That Same Old Story, Chapter Two

Karma's Slave

I don't own kingdom Hearts in any form.

A/N: (is wondering where her awesome reviewers went too)

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Xion knocked on the classroom door a few seconds had passed until the teacher had opened the door. A man of short blonde hair and blue eyes opened the door. "Can I help you?" he said in a thick British accent. Xion just simply handed him the schedule. "Ah new student, I see then you are lucky enough to catch us on a day of reviewing. I am Professor Luxord." he said aloud stepping aside to let Xion into the classroom. "You can have a seat in the back of the class as well can grab a text book from the back book shelf."

Xion nodded as she walked towards the back with all eyes on awkwardly on her. She found an empty seat next to a short haired blonde girl. Who looked like she was sketching on her in the margins of her notes; but Xion couldn't see past the girl's arm that well so it was hard for her to even tell.

Sitting in the desk, pulling out a notebook and pen and having her head in one of her hands; "Hi, I'm Namine" said the sketching blonde haired girl who turned her head away from her work, Xion looked at her; "Xion" she replied to the girl, "meet me outside the classroom, when class is over." She said as she turned back to her work.

Xion raised an eyebrow in curiosity; 'okay what gives' Xion thought to herself, this girl didn't even know her. 'Wait she's acknowledging me on her own free will, huh! That's a first, I really don't recall anyone else wanting to get to know me; But then again I never really did give people the chance to get to know me' Xion thought to herself while at the same time sort of just psycho analyzing herself. On the outside of her body, Xion sighed at herself, she didn't know why she had trouble connecting to people.

Xion had to admit that Zexion, Roxas and Sora were they lucky ones when it came getting to know her. Xion shifted her gaze towards the blonde haired teen, who looked to be still drawing of maybe actually taking notes. 'Alright, I'll give it a shot.' Xion thinking to herself while to some extent listening to Professor Luxord went on about quadratic equations

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Xion felt a moment of salvation as the bell rang ending the period one class. She was one of the last few to exit the classroom; the second Xion was the doorway, "hey" looking to see the blonde haired girl from before greeting Xion again. "You're Namine, right? She asked.

"That's me" blonde girl replied with a smile. "I heard from somewhere that we were getting a new student" Namine added.

"What are you apart of the welcoming committee?"Xion questioned in her sarcastic tone, "No, but I do know the guy who insists upon it and trust me, you would rather put up with me then him" she said, as she was looking around for some one.

"What is he? Like some sort of super nerd" Xion asked Namine; "Actually he's the biggest douche-bag to ever exist, that John Edwards guy would have competition" responded Namine. Xion's eyebrows raised in a small surprise, as she got a good look at Namine, the blonde- hair, blue eyes, dressed in white. The girl looked like the type that wouldn't bad mouth anyone. So you could imagine that small surprise but then again Xion just met the girl so what hell did she know about her.

"Or maybe I'll just simply get the urge to knock this ass off his high horse." spoke the black haired girl; Namine's eyes widen at the comment. 'Is this girl serious?' thought the blonde haired student; not knowing if this girl is joking or not.

"Hey, do you think you can tell me, who the douche bag is, so I know when to stay clear, so I don't have the temptation of publically humiliate this sap" she said. Namine's blue eyes widen at Xion's comment, still not sure if Xion was joking or not; seeing how she doesn't know her personally,

"Seifer is his name and he always wears a hat and a sleeveless trench coat and he hangs out with two people named Rai and Fuu" described Namine. Xion was looking at the expressions on Namine's face, and it was within that moment an odd thought had occurred to Xion, maybe it was her particular sense of humor that drove people away, Xion deciding not to think on it too much on that.

Snapping her mind away from the thought, "Hat and sleeveless trench, good to know" Xion spoke as she was ready to walk off. "So, what do you have next?" questioned Namine, hoping to change the subject, while on a lower frame of mind level fearing, that she just caused the degradation of a fellow student despite how much of an asshole he was.

