A.N.- I would like to start off saying I do not own Kingdom Hearts or these characters. However, these characters are based off of real life people and situations, very closely. This story is about 8 friends who have quite the wild summer vacation. It is sort of AU but still uses items mentioned in the series (such as papou fruit, sea-salt ice cream, elixir, etc)

This is just some important background info, character breakdown and what not:) Enjoy, Hope you like it

Main Characters:

Kairi Traverse

Sora Hikari

Namine White

Roxas Hart

Selphie Tilmitt

Tidus Keystone

Xion Black

Riku Smith

Bio Breakdown:

Kairi- If you've ever just been drawn to somebody, that's exactly what Kairi is. She's very spunky and light-hearted, and very friendly and compassionate. She loves to hang out with her friends and joke around. She often just wants to have fun and steers clear of any conflict. She gets along with everybody and anybody

SUMMARY: Spunky, Passionate, Cute, Flirty

Sora- He is the leader of the group if they had to chose one, despite the fact he has hid childish moments from time to time. He's also the blitzball star of the whole island! He's always the one making jokes and fooling around, and most of the time he takes the fall for the whole group, which is very kind of him. MHe's very popular to the girls on the island for being so charming and gentlemanly

SUMMARY: Spontaneous, Funny, Protective, Charming

Namine- Hands down Namine is the sweetest girl you will ever meet. She's very shy and quiet but underneath that, with her real friends, she's outgoing and adventurous. Her personality is very straight forward and there's nothing to hide. She's also extremely beautiful. She could easily have any guy in the school, yet she's pure as white. She tends to bring out the best in people

SUMMARY: Beautiful, Innocent, Sweet, Shy

Roxas- He is the one member with the highest walls. He is quite misunderstood. Often times he comes off as self-assured and arrogant, but with the group he's very laid-back and cool. There's only one person who can completely break down the walls. He really has a pure heart of gold and tends to look out for his friends a lot. Many girls consider him "undateable" but drop dead gorgeous, obviously drawn in by the so-called bad boy reputation they imagine him to have

SUMMARY: Kind, Down to Earth, Good-Looking, Big-Hearted

Selphie- She's surprisingly one of the smartest girls at DIHS, without a doubt in the top ten of her class. However, she's also the biggest girly-girl. She is (usually) cautious of everything they do and always seems to be right. She never shoves her beauty or brain in anyone's face though, but when she's right she WILL let you know it. She's also very sarcastic and witty when around people she's comfortable with. Lately she's been trying to "let loose" and break out of her strict ideals

SUMMARY: Considerate, Intelligent, Pretty, Girly

Tidus- Jock, with a capital J. Football star, Lacrosse star, and captain of the blitzball team. Essentially he's the pride and joy of Destiny Islands but he hates all the pressure and looks to his friends to help releive it instead of alcohol like every other idiot at school. He tends to rely heavily on his boyish grin to get him out of trouble. Although he is a jock, he is far from cocky. He loves his group of friends, and he wouldn't change any of them

SUMMARY: Athletic, Boyish, Mischievious, Thoughtful

Xion- If ever there was a tom boy, the award goes to Xion. Basketball, Field Hockey, and softball star, with many activities on the side including gaming, skating, and surfing. She used to be very good friends with Roxas as children. Used to... however, many guys like her -as a friend- for her relaxed attitude and the fact they don't have to hold back around her. She always wishes though that someone would treat her like an actual girl. Essentially, she's just "one of the guys" but she's been trying break out from the label

SUMMARY: Sporty, Defensive, Tough, Clever

Riku- He's not really anything specific. He doesn't excel in any category like Tidus and Selphie do, and he's not exactly a people person like Sora and Kairi. He tends to keep the balance and observes. He usually knows even more than Selphie but he keeps it all to himself. Sometimes he shares it with Xion secretly. He is quite the gamer and although he likes to stir the pot sometimes, the group embraces him

SUMMARY: Quiet, Observant, Smart, Nice

RESIDENCY:

*Kairi, Sora, Namine, Roxas, and Selphie live on the the more busier side of the main avenue, which is the side where the beach and everything else is. Riku, Xion, and Tidus live on the other side, which is further from everything else. Kairi and Sora are next door neighbors.*

Relationships Stage 1 (Past)-

Riku and Kairi: Freshmen year, right after Riku joined the group, he had a crush on Kairi. He asked her out and she politely declined. They still managed to be good friends.

