Wo0t! I made it longer! Haha!
Genesis: Yes yes, longer, whoop-dee-doo...
Aww, Gen-gen, is it that time of the month again?
Genesis: Fuck. You.
Zack: *snicker*
Disclaimer: Don't own... who gives a flyin' shit...?
Two days passed quickly, including the almost disastrous shopping trip where Sora tried to get Cloud to buy a year's worth of gummy bears.
It's safe to say that the older teen was not amused. He could tell that Sora had pouted, but the effect was lost on Cloud. Being blind did have its advantages.
Sora had managed to coerce Vanitas into buying some for him though. Not as much as he'd wanted, but a lot. Like, five pounds worth… Cloud had snorted and muttered a choice word under his breath that had Ven and Roxas snickering and Van giving him a scathing glare that he could still feel.
But soon, Cloud found himself hugging his mother tightly while she cried into his shoulder.
"You be-better call me w-when you get there!" she pulled back from her oldest and settled a watery, but stern look on her other four children, standing sheepishly behind their older brother. "All of you," she intoned.
The four boys nodded in unison, "Yes, Mom!" and then they were piling into the car that had come to deliver them to The Academy.
"Don't worry Mrs Strife; I'll make sure they get there safely," Reeve said solemnly.
Mrs Strife sniffled against her son's broad shoulder once more before backing away. Cloud heard the soft rustle of his mother's hair as she nodded, and then the crackling of gravel as she walked back into their home.
Reeve lay a hand on Cloud's shoulder softly, "I'll give you a moment," and walked away to the car.
Cloud closed his sightless eyes and breathed in the scent of his childhood home. Finally, he bent down and touched the sidewalk lightly for one last sight before he stood up and climbed into the vehicle behind him.
-x-
The time to necessary to reach the Academy was spent by Reeve explaining all of the school rules, their curriculums (apparently they were separated into classes by their powers, but their homeroom was mixed), and their sleeping arrangements.
Vanitas and Ventus were rooming together, as was Sora and Roxas, but poor Cloud was stuck living with a perfect stranger by the name of Genesis Rhapsodos.
According to Reeve, the older man had a bit of a temper and was prone to mood changes frequently.
Good thing Cloud was blind. He could blame his lack of interest on that!
When they arrived in front of the, admittedly, impressive school, all of them were immediately whisked to homeroom which, if Reeve was to be trusted, had just started.
The man walked them to a nondescript classroom, opened the door, and waved the boys in.
Sora was first to go in, and if the boy's light yellow aura was anything to go by, he was all smiles and bubbly laughter the whole way through.
Ventus followed quickly, hoping to keep the younger brunette under some semblance of control. Vanitas sauntered in with a cocky, confident orange-red aura flowing jauntily around him.
Roxas was a spoilsport as he walked in with his hands in his pockets, earbuds blaring some punk band, and slouched forward like an old man.
Cloud almost smacked him upside the head. Almost…
The oldest blonde followed at a much more subdued pace, discreetly running his hand along the door to get a sight of the room before walking in completely. He didn't move his head to 'look' at anything, but instead stared straight ahead at the far wall.
"Hello children, as you may know, I'm the Assistant Director of this academy! My name is Reeve Tuesti, but I'm not here to introduce myself! I'm here to introduce your newest classmates, the Strife brothers: Sora, Roxas, Ventus, Vanitas, and Cloud! Now, I want you to take good care of them, and make them feel welcomed here," he patted Cloud's shoulder softly. "I'm off boys. If you need anything, ask your teachers to contact me," and then he was gone.
Silence reigned, but Sora was not perturbed, "Hey! I'm Sora; it's nice to meet you! Don't pay attention to the emo behind me; he's got issues that he's probably wishing he could sort out with that corner over there!" Cloud could feel his little brother smile. The whole class laughed and Roxas made a noncommittal grunting noise that just made them laugh harder.
"I'll let the class ask you questions while I go take care of something and when I get back we'll continue," the teacher stated from beside Cloud, who flinched. He hadn't even noticed her! He listened as her heals clacked away.
"I call the first one!" someone shouted from the back. "It's for the taller one, Cloud right?"
Cloud nodded, assuming he was talking to him, "Okay, well, why are you staring at me? It's kinda creeping me out, dude…"
Cloud's eyebrows furrowed, "I'm not staring at you. Ventus, what am I facing?"
