21st Century G o d

Chapter 2

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Yuffie frowned as she stood in the lunch room in front of the bulletin board, pasting yet another one of their posters on the board. One arm taped the posters down while the other snugly kept the other papers from falling out of her grasp. This time the posters were talking about having an audition in a few days for a new guitarist to enter their band, anyone could enter, as long as they had talent.

As long as no one came in trying to be funny, then she'd have to sock one to 'em! Just like in American idol, ya' know? She laughed to herself.

After a few hours Yuffie had about every spot in the school taped down and, as she liked to call it 'yuffiefied'. The only place she could think of that she didn't hit yet was the Library. That's where all the nerds liked to chill after school. She looked to be in deep thought for a moment until her brain racked out the words," Jackpot!"

She scurried over to the library, stopping at the entrance to catch her breath. The library wasn't attached to the school, it was down the street, and boy did she hate running. It just made more work for her in the long run--"Whoa! Hey, gee, sorry about that!" She apologized as she almost ran into a group of girls. She sighed and ran her hand through her black strands of hair.

"Hey, gramps," Yuffie yelled as she entered through the library doors. The old man behind the counter glared at her, but she didn't seem to notice as she pranced around. "Time to get to work." She pulled out the roll of duck tape and grinned.

After hanging the posters up anywhere she seen fit, she decided to sit down and relax a little, maybe even start writing a new song. Marluxia had been bugging her about it all day anyway, she might as well start. "Hmm…how about this, no, no, that won't work." She held her head in her hands, grunting, and realizing she had no clue what she should write. No ideas came to her, and the sad thing was, the whole band was depending on her.

"I HATE THIS!" She screamed, her loud voice echoing throughout the whole library. Everyone turned to look at her. She put her hands over her mouth and inwardly cursed. She had a knack for doing things she didn't intend to do.

Once again she put her mind back to the song she was writing, and actually started to get a few lines down until a pair of cold hands rested upon her eyes, and she was about to scream until she heard a familiar voice. "Guess who?"

"…Demyx, get off of me!" She pried his hands off of her face, clearly annoyed by his little act.

"Oh don't think you'll get away that easily, little one." Demyx grinned and gave her a big hug from behind, squeezing her so tight she could barely breathe. It was obvious that he was trying to bug her.

"Ahhhh, are you done yet?!" She complained. But before she could say anymore her eyes caught a dark-haired male that looked creepily familiar on the other side of the room. He looked to be indulged in some kind of book, but she couldn't tell what it was. His one arm was holding the book open while the other was snug in his hoody pocket.

Demyx laughed and took a seat on the other side of the table. "What are you doing in here? Studying? I can't remember the last time you picked up a book." He joked, but stopped when he noticed her attention was somewhere else. "Hey! Are you listening to me? I'll give you a noogie…!"

She blinked, and the next thing she knew he was gone. She looked at where he sat for a long couple seconds until she turned back to face Demyx, shrugging off the fact of even seeing anyone there.

She shook her head, resting her head on her hand. "I'm writing our next song, everyone's been getting on my ass for it lately." She sighed and stared off into the distance. The boy she saw still haunted her mind. Who was he? That hair looked so familiar to her, but she couldn't quite point out where she saw him, unless…

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you why I came looking for you." Demyx realized, scratching his chin in disbelief.

That aroused her interest, but it was most likely nothing important, probably Marluxia babbling about something, which was futile in the first place. Yuffie did her own thing, and so did practically the rest of the band.

"Marluxia," she guessed right," wanted us all to meet up at Riku's house later tonight. It would have been at his place, but his sister was playing beer pong--and you know how Larxene gets when she's drunk."

Yuffie chuckled at that. Larxene was a beast, if anything on a daily basis, but when she was drunk--THAT was a different story altogether. Yuffie got drunk with her once, and she regretted it ever since.

"See you there!" He winked at her and shot his thumb up into the air, walking backwards until he was out the library doors.

"Ha-ha, yeah." She exhaled a breathe she didn't even knew she had. And for some reason she craved ice cream. Maybe if she was lucky and Marluxia was in a good mood, she could get him to get everyone ice cream. The sides of her lips curved slightly upward at the thought.

'Off to Marluxia's, errr, Riku's…maybe I should get some ice cream on the way…?' She pondered to herself as she picked up some papers and left.

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"Now THIS has got to be the best strawberry ice cream I have ever had," Yuffie said out loud, very content with herself at the moment. Nothing could ruin her perfect mood, not even Riku or Axel, or--she shuddered at the thought-- Demyx.

Even as she continued to walk to Riku's house, her mind kept drifting off to that boy. Was the guy she saw in the library the same one she saw playing guitar on the street? They looked the same, but you can easily mistake people for others. She just wanted to scream! This conversation in her mind was getting nowhere fast. But she had to admit he was amazing at guitar. Having someone like him in the band would be-- what was she thinking? He had to of been in some high class band by now with that skill.

