Dear god this chapter is long. And sorry for the even longer wait! It seems like I've been updating slower and slower. It's cause I have to go to summer classes.But thank you all for your reviews. 20 reviews per chapter is amzaing. You guys are great. -hearts-

But something that isn't great is the way that fanficnet keeps KILLING all my stuff.

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The Switch-Up (a.k.a You vs Me)

xXxXx

The phone was ringing.

Roxas took the pencil he had been biting on out of his mouth and set it on the paper on his desk, completely ignoring the ringing. But when the lead tip touched the sheet, the blond had completely forgotten what he was about to write. And no one had picked up the phone either.

Sora will get it. The older of the two put his pencil back in his mouth, chewing on the eraser thoughtfully. He leaned back in his chair and averted his eyes from the homework on his desk. After a while he realized his assumption had been wrong.

Placing both his hands on the wooden desk before him, he pushed out and used the swivel chair to wheel over to his bedroom door, annoyed.

"Sora, get the phone already!"

When no reply was heard Roxas angrily stood up. He pulled the door wider and stuck his head out, yelling into the halls.

"SORA GET TH-"

Thump.

Roxas stopped mid-shout as he heard a noise that sounded like his brother falling off his bed. Sounds of a doorknob twisting and footsteps were heard from Sora's room. Roxas closed his door and headed back to his desk.

He placed an elbow on the desk, head resting on his palm. He was about to pull his pencil out again and finish his homework when he nearly choked on it. Another loud thump was heard as Sora walked past his brother's room. When Roxas turned around he saw the brunet dragging his feet against the floor, occasionally kicking the ground beneath him as he reluctantly made his way to the phone. The younger of the two started to moodily stomp down the stairs, obviously trying to make as big of a ruckus as possible. Brothers…

Of course, Roxas was perfectly capable of picking up the phone too. And it wasn't that he didn't like phones or didn't like talking on them. (Not that he really did much. Sadly, no one at school ever called him and he refused to give Kairi his number.) He just didn't like talking to the person on the other line. And it was always the same person that called, because only one person had their number. And that was their father.

After the consistent ringing has stopped, Roxas was able to concentrate on his homework again. But it only took a few minutes longer for another distraction to call him away from his work.

"Hey Rox..."

It was Sora. The brunet was leaning against the doorframe of his room, head cast down and arms hugging himself. Roxas knew his brother had been faking his moping before to get him to agree to the switch up, but this time he looked genuinely sad.

Sora didn't look up as he spoke and he kept his voice low, but Roxas was sure that if he looked up his features would have been laced with sadness.

"That was dad. He said he was…uh…going to be late."

At that, Roxas' attention was captured. Their father had been out on a trip to Hollow Bastion for a business meeting. He had been gone all weekend and was suppose to come home tomorrow. Roxas voiced the question that he knew was probably bothering Sora.

"How late?"

"All week."

Sora looked up, a worried look in his eyes that showed in his voice.

"Do you think he go-"

"No. I'm sure everything's fine."

The brunet was cut off by his brother. He couldn't help but feel a bit defeated. First his plan to switch places with his twin had been shot down. Now his other plans to spend time with his dad had been delayed. From his place at the door, he could see Roxas turn around and go back to his work.

"We can manage another week, without him." His brother said calmly.

Even if he knew Roxas didn't like their father very much, or barely spoke to him on the rare occasions he was home, he still couldn't believe the news passed Roxas without a hint of emotion. Why couldn't he understand anything? They were a family!

Roxas flinched as the door to his room was slammed shut, and for the second time that day his beloved chewed-up no.2 pencil almost caused his death. Sora had looked quite upset to begin with, did he make it worst just now?

The blond leaned back in his chair again, folding his arms behind his head. Cerulean eyes cast a glance at the door, then onto something on his bed, and back to the door again. Roxas gave a sigh. He hadn't been a very good brother, had he? A part of his mind was bothering him and making him feel uncomfortable. It wasn't like he really……-nevermind

I'm gonna regret this. Dammit , I am so going to regret this! And with a million thoughts running through his head, Roxas stood up and grabbed his stuff off the bed and headed for the door.

xXxXx

Roxas was an idiot. A complete idiot. He was the biggest idiot of them all. Roxas wa-

"Sora, can I come in?"

