This is guaranteed to be my longest fanfiction ever. It has so many intricate twists and turns you shall be lost… Ok… I might be exaggerating. This still stands as my most original and intricate idea. I would like to dedicate this to my friends. Some characters are OOC. I'm sorry.

DISCLAIMER: IF I OWNED KINGDOM HEARTS, WOULD I BE WRITING A FANFICTION? NO, I WOULD MAKE A GAME.

Chapter One: A Little Too Late

A hot sun shined brightly over Twilight Town. It promised an equally hot day, which made beach-goers swarm at the train station. At this late hour, the sunbeams finally woke a sleeping blonde. A single blue eye opened, glaring at the window. He groaned as he shut that eye, and once again tried to sleep. A quick glance at the clock, then he rested his head…

"SHIT!" That one glance at the clock was more than enough to make him get out of bed.

"I'm gonna be late! Hayner's gonna kill me!" His friend, Hayner, had that the gang would go to the beach today. He had it planned down to the minute, and after the month of waiting, the day was finally here. Being late was not an option for Roxas. He turned on the shower, and stripped down. Then he lost all his troubles in the hot steam.

Far away, at the train station, Hayner waited. Pence and Olette had called. They'd be here soon. Well, Pence called. He was with Olette. She was shopping for a bathing suit.

You think she would have done this sooner. Hayner was not happy. They would be late, and then they could never go to the beach. As Pence and Olette came into view, Hayner thought angrily, you better not be late Roxas.

Roxas's shower had just ended. He was now throwing on his clothes.

Just because I'm rushing, doesn't mean my clothes don't have to match. Roxas cared about what he wore. He had a reputation to uphold.

I'm in the mood for a bagel. Little did he know, the toaster was broken. He shoved the bagel in and got some orange juice. The toaster popped. The bagel wasn't toasted. Roxas turned up the setting and put it in again. It popped. The toaster was still broken, so the bagel still wasn't toasted. Roxas sighed, and then glanced at the clock.

"I'm late!!!"

Hayner stood in his 'I'm-very-pissed' stance. He watched the train slowly chug away. Hayner saw Roxas running over the horizon. He looked like a train wreck. Roxas's clothes somehow ended up backwards, there was butter in his hair, and half a bagel stuck to his shirt.

"Am I late?" He looked like someone said Christmas was canceled.

"Yeah, you are." Hayner glared.

"SHIT! The shower, then the bagel, and the toaster! That fucking toaster!" Roxas was fuming at himself, and it crossed his mind to blow up the toaster.

"Are you angry?" The voice was small and pathetic, certainly not the Roxas that Hayner knew. His big blue eyes would have been enough for forgiveness, key words being 'would have.'

"Angry? No. I'm not angry." Roxas looked relieved.

"I'M FURIOUS!" Roxas made an 'uh-oh' face.

"I planned this for a month Roxas. A month!" Roxas bit his lip.

"I'm sorry…" His voice was small and pathetic again.

"That won't cut it this time Roxas." Hayner had planned this for a long time, and forgiveness wasn't going to happen.

"I can't forgive you Roxas. You obviously didn't care enough to be on time. If you were on time it would be different. But you weren't, and it isn't, and I'm going home. Thanks for wrecking my last day of summer vacation." Olette spoke next.

"I spent all morning trying to find a bathing suit. I got all ready to go, clothes, food, money, everything. You just had to ruin it" Pence finished it.

"I can't believe you. A month Roxas, a month! You know what, just leave me alone. I can't stand to look at you."

Roxas's blue eyes almost started to cry, but they didn't. He pretended to be angry, but he couldn't hide his sadness after he turned around. A single tear fell as he ran towards his house. Though it was only one tear, Seifer saw it as it hit the sand, and took advantage.

"Hey baby! What are you crying for?" Roxas didn't stop, or at least, not until he was tripped by Fuujin. Then he was grabbed by Raijin, held up, and made to face Seifer.

"It's none of your business."

"I'm making it my business." His smirk faded as Roxas glared up through his tears.

"Thrash 'im." The next few minutes were a blur as Roxas only felt pain. This wasn't Struggle. There was no fighting back, and anything goes. Roxas just gave in, and let himself be beaten. A black eye and a bloody lip later, Roxas limped home.

"Fucking Toaster!" Roxas then proceeded to beat the gears out of the toaster with a baseball bat.

"Roxas! What are you doing?!" Roxas's mom decided to walk in at that exact moment.

"This toaster ruined my day"

"I don't care. You're grounded." Great! That was all Roxas needed. He walked upstairs, slammed his door, and started to break things.

Hayner was sitting in his room.

Damn Roxas! Hayner sat fuming. With each thought, the room became hotter. He only wanted to go to the beach. He planned a month ahead! Hayner never planned things a minute ahead. This was important, and now they couldn't go. Damn Roxas, damn him. Yet, no matter how angry he got, he couldn't hold on to it. He had a crush on Roxas, but he never said a word. They were both guys. It wasn't right. Roxas liked girls anyway.

There's no proof of that.

True, but there's nothing to disprove it either, so he was sunk. So he held on to his anger. Roxas's big blue eyes wouldn't get him out of this one.

Pence and Olette were walking down the road.

"I hate Roxas! I dedicated an entire morning to the beach and now we can't go! I hate him!" Pence just listened and occasionally agreed as she went on her rant.

"You saw how much time and planning was put into this. He's a bastard!"

And she's off. Pence just sighed.

Roxas stared out his window.

I gotta go somewhere, just to get rid of this anger. I know! The Club!

And with that, he was off.