Heh, so it's not a particularly long chapter, but something is better than nothing, right?
OMG! I HATE EDITING!
This chapter takes place in Katana High with Katana High characters. enjoy! Even if you don't know the characters it should be interesting... right? :D It's written in a slightly different style for me so let me know what you all think!
A Day in the Life of Katana High
-Begin Intermission-
Seifer rode his motorcycle to school every morning and for the past two years and parked it in the exact same spot under a particular cherry tree. He considered it his lucky spot and even carved his initials in the bark, the only person that could get away with parking in his spot was Squall, but alas he was gone now. Once a kid (other than Seifer or Squall) parked in his spot, he drove a shiny new little Volkswagen Golf. Seifer took a shiny new metal bat to it. Nobody after that dared to park in his spot, or the surrounding ones, except Seifer's friends.
I know, I know, Seifer has friends? For some odd reason he does. Raijin and fujin have been his friends since middle school, Raijin was a huge muscle man that had a tendency to saying "ya know" way to many times. Fujin only spoke in broken speech and often kicked Raijin in the shins. She lost her eye in a gang fight and wore an eye patch over it, she wore colored contacts (usually red or yellow and occasionally crossbones) in her one good eye to scare kids off.
Seifer had other friends that were originally Squall's but now hung out with him after Squall left. Sage Date, Tasuki Kou and Kento Fan were the closest out to Seifer out of Squall's old friends.
Seifer stalked through the halls with a permanent sneer of his face to scare people out of his path. It particularly effected the freshman. Once even jumped into a trash can on his own violation because of said glare. He arrived at his locker to meet Sage, who was casually leaning beside his locker flipping through the latest school paper. "'Morning Seifer." He greeted with a nod, his one visible green eye staying of the newspaper.
"Hey." Seifer greeted back and began the daily battle with his locker combination. It wasn't hard to miss Seifer's locker, just look for the one with the most dents and scuff marks from kicking in it. You see, Seifer used to share his locker with Squall since Seifer was in his last year and therefore had a bigger locker than the underclassmen. Seifer didn't mind one bit because he couldn't open his own locker to save his life, but it opened for Squall without a hitch.
Seifer was still struggling with the small lock when Irvine strolled up. He grinned at Seifer before tapping the locker and it popped open. Seifer glared at the smirking cowboy, "Why is it that everyone else is this forsaken school can open my locker except me?" He growled.
"Bad Karma." Sage responded idly before noticing the tall and lanky cowboy. "Irvine? What are you doing here?" He asked in surprise.
"Shit man, apparently I have a first period and I'm failing." Irvine grinned before joining him against the wall.
"No kidding, I've never seen you at school before ten."
"Hence why I'm failing."
"Seifer! SeiferSeiferSeiferSeiferSeify!" A small brunette with sparkly green eyes bounced up to the tall blonde.
Seifer winced before turning to face the caffeine pill in human shape: Selphie Tilmitt. A cute little thing that always wore bright colors and extremely short skirts. "Hey Selph, what's up?"
She grinned and twirled a strand of hair through her fingers. "I stayed up all night last night studying for that history exam and I'm running on five cups of cappuccino right now."
"Selphie you know you shouldn't pull all nighters any- SHIT! History exam?" Seifer banged his head against the locker next to his.
Irvine grinned. "Halo 2?"
"You bet your ass." Seifer grinned. "Kento and I almost beat it on legendary last night." Irvine let out a low whistle.
Sage shook his head. "This is just sad."
"My neighbor Shingo is the best to play with, that kid could be a professional gamer if he wanted." Seifer grinned.
"Shingo?" Sage asked with a frown.
"Yeah, Usagi's little brother." Seifer shrugged.
The four friends fell into an uneasy silence. Anything to do with Squall was best not mentioned with in a thirty foot radius of Seifer or anyone from that group of friends. Squall was an extremely sore topic among them, especially Seifer. And talking about Usagi was a big NO as well since she was Squall's girlfriend. No one knew that Seifer had ditched with Usagi except Sage, who could keep a secret over his life, and Tasuki, who was one of the few that didn't care.
Selphie pouted and bit her bottom lip. She had grown up with Squall and Seifer, this was the first time they had not all attended the same school since they were four. Selphie and Squall even briefly dated for a short bit of time but decided friends was the best way to go.
"Perhaps we should go to class." Sage suggested uneasily.
"Yeah, and I have to find mine." Irvine grinned as he broke the somber mood. Selphie bounced lightly on the ball of her feet and giggled. "I can't believe you Irvy."
The four headed off to class-except Irvine who really didn't have the slightest idea where his class was anymore.
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"...And for today we will review in preparation for the exam on -" the teacher stopped dead as Irvine tried to slink into the class unnoticed. He was only seven minutes late, and considering he hadn't the foggiest idea where this class was anymore that should be an Olympic gold medal. Irvine slid into a desk and pulled out his text book before the teacher regained their breath back. "Kinneas? Irvine Kinneas? Is that really you?"
