. Chapter IV .
. Ace .
It was win win win; regardless of their numerous games, he would always win.
The sun shone brightly against her eyes: she couldn't see it, but there was no denying that she could feel it. Clearly the top bunk did have disadvantages, such as the window next to her. Kairi groaned, and shielded her eyes with her elbow. Birds began chirping outside, waking her from her slumber.
The deafening sound of the alarm clock below startled her, skipping a beat in her heart. Namine groaned from below, seeing no reason to get up at 6:30 in the morning. Kairi rubbed her eyes, and plopped onto the floor from her bed. She clicked the 'snooze' button on the alarm, and looked at Namine who still seemed to be fast asleep.
Kairi slowly tiptoed to the washroom, and freshened up before tossing on her uniform. She took her usual accesories from the vanity table, and took her sling bag from the coat rack. She promised her cousin that she would meet him every early morning by the quad, just to have a little chat about her abilities. With that being said, she quietly opened the door and headed outside.
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"Aren't you worried that the security cameras are going to catch you?"
"I've been using them in the slightest of ways for the past two years here, and I've never been caught." Kairi crossed her legs as she sat on the edge of the quad fountain, "And they don't pick up audio, and my powers are mostly non-visual things the naked eye can see. Well, except morphing, of course." Roxas smiled and looked up into the bright blue eyes, "It's amazing; I have a feeling that I'm never going to let this go."
Kairi placed a hand on his shoulder, "I had to tell someone: is knowing about my abilities a burden to you?" Roxas shook his head, "No, of course not, Kai. You had to get a little weight off your shoulders." Kairi nodded, "Besides, you're the only one I could have trusted. You know how the others would have reacted; Aunt Tifa would have been frightened, and would tell Uncle Zack straight away--who just so happens to be studying the subject of superhuman abilities in SOLDIER. Godmother Vanille would have freaked, and we know how much she can't keep a secret. And Denzel and Marlene... well, you know. It's Denzel and Marlene; who knows what they'd do."
"True say," Roxas tapped his chin, "So what exactly have you been using your powers for?" Kairi gave her a devious smile, "Quite a few things." Roxas crossed his arms, "Like... say... secrets?" Kairi rolled her eyes playfully, "Maybe." Roxas shook her shoulder, "Aww come on Kairi! Share some!"
"Okay, okay! Roxas, stop!" Once he released his grasp from her shoulder, Kairi scanned the area. She then whispered, "Axel's got a crush on some girl named Larxene." Roxas' jaw dropped, "That evil blonde chick?" Kairi crossed her arms, "She's not evil, Roxie." Roxas waved his hands frantically, "She shoved eggs down my back!"
Kairi sighed, "Well, apparently she's Axel's type, so you know what that means..." Roxas punched a fist into the air, "Axel's straight! Phew!" Kairi let out a giggle before she rose from her seat, pacing with ehr hands behind her back. There was a thin mist in the air, but would soon disappear once the morning grew hotter. No one on campus would be out this early, giving Roxas and Kairi some decent privacy (there were still cameras watching them, after all).
Kairi squinted her eyes through the mist and found a nearby tree. Roxas raised a brow once Kairi walked over towards the tree, so he followed her. She took a simple pocket book from the ground, and clutched it in her right hand. She shut her eyes tightly, leaving Roxas confused. "Kairi, what are you-"
He was silenced by a soft glow from within Kairi's grasp. He clasped a hand over his mouth to keep himself shut, searching around for any nearby cameras. He spotted one from a pillar with wide eyes. He poked Kairi's shoulder with his free arm, warning her. She shook her head, "It's pointing west." She opened her hands, revealing a sharp rock in its place.
Roxas gasped, "Th-That's... whoa. This is what you've been hiding from me for the past sixteen years?" Kairi shook her head, "I didn't get my powers all at once. It started with telepathy, then night vision, then morphing. My morphing is really weak... I haven't learned much of it, yet." Roxas tapped his chin, "So tell me; how does this power stuff work? Like... when you read minds, how do you see it? Can you hear their voices, or visually see what they're thinking?"
"I can hear them, but..." Kairi's voice began to slowly drift away, "There are times when I can hear someone's voices, and I'd have no idea who's speaking. When I hear your thoughts, I hear your voice. But there are voices I can hear that are far off; I can tell... they're signals are weak to me."
"Are there others?" Roxas asked, "That can speak telepathically?" Kairi shook her head, "Not that I know of." The rock in Kairi's hands had slowly turned back into the pocket book it once was. Kairi sighed, "See? My morphing has a time limit. It's the weakest ability I've got." Kairi re-transformed the pocket book into a rock, and began carving onto the tree.
