I made a mistake in spelling Kadaj's name, but now it's fixed. Sorry! –Staryday, 11-28-06
Chapter Two: Sora, meet Riku.
Time passed quickly and before they realized it, it was time for Sora and Roxas to start school and Kakee to start work. Since it was the first day, Kakee drove them both to school, dropping Roxas off first (his school started sooner then Sora's). After making sure he was settled in, Kakee drove Sora to Hollow Bastion High and said goodbye. She couldn't stay or she'd be late from work.
Sora looked up at the school curiously. It was about the same as his old one with two floors and lots of windows. There was a thick stone wall surrounding the school and parking lot, which Sora couldn't help but think was odd. There was no one around so Sora figured he was late.
After wondering around looking for the office, Sora finally found it and spoke with the principal. He was given a schedule and the principal escorted him to his first class, science. After being introduced to the teacher (and being stared at by the class) Sora was given a seat and hurried there, trying to control his blush.
It went like that for most of the day; Sora would find his class, be introduced, and find his seat while ignoring all the stares. He was grateful for lunch and that no one seemed to care about the new kid. After getting some tacos (yum, tacos), Sora headed outside and found an empty spot under a tree to eat. He happily sat down and forgot all his worries as he took his first bite of food.
This was something Roxas had always teased him about. Food always made Sora forget about all his worries or stress. No matter what was going on, eating always cheered the brunette boy up. Although was it just his imagination, or were even more people staring at him then before ever since he had sat down? Looking around, he realized that it wasn't just his paranoia; people were openly staring and whispering at him. Stiffening, Sora frowned as a shadow fell over him.
Looking up, Sora came face to face with one of the most beautiful people he had ever seen. The teen had layered shoulder length silver hair that spiked down at the ends. His bangs hung in intense aqua colored eyes and framed a perfectly crafted pale face. He wore tight black pants with crisscrossing chains. For a shirt, he wore two vests. The first was black and sleeveless with a silver zipper zipped up in the middle, but not the bottom, showing his stomach. The one he wore over it was smaller and a sun-bleached yellow color left open. The look was completed by two wrists bands adorning his wrist.
Oh wow, he's hot. Was the first thought in Sora's head and the boy promptly began beating himself up mentally for such a thought. Wait, did he just say something?
"Huh?" Sora said smartly, blinking up at the other teen.
Aqua eyes narrowed at him. "You're in my spot."
"Oh, I am?" Sora said, looking around. "I'm sorry; I didn't see your name on it, so I didn't know."
The teen looked surprised at Sora's answer. He couldn't seem to figure out if Sora had been being a smart-ass or if he was sincere about what he just said. Judging from how he was looking around him now for a name, he figured the boy wasn't being smart.
"…It doesn't," he said, Sora looked at him curiously. "It doesn't have my name anywhere. I just sit here everyday and everyone respects that."
"Oh," Sora nodded. "I see. Well, since you sit here everyday, I suppose that gives you first dibs." He started gathering his things to leave. "I'll find somewhere else, then."
"No, it's fine." The boy said impulsively. "You can sit here too. The name's Riku Enoria."
Sora settled down again and smiled. "I'm Sora Hisoka. It's nice to meet you."
Riku sat down next to him, leaning against the tree. "Yeah, so you new here then?"
"Yup, today's my first day," Sora explained. "I just moved here from Twilight Town with my mom and brother."
"Yeah? I've never heard of it, where is it?" Riku asked curiously.
Sora laughed a little sheepishly. "It's really small. It's not even on most maps."
"Must be weird coming to a big city like this then."
"Yeah, it is. I've never seen anything like a mall before. It was like a culture shock."
Riku laughed. "You've never seen a mall? That's…weird."
Sora pouted. "Is not…" But Riku just laughed as he saw Sora's face. His bottom lip was sticking out stubbornly and he looked absolutely adorable. "What are laughing at?"
"You." This made Sora pout even more. "You just look so cute like that." Sora blushed and promptly looked away. "Hey, I didn't mean to embarrass you." Riku reached out and ruffled his hair. "I was just thinking out loud."
"Yeah, yeah," Sora grumbled, swatting his hand away. "What about you, Riku?"
"Hmm? What about me?" Riku asked, leaning back against the tree to get more comfortable.
"Have you always lived here?"
"No, we moved here when I was four from somewhere called Destiny Islands. But I don't remember it much; just that it was sunny and warm."
"Yeah, who's we?" Sora lay down on his stomach and stared up at Riku expectantly. The other teen had to hide a smile at the cute face.
"My four older brothers, me, and my parents. Though my parents are business people so they're rarely ever home. It's usually just me and my bros."
