Author's Note: Ahaha, I'm so sorry for the long delay!!! Anyway, here's Chapter 19 for you! Please read and review!!!
Monochrome
Of Twists and Turns
Namine just stared at him. Roxas felt quite annoyed about it as he was reviewing some paperwork. What does she want? He thought.
"What are you doing here?! This is a members-only area!!" yelled Hayner. "We're about to have our meeting too! So shoo!!!" He said with his crazy hand effects.
"We'd also like the traitor to go away." Hayner added, as he was actually pointing to Olette, who hissed at him like a snake.
But Namine was completely ignoring him. "Hey Tsukamoto-kun, are you left handed?" asked Namine.
"No, he's ambidextrous, he holds pencils with his right while chalk with his left!!!" said Hayner. Roxas sweat dropped.
She suddenly took his left hand and opened his fist. There was a bandage. She suddenly stood up. He got awkward as her thumb pressed on the damaged part of his palm. Namine and Roxas got an eye-to-eye contact. Some features of his face nervous, while she was just stunned. "Thank you…"
"For what?" his voice managed.
Namine turned around to leave. She closed the door behind her then opened again, peeking at the door to the room, to Roxas.
"By the way, I've appreciated your outfit the past few days!!!" she said, and with that, she ran and covered her mouth, giggling like prep, it wasn't an ordinary giggle she had, but somewhat when a girl romantically feels happy. Of course… what would Namine know about romance?
That look on his face! Cute! She enthusiastically thought. She then spotted Aerith's pink ribbon in a braid at the entrance hall.
"Ah! Aerith-san!" The senior turned around with the same expression.
"Good morning. You come to school often now!" happy Namine chirped.
"I have to. Or I won't have enough attendance to graduate." Said Aerith as the two walked together.
"Where's Yuffie-chan and Axel-kun by the way? Aren't they supposed to be with you?" asked Namine.
"Yuffie went off first. It's not like we're always together. Axel, however, doesn't care much about graduating." Said Aerith. The tone of her voice became a bit softer rather than cold.
"Ah, Aerith-san, on the way home, I'm going to visit Nigasa, do you wanna come? I'm going to ask Strife-san to come along too!"
"What makes you think I'd want to…" Aerith trailed off. Their eyes met. And there was an awkward silence as Namine scolded herself.
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Aerith became horrified. "Those two…"
Uh oh! Not again!!! Namine mentally panicked. "Whoops!!! Haha, They—ah, I—" Namine stuttered nervously with a chuckle.
"THEY'RE FIRED!!!" fumed Aerith as she walked away with a very angry face. "I'll kill them both!" Namine heard her threatened.
The blonde started to ruffle her hair devastated. "NO! What should I do?! So sorry Yuffie-chan! Axel-kun!!!"
We find an extremely irritated Sora looking at the monitor. "Hayase's in a bad mood since that party…" whispered Seifer to Wakka. "He's releasing a bad aura…"
"Tsukamoto! Wait!"
Roxas finally stopped as Sora panted.
"You're getting on my nerves!! You act like you're not interested at her, but you always show up to save her!!!" he fumed. Roxas just looked back at him.
"Say something!!!"
But he didn't, he just smiled.
Always with that calm smile!!! That annoying Tsukamoto!!! HE'S SO ANNOYING THAT I DON'T WANNA LOSE TO HIM!!! Sora madly thought as he started to mess up with his spiky hair.
"Eh…are you alright?" asked Seifer.
"WHAT!?" Sora flatly asked. Okay so that answers my question… Seifer thought, turning blue.
"I've estimated the group numbers. Ever since we kicked Chouno out, we've gained girls, another hundred from the three leaders of the women's athletics club. Grays have 330, while Whites have 370 and the Blacks 500. Sadly though, the Grays are almost all from the Whites." Said Seifer with a sigh.
"Hm…even with Nigasa's attitude, they still want to stay." Said Sora. Seifer then noticed the monitor screen.
