The sun was setting and we were still searching for a place to rest our weary heads. Every time we asked someone, they were nice enough, until we said we didn't have any money. After what had felt like hours, we started to enter a different part of town, it was pretty much the opposite of the area they had just exited. Where the other place was suburban and polished, this one looked like a typical urban jungle. Not exactly the neatest place ever, but it wasn't downright nasty.

"Alright that's it." Terra said as he pulled out his cell phone. "No! Come on, we can find a place to stay, where's your sense of adventure?" I pleaded with him. "No way Roxas, this place looks pretty shady to me. I'm calling your mom, maybe she can come and help us." He gave me a stern look as he started to make the call. I gave up looking around, I couldn't believe we made it all this way just to have to go all the way back. There was no way my mom was ever going to let us go backpacking ever again. I found myself becoming angry again at that infernal redhead. How could he do this to us?

When I looked back at Terra I noticed his face fall as he listened to the voice on the phone. "Damnit!" he yelled suddenly. "What?" I asked looking at him confused. "No international service." he grumbled "Yes!" I exclaimed, but Terra's glare wiped the joyful expression off my face. "So you want to sleep in some alleyway for the night? Don't you realize what this means?" "Relax Terra, I have it all figured out. Look." I said and pointed to an open doorway to one of the buildings in the city. From where we were standing we could make out a bright light that leaked through the crack, lighting up that section of the otherwise dark street. We could also hear shouts of joy and chatter, with the faint sound of music.

"So? What about it?" Terra asked obviously annoyed with my vague referencing. "So, it sounds like a party to me," I said, I couldn't believe he wasn't getting it "and if it's a party that means we can blend in, get some food and possibly find someone there to let us spend the night. With my cleverness and charm we'll be sure to get a place to stay! Then tomorrow, If they don't give us any money, we can make some on the street. You know juggling, fire-breathing, stuff like that." Terra seemed to consider this. "I don't know, maybe we can find a payphone or something..." He trailed off "Do you even know my moms phone number?" I asked. "Fine we can try, but remember, we don't know anyone there, they could be dangerous. So try not to draw too much attention to yourself," Terra said giving me a knowing look " I know you like being charming and showing off, but not everyone thinks you're the greatest thing to walk the earth" I rolled my eyes with a smirk "You'd be surprised."


Terra and I were shocked to say the least as we walked inside the building that held the party(leaving our bags in a hidden location near the building of course). It was surprisingly tasteful. The people there were in suits and gowns sipping champagne out of glass cups, the room was a refined white and gold... but the music was another story. Heavy metal played through the room and I'm still not really sure, but it looked like people were slow dancing to it. I began to feel self conscience about my with muscle shirt, black cargo pants and an orange jacket and I'm sure Terra felt the same, seeing as how he was looking down at his clothes, the only difference is that he actually had muscles, not my sad excuse for them.

"Um-" Terra started "Excuse me gentleman," A strange man came up to us, but strangely he didn't look put off by the obvious fact that we weren't dressed appropriately "Can I take your coats?" Terra was about to say something, but I gave him a look. "Sure you can! We're just here for uh-" I looked around quickly. Suits, gowns, band, nothing there it could range from a wedding to a cult gathering. Then something caught my eye- a banner Happy Birthday Xigbar? bingo "Xigbar's party." I finished quickly. "Well, yes of course, that's what everyone is here for," The man looked at me like I was an imbecile. I blushed."Though he won't like that you didn't get him a present." "Oh! Uh our friend brought it for us." Terra said as he gestured to a crowd vaguely.

