Summary: How long can you deny that you're in love? Joy is going to find out at Twilight High Boarding School.
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama
Pairings: RoxasOC RikuOC NamineOC SoraKairi HaynerOlette TidusSelphie MarluxiaOC(Other pairings may be decided later)
WARNING: Characters may be a bit OOC xP
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts II or any of its characters
Claimer: I own Joy, Amy, Stacie, Fernando, Kristina, and Ricky Tang
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Chapter Eleven
Hostage
Everyone stared in horror as their joyful friend stood at the edge of her life, trying to scream but couldn't due to a cloth tied around her mouth. The man that was next to her, looked down at his 'audience' with his yellow snake eyes. He had on a smug expression, still holding the pistol to Joy's head. Some students screamed in fear for their schoolmate while others stood there shocked on the spot.
Ansem stared at the man with mixed emotions and anxiously said, "Xehanort."
"Xehanort?" Riku asked from next to him.
"Do you know him, Mr. Ansem?" A policeman near Mr. Ansem asked.
"…He was a teacher here."
"He was a teacher here?!" Fernando exclaimed in surprise.
"He did a crime in my school and I let him go," Mr. Ansem simply said.
"Now that wasn't smart, was it Mr. Ansem?" Larxene told him.
Ignoring the student, Mr. Ansem grabbed the nearest megaphone and aimed it toward the building. "Xehanort! Put the gun down," he ordered to the kidnapper.
"Five years has passed, Ansem." His voice was filled with malice and it caused Joy to involuntarily shudder next to him. "And now, I have finally - "
"Xehanort!" A policewoman called from the megaphone, "Drop the gun and tell us what you want!"
Xehanort's golden yellow eyes leisurely turned to the policewoman. Joy felt beads of sweat roll down the side of her face as she looked down, suddenly realizing at this moment that she was afraid of heights. Even though she was afraid, Joy couldn't help but continue gaping at all the people that had gathered down below. She saw the familiar hair of Ricky Tang as he walked in on the scene, heading toward Fernando.
"What's going on?" Ricky asked Fernando, looking up at the two above.
"Joy's being held hostage," Fernando answered. Turning to him, Fernando asked, "Where have you been?"
"In town." He simply said.
"Drop the gun!" The same policewoman ordered. All the police had started getting out their own guns and weapons, and started aiming at the kidnapper up on top. Almost carelessly, Xehanort shook his head like an egghead that he was and dropped the gun, causing it to fall all the way down to the ground level.
"Xehanort," Ansem yelled, getting the said guy's attention, "why are you here?"
Xehanort straightened his posture, even though there was nothing to be perfected, he gave off an air of superiority. "Ansem, of all people, I thought that you would know why I'm here." Ansem frowned at the statement and continued to stare determinedly at Xehanort as he continued, "Revenge, Ansem. Revenge."
"Revenge?" Roxas asked Mr. Ansem who just continued to hold onto his stare at Xehanort.
"Roxas!" Axel whispered harshly, tugging on the back of Roxas' shirt. Roxas turned around and saw Axel nodding his head toward behind him. Looking over his shoulder, Roxas saw some other seniors running to the building without others noticing. Seeing their intentions, Roxas nodded to Axel and they both ran off as well.
"Why do you seek revenge, Xehanort?" Ansem shouted to kidnapper.
Xehanort's stare turned into a piercing glare. "Let's see," he started, reaching in for his back pocket, "if this," and he swiftly brought out a switchblade in his right hand, it's metal glistening in the spotlight, "will jog your memory."
"JOOOOY!" Her friends screamed (mainly Stacie, Amy, and Kristina), as Xehanort grabbed a fistful of Joy's long sea foam hair and pulled her to him causing her to nearly fall off backwards off the wall and back on roof level, the blade of his knife pressed against the flesh of her neck. A muffled scream was heard from the hostage as tears streamed down her face.
"He has another weapon!" The authority screamed, "Break into the building!" The police went to every entrance around the building and tried breaking in.
"Nobody move!" Xehanort ordered, "Or I'll slice her head off!" To emphasize his point, he pulled on her hair even more and Joy screamed even louder, feeling the sharp blade's pressure on her neck even more. Slowly, the police lowered their weapons in defeat.
"Hurry up Demyx!"
In the dark hallways of the school building, the moon's light reflected into a window. The beam going through the glass and hitting the floor. A shadow cast over it and the next second, the window was crashed open. Glass shards scattered everywhere as it made clinking noises against the tiled floor. A log that was used to smash into the window hit the opposing wall and fell as well to the ground. Six pairs of feet jumped through, five boys and a girl.
