Golden Bonds of Time : Do You Remember Me Now?
Disclaimer : I do not own Kingdom Hearts.
Summary
Sora is anything but normal. Undercover as the most geekiest boy during day, he fights and slays the Heartless during night. He finds out a new secret about Organization XIII, as he teams up with them in order to bring down a new order...But keeping a secret about you holding the most powerful weapon of all in your hands, and being the most richest boy ever, is hard to keep when you fall in love with the person who is supposed to be your enemy at school, at the most unexpected times.
Recap:
Sora sighed as students poured in, along with Oblivion. Once school was over, it would be all fine. Nighttime was his most favorite time of the day. When he could release all of the anger and stress on a few unsuspecting creatures...
Yeah, he would do that as soon as he got back to base.
End Recap:
x.x. Do You Know The Danger You're In? .x.x
Five minutes later, the bell rang and the rest of the students filed into the room. Unfortunately for Sora, the entire group of Oblivion was in all of his classes and that would mean that Riku Hetuma would sit behind him all the time... Including Oblivion as well. Of course, Sora hated his seating spot. It didn't help one bit at all that girls were constantly setting him glares...
Including Language Arts, Sora thought as he glanced at the new seating chart in his hand, which Mrs. Sayaka had given to him before he left the room.
"Alright, is everyone here?" Mr. Jiminai asked and a chorus of bored 'yes's echoed through the room. Mr. Jiminai nodded. "Now, before I explain what is going to happen, you are all to watch this as instructed by Mrs. Sayaka." He said.
"Normally, Mrs. Sayaka would have shown you this in Language Arts, but unfortunately the actual broadcast would not come on until much later. So, I have kindly decided to use up some of our time in History to watch it. After this, I will give you a homework assignment based on this, so you must watch it. It is due in Language Arts two weeks from now." Mr. Jiminai said. Then he turned to the chalkboard and began writing some things down.
"For now, ignore this. Now, please direct your attention the T.V. It's a very interesting new bulletin, about something that happened last night." Mr. Jiminai said as he sat down in his chair and picked up the remote. Clicking on the T.V, he began flipping through the channels. Sora suddenly stiffened and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sephiroth, Xemnas, and Saïx stiffen as well. Riku scoffed, rolling his eyes.
"Just probably something boring." Riku muttered but Mr. Jiminai ignored him, continuing to flip through the channels. He finally grinned when a man and a woman both in business suits came up and set down the remote.
"Here we go." Mr. Jiminai said.
"Hello, and we're back! I'm Mark." The man with brown hair and silver eyes said.
"And I'm Anemi." The woman said, her black hair streaked with brown pulled up into a ponytail and dark brown eyes. "We are bringing you breaking news from NoDI." Mark nodded.
"Just last night, around midnight, a string of very strange occurences occured. Wtinesses report strange figures popping up from the shadows on the ground. At first, many believe they were a group of children hanging out but closer inspection revealed not children, but rather monsters, all huddled up together." Mark said. Suddenly, a picture came up, showing something weird. At least a dozen of black figures were in the darkness, strange attenas poking out of their forehead. The most creepiest thing...
Was their glowing, golden eyes. It was full of anger and menance that they had never seen before.
Anemi began again.
"The thought was immediately abandoned the moment they snuck up on a group of people nearby a stand. Witnesses say that they attacked the group and cameras stationed around downtown revealed the creatures reaching straight into their bodies..." Anemi gulped. "And pulled out their hearts."
Everyone inside the room gasped, as the video footage showed. Of course, before it, the warning said 'VIEWERS PLEASE BEWARE. THIS IS FOOTAGE IS NOT SUITED FOR ALL AGES'. Sora stifled a small laugh once he read that.
"But the most strangest thing is that the bodies slowly faded. There is no evidence of their bodies and police are still searching. Already, they have a nickname, the Shadows. But the most scariest part?" Mark stopped and took a deep breath. "Immediately afterwards, six more Shadows suddenly appeared... the exact same number as the group who were just attacked..."
"Already, theories are starting up about something much like zombies... But of course, the police aren't buying any of those stories. Then, this is where things get even crazier." Anemi said as the video footage began rolling again.
"Two figures, shrouded in black cloaks appeared and started to attack the Shadows, jsut before they could attack the panicking citizens nearby. They appeared in black portals, attacked with strange weapons, and then disappeared in black smoke. The witnesses say that they felt extraodinary energy coming from the two cloaked figures. No one knows who they are. We call them the Chasers and the weapon is called the Swordkey." Mark said.
"If you have any information on these strange people and incidents, please call 240-6634 immediately. Police are advising parents to keep their children inside and to please be careful. This is NoDI and we're signing out." Anemi said and Mr. Jiminai turned off the T.V, whirling around to face the class.
