Chapter Two: What They Really Think
(Third POV)
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"The thoughts on men can change into reality thus dangerous thoughts can destroy while innovative thoughts can save."
The ending bell rang telling the students within that the day was over for now. Riku, Sora, and Kairi walked out with smiles as they laughed at a joke the teacher had told them before class was dismissed. Sora was to busy laughing with the others to notice that a red car had pulled out in front of them.
"Sora!" called a voice causing Sora to look forward at the person stepping out of the car; Lagoona stood waving at him.
"Hey nii-san!" Sora called as he ran over to Lagoona with a smile on his face and Riku not far behind him. Kairi had to go home right away so they bid a farewell and they waved good-bye. "So what are you doing here?" Sora asked.
"You know the drill." Lagoona said with a sigh as he looked at his little brother. "Mom wants me to bring you home for check-in."
"She doesn't want me to go missing again." Sora said as he shook his head. "Well Kurai-kun don't you need to check-in too?"
"Yah," Riku said with a shrug," they don't want me to "run away" again. We didn't run away we were saving their hearts from the darkness."
"Right," Lagoona said dragging it out a bit," whatever you two were doing is a mystery to us. Come on before she thinks we all vanished."
"Yes sir." Sora said getting in the car and Riku behind him.
When they reached home Sora was the first out of the car and to the front door where he heard his mother talking. He paused, his curiosity getting the best of him.
"Please…keep my son from running away again." She said in a desperate tone.
"I plan to do that miss." Said a strong male voice as Sora saw the door handle move.
"Thank you so much." Sora's father said as the door opened and Sora stood facing a man with wild hair colored a dark steel blue color that faded into gray at the tips. His eyes were a bright silver color and he wore a black suite.
"Hello Sora." The man said as he looked at the teen gasping at him. "My name is Shitsuma."
"What do you want with me?" Sora asked as he looked at the man a little afraid of knowing the answer.
"I've just been asked by your parents to take you to my all-boys school called Kiseki Academy. Why don't we speak inside?" he said to Sora only causing the boy to gasp.
"You're making me change schools?" Sora asked his parents standing at the door. His mother looked to the floor but his father walked over and grabbed a hold of his upper arm.
"We're talking inside…" he said then looked up at Riku who was standing there with his mouth wide open," Riku you too, your parents called us and are coming over right now."
"What?" Riku said loudly as his father was now standing behind him and gripping his upper arm as well.
Inside Sora and Riku sat on the loveseat across from Shitsuma while their parents wither sat or stood to there left near the fireplace. Sora looked nervously at Riku at the same time the older teen did. Shitsuma was busy rummaging through a bag that he had brought with him. He put on a pair or square framed glasses then pulled out a pile of brochures and began to hand then out.
Sora took one and looked at the cover. It had a picture of the school campus which looked like it was more of a college campus then a high school campus. Sora flipped it open and saw a picture of a group of happy students wearing a white, navy or a black blazer uniform. Sora already did not like the looks of how things were going.
"This is not a discussion for the Hikari's so much as for the Kurai's because the Hikari's have already decided to send their son." Shitsuma said as Sora looked up stunned by the news he had just been given. "As you can see from the brochure our campus is filled with bright, smart, and safe young men. We have many on campus dorms and excellent head dorm boys. Our classes also run from normal to above average courses that will allow your son to get a higher degree of education."
"I've heard enough." Riku's father said. "Where the hell is the paper work?"
"What about what we think?" Riku shouted standing up. "Maybe Sora and I don't want to go to this fancy all-boy's school think about it logically dad."
"Shut up and sit down." Riku's father snapped as the teen stood ready to fight with his old man but Sora pulled Riku down to sit next to him. "So…" Riku's father said looking at Shitsuma," how soon can you take him?"
"I can take him tomorrow," Shitsuma said," in the morning as-of-matter-of-fact, which is when I shall be taking Sora."
"Don't I get a chance to pack?" Sora asked looking at his mother.
"You will not need any normal clothes. Our school is situated on the main land in the mountains. No where outside of the school for you to go." Shitsuma said crossing his legs and leaning back in the chair.
