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Those Daily Things – Chapter 5
Saix's Dorm War
Sora woke up at 5 AM. 5-A-M. Jetlag, the effect of being in a different time zone is that once you get back from the different time zone, your body is used to sleeping in unusual hours, thus making you go to bed later and wake up earlier, or vice versa. Sora hated it. Yet here he was, at 5 AM, wide awake and hungering to do something. Saix's Dorm War was tonight. He rolled over to his bag and pulled out his copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Sorry, it's just that awesome) some half an hour later, Kairi woke up and rolled over, eyeing him sleepily.
"Morning.'" she said to him. "What page?"
Sora looked to her. "539."
Kairi whistled in amazement, one of her red hairs brushing out of her eye. "I'm only up to 130. Oh well, you are best in English. It's Saturday, isn't it? Saix's Dorm War is on tonight!" She exclaimed, sounding amazed at something she already knew was happening. Then she turned to Sora, confused at something. "Hey, Sora – I just noticed, you keep calling yourself Sora Jumpei, but Leon is your brother. How does that work?"
Sora smiled. "Jumpei is my middle name. I'm Sora Jumpei Leonhart. And Roxas is Roxas Kinokuniya Strife." Kairi nodded understandingly, and decided that she was cold. She decided to lie with Sora until they had to get up. They had 4 hours.
They met Roxas someway in the hall. He was groaning, and not because of jetlag weariness – but because his parents were back from the U.K., and his brother was arriving. Sure enough, Redmond Michael Strife arrived at the school around 9. Even Sora, who never judged people until he thoroughly knew them, was annoyed by Redmond. "I tell you," Roxas said, "Redmond is pure evil. Just before, I went in his room, and he was reading some plan, cackling evilly. When he heard my boot squeak, he rolled up the plan, hissed, and ran out of the room."
That night came the war.
"WELCOME!" Bellowed Saix, into the school's Centenary Hall, which was big enough to fit the School's 1500 people, and then some. The grade 8 kids, not allowed to compete, sat up the gallery, which overlooked the Centenary Hall. "TO THE 5TH ANNUAL DORM WAR!" A storm of applause from the participating crowds greeted him. "Now, as you know, this tournament consists of six rounds. The first two are teams matches. Will the teams of two assemble and present yourself to Xigbar and Vexen!" The two were standing there, ready to note down which of the entered teams were competing.
A flurry of excitement later, and the teams were all entered. The first challenge was an unexciting one, just two teams facing off against each other to see which teams could eat the most amount of chilli spices. Kairi and Sora owned poor old Tidus and Wakka, who were both coughing after only two teaspoons. To no surprise, Axel blitzed the competition, with he and Roxas getting down eight teaspoons each.
The next challenge was more interesting. The teams were sorted into two larger teams, all of which took part in a game of soccer. The members of the team that won would move on to round 3. Thanks to many people in their team (the score was 8-5), Sora, Kairi, Axel, Roxas, Riku and to their horror, Stephanie, moved to round 3.
The third challenge was to separate the teams into singles. It was a simple competition – a general knowledge quiz. Sora defeated Kairi by one point, a fight to the death. Everyone enjoyed the Roxas vs. Axel quiz. "What is the capital of Thailand?" Tom asked. Axel spread a giant grin, turned to Roxas and swung his fist right into Roxas' crotch then yelled, "BANGKOK! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Roxas was on the ground for about five minutes. Axel was ahead by 6 points, but Axel was disqualified and Roxas moved up.
Quarter Finals was a game of struggle. Sora defeated Stephanie easily, and Tidus was no match for Roxas. At the end of the round, the Semi-finalists were Sora, Roxas, Lexaeus in year 11, and for some reason, Leon. The semi finals were Lexaeus vs. Roxas and Sora vs. his own brother Leon in two terrifying games of ULTIMATE SPIN-THE-BOTTLE. Lexaeus gave up after the first round, refusing to kiss Xaldin, who had entered as a 'kisser' just for laughs. But Sora's match to overcome his older brother was a different story.
Leon sat at the other end of the circle, opposite from Sora. There were six others – the 'kissers'. They were Kairi, Aerith (Leon's girlfriend), Yuffie (More than eager to kiss some random to keep the party going), Xaldin (Just for laughs), Xigbar (Oh God) and for reason that Sora would never be able to fathom, Riku. "LOOK AT THIS!" Saix bellowed into the microphone. "Sora, first try at the dorm war, is facing his brother Leon who has won 2 out of the 4 Dorm Wars played! But don't bet on Leon now, folks! Sora got some enormous potential! But who will win: potential or experience! Remember, first to pull out loses! Let's SPIN THE BOTTLE!"
