Disclaimer: Don't own legal rights to Kingdom Hearts. But I do own this story…I'd switch it for Kingdom Hearts legal rights anyday…(T-T)

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Axel's jaw hung. Even though he was flamboyantly gay seeing this might have turned him. Okay, actually no it wouldn't but he felt that it might have for any other guy in the school…at this minute. He stared at 'Rei' as 'he' sat on the floor in a fitting tank top and a peasant skirt. Axel blinked a few times trying to recall every piece of information that he knew.

1. They lived on earth

2. Aliens didn't

3. Aliens are 'different'

4. They were at J.A. White's Boys Academy

5. It takes exactly 8197 licks to get to the tootsies roll centre of a tootsies pop (on average)

6. Eating year old Halloween candy that you found under your bed will give you a bad case of stomach aches accompanied by a lot of vomiting.

7. Tricycles are not flammable (though the children on them are)

8. As long as you believe in it then it's real

9. 'Rei Dokushoka' was the new 'boy' in class

10. 'Rei' was 'different'

Ergo Axel had decided that 'Rei' was an alien. He smirked as he realized that he wasn't too far off after all. 'Rei' isn't an alien with green skin and bulging pink eyes who wanted to enslave the human race. 'Rei' is a girl, wait…now that I think about it maybe it would have been better if she was just an alien Axel thought. He closed his eyes and absorbed all the new information that he had just learnt. Everything suddenly just seemed to click. The feminism, the straight A's, not wanting to have any friends…Wait a minute... Axel listened to the floorboard creak under pressure. His eyes snapped open instantly and locked in on their target.

"Don't move." He said as he stood up from the ground. The rustling stopped. Tension was thick in the air as Axel hastily decided his next move. "Go sit down in there" he commanded. Axel listened as the footsteps gave way to a plop and squeak indicating that weight was being put on a couch. Quickly Axel spun around and closed the door quietly locking it to make sure that there were no intrusions. No matter if Rei had lied and tricked everyone in the school and made me and Riku go on this crazy hunt she's still a friend and right now she needs to be protected. Axel turned around and began to walk to where Rei was probably sitting until. THUD! Axel groaned as pushed away from the wooden floor, he looked back and saw Riku's body lying in the hallway. Idiot, I can't believe that he fainted. Axel scrambled up and heaved Riku's limp body off the floor. The red head grunted as he pulled his best friend onto his back. Good god man, Axel thought, when this is over I'm taking you to the gym to shed a few pounds.

With a little effort Axel was able to haul Riku into a small sitting area. He made it just as far as the couch which Rei was sitting on before he dropped the silver haired teen.

"Would you mind if he crashes here? He's too heavy to carry anywhere else" Axel said smiling. Rei bit her bottom lip and shook her head violently. Riku's body fell limply from resting on her shoulder to her lap.

"Don't mind the drool, he tends to do that when he's out cold" Axel said waving his hand as if dismissing a servant.

"I take it that he's passed out before?" Rei asked as she watched Axel walk towards her large television.

"Several times, recently he's gotten better at handling shocks. But I guess when you see someone who you thought was a guy wearing girl clothes it temporarily shuts down a normal person's brain" the red head responded as he bent down and started searching through different CDs and other such things.

"That explains why you're not affected" Rei whispered.

"Touché" Axel said picking out a disc and placing it into a slim black Playstation 2. He picked up two wireless controllers and threw one to Reina. Catching it she watched as he turned it on. Starting up the console Axel walked over and sat on the floor in front of his female friend. Colours flashed on the screen as the images of a few teenage ninjas came onto the screen.

"Naruto Ultimate Ninja? Why are we playing a video game when any normal person would be interrogating me?" Rei said as she chose a male ninja with blue hair.

"Because my dear, firstly I am not a normal person as you have stated. Secondly I have a tendency to retain information when I am distracted; thirdly you tend to give out information when you're distracted. Now this guy looks cool!" Axel quickly chose a male ninja with short red hair and a tattoo on his forehead.