"Art, in room 253" answered Xion, "Oh cool, same as me, come on I'll show you the quick way of getting to the room" said Namine with a bit of a nervous tone 'good, maybe I can keep an eye on her' thought Namine, as she dragged Xion by her arm, "hey! What are you! That's my arm your pulling" rushing through in the crowded school hall way. "Are you usually this excited about art or this freakishly strong?" asked Xion, while her arm felt like it was going to pop out of its socket.

Namine just physically stopped at the question "No why?"

"Because I'm much very attached to my arm, and I have grown quite fond of having two of them, so if you don't mind, Namine" Xion said, as she tried to keep her voice low in the hallway. While gesturing to the blonde to let go.

Namine letting go of Xion's arm, "Sorry about that" she said as she went a little red in the face.

"It's alright, but you didn't have to drag me, we could have walked, you know" stated Xion as she rubbed her shoulder, she looked in the classroom door's window and saw an empty classroom.

"Were you avoiding someone?" Xion turned around asked, but the Namine's face blushed again; "what? No, that's stupid thing to ask; where would you get a crazy idea like that?" Namine replied nervously.

"Before you were fine a minute ago and now, you're like the world is going to end in the next ten seconds" Xion replied as she crossed her arms, leaning against the wall.

"Don't be stupid, I just don't like to be late..." the excuse she gave the dark haired girl, Xion just dead-panned at the girl, seeing right through the excuse given to her.

"Hey Namine, and so we meet again Xion" said a voice from behind the girls

"Looks like" said Xion a she shrugged her shoulders. "Oh before I forget again Xion, sorry I couldn't get out to the funeral with Ven" Roxas spoke, with that apologizing tone of his. "It's alright, nothing eventual happened either way" she said as she shrugged her shoulders. "My grandmother's funeral" Xion said directly to Namine who looked confused. "Oh…I'm sorry for you loss" she said quickly like she was trying to control the sudden nervousness that was popping out. Not even a second had gone by before Namine looked like she had frozen up; turning slowly around. "Hi Roxas" she said with a clear hint of nervousness in her tone. "Hey, Namine"

'Ah, I get it now' as Xion silently thought to herself as she watched Namine and Roxas. 'She likes-likes him' she added to her thoughts.

"So Namine, how are you doing on the at home project?" asked Roxas as he clenched a fist from within his pocket for the nerves running throughout his body.

"Hmm, well I'm practically finished already" she said as she finally suppressed her nervousness down "How about you, Roxas?" Namine added as she had finger twirling strands of her blonde hair around.

"Well that's good. Oh my project is going good… I've got nothing done" he said adding along a nervous laugh, the spiked haired boy put his hand behind his hand. "What do you mean, you got nothing done? That project is due next week, Roxas!" Namine snapped at him.

As Xion watched the two chat, well okay it was more of Namine yelling at Roxas by that point which was all the more reason Xion wished she had her IPod with her as she continued to watch young and the clueless, right in front of her.

Soon the teacher had finally showed up, she was tall but not too tall, had long light brown hair which was up in braid, blue eyes and dressed in what looked like to be a pink summer dress with a red light sweater. She hurried to unlock the door. She turned her head and saw Xion, "ah, new face, welcome". She finally got the door opened. The students piled in, Xion chose to go in last. So that way she knew what seats actually were not occupied. Namine was sitting up at the front table; while Roxas was towards the middle of the art room.

Few minutes had gone by Xion was by herself in the back something she was actually happy to get a break from all this socializing. And so the class finally began at the sound of the second bell.

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'Period seven, Lunch', Xion read off the now wrinkled schedule heading towards the first floor of the building. Her stomach was aching for something edible to put into her body. Xion recalled on how her mother rushed her out the door of the newly inherited house. So Xion didn't have time to grab something that would settle fine with her stomach for have the day.

She was really ready to start charging people money for every time, they said the words 'new girl' and 'welcome'. It's not a big deal when a teacher does it, but when everyone around you is pointing out the obvious, it gets homicidally annoying. Xion immediately found the cafeteria, as she was about to open the door. Xion didn't the door opening from the other side, but she did felt as the door had collided with her face; and the second the time today Xion was knocked on down on her ass.

