The Great Adventures of 207

by Mind's Odyssey

(AU) Characters are in the real world, and the main characters are school detectives. Nemix (OC), with Zexion, Roxas, Axel, Demyx and Xion, solve every mystery and case like going on adventures. Rated T for some language, some violence. May contain some social/sensitive issues one might be offended by, some very mild suggestive themes. View full picture at DA!

14. Old Friends, New Enemies

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT A PART OF THE PLOT!

Chapter 14 – OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES

By now, we still had two weeks before our departure to our respective original countries, but… well, we exchange students had to perform something for Matsuaki Academy's annual "Spring Celebration". And we were told to prepare for the performance as soon as we got back to the academy. Crap! So, we had to hold an urgent meeting, and they decided to let me, the poor me, to produce a drama script in one day, because we all agreed to perform a drama and an orchestra. So I had no choice but to give it all I got and squeeze out any random ideas that did not make any sense and put them into one freaking script!

After I had done writing, my classmates presented no objections after they read through it. And then we practiced the drama and the orchestra hard (by the way, Demyx was the one in charge of this orchestra and he made a medley of various songs). We almost burned ourselves out from training until that epic day of fate!

Meanwhile at the backstage, everyone was very, very busy, although our performance clothing were not too extravagant or vibrant with colours, we still had to put in more effort in make-up to prevent any smearing by potential sweats later besides installing the wireless microphones securely. The drama later involved much exaggerated movements and we would not be able to hold microphones. "Hey, time to go!" The backstage workers, who were students as well, prompted us to be prepared. OK… Let us do this!

[Authoress' Note: The below drama script was inspired by a comic by ladychimera on deviantArt, so the credits goes to her for most part of the plot in the drama! I suck at writing this drama stuff… Sorry!] Firstly one of our main characters on stage today, Antonio, was waiting behind the curtains, and when the curtains were pulled up, the show began. Applause came in waves and died down soon. The hall entered the darkness… (By the way the background music was purely my idea, but I did not own any songs, and if you had never heard of the songs, you can look it up on YouTube. Thanks.) A light shone on Antonio as he walked out, whistling a tune called "Oh When the Saints Go Marching In", the background music was "A Walk In Andante" (Kingdom Hearts I).

Antonio whistled while skipping from the left of the stage to the right slowly, with the spotlight following him. Suddenly another light shone at the right of the stage; a public restroom. *Cue "Don of the Slums" (Final Fantasy VII)* He did not stop, still bouncing in his tracks, then he accidentally crashed into a tree outside that restroom and fell down on his butt. He pressed a palm on the aching spot on the head and whined, "Oh Dio mio [Italian: My god]~ Why is there a tree here… Huh? Restroom? Looks like it's the gents… Guess I'll go in and wash off the dirt… *Sigh*" Suddenly he stopped, and blurted, "The ladies'?! Umm… But there are no any other restrooms around… Then I'll make it quick…"

He stood up once again, patted off some "dirt" on him and continued whistling his tune before and hopped into that place where boys would never enter unless they had a death wish! In not even three seconds… *Cue "No Time to Think" (Kingdom Hearts I)* "AAAAAH~~!" "Pervert!" "Take that! And that!" "OW!" "Get Lost!" etc. etc. etc. The war cries and screams of female pupils and teachers were nothing short compared to a bunch of angry monkeys… (Actually the "restroom" was formed by draping a piece of black cloth over a metal circle to form a "cylinder", and then we stuck a sign that read "Ladies'" on it. As for the cries, the girls from my class were screaming random things at the backstage via microphones…)

The whole "Ladies'" almost collapsed, and a half-dead Antonio scrambled out like no tomorrow. *Cue "Broken Reality" (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)* Only a single spotlight shone on him, while the rest was engulfed in darkness… He was panting heavily, while patting his chest, he whimpered, "Holy macaroni! What was that?!" Suddenly a bottle flew out from a random direction and hit his head. "TOI!" I added a sound effect, he cried, "OW!"

The bottle dropped to the floor, Antonio picked it up after scratching his head, he said to himself, "Huh? A message?" He quickly opened the cap of the bottle and threw it to a random direction. I played that "TOI" sound effect again. After he dug out the strip of paper from the bottle, I added a "PLANK~!" as a sound effect when he threw the bottle behind him (it was a sound of glass breaking, but it was actually a plastic bottle…). He read out the message on the paper strip, "'See you at the court, dude'… Che cosa?" [Italian: What?] When he finished, suddenly three lights shone at his left, right and back. Lawrence, Yuanfang and William appeared simultaneously under the spotlight. They pointed at him à la Phoenix Wright at the same time and yelled, "YOU GOT SERVED!"

I then used the microphone to speak from the backstage, "At the fateful court…" And the BGM was a short intro of "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" in organ. I wondered whether we were acting out a drama or a horror film… After three seconds… *Cue "The Oppressed" (Final Fantasy VII)* Carlos wore a smart suit and draped an arm on a kind of depressed-looking Antonio's shoulder while walking together to the centre of the stage. A stage light was following them. Carlos boasted with overflowing confidence, "No worries, mi amigo, with me on your side, there's no way we'll lose! *Hiccup*" Antonio stared at him with doubt, and asked, "Bro, are you… drunk?" Carlos looked like he was not paying attention at all, and swayed like he was really drunk. With a smug smile on his face, he asked, "Who drunk, me?" Antonio facepalmed and muttered, "Oh mamma mia…" Carlos didn't heard that, but he was singing off-key, "Maiahi~ Maiahoo~ Maiaha~ MaiaHAHA~~"

Just then the lights on them went out, and another one was switched on, shining on two people: Xion and John. "OBJECTION!" John suddenly stood up and pointed at a random direction and screamed out of the blue. *cricket noise* … No one gave a damn to him. John then sat down, scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Haha, sorry, I was just rehearsing for later, and we haven't started the whole court thing yet… But hey, why didn't you remind me that?" Xion just stared at him, speechless… Just then!

"Hola, John~!" A voice came in. John and Xion were sitting behind a table on the left side of the stage, while Carlos and Antonio were on the other side. Carlos waved at them, Antonio just screamed "OH CRAP!" when he saw John. But John also screamed "OH CRAP!" for no apparent reason and stood up abruptly. With disbelief all over his shocked face, he stared at them. "Oh my GOD!" Only then John sat down, faced the table, and slammed his face onto the table surface, with his hands gripping his hair. Xion was startled by his sudden outburst, and went close to him and asked, "Hey, are you OK?"

Carlos was totally oblivious to his surroundings, still singing "Dragostea Din Tei" as he sat down contently behind his table opposite of John's. Antonio also sat down beside him. John then lifted his head abruptly and turned to look at Xion, explaining to her, "Look at him! That cocky Spaniard, with those sparkling green eyes, that messy dark brown hair, and that well-trimmed appearance… GAHH! Every, if not most people, love his CHARM!" Carlos burped, without changing his facial expression, he declared, "Oh, la merienda." [Spanish: the snack]

Carlos pulled out a thermos flask *Cue "Just an Itty Bitty Too Much" (Kingdom Hearts I)* and put it aside on the table, he took out a cup, and started to make coffee. After five seconds he pulled out another bottle and poured its content into the teacup. Antonio was watching him the whole time, he exclaimed, "Did you just put Whiskey in your coffee?!" Carlos laughed and answered like a drunkard, "No, amigo. It's Sherry~"

John faced the ceiling suddenly and yelled, "My first loss! And it'll be to that Spaniard!" Xion retorted loudly, but with prominent anxiety, "WHAT LOSS?! You can't lose!" John faced Xion and said, "Carlos ALWAYS wins!"

The third light was switched on, shining at the centre of the stage, a man in an officer's uniform, Demyx, stood there. He coughed a few times intentionally and everyone shut up at once. He then announced, "All rise, the court is now in session. The honourable judge…" At the same time, a series of drum roll started, and the BGM stopped. Meanwhile a new series of footsteps echoed, and it sounded like high heels… It was getting louder. "… Laura presiding." "PAK!" Another light was switched on, shining at a high lectern behind Demyx, a lady who dressed up overly gorgeously, Laura, stood behind the lectern, with a devious smile she said, "Hoho! Bonjour mon peuple~ [French: Good day my people] *Gong smash!* The four people below all turned to her and… "LAURA?!" The two lawyers, one defendant and one plaintiff screamed in unison; Xion's jaw almost hit the floor, John's eyes went wide, Carlos accidentally spit out whatever he just drank (luckily it was only plain water… or else the cleaning job would be frustrating). Only Antonio, his screams resembled those of a crazed fan who just met his idol. "Ciao Laura~" He smiled like a big idiot and waved flirtatiously, Laura returned, "Salut Antonio~" [French: Hi] John sprang up from his sitting position and unleashed his Phoenix Wright pointing while yelling, "OBJECTION!" Xion facepalmed beside him, muttering, "Aw crap…"

"SILENCE AND OVERRULED! DID I SAY YOU COULD SPEAK?!" Laura used the same pointing to shoot back at John and screamed as well. "… No, ma'am…" John turned to a zero from a hero and stuttered. "SIT YOUR $$ DOWN!" boomed Laura, John also mumbled, "Yes ma'am…" Demyx was snickering, and muttered, "Ha! Pawned!"

"OK, mes garçons, so what's the big deal?" [French: my boys] Laura's face reverted to a rather innocent one [Authoress: *Cough**Cough*], she crossed her arms in front of her chest and said. *Cue "Riders of Doom" (The epic part) (Conan the Barbarian. Attention: The Conan here did not mean the Conan from "Detective Conan" or "Case Closed"!)* John stood up with much agitation, pointed at Antonio Phoenix-Wright-style and yelled at Laura, "That dude's a pervert!" Xion added, "I am now suing him for entering the ladies' on purpose!" *Thunderstruck noise* I must say, Laura was the master of changing facial expressions; she looked extremely astonished, pressed both her palms on both sides of her cheek and exclaimed unbelievably, "OH mon DIEU! IS THAT TRUE, TONIO?!" [French: my GOD]

Antonio put on an innocent, pitiful-looking face, and even squeezed out some brimming tears and some sobs. Carlos stood up and walked to Antonio's back. Putting both his hands on Antonio's shoulders, he said, "Your Honour, clearly my client is falsely accused by these liars, someone as bella and inteligente as you can see that…" [Spanish: beautiful… intelligent] Once Laura heard that, she put on a narcissistic expression, and even did a hair-flip. She said, "Yeah, I'm beautiful and intelligent, I'm flattered…" *Cue "Electric de Chocobo" (Final Fantasy VII)* And then she returned to her mighty stance and sneered, "Alright, Johnny Bravo, call your first witness!"

*Crow squawks* Both John and Xion were dumbfounded, and they let out an "Uhh…" sound. John said awkwardly, "For my first witness, I call Axel to the stand…" Once his words left his mouth, there was a sound of doors being kicked open. A light shone on Axel, wearing a smart casual suit. Axel had his arms wide open, both of his hands on the "doors", which were made by simply two pieces of wooded boards. He also assumed a narcissistic stance and announced, "Watch out people, epic is finally back!"

Xion's face suddenly turned pale and fear was written all over it, she clutched onto John's sleeve like no tomorrow and scowled, "Why did you call him?! He's male for god's sake!" John also realised his mistake all of a sudden and he blurted, "Oh crap, seriously?!" Xion continued, shaking his arm violently, "He couldn't possibly be in the ladies' to witness such a thing, you dumbass!" Axel stood before Demyx, putting one of his palms on a thick book on Demyx's hand. Demyx said, "You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, or Laura will send you to the guillotine?" Axel snapped his fingers, winked and said, "I do."

Once Axel got to the "witness' stand", John approached him and asked, "So Axel…" "Yup?" asked Axel, propping his hands under his chin. John put his hands into his pockets and continued, "Is it true that Antonio is a freaking… pervert?" Without even giving a thought, Axel looked away and said disdainfully, "Well, he hasn't done anything to me." John's and Xion's faces displayed bewilderment. John exclaimed, "What?!" *Cue "To Our Surprise" (Kingdom Hearts I)* Axel was like telling a story of another person, "Well, I just happened to pass by the back of the ladies', and I saw people hitting him, so I merely helped to kick his butt!" Now, John smacked his face with his palm and muttered, "No more questions from me…"

Laura asked, "Mr. Carlos, any questions you want to ask?" Carlos answered, "No, señorita~" [Spanish: miss] Laura nodded once and announced, "Très bien, witness may step down and rest. Au revoir Ax!" [French: Very well… Bye] Axel turned to leave, and walked to the other side of the stage to the backstage. Without looking back, he waved and said, "See ya, Laura!" Laura said while rearranging the documents before her, "OK! Next witness!" *Cue "Electric de Chocobo" (Final Fantasy VII)* John stood up, quickly disregarded his depressed state earlier and said, "I call Nemix to the stand…" Xion gave him two thumbs up while still seated beside him and cheered in a low tone, "Good! Nemix will back me up!" I tugged at my suit gently before going out on stage. Well, one thing that was dissatisfying was that I looked short among all these fellow foreigners, and this was used as one of the plots… making fun of myself, that was. I did what Axel did just now, standing before Demyx and put my left palm on that thick book. Demyx talked to me like he did to a kid, "You swear to tell da twooth, da whole twooth and nutting bat da twooth-" "I'm not five, you barnacle head!" I cut off his sentence, with a face that clearly said "not amused". Demyx shook his head and sighed, "Such bad language…" "Ugh, I do!" I got impatient, so I quickly terminated the conversation.

