CHAPTER THREE
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It takes me a few days to write one chapter because sometimes the scene I planned out would be played over in my head and I get frustrated when the scene doesn't add up with the story and I have to think of another plot point to replace that scene. I never used to do this so I'm just winging this.
Anyway, this chapter will include a cheerful Axel, a still straight faced Roxas, a sad Demyx, a curious Sora, a fanfiction made Destiny High and a true story.
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The room was empty. Its white coloured walls were bare and the closet held nothing but a few rare memoirs Roxas hid here and there. No clothes were left behind and Roxas's bags were quite full. His bed free of wrinkles, his closet full of unnoticed junk over the years, his weapon cases full of unneeded weapons at the moment, Roxas realized his room was barely showed signs that a life was lived there for almost a decade.
It didn't say "Roxas", the kid who liked skateboarding and ice creams with Axel; it said "XIII", an assassin whose life's purpose was to serve the Organization. The weapon cases shaped like violin cases neatly stacked up one another said stealth was a specialty. The books shelved in the bookcases said "The Art of War" was a favourite, with the noticeable dog-eared pages darkening the tip of the book while other books were read only once and put back as they were in mint condition. The bags hidden in the upper shelves of the closet were small and carry-on, it said loud and clear that Roxas travelled a lot.
The rectangular area free of dust on the table said that there used to be something there that was barely moved, a laptop, quite frequently used for writing mission reports and researching on targets. No CD's or handheld controllers were stacked near the technology hub area of the room, indicating that it was strictly used for business purposes only.
Roxas, no, XIII didn't want to leave a trace behind. That much was obvious.
Grabbing his skateboard by the tip, he opened a dark portal. Using the skateboard as a mode of transportation today would be more of a nuisance than anything else. The four wheeled vehicle could not carry the weight of a bulky bag. It was time to start the mission briefing and he didn't want to miss a single detail.
As soon as Roxas had entered the lobby proper, he was tackled to the ground.
"Roxas! Hey! We were just about to start the mission briefing."
"Hey, Axel."
The redhead smiled at his best friend. Although they didn't have hearts, everyone in the Organization but Roxas pretended they had one. If they didn't, they would most probably go insane. Every time Axel thought about it, he wondered how long until Roxas would go insane. Not that he wanted the blonde to do so; it was just curious thinking from his logical part of the brain, is all.
The two then turned to Saix who then gave them a nod. He noticed that they had packed up practically everything they had owned. This was going to be a long term mission, after all. It would not be wise just to pack clothes worth one week as it would be a waste of time to go back to the headquarters every week to grab new clothes every now and then.
"The leader has already briefed you on the main details, but nevertheless I will summarize it for you. You two will pose as high school students at a learning institution called 'Destiny High'. According to our informant, there are a group of students who had managed to inform our previous target ahead of time and due to a series of unfortunate events, had managed to capture and kill one of our very valuable clients, Hades. The leader wants you to investigate on this matter. So far, there are two significant groups in our radar that seem to be plausible members of a still unknown group of assailants whose aim is to destroy our Organization. Here are their pictures."
Saix distributed copies of different stolen shots on the school grounds. A group of students were walking on what seemed to be a garden. A brown haired boy, a silver haired boy and a red haired girl were shown laughing. In another picture, the brown haired boy was sleeping while the silver haired kid looked like he was trying to keep a straight face as the girl of the group continued painting what seemed to be a moustache on the kid. Other pictures showed them usually laughing or smiling outright, the only moment they were caught serious was on what seemed to be a competition in a game of volleyball.
"This group is always seen together and are only apart from one another when in classes or in clubs. The informant had believed them to be significant as they were seen talking to the target a day before the assassination was set to take place. Watch them carefully as the informant warns them to be skilled in different categories of fighting, making them more suspicious of the failure of IX's mission. Unfortunately, their names are unknown as our informant had died before she could say anything else. They are usually spotted at Destiny Islands, the training area near the school."
Saix took out another folder from his coat and distributed different stolen pictures. The pictures were quite different from the ones shown earlier, one aspect being the faces of the teens. The first picture drew three friends, a blonde kid, a sporty brunette and a chubby dark haired teen. A scowl was present on the blonde's face as the sporty brunette smiled awkwardly as she tried to calm him down. The chubby teen was at the far side, caught in the middle of a sigh.
