A/N: I am terribly sorry for the late, very, very, very late update, what with New Game going on and all. I will try my utmost best to get this story out there as well. This story is not mine alone, and the other OCs portrayed in this story belong to the incredible ladies mentioned below. They have a role in this story as much as I do, so please, do not, give me all the credit.
The authors that co-author this with me are: [in no specific order]
Choco3Symphony
What. the. Fudge. WTF [I couldn't connect the dots without the whole name disappearing. Stupid FF.]
sajere1
Chapter Two
"In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends."
David Spade
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Melodi
She got up from her bed, and slowly began to dress herself. She looked in her mirror, and sighed out of sadness. She never wanted to go to that school, but she had no choice. It had been a week of pure torture for her, a week attending a horrible school.
As she walked down to the living room, she saw her mother and father already eating breakfast. She sat down, and poured herself some cereal to eat. Her parents looked at her, and her mother looked at her father with a saddened look.
"Melodi?" she asked. Melodi looked at her mother, and stared as she waited for her question. "...Do you still want to attend Square Ace High?"
"I do!" she said, jumping up from her seat, and smiled at her parents. "It's the only thing I ask from you two."
Her mother and father looked at each other again, and they continued to eat their food. Melodi stared in disappointment, and sat back down. Just then, an older-looking boy walked into the room, grabbed an apple, and left. Melodi's mother got up from her seat, and grabbed a lunch bag from the kitchen counter.
"Blade!" she called out. "Blade, sweetie, don't forget your lunch!"
Melodi sighed, and got up lazily from her chair. She didn't bother to put away her food, and left to walk to school. She was not happy about it, not one bit. She wanted to attend Square Ace High, but she was forced to attend Enix High, due to her brother. He didn't want to move schools, and her parents wanted what was best for him. It seemed like they liked him better than her, but she would never find out.
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Marie
Marie walked out of her house, and began walking to school. She walked rather slowly, and soon enough another person came from behind her and placed an arm around her shoulder. She laughed as she saw who it was.
"For once you're early, Riku," she said, placing her head on his chest. He smiled and laughed, and lightly kissed her forehead.
"So," he said. "What are our plans for today?"
"Well, my T.V is up and working again," she replied. He asked if her parents would be home, and Marie replied stating that they were going to be working late. Although, it had always been like that.
Marie was initially planned to attend Enix High, because she used to live on the east side of Elms street. The east side was considered the street of snobs and stuck-ups from Enix High, and Marie never seemed to fit in. The kids on that street used to pick on her, and call her names. She wanted to move, and her parents agreed on it, since they didn't like the school anyways.
Therefore, they moved to a house on the west side of Elms street, the street where Riku, Sora, and Kairi lived on. She was quite thankful for it. Riku yawned, and had a slight smirk on his face. "So, we'll be alone?"
A light slap came his way. "Not like that!"
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Kendrix
"Kendrix! That boyfriend of yours is waiting for you!"
Kendrix rolled her eyes as she struggled to slip her feet into her shoes. She paused momentarily to call out in response to her grandmother," Would you please use his name, grandma?"
Her grandmother had never been too accepting of any men in her life thus why Cloud was her first official boyfriend, after much unnecessary fussing and negotiations. She still had hard feelings on her father, and was convinced the only way to keep her from ending up like her mother, was to completely forbid all male contact.
Unfortunately, her granddaughter was now in high school and it was becoming harder to follow through with it.
"Hey, at least she's letting me in now."
Kendrix wobbled around on one foot to find her boyfriend leaning against her door frame. She quickly stamped her foot down to secure her shoe to her foot before jumping into his arms.
Cloud chucked lightly as he brought his arms tightly around her petite form. Leaning down, he connected their lips in a short morning kiss.
Kendrix broke away first placing her hand on his chest as she looked up into his bright blue eyes," I know but still. I'm a big girl now, she could be a little more lenient," she muttered.
Cloud brought his hand under her chin as he brought his lips down to hers again," Its a working progress. Give her time she'll come around."
Shrugging her shoulders, she let out a sigh. She knew he was right, but that didnt help calm her distress. She was tired of living the sheltered life under her grandmother. High school was going to be a big step for her, both towards her future and out of her grandmother's restrictions.
"We're going to be late. We should get going," Cloud spoke as he looked up from his phone.
Kendrix nodded in agreement and quickly collected her purse and books, Cloud reprieving her of the latter before she could walk past. Tucking her under his other arm, he led her down the stairs.
