Me: Hello! You are cordially invited to the grand opening of One-Winged Angel Chapter Three, a.k.a the third instalment in the 'whole lot of waffle' series.

Hotaru: Yayness waffles

Me: Ugh not food waffles, baka. And you're supposed to be dead.

Hotaru: I'm not dying until you let me write the Jami Chiro bonus chapter.

Me: Uhmm...oh crap...I forgot I promised you that in PE.

Hotaru: Keeheehee.

Me:thinks: Damn you PE

Hotaru: Dani doesn't own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy or anything Square-Enix either.

Me: Bakaaaaaaaa! SHUT UP! And don't give out my real name!

Hotaru: Calm down and continue with the story!

Me: You only say that so you can add your bonus chapter about Jami Chiro at the end.

Hotaru: I know.

This chapter contains mild shonen-ai (boy love). It is merely kissing and flirting between two of my own characters, but if anyone does not wish to read any further because of this, please don't. And please don't flame me for it. The specified characters are two of my real friends, and even though they are open about being gay, it would no doubt hurt their feelings if you insulted them for it.

The second Kairi stepped through the large, metal gates of the Kurama High boarding school, she was instantly overwhelmed with a sense of regret. She hesitated, not wanting to go any further.

"Move!" hissed Keiko, giving her a harsh shove.

"D-Do I look okay?" she stammered, tentatively patting her red, spiky hair.

"You look fine," she groaned, rolling her eyes. "Just change your voice a little."

Kairi cleared her throat and lowered her voice.

"Better?" she asked. Keiko nodded.

"What about Ikioi-kujiku?" said Kairi.

"I told you, if you call me and tell me your room number I'll drop it off in the night."

"And I hide it--"

"In your suitcase, under your bed."

"What if someone--"

"Threaten them, kill them, whatever!"

"But what if I--"

Keiko gave a frustrated cry.

"Argh! Kairi! Stop worrying!" she snapped, forcing her through the gate. Kairi gave a small whimper and stumbled onto the main yard. She turned around just in time to see Keiko dashing off down the road, in the opposite direction. She gave a heavy sigh and began shuffling towards the building, feeling extremely self-conscious. To her right there was a chain link fence separating her from multiple concrete courts, where there was a group of guys playing basketball. To her left was a large decorative fountain, gently spouting water, with a group of benches next to it.

Kairi suddenly sensed something fast approaching her, and instinctively ducked--just in time to see a large red and black basketball fly past her head. She decided to leap forwards and catch the ball, and turned around to face the basketball court. A bunch of guys were standing against the wire fence.

"Hey, pint-size!" called a large, dumb-looking guy. "Give us the ball back!"

Kairi muttered something inaudible to the guy across the fence and hurled the ball back. It flew across the court and landed at the very far side, after bouncing several times.

"Wow, the shrimp can throw!" said one of the lads, mildly astonished, as another dashed down the court to retrieve the ball. The large guy snorted.

"Probably the only thing he can do." he grunted. Kairi felt herself get angry. What a jerk, teasing someone on their first day at school. She had half expected to be called short at some point, though, because, being a girl, she was shorter than the other guys. Despite this, Kairi got the impression that the large guy had picked on a lot more people than her alone. She calmed down though, knowing that if she got into a fight she wouldn't be the one getting hurt.

"Hey, shorty! Where're you goin'?" he called. She ignored him, carrying on.

"Don't ignore me, kiddo." he growled, rattling the fence threateningly.

"Get lost." she snarled, walking towards the fountain instead. She felt the anger rise within her once again as he yelled insults at her, but ignored him and sat down heavily on a bench by the mesmerising water display.

"Ryosei bothering you?" asked a voice. Kairi looked up to see a young teenager staring down at her. He looked about her age, and had deep brown hair streaked with dirty blonde highlights. His eyes shone a friendly green colour.

"Kinda..." she mumbled. The boy sat down next to her.