"Why didn't the police just break the window? Police these days are idiots," a feminine voice rang through the halls.
"Let's split up, he might've barricaded more hallways." A voice suggested, "That way we can reach the roof faster."
"Fine, whatever! One goes that way, the other up the stairs and last go the other way," another voice ordered. The others murmured their replies and the six split up into three groups, one going left, one up the stairs, and the last going right. Each direction going toward another flight of stairs. Each pair headed to the roof, where they were going to save a life.
I was scared. No, scratch that. I was frightened to the point that I wanted to go to the bathroom. It's not funny. First having a gun pointed to your head, now a sharp knife pressed against your neck, it's very scary. To top it all off, the police can't even help you because you're being used as a freakin' HOSTAGE! I can see my life flash before my eyes.
I can't leave like this! I still have to go through my life! I'm only sixteen! There are still many things I haven't done in my life, yet; I haven't had my first boyfriend, haven't been on a date yet, I haven't even gotten my first kiss yet! What's going to happen to me?
If these are my last moments, I might as well look at everyone before I go. I'm looking down. I see nearly everyone I knew. My friends, people I knew, Mr. Ansem, and even my enemies came. Everyone was staring at me with a scared look.
..Hey..
Where's Rox -
Unexpectedly, Joy felt her hands free from the rope. On reflex, she grabbed the arm with the knife and tried to pull it away from her neck. Yet, he was too strong for Joy. He merely pressed the metal of the blade intensely against her neck. "Keep struggling, then the police will find more than just a cut off head." Joy ceased her pulling and stared at him with fearful violet eyes. She unconsciously started lessening her breathing.
That's when a familiar voice was heard, and in a deadly tone said, "Let Joy go, or I'll blow your brains out. Got it memorized?"
Recognizing the voice, the hostage breathlessly said, "Axel," Joy could barely talk, "how… did you… get up here?"
"Long story; smashed a window," was his only explanation, and he still had narrowed eyes toward Xehanort.
Joy slowly glanced to her right. It was Axel, and he had a gun to the kidnapper's head, just like he had done to Joy. She felt the hold on her hair and neck loosen. Keeping the knife still in place, Xehanort scoffed and then chuckled. "Do you really think you can shoot me? A mere child?"
Click.
"If Axel can't, I can." Everyone saw the antenna blonde haired girl that was Larxene and watched as she put another gun against Xehanort's neck behind him.
"Larxene!" Joy exclaimed.
"Hey shrimp, sorry it took me awhile to get up here. The rest of us had to split up just to get up here," while explaining what had happened, Larxene never took her eyes off of Xehanort. "Release her," she said in a deadly tone.
"And if I refuse?" He asked nonchalantly.
Larxene narrowed her green eyes at his calm response and moved the gun down to align with his heart. Her frown turned into a smirk and her narrowed eyes turned to that of cynical. "You know, I always wondered how it felt to murder someone. Maybe I'll get my chance tonight."
Xehanort gritted his teeth in annoyance. He wasn't about to let his plan go down the drain because of stupid high school students. Keeping a firm grip on the knife, he pulled harder on Joy's hair causing her to yelp in pain and close her eyes tightly. "Didn't you hear me?!" Larxene exclaimed but was suddenly kicked backwards forcing her to drop her weapon.
"Larxene!" Axel shouted but he too was kicked backwards by Xehanort.
Xehanort hastily turned around, his grip tightly on Joy and started readying his weapon, his eyes full of malevolence, "Say goodbye to your little friend - "
Joy still had her eyes closed and could see her memories rush through the inside of her eyes. 'Is this the - '
CLANG. THUD.
"Too late."
I was confused. Did I die? Did he kill me? How come I didn't feel any slice against my throat? Many questions ran through me as I refused to open my eyes. I felt my mouth relax as the binding material that was around it loosened and fell out.
"Sorry it took us awhile, we got lost for a minute. You two okay?"
The first voice sounded close. The second voice sounded farther away. But they were both familiar sounding. My confusion faded away as I gradually opened my eyes. I was half-expecting to see white clouds or the lord, thinking I was in heaven. Or the gates to a magical place. Maybe even two paths that lead to heaven or hell. I thought I would see at least blue skies.
Well to say the least, what I saw was close to my assumption. I saw concerned sky blue eyes in front of me. It was him.