"What exactly is it you're doing?" Roxas asked, putting his hands in his jean pockets. Kairi gave him an answer with her back still turned to him, "Carving on a tree." Roxas ran a hand through his hair, "I see that, but what for?" Kairi shrugged as she carved a simple 'hello', "I don't know; maybe something mysterious will happen, just like in those movies."
The soft glow from Kairi's hand turned the sharp rock back into a pocket book, which Kairi tossed bacl to the ground. A question then came across Roxas' head, "Can you morph other things?" Kairi looked confused, "Like... larger items?" Roxas shook his head, "No, like... sound." Kairi seemed speechless; that was a good question, "I've never tried before."
Roxas cleared his throat, waving a finger around as if he were conducting an orchestra. Kairi got the hint; Roxas did this almost everytime he were to sing something. In fairness, Roxas was an amazing singer. He had quite an interest in music; he had been taking it as his elective for three consecutive years.
He took a deep breath, and sang a note in a low octave, holding it for a few beats. Kairi concentrated her energy on Roxas' throat, and rose her hand as she clasped it tighter. Soon enough, his voice was at a higher volume that echoed throughout campus. Roxas wore a huge smile on his face; he seemed to be enjoying it. That fact was clarified once he began dancing and singing to a Jesse McCartney song, "Yeah, I'm leaaaavviinnn, never to come back again! So tell your shortie you found a new man! No more makin' you cry, no more grey skies, we'll be singing all night yeah yeah! Oh ohhh ohhhh Ohhh OHHH! Oh ohh ohh ohh OOHH! OOH HEYY OOH HEYYYY!"
Kairi giggled as she tapped his shoulder, telling him that he was still on surround sound. He quickly squeaked and blushed, clasping both his hands over his mouth. A janitor that seemed to have just arrived gave Roxas the 'rock on' gesture, waving his mop around for emphasis, "Good job, kid! Might consider lowering down that voice of yours, though!"
Roxas sweatdropped, Oh geez. Hope no one heard that. Kairi giggled, leaning on the tree, I wouldn't be to sure of that, Roxie. Kairi laughed at the thoughts that danced around her head from frustrated students that had just woken from their slumber. It was going to be one heck of a day for Roxas.
"Hey, Roxas, did you hear that nerd singing some Jesse McCartney song this morning?" Sora asked, stifling a laugh as Roxas entered their dorm room that same morning. Roxas groaned, "N-No." Sora chuckled, "You shoulda heard it! But, as nerdy as the dude sounds, singing Jesse McCartney songs and all, he actually sounded really good!"
Roxas' angered face slowly formed into a smile, "Interesting." Sora then froze, and turned towards Roxas, still clad in his sleepwear, "Say, Roxas, where do you go every early morning?" Roxas stopped moving, Damn I thought he wouldn't notice. "Uh..." Just leave out Kairi's ability, "I'm just spending some time with my cousin."
Sora raised a brow, "Oh really? Isn't living with her already enough for some quality time?" Roxas ran a hand through his hair, "We have some important matters to discuss." Sora tapped his foot, "Normally I would ask for examples, but that would be butting into your business, so... I'm just gonna freshen up."
Roxas nodded, and once Sora shut the bathroom door closed, Roxas plopped onto his bed. A knock was heard at the door. He slowly stood up and turned the doorknob, revealing a familiar blonde girl and Kairi. Roxas immediately stood in a formal posture once Namine walked into the room, looking stunning in her uniform, "M-Morning."
Namine flashed him a smile with her pearly teeth, "Hey, I've met you before. R... Roxas, is it?" He nodded with a gulp. Namine began to twiddle with her thumbs with a slight blush on her cheeks, Wh-What do I say now? Kairi heard them both ask themselves. Roxas let out a small laugh, altering Namine's thoughts into a, He is so adorable!
Kairi found the moment cute, until her eyes drifted onto the other side of Roxas' dorm room, "Where's your roommate?" Roxas pointed at the bathroom door. Namine nodded and knocked on the door, "Sora? You changed and ready yet?" Kairi jerked forward, being held still by Roxas. In his eyes, she had just fallen on air, "Are you feeling all right this morning, Kairi?"
"You can open the door, Namine. I'm just brushing by teeth." Sora replied from the other side of the door. Namine nodded and placed her hands on the doorknob the same time Sora had, "Oh, and Sora, I'd like you to meet my roommate, Kairi." A shock from Sora's hand caused it to pass through the doorknob, and onto the other side. Namine felt a sting in her hand as she attempted to turn open the knob. "Ah!"
Roxas rushed to her side, "What's wrong?" Namine wearily pointed at the doorknob. Sora then asked in a worried tone, "Namine? What's wrong?" Kairi walked over to the door, feeling disbelieved, "There can't be anything wrong with the doorknob." She gripped it around the same time Sora did from the other side; Sora's hand repelled from the knob while Kairi was sent backward. She fell onto the floor, flat on her bum with a burning hand.