For the next few photos of the second group, all they could see were brawling, eating and hanging out. The group smiled a bit more in the photos shown, the smile only disappearing once another muscled blonde kid was in the background, smirking.
"This group is always seen together after school but they are not usually seen together at school. The informant was quite sure of their significance in the failure of IX's mission as they had collectively talked to the target frequently a week before the assassination was to take place. The three talked to the target in hushed tones and had to be followed cautiously before they approached the target. You should be highly cautious before approaching this group, as they are wary of new people and are considered quite antisocial by their peers. They are usually seen hanging out in an alley behind the clock tower as said by the leader before."
Saix quickly replaced the photos back in their respective folders, setting them on the table. He took out a pair of medicine bottles and handed them out to the two teens.
"This will mostly likely be a yearlong mission and not a six month mission as the leader said before. You are to befriend them and try to join their group. However, even as you have this mission for a year, you will still be tackling your normal missions like before. They will be reduced from the usual five missions per week to a maximum of three hard missions per week. These pills are to help you stay awake in school in order not to raise suspicion when your three missions per week tire you too much. The maximum dosage Zexion had calculated is three pills per month. There are thirty six pills in each bottle. If you are too fatigued to go to school after a mission, you are to inform your acting guardian and he will inform the school your absence."
Axel grabbed his bottle and shook it. Satisfied, he put the bottle in his pocket. Roxas shook it as well and nodded.
"However, the maximum number of times you are to be absent for every month is three. If you decide to be absent for more than the three allotted days, you will be punished by your acting guardian accordingly."
Axel raised an eyebrow.
"And who exactly is the asshole that gets to kick our ass for missing more than three days of school for every month?"
"That lucky asshole happens to be sitting right behind you, Axel."
Axel turned around to see Xigbar sitting on the couch's back cushion. The black haired pirate was quite comfortable wearing a white shirt paired with a black vest. He was wearing denim jeans paired with the usual black boots issued by the Organization.
"You asshole, you're going to terrorize us for a year? Roxas, complain with me here! Just look at the guy's fashion sense, he's obviously thought Halloween today and decided to be a wife-beating biker mixed with a pirate!"
Xigbar smacked Axel on the head.
"Shut up. You're under my care now and who fuckin' said that green teardrop tattoos were fuckin' A? Because I don't think I've ever seen such an unsightly combination."
The two were about to start bickering when Roxas interrupted the quickly forming argument.
"Axel and I are two years apart, which class should each of us be in?"
"The leader decided that you'd be a freshman, XIII. Axel, you're going to be a sophomore. Roxas, you aren't even supposed to be in high school yet. The two groups are going to be freshmen on the campus. They had decided to study in the institution to keep an eye on the previous target, in case any other clients wanted to eliminate them. Luckily, VI has already trained you in that subject seeing as you've mastered quite about until a high school diploma education."
"And what about me?"
"VIII… you're just about the level of a high school sophomore. No need to feel insecure, though. XIII has just covered wider topics due to his fast learning ability."
"Screw you, Roxas."
"…I'd rather not be an object attached to another object wrapped helically around an axis, Axel."
"…"
"That's Physics, by the way genius. The answer is screwed." Xigbar said, moving off his bags to the dark portal.
"Dammit, Roxas!"
Saix closed the folders and gave them last minute data about their mission.
"If you two are ever asked your last names, answer Roxas Sutoraifu and Axel Daremo. You may go. Good luck."
The two teens nodded and followed Xigbar suit to their new apartment.
It was going to be a long year.
"You guys! I can't believe we're going to be in high school!"
Sora jumped up and down on the sidewalk, catching the attention of a few early morning joggers. Kairi apologized to them silently and glared at the brunette.
"Sora! Quit acting like a middle-schooler and start acting like you're in high school! People are staring, jeez. And you're wearing the uniform, too!"
The brunette stopped and dusted himself off. The uniform looked quite good, too. They were required to wear the issued black slacks. The top consisted of the white polo shirt and the navy blue necktie. Sora was happy with the school's outfit; it was casual and formal all at the same time.
"You're having fun with your uniform too, Kairi!" Riku snickered.
