Sibling Rivalry! The Smart Alec vs The Goofball Chapter 2: Awkward Meetings, a kingdom hearts fanfic

Wow… this update was fast… but I assure you, don't expect this speed of updates in the near future. Sorry this chapter was crap… I thought of the sequence of events while typing it down at the same time, so it kind of came out as crap. Promise this won't happen again!

Also, I would like to thank my lovely reviewers, Liz Hollow, NoLoveNoFeeling, sakura's conscience, Lalala, blackgato1, angelofsweetness, and lastly, Darkmoon Fleur! Thanks by the bunch for reviewing my first chapter, and keep them coming!

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Disclaimer: "I'm too lazy to say it, so, SORA! DO THE DISCLAIMER!"

Sora: "Okay! Renegade Of Illumination does not own Kingdom Hearts, or anything else related to it, except this fanfiction, Axel, Leon, and the plot of this story. Those who steal anything that's hers, shall perish under the wrath of Renegade Of Illumination, and it won't be anything that'll leave you alive after she's done…"

Authoress: O.o…

Sora: "What?"

Authoress: "That was… too easy…"

"Guess that's my cue…"

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Ms. Takemoto ran towards her blonde son, and embraced him in a loving, long hug.

"Roxas! Honey, how long has it been?" Ms. Takemoto cried happily.

Roxas, however, seemed untouched with this move, as he just stood there, not returning the hug, nor pushing her away.

"It's good to see you too, miss," Roxas answered with ice in his tone, looking away from Ms. Takemoto's face to prevent eye contact. He nonchalantly placed his hand into his pocket, and saw Sora looking at him strangely. He understood it, but refused to do anything about it.

'Miss?' Sora thought. 'I thought she was his mom too?'

Ms. Takemoto heaved a heavy sigh, but she had already guessed this reaction from him. Still, a mother can hope, can't she?

"Oh, you should remember Sora, don't you?" Ms. Takemoto said, desperate to change the atmosphere of this reunion. She ushered Sora in front of her, and smiled at Roxas. Sora turned to look at his mother, and frowned.

"Mom, the last time we met was when we were four! There's no way-"

"Yeah, I remember Sora…" Roxas answered dryly, as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "You stole my new Hot Wheels set just seconds before we moved out," Sora now turned to look at Roxas. 'What the hell?' Still, Sora didn't want to start a fight just seconds after meeting his supposed brother, so he thought playing along was a good idea.

"Uuuh… can I pay you back, somehow?"

"Nah, I already took your scooter earlier, so we'll call it even," Roxas answered, still keeping his face, but with a tone different from before. Possibly a little friendlier. Sora stared at him blankly. 'Does he even know what he's saying?'

"Uuuh… sure," Sora said. Roxas placed his hands in his pocket, and shrugged.

"So it's settled then," He said, walking away towards the Airlines exit. Sora continued to keep his gaze on the blonde, until he disappeared by a corner. He then shot a look at his mother, frowning. Ms. Takemoto understood her son's look, and nodded. "Let me explain…"

Once again in the red convertible, Sora continued to mercilessly stare at his blonde twin, (Wow… he's like… obsessed or something…) with his mother's words still echoing through his ears. Unbelievable… with just a few words, Ms. Takemoto explained a number of things…

"You're brother's a genius… his IQ level exceeds 200,"

Still, that didn't quite tell Sora why Roxas was so cold siff. However, Sora had to admit, he looked cool, just by leaning on the car door, and letting the wind blow his hair. Topped with that expressionless face, wow…

And he could remember even back when he was still four, and that was just super cool. 'So I have a long lost twin brother, who just so happens to be good looking, smart, and yet cold… yeah, that definitely sounds like some cliché emo anime bishie…'

Roxas was happily letting his imagination run free again, as he mentally cheered his little victory. He had purposely placed –coughtossedcough- his luggage on the seat next to Ms. Takemoto, so he doesn't have to sit there, and nor will Sora. Score! Successful 'Pissing Off Miss Takemoto No.1'

Roxas stole a glance at his mother, and saw her behind the wheel, being very, very flustered indeed…

He still felt Sora's gaze on him, and he knew, Sora was wondering something about him. After much of a consideration, Roxas thought he should be a little nicer to his goofy older brother. After all, the one who was at fault wasn't him.

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Suddenly, Roxas turned towards Sora, who looked away with a red face. Did he notice him staring? (A/N Sorry, folks! No yaoi implied there!)

