Childhood Friends
Chapter 2 : Partners
Author's Notes: Whoa... Nine reviews? I never knew I could ever achieve that... XD Mwee! Thanks for all the reviews, Aemi-chi, Blowing Kisses, lil-angel-fairy, kilala63, carbuncle021 and Casey. Thanks so much! XD And another thanks to your fan fictions. They inspired me to write more... XD Sorry for not updating for so long too... XD Ohh... I just found out what Riku meant in Japanese. Riku means 'land'. o.o And I was like, if Sora's sky then what's Kairi! Air? Water? Or something? o.o Ahehe... XD Too bad... 'kairi' isn't in our Japanese dictionary. XD Oh well... XD Anyways, back to this fan fiction... Well... I have nothing to say bout it anymore... XD Just.. Happy reading! XD
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Disclaimer: I do not own the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy characters that are to be found in this fan fiction.
Being an hour and a half early, there weren't much students when they arrived. An hour passed and Sora was still there. Standing right there where Kairi had left him. Where Kairi had called him, for after five whole years, Baka.
"Gosh... I didn't know Kairi left early for school. Now she's arrived earlier than me... Again!" Riku said as he got out of his limousine. "Thanks for dropping me off Wego!" Riku said as he grabbed a ham and cheese sandwich and stuffed it in his mouth. (was thinking Iago... -laughs-)
He got his sky blue backpack and slid it on top of his right shoulder. As his hand was then free, he got the sandwich in his mouth and closed the door with the other free hand. He then waved goodbye and walked toward the gate. There, he saw Sora standing there, staring at nothing.
"Ei Sora!" Riku greeted him as he quickly finished his sandwich.
Sora just stood there, completely staring at nothing.
"Uh... Sora?" Riku asked as he got the bread crumbs off his hands.
Sora still stood there, still completely staring at nothing.
"Sora!" Riku asked as he waved his hand in front of Sora's face.
"Her face..." Sora mumbled.
"Wha? Sora!" Riku said as he slightly punched Sora's head.
"Kairi don't hit me!" Sora said, backing away from Riku.
"Are you still dreaming?" Riku asked as he raised his right eyebrow.
Sora shook his head. "Oh! Riku! Good morning!" He grinned, girls passing by shrieked. He then looked around. "Where'd Kairi go?"
"What do you mean where'd she go?" Riku asked, still raising his right eyebrow.
"But... She was just here, wasn't she?" Sora asked, still looking around.
"I've arrived here about ten minutes ago, tried to wake you up a few minutes ago. No Kairi was here or anywhere around you, Sora." Riku said, shrugging his shoulders and shaking his head.
"Ohh..." Sora said, letting his head hang loose from his neck, looking down at the ground. "But..." He started as he looked up at Riku. "Was that really her?"
"You mean sweet violet from yesterday?" Riku laughed as he remembered how Sora made a nickname for Kairi based from her eyes and her outfit.
Sora grinned. "Yeah."
"Yup! That's her alright." Riku cast a sheepish grin across his face. "Why? You like her even more now?"
"Yeah..." Sora said, smiling. "Wait!" He said, as Riku was about to laugh. "I never liked her before!"
"Oh really now?" Riku raised an eyebrow. "Are you telling me you only like her now since she's... hm... how can I put it to words... shmexy?"
"Um... No..." Sora looked down at the ground.
Riku laughed at how he described Kairi. "Then what?"
"Well... Hm..." Sora thought hard. "Uh..." Really hard. "Gah..." But nothing could help him.
Riku sighed. "Come on... I'm gonna change classes."
"Why?" Sora asked.
"So I could be classmates with you and Kairi." Riku grinned.
"Why?"
"'Cause it'd be fun."
"Why?"
"Stop it with the questions, Sora." Riku said as he pushed Sora into a room and a lady greeted them.
Kairi sighed, irritated, as she closed the door of her locker. She then walked up to her seat near the window and sulked. (a/n: lockers are in the classrooms)
'Why'd he have to come back?' Kairi thought, sinking in her chair. 'But I wanted him to come back, right? But... why? All he did was ruin my life!' She sighed. 'Right?'
"Here you go." The lady said as she gave Riku a clipboard of papers.
"Thanks." He grinned as he got the clipboard and started filling in information.
