Well, I'm back!
I can't beat Yunalesca on FFX. This is the 10th time I've tried! And I'm soooooooo close 2 the end! Anyway! On to topics that make more since.
Chapter 3: A Shampoo Grudge and Problems at lunch
The lunch bell rang as Riku walked out of his class. Riku looked around for any sign of the person he was looking for. He didn't see him anywhere.
"Hey!" A perky voice exclaimed
"Ah!" Riku said, shocked that Sora had been standing beside him the whole time.
'How did he sneak up on me like that?' Riku thought to himself but was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Sora laughing. He turned to look at him.
"Don't laugh at me! It's not funny!" Riku said trying to sound upset but he couldn't. It was hard to stay mad at someone so cute.
'Hold up! Did I just think he was cute!? No way! I just met him yesterday . . . I know why! I didn't get my daily dose of shampoo! Damn you Leon!'
Sora looked up at Riku, confused by his sudden change off expression.
"Um, Riku?"
"Oh, sorry Sora. Hey you wanna have lunch with me? I usually have lunch with my brother, his boyfriend, the two girls you saw in the class, and some other kids Leon knows. Your brother would probably be there too."
'I might even get to know him better.' Riku gave Sora a smirk and grabbed his hand. He was shocked at how soft the other's hand was. They almost felt like silk.
'Riku, what the hell is your problem? Why are you thinking things like this?' He mentally kicked himself.
Sora gave a light blush at Riku suddenly grabbing his hand. Riku was utterly irresistible. He was so sexy.
'It's hard to believe Riku doesn't have a girlfriend.'
Riku gave Sora's hand a slight tug.
"Come on. I'll show you where the cafeteria is."
Sora followed Riku down the hall and to the cafeteria.
'Where is she? I have to find her. She has to be somewhere in here.'
Cloud had been looking around the cafeteria. The cafeteria was pretty big compared to cafeterias in other schools he had been to. There was a whole salad bar in the center and two lunch lines for hot food. Today they were serving school pizza. Cloud couldn't understand why someone would want to eat that nasty un-pizza tasting pizza but they did. Anyway, he was on a mission. He was looking for a girl with long brown hair pulled into a thick braid and had bright green eyes like apples.
"I'm telling you, forget about him, Leon. If he had the nerve to actually get a new girlfriend before he broke up with you, he didn't really like you in the first place."
"Yeah, you really make me feel a whole lot better, Seifer." Leon said sarcastically as they entered the cafeteria.
"I'm just looking out for you."
"Whatever."
"Hey, you do know there's that girl that really likes you. What was her name, Rio, Rika, Rina, Rinona . . . oh! Rinoa! That's her name, Rinoa! You like here?" The blond said feeling very proud that he had finally remembered the girl's name. Leon and Seifer took their seat at an empty table. No one else that usually sits with them had arrived yet.
"I don't know . . ." Leon sighed as he saw Yuffie walk up to them at the table and sit down.
"Hey, guys! Have you seen the new student?" Yuffie was so excited she was bouncing up and down in her seat.
"Yeah. What's so great about him?" Seifer rolled his eyes at the fact that he was surrounded be two people who were interested in guys. He sure wasn't. In fact he had a girlfriend. She was kind of mean but deep down she really cared for him. He wasn't into the whole lovey-dovey stuff anyway.
"He's hot! His name is Cloud Strife. A bunch of other girls were all over him today.
"And I want to know this because?" Seifer asked raising an eyebrow
"Seifer, stop being mean. So what do you think, Leon?"
Leon had been thinking of Cloud ever since he broke up with Tidus. Cloud was just so captivating. The day Leon saw Cloud his eyes gave off a beautiful appeal.
'Riku of course had to yell out that I was drooling and that I already had a boyfriend. Now Cloud probably thinks I'm a two-timer. Damn it! No matter.'
"Leon?" Yuffie asked again. She was beginning to worry. Leon had a blank star on his face like his sole left his body or something to that affect.
"I think Leon is having another one of his internal battles." Seifer added.
Sora and Riku walked into the cafeteria still holding hands. They made their way over to the circular table Leon, Seifer and Yuffie were sitting at.
"Hey." Riku casually said as he and Sora approached the table.
"I don't think he's a baby, Riku. He can walk on his own." Leon shot at, Riku still quite mad about the events of the day and what Riku said to Cloud about him having a boyfriend. Plus, Riku had major attitude this morning about a stupid bottle of shampoo.
"Or maybe it's something else. You guys care to tell us?" Yuffie said with a grin on her face.
"Huh!?" Riku looked down at his hand still attached to Sora's. "Oh! NO!" Riku let go of Sora's hand a bit flustered that Yuffie would think such a thing. 'I wish!'
Sora was also blushing a bit from the comment. No one like Riku would fall for him.
"This is Sora." Riku said as he took his seat. Sora sat right next to him.
"Hi. I'm new here." He smiled at them
"Hey! Sora! You look just like the other new student, Cloud, just a bit younger." Everyone gave Yuffie a blank look.
"Yeah, I'm his brother."
