If it Never Happened: A slice of life take on what the Kingdom Hearts characters from the FemSora universe would be going through if the events in the game never existed.

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Chapter 5: Mixed Feelings

"He Kissed You!?"

Goofy and Donald shouted together as they stretched out on the grass for Track and Field exams. Eyes turned their direction causing Sora to flush and she fluttered her hands in a motion for them to keep their voices down.

"Shhh… not so loud. I'm still in shock over it and I don't need other people talking about it." She spread her legs out in a split and lay forward stretching. Goofy tried mimicking her position and got red in the face before falling on his butt nearly knocking Donald over.

"What did you say after?" Donald shoved Goofy over and just sat cross legged on the ground so the three of them were in a close circle. "Better yet what did he say? Are the two of you gonna start dating? Have you told Roxas?"

"Nothing, nothing and no I haven't. We just went back to studying, got some work done on the island, then he walked me home. He had work at his uncle's shop so we didn't hang out at all yesterday and I haven't seen him today. I'm starting to wonder if he was just trying to get my mind off Riku and the dreams."

"Well if that's true that sure spoils your first kiss." Donald squawked as he tried to get up from his position but found his legs stuck in the cross position. Goofy grabbed a foot and pried it off getting kicked in the face for his trouble. Sora had to stifle a laugh.

"Not really… it was nice, I actually really liked it." She pulled her knees to her chest and set her chin down. "I never imagined myself getting kissed like that, and for him to do it and help me through a hard time. It was so sweet of him."

"Most girls who get kissed just for the heck of it usually get upset or mad." Donald pointed out. Both boys stood up deciding they were stretched enough, "I think you should tell Roxas. She may not be dating him anymore but I think she has a right to know that Axel is making moves on you."

"I guess you're right. They were together for a long time. Still it was her own decision to leave him. I'm still confused as to why, they were so good together." She stood up and stretched her arms up and ran in place. "I'll talk to her after the sprints."

A sharp whistle pierced the air and the crowds of kids spread out into their individual classes. Sora paused by the coaches, her lips twitching a bit as they always did as approached the freshman coach. Phil was a short balding man with a full goatee in bright red. Though he didn't look like your average P.E. coach he was a tyrant when it came to fitness.

"Hey there kid!" Phil pat her arm, and though he was shorter he jumped up and got her in a noogie hold digging his knuckles into her wild hair. "Ready to break some records for me?"

Laughing Sora pushed him gently off and straightened her hair. "You betcha, Phil! Hey Herc!" She called to the 2nd year coach who grinned and approached the two raising his hand and smacking her with a high five.

"Hey Sora, you've got Phil pumped for today. He's got a side bet going you'll be beating out even the 3rd years in track."

"That's a lot of pressure but I'm happy in the confidence."

"Are you kidding?" Phil laughed out and dragged her in a close hug. "This girl is gonna leave every one of these punks in her dust. Ain't that right, kid?"

"I'll do my best, Phil."

"See that you do. Top male and female runners from each class are doing a final sprint around the entire field. Winner gets a special prize." He pat her back hard making her laugh.

"What kind of special prize?"

"Who knows, it was the principle's idea. But hey any chance I can get for my 1st years to show off is gonna be sweet! Most of my boys aren't gonna be able to hold a candle to the 3rd years but you kid have star quality." He waved his hands out in the air his eyes distance and dream like. "Plus I've got a hundred bucks that says you'll be in the top three podium spots of the entire school so try not to make me look bad. Alright?"

"I won't let you down Phil!" She saluted and waved before jogging to her section and letting the coaches talk to their teams about preparation and scoring. The sprints were divided by year and class, boys and girls. There were about six to ten kids in each group, and the freshman's ran first, while the second years did the long jump, and third years calisthenics. Once each group was done they'd rotate the events til all their scores had been totalled and the highest accumulating scores would move on to the final test, the long distance sprint.

"This is a test of stamina." Hercules explained to the group of kids. Crossing his arms he examined The faces of all The students listening intensively. "The principal believes that staying healthy and active is as important if not more so than academics. Which is why the winner of the final test will get a free pass from the rest of their exams."

The students all went into a frenzy of hoots and hollars. Donald pumped his fists suddenly revved up… But paused when he saw Sora with her head down and shaking.

"Sora? What's wrong?"

"Mmmmmmmmm" she hinged like a motorcycle her hands clenching and body unable to stay still. "YOOOOOOOSSSSHAAAAA! I'm so gonna win this!"