Kairi blushed at the comment and waved him off. Sora looked at Kairi, Riku was right; she was having fun flaunting the whole uniform. It consisted of a white polo shirt that was supposed to be loose around the waist but Sora saw that she had sewn the edges so it would hug her curves but not too much that it would be revealing. The navy blue necktie had one white stripe on the edge, revealing the year level of the student (In Kairi's case, it was freshman). The skirt's length reached the knee and the baby blue knee high socks made quite an interesting combination.
"Yeah, Kairi! You're just strutting your stuff, aren't you?"
"Shut up!" And the redhead punched Sora on the arm playfully.
"But it sort of sucks that Hercules was almost killed, huh?" Riku interrupted.
The two nodded and a silence was maintained for a moment.
"It was a good thing we had joined the advanced training program during summer. Hercules was unbeatable, wasn't he?" Kairi said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, too unbeatable. He was targeted by Organization XIII just for that! Seriously, I can't believe that Nico kid's dad had contacts there. How did he even manage that?"
"I don't know, Sora. Cloud and the others had managed to stop the attempt, anyway. The guy ran away before he even got a shot. Freaking guy managed to destroy all evidence leading to them, too."
The three thought for a moment, walking in silence until they had reached the school. They had gotten there quite early, taking in the morning silence before students walked the hallways filling the emptiness with noise. The three walked around the campus, memorizing hallways and classroom directions lest they get lost in the middle of the day.
As the three were walking around the main building, they noticed the principal's office was already open. Whispers were heard inside and the three stared. A few minutes later, two students walked out of the office. Sora raised an eyebrow. That was strange, what were these students doing in the principal's office so early in the morning?
"Ooh, freshmen. Just like us!" Kairi squealed with excitement.
"How would you know that? The boy's uniform doesn't signify what level we're in." Riku asked while observing the two males.
"I don't know? I just know, okay? Let's go greet them!"
Kairi ran off towards the strangers and her entourage followed suit. Her black shoes squeaked against the shiny tiles of the hallway and the strangers instantly looked up, only to be greeted by the redhead right in front of them.
"Hi! My name's Kairi. I'm a freshman. These two are my best friends, Sora and Riku. The brunette's Sora and Riku's the one with long hair. You guys are freshmen too, right? I mean, I'm only assuming here but you guys don't really look like seniors or anything and no student would get to school this early and-"
"That was unexpected." The taller of the strangers spoke, grinning.
Sora observed the strangers in front of him. The redhead was quite tall, towering over anyone else in the hallway at the moment. He had dark green eyes that seemed to reflect nothing. His hair was long and spiky, staying still and defying gravity. His smile seemed cold, but apart from anything else, he looked quite decent. Somewhat nice, even.
The blonde that stood beside the redhead was a mystery to Sora though. He had cold cobalt blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. He wasn't wearing a smile like the redhead, though. He was just staring at the group looking quite relaxed yet suspicious. His poker face was quite intimidating. Sora could tell that Riku was curious about the two students. Who were they?
"Sorry, I tend to ramble on when I'm nervous. Anyway, what are your names?"
The redhead's smile widened even more and Sora relaxed. Maybe he was just nervous meeting other people and that cold smile earlier was just from some weird sort of habit.
"I'm Axel. Sorry, I'm not a freshman. Sophomore, though. This here's my best friend, Roxas. He's the freshman. We're new here, that's why we're early. Heh. Got you guys wondering, huh?"
Roxas stared at the persons in front of him. If he had recalled correctly, these were the people in the photos. He memorized every detail about them in person. Their posture, their height, weight, faces and everything else in between. His scrutinizing glare seemed to intimidate the girl, her eyes dilated ever so often and her arms started crossing and uncrossing unconsciously.
"Does Roxas talk or is he really just mute? Haha, not that I have anything against those kinds of people, of course!" Kairi replied rather enthusiastically, trying to make conversation.
"Meh, he's just really like that. Don't worry, once you'll get to know him you'll get used to his cold shoulder crap."
"Ah, I see. Hi, Roxas!" Kairi extended her hand and smiled.
The blonde ignored her hand and waved it off. Axel sighed and apologized silently for his friend. Roxas proceeded to walk away from the group, leaving the redhead behind.
