Sorry, it kind of took a while to get this up. It's definitely a long chapter. Anyway, I kind of rushed when I was correcting it, so it might have a few spelling mistakes. Well, read and review please!
Chapter 2
Naminé walked into her next class, which was gym, and all of her friends were in this class, which meant she was definitely going to be interrogated. As if on queue, Kairi, Selphie, and Olette ran over to her.
"What happened?" They all asked in unison.
Naminé promised Tifa that she wouldn't tell her secret.
"I have 4 hours of detention and my parents are being called."
"And Tifa?" Olette asked.
"Two hours and parents called."
"That's not fair! It was Tifa who started it!" Selphie yelled.
"Yeah…I know." Naminé turned away. She went to her locker to find her gym clothes.
"Well, you should do something about it!" Selphie said.
"Yeah!" The other two agreed. Naminé turned back around.
"Look, Tifa has had a hard life! Lay off!" Naminé slammed her locker shut and went to change. The other three looked at each other.
"Did Naminé just stand up for Tifa?" Kairi asked.
"I…I think so." Olette unbelievably said. They shrugged and left the locker room.
Kairi, Selphie, and Olette came out of the girl's locker room the same time Sora, Riku, Tidus, Hayner, Roxas, and Pence came out of theirs.
"What's up with Naminé?" Sora asked watching the blond sit in the corner of the gym.
"We're not sure." Olette said.
"Riku go over there!" Tidus pushed him.
"What! Why me?" He asked.
"Because it's obvious you like her and she will probably talk to you." Pence answered him.
Riku sighed. He knew they were right. "Fine." He walked over to her. "Hi? Can I sit down?" She nodded. The others were watching from a distance.
Three minutes without talking. This is getting nowhere. Riku thought. Working the Riku charm, he cupped her chin in his hands. "Nami…what's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing." She sighed and pulled away from him.
"Naminé, I've known you long enough to know that when you say nothing it always means something." She knew she wasn't getting out of this anytime soon so she decided to tell him about how her parents would ground her if she brought home anything below an A and what would happen when they find out that she was in a fight. She even told him about how afterward she and Tifa hugged. Riku laughed. "So you actually hugged her?"
"Yep!" She laughed a little too. He stood up and extended his arm out so she could take it. "Thanks." He pulled her up a little to fast and she was leaning on him. They both blushed.
"Sorry." He mumbled rubbing the back of his neck.
"It's okay." She laughed.
The gym teacher, Mrs. Constanople, came out of her office.
"We will be playing volleyball today. Line up!" She blew her whistle. Everyone did as they were told. Mrs. Constanople counted off by two's. The end result was Team A: Kairi, Selphie, Hayner, Sora, Tidus, Roxas, Leon, Gwen, Lori, Olivia, and Tyler. Team B: Olette, Naminé, Riku, Pence, Wakka, Cloud, Yuna, Brittany, Caitlin, Rob, and Mike. They all ran to their specific side and she blew her whistle again. "Start!" Sora hit the ball over the net and Riku spiked it back. The two of them were very competitive so they game went on like that for the rest of class. The score was Team A: 7. Team B: 10.
"Team B wins! Hit the showers." Mrs. Constanople yelled. Naminé ran up to Kairi, Selphie, and Olette,
"Great game!" She laughed.
"Well someone's feeling better." Kairi said looking at the smile plastered on her friends face.
"I guess that little talk with Riku paid off!" Selphie giggled, causing Naminé to blush.
"Looks like our little Nami has a crush." Olette teased.
"Uh…come on guys! Lets go get dressed." Naminé ran to her locker. The others quickly followed.
"Man Riku, you cheered Naminé right up." Sora said.
"Yeah, we were watching the whole thing." Tidus jokingly cupped Riku's chin in his hands.
"Lay off!" He slapped his blond friends hands away. Hayner walked out of the showers.
"Why do you take showers here?" Sora asked.
"Because they are refreshing." He shook his hair all over the place getting all of his friends wet. They growled. He jumped on one of the benches and Sora did too.
"Bye Bye!" Sora pushed Hayner off and he landed in Pence's arms (wedding style)
"Aww, look at the happy couple!" Tidus teased.
"Sick man!" Pence dropped Hayner.
"Ow!" He yelled and stood up rubbing his head. They finished getting dressed and walked back to class.
Later that day Riku offered to walk Naminé home.
"Gee, I would but I have those 4 hours of detention." She sighed.
"Oh yeah." He frowned. "Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yep. See you then!" She gave him a small wave and started down the hall toward the detention room. Tifa ran by, grabbing Namine's arm.
"Lets go! She doesn't like it if we're late." Soon they walked into the room and almost choked on the toxic smell that filled the air.
"Oh god! It smells like sour milk, rotten eggs, and sweaty feet!" Naminé plugged her nose.
