AL: Woo! I'm getting back into KH fandom! OwO I'm soo happy. -cry-

Riku: O.o Okay. While you're crying... -looks over to Sora- Sora...?

Sora: Huh...? Oh! Anime-Luver101 doesn't own Kingdom Hearts 2! If she did, we'd ALL be screwed!

Riku sighed boredly, tapping his pencil on the end of the desk. People were saying a new student was coming tomorrow. The boy blinked as his pencil snapped, his eyebrows furrowing in annoyance.

"Riku, tell us what a 20-sided Polygon is." Mrs. Ichigo looked at him sharply as he sat up straight.

"Uh...that is, um..an Icosagon!" He stated quickly. The teacher stared sharply at him, before walking to the other side of the board.

"Correct, Ouka." She said this with such a coldness, Riku had to surpress a shudder. His Math teacher always scared him. It was like she was Sexist or something! He grumbled as the bell rang, putting his books in his backpack.

"Homework is Pages 13-17 in the Textbook. I will accept no excuses unless you become ill. Even then, not a chance. Now, out with you hooligans!" The teacher slammed a ruler onto her desk as the Freshman students filed out. Why was a 16 year old put into a Freshman class?

He had failed because of something gone without mention...Maybe that was the reason Mrs. Ichigo was always disappointed by him... He shook his head, continueing on to his locker. And, surprise surprise...

"Kairi?" Riku looked confusedly at his girlfriend. Why would Kairi be hanging out at his locker...? It was confusing him to no end, so he decided to ask. "Why...Why are you at my locker?"

"Why." Kairi glared up at him. "Why, Riku? You forget to call 3 days in a row, and when I suggested a date to talk, you decline!" She said. "I'm sorry, Riku...but...I think this relationship will have to continue with us being just friends..." Kairi said quietly. She really wasn't trying to be a bitch, but Riku..he was just so complicated! And she didn't feel comfortable with a relationship...She really didn't think she was ready.

Anyways! Back to Riku!

"...So in other words..you're dumping me." Riku said cluelessly. Kairi bit down on her bottom lip.

"Yeah, Riku. I'm so sorry!" She then disappeared down the hall, running as fast as she could. Riku watched her, then sighed. 'Man...what a suck-ass day this is turning out to be...' Riku then shrugged, turning to his locker. He spinned the dial on his lock, before a click was heard and the door swung open. Riku reached in, grabbing the extra books and slamming the door closed.

"Oh well! It's depression for her then!" He said cheerily as he walked down the hall to the school exit. He skidded to a stop on the sidewalk, looking around. Whistling, he then shoved his hands into his Jean pockets, continueing on home.

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"...Huh?" Riku hadn't expected anything new. Except, his mom was in a terrible mood for getting off of work early, and Riku's Dad...he was out of town. Like usual. But that wasn't what Riku thought as new. It was something so different, so new! He hadn't expected it at all!

Neighbors had moved into the creepy old house next door.

"I swear I don't remember that moving truck there this morning..." Riku grumbled, looking at it with a stupified expression. "Wonder if they got kids." Mrs. Ouka, also known as Yuna, stood beside him, thin silver eyebrows as high as they could reach.

"Yeah. I wonder who you've been sleeping with, too." Yuna said boredly, crossing her arms. Riku's face went red.

"What! How could you possibly believe I've been sleeping with anyone!" He fumed, his eyes burning with embarressment. How could his mother say such a thing? A horrid, self-esteem lowering thing to say!

"Just a guess. But by the redness in your cheeks, I'd say yes. Better not do it again, right?" Yuna hugged her son, a little too tightly for comfort.

"Yes, mother." Riku said, a sarcastic edge to his voice. He went back to looking across the yard as the movers unpacked.

"Sora! Sora dear, get over here!" A scolding voice rang out, and Riku saw the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.

Beautiful to be in her late 30's anyway. She looked so young...She had flawlessly straight brown hair and gorgeous blue eyes, carried by youthful skin.

"Coming, mom!" A boy around Riku's age—a year younger, give or take—ran up, huffing. "What do ya need?" Riku's jaw dropped just as Yuna came by, closing it. It snapped open again, however, and Yuna looked in the direction Riku was helplessly staring.

"Wow. Cute kid." Yuna said, before turning on her heel. "Come in soon, Riku. You have tons of homework!"

"...Uh huh." Riku nearly squeaked. What the... He shook his head out of his stupor. Wow...

"Why don't you take your box and head up to your room, sweetie? Me and your Father need to unpack the rest of the stuff, alright?" The kid—was it Sora?—nodded, before walking over to the moving truck to get his things. Without knowing it, Riku's legs began to carry him over towards the house, stopping in front of the driveway.

