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First time writing a fanfic ToT Hopefully it'll go well!

It wasn't in Kairi's agenda to dive straight into her death as she rode her skateboard on the metal railing that was near the university campus. It was something she had always done, and she could boastfully say that it was a piece of cake for her to glide on it with ease. However, she didn't expect a whizzing soccer ball-which magically came from somewhere behind the tall trees to the left-to hit its mark and slam right into the railing in the space in front of her, barely missing her by an inch.

"Shit!" she cursed, feeling the balance within her go array from the surprise. The railing vibrated slightly from the impact, but it was enough to get her shaky. Nearing the edge, she felt her whole body enter free-fall as her skateboard went somewhere not under her feet.

Is this how I'm going to plummet to my death? As she felt her blood rush underneath her in fright and fear-and her mind belittling her for not wearing a helmet too-she started to say silent prayers to those who she loved before she closed her eyes and accepted her fate.

"Dude, watch out!"

And before she knew it, she collided onto the ground painfully, or so she thought; for some reason, it didn't hurt as much as she thought it would, but it still hurt. Kairi felt something sharp dig onto her collarbone, bringing searing pain into it, while the wind was knocked out of her chest. The ground beneath her started to scrap against her elbows and knees as she rolled on it at high-speed.

Also, strangely enough, a very nice scent of faint cologne filled her sense of smell during this whole fiasco. Huh, that's weird.

And why am I still conscious?

"Sweet mother of moogles, are you two okay?" When her heart calmed down and returned to within her ribcage after falling out, she forced her eyes opened and tried not to cry from the pain on her knees and elbows. She was met with the sight of a jacket zipper right in front of her face and tried to push it away, but found herself restrained by something holding her down. Before she could voice out anything, her restraint was lifted, but that didn't stop her letting out a startled yelp when something moved underneath her. In a matter of moments, she felt someone help her up, allowing her to piece together what happened.

Deep ocean eyes clashed with her own purple-tinted ones.

-A few hours earlier-

"Kairi, I thought you were thrilled to escape the clutches of high school," Namine joked as she patted her luggage in satisfaction. It had taken forever to stuff everything. Kairi merely rolled her eyes in response and continued sitting on her own.

"Hell yeah, I'm thrilled to jump into a pile of college debt," she answered sarcastically. "It's going to be great."

"It's not that bad. Kind of," came the weak reply.

"That's right." After feeling that her clothes were already compressed enough, Kairi jumped off her suitcase and zipped it up, but not without difficulty of course. Her mother, Tifa, said it was not necessary to bring her entire closet, but Kairi was adamant on the fact that Twilight Town's fashion might not be the best cake in the world for her.

"Hurry it up, you two! The ferry's going to leave soon without you!" Kairi bit the bottom of her lip and took a last glance at her and Namine's room that they had shared together since birth and released a sigh.

"It's not like we're saying good bye to home forever, y'know," Namine assured, cocking her head to the side. "C'mon, Kairi." Kairi smiled.

"Alright."

Tifa and Cloud, her father, drove the two over to the port where there departure would take place. Kairi watched from the windows of the car the blurred streets of Destiny Island, etching the last scenery of it before she made her new home at Twilight Town. She wasn't sure if Twilight Town would fit her, but only time would tell. Namine, on the other hand, seemed quite on the edge and excited about the whole new experience.

"Make sure you guys don't party too hard at those college parties I've heard ill rumors about," Tifa said warningly, earning a snicker from both Kairi and Namine.

"Sure, Mom, sure." From the rearview mirror, the steely stare of their fathers shut both of them up; he always did have the talent of conveying his thoughts without words.

"No boys either," he added. The girls widened their eyes before frowning.

"Dad, we're in college now," Kairi exasperated, giving him the look with the rearview window. "I'm going to bring a hunk home when you least expect it." Tifa laughed while Cloud grumbled something about them "growing up too fast" before admitting defeat.

"Make sure you watch over her, Namine. You know your sister can get a bit wild." Kairi had to suppress a roll of her eyes; Namine wasn't any different from her either, but if her "non-wildness" brought assurance to her parents, then she would humor them too.

"Of course, Dad, of course." Yeah, right. Kairi shot her a knowing look, which Namine returned with a happy smile.

