Summary: How long can you deny that you're in love? Joy is going to find out at Twilight High Boarding School.

Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama

Pairings: RoxasOC RikuOC NamineOC SoraKairi HaynerOlette TidusSelphie MarluxiaOC(Other pairings may be decided later)

WARNING: Characters may be a bit OOC xP In the last chapter, there was a preview...one of the quotes aren't going to be used in this chapter. That was my bad xP Don't hurt me

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts II or any of its characters

Claimer: I own Joy, Amy, Stacie, Fernando, Kristina, and Ricky Tang

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Chapter Ten
Joy

"W…what?"

Ricky smiled in triumph and leaned in closer to the seemingly frozen girl, "I. Love. You."

Joy couldn't speak. Her mind was screaming at her to say something, anything would be good at this point. But she couldn't, she could only stare at him with wide, disbelieving eyes. She couldn't tell him she felt the same way... Because she didn't. She didn't love him. Ricky leaned in more in an attempt to kiss the girl, but was pushed away before he was even an inch from her.

"Ricky…I don't believe you." She didn't regret saying it. She didn't take it back, because she knew it was true. She didn't believe him.

Ricky stared at her in shock. "Huh?"

"I don't believe you love me. You probably think you do, but you don't." Joy said simply.

"What?!" This guy just expressed his feelings to a girl he loved and she was saying she didn't believe him? Ricky knew it wasn't suppose to be like this.

"You said you started thinking of me when you got together with your crush. That was probably right after I told you my feelings, huh?"

The confused expression stayed on his face, "I don't get where you're going with this."

"You know what I think? I think you feel sorry for me. You felt sorry for me because you knew how hurt I was. How much you hurt me." Joy looked down and started shaking her head, "You don't love me. You feel sorry for me. And to rid your guilt, you think saying you love me and I say yes, you're conscious would be free. You probably thought of doing all this because she dumped you. Only until she dumped you." Ricky's jaw dropped and his eyes widened, "That's not love, Ricky. And I'm not going to pretend to love you just to make you happy."

"Whoa whoa, Joy. You're - " Ricky started but was interrupted.

"Ricky," she started firmly, "my feelings for you started and ended in my past. I'm not going to relive my past and get hurt all over again. Don't lie to me because I know you will if I said yes to you."

"This is because of Roxas, huh?" He assumed.

Joy looked up at him in bewilderment, "This has nothing to do with Roxas!"

"You're getting defensive. Do you like him?"

Joy was surprised by the unexpected question. "Of course I like him, he's my friend."

"Don't give me that again, Joy." Ricky was serious. "You know what I mean."

"Look," Joy said, putting a hand on Ricky's chest in an attempt to push him away, "I don't know why you're all of a sudden changing the subject but you know my answer to your feelings. If you've got nothing else to say to me, than I'm going."

The sun was already gone and the sky had turned twilight. Joy hastily walked away from Ricky who just stood in the same place, not even watching Joy leave.

Joy felt victorious, in a way. She was right about Ricky, she just knew it. Her feelings for him were just a past feeling trying to creep back into her life. But she didn't let it, and she felt even better. Now, she couldn't wait for Ricky to leave.

"Hey, anyone know where Fernando is?" Stacie asked out of the blue.

"I think he's with Namine," Kristina said.

"He's been hanging out with her a lot lately, hasn't he?"

"Well, Fernando has a crush on her, so why wouldn't he?"

"Are you serious?! Fernando likes Namine??" Amy exclaimed.

"Yeah, you didn't know that?"

"No!" Amy cried.

"Oh, well now you know." Kristina simply said.

Kristina started walking faster down the hall, ahead of Amy and Stacie and when she was about to turn down another hall, she froze. Shrieking, she exclaimed, "Oh my gosh!"

"Hm? What's wrong, Kristina?" Amy asked, catching up with the screaming girl. Amy turned her attention toward the hall and screamed. "Fernando! Namine!"

