A/N: I'm so sorry that I took so long to update. Got caught up in school and junk. Here's a new chapter.

Chapter 6: The First Day

A few days have past, and it's the morning of the first day of school. Both students are just waking up to get ready for school. Turns out that Riku and Nyx have a lot of the same classes, except for Anatomy, Gym (same period, different sections) Math, and History. They had to go back to the school to get Riku's summer reading and to register his Gummi at the school so he wouldn't have to take the school bus. Nyx was openly excited, to her embarrassment, while Riku was much more successful in concealing his excitement. He had grown a bit of a fondness for the girl. Something about her just seems so familiar, as if he's been reunited with a long lost friend.

Nyx didn't wake up early this time, opting to take hers at night to get in some more sleep. So Riku takes a chance and occupies the bathroom. In fifteen he's showered dressed in his uniform for school. He examines himself in the mirror. It consisted of a white buttoned up shirt with sleeves and a plaid blue tie and blue plaid shorts for the summer weather. All of the plaid had gold accents. The colors were similar colors to his school back at Destiny Islands.

The sudden nostalgia caused a sudden rush of an old hidden memory to resurface. The memory is hazy, but in it is a five year-old Riku with Sora talking to a girl. However, the girl isn't Kairi or Selphie. Or any girl that he remembers being on the Islands. The memory fades before he can make anything of it. He shrugs it off to decode it later, and leaves the bathroom with his things.

On his way back to his room, Riku passes by a very awake Nyx in her uniform. Her uniform is the similar to his, with a skirt and navy blue knee high socks. She wears black shorts with the skirt, as required for the female students (although this rule is often broken) and high-top black sneaker wedges. She has a blue jacket wrapped around her waist, and is holding her backpack. The sight of her brought an unknown memory to resurface for a second. Confused, Riku ends up passing her without saying hello. He goes into his room to get his book bag. Nyx doesn't really notice, she does, but nature's calling was to distracting at the moment. She puts her backpack n the floor outside the bathroom and went in to do her business

Once both teens headed downstairs and eaten their breakfast cereal, they got ready to head out. It's 6:50 am, and school starts at 7:27. At this point Starlette is up and bid the teens farewell and good luck on their first day. They walk to the hanger and prepare for lift off.

"You're going to have to sign in today, since you don't have an ID card yet to swipe in," says Nyx while Riku is driving the ship. "We'll get you one during lunch period." He commits this news to memory.

Once there, the school was a lot livelier than a few days ago. There were people on the campus hanging out in the parking lot and campus, and people getting dropped off by Gummi school buses in the front and Gummi ships in the back. Riku lands his ship and they get out. The time is 7:07 am. They walk to the vestibule and greet a muscular female security guard. Riku signs in and lets the guard know he doesn't have an ID. She gives him a paper slip for a temporary ID and lets him pass through. Nyx says hello to the guard and just enters the school, swiping her ID at one of the four card scanners. She catches up with Riku and walks with him.

"Do you have your schedule," Nyx asks Riku.

"Yes, right here," he replies after he pulls it out of his backpack.

"Ok good. The schedule tells you what class you have and in what room. It also tells you how long each period is, who your counselor is, and what locker you have. Can I see?" He shows her his schedule. "Okay, judging by your locker number, it's on the third floor and not too far from mine. A note for finding your classes, the letter in front of the classroom number corresponds to a wing. The first number after the letter tells what floor the room is. The last two digits tell where the room is on the floor. So your Anatomy class is B323. That means it's in wing B on the third floor in room 23 in that wing. It's easier once you get used to it."

Riku gets the idea, but once he sees how the school is formatted, he'll get it. They hit the B wing straight ahead past the cafeteria, and head up the first staircase as if they were going to the counselor's office. Instead, they went to the third floor instead of the second. Riku's class was only two classrooms away from the staircase. He found that Nyx's words were true, he was starting to get the hang of finding his classes. After finding the class they both went searching for their lockers. Finally they found them in the C wing. Nyx's was in the middle of the hallway while Riku's was a little further down. Nyx put her backpack in her locker and slams it shut. She walks to Riku's locker. They hang out for a bit talking about their classes when the warning bell sounds, alerting students that they have five minutes to get to class.