When the two set clambered onto the boat (but not without sharing tearful hugs and farewells with their parents), they waved goodbye until their parents were mere dots along the shore. Kairi leaned across the boat's railing and sighed, wondering if Twilight Town was going to be a good place for her to reside in for the next four years.

"Twilight University, sounds amazing," Namine sighed dreamily, blonde locks shifting lightly under the ocean breeze. Of course it would to her; she had been gushing about it ever since she was a freshman in high school, and it was a dream for her to attend it. Twilight University was a pretty hard college to get into. Kairi would never forget the way Namine stuffed herself in their room studying until her eyes bled for the entrance exam while Kairi took refuge on the couch for the entire week. Apparently, her presence was a disturbance, so the couch was her best friend for that week. A few months later in the spring, her home was filled with loud screeches of happiness once Namine got her acceptance letter.

As for Kairi, she wondered how the heck she got in in the first place. Filling out the application form and taking the test was a last-minute decision that didn't hurt to take. Of course, she did so with the mindset that there was a high probability she wasn't even going to make it. Maybe it was her extracurriculars-she was big on the whole sports and clubs ordeal, but she was definitely sure her academics were not the deciding factor. They weren't bad, but they weren't the best either-too average for Twilight University, she thought. Namine was gifted with the brains, but Kairi was gifted with the whole athletics type of thing. Polar opposite, they were, but it didn't stop them from getting along.

"I heard on the forums online that the guys were hot," Namine giggled. "It's time to shed the never-had-the-boyfriend-status and enjoy the element of love." Kairi couldn't wait to see her sister hook up with a guy. Even though she was wild, she was an innocent-wild; any guy who would get to her sister had to be a charmer.

"Already ambitious about the boy-hunt?" Kairi joked. Namine stuck her tongue out.

"You know it."

"Hm," Kairi fiddled with her gold watch-bracelet as a thought came to her, "I wonder if there are nice slopes at Twilight Town." Skateboarding was not the girliest thing in the world to do, but Kairi absolutely adored it. Feeling the wind in her face and hair tumbling in wild strands was part of her natural habit. Despite the small scars she adorned from her clumsy tumbles and falls, skateboarding was fun for her.

"Kairi, your skateboard brings me fear," Namine said, faking fear. This brought Kairi to laugh a little bit. "All those dangerous flips-oh God, the blood, the blood!"

"Hey, that was when I first started. Besides, when was the last time I even had a fall?" Namine took a moment to think before raising her eyebrows slightly.

"You do make a point. Just don't do it in front of me. It brings me anxiety, and I'm not even the one on the board!"

"Scaredy-cat."

"Anyways, I wonder if Twilight Town has nice art supplies."

"I'm sure they do, you art-loving weirdo."

The trip took a good three hours before the ferry docked at the one and only port of Twilight Town. It was a big place-a lot bigger than Destiny Island. And a lot more modernized too. Kairi patted her purse as she eyed the tall buildings, especially the gigantic mall that was visible from the port for travelers to clearly see.

"Oh, I'm going to have so much fun."

"You bet'cha," Namine laughed beside her, lugging her suitcase along with her as they stepped down from the boat. Before they knew it, the boat that had taken them from home shipped away for its next travel. Kairi hated to admit it, but she felt a pang of homesickness as she watched the boat shrink in the distance, but she shook the feeling off and followed Namine's lead.

"The heat is killing me," Namine muttered as she fumbled with her phone, configuring with the GPS setting on it. Kairi watched in amusement as her sister had a battle with her sense of direction-or, rather, lack of. "I didn't know summer in Twilight Town was this scorching."

"Not as bad as Destiny Islands, though."

"Touche." Sighing in frustration, Namine handed the phone over to Kairi. "You're better at this then me. Take it away, sis'." Kairi let out a tch before grinning and setting the address for Twilight University. Apparently, it was a few blocks away, and a taxi could've just whisked them away in no time, but no.

Namine just had to take this chance to sightsee.

"I like sightseeing too, Nami', but I'd rather do it when we don't have a bunch of luggage dragging on us," Kairi complained. Namine merely winked before happily skipping down the sidewalk with Kairi.

After two hours of walking, Kairi's legs were ready to collapse. She could visibly see that Namine was physically tired too, but her bubbly energy was preventing her from passing out and becoming a sizzling egg on the sidewalk. The GPS finally led them to this humongous area that Kairi had a hard time believing was the university, but when she saw the huge board with the words "Welcome to the Home of the Moogles" scrawled on it in the front with "Twilight University" underneath, she realized it wasn't a delusion.

