Ahhh, soooo sorry it late! A two week long update, but I can vouch for it. THIS CHAPTER IS 16 PAGES! And that's not counting the author notes. That's more than my other fic, both chapters combine! My eyes and hands started bleeding when I typed this o.O

Someone asked me about pairings. Sorry if there was any confusion, but I'll clear them up now: It's mainly AxelRoxas and RikuSora. (Although I'm more of an akuroku fan, so you may see this story a bit bias…) Also, there's minor ZexionDemyx, because I love them. More on pairings at the author note at the bottom.

And oh yeah. There's lotsa one-side-affection-pairings-that-don't-get-anywhere, because that's what teen angst is all about people. XD

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Warning: This is NOT a XXXXX bashing fic. I know it might seem like it at first. If you're fooled, that's cool. But I don't believe in character bashing…..well, except maybe Marluxia.

And yes, lots of OCCness, I'm poking fun at the Final Fantasy characters by exaggerating their features to the point of uncomprehension-ness, I'm not bashing them. I just love them too much.

Destiny High vs Oblivion High

xXxXx

Roxas turned the doorknob to his Math classroom and was about to walk inside, when he heard someone call out his name.

"Roxas!" He turned around and was met with a girl about his age, slightly shorter than him. She was dressed neatly in the school's standards summer uniform. A white sleeveless dress shirt, a plaid tie, and a too short skirt that Roxas paid no attention to.

The girl's layered red hair bounced against her shoulders as she quickly caught up to Roxas. She stood on the other side of the hallway facing him, her binder held up with both hands against the hem of the skirt in front of her.

"How was your morning?" she asked politely.

The blonde vaguely noticed other boys staring at him enviously. He suppressed a feeling to rolled his eyes at this. Letting Kairi hang out with him always got him unwanted attention.

"Hi Kairi." He said blankly in return.

He turned away from her and opened the door, holding it open for her to go in first. The redhead gave a giggle and smiled before walking through the door. Roxas could practically feel the death glares sent his way, on the back of his head. Not that he cared of course. He and Kairi were barely friends, and he didn't remotely like her that way at all. So there was nothing stopping the other guys from asking her out. Those guys weren't his problem.

Someone who was his problem though, was sitting right on the other side of the doorway, in front of his way to his desk.

Seeing as how the boy hadn't seen him yet, Roxas tried to walk behind him as to not get his attention. But Riku saw him at the last minute and scooted his chair back, blocking Roxas' way.

"Hamazaki, move."

"You're perfectly capable of walking around me aren't you?" The words dripped like poison from the sophisticated silver haired teen.

'Sophisticated' however was hardly a word that Roxas would use to describe him. (Or their arguments for that matter, was it so hard to move his chair?) "Snobby' maybe, "stuck up" of course, "pain in the ass" his second name. Riku was rich and it showed in his clothes. His uniform was top notched and clean. White dress shirt, silk tie and dress pants, it was just the same regular uniform, only made of more expensive material then everyone else. Roxas had a used uniform, one that his father bought from the school to save money.

Roxas rolled his eyes as he thought about the ridiculous situation, stepping back and planning on walking around the other way to avoid the senior. But a small hand held onto his shoulders and stopped him. Not this again.

Kairi looked a Riku. Her eyebrows furrowed and her lip-glossed lips in an angry pout.

"Riku! Why do you have to be such a jerk!"

The redhead crossed her arms and continued to glare at Riku. The only other boy who didn't share the same male student population's infatuation with the girl next to Roxas. Who at the moment was doing more harm than good.

Aquamarine eyes bore into Roxas,' a smirk gracing the features of the other teen.

"Katsurada, do you always have to have your girlfriend stand up for you?"

The silver haired boy drew the word 'girlfriend' out with exaggerated sarcasm. His gaze was unwavering but he saw Roxas twitched, revealing an emotion that could be mistaken as anger.

Kairi opened her mouth in shock then closed it, a look of disbelief and anger crossed her face. Her eyebrows completely narrowed now. She was about to open it again and say something particularly nasty about Riku's sense of fashion, when she realized that she wouldn't be helping Roxas much. She turned around expecting a retort from the blond in their defense instead.