As they made their decent, Kendrix glanced up expectantly at Cloud," Can I drive this time?"
Cloud raised an eyebrow at her response as he opened the front door for her. He held his response as she called out a fare well to her grandmother.
When she finished he intertwined their hands and led them to his bike.
"Come on, Cloud. I actually have my learning permit this time. And this would be an excellent learning experience."
Cloud merely handed over his helmet, settling for a simple pair of sunglasses for himself.
"Another time, babe. I don't have time to teach you about the clutch and gears right now. We're going to be late if we don't leave now."
Kendrix pouted as she kicked her leg over the side of the bike. After making sure her skirt was tucked safety under her, she moved her arms around his waist.
Cloud placed his keys into the ignition and kicked the stand back. Looking over his shoulder he sent her a smirk, "Plus I didn't bring my other helmet. And if you're driving were both going to need some sort of protection," he teased.
Kendrix puffed of her cheeks, glaring to the side, causing Cloud to laugh.
"You're a jerk."
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Melodi
Melodi walked to school, and along the way, and met with a blonde student. He smiled at her, but she didn't return it. He stopped her in her tracks, but she didn't look up at him. She knew the stories that some of the male students like to harass the female ones, and she was prepared to hurt someone if needed.
"I've seen you in most of my classes, yet we've never talked," he said, walking backwards when Melodi started walking again. "You seem normal compared to the losers here."
"What is normal?" she asked, finally looking up. He smiled at her, and noticed how she had very pretty eyes. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and they began walking to school together. "We're going to be great friends, and I can already see it!" he said.
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Ivonne
"Come on…," she whispered in desperation. She was waiting for ten minutes, and was more than desperate to find out the answer. A knock was heard on the door of the bathroom, and she frantically looked at that direction.
"Ivonne, are you ready to go?" Angeal asks, leaning in to hear Ivonne from the other side. She looked around, a little skittish, and looked at the mirror.
"Just fixing up, sweetie," she said as she looked in the mirror. Angeal nodded through the door, and told her that he'd be waiting in the car. She laughed as she agreed, and sighed as she heard his footsteps fade. She looked at the mirror again, and then looked down. She picked up the pregnancy test, and the results were finally in.
Negative.
She sighed, and felt like she was about to throw up from the anxiety. She loved children, but she was not ready to have her own. She quickly fixed her hair, grabbed her stuff, and headed out through the door. She didn't think it was necessary to tell Angeal about this.
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Aura
"Kadaj's lame group is lame," said Axel as he walked to school along with Aura. She kissed her teeth, and nudged him in his ribs.
"They're not that lame," she said as she kicked a rock in front of her. "I've been talking to this kid named Loz in my swordsmanship class, and he's with their group. He's not half bad."
"Whatever, I still think they're lame." Axel scoffed, and decided to change the subject. "So what's up with you and Seifer?"
"Eh, we've been going out on small dates, and it's been a week already," she replied. "I mean, he's pretty cool, and he has potential. If the month passes and he's still cool, I'll go out with him."
"What!" Axel shouted. He wasn't prepared to hear something so terrifying in the morning, and he wasn't at all happy to hear Aura's decision. "That guy has a lot of girlfriends, and they've done a lot of things."
"I'm not like them," she said while smirking. "If it gets out of hand, he'll get one coming."
Axel shook his head, there was no way making her think otherwise. Heck, he was just going to have to go for the ride, even though he really didn't like it. As the two best friends made it to school, Aura peered around the area. She saw Marie, a girl who was in almost all of her classes, walking with Riku, a supposed heartthrob.
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Carmen
"I shouldn't have doubted your abilities to play the drums," a very tired Demyx said, yawning as he did. Carmen chuckled, and finished texting a message to one of her friends. She looked over to him, and smirked. Carmen and Demyx had their own instruments at home, but weren't allowed to bring them to school because the teacher wanted everyone to start from scratch. "Well, you're not half-bad on the
Sitar," she replied.
"Man, who knew I'd find such a cool chick as you," he said as he wrapped his arms around her. Carmen blushed, and looked ahead. It had been a week since she and Demyx started hanging out, and so far, there was nothing wrong with the guy. They had everything in common, and Carmen found him to be very cute. Demyx also liked Carmen, but he wanted to be sure, before he did anything, he would regret. Of course, small time flirting wouldn't hurt. While looking down at Carmen, he blew into her ear, and she giggled uncontrollably. She lightly slapped his chest, and the two walked into the school with smiles and giggles.