"If you say so." The man said, though it's obvious he didn't believe us. After he took our coats he went back to standing ominously in the corner, ready to pounce on any poor unsuspecting soul that walks inside. I shuddered. "I hope your happy, Roxas. I have no idea how to start. And don't you think it's wierd he was speaking english?" Terra looked at me, annoyed. "Aww come on Terra have I taught you nothing? And don't worry the banner is in english, so lucky us we stumbled into probably the only english party in this area, but anyway first things first." I said looking at the present table. "What?" Terra asked as he followed me towards it. "Do you have a pen?" "Yeah sure." he said handing me a pen. Then he realized what he was doing. "Wait, Roxas stop!" "Oh come on Terra, didn't your mother ever tell you it's rude not to bring a present?" He looked down "Oh, sorry" "It's okay." He mumbled, though I knew it wasn't. "Anyway let's see, this looks good!" I exclaimed looking at a big present. "Uh, I can't watch you do this, I need a drink." He stated, walking over to the bar. "Don't get too drunk, they might think we're unpleasant! Nevermind, I'll just tell them you have a mental disorder!" I yelled, then winced and looked around thankful this was a fairly secluded part of the otherwise crowded room. " Let's see.." I said turning my attention back to the present. "From Demyx? This place is filled with wierd names, but I guess I'm not one to talk." Then I pulled out the pen. "From Demyx...and...Roxas" perfect! Now on to find a place to crash.


It was 10:00 according to the huge clock on the wall, and I still couldn't find Terra, I wouldn't be able to do what I was planning on doing until I found him and I was starting to get really angry. I mean, how hard could it be to find him in a place like this? Then it hit me, could he have been found out? What if he got kicked out? I shook those thoughts from my head. Until I knew he wasn't there I had to operate as if he was.

"Woah!" I let out at the same time a more feminine voice said "Eek!" Uh oh. "I'm so sorry!" I said. In my panic to find Terra I accidentally bumped into a woman and spilled a drink I snatched from a passing waiter. She had brown hair, soft features and kind green eyes, not as startling as the thief I met that morning,though, she looked no more than twenty-five years old. "Sigh, it's okay, it was my fault too. It's just now my dress is ruined." She said in a slight accent looking down at her dress. I looked at her dress too. Only one drop, but still, I had a plan forming in my mind. "I'm really sorry, but it still looks beautiful, and for obvious reasons," I said looking her up and down "I can't take my eyes off you." she giggled, then for my finishing move I took her hand and planted a single kiss on it. She swooned.

"Dio mio, I didn't know Xigbar had such a gentlemanly friend." She said smiling "Don't say that! You haven't seen my bad side yet." I said. "Oh and modest too, but I should tell you, I have a boyfriend. "Oh that's okay, I wasn't coming on to you, you're way too good for me." Roxas said in a slightly downcast tone, but holding no room for pity. Okay tone it down a bit, you already have her. "Aww you're adorable, don't worry you'll find someone, my name is Aerith Marino." she said "Nice to meet you I'm Roxas-" I said before I could come up with a clever name, oh well, might as well give her my last name too "Hikari, Roxas Hikari" she looked me up and down "Hmm, you don't look asian, well except for your eyes kind of." "Well, my Grandad is Japanese... so yeah." I told her not really knowing what to say. "Oh, So how did you meet Xigbar?" I winced "Work." I said thinking fast "Really, because I know him from work." She said confused. Oh no I was caught "Oh wait unless you mean his other work, um what was it, oh yeah, magia-oh wait, you speak english, um magic, he used to be an assistant to Luxord the magician!" "Yeah umm, I used to do that with him, the reason why he never mentions me is because we aren't really on good terms, he doesn't even know I'm here, so don't tell him, okay? I want it to be a suprise." "Ohhh, don't worry, your secret is safe with me!" Aerith said. I gave myself a mental pat on the back. I deserved it.


Twenty minutes later I had a pretty substantially sized crowd around me. I was entertaining them with all sorts of tricks and funny stories. You see I was pretty lucky Aerith had said that thing about magic, because I'm a huge magic junkie. I love learning new tricks and performing them. That's why I mentioned earlier that I could make money performing on the street. I can do anything from card tricks to fire-breathing and I'm a class A charmer, what can I say? People love me. I'm not being a narcissist either it was a simple fact. And I was glad for it, After all, I was a performer at heart, but that's not all I am, well, I'll get to that later.

