The Lion and the Mouse

by sakurai-chan

[AU] Riku is a viscious gang member, Sora is a timid high school student. When Sora rescues Riku from a life threatening experience, they become a little closer than others might like... yaoi RS,LC,WT

3. The Lion's Wrath

The Lion and the Mouse-

Hello! Ogenki desu ka? Thank you to all of my reviewers! You're all so nice! Everyone kept saying that my chapters were short. I forgot to tell you that the first few chapters weren't going to be that long, but this one is longer. And I might not be updating as quickly because not only did I just start 10th grade, but I'm also trying to finish an original story that I made up. It might take a few more weeks for me to update. Until then, enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own kingdom hearts or any of the final fantasy characters!

Chapter Three: The Lion's Wrath-

Sora didn't like the way the boy was looking at him-- although he did like the way the boy looked. His hair was so beautiful and radiant. Sora wondered if he really had silver hair or if it was really a bright blonde-- so bright that it looked silver. It probably glowed, but Sora couldn't tell because of that ridiculous, black baseball cap. ...Wait...black?

Sora looked at the rest of the boy's clothes to see that he was wearing black and white, and so was the other boy next to him.

'What the heck?' Sora thought. Didn't Tidus just say that wearing black and white was dangerous? Then what was going on? And when was Tidus going to explain?

Then, as if his cousin read his mind, Tidus came up from behind Sora and placed his hands on his shoulders. " They're the reason why you can't wear black and white together," He said to him, nodding toward the two boys across the street.

" Them?" asked Sora, looking to Tidus with a brow raised.

Tidus nodded once. " They're part of a gang called Oblivion," he began, " And their colors are black and white. If they see anyone wearing those colors here, they'll kill you..."

Sora gulped and hugged himself. " Kill . . . you . . . ?"

The blonde removed his hands from Sora's shoulders. " Well maybe not kill you, but they'd hurt you good."

Rikku and Cloud, who were listening from behind, chose to speak up at that moment. " Oh . . . I see," Rikku said softly. " So that's why you were so nutty this morning."

Tidus just gave her a look of irritation.

Cloud smiled and said, " I'd say 'nutty' is an understatement."

" Shut up!" Tidus whined as he swatted Cloud in his shoulder. " I was only looking out for my cousin's best interests!"

Sora wasn't even listening to the three blondes squabbling behind him. He was still mesmerized by the fact that this gorgeous boy was staring at him. He wondered what his name was and what grade he was in.

He blushed when he realized that he was the one staring now. Quickly, he looked away and turned back to his cousin.

Tidus began walking to the entrance of the school and he gestured for the others to come with him. " Come on, guys. We've gotta hurry. I have to show you your locker, Sora."

Sora looked up at him. " Locker?" he demanded gently. He didn't remember signing up for a locker when he registered into the school.

Tidus clapped his hands together in realization and stopped walking. " Oh! I didn't tell you? I signed you up for a locker right next to mine," he said, answering Sora's question.

" You did?" Sora asked happily. " Hey, thanks!"

Rikku tapped Tidus on the shoulder and waited for him to face her. " Ahem! What about us? Where's me and Cloud's locker?"

Tidus shrugged. " You guys aren't like Sora," he told her calmly. " You can get your own locker."

Sora made a threatening fist. " Hey! Are you trying to say that I'm helpless?!"

Tidus held up his hands while shaking his head. " N-no! Not at all!" He laughed when Sora lightly punched him in the shoulder.

Cloud just shook his head before glancing at the school entrance at the top of the stairs. " We should go in now. Rikku and I still have to get our lockers," he said, somewhat directing it toward Tidus.

" Ha, ha," Tidus said in mock amusement. He fallowed Cloud and Rikku up the stairs.

Sora looked back at the silver- haired boy one more time, then, he climbed up the stairs after Tidus and his siblings.

At the top of the stairs, in front of the main entrance, there was a fountain, spewing crystal clear from its marble top. Rikku stopped by the fountain and began digging in her pockets for spare change. She finally found a penny and held it close to herself before she it into the water.

Cloud gave her an amused look. " What did you wish for?"

" I can't tell you!" Rikku said, aghast. It sounded like that was absolutely, positively something he was supposed to know. " Or else it won't come true!"

Cloud rolled his eyes and entered the school with the others.