"Wow you sure are fired up Sora." Goofy chuckled looking at Sora's eyes that lit with the flames of determination.

"You bet I am! Make way no way I'm losing now." Sora dashed off to the starting mark for the first event. Centered in the group she crouched into a push off position eyes focused on the finish line.

Kairi and Riku who had already finished their events watched I the sidelines.

"Bet you 100 munny, Sora is gonna have them all choking on dust before they can even leave the starting line." Kairi teased.

"That's a fool's bet." Riku let his lips curve. "Knowing what the prize is, nothing's gonna stop her."

He watched a their prediction came true and Sora took off kicking up dust and dirt a her legs ate up ground. She shouted into the air pumping her muscles til she sprinted past the finish line and skidded to a stop in the dirt. When she glanced back the c other girls were only half way down the track.

"Way to go, rookie!" Phil shouted and slapped a palm on her back.

"Ten seconds flat! That's Olympic speed! Keep this up and you can get a track scholarship to any college you want."

" Tee Hee, let's just concentrate on the exam for now." Sora rubbed at the dirt on her nose. "bit who knew my speed could come in handy like this?"

"I did, you should have listened to me and joined the track and field team a long time ago."

"Awww Phil, I've got my own priorities… But tell you what, if I win the exam test then I'll give it considerable thought ok?"

"That's a deal. Go on and get to your next event." He pat her shoulder again, lighter this time. Sora watched him walk away and scold some slackers that were easing through the calisthenics.

Sora nodded and punched her hand into her fist feeling her energy rear up again. Keeping the momentum she breezed through the calisthenics: Sit ups, push ups, and pull ups. So far she was ahead of her pack, with Neku of the first year boys moving right along with her.

Neku was an introvert, shy with a quietly cool persona. He was the top athlete in their grade, and his grades were nothing to sneeze at either. Every once in awhile she caught his movement in the corner of her eye. He was the kind of guy who gave a humph and turned away, trying to show he wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say. Sora smiled, remembering Riku had been very much the same way.

The thought of Riku had her tensing up and out of habit she searched for his form amongst the crowd of students. It didn't take long to find him, for he was looking straight at her. The gaze caused her heart to twist and tighten and she averted her eyes to avoid his direct gaze.

Riku saw the deliberate act and it made him scowl. With his arms folded he strut straight to her only to be caught on the shoulder by Axel.

"Yo! Didn't you already do the long jump?" Axel smirked. "Your last event is this way." He pulled him back over to the short distance run.

"Stop interfering." Riku shoved his arm off. "I need to talk to her."

"I think you've done enough talking. You're screwing with her head, Riku. I think it's time you made up your mind about whether or not you're gonna keep her or let her go." Axel whispered low so only he could hear.

Riku turned to him fully his eyes hot and hands fisted at his sides.

"Is that a threat, Axel? Funny coming from you, isn't she just a replacement to you?"

"Sora's got her own charms, you of all people should know that. I'm just enjoying them as a man without any current ties. Just as many others want to but are too afraid you'll punch their lights out. Me, I'm not afraid of you at all."

Riku's back went up and he turned his eyes away from Axel to watch Sora laugh as Tidus high fived her and held onto her hand just a little too long for his tastes.

"You either need to make a move, Riku… or make room for those of us that actually want to get closer to her. If you don't, I'll just have to shove you out of the way."

"Tch," Riku had to keep his cool. He was student council president, he couldn't afford to lose his temper. "You're all talk."

"Oh yeah… let's make a side bet then." He wrapped an arm over his shoulders, smirking when Riku's body tensed up even more to the point he was shaking with fury. "You and Me, long distance race, winner gets to share a paopu fruit with Sora."

"A paopu fruit… you still believe in that silly superstition?"

"Sora does, she like many of the other girls are big romantics."

"Both of us are in the same class, we can't compete against each other in the final run."

"Hmmm… you have a point…" Axel tapped his fingers on Riku's shoulder and hmmmed as he thought. "Hey I know, after school, we'll have a race at the little island. Sora can play referee."

"I'm not interested in playing your game!" He pushed Axel off and aside.

Sora glanced over when she heard Riku shouting. Her eyes widening a little when she saw the two of them together, Axel laughing and Riku practically snarling. What were they talking about? Why did Riku look so mad?

"Sora, you're up!" Phil shouted at her snapping her attention back to the long jump. Sora nodded and lost her train of thought as her feet rushed forward, she pushed off at the end getting good height and distance, but Axel's laughter distracted her and she stumbled on the landing, her foot perching wrong and her face going into the dirt. "Oof!"

