Do not own them! I wish I did….Well anyway…
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Is there something you need to talk to me about?
Sora awoke from his sleep. To his dismay, no dream that night. He slowly opened his eyes and the sunlight coming through the windows beamed on. He closed them again and yawned. A few more hours…
"Holy crap…I have school today." Sora said out loud and sat up. He opened his eyes and looked around his messy room. "Damnit!"
Sora mumbled more under his breathe and stood up. He almost stumbled down, but managed to keep himself up and he opened the drawer. He picked out a black shirt and blue jeans, and then walked over to the bathroom to brush his teeth. When he opened the door his mom was standing there, washing her hands.
"You woke up? I was just about to wake you." She said. "Ready for school?"
"Not really…" Sora moaned. "Get out I need to use the bathroom."
"Yes sir." She said. She patted her son's head and walked out of the bathroom and down the stairs. Sora walked in and closed the door. As he brushed his teeth, he thought about that ghost rumor again. He didn't seem to care though, he felt safer in the morning. It's amazing what sunlight can do for someone, but he still thought it was an odd rumor. A rumor is called a rumor for a reason, anyway…
Sora finished his business in the bathroom and walked out and into his room. Riku was sitting on his bed, all ready but with no book bag.
"You're here already?" Sora asked.
"I didn't think you would wake up." Riku smirked. "I didn't want to be late today."
Sora passed Riku and took his clothes, then pushed Riku out and closed the door. Riku rolled his eyes and joined his friend's mother in the kitchen. Riku grabbed a banana and peeled it, then sat on the counter.
"You seem all ready for today, Riku." Sora's mom said. Riku nodded.
"I could care less, really. Sora doesn't seem too enthused."
"He's enthused, just tired." She laughed. "Did you eat breakfast?" Riku threw the banana peel in the trash.
"Now I did." He said. Sora's mom put her hands on her hips.
"That's all you ate? You need more than that for breakfast; it's the most important meal of the day."
"I've survived without breakfast before, and I can do it again Claudia." Riku pushed himself off the counter and saw Sora with his book bag walking towards them.
"Where's your book bag, Riku?" Sora asked his eyes half-lidded.
"Ha, why would I drag it along with me? We aren't doing work today." Riku said. "You shouldn't bring it either."
"Well, I want to." Sora headed for the door. "Bye mom."
"Bye Sora, have fun." She smiled. Riku followed Sora outside and closed the door.
"Don't you look excited this morning, Sora!" Riku said pumping his fist in the air. Sora rolled his eyes and continued down the street, and Riku turned for the opposite direction. He did a double take and then saw Sora heading the other way. He raised an eyebrow. "Where are you going?"
"To go get Kairi, doofus." Sora said. Riku nodded.
"Right, right. I forgot about that." He said to his friend. They both walked down the sidewalk towards Kairi's house. Sora wanted to bring up that ghost subject again, he wondered why Riku wasn't saying anything.
"Say, Riku…" Sora continued. "Are you nervous at all?"
"You mean, the rumors?"
'Mhm." Sora nodded. Riku shook his head.
"Of course not." Riku said, looking straight ahead. He said it very casually as to say the subject was over. Sora shrugged. He didn't want to think about it, anyway.
When they got close, they spotted Kairi exiting her house. She wore a white button down blouse and a mini-skirt. Her mom was saying goodbye to her from the upstairs window as she combed her hair and put her makeup on at the same time. Kairi's mother was obsessed with vanity.
"Well it look's like you're here already!" Kairi remarked. "I was expecting you to be late cause of Sora."
"What is that suppose to mean, you both said that today!" Sora shouted. Riku laughed and checked Kairi out. He whisteled right after examining the girl.
"Lookin' good, redhead." Riku said. Kairi rolled her eyes and walked past the two boys.
"Let's go, pervert." She said. Sora laughed and walked next to her and Riku frowned.
"You know, I can compliment someone without being called pervert, cant I?" Riku exclaimed.
"That's not the only thing you do Riku, and you know it." Kairi said. "Anyhow, where's your bookbag?"
"I didn't bring one." Riku said. "It's not like we're doing anything today."
"You're just lazy, Riku." Sora said to his friend.
