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Since Cloud and his younger brothers moved into Twilight Town on a Thursday, they decided that Roxas and Sora should wait until Monday before they get to go to Twilight High School. And the weekend flew by fast. The three brothers got to know Sephiroth a bit more, but Cloud was still a little tense around the platinum blond-haired man. The twins didn't know why, they just knew he was. Every time the older blond saw Sephiroth, he just tensed up like there was something wrong with Riku's older brother. Sora asked about that one day, but Cloud never replied. Right now, Sora and Roxas weren't that really worried about it since they were more worried about being late for their first day of school more then anything else. Riku and Axel said that they would take the two since they were in the same school as the twins. But they were seniors, not sophomores like the twins.
Cloud managed to get a job, the same place where Leon worked. Their boss was okay, once someone gets through his short temper attitude. And the workers there were barely normal. One girl, looked like she was in her early twenties or late teens, kept running around with ninja weapons, saying that she was a ninja. The second girl was kind of violent, but only if someone threatened people she cared for like her adopted orphan kids. The third girl had more of a calmness personality, and acted like she was the mother hen of everyone that worked there. She was more like the healer there. Those three were the first people Cloud met before he even met the boss. Yuffie, Tifa, and Aerith. Then Cloud met Barret, and that guy just started calling him 'Spiky' right off the bat. Cid, their boss, kept talking in a western accent, but he gave Cloud a job anyway.
"You guys better behave," Cloud said as he put his coat on. "Don't think I don't remember all those calls that we got back in Traverse Town about you two blowing something up or causing trouble."
"We wouldn't be causing trouble if the bullies stopped picking on us," Roxas replied as he slung his backpack onto his shoulder. "And they picked on Sora more then me. No one picks on my twin unless they want to deal with me."
"I already have an overprotective older brother," Sora complained. "I don't need an overprotective twin."
Cloud chuckled a little. "In case you forgot, Sora," Cloud said. "But Roxas is about five minutes older then you are."
"He's my twin, not my older brother," Sora replied. "And I shall only call him my twin, never my older brother."
"Wow, you're the youngest?" a playful voice behind the twins asked, making both blond and brunet brother jump in surprise. Cloud just looked over their shoulders. "I never would have thought it," Axel said.
"When did you get in here?!" Roxas asked, jumping onto Axel.
"Just now," Axel replied. "And Riku's behind Cloud."
The older blond turned around to see the smirking vampire giving him and Sora a slight wave of his hand. "Hey, guys," Riku said with the smirk still on his lips. "Sorry we just kind of popped in without warning. We just didn't want Sora and Roxas to be late. And don't you two worry about getting lost. Axel and I persuaded the school office top give you two the same schedule as us."
"So you're all set!" Axel added. "But watch out for the fangirls."
"Fangirls?" the twins asked at the same time and in the same tone. They both sent a worried glance towards each other.
"Yeah," Riku replied. "Axel and I are the most popular guys in school, but we don't talk to many people. If they see you talking to us, they're going to go into 'scarier then a vampire' fangirl mode. But don't worry. If you think Leon and us are the only vampires around, you're wrong. We just gotta tell the others who you are and they'll help us make sure that the fangirls don't try to attack you." Both twins sighed in relief.
"Come on," Axel said, picking Roxas up off of him before he set the blond twin on his own two feet. "Let's get going." Both twins nodded before they and the vampires walked out the door. Cloud left a couple minutes after to go to work with Leon. "First off, watch out for the twin girls," Axel said in a bit of a warning tone. "Kairi and Namine can be a little temperamental if you don't watch what you're saying. Hayner just has an attitude problem. Olette is okay, but she acts like she's mother all the time. Pence is a genius, so if you want, go to him for some help."
"But for history help, come to us," Riku added. "We've been around for a good few centuries. Since the Renaissance Period to tell the truth. And if you see Reno: no, he and Axel are not related. A lot of people think so, but they're not related."
"Who's Reno?" the twins asked at the same time, blinking a little.
"Hey!" an unfamiliar voice called out from behind the group.
"Speak of the devil and he appears!" Axel yelled out with a laugh before a red-head tackled him. "Hey, Reno, we were just talking about you."
"What shit have you been talking about me now?" the new comer, who was a red-head that had his hair tied in a ponytail and red markings under each pf his eyes.
"Nothing," Riku replied. "Just telling our new neighbors about our companions at school. Reno, meet Sora and Roxas. And before you ask, yes they are twins."
