Thanks for all those who read and reviewed during the absence. I was working on other stories and doing homework. So, now school's done for me (it ended around April 20th, I think) and it's midterms for the gang. Hopefully all that videogame playing didn't mess them over for test time.

-miano53

Online MMOs and Midterms, pt. II

April 4th, Radiant Garden High School…

That morning, the entire school headed into the school and for their lockers for the start of the day. It was the start of midterms and Ven was really nervous. The reason for that was he didn't do much in the way of studying. So, he naturally blamed Roxas.

"Hey, I wasn't the one up all night, eating peanut butter and playing Crystal Chronicles," Roxas yelled.

"Well, I didn't see you stop me," Ven said.

"Hey, I'm not my brother's keeper," Roxas said.

"Yes you are," Zack said, closing his locker.

"How so?" Roxas asked.

"You're the older twin, right?" Zack asked.

"Uh, yeah, but I didn't know until a few months ago," Roxas said.

"Zack, how much did you study?" Ven asked.

"A few hours each day," Zack said.

"Lea, how much did you study?" Zack asked.

Lea, who was just finishing his breakfast of oatmeal, looked at Zack and said with a full mouth, "Huh? Oh…Two hours a day."

"Man, you guys suck at studying," Luneth said, holding his books.

"Well, we're not some uber-geek that can study for hours at a time without tiring," Lea said.

"I'm not a geek!" Luneth yelled.

"Yes you are," Isa said, walking past them and to class.

"Jerk…" Luneth muttered.

Ven's English Class…

Prof. Edea Krammer began passing out the tests and she said, "Okay, this is the grammar exam I told you all to study for. If you all didn't, then…We'll you just won't pass."

She gave out all the tests and said, "Begin. You have the whole class to finish."

Ven looked down at his paper and at the first question. The first question dealt with punctuation. 'Oh, it's not that hard,' he thought.

The first question was a sentence and he had to correct all the mistakes. After doing so, he looked at the next several sentences and corrected them.

Sadly, his friends had a much tougher time with the tests.

In Prof. Xehanort's math class…

Roxas stared at the test and saw something like, "What is the square root of 366 divided by 42?"

'I don't know!' Roxas thought.

He snuck a look over at Zack and saw that the guy was blazing through his test. Just before he could look back on his test, a ruler slammed down on his test.

"Roxas…" Prof. Xehanort said.

"Um…" Roxas said, afraid that he received an automatic fail.

"Eyes on your own paper," Prof. Xehanort said and left.

Roxas looked at the paper and for some reason, fear brought things back to his remembrance. So, he started answering questions on the test. With Vivi and Ven, however, they kept staring at it due to lack of preparation.

Hours later,

After finishing up all of their mid-terms and allowed to go home for the day, the KS team headed to their respective homes and was glum all the while. The reason as to why was that each of them felt as if they failed the test. Everyone except for Luneth, that is.

"Well, I know I passed. You all should've studied," Luneth told them over Google Chat.

"Yeah, but you're a workaholic! No one can study like you…and that's bad," Lea said.

"How so?" Luneth asked.

"Well, for starters, you started hanging out with us less," Ven said.

"And you hardly chat with us on the internet," Zack said.

"If you're seeing other people, we understand," Vivi said.

"That's not it!" Luneth said.

"Then what is it?" Yuffie asked.

"Well…I got accepted into another school," Luneth said.

"Huh?" everyone said.

"Which school?" Yuna asked.

"The School of Computer Arts over in Balamb," Luneth said.

"That's kinda…far…" Ven said.

The group was sad and Luneth said, "We'll still see each other. I'll come back and visit."

"Yeah, but it won't be the same," Vivi said, sad.

The group sighed and Zack asked, "So, when are you leaving?"

"I'll leave after school's over. So, we get another two months together in school," Luneth said.

"Yeah, but…" Ven said.

After chatting away and scolded by Luneth for saying goodbye too early, Ven and Roxas shut off the Google Chat and began doing homework.

That weekend, April 6th…

After playing a bit of Crystal Chronicles and thanking God in heaven that he passed his midterms with a B, Ven started playing with Roxas a game that Lea dared them to play. That game was Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

The two started the game and turned off the lights in the room, as told by the game. The volume was turned all the way up and they started playing as Daniel. He suffered from amnesia, hence the game's title, and looked around in the room.

"My name is…I am Daniel," the main character said.

"Okay, I think I'm going to hate Lea," Ven said.

"Well, it's just the beginning," Roxas said.

Two hours and many screams later, Terra joined the group and saw where they were. It was the dreaded "water part" of the game. The boys walked through the water and suddenly, Daniel remembered something.

After he did, the dark hallway was covered in water. A sound of water splashing was heard and Roxas yelled, "HOLY CRAP!"

"Ven, run!" Terra yelled.

"I'm leaving! I'm leaving! I'm leaving!" Ven yelled.

The sounds of splashing that didn't come from Daniel increased and Roxas yelled, "Ven it's behind you! OOOOH!"

"WAH! Run! Get on the boxes!" Ven screamed.

"GAA-AAAH!" Roxas screamed.

Ven immediately turned off the game and started crying. "Well, all you had to do was jump on the boxes," Terra said, laughing.

"You're evil," Roxas said, also crying.

Terra kept laughing and left the room. "I don't wanna play this game anymore…" Ven said, still crying.

Needless to say, the twins didn't speak to Lea that weekend…or the Monday after.

Well, at least Ven passed the midterm. But Luneth's leaving. Aw…