"Kairi!" Sora heard Roxas yell from the other side. Sora took a step away from the door, looking at his hand that held a small spark. His eyes widened, "Wh-What happened?" Sora rushed to the door to check on this so called cousin of Roxas, though he did not know her personally. He slipped on his towel on the way there, his uniform now drenched with water.
Kairi groaned in pain, clutching her aching hand. Namine knelt next to her, "That looks kinda bad. Let's get you to the nurse." Kairi nodded and was helped up by Roxas, who led her and Namine to the door. Once they left, Sora stood himself up and looked in the mirror. He let out an irritated sigh as he looked at the hair dryer by the sink, What would be faster? Drying my hair with the hair dryer or using my fire ability? Mildly, that is.
Kairi gasped in the hall way; who did that thought belong to?
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Sora laughed to himself; Hayner found it odd, considering that his friend was laughing at a tree. "Okay," Hayner sighed, "I don't get what you're laughing at." Sora shrugged, "It's nothing, really." Sora placed a hand over the writing, composed of a simple 'hi'. He took a rock from the ground, and began carving a reply. 'Hello' it read.
"I see no point in this." Hayner sweatdropped along with Tidus. Sora crossed his arms, "Who knows? Something might happen like in those movies; it adds a mystery quality to it." Hayner snorted, "Psh, uh, yeah. Did you finish that math homework we had yesterday?" Sora stiffened; to be honest, he never really got the work.
He could solve some of it, but he had trouble with majority of it. Namine attempted to help him, but found no luck. Sora was in hot water, and he couldn't cool it; not even with his powers. Teachers were also starting to wonder why he couldn't answer the simplest of questions on the board. Namine found it to be preschool work, whereas Sora found it to be... out of this world. It was on a different level that was too hard for him to understand.
It got to him sometimes, but that didn't stop him from trying.
"I told you so!" Kairi punched Roxas' arm the next morning, causing it to begin aching. Roxas clutched it in pain, "Told me what?" Kairi proudly pointed at the tree she carved into yesterday, "Someone replied! I told you something might happen like in those movies!"
Roxas squinted; he couldn't see all too sharply without his reading glasses, "Ah, you're right... but who could possibly have--"
"It doesn't matter," Kairi began to squeal in excitement, "This is so mysterious!" Her eyes began to sparkle as she clasped her hands together, "Maybe it's someone charming, intelligent... not to mention gorgeous!" Kairi gasped, "Maybe it's that muscular silver haired prodigy on the blitzball team!"
"Riku?" Roxas spat in disgust, "Not a chance." Kairi crossed her arms, "He is pretty cute." Yeah but he's a jackass. Kairi frowned at her cousin's thoughts-- he then realized that she had heard him. He plopped down on the floor, puffing out his cheeks, "It's unfair how you can read my thoughts like that."
Sh-Shit! Water's cold! Water's reaallyy cold! Use fire ability! Use fire ability!
Kairi's head quickly shot up; that thought surely didn't come from Roxas. What did this person mean by... fire ability? "Is something wrong, Kairi?" Roxas asked, standing upward. Kairi shook her head, "I-It's nothing big, Roxas. Unless...it could be..."
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Sora wrapped a towel around himself as he walked out of the shower-- he was freezing to death! The water in the morning was never warm; even his fire wasn't enough to heat it. Though, it did make sense that it didn't work; the fire would blow out once it came in contact with the water.
Normally Sora would have controlled it better, but he was bare and shivering! Well, that was his excuse. He shrugged it off and got ready for class. Roxas had already left, leaving Wakka and Tidus to pound at his door. He exited the building with them, and enjoyed the warm feeling of the outdoors. He placed his hands into his jean pockets-- the staff didn't seem to mind, and neither did his uncle, him being his nephew and the top student.
He still shivered at the thought of the dean being related to him. Hayner ran up to Sora, putting a hand on his shoulder for balance, "Sora!" He began huffing, "Remember that tree you carved into yesterday?" Sora nodded, gently pushing a rarely enthusiastic Hayner away from his body. "Well, the person replied again!"
Sora blinked twice before running to the tree not too far from him. A smile grew on his face as he stared at the composed reply. It was the same person-- girl. The handwriting made it obvious. Sora placed his hands on his hips, "I told you, Hayner. Something did happen like in those movies."
"Well sorry. I don't watch chick flicks." Hayner rolled his eyes, only to be punched in the arm by Selphie who happened to walk by, "I find that term offensive." Sora didn't bother watching Hayner and Selphie argue; it wasn't all too interesting as the tree. As nerdy as that may sound, the tree was far more interesting.