"Fuck off Hamazaki. She's not my girlfriend."

And he brushed past his seat walking towards the other side of the classroom to reach his. He gave a quick look behind his back to check Kairi's reaction. Sure the girl was annoying as hell, but that didn't mean he wanted to hurt her feelings.

Seeing that Kairi was unfazed by his reply (she probably used to his words by now) Roxas reached his seat and sat down. It was his usual seat next to the window, where he had a clear view of the courtyard. If he was lucky he could maneuver his position around the people sitting in front of him, so that he would never have to look at the teacher.

Kairi noticed that her blond companion had already walked back to his seat, all the way across the room away from that jerk Riku. She turned around and gave the senior a raspberry, earning her a raised eyebrow and a more repulsive than annoyed look.

The redhead quickly sat down in the chair on the other side of her 'friend.' If that's what you could call the relationship she had with Roxas. The blond had been quiet and reserved ever since he had transferred into this school. Being one of very few boys that didn't immediately flock over for Kairi's attention, he ended up catching it anyway, much to others' frustration.

What motivated her first approach to Roxas wasn't the intention of forcing him to like her, but the exact opposite. Using the excuse that they were the under the age curve students, Roxas was only 17, he was suppose to be a junior, but skipped a grade. (And still being able to make it in this school was an accomplishment in itself……of course he always got picked on by the older boys.) And should look out for each other, she approached him. She was promptly brushed off at the time.

She pulled the chair back and sat down, folding the skirt underneath her. She flashed Roxas a smile, which the blonde saw and didn't return. As if ignoring her, he quietly placed his books down and looked out the window.

She probably appeared stuck up to others around her too, like a self-appointed 'girlfriend' as that Riku kid had once stated. But it never bothered her what others thought. As long as she was getting through to the blond, she would keep exaggerating her action and starting one-sided conversations.

Their teacher walked in, long silver hair, tall, and menacing green eyes and all. He wasn't the only teacher that took the dress code as a suggestion. But no one was about to tell him that he was wearing too much black leather for a nice summer day, especially with a aura like General Sephiroth's. (He didn't like his students calling him "Mr." Whether he was really a general or not, and what it had to do with replacing his title status as an educator, no one really wanted to argue.) It made the teacher quite unapproachable.

General Sephiroth began to write the homework problems on the board. In a somewhat bored manner, he told the class there would be a quiz later on that period, so they should all study now.

Kairi turned around to face Roxas, putting on a practiced cheery smile.

"Hey Roxas, let's compare homework answers." The redhead found that overly exaggerated perky gestures and stating the obvious was a good combination to get a reaction from the blond.

Roxas didn't reply, but got his notebook out nevertheless. He flipped the plastic cover open (which was plain, and not pink and covered with paopu stickers like Kairi's) and began flipping through the pages in a somewhat fast pace robotically. Settling on a page with last night answers, all 20 of them. (Which only took up 2 pages, considering the fact that he likes to show the least amount of work possible. Yes, Roxas was smart, but he was lazy too.)

He slide the notebook over so that it was within Kairi's eyesight, not bothering to glance at Kairi's pink-ink written copy. He knew all his answers were correct anyway.

"Hey! Are you guys comparing answers too?" A bouncy Wutain girl, with her short hair held back with a black and white headband appeared in front of them. Her dress shirt was tied up at the bottom revealing her midriff, a knot resting above her bellybutton. Her skirt even shorter than her best friend Kairi's.

Now, Kairi Roxas could tolerate. He could tell that her bubbly happy-go-lucky nature was probably just to get him to show some emotion. He was used to this because it happened all the time with Sora at home. And he couldn't exactly blame her for all the extra trouble she brought along with the other boys.

Yuffie on the other hand, was someone that boy could not stand. Coming from a foreign country called Wutai, she was a descendent from a great line of ninjas. She had proudly claim that the people of her precious country was in a vicious war with another, and she had to flee when there was an attack on Wutai. It was important for her to leave because was destined to become ruler of the country when this was over, and that was where she would go after she finished playing out her cover as a regular big-mouth annoying high school student.