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Mika
Mika and Hope walked in to the school, but she couldn't help but wonder about Roxas and Xion. Just what was it that had happened? Ever since she had found out, curiosity had sparked in her. Deep in thought, Mika sucked on her red lollipop loudly. She had to voice this concern.
"Don't talk about them so loud here," he said, trying to shush her. "O13 might hear, and who knows, they might make you stay quiet, too!"
"B-but it seems so interesting! Who knew I'd encounter high school drama so early in the year!" Mika said pursing her lips tightly together. She couldn't help but feel a small tug of guilt at finding the situation exciting. Mika reminded herself that someone dying is a huge deal! "I'm so curious! Aren't you Hope?"
"Ah, well…I just don't want to get involved!" He explained waving his hands in front of him frantically.
Mika raised an eyebrow at him, "But I do, isn't it odd that Roxas would be a part of his own girlfriend's death?" She frowned slightly, remembering how she had wanted him to be her boyfriend before. However after learning about the circumstances, Mika had decided to just give up all together on any romantic relationships with Roxas. She shook her head after realizing she was in a middle of a conversation with Hope. Grinning, she handed him a watermelon lollipop, since it was their usual routine to eat lollipops together.
"Why don't you ask one of his friends or something?" he asked, trying to help her. Hope took a lick of his sweet, light green treat; he really didn't want to get in any kind of dangerous trouble. However, his best friend was making that quite difficult. She nodded, and vowed to find some information. She couldn't get it from Sora, since he wasn't all up there at times what with being in love with Kairi.
"You're right, I'll ask Marie. She's told me a bit about him, she might help me," she replied. Hope had a slight blush on his face at the mention of her friend's name, but Mika didn't notice. She was bent on finding out all there is to know about Roxas and Xion, but she wasn't going to do anything to reveal it to anyone. She understood privacy, and wouldn't do anything to anyone if it caused them harm.
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Kendrix
While holding hands with her boyfriend Cloud, Kendrix walked to school happy. Of course, that happiness quickly seemed to fall apart when Tifa, a rather too close friend of Cloud's, came walking up to them. Kendrix sighed in disgust, and Tifa looked the other way, and smiled sweetly at Cloud. "Tifa…how are you?" Cloud asked.
"Well, I'm fine, how are you?" she asked him. Cloud had a tired sigh, and Tifa looked at him with a worried look. He looked back at her, and shrugged. "Well, things are a little shaky at home," he replied.
"Oh, I understand," she replied. She patted his shoulder, and nodded at him. Kendrix started hugging Cloud's arm, and glares at Tifa. "Whatever Cloud is going through I'll be there to help him, so you can leave it to me," Kendrix retorted, hugging Cloud's arm tightly.
Cloud laughed lightly, and pries his hand out of her grip so he could wrap it around her. Tifa notices this, and scoffs lightly so that Cloud wouldn't hear it. "Well, if you ever need me to talk to, you know I'm always here Cloud," she said as she gave another sweet smile. She runs to her class, which is a portable and Cloud smiles as she leaves. Kendrix wraps her arms around his chest, and sighs happily, as they enter the school.
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Period one – Aura and Marie
"Well, you're probably not playing it right, doofus."
Roxas and Marie laughed as Riku tried explaining the game to Sora, who couldn't really grasp the concept of it. Marie stretched her legs, while Roxas started stretching his arms. He takes a glance over to Aura, who is also stretching her legs. He hadn't noticed how long her legs were before, and when he started thinking about it he started blushing. Marie took notice, and looked over to Aura. She tilted her head in confusion, and wondered why Roxas was so into her. She wasn't able to find anything so far on Aura, but she was determined to help her friend.
"All right students, we'll begin this class by pairing up as sparring partners—"
"Oh, then I'd like to be paired with Aura, please."
The whole gasped lowly, and stared at Marie as if she had stepped into the bowels of hell and came back unharmed. Aura didn't say anything, and continued to stretch her legs, and Angeal took this as a sign that both students were all right with the deal. He nodded, and started pairing other students up. Riku, Sora, and Roxas all stared at Marie as if she had switched her brain with Sora's.
"Marie why'd you do that!" Riku asked, slightly concerned. She crossed her legs as she sat down, and the boys did the same. "Well, I'll be able to find more about her for you, Roxas."