"Like Kairi and Namine," Reno joked before he stretched out a hand to the twins. "Hey, I'm Reno. Nice to meet ya guys."
"Nice to meet you, too," Sora replied, shaking Reno's outstretched hand before Roxas did. "I can see why people think you and Axel are related."
"We look nothing alike!" both the red-head declared. Riku and the twins just looked at each other with similar faces before they turned and continued to walk away towards the school.
"Reno's a vampire like us," Axel said, shocking Reno because he actually said that he was a vampire, as he caught up with the three. "Only he's a couple centuries younger. And he's a really good fighter once he gets his hand on a metal rod. He and Rude act like they don't get along, but it's funny to watch what the two do."
"Who's Rude?" the twins asked.
"You told them about being vampires?" Reno asked.
"Yes, Reno, we told them," Riku replied. "And Rude's a vampire that was turned when he was in his early twenties. He's our Science teacher. He was turned by a vampire named Rufus, same with Reno. Don't see him very often."
"Did you guys or Leon ever turn anyone?" Roxas asked.
"Nah," Axel replied. "We just drink the blood of criminals and other people that are threats. Don't like them very much. Besides, turning someone is too much work."
"Yeah," Reno agreed. "You gotta drink most of their blood, barely leave any, and we vampires have a hard time staying under control once we even smell blood. Then when the human is barely alive, you gotta slit your own wrist and give up some of your own blood to the human. Rufus said it was a pain in the ass with me."
"You wanted to live," Riku stated. "All of the ones turned by Rufus had a choice. Axel, Leon, and I didn't. And I bet Sephiroth didn't get one either. Oh, by the way, Reno, Sephiroth's back."
"Serious?! I thought you guys said he disappeared!"
"He did, but now he's back. You get to meet him, now. And be a little careful when you're running around town looking for a meal. He said Vincent's around."
"Damn," Reno muttered under his breath.
"I thought vampires don't go against each other," Sora pointed out.
"Most don't," Riku replied. "But Vincent's been known to lose himself from time to time and kill anyone that crosses his path. Ever hear of any mysterious murders from your old town?"
"In Traverse Town?" Roxas asked. "A few every now and then. But the authorities just said a wild animal somehow got into the town and attack those people."
"That was Vincent," Axel stated. "I heard he hangs around Traverse since it is kind of called 'Home of the Endless Night'. What he's doing in Twilight Town, we'll never know."
"Hey, guys," Reno said. "We're going to be late if we don't' hurry our asses up."
"We'll get there in two seconds," Riku stated as he held out a hand before a dark portal appeared. "Come on," he said, grabbing Sora's hand as Axel grabbed Roxas's. Both ran into the portal with Reno behind them, entering a world of darkness. Sora and Roxas couldn't see a thing. Next thing they knew, they were outside of the darkness and behind a large brick building. "Two seconds," Riku stated with a grin. "Well, Axel and I must take these two to get their schedules. See you in Gym, Reno."
"Okay, see ya later." With that, Reno ran off as Axel and Riku led the twins the opposite direction.
"He's kind of cool," Sora said.
"But a pain in the ass," Axel stated, scratching the back of his head a little.
"Sound familiar, Axel?" Riku asked with a small smirk. Axel gave a small growl, but didn't reply. After Sora and Roxas got their schedules, the vampires dragged them to their first class. The history teacher, Mr. Ansem, was a bit of a calm and kind man, but the twins were afraid to get him mad. They noticed that he was a good guy when he didn't even yell at Riku and Axel for being late. He just said it as calm as possible, then he smiled when he saw the twins with the vampires.
"You two must be the new students," he stated, looking at the twins with his gentle eyes. "Come on over here and introduce yourselves. Riku. Axel. Please take your seats." The two nodded their heads before they went to the back of the room where there were four empty seats. "Come on over, you two. I'm not going to bite." Roxas and Sora sent a small glance towards each other before they stood in front of the class. "Introduce yourselves, if you please."
"Hi," Roxas started. "My name's Roxas Strife. We just moved here last week from Traverse Town."
"My name's Sora Strife," Sora said. "Roxas is my twin, and we live with our older brother, Cloud."
"Nice to meet you both, Roxas and Sora," Ansem said in a gentle tone. "Since the only empty seats are next to Riku and Axel, you shall sit there." Roxas and Sora bowed their head a bit before they went to the empty seats near Riku and Axel. Roxas sat next to Axel and Sora sat next to Riku. Without saying anything else, Ansem turned to the board and started to right down notes for the class to copy, explaining what they were writing as he did so.