"Pervert, lazy. Gee, I have great friends." They all shared a laugh an continued on their way to school. Kairi took out her schedule and examined it carefully.
"I have drama first period." She said. "In the auditorium."
"You're taking drama? I have photography as my elective." Sora said. Riku tilted his head.
"Uh, since when are you interested in photography?" he asked.
"I'm not, they gave it to me…" Sora pouted.
"Well I have drawing as my elective." Riku said and held out his paper. "And I have that last period, so if I'm bored of it I can just cut."
"Wow Riku, I love the way you think." Kairi said sarcastically. She then made a tiny bunny hop and shouted. "Yes! I have French as my foreign language!"
"I have Japanese." Riku said.
"I have Greek. Isn't that a bit too hard?"
"Greek…? Did you not choose that too?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah, they gave it to me. Geez, I hope it isnt too hard." Sora made an unhappy face. Riku shrugged.
"Cant be harder than Japanese." Riku assured his friend.
When they got to the school, a whole bunch of kids were waiting outside and having conversations. Friends that went to separate juniors highs all met up again, and kids who havent seen eachother over the summer reunited. Most of them looked unfamiliar to Sora, Riku and Kairi but they saw many kids they did know, too. Kairi pointed to Selphie who was waving at them from the top of the steps, and then she ran down to greet them and gave Kairi a hug.
"Well school started again!" Selphie said, giggling.
"What are you so happy about?" Riku said unpleasantly. Selphie didn't answer Riku's question but she examined Sora for a bit.
"Look whose gotten cuter…" she said. Sora widened his eyes.
"Uh, what?"
"You're an idiot Selphie." Kairi laughed. Selphie didn't laugh, but she turned to Kairi.
"Well your going to have some competition this year." She said to her friend. Kairi laughed out loud this time.
"Competition? For Sora? I don't like him, Selphie. Now I know you do."
"I wasn't talking about me. Look whose checking him out."
Kairi wasn't sure where to look at first, but then she saw the brunette at the bottom of the steps, starring at Sora while she was talking to her friends.
"Wow, you're right."
"Who?" Sora asked excitedly and quickly turned around. Selphie smacked the back of his head and made him face their way again.
"What are you an idiot?" she asked. Riku laughed.
"She was making it pretty obvious." He said. Sora stomped his foot.
"Who?" he shouted.
"Rinoa! She was starring right at you moron." Kairi said. She had to admit to herself though, she did get pretty jealous.
"Rinoa? Really?" Sora asked. "She's…hot."
Selphie and Riku shared a laugh and Kairi smirked a bit, but it was a fake smirk. The quiet popular girl might have a crush on the boy she liked! She knew Sora would take a chance with her. Rinoa was beautiful. Or hot, as Sora put it.
"Yeah hot sounds good." Riku said, and stretched his arms out like a cat. Just then, the bells rang and a swarm of kids started to enter the huge doors of the school. The four of them pushed through the crowd and entered themselves, but had to part ways in order to go where they needed to. Sora was heading for the second floor, he had english first period in room 218. He knew Riku had history on the second as well, and Kairi had drama on the first. He wasn't quite sure what Selphie had. When Sora found room 218, it wasn't a classroom at all. It was a library, and he wasn't sure now if his schedule had an error or not. He entered the library and to his surprise it was very big for a school library, with people reading in silence about. It wasn't too full though, it was just right. An old woman looked at him and saw that Sora was confused.
"What's wrong, young'un?" she asked.
"Um, my schedule says I have english in the library, but…"
"Don't worry." She cut him off. "You're one of Zexion's, he likes holding his english class in the library. In the back of all those shelves over there are a few tables and chairs in a corner by a window. He should be there."
"Thanks miss." Sora said politely and rushed to the direction the old woman pointed him to. To his surprise, a tall man with silver hair that covered his right eye was standing with a few students. He didn't recognize most of them, but Tidus was there.
"Hey Tidus." Sora greeted his friend. Tidus shot up out of his seat.
"Sora, dude, I'm so glad you're here." He said and slapped Sora on the back. He almost fell over and then took a seat, Tidus next to him. Zexion then tapped a shelf loudly to get their attention. Sora sat wide eyed.