"W-what!" he said, looking redder than a tomato. Riku and Sora started snickering, and began teasing the young blonde. Marie smiled, and glanced over to Aura.
Flicking the dirt from under her nails, Aura watches as Seifer takes a seat next to her. "You should ditch that blondie and be with me."
She smirks, and stretches her leg away from her. "It's so tempting, but no."
"Why the hell not?" he asks, getting a little angry that Aura would rather stick around a goody two-shoes than be with him, but Aura chuckles. She tells him that girls like Marie don't talk to girls like her, and insists that she might find interesting. With a sly smirk creeping on his face, Seifer reminds Aura that she had a challenge to complete before she goes off flirting with girls, and she simply scoffs at his perverted mind.
When the class goes silent, Angeal walks to the centre of the classroom. "Well, as you all have been practicing on how to handle a blade, we'll be using sparring partners instead of dummies. I'll also show you a demonstration of how a fight will go. Aura. Vaan. To the front."
"Yes! Finally, someone to fight!" Vaan replies excitedly. Aura got up slowly, and walked towards the centre. She wasn't so used to having so many eyes on her, but she'd figure that was a part of the class. As Vaan and Aura got up to the front, Angeal cleared his throat and looked at the class.
"Let's see a friendly fight between a junior and a freshman, and you might learn a few things," he said as he placed his hands behind his back. "Though, this freshman is a little ahead than the usual norm. Nonetheless, let us begin!"
As he blew the whistle he had on him, Vaan was the first to attack. Aura quickly blocked his attack, and swung her blade at him. Vaan barely blocked it, but being quick on his toes, he attacked back. Aura took a step back, and blocked another attack. Attacking and blocking was the main tactics of these two, and Angeal noticed this. After two minutes of fighting, he called the match. It was a tie.
"Good work, you two," he said. He looked over to the class, and they watched with amazement and awe. "This is how fights will go from now on. Practice with your sparring partner, and you'll become better swordsmen and swordswomen."
After a few more lessons and lectures, class ended, and the students all headed towards their next class. Aura left with Seifer, and Roxas watched as they did. Riku hugged Marie tightly, and gave her long kiss before leaving each other. Sora took a glance at this, and decided to walk towards Roxas. "Dude, just talk to her already," he told Roxas as he saw his longing look.
"S-shut up, man."
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Period Two - Sex ED
As the girls walked into class, Marie waited patiently for her friends outside. A minute after, Carmen appeared with a big smiled plastered on her face. As she got closer, Marie noticed, and had a knowing look. "I wonder what that smile is for…Hmm, something tells me it has to do with Demyx."
Carmen, with a face that was a bright shade of red, started stuttering uncontrollably. For some reason, whatever Marie said about her and Demyx seemed to always sound like something it wasn't. Marie laughed, and joked about it. The two girls waited for Mika, another friend of Marie's. When she arrived, they exchanged greetings, and the three went inside to find seats next to each other.
Kendrix and Aura had already been inside the classroom, and sitting as far away from the front as possible. Kendrix hated being alone and Aura…well she just hated people.
Their teacher, a rather busty and sexual looking teacher named Lulu, walked inside the classroom, and placed her stuff on the desk. When she finished getting organized, she looked at the girls. "Your body is important, and you must know and be comfortable in it."
"I don't think anyone would feel comfortable if they stood near her," Carmen whispered to Marie. She looked at the teacher, and then back at her chest. She sighed in disappointment, and tried covering her chest with arms. Carmen raised her eyebrow, and nudged Marie. "I didn't mean you, silly."
"Hey, Marie?" Mika asked, tugging on Marie's shirt. She looked at her, and nodded, prompting her to go on. "Can you help me with something at lunch?"
Marie nodded, noticing the serious look on her face, and Mika smiled at her. As they paid attention to the teacher, Kendrix doodled on a piece of paper. That is, of course, until Kairi scooted over. "I'll forgive you if you apologize for inking my hair green."
Kendrix looked over to Kairi, who had a smile on her face. She raised her eyebrow in confusion, and looked around. "Uh, sorry?"
"Apology accepted," she continued to smile, and scooted back to her own friends. Kendrix rolled her eyes, and muttered something about her being weird. Lulu walks around the class, and then goes back to the centre.
