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Chapter 1: New School, New Home, New Life
Stepping off the plane, with the sun shining across my face, I realised that I was home. It felt like I'd never left Twilight Town that summer. I looked around for my Aunt's car to take me to my new apartment. I wasn't going to live with her; she already had enough on her plate without having to deal with my crap.
"Kai!" I heard a familiar voice shout. Turning around, I saw my Aunt Steph standing in front of her car. Man, I forgot how much she looked like Dad, I thought to myself. Steph was my father's older sister, and the sight of her black hair and grey eyes brought a lump to my throat. Other than the fact that she was obviously a woman, the only difference between Steph and Dad was the fact that her hair reached to the middle of her back. After a quick hug, I loaded my suitcases into the boot of the car, and jumped into the front seat, realizing that I was really going to miss Radiant Gardens, my home since I was born, but I had this strange feeling here in Twilight Town; I felt as if I was whole again.
Aunt Steph drove in silence, and as I watched the scenery, I thought about all the stuff that had happened in the last 10 years. A few months after we came back from Twilight Town, both of my parents died in a car crash, so I went to live with my Uncle. He died a month ago, and he left a lot of money to me, as he never married, and I was like the child he never had. I decided that I wanted to start afresh, so, after some discussion with my family, I moved to Twilight Town, near Aunt Steph so we could keep in touch.
"Kai, we're here." Aunt Steph's voice broke me from my thoughts, and I looked up to see my first real glimpse of my apartment. My new home. Steph opened the door for me, as I refused to let her carry any of my stuff, she'd already done enough for me by driving me here. Besides, it only took a single trip to get all of my stuff from the car to the inside of my new home. Two suitcases and a rucksack carried all of my possessions from my old home, my old life.
"Well Kai, I have to go. I need to pick Elli and Karen up from school," Steph said. "And Chase will be home from school soon aswell."
"OK, well, thanks Aunt Steph," I said, hugging her. "I'll be round to visit tomorrow, hopefully. So tell Elli and Karen that I'll be there. And tell Chase I said I'll see him very soon." I grinned at her. No, before you think that Chase is some guy that I like, you're wrong. I'm not into all that incest crap. Chase is my twin brother. He's lived with Aunt Steph since Mum and Dad died, and I see him every Christmas and for two weeks every summer. He couldn't come to Twilight Town with us for summer vacation that year because he wanted to go to a summer camp, which I always thought was strange.
Once Steph had gone, I started to unpack my things. Thanks to Aunt Steph, the apartment was already furnished to my liking. She really did know my taste of things. Simple and clean, unlike the rest of my life.
I quickly managed to unpack my things, and put them all away, and, with my skateboard in my hand and my backpack on, I was ready to explore the town, to find my bearings again.
Just as I got my rainbow Converses onto my feet, I heard a knock at the door. I opened it to find a girl around my age, with shoulder length reddish brown hair, and purplish blue eyes. She was about medium height, tall, but obviously not as tall as me. At 6 foot, almost every girl my age was shorter than me. She was quite pretty, and her white teeth flashed as she smiled at me.
"Hi," She said, "You're new here, right?" I nodded, and she grinned. "Well, hello, I'm Kairi." When I laughed, she looked slightly upset and asked if I found her name funny.
"No, not at all," I said, smiling. "I found it funny because our names are similar."
"How so?" She asked, looking puzzled, which made me grin even more.
"My name's Kai," I replied. She started laughing then aswell.
"Wow, that is strange," She said through giggles.
"Did you want to come in?" I asked, thankful that I'd sorted my stuff out already.
"Yeah, thank you," She said, smiling as she walked over the threshold. "Oh, and my mum baked you these." She brought my attention to the bag of cookies she was holding. "Your Aunt Steph told mum that you like them." She added.
"Wow, thank you," I said smiling. "Wait, you know Steph?" Wow, I knew she had a lot of friends around here, but I didn't think that she told them about me.
"Yeah, her and mum are like best friends," Kairi said happily. "She told mum about you because she knew that we'd be going to school together, and she wanted us to be friends."
"Definitely," I said to her, smiling. I liked Kairi; she was peppy and pretty cool.