"Well since there's enough students here now, I'll introduce myself. I'm Mr. Zexion, but just call me Zexion. I'm sure all of you wondered why my class is in the library. No, the school hasn't run out of rooms and they threw me in here. I happen to like teaching in the atmosphere of a library. Every year my students find that they actually like it better, so if you all misbehave we'll just have to go find a boring classroom. Fair?"
Everyone nodded. Sora didn't mind it all too much at all.
In Riku's class, he had a history teacher named Mr. Leonhart. Riku sat in the back and was trying to keep himself from falling asleep. He was never the type to be interested in school. Always an average student, Riku had his moments where he was a bit more or a bit less, depending on how enthused and the subject. He tended to be more awake during history, but not when it's his first class.
"Student in the back, I hope your having fun." Mr. Leonhart said. Riku didn't notice he was being spoken to. "I guess dreamland has taken him away."
"Huh? What?' Riku said, pushing himself up on his elbows.
"Take out your notebook, I want you to copy some class rules."
"Uh, I don't have it with me." Riku said.
"Why not?" Mr. Leonhart asked, harshly.
"Well because it's the first day man."
Mr. Leonhart punched the desk as hard as he could, which resulted in a loud noise that made Riku jump in his seat. "Did I scare you?" Riku didn't answer. "You're in 10th grade, you still don't come to school prepared? You disgust me."
"Well…" Riku was thinking of an excuse but he knew Mr.Leonhart wouldn't buy it. Oh yeah, he's going to love this class.
Meanwhile in the auditorium, Kairi had stayed seaten in the front row. She was waiting along with some other students for the teacher, but no one had shown up yet. Jeez, what's taking her so long? Kairi wondered. She looked back and saw Rinoa heading down the ramp towards the stage. She was in this class too? Rinoa then took a seat next to her.
"Hey." She said to Kairi.
"Hi, Rinoa." Kairi said trying not to sound mean. Why should she be mean anyway, she doesn't have a good reason too.
"So was that your friend?" Rinoa asked, smiling. Kairi looked confused.
"Who? Which one?"
"The hot guy with the brown hair." Rinoa said. "Who else would I be talking about?" This struck Kairi like a dagger to the heart, just like Juliet's death. (Comparison for the sake of drama class)
"Oh, you mean Sora…" she said.
"Yeah, Sora." Rinoa said. "What did he do over the summer?"
"Um, eat, sleep, play?" Kairi said, unsure of everything he actually did do during their vacation.
"No, to look like that."
"He grew?" Kairi said. Now Rinoa was getting on her nerves. Rinoa laughed right in her face.
"You have the funniest answers, Kairi. We should become good friends during drama." Rinoa said and squeezed Kairi's hand. For some reason, that didn't feel quite right at all. It didn't seem friendly.
Just then, a gorgeous woman walked onto the stage with a long pink dress. She tried to get everyones attention. "Excuse me…" she shouted. Kairi and Rinoa looked up at her, and Kairi thought God had sent someone to save her from that awkward moment.
"Thank you. I'm Ms. Gainsborough, and I would like to welcome you all to drama & theater class!" she announced. "I'm sure we'll all have a great time, assuming you all picked this class willingly. If you want to leave, then talk with your guidance counselor about switching your elective."
Next the teacher wanted all the students to introduce themselves. She had said she wanted to start from the first person on the left, which was Rinoa.
"My name is Rinoa Hearilly. I'm fifteen years old, turning sixteen in a couple of months. I picked this class because I know I could be a star, as in the best actress, of the school. I'm planning to get all the main roles and I really love showing what I can do. If no one gets in my way, of course."
"Well, that was interesting." Ms. Gainsborough said and clapped. "Very interesting. Now you next."
Kairi noticed that Ms. Gainsborough meant her, and she stood up.
"My name is Kairi Portland, and I'm also fifteen years old. I just want to act because it's my passion,and I hope I go far with it. I love acting and pretending you're in this other world, and this different character. It's just…fun." Kairi sat back down and Ms. G had studied her carefully.
"You remind me of someone." She said, startled. "You both do. You remind me of….well, it doesn't matter. Next, hm?"
