Here come's chapter four! And another thanks to my reviewers!
Maximum – ride – 23 – Yeah, Kairi is a very odd character and plays a confusing part in my story. I can't say exactly when I'll clear that all up . . . but I will! Promise! Anyway, thanks for the review!
Soon – to – be – author – I thought it was pretty obvious that the ghost would Riku, but I guess anything could have happened! And Kairi is definitely a huge connection to a lot of the . . . odd things that have been happening. Also, glad to see you like how a characterized Demyx – I tried to make him chipper, but not off the wall happy, because I personally think that's a bit over exaggerated for him. Anyway, thanks for reviewing again, it means a lot!
Sky91 – It seems a lot of people are confused with Kairi – but don't worry, everything will add up . . . eventually. And I'm glad you like the idea with Riku as a ghost! As for the gym part, I put a little bit of myself in Sora as I am definitely one of the most athletically challenged people ever. XD. Thanks for coming back and leaving an awesome review!
Brie92- Your review made me laugh! Who really can guess what's up with Kairi, but I hope that my explanation is something that no one will expect! It's awesome that you keep coming back! Thank you!
Blacksakura13 – Yay for not – really – here cookies! D. Anyway, I'm glad people like how I made Demyx – I've never really written him before, and I wanted to make him as in character as possible. And yes, Riku's finally in the picture! Hope you like my next chapter!
Acherona– Wow! That's one long review! Thanks! Okay, so, I did feel bad for putting Sora in the spot light after news spilled out, and maybe it is over exaggerated the way people would just stare at him. So that's why I made him gain up a little courage in his intro at chemistry – to get most of the attention off of him. And yes, Kairi is quite the mystery still – but as I said, it will all be explained . . . Eventually. XD.
Who doesn't love Demyx? I'm glad I characterized him well, as he is a very interesting character! Then there's the sleep over . . . which will be in a couple chapters – and let me tell you, a lot will happen. I think it'll be the best chapter! And finally, Nami and Riku are the biggest part ever – but Riku is getting irritated at Sora's complete and utter fear. And "he" will most definitely be the antagonist in this story.
Sorry I couldn't answer questions thoroughly! But time will most definitely tell! Hope you'll continue liking my story as much as you do now!
Monicca – Glad you like my story! I hope you'll continue to like it too! And don't worry; Axel will definitely make a full appearance very soon! Keep reading!
You reviews are just so awesome, I can't say it enough!
Disclaimer – I think it's obvious enough . . . but, hey, I don't want to be sued . . . so, I seriously don't own KH. Though all the possibilities . . .
Warnings: Same as always, BoyXBoy and cursing.
Okay, so chapter four will be more about Riku and the ghosts. And how they're trying to communicate with Sora. There will also be more of the popular crowd. Hope you like!
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o4: On The Brink of Insanity
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'I've been waiting?' What, is this ghost stalking me or something? Sora made his way past the gate and through the courtyard, he then shoved open the creaky door and yelled out, "Leon!? I'm home!"
No answer, but Sora figured as much as he decided to go to his bedroom first. He walked up the left stairway, and used all his strength to push open the large wooden door. He walked over to the fifth door on the left and opened it to reveal his familiar bedroom. He threw his backpack to the side as he sat on his bed. Sora took a moment to look around at all he had now.
A room to myself, it's huge, and it has a bathroom! But . . . is this really better then that apartment in Destiny Islands? He couldn't decide which life he liked better – it seemed almost obvious that Twilight Town had a better life – with more friends, going to an actual high school and a huge house. But, in all honesty, He still had his drawbacks. He lay down on the bed, sprawled out. But then he noticed something a bit odd. The picture of his family wasn't on his night stand . . . he looked around dome more and spotted it across the room at his desk.
Sora furrowed his eyebrows and stood, was Leon in my room? He walked over to his desk and picked up the frame, only see it cracked. Leon wouldn't go in my room . . . he shared a room with me last time! No way would he go in here . . . Sora then scowled and thought bitterly, the ghosts! They must have done it . . . He slipped the picture carefully out of the frame, and through the crack frame away. He smoothed the picture out the best he could and frowned, damn ghosts. Can't they just leave me alone?!
He stomped out the room to find Leon, who had no choice but to listen.
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Two ghosts appeared in Sora's bedroom after he left. The girl sighed, "Really Riku, Now he's starting to hate us more then be scared."
Riku scowled, "How is it my fault for going in MY room? Huh Namine?"
Namine shook her head, "No! It's not your room! Not anymore. .. It's Sora's room now. You have no right what so ever to go in it!"
"But we're both in it right now," Riku smirked and Namine glared, "That's not the point! The point IS that we have to get him like us! Or at least trust us . . . and you're not making anything easy! Don't you WANT to stop him? –"
"Of course I do!" Riku cried out, offended that Namine would say such a thing. He sat down on the bed and bit out, "Fine. I'll try to talk to him."