But on one bored night. Roxas had asked Sora to google Wutai for him, and he found out that it was actually just a motel on the outskirts of New York. Currently being renovated, and forcing the residence to leave during the reconstruction. (He told Kairi this too, but she said it should have been expected from Yuffie.)

A quick hand reached out in a blur in front of Roxas and grabbed the notebook with all his answers.

"Yuffie! Give that back to Roxas." Giggled Kairi.

Another thing he didn't like about Yuffie. She was lightening fast. The only part about her far-fetched story that could be true was probably her ninja training. Her 'ninja-fast-reflexes' were true to her word. The blond might have thought this was cool, if she didn't constantly use them to steal stuff all the time.

General Sephiroth turned around and saw the school girl hovering above Roxas' desk chatting, or at least trying to, with the unsociable blond. But none the less, not working like he had instructed to. He didn't like it when people disobeyed him.

"Yuffie Kisaragi, since it looks like you're having trouble finding your seat, why don't you pass these papers out. You might find your desk along the way."

The girl turned around, giving the teacher a nervous smile and an apology.

"And when you do, I advise you sit in it." Said Sephiroth, giving her a stern look. Terrorizing students was fun.

The silver haired man point to a stack of papers located at the front of the desk, the class work. It was quite a lot for one person to pass out alone, he noticed. So he beckoned another person, and then turned around to the board to finish.

"You can help her Roxas."

The blond reluctantly rose from his seat, not at all eager to frolic around passing papers to his fellow students, some of which hated him. He was about to go, when a small hand on his shoulder pushed him down again.

Giving him a warm smile that matched her friendly gesture, Kairi got up from her own seat.

"I'll do it Roxas." And walked up to the front of the classroom.

The blond mentally reminded himself not to get mad at Kairi the next time a boy tried to maul him for hanging out with her. He would thank her later too.

Yuffie, he noticed had gone back to her table, where Tifa and Aertih sat. She had both hands clasped in front of her in a somewhat desperate begging state and was talking animatedly with them. He saw the brunette with a pink ribbon in her hair raise from her seat and join Kairi at the front of the classroom. Obviously persuading people to do her work was part of her ninja training too, or maybe Aerith was just really nice.

The short haired girl was about to site back down, when she noticed that Kairi had taken Roxas' place at the front. She quickly filled the empty seat beside the blond.

"Okay Rox, I need help with these problems."

The blond saw her run her manicured nail down a list of problems. Starting with 2 and ending with 20. She had scribbled some illegible numbers down and wrote the words "64 miles" for the first question, when it clearly asked which angle was greater if a ship heading north with a bearing of ……and another ship……. were to change directions and…….well anyways, it just wasn't the right answer.

Roxas wordlessly showed her his answers. Sometimes it wasn't such a good thing to be the smartest student in his class, well next to Riku that is. But he wouldn't admit that, ever. No guy that spent more time fixing his hair then studying could ever be smarter than him.

The blond took the pencil from between his teeth and used the tip to point to each question and answer. Since his paper was mostly blank, he had to explain how he solved each problem, which he did in intricate detail, almost like a second language. The short haired girl tediously took notes. General Sephiroth never bother to really teach them anything, just throw them class work and let them figure out the rest. He never checked their homework either, which left plenty of room for abuse.

And Roxas, even being a year younger, was always able to stay on top of things. (Kairi admired this since she always seemed to struggle with things. It was hard enough for her attending a magnet school, but harder when everyone had one more year of experience then they did.) Of course, Roxas never used this as something to get back at others. If it weren't for Kairi constantly bragging about him, the class might not have even known about his academic talents.

From the corner of his eye he could see Aerith handing out each sheet of paper with a cheerful smile, and Kairi doing likewise. Until she got to Riku, of course. In which she threw his sheet on the floor next to him and adding insult to injuries, stuck her tongue out at him.