"Sora!" Donald, Goofy, and Phil all ran up to help her up. Sora was spitting sand out of her mouth and dusting off her hair.

"Are you alright, Sora?" Goofy asked helping her dust off sand from her hair.

"Yeah, yeah I'm okay, I just landed wrong, that's all." Sora laughed a little embarrassed and scratched her flushed cheek. "Heh, heh."

"You sure you're alright kid?" Phil helped her up. "You got a good distance despite the landing, looks like you'll be moving onto the long run. Why don't you take a seat, wait for the rest of the groups to finish?"

"Daijobu…" Sora insisted and stood up with his help. She rubbed the back of her head laughing. "I'm actually a lil embarrassed I just did that. I'm alright though." She was internally wincing. Her ankle throbbed and screamed, but she kept the embarrassed smile on her face.

"Alright if you're sure. Then go get ready. The rest of the groups are finishing up." He pat her shoulder and she waved him off and took a step. Pain shot up her leg and she inhaled a deep breath and held it to keep herself from screaming. Maybe she would sit down after all. She managed to walk carefully over to a patch of grass under the shade of a tree and she removed her shoe and looked at her ankle. It was swollen, and a nice bruise was forming.

"Damn I hurt myself more than I thought." She couldn't quit now though. If she could just bandage it, support it so she didn't hurt it worse… She spotted Kairi and hailed her over. Kairi was all smiles up until she got closer and her eyes widen.

"Sora, what happened?"

"I took a little tumble, but I'm alright. Do you have any bandages I could brace it with until the race is over?"

"How are you gonna run like that?"

"Marvelously…" She grinned ear to ear then gave her a pleading look. "Please Kairi… I'll go to the nurse afterward but I need the brace until then. Please?"

"Alright, it's in my tennis bag I'll run and get it for you."

"Hurry!" She called back and then looked at her ankle with a frown. She couldn't let this stop her. Kairi was true to her word and back in a flash, Between the two of them they wrapped the ankle tight and firm to support it and Sora got on her feet giving it a testing press. There was still pain, but less now that the support was there.

"Yeah, that's perfect. I'll be able to bear it like this."

"Are you sure? It's long distance running, Sora, and you're up against Aqua who's captain of the track team."

"I'm fine. I'll pace myself til the last legs and give it one big sprint. I'm the fastest girl here, ask anyone." She boasted and crossed her arms grinning.

"I know you're fast, Sora, but you've never raced with an injury before. You could really hurt yourself." Kairi frowned but Sora patted her shoulders.

"Trust me, Kairi. I know what I'm doing. I'm gonna win this race and have the ultimate summer vacation!" Sora pumped her arms in the air and walked to the track. Kairi bit her thumb and looked around. She found Riku warming up on the side and ran over to him tugging on his sleeve.

"I need to talk to you."

"Okay but make it fast. I'm in the last race with Sora and the others."

"That's what I need to talk to you about. Sora's hurt."

"What?" Riku's eyes narrowed and he glanced over at Sora who was stretching out her injured ankle, wincing a bit but shaking off the pain. "I heard she fell but she seemed fine."

"She had me put a brace on her ankle… it's really swollen, Riku, it might even be fracture. I'm worried she's gonna overdo it just to win."

"Did you tell, Phil?"

"I want to but… Riku she wants this so badly. She's really worried about her grades. How could I do that to her?" Kairi lowered her head and shut her eyes.

Riku clenched his fists at his sides. He looked over at Hercules who was talking with Phil about the outcomes of the upcoming race. His good sense told him to just tell the professors so they could scoop Sora up and off the track… but his loyalty and gut told him otherwise. He straightened, prepared to lose Sora's friendship and just get it over with… when he spotted Aqua making her way to the track. Inspiration hit him like a lightening bolt and he rushed over and took her shoulder

"Aqua!"

"Hmm?" Aqua turned and offered a polite smile to him. She was a year older than him, the student council vice president, and captain of the track team. She was someone to be admired, or hated purely on her natural abilities and talent. "Yes what's up, Riku?"

"Listen…" He swallowed hard and took her firmly by the shoulders. "I don't like doing this but... I need a HUGE favor."

I was gonna hold off posting for this fic until I was further along and starting the fic for KH3. However, with KH3 being postponed and 2.8 soon releasing I decided it was better to just post a lil at a time in tandem with the others.

Next Chapter: Summer Blues