"Good," Namine was still frowning, then she went to sit beside him, "Why do you hate him so much? He's doing just what most people would do . . ."
Riku shook his head, and smiled sadly, "I don't hate him."
Then he disappeared right in the spot. Namine stood up, "What happened to you Riku?"
And she disappeared too.
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Seeing that Leon wasn't in his room, Sora ran downstairs determined to talk. He screamed out from the top of the stairs, "LEON!"
"In the library!"
Sora bit his lip and wondered for a minute where the library was. Then his eyes widened as he remembered that it was the right door upstairs, he went over to it and shoved it open. Leon was in there with two other people. One that Sora didn't know and the other that Sora wished he didn't know.
"Sora!" It was that teacher's assistant . . . Yuffie. She ran up to him and gave Sora a bone crushing hug. "Aw! Squall! You didn't tell me Sora's your little brother!"
Leon scowled at the use of his actual name, "You've met?"
"Yeah, I guided him to the classroom!" She grinned and without releasing her hold on Sora, walked back toward the table. She finally let go and sat down, and Sora also sat down. He made sure it was as far away from Yuffie as possible. She just kept chattering away, until she all the sudden slapped her forehead, "Oh! I can't believe I didn't notice before! Sora Leonhart and Squall Leonhart! I'm so stupid!"
No comment.Sora looked at Leon who scowled once again at the usage of his name, "Its Leon, Yuffie." He rolled his eyes and then looked at Sora, "Sora this is Aerith and, I know you already know her, Yuffie. They're at my new job."
The other women, Aerith, smiled sweetly and said, "Very nice to meet you, Sora."
Sora smiled back, already liking Aerith better then Yuffie, "Nice to meet you too." He then turned his attention back to his brother. "We're do you work anyway?"
Leon opened his mouth to say something but got cut off by Yuffie, "Oh! That's easy! We're all pa –"
"We work with computers," Leon interrupted forcefully. Aerith nodded in agreement and Yuffie shrugged. Sora raised an eyebrow, "Computers? You hate computers!"
"It pays," Leon said simply. "Job's aren't meant for liking."
"It's true!" Yuffie piped up. "I once had this awful job at a fast food place, and everybody was so mean to me! It was always 'I want ketch up!', or 'I asked for a large fry – not median!'" She huffed out a sigh and everyone just stared at her.
"O . . . Kay?" Sora raised a brow and look over at his brother who wore a blank expression. "Is that normal?"
"For her," Leon said. "Yes. Anyway, did you need something? You seemed sort of urgent when you were yelling."
"Oh yeah," Sora remembered that he was originally going to complain about the broken frame and that the house WAS haunted . . . but people were here now! He couldn't really talk about that with Leon's work friends – even though one of them was so he quickly settled on the sleep over idea that he and Roxas were contemplating on during gym. "Well today at school . . . I met some people who kind of found out about where we live along with the whole school! But it actually worked out okay! But anyway, I was talking with a new friend named Roxas and we wanted to invite some people over for a sleep over – but only like five! And Roxas has a brother that's nineteen too! And well . . . I was wondering if you'd be okay with it?"
Leon smirked, "Glad to see your first day went well. And sure, I'd be okay with the sleep over idea."
"Thanks!" Sora grinned, eager to tell the others the next day. He had to admit it . . . doing a sleep over with an overnight investigation would be really fun. Especially since he was eager to find out more about the house, since it was obvious that something was up. He was about to leave Leon and his friends when Yuffie intervened, "A sleep over!? Oh my god, Squall! Can I please come?"
Sora was at the moment standing behind Yuffie where she couldn't see him. His eyes were wide and he waved his arms around as he mouthed to Leon countless No's. Leon rolled his eyes and said, "Call me Leon, and you can come."
Yuffie pumped a fist in the air, "Oh yeah! Thanks Sq – Leon!" She giggled and grinned, "This is gonna be SO awesome!"
Sora sighed and finally left the room, closing the door behind him. Why the heck did Leon have to invite her? He wondered how Leon would have any sort of acquaintance with a girl like Yuffie. It seemed like two minutes in a room with her would set Leon way off his edge. He shrugged, "Oh well, nothing I can do now."
He went downstairs into the kitchen. He grabbed a soda out of the fridge and sat down at the round table, and grabbed the news paper that was at the table from when Leon was reading. He saw the front and raised a brow. This was a paper from 1890. Since when has Leon had a thing for history? More importantly, where did he find this? Sora furrowed his eyebrows – confused as ever. He started flipping through the articles, and stopped at an article titled, DEATH AT MIORI MANSION. Sora saw a picture of their mansion! He then shivered slightly at the title, Death? That cannot be good. He would have read the article, what it was scratched out in black, making it impossible to read. Sora sighed and set down the paper, taking a sip of Soda, and thought, did Leon cover that article? To not have me get all freaked out?