"Sorry…" Sora said, with a strange tone. Roxas looked at him with a weird look, and suddenly smiled.

Smiled

"It's good to see you again, bro," Roxas said happily, and offered his hand for a shake.

Sora was astounded by this strange occurrence, as he eyed Roxas' hand suspiciously. Was he planning something? What's with the happy tone? And 'bro'? What the hell was that?

But slowly, carefully, he took Roxas' outstretched hand, still eyeing him suspiciously.

"Yeah… me too,"

Finally, the red convertible was parked nicely in the Takemoto House Garage. Roxas took a moment to admire his surroundings. Although not so fancy, Ms. Takemoto had kept the house clean, homey and somewhat cheerful, the complete opposite of his and Mr. Revene's home back in Africa. Messed up, untidy, and anything but cheerful. He and his father had agreed that since there wasn't a woman in the house, it was compulsory to mess everything up, no matter what. This move had actually helped, since no other sane human being would ever consider entering the place, and thus, the safest place to keep Mr. Revene's research.

Roxas reminisced all this, as he held a small gift his father had given him two years ago. A gift he would always cherish, forevermore.

"Okay, Roxas, since there isn't really any other room in the house, you'll be sharing Sora's room. That's okay with the both of you, right?" Ms. Takemoto announced, still smiling. Roxas just scoffed, and walked up the flight of stairs.

"Whatever…" was his reply.

Sora eyed him with an arched eyebrow. Okay… so what happened to all that warmth in the car just now?

"Hey Sora," Roxas called out suddenly. This somewhat startled Sora, but he answered as nicely as possible,

"Yeah?"

"Y'know, any normal human being who owns a brain would know, I have no idea where your room is. Aren't you supposed to be the host?" Roxas barked. Sora knew very well what he meant.

"This way please… dear brother," Sora mumbled spitefully, as he went past Roxas. Sora knew, all the hope of getting along with this boy just seemed like an unfulfilled dream now. Roxas followed silently, still with his smirk.

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"I'm telling you, guys, this dude is evil!"

Sora was at his usual hang out place, along with his two best friends, Riku and Kairi. It was a called Destiny Café, and Sora had ordered a super large mocha latte, indicating him being extremely unhappy. Riku arched an eyebrow of doubt at his best friend, and shrugged.

"You're saying that you have a long lost twin who lived in Africa, whose good looking, super smart, yet has a split personality, where the good side only shows for five seconds, while the evil, corrupted side is killing you, and it so happens to show like, 99.9 percent of the time. Gee, that was long…" Riku stated matter-of-factly.

"No one asked you to summarize the whole story…" Sora commented spitefully, as he sipped his latte in a 'I'm-moping-so-apologise' way. Riku just laughed.

"Well, it gets you all cute like this when I do…" Riku said, as he ruffled Sora's hair. Sora gasped shocked, and pointed toward Riku in a very accusing way.

"RIKU! IS YOUR MIND DISTORTED SO? HOW COULD IT BE? NOO! DON'T HEAD TOWARD THE PATH TO DARKNESS, RIKU! NOOOOO- Ouch! Hey, what was that for?" Sora yelled, before getting a hit in the head from Riku.

"I'm straight, you asshole," he said, angered. Sora mouthed an 'Oh', and slumped back into his seat. Kairi, who had somehow remained silent throughout the whole conversation, just laughed.

"Well, what are you laughing at?" Riku snapped, yet Kairi couldn't stop her pleased heart from letting its juices flow, so she just laughed, and laughed, and laughed, and laughed, and laugh-…

Ok, that was too much 'and laugh's…

But, anywho, Kairi did eventually stop laughing, and looked at Sora consolingly.

"Aww… I'm sure your brother isn't evil. Who knows, maybe he's just shy!" Kairi declared with a little too much optimistic air in her speech. Sora almost chocked on his latte, and stared at Kairi. (For two reasons… figure it out)

"Weren't you even listening, Kairi?" Sora snapped. Riku nodded in agreement, and crossed his hands over his chest.

"C'mon, think about it, Sora. He's lived in Africa practically most of his life. He hasn't made even one local friend, and I bet befriending Africans as a local would take a lot. He's probably lived his whole life friendless, for all you know," Kairi started her speech. Now, Sora thought she got her point straight.

"So, maybe he just doesn't know how to make friends, and thinks that's the best way, since that's how they usually show brothers on TV, right? Oh, the corruption it brings… or maybe he's just misunderstood! Yeah, he's definitely misunderstood the way you described him and all-" after that, Kairi went on and on about the how 'misunderstood' Roxas was, but Sora already saw her point. Sure, maybe he just didn't know how to be a good brother, right? Of course! Geniuses usually have analytical minds, and they think too much most of the time.

