Only Fools Fall in Love

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Me: Hey Everyone! So yeah…. Here is my long awaited Chapter update! So guys how have you been?

[Crickets]

Me: Hello? Roxas? Namine? Riku? Yuffie? Demyx? Sora? Axel? Kairi? Anyone? Maybe it's because it's soooo dark in here…

[Finally turns on the light]

Me: Ahhhh! They're just bones [clutching onto a pile of pretty silver hair] Oh Riku! I'm sorry I take back all those mean things I've ever said to you!

Roxas: What are you doing?

Me: OMG ROXY! YOU'RE ALIVE!

[Squeeze's him like there's no tomorrow]

Roxas: Get off me Damn it!

Me: But R-Roxy [sniffles] I've missed you

Roxas: Damn, don't cry… I've missed you to, I guess

Me: Really?

Roxas: Duh! I've been out of work for a while thanks to you, you procrastinator!

Me: Hey! I have a life so sue me! Okay, I'm sorry, I'm soooooooooooXamillion sorry

Roxas: Okay, I guess I forgive you… Why are you holding that dust bunny?

Me: Oh is this not Iku's hair?

Roxas: No…

Me: Then where is everyone?

Roxas: We moved across the hall… That bear was in here

Me: Bear? You mean the one that's haunting Axel and Demyx? He's not really

Demyx: Get out of HERE! HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

[turns around]

Me: AHHHHHH!

[Me, Roxas, and Dem Run across the hall]

Riku: Look who's back, is that my Hair in your hand!?

Me: Uhhhh, no [stuffs it in the purse]

Yuffie: Look what the cat dragged in…

Me: No Yuff, not you too! :'(

Yuffie: No really, look!

[we all turn and look at the bear]

Axel: Damn you! [pulls out a flame thrower and burns the bear to ashes and proceeds to step on them] There that should take care of the pest.

Namine: Uhh guys?

Me: Awwww! Nami! I missed you!

Roxas: She means she missed you the most

Me: Shut up! I have no favorites

Riku: If she did it would be me, all the ladies love me

[Yuffie pretending to die]

Riku: Well… She doesn't count, she's not a lady

Sora: Guys let's get back to the story!

Kairi: Yeah! I just told Sora I loved him and he needs to respond so shut your pie hole!

Me: Alright! You heard the lady! Enjoy the chapter! And just as a side note, I realized there may be more than just three chapters until this is over… But I'll update sooner. Love YOU ALL! XOXO

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In the Dead of the Night…

In the darkness you can hide, hide away from the world and your problems. Just shut the blinds and turn off the lights. This is the place to hide, the one where the world stops spinning and you just cease to exist. Forced to struggle with your painful thoughts but not tonight. Tonight, in the darkness you can hide, because it's all-silent in the dead of the night.

-Omniscient Rose

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Chapter 28: Sweet Confessions

Sora stood still looking at Kairi, did she just say what he thought she said? He had to be sure, "You love me?" He asks dumbfounded as she slightly nods her head looking at her shoes speaking softly, "I do… that's why we can't be friends anymore, I just can't be your friend. I need this aching pain to stop…" A single tear rolled down her face.

The two friends stood by the bench with only the streetlamp illuminating the old basketball court. Sora felt his heart break a little; he didn't like seeing Kairi like this. He recalled at the moment that Roxas had once yelled at him for what he was doing to Kairi and at the time he had no idea what he was talking about. He knew now.

Kairi awkwardly gripped onto her elbow, there was absolutely nothing left to say but bye. She had to walk away from what they had. She knew it would take both of them some time to process what had just happened. Not that it mattered much at all, she was just done with it, and nothing could be worth continuing this shame.

"Bye Sora" she whispers turning her back to him walking away. For so long she was convinced that saying goodbye would make her feel better, but even the idea of not seeing him again was just as painful. It was better this way, she knew she wouldn't be able to act like everything was okay and she really didn't want to be around him when he was seeing another girl. It was better for both of them.

Kairi felt startled when Sora grabbed onto her arm twirling her back to face him, "Sora?" she says in a quiet questioning tone, she didn't get what more they could have left to say.

"Kairi, you're wrong" He states looking at her with his deep ocean blue eyes, "Do you really think our friendship can't survive this? I know we can, we've been through much worse. You're upset because you think you can't have me? I know you can" Kairi looked up at him confused, "Sora, is there anything left to say?" She asks hopelessly looking back down. Sora smiled the same wide goofy grin she'd grown to love.

Sora grabbed ahold of her hands, "Kai, before you decide our friendship is over, I have to tell you something and you can't say anything until I'm done." He pauses and she nods her head for him to continue.

"Kai, I've know you since I was a kid. Your hair is what really drew me to you and although it did make me think of red velvet cake, it's beautiful. Kairi, I've always admired you for who you are and I wouldn't trade anything for the moments that we've shared together. You are the most amazing girl I have ever met. Kai you need to know, I have been in love with you for so long" Sora stopped speaking and Kairi knew that if Sora wasn't holding onto her she was sure she would have fallen over.

Thousands of thoughts flashed through she head until she came to the realization, "Wait, you love me?" she asks still unsure whether she was just hearing things or if she'd finally lost it and this Sora wasn't the real Sora and he had just become a figment of her imagination saying what she wanted him to say. To make sure she wasn't just imagining all of this she pokes his face. Sora takes her hand back into his and looks her straight in the eyes, "Kairi, I've always loved you."

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Roxas stepped on the front porch looking at a note left on the door that Cid had placed there, it read: 'Hey Nephew! If I'm not here when you finally come home just know that I had to take care of a few errands and I'll be home later tonight!'

Roxas took the note off of the door opening it, "Since when does Cid have any type of "Errands" to do?" He asks thinking to himself. Namine could only imagine the type of errands Cid would be up to but figured it would be all right as long as he stayed away from any kitchen.

"So our first date wasn't a complete fail" Roxas says putting his arm around Namine, "Yeah I guess it could have gone a whole lot worse" she smiles, "Well isn't someone a little optimist?" He teases bumping into her, "I'll have you know that optimist live longer than pessimists" she retorts and they both laugh, "I think I've heard that from someone before.

"So are you and Sora still sharing a room?" she asks as they both walk up the stairs, "Unfortunately, yes, the plumber should be coming tomorrow, at least that's what Cid has been saying. Although sleeping in the same room with him has been a challenge, especially with his sleepwalking habits" No one who had ever seen Sora in his sleepwalking stage would ever forget it. At camp they all got a little taste of Sora's sleepwalking habit.

"You know I think I might have left some clothes here, I just really need to get out of this cheerleader uniform, it's not as comfortable as one may think" Roxas nods, "Sure but it is hot especially since you're not as annoying as those airheads" Namine blushes a little as he steps over into his room leaving her alone.

Namine walked inside the guest room she had been staying in and smiled. Living with the guys was really fun and living with Yuffie is a total girl party. She opens some of the dresser drawers looking for anything she might have left. With her luck she finds some clothes and she quickly changes.

The closet in the room was slightly open and she could see an old leather bound book. She slowly walked over to it pulling it out of the closet, it was a photo album. Namine grabbed the album heading over to Roxas and Sora's room, "You know, it's just crazy to even think that I lived here with you guys, it was fun" she smiles at him

"Yeah it's just to bad I hadn't regained my memory yet we could have had a fun time," he gives her a wink making her blush again, "Hey bright side is at least I don't have to share my bed with Sora" he says taking a seat on the bed across from his cousin's with Namine plopping down next to him, "You know, I don't think I've ever seen your real room" he laughs a little, "What about that one day I caught you peeping at me? Didn't you get a pretty good look of my room then?" he smirks looking up at her

Namine rolls her eyes a little, "Sorry to disappoint you but that wasn't me peeping," he laughs remembering how embarrassed she was when Axel blurted that out that he knew she was peeping. He smiles again leaning back to lie on his bed staring at the ceiling. Namine sat criss-crossed facing him thinking a little, "Roxas, there's something I've been wanting to ask you about…" Roxas looks at her but she hesitates before saying anything trying to figure out how to word it.