"Holy crap," Kairi let out in amazement, eyes scanning the large campus. Their grass was so green that it looked fake, like the ones in the football fields. The clock tower in the center was beautifully constructed as it sat in the middle to guide those who would be lost in the large campus. The university building itself was something that looked like some sort of wizard school she saw in movies a lot.

Over at the side, Kairi could see Namine and her amazement spilling out of her body as her eyes took in everything in delight.

"Gosh, Kairi, it's beautiful, I can cry rivers of joy."

"Save it after we finally get rid of our suitcases, please." It didn't take too long for them to get settled into their dorms. Unfortunately, the two did not share a room, but the fates wouldn't let them be too far apart; their rooms were just a floor apart from each other. When Kairi entered her dorm, she was slightly taken aback from the slight disorder in it, as if her roommate was in a rush, but it wasn't that bad. Looking around, her roommate was nowhere in sight.

"Guess I'll say hi later." Ridding herself of her luggage, she took out a few things before deciding to unpack the rest later during the night when she wasn't too tired. She changed into a fresh clothing-the smell of the ocean sea-salt stuck on her a little bit too much-which was just a simple rose-pink romper Namine had bought for her last year. Taking out her skateboard during the process, Kairi checked herself out in the mirror and scratched her head in hesitation.

Clothing like this was a little bit too girly for her (only Namine was capable of getting her these type of clothes), but it didn't mean she didn't like wearing them. It also wasn't the perfect attire to skateboard in, but it was way too hot outside. Kairi also hesitated whether or not she needed to wear protective gear, but decided against it.

Exactly when was the last time she fell? She laughed to herself. Not going to happen anytime soon.

She had a lot of time to kill, and what better way to spend it then to explore and discover new places to skateboard? Namine could wait. Kairi could already imagine her sister just decorating the hell out of her room and personalizing it to her tastes.

"Wonder how her roommate would feel about it." Although, she didn't have to worry that much; Namine always did have a talent in art.

Once Kairi stepped foot off the campus, she set her skateboard down and embarked onto her adventure in exploring the town. Highly populated and popular, Twilight Town was a place she always saw featured on TV, since all the big events were held in it: movie shootings, premieres, concerts, all the big things and so forth. Kairi low-key wondered if she would ever stumble across some big-shot celebrity and maybe even get a picture.

Entering a smooth street, she basked in the wind, relishing the feeling of the cool yet humid breeze against her body. Compared to the heat in Destiny Island, the temperature here wasn't too bad. However, she had to admit, the smooth streets of Twilight Town were amazing. She could get used to this.

She did a three-sixty flip before her eyes landed on a sweet metal railing. A fond memory of her fearing for her life when she first skidded down one flashed through her mind, emitting a laugh from her. It was scary indeed, but it wasn't scary anymore once she got the hang of it. From the looks of it, the metal railing didn't look too steep either. Kairi went ahead and jumped onto it, heart thumping in exhilarating excitement.

When was the last time I even had a fall? her question echoed in her mind as she found herself freefalling the next second right after she took on the railing.

Now, she ironically thought before plummeting to her death.

"Dude, watch out!" Before she knew it, her body painfully collided against someone else's with skateboard flying somewhere else. Pain coursed through her body as her bare skin scrapped across the cement.

"Sweet mother of moogles, are you two okay?" She heard a small groan from beneath her before someone helped her stand up. She grimaced when she saw the small trickle of blood run down her knees. What a great day to wear a romper.

"I'm alrigh-shit." She looked down to see a boy now sitting on the ground and clutching his wrist in pain. The first thing that struck her mind was how spiky his hair was, but it wasn't bad looking at all. Rather, it looked surprisingly attractive. The next thing she took note of was the silver crown necklace around his neck, and she felt the pain at her collarbone. One of the sharp edges the crown must've dug into her skin. His attire that consisted of a black and red jacket with black skinny jeans would've looked good too if not for the new holes adorning the kneecaps of his pants and dirt smeared on his jacket.

Lastly, the shocking blue eyes that locked with hers was what made her question if any eyes could be blue and deep like his.

"That looks like it hurts," a masculine voice said behind her. She quickly stood her own ground and turned to thank whoever helped her. His hair was something that also kind of freaked her out. Who went with the long and silver look nowadays? But it suited him.

