason they have the ability to commute with a select few and, more predominantly, amongst themselves."
"From what Sora just said, they seem to have mentioned someone called 'The Mistress'. Lady Satsuki, you don't think…?" Houka inquired
"I had my suspicions since the first time they ever set foot in Honno-Ji City… 'They' are already hard at work…"
"So you do then… hardly a surprise though…" Houka concluded as he close the large collar on his uniform, concealing his mouth
[Three minutes later back at the course]
Sora was seen making short work of the supposedly strong heartless, albeit while sweating a bit, without any significant trouble. He then boasted "Ha! Looks like you're not the only ones that are getting strong! I feel like this was a world I was meant to be in… almost, empowering even…" He then bared witness to his garments shining a bit, but then return to heartless hunting like business as usual and added "nonetheless, time to wrap this up!"
All that stood before the Key wielding hero was the Neoshadow from earlier; the kind of heartless that were once fearless, vicious, and are without mercy… now reduced to shuffling backwards in hope that it would be spared. But just as Sora was about to deliver the killing blow, it was already dead when a red colored blade pierced through its back, even going far enough to penetrate its chest. The blow sent the Neoshadow in shock as it looked like it was begging for mercy as it reached its hand out, only to be denied when the blade then made its way back to where it came from, leaving the creature of darkness to slump to its knees and then fade away.
When Sora then regained focus, he then got a full view of the weapon that put an abrupt end to the Neoshadow pack leader: it was as crimson as the blood that such weapons spill, but it appears to have been like that from the start. But the most interesting thing about said weapon was its shape: it looked like what seems to be… a half of a giant scissor! "Damn that is a nice weapon… and an even nicer kill." Sora managed after he shook the cobwebs in his head.
The person that was using this weapon was female. Short yet messy hair, above average physique, strange looking eyes that resemble gears in a way, the most notable thing about her was that in her hair she was sporting a single red streak of it. She definitely seems like a capable fighter, yet she is not exactly dressed for the part; the girl is currently in her PJ's oddly enough.
[The room of unknown location]
"Lady Satsuki, it's-!"
"I know."
[Back at the course]
"Man I don't know if that jerk Ira made those things part of this course or not, but you sure made quick work of 'em." The girl in her PJ's complimented in spite of taking the last one herself.
"Yeah he was like all 'Ah-Ya! Ha-TA! Wa-ta!'" a shorter girl with brown hair in a bowl cut and a bust size that hardly seemed fit for her height expressed her opinion with must zeal, holding a glass of water after making the third Kung-Fu battle cry.
"I couldn't agree more- ow…." Another girl added, yet was cut short due to the pain of a supposed injury. The third girl has red eyes, is wearing glasses, has her hair a bit on the messy side as well but still prim enough to make the first girl's hair to appear unruly, and is wearing what may very well be considered a standard girls school uniform much like the bowl cut girl, save for the arm cast for the injury of questionable origins.
"My friends and I are in your debt, uh… what's your name?" The first girl asked wanting to express her gratitude to its fullest.
"My name is Sora. By the way, what's the meaning of this whole obstacle course anyway?" He answered without a trace of hesitation.
"Ugh…Roid Rage makes the lower class students go through this thing once every semester from what my friend Mako here told me. Something to make us get a little more motivated or whatever, I dunno. All I do know is that being so much as a second late equals expulsion. And for me that's not good." The red streaked girl enlightened the hero of light.
"I take it that you're not on good academic standing…?" Sora assumed
"That!?" Compared to the real reason why I'm here, my grades can rot for all I care!" The PJ girl said all while laughing. "You want to know the real reason why I'm here?"
"Shoot on."
[Back in the room where the council resides]
"Oh no… She's going to spill everything she's here for to him! Should any of us go down there now and-"
"Relax, Houka. This will hardly make Sora waiver from whatever it is he is here for."