Sora murmured a sigh of admiration as he gazed around the long halls of his new high school. " It's so much bigger than Destiny High . . . " he said to Cloud and Rikku.

They nodded in agreement as they explored the halls with their eyes as well.

" Okay!" said Tidus, cheerily clapping his hands together once. " Cloud, Rikku. The administration office is that way . . . " he pointed down the hall to the right. " And Sora, our lockers are this way." He pointed straight down the hall in front of them.

Cloud and Rikku began walking down the hall to the administration office.

Rikku turned and blew her cousin a friendly kiss. " Thanks Tiddles!!" she said, loud enough for the whole hallway to hear.

Tidus' cheeks turned pink when a few kids in the hallway snickered at the nickname his cousin so affectionately gave him. He cleared his throat and motioned for Sora to fallow him down the hallway. " Come on Sora . . . this way."

Sora fallowed Tidus down the hall until they came to the first group of lockers

" Here's your locker Sora," Tidus told him, gesturing to one of the lockers in the middle. It was just the right height for Sora- not too low, and not too high. It was perfect. Tidus finished and said, " Right next to mine . . . " He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small slip of paper. " And here's your combination. Oh! And I got you a red lock because I know it's your favorite color." He fingered the red combination lock on Sora's locker.

Sora smiled at him. " Thanks, cus'," he said gratefully.

Tidus grinned. " No prob. Now, I'm gonna go pick up a few books. You need me to pick you up some books while you get situated?"

Sora nodded while setting his backpack on the ground. " Um . . . yeah! Could you pick up my Biology book and my IMP 3 book? Please?"

" Sure," Tidus said as he started off. " I'll be back." He took off around the corner, leaving Sora to his locker.

He read his combination once and then tried it on his lock. It unlocked on his second try and he pulled his locker door open. It was a nice, clean one with a lot of space. Sora liked it already.

He unpacked some of his notebooks and placed them neatly on the locker's second shelf. Next, he took out a few pictures of him and his friends from back on the island that he had packed the previous night. He gazed fondly at the familiar images.

The first photograph was of him and his two best friends, Keoni and Botta. They were eating popscicles and had their flavors smeared all over their faces. Sora smiled at the sweet memory of eating popscicles on the beach, and then he taped the picture to the inside door panel of his locker.

The second picture was taken by a photographer at the Destiny Islands Shopping Mall. Sora and his two friends were sitting back to chest on a carved mahogany bench. Sora was in the middle, Botta was in front, and Keoni was in the back.

Sora had his arms wrapped possessively around Botta's waist and his head resting tenderly on his back. Keoni was doing the same to Sora while Botta rested his hands on Sora's.

When Sora had brought the photo home after taking it, Cloud said it looked awfully fruity. Rikku, however, thought it was quite adorable. Sora did kind of agree with Cloud, but after all, the photographer was a woman and she thought it looked cute.

Sora chuckled softly as he hung that picture under the last one.

As Sora was unpacking some of his school supplies, someone came and stood to his left. He couldn't see who it was though because the locker door was blocking the way. Sora didn't even bother looking. He just thought that it was someone with their locker next to his-- but it became clear when the person began talking.

" Hey, Ti!" They said enthusiastically. " How was your last month of summer? I haven't seen you in that time! Ah well! Anyways, I found this great place for Blitzball equipment, ya! Maybe we could head over after school?"

'Hm?' Sora thought, pausing momentarily from his task. ' Is he talking to me?' Sora peeked around his locker door until his eyes met those of a tall, redheaded boy with tanned skin.

The boy stopped speaking and blinked a few times at Sora. " Oh. You're Tidus . . . wow, freaky . . . I mean . . . Sorry . . . " he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

Tidus came back and laughed when he saw the tanned boy. " Wakka!" he called, running over to him.

Sora watched with growing curiosity as they did some sort of secret handshake.

" Tidus!" the boy cried happily. " I haven't seen you in a month! You been doin' well?"

" You know it!" Tidus told him, grinning broadly. They laughed some more before Tidus turned and saw the questioning look Sora was giving him.

" Oh!" Tidus gasped in realization. " I almost forgot! Sora, this is my best friend Wakka. Wakka, meet my cousin Sora!"

" Hi!" Sora said, giving Wakka a cheery smile.

Wakka shook his hand. " Oh, so you're the one who Tiddy has told me so much about."

Tidus gasped silently before kicking Wakka in the shoe. " Wakka! I told you not to call me that in public!"