"Ahh… fuck that hurts, fuckity fuck –fuck-fuck- shit!" Xion said as she was holding her nose.

"I am so sorry, I didn't see you there. Are you alright?" asked a deep voice concerned sounding voice.

Though she was still holding her nose, Xion opened her eyes to see a tall long sliver/extremely light purple haired boy with the prettiest shade of blue eyes she has ever seen. "I …I ugh" she said or rather couldn't say.

"Here let me help you" he said as he offered Xion his hand. Xion had both of her hands covering her nose; she moved one of hands into his while the other still covered her possibly broken nose. He pulled her up from the floor, when she was standing Xion immediately took her hand back and out of his. "Here let's take look at that" he said as he tried to get Xion to move her other hand away from her face. After while f her fusing a bit, she finally brought her hand down from her nose.

"Well it doesn't look broken but still you should go and see the nurse or something" as he was now walking off. 'Hey' her mind screamed. "Hey not so charming, aren't you going to tell where the nurses office is?" she yelled in the hall.

"Look around, I'm sure you'll find it soon or later." He said, while raising one of his hands to wave her off. "Jerk" she mumbled under her breath, as she was glaring at the figure walking down the hallway. The sound of her hungry stomach broke Xion out of her concentration of small anger. She went to her back that slung across her shoulder and torso; pulling out some money for food and book to cover her nose. She opened the book to where she left off in her period six class, covered her nose and then opened the door to the cafeteria; walked in with her book cover head held high.

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As crappy as school food was and always will be. Xion's stomach rejoiced as she now had finally some food in her. "Hey babe what'cha 'reading?" as an arm slung over her shoulder, Xion didn't even need to think twice on who it was. "Blood sucking fiends" by Christopher Moore" she answered, bringing the book closer to her face.

"Let me see" as Axel made a grab for the book, actually having a little grip on it. "No, I'm still reading it, dumbass" pulled it away from him but Xion didn't expect the paperback book to bounce back and hit her right on her possibly broken nose.

Xion dropping her book down, "ah fuck, again with the fucking nose" as both her hands covering her nose once again; Axel put his hands on her arms and tore her hands away from her nose, "Jesus! Xion, what the fuck happened to you," exclaimed Axel as he looked at her now bruised nose as they drew a little crowed which was the last thing the two teens needed. "You didn't run into a crazy blonde chick named Larxene, did you?" he asked.

"What? No and who? No this was the work of some stupid jerk-ass and the cafeteria door" she said as she tried not cry at the pain. "Why you didn't you go straight to the nurses offices" Axel questioned, as he put the unused napkin from the food tray on to Xion's now bleeding nose, Xion knocking his hand away as replaced with her own, "Well?" Axel pestered as he waited for her reply; her blue eyes tried to look down to floor but her field of view was somewhat blocked by the napkin, "because I didn't know where it was…and my stomach over powered me" Xion said softly in a low voice but shamefully toned.

Axel sighed at Xion, "Get your shit, you're going to the nurse's office" as he grabbed her bag and book and handed it to her. Axel took her by the arm and dragging her out the cafeteria door.

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Axel and Xion finally made it to the nurse's office. The first thing Xion saw was the mullet haired teen from before except with a soot cover face.

"Demyx, what happened to you?" asked Axel.

"Professor Vexen's science class, Larxene was my lab partner." Explained the teen, which looked like he wanted to go and find a place to cry somewhere. "Xion, what happened to you?" Demyx asked as he noticed her bleeding nose.

"Just some ass clown and a cafeteria door" she said trying not to wince at the pain.

The nurse came into the waiting room of the office, "Oh my, Dearie what happen to you" she said as she got a good look at Xion's nose, then going off to get Xion an ice pack.

"I got into fight with a very disagreeable door" Xion said.

