The Magic of the Earth and the Sky

by Flare Haynekie

Disclaimer: …………

Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai, Kairi-bashing?

Author's note: And now, back to the story! LOL.

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Chapter 23: Dressing up for the first day

Sora yawned for the fifth time. Riku had woke up him to tell him he had to run over to his house for something urgent and left a very sleepy Sora to deal with the fact that today was his first day of school. Which apparently, didn't sink in since after that fifth yawn, he cuddled back under the covers for some more sleep. He didn't even notice when Kairi showed up and looked around his room, taking pictures at one too many things. Apparently she had come to wake up Sora, why though, was a mystery itself (although that won't last long…). Kairi nodded to herself once she was done and proceeded to do what Sion asked her to do when she arrived: wake up Sora.

"Wha-?" Sora asked sleepy as Kairi shook him, a large grin on her face. "Kairi?" Sora stared at her for two seconds more. "Wait, Kairi?! What are you doing in here?!"

"Oh, Sora. Please, you make it sound like I was doing something horrible." Kairi said with a large smile, creeping the hell out of Sora. "Actually, I have come here to give you a little piece of advice." She took the large paper bag she had left next to the bed and placed it on Sora's lap. "Wear this for a whole week, or I'll be sure to let everyone see that not only do you have two large shelves full of plushies, but that you actually sleep with one of them." Kairi gave a small giggle as she showed Sora her digital camera. "I'll see you at school then. Bye, bye!" She gave a small wave before walking out the room.

Sora sighed, then looked into the paper bag. "Oh, shit. I'm so dead."

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Riku knocked on Sora's door. They were going to be late if Sora didn't hurry up. But, honestly, what could be so difficult about getting ready for school?

"Sora?"

"Riku? Riku! If you come in, I'll kill you!"

Riku stared at the door as if it had come alive and laughed at it. What the hell had gotten into Sora? Without a second thought, Riku opened the door and meeting face to face with a pillow. Not that it had helped into letting him not see why Sora suddenly refused to see anyone. "What are you wearing?"

"The school uniform, can't you see?"

"Yes, I can tell it's the school uniform, Sora." Riku rubbed his forehead before looking at Sora again. "Explain to me why you're wearing the girl's uniform." Riku said, Sora quickly blushing.

"Erm, no time to explain, I'll tell you on the way!" Sora exclaimed, rushing out the room with Riku after him.

They left the house and ran in direction of the school. Once they made it, they walked in, Sora then explaining what had happened after Riku had left. Once they reached the classroom, Riku had the urge to go over to Kairi and probably throw her out the third floor window, but he controlled his urges.

"I don't mind really." Sora said, trying to calm down Riku. "It'll be no big deal, and once the week is over, Kairi will drop the whole thing."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah!"

"Fine. Want me to take you to the principal's office?"

"No, it's okay. I don't think I need to go." Sora looked up at the door as their teacher entered. "I'd better tell her of the situation though."

Riku nodded, watching Sora run up to the teacher. Once he made sure he had explained it all to their teacher, he came back to sit on the empty seat next to Riku. The classroom was divided in pairs, and Riku had been without a partner due to the reason that anyone who gets partnered up with Riku ends up being bullied into picking another partner and leaving Riku alone by his rabid fan girls. Which consisted of almost the entire female school population.

"Settle down class." The teacher started. "Most of you have probably noticed, but today we have a transfer student from Kuri City. Hi… erm, her name is Sora Barzahd, and I hope you all make her feel welcomed. This is her first time in the island, so please be nice to her." The teacher motioned for Sora to stand up.

Sora smiled as everyone turned to look at him. Well, this is fun. "Um, as you know, my name is Sora Barzahd, and I hope to make friends here. I come from the South Blue Pearl section in Kuri City. I'm 18, just like most of you, and I currently live in what used to be my mother's house. That's about it, I guess." Sora finished, sitting back down.