*Cue "Captain Hook's Pirate Ship" (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)* I made my way to the "witness' stand", but… unlike Axel, only my head was visible from the stand's table. Laura jeered, "Hey shortcake, do you need a book or something to sit on?" And Demyx was snickering nearby. "… Thanks, but no thanks!" I said, pulling out a chair hidden under the table at the "witness' stand". I sat on it, and everything went back to normal. John had just finished snickering, and walked over to me. He asked, "So… Nemix, you agree that Antonio totally walked into the ladies' on purpose, right?" I acted agitated and slammed a palm onto the table and said, "Of course! Antonio is CONSTANTLY up to no good, figuratively and literally!" John put on a smug face, and his strut back to his "plaintiff's stand" was full of smug as well. He jumped onto his seat, placed both his feet on the table and said with content, "No. Further. Questions." Antonio pouted and muttered under his breath, "Stupid shrimp…" Taking his own sweet time, Carlos stood up and asked, "Cross-examine, may I request?" Laura shrugged and said, "D'accord." [French: OK]

Carlos came up to me and asked, "So you say my client is up to no good constantly?" He was acting like a drunk, but I still said with much anger, "Yes! He's a freaking pervert!" "Is he up to no good at this moment?" *BGM stopped abruptly* The whole stage entered an awkward silence… "…!" I never expected this drunkard to pull this off! [Authoress: Pfft! Wasn't all of this in the drama script? Cut the act…] Carlos could see that I was speechless, so he pressed on, while putting on an innocent calm face, "Answer the question, señorita…" I could not say anything but this, "No… No, he's not…" Upon hearing my words, Carlos did a spin on the same spot, signalling victory. *Cue "Jackpot!" (Final Fantasy VII)* And when he stopped, he pointed an accusing finger at me and said, "So you lied to the court?!" John could not take it anymore and sprang up from his seat once again, unleashing his Phoenix Wright point, he yelled, "OBJECTION!" Laura counterattacked him with a louder boom, "Withdrawn!"

*Cue "Tension Rising" (Kingdom Hearts II)* Carlos came a bit closer to me and questioned like a fevered interrogator, "Isn't it bloody true you're so bloody short you need to bloody sit on that bloody chair to bloody peek above the bloody bench?!" … Due to astonishment and fury, I could not bring myself to answer his bloody question. (I might have made him too British for this one…Blame Ian for this) He straightened himself and asked, "Your honour?" Laura joined in the turmoil, "Hey, answer the question!" Ugh…

No way, I could not take this anymore, since I was not able to take it anymore, there was no need to take it anymore! In a swift movement, I jumped onto the table and stuck my hands right on Carlos's throat to "strangle" him like a cobra. I screamed, "I'm gonna bloody kill you, I bloody swear!" Carlos's eyes went wide and he screamed like a little girl, "This person's unstable! ¡Ayúdame!" [Spanish: Help me!] Antonio and Xion were dumbfounded. John facepalmed and muttered, "Aw shoot…"

Laura finally intervened. She had a small gavel in her right hand and used it to hit her table forcefully (but the noise came out was "doink doink"…), she screamed, "ORDER! Bailiff! Get this kook OUTTA my courtroom!" Demyx hurriedly came over and wasted half of his strength to drag a crazed me to the backstage… *BGM faded out* *Cue "Disquieting" (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)* Once Laura saw Demyx returned, she put on a face of dissatisfaction towards what happened and complained, "Sacrebleu, John, your witnesses SUCK!" [French: Damn it (archaic)]

John was stunned for a few seconds, and then he pulled out his last triumph card to defend himself, "I-I have one more! My star witness, Soo-Ji!" *Cue "Dream Eaters" (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)* When Laura heard this, she leaned back to lean on her chair. She commented sarcastically, "Oh, this should be good…" Once the words left her mouth, a rapid string of footsteps rang, and it got louder. The person was running. "Tap tap tap-!"

"Am I a pretty star?!" Soo-Ji ran out from the backstage, and she jumped and exclaimed with both her arms punching the air. Once she landed she returned to her normal standing pose. Her appearance was totally Harayuki's idea; she wore a stereotypical Japanese high school girl's uniform, and her hairstyle, behaviour, movements, make-up etc. were all of the "Kawaii" style; she looked like an anime female character. We could hear some of the male spectators had gone crazy… Anyways, carry on, but be warned; her voice was also modified to sound "kawaii" too…

She glanced around her, and all boys on stage were stunned. Just then, the prepared cherry blossom petals descended from the ceiling slowly (not too much, just about forty petals or so…) to add to the atmosphere. She looked at Demyx and winked at him. Demyx then put on a rather silly, goofy smile and he fell down backwards. *Cue "It's Hard to Stand on Both Feet!" (Final Fantasy VII)* Some colours drained from Soo-Ji's face and she exclaimed, "Sesang-e! Are you OK?!" [Korean: Oh my god] Laura then announced, "Que? What the fried chicken is going on? Can someone get me a new bailiff?!" [French: What?]

After that, all lights shining at the stage went off for ten seconds, we took this chance to carry Demyx away to the backstage, making a lot of noises intentionally for the drama. And it was time for Anne to show up. Exactly after ten seconds, the lights were switched on, except that there was one more light shining on Anne. "Bailiff Anne Schneider, reporting for duty!" said Anne. Laura nodded, and the new bailiff took the thick book earlier ago. Soo-Ji repeated what the "witnesses" did before, putting on of her palm on the book. "Um… You swear to tell the truth?" Soo-Ji nodded vigorously and said, "Sure do, Anny, cross my heart!" *Cue "Bounce-O-Rama" (Kingdom Hearts II)*

At the "witness' stand", John stifled his laughter and asked, "So, Miss Geum… You've seen Antonio over there going into the ladies', right?" Soo-Ji giggled and replied, "Yup, and there are two more people who were like him too!" John laughed awkwardly and said, "Haha… Two more?" Soo-Ji nodded vigorously again and said, "Yeah! Like that brunette Carly and you Johnny!" *Cue "Dash-A-Long" (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)* *Also with a timpani being hit four times* John was shocked to no end, but he said, "Oh REALLY…" And he tried to change the subject by glaring at Carlos. Once Carlos heard Soo-Ji's statement, he spitted out his coffee completely. Antonio pointed at Carlos in disbelief and yelled, "You…?!"

Carlos immediately sang his off-key "Dragostea Din Tei" again to divert the others' attention, John took this chance to take his sweet, sweet revenge by shooting random comments, "Ha! You sir, went into the ladies' too! Objection to all your statements! Ha! Ha!" Anne pulled up her sleeves like she wanted to beat the crap out of them, she gritted her teeth and growled, "You hypocrites…" Laura pulled out a box of popcorn out of nowhere and said while popping them into her mouth, "Ooh la la~ Drama…" Soo-Ji could see that the atmosphere was not right, so she said in a small voice, "I know I wasn't supposed to tell, but I swore to tell the truth to Anny!"

"Ugh…" John could not stand it anymore, so he spun around to face Soo-Ji and slammed his fists on the table forcefully and yelled, "ISN'T IT TRUE THAT ANTONIO IS IN THE LADIES'?!" *Thunderstruck noise* *BGM stopped abruptly* Soo-Ji was very terrified, her watery big eyes were now brimming with tears. She trembled and choked on her sobs, "Y-yes, but I didn't get a clear view to make sure it was him!" *Cue "Scent of Silence" (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)* "Why are you yelling at me, Johnny?! It's not nice! I don't wanna play with you no more!" Once she finished, she buried her face in her arms and leaned on the table's surface. She made those sobbing noises and even trembled. Well, now John was at a wit's end, even Anne was glaring at him with dripping venom, like she was planning to eat him alive. The lights started to become dim, just then Soo-Ji stood up abruptly, and sent a slap across John's face! "SMACK!" By now, all the lights had gone out. Amidst darkness, only a series of angry footsteps was heard, and also a yell, "MEANIE FACE!" *BGM faded out* Whoa… Everyone was taken aback. After five seconds… All lights went on, everything was back to normal. Laura saw that the two lawyers, one plaintiff and one defendant could not speak a word, so she took the initiative, "Your first witness turned on you, your second was a psycho, and your third just ran out of the courtroom, calling you a meanie face… WOW! Approach the bench, the BOTH of you!" Carlos and John stared at each other for three seconds, and then they approached Laura's lectern. Laura dug out a megaphone and roared at their faces through it, "YOU FAIL!" They cringed and winced at her volume. Then Laura said in her normal tone, "Now go away…"

Once everyone got back to their position, Laura cleared her throat and asked, "Anybody you want to question, Mr. Carlos?" "S-sí, ma'am…" [Spanish: Y-yes] Carlos mumbled. He stood up and coughed. And suddenly he shot out a finger to attempt a Phoenix Wright point at Antonio, but since Antonio was beside him, his finger jabbed into Antonio's face, and Antonio was hit and fell to the floor sideways. Carlos did not notice this and announced, "I call my client Antonio to the stand!" Antonio, who was now on the floor, yelped, "How much 'coffee' did YOU have?" … How could a lawyer interrogate his own client? When Antonio stood before Anne to say the oath, Anne gripped his suit collar, with her fist beside her, ready to unleash her attack. He stuttered, "I-I s-s-s-swear t-to tell t-the truth!"… At the "witness' stand"… Carlos asked him, "So, the niña over there says you went into the ladies' intentionally?" [Spanish: girl] "Uh… yes?" Antonio answered awkwardly. Carlos asked again, "Is that true?" Antonio denied it almost immediately, "No way!" He shook his head vigorously. He then explained, "I didn't even see the sign, how could I enter intentionally?" At that moment, the spectators somehow cooperated with us and yelled, "嘘! [Japanese: Liar!]" All actors on stage looked at them, Antonio then said, "… Shut up…" And he continued, "Correction! I did enter, but I only entered not more than three steps from the door!" Carlos put his hand under his chin and said, "Is that so…"

On the other side… Xion could see that Antonio had gained the upper hand, so she gritted her teeth furiously, sputtering a string of incoherent words. John was staring at her, but did not dare to let out a sound. Carlos said, "So this is all a misunderstanding?" Antonio replied, "Why sì of course!" [Italian: yes] Xion could not bear her anger, "Why you…!" John tried to hold Xion back who was about to fly to Antonio to beat the crap out of him, and he said, "Whoa there, man, calm down…"

Carlos turned to Laura and said, "A misunderstanding he says…" John decided to launch one of his "greatest hits" once again; he jumped up and unleashed his Phoenix Wright pointing, screaming, "OBJECTION!" Laura and Carlos were startled by his sudden outburst, Laura threw her "Doink Doink" gavel at John, and it hit his head with a "doink". It fell to the floor. Laura said, "Ugh, don't interrupt when people are talking! What do you want?!" John touched the pain spot and continued, "I want to object every statement this Spaniard said, because he can't even speak well enough!" Carlos retorted, "No can do, señor!" John also retorted, "You see?! 'Señor' is not even English!" *Cue "Hero or Heel" (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)*

Laura then said, "Then do you have any proofs? Mr. John?" "Yes! And now I will give him a simple test!" After that, he grabbed two pieces or paper that had pictures on them. The first one was lemonade, and the other one was milk, both with Japanese translations below the picture. Both pictures only depicted a glass filled with liquid and no other additional hints. He let the spectators to see then first, then he asked Carlos, "Alright, dude, what do you call this in English?" Carlos glanced at it and then clapped his hands and said, "Ah! Yellow water!" John pretended to slip, and then he said, "Of course I know it's yellow, but what is the name of this liquid?!" Carlos retorted immediately, "Objection! I already told you the answer, yet you still annoy me! It's yellow, or is it red?! Are you kolobleend [colour-blind]?!" John said, "OBJECTION! He even pronounced 'colour-blind' wrongly!" Laura interrupted, "Of course I would say it's yellow water, since you didn't clarify your test…" John facepalmed and said, "OK OK fine, on with the next question…" This time he drew a cow's head beside the glass of milk, and turned to them and said, "OK, before we start, let me tell you the previous answer to clarify myself. It's lemonade, or lemon juice… Now what's this in English?!" He pointed at the milk. Carlos did not even think about it and answered happily, "Ah! Moo moo juice!" At that moment, everyone cracked up. Laura laughed like a witch… Carlos even did the chicken dance as if he was the champion. *Cue "Victory Fanfare* (Final Fantasy VII)* John fell to the floor on his butt, when he got up he pointed à la Phoenix Wright again. "Objection! Your honour! He doesn't even know what this is!"

