Family Syndicate

Chapter 3: Lolitas and Homeroom Teachers


My uncle's home was in Radiant Gardens, which wasn't far from Twilight Town, my original home and where Hayner and my other friends lived. Since both towns where so close, one high school was built in the middle so the towns could just save on money.

I found this slightly irresponsible.

The entrance exams alone where really easy and I had to wonder about the curriculum. But at least it was better than getting no education at all, but it's still weird to walk out of my new room and find the yakuza bodyguards in my school uniform. But of course asking them to wear it normal was asking too much then was it?

Well… Riku wore it normally, the collar of it slightly unbuttoned but otherwise it was normal. Axel on the other hand didn't button his at all, a red shirt actually under the uniform, his sleeves rolled up all the way, showing the dark ink that marked his skin on his forearms with boots under his pants. Not only that, he pulled all his hair into a pony tail and he felt the need to wear bracelets and a necklace.

Why? Just… why? How much attention can this guy yearn for?

"Mornin', sleeping beauty." Axel grinned, as I walked out of my room in my school uniform which really needed to be ironed… it looked like I slept in the damn thing, which thinking about it, maybe I should just so I can save some time off getting ready and sleep in more.

I grumbled in reply and started to walk down the hall way towards the kitchen, hoping to grab something small for breakfast when I felt something grab my arm. I turned, finding Axel smiling, bringing my hand to his face. "How'd ya sleep, master?"

"Don't call me that." I huffed, pulling my arm away from him. "My uncle employed you, not me!" Uncle Luxord took the time that night to stress the fact Riku and Axel had to keep us safe. He called both boys into his room, leaving me and Sora out and when they came out of that room, both had serious looks on their faces before reverting back to their usual selves.

I never questions what happened, but Axel had insisted on calling me 'master' ever since.

Riku had left the hall way, my guess was to wake up Sora, leaving me alone with Axel, who still refused to let go of my hand. "Can you let go now? I want to get some breakfast."

With that, Axel let go and I continued to the hall, feeling Axel following me. This was already insufferable! Once I got to the kitchen, I found some huge yakuza dude, setting 4 plates at a table before walking out of the kitchen, stating they were for us. Axel looked excited while I could feel my face pale. The guy could crush me in half if he had a mind to, couldn't he?

Once we sat to eat, Sora came running in the room, Riku chasing him.

"Come on, run faster!" Sora laughed, barreling threw the door. Riku got a hold of him and pulled my cousin into his arms, laughing while Sora struggled to get away. "Let me go!" He squeaked.

"Hell no! Ya told me to catch your ass, I did!" Riku shot back, a small smile on his face. This was getting sickening. "Now, hurry and eat!"

When he let the small boy go, Sora sat down next to me, a happy grin on his face. "Hey cuz!"

"Morning." I muttered, finishing up the omelet on my plate. "We're gonna be late if you don't eat fast."

"Don't worry 'bout me." Sora grinned then proceeded to shovel food into his face, stopping only to take a drink of juice. I blinked, turning back to my food, realizing if I didn't catch up, I'd be the one making us late. Riku and Axel had apparently already ate and where waiting by the door for me and Sora until we both finished and begin the walk to school.

My parents used to tell me good bye when I'd leave, even Hayner's mom told us have a good day when we left, but when I left my uncle's house, no one was there to tell us good bye how they'd see us later. The feeling was unsettling, but I didn't say anything as we left.

Keeping with their weird yanki fashion sense, of which I was glad Sora didn't, Riku and Axel slouched down the street, making people look at all of us like we were a band of criminals. Sighing, I just hope school would be bearable, at least I knew there was no way Axel and Riku would be in my class. They were older than me after all.

With that thought in my head and as we got on school grounds, I was starting to feel better. The high school between Twilight Town and Radiant Gardens was huge and my guess was it had to be. It had to let in a lot of students but while you were there, you still managed to feel crowded. Or maybe that was just me.

As soon as we got close, Sora pulled Riku away, hoping to rush to the bullion board to check classes, while I walked behind, refusing to chase the two. Of course, Axel stayed right next to me, following me around everywhere. A few feet from the board, I snapped.

"Can't you walk ahead of me, or something?" I was hoping for him to ditch me and met some kids his own age in this own classes… and I could pretend I wasn't in a yakuza family.

"Can't, I have to protect you." He smirked, eyes showing how amused he was by me finally snapping. I had a feeling he was doing it on purpose and I could feel myself getting angrier to the point where my vision blurred.

"From what? School? Go to your upperclassmen classes and leave me alone." I huffed, turning on my heel to finally see what class I was in. I found my name under 1-A, and smiled to myself. Freedom was going to be so close.

"Hey, we're in the same class." … He was kidding right? That's not fair… there's no way…

But when I looked under the column that read '1-A' I could find Axel's name and glared at him. "What are you doing in a freshman class?"

The corners of Axel's mouth turned upward as his eyes nearly sparkled. "What? Didn't I tell ya? Dropped out a few years ago. I need to take the whole course over again, which means you're stuck with my, Roxie."

At least he stopped calling me Master…

Dammit all just when I thought I could pretend to be normal at school this happens. Riku and Sora where in my same class as well which to be honest confused me greatly! What the hell was this crap? Wasn't Riku Axel's age? Did he drop out too? When I asked Axel, he scoffed.

"Are ya kiddin'? Riku graduated college already! The bastard's smart as shit!"

Would you mind refraining from talking like that while we're at school? It's bad enough you're so obvious! Unlike Riku, who seemed to fit right in to the atmosphere. No one thought anything more of him, seemingly normal, talking to Sora like they've been old friends, he even changed his speech to talk less like a yanki! Sora on the other hand everyone wrote off as being from Destiny Islands, saying everyone there had this strange accent.