"You should ignore him. He's a jerk, he picks on everyone." he sighed.

"Yeah, I will." she said. She prayed that he wouldn't see through her disguise at such a close range.

"I'm Tsukasa." he said, holding out a hand. She shook it warily. She didn't have much trust for guys. Tsukasa seemed to notice the sceptical look in her eye, and laughed.

"Don't worry, I'm not chatting you up or anything." he laughed.

"Yeah..." said Kairi, and then suddenly gasped. Chatting her up...could he tell she was a girl?

"You...Y-You..." she stammered. Before she had time to say anything, another teenager came and sat next to Tsukasa. He looked about a year or so older than Kairi, and was tall, with sandy blonde hair and sea blue eyes.

"I hope you're not chatting up other guys, Tsukasa." he grinned. Tsukasa laughed and turned to face the blonde guy.

"Don't be stupid, Natsu." he said, smiling. Then, to Kairi's shock, the blonde guy grabbed Tsukasa by the waist and pulled him into a deep kiss. Tsukasa blushed a deep red as Natsu finished and pulled away.

"N-Natsu..." he said, turning crimson. Natsu laughed.

"Y-You're gay?" stuttered Kairi, looking at the two boys. Tsukasa nodded shyly and Natsu grinned.

"I'm Natsuteru--Natsu for short." he said. "And this is my boyfriend, Tsukasa."

"I hope you don't mind that I'm gay." said Tsukasa. "I mean, it's not like I'll come onto you or anything."

"No, that's fine!" said Kairi, and was filled with relief. She understood what he meant earlier when he told her he wasn't coming on to her. Thank god he didn't know she was a girl.

"Really?" asked Tsukasa, brightening up. "Most guys hate me for being gay...like that retard Ryosei."

"I don't mind." said Kairi, even though she probably would if she was a guy.

"You're not gay, are you?" asked Natsu. Kairi shook her head.

"Aw, dammit." he groaned.

"Natsu!" cried Tsukasa.

"Just kidding, just kidding!" he laughed as Tsukasa shoved him in the chest.

"Hey, I never got your name." said Tsukasa, turning to Kairi.

"Uhh...my name?" she asked. "It's Ka--"

Wait. That was close...Kairi wasn't exactly a guy's name, was it? She'd have to think of a name fast...

"Ka-Kazu." she replied.

"Kazu?" said Natsu. "That's a cool name."

He paused.

"Well, not as cool as mine."

Kairi snorted at his self-pride.

"Have you spoken to Riku yet?" asked Tsukasa.

"Riku?" she frowned.

"Yeah, he's in charge of assigning rooms." he replied.

"And Tsukasa fancies him." grinned Natsu.

"No I don't!" blushed Tsukasa. "Anyway, he's straight!"

"Where can I find Riku?" Kairi asked, quickly changing the subject.

"He's usually hanging around the swimming pool."

"Swimming pool?" Kairi asked brightly. She loved swimming...but then she realised her situation, and her hopes came crashing down as it dawned on her that there was no way she'd be able to swim.

"Yeah." replied Natsu. "If you'd like, I can take you there."

"Yes, please." she said politely. Natsu stood up and began walking towards the school, closely followed by Tsukasa. Kairi jumped to her feet and tagged along behind. Natsu gradually lead her towards the school, and as they entered the building Natsu stopped.

"What?" she said, looking around for the pool. "Why have we stopped?"

Natsu looked over his shoulder at a boy approaching. He was chubby, with short, blonde hair and pink skin.

"Hi, Samu." he said.

"Hiya, Natsuteru." he replied. Natsu cuffed Samu around the head.

"It's Natsu, dope." he groaned.

"Who's this?" asked Samu, nodding towards Kairi.

"This is Kazu." said Tsukasa. "He's a new student here."

"He's kinda small..." said Samu, and studied Kairi. She felt herself go red, but then calmed down as he shrugged and turned back to Natsu.