"Hey, that's the video of the gang event!" said Seifer. "Oh, that. I was looking at it." said Sora blatantly. Seifer suddenly laughed.
"Weird, I remember a rumor saying that the whole Monochrome Method started from Strife-san and Lockhart-san. Later on, the since Gainsborough-san didn't want to get in between, she put up the Gray," he narrated. Sora however became alerted. "Monochrome?" asked Sora.
"The original name of the Black-Gray-White system…" answered Seifer.
"Oh, okay…go on with your story…" said Sora as he eagerly listened to the rumor.
"Then a year later on after putting the system, Strife-san and Lockhart-san just put down their position to Nigasa and Tsukamoto, I heard that the two of them asked for their position. The seniors should know,"
"What about Gainsborough-san?" asked Sora in sudden interest.
"Well, from what I've heard, she just left her fellow Grays unlike what Strife and Lockhart did. But that was only part one!" said Seifer.
"What's part two?"
"Well, because of that past, it's weird, because, why would Nigasa and Tsukamoto take interest all of the sudden becoming leaders, right? Besides, according to the rumor too, those two were close."
"When did this rumor started?" asked Sora.
"Well, part one couldn't actually fit in rumor or fact. Since Strife-san was an Original Black and etc. etc., it would also make sense. Part two however started at the night at the karaoke bar. We saw them. Strange that the two of them would talk…and do not forget the fact that Tsukamoto set Nigasa free from the ropes…" Said Seifer.
So…I wasn't the only one who saw them that night… pondered Sora.
"Though, that's just rumors. And there's usually small truths to those." Added Seifer.
"Hey Kazenuchi, do you know someone who reads lips?"
"Why don't you search online?" suggested Seifer. And a light bulb appeared on top of Sora's head. He was grinning evilly as he was already searching with the rapid noise of the keyboard. "Hey, I just thought of something."
"What?" he asked.
(A/N: Please prepare for Sora's huge conclusion, I'll bold them out so you won't get confused who's speaking. It's all S-O-R-A)
"If those two are really close to each other, then maybe the only reason they pretend to be enemies is so that they can be each head of the Black and White,"
"In order to be a leader, the head of the Whites must be academic, while the head of the Black must be the strongest fighter, naturally those two types would conflict. If they have a same personality, then only one could be in charge."
"If you're a leader you could do anything. I'm going for, they're hungry for power. I don't know why Strife-san and Lockhart-san would give their positions but, I'm positive that it wasn't a shallow reason; I think there's something more that deals with Gainsborough-san. So, Tsukamoto and Nigasa's fight at the ceremony at their first day two years ago was just a plan."
"And if that is all true…then we shouldn't have a problem getting Nigasa's followers…" explained Sora, shocking Seifer.
"So you're going to spread the rumor? Will anyone believe it?" he asked.
"Don't worry. I'll make them. I'll find enough evidence to call this as fact." Said Sora in a husky, evil voice as a sinister grin was plastered on his face.
"Are you sure about this? Aren't you turning evil?!" exclaimed Seifer as Sora looked at him anime-style. "Every organization needs someone to do their dirty work!"
Meanwhile at the West Wing of the school…
Roxas' cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi, how are you, Roxie-kin?" He got pissed as he ended the call. It rang again. He answered it and received an earsplitting yell.
"Hey!!! How could you do that to me?!"
"I'll kill you if you call me by that name again," he said in a calmer but colder voice.
"What do you want? It's been nice not seeing your face around here,"
"Haha, I'm sorry about that. I'm pretty bored here, so I thought I'd call you and ask you WTF is going on there…"
"It's just moments now we can determine who the winner is," said Roxas, leaning on a pillar.
"What? I sure hope you're trying to stop her!"
"Well, I really didn't give a damn at the first place, I just rode with your idea of me becoming the head,"
"It's the same way for you too, right? You'll do whatever it takes to achieve that position from Strife…luckily Lockhart just threw it to me like ball."
"You have no idea, how hard it was to get the position from Strife."