Laura threw another "Doink Doink" gavel at him and scoffed, "Oh s'il te plaît, he doesn't have to know it's milk to help with this case! Your objection is irrelevant in the first place!" [French: please] Xion headdeskked, like an ostrich. "Hopeless lot…" muttered Xion. John did not want to give up just yet, so he announced, "Don't worry, I got an idea! An idea so smart my head would explode if I even begin to know what I was talking about!" Just before he could perfectly finish his words, Laura's "Doink Doink" gavel found its way to his head once again. Laura yelled impatiently, "What the fruitcake, John, hurry up!" "OW…" *Cue "What Lies Beneath" (Kingdom Hearts II)*

"OK, I think I got this…" said John, while approaching Antonio. He pulled out some photos from his pocket and slammed them onto Antonio's table. He said, "Misunderstanding, eh? Explain these!" Fear appeared on Antonio's face. John saw his opportunity and interrogated, "I've taken these photos of you going into the ladies'! Well?!" Antonio panicked for a while, but then he turned the tables, "What were you doing in the ladies'?! Were you stalking me?!" "…!" John did not know what to say.

Carlos interrupted, "Objection! Permission to speak? *Hic*" (Obviously, he was "drunk"…) Laura yawned and said, "Oui, whatever… What do you want, Carlos?" [French: Yes] "Your honour, John obtained those images. That means he WAS in the ladies' too. He should be ASHAMED!" Laura agreed with him, "I see that you had committed a crime before suing the current defendant. The pictures are out!" *Cue "Riders of Doom" (Conan the Barbarian)* *Thunderstruck noise!* "YOU FAIL!" Carlos returned the Phoenix Wright point back to John! Xion muttered, "You idiot…"

Laura coughed a few times and continued, "Ugh, this is dragging on… OK people, any questions before my final ruling?" Xion decided not to take it all in silently anymore, so she slammed a fist on the table and stood up, shouting, "YES! I have a freaking question!" Everyone went silent. *BGM stopped* she continued, "Yes, well, why haven't I got a chance to speak?!" Laura glanced at her, and turned over to shout at Anne, "You! Bailiff! Get me my 'Doink Doink'!" Everyone cracked up… Anne was stunned, and then she handed over another gavel without saying anything. "Merci." "Gern geschehen…" [French: Thank you; German: You're welcome]

Laura faced Xion and said, "Oh I'll tell you why, because apparently…" Uh-oh, Laura hauled the gavel at Xion and it hit her nose, and I let out a "BOOM!" sound effect. She fell down on her back! Laura screeched, "No one gives a damn about what you say!" John was startled, but after three seconds he cheered, "WHOO! Not me!"

Laura was getting irritated, so she irritably said, "Ugh! Qu'est-ce que… Whatever… I'll make my judgment now!" [French: What…]

After that, she picked up the papers on her lectern and declared, "Bien, in this case of 'Antonio's a freaking pervert'… Nice naming, John… I find the defendant…" *Drum roll* "… Guilty!" *Cymbal clash!*

Everything happened at once: John slammed his face right onto the table. Carlos picked up his coffee cup and raised it to the air, yelling, "Celebremos con jerez~!" [Spanish: Let's celebrate with Sherry] Antonio sprang up from his chair, causing it to fall. He punched the air with both his fists, screaming, "YES!" *Cue "Victory Fanfare" (Final Fantasy VII)* After merely three seconds… "… Wait, you just said… guilty?" Antonio paused in his victory pose and blurted. *Sound of a car's emergency brake, BGM stopped abruptly* John looked up abruptly, saying unbelievably, "I WON?!" Even Xion was "revived", she pushed herself up, saying, "Wait, what?!" Carlos did not even notice his surroundings, he slurred, "Let's ssleh-bleh wif Sherry anywehs! *Hic*" Antonio squeezed out an awkward smile and asked timidly, "D-don't you mean… innocent?"

Laura retorted sarcastically, "What, are you sérieux? You? Innocent? HAH! No, no, Tonio, I went through all this merde simply just to rub salt in your wounds! Do you want to know pourquoi?" [French: serious… crap… why] Antonio was already speechless due to astonishment, while John was very excited, raising and waving his hand enthusiastically and yelled, "OH! OH! Me! I do!" Laura had a sinister smile on her face and said, "I'll tell you why, Antonio… Just before this trial, I was looking for my favourite PSP, it wasn't where I left it… NO… So someone had to have taken it! I suspected you all along! So I went to your room, and GUESS what I found?!" *Cue "The 13th Struggle" (Kingdom Hearts II)*

Antonio could only let out an "Uh…" sound, with his face pale as snow. Laura continued, "THAT'S right… I found my PSP! IN your room!" She paused and then said, "So when the original judge came to me and said…" Then, all actors on stage stopped at where they were at, as if being paused by a remote control. At the right of the stage, a person appeared, with a light shining on her: Harayuki. She was also dressed up smart yet casual and she said, "Laura, you are far more gorgeous and intelligent than me. You'll be the judge this time." After that, the light went off, and she left secretly to the backstage. And when the original lights came on, the five actors continued their drama. Laura leaned forward slightly and said with menace, "I couldn't resist this great opportunity to rise up your hopes and SHOOT YOU DOWN, YOU THIEF!"

John held his hands to his chest and said, "Oh my god, I LOVE YOU!" Xion also yelled, "Antonio! YOU FAIL!" *Cue "One-Winged Angel" (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)* Laura rubbed her hands, with an evil smile she said, "Now, for my FAVOURITE part of the trial…" John ran to Antonio immediately, pushed a drunken Carlos aside and grabbed Antonio's right arm. He shook it non-stop and said with much excitement, "Oh! This is the part where you get punished!" Laura continued, "For the intentional break-in into the ladies', you get… *beating around the bush*" Now everyone on stage was nervous to no end.

"… Get your butt kicked by the victims! Right here, right now!" announced Laura, and I hit a gong at the backstage forcefully once, then all of my female classmates (except for Laura and Xion) came out, some with knifes, guns, sticks etc. It seemed like they were ready for some kick-butt. *Cue "Mortal Kombat Theme" (Mortal Kombat ~ The Immortals)* Everyone rushed to the centre, with Katra as the leader. Antonio was about to be squashed-

"MORTAL KOMBAT!" Antonio screamed with the audio of the BGM synchronically, and he seemed to have obtained some sort of power from god-knows-where, and transformed into a battle master. He fought endlessly with the "victims". And after thirty seconds of battle, only Katra was left. Suddenly Zexion charged out and threw her a weapon; a stick. And then he returned calmly to the backstage. Antonio and Katra fought for another thirty seconds, and Katra was also knocked out! *BGM fades out* Laura sensed that things were not going quite smooth as she thought, she commanded, "ORDER! Bailiff! Ge- Oops, she's down… Guards! Take him out!" *Cue "Turk's Theme" (Final Fantasy VII)*

Just then, another light shone at the right side of the stage. Lawrence, William and Yuanfang walked out (or should I put "waltzed out"?) with swagger (you would know why "swagger" was used here if you listened to the BGM mentioned above). One of them was playing a three-section cudgel, one was playing a large knife and one was playing a pistol (obviously a toy). They were really… pretending to be cool, ahem! Antonio was firstly taken aback by the number of people that emerged, but then regained his composure, and searched for something on the floor. But these three "guards" were not taking orders seriously, and they were acting like models to go with the BGM… Well, that was understandable, they were wearing a suit resembling James Bond's, could they not show off for once? Just then… "Doink~ Doink~ Doink!" Three weird noises came out! The BGM stopped, and the three guards fell down to the noise! Turned out, Antonio found a "Doink Doink" gavel on the floor. He aimed for the trio's heads and threw it at them, in the end the gavel hit his targets like skipping stones. Now even the trio was down… "What the fourchette I'm paying you guys for?!" [French: fork] screamed Laura, and was about to throw- "Crap! I'm out of 'Doink Doink's' …" Laura was scared once she found out she was out of ammo. *Cue "Forze Del Male" (Kingdom Hearts I)* Antonio laughed maniacally facing the ceiling like a demon that had just revived… And at that fateful moment-

"DOINK!" Suddenly another noise came in! "OW!" Antonio held his head in his hands and crouched down. And then he turned to Laura and screamed, with his hands on his head, "Aren't you out of 'Doink Doink's' ?!" "W-what are you screaming at me for?! I didn't do it!" "Huh?" He was confused, but he mumbled, "B-but then that means-!" As if sensing something wrong, he suddenly gasped loudly. At the other side of the stage… Xion was fuming as if wanting to kill someone, "That's right! IT was me… I'm SICK of EVERYTHING you put me through! Now I'm gonna teach you a lesson…" "Oh mon Dieu, this is going to be EPIC!" said Laura, with anticipation. *Pressing down some random keys on an organ with force and sustaining for three seconds* The lights turned dim, and went out…

Silence… One… Two… Three! *Cue "Fiddle de Chocobo" (Final Fantasy VII)* Only one stage light was on, shining on Xion and Antonio. Xion used the ultimate weapon: POKE POKE of Doom, and "assaulted" Antonio, making him run around like a madman, crying for his parents. Even the lights followed them everywhere… "Ah! No… No! What are you… AAH! I'm so sorry! MI DISPIACE~~~!" [Italian: I'M SORRY] The stage curtains were closing, from both sides of the stage to the centre. "The end," I said via the microphone from the backstage, but when I finished, Axel snatched the microphone and spoke into it, "Got it memorised?"

The spectators were laughing so hard, and the applause was thunderous. Ha! Never expected I would be so successful! Yes! [Authoress: Oi, oi, 207, I only wrote a few compliments about you, and you're starting to get cocky? 207: Geez, Authoress, I never get to be so cocky before in my life, so maybe once in a while won't hurt! Authoress: … Whatever floats your boat, because I agree with you… *Sweat drop*] All actors of the drama appeared from both sides of the stage and we bowed to the spectators together. Our random drama ended here. Now, the orchestra was about to begin…

While all of us were preparing at the backstage, Xion and Roxas were entertaining the crowd with a piano and violin performance of "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion" (Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days). And when we finally put everything we need on stage, we started the orchestra right away. The conductor was Ryutaro since he was not good with musical instruments. I was in charge of the timpani (I could not play the others well… so, yeah). Other Lucky 7 members: Zexion and Roxas: Piano; Xion: Contrabass; Demyx: Flute (not his sitar… Sorry people, I could not find one song that had a sitar); Axel: Drum set; Lawrence: violin. We performed a medley of soundtracks from the Kingdom Hearts series. [Mind you, I did not own any of them! All credits go to their respective composers and rightful owners] and it was quite long, about thirty minutes… Deal with it, at least what Demyx planned was EPIC. I dared say that even the finest hair on my neck stood up on its end to the medley, it was just that epic.