' In public?' Sora thought. ' He let's Wakka call him that . . . ?'

" Well, why not?" Wakka inquired, smirking at him. " You said your other cousin calls you that all the time. Let's see . . . and what were the others . . . ?"

Tidus was about to tell Wakka to shove it when Sora cut in.

" Let's see . . . " he began, " She calls him Tiddles, Tiddy-widdy, Tiddle-kins . . . and . . . uh . . . " Sora cocked his head in thought. " I forgot the other one. I think it was . . . "

" TIDDY-RUMPSKIN!!"

Sora's face lit up. " Yeah! That's right!"

Just then, Rikku skipped around the corner with Cloud close behind. She clung to Tidus' arm, smiling broadly.

Tidus just pointed at her. " This is my other cousin Rikku, not a zoo animal, in case you were wondering," he told Wakka.

Wakka laughed and looked to Cloud.

" And this is Cloud," Tidus said, gesturing to his last cousin.

Cloud and Wakka exchanged greetings while shaking hands.

Then Wakka looked at Rikku again. " Ya know . . . she kind of reminds me of somebody . . . like . . . um . . . "

" TIDDLE-CHAN!!"

Sora looked around Wakka to see a blur of yellow and brown fly past and attach itself to Tidus' other arm.

" Oh . . . GOD, no!" Tidus groaned, raising his head to look at the ceiling.

" Selphie!" Wakka realized. " That's who she reminds me of!"

Rikku peered around Tidus and met the large, emerald green eyes of Selphie.

" Hi, I'm Selphie," she said.

Rikku smiled. " I'm Rikku. I'm Tiddle-Kins' favorite cousin."

" Tiddle-Kins! That's a good one!" Selphie said, giggling.

Another voice rang through the halls then. " Selphie! Slow down! You run too fast!" A girl with dark red hair came around the corner from where Selphie did and stopped next to Wakka. She blushed when she saw Sora.' Oh, he's cute . ..'

" Hi," Sora said to the newcomer.

" Hi . . . " she echoed, pushing a lock of her red hair behind her ear and looking away shyly.

Tidus looked back down from the ceiling. " Kairi, Selphie, these are my three cousins. Ya know? The ones from Destiny Islands. That's Cloud, Rikku and Sora." He nodded towards each of them instead of pointing because of the two rabid animals latched to his arms.

" How do you do?" Cloud joked, giving Kairi a small bow.

Kairi giggled with a hand over her mouth. " I'm fine, thank you."

Sora smiled to himself. He had never been surrounded by this many people in his life. He liked it. Maybe he didn't have to be afraid of making new friends after all. But there still was the issue of making new enemies.' All I have to do is keep my mouth shut and there's no way I can get into any trouble.'

" Guys," Wakka called. " We have five minutes before the first bell rings. We should get going."

Cloud pried Riku off of Tidus' arm. " Come on, Rikku. Our class is this way."

" Okay!" Rikku said grinning. " Bye Sora, Tiddles, Selphie, Kairi, and Wakka! See you at lunch!" Rikku seemed to have said that all in one breath.

Sora waved to his retreating siblings' backs.

Selphie left too for her first class, but not before calling Tidus one last cutesy name.

Tidus blushed with embarrassment and made a pouting face.

Wakka laughed. " That's cute, ya," he said, smiling down at Tidus.

Sora chuckled a bit when he saw Tidus face turn a few shades redder.

" S-so, Sora . . . w-what's your first class?" Tidus asked, trying to change the subject.

" Jewelry 1," Sora told him.

Kairi looked up suddenly. " Hey, that's my first class too."

" Cool," said Tidus. " You two can walk together."

Sora looked to Tidus and stuck out his lower lip. He was a little scared to leave his cousin's side. He had been so helpful.

" Hey . . . it's okay Sora," Tidus said softly. " Kairi, will you make sure Sora gets to his first class safely?"

Kairi gave Tidus a nod before smiling at Sora. " Come on Sora. It's this way."

Sora said goodbye to Tidus and Wakka before fallowing Kairi down the hall.

He hugged himself as he gazed at all of the big teenagers. Some of them looked so mean. ' This is scary,' he thought. He had never been so nervous before in his life.

" So . . . " he heard Kairi begin. " You like making jewelry too?"

