Kingdom Hearts:Birth by Sleep Zero-Book 1:Chapter 8-First Day Part 2
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We had finally caught up with Master Oni and Aqua after our run-in with Pico.
I shivered when I remembered she had shot chewed up Skittles onto my shoes.
Why do things like that always happen to me?
"Since you've already met Master Xehanort and Master Yen Sid, our first person to meet today is Master Ceru." Master Oni announced.
"I must warn you though, she is very strict and..." Master Oni paused to find the "polite" term for what was originally going to be nit picky.
"You'll know when you meet." Master Oni chuckled.
Indeed, she was very nit picky and judgemental, for when we got to her office...
"I'm disappointed in you, Master Oni." she frowned.
"And that is because?" Master Oni raised an eyebrow while knowing what she was probably going to say next.
"You have chosen a porcupine..." she pointed at my brunette, spiky hair. "an immature little monkey," she paused to point at Ven. "and a little prissy smart-aleck for apprentices." she finished by pointing her manicured fingernail at Aqua.
"Come over here, boy." she waved her hand at me.
I glanced at Master Oni for permission, hoping he'd say no.
He said yes.
"You're an ugly little man, aren't you porcupine?" she insulted.
"You're not so pretty yourself." I announced as I looked at her spiky, pink hair.
"What an insolent child!" she cried in horror.
"How dare you call me ugly, you little porcupine!" She couldn't possibly believe that someone would DARE to call her less than gorgeous.
"I have a name you know." I snapped back at her.
"I am the most beautiful woman in the world, so don't argue with me." she appointed herself beautiful; I couldn't believe how conceded she was.
Yeah, did you notice that I started to have a bad day when I saw your face? I didn't dare say it out loud.
Master Oni had closed his white eyes for fear of what he knew was inevitable.
"Even dirt is more beautiful than you are." I knew she was about to fly off of the hook after this insult, but I just didn't care; I had been called ugly twice in one day, which made me feel worse when I had been called ugly by a fat, pink-haired hag. Letting her call me ugly and letting her get away with it just wasn't on my list of things to do today.
"HOW DARE YOU!" she screamed.
Raising my eyebrow in glee made her even more upset.
"Take this fool away from me!" she ordered Master Oni as she did her signature pointing at the door.
"Apologize to her." Master Oni demanded.
I walked back from the door and whispered: "Sorry, bitch."
"DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE JUST SAID?" she looked back and forth from me and Master Oni.
"We'll be going now." Master Oni announced as he herded all three of us out of the office.
"Don't think you'll get away with this, you little fiend!" she yelled at me.
Yeah, I don't think that I'll ever get away if I see your face ever again. I laughed in silence.
"What a wench!" Aqua insulted.
"I know!" Ven agreed.
"Our next person to meet is Master Hikari." Master Oni announced who our next target was.
"You'll like her much better than Master Ceru, I assure you." he promised.
"It's impossible not to." I mumbled.
Aqua and Ven tried not to laugh, but they failed to suppress it.
Master Oni grinned in reply.
Master Hikari's office was almost as pure white as Master Oni's eyes. When Master Hikari noticed that we were there, she set down her silver quill and smiled.
"You must be Master Oni's new apprentices." she guessed in excitement.
All three of us bowed low in reply.
Now this is someone I can get along with. I said to myself in a content mood, much different from when Master Hag-Wench called me ugly.
"My name is Taiki Hikari, but others usually call me Master Hikari." she introduced herself in an inviting manner, as if she was one of those people smiled no matter what.
"This is Ventus." Master Oni waved his hand sideways in the air at Ven.
Ven paused his bowing for a moment to send Master Hikari a small wave.
"This one is Aqua." Master Oni continued the introduction by pointing to Aqua.
"Hi." Aqua greeted quietly.
"And the last one is Terra." Master Oni finished.
I stopped bowing to look up and smile at Master Hikari.
"So, have you met Master Ceru yet?" she questioned.
She figured out the answer by seeing our smiles turn into frowns. "She can be a bit too much sometimes." she giggled.
"Well, I hope you enjoy being apprentices." she smiled warmly.
"We will." all three of us replied in unison.
"You have a great master to teach you, too." Master Oni grinned at this.
"Goodbye!" she yelled as we walked out the door. All four of us waved as we departed.
"She was pretty nice." Aqua said.
"Yeah, unlike that wench." Like Xehanort, insulting Master Hag-Wench made my day better;I think I'm that way with everyone I despise.
We came to a stop in front of another huge door, this time with nothing but plain lime green.
"The next one is Master Yoshida."
Master Yoshida was a middle-aged man, probably about forty. He had dirty blond hair and green eyes, almost the same color as the door that led to his study.
A young man about twenty came out to grab some books that were laying on the bookcases that smothered the walls of the study. His hair was sky blue, and had eyes to match.
The whole time he was in the room, Aqua stared at him with a dreamy look in her eyes.
Ven saw this and squinted at the twenty-year-old in jealousy.
"You're just jealous." I mocked Ven.
He stared daggers at me for a few seconds before going back to squint at the young man.
"You must be Master Oni's new apprentices!" Master Yoshida thrust out his right hand to shake ours.
In reply, we all shook his hand in greeting. Ven still had his squint on the other boy.
"This is my apprentice, Tanaka Hayashi."
"Hi." he greeted, afterwards dropping his books. Aqua instantly fell to her knees to help him collect them.
"Isn't that a girl's name?" Ven said in a rude manner.
"Ventus!" Master Oni whispered in anger.
Ven stuck his tongue out like a dog.
"Thank you, miss." Aqua smiled from his manner.
"Aqua." she introduced herself with a smile.
"Aqua." he repeated dreamily.
"It fits you." he smiled while staring at her deep blue hair and eyes.
Aqua giggled in response, making Ven hold out his fist to Tanaka.
"Don't mind him." Aqua ignored Ven's reversed smile.
"Well, it was nice meeting you!" Master Yoshida farewelled after Master Oni introduced us.
As we walked out into the corridor, Master Oni shook Ven by the shoulder, chastising him for insulting his fellow apprentices. Ven stared at his feet in embarrassment;only because he was getting chastised in front of Aqua.
Afterwards, Aqua started chastising him as well. I stepped in and defended Ven.
"He already got chewed out enough by Master Oni, you don't have to make him feel any worse." She looked at me and gritted her teeth.
"Thanks, Terra." Ven thanked while staring at his feet with a constant frown.
"Don't mention it."
"The next one is Master Samamaru."
Master Samamaru was a twenty-five-year-old man with silver hair and blue eyes.
"You must be the new apprentices." he greeted with a frown.
"Now shoo, I am a very busy man, so if you'd kindly remove yourself from my study, I can get back to work." he verbally shoved us out of the room.
"Goodbye, now."
"How rude." Master Oni complained.
"Keyblade Masters these days just aren't what they used to be." his eyes glassed over by losing himself in the "good old days".
We met all of the other Keyblade Masters:Master Kami, a thirty-year-old woman with green hair and green eyes, Master Oka, a tall middle aged man with white hair and gray eyes, Master Maru, a twenty-year-old woman who was short with pink hair, and the last one was Master Akiyama, who told us that we were very lucky to have Master Oni for a master.
When we got back to the main hall of the dorms, Master Oni told us to take the rest of the day off and rest. Seeing the clock, Aqua asked, much to my resentment, of why we were finished so early.
"You've been walking for a long time, and so have I." Master Oni pointed out as I saw him rub his knees.
"Your next training session is tomorrow at twelve, so I hope you won't be late." he announced.
"We won't." Aqua, Ven, and I bowed as Master Oni left for his study.