Ok so this is the complete version of the chapter, please enjy, I'm sorry about all the confusion regarding this chapter! And thank you for the reviews I've gotten already!
Once I made it to the hallway between the plane and the airport I switched to a normal walk as I spotted a teen my age with messy/spiky brown-blond hair with light blue eyes holding a sign that said 'Lauren', like he was a limo driver waiting for a celebrity or something. I took a deep breath, and, while he was still out of my hearing range, I whispered
"Show time."
Chapter 1:
*Riku*
"Hello there, my name's Roxas, and I'm a member of the Destiny Islands Academy Boarding School!" I held my hand out and smiled at the mirror which, in its own way, smiled back.
"Oh shut up Riku I don't sound like that" Roxas grunted, rolling his eyes and collapsing onto his bed.
"No I think you do, Riku and I have been around to meet two of the three new students today, and so far you've sounded pretty blonde" Sora piped up, his mouth full of a McDonald's milkshake. I nodded
"Three girls in one day…one for each of us right?" I grinned mischievously and winked at the mirror. So I was confident in my appearance, and it could come off as arrogance…believe me, I have a serious, sweet, caring side…it's just hibernating right now.
"I like the auburn haired girl" Sora said causing me and Roxas to blank-stare square at him until his face matched his bright red shirt.
"What? I do!" He squeaked, the wonders of puberty knocking his voice up an extra octave. I chuckled
"Well she's a pretty one…nope not your type" I grinned, tossing one of my French fries at him, which hit him right in one of his wide eyes. He immediately recoiled from the salt
"Dammit Riku! I don't want any of your effing fries! And how is a pretty girl not my type? I'm not that bad looking right?" Roxas and I held up our hands in a defensive manner
"Whoa man, we all love each other in this dorm but not like that" Roxas told him. I just grinned and helped myself to another fry. One of the best things about this place really was the food, especially if you were a sixteen year old guy. Restaurants pay quite a pretty penny to set up shop here in the land of the rich and soon-to-be-famous.
"Well back to the matter at hand, we have one mystery girl left and the blond chick…Namion was it?"
"Riku what kind of fucking name is Namion? It's Namine! And since you can't even remember her name I can't say you should get dibs on her" Roxas declared, covering his face with one of his pillows and plopping himself down on his bed, telling me it wasn't up for discussion. I frowned, unsatisfied.
Before I continue, let me explain what's going on here in RikuLand;
Now, Sora, Roxas, and I all share a dorm, which here at the Academy is really like a small house. Each 'dorm' had three bedrooms, a kitchen, and then a small area for just hanging out. Dorms were strictly either all guys or all girls, no blending of the sexes. Boo.
Now, coming from a 100% straight, into girls and all that jazz kind of guy, I suppose you could say Roxas and Sora were attractive to the female population based on how theyreact when they are around my friends. Now me? I know I do, I even have a miniature fan club kinda thing going on here, not that I really do much to encourage it. I mean it's nice, but these girls seem to think that just because they are in Riku Katashi's Official Fan Club, they were borne onto this Earth for one purpose only: to go out and eventually marry me. That's a little freaky for me.
Plus, I'm very picky about my girls. In fact, I've never actually dated anyone. I don't really mind, considering I'd rather have one happy relationship compared to one 'artificial' relationship.
Ah the 'a' word. Artificial. That was my word for things here. Or rather, the people here. The teacher's have Botox and plastic surgery, the girls are catty and shallow, and even some of the boys are pretty out there.
So, on day one, I found the two most down-to-Earth-a-lot-in-common-with-me guys, and made them my two best friends…Roxas and Sora, who were coincidentally cousins. Well whatdoya know?
Anyways, back to the conversation.
"But Roxas I like Namine." He lifted up his pillow enough to glare at me.
"Too bad!" then he hopped off his bed, leaving the pillow behind. "I gotta go meet the new girl." And with that he grabbed his coat and left the dorm.