Sora grabbed his Soda and headed out of the kitchen and decided that if he didn't have any homework and Leon was busy with his friends . . . then maybe he could find some more stuff like the 1890 newspaper. He went up the stairs and through the middle door and closed it. Sora then continued down the hall and at Leon's door. He slowly turned the knob and opened the door.
His eyes widened at what he saw.
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Riku and Namine were in the white room. Namine was sitting down, sketching in her sketch book, and Riku was walking around.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Go talk to Sora," Namine told him, not looking up from her drawing. "You said you would."
Riku stopped walking abruptly, and groaned, "Why me? Why can't you do it?"
"Riku . . . you're being stupid." Namine shook her head, frowning. "If you don't sort out your Issues . . . EVERYONE will pay the price."
"I'm sorry, I really am," Riku sighed and lowered his head. "It's just . . ."
"What?" Namine asked, putting down her sketchbook and pencil. Riku then just looked up at her and smiled weakly, "Okay, don't worry. I'll go."
He then disappeared into thin air without another word. Namine smiled a little bit and looked at the picture she had just finished.
"Maybe you really are learning."
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Sora's eyes were wide, and mouth a gap, as he stared at the contents of his brother's room. There were stacks of books and newspapers that filled the room. Where did all these come from?! Besides all the reading material – the room held an eerie feel. The room was painted a deep and dark blue and the blinds were closed, completely shrouding the windows light. It had the feel of an old library.
"Interesting decorating style," muttered Sora, as he hesitantly walked into the bedroom. "But leave it too Leon to do anything not normal with his room. "
He flicked on the light switch, which was dusty and stiff, and the room lit up with fluorescence. And he scrunched up his nose at all the dust that filled the room – even the smell. What is up with this room? He walked up to the first pile, and took off a piece of paper. It was faded yellow and the words were small. He could make out the top as a letter entrance:
Dear Mr. Miori,
And, of course, he just couldn't make out the rest of the letter. But he did know that a man had once lived there with the last name 'Miori'. But who that man was, and what happened to him . . . Sora had absolutely no clue. He reached up to grab another letter when he heard voices. Oh no, Leon! He dropped the letter and looked around the room; he quickly switched off the light and darted into the bathroom. He locked the door and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.
"So, what do you think about Sora's sleep over idea?" It was Aerith's soft voice.
"Simple. When it gets really late, they're all gonna investigate around the house, you know, for paranormal activity." That was Leon, and Sora pouted on how well Leon could read his mind. He edged closer to the door, to hear well.
"Does Sora think this house is haunted?" Aerith asked. "Do you?"
"Sora over – exaggerates everything – so of course he thinks this place is haunted. As for me . . ." Leon drifted off for a moment and then came back with, "I don't know what I believe."
There was silence and Sora grinned at what he heard Aerith say next, "Honestly Leon, this room is filthy!"
"Yeah, yeah. Listen, let's go find Yuffie. I don't trust her in my house."
Aerith laughed and Sora could hear them walk out of the room. He waited for a couple minutes and then opened the door and got out of his brothers room as quickly as he could.
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Riku was drifting around the house, invisible and aggravated, "Ugh, where is he?"
He was drifting out of His – Sora'sbedroom, when he finally saw the kid dart out of the room across the hall and back into his bedroom. Riku rolled his eyes and drifted back into the bedroom slowly. He saw Sora and was about to turn himself visible, when he thought, I have to think this out, he'll just run off again.
He watched Sora as the boy laid on his bed, clearly thinking hard about something. His face seemed thoughtful, as his blue eyes gazed at the ceiling. Riku sighed and turned visible, "Hey Sora."
The boy sat up abruptly, eyes wide. And then, of course, he stared at Riku and screamed and darted into the bathroom, then slammed the door. Riku sighed and rolled his eyes. Riku just knew that would happen, and he disappeared back to the white room.
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"Namine, I tried to talk to him," Riku told her. "But he just ran away . . . again!"
Namine turned in her chair and stood up, "Well, at this rate, we'll never get anywhere." She tore a piece of paper off her sketch book, and walked around the room with it, then she stopped and finally spoke again, "But there is one thing we can do. It's our best bet."
"And what's that?"
Namine smiled and held the piece of paper close to her, "Dream entering," She replied. "It's when we talk to him in a place where he can't run away – his dreams."
Riku raised a brow, "And . . . how exactly can we do that?"
Namine grinned and said, "You'll see. I'll be ready to do it in a couple days. Till then we lie low."
