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Ch. 3: Unforeseen Encounters

"Welcome to our cooking class," Sora said, as he and Naminé entered the Home Economics classroom.

The students turned around at his voice and began greeting him. Naminé hid behind Sora, a little surprised that everybody greeted him happily.

'He is a sweet guy after all,' Naminé thought as she looked at the ground, unaware of the person in front of them.

"Naminé, is that you?"

'That voice… can it be?'

She looked up, a surprised look on her face. In front of Sora was a heavy-set boy, his black hair pushed up by a white-and-black headband.

"Pence?"

"It is you!" the teen said, as he approached Naminé and gave her a hug.

Hugging him back, she asked, "What are you doing here?"

Pence let her go and motioned both of them to follow him. They settled themselves in front of a cooking station, taking out their notebooks and placing their backpacks inside the cupboard next to the oven.

"We moved here two years ago. I didn't know we were coming to Destiny Islands until we arrived. My dad moved us here without an explanation. What are you doing here?"

"I moved here with my cousins."

"Your cousins?"

"Xion and Kairi," responded Sora.

"Hmmm, now that I think about it, you do look like them. Well, I'm happy that you came here, Naminé. I thought that I would never see you again."

Naminé nodded and smiled in response. She was glad Pence hasn't changed in appearance, he was the same as how she remembered him. She was happier to know that he didn't ask her to explain the reason she moved to Destiny Islands, for he was one to wait patiently for an explanation.

'I wonder if they are here too…'

Before she could voice her thought, Sora asked, "So you two know each other from Twilight Town?"

Before Pence could answer his question, Aerith walked into the classroom.

"Good morning class," she said as she smiled to the class.

"Good morning Ms. Gainsborough," the class responded.

She looked around the classroom and saw Naminé. Not wanting to make the new girl nervous, she decided to approach her once they began to cook.

Addressing the class, she said, "Welcome, I'm glad to have you in my class. This year, I'll teach you breakfast recipes Monday through Thursday and dessert recipes on Friday's. You will be graded on how well you work as a team every day. During finals week, your test will be to make a breakfast and dessert dish that complement each other. You will be graded on the taste and how well you worked as a team."

The whole class nodded, happy to know that there was no written work involved.

"Today, I'll teach you something basic. I'm going teach you two different ways to cook an egg: sunny-side up and scrambled. After I'm done, you will try it in your groups and I will walk around the room to check on your work."

Ten minutes later…

"Alright class. Get your aprons on and start cooking. Please be careful with the oil, I don't want anyone getting injured on the first day of class."

The students began moving around the classroom, being careful to not bump into each other as they carried their eggs back to their station.

"Here, let me help you."

"Oh, thanks Naminé," Pence said, as she tied his blue apron.

"No problem."

Naminé and Pence grabbed the materials they needed as Sora went to grab the eggs. Seeing that her class was distracted, Aerith approached Naminé.

"You must be Naminé. I'm Ms. Gainsborough. Welcome to Destiny High School," she said kindly. "I hope you enjoy my class. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to tell me."'

Naminé smiled and said, "Thank you."

Aerith smiled back and walked towards a student who was throwing the eggs towards his group, the students catching each one.

"Let's get started guys," Sora said excitingly, as he gently dropped the eggs on the bowl.

"Yea," both replied, Pence's excitement overpowering Sora's.

'Glad some things haven't changed,' Naminé thought, smiling as she cracked the eggs.


"Alright class, time to clean up!"

The students began to clean their stations, talking to one another as they placed their materials away.

"So what class do you two have next? I have history with Vincent Valentine," Pence said as he washed the bowls.

"I have P.E with Coach Tidus. What about you Naminé?"

"I have chemistry with… Gast Faremis."

"I'll take you to your class Naminé. I pass by there on my way to P.E." Sora said.

"Are you sure? I don't want to make you late for your class."

"It's fine."

"Thank you Sora."

"No problem."

As they grabbed their backpacks, the bell rang. The class filed out of the classroom, but not before saying goodbye to Aerith.

"I'm heading this way," Pence said, pointing to the opposite direction, "I'll see you two during break."

Waving goodbye, Sora and Naminé headed to their next class.

"Here's your class. See you in break!" Sora said, waving goodbye to Naminé as he walked away.