Roxas was at the door! Of course Sora didn't say anything in reply because he was still suppose to be mad at his brother for being an inconsiderate jerk. And being the type of person Roxas was, he didn't need the reply anyway and came into the room.

The younger of the two looked up, hopefully excepting an apology. Instead he got a bunch of clothes thrown at him. After pulling the offending fabric off his face, and upon closer examination, Sora noticed that it was Roxas' school uniform.

Sora excitedly looked back up at Roxas, but the blond was already heading out the door. Without a single apologetic look or wave, he left with just a statement behind him. "Have fun tomorrow."

The brunet immediately got off the floor he was sitting on and chased after his brother. He wasn't quite sure what he would do once he caught up with Roxas. He'd probably thank him, smile at him, and try to hug him (if Roxas let him). But first he needed details. He had to tell Roxas where to go, which friends to talk to, all his classes, oh there was so much to do! But it would probably be worth it.

This is where the fun starts.

xXxXx

The students of Oblivion High were quite busy that Monday. Underclassmen rushing to their classes and trying to stay out of the way of the Upperclassmen, who were desperately cramming for their exams. And students moving to and fro and avoid teachers who had to make and grade said terrible exam. Thus the life of a magnet school.

And if any of those above-average kids had stopped for a moment in their busy life, they might have noticed a somewhat familiar looking student at the side of the hallway…looking completely lost.

Sora had his back to the hallwaywith his forehead and right fist pressed against a random locker. What the hell was Roxas thinking? Giving him nothing but a sheet of paper with random information and classroom numbers, but not including a map! He knew how easily Sora could get lost! How was he supposed to survive? He didn't even know where his first class was!

"Hey Roxas!"

The brunet didn't turn around. His brain hadn't fully comprehended that even though it was his brother's name, he was expected to respond to it, now that they've switched. So Sora kept his back turned to the speaker, even when she called out his brother's name again. Wait, a girl's voice? Since when did Roxas know girls?

Sora turned around as whoever it was walked up to him. She was a girl a little shorter than him. Perfect hair, perfect uniform, perfect make-up, she was one of those girls that never talked to Sora at his old school. What did she want with Roxas?

"Roxas...are you alright?" The girl's red hair fell to the side as she tilted her head a bit, looking at Sora puzzeledly.

"Wait a minute…." Her eyes widen as realization hit her. "…you're not…"

Sora started to panic as whoever the girl was began to recognize him. Dammit, no one was suppose to recognize him this fast! If she found out now…everything would be over. And it would be all his fault too, after everything he did to make it work.

"Hi I'm Roxas! What's your name!" practically screamed Sora. He mentally slapped himself. Any doubt that she had about his identity was probably vaporized at that. His brother would have never acted like that! Sora gave a nervous smile and braced himself for the accusation.

"Okay, first off." She started."You can't be Roxas because he's a shy quiet guy that doesn't like talking to people." She said all this with a smile, which seemed to calm Sora's nerves down a bit. Maybe she was a friend?

"Second." The girl held up a two manicured fingers complete with pink polish, to emphasis her point. "If you are Roxas, then you should already know how I am."

"Third." A third finger joined the other two, and Sora saw her smile grow a bit friendlier. "If you haven't noticed, Roxas is blond."

The redhead put her hand down and crossed both her arms, giving him a defiant look. She narrowed her eyes a bit and her voice became business like, but her friendly aura stayed.

"Now, are you going to tell me who you really are?"

Defeated, Sora decided to tell her. It couldn't hurt, she seemed friendly enough, plus she was pretty. The brunet looked both ways down the hallway, just to make sure that no one was paying attention to him. Lucky for them, every student was absorbed in their own stress and self-misery of the preparation and upcoming exams. As if high school was suppose to be any harder. No one had time to tell secrets and spread rumors around here.

"I'm Sora…Sora Katsurada."

The girl's eyes widen even more and her grin stretched from ear to ear.

"Katsurada?" In all truth, it looked like her birthday had come early and her parents had bought her that pony she wanted since she was eight.

"Ohmigosh! That means you're related to Roxas! Oh wait, or you two could just have the same last name….but you two look sooo alike! It can't be a coincidence! I bet you two are related! I know, you guys are brothers! Or maybe even twins! You guys are related right?"

A normal person would have had trouble following the girl's train of thought. But since Sora usually thought like that anyway, he understood her just fine.

"Yeah, Roxas is my twin. He's the olde-"

"AHA! I knew it! I knew you two were related! Oh you guys look so much alike!"