"Dearie your sarcasm isn't helping you." The nurse said as wrapped up an icepack, handing it to Xion, "Press it down gently" the nurse finally took notice of Axel, "Mr. Lea, unless there isn't something wrong with you, you may leave now." Said the nurse as she turned her back to him, so she wasn't able to see him mocking her, Demyx tried not laugh; Xion saw what Axel was doing, despite her day, that did bring a small tiny smirk appear on her face.

The nurse quickly turned around, but didn't manage to catch axel making fun of her, "Well I'll see you two around" and after having said that Axel left the nurses office. "Well, considering there are only two classes of the day left, and I'm not going to send you to them, so if you'll give me your schedule, I shall inform your teachers and have you excused for the rest of the day; because I am not liking how that nose is looking." The nurse spoke "and shall call your parents? Have them pick you up and to inform them to make an emergency appointment for a doctor." The nurse added. "Actually it's just my mom" she said to the nurse in a low voice.

Almost 30 minutes had passed, Xion was staring out the office windows that showed her the school hallway while she was icing her nose; waiting for her mother to come and get her.

The door open and walked in was a women, in a black suit that really brought out her blue eyes and hair.

"Hi, ma" said Xion, as she gave her mother a look, that well only a mother could love. "That's your mom" Demyx said to Xion in a low voice. "Yeah, so don't go Stacy's mom over her" exclaimed Xion.

Xion's mother walked over to her, "let me see your nose," as she put hand under her daughter's chin trying to get a good look at the now bruised looking nose. "I already made an emergency appointment for you, so we're going straight there" she said. "Where's the nurse, I have to sign you out" she said, "over by the desk mom, you can't miss her" Xion said as she pointed over.

"Xion, I just lost half of a paycheck for leaving work without notice. I don't need your smart ass remarks right now," as she let go of her daughter's face to speak with the nurse. Xion let out a small sigh as she went back to look out the window wall. Where she saw three figures, one of them was the man from before.

"Hey Demyx, who are they?" she asked him. Demyx looked over to see the three figures. "Oh the guy with the ponytail, that's vice principle Xigbar. The blue hair is, professor Saix, he's been after Xigbar's job for some time now; the other is principle Xemnas Xehanort, don't let it fool you he looks like old but he's like in his mid 30's, guessing wise" said Demyx.

"I see" replied Xion, as the odd feeling from before crept back into pit of gut.

"Okay kiddo got all your stuff? let's go" she said. Xion got up from the bench "See-ya Xion" said Demyx. "Bye" she simply replied

Xion and her mother, walked out the office and into the school hallway, where her mother's shoulder collided with the now alone principle Xemnas. "Oh excuse…"she almost said as she froze, Aqua looking into the face of the principle. "Te…"she almost spoke but thankful that Xion cut her off.

"Mom" Xion turned to see her mother, with principle Xemnas. Xion eyes shifted between the two; she could have sworn that they were isolated in tight eye lock. "Mom" Xion said again, making her mother snap back to reality, "Sorry to have, um bump into you sir." Xion's mother said as she picked up her pace and "let's go" Xion walking with her, she could have sworn her mother, turned whiter then she already naturally was.

As the mother and daughter walked out of the building, Xemnas still stood there like he was stuck in cement. "Aqua" was the only word leaving his lips.

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Aqua pulled into the driveway of the childhood home; she recently inherited after her mother's death. They had just came back from the doctors off, saying that Xion's nose wasn't broken only sprained. She looked toward her sleeping daughter whom fell asleep from the painkillers the doctor had given them.

Aqua ran a hand though her daughter's hair, stroking the short black locks; while Aqua sat there in her car, feeling like she was going to cry, after what could have happened or what nearly happened this afternoon if it hadn't been for Xion getting her back in focus.

Aqua reached for her purse; pulling her red black-berry cell phone and quickly started dialing. Listening as the phone started to ring.

The events of the afternoon replaying in her mind; 'he doesn't look like himself. Not at all' thought Aqua as she recalled staring into the once blue now golden eyes, and those dark brown locks, now a white grey.

And despite all that she knew underneath it all

It was him

Because it's true what they say, you never forget you're first.