"I know." Tifa did the same.
"No talking!" The detention teacher (Mrs. Rogers) slapped her desk with a ruler. "Take your seats!" She ordered. Naminé and Tifa gulped and sat down at the nearest table. Naminé looked around.
There are so many weird people. She thought and glanced at the clock. 2:05 Pm. How am I going to survive until 6:00! Two hours later, Mrs. Rogers looked up from her book.
"Tifa you can leave."
"Awesome!" She yelled and ran out of the room. Naminé frowned. Two more hours later, Mrs. Rogers spoke again.
"Naminé you can go now."
"Thank god!" She smiled and left.
"HEY!" Naminé turned around a gasped. She put her hand over her heart.
"Tifa? You scared me!"
"Sorry." She chuckled.
"Were you waiting until I got out?" Naminé asked.
"Yeah."
"But that was 2 hours!" She exclaimed.
"So? I felt like waiting." Naminé smiled.
"Thanks, I thought I would have to walk home alone."
"No problem." They left.
"Well…here's my house." Tifa sighed. Naminé was shocked. She never knew Tifa lived so close!
"Tifa! I live over there!" She said and pointed 4 houses down.
"Really?" Tifa seemed as shocked as her.
"Yeah."
"Well, I have to go." She looked down at her feet.
"Good luck." Naminé put her hand on Tifa's shoulder. "Bye." She waved.
Tifa ran into her house and up the stairs. She could hear footsteps chasing her and she knew it was Jacob, her stepfather. Tifa ran into her room and locked the door but she wasn't quick enough and it bounced open.
"Jacob!" She shrieked.
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Naminé opened the front door and peered in.
"Naminé, get in here right now!" Her mother demanded. She quickly closed the door and ran down the hall to the kitchen. "Sit!" Her mother pointed to the chair across from her.
"Right…" Naminé walked around the table. "Soo…how was your-
"Save it!" She put her hand up silencing her. "Is it true you got in a fight at school today?"
"Maybe…"
"Naminé, don't you dare lie to me!" Her mother yelled. "Did you?" She asked again.
"Yes mom."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah…my nose just hurts a little."
"Naminé, what happened?"
She thought about ratting Tifa out but decided against it because she finally being nice.
"I just got into a fight with a friend." She hoped her mom would believe her.
"What friend?" Her mother asked curiously.
"Kairi." She blurted out. "No wai-
'Well then…I don't think you should hang out with Kairi anymore."
"NO! I mean…well…um…pass?" She said. Naminé knew that saying 'pass' was only going to piss her mother off more then she already was. She hated lying to her parents but she had to because they always want to get in on her personal life.
"Naminé! I know it wasn't Kairi, in fact it was a girl named Tifa. You lying to me again!" Her mother scolded.
"I'm sorry." She whispered. Just then her father walked in.
"I have good news and bad news." He said sitting down at the table.
"Good?" Naminé asked.
"I got a job that pays much better then my old one."
"And bad?" Her mother asked already knowing where this was leading.
"We have to move to Twilight Town." Naminé frowned.
"WHAT?" She yelled.
"This will be good for you! Maybe it's time to leave that school. It's giving you a bad reputation." Her mother calmly said. "Besides you're already in trouble."
"Why?" Her father asked.
"She got into a physical fight in school today."
"Naminé Mira Cycles!"
She slouched. "Don't call me that! I hate it!" Naminé mumbled.
"Don't slouch; it's bad for your spine." She sat up and closed her eyes. When she opened them back up, tears were slowly falling. It was the second time that day, she had cried.
"This isn't fair!" Naminé wiped the tears away but they still came.
"This will be good for you." Her mother said, trying to stop the crying teen but it only made it worse.
"Don't tell me what's good for me! You're making me move…away from my friends! Away from the school! Away from the problems!" She screamed and ran upstairs, tipping her chair down in the process. The door slammed.
"I'm worried." Her mother looked up. Namine's bedroom was right over the kitchen.
"She'll be fine." Mr. Cycles said.
"I hope your right." They hugged. "So did you find a house?"
"Actually, I did! Remember when we saw that really nice house, the three-bedroom colonial?"
"Yeah?"
"I bought it! I knew how much you loved it when we first saw it. I hope you still love it"
"Really? Oh, I do!" She jumped. "When are we moving?"
"This Saturday. I suggest we start packing and when Naminé comes around, hopefully soon, we'll help her pack too." He smiled.
"Speaking of Naminé, we should check on her." She said walking up the stairs.
"Okay." He agreed and followed. Mrs. Cycles was about to knock when she heard talking. Forgetting that spying was wrong, they put their ears to the door and listened.
"I'm not moving. I can't leave my friends and Riku." When she said Riku, she burst out crying again. "Riku." She whispered and everything was quiet.