" Yeah," he answered while nodding. " My mom used to do it all the time. She made me this necklace . . . " He reached down his borrowed jacket to show Kairi the necklace when he realized it wasn't there. He gave her an apologizing look. " Sorry. I guess I must have been so nervous, I forgot to put it on, but it's a really beautiful silver chain with a silver crown at the end. She carved my name in the back."

" Sounds beautiful," Kairi murmured.

It wasn't long before they reached their classroom.

" Here we are," Kairi announced. She motioned for Sora to come inside with her, and he did.

No sooner did Sora take his seat did his thoughts flood back over to the silver-haired boy. ' I wonder if he's in any of my classes . . . '

Meanwhile . . .

Riku and Zell approached the last members of their gang, who were leaning against the wall, in the shadows of their school.

Axel was smoking and Vincent had his arms crossed, while Seymour inspected his fingernails.

Axel looked up when he saw Riku and Zell coming their way. He removed his cigarette from his mouth and threw it to the ground, stomping it out with one twist of his boot.

" Good morning boys," Zell greeted once he reached them.

" Zell, Riku," Axel said, giving each one of them the Oblivion handshake. " Been doin' good?"

" As good as it's gonna get," Zell admitted. He stood next to Axel and rested his foot on the wall. " Anything new with you?"

Axel gave a look of annoyance and shrugged. " Eh. Same ol' shit as always . . . " he complained while rolling his eyes.

Seymour gave a small chuckle from his spot on the wall. " Oh, do be quiet, Axel," he said in a very polite manner. " You whine and complain every year, and frankly, I'm quite tired of it."

Axel growled while grinding his teeth and making a fist. " Shut the fuck up!" he yelled angrily at him.

The blue-haired teen just gave a soft laugh as he did the Oblivion handshake with Riku and then with his leader.

Zell gave a quick nod to Vincent. " Yo Vince. How about you?"

Vincent shrugged and then gave Zell and Riku the gang handshake. " Nothing interesting happened to me this summer. No drive-by shootings or nothing."

Riku hissed a laugh while turning his head to the side.

" Well," Zell began while grinning. " I can already tell that this year is going to be an exciting year."

Seymour gave him an interested look. " Oh really? How so?"

" Found myself a new target," the blonde answered. He folded his arms behind his head.

Riku's breath hitched. He realized that Zell was talking about the beautiful blue- eyed boy that they just saw.

Axel gave a long sigh. " Who is it this time?" he asked, giving Zell and unsure look.

Zell smiled at all of them. " He's a really cute boy . . . "

'Beautiful,' Riku corrected him in his thoughts.

Zell continued. " And he has brown hair and blue eyes . . . "

Riku mentally corrected him again. ' Chestnut and sapphire . . . ' Why was his vocabulary suddenly so . . . descriptive? He usually didn't speak like that . . . in fact. He never did. He was such a poor student, but especially in English. Why was this boy changing him like this?

" He's kind of scrawny," Zell told them, bringing Riku out of his thoughts. Zell made a suggestive smirk. " He looks easy to throw down too, if you know what I mean . . . "

Axel gave a throaty laugh while nudging Zell in the ribs.

Riku just scowled and looked away from them. This wasn't fair. Just because Zell was the leader, he could have dibs on whatever person he wanted.

' But why did it have to be him?!' Riku screamed in his head, his eyebrows drawing together.

Vincent uncrossed his arms and stretched when heard the first bell ring, warning them to get to class. " Looks like it's time to get to first period," he said.

Zell gave one slow nod, dismissing everyone. " See you all at lunch. Oh, and Riku, I'll see you in fourth."

" World History," Riku reminded him with no excitement what-so-ever.

" Aren't you just so happy?" Axel mocked in a singsong voice.

Riku flipped him off with both hands. " Get the fuck to class."

Axel just grinned. " I don't have to listen to you. You ain't my boss."

Zell stepped up to Riku's side. " But I am. Get the fuck to class."

Axel grinned even wider and gave them the peace sign before running off.

Zell and Riku gave each other props before and then parted to go to their first period classes.

The beginning of 4th . . .

Sora wove his way in and out of the many high school students as he searched for his fourth period class. He finally found room 1307 on the third floor of the enormous high school.

He took a deep breath and slowly let it out again. " Word History . . . " he murmured. He watched a few students head inside of the classroom.

Sora took one more cleansing breath and hugged his binder close to his chest before walking in as well.