"Roxas!" Reacting on instincts, Joy latched onto her sandy blonde savior and buried her face into his chest. Joy felt the tears that were building within her all this time unleash themselves and they fell freely down from her eyes onto Roxas' shirt, her sobs muffled against his chest. Ignoring his becoming damp shirt, Roxas wrapped an arm around the fragile girl to keep her steady as he ran his other hand soothingly through her long hair. "I thought I was going to die…" She softly continued, her sobs quieting down.
"Shh…" Roxas tried to console her, continuing to run his hand through her hair, "It's all over now."
"What took you two so long?" Axel asked Demyx, as he was lifted up from the ground.
"Well, heroes arrive at the last minute, don't they?" Demyx replied, scratching the back of his neck.
"Only for this moment, I won't hurt you, Demyx," Larxene said as Axel pulled her to stand up.
"What moment?" Larxene faced a direction, indicating toward the couple in front of her.
The trio looked to Roxas and Joy with a smile(Axel with a smirk). The kidnapper was next to them, down on the floor in a pathetic position and holding his stomach where Roxas had punched him with incredible force that knocked the wind out of him causing Xehanort, awhile ago, to drop the knife and release his hold on Joy in order to clutch his stomach to ease the pain.
"Hey, anyone know where Zexion and Marluxia are?" Demyx suddenly asked.
Axel shrugged and replied carelessly, "The way they went must've been blocked."
Larxene snorted at the though, "What losers."
At that moment, they heard a gasp near them and turned their attention back to the couple. Their eyes widened shocked at what laid before them. Xehanort had somehow gotten up and split the couple apart, pushing Roxas furiously away before gripping, once again, on Joy's hair forcefully.
"Joy!" The three seniors yelled.
"Let her go!" Roxas was about to run another punch to the kidnapper, but he was stopped.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he started and that's when Roxas saw the knife that had somehow ended up in Xehanort's hand and he aimed the weapon to the back of her neck.
Roxas froze on the spot, afraid of endangering Joy's life. Axel, Demyx, and Larxene, who were about to rush to rescue Joy also stopped in mid-step. "Why do you need Joy?! Release her!" Larxene shouted.
"You all seem to care deeply about this little girl, especially you." He swerved his snake like eyes to Roxas who in return narrowed his own eyes in a deadly glare, his fists were so tightly clenched that his knuckles were turning white. "What a lovely moment you two had. Very sweet."
I looked from Roxas to the others. They all had the same look; fear. But their own fear was me dying. I felt so useless. I didn't want to die! What could I do? A knife is being pointed at my neck and I'm afraid that if I move a centimeter, the blade will stick in me and hit a vein in my neck!
..I feel so useless, weak, stupid. Like I didn't know anything. I want to contribute somehow to this…
Joy felt her hands clench into a fist as a low growl emitted from her throat. The next thing was what surprised everyone on the roof. The once fragile girl raised her leg and stomped hard on Xehanort's foot, causing him to hiss in pain and lower the knife away from her neck. Leaving an opening, Joy elbowed him in the gut. Xehanort, for the second time in a row, held his stomach. Joy was about to run off if his hand wasn't still holding on to her hair.
"Stupid… girl… do you really… think…" Xehanort regained his composure a bit, "I would let go of you that easily?" Joy glared at him. From that moment, Joy was had added something new to her personality. "Do you?" He asked again, bringing his face closer to her to give her a sneered look.
Spit.
Saliva splattered across Xehanort's face. "Stupid girl!" He yelled enraged as he raised his weapon.
"Joy!" Roxas cried, starting to run toward her.
Joy tried to run, moving away from Xehanort, pulling away as hard as she could muster. She was reaching a hand out for Roxas. Unfortunately, when she was moving, Xehanort's knife ended up being next to her hair, and swiping the blade, it ripped through Joy's blue hair. Even though it meant sacrificing her hair, Joy was able to escape from his grip and ran back into Roxas' arms who securely wrapped them around her.
Xehanort glared at the reunited couple and threw the cut off hair to the floor, letting out an anguish cry. Before he could shout out in fury, they heard, "Freeze! And drop your weapon!" A demand was heard.
It was the police.
"Not a minute too late," Axel said, getting out of the way for the police to surround the kidnapper. Marluxia and Zexion appeared behind them. "So, that's where you two went."
"We got the blocked hallway," Zexion started.
"And we knew that you guys would already be up here, so we brought in the police." Marluxia continued.