"Wow!" Sora looked amazed. "You have four brothers? And they're all older?" Riku nodded. "That's amazing!"
"Uh…not really," Riku shook his head, finding Sora's reaction amusing.
"I've only got one older brother," Sora told him. "And he's really protective of me. I don't think I could handle four."
"My brother's are kinda like that," Riku admitted. "They think that the only people allowed to pick on me in this world is them and anyone else who does gets the crap beat outta them." He snorted bitterly. "As if I can't take care of myself."
Sora laughed. "My brother does that too."
A bell rang, signaling the end of lunch and students began to gather their things to head to class. Riku wrapped his untouched lunch back up and stood, looking at Sora oddly. The boy was whipping his head back and forth between the school and his half-eaten lunch.
"What?" Riku asked, a smile in his voice.
"I didn't finish my second taco!" Sora exclaimed dismayed. "I have to finish it!"
"Why?"
"Because! Do you know how many starving kids in Africa would kill for this taco?" Sora shook his head. "Besides, it's a really good taco." He took a deep breath, as if preparing for some great battle, and picked the taco up. "Nothing to do about it, then." And with that said, Sora shoved the entire thing in his mouth, chewed (but amazingly managed to keep his mouth closed), and swallowed hard. "Ah, there!" He jumped to his feet and picked up his trash, turning to smile happily at Riku. "Ok, let's go!"
Riku stared at him for a moment before openly laughing. The brunette boy just looked confused as the other laughed, not understanding what he'd done that was funny. When Riku clamed down, he gestured for Sora to follow him as they threw their stuff away.
"Where's your next class?" Riku asked, stopping off to the side of the hallway.
"Uh…" Sora pulled out his schedule and looked at it. "Foreign language; Japanese."
"You're taking Japanese? Me too." Riku started walking and Sora followed. "Looks like we get a class together."
"Yay! I have a class with my first new friend!" Sora smiled happily, then suddenly stopped and looked embarrassed. "I mean…if you want to be friends, that is."
Riku laughed again and ruffled Sora's hair. "You're too cute. Sure, we'll be friends."
Sora grinned and did a mental happy dance while chanting yes, yes, yes. He had made his first new friend on his very first day. This was awesome. He never made friends this fast back home; in fact he barely had friends at all. Sora continued to smile at Riku and the older teen looked at him funny. This was one strange kid.
They entered the classroom and Sora blinked at all the students, momentarily frozen as he looked around. Everyone in this classroom was absolutely hot. Like, not just oh-he/she's-good-looking, but OMG-just-looking-at-you-gives-me-a-hard-on. And not to mention they all dressed very stylishly and gothic.
Riku smirked at Sora's stunned look and gently nudged him forward. Sora laughed sheepishly and headed over to the teacher, a short man with graying hair that looked extremely nervous about teaching this particular class. Sora did his best to smile disarmingly and introduced himself politely.
"Hi, I'm Sora Hisoka," he introduced. "I'm a new student here."
"Ah, welcome to Beginning Japanese, then. My name's Mr. Takanawa."
"Hajimemashite (1)," Sora bowed politely. Recognizing the Japanese form of greeting, the teacher suddenly perked up.
"Oh, do you know any Japanese?"
"Some, my grandfather is and he taught me some sayings and customs." Sora smiled. "I always loved it when he taught me, but he's too old to do it now."
"Well hopefully I'll be able to pick up the slack," Mr. Takanawa smiled. "Finally, a student who actually wants to be in this class."
"Huh?"
The bell rang and the teacher shoed Sora to the front of the room and called for quiet. No one really paid attention to him and Sora got the feeling that the man was used to being ignored by his students.
"Konnichi wa, gakuto. (2) We have a new student joining us today, Hisoka Sora." Surprisingly when he said this, the class stopped talking long enough to check the new boy out. Sora blushed and looked out the window, hoping to avoid the awkward situation.
"Check it out; we finally got a cute one." A blonde haired boy laughed.
"Wonder how long he'll last, ya?" The red head right next to him joked. Sora's blush deepened as laughter spread throughout the room.
"Can it Wakka, Tidus," Riku snapped at them. The class (which Sora just realized was completely male) looked at Riku in surprise.
"Ah yes," Mr. Takanawa smiled nervously and Sora frowned at the man, a little confused as to why he seemed terrified of his own students. "Um Sora, why don't you take a seat. I believe there's one open next to Mr. Enoria…but you may sit where you want."
"No thank-you," Sora smiled. "Next to Riku is fine." He bowed again and headed down the rows to sit next to Riku in the very back. Though Sora was painfully aware of all the eyes following him, the brunette determinedly ignored the staring. When he arrived at his seat, he placed his stuff down and smiled at Riku before straitening and turning to the class, who was still staring. "You know," Sora pouted at them. "It's very rude to stare."
