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Those Daily Things – Chapter 8
A Threat Quelled
Namine, Kairi and Sora were the only ones left – they'd expected Tom to come running with Roxas over his shoulder, but he must've been overpowered by Stephanie, Redmond and Riku. "Damnit, Riku." Sora said to no-one in particular, "I know you like Stephanie and all, but you got Tom and Roxas under that bitch's hold."
Kairi walked over to him. "Whoa, whoa, Riku likes Stephanie?"
Sora nodded. "He told me earlier today, before I was kidnapped." The brunette said, and Kairi nodded, a bit confused.
Meanwhile, back in Stephanie's room…
Tom lay under the swords, just waiting until he would be declared allowed to go. He might as well humour Stephanie. Suddenly the theme of Fire Emblem burst throughout the hall. Tom answered his mobile phone. "Really? I have to come? I'll be there tomorrow." Tom closed his mobile phone and said, "Well, it seems that I need to go back to my family for a bit of catching up time. That means I REALLY can't stick around here."
Stephanie looked at him. "But- but you're in my captivity. You can't escape!"
Tom just laughed. He reached up to Roxas' Zanpaku-to (A/N: my mistake, I accidentally called it a Zanbato last chapter, proper term is Zanpaku-to) and grabbed it's handle, then twisted it and flicked it so that it cut it's own rope holding it up. With the area in front clear, Tom used it and slashed the other ropes, causing all the swords to fall with a clang. Tom picked up his Larconius, Shield, and Roxas' Zanpaku-to and bid the four teens goodbye, and left without another word. Redmond picked up his Bankai, and Riku picked up his Rapier.
"Well, that was completely embarrassing. He just ripped through the defence." Redmond said, and Riku nodded in agreement. Stephanie just stood there, mouth hanging open.
Tom popped his head back through the door. "By the way Roxas, I'm leaving this in Namine's care until you escape." He held up Roxas' Zanpaku-to and Roxas nodded. "Okay, see you in a few weeks!" And then he was gone.
Tom dropped by Namine and Riku's room (in case you don't remember, Roxas shares his room with Axel) and dropped off Roxas' sword. He explained the situation for them, and bid them goodbye. "I've left my international phone number on my desk – Namine has the key."
They waved goodbye, and then they all looked at Namine. "How did you, of all people, get the key?" Kairi asked.
Namine just shrugged. "I've been here since Grade 6, and back then Tom was head of a very-little known group within the school who examine the perspectives of people who have strong objections against something, like me with my anti-public affection. He greeted me personally, and we're very good friends."
Namine explained, and the other two just nodded. "Alright, let's go rescue Roxas!" Sora exclaimed.
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Stephanie was lying on the couch drinking down a glass of orange juice, and Redmond was busy beating the crap out of Riku on Halo 3. Riku groaned as Redmond shot a missile right into his sniper position and killed him. Riku respawned, Redmond pulled out the sniper rifle Riku had dropped when he died, zoomed in twice and sniped him in the head. Stephanie laughed, and Riku groaned once again. Redmond got up and let Stephanie try to beat Riku. Redmond decided to use the time to taunt his big brother.
----- Meanwhile…
"What do we do? We can't do a frontal attack." Sora said, pondering on how to get Roxas out of there. Riku was infatuated with Stephanie, and that would be a problem. Kairi was ready to take on Stephanie again – but the three couldn't take on three others and rescue Roxas at the same time, and besides, Namine couldn't fight.
"I've got it!" Kairi exclaimed. "Namine, what kinds of things does Tom keep in his office that might help us? He has a dozen swords… What else?"
Namine thought for a moment. "Well, he does keep all sorts of tools in there… Stuff you could fix stuff with…"
"That's it! Follow me!" Kairi said, leading them to Tom's office. Namine unlocked it, and they went in. Up on the wall was a numerous selection of swords, ranging from the Roman gladius to the Spartan larconius. Sora opened a door at the back of the office, and found inside a small workshop. Tom taught Grade 9 English, as well as being the main Drama teacher and his office was a veritable workshop for creating theatre sets.