"What kinda stuff does he like?" he asked.

"Ask him yourself, Samu." groaned Tsukasa. Samu turned back to her.

"What're you into?" he asked.

"Umm...sports." said Kairi. This wasn't a lie. She always came top in PE, mainly thanks to her training as an agile assassin, which had greatly built up her stamina.

"D'ya like...well...girls and...stuff?" he asked. Kairi frowned.

"Don't answer him, he's a pervert." sighed Tsukasa. "He pervs on girls jumping into the river."

"Hey, what's wrong with that?" he demanded. "I'm fourteen! These things are natural!"

"Pssh, that's what you say." he groaned. Kairi gathered that Tsukasa wasn't too keen on Samu.

"You are straight, right?" she asked.

"Yeah!" said Samu, looking slightly shocked.

"Thank god..." she breathed. She didn't fancy being chatted up by a gay pervert. Tsukasa clicked his tongue and rolled his eyes exasperatedly.

"Samu is anything but gay." he said scornfully. "All he does is lust over pictures of half-naked girls all day."

"So what?" shrugged Samu. "At least that's normal. You're gay, for crying out loud!"

"Got a problem?" snapped Tsukasa coldly, and hooked his arm through Natsu's. "Natsu, we were meant to be showing Kazu where Riku is. Not talking to him."

Natsu shrugged and nodded.

"See you around, Samu." he said. Samu gave an idle wave and walked up the nearby set of stairs to where Kairi guessed was the guys' dorm rooms.

"Natsu, why do you even like him? He's a perv." said Tsukasa, as he led Kairi back towards the pool.

"He's okay, really." shrugged Natsu. Tsukasa mumbled something under his breath that Kairi couldn't hear.

"You don't like him, do you?" grinned Kairi. Tsukasa shook his head.

"What about you?" asked Natsu, turning to Kairi. "Do you think he's okay?"

Kairi's first impression of Samu wasn't a positive one, and she disliked him more because he happened to be a pervert. She hated perverts.

"Uhm...I dunno. I've only just met him." she lied, in case she offended Natsu--who was obviously fonder of the boy than she was. Natsu chuckled quietly to himself.

"Funny. I thought all straight guys liked porn." he smirked. Kairi blushed and remained silent. Just after Nathan had finished his sentence, they came to a large pair of double doors.

"Here we are." he said, and shoved the doors open. Kairi walked through, and the smell of chlorine immediately filled her nose. Not that she minded it, though. Natsu and Tsukasa led her past the changing rooms, and through another set of doors into the swimming pool area. Noise filled her ears, and water from the pool sprayed her feet.

"Where's Riku?" asked Kairi, shouting slightly to make herself heard about the shouting of the guys in the pool. She knew that she wouldn't be able to spot him, as she didn't even know what he looked like.

Natsu and Tsukasa began scanning the room, and Natsu suddenly called out to a guy swimming up and down the lanes.

"Hey! Riku!" he yelled. The boy with fairly long, platinum-coloured hair stopped and turned his head. Tsukasa beckoned for him to come up to them. Riku turned around and muttered something (Kairi suspected it was 'be right back') to the brown-haired boy beside him, and swam to the edge of the pool.

"What is it?" he asked, wiping the beads of water out of his eyes. He sounded slightly breathless.

"Ask him." said Tsukasa, and nodded towards Kairi. "We'll leave you with Riku. If you need me, I'll be at the fountain with Natsu."

Kairi nodded and waved as they left the room. She turned back to Riku.

"So, what's up?" he asked, grinning. "New kid?"

Kairi nodded.

"Could you tell me my room number?" she asked. Riku hauled himself out of the pool and stood in front of him. Kairi blushed as she caught sight of his muscular chest, which was dripping with tiny beads of water. She quickly whipped her head away, furious with herself.

"Uh...I don't know it off the top of my head." he shrugged. "I can find out for you."

