Thanks again to KHLegacy and Riku Uzumaki for their reviews of the last chapter. I'll try, and I really do mean try, to upload more chapters of this fic. I'm thinking maybe ending it around 40 chapters and move on to my next project. And maybe this fic will get another sequel. Who knows?

Anywho, now let's see what'll happen next since the "war" is supposed to be over.

-miano53

The Antebellum Period and New Jobs

One month later, Monday, November 1st, Radiant Garden High, Coach Jihl's office...

Coach Jihl, angered after hearing that her "Cheerios" forged a peace treaty with the "Fair's Fourteen", JROTC and others in the nerd category, started writing in her diary. She vigorously wrote her thoughts, glaring at the pages with a death stare.

"How dare they? Those traitors! We jocks are never to befriend nerds! That's unnatural! A sin against everything we stand for! They are to bow to us! Grovel at our feet and beg for our mercy!" she wrote.

A knock at the door had her snap her head up from the pages. Filled with fury, Jihl yelled, "WHAT?"

The door slowly swung open and the coach saw her top cheerleader, Larxene. The blond sighed and said, "You're still mad? Man, I thought I could hold a grudge."

"You just sit down, traitor," Coach Jihl told her.

Larxene did as she was told and said, "For the last time, we didn't make a 'peace treaty' or anything like that. We just called off the prank war."

"You're not supposed to ever call it off! Prank wars don't end until there is only one standing," Coach Jihl said.

Larxene sighed and told her, "You would've called it off too if you saw an evil ghost trying to kill you with dodge balls and stuff."

"Then dodge! And throw some holy water at if for good measure!" Coach Jihl said, still adamant about keeping the "war" going.

The blonde sighed and said, "Whatever. I'm headed for class."

Lunch room, noon...

"So, I was in the kitchen, making a sandwich when this scary ghost appeared! It wasn't like the one that attacked us in the Itoi factory. True story," Vivi said, taking a large bit out of his chicken sandwich.

Ven sighed, hoping for Vivi to stop mentioning the incident. He still felt guilty for helping out an evil ghost. That and the punishment he was still under added to the guilt.

As he played with his cheese-covered broccoli and fish sticks, Ven zoned out. He didn't hear Vivi telling Eiko, Zack and Demyx the end of his supposed encounter with another ghost. He also didn't see a barreling towards their table Lea and Roxas.

Lea slipped on a banana peel someone had carelessly tossed onto the floor. He crashed into the table, nearly flipping it over and causing most of the kids around them to laugh. The redhead got up, grinned and Ven noticed a knot on his forehead.

"Uh, are you okay Lea?" Zack asked.

"Yup. But never mind me! Guess what?" Lea said.

He held up his phone and Ven could barely see anything on the screen as it was cracked. The boy told him and Lea groaned.

"Aw man...I was gonna show you guys what they said about Dead Fantasy XV," he whined.

Roxas shook his head and pulled out his phone. The image of the main character, along with his friends fighting in a battle with robot soldiers appeared on it. The date of its release was also on it and Ven couldn't contain his excitement.

"It's coming out on Dec 23rd! Two days before Christmas!" Ven yelled.

"Yup! I'm gonna get it with the money from my allowance! Just gotta save up!" Lea said, grinning.

Ven's excitement fell, realizing that he didn't make enough with his allowance of 150 munny a month. The Gamestation costed about 4,500 munny and the game itself was probably about 650. So, he would need more than 5,000 munny, plus tax, to get it. And if he got a job that paid good every two weeks, adding his allowance to that amount, he could get the gaming device and game around that date.

'But asking Dad for a raise is probably not a good idea right now...I'm still on punishment. Aw...' Ven thought.

"Hey! Hey, Noct! Noct! Noctis!" Zack yelled, turning around to the table in the far right corner.

Another raven-haired teen, dressed in all black and accompanied by his two friends, a girl in white and another blonde in black and grey. He looked up from his phone and said, "What?"

"Hey, bud! Isn't your dad hiring for part-time workers at the Choco-Mog?" Zack asked.

"Yeah! I heard he's hiring because of that new expansion! So? So?" Vivi said.

The boy, Noctis Caelum, sighed and said, "Yeah. But, I don't think you guys are gonna like it."

"Why not? We need work! And I must have that Gamestation! I must have it!" Ven said, sounding obsessed.

Roxas and Zack stared, wondering if Vanitas would show up again. They sighed, seeing that Ven calmed down rather quickly. Noct's friend, the blonde, grinned and said, "C'mon Noct. Your dad does need the help."

"But he just hired that Wutai girl," Noctis told him.

'Wutai girl?' Ven thought.

"Noct. Prompto's right. You all really need the help," the girl in white told him.