"Oi! Roxas! Come back here you idiot!"
Axel looked at the group. From what he could remember, they were one of the suspected groups that had secretly withheld information about the Organization and was rumoured to be part of the assailants that want to tear down everyone involved in the Organization. He tried to rack his brain of any information Saix might have mentioned about ignoring the mission objective but nothing came up. Where was the great actor Roxas mentioned casually in mission reports and during ice cream breaks?
"I'm really sorry about my friend. First day nerves? Anyway, you might see him in your classes today, so please go easy on him. He's not exactly a people person so he might have a hard time talking to others and so I'm counting on you to keep an eye out for him. See ya around!"
And the redhead exited the scene as quickly as he came around.
"Well… that was awkward."
"Shut up, Riku. I was trying to be nice and that guy just blew me off!"
"Relax, Kairi. Axel said the guy wasn't exactly the type to talk, right? Anyway, people are starting to fill up the hallways. Let's split up and see which classes we've got for first period."
"This is the first time we won't be having the same classes together, huh?" Sora realized.
"Yeah, but change is good. We'll still have lunch together anyway. See you guys around!" And three split up to find their respective classes.
Sora walked around the campus for a few more minutes before finally finding his homeroom. He entered the classroom quietly and saw that a few people were already inside, either listening to some music or looking around the classroom nervously. A seat was free near the window and the brunette walked briskly over to the seat, put his bags down and sat comfortably. He looked at the wall clock, there were a few minutes before homeroom started and people started walking in the room one by one.
He looked at the window instead, trying to calm his racing heart of the thoughts that were going through his head. It was the first day of high school and Leon, his brother, was barely any help at all as to what high school was like even though they had graduated from this very institution seven years ago. The brunette didn't even dare to try and ask Cloud, the man was terrifying and he wasn't really a good speaker.
"Everyone? May I have your attention please."
Sora's attention returned back to the classroom, he realized it had been filled while he was daydreaming and started listening to the teacher in front.
"I am your homeroom teacher. Welcome to Destiny High. Homeroom is basically a free period so feel free to do anything during this time as long as you aren't being noisy, I don't really care. Enjoy. I'll be right here."
The teacher smiled at his class and returned to his book. Sora shrugged it off and decided to make friends. He looked to his right to see who his seatmate was, only realizing then that he was sitting beside the guy they had met in the hallway earlier, Roxas.
"Uh… hi, Roxas."
The blonde nodded, acknowledging Sora's presence but did not look at him. Instead he grabbed a notebook from his messenger bag and started writing indefinitely. Sora felt like he should help the guy out and started trying to make conversation.
"Uh… so, how do you like high school so far?"
Roxas stared at the brunette, who by his body language was nervous about his surroundings yet tried to maintain a confident façade. He sighed and decided to just talk in case in would be beneficial to their mission. At this point in time Roxas noted that he should have a talk with Axel about the mission possibilities and objectives.
"It's fine. A bit boring, I guess."
Sora smiled, he was finally getting a response out of the guy. Kairi would be so jealous.
"Haha, well the first days are always like that. Soon enough we'd have enough homework to last us a lifetime!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! Well, I'm not really sure. I'm just speaking from experience. My brother Leon used to study here. He graduated seven years ago though so I'm not really sure about the details. All I remember is him muttering how he hated school."
"…I see."
"You know, you're really quiet. It must be pretty quiet at your house, huh?"
"Not really. Axel and our guardian keep silence at bay most of the time."
"You live with Axel, your best friend? That's so cool! I live with Riku and Kairi and they're my best friends. Actually, I live with most of my friends since we just consider each other as family. We didn't used to do so, but something happened and we lived together, just like that."
"…how long?"
"Huh?"
"How long has it been since you guys started living together?"
"Oh. Well, I was around seven when it happened. My brother and I used to live in this really small apartment and then we just suddenly moved to this huge complex and that's how me and Riku and Kairi met. There are other people too, though but those two are the only ones in my age group."
"I see."
The conversation died down a little and Sora tried thinking of new topics to discuss. He was finally getting the blonde interested and he wasn't going to give up on a new friend. It would be good to have a new friend aside from the Riku and Kairi. They had been spending way too much time together anyway.
"You know, you kind of remind me of someone I know."