"What happened?" Stacie rushed to the scene and saw what was going on. Fernando and Namine were close to each other. Namine's hands were on Fernando's shoulders and from their positions, it looked as if they've just been kissing. Which is probably what they were doing. "Oh my gosh, I was not expecting this. I mean, I expected Kristina to be making out with Marluxia, but Fernando? And Namine?"

"Hey!" Kristina objected, pointing at Stacie, "I was not 'making out' with him, I was just kissing him!"

"Yeah, whatever." Stacie said walk away toward the window, avoiding the scene.

"Since when was this going on?" Amy barked at the now blushing couple.

As Fernando and Namine were explaining to Amy and Kristina what exactly was going on (even though they didn't have much to explain), Stacie stood next to the window, looking out into the evening. It was starting to get dark as she saw the moon becoming brighter in the sky. She shifted her gaze toward the ground and saw the familiar blue-green color hair that belonged to her friend walking toward the dormitories. Stacie was about to call Joy when she saw a man come up to her. They talked for a few seconds before Stacie sees the man take hold of Joy's arm. Her eyes widened even more when she saw the man forcefully pull Joy and throw her over his shoulder.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Stacie screeched.

"What? What? What's wrong, Stacie? Is there a fire?" Kristina said, looking at her surroundings.

"Joy's been kidnapped!" Stacie shouted, pointing down, out the window.

"WHAT?!" They all ran to the window just in time to see the kidnapper run away from their view, Joy on his shoulder pounding at his back and thrashing her feet. The kidnapper stopped and hit the back of Joy's neck, causing her to fall unconscious.

"JOY!" Namine cried.

Amy turned to her right, "Stacie, Namine, go tell the others, tell the principal and tell him to call the police. Fernando, Kristina, and I will go and find Joy. Got it?" The two nodded and the other three ran off while Stacie and Namine ran off to their friends' dorms.

Sora and Riku were in their dorm, just playing some video games.

"I am so going to win, Sora!" Riku said as his character punched Sora's.

"I don't think so!" Sora countered with his own character's attack. Their game playing was interrupted with banging on the door.

"OPEN UP! SORA! RIKU! COME ON!"

Sora rapidly headed for the door and opened it, "What's with the shouting, Stacie?"

"JOY'S BEEN KIDNAPPED!"

"WHAT?!" The two boys exclaimed.

Namine knocked loudly on Pence's door which he opened, "Joy's been kidnapped!"

"Are you serious!?" Pence shouted in disbelief.

"Yes! Come on!"

Stacie took out her cell phone from her pocket and punched some buttons and put her ear against it. After a few rings, she said, "Hello? Kairi! Joy's been kidnapped!"

- "I'm not kidding!"

- "Where are you?"

- "Is Olette with you?"

- "I don't know! Look everywhere or something! Anything!"

"Roxas, you are seriously a bonehead." Hayner said to his best friend from Roxas' floor.

"Give it a rest, will you?" Roxas exasperated from his bed.

"I can't believe you're letting someone take your girl away," Hayner continued.

"She was never 'my girl', Hayner." Roxas simply said, his hand in his pocket, fingering the object within it.

"That's what I'm saying! If you'd have told her first, she'd be - "

Banging was heard on the door. "Roxas! Roxas! You in there?!"

"Yeah, I'm here!" Roxas, recognizing the voice of Namine, got off his bed and opened the door. Namine was panting, it seemed she was running everywhere, but she had an urgent expression on her face. "What's wrong?"

"Joy's been kidnapped!" Namine cried at Roxas.

Roxas' eyes broadened in shock, "WHAT?! Kidnapped?!"

"We need to find Joy!" Namine told Roxas as Stacie passed by. "Stacie and I will tell the principal. The others are already out and looking for Joy and the kidnapper," Namine explained, "Go and find her! We're going to get the police!" And with that, Namine went after Stacie and they both went toward the offices.

Roxas clenched his fist, 'I should have been there.' Turning to Hayner, he said, "Come on Hayner, we need to find Joy." Hayner nodded and they both ran out the door, running as fast as they could out the building and search for their 'Joy to the World' friend.