"What about saying good-bye to my other friends?" Sora asked trying to look for some way to stay another day or two.
"You have the rest of today to do that. You live on such a small island it should not take long to find them all and say a few words." Shitsuma said as he looked Sora in the eye a calm smile on his face all along.
'This guy…he's countering everything I say.' Sora thought as he sat back in the seat. 'I give up. There is no way I can get around this. That and I am in too much of a shock to say anything to stop them from sending me to this place. At least I'll have Riku with me.'
He looked at Riku who looked like he was about to have a heart attack. Sora wondered why but shook it off when Shitsuma stood to hand Riku's father the papers. "We like to get our students to school quickly and it will take two days to reach the school from here by ferry and car as it is. Please to bid your farewells because we will be setting off early tomorrow. If I could ask of one of the families to take them both for tonight, it would make it easier for me to get them in the morning."
"So Kimaru-san, can you deal with Riku for the night?" Riku's father asked Sora's father.
"I do not mind." Kimaru said with a smile. "If you are sure, it will be the last night you get to spend with your son until the holidays."
"I don't care. Mitoko do you?" Riku's father asked his wife.
"Not at all, I'll bring over some of Riku's things later." Mitoko said standing up and looking at the papers with her husband.
Riku stood up quickly and walked out the door. Sora looked toward Riku then at the adults in the room before he too stood up and went after his friend.
"Riku wait up!" Sora called as he had to sprint to catch up with the teen.
"I can't believe the crap that their making us do!" Riku shouted as loud as he could as he kicked a light post equally as hard. "This is bull shit!"
"What should we do Riku?" Sora asked as the silver haired teen was taking his anger out on inanimate objects and Sora held it all in. "Really run away?"
"No…" Riku said as he had finally gotten it all out of his system. "We'll have to put up with it…when they finally get that we didn't run away they'll let us come back."
"We're glad that you all could make it here!" Sora shouted as all of his and Riku's friends had made it to the park where the two teens had a bunch of food and other party things. "I know we're taking valuable time out of your lives today but…"
"We have to tell you that our parents are making us go to an all-boys school on the main land in the mountains." Riku finished what Sora had said.
"WHAT?" The grip of people shouted as loudly as they could.
"That's right. Starting tomorrow we'll be on our way to Kiseki Academy for boys. We won't be seeing any of you for a while so just hope when you see us all again we'll still be straight." Riku joked laughing.
"You have to leave tomorrow, what the hell is up with that?" Tidus shouted as he stepped up.
"Ask the four people that decided to send us there." Riku said as he scanned the crowd for Kairi to see the look she had. When he found her she was not facing them but rather mumbling to herself. 'Talking with Naminé in public again Kairi?' Riku thought as he smirked.
"Well," Sora said from the table Riku and he stood on," this is a farewell party so we can say good-bye for now."
"We're all going to miss you!" yelled a random girl.
"Be normal when you come back, ya." Wakka said as he spun his ball.
The party went on like any party should. During one part of it four girls came up and each gave Sora a kiss on the cheek as a going away gift. This freaked Sora out to no ends and he went to hang out with Kairi for the rest of the party. It lasted up until Lagoona came and was calling for the two teens that were leaving.
Sora and Riku were told good-byes even as they drove home. Sora did not want to talk to his brother because he thought that Lagoona was in on the whole thing too.
Sora in fact did not speak again until he and Riku were in Sora's room getting ready to go to sleep. "Hey Riku…" Sora said as he looked at his best friend. "Why are you really, really against this?"
"I thought that would be obvious." Riku said looking at the brunette. When he saw the face Sora was making, his "You really believe I'm going to get it?" face, Riku laughed and sat up. "I really don't want to go because of what they might do to us there."
"Huh?" Sora said still lost as to what he meant.
"Sora…it's an all-boys boarding school." Riku said still getting the same blank face. "You really are dense one of the things that make you cute, so think yaoi lover." He said as it finally dawned on Sora what Riku was talking about.
"Oh my god," Sora said as he looked at his best friend," and I'm the type to get raped in the bathroom!" he said grabbing the sides of his head. "I'm going to loose my virginity to a guy!"