Namine and Sora: Namine really liked Sora sophomore year but knew that he liked someone else. When she found out who it was, she confessed her feelings but also told him she knew who he liked and would keep it a secret. They got even closer after that and developed a sort of brother/sister relationship

Xion and Roxas: These two grew up together before they even joined the group. Xion has always had feelings for Roxas. She thinks she kept it a secret but Roxas actually knew, which caused them to rift apart.

Relationships Stage 2 (Present)-

To be continued...

Friendships outside of group:

Sora and Kairi: Closest out of everybody in the group. They've lived beside each other since Sora moved from Twilight Town when he was 5. They sleep over each others houses and share each other's food, they're so close it's not even normal friendship. But then, what is it?

Kairi and Namine: Ever since sophomore year these two are inseparable. They are best friends. They spend a lot of time together, and they actually have quite a lot in common despite their differences. They often have meetings to help each other pick out clothes and just do girly things that Kairi can't exactly do with Sora.

Sora and Roxas: These two are so close in their bromance that it's a wonder they aren't twins! However, the both of them working at the local surf rental was a big disaster. Sora + Roxas = TROUBLE. No wonder Wakka is always yelling at them for creating a mess. Roxas and Sora are so charismatic that they often find a way out of punishment. They come up with the absolute best schemes.

Xion and Riku: Riku is practically Xion's therapist. She tells him everything she feels and he tries to help her. He in return also tells her everything he notices and observes between everyone in the group. They often vent to each other over a good Xbox session or they treat each other to ice cream occassionally.

Namine and Roxas: Once Roxas started opening up to her, these two spend all their time outside of the group together. Nobody really knows what they're always up to.

Kairi and Selphie: Selphie is Kairi's go to girl for a good girly time. When it comes to shopping, gossiping, sleepovers, and boy talk, Selphie's the expert.

Tidus and Sora: These two are there for each other. They call each other "bruh" as a joke but apparently somewhere in the jock code there's some explanation as to why these two are so alike

Sub Characters:

Yuffie Saki: Works at the Paopu Shack with Kairi, they bond together over making Paopu smoothies

Yuna Gullwing: As the younger sister of Rikku, she is a sophomore with a HUGE crush on Sora

Cloud Strife: An old friend of the group who Sora is mortal enemies with for unknown reasons. He was dismissed from the group years ago

Rikku Gullwing: A girl desperate to be part of the "elite eight"

Olette: She's a friend to most of the group, especially Selphie

Wakka: Simply put, he is Roxas and Sora's boss but he treats them better than all the other employees due to a soft spot for them

Axel Rosoku: He's an older friend to most of the group, and he's often their mediater if any issues break out. As senseless and/or reckless as he may be, he really looks out for them and offers them the best advice.

(Some/Most of these characters will not appear for long- if at all, and are merely just mentioned a lot and I felt some kind of info would be nice)

Occupations:

Kairi- She works at the Papou Shack which is basically an ice cream/smoothie place with some fruit and pastries. Everything they make has some sort of ingredient of papou fruit in it which makes it a huge hit to the locals of Destiny Islands.

Sora and Roxas- These two work at the local surf rental run by Wakka called "Surf's Up" It only opens for the summer but it booms with all the tourism so they can't complain. If only they could go a day without raising Wakka's blood pressure...

Namine- Namine works for Aerith at the local ice cream bar called Destiny Dairy, most popular for their exclusive sea-salt ice cream. She is one of few workers but doesn't mind since service with a smile is her expertise

Selphie- Selphie and her friend Olette, another Einsteinette, have a very successful summer tutoring program in which they tutor some of the other students of Destiny Islands.

Xion, Riku, Tidus- UNEMPLOYED

A.N.- So, I ended up changing this and restarting it which is why the wait has been a while. I had the hardest time deciding between two characters. Xion was originally going to like Tidus because of the sports connection and before that, Selphie was originally going to be Olette and Tidus's character would inevitably be Hayner. However, that ship (Xion X Tidus) was just so unrealistic I pitched it. But I really wanted Olette to be Selphie's character. However, I had 8 bios set up and I really didn't want to change Tidus and Hayner:/ However Olette will be mentioned! And Selphie isn't like some smarty-smart pants, she just tries hard in school. Her character is supposed to be more girly and preppy as per the usual portrayal of Selphie. Well, this is just the background info for the characters and story I'm starting now for the fandom!

And as a heads up, I KNOW Tidus is shipped with Yuna in FF. However, I have never played FF and therefore this story is pretty much about the characters from Kingdom Hearts that I know about. I really don't know much about Yuna, let alone Yuna and Tidus together so I am sorry if you're disappointed that Selphie is being paired up with Tidus. It's just the only solution I had.

Let me know any thoughts/comments/concerns! I hope y'all liked it and I hope you check it out!