Roxas raised a brow and stopped writing in his notebook.
"Really?"
"Yeah. He's quiet, too. He's got blonde hair, sort of like yours but a bit lighter. I feel like I'm meeting a younger version of him. Heh. It's pretty funny, though. If I didn't know Cloud, I would've said you were brothers!"
Roxas quickly continued writing on his notebook again, listening intently to the brunette beside him.
"Anyway, he's a pretty quiet guy but he's nice. He likes exploring and training a lot, though so I don't really know him that well. Leon knows him well, they used to be these fierce rivals but that sort of mellowed down over the years."
"Leon is your brother, right?"
"Yeah. How about you, do you have a brother?"
"…I do."
"Really? What's his name?"
"I don't know. I haven't heard from him in years."
"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that."
"It's all right."
Roxas continued writing things down on his notebook, once in a while stopping and looking around the classroom. Sora tapped his fingers on his desk. He wanted to know more about Roxas. He had a strange feeling about Roxas. Something wasn't quite right in his mind and Roxas's actions made him more and more curious about the blonde and the shield he put up around him. The guy barely spoke or said anything about himself which wasn't even the big mystery, but the way he just stared at things like they were nothing in his mind. Sora knew he was being nosy, but he had never seen a guy this stoic before. Even Cloud would have been intimidated with his stare.
"So… uhm, how old are you anyway, Roxas?"
"I'm fourteen."
"Wow. You got in high school a year early? That's really something! I barely had enough time to finish the entrance exam here!"
"I was homeschooled."
"Whoa. I haven't met a lot of people who were homeschooled. You must've had one heck of a teacher, huh? Oh, I remember seeing that someone had perfected the entrance exams this year! Who do you think it was, Roxas?"
Roxas shrugged it off and continued writing on his notebook. As soon as Sora had decided on another topic to speak about, someone burst into the room, catching the attention of everyone else. Roxas looked up and saw a blonde student with camouflage messenger bag. The keyblade wielder observed the student who had walked in the homeroom quickly, walking past the homeroom teacher without even so much as an apology for being tardy. The teacher waved him off and continued reading his book. The guy sat beside Roxas and glared at anybody who dared to look at him.
Roxas confirmed it; this student was from the other group Saix had mentioned.
Sora tried not to stare at the newcomer beside Roxas. It was obvious he was a troublemaker and decided to stay away from him. Roxas on the other hand had different plans in mind.
"Roxas. Nice to meet you."
The blonde raised an eyebrow and eyed Roxas suspiciously.
"…Hayner. What do you want?"
"Want to be friends?"
"…if you think it takes just that to get to know me, then screw you."
Hayner grabbed his iPod and plugged in his earphones. Roxas observed his seatmate. His posture was defensive and his personality was quite indifferent. Scars covered most of his arms and a new bandage was on applied on what seemed to be an aberration. His messenger bag held but one trinket: a keychain. It was silver, replacing the pull tab on the zipper with a shiny skateboard replica.
Roxas clicked his pen to retract the ink cartridge back. He was finished writing his observations with the two targets that were near him. Now it was time to test out tactics with one of the two. Obviously the brunette, Sora, had wanted nothing to do with Hayner. He looked at Roxas and ignored Hayner, all the while wanting to have a conversation with him. Roxas decided that Axel would do better with Sora than he would.
For the next few minutes Sora tried speaking to Roxas, only to end up giving out more personal information about himself rather than know anything more about the enigma. Any questions he asked were replied with a vague answer and it was rare that Roxas spoke about himself.
"What do you do for fun?"
"Stuff."
"Oh, I like swimming and training. How long have you known Axel?"
"A long time. Training?"
"Yeah. My friends and I are experts at different types of martial arts. I'm an expert in Kendo! Ah, well, I'm in the 3rd dan but Leon says I'm good enough to fight people in real life. I just like calling myself an expert, I guess."
"I see."
"Riku knows Karate, Tifa teaches him all about it. According to her, he's supposed to be in the Sankyu right now. It's a pretty high level, according to him. Tifa's one of our guardians, by the way. How about you, do you know any sort of martial arts?"
"…sort of."
"Really! What is it?"
"Mixed, I guess."
"Ah, do you think you're an expert in that?"
