Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Waahhh...

I came through the hall way chatting happily with Yuffie. Or as happy as I could make myself seem on such a bad day. Tidus had gotten detention for the next week. He was extremely lucky he didn't get suspended. I knew Riku argued for that. How could I have ever liked him?

"SO then I said 'Banana? I said Chocolate!" and Yuffie cracked up.. I managed a small laugh, but I hadn't been paying attention. I knew that Tidus and Riku wee both going to be in this class. And they were going to crash. Suddenly, I stopped short. Spiky brown hair. Tanned skin. Ocean blue eyes. Sora? I walked up to him. He turned around.

"Hey Kairi! It's really cool that we have science together!" I laughed.

"Yeah! SO, how was your first class?"

"Huh? Oh I didn't go to it. I had to get registered and had to fill out a bunch of paperwork, and sign the honor code. But normally I would have Civics with Mr. Oldmind." I smiled. Yes! Two periods with him!

"Really, me too! Two classes together!" Sora smiled flashing his perfect white teeth. It was then that Tidus stopped glaring at Riku and noticed her.

"Hey Kai! So you know Sora from the bus huh? Cool!" Yeah cool. Riku wouldn't meet my eyes. He kept starring at the ground. I didn't bother talking to him though. I had nothing I needed to say to him. Well... Suddenly I felt two very muscular arms snake around me.

"YOUR HERE! YEAH MAN!" Wakka. A but over enthusiastic, but he was really worried about me. He worries about just about everyone but himself. Good old Wakka. I turn around out of his embrace.

"Yeah, I'm here. When is Mrs. Hither coming?" They all shrugged. Eventually more kids arrived. Including Chelsea. Namine's new best friend. There used to be a time when we both hated her. He smirked at me and went next to Riku. Talking to him, and every now and then they glanced at me. I got that awful feeling in my stomach again. Chelsea laughed. Tidus, Wakka, and Yuffie scowled. I looked down at the ground. Chelsea was talking aloud enough for us to hear.

"I'm so happy you dumped her! Namine was getting so tired of her following us around! She is so... her..." and she laughed again. She sounded like some crazy hyena. Riku gave a small laugh and kept his eyes focused on the ground. Yuffie, Wakka and Tidus put their hands on my shoulders.

"Don't worry about them Kairi. Chelsea is a bitch, and Riku is a goddamn idiot for dumping you for Namine." Said Yuffie. Yeah, easy for you to say. I looked for Sora and I saw him walking towards them. Oh o, don't tell me he thinks they're cooler than me! Chelsea saw him, and put on her most flirtatious face.

"Hi there, you must be new, I'm Chelsea and..." Sora interrupted.

"It's not very nice to talk that way about someone. Especially behind their back." He said, all the while glaring. "Please apologize to Kairi." Chelsea lifted her eyebrow surprised.

"Your new here, so you don't know how tings work. Riku and I have whets called a golden chair. That means we run the show. We get to do whatever we want, when we want. Play your cards right, and you can get one to." she winked, "But, with this attitude, I'm afraid you'll end up just like them." She said giving a disgusted glance at Me and my friends. Sora's face didn't change.

"Please apologize to Kairi. I don't care if you have a golden chair or a golden fork. You are low. Your just as human as everyone else, well maybe less. Please apologize to Kairi." Chelsea looked stunned and didn't move. No one had ever resisted her charm before. Well... Riku used to, but he couldn't resist popularity's charm. "Please apologize to Kairi now." Sora glanced over at Riku, "You too. You were saying the exact same things. And I don't know what you did to Kairi before, but from what I heard it was pretty bad." I'm about to faint. What is Sora doing? Risking social suicide for me? We barely know each other. That is just about the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me. Other than Tidus beating Riku up. Now that made me feel good. Sora just keeps starring at Chelsea. Riku speaks up finally.

"Just who do you think you are?"

"Someone who cares about others. Now please apologize." He just...stares. Until Chelsea and Riku come over.

"We're sorry Kairi." they walked away, but I heard them mutter one more thing, "that your alive." They suck. Sora comes back over here.

"Wow Sora, that was so sweet!" I give him a hug and he blushes. He is so cute. Finally, Mrs. Hither arrives. Thank god. I hope this class goes well. Mrs. hither unlocked the door and let us all come inside.

"Good Morning Class! We have a lab to do today, and a new student. So I am going to add a lab partners L. Because we now have 12 students, so here are your new assignment sheets, and ironically, we are on partners L today." I look at my new sheet. Yes, I'm partnered with Sora. Could life get any better? We walk over to a lab table and I take out the instructions for lab 12. Hmmm, ok. What we're doing seems pretty easy. its all about heat and expanding. So, basically, we stick a metal bar under the fire for a while, and try to get the two metals to peel apart, while recording reach's melting point. After that, we have to stick the two metals back together by putting them in cold water. Sounds easy enough.

"Ok Sora, I completely understand this!" I say while adjusting my goggles. I hate the cursed things. Sora smiles.

"Good, because I don't" and we begin. So many different metals. This is going to be fun. I always enjoy science. Soon class ends and Sora and I have all of our needed data. We walk with Tidus, Wakka, and Yuffie out to the lockers.