She then took the paper and placed it on the highlighted space where a previous picture must have been. Riku squinted slightly, and walked forward to it. He then let a smirk slip on his face as he saw a picture.
It was of Sora.
"Sora is now officially a player in this game," Namine said. "Anything can happen to him now."
They both stared at the picture, wondering how everything would turn out.
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"Why won't those stupid ghosts leave me alone?" Sora growled into his pillow as he lay on his bed. He felt like at anytime and anywhere in the mansion he wasn't safe. In fear of something else happening, he quickly went out of his room and down to the entrance way. He figured that he was safest in the kitchen – so he went downstairs and through the kitchen door. He was relieved to find Leon sitting there – alone.
"Did Aerith and Yuffie leave?" Leon nodded and began reading the 1890 paper again. "But they're both going to be back for the sleep over. That okay?"
"Uh, sure," Sora sat down in the opposite chair from Leon, fidgeting as he watched Leon read. He had the weirdest feeling that Leon knew that he had been in his room. It seemed like simple paranoia . . . but Leon didseem to know a lot. Sora finally stood up and asked, "When's dinner?"
"Whenever you want to heat up left over's."
Sora pouted and gave in from hunger. He quickly heated up some dinner and ate at the table, and the whole time he felt like Leon was staring at him through the paper.
Come on, He's just reading . . . he couldn't possibly know!Sora kept telling himself that over and over again. But it still didn't seem to work. He finally retreated back to his room at nine and put on pajamas and brushed his teeth. He set his alarm again and flopped into bed. He was more than ready to end the day.
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It was seven forty when Sora bolted out of the house the next day to school. He only had five minutes to get to school! He took no notice of his fear of the forest as he ran through it. He kept on running up Market Street and through the many neighborhoods. He felt immense relief as he saw the school up ahead. He slowed to a walking pace and he followed the freshmen class into the building. Maybe luck was on his side today . . .
As he walked into the building, he flattened his shirt out and smoothed his pants – trying to look somewhat presentable. He reached his locker and undid the lock and started to shove his backpack into the small space, and gather his books for the next three periods. He heard someone call him and he turned, and was a bit surprised to see Demyx, Axel, and a guy with silver hair he noticed earlier walking toward him. But it did make sense since Axel's locker was right next to his.
"Sora!" Demyx grinned and hugged the smaller tightly. "I missed you!"
"Uh, hi . . . Demyx," Sora smiled slightly, and Demyx finally let go. Axel walked over to his locker and smirked, "Well if it isn't the famousSora."
"Well if it isn't the famous Axel," Sora retorted and the taller laughed.
"Seriously though Sora, you've become Demyx's obsession or something. He wouldn't shut up about you!"
"Well who couldn't love Sora?" Demyx asked. "He's so adorable!" And there came the hugs again . . .
As Sora was trying to escape the death hug that Demyx was giving him, Axel struck up conversation again, "So, I hear your hosting a party at your house . . ."
"Well, I wouldn't really call it a 'party' . . . or even 'hosting' for that matter," Sora said, finally prying Demyx off of him. "Is that the only reason you came to talk to me?"
Axel looked mildly offended, "No! There are plenty of reasons to talk to you!"
"One of them being that you're so adorable!" Demyx ruffled Sora's brunet spikes, and turned to the silver haired boy beside him. "Isn't he Zexion?!"
"Don't get me involved," Zexion said darkly, rolling his eyes – or 'eye', one of his eyes was shrouded by his silver hair.
"Okay, I get it; I'm 'adorable'," Sora rolled his eyes and moved away from Demyx. "Is that what you want, to come to my house for the sleep over?"
Axel shut his locker and smiled, "Maybe."
Sora rolled his eyes and said, "Fine. You can come."
"Yes!" Demyx pumped his fist in the air much like Yuffie had done the day before – to think about it, the two did kind of act alike. "Thanks Sor!"
"Yes, thank you Sora," Axel grinned and the three off them started to walk away. Sora finished up gathering things from his locker, and shut it. He then walked to first period, Math, thinking, Kairi's not going to like this . . . but Roxas just might.
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Okay, there. I introduced Axel! It was short, but now we know the three of them will be at the sleep over. And Zexion will talk more; he's just quiet at the moment.
The name Miori is pronounced, (My – Oar – e) and the name will play a huge part in the story.
And to tell you the truth, I just made up dream entering – I don't even know if it exists!
Sorry for switching off so much, but I needed to get those Riku and Namine parts in there 'between' Sora's parts.
Oh great, I've probably given you a whole new load of questions. I'm just going to tell you this; Leon bought the mansion for a specific reason – not just for price. And when Namine said that Sora was in the "Game" she meant that Sora is now a part of something – something relating to ghosts.
Sorry, that's all I can tell you! But throughout this story, everything will slowly be revealed. Be patient!
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