"No shit," the boy on the ground spat before standing up and dusting himself with his left hand which was not injured. Kairi looked at his appearance and began to apologize profusely.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry," she blabbered. "Are you okay? You're not hurt anywhere, are y-who am I kidding, that looks very painful and-"

"It's alright," the boy cut in, not giving her another glance as he felt around his wrist. "If anything, you should look at yourself." The silver-haired boy went over to the side for some reason before returning with the two halves of her skateboard in both his hands.

"Is this yours?" he asked meekly. Kairi paled at the sight and went to tend her to her baby, forgetting all about her injury as she took it within her hands.

"You've got to be kidding me," she said devastatingly. It was late grandmother's gift for her birthday a few years back, and now it was just destroyed.

"I think a car accidentally ran over it," the silver-haired boy said, offering an explanation, but that, of course, didn't make it any better. "It was crazy. It went swoop and-"

"Drop it," the spiky-haired boy said. You're not making it any better." Damn right, he isn't. He looked over at Kairi and her bleeding knees and elbows before sighing. "Worry about that thing later, you're literally bleeding on the streets."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

"This isn't just a thing," Kairi argued, not liking how insignificant he made her skateboard seem. She was very unnerved when he simply just stared at her, as if he was trying to figure something out. She wondered if she looked weird or something for him to look at her intently before he snapped out of it and frowned slightly. He turned towards the silver-haired boy and jerked a thumb towards a direction down the street.

"Hey, don't you have a first-aid kit in your car?"

"You know I'm not that handy."

"Right. Why did I even ask?"

"Hey, what's that suppose to mean?"

"You go to Twilight University?" Kairi widened her eyes. And how the heck did he know that? She observed him as he looked at a particular direction on the ground. She followed his line of sight and chuckled awkwardly-her school ID was just laying there on the street after slipping out of her pocket. She hurriedly bent down to pick it up while the spiky-haired boy tried to do something with his wrist, only to hiss in pain. This only made Kairi feel guiltier.

Namine was so going to kill her later and forever nag her whenever she goes out boarding now.

"Let me grab the car," the silver-haired boy said before disappearing. Kairi bit the bottom of her lip as she finally took note of the stinging pain of her knees and elbows. If only that stupid soccer ball didn't just shoot out from nowhere... Sighing, she looked at her broken skateboard before turning back to look at spiky-haired boy. His wrist was starting to turn a very nasty purple.

"Sorry," she tried again. Even if he did kind of diss her skateboard, that didn't stop her from feeling extremely bad for hurting someone in her accident. "I'll pay for hospital expenses, although it might take a long time since-"

"Forget it, it's fine," he cut in once more. She wasn't sure if he was just being forgiving or whatnot, but it kind of gave her a sense of relief; her budget wasn't the brightest thing to look at right now. His eyes kept fleetingly darting between her knees and the ground before sighing. Fishing out a handkerchief from his jeans, he took it out and handed it to her. "People are looking at you." Kairi looked around. Indeed, people were questioning why there was a girl standing there all bloodied with two halves of a skateboard in her hand. Embarrassed, she settled her skateboard down and sat on one of the steps of the stair.

"It's okay. I don't want it to get stained."

"That's the last thing you should be worrying about right now." Though his tone was quite biting and condescending-and she hated it when people talked to her like that-he was right. Taking his handkerchief, she winced as she dabbed at her injuries and hoped it wouldn't scar.

"Hop on!" The silver-haired boy arrived by the sidewalks with windows rolled down. "You too!" Kairi, dumbstruck, pointed at herself, which he nodded to in response. "You're going to make us feel like assholes if we just left you bleeding there. We'll take you to wherever you need to be." Kairi pursed her lips; it was a long way back to the university. Taking his offer, she wobbly stood up and trudged towards the very new-looking, black car with broken skateboard in her hands. The spiky-haired boy followed close behind.

"Mind going to Twilight University?" she asked.

"Oh, we go there t-"

"Hey, you do know I was just testing you earlier, right?" the spiky-haired boy said jokingly to the silver-haired boy, unintentionally cutting him off. Kairi didn't think he could sound like that, considering how he spoke to her. Then again, she barely even knew the guy.