Kairi wondered what the teacher had meant, and if it was a good or bad thing. She shrugged it off and turned to look at who was next to speak, all the while sensing Rinoa glaring at her from behind, eyes burning into her neck.
Back in the library, Zexion continued to talk about himself and the class that he's going to be teaching. Everyone already introduced themselves briefly. Sora watched him carefully and was taking a liking to the teacher more and more.
"Well, go on now. Look around the library and get used to the place, know where the sections are and maybe rent a few books if you want to." Zexion paused. "Or manga, kids seem to obsessed with those damn books."
"Hey Zexion, theres a copy of Peach Girl sticking out of your backpack." Tidus pointed out.
Zexion stiffened for a bit and turned around, then quickly pushed it inside and closed the backpack.
"Im…carrying that for a friend. Hehe." Zexion scratched the back of his head. Tidus nodded as it if to say "sure". Sora laughed at this.
"So you mean, search the books and stuff?" Sora asked. Zexion nodded.
"Yeah, Sora right? What kind of books do you read?"
"Well I don't read that much…but fiction is more like what I would read."
Zexion rolled his eyes. "Ok, but what genre."
Sora thought about it for a moment. Tidus than popped up behind Sora's shoulder and laughed out loud before saying…
"Erotic romance!"
Zexion laughed at this and Sora pushed Tidus off. "More like, adventure books. Or sci-fi."
"Sci-Fi, eh? Strife likes those kind of books…" Zexion trailed off. "Well anyway, go on and find yourself a good sci-fi book."
"Is that like aliens and spaceships?" asked Tidus. Sora nodded.
"Not limited to that, but yeah sci-fi books can be about aliens and spaceships."
"Ew, you star trek nerd. I'm going to the comic book section." Tidus ran down the aisle to look for the comics, while Sora and Zexion shared a sigh. Sora got up too, and walked down a different aisle. This led to a long, curving way of bookshelves with a small room in the back with more books, some at the bottom very dusty.
"Well now I know how many sci-fi fans there are in the school." Sora said and looked through them. Out of no where, he heard a shuffle of books from behind him. He quickly spun around and saw a very beautiful girl with milky white skin and long, blonde hair. She was looking through some books as well. "Uh, hi?"
The girl didn't look startled, but she turned around and had a smile on her face.
"Hey, you." She said. Sora gulped and starred at her for a bit.
"I didn't see you when I entered. Were you hiding?" Sora than thought how completely stupid he just sounded. Why would she be hiding? The girl gave out a low laugh and smiled.
"I was in that corner over there, behind the bookshelf. By the window, you see?" She said. Sora looked out the window at a large weeping willow, and nodded.
"So you read sci-fi?" he asked. The girl nodded.
"Yeah, do you? And you're right, not many people do read it in this school." She laughed again, and this time Sora did with her. Sora walked towards her a bit, and noticed small dust clouds rising. He was leaving footprints because of all the filth.
"They really need to clean this place." He said looking at his feet. The girl nodded in agreement. "Anyway, do you have Zexion's class too?"
"Um, well no." She said. Sora tilted his head.
"Oh…" Sora sighed. The girl spoke up again.
"I used to but…I got switched out."
Suddenly , Zexion called for everyone to gather up again. Sora heard this and looked at the girl.
"Are you coming?"
"No, I'll stay back here I'm looking for something . You go ahead."
Sora nodded and left the room and headed down the long, curving path back to where Zexion was with the rest of the students. Zexion noticed Sora's shoes and calfs were a bit dusty.
"What the hell? Did you fall, where did you go?"
"They really need to clean up back there, in the back room."
Zexion nodded in agreement. God, where the hell are the janitors?
"I'm going to go take a look."
Sora showed him where to go, and then he noticed someone leaving the library. He could only catch a glimpse, but it looked like the girl from the room. If not, then she was still in there. Zexion walked down the same path that Sora did and found himself in the odd, filthy backroom.
"Holy crap, it sure does look dirty in here." Zexion said, noticing a pair of footprints leaving the room. It must have been Sora's shoes. He came back out, also emerging with dust on his shoes, and nodded. "I'll force someone to clean that crap."
