"Okay class," came the teacher's voice. The students settled into their seats as the teacher began to introduce himself. "I am your substitute teacher for today. My name is Mr. Ansem, but please, call me DiZ." The class was silent throughout the introduction. "Okay, so we're going to pretend that this is the first day of class, introduce yourselves starting with the redhead in the front. Name, age, and hobby."

Kairi made herself straight as she straightened he back. "Hi, I'm Kairi and I am seventeen and I like too—." She was cut off as DiZ faced the next student.

"Okay, you?" The blonde headed girl blushed.

"I'm Namine, I'm also seventeen and I like to play video games."

"Oh?" DiZ said, taking an interest. "What kind?"

"Action, you know, like Beginning Fantasy and The Heart of the Kingdom."

"Both very good, next?"

"Axel, sixteen, and fire." The teacher stared at Axel.

"Very nice, next?" the teacher pointed to Riku. The silver haired boy just shrugged and replied with a;

"Riku, sixteen, Sora." The teacher frowned once the words processed in his head.

"Wait, isn't Sora a student's name?"

"Yeah."

"What exactly do you mean when you say your hobby is Sora?" The class erupted into laughter save for two students. Riku and Sora.

"I like hanging out with Sora more than anything, they're my best friend," he explained. "And anyway, every mind in this room is somewhere in the gutter." The class laughed again at his comment.

"Thank you, Mr. Riku, next?" It had been Sora's turn next, and all he really did was blush.

"I'm Sora," he muttered. The teacher's eyes widened as he saw that Sora was a boy.

"Age and hobby?"

"Sixteen and I like to hang out with Riku."

"Okay, next, no wait, I know you." And it was true; DiZ did know who Roxas was. "You're that kid that got into trouble with a gang or something and it got posted all over the news." Roxas shook his head and hid a smile.

"You don't watch enough news, I was a victim of that incident."

"No you weren't!" came a yell from the back of the class.

"Shut up, Larxene!" Roxas yelled back without turning his head. "Like I said, victim."

"Okay," DiZ continued till he reached Cloud. "Name?"

"Cloud."

"Age?"

"Eighteen."

"And hobby?" Cloud pondered this question while the teacher patiently waited.

"I think that I like to skateboard," he replied. Two seats down and whole five minutes later, DiZ came upon Leon.

"Leon," he said before the teacher could ask. "Eighteen and I like to cook." The teacher smiled.

"That's a first in this class, cook." A few snickers could be heard from the front of the class.

"Keep that up, Riku, and you won't get any dinner for a week." There was a weak cry of protest before Sora shut him up. "Yes, I like to cook."

"Are you any good?" DiZ asked. Leon nodded without giving much hint of emotion. "We'll have to prove that theory." The teacher walked back to his seat.

"Hey!" Came Larxene's voice. "You forgot me!"

"No I didn't," he replied with a smug look on his face. "I just chose to ignore you." The class laughed as Larxene's cheeks went red. "I know for a fact that you're blonde and you're a girl, enough said." The class laughed again.

"Teacher's aren't supposed to make jokes against their students!" she whined. DiZ only shrugged.

"Never stopped me," he said even more smugly than he did the blonde joke. He then faced his attention to the whole class. "I will be your new teacher," he announced. The class gasped in unison.

"What happened to Mr. Kudo?" Axel asked. DiZ shrugged.

"Don't know, don't care."

It had been a bad Monday for Riku. It started off with one off his favorite classes. Usually, this would be a good thing, but this morning, he had found out that his favorite teacher had been missing the whole weekend and found dead Sunday night by the river. People all said it had been a tragic death and that he didn't deserve it, but it had happened and it couldn't be helped, he remembered an old friend of his mentioning something like that, it was called "Hitsuzen," or, "things happen for a reason and they build to something even greater."

Riku sighed as he continued to ponder his day. After his first class, he had been late to literature, and that was never a good thing, Mr. Vexen, who wanted to be a science teacher, would get mad at any little mistake you made, and he wasn't on good terms with Riku to began with, but that's another story for another time. After turning up late, he had forgot to bring his homework and failed the pop quiz that was issued.

Because his school had block schedule, he had lunch the period after and had to stand eating with Axel, which was never a good thing. The redheaded boy had brought a lighter to school (surprise, surprise) and had started to burn his food instead of eating it. Roxas had repeatedly hit him over the head, but that wouldn't stop him. Soon, the whole cafeteria had been drowned with water when the alarm detector had gone off and everyone started to scream. Axel only giggled (yes, giggled) and started to run at the sight of Riku's expression.