Naminé walked in her class nervously. She wished Sora would have stayed with her until she met someone he knew, but she wouldn't want him to be late for his class because of her insecurities. Spotting a familiar blond, she walked towards his direction. She saw that he was talking to a girl with short blue hair and a boy with brown spiky-messy hair .

"Hi Roxas. Do you mind if I sit here?"

The blond turned around, a confused look on his face. Unable to respond, the blue-haired girl answered in his place.

"Of course you can. My name is Aqua. This is Terra," she said, pointing to the brown-haired teen as he gave Naminé a small wave, "and this is Ventus."

"Hi," Ventus said. "So you met Roxas already huh? He's my cousin. Sora is my little brother."

Naminé stood in shock, wondering why Kairi and Xion didn't tell her about this.

"Don't worry. After a while, you'll be able to tell us apart."

"I'm so sorry. I didn't know," Naminé said as she blushed in embarrassment.

"It's ok." he replied with a smile. "Sit down with us."

Naminé thanked him as she sat behind him, placing her backpack on her desk.

"So you're new here?" Aqua asked.

"Yea, I moved here from Twilight Town. I'm living with Xion and Kairi. We're cousins."

"That makes us neighbors. I've known them since they were little girls," Aqua added.

"All of us pretty much grew up together," Ventus replied.

Terra nodded, a small smile on his face. However, his smile vanished as he stared at the person behind Ventus.

"No need to be happy to see me," a sarcastic voice said.

Naminé and Ventus turned around to look at the source of the voice. She was surprised to see the person who was in front of her. The young man resembled a taller and muscular Sora, except that he has jet-black hair and golden-yellow eyes instead of brown hair and blue eyes.

He stared down at Naminé, looked at her backpack, and back at her.

"Is white your signature color?" he asked harshly.

Naminé placed her hands over her backpack, unable to answer his unexpected question. Vanitas glared at her action, waiting impatiently for her to answer.

"It's a simple answer. Yes or no," he told her ruthlessly.

"Leave her alone Vanitas," Ventus said, giving him an annoyed look. "You don't even know her."

"And you do? This is the first time you meet her, idiot." Vanitas retorted.

Ventus didn't reply back, he didn't want to start a fight so soon, especially in front of Naminé. Vanitas smirked at the lack of response and walked towards the back of the classroom, sitting on the desk farthest away from the group.

"Who is he?" Naminé asked quietly.

"He's Vanitas, Roxas brother and my cousin," Ventus explained.

"Don't worry, he won't bother you. We'll make sure of it," Terra reassured her.

'Why does it feel like I've seen him before? Those eyes look familiar, but I can't remember from where… maybe I just feel this way because he looks like Sora,' Naminé thought as she smiled at him gratefully.

"Alright class, settle down."

The students obeyed and sat on their desk. He wrote Mr. Faremis on the board and faced his students.

"Choose a partner, but choose carefully. They will be your partner throughout the whole year and you will not be able to switch. Sign both of your names next to one another on this paper. You have five minutes."

"You want to be my partner Naminé?" Ventus asked as he turned to face her.

Naminé was taken aback, but she happily agreed. Ventus beamed and wrote her name next to his. Once the teacher collected the sheet, he began reviewing the safety rules. He was aware that his students weren't paying attention, but it was procedure to do so. As the class dragged on, Naminé felt she was dozing off. Ventus had fallen asleep within the first ten minutes of the lecture, while Terra and Aqua were passing notes to one another to stay awake.

"Before I assign you any laboratory assignments, I am going to need your parent or guardian to sign this safety form. This is your first assignment, so bring it back by tomorrow," Mr. Faremis announced loudly, jolting his students from their daze.

As he finished passing the last safety form, the bell rang, signaling the end of the class and the start of their ten-minute break.

"You're meeting the girls at the table right?" Aqua asked as they left the classroom.

"Yea, but I forgot how to get there."

"It's ok. We'll take you there. It would be nice to finally see them," Aqua replied.

As they headed towards their meeting spot, Vanitas watched them walking away.

"Finally, things are about to get interesting."


Sorry if this chapter was a little boring but it sets up my next two chapters. Again, I am using Final Fantasy characters, most of them being teachers. Hope you enjoyed and I will upload chapter 4 sometime in April!

A/N: The first chapter says that Kairi and Xion were telling Naminé about their friends, but they didn't specify any details of their appearance or how/if they are related to one another, etc.

Thanks for reading!