"It's just that, well, when we first met and I asked you about Courtney. You said that she was a lot like Selphie. Then at camp you mentioned that she was your best friend and a great girl." Namine looked at him for an answer. Roxas wasn't sure how to twist this, how could he have been so careless to let something like that slip!

He just had to think on his toes and try not to mess up any other part of the story up, "Honestly Namine, Courtney is a tough subject for me to talk about. It's hard to accept that she's gone forever… we grew up together and she was my best friend. Her cousin didn't like me because he figured I was just like my brother, and yeah I was a troublemaker so I guess he had a point. It's just easier to remember her as a girl I didn't know rather than the one she became, you know what I'm saying?" Namine nods her head saying, "I guess when you lose someone, it kind of rights all of the wrongs that they've committed" Roxas just nods his head in agreement.

"So, where is my painting you were suppose to make me?" He asks quickly changing the subject, the less they talked about Courtney, the less of a chance he would say something else that contradicted with his previous tale.

"Let me see, do you even deserve a painting?" she questions leaning slightly towards him, "Hey I did take you on your best date ever" Roxas smirks a little sitting up leaning towards her, "Oh isn't someone full of himself?" she jokes placing her hand on his chest pushing him back, "Fine, let me attempt modesty, it would have been the best date ever if we didn't have so many interruptions." Namine smiles, "Okay I'll give you that, I guess you deserve a painting but you're going to help me" Namine quickly makes up her mind, no way he was going to get himself out of this one.

"Alright I'll help you," Roxas agrees laying back down placing his hands behind his head still looking at her wondering what she would have him do, "As long as you don't make me dress up in something weird like a matador"

"No I'm not going to make you wear a matador costume, you wouldn't be able to pull it off" she teases as he eyes her suspiciously, "We both know I'd be able to pull that off. So I guess I'll just have to wait and see?" She grins slowly nodding her head, there's no way she was going to tell him what she'd have him do, it would just have to be a surprise.

Roxas pauses looking at the album Namine was holding that he hadn't noticed before. He slowly sat back up reaching over grabbing the album.

"Where did you find this?" He asked looking at the long forgotten album, "It was in the closet of the guest room, when I was changing I saw it and I don't even know why but I grabbed it" Roxas silently opened it flipping through some photos of long forgotten memories. He paused at a photo of a woman, turning it to Namine, "This was my mom" The golden blonde hair was the same as Roxas'.

One feature of his mother stood out to Namine more than anything else; her eyes. They were the same blue shade that Roxas had. She was a beautiful woman and for some reason she looked a familiar, "She's beautiful, I don't know how to explain this but I feel like I've seen her somewhere else"

"You did use to come here when you were a kid, maybe you saw her one of those days" Roxas shrugs flipping through the photos. There was one of him and Ventus smiling, it must have been before Roxas' mom died since he was so little, "Hey look how cute you were" Namine laughs, "Yeah, yeah, way to be a girl. But I guess that's what I like about you"

"I like that I'm a girl to" she replies turning the page landing on a picture of him and a little blonde girl latching herself onto his arm making a goofy face, there were a few more pictures of the two and the girl was really pretty, "Is this…?" Namine asks quietly and Roxas nods his head, "Yup, that's Courtney for you" he smiles a little but it was bittersweet.

Namine wanted to ask him more about her but decided that it wasn't the right moment. She looked over at the nightstand and realized that it was getting late, "Hey I should probably be heading home, Yuffie just might have a heart attack if I don't come back home and then you'd probably either have detective Yuffie knocking your door down and if not her then the police, she's kind of over protective"

Roxas shuts the album and stands up off of the bed pulling her to her feet, "Well, we wouldn't want you getting into any trouble" she smiles standing in front of him, "No we wouldn't" she whispers a little as he leans down to kiss her.

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The shack in the woods was pretty dark as Axel and Demyx pulled up to their house, "I don't give a damn what she said, there's no way some stupid spirit is going to bother us anymore" Axel says hopping out of the car with Dem hesitantly getting out behind him. Larxene had told him that the séance wasn't done right and that the spirit wasn't put to rest the way it should have been and it had been freaking him out.

Axel never took anything like that too seriously and he was fearless, which wasn't always a good thing. Demyx walked slowly behind Axel who approached the house, "It's really dark inside…" Demyx says while Axel just shrugs opening the door and turning on the lights, "You really need to stop worrying about everything. Hell I'll even let you wear your lame ass footie pajama's without threatening to burn them… tonight that is" Demyx's face light's up and he runs into his bedroom running straight back out, "They're gone!" he yells shocked, "It was the ghost that took them!" he claims.

"If all I had to do was piss off a ghost for those damn pajama's to go away, hell I would have done that a long time ago" Axel says to himself opening up the fridge and pulling out something to drink. He heads into the living room taking a seat on the couch propping his legs up when the lights go out. Demyx comes running into the room with a candle

"Where did you get the candle, wait is that a pink candle?" Axel narrow his eyes while Dem smiles sheepishly

"No?" he says raising his voice in a questioning tone, Axel just shakes his head, "Leave it to your Grandma, she really must have thought you were a girl" Demyx smiles widely, "It does come useful, this is why you should have been nicer to your grandparents" Axel grins purposely blowing the pink candle out, pulling his lighter out.

"Hey!" Demyx protests when the house starts shaking, "What the hell?" Axel yells stumbling when Demyx points his finger to the love seat in the corner. The Bear was sitting there. Demyx grabs onto Axel pulling him out of the house, "Great, that damn ass bear is taking over, what are we supposed to do now?" he asks looking at Dem who shrugs, "We can always go to Roxas' house" Axel smiles, "I like that idea, let's get out of here" he pauses after searching his pockets.

"Go get the key's" Axel says and Demyx shakes his head, "No, you can go get the key's" Axel laughs, "Look the bear want's me, the most he'll do to you is scare you" Demyx hesitates but Axel shove's him into the shack.

Demyx slowly walks inside trying to turn on the lights. They didn't work; "Of course he had to get rid of my candle" the door slams right next to Demyx making him jump ten feet in the air. He quickly went to the small rack they had next to the kitchen, it's where they would always put the keys. Demyx wailed when he realized that the keys weren't there.

He searched through the kitchen before making his way to the living room where the bear had been. Demyx carefully walks inside of the living room when he hears a whistle.

Demyx felt his anxiety rise slowly turning around. The bear was standing there with the keys in his hand, "How do you do that?" Demyx asks curiously looking at the bear before running outside of the house, heck Axel could just hot-wire the car if he had to!

Axel was sitting in the car with it turned on, "No need for the key's I had the spare right in here the whole time" Demyx sits in the car collapsing in his seat, "Good, the devil bear has the other key's"

"Damn that bear!" Axel says pulling out of the driveway.

"What's more is that he took my sister's Barbie game!" Demyx frantically waves his arms in the air receiving a weird look from Axel.

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Kairi and Sora walked down the street with their hand's intertwined, "I'm really happy" Kairi says looking at him and he just smiles back at her, "I'm happy to Kai"

Kairi suddenly remembers her wager with Riku, she smile's to herself, it was about time to fulfill it, "So now that we are officially a couple, how about we go out on a date?" she suggests

"Yeah!" Sora says excited, when Kairi remember an important matter, "Wait a minute, what about the dance?" Kairi asks halting their pleasant walk, "I'm not going with Xion anymore, that would be kind of weird besides she kind of helped me ask you out. I figured we would just go together" he shrugs his shoulder's, "I want that to but, I did tell Tidus that I would go with him" Kairi felt a little guilty since she had already said yes to him.

Sora grabs on to her shoulder's and makes her look at him, "Hey, you don't have to worry, even if you don't go with me it doesn't matter because you have me and I have you" she smiles, boy did she love this guy.