"She must have fallen asleep." He said and opened the door slowly. Sure enough, the blond was fast asleep holding a picture of all her friends and her at the beach. The girls had a nice picture but the guys were being idiots. Sora was doing his cheesy smile. Hayner and Wakka were doing the Peace sign to each other. Pence had his hands on his hips and Tidus and Roxas had a bucket of water that they dumped all over Riku's head right as the camera took the picture. Mrs. Cycles walked over to her daughter.
"We're sorry Nami, we have to move." Mr. Cycles turned off the bedside lamp and Mrs. Cycles covered up Naminé in a blanket. "Night sweetie." A frown appeared on Namine's face and tears were still visible. The two walked out of her room. "Poor Naminé." Mrs. Cycles whispered. A teardrop escaped her eye.
The next day"You're moving?" The 10 surrounding Naminé yelled. She nodded. Kairi, Selphie, and Olette started tearing up.
"You can't go!" Selphie wiped some tears away.
"I'm being forced to." Naminé whispered.
"Wow Nami, that's rough." Sora said.
"I hate my parents!" She cried.
"I do too!" Selphie looked down. Everyone looked at her. "What?" They're making her move far away from us! She stomped her foot. Riku was looking down the whole time, staring out into space. Naminé looked at him and then the others.
"Come on guys; let's leave them alone". Sora whispered. They nodded and left.
"You okay Riku?" Naminé took a step closer. He looked up.
"I love you." He whispered and ran off.
"You what?" Naminé asked no one in particular. "Riku wait!" She yelled, running in the direction he ran. While Naminé was trying to look for Riku she wasn't paying attention to who was walking around the corner and they collided. "I'm so sorry!" Naminé apologized and got up to go help the person she knocked over.
"It's all right." The girl mumbled, rubbing her head.
"Tifa!" Naminé exclaimed.
"Hey…I hear your moving." She said.
"Unfortunately."
"Well, im gonna miss you…even though we didn't really get along." Tifa smiled.
"Same." Naminé smiled too. Tifa pulled her into a hug. When they separated, people were starting at the.
"What are you shrimps looking at?" She growled. They all scattered away.
"Well, we better get to class." Naminé said.
"Wait! When are you leaving?" Tifa Asked.
"I think this Saturday."
"Great." Tifa sarcastically said. "What am I going to do about my parents?" She asked.
"Tifa…I told you already! Tell someone!"
"I can't! If they found out that I had told somebody they would just hit m even harder! Besides…no one would believe me." She sighed.
"I did." Naminé pointed out the obvious. She glanced at Tifa. The first time she really focused on her face that day. Besides the black eye, fat lip, and some minor scrapes…her other eye was also black and blue and she had more cutes on her face, including a deep one. Naminé gasped. "Tifa! Did they hit you yesterday?" She nodded. "Why?"
"Because I was in that fight with you and came home late." Naminé looked at her feet. She couldn't help feeling a little bit responsible for Tifa's beating yesterday. After all, she was the one who called her a rude, snobbish piece of trash that was a bitch to everyone. The bell rang. "Oh crap! We got to get to class!" Tifa ran down the now empty hall, Naminé following closely behind her.
Naminé and Tifa burst into their English room. Everyone looked up at them.
"Ladies you're late" Mr. Bicknell stated.
"Sorry." The two mumbled and sat down. Naminé glanced next to her.
"Riku!" She hissed. He quickly looked at her and then back down at his work. Mr. Bicknell walked by and dropped a pop quiz on her desk. "Huh?" He pointed to the board. It read: POP QUIZ TODAY. She sighed. At lunch Naminé slide a noted under the table. She lightly kicked him to get his attention and when she did he grabbed it and read it.
Riku,
Meet me in the courtyard after school
P.S You better show!
Love NamiRiku gulped and nodded. Naminé looked at him strangely and went on to nibble a carrot.
After schoolRiku was sitting on one of the benches. He saw Naminé walk through the doors and down to where he was waiting.
"So…you love me?" She asked.
"Naminé I didn't mean to say that."
"So you don't love me?"
"No... I…"he sighed and sat back down.
"Riku?" She asked quietly.
"Yes Naminé! I do love you!" He almost yelled. They both blushed deep, deep, red.
"Really?" She asked.
"Yeah." He looked at his feet. She smiled and tilted his face up a bit.
"I love you too." Riku smiled and pulled her down next to him. He kissed her. She deepened it by putting her arms around his neck. They pulled apart. "I really do." She whispered. Riku kissed her cheek and they hugged.
"Want me to walk you home?" He offered.
"Sure." She stood up. They held hands and left school. When they reached Naminé's house they sat on the steps talking. After about a minute of silence, Naminé sighed.
"Something wrong?" He asked.
"Do you believe in long distance relationships? Namine questioned.
