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Hello everyone. I'm sorry that it took so long to give you this second chapter, but I got lazy and I had a lot of events going on in my life since I'm on vacation. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy the second chapter of my story.


Chapter 2- Hectic Destiny High


Sora had never been a morning person. Of all his friends, he was, without a doubt, the laziest one of them all. He could sleep through storms and loud noises, and also had the ability of being able to fall asleep on any surface if he so chose to. So, whenever Sora woke up early in the morning, he much preferred to roll over and fall back into the pits of slumber. Sadly for him, this particular morning happened to be the first day of school. Sora's alarm on his phone began to play its loud jingle, forcing Sora to turn it off. Sluggishly crawling off the bed, Sora began squirming his way to his dresser. However, in the middle of his journey, he slumped over on the floor and fell asleep yet again. When he woke up for the second time, Sora felt a tad bit more conscious, and again proceeded to get ready for school. Blindly feeling his way down the stairway rails, Sora haphazardly stepped into his kitchen to make some quick food to gulp down before rushing to school. Upon noticing the kitchen clock, his eyes bulged.

"…Aww, shit. School started already," Sora groaned to himself in exasperation. "I bet everyone's going to make fun of me."

After scrambling through the rest of his morning procedures, Sora ran as fast as he could to Destiny Islands High School, a beautiful and larger-than-average high school where one could see fascinating views of the mainland and the ocean. Of course, those were certainly not the frantic thoughts racing through his head. After carefully surveying the vicinity, Sora swiftly hopped the wire fence and dashed for his first class. The sooner he got there, the better, Sora thought with a nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach. Double-checking the school schedule, he looked at the classroom number, and sure enough, it matched.

Here goes, Sora thought scathingly.

He opened the door of Classroom A397 to reveal a room full of people he didn't know. Sora preferred it when he had at least one friend to fool around with, but here there were no such friends. Sighing, he walked over to the teacher, an aging man with blond hair who seemed to enjoy wearing goggles on his head as an accessory.

"Umm, excuse me? I'm kinda-"

The man cut him off before he could finish his sentence. "Yeah, yeah, I don't give a rat's ass. Sit down and shut up."

The class began laughing, with some people whispering and pointing at Sora.

"What the heck is his problem…?" Sora muttered to himself as he took a seat.

"You're telling me you've never heard of Cid?" snickered a redhead with hair shaped like porcupine quills, who happened to be sitting to Sora's right.

"No, do I look like someone who goes around and makes small talk with teachers?"

"Well, no. You seem pretty out of it. Even so, let me enlighten ya. Cid's about as mean as they come, and unless you're made outta tough stuff, he'll make sure to give you hell in here," the redhead informed Sora.

Sora groaned. Work was not something he was very fond of. All he wanted were simple classes, so that he could get good grades without breaking a sweat. But apparently, this year was different. Who knew that Destiny Islands History could be so taxing of a class?

"Why is he like that toward everyone?" Sora inquired.

"Well…apparently, he used to dream about space every day of his life. When his dreams were crushed, y'know, he went downhill from there."

The redhead then turned away from Sora, and continued to chat with his alarmingly large group of friends. Looking to his left, Sora's eyes connected with a dark-haired boy who had a hairstyle uncannily identical to his.

Sora decided to try and make friends with this kid. "Good morning!" he said with a cheerful grin.

The boy glared at Sora darkly, then said in a sharp tone, "Quit looking at me, or I'll knock you up."

"Hey, hey, calm down. I was just saying hi."

"It wasn't wanted or needed, airhead." The dark-haired boy sneered and turned his head the other way.

The PMS is strong with this one, Sora thought to himself.

Sora shrugged, then rested his head against his hands, wondering when the teacher would begin talking. He didn't have to wait long.

"Good morning, class. My name is Mr. Highwind, and I will be your Advanced Placement Destiny Islands History teacher."

Wait, hold on. AP?! Sora did not recall ever applying for AP. He convinced himself that the teacher had made a simple mistake.

