By: Angelsoft
Author's Note:I do not own any of the KH characters. Disney and/or/whatever Square-Enix does. I only own poor excuses of minor (maybe major later on) characters.
PART ONE: The Stupidest Plan Ever and the Fading Child…
Beads of sweat slipped effortlessly down his forehead as he ran down the stone streets of Twilight Town, golden-brown hair defying gravity more than usually. He was late; no, scratch that. He was doomed. His friends had told him to set his alarm clock to nine-thirty a.m. sharp. But did he do so? No. He left the thought or rather, the instructions, in the dust and did his math homework (something that wasn't do till next Friday, according to his fellow peer/next-door-neighbor).
He'll kill me, he murmured in his mind. Who'd save him? His math homework? Yeah, right…
Frowning, he stopped at his destination: the Usual Spot, a place, which was to be unusual once, he stepped inside. Hayner would have him nailed to the wall whilst Olette fussed at him and Pence just sit there and watch. He rolled his eyes. Yep, those were his "friends". Taking a deep breath, he stepped in--.
"IT'S about time YOU got HERE!"
He winced, shoulders dropping, and braced himself. He knew what was to come.
An arm wrapped around his neck and before he knew it, he was in a headlock. Hayner snickered as he held the boy down before Olette rolled her eyes.
"Hayner, let Roxas go!"
"I was just about to enjoy myself, too," Hayner sighed. "You really ruin the fun of things, Olette."
She simply crossed her arms and awaited the release. Hayner shook his head, letting go of Roxas. Roxas shook his head and tried his best to regain his balance.
"So, what happened this time?"
Roxas nervously rubbed the back of his head and smiled.
"Well, you see—"
"I bet'cha he forgot about the plans," Pence slid in, reloading his camera. "He always does it."
Hayner smirked and nodded. Roxas waved his hands.
"No, it's not that-well, in a way, it was-"
"Just forget it."
Roxas nodded. "So, what were we doing again?"
At this, Hayner's smirk grew and gave the boy a friendly slap to the shoulder.
"That, my friend, is just what we were discussing."
"But do you think it's a good idea," Pence looked at Hayner nervously. "I mean, sure, Seifer's gone too far before and all, but I think we're the ones taking it to another level."
"Seifer's done the same thing to us before and he's gotten away with it. But that's not the main reason why I want to do this. No, no. Seifer made a big mistake when he broke that skateboard I saved so much money for."
"You didn't save any money for it," Olette interjected. "More than half of the money came from our pockets. But I do agree that Seifer went too far with that."
"Exactly."
"But," Roxas began as he sat at his usual spot at their place, "that wouldn't make it any better than what he did to us. I'm not saying that we shouldn't—Hey, wait a minute! What ARE we going to do to Seifer?"
"Oh, that's right," the tubby boy looked to Roxas, "you forgot. Well, Hayner thought we could glue his beanie hat to his head."
"Are you crazy?"
"Hey, I told you-Hayner's idea."
Roxas looked to his sandy-blond friend. "What made you come up with that?"
"He's always wearing it but every once and a while, he takes it off and lays on the left bench at the Sandlot. If we can somehow whisk the hat away, put glue in it, and lay back there, then it'll be mission complete."
"More like mission impossible," Pence cut in with a frown, "Have you any idea what would happen to us if the plan failed? We'd be trying to pick up what's left of the teeth in our mouths. Not to mention that Mr. Smiley would be seeing us quite often at the Clinic."
"Look, it's not that hard. If we succeed, we'll finally get back at Seifer and his crew for what they've done to us and then-"
"You'll wake up and realize you were dreaming. There's no way I'm going through with this!"
"Don't be such a coward, Pence."
Roxas sighed, closing his eyes. "Where's the person whose feet are suppose to be planted on the ground instead of floating on Cloud 9?"
"Who? Olette?" It was Pence's turn to sigh. "She did the smart thing: she went shopping."
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"Hayner, this is crazy!"
"After this, we're going to need the FBI and the CIA."
"Relax, you two! This is gonna be a piece of cake."
"You can't eat cake without TEETH!"
"Pence!"
Standing at the center of the Market Square, the bulletin board full of jobs, Roxas scratched the back of his head nervously. He was about to attempt the stupidest thing he'd ever agreed to. Hayner seemed more than enough confident but poor old Pence seemed like he'd seen a ghost. The look of worry on his face only made Roxas even more anxious. This was all Hayner's fault.
"Okay, now let's review before we do this," the spunky sand-blond nodded. "Pence?"
Pence, with a glowering face, began, "I start taking pictures of Fuu, whom I may say will KILL me, then Seifer and Rai, catching their attention."
"Roxas?"
Shaking his head in shame, Roxas frowned. "While Pence has captured their attention, I foolishly go to the bench, take the beanie, and apply the glue inside it with this-" The golden-brown haired boy groaned and showed the Sharpener Glue.
"Good."
"Hey, what're you going to be doing while we risk life and death to make sure your plan goes to action?"
"I'll be the lookout boy."
"Typical."
Hayner glared at Pence. "What was that?"
"Let's just get this over with," Roxas stepped in between the two. "Hey, isn't Olette joining in?"
Pence shrugged. "Nope. She hightailed it out of here when she learned we were really going through with it."
"She's the smart one."
"Like always…"
"Come on, guys! We've got to move it!"
Roxas and Pence rolled their eyes before following behind the boy. At the corner of his eyes, the image of a little boy appeared. Roxas stopped. From the cornflower colored hat, he could only assume that it was none other than Vivi. He frowned. Had Vivi heard their conversation?
The boy, normally timid and meek, stared at Roxas, golden eyes glimmering in a manner that seemed more intimidating than soothing. For a moment, he faded in and out, like an overly used light bulb. But as soon as Roxas shut and opened his eyes, Vivi was gone.
"Roxas, let's go!"
Looking back, at where Vivi stood, Roxas stared at the space for seemingly a while.
"Roxas, seriously, come on!"
Shaking his head, Roxas hurried up toward Pence and headed toward the sandlot.
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A/N:I haven't been typing for awhile (school and playing KH2). Not sure if I'll continue this one or not… Anyway, review if you want to…