"Yeah. And besides, it should be even more entertaining with another new face to monitor." Replied a rather short girl with pink hair of similar age as the first two of the room. She is decked out in what appears to be what one would wear into a marching band. Her shako cap has a skull decorated onto it, accessorized with a conductor's baton, and is surrounded by stuffed animals aplenty.
"Now you're talking my language!" A tall young man with green scruffy hair and an impressive athletic build agreed. He is outfitted with white pants with a most… unusual belt design and what might be a green sleeveless shirt underneath a white trench coat which is holstering a Bokken. Certainly a weapon that puts Sora's old toy sword to shame.
[Outside again]
"This weapon was the only other thing left behind by my late father. He was murdered, left impaled by this very sword, and the culprit took the other one as a souvenir, and I couldn't even catch a full glimpse of what the prick looks like. So I started a journey to look for the person who has the other half of this weapon; asking questions, beating skulls in, one high school at a time. While I never did well in terms of academics to begin with, it was at that point that I could care less if my education suffers even further than it already has." The red-streak girl replied as she showed Sora the weapon of her choice, dubbed "Scissor Blade".
"I'm so sorry for your loss." Sora offered his condolences
"Thank you; now the trails leads me here to Honno-Ji Academy, and Satsuki Kiryuin… She knows who the assassin is and she won't tell me until one of us is knocking on death's door, and I swear on my father's grave that it won't be me, and just the other day that almost came to fruition to boot!"
"You can't entirely blame her for the death of your father. Just because she knows who it is doesn't mean she's guilty of said murder."
[Council Room]
"See? What did I say?" Satsuki asked
"Astute as always, My Lady" Houka praised
"Brain and brawn: a truly winning combination, right Nonon?" the green haired lad pitched
"Of course I would know that, Monkey. I've known her the longest of all of us" She replied with a hint of venom
"For the last time Nonon: It's Uzu Sanageyama." Uzu said annoyed by the fact that he was called an animal name (again from the sound of things).
[Outside]
"Whether she is or not, she is still a fascist ruler here nonetheless; and didn't I mention she had a student hung for stealing! You think someone who does shit like that would be reasonable? I think not!
"Hung? She had to have done it for some reason…" Sora thought to himself
"As long as she continues to hoard her secrets, I won't rest until her body lays beaten and broken by my hands… which may never come to pass if I keep talking here!"
"Then I'll see you later…uh…I never got your name!"
"Matoi; Ryuko Matoi."
"And if you need a place to bunk in, you can always turn to us." Mako pitched in and gave Sora the address for her family's place before sprinting after Ryuko
[Later that morning]
Sora happened in front of a loop de loop. He then said to himself "Another part of the course, this one could be tricky…" He then took note of a fire hydrant nearby as well as a building that had some decent height. "Perfect!" he thought.
He then loosens the fire hydrant bolt, cast a Blizzaga spell, and then directs the water from the building to the entry point of the loop. Then he re-tightens the bolt to prevent waste, heads for the building and then, Tarzan style, slides down on the ice that he jury rigged, starts running like crazy when he reached the end of the ice slide, and when he got to the apex of how high he could run up he then bound from the entry ramp onto the other side, made another bound from there and rolled onto the exit end of the loop de loop, puts on some shades, and shouts "Nailed it!" and the ice then shatters.
[Back with Satsuki and the Council]
"What the…" Houka wondered
"Now that's was something else…!" Uzu complimented
"Whoa! Did you see that, Lady Satsuki!?" Nonon shouted
"Indeed…most impressive." She congratulated Sora "Such endless talent like his and Matoi's would be a waste on the wrong side"
"Then why not just tell them about-" Uzu questioned
"You know damn well why I can't, no matter how…tempting it might be. Until the time is right, I have to maintain appearances; all while trying to sway them to my side…or at least obtain their tools of trade; if they refuse to hand them over willingly, then the condition of their bodies be damned."