Roxas could feel a smile creep it way across his face, but he quickly suppressed it. Kairi was probably the only friend he had at this school, but that wasn't the same way for her. Smart, cute, and perky, the redhead was increasingly popular, with very few enemies. Riku didn't count. He was Roxas' rival. And although the silver-haired teen never did do anything bad to Kairi, she had taken the rivalry between Roxas and Riku upon herself.

As Kairi got back and handed them both sheets, Yuffie resulted to hovering over their desk again. There came a problem that Roxas was not familiar with, it was common. Sephiroth liked skipping chapters.

"Hmmm, maybe we should ask General Sephiroth?" asked Yuffie, but then she and Kairi burst out laughing. It was a known fact that the teacher played on favoritism, and a couple of 'plain students' like them could never be good enough to get the teacher's attention. And as if to prove their point:

A student by the name of Rinoa raised her hand in the back. She was a brave girl, pretty outspoken, but could be stubborn at times. When Sephiroth turned around and saw the girl, her hand timidly fell shorted and her determination wavered a bit.

When he demanded what the issue was, the girl tried her best to sound unfazed, but ended up with a slight stutter. She squeaked out that she would like the teacher to explain a certain problem. The teacher doubled his death glare at the girl questioning how to do his job and the girl grew silent.

Yuffie giggled a bit, "I never like Rinoa anyway."

When the teacher turned around, Roxas could swear he heard him mutter something along the lines of "fend for yourself" under his breath. Yuffie continued on to elaborate on the reasons why she didn't like Rinoa, such as the suspicion that the girl was trying to 'steal' Squall away from her.

"Cause ya know, I was the one that started calling him 'Squall' first. Not her, everyone else just called him Leon…."

Roxas didn't bother telling her that it was actually the other way around, Since it seemed that Rinoa and Leon were good friends and sitting next to each other and everything…

But at the moment, the other part of Sephiroth's favoritism kicked into effect, as the person sitting on the other side of Leon raised his hand. Spotting Cloud with his hand raised, the teacher immediately appeared at his side, instead of taking his question at the front of the room.

"Yes Cloud?" asked Sephiroth nicely from behind him, looking over his back onto his paper. He leaned over forward a bit at the space between Cloud and Leon where they sitting together, and resting his hand against their desk creating an effective barrier. Absolutely ignoring the brunet who Cloud's best friend, he began to explain the problem his student was having trouble with.

"Um, General Sephiroth, Sir…could you uh…explain thi-" started the blond.

"Please, call me Sephiroth."

"Uh…..oooookay."

Yuffie turned away from the scene behind them and tried to concentrate on the problem again. It was pretty common for Cloud and Leon and to get a lot of unwanted attention. So they and their friends always tried to sit at the back of the classroom. They were the two most popular boys at the school, which just meant more competition for Yuffie. Oh well, she could always ninja-knife them in their sleep.

"I still don't get this problem…" said the Wutain girl. "Maybe we could ask Riku."

The offer was immediately looked down upon by Kairi. The redhead gave her a stern almost angry look. But Roxas tried brushed it off with a "Sure, go ahead." Letting the redhead push her way into the rivalry that had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with her was border line. The last thing he needed at his final school year was to let Kairi divide the whole school into a war between them.

But Yuffie took the hint, unfortunately.

"…..or I can just ask Squally." And with that she headed over towards the back of the classroom to the brunet sitting on the other side of the teacher ignored, looking quite annoyed and fearful. Hopefully to fend off Rinoa who was taking advantage of Sephiroth keeping Cloud busy.

Roxas leaned back in his seat, letting Kairi compare their answers. Now that everyone around him was either away or busy, it left a peaceful silence around their tables that Roxas was thankful for. The blond reach inside his open backpack and pulled out a sketch book. Since he was done with his work anyway, maybe he could get some drawing done.

Kairi saw this and smiled. She was probably the only person that knew Roxas was a great artist. She continued to look down and pretend to look over her work, but every once and a while she would sneak a glance up to Roxas. Who was sitting slouched in his chair, the sketchbook open to a blank page and propped against his lap and leaning on the desk.