There was another reason why I was lucky, and that was because no one in the crowd had discovered I didn't belong yet. A strangely familiar voice said "Oh hey, it's you shorty." my mind went blank with rage. I turned to him and shouted "Don't call me that!" "Whatever, it's not like your tricks were that great anyway." he said in that bored tone he seemed to always use, but even as he said that I could see the fire burning in his eyes. Challenge accepted. "Think you can do better?" I said in a slightly arrogant voice. "Oh yeah, step aside, princess." I scowled at the pet name, but when the redhead started his trick I felt that feeling that he left with me this morning again. What he did was snap his fingers and suddenly a flame burst out. I was enchanted. Everyone was equally if not more impressed than I was and started clapping. I felt a surge of jealousy.

He looked at me, victory written clear on his face. "Well what do you think, princess?" he asked me. "Don't call me that either!" "What? Not good enough for you? I've heard worse. You really are a princess." he spat the last sentence out at me. "You stole all my money from me and now you're insulting me! Who the hell do you think you are?" I pushed him. He pushed me back. Hard. Luckily I wasn't a stranger to fighting, so if he tried anything I'd be ready. Unfortunately, the way he threw that guy off of me earlier, didn't give me that much hope.

"What? You think you can fight me? You must be really tough the way you took care of that guy before." he said sarcasticly."I was surprised, that's all! I could have handled him!" by now we had acquired quite a large crowd. People wanted to know what was going on. Somewhere in the back of my mind I Knew this was a bad idea, but I ignored it, I got like that when I was angry, I've never really been able to control my emotions, or actions, or even what I say sometimes.

The redhead and I just glared at each other, all my feelings of wanting to know him disappeared and were replaced with feelings of "I'm going to kick his ass". "I am so sick of people like you," he said through his teeth "People like me?" I asked in a confused, yet just as mad. The it happened. One of the people in the crowd pushed me, causing me topush the redhead. And suddenly we were fighting. He punched me and I could tell it was going to leave a mark.

Then someone pushed us apart and a voice said "Okay you two, enough." The guy had his black and gray hair in a pony tail and an eyepatch with a few scars, he had on a tux like everyone else, but before I could stop myself I said, "Sorry, I don't think this is a costume party." the redhead cracked up, but the guy just glared at me. "I would know what kind of party this is, after all it's mine." I tried to make a run for it, but he just caught me. "Hey there not so fast, I won't be kicking you out. I talked to your friend and he told me all about it." I noticed a very drunk Terra smiling sheepishly at me. "Really, Terra? Wait you won't be kicking us out?" I asked. "No, he told me a great story, so I guess you guys can stay, and even come to my house and spend the night, as long as you complete the tasks I have for you." "Really?" I asked, not being able to believe it. "Yeah I already have someone crashing at my place, so why not? Speaking of wich, Axel, shouldn't you be in the kitchen?" Axel scowled at Xigbar and walked away. Not that I was paying attention. I kind of tuned out after he said we could stay.


It was 10:30 and I was still ranting on about the redhead, 'Axel' apparently, to Terra. "... and you know what he said, 'Oh Axel just acts like that, he's just not a very nice person, besides you're really annoying', can you believe that!" I said extremely annoyed "Stupid Xigbar! He just doesn't like me! Right Terra!?"Of course Terra wasn't listening. He was too busy stuffing his face too busy stuffing his face with cake to care. "And you know what Aerith said! She said that 'she didn't think I could handle Axel-" I spit his name "and so she went to get Xigbar'! Can y-" "Roxas." "ou believe that? I me-" "Roxas!""an can you believe that! I could have-" "ROXAS!" "What!" I looked over at Terra, annoyed. "You have to taste this." he said shoving a spoonful of Xigbars birthday cake in my mouth. Suddenly, everything in my mind went away and I felt like I was floating- not literally of course, but that cake was so good, I could see how all of it was gone except for one. I pounced on it- yes literally.

"Oh my god! This cake is so good!" I shouted "I know right!" Terra said "I'm going to marry whoever made this!" "Not if I can first!" I said "Fine, it doesn't matter, as long as I can eat there cake." Terra said "Yeah" I agreed. The rest of the party was filled of to die for cake, and awkward dancing(on Xigbars part, mostly).


Hey you guys(especially you ChibiSeme97) sorry about chapter 2 before, I'm still kind of new to this, soooo please forgive me!