"We should head back to see Fiona, I can't believe I just left her alone like that, it's pretty irresponsible of me" Kairi says as they walk into her house. Fiona smiles waving at them with Riku sitting in front of her his hair braided in various small braids. Kairi and Sora take one look at him and start laughing at him, "What? I was letting the kid do my hair" he states as Fiona nod's her head, "He wouldn't let me put makeup on him though" she pouts a little and he laughs

"Sorry Fiona, but real men don't wear makeup" he shrugs, as she hand's him a mirror to take a look at her masterpiece, "Yeah but real men carry a compact mirror with them everywhere right?" Kairi teases while he just ignores her.

"Hey I think if I ever need a hair stylist I'll come to you Fiona" Riku ignoring Kairi making the little girl happy, "Fiona it's getting pretty late, why don't you head upstairs and start getting ready for bed" Fiona nods her head giving Riku a squeeze and running over to Sora and hugging him before running up the stair's.

"Thanks for taking care of Fie, you know you really made her day letting her play with your hair, which you don't let anyone touch" Kairi mentions picking up the hair brush, "What can I say, I do like making the ladies happy, so where did you two go so suddenly? Confess your feelings for each other yet?" he asks unbraiding his hair

Kairi smiles looking at Sora who grabs onto her hand, "Actually, yeah we did" Riku stops what he's doing and looks at the two of them a little shocked, "Woah, well good for you two, just don't become those mushy couples or that will really cramp my style and get a little annoying" Kairi rolls her eyes, "Just wait until you get a girlfriend"

"Come on Kai, we both know that's not going to happen, at least not anytime soon. I should head home and leave you two alone" Riku winks at them, "Don't do anything I wouldn't" he says walking out of the house waving his hand at them heading to his car.

"That is terrible advice, what wouldn't he do?" Kairi says shutting the door behind him, "So since you are my girlfriend now, and a real one, that mean's that I can do this" Sorea kisses her and she smile's, "I'm not complaining"

Fiona walks down the stairs in her pj's catching a glimpse of the two before they separate and look at her, "You ready for bed?" Kairi asks as Fiona nod's trying to hold her excitement in, "Hey I'll see you tomorrow morning" Sora says giving her a quick peck and saying bye to Fiona.

As soon as Sora walks out of the door Fiona burst's out singing, "Kairi and Sora sitting on a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first come's love then come's marriage, then come's a baby in a baby carriage!" Kairi laughs walking her sister up the stairs, "I get it Fie, but we're not getting married any time soon and pause with that whole baby thing" she ruffle's her sister's hair a little out of place.

"I knew you liked him" she says as Kairi tucks her in bed, "Well then you're smarter than most people and don't change that" Kairi taps her index finger on Fiona's nose laughing a little.

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Axel and Demyx pulled into Roxas' house and his car was there, "Let's see what he's up to" Demyx smiles running to the house with Axel calmly walking behind him. Demyx finally reaches the door and is about to knock when Axel stops him, "Wait a minute there Demyx, I have a better idea" he says getting a smirk on his face, "Follow me" Demyx smiles sheepishly walking behind Axel who was conveniently headed behind the house.

Axel skillfully scales the side of the house using the gutter managing to reach the ledge. He pulls himself up walking on the roof. Demyx look's at the gutter, "Why I do these things? I will never know" he says hesitantly climbing up it reaching the roof, "Axel, why are we-?" Axel cut's him off, "Come over here" he smirks as Demyx join's him both peering into Roxas' room.

Roxas and Namine were kissing, Demyx smiles, "Look, they're finally together!" Axel smirks yet again slowly opening the window so they wouldn't notice, "Look at what we have here" he says as the pair are startled jumping away from each other

"Hey guys" Namine says a little breathless," Axel just smiles, "Uhh, yeah it was nice seeing you guys but I should be going, I'll see you all at school tomorrow" Namine quickly scurries out of the room feeling her face turning red.

"Dude!" Roxas says raising his hands up, "What?" Axel says innocently sitting putting his feet on Roxas' desk, "You know what" Roxas says raising his eyebrows, "So what are you guy's doing here?" he asks sitting on his bed.

"Well we did a séance with that bear that keep's popping up everywhere and found out that it's haunting Axel so we decided to come here because it was haunting the shack. That bear wants to kill Axel" Demyx looks around the room to make sure that the evil bear hadn't somehow found it's way there.

"I'm not scared of some damn stuffed girly bear!" Axel says shaking his head, "As long as there's no crazy ghost trouble goes down around here it's fine if you stay, the guest room is open so one of you guys can sleep there and then the other get's the couch, you two can decide where you sleep"

Demyx and Axel look at each other and Axel springs out of the chair beating Demyx to the guest bedroom locking him out, "Axel! That's not fair you always get the guest bed!" he yells pounding on the door, "Too bad Demy!" Axel's muffled voice says from the other side.

The house door opens and Sora rushes up the stairs running straight into Demyx, "Sorry about that! What are you doing here?" he asks helping Demyx up, "Demonic bear" Demyx states, "Don't tell me it's here!" Sora says looking around alarmed

"No you idiot" Roxas says walking out of their room. Sora breathes a sigh of relief, there's no way he want's to sleep anywhere near a demonic anything.

"I see Axel got the guest room… again" Roxas mentions tossing Demyx a pillow and blanket. Demyx fails to catch them preoccupied with looking behind him feeling the presence of that evil bear; he refused to believe that he was paranoid. Roxas snaps his fingers in front of his face snapping him back to reality, "Earth to Dem" Roxas says

"Sorry, I have a bad feeling about that bear" he picks up the pillow and blanket while Roxas steps over to him, "Hey look, the bright side is that if the bear does show up Sora will probably think it's a gummy bear and try to eat it in his sleepwalking state" Demyx's face light's up, "Thanks Sora!" he says loudly running, more like tripping down the stairs.

Roxas stands leaning against the railing waiting for Sora to say something in a whiny tone but he just smiled his signature goofy grin without saying anything. Roxas leans back a little giving Sora a conspicuous look, "Why are you so happy?"

Sora let's out a long light sigh, "The birds are singing, the sun is shining, the girl I like likes me back" he says looking off to the side shrugging his shoulder's a little like he was hiding something, "I thought you and Xion were already past the whole I like you, you like me thing"

"I'm not talking about Xion" Sora says turning on his heel and heading to their room with Roxas following him. Roxas didn't like this ambiguous Sora act, most of the time he could hardly contain himself when something exciting had happened. Roxas shuts the door, "Alright are you going to tell me what's going on?" he asks as Sora just smiles feeling on top of the world

"What did you lose your virginity or something? Is this the reason why you're so happy?" Sora get's this shocked look on his face making Roxas laugh; he knew that he'd get that reaction from Sora.

"No! Nothing like that happened! It's just that I told Kairi how I felt about her and she feels the same way," Sora stated in a 'duh' kind of tone. Roxas rolls his eyes, "Everyone in the English speaking language could tell that you and her had a thing for one another! All I've got to say is finally!" Roxas then proceeds to pat Sora on the back

"You know what this means right?" Sora asks getting this hopeful look on his face making Roxas a little wary, "No, not so sure what this means" he says as Sora open's up his arms, "Come on"

Roxas sighs, "Weirdo" he says giving his cousin a quick hug, "I swear sometimes your more of a girl than Demy and he has pink candles"

"Is it edible?" Sora asks rubbing his tummy feeling hungry all of a sudden, "Yeah it is and it's right down stairs" he says opening the door watching Sora run out in the speed of light. The next thing he hears is Demyx and Sora struggling over the candle. Roxas just shakes his head shutting the door.

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Namine pulled into Yuffie's driveway still feeling giddy. It was such a weird emotion to explain but the best way she could think of was just happy. She got out of the car and walked to the front door half expecting Yuffie to bombard her as soon as she opened the door so she did her best to open it quietly. She slipped inside without any incident occurring on her firsts few steps but it was way too quiet.

