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Author's Note:To be SoraxKairi... eventually. If you don't like this pairing, don't read it. Few other pairings later.

Chapter 1:

So, whacha doing?

Oh, um… nothing.

You're doing something.

No I'm not.

Spill it out.

…

Okay, I'm ending this message. I don't want to ge-

"So your homework is to read the twenty pages, then complete the worksheet," Mr. Pan said in a monotone voice. The bell rang.

"That was the most extraordinary boring class we've ever had," Namine exclaimed as she yawned. "I'm surprised you didn't get in trouble in history class by throwing a piece of paper around. Not even Riku or Kairi noticed it." She swung her long blond hair to her right shoulder, where she liked it best.

Sora snorted. "They're too stupid, thinking of kissing each other and… you know." He also yawned and ruffled his spiky chestnut hair. He felt pretty disturbed.

Riku and Sora were once best of friends. They knew everything about each other. But that day when they went to middle school, everything changed.

"So Riku," Sora started. "What's up with you? Look pretty stiff. You're never stiff."

Riku didn't answer.

"Come on."

"I, err…"

Sora crossed his arms and a made a pout. Riku heaved with a sigh.

"I'm… trying out for the school president." Sora gaped. He never liked school presidents. They were snobby, they were rich, they were greedy. They were everything negative. Besides sad. Sure, Riku's rich, but he was never snobby.

"But…" Sora couldn't utter the words out. He felt betrayed at that instant.

"Look, I know you hate them, but I just want to try out, okay? I highly doubt I'll make it."

Another thing Sora hated. He never had a lot of friends. He only had two. One abandoned him, and the other was about to as well.

"Don't you get it? Once you get to be school president, you'll turn, just like my other friend."

"Look, I'll try my worst, okay?"

Sora seethed. He could tell: the last two sentences he said were complete lies. He knew him too well.

"See, you're already turning at me. Lie all you want," Sora angrily said under his breath. So this was what middle school did to people.

"Look, I –"

"Don't tell me to look. Look at yourself! You want to be popular, that's all? Well, popular can be your middle name, and I'll just be a low-classed boy, who'll do nothing to stop you."

"I don't want to be popular. I want to help out!" Riku yelled back. Sora took his milk carton from the tray and smashed it to Riku's head.

Sora was never known for his nice temper. Well, his "prophecy" was right all along. He did turn on his best friend, and then became popular. Sora knew that he was standing in the way of him becoming popular. Who ever cared for a poor boy? Only Namine did, who was one of the many witnesses of the incident in the cafeteria. After that, he felt thankful that he knew Namine. He made a few new friends.

"Hello? You in there?" Namine asked. "We'll be late to our second period if you don't haste yourself." Sora blinked his ocean blue eyes.

"Oh, he, sorry."

Namine knew that frown on him than anyone else, even Riku, who had isolated himself from Sora. He was thinking of that event. She checked on her watch that exactly mirrored the bell time.

"Come on, Sora," Namine groaned as she tugged Sora's shirt, "we've only got forty-five seconds before the bell rings. And it's up at the third floor at the very end."

"Forty-five? I don't want to have another detention after Mrs. White's lunch detention. But detention would be even worse." Mrs. White was the strictest teacher at Destiny High boarding school, and he wouldn't want to know what she would do.

"Oh, jeez, we're almost there," Sora gasped. "Just a few more strides, and turn the doorknob…"

He did as he said, and Sora and Namine crashed to the floor just as the bell rang. Sora looked up to find Mrs. White tapping her left foot on the ground, waiting for an explanation. He gulped and laughed nervously.

"Uh, err, well, you see, we… lost our way," he made up. Mrs. White did her super-famous-mad-glare-of-the-century. Rumor had it that it could terrify car traffic.

"You've been in this school for four days in 10th grade, and you say you got lost? You think I'm going to take that as an excuse?"

"Uh… yeah?"

Mrs. White closed the door. While in the meantime, Sora gave Selphie thumbs up. She giggled at his friend's action.

"Since I'm feeling generous today, you can go off. For today," Mrs. White said harshly, before going back to her cheery hum.

Once Sora and Namine took a seat next to Selphie, Mrs. White began teaching reading. Selphie eyed across the room, hoping that none of the snobs, like Riku, Tifa, or any of those other idiots were nosing in, Selphie turned back to Sora and Namine and whispered, "I think Mrs. White's in love!"