"Thanks." said Kairi courteously. "When will you be able to find out?"

"Uhm, we can head back to my room now, if you want." he said. "I've got a big list of who's in each room, so I should be able to find you one pretty easily."

"Thanks! Great!" she said. She couldn't wait to find out her room, and tell Keiko to drop off Ikioi-kujiku. She was dying to lay her hands on that sword.

Riku turned around back towards the pool.

"Hey! Sora! I'm gonna go back and sort the new kid out with his rooms, 'kay?" he yelled. The boy in the pool Riku was talking to nodded. From what Kairi could see, he had brown hair--it was impossible to tell the style, as it had been soaked in water and flattened to his head.

"C'mon." said Riku, grabbing Kairi by the arm. "Let's go back to my room."

They walked out of the doors, and into the changing rooms. Riku pulled the key from the little band around his wrist and unlocked his locker, grabbing his clothes in the process. He walked over to a changing cubicle and turned to Kairi.

"I'm gonna go get changed, 'kay?" he asked. "Wait right there, I won't take long."

Kairi rolled her eyes and leant against the wall as Riku wandered into the cubicle. She heard a rustling of clothes as he dressed himself, and before long he reappeared again in the same uniform as her, wet swimming trunks shoved carelessly into a kit bag.

"Ready." he said, and shook his head, causing the water to spray everywhere.

"Can you show me where the dorms are? I seriously don't know how to get anywhere." she said, as Riku lead her out of the changing rooms.

"Did you come to one of the open days?" he asked. Kairi shook her head.

"Well, later I'll take you to see Reno. He's got a pile of maps somewhere. He gives them out on the open days." Riku replied.

"Reno?" she asked, frowning. He sounded like a really nerdy kid, carrying hundreds of school maps.

"He's the head. He's really cool." said Riku. "Anyway, the dorms are up these stairs. There are 50 rooms on each floor."

"Which room are you?" asked Kairi.

"49." he replied. ""C'mon."

Riku suddenly took off up the stairs to her right, leaving Kairi to run up behind him.

"Wait up!" she cried, sprinting forwards to catch up with him. They reached the top of the stairs and slowed down to a walk again.

"Hm, you're pretty fast." he said. Kairi blushed and said nothing. Of course she was fast. She was, after all, an assassin--trained in stealth and agility.

"It's nothing." she shrugged, and glanced at the door numbers as she walked down the corridor. 44...46...48...

"Here we go." said Riku, turning towards the door with a brass '49' on the side. He pulled a slim, silver card out of his blazer pocket and passed it in front of an infrared light set into a metal plate on the side of the door. A hatch flipped open in the plate, revealing a small number pad. Riku's fingers flew effortlessly over the flat buttons, and, after inputting his 6-digit password, there was a clicking noise, and he pushed the door open.

"Good security." said Kairi, nodding her head.

"Yeah, I'll show you how to use the lock later, when we've figured out your room." he said. Kairi followed him into the room, walking past a door or two until they reached the bedroom. Riku walked over to the desk near the window and pulled the drawer open. Almost immediately he pulled out a long form. He sat down on his bed and began reading down the list.

"Do you have any spare rooms?" she asked hopefully, not too keen on the idea of rooming with a guy. Riku frowned and shook his head.

"Not any spare rooms, but there are a couple of spare slots if you want to room with someone else." he shrugged.

"If I want to?"

"Well, you have no choice, really."

Kairi frowned.

"Who should I room with?" she asked. She wasn't happy with this at all. "Can't you just move someone in one room to fill up a gap in another so I can have the empty room?"

"Nope, sorry. We can't move people around. It goes on a record what room you're in, and moving would totally muck things up."

Kairi muttered something under her breath.

"I'll find someone good to room with you. I know most of the people at this place anyway." he shrugged. Kairi mumbled a quick word of thanks as Riku scanned through the list.