"You were saying, Mr. Hetuma?" Mr. Jiminai asked. Riku rolled his eyes as his fellow students started chattering excitedly. Sora stayed silent, staring straight down at his desk. But inwardly, he was freaking out.
'They caught all of that on tape?! Axel and Larxene are going to kill Roxas and me!' Sora mentally screamed. Suddenly, he felt it and turned slightly around... only to meet the glares of Sephiroth, Xemnas, and Saïx. Sora gave a small, sheepish smile before immediately turning around. The glares were literally boring holes into his head!
Er... well, not literally. But he was sure that the three could do it if they really wanted to.
"Now, as for the assignment, Mrs. Sayaka has given you two choices. For both assignments, you must name these people and you may use the nicknames which the people have given them already or you may make your own. The weapons they use must also be given names and a name for those strange creatures." Mr. Jiminai said.
"The first assignment is where you give a prediction of what will happen in the future. There is a minimum of a one page prediction and a maximum of a three-page prediction... If any of you ever get that far, that is." Mr. Jiminai joked. "The prediction may be anything like where they somehow accidently reveal their identities or the world somehow getting engulfed in darkness and they will save us..." Sora twitched. How the heck do they come up with those things!?
"But like that will ever happen." Mr. Jiminai said and the other students laughed.
"The second choice for your assignment is to write a story about them. A story about where they came from and why they are suddenly here. Their origins, the monsters, and a adventure they may have had. In order to get an 'A', you must meet the standards that I have written on the board. Copy them down for whatever assignment you are doing. The story gains more points since it requires a lot more to think about. Minimum is three pages and maximum is ten." Mr. Jiminai blinked when the bell suddenly rang.
"Well, that was fast... Oh well, remember, due in two weeks from now in Language Arts!" Mr. Jiminai yelled as the students began to take the papers from his desk depending on what assignment they are doing. People began to stand up and walk out of the class while others, like Sora, stayed in for awhile.
"Oh my god. Did you see those cloaked people? They looked so hot. I bet both are men!" A girl squealed along with her friends as they passed by Sora's desk. Sora rolled his eyes. His friend would probably be saying 'Sexist much?'. Sora chuckled softly at the thought, a grin forming on his face. Unfortunately for him, Riku was just walking by and he stared strangely at the boy.
Xemnas, who happened to also be walking by mouthed at Sora.
We will talk about this back at base.
Sora gulped and nodded and turned around. Luckily for them, no one saw their little exchange and when Riku turned around, Sora was packing up his things inside his bag so it seemed like nothing had happened.
"Xemnas. Sepiroth. Saïx. What are you doing? Let's go." Riku said and Xemnas rolled his eyes once Riku's back was turned. They had a twenty-minute break, one that Sora used to his full advantage. And as a minor stress relief too.
The hallway was jammed with students, hanging around and just talking. Sora quickly walked down and outside where the field was. Just near the borders of Destiny High where the cherry blossom trees. Even at this time of the year, they still were in full bloom and that was the thing Sora loved the most about it.
Sitting down and taking off his bag, Sora rummaged through it and then grinned when he finally found what he was looking for. A sketch-pad and a pnecil case. Sora flipped through the pages until he finally found a blank page and began to draw the scenery before him. Of course, he didn't get very far thanks to the short time he had left but the picture was already devloping.
The entire scenery was there, with just a few minor details missing such as the students in the windows, the trees in the backgrounds, the rocks scattered about and the texture of the grass. Other than those things and color, Sora was practically done with his picture.
He had gotten the drawing skill from Roxas after seeing Naminé draw and now he suddenly was very good at it. Sora closed the sketch pad and placed it back inside his bag before walking back up, tugging at his blazer and tie.
"Sure is hot today..." Sora muttered as he walked up to his next class, Art. Same as ever, Mr. Wataru would have them do stroke with a pain brush and have mini-tests on the color wheel. They also did a few drawings and at the end of class, he would pick out students to draw on the chalkboard and their classmates would rate it. Luckily, Sora was never chosen and neither had the Oblivion.
Sora stifled his laugh at Wakka and Tidus's stick drawings. But he couldn't help but let a small smile slide across his face once he saw Kairi's...
Just like back at the secret place he and Riku use to always go to. Kairi had known, but she had forgotten it...
Why? The answer was too much to think about.
Sora didn't exactly look forward to his next class. It was Gym and it was located on the first floor. Despite his appearance, the class was the most easiest of all to do. The P.E. uniform was blue pants and a black baggy shirt and on hotter days, shorts. Girs wore the exact same thing only their shirts were white. Mr. Mizu of course knew that Sora could do his courses, only he chose not to. So after school, he would take Sora into the empty gym and take the assesments over. This way, Sora could still pass.