"Oh," She said, looking at my feet, backpack and skateboard. "Was you about to go out?"
"Yeah, I was gonna have a look around town," I replied.
"Did you want me to come with you? I can show you around if you want," she said, smiling. Wow, I thought, this girl could be an air hostess from the amount that she smiles.
"That'd be great," I said, smiling warmly at her. "If you don't mind, that is."
"No, it's fine. I've just gotta tell mum where I am," She said, standing up. "How about I meet you out front in about five minutes?"
"Yeah, that's fine," I said, walking to the door. "See you in a minute then."
Kairi had given me a pretty thorough tour of the town, and we ended up in the food court at the mall. I brought her food for being so nice and helpful, and as we ate, we talked about ourselves.
"So, Kai," She asked, "Is this your first time here in Twilight Town?"
"No, I came here once when I was a kid for summer vacation." And I ended up telling her about how I'd spent my whole summer with him.
"That's so romantic," She said dreamily, and I laughed. "Did you ever see him again?"
"No," I said, looking down at my tray. She must have sensed that I was upset, because she asked me what he looked like.
"Well, he had short dirty-blond hair, he was really cute, and he was the most amazing green eyes."
"Aw, that does sound really cute. I bet he's really handsome now," She said.
"Kairi, what about Sora? Didn't you say that he was cute?" I asked. She'd not long told me that she had a boyfriend who goes to the same school, and his name's Sora. Sea and Sky, I thought, how cute!
"Yeah, you're right," She sighed. Then she perked up and said: "Hey, do you remember his name?"
"Yeah," I said, blushing slightly. "His name was Demyx."
"Really?" She said, grinning suddenly. A smile that was very mischievous.
"What?" I asked, warily. She just carried on grinning and said: "Nothing." But she drew the word out like she had a secret.
"Kairi?" I whined, and she giggled. Great, I sighed, she's not going to tell me, is she?
"Crap!" She said suddenly, jumping up. "I'm meeting Sora in half an hour! Sorry Kai," She looked at me apologetically.
"No worries," I said, smiling. "Where are you meeting him?" I asked, standing up.
"At my house," Kairi replied, putting her tray away. "It shouldn't take too long to get back in time"
"KAIRI!" An unfamiliar voice shouted out to us when we got near Kairi's house, which was, incidentally, opposite mine. A tallish guy with spiky brown hair came into view, and Kairi grabbed my hand to tug me forward as we ran towards him.
"Sora!" She shouted, and threw herself into his outstretched arms. Aw, how cute, I thought to myself. And Kairi was right, he was cute. He kissed her enthusiastically, and I laughed as her faced turned scarlet from embarrassment.
"Sora, this is Kai," She said when they released eachother. "She's new here, she lives across the street. She's going to Destiny High with us starting from Monday."
"Hi Sora," I said smiling at him, arm extended to shake his hand.
"Hey Kai," He said, and surprised me by ignoring my hand, but instead, pulling me into a warm hug.
When we pulled away, the three of us stood there, grinning like idiots.
"So, Kai," Sora said, breaking the silence. "Destiny High, huh?"
"Yeah," I said, laughing, "At least it sounds better than 'Radiant High'. That sounds like some kind of drug." And we all stood there laughing.
"Kairi," Sora said, turning to her. "We have an hour before the movie starts. Are you all ready now, or did you want to get changed?"
"Oh, I'll quickly get changed," She said, smiling sweetly at him.
"Welp, I'll leave you guys to it," I said, grinning at the two of them. "Have fun."
"We will!" They chorused, making us all laugh again. I hugged them both, before walking back towards the apartment.
"I'll see you at school, guys," I said, before adding, "Be good now." I winked as I said it, prompting them both to blush. As I opened the door, I turned back to wave at the couple, and found that they were already waving to me.
I realised that I was still grinning when I sat down on the couch a few minutes later. I was really happy. I felt that Sora and Kairi were already my friends, and I felt wanted.