Namine removed her shoes so she could quietly avoid the chance meeting of her and Yuffie, if she could make it to the living room then she would win the game. It was a game they had made up and so far Yuffie won every time. She claimed it was because she was a ninja, but Namine was pretty sure it was because she was a stalker.

Namine paused hearing a creek coming from the kitchen. She peers into the kitchen but no one was there, she does a quick overlook of the place before walking into the living room almost jumping ten feet in the air when Yuffie pop's out of nowhere latching herself on to Namine's leg, "Gotcha!" she yells laughing pulling Namine down onto the floor with her.

Both girls sat laughing on the floor when something alarming shocked Namine as she looked at Yuffie, "When did you cut your hair?" she asks Yuffie who smile's a little, "It wasn't a planned thing really but I don't know, I like it" she smiles fluffing her hair up making Namine laugh, "It looks good on you and seriously if anyone could rock that hair cut we both know it's you" Yuffie then proceeds to dramatically flip her short hair.

"How was your date with Seifer?" Namine asks crisscrossing her legs sitting in a more comfortable position. Yuffie let's out an aggravated sigh, "He is such a jerk! He left me at the restaurant because he's not into girl's with short hair and he was my ride!" she yells still annoyed, "So how did you get home?" Namine asks but Yuffie Dramatically falls on the floor pretending she's dead.

Namine shakes her head poking her friend, "Come on Yuff, if you don't tell you know I'll just assume it was a certain boy with killer eyes that a lot of the girls like that you claim you hate but you really L-O-V-E"

Yuffie immediately shoots up out of her dead stupor, "I do not L-O-V-E that guy I H-A-T-E that jerk!" she crosses her arms over her chest, "So who did take you home?" Namine presses

Yuffie let's out a nervous laugh slumping down hanging her head, "The jerk did drive me home…" she admits in a low tone making Namine laugh, "What did he say about your new haircut?" Yuffie couldn't help but smile a little so she quickly grabbed a pillow off of the couch and covers her face with it.

"My, my, what did Riku say that's gotten Yuffie so flustered?" Namine teases pulling the pillow off of Yuffie's face, "Ughh he said that I am beautiful even if I have short hair" Yuffie pauses as Namine takes a breath to probably make some girly sound but Yuffie stops her by placing her finger in the air, "Hold that aww girl! Pretty boy then proceeded to tell me that if I would have taken better care of my hair it wouldn't have fallen out, the jerk" Yuffie glares at the pillow picturing Riku's face and then punching it

"That doesn't mean he doesn't think you're beautiful" Namine says nudging her making her smile a little, "It doesn't matter he's still a jerk, enough about that! So tell me how did your date with Roxas go?" Namine laughs a little, "Yeah it was great and it would have been better if we didn't have so many interruption's. Something did happen though"

"What? Tell me girl! Don't keep me hanging here what happened!?" Yuffie was way too excited, "Did you get into the sugar again?" Namine questions, "Ha! Pfft! No, but I might have had three frappachino's at Aerith's restaurant but that's besides the point!"

Namine shakes her head, "Well all that I was going to say was that his Dad showed up and it was really awkward"

Yuffie looked at her a little confused then Namine smacks her forehead, she forgot that most people didn't know much about Roxas and his family, "I forgot! Uhh well the gist of it is that Roxas and his Dad don't have a good relationship at all"

Yuffie nods her head when there's a knock at the door, "Weird I wonder who it could be" she says since it was a rare occurrence when someone would actually approach the house, "I'll be right back, here find something to watch" she says handing Namine the controller.

Yuffie step's over to open the door peeking out the peephole, "I wonder what he wants" she says to herself opening the door.

"Give it to me Yossarian" Riku says standing on her front porch, "Give you what?" she asks of so innocently. He raise's his eyebrow's giving her a not so amused look while she whistle's avoiding eye contact.

"Come on out with it, I do have things to do" Riku takes a step towards her but Yuffie stands her ground, "You might be loosing it Pretty boy" she teases tapping his head, "Yeah I did lose something and I know you have it"

Riku smirks a little getting an idea in his head, "You know I didn't want to have to do this but you don't leave me much of a choice," he immediately pick's her up and carries her towards the back yard.

Yuffie's eyes widen when she realizes what he meant, "No Jerk! Put me down! And You don't need it! It's not normal and you need to break that bad habit!" she squeals trying to get out of his grip.

"It's not a bad habit and nothing about me is average, that's why I'm amazing" Yuffie stops her struggling to give him a bland look of annoyance that he wasn't even able to see while rolling her eyes, "Really? Really?!"She says incredulously while he just smiles squinting his eyes a little, "Yes" and then proceeds to toss Yuffie into her own pool.

"Jerk!" she yells resurfacing, "You should just give me my mirror back" Riku walks over to the mini-bar where all the towels were located. He picks one up walking back towards her dangling it above her, "You want the towel? Give me the mirror"

Yuffie sighs shaking a little getting out of the pool glaring at him as he hands her the towel. Yuffie smile's to herself waiting for Riku's guard to be down. She'd get him back for this. She take's a seat next to the hot tub letting her feet dangle in the hot water. She reaches into her wet jacket pocket pulling out his compact mirror handing it to him, "You really don't deserve this mirror jerk"

Riku smirk's taking the mirror and placing it back in his back pocket where it always goes. This was it, it was the moment that Yuffie was waiting for, she was so going to pull that pretty boy into the hot tub and see how he likes being wet!

Riku swiftly places his hand on her face giving her a breathless kiss then pulling away, "Thanks Yossarian" he says giving her a wink before turning away from her walking out of the backyard.

Yuffie sit's there with the look of shock spread across her… face that did not just happen. A cool breeze passes through the air making Yuffie shiver a little bringing her back to reality, "Jerk!" she yells getting out of the hot tub huffing and puffing in a fit when she reaches the front of her house, he was already gone. Yuffie shakes her head smiling a little walking back into the house with a confused Namine looking at her soaking wet.

"Don't even ask" she says wiping her face while Namine just shakes her head turning her attention back to the television screen.

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Most of the time Roxas and Sora would be awoken by their — more Roxas was awoken by Sora's — annoying alarm. Roxas never understood how his cousin could sleep through the crazy loud sounds that could wake a small town up. It always put Roxas in a sour mood since he would be the one to shut it off and wake up his cousin with a rough hit from a pillow.

Cid abruptly opens their door, "Get up guy's, your alarm is going to drive half the block crazy" he says turning off the alarm walking back towards the door looking back at the guys who hadn't moved a budge, "You guys better get up" he threatens.

Roxas response is short with him lifting his hand flashing his uncle the bird. Cid laughs to himself shutting the door heading straight to the bathroom.

"Has Cid changed?" Sora asks his face still pressed against his pillow, "He's just more annoying in the morning…" Roxas replies turning in his bed to face the wall shutting his eyes. Five more minutes and he'd be up…

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Roxas shouts freshly awaken and soaking wet with cold water. Cid smiles picking up the other bucket when Sora shoots out of bed past him running straight to the bathroom. Cid nods his head turning back to Roxas, "Just for that I made breakfast, so get down there emo boy" he smiles walking out of the room.

This time Roxas put both of his middle fingers up before getting out of his bed. Now he would have to wash his sheets… again. Roxas could hear the terrifying scream coming from Sora down the hall. After a few moments Sora walks back into the room-soaking wet, "Didn't you go into the bathroom?" he asks standing up

"No, Axel was in there already" he explains dripping wet, "You do realize that your mom's going to kill you for dripping all over the carpet" Roxas mentions laughing as he walked out of the room and into the pantry taking out a couple of towels walking down the stairs only pausing when he reaches the end.

