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It's Just One of those Days…
Morning!!
The day started out just like any other in Twilight Town. People were rising up bright and early and were heading for town. The newscast reported clear skies today and even a rumor about a meteor shower later that night. Yup, it was gonna be a nice day…
..That is... if only Olette would loosen up on the homework factor. "Come on you guys, be serious for once!" Olette urged. "Oh, please, for just one day can we please enjoy our break time with you not jumping down our throats about homework. I mean for Pete's sake, Olette, can you please lighten up?!?!" Hayner spat back, his face swelling up with rage in the morning light.
"Oh Man! Can we please not have this argument so early in the morning! I haven't even finished my breakfast yet." Piped up Pence, starting to feel a bit irritated himself. sigh Here we go again. Roxas thought to himself. It's just barely past 9:00 in the morning and already they're bugging the neighbors with their bickering. He thought as he heard the almost inaudible yells from the nearby townsfolk, telling them to kindly 'shut up'.
Roxas sighed again and continued listening to Hayner and Olette's "lively" conversation, while slowly drifting back to sleep when a sudden shriek broke up the argument.
"HEY..! GET BACK HERE… YOU!! HEY!! HAYNER, PENCE, OLETTE, ROXAS!!!!!! IF YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME…GET YOUR LAZY BUTTS OUT HERE BEFORE I HAVE TO DRAG YOU OUT AND PULL YOU BY THE EARS!!!!!" exclaimed a very familiar voice.
They all sat quiet for a moment and thought when … DING they remembered who the voice belonged to. "It's…" they all began at the same time when charging through the door came, CRASH Namine.
"Oh, hey Namine! Long time no…" Olette began but was quickly cut off by Namine. "Look, this is an emergency, no time for catching up; I really need your guys' help…" she sped off until silenced by Roxas, now fully awake. "Okay, okay. What's up?" he asked thoughtfully. "Alright then, here's what happened…"
"I was up early this morning to do some sketching in my 'Memories' sketchbook when I decided to take a shower. Axel then dropped by just as I was getting up to go to the bathroom, complaining to me that he was bored and asked I would hang out with him today." Namine explained, looking extremely annoyed. "So, what did you say to him?" Olette questioned, eyes gleaming. "Tch. I was really annoyed that he wouldn't let me through to take my shower so I yelled at him and told him to go bother someone else." Namine answered in a strained tone.
"So what happened after you showered?" Pence asked, still munching on the last of his breakfast burrito. "Well," Namine frowned, "he was gone by the time I came out except for one tiny thing that he just had to take.""AND JUST WHAT DID HE TAKE EXACTLY???" the three friends asked now growing tiresome of the story. "WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT HE RAN OFF WITH MY 'MEMORIES' SKETCHBOOK AND THAT'S WHY I WAS RUNNING DOWN YOUR ALLEY TO BEGIN WITH!!! IT'S BECAUSE I WAS BUSY CHASING AXEL!!! NOW WILL YOU HELP ME OR NOT?!?!?" BOOMED Namine now completely losing what self composure she had left. She broke down in tears.
Olette instinctively began patting her on the back, trying desperately to calm her down. Hayner and Pence sat with worried looks on their faces while Roxas just stared, white faced and silent. "Namine," Roxas breathed his tone stealthy, his face emotionless, "please don't tell me he stole thatsketchbook." Namine quieted down at this and responded just as quietly, "Yes, I'm afraid it was."
"OH CRAP, IF AXEL HASTHAT SKETCHBOOK IN HIS HANDS, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE HE'LL MAKE IF MAKES ANY 'tweaks' TO ANY OF YOUR OTHER DRAWINGS IN THERE!!!" Roxas set off now fully aware of the situation they were in and there was only one word for it:
Trouble.
The problem with that sketchbook of Namine's is that it is the key to hermanipulating of Sora's memories. And Roxas now understood that with the sketchbook in Axel's hands, it could cause great chaos for Sora.