Sora's turn was first. He spun the bottle, and watched it spin like a pendulum. He had to get one of the girls. It slowed down and- "OH! SORA GETS XIGBAR ON THE FIRST TURN! WHAT BAD LUCK!" Sora kissed Xigbar reluctantly. After what seemed like hours, Sora drew back, revolted. Xigbar looked quite pleased with himself at causing such revulsion and discomfort. Worse, Leon was close to bursting into fits of laughter. Then Leon span the bottle calmly. It landed on Yuffie. Leon looked smug as he kissed Yuffie.
Sora span again – Riku. Sora groaned as Riku had him trapped in a lip lock. Sora pulled back, grossed out, repulsed and now quite scared of who he would get next time he span the bottle. Leon span the bottle, and it landed on Sora, a surprise for everyone. Leon shrugged it off. It hurt Sora more than it hurt him. "Things are NOT looking good for little Sora, folks!"
And Leon was absolutely right. Sora was scared to spin that bottle. He reached forward, gripped the bottle with trembling hands, and flicked his wrist. And span, seemingly in slow motion to Sora. It slowed down, and he got Kairi. He sighed with relief as she kissed him, adding a hug for good measure. Leon spun the bottle and got Xaldin. He scowled as he had to kiss Xaldin. "OH, A BLOW FOR LEON!" Saix continued to commentate. "THIS MAY JUST BE A TURNAROUND!" Sora faced the bottle with newfound determination and spun it. It swirled, slowed and stopped – pointing to Aerith.
Sora leaned forward, and got Aerith in a kiss. Leon looked more horrified by the second. The sapphire-eyed brunette decided to hold Aerith in more than necessary. Leon, mortified, got up and left. Sora released Aerith and shouted with the cries of the crowd. "WHAT IS THIS?" Saix yelled. "SORA HAS WON – THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!" The crowd began chanting, "SORA! SORA! SORA!" and Saix declared the final would be between Roxas and Sora.
The final was declared. It was to be an apocalyptic walkoff/danceoff battle. Walk the catwalk, do a dance move, and then the second person tries to better the first. Sora and Roxas eyed each other out. "This guy's got no chance." Sora thought, while Roxas thought, "Sora? Are you kidding? I'm way better looking and a better dancer."
Meanwhile, Saix yelled into the mike. "HERE IT IS! Whoever wins this contest will win a lasting name as a dorm king, and will also be able to make the loser do anything he wants for a day! Now let's DO THIS!" He lowered his mike and asked the crowd, "Alright, who wants to referee this thing?"
"If no-one has any objection," said a deep voice, "I believe I might be of service." Sephiroth pulled off a pair of ultra-cool Italian sunglasses and stepped onto the stage. "Now this will be a straight walkoff, old-school rules. No biting – I'm looking at you, Sora – and Roxas, you are not permitted to pull down the victor's pants like you did last term in the soccer tryouts. Now, where's the order of operations?"
Sora smiled. "Age before beauty, Roxas." Roxas scowled and went first. We went up, did a turn around, took off his jacket and threw it into the crowd. Sora laughed, and did the same, but adding a few pelvis thrusts.
Roxas ran up the side of a wall, did a backflip, landed, and did a forward roll to the end of the catwalk. Sora couldn't quite match that, and instead began breakdancing. He breakdanced to the end of the catwalk, and then did a series of cartwheels back. 18 more intense rounds such as that followed, with crazy things happening such as Sora resting his whole body weight on a spike of his hair and succeeding, and Roxas managing to pull his underwear out, intact, without his feet leaving the ground (the sheer mechanics of it are mind boggling!) Until it came, once again, to Roxas' turn. Roxas stood up on stage, grabbed a bottle of beer, downed it in one, and went to the end of the catwalk. "He's gonna do it!" Axel said, grinning. Roxas held up his removed underwear, and stuck his hand, with the underwear in them, into his pants. His other hand went into his shirt. One his feet moved in a peculiar fashion to the other.
He struggled for about thirty seconds, and then pulled every limb simultaneously – Roxas stood there, holding up his shirt, trousers, shoes and socks – wearing nothing but his underwear. The crowd went insane. Roxas walked back, smirking at Sora. Sora, determined, walked up to the end of the catwalk and began doing exactly what Roxas did. He struggled for a bit longer than Roxas did – he'd managed to get his feet in the right position – his shirt was easy – and he knew what he had to do with the pants. He pulled his shirt – but instead of coming off, it went halfway over his head. He pulled his shorts up, preparing to push them down with force – but instead gave himself the most painful wedgie he'd experienced in his life. He tried his feet, but they completed the trilogy of failure by making him fall spectacularly.
"Disqualified." Sephiroth said, and the crowd exploded with noise. Sephiroth and Saix brought Roxas up to the stage again, over Sora's body. "PEOPLE, I GIVE YOU – THE FIFTH WINNER AND THIRD DORM KING!" The crowed cheered wildly. Sephiroth hushed them. "Now, by rules, the winner can choose a humiliation for the loser. Anything, except something dangerous or sexual. What do you choose?"
"Hmm…" Roxas thought. "I've got it!"
To Be Continued!
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