"What the heck?" he says shocked. Everything was turned upside down and the only thing that was in place was the couch that Demyx slept on the previous night. Axel get's out of the shower walking down the stairs standing next to Roxas, "Is Dem still sleeping?" he asks while Roxas shrugs walking back up the stairs smiling to himself when he see's that Sora hadn't inhabited the bathroom yet. He quickly shuts the door when he hears pounding on the other side, "Roxas!" Sora whines, "Too bad" his reply was quick as he locked the door and hopped in the shower.

Cid walks back into the hall and spots Sora, "You do realize there's another bathroom right Nephew?" Sora looked at him confused, "Your parents have a bathroom in their room" Sora immediately runs to the room almost running straight into Demyx who was busy listening to music, "Sorry Demyx!" he says running towards his parent's room.

Demyx was too busy walking down the steps jamming out to his music, "I'm talking pedicure on our toes toes tryin' all our clothes clothes … boy's blowin' up our phone's phone's…"

"Dude, really?" Axel's eye was twitching, he really hated that song but Demyx couldn't hear him and continued singing, "I'm talkin bout' everyone gettin' crunk crunk, boy's tryin' to touch my junk junk, gonna smack him if he gettin' too drunk drunk"

"Good idea" Axel smirks evilly pulling out his biology book and then smacking Demyx with it, "OW!Hey?!" Axel just smiles proud of his handy work, he managed to get Demyx to stop singing that shitty song and knocked some sense back into him.

The door bell rings and Cid side steps the boys heading for the door hearing Demyx yell, "Ke$ha is a genius!" and subsequently earning another smack from Axel.

"I'll get it!" Cid yells semi-opening the door with Yuffie pushing past him with force in a hurry looking for the jerk that had kissed her the previous day.

"Sorry about that, she's on a mission" Namine explains as she watches Yuffie storm straight up the stairs, "Well if she's looking for Riku, he's not here" he states while Namine just shrugs.

Late last night Yuffie had told her what happened between her and Riku and Namine tried not to torment her as she had previously done. Yuffie hadn't seemed that bothered but this morning she just happened to be in a bad mood and Riku was at the end of it.

Sora get's out of the Shower fully dressed around the same time as Roxas and they both walk down the stairs playfully pushing each other before they reach the end. Sora walks into the kitchen completely forgetting about the breakfast that Cid had made. He was soon to regret it.

"This place is like a circus every morning" Roxas said with disapproval. He swore there was no responsible adult in the house, and no Cid didn't count.

Roxas smiled walking over to Namine wrapping his arm around her, "Good morning" Namine says smiling, "I wish, Cid woke us up with cold water" he replies shuddering at the thought until they hear Sora screaming in the room over.

Cid calmly walks down the stairs smiling, "I told you that I made breakfast" he shrugs when Sora comes running out of the kitchen and immediately moving the couch and pressing it against the door. He pauses checking the door for any sign of movement while Roxas looks at him amused, "You forgot about the other door" he says teasing his cousin who promptly freaks out.

Kairi pulls into the driveway with that 1000 gig-watt smile and continues smiling walking towards the house, everything was perfect. The sun was shining, and she had the best boyfriend ever. She opens up the door and steps in when she feels something gooey being flung at her face. She slowly wipes off the purple gunk and looks at the culprit, "SSSOORRRAAAA!" she yells chasing after him, "I'M SORRY!" he yells holding the remaining part of the purple oozing goo.

"It's amazing that they're a couple," Roxas says as Kairi runs past him chasing after Sora, "What?" Namine asks incredulously, "You didn't know? They're a couple now, officially" he states. Namine felt so happy for Kairi she knew she was struggling with the feelings that she had for Sora, it's nice knowing that some things can work out.

Yuffie walks back into the living room where Namine, Roxas, and Demyx were standing around watching Kairi try to catch Sora. Yuffie sighs in despair, "What's wrong Yuffie?" Namine asks looking at her, "ugh, I just wish I could be Kairi and Sora could be Riku… So I could cram his face in!" she says pounding her fist into her hand. Namine sweat drops, of course she wasn't talking about Kairi and Sora's relationship.

"As much as I would love to stay here and watch this I don't want to be late again, Mr. Sephiroth is going to kill us" Namine checks the time and picks up her backpack. Roxas hesitates a moment which she notices, "Hey, uh, I'm going to be a little late, there's something that I need to do" he barely explains.

"Do you want me to go with you?" she asks looking for some sort of reassurance, "Nah, besides I can handle coming late into Mr. Sephiroth's class, you should get going" he gives her a small smile and a quick peck before heading back up the stairs.

Namine couldn't think of why but she knew that there was something wrong, although it wasn't that there was something wrong with Roxas. It's just that there was something wrong in general. She had this feeling of foreboding like for some reason everything wasn't going to be all right.

"Well it looks like I'm just going to have to hunt that jerk down at School!" Yuffie begins laughing maniacally running out the door. Namine shakes her hear following her friend out the door; she'd just have to talk to Roxas when he is willing to talk to her about whatever was going on.

Demyx stood watching the girls walk out the door (or in Yuffie's case running). He peered around feeling like someone was watching him. Axel was somewhere in the house but he didn't see him. Maybe the bear had caught him. Demyx tries to take in a deep breath starting to freak out a little before making up his mind.

"I'll go with the girls!" Demyx announces tagging along behind Namine and Yuffie, there was no way that the evil bear would attack him if he was with the girls.

Roxas laughs watching Demyx run after the girls from the top of the stairs, he sure was afraid of that bear. Roxas knew what he had to do now, he'd have to deal with the Namine situation later, he couldn't wait too long or he would risk her finding out the truth from Xemnas.

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"So what are you going to tell him?" Namine asks walking towards the school while Yuffie huffs grabbing onto her skateboard, "I'm not sure yet but it will come to me when I see the prick" they both approached the court yard when they noticed a huge amount of girls in a concentrated area, "I wonder what's going on over there" Namine says when a girl heading in that direction pauses to look at her like a weirdo.

"Don't you know? Today is the day that Riku is choosing the five girls he's taking to the dance!" the girl squealed running over to the group, "You have got to be kidding me" Yuffie says annoyed

"Come on Yuffie you know you want to be his date" Namine winks pulling her towards the group of girls, "Do you think its a good idea to go near those girls? They look kind of mean" Demyx says remembering the last time he had gotten in between some of the fan girls and the man they were after, needless to say he was scarred. Mentally and literally.

"Maybe I can talk sense into those girls! And then they'll realize that Riku is nothing but a big jerk who treats them like toys just to use and then throw away!" Yuffie says shaking her fist as Namine sweat drops, maybe going over there isn't a good idea but it was already too late, Yuffie was dragging her and Demyx along for the ride.

Riku was standing on one of the benches showing off his signature smirk making some of the girls faint, other's squeal, "I have the list of the lucky five girls that I'm going to be taking to the dance this year" Yuffie rolled her eyes, but the others girls screamed in excitement.

Riku clears his throat as the girls become silent, "The girls that I'm taking to this upcoming dance are… Dani, Jennifer, Codi, Makenna, and the last girl is…." Riku pauses for dramatic effect when his eye catches Yuffie and he steps off of the bench and walks over to her, "What do you say Yuff? Want to be my last date? It's not like anyone else is going to ask you…"

Yuffie's mouth gapes open and she starts glaring daggers at Riku, he did not just say that. Namine normally gives Riku the benefit of doubt but even she felt herself becoming angry. The other girls in the crowd give Yuffie the evil eye, she was the only girl that he had asked personally but those that had been chosen didn't even care because they were picked.

Yuffie was silent for a few moments and when she opened her mouth all of the girls held their breath, "I'd rather eat dirt than be your date" she said it straight through grit teeth in a flat tone. Riku could tell he had made her very angry and instantly regretted what he had just said moment's earlier but it was already too late to take back his insult.

The other girls around weren't sure whether they should be happy that this girl had said no or to be angry that she was ungrateful for being chosen so they just stayed silent.