The very last class hadn't been as bad as he thought it would be. It had been Science (poor Vexen) that was taught by the very best, Zexion. When Riku had first walked into this classroom, he thought that the teacher was missing because in his place sat a sixteen-year-old boy that wore black and red camo pants with a shirt that featured the band "The Cure." He thought it was odd when the boy had begun to lecture them. Even more when he found out that the boy was their teacher. Every one else had the same idea except Demyx (Whose idea I think you don't want to know). But he explained that he had a degree and had just finished high school and college really early.

Today, the class had seemed really normal until they started on a lab that they were assigned. In his group were Namine (damn), Kairi (double damn), and Tidus, who wasn't as bad as the first two. He had an actual idea of what the lab was about. But before the lab could be completed, Kairi had asked him something extremely odd and rather weird.

"Riku," she said. "Are you gay?" Riku nearly choked on the air that he had been breathing in.

"What do you mean?" he asked. Tidus snickered from somewhere behind him.

"Well, I mean, you won't go out with me or any other girl, I just thought maybe…" she trailed off from her sentence. Riku sighed.

"I just have my sights set on someone else," he explained. "A crush, of sorts." Namine looked at the boy skeptically.

"God, that's worst than the excuse I read in a fanfic that I read last night about Naruto." Kairi seemed to find this particularly funny even though the two boys did not understand.

"I'm guessing this is the part where the bell rings and saves me?" Riku asked with his eyes shut.

"Sorry, man," Tidus replied grimly. "But class only just started." Riku groaned in spite of himself.

"This was a long day," he explained to Tidus. Their group seemed the only ones finished. "First, I found out that Mr. Kudo had died—"

"In the arms of Mr. Himura," Tidus interrupted.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Anyway, after finding out that he died, I had to go through with Mr. Vexen—"

"Life must suck."

"Yes, it does, so then we were at lunch and Axel—"

"Enough said about that."

"Yes, then this. The only good thing that happened was that we missed third block due to the fire drill."

"Yep."

"So, how's life treaten ya?" The conversation went on for the remainder of class with Kairi and Namine pestering him only twice about his crush.

'It's SORA!' he wanted to yell, but he held himself back. It wasn't long till the bell rang and freed him from the evil clutches of school, letting him go home to his sisters. Riku contemplated whether his sisters were worst than school, but quickly dismissed that thought and instead came up with the idea that dealing with his emo brother was worst.

Finally home and settled on his bed doing Vexen's homework ("You're not getting away next time!" cower) he turned the radio on to listen to some of the radio show host's ranting. After a few minutes (and no homework completed) his cell phone rang. It wasn't often that people would call his phone, but he knew one person that would.

"Hey, Cloud," he greeted once he had the phone to his ear. "No, nothing weird is going on, why? Oh, well, that might be a problem. Yes, I'll be over there immediately. Thanks, bye!" He was already out the door before there was a reply on the other line. On the way downstairs, he yelled at the top his lungs to the rest of the house.

"Sora's in the hospital, I'm going to visit him!"

Tifa looked up from her computer screen and quickly processed what Riku had said before leaving. In minutes, she was at Leon's door, yelling.

Leon's day had gone differently from his brother's. His first period, which he shared with his brother, had been an amazing turnout for him. He was never on good terms with Mr. Kudo. After receiving news, he nearly jumped for joy and had to hold himself down. After the class had ended, he headed to Mr. Highwind's class where he would spend an hour and some learning how to design cars and such. Then he was off to Lunch.

At lunch, he didn't have to sit with Axel to know that he caused the fire. And anyway, it was perfect timing because a girl had come up to him, stuttering some nonsense about going to the prom. The water had poured down on them all and they all ran outside before anyone could really find out what was happening. From a distance, though, he could see Axel smiling with triumph, but frown with disgust at the water.

His day ended with cooking with, well, he was the one that taught it. It wasn't a surprise when he found that DiZ was in the classroom when he arrived.

"Hello," he greeted. "I have come here to try your cooking, so don't leave me hanging." Leon tried not to laugh at the old man's attempt at being cool.

"Don't worry, I had a feeling you would be here."

Why he got a class of his own was another story for another time.

A/N: Third chapter is like a filler, I need to waste time. SORIKU fluff! In next chapter.