The rest of the weekend passed as a blur, and I awoke Monday morning feeling rather nervous. The weekend had been fine. I spent Saturday round Aunt Steph's, and Chase ended up staying in the apartment with me. Let's just say, waking up Sunday morning to find your twin brother asleep in the bed next to you is a funny thing indeed. We spent the day together, until the late evening, when he had to go get ready for school the next day.
When I left the house to meet Kairi, I felt so self-conscious about the uniform. A white shirt and blue checked tie. The tie and shirt weren't the problem; the matching skirt, however, was. I hate skirts, and even though this one reached to just above my knees, I still felt self-conscious. Kairi advised me to put some short shorts on underneath, and they made me feel a little better.
When we got to school, Kairi took me to the main office to get my schedule. Kairi introduced me to the secretary, Miss Heartilly, who happily handed me my schedule, telling me that I could come see her if I had any problems. Me and Kairi thanked her, and left to stand outside to compare schedules, and so I could look at mine for the first time. I was confused because Miss Heartilly asked me which two subjects out of Art, Music and Drama I like the most, because we'd have two hours a week of the two we'd like the most, and one hour of the other. Me and Kairi stood huddled together looking at my schedule.
1st Hour-English/Homeroom-Mr Genesis
2nd Hour-Art-Miss Rinoa
Break
3rd Hour-Maths-Mr Luxord
4th Hour-Gym-Coach Lexeaus
Lunch
5th Hour-Modern Languages-Mr Xaldin
6th Hour-Biology-Professor Marluxia
"Wow," Kairi murmured next to me. "You have Homeroom with me." She looked up and grinned at me. "Which means you'll have to put up with me every morning."
"Oh, no!" I moaned in mock-complaint. "Not you, Kairi! Anyone but you!"
We were both laughing, and only stopped when we got to Homeroom. I gulped nervously, and Kairi squeezed my arm before walking in.
"Morning Genesis," She said. Wait, wasn't Genesis the teacher? "I've brought the new student in." With that, she turned and motioned for me to come in. Well, I thought, here goes nothing. I nervously and self-consciously stepped into the room, and everyone stopped talking. With all eyes on me, I stepped over to the rather handsome red-headed Mr Genesis.
"Good morning Kai," He said smiling. "I'm Mr Genesis, but, please, just call me Genesis. Everyone does." When I nodded, he continued. "Now then, could you tell the class a little about yourself?" I nodded, and turned to the class. I knew from the heat of my face and neck that I was more was more than just a little pink. Everyone in the class was staring at me expectantly. No, I thought to myself, not everyone. In the corner of the room furthest from the door, a group of four people were sitting, talking amongst themselves. A red-head and a swirly haired blond sat with their backs turned, while the one with the grey hair and long fringe sat next to a dirty-blond with his head on the desk. Strange, I thought. I looked away from them so I could look at the whole class.
"Hey," I said, nervously. "I'm Kai Hero." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Red and Swirly turn around to look at me, Grey staring at me, and Blondie look up. When I turned my eyes to look at them, they'd all turned away again, in deep conversation, so I continued.
"I came here from Radiant Gardens, and I now live on my own." This seemed to shock a few of them. I turned back to Genesis, who nodded, and said to the class, "Now, has any of you got any questions for Kai?"
A blond guy with a beanie hat and a scar across his nose asked: "Why are you living alone?" I sighed, knowing that someone would ask this question.
"I was living with my Uncle Jack in Radiant Gardens. When he died last month, he left me a lot of money. I wanted a fresh start, so I came to live here round the corner from my Aunt Steph."
"So why aren't you living with her, y'know?" A burly dude sitting next to Scar-face asked.
"Cos she has enough people in her house to look after as it is." Genesis must have realised that I was getting annoyed, cos he said: "Any other questions?"
A timid looking blond girl with blue eyes raised her hand. When I nodded and smiled at her, she stuttered: "Are you related to Chase Hero?" Murmurs of agreement went around the room, and I picked up sentences like "she does look like him."
"Chase?" I grinned. "Yeah, he's my twin brother." The gasp was echoed across the room, and I heard whispers like "he's so hot", "no wonder they look so similar", and "no wonder she's so cute." When I heard that last comment, I flushed what felt like scarlet. Genesis told me to sit anywhere, and Kairi tapped the empty desk next to her. As I headed to desk, I saw the group in the corner turn to look at me. When I sat down, I swear I could feel someone staring at me from the group in the corner. It made me feel uneasy.