"In fact I already have a date" Yuffie says as a matter of fact which just makes Riku give her an interesting look of disbelief, "Really? Who then?" he asks calling her bluff, Yuffie hesitate's to come up with a name knowing she can't say someone like Seifer. Riku just laughs, "Yeah that's what I thought" he says turning away from her

"Wait a minute! I'm going with Demyx" she shouts stopping Riku in his tracks making him quickly spin around in time for Yuffie to intertwine her arm with Demyx who looked almost as confused as Riku, "What?!" both Demyx and Riku say at the same time looking at Yuffie, "Yup you heard me, I'm going with Demy, he asked me this morning when you weren't at Sora house"

A very familiar feeling was rising from the pit of Riku's stomach, a feeling that never really reared it's ugly face, at least not in his lifetime, but Yuffie had the tendency to bring it out. He disliked the feeling because he had no control over it: jealousy.

"Good for you then" he says trying to not sound annoyed. He just turns away from her and back to the group of adoring girls, "Alright then for my last choice it'll be Roe" the girls continued their cheering as Yuffie, and Demyx walked away. Namine stayed back because she was still kind of mad and wanted to speak to Riku as soon as the crowd of girls dispersed.

"What just happened?" Demyx asks still confused, "You just got yourself a date to the dance that's what happened" Yuffie says smiling at him, "But me and Axel were supposed to stay in and play video games, great now he's going to hit me with the biology book and blame me for having to go to this dance" Yuffie smile's, "Look I'll talk to Larxene and I'll have her take care of Axel for you"

Demyx smiles maybe going to the dance with Yuffie would have its own perks… like keeping Axel from hitting him. Yuffie slips her arm through his again and pulls him into the school. If she was going to this dance with Demyx she was going to sell it.

Namine waited to see if the crowd of girls would disperse but the moment they did Riku disappeared as well. Kairi was left standing where all the other girls were, easily spotting Namine, "Where's Sora?" Namine asks "He said he was going to be late, but when I asked him about why, he just talked really fast and went into the kitchen to battle whatever was stirring in there, but can you believe Riku? I have no idea what his problem is, that boy needs to be smacked"

"I don't think he should be smacked, well maybe a little" Namine thinks it over laughing with Kairi before grabbing onto her, "So, why didn't you tell me you and Sora are together!?" she asks while Kairi places her hand behind her head in a very Sora-Like-Fashion, "Uhhh" she says when they hear the bell ring, "Oh Crap!" she yells pulling Namine with her into the school both of them rushing to get to the Library. She'd have to talk to Namine later as of now they were currently running to their groups.

"Hey" Tidus smiles waving at Kairi as she takes her seat, "H-heyy" she says awkwardly, she totally forgot about Tidus. Crap. What the heck was she going to do? Sure Sora said he was okay with her going to the dance with Tidus, but that would be just at the very least awkward and weird. Kairi tossed the idea around in her head before coming to a decision, yup, that would be the worst choice she could make. She had to tell him the truth and the sooner she did it the better, that way he could still find a date in time, at least that's what she hoped.

"Hey Tidus can we talk for a minute?" she says and he nods, "Yeah Kai what's up?" Kairi looked over at her cousin, "I mean in private, if you don't mind" Xion was just sitting on her phone not paying attention to either one of them.

"Xion? Hello?" Tidus says waving a hand in front of her face getting no reaction, "Looks like you're clear so shoot, what is it that you want to talk about?" Kairi twiddled her thumbs, "It's about the dance…"

Tidus smiles, "You don't want to go with me do you?" he asks nicely making Kairi feel more guilty, "Uh, it's not that I don't want to go with you, it's complicated…" she explains

"Kairi it's okay, I know you about you and Sora and really I'm fine with you two, in fact I'm glad" Kairi falls out of her seat in shock before getting back up, "Wait, what?! How did you? Wait, what?" she was just clearly confused making Tidus laugh,

"Kairi, a while back, your friend Yuffie approached me and so did Xion, they filled me in on what was going on between you and Sora, they asked me to help and I said yes so I figured you wouldn't be going to the dance with me" Kairi looks over to Yuffie's table and of course Yuffie was smiling waving at her while making obscene gestures with her hands. Kairi smiled at her giving her a quick wave, she'd have to help Yuffie with the situation she had with Riku, she was determined.

Kairi let's out a relieved sigh turning back to Tidus, "Wow, that's crazy, but thank you Tidus, I think that just might make you one of the nicest people I've ever met, I really appreciate it honestly" Kairi reaches over the table and pats Tidus' hand.

Xion smiles looking up from her phone, "I'm just glad that you're happy" she says standing up to hug Kairi, "You may just be my favorite cousin, not like you have competition either way" Kairi jokes laughing while hugging Xion back.

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Roxas could never forget the steep stench of mixed hard liquor. He walked the old familiar but desperately miserable path to the place he used to call home. The right term for the place he lived at wasn't home, it was more like a pit stop in hell. As soon as he saw the raggedy old house with that same old truck parked in the driveway he immediately regretted his decision. He shouldn't have come back but he had to know what the bastard that called himself his father wanted.

There was a slight rustle behind him, giving away the obvious presence that had been following him since he left the house.

"I know you've been following me," Roxas says turning around looking at a bush waiting for a reply. A few seconds pass without the bush stirring so Roxas, not being the most patient person around picks up a few stones and hurls them at the bush until it cries out in pain. The culprit was non-other than his chocolate hair cousin who gave his signature smile rubbing the sore spots where the rock hit.

"Roxas, uhh yeah I was out getting some milk and I was just wondering what kind of cookies you like to eat?" Sora ended his statement with more of a question giving the clear indication that he was a terrible liar. Roxas just shakes his head; his cousin sure was an idiot.

"You can't come with me" he stated walking away from him when Sora rushes up behind him, "You're not going to be able to get rid of me, so I'm coming whether you like it or not, you're going to need someone here with you" Roxas stops turning around to glare at his cousin, "How do you know where I'm going?" Sora smiles putting his arm around his shoulder, "Because I followed you, duh"

Roxas sighed, so the idiot didn't really know what he was up to. It was for the better.

"Look I've got to go inside that house but I don't want you to go inside with me, I have to do this alone. Just wait out here, it shouldn't take me long" Sora was going to protest but he could tell that whatever Roxas was up to was serious. Sora agrees watching Roxas slowly walk up to the house wishing he could do more than just stand there.

Roxas walked through the sun-dried brown grass to the front door that was had been painted red since the last time he was in that hellhole. It didn't look inviting and just standing there made Roxas angry. It had been years since he last set foot in that place and the only thing that had kept him from setting it on fire were the memories of his mother, the few he had.

Roxas didn't even knock on the door he just opened it and walked in. The inside of the place hadn't changed much it was just older, moldier. Right by the entrance were a couple of paint buckets filled with dried red paint. Bill was sitting at the small table in the kitchen drinking a soda, which was different than his usual beer.

"Sit down kid" the man points to the seat across from him. Roxas sits down staying silent for a few moments, "Do you want something to drink?" Bill offers

"Just tell me what you wanted to and let's get this over with," Roxas says avoiding the small talk. Bill smiles, "Alright, look I just want you to know that I'm sorry for what I did to you, I was going through a lot of my own personal problems. More than that there is some important things for you to know… it's about your father"

Roxas paused looking at the man who he always considered to be his father, "What?" he was puzzled

"Yeah, I'm not your father" Bill let out a sigh of relief, "Look, I know that you've been through a lot but there are some things that you have to know, it's a lot to take in but I didn't know much about your father the only thing I did know about him was what I got from your mother"

Ventus stood in the back door looking straight through the screen directly at Roxas. Bill smiled he knew what he had just done and the painful look coming from Roxas' eyes was enough to make him smile wider. Roxas glared at Ventus with glossy eyes, "Is what he said true?" he asked quietly filled with rage looking straight past Bill at Ventus who was still standing by the back door.