"Hey look on the bright side man-so far today we've got two new girls who are pretty and down to Earth. So while we are on a streak maybe there'll be another one! Third time is the charm after all…maybe it'll be the charm for you." Sora gave me a light punch on the shoulder before loping off, probably after some sort of food that wasn't a French fry.
"Yeah, two great girls in one day, which means we are on a roll and will have another great girl here soon" I mumbled after Sora closed the door to our dorm "Or it could mean our luck's run out and we will just get another shallow, catty girl" Frowning, I headed off to take a quick run, hoping to sweat off my female issues.
*Lauren*
"Hello there, my name's Roxas, and I'm a member of the Destiny Island's Academy Boarding School!" Roxas said to me with a friendly smile, holding his hand, which I gently took in my own and shook politely. Now I was one of those weird people who decided who you were based on your handshake.
Roxas had a firm grip, but let go a bit early. Once our hands had separated I discreetly rubbed my fingers against my palm- a little sweaty. So this Roxas guy was…easy-going, friendly albeit a bit nervous and slightly timid about meeting the new girl.
"I'm Lauren" I chimed, smiling gently at him. He smiled back before turning and waving a hand for me to follow. While on our way to the luggage terminal he explained the basics of the Academy, which I already knew because of the intensive study I'm required to do before each mission about my target, his or her lifestyle, and their surrounding area, including hot spots and favorite hang out areas.
Basically he went over dorms (I would be staying with two other new girls…hmm I wonder who…sarcasm), how classes worked, and that kind of stuff.
"So each class is an hour long, and you have eight classes, including lunch" he droned as we approached the baggage claim. The alarm sounded that the bags would be rolling out, so I alternated my vision between the conveyor belt and Roxas.
"Classes are usually just referred to as first hour, second hour, third hour, you get the idea. Your schedule will be waiting for you back at you dorm in your room, each dorm has three rooms by the way…wait did I mention that?" He broke off, scratching his head curiously. I laughed
"Yes Roxas I do believe you've already said that" I told him just as a green and blue bag caught my eyes. I leaned over to pull my bag of the rack but Roxas put a slightly resistant hand on my shoulder.
"Let me get it for you, it looks kinda heavy" I just shook my head and heaved the bag off the rack before he could protest anymore.
"Wow…strong" Roxas muttered as I popped the extendable handle of my bag out and tipped my personalized bag onto its clear wheels.
"So we've got one of the school's limos taking us back to the Academy, oh and by the way at our Academy we have one hour classes which are usually called-
"Roxas. You've already told me that…a few times actually" He sighed and gave me a weary smile.
"Sorry, we don't get new students often and I'm not used to introducing someone new to the school, let alone three someones in one day.
"Don't worry about it; I'm just glad someone bothered to pick me up." I said as we reached the outside of the airport where a black limo was waiting. Roxas walked ahead of me and opened my door
"Well aren't you a gentleman?" I asked sweetly, sliding into the seat.
"Ha! Now you have to let me take your bag." Roxas said, winking at me before picking up my suitcase. I stuck my tongue out at him before closing my door in his face. The tinted windows gave me maybe half a minute's worth of time to panic.
Was I flirting with this guy? What classes do I have? Does he expect me to kiss him or pay him as a thank you? Or something worse? These windows are pretty dark…
I had never gone to an actual school. Kairi, Namine, and I were home-schooled by Cid's niece Aerith, who also worked for the government-paid-for top secret agent corporation I belonged to. Cid was the guy in charge of executing all our missions (by 'our' I mean me, Kairi, and Namine), and being sure we were trained properly before being sent into a new place. Aerith was in charge of educating us on more…solid subjects like math, science, world history, those sorts of things. Which meant I had never really gone to an actual school. My only comfort was neither had Kairi and Namine.
Once I had managed to recollect myself Roxas chose to slide onto the dark leather seat across from me, opening up a mini-fridge and offering me my choice of drink from a wide variety of bottles. I grabbed out a bottle of water and drained half of it easily.
Roxas opened his mouth to comment just as his phone rang. He held up hid hand indicating he'd be just a second before answering.