As Sora was walking out of his Art class, he accidently bumped into a girl...
Rather, she nearly ran over him.
"Oof!" The girl fell back after the sudden collision. Sora stumbled back a bit but managed to regain his balance. He looked out to the girl and extended a hand.
"Sor- Larxene?" Sora whispered, his eyes wide. Obviously the girl hadn't heard him. She was cursing under her breath and swatted away his hand, not even looking at him. Students stopped to look at the exchange in interest. She had shoulder-length blond hair and her bangs extended outwards like a ant's atenna. Her sharp blue eyes were full of anger.
What was she doing here?!
No, he didn't mean that in a bad way even thought she had nearly destroyed him two times and used to.... er... well, maybe still does have a sadistic personality, but he and the girl were really good friends now. She looked up with an annoyed face.
"Watch where you're goi- Sora?!" The girl yelled out in surprise, her face turning into shock.
"Larxene!" Sora exclaimed. Immediately, everyone in the hallway turned to him. Sora hadn't yelled out like that before and the new girl was certainly gaining their interest. Sora didn't notice though and stared at Larxene in shock. Saïx smirked.
He had known that Larxene was coming, just not that Sora would be this surprised. Sora helped her up.
"What are you doing here, brat?" Larxene asked, a grin pulling at her frown. Sora knew that she was joking and grinned back at her. This made everyone much more interested since Sora hadn't smile once since he came here a month earlier in the school year.
"I go to this school. Didn't... you-know-who tell you?" Sora asked. He was about to say Saïx's name but managed to catch himself. Larxene's eyes immediately scanned the hallway and stopped on the blue-haired individual. She glared at him.
"No... he didn't." Larxene gritted out, sending him ferocious glares. Saïx's smirk wavered a bit...
Never mess with girls or be prepared to get burned...
Or in this case, electrified.
The bell rang but nobody moved, except for Sora who's eyes immediately widened.
"Shoot! I'm late! Xene, quick. What's your next class?" Sora asked quickly. Almost everyone looked at him in surprise. Sora had never yelled out before and this was the first time.
"P.E." Larxene said with hesitation. Sora nodded, grabbing her hands.
"Good, same class. Now hurry up and run!" Sora yelled and the two dashed off, leaving a trail of dust behind them and loads of surprised students. To everyone amazement, the three oldest members of Oblivion showed no emotion. But then again, it was to be expected.
This was of course, a version of an everyday experience back at base.
"Riku, let's go. Kousuke has classes with all of us. We're late too." Sephiroth said and Riku snapped out of his stupor. He nodded and began walking down to P.E. calmly, despite the fact that he was late. This also snapped everyone else out and they began to rush to their classes.
Lunch time....
"Sora...." Sora cringed. Her voice was sickly sweet. That usually meant no good. "Why didn't you tell us that you were actually allowing yourself to get bullied?! And when Sephiroth, Xemnas, and Saïx get back, I am going to kill them!" Larxene growled again, her voice was soft yet still had that full dosage of venom within it. Many students who walked by could only shiver at the omninous aura radiating off the girl.
The words Sora, tell, allowing, bullies, Sephiroth, and kill were the only words caught by other students. They gulped at the meaning.
"Relax Larx. Like I said before, all part of the act." Sora whispered as he tried to calm her down. Larxene 'tch'ed and crossed her arms over her chest. Walking ahead, she didn't notice Sora getting slammed into the lockers by Naito and his group.
"Heh. You think you can get all of the attention you want, hm? Well listen here, geeky boy. We're in charge and that hot girl that was just with you, won't be your friend for long." Naito whispered harshly but Sora just stayed quiet. It clearly made him angry. Naito pulled his fist back...
But the punch never came. Instead, Naito was thrown back into his group by a pissed-off Larxene. Her aura screamed dangerous.
"Try that again and next tim I'll break your arms!" Larxene yelled and the group reluctantly went away after Larxene glared at them. She was just about to go and punch them just for a good measure but Sora stopped her.
"Calm down!" Sora hissed. "Our cover, remember?" Larxene growled, trying to calm her shaking fist and reluctantly went with Sora to the lunch room. She'd rather spend her lunch killing that guy.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Larxene asked for nearly the millioneth time in only five minutes. Sora sighed and nodded. They were sitting at a table in the cafe eating the school's lunch.
"Yes, I'm sure Xene. I'm used to it, remember? Besides, we're here to protect them, not beat them up." Sora said. "The mission is to play a low-profile and figure out anything if there is. With the geeky set-up, no one even notices you." Larxene grumbled.