"The back wall, Cloud; it does kind of look like you're watching him,"
Cloud averted his sightless eyes to the ground, "I apologize. I didn't mean to,"
Sora spoke up, "Don't blame him! He can't help it, he's blind!"
Cloud growled, "Sora…"
"Oh come off it, bro! You can't always help these things!" Vanitas butts in.
The person in the back who questioned Cloud gasps slightly, "Oh, wow, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be such a douchebag!"
Cloud shook his head, "No, you didn't know."
"Yeah, well, my name's Axel! Got it memorized?"
This time, Cloud intentionally pointed his gaze towards its previous point; a place he now noticed was occupied by a scarlet orb, with an eyebrow raised.
"Damn! How do you do that?" Cloud watched as the orb moved side to side and he followed it. "Shiva that's creepy!" the boy, Axel, exclaimed. "I thought you were blind!"
Ventus chuckled, "He is, but he can sense auras. He's probably locked onto yours right now,"
"That's really cool… What else can you do? What about you four?"
"All four of them can aportate. Besides that Sora is photokenetic, Roxas can manipulate shadows, Ventus is an Empath, and Vanitas can retrocognate." Cloud explained. "As for me, I can't aportate, but I'm clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient. I can also shape-shift, see auras, and mind-map, which I've heard be referred to as Sight which, ironically, I don't physically have,"
"Damn," a new voice spoke. "That's a lot… I don't think even Sephiroth or the Director have that many!"
Cloud swiveled his head to face a different aura, this one blue with a hint of turquoise, "Jeez, Axel, you're right. That is kinda freaky! I'm Riku, by the way," the boy introduced himself.
"Who's Sephiroth?" Sora questions inquisitively.
Riku chuckles, probably 'cause Sora's got his head tilted in that oddly puppy-ish way, "You remind me of Zack… Sephiroth is my older brother, well, one of them anyway, and before you ask, Zack is his lo—friend!"
Roxas finally speaks, "We're gay, you know…? We really don't care if your brother is or not, so no need to cover it up. By the way you were about to say it, I'm sure most, if not all, of the school knows already," he pauses for a second and an awkward silence takes over. "Don't give me that look! We're gay, but not for each other!" Cloud chokes on his spit, which he inhaled while gasping in indignation and Vanitas thumps his back.
"Gosh Rox, the first thing that come out of your mouth all day just had to sound dirty, didn't it?" Ventus teased.
Roxas growled, "Shut the hell up, bastard!"
"Back on topic please?" Riku calls. "Anyway, what can you aportate?"
"Keyblades!" Sora chirps.
The whole room gasps, "All of you?" Cloud assumes one of his brothers nodded. "Are you serious, that's crazy!"
"Yeah, me 'n Rox are ambidextrous so we can summon two a piece while Ventus is right handed and Van is left!"
"Terra, you hear that? We got four new Keybladers!" Riku chimes to someone.
'Terra' is sitting to the left of Axel in the back, "That's cool," is all he says. The boy has a blue aura too, though darker, more indigo than Riku's.
"So you two are Keyblade Bearers, too?" Ventus asks.
"Yep," was Terra's contribution.
"Okay, I've got a question! You're two sets of twins, so which twin is yours?"
"Van and Ven are older than me and Rox by a year!" Sora says. "Van is oldest and I'm youngest!"
"So wait, you're tellin' me, that you're paired up so that the identicals are in separate sets?"
"Um, I guess…?"
"What I mean is Ventus and Roxas look exactly the same and you and Vanitas look the same except for your hair and eye color,"
"Oh, well then yeah! I don't know why that is either, but it is!"
"Alright boys, go take a seat! There isn't much time left, so I'll let you talk, but quietly!" the teacher finally arrived.
Roxas made his way to the seat on the right of Axel, and Van followed and sat to the right of his brother. Sora sank into the seat behind Riku and Ven took up the desk on the left of Terra.
Cloud walked to the closest wall and touched the surface lightly. The only open chair was on the left of Ven, so he was quick to claim it. He could tell the class wanted to know why he'd done that, but he laid his head down on the desk before anyone could ask and let his brothers explain.
Today was going to be a long day, he already knew…
Okay, question for you: should I, or should I not put the Aura Colors and their Meanings thing up as a reference chapter so that you can go and see what colors mean what?
I need to know, so send me a review and tell me!