"Riku!"

Riku turned to the voice and found Amy running toward him. "Amy! Did you find her?"

"And the kidnapper?" Sora beseeched.

"No," Amy's eyes were starting to get watery, "we couldn't find the kidnapper or Joy."

"Where's Fernando and Kristina?" Pence asked this time.

"They ran off in different directions, trying to search the whole school area. It wasn't too long ago, the kidnapper must still be here!" Amy was starting to cry.

Riku pulled the teary-eyed girl toward him, wrapping his arms around her in a comforting way. "We're going to find her, Amy," he said soothingly in her ear, running a hand through her hair.

"What if we don't?" Amy asked in a voice barely above a whisper against Riku's chest. She was crying, crying for her best friend. Joy was practically her sister, she didn't want to lose anymore family.

"Don't worry Amy, we'll find her!" Sora exclaimed. Pence nodded and the two of them ran off in different directions to other parts of the school.

Riku and Amy stayed in their position for a moment before Amy rubbed her eyes from tears and she looked up at Riku. They both nodded, and hand in hand, they ran out of the campus to search in the town.

The principal usually stays late in the school building, knowing that students would want to go to his office even in the late evening. So, when Stacie and Namine barged into his office, it was no surprise for Principal Ansem. "What can I do for you girls?"

"Mr. Ansem, Joy's been kidnapped!!" Namine exclaimed at her principal.

Principal Ansem stood up from his chair in alert, "Kidnapped?! Are you sure?"

"Of course we're sure! I witnessed it!" Stacie told him.

"You need to call the police, Mr. Ansem!" Namine wailed.

Mr. Ansem didn't need to be telling twice. Doing as he was told, he phoned the police. After a few minutes of talking, he hung up and faced the girls, "The police are on their way."

I can't believe I just let them go off like that! I should have been there! To protect her! I should've listened to Hayner and followed after the two. That way I could have been there and saved her before she got caught! URGH! Why wasn't Ricky there?!

Speaking of which, Roxas nearly ran into him at that moment. "Did you find Joy?" Roxas asked, frantically, totally forgetting his unknown hate for Ricky.

Ricky glared at Roxas before grabbing his shirt. "Look," he started, his tone as cold as ice, "I'm the one going to find Joy, not you."

"You can't stop me from looking for her. She's my friend!" Roxas defended, trying to make Ricky's arm to let go of him.

Ricky just tightened his grip on Roxas, "I've seen how you stare at her from afar, and I think you're using this situation to your advantage."

"What are you talking about? Let go of me! I don't have time for this!"

"You're going to try and be her knight in shining armor, huh?" Roxas stared at Ricky in disbelief. "News flash, Roxas," he said his name as if it was disgusting to even say him name, "I'm going to be her prince! Not you!"

After a few seconds of figuring out what he blurting at him, Roxas shook his head and finally was able to get Ricky's grip off of him. Roxas stared at him. The way Ricky had just shouted at him barely held any concern or reasoning. It almost sounded unreal. "It didn't go too well between you and Joy, huh?"

For the moment, Ricky didn't have a comeback. His expression turned to hate and he pushed Roxas roughly, "You don't love her like I do!"

Roxas stayed strong on his feet. He pondered over what Ricky had just thrown at him. He looked down and let his mind run wild for a second. His heart started beating faster at the thought of Joy and that's when something clicked in his mind.

I'm in love with Joy.

Roxas looked up at Ricky, his expression determined, and looked up at Ricky dead in the eye. "You're right." Ricky, taken aback, stared at him. "I don't love her like you do." Ricky's face turned to that of victorious, "That's because I love her the way I do." Ricky instantly dropped his mouth into a frown.

Roxas continued with a strong voice, "Does your heartbeat quicken every time you're around her?"

…and before I knew it, I was staring into violet colored eyes.
My heart was going haywire at that moment.

"When your hand touches hers, does a chill go up your spine, yet yearn for more?"

Once Joy was sitting upright, she quickly let go of his hand.
I wish I was still holding that soft hand.