"I'm sure your vacation was just dandy, but I'd like to ask you to stow those blissful thoughts away and shove them up your asses. This year will be challenging, and you'll all be working not like dogs, but as dogs. Most of you will drop out within a couple weeks, and then the few who remain will also be weeded out, until only a few lucky winners get to stay and persevere until the bitter end. Any questions?"

One student raised his hand.

"Yes?"

"Is there a really good reason as to why you're treating us like crap?"

"Get the hell out. Don't let me see your ugly face again," uttered Mr. Highwind, motioning to the door.

Sora stared at the unlikely phenomenon, wondering how in the world Cid could stay at the school without getting reported or fired.

It seemed like first period would be quite an adventure throughout the school term.

Not long after Mr. Highwind gave his lecture, the bell rang for passing period. As he exited the classroom, Sora again unfolded his schedule and studied it. Oh, great. It's all the way on the other side of the school…

Sighing, Sora made his way across the crowded school grounds to his next class. Something felt rather peculiar to Sora about that next class, although he couldn't put his finger on it. Taking out his schedule again, Sora frowned. Since when did he apply Physics to his schedule? Chemistry should have been the thing up there, yet it was nowhere to be seen. He was also pretty sure that he was going to take Algebra 2, not Trigonometry. AP Language Arts was not what he wanted to take, and he never gave a damn about photography either. Even his foreign language class was a totally different language. What the hell?! Who screwed with my schedule? (Sora hadn't bothered to check his schedule beforehand) Sora was not feeling very pleased with his day so far.

After taking three more of his unwanted classes, Sora walked to 2nd Lunch, praying that his friends would be in 2nd Lunch as well. After a few minutes of searching around frantically for his friends, Sora finally spotted Riku, Kairi, Tidus, Selphie, and Wakka at a distant table.

"I finally found you guys! Today has been ridiculous so far," panted Sora after rushing over there.

Riku raised an eyebrow. "Why's that?"

"Some douchebag thought it would be funny to change my schedule."

Tidus laughed rather hard and began to crawl under the table while struggling to breathe, which was becoming rather difficult for him. Selphie giggled like a hyperactive child, and bonked her head several times on the table on accident. Riku was also laughing his ass off, along with Kairi and Wakka.

"Man, the look on your face was just…priceless! Oh my God." Riku snickered, pointing at Sora, whose face was by now blushing in embarrassment.

"Riku…Do you think you might have overdone it this time?" Kairi said as she smiled mischievously.

"Nah, Sora will be fine. I'm sure he has some balls in there."

No. No. That bastard of a friend did WHAT? I'll kick his ass for that.

Riku got up from his seat while he was saying this, and began to walk swiftly in another direction. Sora saw this, and chased after him.

"It's 1 to 0, Sora!" Riku loudly proclaimed. (The scoring system between Sora and Riku works so that it starts over each school term.)

"Riku! You are such an ASS!" shouted Sora angrily as he chased after Riku.

Sora heatedly chased Riku all over the school, neither friend conforming to walking. Sora eventually noticed a rather odd sight. Two exceptionally tall seniors were yelling furiously at each other, with gigantic swords in their hands and the look of murder in their eyes. Sora saw Riku turn his head in their direction as well, and then turn his head back to Sora.

Riku mouthed, "Let's get out of here!"

Sora quickly nodded his head, because he couldn't agree more. The two seniors' names were Cloud and Sephiroth, and they were feared by everyone in the school. They'd hated each other ever since they applied for Destiny High, and constantly fought to see who was the superior one. Anyone who badmouthed them was beaten up, and anyone who interfered in their fighting was beaten up. But today was a bit different, since they had brought weapons with them to school. Sora knew exactly what would happen if he and Riku were seen: they would be torn to pieces by the rage-filled teenagers.

Their luck couldn't have been worse. Cloud's eyes immediately noticed Sora trying to slip away, and he rushed over to Sora with bloodlust in his eyes. He kicked Sora into the wall, preparing to stab him to death. Riku had also ran into a similar situation with Sephiroth.