Axel leaned over a bit, looking more like he was bored then starting a conversation with Roxas. "He's nice and all, but he's way too strict," the red-head complained, whispering so he wouldn't be heard. "And no one can get him off topic. Once his mind is set on something, that's all he thinks about."
"Are the other teachers like him?" Roxas asked in a low whisper.
"Not really," Riku replied this time. "Ansem is the nicest teacher around. The one you really should keep a look out for is Maleficent. She is the toughest and strictest principal you will ever see. We all call her and her lackeys 'Heartless'. And right in front of her, too."
"And she calls our gang 'Nobodies'," Axel added. "Since then, that's what we've always replied by when someone wants to challenge our gang."
"She calls you guys' Nobodies?" Sora asked. "Not a very pleasant principal."
"Hey, we call her Heartless, so why not let her call us something. We can't do a thing about it. She's the principal."
"But it doesn't stop us from playing a few pranks on her," Riku stated with a smirk. "But she knows that it's us because of what we wear. All us Nobodies wear a black trench coat, and all of us make sure that the coats we wear are exactly the same as the other Nobodies. It's just something of ours. All her lackeys have a little symbol on things that they wear. It's kind of like a heart, but it has cracks in it, and the heart is black."
"I think trying to fit in this school is going to be harder then we thought," Roxas quietly mouthed to his twin, who nodded in reply.
"She'll call you two Nobodies if she sees you hanging with us," Axel stated. "But don't feel hurt about it. It's better being a Nobody then a Heartless in this school. The Nobodies are actually kind of popular. We even got a Nobody for Student Body President."
"Who?" Sora asked.
"Zexion," Riku replied. "He used to work under Xemnas, but he and Demyx stopped and started to help Leon, Axel, and I out. Zexion is a beyond genius. Uses all kinds of strategies and other things just to get things to go his way, if it's better then someone else's way."
"It took us a while to get over the fact that he was hanging around us since he was one of the people who held us long enough for us to be knocked unconscious and be bitten by Xemnas," Axel silently said. "But after a couple decades, we got used to him. And forgave him for taking part in us being turned. He was only just following orders by his sire."
"Do the Nobodies have a symbol?" Sora curiously asked once again. "You said the Heartless do, but what about the Nobodies?"
"We wouldn't exactly be a gang if we didn't have a symbol," Riku answered the brunet before he started to draw something on a piece of paper. "This is our symbol," he said, passing Sora the paper with the drawing.
"Cool," Sora said in awe before he passed the picture to Roxas when the teacher's back was still facing them. "So, who are all the Nobodies?"
"You'll meet them at lunch," Riku replied.
The next few classes weren't that great, but it was finally time for lunch, the thing that both the twins loved more then anything in the school. No boring lectures or anything. Just sit, talk, relax, and eat. Once the twins got their food, Axel and Riku dragged them to a table where a lot of people dressed in black were sitting. Riku and Axel gave them a greeting, which was returned, but most of their eyes were on the twins. "Guys," Axel said, sitting next to the teen that had a blond Mohawk. "Stop staring. These are our new friends and next door neighbors."
"When did you get next door neighbors?" a different blond asked. He seemed like he had a bit of an attitude.
"Thursday," Riku replied, sitting next to the blunet teen that had half his face covered by his hair that was styled emo-like. Sora and Roxas sat down as well. "This is Sora, and his twin brother, Roxas."
"They don't look like twins," the blunet stated.
"Neither do Kairi and Namine over there," Axel stated, jabbing his thumb towards the two girls that were a couple seats away from him. One had reddish hair and the other was blonde. Both had blue eyes that were pretty close to violet. (Me: I couldn't figure out if their eyes were blue or purple.) "But they're twins anyway."
"People could mistake you and Reno for twins," the blond with the Mohawk stated with a small laugh. Axel just shoved the blond a bit.
Riku sighed a bit. "Sora, Roxas, this is Zexion," he motioned towards the blunet, who just bowed his head a little, "he's Demyx," he didn't have to motion towards the blond next to Axel since he just waved his hand like he had a lot of energy. "Mr. Attitude is Hayner, next to him is Olette, and next to her is Pence. Across from Hayner is Kairi, his girlfriend, and next to her is her twin sister, Namine. Next to her are Selphie and her boyfriend, Tidus. And that table over there, stay away from because they're werewolves and are Seifer's pack." A few of the people at the table that Riku was pointing at turned and seemed like they were growling a bit.