Prompto nodded and Ven had hope that he would get hired. That is, until Noct said, "Most people quit 'cause of all the craziness."

"What craziness?" Roxas asked, looking worried.

"Oh, well. They get some really crazy customers, last I heard. But they're still popular," Demyx told him.

Eiko nodded and said, "I like going there. Their 'Choco Burger's' really good."

"Yup and so's their 'Mogmatt Fries'," Vivi said, nodding.

"Yup. All you have to do is mind the craziness, like how one of the guys there always like picking fights with people. Usually Noct's dad knocks him out with one punch and it's funny," Eiko added.

Ven started getting worried, wondering just how crazy working there would be. He then imagined a crazed fellow with pink hair and a fiery temperament jumping out, beckoning his to fight him. He shook his head as he heard Noctis say, "I'm just gonna say this. Try to find other places to work before going there. Seriously, people start losing their sanity working there."

"But why? It sounds fun!" Lea said.

"Hey! I've worked there for two months and I haven't lost my sanity yet!" Prompto yelled, offended.

"But all you do is take pictures. You don't work where I'm at," Noctis told him.

"And that's mostly at the chocobo racing stalls," the girl in white said.

Noctis made a sound that sounded like whimpering and Ven didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him.

"Well, he practically works every position there, so...Oh, I haven't even introduce myself. I'm Luna, Noct's longtime friend. And that's Prompto, his friend since sixth grade," the girl, Luna, told them.

Zack introduced everyone to Luna and Prompto. Afterwards, he invited them to join the Fair's Fourteen. They declined, but Zack still extended the invitation for a later date. He thought they would join sooner or later and wasn't willing to press the matter any further.

That Saturday, 9 a.m...

After calculating how long it would take to get to 5,000 munny with his current allowance, getting depressed as it would take him several months, and attempting to find other jobs, Ven begged for Terra to take him and Roxas to the restaurant/attraction, the Choco-Mog. The large, golden, tree-like tower situated on the water dwarfed the smaller building that served as the new drive thru. It looked like something out of Dead Fantasy VII, reminding Ven of the place called the Golden Saucer, minus the large desert surrounding it and the evil monster called Ruby Weapon.

Roxas, dissuaded by Noctis into not working there, said, "Why did you take me? I don't wanna work there."

"Well, delivering mail on skateboard's not gonna help us get that Gamestation any faster," Ven told him as they sat in the backseat of Terra's SUV.

"But I'm not that obsessed with getting it. That's just you," Roxas said.

Ven put an arm around his brother and said, "But you do want Radiant Hearts III, right? Think about it."

"But they're holding us over with Radiant Hearts 1.5 and 2.5. So, I'm satisfied until it comes out next year," Roxas said.

"But the bundle's on the Gamestation 4's in HD! Seriously! Think of the graphics and improved gameplay! The graphics, Rox! The graphics!" Ven said, trying to help him see things his way.

Terra smirked and said, "Don't know why you're planning on working there. But..."

"See? Even Terra sees that it's a bad idea!" Roxas told his twin.

"No it's not! Noct was just overexaggerating!" Ven said.

"Whatever man," Roxas grumbled.

They were dropped off at the entrance to the restaurant portion and Terra drove off to find a place to park. After doing so, he rejoined them and the trio entered. To their surprise, the place was relatively empty and looked as if it was still under construction. Workers donned in yellow shirts with a large moogle printed on it, black pants for guys and skirt-shorts combo for ladies, and a yellow hat with a chocobo and moogle pom-pom on it, were getting ready for the day. A few others were in chocobo and moogle costumes, chatting away as they waited to put on their headgear.

One spotted them and said in a familiar voice, "Hey guys. We're not open yet."

Roxas and Ven's eyes went wide as they saw Yuffie. She was dressed in the uniform of the restaurant workers and she jumped when she saw them.

"Huh? You guys showed up my job without asking first!" she yelled.

Picking up a tray, she tossed it at Ven, screaming, "WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"

He was hit in the face and fell to the floor. Roxas, seeing Yuffie holding up another tray to throw, yelled, "YUFFIE! Yuffie, stop! We're just here to apply for a job!"

"You're here for what now?"

The owner, a rather scruffy-looking man in black who looked an awful lot like Noct, but with his hair down and some in his face, came from the back. He held a clipboard in his hand and looked the twins over. The man smirked and said, "So, you're Yuffie's friends? And I can tell that Junior told you not to work here, right?"

"Uh, 'Junior'?" Ven said, a bit dazed as Terra helped him up.

"Oh. Uh, this guys is Mister...I mean, Lord Noctis Caelum IV. The Noct we know is the 'Fifth'. And this is the Choco-Mog, the place his grandpa made famous back over in Duscae," Yuffie explained.