"I had that damn Chelsea as my partner!" cried a frustrated Yuffie. "She didn't do anything!" Wakka acknowledged the same thing about Riku. It was a good thing Tidus didn't have him because if he did, I think Riku may have gone to the hospital with hot metal on his hand. Ouch. I hate him, but I don't wish a scarred and burned hand on him.

"Well I got to go to PE now. By guys!" I have 4-5 PE and they all have 5-6 PE. Except Wakka, and apparently Sora. I know I'm going to meet up with Selphie and Rikku though, we have PE together. And today we pick the new units. I wander into the girl's changing room, Rikku is already there, but either Selphie is late or is already gone.

"Hey Kai!" I smiled, and take out my clothes from my locker. Finally I'm dressed and we head into the gym. I found Sora. Rikku starts chatting with him obsessively, again.

"So how are you liking school Sora now that your in your fourth period? It must be hard coming in in November but you seem to be doing ok! Hey what's your favorite flavor ice-cream?..." and it went on and on. Sora was polite about it, but I could see he didn't really want to be having this long, pointless conversation with Rikku. Wish he were talking with me instead. I wonder what we have in common. Suddenly a whistle blows in the air. The coach's are here. I think I know what I'm going to sign up for. I guess beginner basketball. Yeah, I'll admit it, I suck at basketball, but hey, maybe I'll actually learn something this time

"What do you think you want to sign up for?" whispers Sora in my ear. I love the sound of his voice.

"Probably beginner basketball, you?"

"Advance basketball. I've been playing with my brother since I was little. Maybe you could come over and I could give you some pointers?" I smile, that's so sweet!

"Its a date then..." did I just say date? "I uhh, I mean," Sora smiles kindly.

"Don't worry, I know what you mean. How's this Saturday?" I nod and blush. The coach calls out that everybody with a last name beginning with "H" can come and choose. As Sora is leaving he whispers more quietly.

"I'd love to spend a Saturday with someone as cute as you." and winks, I blush deeper. Someone catch me before I fall. I shake my head. Am I still supposed to like Riku? Or can I open my heart for someone new? Being in love isn't easy, especially if your not sure if your supposed to be.

Sora's POV -

God she's so cute when she blushes! YES! I have a "date" with her this Saturday! I can't wait to IM Ansem about this. Ansem was one of my best friends from Traverse Town. He was also, out of all of my friends, the most mature and probably the one with the best advice. Besides, I bet he wants to here how things on the island are going. He used to live here when he was very young. Apparently I did too, when I was 3, but I don't really remember. Ansem, Axel, and I all moved to Traverse Town when we were little. I don't know why, but we did. I walk up to the coach.

"Errm.. Hikari, Sora." The coach nods.

"Hello, my name is Coach Cho." Coach Cho? Like... Cho Chang? "I can see your new here, so if you get confused you can just come and ask me." Coach Cho? I nod and smile and go to the back of the line. I'm in back of Wakka. Go figure, the guy is HUGE! He turns around to me enthusiastically.

"Hey man! Great that ya chose basketball! Me, I'm more of a blitz ball guy but hey, that doesn't start until next unit! Right man? So whadda ya into?"

"Uhh... basketball, soccer, and fencing..." He smiles, a little insanely.

"Have ya ever played blitz ball man?" What the hell is blitz ball?

"Uhh no..."

"Really? They don't have it in the city?"

"No..."

"Aww! Its all the rage in the islands! We've gotta teach ya! Oh. geez look who's coming..." I look over and see Riku, chatting with a very dark haired boy, whose skin was almost white. Do they have vampires in the islands too? "Its Riku, and his "main man" Vincent. Dirty pigs!" Riku walks up behind me and stares at me coldly. Vincent doesn't even glance at me but I still feel his eyes on my back. Riku comes up to me.

"I think we got off on the wrong foot. I'm Riku Yoru. This is Vincent Valentine." V, as in Vampire? It can't be a coincidence. "You see, we're what we call "popular" you know what that means?" No. "Well it means that we're the top. We decide who goes and who stays. Got that?" Totally different version of popularity at my old school.

"You, have a twisted school if you think your "popular" I mean, look at you." I snap at him. "At my school, popular people were the nice kids. The ones who defend the week and downtrodden. The ones who laugh easily and only get mad if something wrong is happening. I was popular. This, this isn't popularity. This is teenage tyranny." Riku just glares at me and turns back to Vincent. I really want to know exactly what happened, between him and Kairi, between everyone, but I get the feeling that its not my place to but in. Finally, everyone else moves away but us to tell them where to meet. Advance Basketball meets in the gym. We're already here. Coach Cho goes through the basics. Where our PE clothes all the time, with our names on them. Don't be late, don't back sass, be respectful. Ok. I got it.

We get out of PE early, and go to find Kairi, Rikku, and some girl named Selphie who I haven't met yet. They're outside the Minnie Building, and at their lockers, we run to catch up.

"Hey you guys!" they say. I see Kairi, Rikku, and the girl with the brown hair must be Selphie, but I haven't seen her face yet.

"Hey gals! We're were thinking about going to get some lunch right man?" says Wakka. I nod and smile. Kairi blushes faintly. She does that whenever I smile. She is the cutest! I can't wait until Saturday!

I don't know if you would count this as short or what, but at least its an update! So here you go!