"We'll begin with a small two-group assignment, and I'll be assigning your partners," she said as she took out a piece of paper. "All right, let's see…"
As she started appointing partners, Aura opted to be alone for the assignment. Lulu didn't, and couldn't really care, and so agreed with Aura's request. Everyone looked at her, and wondered who wanted to give up a partner. Things went so much faster and easier with a partner. In the end, Marie collaborated with Olette, while Carmen with Selphie, Mika with Rikku, and Kendrix with Fuu. "It's a short project, and I expect it to be done by tomorrow! Class dismissed."
After the girls had packed their belongings, Carmen, Marie, and Mika walked out of class. Aura stepped out quickly, with her side bag hitting some students along the way. "Hey Mika, let's go eat lunch first, and then we can talk about what you need help with."
Mika nodded, and Carmen sighed with a hint of annoyance. "I really don't want to work on a project that has to do with sex!"
As soon as Carmen finished the last word, a bunch of students started giving the three girls weird and funny looks. Some started snickering, and others were curious to find out what they were talking about, but didn't get too close. Carmen sighed again, and dropped her shoulders. "Well…it's lunch, so you can have fun with Demy-poo."
"For the love of—now you're giving out names?" Carmen asked, shaking her head at her friend. She straightened herself, and looked at the girls. "Well, I'm going to go. I'm going to eat lunch with Demyx, not Demy-poo."
Marie and Mika snickered, and watched as Carmen left. The two girls then proceeded to head to the cafeteria, where their friends hope, Riku and other friends were waiting.
Kendrix walked out of class last, and waiting for her was Noctis and Zidane. She yawned, and looked at the two boys waiting. "Ugh, sex ed is so boring when you're alone."
"Heh, well it's only fun when you have two people—"
"Don't finish that sentence, please." Noctis sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He looked over to Kendrix and crossed his arms. "So, are we eating lunch together?"
"Nooope, I got a date with Cloud," she replied as she started taking out her cell phone. Both Zidane and Noctis groaned in disappointment, though, it was mostly Noctis who was disappointed that Kendrix wouldn't be sitting with them.
"Not another sausage fest…," Zidane dropped his shoulders, and looked as if a big stormy Cloud hung above his head. Kendrix laughed, and ran past them while shouting apologies.
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Lunch
Aura walked around with her bag, and started scouting the area. When she spotted her gang, she walked over there. As soon as she could step forward though, her friend Loz stopped her in her tracks. "Hey Aura, do you want to help me with my sword handling after school for swordsmanship class? I just wanna be sure before we start sparring with our partners."
Aura cocked her head over to her group, who were waving their hands for her. She blinked, looked over to Loz and agreed, then left. She couldn't understand how a person as normal as Loz was related to Kadaj and Yazoo. What was worse is that their older brother was Sephiroth. She didn't really care though, it's not like they were causing her problems.
As Aura arrived to the area, O13 resided, they gave her a weird look, and Larxene walked up to her. "Why were you talking to that loser, Loz?"
"You' d be surprised how different he is compared to his other stupid brothers," she said as she sat down next to Axel.
Down by the big pink, Carmen and Demyx enjoy a nice lunch together. As they watch the other students eat and walk around, Demyx started chuckling. Carmen looked over to him, and raised her eyebrow. "What are you laughing about?"
"This is where couples usually eat or make out." Carmen snickered after hearing this, and looked over to him. She joked and asked if they were going to make out, and Demyx suddenly went silent. Carmen noticed, and looked at him with a serious look.
"Everything okay…?" she asked. Demyx returned to normal as he smiled and leaned against the tree. "I like you a lot," he replied.
Carmen blushed, and was at a loss of words. Demyx continued, "I mean, you're cool and we click so well. That's hard to find if you ask me."
Carmen smiled, and couldn't say anything to top his words. The best that she could do was lean on his shoulder as they continued to eat their lunch. The whole environment suddenly felt peaceful, if just for that moment.
Marie, Mika, Hope, Riku and a couple of their friends spotted the biggest table so that they could eat. Kairi was at the table feeding Sora his food as an act of love, and Naminé was doodling and eating at the same time. Roxas was eating his food, and took a couple of glances over to the area 013 resided. Mika noticed this, and tried figuring out a way to tell Marie. She ate her food slowly, and looked down until she saw her cell phone in her pocket. She quickly took it out, and started texting Marie. When her phone vibrated, Marie stopped eating to look down as she read the text.
I wanna know more about Roxas and Xion.