Sora laughed silently before shutting his mouth. "You're kidding me, right?"

Selphie shook her head. "I'm serious! She never acted this way until… today." Namine made a disgusted face.

"Who would like her anyway? She is really fat. And a wrinkled face. With her white, fluffy dress, along with her white boots and her white purse, she really looks like a snob. Better off if she liked Riku." She took her notebook out and started doodling on it. She never took out her sketchbook unless if she was in Mr. Pan's class, or lunch.

"Hush, she's turning around from the board," Sora said. They all sat up straight. It was the number one rule Mrs. White had in her class.

"Okay, this quarter, we'll – sit up straight, Seifer!" Namine cackled quietly.

"Anyway, this quarter, we'll be reading about the Iliad and the Odyssey! Since this book will be very hard to understand, we'll be having partners for this!" Mrs. White said sharply.

Sora couldn't have felt more "happy". He hated books, and what's more was that there was going to be partners for this. I better not be paired with one of those idiots, Sora thought miserably. But that would be really impossible. More than half of the class was on Riku's side, two on his, and the rest were all balloons who were single or double.

"Yuki A.! You go with Eric. Namine Dakima! With Mr. Riku Tekamo now!" Namine groaned. "Sora Hikari, go to Kairi Yoni." Sora growled. Mrs. White glared back. "NOW!" And so, along with Namine, he walked up and snatched the book out of Mrs. White's hands, and strode to where Kairi was sitting. Sora hated any popular group, and he hated this one too. Especially when it had Riku in it.

Riku smirked. "Nice to see you again."

Sora tried to ignore the anger at the back of his head. He couldn't even stand the letters r, i, k, and u. At least those letters weren't in his first name. And he was glad that he stood to the side of blue than green. Even if the colors were relatives. He was also glad that he preferred soccer, art and music, against Riku's singing, jocky type of way. Now that he thought of it, they were never alike. Not at all.

"You are a jerk, and you always will be." Namine felt the tension rising up against Sora and Riku.

"Come on Sora, just break it up for now," Namine pleaded. "I don't want to get in trouble."

"God Riku, was your best friend always this way?" Kairi asked and laughed in an evil kind of way.

"Selphie Tilmitt, to Tidus!"

Lucky. Namine had to be stuck with a snob. Well, Kairi sat next to him, so that means I still have Sora to talk to.

And luckily, the bell rang. Namine swiftly took Sora's shirt and tried to drag him away. He quickly followed.

"Um, Sora, you should really stop pounding on your locker," Namine sighed. Sora just wouldn't stop. With a last final kick, he leaned against the locker door.

"Oh brother," he said.

Namine looked at her watch. There were still six minutes left before the bell rang.

"Let's just thank that the snobby rich dude gave us twelve minutes, being the president and all."

"Sora, Namine!" Sora turned his poor head that was banging for the last six minutes.

"Look, a new buddy to add!" Selphie chirped. Sora and Namine was glad it wasn't about love again. Selphie being a romanticist was not good at all. Her brown hair danced all over the place, just like its master did.

"Well, we found another Outsider." It was the name Selphie made up for their little group. The Outsiders were the group that was unpopular, and not very smart. Of course, Sora and Namine were the first to join the amusing group. Few people, like Cloud, came as well.

"Meet Tidus, my partner in that reading thingy!" He poked Tidus. "Say something."

"Hiya," Tidus said. He grinned sheepishly.

"So that's us three, plus Tidus, Cloud, Yuffie, Roxas, and…"

"Leon, Olette, Lenne, and maybe Arieth," Sora pointed out.

"Yeah. Want to know the nicknames I've given to two top Poop Gangsters?" Tidus chortled.

"Who're they?" he asked.

"Oh, you know Riku's gang?" Sora asked. Tidus nodded.

"Well, that's them."

Tidus thought a moment. "I heard that they called themselves the Ultimate Team." Sora snorted.

"That's a stupid name, knowing Riku's retard head."

Selphie rolled her eyes. "You're taking it too far, Sora."

"But it's the truth!" said Sora.

"Well, I was thinking of calling the Poop Gangsters the Ultimate Retards, so I've decided to just leave it those two. I think the name fits perfectly for them." Sora laughed. Selphie continued. "I'm going to call Riku gramps and Kairi gram crackers. Or maybe that would be better for Cid and Mrs. White."