He gave a quick hello to his instructor, who was standing by her desk, greeting people as they came in. She instructed Sora to sit wherever he liked. He thanked her and silently took his seat in the second to the last row.

As he waited for the rest of the students to come in, he had time to reflect upon his earlier classes.' So far, so good,' he thought. All of his teachers were nice and fun to listen to. He hadn't made any enemies, nor had he made any new friends either-- he kept his mouth shut, just like he promised himself.

Sora wiped some sweat off of his nose. It was becoming a little stuffy. He reached up to unzip his jacket but stopped himself just in time. He almost forgot why he was wearing his cousin's jacket in the first place. ' Oblivion . . . '

Eventually, Sora's thoughts came back to the boy with the silver hair. Again, he wondered what grade he was in. He also wondered what he sounded like. ' Probably drop-dead sexy,' Sora suggested to himself. He blushed when he realized what he was thinking.

The last bell rang and Sora reached into his backpack to pull out his pencil. When he looked up again, his heart almost stopped.

He was looking into the aqua eyes of the silver-haired boy.

Sora blushed a bit and allowed his eyes to become suddenly interested on his binder.

Zell gave Riku a small nudge. " Yo, there he is!" he whispered in excitement.

Riku nodded slowly. " Yeah . . . there he is . . . "

Zell jerked his head towards the seats by Sora and began to walk over to them. Riku fallowed and took the desk next Sora and Zell sat behind Riku.

" Let the note-passing begin," Zell instructed Riku quietly.

Riku gave a soft okay as a reply. Writing notes to find out about Zell's crushes was his job. This time, it was actually going to be interesting. Riku wanted to know about this boy too.

Sora's stomach lurched with excitement and his face grew hot when Riku sat next to him. He didn't dare look over though, for fear of being caught staring. Then he would look like a blushing fool. So, he just focused his eyes ahead on the teacher, who was just beginning her first day of school lecture

After she introduced herself as Miss Soleil, she began taking role. "Please forgive me if I mispronounce your name," she apologized in advance and looked at her list of names.

' Yes!' Sora thought happily. ' This is the perfect way to find out what his name is without asking!'

Riku was thinking the same thing when the blonde behind him leaned in closer and whispered, " Listen closely for his name for when you write the note."

Riku nodded once and made ready to listen.

Miss Soleil began reading off the names and gave a friendly welcome to all that answered.

"Zell Almsy?" she called, looking around.

Zell held up a peace sign in reply.

Miss Soleil smiled and welcomed him. She read some more names , and Sora listened, biting on his pencil's eraser in anticipation.

" Riku Nomura?"

Sora almost choked when the silver-haired boy raised his hand.

" Yo," he said in a deep, smooth voice.

It was only one word, yet it almost made Sora melt. 'So that's his name... Riku...'

Miss Soleil called out a few more names before she came to Sora's. " Sora Skye?"

Sora meekly raised his hand. " Present," he answered softy.

Riku smiled to himself. 'Sora... cool...'

When Miss Soleil was finished reading off the names, she gave a short speech about herself , and then one about the class and what they should expect from it. She began passing out the class syllabus and asked the class to read it over while she entered the attendance into the computer.

When he was sure she wasn't looking, Zell tapped Riku on the shoulder twice-- a signal for him to begin..

Riku gave him a nod and waited until Miss Soleil was seated behind her computer. He ripped a good piece of the syllabus and scribbled down his first question. Then, he folded it up and threw it to Sora's desk.

Sora was a bit surprised when the folded up paper landed before him. He scanned the room, trying to figure out from where the note came from. He searched until his eyes met Riku's spellbinding ones. Riku was leaning back in his chair, smirking at Sora, then, he winked at him.

Sora blushed and looked back down. He opened the note as silently as he could and then read its message:

Yo, Sora was it? Hey, my friend wants to know...do you have a girlfriend?

Sora blushed even more then wrote his reply. Then he folded it back up and threw it to Riku.

Riku caught it in his hand and then read it. He read Sora's answer:

No.

Riku smiled and wrote a second message. He made sure Miss Soleil wasn't looking when he threw it back on Sora's desk.

Sora opened it and read it again:

Cool. What about a boyfriend?

The brunette's face was almost as red as a cherry lollipop. He wrote his reply again and then threw it back to Riku, who caught it again.

Riku read Sora's answer:

No. Why?

Riku wrote down an answer and passed it again.

My friend wants to know. He's the guy behind me.