"Calm down Sora. We'll just have to look out for one another…and pray that we don't get caught alone in a corner. If that happens…think…that you're fighting a heartless and bash his fucking head in."
"You're not going to stop me from cursing there." Sora said as he looked at his friend's experienced way of saying to kick some guy's ass.
"Watch me." Riku said with a smirk as he stood up and placed his hands on his hips. "I'll make sure you use euphemisms when you speak."
"Not if I run from you." Sora said.
"Then you'll be found alone in a corner somewhere by some weird." Riku stated. They went on like this until Sora fell asleep listening to Riku's final comment.
"If nothing else works then I'll shut you up while at the same time keeping you from being taken by just anyone." Riku said with a soft smile as he sat down again and leaned over to shut off the light. After he turned it off the room went dark except for the place Riku was sitting because it was where the moon light seeped in though the window.
He stared at Sora, hanging half way off his bed and sighed. "You're to cute even if I did that." He said as he looked a little concerned. "The only way too really keep to safe is…" he stopped himself with I blush creeping across his face," no, no, no!" he said waving his hands around in front of him. "I'll just make him mean…angry…Sora…" Riku said then thought of how he looked. "Crap…angry Sora equals pouting or other and that only makes him cuter. Why does this have to be so damn hard?" he shouted waking Sora up for a minute causing the silver haired teen to pause as Riku started to mess his hair. When he put his back down Riku sighed and laid down on the futon.
"I'll think of something Sora." Riku said getting a murmured reply from Sora. Riku laughed a bit as he turned to lie on his side and started to fall asleep. "That's right."
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The next day Sora woke up to the sun shining into his window. "Argh!" he said rolling over and covering his head with a pillow. "I thought I shut the curtains and blinds!" he shouted with a wimpier demanding that they be shut.
"Time to rise and shine boys, it's the dawn of a new day." Shitsuma's voice intruded on Sora's complaints.
"Dawn of a new day…" Sora said sitting up slowly remembering the words to the cursed song. 'Why is it lately I've found myself comparing things I've done while traveling with things people are saying around me. First the king thing, now the title to that evil song, why?' Sora looked around and noticed that Riku was not in the room. "Where is Riku?"
"Right here." Riku said walking in with a towel on his head. "I woke up early this morning and took a shower." The sliver haired teen said as he rubbed the towel on his face lightly. "So…" he said looking at Shitsuma," I take it you're here for us already?"
"You have thirty minutes before you are expected to be outside and ready to go." Shitsuma said before he left the two teens alone.
"Pansy ass…man! I just want to knock his face in." Riku said as he stomped his foot on the ground and walked over to Sora's dresser and picked up the hair dryer. "Maybe with our luck some Heartless will attack again and we'll have a reason to leave."
"Maybe." Sora said as he stood up and began to remake his bed.
Thirty minutes later Sora and Riku were sitting in a car on its way to the port to drop them off. Sora watched as his friends waved at him and Riku as they passed by, but the more people he saw, the more Sora wanted to cry. He looked at Riku who seemed to be ignoring everything by reading a manga but Sora knew what the silver haired teen was doing. Riku was trying to drown out the sounds of others by burying himself in the inked pages of a fictional story.
Sora did not say anything to the young Kurai instead he looked out the window and placed on a sad smile as he waved to his friends and acquaintances. When they reached the port Lagoona stood with something in his hand.
"What are you doing here nii-san?" Sora asked as he ran over to his brother. Before he could say another word the taller brunette hugged the shorter one. He then broke it off to look Sora in the eye.
"I want you to be careful. Do not get caught alone with anyone that looks like they are on the verge of killing someone. Here…" Lagoona said handing Sora a bag with two cell phones and the necessary accessories that went with it inside. "One for you and one for Kurai-kun, stay in touch with us as well, and make sure you two watch out for one another."
After some final good-byes Sora and Riku boarded the ship and set off to the main land.
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Yeah I know I am three pages short of my normal ten but I cannot think of anything else to fill the chapter with so you all can sit on this and wait for the next one. I will get it done as soon as I can. I have no idea when that will be so just wait it out.
Jyaa Na
Kaiku-kun