Sora was proud to say that he had definitely caught them all off guard with that remark. Behind him Riku was stifling his laughter at Sora's audacity, silently admiring the brunette. While the boy may be shy, he certainly had no problem sticking up for himself. Riku was just glad that he had found him first; if Sora had pulled a stunt like this before they met, his gang wouldn't have hesitated to kick his ass. But with Riku sticking up for Sora earlier (and thereby staking his claim on him), none of the boys in the room would dare do anything to the spunky brunette.
Nodding to himself, Sora plopped down in his seat and smiled at Riku widely. The teen couldn't help but smirk back and ruffled his hair. Sora stuck his tongue out at him before turning his attention to the stunned teacher. However when Sora's eyes looked expectantly at him, Mr. Takanawa pulled himself out of his daze and clapped his hands.
"Right, let's get started, shall we?"
After five minutes of the teacher talking, the class got bored and began chatting amongst themselves again. Riku even tried to engage Sora in conversation a couple times, but Sora kept shushing him and focusing on the teacher. After awhile, Riku gave up and sulked in his little corner, glaring at everyone. The boys in the class were absolutely amazed by Riku's behavior. They had never even seen or heard of this boy before and he was acting as though he had Riku whipped liked a dog. It was astonishing.
Half an hour into class (classes were an hour long) the door opened and four new people walked in. Mr. Takanawa stopped to speak with them.
The first two looked a lot like Riku and had the exact same silver hair, but theirs was stringier compared to Riku's fullness. They were slender in build with a hint of muscle showing through their skin tight clothes. The two boys could have passed as twins.
Sora was surprised to see that he recognized the blonde next to the two silver heads. He was the sale clerk from hot topic, Sora was sure of it. You didn't forget a face or style like that easily. The fourth person was a brunette with shoulder length spiky hair cut stylishly uneven. He was muscled and wearing a lot of leather.
Once they finished talking with the teacher, the two silver haired teens headed towards the back where Riku and Sora were while the other two sat in some empty seats up front. The two silver haired teens stopped in front of Sora and glared at him disapprovingly. Sora tilted his head to the side, confused.
"You're in my seat," one of them stated.
Sora blinked. Had he taken someone's spot again? "I'm sorry, I didn't know. I never saw a name on it." He looked around and Riku was hit with a sense of deja vu as Sora reacted the same way to his brothers and he had had him.
However his brothers weren't as amused as Riku had been. They didn't appreciate the mocking attitude (even if it wasn't intentional) and Riku could tell there was a fight in the air. (Kadaj had a very short temper.) He'd better head this off quick, Sora was scrawny and he didn't look like he could beat a sixth grader up, let alone the two best fighters in the school.
"I said he could sit here, Kadaj," Riku told him.
Kadaj raised an eyebrow as Sora stopped looking for a name and stared between the two curiously. "Did you now?"
"Yeah, it's not like you were here to complain," the boy shrugged. It was then that Sora let out a noise of exclamation and hit his fist to his hand in an excited gesture.
"Oh! These are your brothers, aren't they Riku?" Sora smiled, looking proud of himself. "That's why you all look alike. The silver hair must run in the family, right?"
Riku stared at him for a second before laughing out loud. Everyone who had heard Sora's exclamation was looking at the brunette boy like they'd never seen anything like him before. It was kinda obvious that the three boys were related; you didn't even need to know them to figure it out.
"What?" Sora asked, not understanding why Riku was laughing, again. "Am I wrong?"
"No Sora," Riku snickered. "These are my brothers, Kadaj and Yazoo. Guys, this is Sora."
"Hi! It's nice to meet you," Sora smiled happily.
"Yeah, whatever," Kadaj frowned at him. "I don't care who you are, you're still in my seat." Before Sora could answer, the bell rang, signaling the end of class and surprising everyone. The class had gone by faster the usual.
"Come on, Sora," Riku invited. "I'll show you to your next class." Sora thanked him and said a polite farewell to Riku's brothers. As Sora walked out of the room (waving goodbye to Mr. Takanawa on the way) Riku was sure to keep a wary eye on his older brothers. It wasn't that he didn't trust them…ok, never mind, it was that he didn't trust them. Kadaj and Yazoo weren't very forgiving when someone crossed them and Riku didn't want to see Sora get hurt. He maybe able to protect him from anyone else, but not even Riku could stop his brothers.
Riku and Sora didn't have anymore classes together, to the boys' disappointment. But Sora was surprised that after every class, Riku would be standing outside the door, waiting to walk him to his next one. It made the teen very happy and he couldn't believe that he had already made such an awesome friend. Even his friends back home hadn't come to see him after class (Sora had always had to go seek them out if he wanted to talk).
