Disclaimer: As much as I'd love to say I owned Kingdom Hearts, it would be but a lie.
Like always, this isn't really my favorite story. I think it has it's moments though. This chapter pretty much sets things for future chapters. I'd like to thank everyone for reading this story, and of course to those who reviewed. It seems to be more popular than I thought it would be.
Roxas Gets Suspicious
During study hall Roxas gave up his usual seat in the front, to set with Riku and Sora. "Hey you guys. Do you think that Axel has been acting odd lately?" Riku slid down in his desk a little more. "When doesn't he act odd?" "I mean odder than usual." "I don't know. I don't go around analyzing Axel every chance I get." Roxas looked over at Sora, who just shrugged his shoulders. "Riku would know more than me. He is the one that talks to him all the time." "Oh..." Sora decided that since he didn't know anything, he would just go back to his homework.
He couldn't believe that it was already Friday. He was looking forward to the hiking trip he had planned for the weekend. Riku still hadn't mentioned anything about finding something better to do. Although, he wouldn't mind knowing what Axel and Riku talked about all the time. Sora could hear Roxas talking to Riku as he was finishing up his essay. "You're sure that you don't know anything? Sora's right you know. Axel does talk to you a lot." Riku waved his arm through the air. "Maybe you should go talk to him, if you are so worried." Roxas went back to his homework, appearing to be deep in thought.
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Roxas grabbed Sora's arm after class. "I'll just be a minute, you can go on to class if you want to." Riku looked at Sora as if he didn't think that would work out, but continued walking anyway. "I think they are working together on something." Sora shuffled his books so he would be ready for class. "Who is?" Roxas rolled his eyes as they began walking down the hallway. "Axel and Riku." Sora stopped in mid-step. "What do you think they are up to?"
Sora entered his next class without getting a reply from Roxas. Now curiosity got the better of him. He was going to ask Riku what was going on tonight. Sora had to endure the rest of his classes without talking to Riku. That didn't stop him from trying to figure out what was going on though. Riku was already the master of mystery, and now he is hanging out with this Axel guy. If only he could hear what they talk about when he is not around.
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After classes the two boys went to drop their books off in their room. "Roxas thinks that you and Axel are up to something." Riku decided that he would rather set on top of Sora's desk instead of a chair. "Oh really?" "You're not planning anything are you?" Riku definitely looked smug about something. "You're the one that wanted the last year of school to be memorable." Sora frowned. "So you are planning something." "Only time will tell."
Riku picked his book bag up and started going through it. "I almost forgot. I got something for you." Riku threw something at Sora. Upon further inspection, Sora discovered that it was a pink pet eraser. "It might work better for art class than the erasers on your pencils." "I don't use erasers that much." Riku picked up one of Sora's pencils. "Either that or you chew them off." The pencil showed no evidence that an eraser once resided in the metal attached to the end.
"Let's go ahead and work on our art project. We might be able to finish before dinner." "But I'm not good at art..." "It's a group project, I wont let you mess it up." "You sure you want me as your partner?" Riku preceded to get some paper out and placed a pencil in Sora's hand. Sora looked at Riku with his, you'll be sorry expression. "It's just a poster."
That's what Sora was worried about. It was a poster, and would be hung up on one of the schools many bulletin boards. "Come on Sora, I'll draw the letters and you can help color it. How does that sound?" Sora nodded his head reluctantly. Riku took out the paper that had the assignment on it. "It's due on Monday...Okay I think we just have to say that the dance is on Saturday, at 8:30pm."
Sora watched as Riku continued to draw the bubbly letters on the sign. "What do you and Axel talk about all the time?" "Nothing really. You can go ahead and start coloring. Use the red pencil over there." Sora began coloring the inside of the letters that were already drawn. "You're just trying to distract me." "No, I'm just refusing to fill you in." Riku grinned, knowing how much it killed Sora not to know what was going on.
"Yea, well either I'm going to figure it out or Roxas will." Riku continued to draw the rest of the letters. "I bet Roxas will figure it out first then." "Why is that? I could figure it out, you know." Riku picked up another red pencil to help Sora color in the rest of the letters. "Hey, I'm going to go to the bathroom." Sora left the room, forcing Riku to color on his own.
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He walked down the hallway past the bathroom. He wanted to talk to Roxas. He knocked on the door to the room he was looking for. Axel walked out, looking happy about something. "Come in." Roxas closed the door after Sora entered the small room. "Have you figured out what's been going on?" Roxas shook his head. "I couldn't get Axel to tell me anything. He just kept laughing, saying I would find out soon enough."
Sora frowned. "Yea, that's pretty much what I got out of Riku. Hey listen, me and Riku are going out to the hiking trail tomorrow. You should see if you can get Axel to come with you." Roxas smiled. "Yea, they wont be able to get out of it then. I'll see if I can catch up with him." With that Sora frowned. "I told Riku I was going to the bathroom...I hope he doesn't notice how long I've been gone. I gotta get back to my room. Can I count on seeing you tomorrow at breakfast?" Roxas nodded, "I'll be there."
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When Sora got back to his room, Riku had already finished the poster. "Took you long enough." Sora decided to tell a half-truth. "Well someone wanted to talk to me." Riku eyed him carefully, but didn't question his friend. "Well we should go down to dinner."
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Next chapter, they all go hiking. Sounds boring I know, but I promise it has its fun parts.