"Would you do anything just to be near her, touch her, make her happy?"

"You're willing to put her happiness before your own?"
I just want her to be happy.

"No, you don't. Eyes can't lie, and I'm telling the truth."

"She is nothing like Jun."
Nothing like Jun.

"What about you? Are you really in love with her? Or do you just think you do?"

"So, if I was to tell her that I loved her, you wouldn't do anything?"
The way he said it, didn't sound as if he really loved her.

Ricky froze where he was. Roxas knew he had got him thinking and took the chance to run away. That conversation took at least ten minutes of his time to search for Joy. He was going to find her, and no one was going to stop him, not even an idiot like Ricky Tang.

Eyes little by little fluttered open as the body bounced up and down. When her eyes were finally open, it took her a second to get her vision clear to notice that she was staring at black clothing material. 'Where am…I?' She thought as she looked at her surroundings. The scenery around her was passing by as she felt herself moving away. She didn't know what was going on, she was being carried that's for sure… but to where?

DING DING DING!

I'M BEING KIDNAPPED!

"LET ME GO!" Joy screamed, pounding on the back of her snatcher. "UGH!" Joy thrashed around. Suddenly, she was thrown on the ground and she looked up to find a pistol against her forehead. Her eyes widened in both fear and shock as the man in front of her gave her an icy stare.

A bead of sweat rolled down the side of her face as the man in front of her said, "Shut up."

"I'm here, what's going on?" Roxas asked, finally making it back to the school campus. There were police cars all surrounding the school building and police around the area. He found all his friends here, scattered everywhere. A few students from the dormitories came out to see what all the commotion was about.

"I saw the kidnapper run into the school building, he had Joy over his shoulder," Fernando informed Roxas. "But he shut the door before I could catch up to him. And he locked the door before I could try to open it."

"Does anyone have a clue who the kidnapper is?" Roxas demanded.

"No, we don't Roxas." Namine told him. Roxas started fuming, "Roxas, calm down. We're going to save her."

"What happened to the others?"

"Stacie and Kristina are being interrogated by the police. Riku is trying to comfort Amy and the others are near the building. They're trying to find a way in."

"Trying to find a way in?" Roxas asked.

"The kidnapper barricaded all the doors in the school building." Roxas turned his head and saw Axel, Larxene, Zexion, and Demyx walking up to him.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"Hey, Joy's our friend too," Demyx replied.

"Yeah, you think we're going to forget a weird girl like Joy?"

Roxas felt the corners of his mouth tug up and he nodded at his senior friends, "Thanks guys."

"Hey, I'm a girl. And we're not doing it for you," Larxene spoke up as she crossed her arms, smirking at Roxas' expression, "we're here to keep Joy in the world."

Roxas' expression softened. Even though she didn't act it, Larxene looked out after Joy like a big sister. "Thanks," Roxas modestly said.

"Mr. Ansem!" Amy screeched, running toward her principal with her tear-stained face, Riku right behind her. The others turned their head as they saw their raven-haired friend run to the principal.

"What is it, Amy?" Mr. Ansem asked her with concern.

"Joy's on the roof! I can see her hair!"

All attention was turned to the top of the structure. "Put the spotlight on the top of the roof," Mr. Ansem ordered to a policeman. The policeman mumbled into the radio and the helicopter's spotlight went straight for the building. Once the light was on the four-story building, they saw it.

Joy's long hair was slightly messed up, and it seemed that her hands were tied behind her back.

Even though she was on the edge of the building, that wasn't exactly the real danger at hand to see from down below nor was it the guy that stood next to her, clad in black and had long gray hair.

No, it was the fact that the people down below could see he had a gun right against the side of her head, pointed right next to her brain.

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(A/N: All in Joy's point of view now)

I'm so scared! Never in my life have I've ever been in this position. You know how hard it is not to look down?! I have a bit of a fright for heights, so you can't blame me! I wish Roxas was here... I'm really really scared. He has a gun to my freakin' head! And what is this? Mr. Ansem knows this goon??

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