"…hey, can I ask you something? Why didn't you use a knife?"
On the other line, Riku smirked who was on bed at the hospital.
"I'll ask you back…why didn't you give me a knife? Are you concerned…about me getting closer to Takaishi Namine?"
"Don't touch Namine!" threatened Roxas over the phone.
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When the door opened, Riku immediately ended the call as he mischievously looked at Tifa.
"Were you just using a cell phone?! You can't use that in the hospital!" scolded Tifa as she put the grocery bags on top of the desk.
"Hm…I didn't know that…"
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Sora and Namine were out of the streets of Minami Shinjuku that were with Christmas trees…
"Chouno's father came over to my place yesterday to apologize,"
"Really?"
"He said, 'my daughter did a childish thing so when she comes back with us we'll set her straight'." Said Namine. "Honestly, I thought he was gonna do the opposite. You know, sue us."
"Her parents really got direct at her…and they ended Chouno Larxene neglected as their child…" she solemnly said.
"What? Don't you think it's a good thing?" said Sora.
"Many people she bullied are now happy. And Takade (Marluxia) is finally free from her." He added. Namine smiled.
"It is good news, but we can't get lazy. It's still important that we keep on our main objective…"
"We only have two semesters left and we're on the way to success! Let's give them hell!!!" encouraged Sora animatedly. "YEAH!" said Namine.
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"I can't believe it's already Christmas…" said Namine.
"Oh…ah, Nami…"
"Hm? What is it?" Sora looked at her with his cute boyish smile.
"Let's spend Christmas Eve together, okay?" Namine nodded.
"That's fine! Everyone would love to! Let's have a party together!!!" said Namine as Sora lost his hope.
"No! That's not what I meant! I meant together as a cou—" he was interrupted.
"Nami-chan!" Namine turned around to see Tifa Lockhart once again. "Ah! Tifa-san!"
"Are you on your way to see Riku?" Namine nodded.
"Ah, Hayase-san! I think I need to speak with Nami-chan for a bit, you go ahead on!" said Tifa, winking. Sora let out a defeated sigh. Wrong timing, Lockhart!!! Hmph…I really need to get on with that Tifa-Cloud-Aerith love triangle thing… thought Sora as he headed to the hospital.
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"What are these?!" complained Riku as books and notebooks were on his lap. "Did you bring this stuff so you can show me you care about me?" said an angry Riku who was still on bed. (A/N: kinda miss him…)
Sora rolled his eyes. "I made exam study guides especially for you. A lot of people would want my help and offer money, so you should be thankful I'm giving 'em to you for free." Answered Sora. Riku grunted as he threw one away.
"Yeah right, like I would use this!"
"You're in serious danger of failing in your exams after you leave the hospital. You should get to studying now." Said Sora nonchalantly.
"Why are you doing this for me anyway?!" complained a whiny Riku.
Sora stuck his tongue out. "I'm not doing it for you. If you don't pass, Nami would feel responsible. I don't want that." He retorted.
Riku smirked as his arms folded across his chest. "You like that blonde monkey…"
"Yeah so what?"
Riku grinned evilly. "That's too bad! She already has a boy she likes!" said Riku, alerting him. "And how would you know something like that?! Is it someone I know?!" panicked Sora.
"It's Tsuyacha." Answered Riku.
Sora's brain shrunk as he stared at Riku bewildered. "Tsu-tsu…who the hell…is there even a person named like that?!"
"I don't know who it is either. But there's no mistake in it! When they're attacked, girls always call out the name of the guys the like." Said Riku. (A/N: see chapter 11…)
"Though, the real question is whether the guy likes her too."
"WAIT A MINUTE! When they're attacked?!" Sora jumped into the conclusion. "Oh." Riku modestly put a hand on his mouth. He whacked Riku for the second time with a bat.
Meanwhile at McDonalds…
"Nami-chan. Are you saying you don't want to go out with him?" asked Tifa. Namine weirdly looked at the woman across the table. "When you say him, you meant Nigasa, right? Then, No. NOT AT ALL." She answered simply.