"Still..." She muttered and blew a stray strand of blond hair out of her face in annoyance. Oh god, here came the puppy-dog look... "Fine!" Larxene yelled in frustation and people turned to look at her. They quickly resumed eating their lunc hwhen Larxene gave them one of her death-glares.
Suddenly, a student literally popped right besides Larxene, nearly giving her a heart attack. Sora, on the other hand, just continued to eat his lunch calmly.
"Guys! Shichoko from room 311 just got the 'sign'!" The boy yelled out and the carefteria was immediately empty, except for its workers. Larxene looked at the cafeteria in a daze.
"What... just happened?" Larxene asked, shaking her head to get rid of the sudden confusion piling up in her mind.
"Xemnas, Sephiroth, and Saïx are part of the gang Riku Hetuma is in. It's called, Oblivion." Sora answered. Larxene stared in shock at him.
"How'd he..." Larxene muttered but was cut off by Sora.
"I don't know. But anyways, the gang they are in happen to be the most popular and richest in the entire school." Sora said, sucking on some oranges. "They also happen to rule it too. Anyone who crosses their path, pays the debt. The 'sign' you heard about earlier is a silver rose. The receiver is the target of everyone's wrath. No friends, only enemies during that time. Then Hetuma shows up and beaths the kid up." Sora said. Larxene steamed.
"And relax. Sephiroth, Xemnas, and Saïx haven't punched anyone yet, even though rumours are going through that they have." Sora said. Larxene stayed silent before speaking up.
"What kind of school is this?" Larxene asked quietly. Sora just stayed silent. Moments later, the cafeteria was full and the two ate again. Larxene looked at Sora, suddenly wondering something.
"By the way Sora. What did that guy do?" Larxene asked as she munched on her toast.
"He bumped into Hetuma in the morning." Sora answered simply and Larxene stared at Sora.
"Just a bump?" Sora nodded and Larxene's eye twitched.
"Wow. This school is whacked up." Larxene said and Sora just had to laugh at that, hiding amused laughter behind his hand.
Ten minutes later...
"Hey, Sora. Can we go outside? I'm done eating." Larxene said and Sora nodded, picking up his tray. But as Larxene was just about to throw away her trash, a guy ran up to her holding up a rose. However, the guy accidently slipped and bumped into Larxene, causing her to stumble into...
Riku.
"Who. The. Hell. Bumped. Into. Me." Riku growled, his eyes narrowing. Sephiroth's eyes widened, seeing Larxene. Both Saïx and Xemnas's eyes grew wide in horror. They didn't want them to get beaten up. Just as Larxene was about to retort, Sora stepped in.
"It was me." Sora said. The entire cafeteria was looking at them now and the tension was slowly building up. Riku stared at Sora before turning to Larxene.
"Who the hell do you think you are bumping into me?!" Riku asked, yelling at her. Then came the shock. Sora did what was the thing that people least expected him to do.
Sora shoved Riku away from Larxene and stood in front of her. People gasped.
"Hey, didn't you hear me? I'm the one who bumped into you. Not her. Even if she did, loosen up on her. She's new here. Besides, that guy," he jerked his right thumb in the direction of the guy cowering behind Larxene, "ran into us, making us bump into you. If you want someone to blame, blame him." Sora said, his voice monotone the entire time. Riku gritted his teeth in anger and was about to yell at Sora, but he and Larxene were already gone, walking to the outside of the cafe.
"Unblievable self-centered bastard! Who the hell does he think he is!? If only he knew!" Larxene screamed. Sora put a hand on Larxene's shoulder to stop her from talking and to reassure her.
"Come on Xene. Lighten up." Sora said. "Nothing bad happened." Larxene sighed.
"God, what kind of school is this really?" She asked. Sora stayed silent, before speaking up.
"A school with kids that know nothing of the outside world and the danger they're in." Sora replied this time. Unknown to them though, Riku had followed them out.... and he heard the line Sora had said. Riku walked back inside before anyone knew he had been there.
"What does he mean, danger? And... what don't we know about Kousuke?" Riku asked himself, his eyes distant. The bell rang, snapping him out of his trance. He smirked anyways, slipping his hand within his pocket and taking out something.
"Oh well... No one gets away with shoving me or talking back without a punishment." Riku said and walked down the barren corridors and stopped at a locker. The lockers had small air vents at the top, as if screaming for a bully to just shove a guy in there, close the door, lock it, and know that the guy would still have air.
Riku slipped the object inside and continued on his way to his next class, Calculus.
Thanks for reading!
~Midnight Hell