He looked out the window towards his left, into the courtyard where he spotted some birds on a tree. Taking the pencil from his mouth again he set it down on paper and began to sketch an outline of the tree. Completely oblivious to the fact that there two sets of eyes were on him.

xXxXx

Somewhere on the back lawn of Destiny High School, a group of students were sitting on the grass and debating on a hot topic that had recently concerned them.

"I'm telling you, it's a lion." Said Axel leaning back against a tree. His hands were locked behind his head as to not mess up his hair. He was sitting down on the grass with his legs sprawled out in front of him and had to look up when Larxene spoke.

"No way. It's totally something else."

The blonde was standing up with her back against a tree opposite of Axel. She uncrossed one of her arms and began examining a finger nail.

"I think it's a bear." Said Marluxia. "It sounds like a bear."

The boy was lying down on the grass next to Larxene's feet. When the wind blew the bottom of her black cloak would flap against the side of his head. The same black coat that most of the people in their group wore, to separate themselves from the others.

Now what were they all talking about? What exactly had the group so caught that they had to skip school to discuss it? Nothing much, really. The four juniors were having a creative discussion….about moombas.

Marluxia rolled over, away from Larxene a bit. He looked down and started to examine some flowers on the ground. He liked flowers. And these flowers were an especially nice shade of pink. His favorite color in fact, that he had dyed his hair that color. So even though he was a brunet at truth, his shaggy hair was now an interesting shade of brownish-pink.

"Nah, that's not it either." Said Larxene. As she shook her head to express her disapproval, her blonde bangs that stuck out on either side of her head swayed as well.

She then looked up at the last member that was currently sitting on a branch from the tree Axel was leaning on.

"What about you Sora?"

The brunet looked down to that blonde that had addressed him. Sora actually couldn't care less about what a moomba was. But now that all eyes were on him (except for Marluxia who was now picking flowers) he had to give his answer. He raised a finger up to his chin, giving his reply a serious thought.

"Panther."

From his position in the tree he could see Axel looking straight up at him beaming.

"Yeah…..I think it's a panther….or something catlike,…kinda like Axel's guess."

The redhead sat up at this. A proud smirk on his face as he addressed Larxene. "See Larx? He agrees with me!" The blonde obviously bothered by the fact that Axel had gotten support began to argue with him. The two bickering it out.

Sora just stayed on his branch, his legs dangling underneath him. Thoughts were running through his mind about the final exams next week, and more important that afternoon. Because if everything went well that afternoon, those final exams wouldn't even be an issue. The only problem was convincing Roxas to play along. When he and Axel had brainstormed plans together, it had seemed like a good idea at first. But now Sora's confidence was starting to waver.

The shouts were starting to die down as Larxene and Axel stopped arguing. Instead they sat in silence a bit, just enjoying the outside…as best as a couple of uncaring teenagers could.

Then Axel broke the silence. He raised his hand and pulled the gloves back to check his watch. It had been half an hour now he noted, narrowing his eyebrows in a disapproving look.

"Where is that kid?" he asked to no one in particular.

From across him, Larxene raised an eyebrow. Knowing exactly who Axel was referring to.

"You mean Demyx? Didn't he tell you he was with Zexion?"

Sora looked down again from his sitting spot. He could practically see the tension thickening in the air around the redhead at Larxene's words. Even Marluxia had stopped throwing flower petals in the air to watch them.

The blonde watched Axel carefully. The group member visible tensed but his face remained unchanged. He gave a shake of his head to express that he was told of nothing of the sort. And if one listened closely they could hear him say something along the lines of '...that bastard.'

It was a known fact that Axel and Zexion hated each other. Sora had no idea why, other than the fact that the guy was really quiet and emotionless, he seemed like an ok person. But he was creepy, though. Just a bit colder than his twin brother but not enough to be hate able.

For some reason Demyx had began hanging out with this Zexion guy. Axel didn't have a problem at first, it was the blond musician's life, not his. But now it felt like Demyx had completely forgotten about the group to spend all his time with Zexion. Another reason for Axel to dislike the guy.

As if on cue, the tardy junior appeared.

"Hey you guys! Sorry I'm late…I kinda forgot what time it was, ya know?"