The recipient was from Mika, and Marie read it normally, so that she wouldn't gain attention. Truth be told, Marie started getting curious about the case ever since she told Mika about it last week. She wanted to know what happened, since Xion seemed like a normal girl. She didn't know her as well as Naminé, Riku or Roxas did, but she seemed nice. The only people who really knew the whole truth was O13.
'kay. Roxas never told me everything, so I'm a little curious, too.
I'll make an excuse so we can leave and find out.
As Marie gets up from her seat, Riku glances at her, and raises his eyebrow. "Where are you going?" From her seat, Mika frowned slightly at Riku. She had never liked him. However the fact that he was Sora's best friend and Marie's boyfriend, made it hard for her to avoid him.
"Mika and I wanna get a head start on our project before we start working on it with our partners," she replied with a smile. As soon as Mika got up from the table, Riku, Hope and even Sora offered to come along and help. Kairi insisted Sora to stay, but he still wanted to come along. Both Mika and Marie stopped, and looked at each other before looking back at the boys. Mika didn't know what to say, and Marie was stuttering in her mind. "Uh, well, uh. Do…you guys want to help us with our sex ed project?"
"Hey, Kairi, I think we forgot to eat dessert," Sora said, trying to find a way out of working on anything related to sex. His own male sex ed class was enough, he didn't want to work with a girl for that. "So, uh, guess I gotta sit this out."
"Ha, you pansy," Riku snorted as he laughed at Sora. Riku still got up, and walked towards Marie. "I'm sure it's pretty awkward for you and Mika as it is, so I'm fine with staying behind."
"Maybe you should come along, since you do look like a girl and all…" Mika muttered under her breath, low enough that only Marie heard. Marie sent her friend a sharp look, but chose to ignore the comment.
"Thank you," replied Marie as she pecked Riku on the cheek. Hope looked at them, and sighed. He looked over to Mika who gave him a smile. "I guess I'll stay here, too," he replied, poking his food with his fork.
Mika thanked Hope, and the two friends went off into the library to find out what they could about the case.
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Period Three – Melodi
Melodi sat quietly alone in her poetry class. The teacher waited impatiently for her students to calm down, since they were busy talking or fighting to pay attention. Once they students got bored, the teacher sighed, and started the class. "We'll be having a small project. It is the second week, and projects are going to be handed out a lot."
While explaining the project, a student known for his mark of failing almost every class lifted his leg up on one of the empty desks. He yawns, and turns his head as he looks around the classroom. He noticed Melodi and smirks, as she seemed so out of place. "Yo, who's that?"
"Huh?" his friend, Nero, or better known as Nero the Sable, looked over to where Melodi sat. He knew about her, since her older brother was Bade Cora. "She's a freshman."
"Heh, no wonder she looks so out of place," replied Vanitas, watching as she wrote down the information on the project.
"I wouldn't be so sure, her older brother is Blade." Nero pushes a chair out in front of him as he rested his leg on it. Vanitas and Nero knew Blade as the supposed 'prince of Enix High' because he was in control of many things. There was also the fact that he was very strong, and lacked sympathy, empathy, morality…, he was an emotionless person. Vanitas was impressed that Blade had siblings, but they still looked nothing alike. Blade was pale with blonde hair and deep green eyes, he had no spark in his eyes, and he always looked pissed. Melodi on the other hand had long soft brown hair, and lightly tanned skin. Her eyes were what caught Vanitas' attention, since they were the brightest shade of blue. Almost like ice.
"Alright, I'll be assigning partners—"the teacher is interrupted when Vanitas stands, and she gives out a dramatic and annoyed sigh. "Vanitas, if you leave this class like you did all those other classes last year you'll never pass freshman year."
"Shut up, I only go up to tell you that she's gonna be my partner," he snorted as he pointed to Melodi. The teacher gasped lightly at him telling her to shut up, but she waved it off. She looked over to Melodi and asked her if it was all right, but she gave no reply. The teacher sighs again, and rubs her temples. "Fine, I don't care. Be partners," she replied.
Vanitas smirked, and Melodi closed her eyes for a moment. She really hated school.
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Period three – Carmen and Mika
Ivonne marked off the list as she checked every instrument stacked up at the front. After a week learning how to play with a mouthpiece, the students were getting restless and wanted to play their instruments already. As she checked off the instruments, Genesis, another teacher, walked into the room. He smiled at Ivonne, who had just looked up to see him. Over the past week, he and Ivonne had been meeting in the music room for her third period class. It was his spare, and he usually spent it preparing for his other class, or ate something to pass the time. However, before all that he made sure to see Ivonne first.