"No, no, no, no, no! Just leave it with Riku and Kairi. I like it," said Sora.

"Well, see you later," Tidus said. "I have to get going to English." He walked away, leaving the three behind.

"Reading and English – what's the difference?" Selphie asked.

"English is more like grammar and writing, while reading is like just reading books and answering questions of it." Sora frowned at Namine's comment. He really rather preferred English. It was Mrs. White free, and no books were read at English.

"And this is where we head separate directions," Sora said. "Meet you guys at P.E." Taking the blue binder, Sora walked the opposite direction of where Tidus was heading.

"I fell sad for him, you know? I mean, almost every single class he has has Riku in it. It's just art and band that he's not tormented."

"Well, time for math, stupid math," Namine murmured to Selphie. She only nodded in amusement.

Science. Not the best class, but not bad either. Or so Sora thought. It was his time to start doodling. Taking his notebook out, he started drawing all his friends. Still, he couldn't believe that Namine thought that he was a really good drawer.

"Alright, everyone," Mrs. Myron announced. "As I reminded you guys yesterday, we'll be getting assigned seats today. Come on, hustle now and get off those seats." Everyone glanced at each other before standing up and getting their binders. Sora heard the news, and, getting up, he crossed fingers in hope not to sit next to the popular idiots. Well, at least it's someone okay. Just not Riku.

"Here will be Rona, and across her is Riku." Sora gritted his teeth. Please don't sit next to him...

"Then Dona, Lenne, and Shuyin." Sora felt bad for Lenne for having to sit next to the king of popularity and the most annoying person ever made, but at least she was with Shuyin.

"And behind them is Rinoa, Yuki, Kairi, and Sora." Let's just hope Kairi's the good guy. Sora walked over and sat down to continue his doodle, unconsciously knowing that Kairi was above his shoulder looking at it, until her chin bumped into his right shoulder.

"What do you want, Gram Crackers?" Sora asked. He did just as what Selphie said, calling Kairi gram crackers.

"Ah, nothing," replied Kairi. She went back to her own work, but she couldn't concentrate. Head kept thinking about Sora, so the only she could've done was to stare at him. Riku turned around from his seat and looked at Kairi, and sneered silently. She'd better be staring out the window.

Sora started a conversation with Shuyin. Since Mrs. Myron wasn't that strict, he knew he would get away with it.

Sora: Hey, Shuyin, what's up?

Sora looked at Riku who apparently for once, was concentrating on his work. He knew Riku would be the one to tattletale on him to get back on the milk incident, but he never succeeded.

Shuyin: The sky. Just kidding. A song's stuck in my head.

Shuyin turned around and placed it on his desk.

Sora: Well, you two should be lucky.

Shuyin: Nah, sitting with Riku and Dona is like hell.

Sora: …

Shuyin: Oh yeah, almost forgot! Did you hear the dance coming up?

Sora: Shuyin, it's only the fourth day of sophomore.

Shuyin: Hey, don't look at me! Ask Riku.

Sora: No way!

Shuyin: Well, I heard Riku whispering the other day to his girlfriend that there was going to be a dance. It's called "Welcome-back Dance." A really stupid name, really, if you ask me.

Sora: Thank you! For once, somebody agrees that Riku has an idiotic head! Next time, call Riku gramps, and name the "Ultimate Team", Ultimate Retards or something.

Shuyin: Got that, but why gramps for Riku?

Sora: He looks like he has wrinkles.

Shuyin: Really? He looks fine to me.

Sora: Whatever.

Shuyin: The bell's about to ring in two minutes. Bye. See you at lunch.

Sora crumpled the paper up, and waited for the next two minutes, watching the clock, still unaware of Kairi staring at him.

Ring!

P.E. was next, and Sora loved it. It was probably the only subject he actually liked. Also, he could spend time with his friends for a whole hour. If he had to vote, Cid had to be the best teacher. Cid loved fights, never gave detention, and let people swear.

"Hey Namine!" Sora cried. Everyone was wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts.

He came running over to Namine, Selphie, Tidus, and Cloud. Cloud was held back in 10th grade, along with Leon, since they got horrible grades. And they haven't done anything for the community service yet. And they always overslept in their dormitory.