The brunet needed to calm the girl down. If she was any louder, the people in the hallway would most likely notice. And besides, he had more important matter to deal with.

"Um yea that's great, but uh keep it down. Don't want anyone finding out you know?Oh, hey! Can you help me? I'm kinda uh…looking for someone…"

The redhead stopped her 'I knew it all along' speech and focused her attention back on Sora. "Who are ya looking for?"

"I'm suppose to find this person named Kairi."

xXxXx

On the other end of the academic scale at Destiny High, things would go a bit smoother for the older brother, but not for long.

"So Axel, what's this kid suppose to look like?" asked Larxene, walking beside him.

The redhead had figured it was okay to tell her. She was good enough friends with Sora he supposed, and she had agreed to help out. Besides, he had a feeling she would find out anyway, Larx was like that.

"Just look for someone that could pass as Sora."

They were standing at the front of the school, where Sora had told them he'd ask his brother to wait. The two looked around and started to scan the crowd forany signs of a boy with spiky hair that might look lost.

"There." Axel turned around and saw Larxene pointing to a place near the entrance doorway. He shifted his gaze and stared for awhile until he saw…..someone that looked exactly like Sora, except with blond hair.

"Alright then." And he headed off.

Of course it might have been a lot easier to find him if the teen wasn't just leaning against the wall and attracting no attention whatsoever, like his brother would have. The kid practically blended in! Axel was excepting him to at least make some effort of finding his guide, but noooooo. From the look of things, Mr. Casual was probably just the uncaring, cold, looks-after-himself kid Axel had always pictured after hearing Sora described him.

Axel neared his target and approached him from the side. However, the blond boy who was probably fed up with waiting, had started to walk away. So Axel annoyedly reached a hand out and grabbed his shoulder to turn him around. The next thing that happened took Axel completely by surprise, and entirely…unguarded.

From any other student's point of view that happened to be standing on school ground,would have said that nothing happened. Or at least nothing special happened. Some redhead had just walked up and gotten another kid to turn around and that was that. They juststood there looking at each other for a while afterwards, that's all.

Of course Axel wouldn't have said it was nothing. He would have liked to think that it was something. Because something had caused him to stand there like an idiot staring at the kid, whose shoulder he still hadn't let go of yet. And something had caused him to notice every little detail about the kid. Like how he held himself up with a bit more poise and defiance in his stature. And how he held onto Axel's gaze, even as short as it lasted, without flinching.

And later that afternoon when someone would comment that Roxas looked a lot like Sora, Axel would have half a mind to correct them and say "What are you talking about? Roxas' eyes are lighter than Sora's! And they're not as friendly either, but they're still kinda pretty. And Roxas' is paler than Sora, he probably doesn't get out much. And he's taller too, and doesn't walk around all clumsy like Sora. He's got this kinda sophisticated walk that makes people stay out of his way. Oh, and when he talks…"

But of course all this happened in less than a second. Because in the next, Roxas had narrowed his eyes at the stranger, his lips in a half frown. His right hand came up to brush Axel's roughly off his shoulder. The tone he used surprised more than intimidated Axel.

"Can I help you?"

The redhead didn't miss a beat. Sure the meeting so far had been a bit…unnerving, but Axel wasn't about to let some kid upstage him. Letting his cocky nature fall into place, he crossed his arms and return Roxas' glare with a mockingly pleasant one.

"Actually, I'm supposed to help you."

One of the blond's eyebrows rose. Was this the guy Sora had told him about? His brother had said to wait at the front of the school, leaving him with no classroom numbers, no instructions, just to wait. Of course Roxas had thought that this was crazy, but his brother had insured him that he had contacted a friend to help him.

"Who are you?" he questioned.

"I'm Axel. Got it memorized?"

Roxas stared at the outstretched hand before him. The name hadn't clicked in his memory quite yet, and he didn't feel like taking the hand before him. Instead he said:

"No, actually I don't have it memorized yet. Because you just told me your name now an-"

"Okay nevermind kid."

Way to ruin his catch phrase. Most people got it. From what Sora told him, this Roxas guy was suppose to be smart, but instead he took it literally. Which he admit was actually kinda cute…..he even looked kinda cute at the first impression too, but that didn't cover for the attitude. This kid really was just as much of a brat as he had visualized. Probably the unsocial, and doesn't-play-well-with-others type too.