"You told them about the werewolves?" Zexion asked.
"And about us being vampires," Axel stated. "They kind of know enough right now. They don't know everything a vampire can do, but they know enough." Zexion gave a small sigh, shaking his head slowly. "By the way, did Reno tell you guys?"
"Reno said something about a certain someone being around," Hayner replied. "But I can't think of that certain someone."
"Hayner, Pence, and Olette were turned by a vampire that never told anyone his name," Riku said to Sora. "So we don't have a clue who their sire is, but they try to avoid him as much as possible." Riku said in a bit of a louder voice, "It's Vincent that's around."
"I caught Xemnas talking to him," Zexion stated. "Don't know about what."
"Sephiroth said the same thing," Axel stated.
"Xemnas let Sephiroth go?" Demyx asked, a little confused.
"You two could have at least told us my brother was still alive," Riku snarled a bit.
"We couldn't, Riku," Zexion spoke once more. "Either we tell you or Xemnas killed Sephiroth." Riku gave a small sigh to calm himself down a bit. "You haven't had a run in with the Heartless today, have you?"
"Not yet," Riku replied. "But she'll probably show her ugly face in about ten seconds if my guess is right... She's right behind me, isn't she?" When he saw his friends nod their heads, Riku turned his around a bit with a smirk on his lips. He didn't seem worried that he was caught by the principal when he was talking down about her. "Hello, Heartless. How are you today?"
"That's Principal Maleficent to you, Nobody," the woman said in an evil tone. Sora and Roxas really weren't paying attention to what she was saying. They were looking at her hair, wondering how she managed to get it up to look like she had horns on her head. "And I would appreciate it if you didn't corrupt the new students."
"We're not corrupting them," Axel stated. "Unless you call 'corrupting' us not allowing you to turn our new friends into Heartless. Sorry, but we aren't going to let you do that anytime soon. Besides, they've been around us long enough to already be 'corrupted'. These two are our neighbors, and we're just being friendly."
"Hmph. You Nobodies don't know how to be anything but destructive."
"You've found the ruined office then?" Demyx innocently asked as he blinked a bit. Zexion just shook his head once again as the other laughed a little. "I was thinking of it as a work of art. I call the masterpiece 'Heartless Lair'. Like it?" This only cause the people at the table to laugh louder. Sora and Roxas were trying not to, and Zexion was trying not to even chuckle, but it was hard to since Demyx was so funny. "Maybe I should call it 'Lair of the Evil Witch'. Or how about "Where A Heartless Once Lived'?"
"So you were the one who destroyed my office," Maleficent said in a tone that just said that she was going to make Demyx's life hell.
"Dumb-ass," Zexion muttered under his breath.
"Hey, it wasn't Demyx," Hayner spoke up. "I was the one who did it."
"Stop trying to cover me, guys," Axel said. "I was the one who ruined her office, and you all know it!"
"Now who's covering who?" Riku asked. "Thanks for trying to take the blame, but I was the one who really did it."
"No it wasn't, Riku!" Kairi nearly yelled out.
"Kairi's right!" Namine agreed. "Kairi and I did it!"
"Nuh-uh!" Pence said. "It was me!"
"You all are idiots," Zexion stated. "I was the one who did it."
"That's sweet of you to try and take the blame for me, Zexion," Olette spoke out. "But I should take the punishment for my actions. I destroyed her office."
"Come off it, Olette," Tidus scoffed. "I' the one who ruined her office and you all know it."
"Tidus," Selphie whined. "You don't need to defend me. I destroyed her office. And I'm not scared to admit it!"
Sora and Roxas were getting a little confused, and it looked like Maleficent was as well. "Enough!" she snapped. "Until I find out who really did it, you're all off the hook. But once I find out who it was, you will live to regret it!" She turned on her heel and walked off.
The other looked at each other before laughing out loud, even Zexion was, which kind of scared Sora and Roxas since he seemed like the type to only chuckle. Riku wrapped his arms around the shoulders of the brunet that sat next to him. "Welcome to the Nobodies, you two! One of the only gangs that won't ever abandon one another and will always defend each other."
Sora and Roxas grinned, glad that they already had a lot of friends and are part of a small gang.
Me: ending the chapter here. sorry it isn't much, but it'll do 4 now. after all, an update is an update. Anyway, review if u want the next chapter!