"Alright, but prepare to get your ass whooped sucka" Rei said as she quickly selected a male ninja in a blue shirt and white shorts. Axel had the privilege of choosing the battle field for this round, and with that their game of questions could begin. The countdown on screen began at three, Axel concentrated with all the force he had in his body as the numbers flashed two and one. When the word 'START' flashed he was off. Landing the first blow Axel began.

"So, Rei, that's your boy name huh? Well what's your real name?"

"My name's Reina Marie Valentine" she said as she tapped a few buttons sending her character off into a counter and attack move. "But I usually go by Rei, that's why I used it as my enrolment name" It was Axel's turn to counter; his character moved to the back of the stage and picked up an item that had appeared on screen.

"Valentine? Like as in the name of the dorm where you're staying Valentine? Why'd you enrol as Dokushoka?" he asked as he used sand shuriken to halt Reina's advance.

"Could you imagine the pandemonium that would ensue if I went around telling people that I was a Valentine? Too much unwanted attention" she retorted. This caused Axel to snort.

"Like you weren't getting any attention" he said his eyes never once leaving the screen.

"Alright, alright point taken. Next question" she said as she watched her character call for help.

"So why'd you come here? Why not go to an all girls school? You know there's one on the other side of the island right?" Axel said.

"St. Lorelei d'Izlude's Institution for Female Education? Are you mad man?! It's a god damn institution! I'd rather die a thousand deaths before going to any school with the word institution in it" she said as she bopped Axel on the head.

"Okay and I thought that I dramatized things" he said jokingly.

"Besides this is the top ranked school in the province, I would be crazy to not want to go here" she ended.

"Well how did you get in here anyway? Don't they have like some kind of test thing to prove you're a boy?" Axel asked.

"No, Axel can you even think of how stupid that would be?" Reina said scrunching up her face.

"Well don't we have physicals or something? And by the way don't think that I didn't notice that you totally side stepped my question. Which might I add you did a fine job in doing; a regular person would have just carried on with the conversation or maybe even argued. I must say you would do an excellent job at fooling Riku and Cloud, hell maybe even Leon! I must say Madame that I applaud you" he smiled.

"Fine, alright see my brother's an alumni and a large donor. He graduated with top marks and something else so he said that he wanted the same for me. Then he came up with the idea of turning J.A. Whites from a boy's academy to a co-ed academy. Naturally everyone was thrilled but then the whole thing of how to integrate it came up. So obviously I became the test subject. I'm supposed to make it known little by little that I'm a girl and see how they react. In fact I'm kind of surprised that so many people know already after all it's only October" she ended.

"Ah…and back to the story of your brother. So who is he anyway?" Axel asked.

"Vincent Valentine" she mumbled. Axel paused for a moment. He could feel his eye twitch as she said those words.

"You mean THE Vincent Valentine? Like the one who owns all those companies and is the richest man alive! The one who holds the record for best marksman and has the rights to the biggest and best movie companies" Axel thought his heart had exploded. Shaking his head he realized that it wasn't it heart but it might have been his spleen.

"Oh my god. Axel are you okay? You look like your heart just exploded" Reina said shaking him a little more.

"Nah not my heart…but I think it might have been my spleen. Useless thing, what do you need a spleen for anyway? I mean seriously it's there for no reason like your uvula. Both of them do me no good. Though I heard somewhere that you could die if your spleen explodes" he smirked.

"Um…Axe you're thinking of your tonsils and your appendix…If your spleen exploded…you'd probably be in one of those metal casts and we'd have to pull the plug on your life support" she said looking down at him.

"Alright so I guess it's not my spleen then but let us move on. Last question, then I swear I'll never bother you with something stupid again" Axel said attempting to pull off a combo with his character, though failing terribly. Reina was a little worried. This would be it, the moment of truth, when Axel would decide whether he would be her friend or not. Was it worth the risk? Or should she just try to avoid the last question until Riku woke up and could give her his opinions? She sighed knowing she should just get it over with now.

"Shoot…" she said a little reluctantly.

