Ruby Bara, living as her older brother's slave most of her life, had never even thought to disobey her brothers' orders until three new kids moved into the middle of town. Now her world is turned upside down with the arrival of Cloud, Roxas, and Sora Hikaru. pairings are: Sora and Riku, Roxas and Axel, Cloud and Leon, Ruby and Cid.

Disclaimer: As much as I hate to say this, I do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy characters. The only character I claim is Ruby.

Attention: Italics are Ruby's thoughts, normal quotations with normal typing is what someone is saying, and this fic contains slash. If you don't like slash, this isn't the story for you.

"Ruby, get your but outta bed. Your loving brother needs you."

Yay. Another year come and gone and I'm still putting up with my brother's crap. God, my life sucks. These are always my first thoughts on the first day of school, and frankly I'm tired of thinking them. So grumbling in annoyance, I open my eyes to see my brother, Kadaj, in my room waiting for me to get up.

"What do you want Kadaj?"

"My clothes. Where did you put em?" Great, first thing in the morning on the first day of school and already Kadaj can't find his clothes. Well...at least he's wearing pajamas this time.

"They're on top of my dresser. Where else would they be?" I said as stood up, stretching. 'Oh, grab Xehanort's and Sephiroth's clothes while your over there, please. Cuz, I need to get ready for school."

"Sure, as long as you join the heartless."

Oh joy, trying to recruit me again. I can't understand why they won't believe me when I say that I don't want to join their stupid gang. "No brother, I will never join the Heartless or the Nobodies. Please stop asking."

"Fine." After watching him leave, I went over and grabbed the other two sets of clothing on my dresser and went down the hall to Seph's room.

"Seph? Are you up? I brought your clothes." No answer. Leaving his clothes in front of his door, I went across the hall to Xehanort's room.

"Xehanort, are you awake? I have your clothes."

"Just leave them in front of my door and go away," was the angry reply. He must have just woken up. I left them there and went to my room and started getting ready for school. After taking a shower, getting my school stuff together, and putting on the outfit I picked last night; I went downstairs to get breakfast made. Pulling out a box of Trix, I started to eat a few as I made my brothers breakfast. One by one, my brothers entered the kitchen with lots of yawning and snatched a bowl for the counter.

"Ruby, you can have a banana or an apple," came Seph's tired voice. Lovely, I actually get to choose my breakfast today. I reached out for an apple, knowing that it had better nutrients and would help me stay awake during school. After we finished our respective breakfasts, we grabbed our stuff and piled in to Sephiroth's car.

"So, who's excited about seeing their friends today?" Seph sounded really tired. "Well, seeing as how you all saw your friends over the summer, I figure that nobody would be that excited about seeing them," Wow, I've never used that much dryness in my tone before. "Well, how about you Ruby? Are you excited to see your friends?" Slight snickering came from Kadaj. "As a matter of fact brother, I don't have any friends. Thanks to you guys and your stupid gangs." I shot angry glares at Kadaj while I replied to Seph's question. Xehanort started to fume from what I had said and I could see it. Oh well, I've made him angrier than this before. I didn't get my punishment for spouting off though, because we had just pulled up at the school. I hopped out with Kadaj and Xehanort while Sephiroth went to go park his car in the heartless section.

I ran to the office got my Id, that stated I was a neutral, and my schedule from the secretary. I hated Hollow Bastion High. I hated being surrounded by Nobodies that wanted to kill me for being related to the three top leaders of the heartless. I also hated being surrounded by Heartless that wanted to kill me for not joining the gang like my brothers said I would. I wanted to go to Radiant Garden High with all the other neutrals, perhaps then I could make some friends. For now, I was stuck here. Little did I know that my life was about to change starting with the three new kids in my first block class.

So theres the first chapter of Ruby's Surprise. Please review. I love reading reviews. Next chapter should be up sometime on Monday or Tuesday. Love you all,

Tiger Slave