"Riku... What am I gonna do? Kairi's mad at me... And... Well... I dunno what to do!" Sora panicked.
"Come on, Sora. That isn't like you at all..." Riku said, continuing on filling in the information.
"Hm... Maybe I should give her a name... Like Amoeba or something..." Sora said, rubbing his chin as he thought.
Riku finished filling up the form and gave the clipboard to the lady on the desk. "You can give her a name." Riku said as he walked back to the chair next to Sora. "But why Amoeba?" Sora laughed. "And dont you think teasing someone you like is like... first grade?"
"Ahhe..." Sora grinned as he scratched his head. "More like fourth grade."
"Nope! First grade. You started teasing Kairi when you were in the first grade." Riku smirked.
"Oh... Right..." Sora blushed. "But that doesn't mean that I liked her then!"
"Quit denying it, Sora." Riku grinned as he rubbed Sora's hair.
"Aw... You're messing up my hair!" Sora said as he tried to fix his hair up again.
"Mr Wilson." The lady called out. Riku stood up and walked up to the desk again.
"You will now belong to Second Year Class Four." The lady said. "Now the payment."
Riku got out a huge bag of munny from his backpack and gave it to the lady on the desk.
"Thank you. Now you may proceed to your old classroom to get your stuff. Then you may move to your new classroom." The lady said, returning to her papers.
"Thank you then!" Riku grinned as he pulled Sora out of the room.
Riku got his stuff from his old locker and got out of his classroom, waving goodbye to the students who were inside the classroom already.
"Aww... Goodbye Riku!" "We'll miss you!" "Don't forget us okay?" "Call us!" The girls shrieked out as Riku simply waved and smiled.
Sora grinned as he got off the wall he was leaning on. "You're quite popular."
"Most popular guy in school, can't ya tell?" Riku smirked.
"Course you are." Sora grinned even more. "So, Kairi must be the most popular girl in school."
"Yup!" Riku nodded his head.
"Oh..." Sora blinked. "Do guys drool over her?"
"Since last year kind of. If you've noticed that they haven't drooled around her much yesterday... well... I have no idea why." Riku said, putting his bag over his right shoulder. "Maybe it's cause they were in an off day. Like, they have a new guy to compete with."
"Another guy?" Sora asked. "Me?"
"Yup!" Riku said as he nudged Sora's head again.
"Whaa... Riku! Stop it!" Sora laughed.
"'Kay then..." Riku released Sora's head.
After walking from one building to another, Sora started to speak. "So tell me... Has Kairi changed?" He asked, his arms crossed behind his head.
"In her personality? Hm... Let's see... Not one tiny bit. I guess..." Riku grinned. "Just that... It seems like she's always bored."
"Bored?" Sora smirked. "All she needs is someone to chase and she'll be back to normal."
"Right." Riku grinned. "So here it is then." Riku stopped in front of the door. He slowly opened the door.
"G'morning everyone!" Riku grinned.
Kairi looked at where the greeting came from, girls shrieking. "Ei Riku!" She smiled. "What're you doing here?" She asked as Riku went to the empty locker next to Sora's locker.
"I'm moving to this class." He said, opening the locker.
"You're what!" Kairi asked, shocked. 'Why would he do that?' She asked herself, deep inside her, she thought of weird ideas of what Riku could be plotting. 'He has some kind of master mind plan... I know it.'
Riku stuffed his new locker with his stuff. Some of his books, his lifebook(1), his iPod(40GB) and some of his other stuff.
"So Riku..." Sora started, leaning on the window, two lockers away from Riku's. "is that the only reason why you transferred to this class?" He said, loud enough for Riku to hear. Yet soft enough for Kairi not to listen.
"Yup." Riku replied, closing his locker. He then looked at Kairi and motioned towards the door. Kairi knew what he meant, he was just going to go outside 'til the teacher comes and does his introduction for him. She sighed as she looked back out the window.
"Are you sure?" Sora followed Riku's lead. Riku rolled his eyes and sighed.
"I'm sure, Sora." Riku said as he walked towards the door.
"Are you sure it's not because Selphie's in this class?" Sora asked, Riku almost tripping. Sora saw Riku's reaction and cast a sheepish grin across his face. "Selphie's the reason, huh?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Sora." Riku said as he opened the door.