[At the course]
After that one and a few more traps unworthy of note, he then stumbles upon a fork in the course, one route leads through the "one star" residences; it certainly might be shorter no doubt, but every One-star parent there is armed to the teeth and the route there is littered with proximity mines, which only adds to the threat level. The other lead deeper into the course and more traps; it's got to be a longer route for sure, but since he so used to the place by now it's certainly safer for him. He then said "Like I said: I only just got here. So I am sure they won't mind the new guy being late once." And decided to continue through the course rather than risking his neck and more going through uncharted territory.
After maneuvering a bladed pendulum trap successfully he then realized one little fact about this place: he's lost. He has no map. He then sighed and told himself "say they do allow me here, I have no way of knowing which way is up or down. I need to get familiar with the place, even if it does end with a premature demerit."
He then made his choice to deviate from the place seeing he has now gotten more attuned with this place and how most of the locals the locals behave, but not all of them. As he was scouting the place out from atop the buildings, after he tried to leap to the next one, he trip on what appears to be a large silver spike and fell to the ground ungracefully. "Huh that's weird. I thought I left that behind-" just as he was about to finish that sentence, he opened his eyes and that a calf that about at his standing eye level. "Oh crap…" he gulped before looking up and saw a very large, aggressive looking tan man with blonde hair in something of a military cut. He is decked out with something that high ranking army officers would certainly wear, completely accessorized with spiked gauntlets and some shoulder pads that are sporting long pointed spikes, which so happens to be the ones that Sora tripped over.
The Big guy looked down with copious amounts of menace "Well what have we here. I don't think I recall seeing your face around. Another Kobe spy perhaps…? I frown upon those that try to weasel out on us!" The man boomed out "most of all, to 'her'…" he then whispered to himself
"NO! NO! You got it all wrong!" Sora tried his best to remain as honest without revealing what the giant doesn't need to know "I just transferred here today actually. I was told my timing was rather lousy; something called 'Anti-Tardy Day'…?"
"Who told about Anti-Tardy Day?" the big guy questioned
"I was also told there was someone here nicknamed 'Roid Rage'. I assume that might be you…?"
"Ugh… Matoi, I knew it! She wants to make everything a mess for Lady Satsuki!" 'Roid Rage' complained over Sora's association choices.
"You serve this Satsuki?"
"With unwavering devotion! And I will continue to do so, starting with your re-education."
"Whoa easy there! I'm not to judge from someone else's word alone. Could I possibly speak with her?" Sora negotiated
"Sadly, only the council and those she requests their presence."
"Damn…! Ah well, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. For the time being, I need to keep from running late. So we'll have ta-"
"WAIT! You are not on our class roster from what I can collect so you have to report to the class administration followed by the bursar's office to set you up with a home to live in."
"Yeah as I meant to tell you, I thought I should map the place out. It's kind of easy to get lost here. I thought that since I only just got here, I thought I wouldn't be included in the expulsion thing."
"That you are right on, but whatever you do, don't make a habit out of it."
"I'll try; one more thing: I noticed the rule sign at the entrance. You're Ira?" Sora asked out of curiosity after putting the pieces together
"Correct!" Ira shouted, confirming his suspicion. "Here's map of the place, and after you received your schedule and acquired a place to live you are to-"
"Submit to a Goku Uniform testing; like I said: I read the sign." Sora finished him; despite knowing the potential ramifications of cutting off an Elite student
"Good! I will see you at the labs." Ira dismissed him from Sora
Sora then peered at the map and managed to locate where he is now as well as his next destinations. As he started to walk to his administration, he stumbled upon a mysterious piece of paper. Could have Ira dropped it by accident?
He opened the paper and read its contents. Sora was baffled by what he just learned "She knows about the Keyblade? Just who is she?"
Items Acquired:
{Map of Honno-ji City}
{Character Relations added}
{Satsuki's Secret Journal 7}
A/N: I've decided to keep track of number of day Sora has been at Honno-Ji, including this one