However as the day wore on, Sora was beginning to notice the looks kids were giving him. There was a lot more staring and whispering the normal. Especially when he was with Riku, everyone seemed in awe of the two, which confused the hell outta Sora. But not wanting to upset his new friend, Sora kept quiet about his discomfort. He could take some staring and whispering.
Once the final bell rang, Sora let out a sigh of relief. He exited the classroom (not noticing how everyone stopped and let him go first) and grinned when he saw Riku casually leaning against some lockers and waiting for him. Happy, Sora bounced over to his friend.
"Hey Riku!" Sora greeted. "Thanks for waiting for me, you're awesome."
"I know," Riku smirked, making Sora giggle. "Anyways, I just came to say goodbye. I have to meet up with my brothers right now to take care of some stuff."
"Okay!" Sora nodded. "I understand. Thanks again for being so nice to me."
"Anytime shorty," Riku ruffled his hair and Sora swatted at him.
"Stop doing that!" He pouted. "And I'm not short, you're just tall!"
Riku laughed and said goodbye. Sora waved and headed outside to stand by the gates and wait for Roxas. People talked and laughed loudly as they went to go to their cars or get on the bus. Sora just stood and watched them all, humming quietly under his breath.
"I need more affection then you know, my sanctuary, my sanctuary, yeah. Where fears and lies melt away…Music inside…(3)" Sora was interrupted from his signing when someone bumped into him hard, making him stumble and drop his belongings. "Ah!"
"Hey, watch it freak," the boy who had hit him sneered. Sora looked surprised as the older guy and his friends laughed at him as they walked away. Upset, Sora hurried to pick up his things before they got blown away or stepped on. Just as he finished gathering everything, another boy ran past him and shoved the small teen hard, knocking him down.
"Move it, you heartless bastard!" The kid yelled and Sora watched in shock as he joined the group of kids who had knocked his things down the first time. They were all laughing and giving each other high fives.
Even more upset then before; Sora looked around and noticed that a lot of kids were just watching. But when his eyes met theirs, silently pleading for help, everyone quickly looked away, whispering. Sadly, Sora got up and hurried to once again pick up his belongings. A sharp pain in his elbow made him look down and realize there was a large scrape there. Trying not to get any blood on his shirt, Sora moved back to the wall and sat down, hiding his face.
Riku hurried to meet up with his brother and a few other people. They were supposed to all go down to a local shop and check out some rumors that had been going around. Apparently some Nobody freaks had been causing trouble on their turf and the Heartless weren't about to stand for it. When Riku arrived, Kadaj, Cloud, and Leon were standing by the gates, waiting.
"Hey," Riku called as he met up with them. "What're we waiting for?"
"Yazoo went to get Wakka and Tidus," Kadaj said shortly. "We may need more muscle."
Riku nodded and lent against the wall by Leon, casually looking around. His eyes traveled over the gate and he noticed Sora sprawled out on the ground. Riku frowned, wondering if perhaps the boy had tripped. Maybe he should go over there and help him. It looked like he'd hurt his elbow.
"Don't even think about it," Kadaj ordered. "We have things to do."
Riku snapped his gaze to him. "What?"
"You were planning on going over there to check on that little kid." His brother stated. "What's with you, Riku? You've known him a whole day and already you're following him around like a demented puppy."
"I am not," Riku defended himself.
"Eating lunch with him, defending him in class, showing him around…yeah, you're not attached," Kadaj muttered sarcastically.
"So?" Riku glared. "I think he's interesting."
"Whatever. Just forget about him and pay attention. We have a fight on our hands."
"I know." Riku glanced back over at Sora and saw the boy with his face buried in his knees. He was hit with the overwhelming desire to go comfort him, but his brother's angry eyes kept him in check. Just as Yazoo and the others joined them and they were leaving, Riku saw another boy running up to Sora and kneeling before him. Then Riku was being called to follow and had to turn his back on the scene.
(1) Hajimemashite- Nice to meet you
(2) Konnichi wa, gakuto- Hello students
(3)Now everyone should know where those lines came from. -
A/N: For those who haven't watched Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children, Yazoo, Kadaj, (and later Loz) come from there. So I do not own them. I love Kadaj though, which is why I wanted to use them. First time I saw those three…(squeal).
Oh, and don't worry about the Japanese words. I'll only use them occasionally when there's a scene with them in that class. Except with Roxas, he'll say one or two things in Japanese to piss Axel off. You'll see next chapter what I mean. And anything I do use, I promise to translate at the end of the chapter.