It had, in neat calligraphy, carved into it, Wat's up? Sora scratched the back of his head and grinned. He picked up a nearby rock, and began carving into the tree.
Namine could feel her brother tensing up. He was breathing heavily next to her, burying his hands in his sweat infested hair. No matter how many times he tried to understand the concepts in math class, he always ended up using the wrong formula. Well, at least he has the formulas memorized, Namine sighed to herself, I guess its another all night tutoring session today...
Sora could feel a headache coming on as he rubbed his temples. Numbers and symbols such as pi danced around his head, causing him to get frustrated. The academic math professer did not even bother to ask if anyone had questions; he would just keep on going, assuming that everyone had already caught on. That, in fact, was not a bad thing.
Everyone else did get it-- except Sora. Applied classes would usually go slower than academic, which was what Sora was used to. Namine caught on instantly-- she had already been asking questions from the next page. Sora groaned, and slammed his head on his open textbook.
He didn't find it all too comfortable; but it would do. Oh, it would do.
Sora fixed his eyebrows into a frown, and checked to see if anyone was looking at him. Everyone seemed to be crowded around the window; apparently there was a marshmallow eating contest going on out there. Even the professer was entertained. Sora smirked, and turned his back from everyone. He lit a large flame from his hand, and brought up his textbook in front of him.
"Go to hell, bitch." Sora said evilly with a devious smile on his face. As he was about to burn his textbook, a hand stopped him. He froze, but calmed down once he found out that it was only Namine. She shook her head, as if disapproving something, "Sora, don't burn the book. It'll help you, we have to pay for it, and quite frankly, its just stupid. Don't you wonder what would happen after you burned it? People would wonder about the pile of ash the book would leave behind, not to mention that the fire alarm would go off, and last but not least, if it scomes down to it, people would begin to wonder how you set it on fire."
Sora stomped his foot-- Namine was right. She was always right. In fact, everyone was right, and Sora was always wrong. He could never win, except in sports, but that was almost it. Sora didn't win a whole lot; that was something he really hated about himself at the moment. Maybe he would win at something someday. Someday.
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He found it quite funny, actually.
About 2 weeks ago, Sora believed that he could never win at anything except sports. He had proved himself wrong when he stood in front of the tree he carved into. It was filled with carvings and slashings. Majority of it was filled with X's and O's.
He and the mystery girl he played with had been playing tic tac toe simoultaneously. Sora had started it when he wrote that he was bored, and drew four lines that intersected, creating a tic tac toe game grid. Sora was usually the 'X', and his opponent the 'O'. Everyone knew that with a certain technique, the person who began the game would win.
Sora knew that, and he used it to his advantage. This time, Sora was wrong about being wrong. He could win; even if it was in small measures. He looked at the tree, crossing his arms in satisfaction. There was an empty box in the middle; once he filled it in, he would have gotten three X's in a row diagonally. He smirked as he carved in another victory.
It was win win win; regardless of their numerous games, he would always win.
:)
You know what I find funny? You guys seem so weirded out about my age xD. I've been receiving messages saying, "OMG. YOU'RE 13?! WTH?" I find it entertaining lol. Oh, and Happy early halloween, my dear readers! Unless you live on the other side of the world; happy halloween to you then x3. So how is school everyone? A pain in the ass? YEAHHH!! So many projects and assignments, but me being me, I aced 'em ;D. All my averages are higher than 80 :D. I'm getting a 96 in music. 8D Well, art it is my forte xD
Anyway, let's get to the retarded stuff. Today, in religion class, there were seven people present. Why? Majority went to the football game with tickets they paid for, and some snuck in. But, nonetheless, it was quite entertaining. We wanted to escape the classroom, because the teacher was being a bitch.
So we planned one of the students to have a pretend seizure at 2pm; now, normally one would assume that we were just kidding. We were, but the guy took it seriously and actually pretended to have a seizure xD. And, the other day, I went on a music class trip that took up the entire school day. All the music students attended, and we watched a venezuelan orchestra that consisted of 250 members.
They were amazing! Though, I didn't enjoy the 26 minute song that much xD. And I apologize that I couldn't update earlier; school work, and I did feel a tad depressed the other day. But it's fine :D. The other day, one of my music classmates was dragging the other on the floor in the hallway, and ripped his bag open since he held it from the handle =P. It was pretty entertaning !! And, do any of you know Owl City? I just fell in love with some of their songs, Vanilla Twilight & Fireflies -sighs-
But now I feel like dancing xD. Why? I'm listening to Don't You Know Who I Think I Am? by fallout boy :D. Oh, and my band has finally been formed! We're just looking for more members, just in case :). But on the other hand, I feel rather disappointed and confused with myself. I don't know how I should design my sims for the anime version of this story ! RAWR. Help ! Now, while you think of ideas, I shall reply to your lovely reviews!
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