A/N: sorry guys. My fictions apparently lose their formatting from the .doc file form when I upload them to these sites. Grr. Sorry for the inconvenience. On with the story!
A/N: So, my other stories are dragging. And I wanted to put something out short and sweet. This story is inspired by Nijunni's "First Impressions" on Deviant Art. I've also got a teaser up for a story on Fiction Press. But enough of the self-promotion.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. If I did, I would not have nearly as much college debt as I do.
Chapter 1: Explosive Beginnings
Demyx chewed idly on a strawberry Twizzler. "What'cha doin', Axel?"
Zexion looked up from his book for Axel's response.
"Science experiment." Axel carefully measured out some chemicals, and kept an eye on the Bunsen burner.
"I can see why you like fire so much, Axel. That flame is pretty."
"Demyx, to you anything that emits or reflects light is pretty," Axel stated passively, in his "science mode."
"Like they say, all that glitters is gold," Demyx leaned slightly against Zexion, who sighed.
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"Why aren't you walking home with Roxas?" Riku asked his short companion.
"He's staying after to make up a geometry test he flunked last week," Sora replied, liking a paintbrush sucker Demyx had given him earlier, turning his tongue purple. "Where are we going, anyway? You don't have practice today, do you?" Sora queried.
"No practice. We're going to find Axel. He filched my history notebook," Riku glanced into the various labs lining the upper hallway of the maths and sciences building.
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"There you are!" The pair walked into the lab where Axel, Demyx, and Zexion were hanging out.
Demyx pointed and laughed at Sora. "Ha! Now your mouth is gay!" Sora blushed a deep red.
"Demyx, don't tease the underclassman," Zexion spoke softly but sternly.
"Sorry, Sora," Demyx apologized whole heartedly.
"Don't worry about it," Riku looked at Sora who was starting to cheer up. "Axel, where's my notebook?"
"A bit busy at the moment, Mister Star Athelete," Axel said quietly, not diverting any of his attention. Riku raised an eyebrow and leaned against the cabinets lining the outer wall of the room. Sora started walking towards the group, but Riku stopped him, pulling him close. Sora blushed again lightly.
"Guys, what is Axel doing? Does Professor Vexen know he's…here…doing this?" Riku asked suspiciously.
"Oops," Axel said quietly and everyone (excepting Sora, who hadn't seen any of Axel's "mistakes" before) jumped. Molten chemicals spilled over from the flask and off the table, instantly burning through the wood floor completely. The room smelt with smoke and burnt plastic.
Yells could be heard from the room below. "What the!" yelled an adult's voice, and a younger voice screamed.
Sora stiffened. "That's Roxas!" he bolted out of the room.
Demyx looked at Zexion, "who?" they followed Sora and Riku out the room and down the stairs.
In the math classroom directly underneath the chemistry lab, a very shocked Roxas looked at the desk infront of him, which was collapsed upon itself from a burning molten blob that had burned through the ceiling of the room.
"Roxas! You okay?" Sora panted.
Roxas turned slowly to his half-brother. "Yeah." He stood up and backed away from the mess. Riku, Sora, Roxas, Mr. Xigbar (Roxas's math teacher,) Demyx and Zexion stared in shock.
"Never a dull moment with Axel," Zexion muttered.
"Cool!" Demyx gazed at the whole in the ceiling.
Axel ran into the room a moment later, looking around. "Nobody hurt?"
Roxas looked at him, "What the hell were you doing?"
"AXEL!" Professor Vexen's voice reverberated through the hole in the floor.
"Shit." Axel muttered.