The teacher smiled, Sora was just too cute. "Thank you Sora. Your partner for the rest of the school year is Riku, since that's the only seat available, so I hope you're okay with that. Riku, make sure you make Sora feel welcomed. Anyway, class, you probably all know this already, but you have study hour today in a minute, and later on you're all needed down in the gym for the graduation robe fitting, so please don't be late. And if you make another water fight like that last time the fitting lady came, trust me that I will make your lives miserable with homework for the rest of the school year." With that, the teacher smiled sweetly at them. "Well, that's it for homeroom. Please be sure to study or do something useful while you're all in here for the next hour."

Sora watched her with wide eyes as she waved goodbye and left the classroom. "Oh my god, she's crazy!" Sora exclaimed once he thought she was far away.

The classroom laughed at Sora's outburst before practically surrounding Sora, a very pissed off Kairi storming out the classroom.

"So, Sora, who are you living with while staying on the island?" some one asked.

"With my dad, of course! He's the best! Currently my cousin came over for a visit too, so he's staying with us as well." Sora answered, Riku sighing for a short moment.

"And your mom? Is she here too?" someone else asked.

"No. My mom died not long ago, so we came here as she asked me to. She wanted me to have least a bit of the experience she had while growing up here."

"Are you just staying here for a bit, or have you moved without planning on leaving?" one of the girls asked.

"We moved here without planning on leaving. Grandma is here too, so I'm glad I came, otherwise I wouldn't have met her."

"Guys, leave Sora alone. You're bombarding her with too many questions." Selphie suddenly said managing to make her way into the middle of the crowd and giving Sora a hug. "Shoo, shoo. Leave Sora alone. Ask later." The crowd sighed. There was no way to beat Selphie, so they left to do their own studying or talking. "So, Sora. Whatcha doing dressed as a girl all of a sudden?"

"Kairi made me do it. But it's only for a week, so I don't really mind." Sora said.

"Really? But what will you do if a guy hits on you? You look so cute as a girl that I think many considered it."

"I'll be okay. Riku's with me." Sora glanced over at Riku who nodded.

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"Oh my God, I can not believe this day could get any longer!!!" Sora exclaimed as they walked out the school and towards Raku's Break Spot.

"Sora, it's lunch time." Riku said with a small laugh. "And aside from that giggle attack you had while the lady was doing the fitting with you, and everything that ensued after that, I believe the day went well."

"Yeah, easy for you to say. You're not the one with a fan club dedicated to worshiping you right behind us!" Sora said, pointing to said group of people that followed them.

Riku laughed as they entered the shop, Caroline greeting them. "Hi, Caroline." Riku greeted.

"Hi, grandma." Sora greeted. "Don't ask, I'll explain later." He added.

Caroline softly understood and let the boys sit on their usual spots before handing them a boxed lunch each. "Here you go. Yuffie came by and left them. Said something about Sora not having breakfast this morning."

"Oh, yeah… since I didn't want dad to see me, I ran out without having breakfast." Sora realized.

"We were late anyway." Riku added, opening his lunch, while Sora did the same.

Sora's little fan club watched them eat, Sora taking something from Riku's lunchbox every once in a while, and Riku later on doing the same thing. Once the fan club had settled down, they decided that Riku and Sora made the most cutest couple ever, which made Sora blush, Riku grin, and Kairi even more pissed (she had stopped by to see if anything happened).

Once they were done eating, Cloud popped in, staring at Sora with wide eyes, the brunet saying that he would explain later, before Cloud burst out laughing and had to hold on to Leon who just raised an eyebrow, shook his head, and left for work, Cloud going after him. That's when Sora's fan club decided that, hey, they should stalk down those two as well because they were sexy and they looked cute together, which made Sora wonder if anything normal would ever happen in his life aside from the sunrise.

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To be continued!
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::Author's note::
Sorry that the chapter's short, but I wanted it to be up at the same time as number 22. I'm weird like that. So, yeah, next chapter shall probably be a bit longer.

::Things you should know::
Kairi is evil. Oh, and my sister asked a few seniors about the whole plushies and the blackmail picture things, and they all agreed that they would do whatever the person asked. That or make up tons of lies before burning down said plushies. LOL. Oh well.

----Flare