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After making clear the seriousness of the crime, all that was left now was to head out and find Axel. "So, where did you last see him running?" the troop of four asked tentatively. "Simple," Namine answered, a smile of pure irritation spreading across her face "I was chasing him down this alley before I somehow came crashing through your door. Last I saw of him was the tail of his coat disappearing around the corner as he flew down the stairs for the sandlot."
Within seconds the group had too, flown down the stairs to find themselves in the sandlot and Axel, leisurely flipping the pages of what was Sora's second memory holder, a devious grin plastered across his face.
"Axel…" Namine's voice spoke softly, although her expression had turned hard along with her features. She stood with her fists clenched tightly, her stance unwavering, and her anger now truly starting to boil over and showing on her reddening face. "AXEL!!" she shrieked again, her tone filled with rage.
Axel jerked his head up and slowly scanned the scene for the one who had called his name. He came to find that his old friend Roxas was there with his other friends, and what's this? Namine too? He snickered when his eyes met Namine's and she growled softly.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Namine and her four goons! How fun this'll be!!" Axel cackled playfully. Namine would've throttled him if it weren't for Roxas stepping in front of her. "Maybe for you, Axel, but for Namine this is no laughing matter." Axel abruptly stopped cackling at the sight of Roxas defending her. A feeling of irritancy quickly replaced his feeling of playfulness, how dare he defend her.
"So then what do you want?" asked Axel. Roxas took a deep breath and spoke, "That sketchbook that you have, it's Namine's, isn't it?" Axel bit back his anger and returned himself to a more collected state. "What about?" he asked innocently. "You know that that notebook contains drawings of Sora's memories. If you mess up anything in it, something life altering could happen, so please, just return it to Namine." Roxas replied, hoping against hope that this would work.
Axel thought of Roxas' reply. Hmm… what should I do? Wait, I just might be able to use this notebook to have some real fun today. He thought. In an instant, his devious grin returned, complete with a malevolent look in his eyes. "Alright then, if you want the notebook back, then you're just gonna have to take it back!!" he cackled once again. Then he opened a pathway and disappeared.
"Oh no, after him!!" Roxas yelled. The group ran in an attempt to catch Axel's portal but were immediately halted by the next worsething. Seifer and his gang.
"Oh no you don't," Seifer snickered, "you punks aren't going nowhere until you get past me!" Fuu, Rai, and even Vivi, were all there with clubs in their hands and ready to fight. With no other way around it, Roxas and company, too, took up clubs and fought, for a very, veery, veeery, long time…
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If one thing was for sure, Roxas' team had one but on the downside, Axel's portal had already disappeared.
"Great, now whadda' we do?" Hayner groaned. "We should chase after him, right?" Pence asked uncertainly. "But how are we supposed to go after him?" Olette whined. Namine and Roxas sat in silence. C'mon Roxas, think. There's gotta be something we can do. But Olette's right. How do we chase him if we don't have a gummi ship? Roxas thought to himself shen suddenly Namine stood up.
"I'm going," she said simply. The other three stared at her in wonder. How the hell was she gonna do that? They all thought. "Namine, how exactly do you plan on going after him?" Roxas asked timidly. "Simple," she answered boldly, "I'm a witch, remember? I can just open a path like that butt face Axel did and go."
So she walked over to the spot Axel had last opened his portal and opened one of her own. "Well, are you coming or not?" Namine asked irritably, "Sora's memory is my responsibility and no matter what, I have to take care of it and get it back." She said hastily before disappearing into the portal of darkness. Hayner, Pence, and Olette followed in suit. Roxas hesitated a bit before forcing himself to charge in after them. Before he got through, he took a quick glance at his watch, 12:00 noon already huh. He thought as he took one more look at the sky that was Twilight Town's. The sun was now fully out in the sky and shining, which meant only one thing: noon.
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Note: Hello everyone! This is my first fanfic, so please send in reviews. I'd like to know if my story was any good. And thank you very much for reading the first chapter of "It's Just One of those Days..." I'll upload the next chapter as soon as possible, so please stay tuned.