No! You've got to be kidding me. This is bullcrap, I refuse to die like this! Sora attempted to push off his adversary, but to no avail.

Sora then began trying to reason with Cloud. "Hey man, why are you doing this to me? I never did anything to you! Can't we settle our differences and try to talk this out?"

Cloud's face quickly grew agitated. "Shut up!" he shouted.

Suddenly, Cloud was thrust backwards, and fell unconscious as soon as his head smacked the concrete. Sora looked to see who it was, and couldn't believe his eyes. The gray-haired man from the Secret Place…had saved Sora and Riku. Who the heck was this guy? Grayhead then proceeded to slam Sephiroth into the wall, also knocking the wind out of him. This man…was immensely strong. He had power beyond recognition in the way he took down his foes, and didn't even break a sweat on Cloud and Sephiroth. The gray-haired man began dragging Cloud and Sephiroth in another direction, then suddenly swiveled his head around.

"You two…come with me."

Sora and Riku looked at each other, then hastily got to their feet. As they walked through the most populated areas of the school, people gawked at the sight of the most feared students in the school, with ridiculously long swords, being dragged by their ears…by a strange man with gray hair. Things were getting intriguing. The man led Sora and Riku through a hallway, its walls bearing paintings of the various islands scattered throughout Destiny Islands, into his room.

Sora noticed that this was the principal's room, from the sign on the door. So, why was this man sitting at the principal's desk?

"Sir, if I may ask…why are you in this room? I thought Mr. Wise was the principal," Sora inquired. He had encountered the former principal, Ansem Wise (Or Ansem the Wise, as many referred to him), many times throughout his Freshman and Sophomore years at Destiny High; a friendly, intelligent man of wisdom. So, he definitely lived up to his last name.

Grayhead chuckled. "That man is no longer here. I am your new principal, Mr. Seeker."

"Well then…thanks for helping us out back there. We could have been killed!" Sora thanked Mr. Seeker.

"Yeah, thanks," Riku said.

"It was no big deal. Those two have been troubling everyone for a while now, and I decided to put an end to their violence as soon as I noticed their weapons today. Of course, they'll be taken into custody," Mr. Seeker explained.

Sora's thoughts then drifted to the previous day. "Mr. Seeker, what were you doing on the Sunset Island the other day? We were all really freaked out by your presence, and you didn't seem friendly at all."

Mr. Seeker laughed. "Sorry about that. I was rather surprised to see all of you children on the island of my childhood."

Sora was taken aback. Whoa, hold on. This guy used to be at the Sunset Island? No way…

Riku spoke up. "So, you were revisiting your memories? It must have been pleasant."

"Pleasant…? Hmm…I suppose it was." Mr. Seeker said.

Sora could have sworn that he saw a flicker of annoyance in Mr. Seeker's eyes, but it disappeared too fast for him to confirm.

"Well, we'd better get going now, Mr. Seeker. Sorry for the misunderstanding yesterday!" Sora waved goodbye.

"It's fine, kid. Next time, introduce yourself and we'll be fine," Mr. Seeker said with a small smile.

Sora and Riku left the room and the building, then began jogging back to their lunch table. Before they reached the table, Sora had an idea to get back at Riku.

"Last one to the table is a chickenwuss!" Sora yelled.

"You're on, Sora!" yelled Riku back.

Seconds later, Riku fell to the ground with a smack. Sora's leg had done its job.

Sora walked to the table and sat down next to Kairi.

"Where were you two? You've been gone for several minutes," asked Kairi in a worried tone.

"Ah, you know, just playing tag," Sora lied.

"I didn't know that you still played that silly game, Sora," Kairi laughed. "Oh, there you are, Riku."

Riku sat down on the other side of Kairi, but he only grumbled a greeting in response.

"What's up with him?" Kairi whispered to Sora.

"Oh, I guess he tripped and fell on his way here, the poor soul," Sora said with an unusually straight face. "And Riku? It's 1 to 1 now."

Riku replied with a rather rude hand gesture. The bell soon rang, signalling that there were only two classes left in the day. Sora's group of friends parted ways, with Sora triumphantly walking to his fifth period. Ha. Stupid Riku.