The conversation wasn't going so well and he noticed that he had lost Larxene in the crowd somewhere. This provided a great distraction.

"Um, I'm going to get a friend of mine. Then I'll come back and help you around the school." Axel headed off, leaving Roxas there.

After a few steps he turned around with a smirk on his face, throwing the words behind him. "Just think of me as your own personal tour guide...You can pay me back later."

Roxas never had many friends before and he rarely socialized with the few he had. So when Axel's reply came back, he wasn't quite sure if it was a joke or not. He remembered Sora telling him some, but they were all knock-knock jokes, and they were dumb.

The blond was about to ponder on this some more when something suddenly hit him. The name. Axel. The guy his brother was always talking about, and Roxas hated. And yet here he was playing tour guide for him, and Sora knew he hated him! He couldn't help but think that his brother had set him up…but still. It wasn't like he could just leave. Sora hadn't left him with any school information, and that idiot Axel was about to come back any second…

When Axel reached Larxene, he found her standing in the middle of the walk way, not really talking to anyone but looking busy with checking her nails.

"I found him."

"I know."

Axel raised an eyebrow.

"I was gonna go say hi. But I figured it'd be more entertaining if I waited here and watched the show. I could tell that you two really hit it off…"

Axel groaned. "That kid is a moron. You'd think he'd be a bit more thankful when help comes his way, or that maybe he'd be more like his brother and get some manners. But no, he's just some anti-social kid that we have to escort around the school for two weeks. I really wish I'd never agreed helping out that ungrateful brat-"

"And yet, you're planning on doing it anyway."

Larxene didn't look up as she spoke, still scanning her razor sharp nails, but Axel was sure she was wearing a smudged look. Axel gritted his teeth, maybe she had seen him freeze up? Just stop and stare at Roxas like there was no tomorrow? That was until he got to know him. He might be a pretty-boy and Sora's brother, but he was still a jerk.

"So, what's his name?"

"Oh it's…" The redhead drew a blank. The kid hadn't really introduced himself, and with everything going on (although the students around would have said that nothing was going on…) he really hadn't had time to properly ask him.

"You've got to be kidding me." An amused smile was on the blond girl's face as she looked up andshook her head. She walked up next to Axel but kept her gaze on Roxas.

"Come on, you need to introduce me to whatever-the-hell-his-name-is."

xXxXx

After asking the girl before him if she could help him find someone, Sora waited patiently. He watched as she locked her hands behind her back and leaned forward, a cute pose that she seemed to be doing a lot. She gave another huge smile and proudly replied "You're looking at her."

Sora gaped. "Really? That's great! That saves me the trouble of looking and everything."

"Why were you looking for me?" asked Kairi.

"Oh see, my brother told me to look for you. He said that if I needed any help I should ask you and….."

Of course that was all that Kairi heard. As if finding out that Roxas had a brother that attended this school was enough excitement, Roxas had now just recommended coming to her for help. To his own brother! That means that her work must be paying off and she really was helping Roxas!

"I'd be honored to help you!" exclaimed Kairi proudly. Maybe a bit too loud, because some students were now giving the two curious looks, luckily none of them lasted longer for a few seconds as they got absorbed into their work again.

"So you must be new, right Sora?"

"Um….kind of."

"Do you know where to go?"

"I was kinda hoping you could help me with that."

"Do you have a schedule I could look at?"

"Oh!" Sora pulled the sheet of paper Roxas had quickly scribbled on that morning and given to him, out of his pocket. He unfolded it and handed it to Kairi to read.

"Those are my classes….I think."

Kairi looked at the paper. The words seemed to be written in Roxas' handwriting, stating precise instructions on random things. The first line was the address of the school and how to get there. The second line were directions on how to handle student interaction. It said something like:

Don't talk to people, unless they speak to you first.

Don't ever talk to Riku.

Don't hangout with people, unless you absolutely have to.

Don't ever hang out with Riku.

Kairi nodded approvingly. Well, at least on the Riku parts she did. Her eyes lowered and scanned the other half of the paper. Below that Roxas had written class subjects, room numbers, and his locker combination for Sora. And underneath that was a personal note probably written for his brother only.

If you need anymore help, just go find Kairi. She'll give you help whether you want it or not. She's like that.