The whole class turned to gawk at the extremely absent boy.
"Err... Yes sir. I really am Irvine Kinneas." Irvine shifted uncomfortably. He normally liked to be the center of attention, especially if it was girl attention, but this was a little unnerving.
"Well I'll be damned." The teacher chuckled. One of the kids in the front row (you know the ones, that suck up insanely to the teacher and sprout goodness and God when you talk to them) gasped at the teacher's choice of language.
"Sir?" Irvine asked uneasily. "I can leave if you want..."
"NO! No no no, sorry Mr. Kinneas, you just surprised me that's all. You haven't attended class in two and a half months." The teacher smiled.
Irvine looked surprised. "Is that all? The way my mom was hackin' on me I thought I was longer."
The teacher laughed. "Well, good thing it is a review day Mr. Kinneas, I'd pay good attention if I were you if you want to pass this exam."
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Quistis Trepe was a perfectionist in every aspect. She sat in her World Economy class (which was a waste of everyone's time) and painted her nails with the exact same number of strokes and layers on each finger. This behavior could be borderline obsessive-compulsive. She also brushed her blonde hair every hour on the hour for exactly thirty strokes. She then reapplied lip gloss-two layers- and then checked her compact mirror. She always arrived at school at the exact same time, ate lunch at the exact same time, and talked to the same people at the same time. Disrupting her schedule could result in injury. Quistis can wield a whip like none other.
Kento Fan stared in awe. He couldn't follow a schedule to save his life. Unless it was eating... or fighting. "How... how do you DO that?" He asked this particular day.
Quistis paused in her task and looked up in annoyance. "Do what?"
"Do... THAT?" He gestured to the open bottle of nail polish. "Every day, at the same time and all that shit."
Quistis frowned at him and his world choice. She was also known to be a Grammar Nazi. "I keep a schedule, there's nothing wrong with that."
"No, but man, how do you DO it?" Kento was still in shock.
"If you think that's bad, try livin' with her!" Tasuki cracked as he turned around to join in on the conversation.
"Do tell how you know what it is like to live with me." Quistis shot him a glare before continuing her task.
"I don't, but I can imagine." He grinned and ran a had through his bright red-orange hair.
"Man, that test butt-fucked me." Siefer sighed and sat down next to Quistis. Selphie plopped down in front of him.
Quistis shot them two of them a glare. "You two are twenty two minutes late for class." She reprimanded.
"Yeah, well, after that test Selphie and I ran to the corner store to pick up some stuff." He grinned and they held up there strawberry juice that contained enough sugar to form cavities on the spot.
"You gave her more sugar? Are you insane?" Quistis gaped.
Seifer grinned evilly.
"BOOYA!"
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"Hey Satsuki!" Seifer's booming voice rang down the hallway.
Satsuki stopped and turned her blank stare on Seifer. "Yes?" She asked in a bored tone.
"Heh, hey, I managed to download a nasty virus on to my computer the other day and I was wonderin' if you-"
"It'll be gone by the time you get home from school." She interrupted. "I'll take care of it."
"Wow, thanks so much-"
"Is that all?" She asked cooly.
"Yeah, thanks again-"
"Don't mention it." She interrupted again and stalked down the hallway.
Tasuki shivered. "Could she be any more creepier?"
"Probably not... but she's a genius when it comes to computers." Seifer shrugged. "Let's head to lunch, I'm starved." He turned towards the cafeteria and almost ran over a small girl in the hallway.
"GAH! Oh Hyne." Seifer cursed as he looked down at his almost victim.
Tohru Honda blinked owlishly up at her biggest crush of all times, Seifer Almasy, blonde, strong, mysterious, and older. She immediately started blushing. "Oh, no, sorry, that was all my fault, if only I had been watching where I was going, I'm so sorry-"
"Don't worry about it, neither of us were harmed, right?" He flashed a grin that made her weak in the stomach and nodded dumbly. "Well then, we're off." She nodded and rushed down the hallway.
"Man, I wish I was you." Tasuki sighed.
"Me? Why?" Seifer asked confused.
"You got girls falling all over you... cute ones."
"I do?" Seifer frowned and glanced down the hallway. "She was cute, but how do you know she was remotely interested in me?"
Tasuki sighed again. "She was staring at you like you were a God."
"She was? What's her name?"
"Hmm... I believe it's Tohru something... she's two years below us."
"Hm. I'll think about this later, I'm starved."
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The lunch ladies feared Seifer. They didn't really have a specific reason and he had never pulled a prank or done anything spiteful to them before but none the less they feared him like the coming apocalypse, perhaps they assumed he was one of the four horseman. Not that Seifer minded, it meant that he and his friends got special treatment and abnormally good food. Also, the lunch ladies had adored Squall, and they used to coo over him everyday and give him all sorts of good treats. They missed him sorely.
Today one lunch lady sniffed-in fear and longing for Squall- as she handed Seifer his plate stacked with food. Seifer just gave her a strange look followed by a sinister grin-all the ladies shuddered-before walking off.