"Yeah, why? Are you worried about us?" Riku chuckled at the thought of "us"
Naminé hit him. "It's not funny!" She scolded.
"I wasn't laughing at that. I was laughing at…never mind."
Naminé shrugged and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Hey Nami?"
"Hmm?"
"You won't forget us, right?"
"Of course I won't forget you guys! Besides, Twilight Town is only 3 hours away."
She laughed.
"Yeah…"Riku smiled.
"Well, I need to go finish packing. See you tomorrow." She kissed his cheek and disappeared into the house.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow." He whispered and left.
Saturday morningEveryone knew about Riku and Naminé by know. They were all gathered on her front lawn saying their goodbyes. Even Tifa was there.
"Well, this is it guys. I'll try to visit you as much as I can!" She was crying, along with Kairi, Selphie, and Olette. She hugged each one. Bye Riku. She kissed him lightly on the lips.
"I love you." He whispered in her ear.
"I love you too." She softly cried on his chest. When she let go she walked over to Tifa. "
"Tifa, please be careful." She nodded and they hugged. Tifa wiped away a tear that escaped. Even though she didn't know Naminé long enough to say they were best friends, they were definitely friends. Nobody questioned them either, not even her parents. "I love you all." She said and walked toward the car. "Bye guys." She whispered. They all waved and the car disappeared out of sight. Kairi, Selphie, and Olette broke down crying. Tifa kept wiping tears away that threatened to fall. Riku fell on his knees. Tidus, Sora, and Wakka fell next to him. Hayner was trying to cheer up Olette. Pence was kicking a rock around and Roxas just started out into space. He was the first one to meet Naminé. She had moved to Destiny islands when she was 6 and was sitting on the steps of her new house
Flash back
Roxas, who lives across the street, came over with his mom. They had baked some cookies, as a welcome to the neighbor hood present. While the adults talked, Roxas walked over to Naminé.
"Hi! My name is Roxas!" The blond held out his hand.
"Hi! My name is Naminé." She took his hand and shook it. They smiled.
"I think your going to like it here Naminé! Want to come to the park with me and my mom?" He asked. She thought about it.
"Sure! Let me ask my mom fist." The two 6 year olds ran up to their parent's.
"Mom?"
"Yes dear?"
"Can Naminé come with us to the park?"
"Sure, if it's okay with her parents."
" It's fine with us." Mrs. Cycles smiled at the two kids jumping up and down.
Roxas smiled. A tear dripped from his eye
"Come on! I want you to meet some people." Roxas said pulling Naminé down a small hill and over to a group of 9 kids playing kickball. They stopped playing and stared at the two kids making their way down to the field. Riku had kicked the ball and it hit Pence in the head and knocked him out.
"Roxas, who are all of these people?" Naminé asked, somewhat frightened. She was never really a people person.
"Naminé, I would like you to meet my friends. The one with the spiky brown hair is Sora. Next to him is Kairi, with the auburn hair. The one who is jumping around is Selphie. That's Olette." He pointed to a brown haired girl who waved shyly. "The one with the messy blonde hair is Tidus. The orangey red haired tall guy is Wakka. The kid with the short blonde hair, who just through the ball is Hayner, The one who just got knocked out is Pence and the one with the whit-
SILVER!" He growled.
"Right, silver hair is Riku."
" It's a pleasure to meet you all." Naminé curtsied.
"Want to play kickball with us?" Hayner asked.
"Sure!" She said.
"Okay, you can be on our team. Roxas you can be on Riku's team."
When Roxas came back to reality again he had more tears in his eyes. They all got in a group hug, including Tifa.
"It was 9 years ago." Roxas randomly said.
"What?" They all ask.
"Remember 9 years ago, when she first came here and I brought her down the park to play kickball?"
"Oh yeah. Riku knocked Pence out that day!" Kairi laughed.
"It wasn't my fault he wasn't paying attention!" Riku defended.
"Uh Guys?" Tifa got their attention.
"Yeah?" Selphie asked.
"I wanted to say that im sorry for everything I've ever done to you. The truth is that I just wanted to be your friend." Tifa shrugged.
"Do you honestly think torturing us was the right way to become our friend?"
"I have a perfectly logical reason as to why I was always mean. Seeing is that Naminé can't help me anymore…I need you guys."
"What's wrong?" Olette asked, sitting next to Tifa.
"My parents…my parents hit me." She whispered. She hugged her legs and started to cry into them. Olette looked up. Everyone was wide eyed, looking at each other. They were all at a loss for words.
So Naminé is gone now, Tifa and the group are friends, and you know a little about how they all met. I know, the ending was pretty sappy, but I liked it. I also get my braces tomorrow…yay for me (I was being sarcastic there, people.) Anyway, leave a review, because im not updating until I get at least 4 or more!