Sora looked behind Riku to see the guy he was talking about. ' Oh yeah,' he thought. ' That guy.' Sora wrote something else and passed it back.

Riku read it again:

Why? Is he too lazy to write his own notes?

The gangster gave Sora a small angry look which made the brunette shiver. Riku wrote down an answer and then threw it back.

It's my job, was all it said. Sora wasn't satisfied. He wrote something else and passed it over.

Your job? What do you mean?

Riku gave a small scoff and then scribbled his last question.

Never mind, it said. Just one more thing. The guy behind me, do you think he's cute?

Sora couldn't believe it! He blushed as he wrote his last reply.

Sort of... I guess. Yeah...

Riku gave Sora a nod and then passed the note to Zell so he could read it. Zell seemed thoroughly pleased.

Oh how Riku wished that those answers that Sora had given were for him and only him. He sighed quietly.

Sora wasn't quite sure of what he had just done, but he was a little nervous. Why would that Zell guy want to know all of those things about him?

An hour later...

Fourth period ended and students began packing up their stuff and heading out of the class to go to lunch.

Sora quickly put his things into his backpack and started for the exit. He didn't want to risk having to talk wit the two Oblivion gang members. He was too shy and absolutely too scared. He swung his backpack over his shoulder and left.

Riku and Zell tried to run after him, but were stopped by Miss Soleil.

" Gentlemen..." she began in a warning tone.

The two boys turned to face her. " Yes?" they said at the same time.

" Please pull up your pants," she commanded them nicely. " No one wants to see the color of your underwear."

Riku and Zell groaned as they did what the teacher asked them to. After they pulled up their sagging pants, ( A.N.: I don't know how boys walk with their pants like that...), they left the room in search of Sora.

By the time they were out of the classroom, Sora had disappeared into the crowd of many students.

"Dammit," Riku muttered and Zell echoed with, "Fuck..."

They looked at each other and grinned, then they pulled their pants back down so that they were sagging again. After that, they began their trek to the lunch room.

Lunch...

Sora held his lunch tray tightly as he gazed around the cafeteria for anyone he knew. He was afraid he was going to have to sit alone if he didn't find someone soon. Then someone answered his prayers by calling his name.

"Sora!" they yelled, and Sora instantly recognized the voice as his sister's.

Sora turned around and gave a relieved smile when he saw Rikku waving wildly at him, trying to get his attention.

" Over here!" She called. The others from that morning were sitting with her, along with two new others. They all gave Sora welcoming smiles.

Sora walked over to them and took a seat in between Tidus and Cloud.

" Hey buddy," Cloud said, ruffling his brother's hair. "I thought I was going to have to come looking for you."

Sora playfully pushed at Cloud's hand. " I'm not a baby anymore," he reminded him.

Rikku threw a carrot at Cloud's head, and he turned to give her an annoyed look.

" I want to introduce Sora to my new friends now!" she told him, smiling.

Cloud scowled at her and stared sipping on his milk.

Rikku gestured to the two girls sitting next to her. " Sora, meet my two new friends, Yuna and Riona."

Sora smiled at them. " Hi," he said.

Yuna bowed at him with her head. " Pleased to meet you."

Riona gave him a friendly smile. " Hello."

Tidus turned to face Sora. " So Sora did you make any new friends today?"

Sora rubbed the back of his head. " Well sort of..." he told him.

Tidus grinned. " Really? Who?"

Sora mumbled something that was inaudible.

" What was that, ya?" Wakka asked, leaning back to look at Sora.

Sora blushed as he poked at his lunch. " Well... I-I sort of passed notes with...Riku Nomura..."

Everyone at the lunch table gasped.

" I can't believe someone has the same as me!" Rikku cried in disbelief.

Everyone sweat dropped.

Tidus had his hand pressed to his forehead. " Rikku, you're missing the point. Riku Nomura is a member of the Oblivion gang! Sora! I thought I told you that!"

Sora ran his finger over the wrapper of his cheeseburger. " Well... he threw it first... and.. I .. Ur..."

" Well now I see!" Selphie interjected. She was standing up and looking across the room. " Zell's checkin' you out!"

Everyone turned and looked to where Selphie was.

Kairi placed a hand over her mouth. " Oh my gosh... he is!"

Zell was sitting at a table not too far away, staring at Sora. Riku was too.