Point is, knock it off!

"So why is he in this class then?" I asked, looking at the sliver haired boy.

"Well, he wanted to go where Sora went. So he asked Luxord to pay the fatass and here he is." Axel replied and I felt myself shrinking from embarrassment. Did he just call our principal a fatass? PLEASE JUST TALK NORMAL!

"Hello!" We both turned to find a girl with pale blonde hair smiling softly at both my and Axel. Now, I've heard about Lolita's before but I've never seen one in my life. This girl fit the profile in my opinion.

The school uniforms skirt was puffier then the rest of the girls in my glass and had lace embroidered on the bottom, which I had to wonder how she did that and got away with it. Not only that but she had placed a headdress over her blonde hair that seemed to curl over her shoulder confusing me to great lengths.

"Um… Hi." I said in confusing, while Axel looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

"What's with the frilly ass clothes?"

"AXEL!"

The Lolita only laughed, both hands behind her back as she smiled. "It's called Lolita. It's a fashion style. I'm Namine."

"Roxas." I replied, trying to keep my mind off of the idiot that was my body guard. "This is Axel."

"Where are you two from?" Namine asked, sitting down at the random open desk in front of me. Axel and I had sat in empty desks as soon as we got in the room, knowing we'd be given assigned seats as soon as the homeroom teacher would come into the room.

"Radiant Garden." I found my words coming out in unison with my body guard and when I turned to glare at him, Axel was grinning.

"Both of you? Do you two live together?"

"No." I answered before Axel could. I wasn't having him mess up the response and have a rumor going around that we were together in any way!

"He's just the most important person in the world to me." Axel replied with a smirk directed at me. I flinched severely turning to Namine to try and find a way to change what he said but when I looked at her, she was just smiling largely.

"How cute! I'm more into girl love myself, but you two are the cutest things ever!" Her voice was shrill and excitedly talking faster than necessary in my opinion. Then it hit me why she was so excited.

… Oh crap… Lolita's love cute things…

"I-It's really not-"

"Oh don't worry, I won't tell anyone!" Namine assured me with a smile. "A forbidden love from the rest of society! It's so cute! It's like straight from a manga!"

I wanted to bang my head against the desk in front of me. Axel on the other hand was laughing away as if it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard. To say I wanted to smack him was an understatement. When I lifted my head again I took the time to look around the class to see if anyone was listening to Namine's ramblings.

The class was odd to say the least. A girl with red hair sitting on a desk, talking to a 2 brunettes, a pale girl with white hair sitting with her head down on the desk, long haired girls chatting away, the of course there was Riku and Sora. But somehow it all kind of fit, like some strange painting.

At least the class year wouldn't be boring.

The door was harshly opened at that time and in walked a man with long blonde hair. He stood at the front of the room and wickedly smirked at all of us, eyes scanning the room. "Well, hello there class! Let's get down to it, shall we? My name is Mr. Vexen. I'll be your homeroom teacher this year. I'm also a science teacher."

This guy had a smile that honesty didn't sit well with me. He began taking roll then moved onto seating assignments which was a huge fucking joke! He sat me next to the window, in the back –which if I stopped there would have been an awesome seat, but I have to continue- behind Axel! I could kill this teacher!

Next to me sat Riku and about two seats behind him was Sora, some girls named Kairi and Selphie in the middle, and next to them was Namine. The rest of the class's names I can't begin to remember… I think there was a Tidus… I don't recall.

Either way, as soon as it was done, Mr. Vexen began lecturing and I began zoning out. As soon as I heard the words "Your responsibility" I decided it wasn't worth listening to.

When we had finished all of our classes, which really was different teachers coming into our class rooms for an hour to teach, then moving on, I stretched out in my desk, excited to walk back home so then my legs could get some exercise.

"Hey cuz." Sora said, announcing his arrival at my desk. "Come on, get up!"

I got up, looking behind me to find Axel fast asleep and I wondered how no one noticed. I looked back at Sora and shrugged. "Should we just leave him?"

"Aw, come on! Just do this." Sora pulled out a book from his school bag and dropped it unceremoniously on Axel's desk, causing the red head to jump awake. "Mornin'! Come on, I wanna go home."

Axel yawned loudly, not even bothering to cover up the fact he had been sleeping and stood up. "Where's Riku?"

"While you were sleeping, he was appointed class president." I said and the sentence tasted bitter on my tongue. Riku… yakuza… was our class president… This just gets better and better. "He needs to stay after and talk to the teacher about his responsibilities."

"Hey, wanna get some ramen on the way home?" Sora asked, already out of the door. I hurried to catch up with him with Axel following slowly behind. As we were about to make our way out, Axel's name was called.

All three of us turned, finding Mr. Vexen's eyes on Axel's. "I need to speak with you."

"Can't, teach." Axel replied, waving the older man off. "I havta get home. Plus, I can't leave this outta my fucking site." He motioned to me and I glared.

"I don't need a baby sitter! And watch your language!"

Axel just chuckled and walked away, leaving our teacher looking slightly annoyed. So he hadn't gotten away with sleeping in class! I knew he wouldn't. I just wished we could stay and watch Axel get chewed out, but we have better things to do it seemed.

Sora really couldn't leave the ramen thing alone, could he?


I'm very sorry for typos and such I'm kinda in a hurry...

Um... so, I really hope you enjoyed it...

And yeah... I think Namine would make a good lolita... just saying lol

Please review!

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