"Ah, here's a space. I've got a perfect room for you. You'll be sharing with my best friend. He's a great guy." said Riku.

"If he's your best friend, why aren't you rooming with him?" she asked suspiciously.

"Well, I don't know why, but he doesn't like rooming with people." shrugged Riku. "He's not really antisocial, don't worry."

Kairi rolled her eyes.

"If he won't room with his best friend, what makes you think he'll go with me?" she asked.

"I'm sure he will if he's got no choice." said Riku, winking. "Besides, he's the best out of all of the other guys you could share rooms with."

Kairi shrugged and took Riku's word for it. Riku hopped to his feet, throwing the room list carelessly onto the floor.

"So that's settled. Room 15 is the name." he said. Kairi nodded and Riku grinned again.

"Let's get you to see Reno." he said. "He'll give you a door key and the password. And you wanted a map too, right?"

She groaned loudly. Headmasters were always so old and boring.

"Can you show me to his office?" she asked. Riku nodded, and promptly ran out of the room. Kairi began dashing after him. He seemed very energetic. He was probably team captain of some kind of sport, she guessed. Keeping up with him was no problem, though.

"Watch your step." grinned Riku as he bounded down the stairs. Kairi cleared the last 9 or so steps in one leap, landing on the ground like a cat and grinning profusely. Riku grinned to himself, but then immediately slowed down to a walk as a teacher walked past. Kairi jogged up beside him.

"So where's Reno's office?" she asked.

"Here." replied Riku, nodding to the right. Kairi stared at it.

"Go on, then!" he hissed, and nudged her in with his elbow. She stumbled through the door and stood dumbly in the middle of the office. There was a guy sitting at a desk in front of her. He had spiky, red hair, which fell over his eyes, and was tied at the back in a long, loose ponytail. He was leaning back comfortably in his chair, feet propped up on the desk. He also wore a pair of black goggles on his forehead, but they were almost completely hidden by his wild, red hair. He seemed to hear her walk in, because he stopped flicking through the large pile of papers he held in his hand and looked up at her expectantly. There was an awkward silence.

"Uh, I'm looking for...the headmaster." she said uncomfortably.

He raised an eyebrow.

"He's sitting in front of you." he said, as if that was the dumbest thing he'd heard. Kairi's eyes widened.

"Y-You're the...?" she said, dumbstruck. A huge grin spread over Reno's face and he nodded. He leapt to his feet and briskly walked over to her, sticking his hand out.

"I'm Reno." he said, winking. "I guess you're a new student, huh?"

Kairi nodded.

"Have you seen Riku?" he asked. She nodded again.

"He told me to see you." she said. Reno laughed, spun around and pulled open one of the drawers in his huge filing cabinet at the back.

"That lazy ass, he could have come in here himself." laughed Reno. "What do you need?"

"I need the door key and password for room 15." she said. "And a school map."

"Okeydoke." he said, and pulled out a folder. He tipped the contents onto his desk and began rummaging through them. He grabbed a flat, silver card identical to the one Riku had and handed it to her.

"There." he said, and sat at his laptop. "I'll just get the password."

While Reno began typing madly, Kairi glanced down at her key card. It was a platinum colour, with a silver stripe down the left side. In gold writing, along the right-hand edge of the card, it said, '015'. She ran her finger down the cool silver strip.

"Here we go," called out Reno. "Code is 267415."

Kairi nodded, memorising it almost instantly.

"Don't you wanna write it down or something?" he frowned. Kairi shook her head. She could easily remember a 6-digit number. Reno shrugged.

"I'll just record you in the new room." he said. "Name?"

"Kazu." she replied. "Kazu...uhh..."

Surname. She hadn't thought of that. Just then, Keiko's name sprang into her head. She'd have to use hers.

"Hideko. Kazu Hideko." she replied confidently.

"Okay..." mumbled Reno, and typed it in. "Right. You're all set. Maps are on the shelf there."