"Now then," Genesis said from the front of the room, starting his lesson. "Can anyone tell me what 'Loveless' is?" There were murmurs around the class, and someone said, "What, the manga?"
"No." I didn't mean to say the word out loud, and everyone turned to look at me, evidently confused.
"What's that Kai?" Genesis asked, the hint of a smile on his face.
"The poem, right?" I asked.
"Yes," He said, smiling, although he looked a little shocked. "How did you know that?"
"Uncle Jack adored poetry. He used to rave about Loveless," I said, shrugging. Genesis smiled at me, before launching into a discussion of Loveless with in-depth detail.
English passed slowly, and throughout it, I continued to have an uneasy feeling of someone watching me.
Art passed almost as slowly, and I still felt as if I was being watched. The dirty-blond guy from that group in English was in the lesson, and I sat with the timid blonde girl, who introduced herself as Namine, Kairi's cousin. I was sure the dirty-blond guy was staring at me throughout the lesson, but whenever I turned to look at him, he looked engrossed in his work.
When Break came, Kairi and Sora met me and Namine from Art, having both come from Drama. We walked into the cafeteria, and sat a big table, which was already crowded with their friends: Riku, Hayner, Pence, Ollette, Selphie, Tidus, Wakka, Seifer, Rai, Vivi, and Fuu. I recognized Seifer and Rai as the boys from English, Seifer being the beanie scar-face, and Rai being the burly dude.
Everyone had a look at my schedule, and Riku, who was rather good looking with aqua eyes and long silver hair, said that he'd 'walk me to Maths, as he had Luxord aswell.'
When the bell went and we all went to our different lessons, me and Riku spoke about ourselves as we went to Maths. Apparently, he used to live in Radiant Gardens, but moved here when he was five.
As we walked into the room, Riku led me over to the front desk, squeezed my arm and gave me an apologetic look as he walked over to his seat.
"You must be Kai," The blond teacher said in a British accent. When I nodded, he smiled and continued. "'Ello love, I'm Luxord. Now as there's only one seat left in the room, can I ask you to sit with the boys in the corner?" I looked at the corner of the room, and saw Red, Swirly and Grey from English sitting there. I nodded again, and turned to walk to my seat. When I looked at him, Riku gave me another apologetic, and slightly worried, look, so I winked at him, and he relaxed and grinned.
The boys were in deep conversation, and I don't think they realised that I sat down next to Grey. Red and Swirly were sitting at the desk in front again, and, like in English, they turned in their seats to talk to Grey. I realised that it was the same seating arrangement as English, and that I'd taken the place of the dirty-blond guy who I thought was staring at me.
It was only when I put my books on the desk that they must have noticed me. Red jumped, and all three of them turned to look at me. It was only then that I saw what they really looked like. Red's spiky hair was almost as long as Riku's and he had amazing sea green coloured eyes, and strange purple triangle-shaped tattoos underneath his eyes that pointed down. Grey had short hair like mine, but grey, and with a long messy fringe on the right side of his face, and intelligent blue eyes. Swirly had swirly spiked blond hair, and blue eyes. He looked very familiar. And cute. In fact, all three of them were good looking.
"You're that Kai chick, right?" Red asked.
"So what if I am?" I asked, smirking.
"I like this chick, she seems tough," Red said, talking to the other two. Then, looking back at me, he said: "Name's Axel, got it memorized?"
"Sure Axy," I said sweetly. The other two laughed as he blushed slightly.
"I'm Zexion," Grey said, distracting Axel.
"Hey," I said, smiling at him. Axel mock-glared at us, making us all laugh again. Maybe too loud, because suddenly Luxord was standing next to our desks, trying not to smile.
"It's nice that you're getting on and all, but quiet down. I'm trying to teach a lesson here," He said, still trying not to smile at us. We all smiled sheepishly at him, until Axel stupidly said: "Yeah, sorry Luxy." This earned him a slap round the back of the head by Luxord.
