What a crap time for my muses to kick in- hols finished the other day! But at least all my muses work now- yesh, Racc48, I've hired another SoKairi muse! She's doing quite well, actually. Gets on well with the other muses, doesn't complain- enough of that. Basically, I wanted get a chappie for all my fanfics up before school started again… but I failed… but I'm trying to do it now… mebbe start my dark YuRiku, or the Cloudy one I've been thinking of. Yay me!

Y'know… this chappie's so long that I might just cut it in two. Posting this one now, finish typing the other half tomorrow night coz I STILL haven't finished it… I toldja it was massive… I need a good editor '

And just to tell you, the Cloud thing in this was totally spur of the moment. I LIKE it! Kairi's so lucky in my opinion… >sighs>

Oh yeah. One other thing. You may have noticed the different ages… Squall, Aer, Cloud, Seifer are all the same ages… Kairi, Sora, Riku, Yuffie, Namine, Selphie are the same ages… Wakka's in Yr 11 so he's SLIGHTLY different…

Anyways, here's Chapter 2 of "Destiny Central"! Enjoy!

Chapter 2-

Look At All The Six-Packs…

Riiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg! The alarm clock blared incessantly, until Yuffie's balled fist hit it smack in the face. Keeping her eyes closed, she imagined with pleasure the clock hopping around clutching a bleeding nose with one hand. He he he… take that, Cogsworth… (1)

The alarm clock blared incessantly, until Yuffie's balled fist hit it smack in the face. Keeping her eyes closed, she imagined with pleasure the clock hopping around clutching a bleeding nose with one hand. (1)

"Yuffie?" a soft voice whispered across the room. "Yuffie, we'll be late for school if we don't get up now," the voice continued.

The sleepy ninja blinked sleep-filled eyes and gazed blearily across the bedroom at the red-haired girl sitting on the bunk adjacent her, knees nestled under her chin and her back against the smoky blue wall. Wearing purple pajamas, of course, silk pants and a lighter shaded tank top. She was very pretty, Yuffie decided (2) drowsily. The purple went well with her dark red hair and pale skin. Yuffie yawned. "Wha's the time?" she inquired of the younger girl. Gawd, Yuffie, no wonder Godo thought you didn't make a good ninja. You can't even wake up properly, and you're supposed to be alert all the time! She thought as she watched Kairi scramble over the top bunk and peer over the edge.

"The clock said 8:15 when you hit it," the girl reported.

Yuffie moaned. "Time to get up , then. D'you have a shower in the morning?"

The purple-eyed fifteen-year-old nodded. "Ten minutes each morning and night. I just hate not washing, for some reason."

"You 'n me 'n Aerith need to make a roster, I s'pose." She stretched and smiled, feeling her muscles tense then relax comfortably. Flexing her biceps, she gripped the side of her own bunk and swung herself over the side in an easy somersault. Scratching her dark hair, she wandered over to the two built-in wardrobes side by side, and slid the door to hers open to pull out a uniform. Same old navy blue and white, (3) she grumbled silently. Why can't we wear mufti all the time like the primary kids get to? At least us girls don't have to wear skirts if we don't want to. "I'll have a shower first, Kairi," she informed her room-mate. "You remember where the kitchen is? Good. I'll be done by the time you're finished breakfast. Aerith always has her shower early- not one for sleeping in. She should be in the kitchen, ask her if you need anything." So saying, the ninja stumbled off down the hall. Peering around the doorframe, Kairi saw her halt just past Aerith's bedroom, and fumble for the door handle. She nearly fell off the bunk when Yuffie swore.

"Dammit Cloud! What the hell are you doing? Come to give Aer a wake-up call, didja? Coz sure as hell you didn't spend the night, did you?"

Kairi leapt off her bed and raced down the hallway, nearly colliding with the senior house-mate Aerith, apparently halfway through breakfast if the slice of toast in her hand was anything to judge by. They reached the bathroom at the same time a blond senior exited the room, closing the door slightly behind him and turning to face the plainly mad Yuffie.

"Yuffie, don't shout." The brunette took charge instantly. "All right, Kairi, this is Cloud, my boyfriend. Cloud, Kairi." Aerith barely paused for the introductions. "Yuffie, Cloud came over at about 6:30. Riku managed to screw up the plumbing at their place last night- no, Yuffie, you do not want to know how he did that, trust me- so Cloud came over here to use the shower. He's offered to give the three of us a lift to school, too."

It didn't stop Yuffie from flaming up, though. "There'd better still be hot water in the pipes, Cloudy-boy," she warned him, poking him in the chest, "and I'd appreciate it if you actually put that shirt on, instead of just holding it. I'm sure Aer and Kairi don't mind the view, but ewww. I tell ya, there's nothing worse for a girl like me to see."

"Yuff, you've seen me naked," the slim muscled man retorted, pulling a creased black button-up shirt over his lightly tanned six-pack. "I've seen you naked too, for that matter," he added as an afterthought, running his fingers through his still dripping spiky blond strands.

Nobody mistook the red in Yuffie's cheeks for embarrassment as she pushed past her teasing room-mate's boyfriend and into the bathroom. "I was four, dumbass," she shot back as she slammed the white plaster board door on the three young people standing in the hall, "and you were six. I think a whole lotta things can change in twelve years, you dickhead!"

