Hi everyone! Second chappie to the Dizzy game! Hope you love it!

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Hayner POV

Mmm. Sea-salt ice cream. Is there any better flavour?

I'm sitting at the top of sunset hill with Hayner and Pence, eating ice cream on a hot summer's weekend. At least here my ice cream doesn't melt as fast. When we sit on the balcony at the station it always melts onto my fingers within 20 seconds. It's quite shady here.

"Hey, slackers." Said a smug voice. I turned to find Seifer, Fuu, Rai and Vivi standing behind us. "What are you doing here?"

"What do you care, Seifer?" I snorted back. Man, I hate it when Seifer annoys us.

He sniggers. "I don't."

"Then buzz off."

"Buzz off?" He sounds disgusted.

"Shoo fly, don't bother me."

Seifer looked mad, but I kept on eating my ice cream. I looked over to Pence and Olette. I knew that look Olette was giving me. It was the shut-your-mouth look that she uses to keep me out of trouble.

"Seifer's no fly, y'know!" Raijin retaliates. His followers are just as bad as him.

"Listen here, Loser. Sandlot, 3 o'clock tomorrow. I'll be waiting to thrash you. What to ya say?"

Maybe if I give him a good beating he'll leave us alone for good. If only Roxas was here though. He was a great fighter. But, so am I. I did teach Roxas all my moves.

"You're on." I say.

Seifer smiles slyly, turning around to walk away.

"You're going down, y'know!" Rai grunts.

"No chance." Fuu adds.

Vivi shimmies his hat around a bit before turning and running after his comrades.

When they're gone, I look over to Pence and Olette, who do not look happy.

"Look what you've done, Hayner!" Olette protests. "Why did you say that?"

"If I beat him, he'll leave us alone!" I defend, my ice cream starting to melt onto my fingertips. I don't bother licking it off.

"Hayner, you'll get hurt!" Olette said anxiously.

"What are you saying!?"

"Hayner, Seifer's been training, I've seen him. He could really pound you! And Roxas used to do most of the fighting…" Pence remarked.

"Hey, who's the one who taught Roxas all of those fighting skills?"

"Hayner, we're just worried about you. Please don't do it." Olette hasted.

"But not going is social suicide! He'll call me chicken for the rest of my life!"

I swear if I was fuming anymore there'd be steam coming out of my ears.

"It won't be as bad as it seems… really…" Olette persisted.

I sighed. My ice cream then thudded against the ground in a big slush of sea-salt. I looked at my near-ice-cream-less stick and threw it to the ground, storming off.

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I look to my alarm clock. 6:30 Am. What!? I never wake up that early on a Sunday!

Must be because of the fight.

How could Pence and Olette think I couldn't take him on? Just because Roxas had the keyblade and everything doesn't mean he's stronger than me. I taught him everything I knew!

I know Olette's gonna be telling me all day. She fusses over everything! She should learn to relax sometimes, as much as I do lo-… like her, I still think she should just chill out. It'll be a piece of cake, I mean, it's Seifer!

After I'm showered, dressed and eaten breakfast, I head down to the usual spot. Pence is there, but Olette isn't.

"Hey, Pence. Where's Olette?" I ask, acting casual.

"I dunno where Olette is. But you just missed her."

That's not like Olette. "Did she say anything?"

"She said something about Seifer, but she was kinda running out at the same time, so I didn't quite catch it."

"Seifer? What's she up to? C'mon, Pence, we gotta find her!"

I take Pence to the sandlot where I see Olette talking to Seifer and his gang. I hide behind the wall, but Pence keeps walking.

"Pence, wait!" I say, pulling back on his singlet. "Listen to them first!"

It was kind of hard to hear, but we heard Olette saying something about the fight, and Seifer saying something about Hayner being a loser, and Olette yelling at him. Eventually, Seifer just says "Save the lecture, loser. You go tell your boyfriend your problems, cause I don't wanna hear 'em."

They walk away, leaving Olette with a saddened look. I walk out and run over to her.

"Olette! What are you doing?" I ask, raising my voice just a bit.

"Trying to help you!" Olette yells back, stressing the word you.

"I don't need any help, Olette. Just leave me be. I don't need you taking care of me all the time! I'm not a baby, and you're not my babysitter!"

The words obviously hurt her. Olette sucked in a deep breath, trying to fight back tears, and ran off.

"Olette, wait!" Pence called out, starting to run towards her, before turning back to me and saying "Nice one."

I watched as they both ran off. I kicked a stone with my shoe. Grrr! Why do girls always get so emotional? I didn't really mean it, I just don't need it at the moment!

I sigh and walk away, thinking of a good training place where I can prepare before 3.

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It's ten to 3. This is it. I've already tired myself out from training. Dammit, why do I always do that? I'm on my way to the sandlot, slowly, huffing and puffing.

Turning the corner, I can see Seifer, with his cheerleading squad behind him. He looks sly and evil, like he's got a trick up his sleeve or something. Taking a deep breathe, I continue on.

"So he finally shows his face." Seifer says mockingly.

"Actually, I'm early." I stated, smirking.

"So, I see you've been practicing. Didn't wear yourself out, did you, slacker?"

I huff and say "Nope."

"Then let's get started." He throws me a cushioned bat, like the ones we used during the struggle.

He gets into his fighting stance and I get into mine.

"Seifer's gonna thrash you, y'know!" Rai screams.

"Begin." Fuu shouts.

Seifer heads straight for me and whops me, causing me to fall back. Wasn't expecting that. I get back up and charge at him, but he swiftly shifts and I hit air as I topple over. I hear everyone laughing at me.

"Come on and fight! Your girlfriend can fight better than you!" Seifer laughs.

I groan angrily and get back up. I head for him and he takes a shot at me. I dodge. Yeah! Take that! Oof! Damn, he just hit me again! Guess that's what I get for getting too cocky. I take another strike in the stomach and fall backwards, hitting the ground hard. When did he get so tough? I'm still on the ground, and he's heading straight for me! I brace myself, shutting my eyes.

"Stop!"

Stop? Hey, he didn't hit me! I open my eyes to see someone standing in front of me, their arms outstretched. It's Olette.

Seifer's laughing. "Look, his girlfriend has come to save him! Haha!"

He shakes his head and drops his bat. "Let's leave this slacker to his wounds."

"Defeated!" Fuu calls out.

They walk off, laughing. Vivi looks back for a while and turns back to catch up with the group.

Olette turned to me and reached out her hand. I gladly take it. My heart starts thudding fast, and I don't think it was from the fight.

"Olette…" I started. I was proven wrong by my best friend.

"I'm sorry…" I started. "I didn't mean the things I said… and now you've come to my rescue. Thank you…"

I look down at my feet. I can't look at her. I'd been horrible to her. But to my surprise, she ran up and hugged me.

"Just don't do it again…" She mumbled in my ear, almost tearfully.

I put my arms around her back. "I won't… I promise…"

Olette had saved me once again. I really do need her to save me. I'm grateful too. She's always been there for me, since the very start. I'm lucky to have her.

And I'm glad it's Olette.

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