Xehanort scowled at the authorities surrounding him and he dropped the knife in defeat. Roxas looked down at the girl in front of him who had her attention on the police with a triumphant smile on her face. Her messy sea foam blue-green hair was now shorter, it's length didn't even reach her shoulders.
"I hope he gets behind bars for the rest of his life," Joy hopefully said, giving Roxas a warm smile. "Thanks again for coming to my rescue."
"I'm just glad I got here in time," Roxas replied, rubbing the back of his neck in modesty.
"Me too," Joy said, a bit distressed. She walked toward the other seniors, behind the police and with Roxas following.
Roxas' blue eyes looked at Joy's back. Trailing his eyes up, he noticed something. A thin line marred Joy's neck, a cut from the knife. "Joy, there's a cut on your neck!"
"What? Where?" Joy asked, putting a hand on her neck, running her fingers across the skin to find the cut.
A week later; December 1st
The police had found out that Xehanort was after the money from the school, but wanted to kill a student from there. He was accused before for molesting children, now he's put into jail for kidnapping and nearly murdering a child. How long would he be behind those bars? It's still undecided.
Joy's cut on the back of her neck wasn't serious, just a little cut from the knife. It wasn't deep nor was it big. It wasn't life threatening, but it would leave a scar. The scar seemed to engrave itself upon Joy's skin, to remind her of what happened that night. Joy's hair length now didn't even reach her shoulders. Her blue-green hair was short, but not too short for a girl; it gave her a young look.
Ricky has distanced himself away from Joy and the others for the past week. It seemed both Joy's and Roxas' speeches had smacked him right in the face. It really made him think, which is why he was distancing himself away in the first place.
So, when Joy woke up to a knock on her dorm door, she didn't expect to see a letter fly in from under the door. Tiptoeing to not further disturb Roxas' slumber, she picked up the envelope and saw that it was addressed to her. Hopping back on her bed, she ripped open the letter and took out the folded paper.
Dear Joy,
I'm sorry for lying to you before.
You were right, no matter how harsh.
I don't really love you.
I thought I did. But I guess I don't.
I'm going back home today.
Your friends are staying a month longer.
The program was extended, but I'm not interested anymore.
Do me a favor.
Follow your heart.
Forget about your promise and past,
and listen to your heart.
The answer to your pleading
is right in front of you.
Sincerely,
Ricky Tang
"I can't believe you guys are staying here a month longer!" Joy exclaimed, taking a seat at the cafeteria table for breakfast.
"It wasn't that hard. Come on, it's Mr. Ansem," Kristina responded.
"Yeah, he was so nice." Fernando inputted.
"That's what I like about him," Stacie added, grinning.
"I wonder why they extended the foreign exchange program…" Amy wondered.
Joy laughed when she suddenly remembered something. "Whoops, I forgot something. I'll be right back."
Joy ran to her dorm, running up the stairs, dashing through halls. When she skidded around a corner, she ran to her dorm. But she was surprised when she already found someone in front of the door. Joy slowed down to a walk and approached the person who was about to knock on the door, "May I help you?"
The person turned around, startled, and Joy found that it was a girl, probably about her age. The girl stared at the girl before asking, "Who are you?"
Joy didn't answer; she didn't say to others her name if she didn't know theirs first. "This is my dorm, do you know me?"
The girl looked from the door to Joy and back. "This… is your dorm?" She gave Joy an expression of mild surprise and disappointment. "I'm sorry, I was just looking for my friend. It's okay though."
Joy tilted her head to the right, a bit confused, before saying, "Okie dokie then." Joy outstretched her arm, "My name's Joy."
The dark blue haired girl's black onyx eyes looked at the hand warily. Slowly, she took her hand and replied, "Jun."
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I don't feel like I belong anymore. It's like everyone's replaced me because she came along. Maybe I should just go. It would probably be better off like that. Everyone seems happier, no one would miss me too much. Amy's found a new best friend, Roxas is going to get his girlfriend back, the others like her better than me. They don't need me. Pence lied to me; Jun's not weird at all, she's cool. Even I like her, and for some reason, I feel like it's better that she and Roxas get together.
Mom probably misses me.
Whatever happens, I'm just glad I was able to meet all of them.
Hope you liked it! Sorry it took awhile. A kidnapping scene is not the best thing to write in my opinion, unless you've really been in that kind of situation. You don't know how many times I had to keep rewriting this chapter until it met my satisfaction. Sorry if it's kind of rushed near the end. It's late and I'm really sleepy. School's starting soon for me as well. So, hopefully I'll get chapters out as routinely as possible:)
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