"Hey guys!" A girl said as Riku was about to step outside.
"Oh! Hey Selph!" Sora grinned. "Long time no see!"
"Oh! Sora! You've come back!" Selphie smiled. "I heard you came back yesterday! Sorry, I wasn't there." Selphie turned to Riku. "Ei Riku! What're you doing here?"
"Just moving classes." Riku remained his composure.
"Oh... I see..." Selphie smiled. "I'll be heading to Kairi then!" She said as she walked on towards the classroom door and walked to Kairi.
Riku sighed as he went outside and leaned on the wall.
"So she is the reason, right?" Sora asked.
"You don't know what you're talking about Sora." Riku said, crossing his arms. "You don't even know everyone in your class."
"So you're saying there's a girl in class that you like..." Sora asked.
Riku looked at Sora as he saw the teacher turning to their direction at the corner of his eye. "Go back to your seat, Sora." He said, standing up straight and letting his hands swing to his side.
Sora looked at the teacher. "Kay then. Bye Riku."
The teacher looked at Riku as she walked by and headed for the teacher's door. Riku nodded his head, signaling he's ready to enter his new class. The teacher walked in and greeted her class.
"Today, we have a transfer student from another class." The teacher read what was on her clipboard. "Riku Wilson will stay with us for the rest of the year and next year."
The girls in the classroom looked back at Riku as he walked inside the classroom and gave out a grin. The girls shrieked. Kairi simply stared out the window, her seat being right next to it.
"Would you like to say anything to the class?" The teacher asked.
"I hope you'll accept me in this class." He bowed. The room was then filled with screams of Riku's fangirls.
"Ssh! Quiet now class!" The teacher calmed her class down. "Now, the new seating arrangement." She said, looking down at her clipboard. "Everyone please stand up. As I call your name, sit down at the latest seat that is empty. We'll start from the chair nearest to the teacher's door." She started calling out names and finally ended with the last two columns being empty. "Now, only eight seats left." The teacher said. "We're gonna leave the two front seats vacant. Selphie will sit on the back seat near the window. Riku beside her. Kairi will be in front of Selphie and Sora will be in front of Riku. You two students who are left will sit in front of Sora and Kairi."
"Guess we'll be seatmates again, Kairi." Sora grinned at her, making the fan girls in the class shriek.
Kairi returned his grin with a glare and a twitching eye but it wasn't much obvious, she still had a fake smile on her face. A facade she had kind of put up for the past three years. 'I'm glad he came back, but why does he have to sit beside me?' She sighed as she rolled her eyes and went over to her seat.
"Okay. Now that that's done, we'll head on to the next class." The teacher said. "Get your Math books out now." She smiled as she started to write equations on the board.
Kairi stared out the window. Sora kept looking at Kairi and would look away when she seemed to notice that he'd look at her. Riku took note of all the stuff on the board, knowing that Sora or Kairi would call him after school to copy his notes.
'Just like old times...' He sighed.
Time passed by fast and it was finally lunch time.
"Hey Kai!" Riku greeted Kairi as she ate.
Kairi looked at him. "Ei Riku..." She said in monotone.
"Hey... Are you mad at me?" Riku asked as he put his tray of food on the table and began to sit down.
"What do you think?" Kairi asked.
"Hm... You aren't?" Riku grinned, again, student girls passing by shrieking and giggling.
Kairi rolled her eyes as a sigh escaped her lips. "Come on, Riku. Just tell me. Why did you change classes?"
Riku waved to girls passing by, causing the girls to giggle and shriek. "Because I wanted to."
Kairi squinted her eyes. "You're starting to become a brat. Just like Sora!"
"Actually, I think Sora is a good man." Riku nodded his head.
"Ugh!" Escaped Kairi's lips as she rolled her eyes.
"Ei guys!" A voice said.
Riku turned around. "Oh! Hey Sora." He grinned.
"So... Uh... Can I sit here?" Sora asked.
"Sure." Riku said.
Just as Sora was about to sit down, Kairi stood up. "I'm done eating. I'll see you at class, Riku." And with that, she left.
Sora sighed. "She really is mad at me..." He sank into his seat.