"Sora, help me with this ladder, and Namine, get your phone out." Kairi said, grabbing one end of it. "I have an idea…"
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"Greetings, boys and girls." Sora said, standing in the doorway of the room, causing Stephanie, Riku and Redmond to look up. Stephanie's face immediately brightened.
"Ah, Sora. You truly realize you're in love with me, right? Stephanie said. "Come quietly, and I'm sure that Riku and Redmond will not be inclined to hurt you."
"Are you kidding?" Sora laughed. "I'm surprised you guys want to swordfight me. You want another beating? It must be ass-kick O' Clock!"
Sora pulled out his weapon – a very basic sword. Riku readied his rapier, and Redmond his Zangetsu Bankai. Riku held his rapier against the light. "Stephanie, put Roxas safe in the bathroom. That way, no-one will get killed." Stephanie nodded, and dragged Roxas into her bathroom.
"Oh yeah!" Sora said suddenly. "Redmond, your girlfriend's here to see you!" Redmond went absolutely pale as Yuffie filled the doorway. Sure, she was more than willing to kiss a few guys to keep the party happening in the dorm war, but she also thirteen, one of the most popular girls in the school, and Redmond's girlfriend.
"Oh… Hey Yuffie…" Redmond trailed off, blushing furiously.
"Hey, Reddy teddy!" Yuffie squealed, running up to Redmond and squeezing him so hard that he dropped his sword.
"Y-Y-Y-Yuffie!" Redmond stuttered, as his stronger girlfriend squeezed him all the tighter.
"C'mon, let's go to my room! We can watch some Bleach there, have some fun!" Yuffie said, picking up Redmond's sword and left the room, hugging Roxas' younger brother close to her. Redmond seemed to be half-whimpering, half struggling for breath.
"That was, the weirdest thing I've ever seen." Sora said as he watched the two leave.
"Until you've seen yourself become putty in Kairi's hands!" Riku replied smugly.
"You take that back, you lovesick little mother-"
"Year 9's champion fencer, helpless at the kiss of his girlfriend's arch-enemy!"
"FUCKING ASSHOLE!" Sora screamed, abandoning his sword and tackling, head first, into Riku. Riku dropped his rapier in shock, and tried to pry Sora's spiky head from his stomach.
Kairi then filled the doorway. "Stephanie! You kissed my boyfriend – prepare to die!" Kairi said, and Stephanie raised her fists. "But first, since Sora and Riku have abandoned fencing for brutality, why not Roxas in the bathroom so he doesn't get hurt?"
Stephanie continued glaring, but dragged Roxas by the legs into the bathroom and closed the door, then raised her fists.
Kairi lowered her fists, and reached into her pocket. "Enjoy this present… From Sora, bitch!" She pulled out a wet cloth and threw it. It hit Stephanie in the face, and she passed out from the very same Chlorophorm she had used on Sora. Kairi, having accomplished hr mission, looked over to the two boys. Riku was on top of Sora, punching the younger in the stomach. Sora then held his legs close to his chest and lashed out, hitting Riku in the chest. He went reeling back, and Sora jumped up and punched the older in the face, bringing him down. Sora looked at Kairi, and nodded.
Kairi nodded back, and ran into the bathroom. Roxas, on the floor, seemed to jump a bit when Kairi entered. Kairi knelt down and untied Roxas, who immediately gave her a huge hug. "Thanks…" The blonde said to the redhead. Kairi hugged him back. "Let's go!" Roxas said, and the two ran out of the bathroom.
"Just in time there, guys!" Sora said to the two from atop the ladder. He was attaching a plastic bag to Stephanie's ceiling fan. "Grab one of the buckets and let rip!"
Kairi and Roxas both grabbed a bucket. Sora finished what he was doing and folded up the ladder. Kairi tossed her bucket on water on Stephanie, who awoke with a start, confused. Roxas threw his bucket on Riku, who shook his head groggily. Then Riku tried to get to his feet. He was soaking wet and tried to dive to catch Roxas, but fell.