Nyx gets ready to leave. "Well I better get going, my class was back down by the Events lobby in that wing towards the left. It's the F wing, the wing of music. I have Orchestra first period. Such a chore to get there from here." She sighs dramatically with a hand on her forehead, causing Riku to chuckle. "I'll see you next period alright? By the way the art room is in the A wing, the wing we took to get from the B wing to the C wing. It's the one in the middle, the biggest art room in the wing."

"So we past it," asks Riku.

"Yup! You're catching on young whippersnapper!" She pats him on the back. "See ya later. And don't be late." She waves at him before heading towards a staircase and going down. Riku heads for his anatomy class.

First period went by really slow. So did the rest of the periods for that matter. Riku met back up with in Art class. Nyx was in a level 3 Art class while Riku was level one. They were in the same class with the same teacher, but had different projects. The class that day was pretty much a free period so they talked to each other. Riku's popularity was already sky rocketing due to people recognizing him. Since at that point they had classes in the same area, Nyx showed him to all of his classes. During unch period they went to the library to get Riku an ID. A flash later and Riku's picture is taken and his card is printed. The lady in charge goes on about the importance of his card and about not losing it. They go to lunch and Riku meets some of Nyx's friends. They were nice. Some of her friends even shared classes with the both of them. All the classes after lunch had a faster start, although the periods went by slowly still. Riku's favorite classes so far were Gym, Art and Magic and Defense.

Finally the clock struck 2:28 and the bell rang for dismissal. Riku and Nyx walk towards the Events Lobby to leave to go home. Everyone who sees him either waves, fan-girls, or gossip about him in hushed whispers. By the end of the day, Riku is very well known throughout the school. Knowing that everyone is noticing Nyx simply because she's next to Riku disheartens her and she lowers her head. Riku notices the action but doesn't say anything at the moment. They finally make it to the parking lot when a girl comes up to them.

The girl had long dirty blonde hair in a high ponytail with bangs swept to the sides, framing her heart-shaped face. She has light tan flawless skin, and a nice petite figure. Her skirt was noticeably higher than normal, and her shorts were quite tight. She wore black 3 inch heels with her ensemble. She makes eye contact with Nyx. When that happens, Nyx's aura suddenly darkens, and she becomes a bit hostile. Her eyes turn amber again, but this time with a bit of fire red speckled in them. The girl, after making eye contact with Nyx, completely ignores her presence. She saunters up to Riku, swaying her hips. She flips her bang in Nyx's face once she gets close enough.

The girl bats her eyes and speaks to Riku. "Hey, you must be the new kid. I'm Veronica, nice to meet you." She says that last sentence in a flirty sing-song voice.

"I'm Riku," he replies, blushing at Veronica's advances.

"You seem cool, we should hang out and get to know each other. Are you free?"

That's when Nyx butts in. "No he's not free. He has to go do, something." She says this quite defensively. Veronica looks at Nyx and gave her a glare that only she could notice, then looks back at Riku.

"I didn't hear Riku dear say anything about having plans" she says with her flirty mask back on. Both girls look at Riku expectantly. The tension in the air between the females is thick.

Riku, trying to keep the peace, politely says, "I'd love to hang out, but Nyx is right. I have to go do something."

Veronica falters for a moment, then picks herself back up. "Well, I'll hold you to your promise." She gives him her phone number. "Call me when you want to hang." She waves farewell to Riku, then looks at Nyx with a smirk. "Nyx," she says as a goodbye, voice dripping with mocking sweetness.

"Veronica," Nyx responds with subtle animosity. Veronica's smirk gets even wider before turning to leave, hips swaying dramatically. All the boys in the area are looking at her now, some with longing, others shaking their heads knowingly. She just found her next victim.