This was the list of music Demyx put in the performance, but only a part from each song was added: (In order)

1) Dearly Beloved (Kingdom Hearts II);

2) Traverse Town (kingdom Hearts I);

3) Mickey Mouse Club March (Kingdom Hearts II);

4) Lazy Afternoons (Kingdom Hearts II);

5) Sinister Sundown (Kingdom Hearts II);

6) Roxas (Kingdom Hearts II);

7) The Other Promise (Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix);

8) Rage Awakened (Kingdom Hearts Final Mix);

9) Fate of the Unknown (Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix);

10) Enter the Darkness (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep);

11) Ventus (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep);

12) He's a Pirate (Kingdom Hearts II);

13) Monochrome Dreams (Kingdom Hearts II);

14) The Promised Beginning (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep);

15) Risky Romp (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep);

16) The Silent Forest (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep);

17) Enter the Void (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep);

18) Dark Impetus (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix);

19) Tension Rising (Kingdom Hearts II);

20) Sora (Kingdom Hearts II);

21) Desire for All That is Lost (Kingdom Hearts II);

22) Dance to the Death (Kingdom Hearts II);

23) Rowdy Rumble (Kingdom Hearts II);

24) Old Friends, Old Rivals (Kingdom Hearts II);

25) A Fight to the Death (Kingdom Hearts II);

26) Darkness of the Unknown (Kingdom Hearts II);

27) Spooks of Halloween Town (Kingdom Hearts II);

28) Musique pour la tristesse de Xion (Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days);

29) Vector to the Heavens (Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days);

30) Sacred Moon (Kingdom Hearts II);

31) Hikari (Kingdom Hearts I);

32) Hollow Bastion (Kingdom Hearts I);

33) Riku (Kingdom Hearts II);

34) Lord of the Castle (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories);

35) Organisation XIII (Kingdom Hearts II);

36) The 13th Struggle (Kingdom Hearts II)

37) The 13th Dilemma (Kingdom Hearts II);

38) Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories);

39) Passion (Kingdom Hearts II);

40) Pirate's Gigue (Kingdom Hearts I);

41) Forze Del Male (Kingdom Hearts I);

42) Dearly Beloved (Compilation of all the series together).

OK, that was long, but I think it was worth it. Ha! Demyx really pulled off a good show. Our class trained like mad people for this, Forty-two songs in one go was not all that simple, luckily I only had to hit the timpani, not the piano or something like it… There were contrabasses, violins, acoustic grand pianos, flutes, harps, drums and even brass like trumpets, horns. Thank goodness it was all done smoothly. Again, we all bowed to the crowd after our performance.

Now, only one week was left before departure, but guess what: the school gave us, 3-13, a six-day vacation and organised a tour in Japan. The destinations were mainly in Tokyo, but we also went to Kyoto, Nara and Osaka! Holy Bananas, we were so lucky. Sure, the tourist attractions were fun, but the delicacies alone were so great, that feeling was like in heaven… But when we paid the bills, we dropped from heaven to hell: they were all calculated in thousands of Japanese Yen, which made our eyes pop out with springs and our jaws almost hit the floor. Although there was no such thing as free lunch, even though it certainly would not be free… was it not a little too expensive?! Fortunately, our fees and expenses were all paid by the school, or else we would have to feed on cherry blossom petals in not even one day…

The last stop of the last night was Tokyo Tower, we stood high above all grounds and took in all the night scene of Tokyo from above. Even though the sun had long set into the unknown depths, and night had descended on the country of sunrise, the lights from the streets, buildings, vehicle etc. were still shining brightly, the bustling busyness was nothing short than that in the day. It was like Japan never rested… as if it was striving every time. I have not been to South Korea before, but it would be similar to China or Japan, huh? So there was no doubt why the leader of my country encouraged us to "learn from the East"; the people of these countries portrayed assiduousness, perseverance, professionalism and dedication in work, and willing to learn to improve lives.

Then another thought came to me: although Japan had been crowned as one of the countries with advanced technology, it did have some hidden crisis and worries, with earthquakes as the one that posed the most threat, the next would be tsunami. For the longest time, the Japanese held annual drills to grow accustomed to living with earthquakes. It did decrease the number of casualties, but when the real disaster took its toll, loss of property would still be inevitable. And this would contribute some negative impacts to the economic growth, be it a small disaster or not. Once every few years when natural disasters struck, the government would have to withdraw a large sum of money for disaster relief and reconstruction purposes. Without this amount to aid in the development of the country instead, the long-term effect would not be very beneficial. Even so, no one was to be blamed: the location of Japan on the Earth was too strategic; on the boundaries of the Eurasian plate and Pacific plate. The constant crustal and sliding movement of these two plates, which involved grinding against each other, caused a lot of friction, and this brought about earthquakes and tsunamis. So, I took it that the gods were fair in some sense?

Despite all of those, the Japanese never gave up on themselves. They still endured the hardship with no complaints. This quality was what made me admire them. Yeah, even if there was a natural disaster going on, there were still meals to be taken, and a life to live. Since you were not dead in the ordeal, that meant, as in a Chinese saying, you would have a great deal of fortune later. And if you simply gave up on yourself then, not wanting to go on and just being an ostrich sticking its head into the ground, you were pretty much waiting for demise, and how would the "fortune" find you? Just add a "mis" as a prefix to make "misfortune" if that was the case. (Sorry, due to the too overwhelming and epic night scenery, I had all of these random reflections going on in my head. Hehe… deal with it.)

After so many days of being crazy, finally the last day in Matsuaki Academy arrived… We were not having any classes today, instead we chatted with the teachers in our classroom. And then we went to the canteen to have lunch together as a class. Occasionally, we would meet some local students who came up to say hi, most of them talked to us about our silly drama. According to them, John, Carlos, Antonio and Laura were the "Famous Four" in the drama. The next were Xion, Axel, and the "Guards". Although my role in the drama was not a major one, but I was at least complimented for choosing those background music. Ha! Instrumental music rocked! And there were some student reporters of Matsuaki Academy came to interview all students of 3-13, about our life here, the drama (of course) and also the two cases Lucky 7 solved in Japan. I guessed I would not have the time to let my thoughts wander silently today, huh?

By 2300 hours Japanese time sharp, all of us would be gone. We were told to gather at the school foyer at 1900 hours. Before we left our dorm room, we took loads of pictures, and we still kept taking pictures as we headed our way to the foyer. Some of us were already there. Harayuki, Ryutaro and Ienzo had the option of not coming, yet they came anyway. As the members of 3-13 showed up one by one, even Miss Aerith and Miss Aqua came as well.

At about 1920 hours, we got on the school bus and headed to the Shinkansen station. And from there we went to Tokyo Narita International Airport via bullet train. The ones living in countries due south of Japan would have to take a flight to the transit city, Singapore. As for the rest, they would leave according to their boarding time. Coincidentally, we the "Malaysian Gang" (not gangsters, mind you) were the last batch… Again, we were the last. The first two to leave were Yuanfang and Soo-Ji (South Korea and China were the closest). Before their departure, our hands were quite busy: 1) Taking out papers, notebooks etc.; 2) Jotting down everyone's phone number, Facebook accounts, email addresses etc.; 3) Group hug; 4) … I seriously did not want to admit this… Wipe the tears. Hey, mind you, I did not cry, not even a single tear! My nose was very numb, that was all…

Soo-Ji rain-like sobs could really mess up all our barely-under-control emotions. Once she cried, we almost lost it… Luckily Laura and Harayuki were there to comfort her, or else there would have been a flood in the airport. After seeing them both off, next up were John, Antonio and Carlos. They were taking the same plane, and would get off at their respective destinations after a layover in Los Angeles. John and Carlos even swore to be bros forever! They did their best by not letting the atmosphere to get too heavy with sadness via joking around. Ah… These two…

After half an hour, Laura and Ian had to leave too. Laura, who had just consoled Soo-Ji not too long ago, suddenly fell apart and cried so hard. Harayuki's eyes reddened while she tried to calm her down, and she could finally get a hold of herself. Ian still maintained his gentleman facade, at least he could bid his farewell to us normally but when he spun around, I could hear a soft sob escaping him. Anne, the last person departing for Europe, also left us ten minutes after. She said she was really grateful to attend classes in 3-13, and even befriended so many random people (and some Dummkopfs, as she put it) whose behaviours did not make any sense. Although she, a rather well-disciplined and reserved person, found it hard to get used to it initially, after being together for so long, she did not mind it at all. Sigh, you, miss, were too serious… But anyway, I was really happy to be her classmate for three to four months.

Now, only I, Zexion, Roxas, Axel, Demyx, Lawrence, Xion, William and Katra were left. Half of 3-13 was gone… Katra, who looked strong on the exterior, did something out of her character that made our eyes pop out: she was hugging Miss Aqua, crying. I stifled a facepalm, and also a bubbling emotion that I only managed to control not long ago. Except for Katra, who would be taking a direct flight to Bangkok, we were supposed to get on the same plane, and when we arrived at Singapore for transit, William would separate with us. Lawrence was not leaving for Australia yet; he would take a short holiday break at my house in Penang first and then return much later.

There were still forty-five minutes before eleven, our hearts were getting heavy. Since there was still time, I told them I was going to watch the stars outside, and would return at half past ten. It only took me a while to get outside. The sky was painted a pitch black, as if it had just came out from a jar of black ink. I took in a deep breath, the cold air flushed into my lungs and then warm air came out slowly. "Say, 207… you aren't here to see the stars, right?" Another voice joined me. I turned my head slightly and saw Ienzo behind me. "… Good guess…" I said, turning my head back to its original position. Ienzo said, "The light pollution here is quite bad, what can you see anyway…" "Hey, are you imitating me?" "Ha, thanks to you, after being with you guys for this long, it's hard not to get it ingrained in my head." He walked to my left, and we sat down.

And then, I let the silence to descend. Ten seconds went past us just like that…

I took a peek at him, but he was peeking as well, big eyes versus smaller eyes… "You go first then," we blurted in unison. I paused, and then I laughed lightly and said, "Alright, you go first." He did not respond at once, after one second he replied, "Ah? Oh… Sorry." [P.S. "One Night" from "Fantasy Railroad in the Stars" suited the current mood quite well in my opinion. I do not own this.]

He started, "… For these months, I really… really want to thank you and Lucky 7. You helped me to solve so many problems… I… *Pausing briefly, and sniffed once* …I know I'm weak and a coward, I never want to… face the truth. Regarding Sato, I never actually took proactive actions… Luckily I have you guys…" Why did I get such an uncomfortable feeling as I listened on? I then said, "Actually, back then… I was very hot-headed and impulsive, I only wanted to solve the problems quickly… So… if I offended you in any way… I'm sorry about that." Once he heard my words, he shook his head immediately and said, "No no no! You don't have to be sorry. It was me… procrastinating and being sentimental… And I even gave you so much trouble. I got you kidnapped, and even almost got you k-" "Eh… um, aren't I… alive and kicking in front of you right now?" Before he could finish his words, I grabbed his scarf and blocked his mouth quickly. Eh… as I said earlier, if I survived a great ordeal, I would have a great deal of fortune afterwards! Let us just ignore the fact that I fell into the sea…

"…" Only then I realised what I just did, I removed my hand abruptly and apologised like no tomorrow, "S-sorry! Last time it was a thick dictionary, and it is a scarf this time! I'm really sorry!" Ienzo was taken aback by me at first, and then he rambled, "No, I'm the one who should apologise! I shouldn't have mentioned that incident." I sighed and said, "… If that's the case, we're even?" "Ah? Ah, yes."

We then tore our eyes away from each other and looked at the dark landscape in front of us. Once again, an uncomfortable silence reigned… I took a glimpse at my watch, fifteen minutes whizzed past faster than I thought. Holy Bananas, it was already half past ten! I did not look at Ienzo. I blurted, "We would still keep in touch, right?" "… Huh? Oh, yes, right…" He did not seem to expect me to ask him this question. I bit my lower lip and said, "… That's good. *Sigh* … I'll have to go first." Once the words left my mouth, I stood up abruptly and was about to turn and run straight into the airport. In that split second, someone grabbed my right wrist.

At the same time… "Nemix! Wait for m-" He did not get to finish the "me" and was about to fall again. Out of pure instinct, I pulled him forcefully, saving him once again. Once he stabilised himself, I let go of his right hand and let my hand drop to my side. I did not dare to look at him in the eyes, so I stared at the floor. I said first, "It's half past ten… it's time to go." Even after I was done talking, I still stared at the floor. What had I done?

… His response was delayed. I carefully, anxiously and slowly lifted my head. When I could see his chin, he was already trembling. Oh NO… Do not tell me…! I gulped, and continued to lift my gaze until I could see his face. He was frowning, his lips shut tightly and his visible left eye was slightly red. Oh SHOOT… One of the things I feared the most was someone crying in front of me, I feared girls crying, but I was even more scared of boys crying before me. Holy Bananas! What was I thinking?! Why did I have to drop him a sentence and leave all of a sudden? Great, in order to make myself less uncomfortable, I had saddened someone else.