"Oh hey Riku!" Roxas greeted the caller casually, whereas my heart leaped into my throat. Riku was the name of my target! Resting my head on my shoulder and closing my eyes I attempted to catch what my target, or Riku, was saying.
Unfortunately my attempt was in vain, and all I got was one half of the conversation, courtesy of Roxas. Listening quietly, I eventually dozed off.
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"Hey Lauren! We are at the Academy, time to wake up." Roxas shook my shoulder gently, jolting me awake, and causing m to do my best not to karate chop him and break his nose like I trained.
"I'm up I'm up!" I excaimed, sitting up straight and quickly hand-combing my blond locks. Roxas smiled his approval before opening one of the limo door and slipping out, holding it open for me. I carefully stepped out of the car door and looked around, seeing immediately that my act started now.
Kids on campus within a thirty foot radius had stopped to gap at the new kid. I snootily tossing my hair, planting one heel on theconcrete and stepping out of the car with a superstar's dignity.
"Alright let's get this show on the road" I muttered to Roxas, spying a small group of guys gesturing at me and shoving each other. He noticed them and grinned at me. Refusing to let my embarrassment show, I lowered my sunglasses and winked at the boys, smiling slightly. Well, they absolutely loved that.
"You done now?" Roxas joked, hauling my suitcase out of the trunk. I nodded and took my suitcase from him, tilting it onto its wheels. He started off across the campus, towards the girl dorms, where my friends Namine and Kairi were...not that I was supposed to know that.
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"Hi there! I'm Lauren!" I beamed, holding my hand otu and grinning at the two other girls in my dorm, which Roxas had explained was the Ace Of Spades dorm (each dorm was named after a card, thus: fifty-two dorms). The two girls turned in unison and stared at them, one an average height with a nice muscle build, pink lips that were in a pout, making them look even fuller than usual, and thin, straight auburn hair drifiting around her soft facial complexion, a small strand over one of her sparkling blue orbs.
The other girl was slightly shorter than the first, with a thinner, more fragile build (Not that she couldn't kill you with her thumbs), pale blond hair that fell around her untanned face, which possessed sparkling the eyes the color of topaz. She was one of those girls whose appearance gave them that flawless porcelain-doll sort of look.
"Lauren!" the two shrieked, hug-attacking me viciously. I stumbled back a bit form their sudden onslaught.
"Is this awesome or is this awesome?" Kairi exclaimed, stepping back, but jumping up in down.
"It's neither-i it's freaking amazing!" Namine corrected her matter-of-factly.
"Shall we?" I asked, grinning. they nodded and I pulled my iPod Touch out of my pocket and blasted our signature song, which was by a French-Canadien artist Marie-Mai (Since we all took French)
As the opening hip-hop music played, we all snatched the nearest microphone-like item, ready to sing until something made of glass shattered
Je suis la premiere
La derniere
Le chaud et la froid
J'ai un coeur de pierre
Dans mes reves
Tu n'existes pas ah ah ah
Tu n'existes pas ah ah (ah ah ah)
Je suis un mystere
Solitaire la force de Troie
Je suis prisonniere de moi-meme
Mais jamais de toi ah ah ah
Mais jamais de toi ah ah (ah ah ah)
Rien ne me dechire
Rien ne vient a bout de moi
Je fais mes lois
Je decide
Si quelqu'un doit faire un choix
C'est moi ah ah ah
Rien ne glisse entre men doights ah ah (ah ah ah)
J'ai la conscience tranquille
Je vis un jour a la fois
Mon chemin je le dessine
Je le fais comme je le vois
Qu'on m'admire qu'on me deteste
J'ai le sourire colle aux levres ah ah ah
C'est moi ah ah ah
Il se brule a mes levres
Mais jemais longtemps
Car on ne jour pas de ruse
A mes sentiments en en en
A mes sentiments en en en (ah ah ah)
Rien ne me dechire
Rien ne vient a bout de moi
Je fais mes lois
Je decide
Si quelqu'un doit faire un choix
C'est moi ah ah ah
Rien ne glisse entre men doights ah ah (ah ah ah)
J'ai la conscience tranquille
Je vis un jour a la fois
Mon chemin je le dessine
Je le fais comme je le vois