Wakka gave a worried laugh. " I see Zell has a new target..."

Cloud spit out his milk in surprise and it went all over Rikku. Cloud grinned nervously at her and then looked to Wakka. " What do you mean ' new target'?" he asked him.

Wakka explained to him that every year, Zell finds himself a new person to have a crush on. Then, after he gets what he wants from them, he dumps them.

Sora was really sacred after Wakka told them that. Right then and there, he wanted to go back home, back to the Destiny Islands with Keoni and Botta. Sora sighed and buried his face in his arms on the table.

After 6th ...

Sora had just finished Gym class. He splashed his face with water in the bathroom. He was so sweaty from trying to avoid that Riku kid. He was in his class again! Sora didn't know how he was going to survive with him in two of his classes. He sighed and slipped on Tidus' jacket. He swung his backpack onto his shoulder and started for the exit of the bathroom.

Suddenly, the bathroom door swung open and Sora moved in time so he wasn't hit. He gaped at the person who was coming in. Luckily, he had time to run into one of the bathroom stalls before the newcomer saw him.

Riku wiped the sweat from his head with the back of his hand. Boy that kid was fast. Riku could never get two feet away from him before he ran off. Riku muttered a curse word and then turned on the cold water. He splashed his face a few times and gazed warily at the sink's drain.

Sora quietly opened the stall's door and tried to tip toe past Riku. When he was almost past him, Riku looked up and saw Sora in the mirror.

Sora stopped dead in his tracks like a deer caught in headlights. That's when he realized he didn't zip up Tidus' jacket. He turned around Quickly, just in time before Riku even noticed that he was wearing their gang colors.

Riku smirked and shifted around so that he was looking at Sora. " Hey," He said in that deep, sexy voice that Sora had heard earlier. " I've been looking for you. I need to ask you a few more questions..."

Sora hid the white shirt as best he could. " Really? That's nice, but I have to be going now. Maybe you can ask me tomorrow?" he started for the exit again, but Riku stepped in front of him, blocking his path.

Sora spun around again, still determined to hide the shirt.

He heard Riku chuckle. " Wow, you're shy. Don't worry... I'm not going to hurt you... I promise..."

Sora gulped and then ran past Riku as fast as he could. " I have to go!"

Riku laughed again before he reached out and grabbed onto Sora's jacket sleeve, tying to pull him back. " No, wait. Don't!"

In a desperate attempt to escape, Sora wrenched away from Riku's hand. Unfortunately, this caused Tidus' jacket to slip off of him and into Riku's grasp.

Riku gasped when he saw what Sora was wearing. He glared angrily at him at took a few steps forward. " You better have a good explanation for this..." he whispered to a petrified Sora.

Sora stepped back some with a look of horror on his face. " I-I-I d-didn't k-know...I-I'm s-sorry...!"

Something inside of Riku snapped. It came from years of beating up people for wearing their colors. It was almost like he was possessed. He took one giant step and grabbed onto Sora shirt collar. He lifted him off of the ground slightly. " Bitch!!" he screamed at him.

Sora looked away in fear. " Please! Let me go!"

Riku threw Sora to the ground and kicked him in the side repeatedly. " You dirty, little bastard!" he growled at him. " No one ever gave you permission to wear our colors!"

Sora was yelping in pain each time Riku kicked him. Then Riku crouched down and lifted his head buy his shirt. He slapped Sora hard across his face.

Sora was crying at that point. He pleaded for him to stop one more time as Riku made a fist.

Just as Riku threw his punch, he was pushed off of Sora by someone.

Sora looked up to see his big brother standing over him. ( A.N. : Cloud to the rescue!)

Riku jumped to his feet and glared evilly at Sora's savior. " Who are the hell are you?"

Cloud helped Sora to his feet and held him up with one hand while he used the other to hold Sora's backpack. Before he turned to leave, he gave Riku a stern look in the eyes.

"I'm his brother," Cloud said, and then he left with Sora.

Riku gave ferocious growl after they were gone. ' Damn that brat...' he muttered. ' He's gonna pay...'

tbc

Bad Riku! Bad! Don't worry, they won't stay enemies for long...

Awwww... looks like Kairi's got a crush on Sora... well that's just TOO BAD!!! 'cause he's all Riku's!

I bet ya you can't guess why Tidus lets Wakka call him Tiddy in Private...

Anyways, please review! See you again in chapter four: Zell's Offer.