"Wow! You're so cute!"
"Yuffie, you're a senior. You can't go out with him, he's younger than you." Seifer stated
"Only by a year!"
"So what! It goes against code."
"Why do you care? Your going out with 'what's-her-face!"
"She might dump me. I've seen her give this foreign guy seductive looks."
"Aww. Poor Seifer." She said, giving him a sympathetic look.
"Hey guys!" Kairi and Selphy had walked up to the table with their lunched.
"Why am I the only person here who like girls?" Seifer groaned. He was getting tired of all the talk about what guy they thought was cute.
"No your not." Came a voice from behind him. Irvine and Quistis walked up to the table with their lunches. "What's up?"
"Nothing much."
"Hey Riku never said he didn't like girls." Kairi said thinking on the subject while looking at Riku who almost spit his drink out.
"He doesn't have a girlfriend." Leon spoke up.
"Hey, I think my shampoo's on fire." Riku got up and walked away.
"What?"
"I think he's trying to avoid the subject."
"But why?"
"Obviously he –"
"HEY! AND SPEAKING OF SHAMPOO, YOU OWE ME $50, LEON!"
"Young man, you need to sit down." The school principal, Mr. Uter walked up to the table of what he thought was too many people.
"There are too many of you here. You know the rule, no more that 8 to a table."
Cloud walked over to the table everyone was sitting at and took a seat.
"Like I said, you owe me money, Leon." Riku continued, ignoring the principal.
"I don't owe you a damn thing!" Leon yelled being very frustrated.
"Young man! That is inappropriate language."
"Guys, we should listen to Mr. Uterus. I don't feel like getting in trouble." Quistis said. Seifer, Irvine, Yuffie, Sora, and Kairi all laughed at the uterus thing.
"Excuse me young lady. What did you call me?"
"Nothing Mr. Uter."
"Leon!!! That was my shampoo!" The younger of the two brothers whined.
"You guys are more like sisters than brothers." Irvine said, watching everyone nod in agreement.
"OOOOOH!" Selphie said and then began to laugh. She caught onto the uterus thing a bit late. She wasn't the brightest crayon in the box . . .well maybe she could be with her bright yellow dress but that's not the point.
"About four of you need to move."
"Cloud, I need to talk to you." Leon said ignoring the teacher.
"What do you want to talk about?" Cloud said leaning back in his chair
"LEON! I'm not done talking to you!" Riku stomped his foot.
"But I'm done talking to you! Get out of my face!"
"Students. My patience is wearing thin." Mr. Uter said turning a deep shade of red.
"Riku, it's not that big a deal." Kairi interrupted.
"Like hell, it is! That shampoo cost me $30! $20 for the labor of walking to the store."
"But you're on the track team, Riku." Yuffie said.
"And the best runner in this school's history." Seifer added on.
"That's not the point! The point is Leon used up all my fucking shampoo!"
"Watch your language!" The principal glared.
By this point the whole cafeteria had turned silent listening to the argument at the table.
"Have any of you seen a girl with Long brown hair in a braid? She has green eyes." Cloud asked everyone.
"There are a lot of girls like that." Yuffie said.
"Yeah." Irvine added on.
"Students!"
"Cloud, are you going out with anyone?" Yuffie asked.
"Hey Riku wanna do our homework together after school? Bring Sora." Kairi smiled looking dreamily at the boy she was talking to.
"Sure. Leon you better pay me."
"What the hell do you want me to do, give you $50 right here on the spot?"
"Yes!"
Leon flipped Riku the finger.
"That's it!" Riku was furious. He grabbed the spaghetti on Kairi's plate and hurled it at Leon's face, hitting him square where he aimed.
The whole cafeteria got silent. The only sound was Riku's heaving.
"Hit 'em Leon!" A voice said from out of nowhere.
Leon picked up the yogurt Quistis was eating and threw it at Riku.
Riku bent back and the seen slowed down. The yogurt flew over Riku's head in slow motion and then almost stopped in front of Sora. The camera angle rotated around and then the slow motion stopped. (AKA, the Matrix)
Instantly Sora had yogurt all over his new sweatshirt. Sora picked up some food and hit Yuffie who was currently laughing her ass off. In a few seconds, everyone was throwing food.
"Take this!" Riku yelled as he threw some food at Leon.
Leon saw the tuna sandwiches coming and he dodged each one with super agility.
"STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the teacher shouted as loud as he could.
Mr. Uter was covered in foods of all types.
"GO TO THE OFFICE NOW! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! GO!"
Everyone was so quiet; you could hear a pen drop a mile away.
So, what do you think? If you care to know what happens next, the next chapter will be up shortly. I already have something planned.
As you can see, I'm a bit Matrix obsessed all thought I think the second one didn't really make that much since. I couldn't understand a damn thing that guy in the white room with all the televisions was saying. I needed a freaking dictionary.
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Anyway happy reading!Revisions 11/9/04
This chapter need a bit for polishing. I'm surprised at how long it was. It seems that later on in my story, the chapters weren't as long. LOL