Sora saw this and quickly tried to pull the paper out of Kairi's grasp and explain himself. "Oh! Uh, I'm sure Roxas didn't mean anything by that! I'm sure he was just…"

"Omigosh!" Kairi moved the paper away from Sora's reach and twirled around happily with it.

"He put it in writing! He actually recommended my help in writing! That means I'm doing a good job of helping him! I'm actually doing something right! And all this time he was acting like it didn't affect him. Ha ha, I can see right through that now!"

The brunet wasn't quiet sure what to make of the bouncy girl talking to no one in particular. He waited until she stopped celebrating and calmed down. Of course he wasn't exactly ready when she popped her question up, although he should have.

"So where's Roxas? Why isn't he helping you instead? Not that I mind helping people of course. I love helping people!"

"Um…it's actually a long story."

And thus came the tale of how Sora had bravely outwitted his brother into switching to his school under his identity and take the dreaded Final Exams for him. Of course he might have slightly exaggerated a few details because by the time he was finished with his heroic tale (which wasn't until after Kairi had shown him his first class which they had together, and they had seated, and class had started) Kairi was looking at him with unsuppressed admiration.

"That is so cool!" exclaimed Kairi. The two were now in a science class. Oblivion High was very proud of their science program and had a ridiculously long name for the experimental course, complete with ridiculously long assignments. One of which Sora had been partnered up to do with Kairi.

"What's so cool?" asked another voice behind them.

Sora turned around and was faced with another girl. Her hair was short and black, and unlike Kairi she wore her uniform in a way that was much more revealing. Girls like her at Sora's school would never even look at him, and yet here she was looking eager to join in with the conversation.

Yuffie's eyes suddenly widen as she saw Sora. "Oh my god. I love your hair!"

She reached out and ruffled Sora's spikes. The brunet jumped a bit at the sudden contact. He never really talked to girls much at his old school. Olette didn't like him that way and Larxene was kinda creepy. Did Roxas always get this much attention from the girls?

"Ha ha. I knew you bleached your hair Roxas! You were so smart, you couldn't have been a blond!" she giggled.

"Yuffie!" scolded Kairi. She leaned in closer and whispered, but Sora heard it as well.

"That's not Roxas. He's Sora, Roxas' twin brother. They switched places and now we have to help him out!" she said excitedly.

Yuffie squealed. Delighted at the new information and what mischief it might bring. Sora flashed Kairi a nervous look that read are you sure it's okay to tell her?

The redhead returned the look with one of reassurance. "Don't worry, Yuffie won't tell anyone. We're both good friends of Roxas."

Sora was almost tempted to ask if Roxas had any good friends that weren't girls. But honestly! Here were two really nice and pretty girls, who acted like they were the most inseparable best friends in the world to Roxas. And yet his brother still didn't have a girlfriend? What was up with that? And how had he gotten girls like them to hang out with him anyway!

As Sora was about to ask one of them if his brother had ever shown any interest in girls, another student passed by.

"Oh hello Tifa!" greeted Kairi cheerfully.

Sora turned around and then immediately wished he hadn't. Standing before him was a girl with the largest chest he had even seen...even bigger than the ones Axel had once tried to show him in magazines. He turned around to hide his blush, luckily Tifa hadn't noticed. Instead the girl handed him a worksheet the teacher had asked her to pass out.

"Here you go Roxas. And by the way, nice hair." And with another smile she left, and Sora's face returned to its normal color. Why hadn't Roxas mentioned anything about that! Surely his brother could have told him a girl like her existed!

He was really starting to get suspicious. It seemed like Roxas was surrounded by girls everyday. How could he just ignore them?

Kairi was about to ask if Sora was okay when she glanced at the worksheet she got. "Hey Sora, I hope you're as smart as your brother, because these problems look hard."

The brunet pulled the sheet on his desk closer and got a look. Written on it were a billion of chemicals and their properties. Each problem stating something about their chemical use and structure, like hell he knew what they were! And what was with all these tables and models, and…this wasn't just a worksheet, it was a packet! It all might as well have been written in Greek for all Sora cared.

"Um….I don't know how to read this…" he admitted sheepishly, his finger pointing to a complicated model that looked like what would happen if his breakfast had exploded and then rearranged themselves into a pretty orbit.

"Silly! That's 'cause you're looking at it upside down!" cried Yuffie, and she reached out, turning the packet unto its intended position.

Sora took another look……"Uh...That didn't help."