ah ah ah (ah ah ah)
ah ah ah (ah ah ah)
(oh oh) yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(oh oh) yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Rien ne me dechire
Rien ne vient a bout de moi
Je fais mes lois
Je decide
Si quelqu'un doit faire un choix
C'est moi ah ah ah
Rien ne glisse entre men doights ah ah (ah ah ah)
J'ai la conscience tranquille
Je vis un jour a la fois
Mon chemin je le dessine
Je le fais comme je le vois
Qu'on m'admire qu'on me deteste
J'ai le sourire colle aux levres ah ah ah
C'est moi ah ah
C'est moi ah ah ah ah ah
Rien ne glisse entre mes doights ah ah
C'est moi ah ah ah ah ah
Rien ne glisse entre mes doights ah ah
C'est moi ah ah ah ah ah
The music ended abruptly, and we all stopped our karaoke. Sure, we had no idea what the hell Marie-Mai was talking about, but the song had a nice beat and she had a really good voice, so we had adopted it as our song...like, the three of us.
"So what persona have you guys made for yourselves?" I asked, breathing somewhat hard. Sure they hadn't been here much longer than I had, only a few hours actually, but everyone knew first opinions were the ones that stuck with you.
"Well I was able to talk to Roxas pretty easily, but I pretty much avoided the eys of everyone else...the people here are so strange! I'm not used to being around non-agents" Namine explained, wringing her hands out, one of her signature habits of nervousness. I nodded and gestured with my head to Kairi.
"Well, like Namine, I managed to talk to Roxas pretty easily, and while we were on the way to my dorm a group of girls just came up to us and started talking. I guess I got along with them pretty well though..."
"Ok so we've got Namine, who people will see as shy at first but friendly overall, and Kairi, the social butterfly." Kairi and Namine both looked at each other before giggling at their social labels.
"What about you, Lauren?" Kairi asked me.
"I talked to Roxas, cracked a few jokes, and fell asleep in the limo"
"Slacker" Namine and Kairi said in unison, while I just laughed.
"You got that right! I'm the funny slacker everyone likes" I told them, proving my point by making them both laugh.
"Ok, ok we should probably go and unpack our suitcases, it looks like we'll be staying for a while" Kairi said, before heading back towards what I assumed was her room.
"Your room is in the far back" Namine pointed me in the right direction before heading off to her room. When I got to my room I saw that my room was painted a light green, which matched my complicated bed spread. The pattern was made of alternating rows, in Row one, the squares alternated from a light blue square with a brown circle inside to an off-white square with a green circle in the middle. In Row two, the squares alternated from a brown square with a light blue circle inside to a green square with an off-white circle in it. Then rows three, four, etc repeated the pattern. Other than that though, my room didn't really have anything in it, spare a dark mahogany dresser with a nice sized mirror over it, and a closet on the far right of the room, on the same wall as the door I entered through. On the opposite side of the room, there was a set of double doors which, after going through, I found out lead onto a nice sized balcony over looking the beach on the west of the island.
I was surprised to see that the sun was already setting. I was just about to head back into my room when I heard a series of high-pitched squeals coming from a group of girls almost directly beneath my balcony. I looked in the direction they were to see a tall, well-muscled teen who was shirtless running across the beach. His hair streamed out behind him, but I couldn't decipher the color because of the sunset. If I had to guess though, I would've gone with a silver of gray.
Hmm...well he's attractive. I headed back into my room
Ok, so there is something wrong with this chapter and it keeps making the very first few lines and the very last few lines stay really close together (like it won't let me start a new paragraph) so if that showed up on your computer I'm really sorry, I tried to correct it but my laptop just keeps changing it back. Hopefully the quality of my next chapter will be better! Review please and I'll update soon!