Ventus looked down, he couldn't keep eye contact with his brother, "Yes…" Roxas shook his head before turning his back to both of the men walking back out the red door he had entered, slamming it on his way out.

"Bill, you asshole! Why the hell would you say anything to him?!" Ventus yells walking through the house not even wanting to hear the answer Bill would have given. Ventus slams the door walking after Roxas, "Roxas! Wait, you don't understand…" Ventus says a few feet behind him

Roxas was angry, he didn't want to hear what Ven was going to say. Roxas stopped short turning around to punch his older brother square in the face, knocking him down, "Screw you Ven! I was only a kid and you left me with a drunk! Hell he's not even my dad! And you knew that you Bastard!"

Ven slowly picked himself up off the ground, equally angry, "Don't forget Roxas! I was a kid too!" Roxas just ignores him walking up to a concerned Sora, "Let's get out of here" Sora just nods his head following Roxas down the sidewalk.

Ventus sighs, at this rate Bill had done what he wanted, he was keeping Roxas at a further distance from Ventus. If only he could tell him about what really had happened to their mother…

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Namine sat in her group quietly when Leon comes in and takes a seat next to her, he quickly looks at their table, "Where's pissy pants?" he asks

"Don't you mean Emo boy?" Riku says laying his head on the table feeling exhausted. Leon just smirks, "You make a good point, where's that Punk-ass Emo?" Namine just shakes her head, "Roxas isn't here, he had to do something but don't you worry he'll be here soon"

"Oh joy" Leon draws out his words to emphasize the exact opposite from what he was saying but Namine quickly smacks his shoulder making him laugh, "So are you going to the dance?" she asks, "Are you asking me?" he says with a sly smile making her shake her head again, "Noooo, come on you know I'm going with Roxas" Leon shrugs, "School dance's aren't really my thing Blue Eyes"

"Alright class!" Mr. Sephiroth shouts walking into the Library wearing a gray jumpsuit looking more like a janitor than a teacher. He paces around the front desk lifting his hand every few minutes or so thinking about what he wanted to say. In reality he was just enjoying the suspense he felt coming from the students.

"Bring up your green assignment!" He yells watching the class scramble almost in a panicky way… this just brought a smile to his face, he loved when they squirmed.

Yuffie looked at her group who sat uninterested and to her relief Seifer seemed to be missing from the group, "Guys, didn't you say that you were going to find us a green thing to bring to class?" she asks looking at Axel and Demyx who laugh nervously turning to each other

"Crap we forgot something green!" Axel says scratching his head, it was that damn bear's fault. Demyx furrows his eyebrows together, "Unless the green eye is real, we've got nothing" he states letting his arms drop to his sides.

"Demyx eat this! It'll turn your tongue green" Yuffie says handing him a fruit roll up color tattoo for the tongue. He quickly places it on his tounge and his tongue turns green. They all let out a sigh, at least they had their green thing.

"Alright class pass in your green thing" Mr. Sephiroth announces while Demyx starts hyperventilating, "Ahh I don't want to lose my tongue!" he says holding onto his mouth with both hands, "Take one for the team and man up!" Axel says patting him on the back while he shakes his head.

"I know!" Yuffie says grabbing Axel's biology book, "Whoa, what do you think you're doing with that?" he asks not trusting the Brunette with his book of revenge; he was highly protective of it. She slams it on the table ripping a few pages out handing it to Demyx, "Here go turn this in, it's the tree frog and it's green" Demyx smiles, " Okay I'm fine with this, it's not my tongue" taking it up to Mr. Sephiroth

"Here you go sir" Demyx hands him the papers smiling.

Mr. Sephiroth peers down at the papers with a bland face, "Your tongue would have been better" he lets a small smirk appear as Demyx gulps and scurries away back to his table having trouble breathing in and out.

Kairi walks her way up to Mr. Sephiroth handing him an emerald jewel smiling, "Ahh creative" Mr. Sephiroth says holding the jewel up to the light. Riku was standing right behind her pulling out his wallet, handing Mr. Sephiroth a few hundred-dollar bills.

Mr. Sephiroth raised his eyebrow looking at the money skeptically, he let out a sigh shaking his head and with a disappointed tone said, "And I was expecting a flower from you flower boy"

Riku had an irritated look of his face and was going to say something when Kairi pulled him back, "Come on Riku, let's go sit, other people need to turn in their assignment" he just let Kairi pull him away but as soon as he faced her, he could tell she had ulterior motives…

Kairi pulled Riku to the back of the Library behind some bookshelves. He looked at her with a bored expression because he knew how much it would piss her off. It did. Kairi smacked him over the head with her hand but he didn't even flinch so she took aim and tried to do it again but this time she missed because he moved.

"Are you going to keep trying to smack me or are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Kairi thought about it before trying to smack him yet again, this time Riku grabbed onto her wrist smirking.

"Ugh, you know I'm mad because I heard what you said to Yuffie this morning dummy!" she shakes her head as Riku's smirk fades, he let's go of her looking down thinking about what he had to say to stop her wrath, "Look I know what I said, and I know I shouldn't have said it but whatever, what's done is done so stop hitting me, besides she has a date so it looks like I was wrong, someone did want to ask her out" Riku walked away from her before she could respond

Kairi let's out a small sigh, "Riku, why can't you just admit it to yourself that you like her?" she says quietly before walking back to her table. On her way there she spotted Yuffie with a wide smile on her face.

"Hey, what's going on?" Kairi asks leaning over Yuffie's table. Yuffie could barely get a word out so she turned to look at Demyx and Axel. Demyx dashed under the table and Axel sat there uninterested playing with a lighter. He shut it and turned to look at Kairi, "The fat ass ate their green item, it was some pickle and now Crazy ass Mr. Sephiroth is going to lose his shit and Crazy right there is excited because she hates that bitch, the one who cut her hair"

Kairi looked to the front of the class and she could clearly see a skittish Pence aka Fredrick being pushed up to Mr. Sephiroth by Selphie. She felt bad for Pence; Mr. Sephiroth had already banned him from class so he had to pretend he was someone else not to mention he had to put up with Selphie. This was not going to turn out well for their group because Mr. Sephiroth had warned them about the extreme Pirate challenge they would have to go through if they didn't pass.

Pence aka Fredrick hesitantly stood a few feet in front of Mr. Sephiroth and was then aggressively pushed by Selphie, "Tell him what you did!" she says in an angry tone as Fredrick looks down at his feet. Mr. Sephiroth just stared at them with a blank face waiting for some explanation.

"U-u-uhhh… I-It w-wwwas my j-j-ob to b-bring t-the g-g-g-g-reen thing" Fredrick whispers as Selphie let's out an aggravated sigh annoyed, "He brought the pickle and then the fatty ate it!" Selphie yells pushing Fredrick closer to Mr. Sephiroth.

Mr. Sephiroth get's an evil look in his eye, "Well then looks like you're group has to do the pirate challenge" he says managing to not let out his evil cackle. Selphie growled completely pissed off with Rikku not far behind her, "What the hell!? He should be the one who has to do the challenge all by himself!"

From the back of the classroom you could hear hysterical laughter, it was coming from Yuffie. She had planned on getting Selphie back but at this rate, crazy Mr. Sephiroth was doing it for her.

To everyone's surprise Mr. Sephiroth said, "Good idea, in this case only tubby shall be the one who does the pirate challenge" Yuffie immediately stops laughing feeling annoyed, "Damn it" she whispers to herself. Looks like she'd have to do everything herself.

Riku sat in his seat across from Leon thinking to himself, maybe there was something he could do…

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The beach was deserted with just the sounds of the waves crashing onto the sand. Roxas found himself sitting with his arms on his knees. Sora stood a few feet back giving his cousin some room. There was a certain feeling drifting on that beach and it was emanating from Roxas, a sad solemn feeling. Roxas sighed running his hands through his golden hair, there was a lot to take in. So his father wasn't Bill, he felt the slightest bit relieved but he was still felt angry. Had Ventus known this whole time? He seemed like he may have.