Guilt pressurised me in a blink of an eye, my nose felt numb again, I said first, "… I'm sor-" Not waiting for me to complete my sentence, he closed in quickly and embraced me real tight, with his chin resting on my left shoulder. I was shocked yet again… My mind totally blanked out… He then started to bawl, bursting into tears. Crap… "… 207… H-how could you j-just simply throw w-words at me and run away…?! … How could you?! … Am I not your friend…?" He was trembling, so was I. I desperately held back the surfacing tears and sobs. After so much effort, I could finally squeeze out a sentence that was probably too late, "… S… Sorry… M-my bad … It's… my… fault…" And this time, I could not care about that much anymore, and returned the hug. His frame was already slightly smaller than mine, and at that moment, he looked much more helpless and weak. The environment outside of the airport was naturally very noisy. But at that moment, I could only hear his cries; heard by the ear, pricked in the heart…

After three to four minutes, his conditions got more stable. The rock hanging onto my heart dropped, but I was also very exhausted. He let go and pulled away, returning to his original position. Although he still had some silent weeps, at least it was better than before. "I-I'm really sorry about that…" I said first. "*Sob* I-I forgive you… Don't *Sob* don't ever do t-this again…" "… Yes, I will remember that. We… go in… Let's return then?" "… Alright…" I went in first, with him following me.

From the outside to the place we waited for the boarding gate to open took about one to two minutes by foot. Once we got in, a drizzle came about outside. (Cue "Melodic Sad Piano ~ Sound of Falling Rain". I stumbled across this song on YouTube, quite nice, I must say, and I do not own this one too) We kept silent as we walked back, even so, I still felt the aftermath of the guilt from before, and it was uncomfortable. I dug out a piece of tissue paper and handed it to him, saying, "Here, use this. Wipe your tears." "Eh? Oh… Thanks." He took it and pressed gently around his eyes. I said quietly, "I apologise; I had no idea what I was doing back there… It's not that I don't see you as a friend…" By then he had finished wiping, and he shook his head softly and said, "… It's alright. Actually, I can understand your actions earlier… You must have thought that… that way, maybe it wouldn't feel so sad?" … Since when this guy became an expert in reading and analysing human thoughts and actions?! Nevertheless, he did hit a core point: sometimes, no emotional attachments meant no bad feelings. Yes, I knew this sounded kind of cruel, and a little bit selfish, but it did have the same nature with quitting an addiction; the deeper you waded into it, the more suffer you experienced when you decided to quit. "… Yeah, it's about like that."

After we finished the conversation, we also arrived at where we were waiting for the boarding gate to be announced. Since our time had come, the nine of us said goodbye to Harayuki, Ryutaro, Miss Aerith, Miss Aqua and Ienzo. Once we gathered our baggage, we headed towards the international departure gate, ready to leave Japan. Before I went in, I turned around once again to look at them, but I never expected that Ienzo was not too far behind me, he seemed like he still had something to say, "Nemix, just wait a moment…" "What's wrong?" "… Remember to keep in touch." "… Why yes of course, silly. Oh right, the same quote as before: don't miss me too much, OK?" "… Oh."

After I listened to him, I spun around and before I walked into the gate, I added another sentence, "But don't forget that there is a person codenamed 207." After I said the words, I quickly walked in to follow the others. This time, Ienzo stood there at the same spot, not catching up. I could hear him say this since I was not too far from him, "I will never forget. Sayonara."

OK, sayonara.

Alright… So now all of us did not feel so bad anymore, but as for the more or less six-hour flight later… Ahem, I spent all those hours sleeping my head off! Usually 2300 hours was not my bedtime, but after having been through all those overly sentimental stuff earlier, I was so freaking tired and exhausted, and I was not made of iron anyway. Although the environment was not as quiet and comfortable as a bedroom, I still fell into the middle of nowhere in Slumberland.

When I finally woke up, I was woken up by Roxas. By that time we were one hour due to our transit city, Singapore. The cabin crew was rushing in and out serving drinks, and I requested some apple juice to wake up my sleepy mind. Once one hour was over, our plane finally landed in Singapore Changi International Airport. Our next flight to Malaysia was half past seven in the morning (Malaysian time), but it was only four in the morning or something now… But since we were hungry, we went to a restaurant in the airport to have a very early breakfast. When one was hungry, everything tasted nice; in the end I ate too much and used up around twenty Singaporean Dollars. Holy Bananas! Nearly seventy Malaysian Ringgits just like that… so I had to finish up everything and leave no food behind to make it "worth each cent". After the eight of us stuffed ourselves, we joked among ourselves. I underestimated William all along; despite his serious appearance, his jokes were so funny your reactions range from laughing until your stomach burst to speechless! Never judge any book by its cover… yes indeed.

Those returning to Malaysia were leaving soon. After saying goodbye to us, William was very tired, so he went straight home. When the time was up, members of Lucky 7 boarded the airplane that would fly straight to Penang, but after I found my seat, I settled down and fell asleep once again. Hey, it was about an hour's flight, I would have to grab whatever chance I get to sleep! Hmm, and when I reached home, I could sleep for another few hours… Holy Bananas! I feel so HAPPY~ [Authoress: Although I did not want to admit this, it really was happy to get to sleep like that… Like what was said in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: … Sleep. After done with that, roll over and sleep some more!]

Soon (much to my displeasure), we reached Penang International Airport. Our parents were waiting for us at the Arrival Hall. Even my mum and dad came to pick me and Lawrence up, but the first thing my mum said to me was, "You got fatter…" … An arrow hit me! I guessed I ate too much back in Japan… We threw our luggage into the rear compartment and we slept during the ride. When we hit my home, I left the baggage downstairs, brushed my teeth, collapsed onto the bed and continued my slumber! Gosh… Just let me die on my bed~!

The date when we all returned to our respective countries was 1st April, and we were informed by Kairi that we (except Lawrence) were to report ourselves at the principal's office at 0600 hours sharp on 5th April. We were told that we may start to take lessons straight away that day, so we should be fully prepared with school bags, uniforms, stationery together with us. As for the textbooks, she said we would receive them from the principal on that day itself. Therefore, we would return to a Malaysian 9th Grade (Form 3) student's life, and will be taking the PMR (a crucial exam for lower secondary students) exam in October… Ugh! I did not know whether this was a good idea or not. But I could not blame anyone; I was the one to throw that stone to decide what I should do…

But, there was definitely one thing to be happy about; I could stick together with my old friends from last year! And I did hope they did not throw me away into oblivion. And of course, one of the benefits was I could get to eat the local delicacies of Penang. Hahaha~! There's char koay teow (fried flat noodles), Hokkien Mee (Hokkien style spicy prawn noodles), nasi lemak (rice mixed with coconut milk and various garnish)… Holy Bananas! I was not sure if it had been a while since I ate these foods or other reasons, I found myself eating local food these days. I seriously did not care if I was going to get fat like a pig, because they were simply delicious! To be fair, Japanese food was not too bad either, but most of them were too expensive… Good God, I was like a hungry ghost coming alive!

We were lazing around in our homes for a few days, and finally the morning of 5th April arrived…

I woke up at five in the morning, but I did not feel like "bed sick" or something. In fact, I felt energised somehow. I changed into the old helper prefect school uniform which was shut away in the closet for more than three months. Since it was not all crumpled up, I did not iron it. I also got my hair trimmed to the school's specs. Once I adjusted my necktie, I went downstairs to take my breakfast. When everything was all set, my mum drove me to somewhere I thought I was not able to return forever: Kingdom Hearts Campus.

Since it was still very early, there were no traffic congestions on the roads, so we took only ten minutes to arrive at the school. I got off, said goodbye to my mum, and walked slowly to the school gate. Now it was only twenty minutes to six, the school main gate had not opened yet. Instead, the side gate was. Before I set foot into the school, I stood outside and watched this still-asleep high school. Nothing had changed at all, the grass in the field still bore the same green, the roofs were still the usual red, and the wall was still as white as before. The scene remained, so I hoped the people here remained with this scene too.

When I had had enough of watching, I started to speed up my steps and entered Kingdom Hearts High School, in which my footsteps had long been absent. The sky still had not turned brighter, so the lights in the corridors were on. Even though it had been too long a time since I walked around here, I still remembered the paths, each and every corridor was still fresh in my memory and they could not be forgotten even if I tried. Still, it was too early, besides the security guards, I guessed I was the only student in this huge quiet building. Everything was in dead silence… I reached the foyer, and I stopped there. I still had ten minutes before the appointed time, and the principal's office was nearby, so I sat down on a bench and waited for the others.

In not even five minutes, Zexion, Demyx, Roxas, Axel and Xion arrived one by one to the foyer. I did not know whether their feelings were as complicated as mine. Although we were chatting, from time to time, I still glanced at that particular corner of the notice board; that particular corner that penalised us without giving us a chance to defend ourselves. People said you would think of someone when looking at a particular object, or some emotions would surface when you were in a particular scene. As for me, I looked at a particular object and I thought of some people and felt some emotions, but let us not get happy; what I thought of were the people that would evoke indignation and bad memories.

Back then, every evidence on our hands was either overruled or destroyed without our knowledge. Forget about proving the opposition guilty, instead we got ourselves falsely accused, and we could not whitewash ourselves- no, correction: we really wanted to whitewash ourselves, but they would not let us to do that. And so with the false accusation, we were expelled. Luckily we managed to hide the truth from our parents and the school did not seem to know we were "rescued" by Matsuaki Academy in Tokyo. But, the more I thought about it, the weirder I felt; why did the school want us to return? Although the reason given was that there was something for us to settle, I still thought this move was driven by other intentions. Was the motive was as simple as stated?

Do not tell me it was like this: they called us to come here, by rewarding or punishing, begging or forcing, to make us destroy whatever remaining evidences we had with us. Or they were going to bribe us, telling us to hand over the evidences and to never return here. Or else it was to… *Gulp* Kill. The. Witness?! [Authoress: Hey, hey… *sweat drop* You were being too imaginative! Stop where necessary! Geez, you watched too much period dramas…] … Fine, I could not care about that much, either I would let all hell broke loose, or I would just escape, or I would take what they gave me, and still come back for them later! Get a grip, it was not like no man's land here, so I supposed that they were not so outrageous… right…?!

"Nemix? Hey Nemix!" Somebody shook my shoulder. I pulled myself out of my tangled-up thoughts and returned to reality. I turned to see Roxas beside me, with his left hand on my right shoulder. "What's gotten into you? You never answered when I called you a few times. What were you thinking?" he asked. I spaced out for a bit and then replied, "Ah? Nothing, I was just thinking about… which class I would be in! Haha! Nothing…" "… Speaking of which, would we be in the same class?" I did not get to respond, because Axel was calling in front of us, "Hey! What are you guys doing back there? We're going in, so hurry up!" "Yes, coming!" After I replied, I pulled Roxas along with me and caught up with them.

Exactly at six, we entered the principal's office. After we turned right once and passed by the vice principal's desk, we saw three people; Mr. Xemnas the Principal, Mr. Saïx the Head of Discipline and… Devilish Director. Mr. Xemnas' face was as neutral as before; emotionless. Although Mr. Saïx's facial expression was close to Mr. Xemnas's, but I could still tell he was somewhat glad we were finally back. As for Devilish Director, she did not look very happy we were back, but her face told us that she could do nothing against our return. The "not amused" expression on her face was just as the same as the one when we refuted to defend ourselves last year. Ugh, my mood instantly turned sour once I saw her face. I should look elsewhere then…

Nonetheless, Devilish Director took the initiative to speak, "Not bad, you all are punctual indeed. You six will be in Class K3B, you may receive your textbooks from the Head of Discipline along with your schedules and other relevant documents," she said, scanning us with her sharp eyes, as if with one sentence she spoke to us would cost her one piece of her flesh. Once she paused, Mr. Xemnas took the opportunity and said, "OK, since all important people are here, I now announce that Counter Crime Group 13 is reinstated, as for the other member from Counter Crime Group 24, she will be recruited into Group Number 13, making the group consisting of six members. All positions of the members remain the same. No objections?" "No," Mr. Saïx was the first one to agree. Devilish Director said shortly after hesitation, "Sure, but with one condition."

Crap Crap CRAP! Could my overly vast imagination earlier turn real?!

"That is, everything happened in the past should be written off, no one should bring up the matter ever again, and that includes their last case here, they are not to bring it up or hold a retrial." … What sort of a crap was that?! Hey! You were the one who was covering up for the criminal, and now you were asking me to just sit there and watch this scumbag (who could very well be still in this school) still on the loose and let him do what he wanted?! It had only been a few months, and you seemed to have a cuckoo in your mind! I was about to give her a piece of my mind, suddenly a hand shot out and grabbed my right arm. Instinctively I turned my head to see who did it. It was Zexion. He shook his head slowly, hinting at me not to get hot-headed. Fine, where there was life, there was hope; a gentleman never made a fuss over how soon he would be taking his revenge; backing away did not mean weak sometimes; and- [Authoress: *Slapped 207 on the head with Zexion's Lexicon* The main point, please!] Let us not get impulsive now or we were finished… again.

