Disclaimer: Kingdom hearts characters are not mine.


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This is it. This is your story. It all begins here.

-Auron

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Name?"

"Sora Irino."

"Age?"

"Eighteen."

"Any previous working experience?"

"Yes, I followed my father, who was a police officer, when he was making his rounds during summers. And also as a cashier at a toy store." Said with a sheepish grin. The interviewer frowned slightly.

"Was?"

"He died in combat. Four years ago."

"My condolences."

A slight shuffle of papers.

"Do you have the necessary paperwork?"

"Yes," the boy took out a backpack and procured the desired documents, "here you go."

"And what kind of position are you looking for Mr. Irino?" The stern-looking manager asked.

"I'm not too sure myself. Something that can fit in with my class schedule which are all early morning and afternoon classes. I am willing to do any type of job."

"Since you do have minimal working experience, the tasks given to you will be mundane and wage will be allocated as appropriate."

"That's cool-erm fine with me," the brunette barely managed to catch himself.

"Then it's settled. You will be assigned to the hotel's restaurant, the Sixth Dragon on the second floor. You may begin as soon as possible, and make sure you check in with Dilan Lance before you start."

"Really? That's aweso-," he caught himself again, "Thank you very much Mr. Luna. You won't regret it!" The enthused boy bounced off of the chair and out the door.

The hotel manager massaged the bridge of his aquiline nose gingerly. He was already regretting it.

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A pair of hard slate followed the movements of the spiky-haired college student as he made his way out of the office, into an elevator, and through the lobby. The fluorescent light projected from the many flat screens illuminated indigo bangs in messy disarray, a surprisingly youthful, pale face and half-closed eyes. There were some sounds of electronic beeping, which prompted the sentinel to procure his cell phone, and flip it open.

"Yes?" he softly spoke. After a few brief moments, he mumbled, "I just saw him. Yes, I think he does have the potential. I'll keep an eye on him."

He snapped the lid shut and resumed his tireless watch.

"Will he be the key to our destiny?"

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He tapped his foot impatiently.

Dammit… why is he always late?

The young male raked a gloved hand through his unnatural silver hair. A sore reminder of why he should've never let Kairi experiment with her hair dyes. His intelligent teal eyes alighted upon the approaching boy with relief.

"Hey Riku! Sorry I'm late!" his friend ran up in front of him, hands on his knees, and tried to catch his breath.

"Sora you idiot, you promised you'll be on time this time," the older boy chided, but he grinned anyways. Predictable, typical Sora.

"Where's Kairi?"

"Inside, buying the tickets." Riku turned and walked towards the train station entrance. Sora immediately followed, and his sky-blue eyes lit up at the sight of their best friend who waved cheerfully with tickets in hand.

"Sora! What took you so long? Riku is taking time off of work to go with us and you still made us wait!" Kairi jokingly teased.

Sora put both hands behind his head in his trademark gesture and shrugged.

"I got here in the end didn't I?"

"You guys stop bickering like a couple and get onboard. The train's about to leave," Riku ignored the two young freshmen's indignant protests, and began walking towards the boarding area after he took a ticket from Kairi's hand.

"Hey! We're not-"

"Nah, he's just teasing," Sora smiled at his flustered friend and took his ticket from her grasp. The two promptly followed Riku, the comment apparently forgotten.

The three close friends arrived at their destination a few hours later. The sky was cloudless, the sun was shining brightly, and white sands of the beach beckoned welcomingly. Sora wasted no time in taking off his shirt and scandals, and dove into the cool seawater while Kairi watched happily. She stayed to help Riku set up the blanket along with their shoes, and shortly joined Sora.

Kairi waded carefully through the mild waves. Next to her, Riku strode confidently up to the floating Sora, and began the water fight by splashing water on the unsuspecting boy.

"What the-"

Kairi giggled at Sora's expression, and was immediately rewarded with a wet splash of salty ocean water in her face. She sputtered, and glared daggers at the instigator.

"Oh… you're gonna get it now!" she yelled out and joined in the water fight.

As always when they had too much fun, time passed all too quickly. Before they knew it, the sun was beginning to set, and the three companions, all exhausted, laid side-by-side on the blanket.

"Ah… I wish we could do this more often," Kairi said as she turned her head towards Sora, on her left. The ever optimistic youth grinned and replied, "Sure do! It's too bad your parents drag you around the world so much. If you went to our school, then we can do this every weekend!"

Sora immediately regretted his words as a melancholic expression surfaced on his best friend's face.

"Hey, it's alright. I mean, a lotta people would give their right hand to travel and visit so many wonderful places like you do. Right, Riku?" He turned to his left, wordlessly begging the more tactful youth to save him.

"Don't listen to idiot Sora over here. Kairi, if you see us everyday, you'll soon get tired of us. It's no use thinking about those days back in high school when we hanged out every other day. We're growing up, and sometimes our paths will diverge, but it makes those moments when we meet up again that much rewarding."

Sora nodded in agreement, and turned back to his right. Kairi smiled at Riku's touching speech and looked up at the lazy afternoon sky. She lifted one outstreched hand, as if to reach for the heavens, and said, "If we're separated, and our paths seem too far to ever cross again, we got to remember that we're still sharing the same sky."

After a few moments, two more hands joined hers and the promise was made.

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"You sure it's a good idea? The kid's father was a policeman."

"You don't think…?"

"Just because his father was a law upholder does not mean his child will have a strong sense of righteousness. Besides, the world these days does not know of the word called justice when the right amount of incentives are offered."

"Whatever, we'll wait and see."

"Fifty that he quits by the first week?"

"Shuddap."


Note: I really don't know why I need to write this. I told myself I shouldn't start a new story w/o finishing the first one. Well... this is my brave attempt at doing a dark, raw, and politically intruiging stuff. I absolutely adore the Organization members, and I will try my best at protraying them in a realistic manner, but keep in mind this is an AU, so out of character is expected somewhere down the line. This fic is set in a modernized world, in a less-than-reputable city. I want to focus on friendships... and not serious relationships, because that's too overused. (And people really do complain about pairings) Hahaha.. this isn't a highschool AU, but a college AU! nah... just kidding. It's much more on making choices and living double lives.

By the way, can anyone guess which Org. members were in this chapter?