"Riiiiiiiiiku, answer the freakin' door!" Yuffie wailed as she pounded her fists on the door, hitting it harder every time. This was the right house, right? Her question was soon answered.

The door finally opened and Yuffie almost fell forward, not expecting it to open so soon.

"About time," she mumbled to herself, throwing her shoes off into the wall and taking a seat on the comfy, homely couch.

"So what's up with this all-of-a-sudden meeting?" She inquired as she licked the last of her ice cream off and started to nibble at the cone.

Riku rolled his eyes as Yuffie chattered on, looking in the mirror to make sure his hair looked okay. His silver hair covered practically half his face, and his hair was a couple inches below his shoulders. He needed a trim, the whole gang agreed on that, but he refused saying stuff like "my hair is a prize worth keeping".

Axel pushed Yuffie and took her spot on the couch. He laid his head back and closed his eyes. She glared at him from her spot on the floor. If glaring could kill, he'd be ten feet under right now. But instead of doing anything, she just crossed her arms and stared the other way.

It was quiet for a few seconds, no one speaking, just staring at each other.

"Soooo, who wants pizza?" Demyx asked, breaking the ice. "Pinky, yeah, you? It's calling your name…just look at it!" He shoved the day old pizza into Marluxia's face.

He twitched, took the pizza, and slammed it in Demyx's face. Everyone just stared for a second, then erupted in laughter.

"FOOD FIGHT!" Screamed Yuffie as she tackled Axel to the ground, shoving a piece of pizza in his face and all in his hair. Even Riku took part, of course, only after Demyx and Marluxia ganged up on him, took some punch, and poured it on his head. Riku looked overly pissed, not like he wouldn't be, I mean, punch was dripping from his hair onto his clothes.

Food, drinks, the rest of Yuffie's ice cream, and whatever else could be found in the room was being thrown. Riku's living room went from clean to an utter mess in seconds.

"Whooo, that was refreshing." Demyx slicked his hair back, the juice or whatever was in it helped it stay back.

"Yeah! Now that's what I call FUN!" Yuffie nodded her head up and down like a bobble-head doll, quite happy with herself.

"…" Riku plopped down on the floor, his legs crossed, his eyes darted straight from the floor, to Yuffie, to his hair. He could feel the tangles already. His head tilted upwards, staring Marluxia down. He needed a brush. Badly.

"Oh, c'mon, Riku, it's just hair. You can always wash it out! Right, Axel?" He looked at her then Riku, trying his best not to laugh.

"You guys aren't helping!" She huffed and crossed her arms over her chest.

Everyone stayed quiet, expect for Riku who grunted.

"I got over you at last, but baby, I get the last laugh. Where you going, where you going? No one cares to know…" Yuffie jumped at the sound of her phone. She scrambled around the room looking for it, guessing she must have lost it in the food fight. She was Just about to scream until Axel poked her in the side, making her squeal. He had her phone. She tried to grab it, but he pulled it back.

"Grr…" She growled, about to throw a huge tantrum attack on Axel.

He rolled his eyes and threw it at her, knowing she would get mad, and Yuffie barely being able to catch it.

"Hello?" She answered, not sure of who it was, the number was restricted.

"Is this…Yuffie?" The voice was a male, she could tell that much.

"You bet cha'! Whose this?"

"Zexion…I'm calling about the interview for being a guitarist in the band--" But his cool, calm voice was cut off as Yuffie accidentally dropped the phone.

"Oh, shit! Hello? You still there, yeah sorry. What time do you want to schedule a meeting? Hmm, yeah, here call the other number on the poster, yeah, Marluxia…he can handle that for you." She nodded a few more times, said a few okays, and was just about to hang up.

"Thanks…Yuffie, right? I'll remember that." And he instantly hung up.

Her heart was beating fast in her chest at his last words, and for some reason she lost her breath. It couldn't of been what he said, it was so simple, something any guy would say to a girl.

"What a…weirdo. Well, guys, I guess we got a new guitarist!" She grinned, throwing her hands up in the air in excitement.

"And?" Riku asked, not seeing the point. He was probably still pissed off about his hair. For some reason that just made Yuffie all the happier.

"Oh, he'll be calling Pinky later for the details."

"Marluxia," he coughed. "Who came up with that nickname, anyway?"

"…Demyx!" Everyone pointed at him.

"Sure, sure, blame the blonde!" He stuck his tongue out at them. "Now, Pinky, as I was saying, this whole guitarist thing…maybe I should be the new singer…" Demyx started to ramble on until Axel threw his shoe at him.

"Shut up." He was getting annoyed already.

"Awe, but Axeeeeeellll--"

Marluxia shook his head, no one was every serious in this group.

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Yeaaaah, I have no idea what to say. Zexion will be making his first appearance next chapter, and might I say, I'm excited. :D

Him and Yuffie are so cute.

.melisuuh.OSNAPP.