"Alright, mates! You see that forest over there?" Cid asked and pointed over to the woods standing behind him. Sora by this time already memorized this routine. Someone tapped on Sora's shoulder.

"Wanna race?" questioned Riku. Sora couldn't have anything better than to answer yes. Because Riku didn't know how fast Sora's gotten those days, so he totally thought that he was going to win.

Sora on the other hand, knew a short cut that nobody else knew. He didn't even think Cid knew. That's why he was always the first to make it.

"We're gonna do a three mile run, and you better beat 30 minutes, or else!" "Or else" meant that the student had to run an extra three miles. And student couldn't stop running, because Cid would follow the student. And if the student did stop running, Cid would give another three miles, and he would keep on adding. Only one person has actually had that punishment, but he was long gone, whoever he was.

"Get ready to lose," Sora said to Riku. They walked up to the smeared white line, while everyone pushed and shoved to take the front line.

"Ready? Go!" Cid yelled.

In just a few moments, Sora and Riku were in the league. Way in the league. Sora started slowing down on purpose, so that Riku wouldn't follow to his secret short cut. When he was sure that Riku was out of his sight, Sora crept into the bushes. Now to think of it, he didn't think anybody in the world knew about this place. And if they did, they certainly didn't spread the rumors around. He's been going to the library recently, more than usual. Namine was getting suspicious, but being a loyal friend, she didn't ask about it. He looked at every single history book, and every map of the school and Destiny Island, but nothing talked or showed about the lake in it. And so Sora decided to make it a secret. Who cared anyway?

And after a few seconds, Sora ran to the other side of the lake, and made through the nature-made hole.

"Dude, Sora, you're in the hall of fame! It took you only 11.82 seconds! How'd you do it?" Cid asked eagerly.

"Secret," said Sora. He heard footsteps pace behind him.

"What! When did you get so fast?" Riku said.

"None of your business, gramps," replied Sora in a retorted way. Riku glared.

"What did you say to me?"

"You heard me."

"Now, now, guys, break it up, Mrs. White's here," Cid whispered. But Sora and Riku ignored what Cid said and started to wrestle.

Other people began finishing the three-mile run, and came over to see the situation.

"Sora, knock it off!" Cloud said and tried to pull Sora away, but he was so busy tackling, Cloud couldn't handle it and Sora and Riku fell to the ground.

"What's going on here?" Mrs. White pushed the students to the side and went into the ring of the crowds.

"He started insulting!" Riku pointed at Sora. Sora sneered.

"You stated fighting. There's no rule in the boarding school that exclaiming insults would get you into trouble."

"Shut up, come with me," Mrs. White yelled. Sora and Riku gave one last glare before following the teacher. When they were gone, everything was back as usual.

"Jeez, I hope Sora doesn't get detention," Namine said. "He's already got fifty-seven detentions in 9th grade already, and one the day before today."

"And yet he isn't expelled?" Tidus asked. Selphie laughed.

"That's how Sora works. He sleeps, he eats, he gets into trouble, and he lives. That just reminds me… How does he get all A's or B's on his report card when he doesn't even pay attention to class?"

"He's got a strange mind, that's how," said Namine.

"Okay, you two, mind telling me how you two people got in trouble?" Mrs. White asked. "You Sora have already got in trouble in my class. And Riku, you have gotten a detention from me! What more do you want?"

"But –"

"Silence Riku, you get a detention. Meet me at six o'clock. And Sora, you won't get one, but you're still in trouble. I'll find something joyful to do."

"What?" Riku asked in anger.

"No excuses." Mrs. White turned sharply around and headed for the school building. Riku sneered back at Sora.

"You got lucky this time, but next time I'll win." He strode away too, and Sora stuck his tongue out.

"Sora: 154, Riku: zip." And so, the rest of the day passed slowly, and Sora stayed out of trouble.

6:46 p.m.

"Oh, come on, Sora, you can do it!" Namine sighed. She snuck over to the boy's dormitory, C, #345. She tried to cheer up her friend, but apparently, Sora, did not want to meet Kairi to do their homework.

"Look, she's probably better than Riku, alright? Now I have to wait all alone in my dormitory until stupid Riku finishes his detention. Why don't you just –"

"Okay, fine, I'm going. See you at dinner." With that, Sora slammed the wooden door shut, leaving a solemn Namine who didn't want to see Riku at all.

Author's Endnote: First story ever written. Plz review, no flames.