His 5th and 6th periods were extremely boring, so Sora zoned out the teachers' explanations and snoozed until the bell rang for the end of both classes. After school, he then had his schedule modified to fit what the schedule was originally supposed to be.

Sora quickly walked to the school gates, where Riku and Kairi were waiting for him.

"Alright guys, I'm all good for tomorrow."

"Assuming your schedule isn't tampered with again," jeered Riku.

"Assuming you won't eat shit from the concrete again," countered Sora.

Sora and Riku continued bantering, while Kairi rolled her eyes in disgust.

Riku then stopped arguing with Sora. "By the way, guys, we're going to meet up with some friends, since we have so much free time on our hands.

Kairi giggled. "Since when have you had friends, Riku?"

"Heh. Ever since this idiot taught me how," Riku laughed, pointing at Sora.

Sora smiled cheesily. He had indeed taught Riku how to make friends. It was only six years ago that he and Riku had been bitter toward each other. Riku had always been Sora's friend, but when he had noticed Sora making friends with other people, he became suspicious of Sora. This was only intensified when people began to convince Riku that Sora no longer cared about him and Kairi. Riku began asking Sora questions, and started talking to Sora in a sarcastic tone. No matter how much Sora tried to reason with Riku and tell him that he was being stupid, Riku would always shake his head and ask Sora why he had forgotten about him and Kairi. The conflict escalated when Riku, fueled by encouragement from the other kids, punched Sora once. Sora eventually caved in too, and found a good opportunity to sock Riku back. Fortunately for both of them, a supervisor caught them and prevented a full-fledged fight. The principal explained to Sora and Riku that he wouldn't call their parents as long as they made up and apologized to each other. Riku admitted how wrong he was, and vowed to never betray Sora again. Sora only grinned and said that everything was ok. Since then, Sora and Riku's friendship only strengthened, and they never got angry at each other again. Riku also became more open to other people, and soon accumulated a wide variety of friends.

"Sora's such a dork. He always finds something optimistic in a hopeless situation," Kairi said with a smile directed toward Sora. It was more than a smile, though. Sora knew that Kairi was thanking him sincerely for helping Riku out of his darkness.

"I don't know whether to say 'thank you' or 'screw you' ", Sora joked while grinning widely.

"Go ahead and say both, but since you want to screw me, it would be evidence that you're bisexual," Riku snorted.

"Dumbass, that's not what I meant."

"Sounded that way to me- oh, I can see people at the shore."

Indeed, there was a large group of teenagers, talking animatedly amongst each other. This was a common sight, however.

Sora raised an eyebrow. "And…?"

"Well, they're perfect targets for rape."

"Wait, what?"

"I was just kidding, you dunce. They're my friends. C'mon, let's go introduce you guys."

Sora and Kairi followed Riku to the teenagers. Sora thought he recognized a few of them, especially that red-headed kid from 1st period. The redhead noticed Riku, then began to walk in his direction.

"Glad you could make it!" the redhead said with a grin, shifting his gaze toward Sora and Kairi. "It's not every day that I get to meet new people, got it memorized?"

Sora and Kairi introduced themselves.

"I'm Sora."

"Kairi!"

The tall teen nodded to both of them in turn, then introduced himself.

"The name's Axel, got it memorized?"

Sora laughed. "With that red porcupine on your head? It'd be impossible to not get that memorized."

Kairi giggled in agreement with Sora.

Axel laughed loudly. "Hey, it's better than your brown porcupine!"

Sora felt stupid. God, I'm such a hypocrite.

Riku pointed at Sora while laughing. "Dude, you're a dumbass."

I get it, Riku. Now shut your face.

Axel then shouted loudly. "Alright, everyone! We've got a couple of new friends joining our group: Sora and Kairi. In any case, what I want to say is that I, Axel, will be hosting a pool party at my house to commemorate the beginning of school. It's this Friday, right after school. I'll discuss the food and all that jazz with those of you who wanna help out. For now, please introduce yourselves to Sora and Kairi!"