"Why don't you ever eat? I mean all I see is you chomping away at those mints and that Sprite. But then there was that time at breakfast where you ate some French toast…whatever you know what never mind can I ask a new question? Of course I can! You know that kid Wakka in English? How does he get his hair to stand up like that? I mean that is some crazy hair right there! It just goes whoop! And like that weird headband what's up with that? Oh! And for the matter what about Cloud's hair? I mean firstly it makes him look like one of those giant birds, what are they called again…You know the big yellow ones that are all like 'Wark I wanna eat'cha!' Yeah not ostriches…and Big Bird was just fictional…I hope…Whatever, anyway you could like impale someone on Cloud's hair it's that spiky! And Sephiroth, Sephiroth! His hair is like insanely long and perfect! No split ends, no knots, no nothing! It's like all he does is sit there groom it to perfection" Axel paused to take in a deep breath. Before he could continue all he heard was a soft laugh.

"You're one to talk Axe, have you seen your hair? It's crazy" Reina said with a wink as she successfully finished a combo without Axel knowing. She watched as she beat his character and won the battle. Suddenly she felt something move in her lap. Looking down she noticed Riku's head turn. Slowly he got up and held his head like it was throbbing. Axel turned around and smirked.

"God Riku, next time we go to a party try not to get so stoned! Do you know how long it took me to track you down here? And that tattoo? Why'd you get it there? Nobody will ever be able to see it" Axel said seriously. Riku who still seemed a little dazed bought into all of Axel's lies and started to freak out. Panicking he smacked the side of Reina's head, and jumped over Axel as he rushed to the bathroom to try and discover the location of the alleged tattoo.

"So how long before he realizes that he didn't get a tattoo?" Reina asked with a chuckle as she peered over Axel's head to stare at the closed bathroom door.

"I say around two more minutes…Riku's a fairly heavy sleeper. I mean I've done a lot of stuff to him while he was asleep and he just stays knocked out. Doesn't feel a thing" Axel said as he motioned his hands to coordinate with what he just said. Reina stared at him for a moment.

"I don't even want to know…" she said rubbing her temples. At that moment Riku burst out of the bathroom.

"All right Axel I sure as hell know I wasn't at any party, and I definitely didn't get stoned. And hell would freeze over before I get a tattoo!" Riku yelled. Suddenly he stopped noticing Reina sitting on the couch.

"Ugh…Hi?" Reina said waving her hand cautiously.

"…Axel can I talk to you for a minute" Axel sighed as he heard Riku say this. He stood up and dusted himself off. Slowly walking over towards Riku he stopped in front of the silver haired teen.

"Mmm, yes?" Axel said exaggerating the 'yes' making it sound comical.

"Who is that?" Riku whispered pointing his index finger at Reina.

"Who now?" Axel said turning his head to look back. "Oh that's Reina. R-E-I-N-A. Got it memorized? You know Reina! That time, and she was there, and you were there, and I was there. Good times…good times" he said as he snapped his fingers.

"All right…let's try this again" Riku said a little annoyed. "What in god's name is she doing here? This is a boy's academy. B-O-Y-apostrophe-S. You know male, man, guy, dude, gentleman and so on and so forth"

"Riku!" Axel gasped. "Are you being prejudiced against the female species?! I am both shocked and appalled at this" Axel shook his head and mocked disappointment. "I'm so upset that you could be so closed minded. I mean what if she was your sister? Would you be prejudiced against her then? Seriously Riku try using your head once in a while. If you don't then you're just carrying around ten pounds of dead weight on your shoulders. And to think, that I looked up to you as a role model? Tsk tsk tsk…"

"What?! No I'm not preju – what I meant was – ergg!!! Axel!" Riku growled.

"Axe, you shouldn't use so many big words with Riku. I mean come on 'the'? 'at'? 'both'?! You know that he doesn't know the meaning of any of those!" Reina said standing up. She casually walked over to a closet beside her television. She turned off the small purple Gamecube as she passed. She pulled open the closet doors and walked inside. Axel starred at the doors of the closet as the closed shutting Reina in. Silence fell on the room for the few minutes that Reina was in the closet. Suddenly she emerged donning the full J.A. White's uniform. She held her round glasses in her hand and walked away from the closet towards a small vanity in the corner of her room. Adjusting the glasses onto her face she smiled. Standing up she walked towards Riku.