"I don't know, all the people I fight in it are amateurs so I always win."
"Oh. Wow, you must be pretty strong!"
"Not really."
"Anyway, too bad it wasn't Aikido. Kairi would have freaked. She's never met someone her group age that knows Aikido. Yuffie teaches her all about it but Kairi just really wants a friend in our age to talk to that's a girl."
"That's normal."
"Yeah! So, what's your favourite food?"
"I don't know."
"Colour?"
"I don't know."
"Subject?"
"Nothing."
"Singer?"
"Not sure."
"Sport?"
"A lot."
"Book?"
"A lot."
"T.V. series?"
"I don't watch."
"Hobby?"
"I don't know."
"Dreams?"
"Don't have any."
This conversation went on for the next hour; Sora had gotten almost nothing out of the blonde except that he doesn't watch television, likes reading books, likes sports, doesn't have any favourites and doesn't have opinions about much else. Roxas kept answering ambiguously and Sora didn't have the heart to say anything that might anger his new friend. It already seemed like Roxas had wanted to befriend that Hayner kid much more than he wanted to talk to Sora and that was not a good sign. Kairi would kill him for not helping out and Axel really seemed like a nice guy.
The bell rang outside, signalling the end of first period and Sora looked at his time card only to realize he had English class next. He sighed, Roxas and Hayner had already left the room and soon the other students were piling up out in the hallways. He grabbed his bag and ran out the room too. He might be late for English class, and it was his favourite class too.
Soon enough, hours flew by and lunchtime came quickly. Roxas reunited with Axel in the cafeteria, spotting the redhead immediately by the vending machines.
"Oi, Roxas! How was your first day?"
"I've one class with Sora and three classes with Hayner, the blonde from the other group. Homeroom, Biology and Elementary Algebra. I've one class with Kairi, Gym. I've got two classes with Riku: Gym and English. What about you?"
"All my classes have Riku, Kairi or Sora in it. Those three managed to pop out in all my classes, lucky! We'll be out of this place in no time!"
"I've gathered information about Sora's group but not much with Hayner's. I think its best that you take their group as the target and my group would be with Hayner's. It seems we have much more in common rather than those three."
"Already? Oh yeah, I seem to have picked up some information you might be interested in."
"What is it?"
"They know your brother, Roxas."
"So I've heard."
"But won't that hinder the mission? What if he sees you?"
"It doesn't matter. He won't remember."
Axel glared at his best friend suspiciously.
"Yes, it does. What if those three really were the ones who informed Hercules? What if they managed to get the information right and Xemnas decided to kill them all. What would you do then, huh?"
"…"
"Damn it, Roxas! You can't keep doing this every time your brother gets involved in missions!"
"Yes, I can. I've done it before and I'll do it again."
"Xemnas will find out about it, what the fuck would you do if he realizes what you're doing, huh?"
"It's none of your business."
"Yes, it is! I'm your best friend and if your sabotaging the mission then I will know about it because screw you, Roxas! Not everyone wants to get rid of you."
Axel slammed his fist against the wall. This was not how this mission was supposed to go. The redhead looked at his best friend and pointed accusingly.
"You will tell me everything there is to know about your brother. Tonight."
"I-"
"Xigbar's out on a mission so you better tell me what the fuck you plan to do this time. Got it? Or else."
Axel walked away, unsure whether or not he had done the right thing by provoking his best friend.
It didn't matter either way, he decided. He would be getting what he wanted. He's Axel! If he can manipulate fire, he could sure manipulate people.
Marluxia and Larxene fell for it, why not Roxas?
Finished. Ugh, this chapter's like a filler but it isn't. This chapter is extremely important to the story, you hear?
Also, I borrowed a character from an anime. Care to guess who it was and which character?
This is as long as the other chapter. Yeay consistency!
Anyway, I think I'll be updating the next chapter in TWO WEEKS. Terribly sorry but my exams are next week and guess who hasn't reviewed for a single damned subject? I have!
I lied about the true story, though. And Demyx. But they will come... soon. It seemed to have slipped my mind to insert that in. No worries, the rickety old house is coming up next! Also, since I'm sure practically nobody reads this little author segments I'm going to go ahead and give a little hint for the next chapter: it involves a flashback and some strange mudkips/timeskips.
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