After Axel's speech, numerous teenagers introduced themselves to Sora and Kairi, but a couple of them really stood out. The first was a familiar face from Sora's first period: the boy who looked almost identical to Sora, but with black hair.

"Heh. Sorry about first period, but I wasn't feeling too hot at that moment. I'm Vanitas."

Sora smiled sheepishly and said, "It's ok."

The other person whose name stuck out to Sora was Roxas: Axel's best friend since childhood.

The spiky-haired blond had a smile on his face. "So you're Sora? Nice to meet you, my name's Roxas. Any friend of Riku's is a friend of mine." He nodded at Riku.

"Nice to meet you too, Roxas!" Sora shook Roxas' hand.

Roxas saw a blonde girl with a white dress on, out of the corner of his eye. "Ah, there you are, Naminé! Come over here!" He smiled and waved for her to come over.

"Umm, yeah? What's up?"

Roxas pointed at Sora. "Introduce yourself, Nami."

"…Oh! I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying enough attention. You're Sora, right? I'm Naminé."

"Haha, it's fine, Naminé! I'm sure we'll be great friends!" Sora said as he smiled.

In his mind, Sora whistled. She's a shy one, but she's pretty. "Is it me, or does she resemble Kairi?"

Roxas and Riku stared.

"Umm…what? I don't follow," Naminé said, tilting her head.

Oh. I said that part out loud. Good job, Sora. Good freaking job.

"Ahahaha, well, you resemble my red-headed friend, you know?"

"Oh, I see," Naminé said as she nodded her head. "Over there?" She pointed to Kairi.

"Yeah, you can't miss her!"

Naminé walked over to Kairi, while Roxas and Riku continued to stare at Sora.

"What?" What are they staring at?

Roxas began laughing. "Dude, you're such a weirdo. Who the heck says their thoughts out loud?"

Sora laughed. "I'm sorry, it's just that Naminé and Kairi really resemble each other."

Roxas raised an eyebrow. "Holy crap. I actually agree with you…isn't that peculiar?"

Kairi and Naminé began walking back to the group. It appeared that they had become fast friends, as they were smiling at each other and chatting animatedly to one another.

Roxas grinned at Kairi. "You digging this group so far, Kairi?"

Kairi smiled. "I love it, Roxas. I can't wait to hang out with all of you at lunch!"

Roxas nodded in response.

Riku got up and stretched. "It's getting late. Sora, Kairi, we might wanna head back home."

Both of them agreed, and the three friends waved goodbye to their new group of friends. As they walked home, Sora, Riku, and Kairi conversed about the fun-filled events that had just transpired.

They had finally reached Riku's home. "I'll see you midgets tomorrow," Riku said.

"Just cause we didn't take steroids like you, Gandalf," Sora stabbed back.

Sora and Kairi's houses were a little further down, so Sora got a chance to talk with her.

"Today was so cool, Sora!" Kairi exclaimed.

"You got that right, Kai! You were awesome out there."

"Not as much as you, Mister Porcupine!" Kairi laughed. "I'll see you tomorrow, Sora. Don't stay up too late, kiddo."

"What are you even talking about? We're the same age. But yeah, see you tomorrow."

Kairi smiled and waved at Sora, and he waved back, walking across the street to his house.

She is one of the most interesting girls on this planet, thought Sora to himself as he shook his head, smiling. He opened the door to his house, and went upstairs into his room after eating dinner.

A lot has happened today, and I'm pretty tired. I'd better get some sleep. Sora turned off his lamp and settled under his covers, preparing for the fun-filled days that would follow.

Just then, a voice spoke.

"You should go for her, dude. She's totally into you."


Alright, so there was the second chapter. I packed a lot of things into this one, but it goes without saying that the first day of school is hectic. For Sora, at least. In any case, you can look forward to more and more Kingdom Hearts characters, since Sora just made a whole host of friends. Thanks to Guest for reviewing, and for the rest of you who are reading this, please review and tell me how I'm doing so far. Thanks, guys.