"Yeah, that's about it," Noct IV, or Senior, said.

Terra, knowing the history of the place, asked, "So, why the drive thru? You guys don't have that over in Duscae. So, why here?"

"Well," Senior started.

Two months ago...

Noctis IV, or Senior, sat in his office, making a list of the menus to be served at the Radiant Garden Branch of the Choco-Mog. He enjoyed his job a lot, making up new ideas for attractions and eating the new foods Ignis, his old friend, would make for the establishment. After finishing much of what needed to be done for the week, Senior stretched, got up from his desk and readied himself to leave when he heard something odd.

It sounded like an engine revving and the man opened the door. He then yelped as he saw a car plow through the front of the Choco-Mog. The vehicle tore through the place, destroying the many tables and chairs Stella picked out. It stopped right at the bar and a rotund man jumped out.

He looked around in confusion and Senior fought the urge to strangle the man.

"Hey! Is this the Choco-Mog drive thru?" he asked.

Senior stared in disbelief at what just happened. As his brain processed what happened to his beloved establishment, the fat one asked, "Uh, can I have a Choco Burger, with some Mogmett Fries and two Prairie-Style Skewers? And a Grease Monkey Schnitzel Sandwich? And some Xiaolongbao? And a diet soda?"

"Uh..." was all Senior could muster to say.

"Oh. I'll just get it myself. Where's the kitchen?" the man asked.

He bypassed Senior as the man was still processing what happened. The rotund one couldn't find any food and said, "Where's all the food? I thought it'd be back here."

Quelling his rage, Senior bellowed, "GET OUT!"

The man yelped, ran back into his car, started it and backed out of the ruined restaurant front. He drove off, speeding to places unknown. After calming down, Senior suddenly received an epiphany.

To satisfy hungry and in-a-hurry customers, Senior thought to do the same as some of the other franchises in the area. He thought to make a drive thru. That would give him more revenue and, hopefully, prevent another person from driving their car through his business.

"Yeah, it'll probably be about 100,000 munny to renovate...Yeah, I'll do that," Senior said, thinking aloud.

"And that's why we're starting the drive thru," Senior told them.

"Oh...So, so? Are you hiring?" Ven asked.

Roxas grabbed him and said, "Are you crazy? Well...you are. But do you want to get even crazier? The people here are mad! And even Yuffie's gone a bit...!"

"Hey! I'm not crazy! I was just surprised when you three showed up," Yuffie said.

"And define crazy," Senior said.

Roxas told them on how one of the guys would show up to start a fight. Yuffie snickered and said, "Junior must've told them about Daisukenojo."

"Who?" the twins asked.

Yuffie told them of the boy named Daisukenojo Bitto. He started working there around the time Yuffie did, which was about three months ago. The boy was quite hotheaded and did try to start fights, supposedly to secure his reputation. Senior usually deterred him, by parrying attacks. Junior usually told his father to fire the boy, believing that workers should never try to attack their own. But Senior saw promise in Daisukenojo, believing the hotheaded, tough guy routine was a ruse.

"And there's some other stuff, but Senior usually keeps the peace around here," Yuffie told them.

She was then told to go and check on Prompto. The girl nodded and left, running towards an elevator.

Senior turned his attention back on the twins and asked, "So, you're still interested? The pay's about 500 starting out."

"Aw, 500? I thought it'd be more," Ven said.

"What are you talking about, Ven? That's a lot starting out," Terra told him.

Roxas muttered, "Maybe he's being gracious 'cause of all the people that quit."

Ven replied Senior's question with a yes on behalf of both Roxas and he. His twin bawked at the idea of working there, yelling, "Hey, I didn't say...!"

"Good. Ventus and Rucksack..." Senior said, writing something on the clipboard.

"Roxas!" Roxas yelled.

"Ventus and Roxas Pellegrino," Ven said for them.

"Okay. So, the both of you will start off at the entry level, which pays 500 munny a day. And since this is part-time, that'll be 100 munny an hour. You two will start next Friday and you'll get your uniforms then too," Senior told them.

'Wow, that was really fast...But, yay! I got a job!' Ven thought, very cheerful.

Roxas, however, sighed and muttered, "Why me?"

I don't know whether to say yay for the both of them or feel sorry for them. Now that the twins have jobs, what other craziness will happen? Will the antebellum period stay or will Coach Jihl's shenanigans prevail? Stay tuned!

On another note, the two Noctis' are based on FFXV's (spoilers for those like me who haven't played it yet) time displacement. Senior is based on Old Noct while Noct Jr. is based on the regular one that's been promoted forever. But young Noct is a killjoy in this to how he is in the game, based on some cutscenes I've seen. And Old Noct will be more based on the Master of Masters from KH X.