I was not the only one who got impulsive; Axel was being held back by Roxas, Demyx extended an arm to block Xion before she could act rashly. Mr. Xemnas noticed our weird reactions, so he asked, "Is something wrong? Do you have any opinions?" Zexion replied immediately, "No, sir. Not at all." "Then good. I still have some matters to attend to, now if you'll please excuse me, I have to go," said Devilish Director, and then she went for the door. After she walked out of Mr. Xemnas' office, Mr. Saïx said, "The class you all are assigned to was determined by your year-end exam in 8th Grade. Although you all weren't able to sit for the 9th Grade first test in March, we substituted the results with the same year-end exam results. But, the mid-year exam will be held in mid-May. I heard you all had lessons in a foreign country all this while, so it might be quite hard for you to get used to the curriculum syllabus here again. Be prepared by then."

… OK… I could try.

After that, we followed Mr. Saïx to the Discipline Room to receive our textbooks, schedules, name tags etc. and then we walked to K3B ourselves. Axel was being dragged away by Roxas. He broke free of Roxas' grip after some time, but he merely remained at the same spot and said angrily, "What the crap… The hell was she doing?! What did she mean 'no bringing it up and no retrial'… Are we seriously going to let things be at this rate?!" Xion also fumed, "I know right! Obviously, she's afraid of us digging up the truth and bringing her trouble! What the fish!"

Roxas could see the fire on these two was about to reach the sky, so he tried to calm them down, "Eh… Calm down you two… Now's not the time argue with her." Zexion nodded once and said, "Roxas is right. The time is not right yet. Also, we do not have any evidence with us; we have not even a bit of ability to fight back. If we decide to retaliate now, we are pretty much asking for trouble. Since we get to return here once again, why not save our strength and start over again? Once we gather all the solid evidences, it is still not too late to have another bone to pick with her." After I cool off my hot-headedness and thought about it, what Zexion said did make sense after all; I dared to say we did not possess any vital witnesses or evidences now, we should just settle down as it was, and while they thought we had all forgotten about it, we could land a surprise attack! Now that was what I call sweet revenge. Demyx also said, "Yes, we put in so much effort to come back, we are not stable in terms of position, if we mess it up and let history replay, we are finished by then."

We talked while walking down the corridors, finally we reached K3B on the third floor. I stood before the door, staring at the sign written "K3B". Heh, a couple of months ago, I took a bet with Fayra Joann and the one who did not manage to enter K3B had to transfer to another school immediately. I got here with my 8th Grade end-of-year results, with my own abilities, all the way from K2D by skipping over two classes. She had better not let me see her in this class, so I could turn the tables and watch her reaction! Hoho! And what was happier, the six of us were in the same class again! YES!

I saw that no one was in the vacant classroom, so I entered and switched on the fans and lights, searched for a lucky place and sat down. We sat close to each other, and once we settled down, we started to chat away. Demyx asked, "Say Nemix, we aren't occupying some other people's seats, are we?" I slapped his arm playfully and said, "Geez, you could always get up by then and look for another seat! Anyways, it's still quarter past six, no one's going to argue with you over a seat so early in the morning." Roxas commented, "I am so not used to the chairs here… the ones in Tokyo were more comfortable." "Wow, why is it so hot here?" asked Axel, using a book as a fan. "Axel, don't forget; Tokyo is colder. Comparing with the weather there, now every morning here doesn't seem so cold anymore," explained Xion. "Hmm, I do wonder who else is in the same class as ours…" Zexion propped his hand under his chin and mused.

Sometimes, answers were that impatient after all.

"AHH!"

A girl's voice came in from the outside, the six of us looked at the classroom door in unison, but we were shocked at what we saw: Kairi, Naminé and Ventus were outside! "NO WAY… You guys… K3B?!" screamed Kairi unbelievably. "No, we just happened to enter the wrong classroom, so we sat down and chatted 'cause we're tired," said Axel with a rather bored face, and then he continued, "Of course we are in K3B!" Naminé was so shocked she dropped her sketchbook files right onto Ven's foot. "OW!" screamed Ven, hopping on one foot, but Naminé was in such a trance she took no notice of what happened beside her, instead she mumbled, "You… you guys… were finally… back…"

Kairi rushed in first, she threw her bag onto some random desk and ran towards us to give us a group hug! Oof! Could not breathe… "OMG! The three of us are in the same class as you guys! OMG! OMG! I never expected you guys to return here successfully! Oh my gosh!" Ven called, "Hey! Kairi! Wait for us!" And then he dragged a still-shocked Naminé to us. Let us have a happy reunion then~

Kairi: "What did they say back in the principal's office?"

006: "Everything should be back to normal, but we are not supposed to bring up what happened in the past or do a retrial."

Nami: "What? For real?!"

Ven: "Wow, what a relentless one, they really won't let you guys return without some price."

207: "But who gives a damn? They won't even know even if we conduct an underground investigation!"

135: "Eh Nemix, I think it's best if we are more cautious. If they are so rest assured to let us return, then they should have full confidence that we won't be able to reinvestigate the past events, they may even have hired a secret organisation to spy on us for all we know…"

Kairi: "…"

006: "… *Sweat drop* But whatever it may be, it is still good that we are able to be in the same class."

013: "*Nod nod* Yes yes yes! Oh, yeah, right, who else is in K3B as well?"

Ven: "Um… let's see… There's Sora, Riku, Hayner, Pence, Olette, and some old friends I am sure you all know. Rita remained in K3D though. Other than that, the rest are pretty much new faces that we don't recognise. This time this class is comprised of students from the classes behind and from the first class as well."

006: "Then that means some students scored fairly well and some scored lower than expected to have come to this class. Interesting…"

207: "Let's just ignore the rest. I have only one question: Is Fayra Joann in this class?"

Nami: "I'm dead certain about this; NO. She stayed in K3C instead."

207: "… 真的?! Awak seriuskah?! Seriously?! 本当ですか?! ¿De verdad? C'est vrai?! Davvero?! Wirklich?!"

222: "… Whoa Nemix, calm down… Why did you always speak in four or more languages when you're agitated?! What has 3-13 done to you?"

383: "YES! Served her right! She was being such a pain in the neck!"

Kairi: "I take it that you all hate her guts…"

All except her: "You don't say?"

207: "*Just finished laughing maniacally* I so want to know how she failed… didn't she study oh-so-well?"

Nami: "As for this one I have some insider information; I was the one who helped her to check her 8th Grade year-end exam paper, because she happened to go on vacation overseas right after the exam and declared herself on holiday earlier than all of us. And let me tell you, from her answers and all that, I could tell she was cramming mindlessly, whichever question regarding general knowledge (not from textbooks), she either got them all wrong, or she left them blank! And for some reason, that that exam consisted about 30% of general knowledge questions, although her studying without thinking did help her in some particular subjects, all of this contributed to her poor overall performance in her final exam, even worse than her mid-year exam last year!"

383 & 013: "… Wow…"

207: "*Clapped hands* AWESOME~! HAHAHA!"

006: "I can see that you cannot be more excited than now for the rest of the day."

135: "She reached the limit…"

222: "But thankfully, you still won this bet, or else you still have to transfer schools."

Ven: "Huh? Transfer?"

013: "Last year, Nemix and Fayra made a bet to see who will make it to K3B, whoever lost the bet must transfer to another school. Since Nemix won and Fayra isn't in this class…"

Ven, Nami & Kairi: "Oh~ I see…"

207: "Ha! I will go and troll her later… Of course I won't force her to actually transfer away, I just want to see her 'WTF' face! Hoho~"

383: "Hey! Don't go without me! I want to troll her too!"

207: "Why don't we go now?"

383: "You're on! Let's go!"

After we had done talking, we were about to get up and rush to K3C, but Zexion stopped us, "Wait! Nemix! It is now 07:15 and the prefect will arrive soon to mark our attendance, and there are only five minutes before classes commence, so maybe you two can go during recess?" I was about to say something when a prefect came in, I then said, "Ok fine… I will leave her be for the moment, haha!"

After our attendances were marked, we were sitting on the seats before, while looking at the students milling into the classroom to their respective seats. Sora and Riku noticed us right away and they came over to say hi. We chatted for a while and then Hayner and company joined in. It was indeed a pleasure to meet old friends after such a long separation. Even so, there were still some brand new faces staring at us from time to time. Maybe they thought we were new students or something? And there were also some who never looked around, as if they could care less even if strangers blended in among them. Well, that was still good; I did not need the extra attention at the moment. And I did hope the teacher who would come in later would not ask us to introduce ourselves. I seriously did not like that.

It was 0720 hours now but the teacher was not here yet, the prefect that marked our attendance earlier was still in the classroom, checking through the data she collected earlier one more time before submitting it to Mr. Saïx. And then she was about to leave. The bell rang, so now any students who were not present in the classroom would be classified as late, unless they had a very good reason. I was observing the surroundings and I saw the seats in the classroom were almost fully occupied, except for… three seats by the window. The seats were in the same column, and they were the third to fifth seats counting from the first seat on that column. My seat was far away from those seats, I sat with Organisation XIII, Kairi, Ven and Naminé, occupying the seats at the back of the classroom. The prefect walked towards the door, I was going look at my timetable, just then-

"BONG!" "OW!" "Ah!"

A noise of a bump came from the door.

I looked outside of the door, the prefect was on the floor, and so was another girl. There were two other girls behind the aforementioned girl. The prefect got up immediately and said, "Sorry!" And then she extended a hand, wanting to pull the girl up. I thought things would end with this "I help you, you help me" scenario, but who would have known… "Get lost!" The girl swatted the prefect's helping hand away and got up herself. Not only she did not thank the prefect (and perhaps apologise), she reprimanded instead, "What do you think you're doing? Don't you have eyes when you walk?! Look, my brand new school bag is dirtied all thanks to you! This bag is expensive, you know?! Now pay up!"

I must say this prefect really deserved to be one; as the designated role model of students, she decided to be polite and was still apologising. "I am terribly sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. But, I want to ask you… are you a student of K3B?" "Hmph! Of course! I was going to come in, and why did you block my way?!" Her temper and arrogance was too great, and now she grabbed all the attention of K3B.

The prefect said, "If that's the case, can you kindly explain why you're late?" And that triggered something disastrous; that girl screamed angrily, "Hey now! I am only late for a few minutes, and you still want to annoy me with that?! Can't you see there is a traffic jam outside?! Speaking of which, I am still not finished with you about you running into me! And now you dare to question me?! I'm warning you, you'd better pay up now! Pay me 500 Ringgits!" (The hell? A school bag that was worth that much?! Are you kidding me?)

By now, I decided to stop watching from the sidelines, so I stood up, pulled my chair backwards and out of my way so I could walk towards them. The prefect wanted to avoid more trouble, so she said, "… I don't have that much money." That girl laughed haughtily upon hearing this, and she jeered, "Ha! Yeah, you're right. Judging your appearance, it's easy to guess that you don't have that much money. Alright then… I feel like being generous today, you just have to record that I'm not late, and I'll pretend as if nothing has ever happened, how's that?" "W… What? You are late in the first place…" said the prefect, confused.

"OI! You don't know what's good for you, huh?!" she screamed. I interrupted, "I say, you too don't know what's good for you." Now I was standing between both parties. Another short girl behind the first girl yelled, "Hey! Who are you? Stop prying into other people's business!" I completely ignored her and said to the first girl directly, "You're late in the first place, this prefect here is just doing her job. Furthermore, since you already bought the school bag to use it, dirtying it would be a matter of time, is there a need to push the fault to somebody else?"

The girl glared at me, and after she sized me up, she said, "Who are you? Why are you prying into my business for no reason? I had already said that there was a traffic jam outside, a traffic jam, can't you hear?! I even ran all the way up here!" I snickered and continued, "Don't tell me it's your first time in Kingdom Hearts High School. There's traffic jam everyday here in Penang, especially in working and campus areas, won't the problem be solved if you could just wake up, be prepared and come here earlier? Also, you walked to this classroom, because you are not exhausted, not even a drop of sweat on you. The distance from the school gate to here, all the way to the third floor… it's nearly one kilometre. Aren't you exhausted from running?"

"Hey hey hey! Who do you think you are?! How dare you act so presumptuous before her?!" yelled the short one again. The girl glared at me even more venomously, she growled, "Yeah! Who the heck are you?" By now, Organisation XIII and Kairi, Naminé and Ven could not just sit there anymore, so they immediately walked towards us as well. I pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry, it seems like I forgot to introduce myself…" I took out the name tag I had not put on, and with another free hand I flipped the necktie that she had seemed to ignore. I said, "Kingdom Hearts High School Counter Crime Organisation's helper prefect. So now, am I more suited to say you are late for school and threatened the prefects?"