Kairi's pursed her lip, her eyes taking on a concern look. "Well, Roxas was usually the one that helped with these things…" she trailed off, as to not hurt Sora's feelings.

"I'll ask Aerith!" offered Yuffie.

And before he knew it, another girl was by their table. A ribbon in her hair and a friendly smile on her face, the perfect take-home-to-your-parent type of girl. By now all of his suspicions were cleared.

...I think...my brother's...gay...

Kairi noticed Sora hitting his head on the desk. "Sora? Are you alright?"

But the brunet didn't even notice her. Why hadn't his brother said something? But of course there was always the chance that his brother wasn't…

"Sora, are you sure you're feeling okay?" Concern eyes that matched her voice were focused on him.

No he's definitely gay...

If he's surround by this many girls and doesn't have a girlfriend yet…seriously, to him it seemed like Kairi was practically obsessed with him. She hasn't left Sora alone or shut up yet, but she's kinda cute so maybe that's okay…but still…

Sora didn't take his head off the desk, but mumbled a reply that he was alright to Kairi. He sighed heavily, wondering slightly what his brother had found out about him at Destiny High.

xXxXx

Roxas couldn't help but stare at the odd group in front of him, with only one thought on his mind.

I can't believe my brother's in a gang……

At first Roxas had thought that Axel was the weirdest person he ever met. His hair was even spikeir than Sora's plus, it was brilliant bright red. Which was a bad thing because now he could never lose sight of him in the halls-thus eliminating that excuse. It also didn't helped that this Axel guy completely towered over him. Their height difference probably had something to do with the guy repeating a grade.

"So let me get this straight, you're a frikkin senior?" asked Larxene.

Both of them along with Axel, were sitting at the back of the English classroom. The redhead had introduced the two of them moments earlier, but Roxas really wish he hadn't. The girl looked-and talked-like a tomboy, and the way she held herself gave him the impression that she wasn't someone to mess with. She had blonde hair with two strands sticking out towards the side, an interesting choice of bangs, but Roxas wasn't about to tell her that. In all truth, he was probably more afraid of her than he was of Axel.

"Uh, yeah. I skipped a grade a few years ago. But that was before I got to Oblivion Hig-"

"Whoa!" exclaimed Larxene, obviously impressed. She turned around to Axel and replied in a mocking tone.

"See that Ax? Roxas is younger than you, and yet he's in a grade higher than you. Doesn't that make you wish you hadn't lit the school on fi-"

Now it was the redhead's turn to interrupt someone. Axel quickly nudged Larxene in the side roughly, something you normally wouldn't do to a girl, but Roxas guess it was different with Larxene. He was almost glad for the distraction actually. While he was talking to the blonde, he had noticed Axel staring at him weirdly. He guess it was probably because he looked so much like his brother Sora, they got a lot of those looks being twins. But still, it kinda creeped him out when it was Axel doing it.

"Yeah, whatever." Started Axel, trying to think of an excuse to change the subject. The last thing he needed Roxas to know right now was sbout his little 'fire escapade.' When a distraction in the form of another blue eyed blond appeared.

"Hey Demyx!" Axel stood up from his seat next to Roxas and waved the blond over. The teen musician spotted them and quickly walked over, giving Axel a greeting as well.

"Whoa, you really did cut your hair." Noticed the redhead. Although it would have been very hard not to, considering most of it along the sides was now missing. The rest of it looked like it was gelled to stand up at the top, and instead of all that hair hanging over his face there were only a few strands left as bangs.

"Yeah, I did! It looks cool doesn't it?" Demyx turned his gaze to Roxas.

"Hey! I like your hair too Sora! When did you bleach it? Blond suits you better anyway you dumb blond and…wait a minute…"

Eager to introduce their addition, Axel pointed to the boy on his right and spoke to Demyx.

"Dem, this is-"

"ROXAS!" exclaimed Demyx.

The older twin, who had been watching the whole exchange silently, had recognized the other teen a long time ago. Although he made no word of it, Roxas wasn't exactly fond of their past experiences together.

"You know him?" asked Axel bewildered, and maybe a bit disappointed at having the fun taken away.

"Of course I do!" beamed the blond. "Roxas and I used to go to the same school together!"

Larxene decided it was time to include herself in the conversation "What? No way! You're an idiot Demyx, how could you ever make it to Roxas' school?"