"How are you?" he asked, looking at the pile of instruments.
"I'm good, just checking off this list here," she replied, looking at the list. Genesis nodded, and looked around the class. He was finding this particular meeting awkward, since he wanted to ask her something. Of course, he was scared of her reply, but he had to ask.
"I was wondering…would you like to grab dinner later on?" he asked, hoping for a positive response. Ivonne looked up from her list, with eyes wide open. She giggled and smiled after. "Angeal is taking me out to a surprise dinner later on, so that would have to be a no, unfortunately. I am going to a gala tomorrow, seeing as it is the weekend, so would you like to accompany me then?"
"Of course, I love art," he replied. He and Ivonne seemed to have a lot in common when it came to the art department. He was a master of poetry, and often read a novel named 'loveless' that he had been obsessed with. Ivonne nodded, and as the bell rang, they said their farewells.
As the students came in, most, if not all, were in awe as they saw the instruments stacked up. Mika was happy to see a big, black piano standing by itself at the end. Carmen squealed when she saw a green and red silky drum set, and Demyx chuckled along with her squealing. The students sat down impatiently, since all they wanted to do was get their instruments. Ivonne stood at the centre of class, and looked at everyone. "Welcome class. As you can see, the instruments have come in. Make sure you take good care of them, because the board won't replace them until after the year. "
The class passed with the students receiving their instruments, along with a beginner's book. Hope and Mika were in one corner, trying out their instruments. Hope received a case of reeds, so that if one broke, he would have back-ups. When he tried it out, Mika couldn't help but laugh, because he sounded like a duck. Hope tried concentrating on his instrument, but he couldn't contain his laughter and ended up laughing into the instrument, giving out short quacking noises. This just made Mika laugh more.
Carmen and Demyx got their instruments too, and when Carmen tested hers out, Demyx strung his sitar to the beat of her drumming. After a while, Carmen stopped, and laughed along with Demyx as their random playing had the eyes of most students. When Paine, another student, blew into her trumpet, Bartz began to laugh uncontrollably. "Haha, oh man! Paine let on rip!"
"Shut up, will you?" threatened Paine. Bartz stopped laughing, and started looking away nervously, not wanting to get on Paine's bad side. Ivonne walked up to the centre of the class, and raised her hand to get the students attention.
"All right, we'll begin slowly, but soon enough we'll be playing all kinds of music," she said as she clasped her hands together. "Please come prepared for next class, and think of songs you'd like for us to play as a class. Have a good day, class!"
As the students walked out of class happily with their instruments, Mika still kept making fun of Hope's noise. Carmen and Demyx walked out of class with headphones clipped to one of their ears, listening to some rock songs and pretending they were playing their respective parts.
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Period Four – Kendrix and Aura
Aura and Axel walked into class with their uniforms on, and Aura spotted Seifer. As she looked around, she noticed that Fuu was nowhere in sight. 'Must be sick,' thought Aura. She shrugged her shoulders, since she always thought Fuu as a nuisance, and looked over to Axel. "Meet me after school. I'm gonna chill with Seifer."
She left quickly, and Axel had no time to say goodbye. He sighed looked down at the floor. Roxas walked in after, and headed towards Axel. He noticed that Aura wasn't with him, and looked around to spot her. When he saw her with Seifer, Roxas groaned in annoyance. "Why is she always with him?"
"Why are you so peeved?" Axel asked in response. "It's not like she's your best friend."
"Well—I—I-It's not—I mean, I just want to meet h-her," he stuttered. Axel raised his eyebrow, and crossed his arm as he looked at Aura. "Well, I'll tell her you want to her, then we can all have play-date," Axel replied sarcastically.
Roxas huffed, and continued to stare at Aura. He felt a blush creep up on him, and he covered his face.
On the other side of the court, Kendrix rolled around on top of a yoga ball. Zidane kept kicking it away from her, and started laughing as he did so. Kendrix started to get angry, but before she could say anything, Noctis came in, and joined the two. "Hey guys, we doing anything after school?"
"Nah, I gotta drop off a letter at Enix high. Something to do with Kuja, but he never brings it with him, and the orphanage is way too busy to bring it themselves," replied Zidane, who was slightly kicking the ball at this point.
"Why is your brother so weird? I mean, you guys are nothing alike," commented Kendrix, still rolling around on her yoga ball. Zidane shrugged his shoulders, and thought that maybe his adoptive parents didn't care for Kuja as much as they did for him and his younger sister.