Roxas and Kairi grabbed the ladder and ran out of the room. Sora stood next to the doorway confidently, with the ceiling fan on high. Riku and Stephanie both got up, fury in their eyes. Sora simply asked, "Riku, you're good at cooking. What does water and flour mix?"
Riku pulled up his rapier. "It makes… glue." Riku said, eyes widening with realization of what was to happen.
"Exactly." Sora said, and slammed his fist into the wall. The shock dislodged the single dot of adhesive holding the plastic bag. The bag dropped down, right into the ceiling fan. Sora ran out of the room as of the blades impacted, sending flour ALL across the room in a circle. Another blade impacted, then another, sending more and more clinging to Riku and Stephanie's bodies.
"SORA!" Riku yelled, before dropping to the ground from another heavy lump of flour. "I can't get up…" He observed, lying face-down on the floor.
Meanwhile, Sora innocently walked past Zexion, who was going around making his dormitory checks. Zexion shot him a respectful nod of the head, and Sora returned the gesture. After Zexion had passed, Sora ran to catch up to Roxas and Kairi.
"RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"
"I'd hate to be the person responsible for that scream of excruciating agony." Namine said to herself as she waited of her three friends to return.
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Two hours later, Sora was lying on the bed, his shirt removed, trying to push Kairi off him. Kairi was enjoying herself immensely, pinching a part of Sora's skin until it became red, and then kissed the sore spot. As a result, there were about twelve different places on Sora's stomach and body where this had happened.
Suddenly Kairi moved up and suckled the sensitive spot on his neck, without warning. The look of shock on Sora's face was akin to one who had just been stabbed right through with a sword. Sora's arms and legs went limp, and he slammed his eyes shut.
Kairi's lips left the spot on the fourteen year old's neck, smiling slyly. She moved down and kissed Sora's waist. "Kairi!" Sora gasped, sitting straight up. Kairi laughed and lifted her head next to his.
"Boys…" She whispered in his ear. "So excitable." She used one hand to push Sora down, and kissed him passionately on the lips. The brunette struggled underneath her, and she just pressed harder down on his mouth.
----- The Next Day.
Your Drama Teacher, Tom, is looking for students to perform in an end of year dance, to be performed on the annual 'Celebration Afternoon' at the end of year! Take a sheet, fill it out and have it returned to the box outside Tom's office by Friday the 10th of November! Remember, the choices you make on your paper will determine which of the following dances you will perform in:
Classic Rock
Disco
Country and Novelty
Hammertime
Pop
Metal and Grunge, Bitch!
Modern Rock
Rap
Just know that all students performing will also be performing in an all-in dance at the end. Once you sign up you cannot pull out, so be committed. All grades accepted.
Sora put down the sheet as if it were sacred. He flipped the notice around, and there was the form he had to fill out. He pulled up a pen and began writing.
Name: Sora Jumpei Leonhart
Grade: 9
Class: 9M
Form Teachers: Mr. Messina and Mr. Pope
Favourite Song: Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Favourite Movie: 300
Favourite Video Game: Halo 3
Are you single or taken? (Be truthful!)
Sora circled taken, and then peered at the final question. "Here, let me help you." His lover said, and Kairi took his pen and wrote in an answer.
Favourite Food: Kairi's tongue
"Kairi!" Sora nagged, as Roxas and Namine burst out laughing, while Sora frantically searched for his white-out.
"Sup, fools?" Came Tom's voice. They all swung around in their seats. "Plane's delayed. It's in later this morning." Tom explained. He noticed the red sheet in front of Sora. "Oh, Sora, you're doing the dance? Excellent, we need more dancers like you. I'll grade you right now."
Tom snatched the sheet up before Sora could grab it.
"Hmm… Stairway To Heaven… Nice, very powerful song, and by one of the most hardcore bands to live ever… 300? Excellent choice! Very strong! Halo 3? Brilliant game, you hardcore gamer, you! Of course, I know you're taken, only idiots and new people don't, with how much you two kiss in public. Favourite food… Oh My God."