"What?" As Kairi took a seat in the back, the spiky-haired boy bent down and opened the compartment of the car in front of the passenger seat and, much to the silver-haired boy's astonishment, took out a first-aid kit.

"I knew putting this in your car would come in handy one day," he commented before shutting the passenger door. The silver-haired boy looked frantically between his compartment and the spiky-haired boy.

"And when the hell did you put that in my car?"

"The things you don't notice, my friend." The spiky-haired boy opened the door to the back and slid in right next to Kairi, startling her a bit, before he began work. The silver-haired boy muttered something about how his car suddenly didn't feel like his anymore before setting off towards the university. Kairi looked out the window as the spiky-haired boy sprayed his wrist with a pain relief spray before wrapping it up with white bandages. Looking at the barely-visible reflection of him off the window she was facing, she was quite impressed at how he was able to do that one-handedly.

She narrowed his eyes slightly when she turned around and saw what was in his hand next.

"What are you doing?" Kairi asked dubiously, eyeing the disinfectant spray in his hand. He cocked an eyebrow. He didn't even bother answer her as he shook it, knowing fully well that she knew what he was going to do next. "I think I can do it myself." She remembered how her mother had sprayed the horrid stuff on her mercilessly when she was young, not caring how much it hurt her.

"You'll probably spray it in your face, if anything," he replied, signaling towards her elbows. "Don't make this difficult." Sighing, she surrendered.

"Don't get that stuff in my car," the silver-haired boy warned as he drove along the streets. "I hate that smell."

"I know this isn't perfume-hell, if it was, that wouldn't be too good-but it's better smelling than that weird cologne of yours. What was it, Sunshine Reincarnation?" Kairi suppressed her laughter. What kind of cologne brand was that?

"As long as the ladies dig it, it doesn't matter."

"Whatever keeps you asleep at night." The spiky-haired boy gave the spray a final shake before he aimed it at her elbow, facing it away from her face. His first spray was simple and short, but that was enough to make Kairi yelp in pain. He paid no attention to her complaints and continued disinfecting her injuries before slapping on a couple of bandages on it.

"Thanks," she muttered weakly, patting her bandages to make them feel more comfortable. He let out a "mhm" in response and shut the first-aid kit closed.

"You go ahead and take that with you," the silver-haired boy said.

"Why not in your ca-"

"I'll put my own first-aid kit, mind you." The spiky-haired boy chuckled slightly in amusement.

"Alrighty then."

Once they had arrived in the front of the university, Kairi eagerly exited out the car. She was not comfortable with the fact that she had ridden in a car with two complete strangers. The earlier they left, the more at ease she would feel.

Yes, her stranger danger alert rang loudly, and it needed to be turned off.

"Thanks for the ride," she said hurriedly. The silver-haired boy flashed her a peace sign.

"Anytime for a cute girl like you." Oh God. Kairi laughed nervously. It was okay; it wasn't like it was the first time it happened, but it was definitely the last time she was going to see these two anymore. "Kind of feel bad about your skateboard. I actually know a place, do you want to-"

"No, no, it's okay," she interrupted suddenly, wanting to skedaddle the hell out of their presence. "I'll take care of it on my own. Sorry for the trouble," she glanced at spiky-haired boy through the rolled-down window. He was too busy looking at his phone to acknowledge what she was saying. Rude. "Well, see you."

"Alright. Be careful next time!"

"Will do." Kairi waved good bye to the silver-haired guy as he backed up and zoomed on the streets and out of her sight. Releasing a breath she didn't know she was holding, she took one last look at her skateboard and sighed.

"Namine's going to kill me." Raising her eyebrows, she realized that she was still holding on to the spiky-haired boy's handkerchief when she felt inside the pockets of her romper. "Shit." Taking it out, she examined the bloody mess on it and sighed. "It's a nice one too." It was a light-red plaited handkerchief, and on the bottom were the initials S.H. adorned in the corner. "Must be his name." Giving it one last look, she shrugged to herself and stuffed it back into her pocket.

"Not like I'm going to see him again."

"What the fuck, Kairi?" Kairi looked up, only to meet the horror-stricken face of Namine's. Kairi laughed nervously.

"What's up, Namine?"

Chapter 1! I'm new to this whole thing, so reviews/advice/criticism are highly appreciated! I just love this shipping 3 pls no flames my poor writing heart probably won't be able to take it /3 Hope this was okay!