Kairi gave a nod of thanks, and walked back out of the door, grabbing a map as she left. When she got outside, though, Riku had gone.

"Probably gone back to the pool." she thought. She didn't want to go and look for him. Right now she was more concerned about getting to her room, and calling Keiko to get the awesome sword.

She grabbed her suitcase, which had been left next to the doors to the swimming pool, and began hauling it up the stairs. She carried it down the hallway, until she reached room 15. She pulled her key card out of her blazer pocket and dumped her suitcase on the floor, not really caring. She saw the red, flashing light on the door and held the silver strip on her card to it; there was a little beeping and the number pad was revealed.

"267415..." she thought aloud. She had no problem remembering it. Her fingers flew over the keys as she put in the 6-digit pass code, and the door lock clicked open. Using her foot, she nudged open the door and dragged her suitcase through it.

In front of her was an open door, which lead to a bathroom. To her left was a wardrobe, and to her right there was a short corridor leading into a bedroom. There were two beds parallel to the wardrobe, and a desk against the wall. On the western wall of the room there was a small balcony. One of the beds was unmade, while the other looked neat and untouched. Guessing this was hers, she kicked her suitcase under her bed and pulled her mobile phone out of her pocket.

She flipped it open and hammered in Keiko's phone number, knowing it off by heart, and put the mobile to her ear. It rang a couple of times, then she picked up.

"Hello?" came the familiar voice Kairi was glad to hear. She sat on the bed.

"Keiko, it's me." she said.

"Kairi! Are you all sorted?" she asked.

"I've found out my room number." she replied.

"Go on, then. Tell me."

"Number fifteen."

Kairi heard Keiko tell the others to write it down somewhere. She came back onto the phone.

"Fifteen, got it." she said.

"Keiko, be really careful when you bring it." said Kairi in a hushed voice. "I'm rooming with another guy."

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

"Couldn't you get an empty one?"

"Believe me, I tried."

Silence.

"Tell you what, if you meet me on the roof at midnight, you can take it back with you." instructed Keiko.

"Gotcha." replied Kairi.

"Got your ninja gear?" she asked.

"In my suitcase." grinned Kairi.

"Perfect." said Keiko. "Don't let your roommate get in it, though."

"No probs." she answered. "See you tonight."

"Bye!"

Kairi tapped the 'end call' button on her phone and shoved it in her pocket. She sat heavily on the bed, staring at the big wall clock, swinging her feet idly. It was only 5.00. At least she'd arrived at the weekend, not having to worry about classes...yet. Maybe she should go and look for Tsukasa and Natsuteru, they were fun to hang around with.

Just then, she heard a creaking and a boy with tufty, chocolate brown hair walked in. He had deep blue eyes, and had a towel slung over his shoulder--and his hair was still damp. He frowned at her quizzically.

"Who are you?" he asked, a look on confusion coming over his face. Kairi frowned back at him.

"Kazu Hideko." she said. "Your new roommate."

There was silence, then it dawned on him. The expression on his face quickly changed to one of anger and he furiously turned to face the door.

"RIKUUUUUUUUUU!"

Yes! Finally! I've finished! I've made a new rule that I'm gonna publish each Chapter every Sunday, and I was here last night, having to type 2,000 words before Sunday. Which was pretty impressive, seeing as this Chapter is only 4,000 and something words. Anyways, I finished it, and now it's time for another interesting fact!

INTERESTING NOTE 3.
Ryosei, or Ryosei the Japanese Man Chav Punk with a Six Pack is my friend Rozi's character. She has a six pack (true). And she pissed me off in PE by covering me in mud so I decided to make her Ryosei the Japanese Man Chav Punk with a Six Pack. At school, I very rarely use her name. I'll either call her Six Pack or Ryosei.

I never actually got round to introducing Ikioi-kujiku in this chapter... Oops. Well, it will definately be in the next one! That's a promise!