"Hey" she said turning her large crimson eyes on him.

"Rei – Rei?" Riku stuttered. "What the – but she? And he? And you? And…and…and…cheese…" Riku mumbled. He turned to glare at Axel. "Why do I have a feeling that you can explain all of this to me?"

"Because I'm a genius? Doi!" Axel said patting Riku's head. Riku cleared his throat. "Fine…" Axel started. "Long story short, Rei Dokushoka is actually Reina Valentine. They're experimenting with whether or not girls and boys can be in the same school and some other stuff"

"Alright well that seems to make sense…wait a minute. Did you say Reina Valentine? As in related to THE Vincent Valentine?!" Riku spazzed.

"Riks" Axel said placing his hand on Riku's shoulder. "We've already been over the whole Valentine relation situation. Just let it go man, let it go…" Axel paused to look up at a conveniently placed LCD clock on the wall. "Besides at this rate we're going at we're going to miss dinner!"

"Achoo!" Rei sneezed loudly. "I don't think I can go to dinner tonight guys, I think I might have picked up a cold" Rei turned around and was about to head back to the closet to change when he felt something or someone hold his shoulders. Turning around he looked straight into Riku's aquamarine eyes.

"Don't worry we'll bring you up some food and company…" he said softly. Riku studied the look on Rei's face. "No we won't bring Cloud and Leon. We might bring Sephiroth though" he said smiling. He watched as Rei sighed.

"No, I think I should tell Cloud and Leon. After all you guys are my friends here right? So I should be honest with you…all of you" he paused. "Thank you Riku," he continued "I know that I haven't explained anything but I'll answer to everything when we eat" Riku nodded.

"Hahahahahah!" Axel burst out laughing. He clutched his sides and a tear fell from his eye. "Oh. My. God. That was such a perfect movie moment! Where was my video camera when I need it?" Riku scoffed.

"Come on Spielberg, let's go get some food and friends" he said grabbing Axel's wrist and dragging him out of the room. Axel continued to giggle for a long time. Rei slowly closed the door after them. He left it unlocked as he made his way to the closet. Slowly he dressed into a skirt and tank top. Now he was Reina. Walking out of the closet she looked around her empty room. Her stomach was doing flips, she was so nervous at telling her 'friends' the truth. She walked over to the small vanity. Reaching down she picked up a small plastic picture frame from it. She stared at the picture of her brother blowing out the many candles on his birthday cake.

Vincent…she thought. I hope I'm doing the right thing by telling them so soon. She took in a quivering breath. What would you do? I wish you were here with me right now. But of course you have to lead a busy life off in the corporate world. So busy, can't even make time for me your only family…

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Riku and Axel entered the cafeteria quietly. The place was packed and it seemed like nobody had noticed their presence. Peering over the crowd the pair looked for the back table where they usually sat. Sure enough sitting there were Cloud, Leon, and Sephiroth. The strangest thing was that today Zack Fair sat with them as well.

Zack Fair was a junior like Sephiroth. He had jet black hair which was styled in a strange spiky way. Zack was well built and had a loud voice that was full of life. He was so loud in fact that his voice could carry across the whole cafeteria in the middle of the regular dinner rush.

"Crap…" Axel muttered under his breath as he sank back into the crowd. The fiery red head crossed his arms over his chest. Riku looked as his best friend.

"What?" he asked.

"We can't pull them away and tell them that Rei wants to see them all in his dorm if Zack is there. She hasn't even actually met the guy yet" Axel said he moved his hands on top of his head. "We have to think of something really clever and carefully planned out so that Sephiroth will catch on and save our hides"

"Hm…" they said in unison. Riku looked up. He noticed that the line for food wasn't that long. I did promise to bring up food didn't I? he asked himself as he made his way to the line. Axel quickly followed. They discussed quietly what they could do but nothing seemed like it would work. Axel sighed.