Sora nodded and then the bell rang. The girl wasn't there, was she? And what was her name?
Sora's next class was Biology, which he had with Riku. He knew this because they examined eachother's schedules the day before. He walked into the classroom which was again on the second floor, and noticed Riku sitting down already. This time though, he was paying full attention. It seemed weird that Riku was, but then there was a logical explanation for this.
"Hello everyone, I'm Ms. Lockhart." The teacher said. "Welcome to my Biology class!"
"Riku, wipe the drool. It's annoying me." Sora remarked. Riku ignored his friend and continued to gawk at Ms. Lockhart's supple melons. Sora then smacked Riku on the back of his head. "Enough!"
"Sora look at them! They defy science!" Riku said to his friend, still looking. Sora sighed and took a look himself.
"Wow, they are pretty big." He said. "But uh, that's not the point. Don't you think she'll notice?"
"You!" Ms. Lockhart suddenly shouted. "Tell me your name, since you're so eager to talk." She was speaking to Sora.
"Oh well, I'm Sora."
Ms. Lockhart bent over to stare at Sora right in the eyes, her shirt hanging down exposing most of her chest. Sora fought the urge to look, but he had to give in. If I'm going to take a peek, do it casually Sora! Pretend your eyes are just taking a stroll…
"What are you looking at?" she asked in a high tone. Sora jumped and looked worried as Riku cracked up in his arms.
"N-Nothing! I was just…"
"If you're going to stare at me right in the eyes don't look at me so cowardly! Be a man!" Ms. L said, and pinched his cheek. "Such an adorable newcomer." The teacher then walked over to Riku. "Your name?"
Riku shot up and looked at Ms. L with half-lidded eyes, trying to look seductive.
"Riku…" he purred. Ms. L raised an eyebrow at him.
"You look like a cocaine addict when you do that." She said, then got up to walked to the next person. Riku turned to Sora and sighed.
"She's playing hard to get."
Back to Kairi, she stayed in the auditorium to help Ms. G with some theater equipment. She had French that period but Ms. G told her that her teacher, Ms. Quistis, wouldn't be coming in until tomorrow. Unfortunetly for Kairi, Rinoa had French with her too and she stayed in the auditorium as well.
"I need you to take this to the third dressing room back stage, just follow the hallway." Ms. Gainsborough said to Rinoa, and gave her a makeup kit. Rinoa nodded and went on her way.
"What else should I do, Ms?" Kairi asked. Ms. G handed her some film equipment.
"Take this backstage, but jut behind the curtains and leave it by the light switches."
Kairi followed orders and walked up the steps and onto the stage. She looked out towards the seats and felt that she was in the spotlight. It felt good, she thought. "What is the first play, and when are the auditions?"
"Something I wrote called Sakura Tale, I'll tell you all about it some other time. I'm planning to have auditions as early as next week. You seem to fit the part well though Kairi."
Kairi was very happy when she heard this, and pushed herself behind the curtains. She put down the equipment by the switches, and was about to leave when she heard a sound coming from the back. A disturbing sound. She heard something like gargling, then some whimpering and scratching. When she got closer she heard a rattling sound. Kairi ran down to the end of the hall and saw the door marked 'Dressing room 3". She tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.
"Rinoa! What's going on!" she shouted. The banging got louder and she heard Rinoa whimper, and then it ended with a bang as if she was thrown to the floor. The door was still not opening. "Open this door! Now!"
After a few seconds, the door clicked open and it swung swiftly. Rinoa was standing looking perfectly fine, but there was something different about her. She pushed Kairi roughly on to the wall.
"Out of my way, girly."
Kairi was bewildered. What the hell happened in there? Why does Rinoa seem…different? Kairi rubbed it off when she thought of something. Rinoa probably heard Ms. G say that Kairi was good for the main role in her play, and she is close to Sora on top of that. Maybe that about the play just snapped Rinoa, and she was playing a prank on her just now. Yeah, that's it.
"Oh well." Kairi shrugged. She walked down the hall, and off the stage.
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I made some things pretty obvious, didn't I? Well some things you still wont figure out. So ha. I have a great plot planned out…At least I hope it's a great plot. Review, people, if you want more.
