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A/N: I finally finished this chapter! It took me forever because I had severe writer's block and this part really isn't much in way of plot development. This chapter is really to show Serah more because she will become a very important character as time goes on. I promise that it gets more exciting later on, please just stay the course and you'll see! Please review if you get a chance! Thanks!
Chapter V: The Interview
"Oh…I'm so sorry…I…I had no idea." Serah grimaces, "I know this won't help any, but I know what you're going through. My parents died when I was young. If my sister hadn't been there, I don't think I'd be able to make it through everything that happened."
"These guys definitely made it a little bit easier. After everything happened, Merlin and Yen Sid showed up. They told me that even though I thought I had lost the people I really cared about, I still had a family and…my twin brother." Tobi points over to me and smiles.
"That was really awesome! I was super excited when they told us that! I…I mean I feel really bad about what happened to Tobi and all, but I got this awesome brother out of it!"
"And I got a Sora out it! And I wouldn't want it any other way. Plus these guys came with the deal, so I couldn't complain!" One of the widest smiles I've ever seen from him comes out. Roxas gives him a quick hug.
"Yeah, he's become like a brother to all of us." He lets Tobi go.
"I'm glad everything worked out for you," she smiles as she finishes writing, "so not that I don't love this, but can I ask you about your most recent adventure?" Yes please! I've been hoping she'd ask. My parents were more interested in us being safe. Kairi and Naminé were used to this sort of thing by now, so this is our first chance to tell someone this story, and I can't wait! Tobi looks over to me first and shrugs.
"Go ahead." He smiles. He knows how much I like to tell these stories.
"Okay, so…wait how much do you want to know?" I guess I should ask before I go and give her the entire thing.
"Whatever is fine," she leans back against the bench.
"Okay well…" I tell her the whole thing from when Yen Sid and Merlin put me on Earth, to how I met my brother and then our adventure to the Seven Wonders of that World. Then we had everything with Maleficent. Still, Serah never stops writing or smiling, even when I start talking about Xehanort and his plan to remake the Realms of Light and Darkness with the Chaos of the Realm of Life.
"Wow, maybe I should write a book instead of an article," she laughs as she finishes writing, "That's pretty amazing!"
"We think so!" Kairi looks over at Naminé with a big smile on her face. I can't tell what she's...never mind, that kiss proved she was talking about me and Roxas and not just the adventure.
"That's good! So, I'm supposed to ask you questions about the University too. Oh but...uh...do you guys have anywhere you need to be? It's starting to get late. I don't want to keep you too long." I look over to everyone else. I take it their nods mean we're okay to keep going. With that Serah nods, "Okay, great! So why did you guys decide to go to TTU? I mean I'm sure you guys had tons of offers."
"Nami and I used to live in Twilight Town a few years ago, and we liked it here."
"They also had a big range of major, so we could all do what we wanted. A few of the others we liked didn't have all of them. Like RGT didn't have Pysch for Van or Writing for Roxas. Destiny Islands Academy didn't have any history choices for Ven and me." Tobi wasn't much a fan of DIA anyway.
"Coming here also gave us a chance to be away from home without being too far away. And it's so different from home," I add.
"How so?"
"The City. The Island where we lived was pretty small. Our tallest building was the City Hall, so...four stories, I think," Kairi giggles
"Wow," Serah chuckles, " my world used to have really tall buildings like this, but I can see how this could be a big culture shock." She covers her mouth through the laugh. " I know this is only your first day here, but do you guys like it so far?"
"Definitely!" Tobi answers with a smile.
"Yeah!" Roxas and Ven add at the same time.
"Food could be better though." Van sticks out his tongue. Ew...that memory makes me shutter, and I only had a bite.
"I'm not going to write this down, but I know how you feel. I've been here three years now, and it's never gotten better. I've gotten on a first name basis with most of the restaurant owners over in the Plaza." She starts laughing again.
"We went there for lunch today. We tried the food here, I got a total of one bite before I was done." Tobi puts a hand across his stomach.
"You'll get used to that." We all laugh. "What did you think of the classes?"
"They were pretty good. Some of them though were really boring," Ven sighs.
"Yeah this one professor had this monotone," Van mimics...ah...what's his name...
"Oh, Professor Vanhize. Yeah, he's ...different. He's one of the smartest men I know, but..."
"He's not that exciting," Ven finishes.
"That's the nice way to say it." We laugh as she talks, "Well...I guess that I'll say have a great year guys. Don't forget to come see me!" Serah closes the small book she'd been writing in. We stand up with her.
"Thanks for that Serah. You made us feel welcomed!" Kairi wraps her fingers around mine.
"I can't imagine that I'm the only one that talked to you guys today." She places everything in her pink and purple bag.
"Actually, not many people said anything to us. We kind of stayed together everywhere we went." Tobi looks a little upset.
"It was probably because everyone was trying to figure out classes and how everything worked. Once the returning students come back tomorrow, I bet everything will be different!" She smiles as we split apart to head home. Tomorrow will be an interesting day for sure.