Larxene being the only 'girl' of the group (Marluxia didn't count) knew exactly what would happen next if she didn't do something first. Axel would get mad at Demyx and question where he was. Demyx would get mad at Axel for not letting him choose who to hang out with. And then the two would have an argument over Zexion, without ever mentioning him out loud. So she decided to act fast.

"Demyx, what's a moomba?"

The blond faced Larxene, with a look of puzzlement on his face. It was then replaced with an expression of enlightment as he seemed to have figured it out.

"Duh, it's a fish."

"No it's a bear!" retorted Marluxia from his place on the ground.

There began another fight over what the hell a moomba really was. Yes, our dear Larxene has saved our heros from yet another fight. Why? Because she's a girl, and girls know these things. She doubt even Demyx knew of Axel's crush on him. And now that he was being 'stolen away by that Zexion jerk' as Axel so nicely put it, he probably never will.

The redhead walked up to the musician and started to playfully mess up the other's hair.

"Demyx, you need a new hairstyle."

The blond looked up at his attacker questioningly. "Oh?"

Axel began to elaborate. How everyone in the group had a unique hairstyle. And Demyx was the only one with regular grown out hair, just a bit on the long side. Nevertheless, it was still a normal color, cut regularly, and wasn't spiky. It was just…..normal.

"See, I have red spiky hair." And he pointed to his own. "And Sora's got spike's too." He pointed to the brunet, then to every other member he addressed afterwards.

"Larx's got girly antennas, Marluxia's dyed his hair the color of dead flowers, and you've……got normal hair."

Demyx gave a huge smile and looked up at Axel. The redhead raised an eyebrow in questioning.

"That's what Zexion said too."

Axel remained quiet. Larxene figured he was probably trapped right now, being in agreement with someone he hated. Maybe Demyx was smarter than she thought.

The blond ran his hand threw his regular messy hair.

"He said I should get a mohawk."

Axel spoke up. "Don't, get a mullet."

Larxene rolled her eyes. Sometimes being able to see everything, and knowing when the next fight could start was too much responsibility.

"Alright guys, time to leave. School ends NOW."

The group started to disperse. Sora jumped down from his tree, Marluxia and Axel got up from their spots. As Sora was about to catch up to Axel, he needed the redhead to help with his plan to get his brother, he was stopped by Demyx.

"Hey Sora!" The blond grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back a bit. Sora was about to tell him he need to leave right away and catch up to Axel, when he saw the sad look on the musician's face.

"Is Axel still mad at me?"

Sora wasn't a girl. He may be girly at times, but he's still not one. So he wasn't equipped with feminine radars of tension. To him, everything was just fine now.

"No! Of course not!"

The blond relaxed a bit, and his smile looked less force. He had no idea why Axel hated Zexion so much. Both of them were his best friends and he really didn't want to choose between them. The rest of the group had even gotten to ignoring Zexion too, because of Axel, which made Demyx really mad.

Zexion was a great guy! He was also a senior, one year above all of them, but he thinks Axel is still older. He was also kinda 'emo.' Or at least that's what Sora called it, when his brother was all quiet and cold, and all leave me alone and let me be emo in my own misery.

But if you got to know Zexion, he wasn't so bad! If you could get past the looks that is. The guy had silver white hair, and at the tips it was dyed blue and up past his ears. His hair was also cut strangely, sticking down at random places and his bangs covered his right eye. But enough about him…

"Alright, see ya Sora!" and he let go off the brunet.

Sora ran down the sidewalk to quickly meet up with Axel. Who, at the moment was still a little grumpy. But Sora didn't notice that. Why? Say it with me people, because he's not a girl.

"Hey Axel, do you think you can help Roxas out? Next week? If I can convince him to switch schools with me?"

The redhead looked at Sora.

"Yea sure. I'll show him around school and stuff. And then I'll let him hang out with the dropouts, it'll be fun." Although he said it with sarcasm, the smile he flashed afterwards told Sora that he would indeed help.

"Say Sora. It's a Friday, wanna go do something fun?"

"Nah, I gotta get home and talk to Roxas." And with that he left, leaving the dejected redhead behind him.