"Well actually…" spoke up Roxas. It seemed like all eyes were on him as he started his explanation.

"Although Oblivion High is a magnet school for the academically advance, it also has a pretty famous fine art program…

("It's true." commented Demyx. "Roxas here is a genius and an artist!")

..And since Demyx has some pretty good musical abilities I think it might have helped with his admission process."

Actually, Roxas was pretty sure that was the only reason Demyx was able to attend. The boy was in fact, dumber than his younger brother-and that was saying something according to Roxas. He had met him accidentally when Kairi had introduced the two, saying something about how Roxas just had to meet the newest underclassmen that could play the piano so beautifully.

"Oh Roxas! You remember me!" cried Demyx and latched himself onto the shorter blond's arm. Of course this totally freaked Roxas out and brought back unwanted memories.

Roxas was half tempted to shove the teen off him, or maybe violently push him out the window they were nearby. It wasn't like he hated Demyx….okay maybe he did. But he had good reason, the overly affectionate teen was worst than Kairi and would never leave him alone. Even though they had no classes together! And when he had left Oblivion High of his own accord a few years ago (claiming the competitive atmosphere and learning environment just wasn't his style), it felt like half of Roxas' problems were gone.

When the blond had let go, much to Roxas' relief, he started to question him.

"So why are ya here Roxas? Don't tell me Oblivion was too much for you! You're the smartest kid I know!"

That was Axel's cue to explain, and explain he did. He also tried to shove Larxene over a seat to leave Demyx a space next to him, but the blond obliviously took one on the other side of Roxas. It was kinda weird too, how both of them knew each other like that…

"WHAT! YOU MEAN HE'S SORA'S BROTHER?" yelled Demyx standing up in shock.

Axel had to pull him down in order to not draw attention.

"Demyx, you really are a fucking idiot." stated Larxene as she rolled her eyes.

The boy had met both of the twins separately, but with such a striking resemblance you'd think he'd be able to make some connections….

"But he- I mean Rox wa- but why didn't Sora tell me?" whined Demyx.

This came as no surprise to Roxas. Only Demyx could be clueless enough to not recognize it before. What was a surprise however, was that Demyx actually hung out with these people. The first thing he noticed about Axel and Larxene was that they were wearing matching black coats. Another reason for Roxas to think his brother was in a gang. But when Demyx showed up wearing one too, Roxas decided to change his idea of a gang to something more like-a bunch of kids that didn't fit in.

"Hey you guys, did you know that the flower department store at the corn-Whoa. What the hell is wrong with Sora's hair?" asked another boy who was standing before them.

After a look at him, Roxas' assumption was confirmed. The teen who had also donned the coat, had shaggy pink hair and smelled like flowers.

"Heehee that isn't Sora, Marluxia!" exclaimed Demyx pointing at him. He then proceeded to tell Marluxia about the whole switch-up, acting like he had known it all along.

Roxas turned towards Axel, who was next to him. "Is it okay to let this many people know?"

The redhead looked at him. Like, actually looked at him. No more of those weird stares or glances that he took when he thought Roxas wasn't paying attention. Which he was. Freak.

"Huh? Oh, uh yeah. Don't worry, Marluxia's one of us." He assured the blond.

Roxas was a bit worried about whether or not they considered him one of them too. Which was exactly what he didn't want. He was almost about to ask Axel this, but decided on better judgment not to. Instead he turned the other way to watch Demyx explain everything like it was his idea.

But he noticed that Axel hadn't stop looking at him yet. A bit annoyed, he faced the redhead again. He hadn't meant for his voice to sound as bitter as it came out.

"Yeah, I know. I look like Sora. Now can you stop staring?"

Both of Axel's eyebrow rose shock at the harsh, but entirely true accusation.

However, he wasn't staring because Roxas looked like his brother. Actually from the moment he saw him, he had decided that Roxas didn't look a thing like his brother. And by now, he was sure as hell that Roxas didn't act like his brother either. He was everything his brother had described him as, and not at the same time. It was weird and made Axel confused, so he figure that if he looked at Roxas long enough, the answer would come. Even though he wasn't quite sure what the question was in the first place. And besides, he got caught.

Axel quickly looked the other way and mumbled something that sounded like "I wasn't staring…"

As the redhead began to ignore him now and start talking to Demyx again, Roxas couldn't help but feel a little left out. He briefly wondered how Sora had so many strange friends, and why he hadn't told him about them before. And while he was at it, he also started to wonder how Sora was doing at his school.