"Hey Kairi, I think you got a point there!" Riku said, nodding vigorously. Kairi felt her chest puff with pride, as she scratched the back of her head. "Well, it's just what "I think…" she suddenly looked like a great thought had crossed her mind, as she got all animated all of the sudden.

"Oh, I almost forgot! Hey, you two remember Namie, right?" Kairi asked excitedly. Sora looked at Riku, and Riku looked at Sora.

"Namie as in Naminé? As in your cousin, Naminé?" Sora asked, just to make sure.

"Of course Naminé my cousin! How many other Naminé's do we know?" Kairi retorted. Riku shrugged. The picture of a girl, just around their age, filled Sora and Riku's heads. A girl with soft, long and beautiful long blonde hair, accessorized with her soft, smooth skin and sweet serene smile. To top all of that up, she had a very docile demeanor, so gentle and compassionate, yet firm and just. 'It was a wonder how someone so perfect could be related to Kairi', says Riku.

"Who knows? You probably got to know some other random Naminé, considering your extremely open reputation," Riku reasoned, and it was Sora's turn to laugh.

"Yeah, sure we remember her! Don't we, Ri-ku!" Sora assured, and glanced at Riku deviously. Kairi did the same, as Riku turned away, flushing. "Y-yeah…" Riku assured vaguely. The three of them remembered the incident well. It just so happened, that when Naminé visited last summer, Riku had just gotten dumped by his older, (And sexy!) blonde girlfriend. Depressed and angered, Riku attempted to heal his wounded heart by loving (stalking) each and every blonde haired girl he met… including Naminé…

"You're lucky Namie didn't call the police, or it would've been a fuss!" Kairi said in between her laughs.

"Yeah, you really freaked her out, Riku," Sora agreed, attempting to suppress a laugh, but failing to do so.

"Oh, shut up, okay? I was depressed! D-E-P-R-E-S-S-E-D! And depressed people to weird things!"

"Topped by you being an already weird person…" Sora mumbled.

"I heard that!"

"Hehe, anyways guys, I got news," Kairi happily continued, "Since her parents are moving out of the country, and she can't follow, so she'll be staying at my place for the next three years! Isn't that great!"

"At least your relative isn't evil…" Sora said maliciously, sipping his latte.

"Shy and misunderstood," Kairi corrected him. Riku scoffed,

"What is this? Attack of the blondes? Why are there so many blondes moving into town? First Roxas, and now Naminé " Riku exclaimed, shaking his head. Sora and Kairi gave him a wary look, before Sora finally said,

"I never told you my brother was blonde…"

"Or that his name was Roxas…" Kairi breathed. Riku seemed a little startled, as the two of them eyed him suspiciously.

"How do you know?"

That Night…

The three reunited members of the family sat around a small dining table, ready to indulge in their final meal of the day. The meatloaf was served, and Sora happily indulged in this rare delicacy. Since his mother worked as a part time chef and catered people's parties, it was highly unusual for them to have something normal to eat. And apparently, Sora was lucky enough to get two out of the three meals for the day normal.

"This is really good, mom!" Sora exclaimed, and smiled at his mother. She smiled back at him, and thanked Sora. "It's the cheese. Always does the trick," Ms. Takemoto noticed Roxas' untouched dinner, and tried smiling to him.

"What's wrong, honey? Eat up!" she ushered. Roxas glared at her, and looked at his meatloaf suspiciously.

Roxas poked his fork into the cooked meat, and cut out a small piece. He placed it into his mouth, chewing slowly.

"This sucks, I'm skipping dinner tonight," Roxas declared, and placed his fork down, before heading toward his room. Sora took into staring at him, while Ms. Takemoto could only shake her head. It seems that, he had not forgiven her for her past offence. She understood why. She understood so well…

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Later That Night…

Sora lied down in his bed in boredom, as he threw his baseball toward the ceiling. It bounced, and fell right back into his hands. Sora repeated this chain of events again and again, being very, very bored.

Roxas emerged solemnly out of the bathroom, fully dressed. (The room had a personal bathroom… just like my dream room. Sigh…) The first thing he noticed was Sora's clothes.

"Looking good, bro..." Roxas commented, smirking. He looked at Sora top to bottom, as he held his little urge to laugh. That night, Sora donned in a pair of white pajamas, with cute, pink little bunnies as it's decoration.