"What about you, Kendrix?" Noctis asked Kendrix. She groaned, and slipped off her ball. She sat and crossed her legs, and crossed her arms. "I have to stay behind and finish a stupid sex ed project for tomorrow."
"I'll stay behind then, so you don't get home too late," he replied. Kendrix gave a sweet smile and thanked Noctis. "So, how are you and Cloud?"
"Good, he's off practicing his swordsmanship skills," she replied. Noctis nodded, and acted like a general and made sure his comrades were good and healthy. It was weird, but that's how Zidane and Kendrix saw him. Noctis quickly got on his knees and then started to do push-ups.
"All right, you punks get in a straight line!" said the coach, Cid Highwind. He came in with a ball, and a cigarette attached to his mouth. "It's volleyball season, so we gotta get in shape for it."
Violently throwing the ball at a random and poor student, who was none other than Reno, Cid takes a puff of his cigarette. "Alright, pony, get up front."
He pointed at Reno, and he walked to the other side of the gym. Cid explained that he was going to show an example of how to throw a ball in volleyball. He threw the ball in the air, and passed it to Reno using his tips. When Reno couldn't return the ball, and fell trying to do so, Cid laughed. "With all that talk, I expected you to throw like a pro!"
"Ah, shut-up, old man." Reno whispered lightly, but it was enough for Cid to hear. He growled, and threw a glare at the redhead.
"Fifty laps around the gym. Now," shouted Cid. Reno retorted, but Cid threw the ball at Reno. "You better do what I say, or else that ball's gonna be shoved down your pie-hole!"
As the class laughed when Reno ran around, they eventually got around to learning how to play volleyball.
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Afterschool
While in the library, Marie and Olette finish off their project for sex ed. Olette sighed in relief, and scratches her head. "Man, this is so awkward working on something like this with a partner. I wonder if we could've gone solo, too."
"Who knows, but I'm glad we're finally done," replied Marie as she started putting her books away. "It was nice working with you, though."
"Yeah, you're right!" replied Olette. She stayed silent for a while, and then looked at Marie. "By the way, are you dating Riku?"
Marie stopped packing her books, and looked at Olette. "Yeah, that's right. It's not a big deal, though…"
"Oh, but the girls in his grade keep talking about you!" she replied, but she had a serious look on her face. "I mean, some of them say mean things like you're not pretty enough. But, I mean, you're very pretty!"
Marie begins to laugh nervously, and agrees with Olette. It is true that the girls in Riku's grade didn't like Marie, because she 'snatched' him away from them. She sighed, and closed her eyes. Being the girlfriend of a popular guy was tough, but Marie really cared for Riku.
Maybe it wasn't enough.
Zidane walked to Enix High, and had to leave a letter to the office. He didn't know what was inside the letter, since it was sealed shut, but he figured it was something bad. Nothing was ever good when it came to Kuja. He looked around, and noticed the hot babes at Enix High, but he knew they were all bad chicks. As he continued to walk around, he came face-to-face with a wall, or so he thought.
In reality, he had bumped into someone, a girl, to be specific. With her books down on the floor, the girl bended down to pick them up. Zidane noticed that she didn't yell or call him names, and so he bended down to help. He tried getting a closer look at the girl, but all he could see were her eyelashes, which were long to him. When she finally looked up, they met eye-to-eye. He couldn't help but gawk at her eyes, which seemed to be very beautiful to him. They were a very light shade of blue, and they were striking.
The girl noticed his staring, and quickly grabbed her books and got up. She left the scene quickly, and Zidane got up in time to see her walk away. He was silent, and could only watch her. He shook his head, though. He was already dating Dagger. As the girl walked further away, a boy with spikey black hair and golden eyes appeared, and wrapped his arms around her shoulder. "Well Melodi, let's get started on that project. My house is crap, so we'll go to yours."
Melodi scoffed, and pried his arms off her. As she started to walk away, she felt something forcibly grab her arm. She gasped as she looked behind her, and Vanitas had grabbed her arm and brought her back towards him. He had a threatening look, and brought Melodi's ear close to his lips. "Listen, I know who your brother is, and I'm not scared. Let's just go to your house, and have ourselves a fun time, got it?"
Melodi stayed silent, with Vanitas arms tightly and painfully around her shoulder. What was she doing? She was stronger than this.
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