Sora's head dropped, as Tom looked at the brunette. "That is, quite possibly, the best answer to any test I've ever graded. Your answers are all very hardcore, so you are now the leader of the Metal and Grunge section!"
Sora sat there with his mouth hanging open, as Tom held him a badge. The badge was a black shirt, with the AC/DC band logo on it. "Cool!" Sora said, pinning the badge to his shirt. "Who else have you got?"
"Well, I've got Riku for disco, Redmond for Pop, and Roxas for Modern Rock… But Classic Rock, Country and Novelty and Hammertime are all pretty much randoms. And I haven't chosen anyone for Rap yet, so..." He shrugged. "Anyway, I'll see you guys in a week or two. I would stay in Australia longer, but I have to come back and work." He shuddered. "Only two weeks in Australia just doesn't seem worth the 24 hours of plane trip. Oh yeah, by the way, Roxas, according to law, I've had to post your Zanpaku-to back to your home."
"But!"
"It's crap, I know. I've had to post all of my swords back to my home except for my larconius. Even my shield had to go. Apart from my larconius, the only swords I've got here are the crappy, blunt rapiers, daggers and bastard swords of the drama department. So don't feel left out – I had to send back Redmond's Bankai, too." Tom explained, and Roxas opened his mouth to object, but thought better of it.
"What about me and Riku? I have a bastard sword, and Riku has a rapier." Sora asked, thinking of the basic, straight sword that sat in its sheath on a stand on Sora and Kairi's work desk.
"You two have sword licenses. You guys are the only two students in the school who can legally have a sword, but you can't have anything other than the sword you currently have." Tom explained, then heard a beeping sound from his watch.
"Alright, I gotta go. I'll see you guys in a few weeks, ya?" Tom asked, grinning.
"Alright, see you!" Roxas said back.
"Bye!" Namine chirped.
"Bring back some good stuff!" Kairi smiled.
"Bye, mate!" Sora finished, as Tom left the room with a simple wave of his left hand.
"Hi, Sora." Said a guilty voice, and Sora looked up to see his taller, older friend Riku. He was looking down at his feet. He had obviously had a massive shower as his body and hair was clean of the sticky water-flour glue mixture. "Sorry about yesterday… I behaved like a tit." Riku said.
"Hey, hey… There's always a seat at this table for six, when you've found a girlfriend." Sora said. "Besides, we're the only two in the school who can wield swords. We gotta stick together." Sora grinned, and Riku shook it.
"Oh, by the way, I've found a girlfriend." Riku said, grinning.
"Oh yeah? Who?" Roxas asked, and Riku gestured for his girlfriend to come over and sit down.
"Hey, everyone!" Stephanie said, smiling.
"Uh, Riku…" Sora said, noticing Kairi beginning to chomp her food a bit heavier now.
"Just get to know her, alright? We started going out last night." Riku pleaded. Sora, Roxas and Namine agreed, and shook the brunette girl's hand.
"I just gotta straighten one thing out." Kairi said, and lashed out. The whole school turned to watch as Kairi held a fist to Stephanie's chin. "You tried to steal my boyfriend. You kissed him against his will and mine, the will of his partner!"
"Oh please." Stephanie said, still smiling although Kairi twisted her fist. "I was infatuated with Sora at first glance. I admit I was being really selfish, trying to steal him from you."
Kairi dropped her fist. "You've got one week. If you don't do anything to hurt any of us in that week, then I guess I can trust you."
"Deal. You'll see what great friends we can be!" Stephanie said gleefully as she shook Kairi's hand vigorously. The two girls then sat back down in their chairs.
Sora leaned back in his chair. Whatever happened, this was going to be one wild week.
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Oh my God! Once again, I'm so sorry! I'll try to update as soon as I've finished one of my other stories, Streets of Your Town. I'm sorry again, I had serious writer's block!
Until I see ya'll next,
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