I'm SO sorry. I really couldn't think of anything until I saw an old Disney football cartoon. So, here's the newest chapter after nearly a five month wait.

-miano53

New Teachers and New Sports

September 1st, Radiant Garden High School, Ven's 10th grade year…

After having a not-so-fun summer as many of his friends had left the city, Ven arrived at Radiant Garden High School for the beginning of his 10th grade year. With a new attitude and clothes, the teen headed for his homeroom, room 201. Once he had arrived, he was happy to see that Vivi, Yuna, Yuffie, Garnet, Zidane and Zack were in his homeroom.

He quickly ran over to greet them and Vivi was ecstatic. Yuna hugged Ven, angering Yuffie.

Hearing a rumor over the summer, Vivi asked, "Hey! Is it true that we're having a new history teacher?"

"Yup…And he's my next door neighbor…" Ven muttered.

Remembering what happened, Zack said, "Oh crud."

"Hopefully he doesn't attempt to murder us like Coach Dilan did," Yuffie said.

The group shuddered and saw that their homeroom teacher, Prof. Sazh, had come in. He gave the group of students their homeroom assignments and said, "Well, another year is upon us people. Let's try not to act too childish this year."

The bell rang signaling the start of classes for the day.

Ven's first class, History…

Ven entered the class and was pleased to see that Tidus and Garnet were in the same class as he. The others were classmates that he didn't get to know and they all talked amongst themselves. Ven sat next to his friends and overheard everyone whispering.

"So, did you hear about the new teacher?" one of them said.

"I heard he's a vampire and he can't age," another said.

"I heard he's a ghost," a third muttered.

"What if he sucks our blood?" a fourth muttered.

Garnet looked at Ven and asked, "So…is he a vampire?"

"No," Ven said.

"Are you sure? We've heard rumors," Tidus said.

"He's not a…" Ven was about to say.

The door opened and the class looked at who was coming in. Everyone gasped and immediately groaned as it was only Lea.

"What?" Lea asked, looking around.

"Excuse me," someone said.

Lea turned and screamed as he thought he had seen a ghost. "Aah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" he screamed.

The new teacher, Vincent Valentine, looked at him with confusion. Crying, Lea screamed, "Oh! Gosh darnnit! I…What-happened-to-happy-fun-times?!"

"Take your seat," Vincent told him in a cold, monotone voice.

Lea quickly ran to Ven and sat next to him. Vincent, wearing a suit of black and red, walked over to his desk and looked at the class. The class stared back, thinking he was a vampire.

He wrote his name on the chalkboard and the students muttered behind him. When he turned to face them, one of the students raised their hands.

"Yes?" Vincent said.

"Prof. Valentine, are you a vampire?" the student asked.

"No," Prof. Vincent said.

"Are you like the vampires from Twilight?" another student, a Twilight fangirl, asked.

"No," Prof. Vincent told them.

"Are you a vampire like Alucard from Castlevania?" a gamer student asked.

"For the last time, I'm not a vampire," Prof. Vincent said.

"So, you're not going to suck our blood if we fail a test?" another student asked.

"No…I'll just cover up your murder," Prof. Vincent said.

The class gasped and Prof. Vincent said, "I was kidding."

"Don't do that…" Lea gasped, holding his chest as if he had a heart attack.

Prof. Vincent shook his head and said, "I'll be your history teacher for this year. No, I won't do anything a vampire does as I am not one. But, I will expect for you to learn and complete the assignments that I give you. The first of those is to write a short essay on the history of this city. I expect the paper to be finished by next Monday."

"Gaw…" the class groaned.

"Well, this is gonna be interesting…" Ven muttered.

Later, after school…

After getting his assignments from his other teachers, Zack, Ven and Roxas headed home. When he arrived, he saw Terra practicing with Angeal with a football. He kept catching the ball and passing it. Ven knew what was going on.

"Terra, you're joining the rugby team?" Ven asked.

"Yes. All I had to do was keep my grades up and the team would let me in," Terra replied, passing the ball to Angeal.

"Why didn't they let Terra in earlier?" Roxas asked.

"The university prides itself on education first, sports second," Angeal replied.

"So, you're not a guarantee shoo-in if you're in sports, right?" Zack asked.

"Nope. I learned it the hard way," Terra said.

The twins shrugged and headed inside the home. Zack, however, took the keys to his house and headed home.