Roxas was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a thud behind him. He quickly swirled around to find Sora knocked out and a smirking Xemnas.

"What? I'm sure you didn't want your cousin overhearing our conversation" Xemnas went around Sora's body walking closer to Roxas, "So, tell me boy, how are things going with Namine? Dropped the bomb yet? Wait let me guess, you haven't. Don't tell me you're getting soft on me again boy"

"Fuck off" Roxas said walking over to Sora turning him on his back, and then sitting him up in order to pick him up. He slung his cousin over his shoulder and started walking away from Xemnas.

Xemnas just smirked walking behind Roxas tripping him. Roxas stumbled forward almost dropping Sora. Roxas had enough of this pestering asshole, he placed Sora down and turned to Xemnas who just let out a chuckle, "Have a problem now do we?" Roxas shoved Xemnas who just laughed, "Now Roxy, remember what happened last time you tried to pick a fight with me?" he said in a patronizing tone

Painful memories flashed through his head and he found himself landing a square punch directly on Xemnas' face making him fall backwards on the ground. He sat there silent bringing his hand up to the blood spilling out of his nose quickly wiping it on his sleeve and then holding his arm out to inspect the damage, he smiled again slowly rising up to his feet. He walked over to Roxas before punching him with most of his strength straight in the stomach, making the blonde boy double over on the ground.

Roxas clutched his stomach feeling as though the wind had been knocked out of him, Xemnas leaned down and whispered, "It's nice to know you've learned how to punch since the last time you tried, just do you're job and stop being a bitch, you have the rest of this week…" Xemnas walked off as Roxas lay on the beach coughing a little trying to breathe.

Roxas turned to lie on his back looking up at the sky, the day was quickly turning cloudy, and it looked like there could be a storm coming in, just like that night… He had tried so hard to forget that night but it was constantly haunting him…

Flashback

The Thunder boomed as Roxas made his way up the steps of an abandoned building. His hair was wet; he had just walked six miles from his last trip up to the mountain. There were a couple of clients that lived up there in order to be closer to nature. They were just a couple of hippie's and he would have normally stayed up there but he got a message from Courtney. There was only crappy reception out there so he couldn't really make out what she was saying. He told her that he would meet her at their second spot, he wasn't sure if she heard him but he figured he'd at least try.

It had rained on his way down so he was pretty soaked but it didn't bother him that much, he knew taking an umbrella at a time like this was just like asking to get hit by lightening. He had bad enough luck as it was and didn't want to risk adding being shocked to death. When he had arrived at the building he could see it was pitch black so he knew that Courtney hadn't shown up yet. He made his way up to the roof, which was where they normally met. It usually took a while to reach it since the building had five stories to walk.

He hadn't seen Courtney in the past few weeks and every time he had tried to contact her he was only met with silence. He reached down into his pocket for his crappy phone; he'd been having issues with it since his last mission, which involved Axel and Demyx. Long story short it involved some fire and his phone ended up being the said object set on fire, Axel claimed it was boredom and not being able to torch Demyx's pink stuffed Frog his Grandma had sent him that weekend.

The roof was dark with old mold spanning across the flat surface, it was slippery because of the rain so he made sure to watch his step, it was an old building. He walked over to the ledge of the roof looking straight down to the ground; it was at least a 50 feet drop to the bottom. He felt a shiver run through his body when he notice a light heading his way, it must be Courtney, he thought taking a few steps back from the edge.

It was only a few minutes before he heard footsteps and Courtney appeared out of the doorway. She immediately ran towards him throwing her arms around him, "I was so worried…" she said squeezing him. Roxas felt his face getting warm, she'd never been this concerned about him, "Whoa! You almost knocked me over, do you want me fall off of here? Besides you know me, I'm fine, looks like you're the one with the problem" he said smiling.

"No, you don't understand, it's just that I need to tell you something…" she said quietly with tears welling up in her eyes. Roxas could tell that whatever she had to say it was important. She opened her mouth to speak when they both hear the door to the roof slam open.

"I see how it is… so this is where you've been heading all these days…" Roxas looked over to the door watching Xemnas step out from behind it. He quickly put his arm around Courtney making her go behind him.

"Xemnas…" Roxas paused not sure what to say as Courtney tugged onto his arm but Roxas' eyes were focused in on Xemnas who was walking toward him, he couldn't see the fear emanating from Courtney's eyes.

"You're nothing but a traitor!" Xemnas yelled getting even closer to the pair, he couldn't believe it.

Roxas looked at the ground feeling guilty because he'd been sneaking around with Courtney for the longest, "I'm not a traitor, I-" Roxas managed to get out before Xemnas cut him off, "The hell you aren't, you're here with that bitch"

"Roxas..." Courtney said quietly wrapping her arms around one of his trying to keep him from lunging forward and beating the guys' brains out. Roxas clenched his fists together trying to control himself for Courtney's sake. She never liked it when Roxas got into fights, she always scolded him and took care of his battle scars.

"I see…" Xemnas started smirking a little, "All it takes is for a little bitch like that to have you whipped, tell me is tapping that ass worth betraying us?" Roxas glared looking straight at Xemnas, Courtney wasn't able to hold him back.

As Roxas lunged forward to punch Xemnas in the Face he dodged bending down and using his whole body weight to slam himself into Roxas Causing him to fall back a few feet.

That's all it took, in that moment his life would change forever …

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Me: Dun Dun Dunnnnnnn!

Roxas: Okay… I'm going to say it

Me: Say what?

Roxas: [face-palm] you're a bitch

Me: Roxy! Don't get those emo panties in a twist

Roxas: I'm not Emo

Riku: You bitch like one, I'm Roxas blah blah blah sad face

Roxas: [flips him off]

Me: Well guy that's the end of this Chapter! I did have a title for the next chapter but seeing as I'm going to be splitting them in order to make them a tad bit shorter and so I can upload them faster, I actually do not know what the next chapter will be title

Yuffie: I know! Call it: Yuffie the Avenger!

Kairi: No! Call it: Cheerleader kicks butt!

Axel: Hell no! Those are lame ass chapter titles, call it: Ding-Dong the Damn Bear is Dead

Riku: Wait, I got a perfect one: Roxas the Punk Ass Emo Boy!

Yuffie: I think I might die of shock; did you just give a title without you being mentioned in it?

Riku: Well, Good thing you asked

Yuffie: I wasn't asking…

Riku: Call it: Riku Sexiest Man Alive

Yuffie: Yeah… That would only happen if you were, I dunno… A Man!

Me: Hmm… I kinda like that

Riku/Yuffie: Seriously?!

Me: Yeah Roxas the Punk-Ass Emo Boy Seem Hilarious! Hahahaha

Roxas: Screw you

Me: Calm down Emo boy, you being Emo has nothing to do with the next chapter so you don't have to cry about it

Sora: How about you call it: Sora the cookie Monster!

Namine: I think Sora just wants some cookies

Sora nods his head

Demxy: I want some cookies…

Me: Well Everyone! The verdict is in! Be sure to leave these boys some Cookies and don't forget about the milk! As per usual: Don't forget to leave a review because if you do you get…

Everyone: An Exclusive Sneak Peek to the Next Chapter Before it's even UP!

Me: By then I will have a title, I promise! I still Have Cheats and Masks as well as Omnience Reverance if you want to check those stories out, they haven't been updated because I'm focusing on this story but still… Check them out if you haven't and if you want to get to know me some more I have a YOUTUBE Channel Called: Omniscient Rose and yeah you can also follow me on Instagram and Twitter (I'm just as funny on twitter as I am on here)

Roxas: I can't believe it… but it's true, even I have to admit that

Me: Well until next Time I love you all! Thanks for reading and the next chapter will be out soon!