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Perfect.

He thought angrily. It had been a while ago since Sora had lost sight of Kairi. They were just walking down the hall together and suddenly a mob of students rushed by. One minute the redhead was next to him, the next he was standing by himself in a deserted hallway.

This was just perfect.

It had only taken him a few hours to get himself lost. The brunet figured that he should probably head back to where they had come from, and hope that he'd run into Kairi. He was trying to remember what his next room number was and he let his gaze drift to the floor. He walked quickly and tried not to look at anyone or cause any attention because a lost senior in his own school was pretty suspicious. That was why he hadn't noticed the other student until he ran into him.

Theywere bothknocked backwards onto the ground, although not hurt. Sora quickly blurted out an apology.

"Oh I'm so sorry!"

Sora was the first to stand up as he gathered his notebook up faster. So he quickly stuck a hand out, offering the person he ran into some help.

The boy on the ground looked older than he was. As he sat up, his silver hair fell against his face and Sora was unable to get a good look at him. "No it's alright, I'm fine." He stated quickly.

He sounded a bit annoyed. As he finished collecting his books on the floor, he looked up and saw Sora. His aquamarine eyes, which had once shown annoyance, had now turnedquestioningly and his lips turned into an unfriendly frown.

Riku was about to say something particularly nasty about Roxas watching where he was going when something else caught his attention. The boy's hand. He was holding it out in front of him like he wanted to help him up. What the hell? Not exactly something that Roxas would do. He wasn't the type of person that would help someone (that was his stupid side-kick's job) especially for some that he hated.

The silver haired teen on the ground raised an eyebrow, looking at the boy in front of him questioningly. "…uh…Katsurada?"

Realization hit Sora as he realized what was going on. The boy he ran into probably wasn't one of Roxas' friends. Heck he might even be one of his enemies! And here he was offering him help in the middle of a deserted hallway!

Sora quickly took his hand back and tried to walk away, but the damage was done.

His aquamarine eyes narrowed and looked a bit angry. "Wait a minute….."

Maybe if I don't respond to that name and run away now…thought Sora. And it probably would have worked too, if he hadn't accidentally dropped his notebook as he backed up. Because on it was written ROXAS in those big fancy letters his brother liked to write in. Sora cringed as he saw it.

Riku must have seen it too because in a flash, the boy had gotten up from the floor and was standing in front of him. Before Sora had any time to think of an excuse or running away, he founded himself shoved roughly against a locker.

His back hit the cool metal behind him, and he had a feeling his head had hit it too because he could feel something pounding. Or maybe it was his heart. It was probably beating furiously now and it was a wonder that neither of them could hear it in this deserted hallway.

Oh, right. Deserted. Another reason for Sora to be scared out of his mind. Who knows what kind of trouble could be caused if this guy had guessed correctly, and exposed his identity to the administrators. Roxas could be kicked out! And he had worked so hard to get in….and it would be all of Sora's fault.

Frighten blue eyes looked up at ones that reflected hostility. The older boy's hands were holding Sora's shoulders at arm's length. 'There's still a chance, there's still a chance….'was what was running through Sora's head. But at the boy's next statement he knew that there weren't any left from the beginning.

"I'll ask you this once." He said slowly, keeping his firm hold of Sora and his piercing gaze on him.

"Who are you….and what happened to Roxas?"

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Indigo: Ohhhh...CLIFFY! And what the hell? 20 PAGES? When did this story get so long? And for some reason I feel like nothing's happened yet...damn. But no worries! Because in the next chapter, Axel forces Roxas to skip school against his will and Sora gets rescued by Riku. Yay!

Heh heh. Axel being the tour guide...it's de ja vu from my other fic. But don't worry, stuff that happens in that fic won't happen in Switch it Up...I hope.

If you could guess from reading this fic that I go to a magnet school too, then I aplaud you. Except I feel more like Sora being lost in Roxas' school, because I don't fit in and I'm not really as smart as everyone else. (Thus the summer classes that go ridiculously fast and take up so much of my time.) Plus our art department sucks unlike this one.

And ya, I know I said there'd be more Akuroku-ness. Well it seems like the Akuroku vs. RikuxSora ratio will be quite even while they are at school...And now I will leave you all to think of that cryptic sentence as you submit your reviews, becuase you all will review...

...Right?