"Oh…um..okay then." Said Axel to his friend's retreating back, almost to himself.

xXxXx

Roxas slammed his locker shut after getting all his books out for the way home. It caused a loud noise that made Kairi jump a bit.

"Are you okay Roxas?" she asked.

"Of course he's fine, he has nothing to worry about." Said Yuffie on the other side of them. "It's like Mr. Vincent said 'the next two weeks are going to be preps and practice time for our exams.' Roxas has nothing to worry about 'cause he's so frikkin smart, it's like he doesn't even need to come to school."

Kairi decided that following Yuffie's trail of thought might be a good way to cheer Roxas up.

"She's right you know. This whole preparation next week is gonna be like a joke to you! You could take the exams now and pass with advance. It's me and Yuffie though that have to go, because we need the extra help. And-"

Of course, Roxas wasn't listening to the two at all. And as they walked down the hallway together, something else caught his attention. Because a kid walking into you and knocking all your books down is a great way to get your attention.

"Oh, sorry Rukus."

A blond a bit taller than Roxas appeared in front of them. He wore a blue beanie on his head with gangster symbols on it, but the effect was lost because he was wearing a high school uniform. Roxas also noticed that he had his shirt parted at the bottom to reveal his bellybutton, almost like Yuffie's style…but queerer.

"Seifer, leave him alone!"

Kairi to his defense again. He didn't mind it that much this time, because Seifer was like an all round class bully that picked on everyone, even girls. Well…almost everyone.

Seifer called his two friends up. A girl that probably couldn't cause much of a problem since her bangs were blocking her eyesight, and a tall bulky fellow that kinda towered over them. The blond crossed his arm and leaned forward to glare at Kairi.

"And what are you gonna do about it, princess?"

At that moment, the bully was probably going to push her books down too. (How elementary thought Roxas, this guy must not have anything better to do.) But something else caught Seifer's attention…..or someone else rather.

"Uh, Squall wait up!"

The blond raced up to his friend, successfully nudging the group aside and pushing Cloud out of the way. Seifer grabbed the brunet's books, but instead of throwing them down like he had with Roxas, held on to them and walked away with the group.

His minions looked confuse at first at what was happening. One minute they were about to attack Roxas and his group, the next their leader was chasing after someone like a school girl. But in the end, they decided to catch up with Seifer before he left.

Kairi giggled, but Yuffie was outraged.

"The nerve of some people!….ohhhh when I catch up to him, I'm gonna ninja-kick him so badly he'll…."

But the rest was lost as the girl ran down the hall, kicking passerby students in her way aside.

The redhead turned around to face Roxas, who at the moment looked thoroughly confused. It figures, it was a girl thing and he probably couldn't understand.

"So Roxas, you coming to school next week?"

The blond looked at Kairi like she had grown two heads.

"Of course! They're still taking attendance and everything and I have homework to turn in…..and….and beside, I have no where else to go anyway."

The redhead could sense some bitterness at the last part of his outburst.

"Hmm, I guess you're right." She said kindly. "I'll see you next week then. Bye Roxas!" and with that she left. Not knowing that she wouldn't see the blond at all the next week….

xXxXx

When Sora got home, Roxas was already there, in his room studying. The brunet walked in, trying to make as much noise as possible so his brother could hear him. When nothing happened, he walked over to the messy bed and sat down.

Still no attention from Roxas. Who at the moment was mumbling something about 'stupid Riku' and how he 'beated him in finishing some stupid quiz.' Wow, his brother was a geek.

Apparently he must have said it out loud because Roxas turned around to face him.

"Is there something you want Sora?" he asked quite annoyed.

Sora blanked at the words. His mind betraying him. What happened to his plan? His fool proof plan? How had he forgotten it!

"Um…..how was school?"

Roxas raised an eyebrow at the question. Since when had Sora developed some paternal instincts? Was it normal for little brothers to take on roles of being a parent? No, he didn't think so.

"Sora, are you feeling okay?"

The younger of the two quickly got up and walked over to the desk Roxas was working on, clearly stalling. He pointed to the papers.

"Homework for the final exams?"