"Nami-chan..you don't have to be so blunt…I would be in ease if someone would look out for him…" said Tifa. "You know, Riku's not really like that. Honestly without him, I couldn't have got close to Cloud Strife." Upon hearing that, Namine spitted out her drink in shock.
"W-Wait a minute! I thought that, Aerith Gainsborough was the one!!!" freaked Namine. Tifa cocked a brow and then smiled. "Oh. Her. She was really Cloud's eye candy to begin with. We just went out, after he broke up with her. But then again, he broke up with me… You'd get shocked with this but…Riku is a relative of Cloud…" said Tifa, making Namine shocked even more. Relatives? Riku and Cloud? Well…it would make sense…their hair are very…attractive…spiky gravity-defying blonde and a silver haired… XD Namine thought crazily.
"Well!!! That makes you two relatives too! You dated your own relative!!!" she exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at the raven haired.
"Eh? No, not really. I was on Riku's very distant relative while Cloud on his mother's side. You know, Riku wasn't really hot-tempered and an idiot to begin with…"
"Blonde Monkey of the Mountain!!!"
How could he be nice if he keeps calling me that?! Thought Namine as a vein popped on her head.
"He changed, right after he got eyes on Cloud's attitude." Ended Tifa.
"He certainly got the influence of Strife, that guy seems to look up to him as a very good villain."
I remember Aerith-san mention the same thing too…well…pfft…almost…
"You know what, it's Cloud's fault why Monochrome exists…" said Tifa as she looked through the glass. "Eh…Monochrome?" asked Namine.
"Monochrome Method is the original name of the Black-Gray-White system, it was actually Nigasa who named it…" said Tifa.
"Ah…okay…continue please…" said Namine as she was bewildered to notice her drink was gone. Oh yeah…I spitted it…stupid me!!! Thought Namine.
"After Gainsborough broke up with him, his behavior changed. He became frigid and could care less. And then we went out. But then, he broke up with me because he's still in love with her. It hurts to know, that he blamed me for their breakup…that's why…he put this Black-Gray-White system against me…" narrated Tifa.
"Ah…Tifa-san…I thought…the whole thing was just fresh anew…the whole system…I thought…it really came from those two…at the ceremony…" said Namine, remembering Sora.
"No. I was the White leader, Cloud the Black, Aerith the Gray one. The whole thing wasn't violent and crazy like the present situation is and only a few knows about the whole system… but it became worst when Aerith rarely comes to school anymore, and with that, Cloud thought it was pointless so he gave up the position to Riku. Funny, I thought they hated each other…I offered Riku my position…but he's against me at that time…so, I gave it to the other one who was wanting the head position. Student Council president, Tsukamoto Roxas. You know what Nami, those two are close."
"Close? As in what exactly?" How can those two be close when they beat the crap out of each other?! Thought Namine.
"Riku has a broken family. His father married another woman whose child became Riku—the legitimate son, her mother told her not to lose to that brother…he's actually on the same school and same grade as he is."
"OMFG Riku has a brother?! Who is it then?! Is it someone I know?!" asked Namine, standing up from her seat.
Tifa grinned as she met her eyes.
"Tsukamoto Roxas."
Namine was: wide eyed, jaw dropped, colorless, and traumatized.
"Roxas?!"
Tifa nodded in agreement. "Yeah…him. I guess that answers to you now why I picked him as the White Leader."
"Well, I guess its open then. My relationship with him… our deal too."
So that's what he was talking about!!! But wait! I don't know…what deal they're in to! Thought Namine.
"Tifa-san, does Nigasa and Tsukamoto have any deal or anything like that?" she asked, pleading for an answer.
Tifa just smiled. "Today's not the right time for you to know."
So, what do you think? If you like to have spoilers/teasers for Monochrome, please go to my profile, where you can find a link to my LiveJournal. I'm about to start my first KairixSora fanfic!!! Til later then!
Achii