"Turn around you two," He said to Axel and Swirly, walking to the front of the room.
They waited a couple of minutes before turning back around to us.
"I'm Roxas," Swirly said. "You know my twin brother Sora." No wonder he looked so familiar, I thought to myself.
"Hey Roxas," I smiled, "Yeah, Sora's pretty cool."
The four of us talked about a bunch of random crap. That is, until Luxord shouted, scaring the crap out of us.
"AKUROKU! Turn around!" He suddenly shouted. They spun round their chairs, and I looked around, trying not to laugh. I caught Riku's eyes, and he grinned at me, before turning forward again.
"Akurokku?" I asked Zexion quietly. He chuckled lightly before answering.
"Yeah. Teachers call the two of them that because they're always getting into trouble together, and it's easier to say," was his reply.
Ok then, I thought. This school was… Different to say the least. Teacher's letting you call them their first names without the title, teacher's hitting students, and nicknames for troublesome students. Definitely not what I'm used to.
Maths went quickly, and soon I was walking with Riku to the changing room for Gym. As we walked along the corridors, we joked about the Maths lesson.
"I thought you guys would never shut up," He teased.
When we got to the changing rooms, Riku pulled me into a quick and rather awkward hug. He was slightly red when he pulled away.
"I'll see you in a minute," He mumbled before walking into the male's changing room. I waved before walking into the female changing room.
"Kai!" Kairi screamed as I walked in. "You're OK! He didn't kidnap you!" Ok, I thought, what?
"Kairi…" I said, "What the hell are you talking about?"
"Riku must like you," She said. Seeing my puzzled expression, she continued. "He walked you to Maths, and walked you to Gym. He wouldn't do that for someone he just met unless he likes them."
"Really? I thought he was just being polite."
"Nope," Kairi replied, smiling a mischievous smile.
"Well, he did hug me outside a minute ago," I said, wary of her reaction.
"Awahh! Really?" She screamed, and jumped on me. Namine, Ollette, Selphie and Fuu laughed as she clung to me.
"K-Kairi! Get off! I'll set Sora on you!" I said. She laughed at me 'threat'.
"Yeah right," She laughed. Then, lowering her voice so only I could hear, she whispered in my ear: "But what about Demyx?"
"It's not like I'm going to see him again," I whispered back.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." I heard the smile in her voice. She jumped down, winked and me, and walked over to her stuff to get changed. God, I thought, she's so mysterious.
Once the six of us had gotten changed into our kits and walked into the gym, I once again felt self-conscious. A tight t-shirt, which emphasized the size of my chest, and shorts that were quite tight and small. Everyone stared as we walked in. Riku blushed, and when I looked around, I saw Axel wink at me. I poked my tongue out at him, and looked away again.
"Kai-Chan!" I heard a familiar male voice shout. I looked up to see Chase run over to me from where he stood with Axel, Zexion, Roxas and the dirty-blond guy. Chase was almost my clone with his face shape, eyes and even hair style. The only difference was the fact that while my hair was black, his was white, and I had a long left-side fringe, while he had a right-side fringe.
As he came near, I took a running jump and dived on him, much like Kairi did to me earlier.
"I never knew you hung around with Axy, Roxy, Zexion, and that other dude," I said when I let go of him.
"Yeah, I do," He said, flashing me his trademark smile. "And I heard that you sit with them in Maths."
"Yup. It was a lot of fun," I grinned at him.
"Great," he smiled back. "Anyway Sis, I gotta go." A kiss on the cheek and a tight hug, and he was off to go back over to Axy and the gang.
Once Coach Lexeaus started the lesson off, there were basketballs flying around the huge gym.
"Shit! Look out!" Someone closeby said. I looked up to see a basketball bounce off the barrier and come towards me. It hit me in the side of the face and knocked me to the floor.
"Hey, are you OK?" I saw a hand in front of me, ready to help me up. I looked up to see the owner. I gasped. I was looking into familiar piercing green eyes.
"Demyx?"
There we go, sorry it was so long ^_^' Hope you enjoyed it :) Reviewers will get cookies! Will update ASAP! :)