Sage shook his head and sighed. He hated being the practical and smart one sometimes. "Seifer, you shouldn't encourage them." He told his friend.
"Why not? I get the best in the entire school. Not even the principal eats as well as I do." Seifer grinned as they sat down at their usual table.
Their usual table was in the exact center of the cafeteria. The lunch ladies (out of fear) put a light blue table cloth on the table, a fresh bouquet of flowers in the center, and every condiment they could possible need or want. Seifer always sat facing the door and the others filled in the round table like they were the Knights of King Arthur. They was always one empty chair at the table, across from Seifer. I'm sure you can guess whose it used to be.
The whole school seemed to wait for Squall's return as if her were their Messiah, even his locker (that he had never once used) was still empty and everyone bowed as they walked passed it. Every single person in Katana High missed Squall, especially:
"Hey, have you ever mixed Soy Sauce and Ketchup together?" Seifer asked as he eyed the two bottles sitting next to the salt shaker. Everyone surrounding him turned a shade of green.
"That's disgusting man, you'll ruin perfectly good food!" Kento shuddered.
"Ill give you 100 yen." Selphie grinned as she held up the small coin.
"That might kill you, I'd ask for more than 100 yen." Tamahome frowned at the sugar addicted girl.
Tamahome was the best of friends-as well as the worst of friends-with Tasuki. They vaguely resembled each other, if only Tamahome had red orange hair instead of his dark hair. They manage to fight over everything from what color of sticky note is best to what kind of car is really the best, but they are fiercely loyal to each other as friends.
"I dunno, it might not be so bad." Zell scratched his chin. Zell was a lot like Kento, except blonde. They both love their food (and have been known to choose food over girlfriends), except Zell is more adept at martial arts and Kento is better at weapon fighting. Zell aslo had a tattoo addiction.
"You are disgusting." Quistis made a face.
"Heads up Seifer, here comes Kagura Souma." Selphie whispered and nodded towards the approaching brunette. Kagura had a huge crush on Seifer and could be a bit... disastrous and treacherous in showing her affection. She once hugged Seifer so tight that she bruised two ribs and Seifer spent three days in the hospital.
"Oh Hyne." He groaned and looked at the open chair next to him. Anubis had lunch detention leaving one chair open at the table (besides the one that always remained open for Squall).
Tohru Honda happened to walk by right then and Seifer dragged her into the vacant chair next to him. She squeaked indignantly at being manhandled suddenly, but all Seifer cared about was that Kagura pouted and walked away. He breathed a sigh of relief before noticing it was the girl he had already ran into once that day.
"Sorry about that... Tohru, right?" Seifer grinned down at the small brunette that was blushing furiously.
"Um, yes... Hi Seifer." She blushed harder, if possible, and tugged lightly on the bottom of her skirt as she wondered how the school God Seifer knew her name. "Um... Why exactly did you... do that?" She asked nervously.
"Oh, sorry about that, but that crazy Kagura girl is going to kill me one of these days and I'd rather prolong that as long as possible." He joked and turned back to his lunch. "You don't mind eating here today, do you?"
Tohru shook her head not trusting herself with a coherent sentence, still bright red. She glanced over at the table she was heading to, her two best friends Hana and Uo were staring at her in shock. She gestured to them that she was fine.
"Well, aren't you adorable!" Selphie gushed. "Look at that hair, now that's great hair... what shampoo do you use?"
"Down Selph, don't scar the poor girl." Irvine joked. Tohru laughed nervously.
Selphie stuck her tongue out at the lanky cowboy. "Don't stick that at me unless you plan to use it." He leered.
"On no, not at the lunch table, that last thing I want to see today is you two sucking face." Quistis grimaced. "Especially when us civilized folk are trying to eat in peace."
"Civilized folk." Seifer grinned.
"Well, with the exception of Seifer, of course." Quistis added.
"What?" Seifer huffed. Tohru giggled.
And so lunch went on...
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It was an hour before school ended and Seifer was restless.
"Man... I'm sick of this shit... Kento, ditch with me!" Seifer begged.
"Sure man, I hate my next teacher." Kento shuddered.
"Seifer! Kento! There's only an hour left, surely you two can hold on another hour!" Quistis scolded.
"Sorry Quisty, that's an hour too long." Kento grinned.
"Don't call me Quisty." She grumbled. "Fine, go."
"Will you tell us our homework?" Seifer put on his most charming grin.
She sighed insufferably and nodded stiffly. "You both owe me one."
"Thank you love!" Seifer called as he and Kento ran out of the room.
"Unbelievable." She sighed.
And so the rest of the day was spent on Seifer's couch, Kento and Seifer played Halo 2 for long, long hours on X Box Live. They ate order in and pop. Tasuki came over later and joined in on the fun.
Irvine spent the rest of his night in the red light district.
Selphie consumed eight cappuccinos.
And so the day was just another day at Katana High.
-End Intermission-
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