As expected, they were taken aback, the Shorty shut up immediately, as for the third one… Well, she did not say anything since the beginning, so there was no difference. And for the fiery-tempered one, she had a calm face, but I could see from her gaze that she never expected me to pull this off. I initially thought she would watch her words a little, but she sneered, "Pfft! So it's just a helper prefect! I'm not even scared of the real ones, not to mention you!" "Y-yeah! What she said! Do you know who the one standing before you is?!" said Shorty, I crossed my arms in front of my chest and said, "A student from K3B of Kingdom Hearts High School who was late, and also one who violates the rules." "… You…!" she stuttered, and due to anger she lifted her fist, just then… "Stop right there!" That was Axel's voice, I turned around. Organisation XIII along with Kairi, Naminé and Ven were behind me. And this time, Ven spoke in a serious manner, the one that deviated him from his usual personality, "You're already late. Not only this time, from the first day of this school year you were never punctual, do you want us to penalise you with your frequent violation of school rules of being late and threatening prefects?" A total of six prefects and three helper prefects (including me) were now backing up that poor prefect, would she dare to mess with us anymore? Teamwork FTW!

"Damn… You lot… Fine! Ventus Lychnus, I'll leave you guys be this time! We shall see what befalls you for being so bossy!" After that, the three girls waltzed in like nothing actually happened to the aforementioned empty seats. The whole class was disrupted by the commotion, but they went back to their respective seats eventually. After I sat down, the girl earlier spoke loudly enough for me to hear, "Hmph, what's so amazing about that… Hey, accompany me to the toilet." She then told Shorty to accompany her. And then, both of them stood up, after she sent me a final glare, they waltzed out of the classroom again, as if they were fashion models. Once they walked far enough, I stuck my tongue out at their backs and teased, "What's with the glaring? Are your eyes too big? One more glare and I'll poke your eyes for all I care!"

Kairi said, "Wow Nemix, you haven't changed at all, you would still go against that type of people and offend them." Axel commented, "Yeah, and I thought I'm the biggest daredevil there is, so it seems like Nemix's the one after all." "If Axel is more daredevil, I am afraid that we will not be alive to sit here and talk anymore…" said Zexion, and then he took a sip of water from his water bottle. "Hey!" complained Axel. Xion laughed and nodded, saying, "I totally agree with Zexion! But that girl just now was way too arrogant, still defending herself even though she was already late and threatening prefects like that." "So that's why I just had to go and give her a piece of my mind! I couldn't stand her at all. Also, I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I be afraid of her? Or are you going to tell me she's the Prime Minister's daughter or something?!"

"But seriously, Nemix, you really don't know who she is?" asked Naminé, a little worried. I said, "As long as she's not my mum or my dad, I could care less who she is. But speaking of which, she didn't look like a local… *Gasp* Don't tell me…!" "Sorry Nemix, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes; she is a Eurasian." … Oh GOD! Why do I have to be enemies with each and every mix-raced person in the world?! Did I offend them in a spectacular way in my previous life or something?! (Well, save Ienzo, he was not an enemy…)

Kairi said, "Everyone says she comes from a super duper wealthy family! She even uses luxury brands every day, most of her accessories were made of gold, silver, you name it. And she NEVER eats anything not from fancy restaurants. She never eats popular street snacks!" (Obviously she did not know the real pleasure of being a Penang citizen… What a pity) "Also, she-" Naminé wanted to say something, but she was stopped by Demyx, "Hey… The teacher's here! And they're back too. Let's talk about this later."

Well, the teacher came in. Guess who it was: it was Mr. Cloud! Oh for the love of Kingdom Hearts, the best teacher ever! Hahahaha! Even so, the duo entering later acted as if the teacher was transparent, luckily he did not notice them as well, so there was not a major lecture on paying respect. (If it was Mr. Vexen, things would get ugly…) And of course, Mr. Cloud did know there were six "new students" in the classroom, but he did not ask us to do the self-introduction crap in front of the class. That was another reason why he was the best teacher in my opinion. So he assumed that the students of this class knew us very well, since we were not exactly new comers. He did not seem to be teaching in this lesson, because he got a stack of files on his hands that terrified students; report books.

"OK, class, today I'm giving out your result reports regarding the recent March first exam. After your parents put down their signature, hand it in within three days' time. Clear?" "Yes…" And then, the class monitor distributed the reports to us. I received the paper file and said thanks, but I did not flip it open to see my results right away, instead I observed my friends around me.

Zexion looked slightly bewildered, but after a split second, his face turned into a content one. He might have aced the exam. [Authoress: Don't forget, you guys didn't sit for the March test! The marks were substituted with the last year's final exam.] Axel was known for his frankness and he could not hide his emotions quite well, but today his behaviour thwarted this theory from its way to victory; he had this total poker face on him, and I seriously could not tell whether he aced or flunked. Well, I hoped it was the former. Roxas slapped his palm on his face and he muttered, "How great, I just had to miss that one mark for an A for Geography…" While on the other hand Demyx was pretty happy as if he just won the lottery first prize, "YESH~~! My Math improved! Hahaha!" Xion mumbled with her eyes glazed, "Can I just drop History?! I wasted so much energy on Mandarin and when I managed to get eighty marks for that, stupid History just had to betray me…"

On the other side, Naminé, Kairi and Ven looked enlightened, so I took that it they achieved good results too. Just then, Demyx turned to me and asked curiously, "Hey, Nemix, how are your results?" I was not able to respond in time, instead of a proper verbal response, I said, "Huh?" The blonde did not mind whether I was unresponsive or reacting slowly, he just snatched my report book from my hands. And then I snapped back into reality and blurted while trying to stop him, "Hey, hey! Dem! I still haven't-" "*GASP*" Suddenly the boy let out a surprised gasp, no, correction: a nearly terrified gasp often heard in horror movies.

Great, now everyone in the classroom had their head turned to stare at us.

"-look at it myself…"

OK, it was going to be hard to avoid becoming famous today, so much for my efforts in trying to be low-key. Why thank you, Demyx Oceanus…

"What's up?" asked Roxas, pulling the opened report book in Demyx's hands a little over to himself to get a better view. What I did not expect was that Roxas' eyes widened, as if they were going to bounce off his eye sockets at any time. He merely said, "Oh my god…" Axel also could not suppress his curiosity and walked over to see the report as well. Once his eyes scanned it real quick, his face portrayed a dead serious expression, just like the one he had during our very first encounter. OK, this was bad… Whenever Axel got serious, he was giving you a forewarning: it was either the best or the worst for you.

I was, sadly, somewhat horrified by their reactions. I tried to get a grip and asked, "Hello…? Don't scare me like that, guys… Did I flunk the exam?" They were still staring at the report book; no verbal response came at all. And then they averted their gaze to me simultaneously. Hey! Stop creeping me out! Zexion was watching us the whole time, he could tell that this was not going anywhere, and of course his curiosity also got the better of him, so he got up from his seat beside me and walked over to the trio. He pulled out the report book effortlessly from Demyx's hands and scanned through the report with his usual calculating gaze. After he finished, he also had a surprised expression on his usually calm face, but he regained his composure very soon, and said, "Mayhap it is because of this one: Class placing: 1, Grade placing: 41, Mathematics: 100. That is all…" A few seconds later, he added, "Splendid."

… Say that again?!

OK, analysis! This report was based on my final exam last year when I was in K2D, and after being through all those exam crap, I was placed first in K2D, placed 41st in whole 8th Grade and got a perfect score for Math?! I was not dreaming, right…? *Pinching arm* OW! That hurt… Not a dream at all.

I was not the only one who was shocked to the core, even now everyone was discussing among themselves. "41st in the whole grade?" "Wait a minute, there are forty students in K3A, right?" "Well, yeah. If the first forty placings got into K3A, then that means she is the 1st in K3B?!" "Who is she anyway?" "I don't know, but I think she went out earlier to stop that fight…" "A helper prefect… A newcomer?" "Wow…" Now, however, I just wished that this was a dream after all… It was only the first day and I had become the hot topic of the class… Just lovely… Even Naminé, Kairi and Ven were sitting there, speechless.

"Nemix, YOU'RE AWESOME!" Demyx and Roxas cheered in unison, grabbing my arms and shaking them with all their might. My arms were getting dislocated. Axel teased, "When are you going to treat us?" Zexion looked kind of delighted and commented, "It is alright, I share the same placing as you did in class and grade, if you have a tight budget, we can pay for the treat together." Kairi could not utter a word, Naminé just said, "Wow…" Ven nodded happily and said, "Not bad, Nemix!"

"Ahem!" Suddenly a cough came from the front side of the classroom, all of us were startled and turned our heads to stare at Mr. Cloud, who was still in the classroom, but was ignored all this while. We shut up immediately. "Um, I did not feed on glass when growing up, OK?" (Meaning he is not transparent) he said awkwardly, scanning all thirty-nine students in the classroom. "… Sorry, teacher…" After we apologised, we went back to our respective seats and did not discuss loudly anymore. Back to normal.

Now that the atmosphere reverted to normal. Mr. Cloud decided to let us do our own work, provided we remain silent (what an overused scenario…) Demyx saw his opportunity coming, so he turned his head to me again and said quietly, "Nemix! Never expected you to score that high! Congratulations!" I whispered sheepishly, "Nah… I had no idea how I did that…" "Hehe… Nemix, you are so going to treat us a meal~" said Axel, with a sly grin and a wink. How nice of you, Axel, "robbing" me at this moment? You had better not let me discover a 100 marks in your report book… I sighed, "As long as the price was reasonable, I will pay for it." Roxas joined in, "Speaking of which, Zexion had done well too! He also got 1st in class and 41st in the grade! Not bad!" A faint blush appeared on the slate-haired boy's face, he shook his head to get rid of the tint of red and he mumbled, "No, not really…"

"Hey, don't forget about us!" chirped Kairi. Oh, yeah, right, if it were not for them, we would have been finished last year, let alone going to Tokyo and all that. They were indeed saviours! I smiled and said, "Sure, I'll let you guys know when that time comes."

And then, the bell rang once again, signalling the end of the current lesson. After saying our thanks, the whole class went back to chatting among themselves. The nine of us were in the middle of chatting, and at that moment- "Hey! You!"

-Someone just had to barge in and ruin our day. I turned to look at my right, no one else other than the arrogant girl and her gang were there. She had a foul-mood look on her face, as if the whole planet just offended her. Using her high and mighty glare, she scanned the nine of us, especially pausing her sight on Organisation XIII. She then said disdainfully, "Who are the ones placed 41st in the grade?" Without much contemplation, I stood up calmly and replied, "That would be me, and is there anything you want from me?"

She casted a sideway glance at me, and exclaimed with apparent sarcasm, "Ah? You?! Oh dear god, this world surely is nuts, even you could get that placing?" And then she cackled as if she had just completed a Frankenstein experiment, so annoying. I did not turn around, but I could vaguely feel Axel's annoyance radiating behind me. After she had done cackling, she glared at me scornfully and continued, "It is just weird, how could you, a dunce, get into K3B, and even got the 41st placing in the grade? You must have cheated, alright!" "Hey, that's enough!" warned Axel, standing up. Well, I could bear the address "dunce", but she had the nerve to defame me with "cheating"?! In your dreams! I tried to stifle my urge to release my rage, and said, "There's no solid evidence to back you up, if you do have them, present them, or else, shut the hell up and go back to your seat!"

She was slightly taken aback upon hearing my words, but then she retaliated, "I knew that you were in K2D last year. Hmph, how could someone from that class get here with that result?" Roxas had had enough of her and "shot", "Being in K2D doesn't mean one is stupid! Quit acting like a snob!" The girl glared at Roxas, and then pretended to be innocent and said, "Oh, I never said you guys are stupid, you said it yourself!" "Why you…!" Roxas was at a loss of words due to rage, if it were nor for Demyx who held him back, he would have flown over and slapped her or something.

"Dear classmate, you should know that cheating is a serious offence in this school. I am curious about how you would prove your theory with your evidences," stated Zexion, surprisingly calm as if telling a tale of someone else. Sometimes I really wondered; was he too courteous, or too impassive to be provoked, or he really was… emotionless? Her sarcasm never faltered up to this point and she said, "Oh right, I almost forgot that you share the same placing as hers… That's it! It must have been like this: Since you all are prefects, you could've hidden the truth among you guys, and cheated together in the exam. If no one spilled the beans, then you assumed no one knew about it! Gosh, why am I so clev-"

"BAM!"

All of a sudden, not a sound slipped out from anyone's mouth.