"No, for the preps. We take our final exams two weeks later."

"Oh, 'cause you know. I take mine on Monday…"

Roxas clearly didn't get the hint. He may be smart, but he had absolutely no common sense. So Sora tried again, with a different approach.

"So, uh. You going to school next week? I mean, it's not like you have to, being all smart like that. You could probably skip the next two weeks and still pass all the ex-"

"Sora what do you want?" Roxas repeated his question.

He was being subjected by the same thing as Kairi and Yuffie said, but he had a feeling that his brother had a different intention.

The brunet sucked in an air of breath, then let it out. He began to say his next words slowly, making sure his brother heard every one.

"Rox, you don't need to go to school next week. It's pointless. I on the other hand have to. Because that's when my final exams start, except, I'm having trouble with them…."

Roxas tried to figure out where this was going.

"You want me to help you study for them? Sure no problem. Why didn't you s-"

"No, no, no." Sora shook his head. The first to emphasis that it wasn't what he wanted, the second reason to clear his head for what he was about to say.

"I don't want you to help me 'study' for the exams. I want you to 'take' them for me."

It was amazing how fast Roxas could register things. Because within seconds, his eyebrows were narrowed, he had a frown on his face, and Sora found himself being shoved out of the room with a door closing on him.

"No!"

"But Roxas! I NEED YOUR HELP!"

Sora, acting like the little brother he was started pounding on the door blocking the entrance with his fist.

"Sora, I'm not going to help you 'cheat.' It's wrong."

"BUT IF YOU DON'T I'LL FAIL!"

"Then I'll help you s-t-u-d-y."

"Roxas, I don't even know what that spells! That's how hopeless I am!"

The blond contemplated about opening the door for a second and giving his younger brother a good whack on the head. Idiot.

"Come on Rox." Plead Sora, who had now given up on pounding down the door. It was a nice door and had done nothing bad to him. It didn't deserve to be pounded on like that. Instead he sat down with his back against it. His hands were hurting anyway.

"If I fail, then I'll have to repeat a grade! Just like that Axel guy you hate!"

Okay, bad choice of words, considering Axel was the person who was going to help him around at school. But it seemed to have work, because Roxas had grown silent at the other side.

"Sora, go study for your exams." Was the emotionless reply.

"Can't you just take them for me?"

He knew he sounded really whiny with that statement. But at that point, he really didn't care.

"No."

Sora let out a sigh. He got up from his spot against the door and started the long walk back to his room. There was always tomorrow right? He had the whole weekend, there was no point in worrying now…right?

The blond open the door to his room a crack when he didn't hear anymore noise. He watched his brother walk back to his room in a sort of defeat stumper. Maybe Sora was on to something….

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Indigo: Haha! I somehow managed to make Axel and Riku older than the rest, and still have them in the same grade! – pats herself on the back- But of course, this now means that Roxas is a senior, and Axel is a junior, even though Axel s older than him…

Alright! I tried to make it up to you guys for submitting this chapter late, BY APPEASING ALL FF NON-CRACK PAIRINGS! So yea, Squall gets his own little pentagon, lol. And SephCloud, uh-oh, that can't be allowed in this fic…hmmm. Anyways, It's just a little thing for the humor, because I thought this chapter was getting boring, so it won't be elaborated on…ever….sorry if you liked it.

So what IS a moomba? Someone figured that if I can explain where 'akuroku' came from, then I can explain the moomba thing. Well, sure I guess. I'm kinda flattered you thought I was good at explaining things. Anways, a moomba is a creature in Final Fantasy VIII. It basically looks like a proportionally correct Sonic the Hedgehog. Except it's red, kinda like Axel's hair. Thus the ongoing joke about Axel and moombas, both red and spikey and all, lol.

And now, NEXT CHAPTER! Will be the switch-up! I swear this time. I'll just make Roxas a pansy and give in so we can get on with it. And if you thought this chapter was long, the rest will probably be LONGER,I need to write both Sora's and Roxas' part foreach chapter. But I will definitely write it soon. And then I'll post it, and then you'll read it and be happy and review. So get ready!

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