Cloud Strife shook his spiky head sadly at the two young women before him, raising his voice slightly for the angry girl in the next room. "Not as much as you might think, Yuffie," he replied mournfully, amusement plainly insinuated in his tone. " You're still an obnoxious little bit-"

"Cloud!" Aerith and Yuffie yelled at the same time, the ninja in outrage and the brunette in horror. Aerith whacked him on the shoulder, a physical reprimand for his language- she knew she couldn't control Yuffie's, but she did try with everyone else- as a loud boom came from the bathroom. Kairi grinned. She'd done it enough times herself to recognize the sound of a towel being whipped against a door. She offered up a silent prayer for the towel.

Aerith's boyfriend laughed and slung an arm around the shoulders of the two girls left to him, steering them up the hall to the kitchen. "Me 'n Yuffie are cousins," he explained to a slightly confuddled Kairi. "Our mums are sisters."

Kairi nodded slightly. That explained some things. "Aerith? What's for breakfast?"

Aerith beamed at her under the weight of Cloud's arm. "What would you like? I'll cook it myself!" She offered.

"I'll have whatever she's having," Cloud cut in. "Your cooking makes my day."

Aerith turned that massive sweet smile on the man, clearly pleased. "I'll see what I can do," she told them. "How about cinnamon toast?"

Cloud chuckled at Kairi's sudden smile. "Yep. Three lots of pancakes please Aer, one for ole Yuffie when she gets out of the shower. I froze the tap on her- give her something to cool down with." Everyone laughed. Kairi relaxed, feeling comfortable in her new home. Maybe I won't miss home and Mum and Dad so much, after all.

Yuffie bounded into the kitchen several minutes later, with a smirk for Cloud and a smile for everyone else. At Yuffie's expression, her hurriedly patted himself down, obviously wondering what she'd done. She gave him an even bigger smirk, and grabbed her plate of pancakes. She wolfed them down before Kairi had finished her fourth, and snatched one of Cloud's. He gave her a level look which she ignored. "You better go have a shower, Kairi," she told her between mouthfuls of maple syrup and ice-cream. "Otherwise you'll be late. It's already 8:40, and everyone has to be there at 9 or you get marked truant."

Kairi started, recovered quickly and dashed out of the room. Yuffie smiled after her, gave the other two a mischievous grin and deftly stole one of Kairi's pancakes.

(1)- Y'know Coggy off "Beauty and the Beast"? Had to study it the other day in English… so yeah, that'sh ONE reason why that's in it

(2)- don't you just HATE when a girl says another girl is pretty and the guys all look at you weird just coz you made an observation? I mean, why lie? It's a simple statement… or maybe it's only the homophobic asses around here who do that. Bah. JERKS.

(3)- Girl's uniform same as my HS one- navy pants (but these can wear a skirt if they wanna) and white shirt… guys get grey slacks and black button-up shirt (can't you just see all those bishies in that? Hot guys wearing black… runs off for little squeefest

Allrighty, tha'sh another chappie… since I cut it in half to lessen the seriously ridiculous length, I'll post Part 2 tomorrow. I have like NO time for writing now… Yr 10 sucks for free time… trials in a couple of weeks, Variety Night in a little bit (36 ½ days, Georgia tells me- she's totally freaked out about it), VN is our school concert, musical performances, I'm playing clarinet 3 times and I'm SO proud of meself for getting out of My Immortal- I love the song, but one of my besties Char can play it SO much better, and she was wanting to do it all last year…

Well, I think I'll go do another chappie for… actually, I think I'll try to do "Rebuilding Lives" or W2D2H… and I promised Astaldotholwen I'd do… something… I'm not gonna mention what, it might ruin my standing on the ff site coz I'm so embarrassed about it… if we hadn't been in separate parts of the world, I might be lying strangled on the ground now… heh, no more fanfic from me… aren't you guys lucky she's not here? Unless you're a flamer…

Anyways. I'll go just finish Part 2 and do the fight scene hopefully for Rebuilding Lives… go check out my other fics, pwease… I am a shameless self-promoter… I love FOB! I've been listening to them non-stop- except for last night, coz Sammy gave me a copy of The Used and My Chemical Romance…

Anyone have any suggestions for other ppl to be at their school? I was thinking Yuna and Rikku… you don't think that's too much of a crossover, d you? But tell me who else, okies? Coz my muses can't think up anyone else just yet…

And to my reviewers-

Raccoon48- Oh, wow. Is it just me or have you reviewed to all my stories? >giggles> I love ya, mate! Can't wait for your next chappie... and I LOVED YOUR VID! Perfect! But have you noticed how Kairi's eyes are always a different colour? They're green in some bits, blue in others, and they're always SUPPOSED to be purple... but they're not in the game. Grrrr. Should be a bit of SoKai fluff soonish... thanks for da review(s)... you rock!

Casey- what's with you and the words? Coolness... awesomeness... all righty then, I'll use awesomeness in it somewhere, for you! Okies? Thankies for the review!

crazycutie2- >giggles> whose 1? Well, thanks for the reviewishness! Hope you find the rest as interesting...

yuffiegal23- OMG, if above is crazycutie2, and you're yuffiegal23... wow. That's an awful lot of yuffiegals out there... hopefully this chappie satisfies you! Thanks!

Cheers!

AngelKairi ;-)