We were startled, and I shivered involuntarily, although I managed to suppress it to a mere tremble. I averted my gaze to the source of the noise. Xion had her head lowered, with a tightly clenched fist on her desk, and she was trembling slightly. Her breathing quickened, as if she had just let her bottled-up hatred in her heart to explode in one go. She slowly looked up, and what came into my view first were two blue orbs filled with raging flames. They had lost the merriness and laughter I had grown accustomed to. At that split moment I felt like I did not even recognise Xion anymore; she had always been a cheerful, playful and adventurous girl. But now her furious eyes were directed at the girl who was being sarcastic- no, slanderous. Although it was not directed at us, she looked so scary and made a chill shoot down my spine.

Xion finally stopped gritting her teeth, and growled lowly, "Are you done talking over there?" "So what if it's yes? Or no?" she glanced at Xion shortly and scoffed scornfully. When Axel got angry, he was not as scary as Xion right now, but maybe it was because she never showed this side to us. I was about to say something, but I was stopped by Zexion. He grabbed my hand and shook his head slightly, telling me not to get mad, yet. Well, one would be wise to heed his warning, because someone was mad now. "I was sitting here, tolerating you, and yet you kept picking on my friends! You kept accusing them of cheating to get into this class, and it's without solid proof! What do you really want?!" Xion was getting more and more agitated, her low growl experienced an eventual rising tone, and she yelled at her last sentence, with an evident smell of gunpowder.

Kairi also could not take it anymore, and participated in the "battle", "Hey, you, seriously, what's wrong with you, falsely accusing anyone like this? Did everyone from K2D offend you in some spectacular way? Naminé and I here were from K2C, and you didn't pick on us?" "She's right. This class is not yours alone, so why are you barking away like that when this is not even your house? Don't forget, you were from K2A, and since you came to this class, not some other classes from behind, aren't you at least grateful of that?" added Ven.

And then it happened, she "transformed" into a porcupine and shot out her "spikes" at us, "You… you people! How could you say this to me?!" "And how could YOU say that to us?!" Xion and I retaliated immediately, catching her off guard. Suddenly Axel let out a sneer, which surprised us once again, and then he said, "So it's someone who fell from K2A because of her bad results, no wonder she became so jealous when she saw other people getting here with good ones with their true abilities." I swore I saw some metaphorical arrows hit her simultaneously. "Wow, Axel, your words… they were really barbed. And I thought you were straightforward, hot-headed, impulsive and whatnot. I never expected you to have this side to you," I thought.

"You…!" This time, she was the one who was speechless. Zexion took the chance to end this meaningless fight, "In conclusion, should you have any evidences to prove your accusation, I welcome you to come forward and report us anytime. If not, please return to your seat and stop shaming yourself." So it seemed like her desperate fight was coming to an end; she used a final unwilling-to-give-up glare at all nine of us, and then she turned on her heel and left.

"Phew! Thank goodness it's over!" Demyx finally let out a breath he subconsciously held all along. Xion also calmed down as well, all her anger vanished. But her eyes still stared at the desk before her, as if she wanted to drill two holes onto the desk. Even though the flames of rage did not flash in her eyes anymore, but they manifested a kind of inopportune emotion instead; upset. And if you observed some more, you could also see a little remorse. What was wrong with her? First the exceptional fury, and now remorse?

So, I walked to her, and asked in a small voice, "Are you OK? Your face doesn't look good…" At first she stiffened, but then she let out a deep sigh, shook her head and said, "It's nothing… It's just that I haven't been so angry in quite a while." Just then, Zexion also came over, he said, "Is there anything you want to tell us to vent your feelings?" "That's right! We'll be your emotion trashcan!" said Demyx, dragging Axel and Roxas to us. Naminé also turned to us and reassured, "Say anything you feel like to, and don't care about anyone." "Yeah, even Mr. Mans- Xemnas! Got it memorised?" said Axel with a wink. "Axel!" exclaimed Roxas and Demyx.

At last, Xion chuckled. And then she said, "OK. You guys… Geez, give me a break. Especially you, Zexion, you are acting more and more like a psychologist… OK then, here goes…"

[Authoress came right in] Halt! Haha! It had been a while, guys, and let me cut the long story short for you! The story began one year ago, when Xion successfully got into K2A, where all the top notch 8th Grade students in Kingdom Hearts High School gathered. At that time, she was from another class, so she felt uneasy about the other thirty or so new faces. In the end, she sat with a girl whom she felt slightly more comfortable with, although that girl too was not one of her classmates last year. She somehow felt the others were not so friendly… That girl was the arrogant one just now. They were good friends in the beginning; they seemed inseparable, and everything went along well, until the mid-year exam.

Xion was having her History exam, when suddenly the invigilator came over to her and asked her to stand up and step aside. Just when Xion was wondering why the invigilator was searching her drawer and desk, the invigilator found a piece of paper in her drawer; it was some notes on History! She received her punishment on the spot; thirty marks deduction from every subject. After the exam, she was wanted by the principal to confirm her "offence" with the witness. She simply did not understand; that paper was her personal short notes when she and her only friend did their revision, and then Xion gave it to her as a present to help her. Furthermore, she had confirmed that nothing was in her drawer before the exam began, so what exactly happened? And at that moment, the witness appeared; it was her! The witness claimed that she saw Xion sneakily put that paper into her drawer with her own eyes, and was planning to cheat! Xion was almost dismissed from her prefect role, but luckily Mr. Saïx somehow sided her (just… lucky enough). She ended up safe, though she was demoted to a helper prefect. Later, Xion confronted her personally, and that was when she admitted scornfully; before the exam and just right after Xion double checked her desk drawer, she purposely went over and chatted with Xion, and she secretly slipped the notes into her drawer. Reason: Xion's gradually improving results was narrowing down her chances of getting into K3A, the first class in 9th Grade. From that time on, they parted ways, signalling the end of their "friendship".

And much later, soon after Organisation XIII was falsely accused by Fayra Joann, Xion and her teammates sneaked into the Disciplinary Information Room which, during that time, was forbidden except for the teachers. Even prefects were not permitted to enter. She and her allies worked together to restore Roxas' formatted laptop. Many evidences were wiped out after the formatting process, but to their luck, the only vital evidence was preserved somehow. They made a copy, and after destroying every trace they made, they attempted to escape, but who would have thought that Fayra was already waiting for them at the door with some Devilish Director's men with her. They were caught just like that, and were disbanded on the spot. While they were taken away by force to the director's office, Xion looked around frantically, and there she saw her so-called friend standing by the wall, staring at her with disdain. From the sinister glint of her eyes, Xion finally understood as if being forcefully awakened from a nightmare; she spied on them and then reported them… OK then, time for me to go! [Authoress took her leave]

So now, we knew of the grudges between the raven-haired girl and her ex-friend. I said thoughtfully, "So that's how… But, I feel sorry for you; you tried to help us, but ended up taking the brunt yourselves." Xion shook her head slowly and said, "Geez Nemix, what are you feeling guilty for? True friends help each other out, don't they?" "Seriously, I so want to reinvestigate that case…" Axel mumbled, while fiddling a mechanical pencil with his right hand. Zexion sighed softly and commented, "We would have to start from scratch. Without evidence, we cannot do anything." "Pfft! It's not 'we cannot do anything', but 'someone doesn't want us to do anything'," grumbled Roxas, pouting slightly.

Throughout the conversation, I was suppressing my impulse; I did have that vital evidence. I really wanted to tell them that their worries had no basis to begin with, and how we had a ready-made proof (although I still had not seen what the heck was inside that pen-drive). But I could not tell them, no way I could tell… If I did, there would be a great uproar. If we achieved success in one go, that would be the greatest thing; but if we failed, we would be done for once again, and all the efforts we made long ago would be nothing but a waste, all the way down to the drain of oblivion.

Conclusion: shut up and wait.

Soon, it was recess time, everyone went out to the canteen to rescue their stomach while I had to stay back and fulfil my cleaning duty: sweeping the floor. Thanks to whatever Holy Bananas of Kingdom Hearts, I was not the Head of Cleanliness this year, or else I would have to suffer for nothing for one more year. Such a thankless job… I could care less about it. It was not worth it anyway! Therefore, I was very satisfied with my duty now, a lot.

I kept sweeping and sweeping, and while having fun, I occasionally took a look in the vacant classroom. Well, not technically vacant, since apart from me, there was still a sleeping Demyx. I guessed he stayed up all night playing "Guitar Hero" with Axel, and he was dozing off as if "fishing" during the lessons earlier, so he decided to take a short nap during recess. I was almost done with my work, now I just had to sweep all the rubbish into the dustpan and then dispose of it into the trashcan. Soon, the floor at least looked a lot cleaner. I went to the washroom to wash my hands and when I returned, not many people were in the classroom, but those three girls were back. I entered the classroom via the backdoor, so none of them noticed me. They were snickering while looking at somewhere. I guessed they were up to no good again. I decided not to expose my presence yet, and followed their gaze to said direction.

Well, guess what: Demyx was still snoozing away all right, but there was a sheet of paper stuck onto his back, a phrase "Kick Me" was written on it. I felt my anger rose just a tiny bit, but I averted my gaze back to the trio. One of them had something in her hands… a cell phone! A smartphone, to be exact. I got it; they were filming Demyx, the victim of their prank! That was it… *plotting* It would be too hasty if I went over and pointed everything out just like that, I need a partner-in-"crime"… "Nemix? So you were here after all?" Whoa! I spun around only to see Xion behind me. I quickly made a "quiet" hand gesture at her and whispered, "Shh! Keep it down! I'm trying to lay low here! I need your assistance…"

I tilted my head slightly to the trio's general direction, and after Xion observed the situation quickly, she nodded her head, meaning she had understood. Good, we went to our seats and sat down, which were right behind Demyx. We started to talk nonsense, "Say, Xion, about the Math question you showed me a while ago, I had forgotten what it was. How should I show you the solution?" "No worries, it's still fresh in my mind… Let's look for a paper and let me write it out," said Xion, totally cooperating. I started to fumble for papers in my drawer, saying, "Paper, huh… paper… I can't find- Wait, what was that?" I pointed at the "Kick Me" paper on Demyx's back. Xion answered, "… I have no idea… Whatever, just get it down and use it." "OK then," After I said that, I pulled the paper off without even giving the slightest thought.

And then, I could hear their silent gasps. Soon, I felt their deadly glare on me. Well, like I cared! If they like to glare, then so be it. It was their own business if they turned into goggle-eyed goldfishes, or their eyeballs jumped out of their eye sockets for all I care! Who gave a damn anyway?

I pretended to be calm and said, "Eh? Why is there a 'Kick Me' on this paper?" I flipped the paper around a few times. Xion commented, "'Kick Me'? Hmm… Oh! I get it! I have seen some students did this when they wanted to prank people. They like to write this on a piece of paper and stick it to someone's back. And normally they will record it down!" I tilted my head to the side and mumbled, "Video recording, huh?" And I immediately spun around to face the trio. They were pretending to be calm as well, as if nothing happened. I was about to walk over to them, but then I saw Axel coming into the classroom, so I faked curiosity and exclaimed, "Great Scot! What's that on the hand?!" Shorty tensed up, Axel stared at his hands and mumbled, "There's nothing on my hands…"

I was about to slap my hand on my forehead, and that was when a miracle happened. "Beep beep beep beep! Beep beep beep beep! …"A noise that resembled an alarm clock's digital tone came out of nowhere, the girl who quarrelled with us a while ago snatched her smartphone from Shorty's hands abruptly and yelled, "Didn't I turn off the alarm?!"

She exposed herself! Haha!

"Dude… It's my watch!" said Xion, turning off the alarm of her digital watch. Oh, OK… It was really pure dumb luck this time… Axel finally noticed, "Huh? Cell phone? Hey, you, hand over the contraband and come with me." Caught in the act! She could only hand over her phone reluctantly and follow Axel to the Discipline Room to meet Mr. Saïx. Before she left, she threw a deadly glare at us. If looks could kill, I would have been half dead by now.

Now, Demyx finally woke up, "Huh? I thought I heard alarm blaring… what happened…?" Xion and I looked at each other, and then we looked at a sleepy Demyx. We smiled and said together, "It's a long story, we will tell you some other time." "Oh…" After that, he went back to sleep again.

Right, it was only the first day here, and I had already encountered some new enemies besides reuniting with old friends. I really had to be careful, god knew what would happen next…

~ CHAPTER 14 FIN ~

TO BE CONTINUED

Oh YEAH! Finally Chapter 14 is done! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go have my slumber and maybe some food… I'm starving at the moment. And I have to take a break from writing, because I'm still gathering ideas for Chapter 15. So, um… please comment or rate if you have the time? I extremely appreciate the feedbacks. Until next time, then!