Two days later, September 3rd…

Ven, Roxas, Aqua and Eraqus went to the city's university to see Terra's debut as a college rugby player. He was made a halfback and was on the field with his teammates. They, most being old high school classmates, cheered as he came onto the field.

The Pellegrino family sat down in the stands and saw that the crowd was wildly cheering for the city's rugby team. The two teams lined up and the ball was kicked. One of the players, a man named "Swivel-Hips" Smith, caught the ball and ran down the field like a ballerina. He dodged the players and arrived at the goal line. When he was finished, he made a touchdown and proudly set the ball onto the ground.

That made the score 6-0. Terra, helping the field kicker with the ball, added to the score, making the score now 7-0. After the kick was good, Swivel-Hips was sat down by the coach as he didn't want to hurt his star player.

The quarterback of the team gathered the Radiant Garden Knights onto the field and began deciding which number to call.

"Hmm…Should I call the 98? The 53? The 84?" the quarterback thought aloud.

"Just pick a call, Luxiere!" one of the players yelled.

The quarterback broke the huddle and the team lined up. Luxiere then literally barked the orders for the next play. The players on the backline shifted and the ball was put into play.

Luxiere caught the ball thrown by one of the players and gave it to Terra. When Terra grabbed the ball, he sped pass him like a rocket, crashing into the opposite team. Whatever gear the opposing team was wearing was sent flying into the air and the players were scattered about the field. Terra, however, had made it to the goal line, giving the team a strong lead of 13-0.

The opposing team saw that the Knights were prepared to make a field kick when one of the players jumped up. The ball smacked him in the face, knocking him unconscious, but preventing the Knights to obtain any more points. So, the score stayed 13-0.

After the opposing team grabbed the ball, their players fought bravely to get a point. Several fumbles, tackles, fouls and flags later, the poor team made a point. Sadly, it was the end of the game when they did.

Pellegrino household, 9 p.m.…

After coming home and congratulating Terra on his team's win, Ven and Roxas headed to their room to do homework. That was the plan anyway.

Instead, the twins started "Skyping" their friend, Luneth. Luneth answered and saw the two.

"Hey! What's up?" he asked.

"Well, our new neighbor really is our new history teacher," Ven told him.

"Wow…" Luneth muttered.

"Yeah, and he expects us to finish a paper by next Monday. It's supposed to be on the history of Radiant Garden. How are you supposed to do that in less than a week?" Roxas said.

"Well, you could always get started now. And you can check the libraries on extensive research on Radiant Garden," Luneth answered.

Before Ven could retort, cackling was heard once more. Luneth looked at the screen in shock, asking, "What was that?"

"Oh no…OH NO!" Roxas yelled.

"Not again!" Ven added.

"Ven. Roxas…What was that?" Luneth asked.

"I don't know…" Roxas said, now on the floor and rocking back and forth.

"I'm not letting that thing out there scare me! C'mon Roxas!" Ven declared in great bravado.

Roxas shook his head and Ven asked, "Why not?"

"I'm not getting murdered tonight!" Roxas yelled.

"I gotta agree with Roxas on this. Don't go out there!" Luneth said.

Ven grabbed a nearby baseball bat and ran out of the room. Roxas didn't follow. Instead, he stayed on the floor, now in the fetal position.

Outside…

Ven ran to his neighbors' house and heard the cackling grow louder. He hopped the fence and saw that the place was rather…normal. There was a single apple tree in the center of the yard and had ripe fruit on it. A small garden was near the house and was filled with flowers of many kinds. Since the year was almost over and winter was coming, the flowers started to wilt.

The teen headed for the apple tree as he was hungry and the apples of Gala looked delicious. He picked one and immediately felt a presence behind him. He turned and immediately regretted it.

A man in a hockey mask and a t-shirt stood behind him. A large chainsaw was in his hand and he revved it. Ven attempted to swing his baseball bat at him with the man sliced the weapon in two.

Ven looked at the now severed bat and then at the man. Losing whatever "manliness" he had, Ven screamed bloody murder, throwing the bat at the man and running away. The man chased after him, still revving the chainsaw and cackling madly.

When the fence was in reach, Ven hopped it and ran into his house. He locked the doors and peeked out the window. For some reason, the man was gone.

Relieved, Ven slumped to the floor and Roxas found him. "He was out there?" he asked.

All Ven could do was nod. The poor thing immediately passed out from the overwhelming fear.

Aw…Poor Ventus. So, wonder why that masked guy keeps revving chainsaws and laughing. Stay tuned.