"Wow…we suck hardcore" he stated.

"Now don't say that" Aerith said smiling. "So boys what do you want?" she asked. Riku mentally smacked himself. Why didn't I think of it before? He thought back to what Aerith had said earlier today.

"Aerith we need your help!" Riku exclaimed. Aerith raised an eyebrow as she pulled out a tray with their usually meals on it.

"What? Care to explain guys?" she said as she started to pile things onto the red tray. I could feel Axel starring at me, confused about why I had told Aerith.

"See, we figured out what was going on about Rei!" Riku started to say.

"That's amazing! So quickly. So what is it?" she asked curiously.

"See he's actually a she if you catch my drift" Riku added "But the problem is that now she's a little sick and she wants to tell Cloud and Leon and Seph"

"I still don't understand what the problem is…" she said looking over at the back table where we usually sat. "Oh…" she said eyeing Zack with the group. "You can't say anything in front of Zack. Got it."

"Any ideas?" Axel inquired finally. Aerith closed her eyes and touched her check.

"Hm…." She said. She opened her eyes and blinked a few times. "Alright leave Zack to me, just get them out of here while I have him pre-occupied" she said.

"Thanks Aerith!" Axel and Riku said in unison. "By the way, can we have this stuff packed to take upstairs?" Riku asked. Aerith chuckled and pulled out a few plastic bags. Quickly she packaged everything that was on a plate and shoved it into the bags. She then proceeded to walk out from behind the counter. Grabbing our bags we moved over to a side to watch her work her magic. Aerith was making some hand gestures and talking to Zack. The tall boy was smiling and laughing, he nodded his head and then turned and waved goodbye to the guys at the table. Then he and Aerith left.

Rushing, Axel and Riku sprinted to the table. Crashing into the side and grunting in pain the duo took a moment to calm down. Taking a deep breath in Riku started.

"Guys, Rei isn't feeling well. So Axe and I were thinking that…we could ugh…all go up to his dorm and visit him" Riku said looking over the group. Cloud and Leon seemed to nod in agreement. Sephiroth on the other hand studied them carefully.

"Are you sure that Rei wants to bring all these people up to his dorm room?" the older silver haired teen said choosing his words carefully. Riku and Axel nodded vigorously.

"That's what he told us. He wants everyone to come and visit him for dinner and we could just hang out and talk" Axel said emphasizing the last word. Sephiroth nodded seeming to have caught on.

"Then let's go" he said standing up. And they were off, through the cafeteria and up the stairs. Sephiroth leading them on through the winding hallways of dorm rooms; and then they stopped in front of the white door of 130 Valentine Hall.

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Reina swallowed the two Advil pills. She could feel herself getting a fever, and a headache was coming on as well. It's probably all the stress…she thought to herself. She finished off the glass of water. She stepped out of her bathroom and went to go lie down on her double sized bed. Closing her eyes she tried to think of a peaceful memory which would calm her down. She was just about to fall into a light sleep when there was a knock at the door. She listened as the knob turned and the wooden door was pushed open.

"Hey Rei" she heard Riku call. "Axe and I are back. And we brought the others" She listened at the sound of Cloud going on about how cool this dorm was. The sound of them taking off their shoes and walking down the front hall. Moving slowly she pulled the comforter from the bed and wrapped herself up in it. She had just about opened her eyes when she caught a glimpse of Cloud's hair preceding him into the room. The gang looked around. Axel noticing the lump of comforter on the bed walked over and sat beside her.

"Hey Reina, feeling any better?" he asked stroking her hair. She groaned. She watched with her crimson eyes as everyone came to sit on her bed.

"Hey Rei-Rei, how are you feeling?" Cloud asked concerned.

"Could be better…" she mumbled into her pillow. She sighed. I should just get it over with now she thought. "Guys…" she started. "I have something to tell you.