"Yes, young man? Can I help you?" Riku blinked, shaking his head. ...What the hell was he supposed to say? 'Oh, hi, I'm your next-door-neighbor and I'm a just a psycho who can't keep my eyes off everything you possibly own. Oh, is your son in that category?'

"Um...I was wondering if you needed any help...?" Riku finally managed to come up with a reply. The woman seemed thoughtful. A smile then lit up her features, as if realizing something.

"I'm Siria! Yes, there is something you can help with. Would you mind keeping our son Sora out of trouble while we put things away? He's unusually very hyper today." She smiled guiltily. Riku nodded. What else could go wrong?

"Yeah! I wouldn't mind it. I mean, how much trouble could it cause?" Truly, Riku had no idea how to answer his own question. It was a sort of an...internal turmoil, he was guessing.

"Oh thank you! His room is upstairs on the right. It shouldn't be that hard to find." She said. Riku nodded, before walking up the steps, entering into the nearly empty house. He spotted the old-looking stairs, before making his way over and practically zooming up. There were two doors on the right. He checked the first one, coming to terms that it was a fair-sized bathroom. He walked down the hall, opening the second door. Relief flooded through him as he saw the familiar boy putting a few collectable items on a vacant shelf in the corner.

"You're..Sora, I presume? Your mother told me to occupy you while they were putting stuff away..." Riku became quiet as Sora seemed to stare at him with bleak interest. Finally, he smiled. "I'm Sora..You look familiar. Weren't you the guy staring at me with your jaw practically touching the ground?" Sora asked. Riku's eyebrows raised.

"You...you saw me?" That was impossible! The guy had his head turned the whole damned time! It would have been way too impossible for Riku not to have notice. Then again, he had been in his own little world at the time...

"Hello? Earth to guy? Yeah. I knew you were looking at me. It was quite hard not to notice that kicked puppy look you were giving me." He said, shrugging. Riku simply faltered, frowning.

"Oh.." He said sadly. Sora seemed to sense his disappointment, shrugging. "Hey, don't be disappointed; everyone gets that reply. You don't have to be so down-hearted about it." Sora replied, grinning.

"What the—I'm not downhearted! What gives you that idea?" Riku asked. Actually, he had been. But how could this kid possibly know that? Sora shrugged.

"Deny my power, then. I don't care." He put what looked like a stuffed Panda onto the shelf next, causing Riku to raise an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I know it's a bit childish. But it's only for looks, now." Riku jumped up at that.

"Alright. How can you do that?" He asked. When Sora gave him a pretend clueless expression, Riku continued. "You've been getting every thought that I have right! You know when I'm looking at you, even when you have your back turned. And you know that I thought your mom was pretty!" Riku almost busted from anger and confusement. Sora's expression became amused.

"I never said I knew that you thought my mom was pretty." He said in the most innocent tone possible.

"Oh my god..." Riku sank onto the floor. Sora came over, sitting down beside him.

"I'm sorry, man. I forgot to tell you that I have a special sense." Sora said, shrugging. Riku's gaze snapped up.

"...What?" He asked, his gaze hardening.

"Really. I...I've been able to sense emotions easier than others. I can tell when people are looking at me...I can read emotion and thought. I guess I was born with it... But... It takes a toll on the human mind." He said. "So I learn things at either a slower pace than others, or some things don't make sense as easy as others. So I can't comprehend what a normal 15 or 16 year old understand. But I do learn it, delayed or not. It makes me sound pretty stupid, huh?" Sora chuckled a little, but Riku on the other hand, was confused. Why did Sora trust him with his secrets? When he barely knew him? Hell, the kid didn't even know his name!

"Actually, it's pretty understandable...Oh yeah! I'm Riku." Riku said. "And you know the girls are going to be jumping on you, right? But I can give you a few hints; stay away from anyone named Kairi. She'll make you humiliated,I swear it. I was with her, and the first day she was cooking with my mom!" Riku said. Sora chuckled.

"Nice love-life ya got there, buddy." He said, his chuckles turning to laughter.

"Yeah, yeah...Funny to you... Well, I'm glad we had the chance to meet, Sora. But if I don't get home, then my mom will stick a stake through my chest and tie me down to a railroad under the brightest part of the earth doing the Indian dance." Riku said. Yuna had actually threatened that once. No joke.

"Okay..Well, bye Riku!" Sora said, standing up to wave his new-found friend off.

"Bye, Sora!" Riku then high-tailed it back home to do his homework. He was going to be in so much trouble...