"No one asked you, African boy," Sora answered nonchalantly, knowing that he was talking about the clothes he was wearing. Sora didn't blame him, he knew, the pajamas were ridiculous. In fact, the only reason he does wear them, were because it was a gift from his mother, and it would be a shame to just leave it unworn. That would only break her poor heart. Sora turned to face his brother, and shrugged.

"You're not too shabby yourself…" It was Sora's turn to comment. Roxas looked down at his black Gransazers shirt and olive green shorts, and snorted.

"At least the design's masculine,"

"Yeah, whatever…"

Roxas was just about to leap into the queen sized bed, when he noticed something wrong. Something very wrong…

"Uuuuh… Sora?"

"What?" Sora answered with a bored tone, as he spun the ball on his finger.

"Err… were supposed to sleep in this room together, right…?"

Sora was uncomfortable of the way that sounded, but nodded. "Uhuh…"

"On… one queen sized bed…?"

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Later That Night… Again…

Sora shifted uncomfortably under the covers, still attempting to get some sleep even after a whole fruitless hour of trying. But that was all for a reason.

He was in the same bed with his own brother, under the same covers…

And in Roxas' hands, was a book. He had on a pair of black framed glasses, and was reading intently, illuminated with the extremely bright light of the night lamp. (It's not that he needed glasses, he just thought it would look more natural on him at night. It's just for show) he looked too composed for someone who was sleeping with his own sibling, but Roxas tried to turn a blind eye. This was, of course, inevitable, until he got a new bed. Which, no one knows when.

"Roxas, can't you turn off the lights?" Sora complained, as he shielded his eyes from the blindingly bright luminosity. Roxas seemed unmoved, as he continued to completely ignore Sora's plea.

"Why don't you just turn to the other side," Roxas said suddenly, and resumed his ignorant act. Sora stuck out a tongue, but there was nothing else he could do, so he turned to the other side. And shuddered the sight of Roxas' crazy shadow, casted upon the wall in a very frightening way.

'I'm turning back the other way…' Sora thought, as he faced Roxas,

Only to be blinded by Roxas' remorseless beam of light

Cursing, Sora moaned, and pulled the covers past his face.

Hey, no light!

But the lack of air had forced him out of the blanket once more, to face the unforgiving illumination, (Hey, my name!) and the sinister shadows. In the end, Sora had no choice, but to sleep facing the ceiling, even though it freaked him out, because it reminded him of Dark Water.

"Great… just great…"

The Next Day!

Sora, limped down the flight of stairs, limping and holding on to anything that could keep him from falling. He could swear, he had spent less than an hour for sleep, but he knew, sleeping in late is unhealthy (What he didn't know, was that the rule only implied to people who actually had sleep) Scratching his head, Sora finally managed to enter the kitchen, and faced his breakfast that morning, scrambled eggs.

'Mom must've been in a hurry…' Sora mumbled, as he sat down to his food. He was already fully dressed for the day, but had left his hair damp, as he was too lazy to dry it. Now, it lay limp, lifeless, against Sora's semi-well built body, showing it's true length.

"Wonder what time it is?" Sora wondered out loud, as he gazed into the kitchen clock. He almost spat out the contents of his mouth, as he gaped into the clock's crystal clear glass covering.

"TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON?"

"We're home…" Ms. Takemoto's voice rang from the main doorway, followed by the sound of footsteps. Soon, Ms. Takemoto appeared at the kitchen entrance with Roxas, looking smug, yet somewhat infuriated.

"Oh, you're awake, honey!" Ms. Takemoto exclaimed excitedly, as she sat down across Sora. Sora took into glaring at his mother, as Roxas made himself comfortable in a seat as far from Ms. Takemoto as possible.

"Why didn't you wake me up? And where have you been?" Sora inquired spitefully, sounding exactly like a wife scolding her husband.

"The stupidest test ever…" Roxas mumbled spitefully. Ms. Takemoto looked quite hurt, but then smiled, as she turned toward Sora.

"We went to your school, to take the entrance test," She explained. Sora's eyes widened. Please don't let it happen… please…

"So Roxas is going to your school starting from next week. Isn't that wonderful?" Ms. Takemoto explained with an animated expression, as Sora choked on his food.

"Same… school?" 'With this catastrophe?

Jeng Jeng Jeng… cliffhanger! Yeah, I know this chapter was short… but come on, people! It's a cliffhanger! It's a lovely cliffhanger! Yeah!

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