(1) Caught
Roxas was on his favorite rooftop in the abandoned Suburbs of Twilight Town, watching the sunset in the distance, when he felt something. It wasn't a big something, more like a tingling, a twitch in his sixth sense, or a disturbance in the Force, something weird. He sighed, standing against a sudden gust of wind that whooshed and jerked through his hair. Roxas knew this feeling. It was the silver creatures that came around the Suburbs during the night.
Sure enough, when he looked down, one was right below him, in the road, its head swinging back and forth in search of something (probably Roxas), and its zipper clanking against its humongous freaking mouth.
Jumping down, Roxas sliced with his newly formed Keyblade and caught the monster in the zippered mouth, ripping down its body until it exploded in his face. Munny and jewels rained down, one red gem hitting Roxas in the back of the head and sending him to the cobblestones.
"Ow. What a butt. It aimed that... I'm sure of it." Roxas kept grumbling even after picking up his rewards, heading through the winding, cramped streets to his home in Twilight Town's residential area.
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Seifer watched Rai and Fuu yawn. They were all sitting on the Tournament Grounds, except for Vivi, who was out getting them all sea-salt ice cream. It was dark out now; the only place getting the light from the setting sun (and the cool winds from the sea) was the abandoned Suburbs. Seifer had often wondered why that extension of the town was off limits, but if the adults said it was dangerous, he'd keep all the kids away from it. He was, of course, the Disciplinary Council's leader, so it was his job to keep order…
It was so hot with both the moons up…!
There Vivi was. The small creature was running to them—with no ice cream. Vivi stopped right in front of a furious Seifer.
"Really,Vivi? Really? Where's the ice cream?" Seifer sighed.
"It's—it's—Roxas…!" Vivi panted.
"What's so important about Roxas? Is he having sea-salt ice cream or something? 'Cause we sure aren't." Seifer stormed.
"It's so hot right now, Vivi, ya know." Rai said, disappointed.
"And it'll be even hotter tomorrow. I was going to save mine until then. Nice going, twit." Fuu mumbled, annoyed.
"But Roxas was in the Suburbs!" Vivi yelped, having caught his breath.
Everyone froze.
"Are you sure? You gotta be really sure, Vivi." Seifer was all serious business now, the sleepy fog gone. Despite his attitude, he really didn't want anyone hurt, not even from Haybale—er, Hayner's group.
"I saw him coming out! I was right there and then I rushed to tell you!" Vivi squealed.
"We believe you, calm down already. Crap, what if he gets hurt? If the adults found out we knew and didn't do anything…" Fuu intoned gravely.
"Forget about us, what about Roxas, ya know? He could be hurt by a crumbling building, ya know." Rai frowned, worried.
"Oh, no. No, no, no." Fuu narrowed her eyes at her male companions. "No way are we trailing after Roxas at like one in the morning to give him a warning that will make him want to go into the Suburbs even more.
"She's right." Seifer murmured thoughtfully.
"But—but—he'll get himself hurt!"
"I agree with Vivi, ya know. He'll get himself hurt for sure, ya know."
"Oh, shut it. We're not gonna do nothing." Seifer rolled his eyes, then furrowed his brow as he made quick plans. "Next time he goes in, we'll go after him. We'll just have to watch him for a few days. Maybe this'll all turn out to be a big misunderstanding."
Vivi cocked his head. "So… will we be taking turns spying on him? Because my bladder's not too big, so if I have to watch him alone for, like, seven hours, we're gonna have some problems—"
"Oh, Gods, help us." Fuu sighed.
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Roxas gave a jaw-cracking yawn while slipping into the sleepy town. Everyone in his old group was probably already in their houses, zonked. Roxas, luckily, didn't have to sneak into his own house. His mother was always away on business, and they really only talked once a day on video chat. He was always stuck in this dinky town because of his fear of planes. This time, she'd be gone a month, and had left him several thousand munny. And what he kept getting from the random monsters that would pop up and annoy the crap outta him, he could indulge easily.
Right before collapsing on his bed, Roxas looked at his hand and wondered how his weapon, the Keyblade, could have possibly ended up in his grasp.
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Author's note (A/N) and Disclaimer-
I don't own crap 'cept the plot (that will soon come. Promise). :(
Quick Q: is a character description really needed in this story? I can post one somewhere else or message someone one if they need it, but I'm running on the assumption that anyone who puts "parody" into the search engine knows what the characters look like; they just want a funny story. Anyway...
Imaginary pandas for everyone!