Riku patted Sora's back. "That's cause she still hasn't forgotten how you called her Super Baboy."
"Right..." Sora sighed again as he landed his head on his arms crossed on the table. "What should I do, Riku? I don't want her to hate me forever..."
"I'll do something. If you admit that you really liked her since the beginning." Riku grinned.
"What?" Sora asked, his cheeks a bit pink, he looked away. "No way..."
"Okay then..." Riku said, standing up.
"Wait!" Sora grabbed Riku's arm. 'I admit it.' He whispered, barely under his breath.
"What? I can't hear you." Riku grinned.
"I said... I've liked her since the beginning..." Sora looked down at the ground, his face deep red.
"Okay then!" Riku sat back down. "I'll help you!" He grinned. "But first... Lighten up... It's not like it wasn't obvious..."
"It was obvious?" Sora asked.
Riku sighed. "Never mind." He paused. "Anyways, maybe we can get my Aunt to pair you up with Kairi."
"Pair up? As in... in a relationship?" Sora asked.
"No! Baka!" Riku said as he punched Sora's head a little. "My aunt, our Science teacher. Maybe she can pair you up with Kairi for Science projects and stuff."
"Ohh..." Sora nodded his head.
Riku sighed as he pulled Sora to the Faculty Room. "Come on, Sora."
"Gah! Ah! Wait! Riku! I haven't eaten my sandwich yet!" Sora said, trying to grab his sandwich before leaving.
"You can eat dozens later at my house!" Riku said, still heading for the Faculty Room.
"Really? Okay!" Sora grinned, following Riku's pace.
"Gah..." Kairi sighed, letting herself fall on her chair. 'Only one more subject... Science...' She started thinking. She hated Science. Most Science classes she's in would end up in having the whole classroom either destroyed or completely messed up. She sighed again. "It's a good thing our teacher is Riku's aunt. If she wasn't, who would've thought what grade that teacher would give me." She said to herself. As she finished the thought, the door opened.
"Oh... Hey Selph!" Kairi grinned.
Selphie averted her gaze from the floor to Kairi. "Hey Kai..."
"Hm? What happened?" Kairi blinked as she started to sit up straight again.
"...broke up with Tidus..."
"You what!" Kairi asked, her eyes as wide as they could get.
"I said I broke up with Tidus."
"But... why?" Kairi raised an eyebrow.
"I dunno..." Selphie shook her head. "Anyways... We better get ready for Science."
"Right..." Kairi blinked.
Selphie sighed. As she did, the student's door opened wide. Sora and Riku came in from the hallway, seeming to have planned something. Kairi glared at Sora a bit before resuming to her usual smile. As soon as Riku and Sora sat on their seats, the teacher arrived.
"Good afternoon class." The teacher said.
"Good afternoon, Miss." The class said in unison.
"You may now sit down."
"Thank you miss." All the students sat down, not a squeal, not a sound.
"As you all know, we have a new student, Riku." She started to say. "For that reason, he need a lab partner. Who wants to be his partner then?" Shrieks filled the room. "Hm... We need someone who's great in Science..." She blinked. "Oh! Need I forget, Sora too is a new student." She walked around. "Maybe... Sora and Kairi can be partners, as well as Riku and Selphie." She held her chin. "Selphie and Kairi have been partners since last year, you should at least be able to change partners once in a while."
'Me! Partners with Sora!' Kairi thought to herself, still keeping composure outside.
The teacher winked at Riku, Riku grinned at Sora. Sora smiled. Kairi saw this. 'I knew he was planning something.' She glared at Sora. 'If he wants to play around... Then I'll play around...' She give her last glare as she turned her attention back to the teacher. 'You'll see, Sora. I have changed. And you'll see that in our first project.' She grinned, evilly.
Author's Notes: That turned out... evilly... XD Whaa... What is Kairi gonna do? I dunno XD And what's wrong with Selphie? I dunno! XD I shall know soon! XD Mweehee... XD Hope ya liked it XD
Next Chapter Preview (by Riku): Gosh! Does Sora need me in everything in his love life! It's starting to be a pain. Well, not really. It's quite fun. Specially hanging out again. I wonder what I'll be able to do... All I know is... I'll definitely laugh. Haha
Next Chapter : Hang Out
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