"What is it Rei?" Cloud asked. Leon even looked a little interested now. "You know you can tell us anything. After all you're like a brother to us now"

"My name isn't Rei…" she sat up letting the comforter fall to reveal the slim fitting tank top. "It's Reina. Reina Valentine…" there was another pause. "And I'm a girl"

Cloud's eyes grew wide and Leon remained as apathetic as ever. But then Cloud just smiled and nodded.

"No big deal" he said. "I already have a sister, but having another one won't be so bad" he said shrugging it off.

"Wait…so you have a sister too?" Axel said surprised.

"Yeah, she's your age Axel. She goes to St. Lorelei d'Izlude" Cloud responded.

"Was there a specific reason you never told us this?" Axel asked.

"You never ask!" Cloud yelled irritated that he had to reiterate that point. He cleared his throat and calmed himself down. "Her name's Rikku and she's a little hyper. You'd probably like her Axel"

"Wait so nobody cares that I'm a girl?" Reina said. Looking around it seemed that everyone agreed on that point. "Well that makes me feel a whole lot better" she said.

"So…" Riku started. "We've got loads of food. A TV, at least 3 games systems, and a whole night…" He smirked mischievously.

"Ooo! I like that plan my friend" Axel said happily. Axel jumped off of the bed and ran over to the game console. "Now what to play…racer or shooter…racer or shooter…" he muttered comparing two games.

"Why don't we watch a movie?" Sephiroth suggested. Everyone turned to look at him. "Well we always play video games when we're together. I feel we should do something different for a change" he said walking over to a stack of DVDs that sat by the games. He searched through them quickly and chose one.

"Alright everyone get a seat before I put the movie on" he said like he was instructing three year olds.

"Oh!! I want popcorn!" Cloud whined. Leon sighed.

"Hey Reina, do you have any popcorn?" the brunette asked.

"Check the box beside the fridge, I should have some microwavable popcorn in there" she said making her way over to the couch.

"And do you have a microwave?" Leon asked looking around the room.

"Ugh…check inside the closet that's where I keep everything" she said settling herself with a pillow on the end of the couch. She watched as Leon found a bag of popcorn and stuck it inside the microwave. "There's a box of gummi bears and gummi worms down there too!" she said. "Pass those up and probably some Glosettes" She saw Axel scrunch up his face in her peripheral vision.

"Eww…Glosettes? Who actually eats those? I mean come on! Chocolate covered raisins? Gross. Just fucking gross" he ended.

"Oh shut up Axel" Leon said as he hand Reina the packet of Glosettes and passed the gummies down. By the time that Cloud's popcorn was ready they had already started playing the movie. Sephiroth had chosen a classic 'Interview with the Vampire'. The group watched in silence, for at least the first five minutes. But of course Axel couldn't take the quiet peaceful atmosphere. Talking loudly and giving his opinions on everything earned him not only a few death glares and threats but lots and lots of snacks being thrown at him.

"Oh that's it suckers. Bring it!" he yelled grabbing the gummi bear box from Riku. Axel started to pelt them all with the small multi coloured bears. Soon he was struck by a gummi worm to the forehead, then popcorn, and last but not least a glosette.

"Glossette?" he started to say maniacally. "Now this is war!" Soon the movie was forgotten and food was scattered all over the floor. The group was laughing hysterically as they picked pieces of food from their hair.

"Well we just completely ruined movie night" Riku stated picking a gummi worm out from his hair and popping it into his mouth. "This is entirely your fault Axel"

"I don't know guys. In my opinion tonight was perfect" Reina said smiling.

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You'd think this was the end wouldn't you? No it's not suckers you have to deal with more chapters of this fic. Bwahahaha. Anyway now time for apologies. Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I did try to edit my last chapter considering the typos and grammar errors. I wanted to get ahead on this story by writing two or three chapters so I wouldn't miss post deadlines but couldn't get that done. I'm also studying for my science exams. I don't have a semester-ed school but I've finished my science course early. And my average isn't that bad (-) Anyway yeah I already know a bit of what happens next chapter. And then the chapter after that is going to be a filler. But about what you won't know until it's posted. Anyway TTFN (Tata for now)

-KEC