Ohaiguise againplz. :D Liked the Prologue? I think it was just a tad short, another thing about this story is I think I will strain the hell out'a my mind to make the chapter a few good hundreds of words longer. xD Pray for my writing! Reviews act as sugar, Pleease!
And give a biiig, fat thanks and cudo's to Missy, otherwise known as DreamyLost, for beta'ing this chapter for me!
It had been over two years since Roxas and Xion had met. And only three months after that precious day they began a relationship that would bring them all the way to their two year anniversary. Roxas, despite his much laid back book-loving attitude couldn't read. Why? Because he would always be caught up daydreaming about his girlfriend. Roxas had never known such a great person could truly exist. Whenever he wanted to read, she would sit by him or lean next to him and listen to music softly on her iPod. When they wanted their alone time, which everyone is entitled to, they never bothered each other. When Sora and Kairi would come running for their older siblings, even at the worst times that could flare Roxas's attitude, she would calm him down and make everything better. And now, since he was 15 years of age, he was going to Twilight Town with Xion in celebration of the successful relationship they had kept for so long.
Roxas knew that Sora would die of boredom without him around the house. Yeah, that's right, a house. No longer did Roxas and his family live in the dinky trailer they once had. A year back, his mom bought them a large house, almost like a castle, Roxas and everyone would always play hide-and-seek in the large building, and it often took forever to find everyone. Roxas remembers one time, Sora even got lost in the attic while trying to hide.
Roxas pulled himself out of his thoughts when his laptop beeped to indicate that the charger had fallen out of the back, he looked behind the screen and found it laying between his knees. When he plugged it in once again his laptop beeped once more and he went back to reading some random story he'd found.
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As she waved a goodbye to her mom and closed the door to the house, Xion was burning with excitement on the inside, today was the day she and Roxas would leave to Twilight Town! Gripping the strap that rested on her shoulder to her bag, she ran down the rock path towards the Light's house.
Xion Light... Yeah, that sounds like a great name. Better than Replika. Like every other teenage girl, she was thinking about her and her lover being together forever. With nothing going wrong. She always had small 'talks' with her mother, who was concerned about her and Roxas. They were merely 13 and 14; it would take a miracle for them to really last forever. But her mother figured it was normal and that Kairi would go through it as well in a few years.
Right, Mom. Me and Roxas will last forever. Just watch! She giggled to herself as she approached the large house and opened the door gently. As she entered she looked around cautiously.
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"Roxas!"
The blonde jumped, looking around from his position on his bed. He realized Xion must be there already. He set his laptop on the table next to his bed and got up, grabbing his bag as he ran out his room and down the stairs in a flash. On the way down the stairs, he spotted her from across the room. She smiled when they made eye-contact. When he reached the bottom, she ran into his arms and hugged him which caused him to laugh and patted her head gently.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
She smiled and held up her bag, which just like his, probably held toiletries, clothes, books, small games, a phone, charger and other small necessities. He laughed while grasping her free hand and walked out the door with her.
First, they would go by ferry to the mainland and then they would catch a plane with the tickets Roxas had secretly saved up for them. The plane would bring them to Twilight Town in the matter of hours. Roxas inwardly smiled, he couldn't wait to spend so much time with Xion.
As they walked to the docks where the ferry waited, they came across Kairi, Sora and his mother. He waved a goodbye, along with Xion to them.
Sora jokingly called out to Roxas, "Don't get eaten by a Heartless! You're cold enough as is!" Roxas twitched in response. Xion giggled and kissed his cheek softly which instantly calmed the blonde down. He looked at her and smiled.
When they approached the ferry, Roxas flashed the tickets at the man on the dock and he allowed them through. The ferry was large and old-styled, the smell of it filled Roxas's nose and he was reminded of a forest, from the excessive wood, but it was mingled with a scent of… something he couldn't really describe. It was something akin to the smell of a new book in some way yet still different.
The ringing of the ferry's bell pulled him out of his thoughts; he looked over to Xion who had left his side to look along the vast ocean surrounding them. She was smiling and hanging over the railing, but holding onto it tightly so she wouldn't fall over. A perfect picture, he thought and in response to his musing, he pulled out his phone and flipped it open, taking a quick snapshot of the girl. He smiled when she looked over to him with a questioning look.
"Hey, no fair!" she called, getting out her own camera and taking a snapshot of Roxas. She smirked victoriously while the blonde simply 'hmphed' like he was mad, but smiled at her all the same.
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After the ferry ride and the agonizingly long plane ride, we're finally here! Finally, in Twilight Town! Roxas smiled, proud that they were lucky enough to have not been attacked by any heartless. As Xion and he were walking down a small road that was lined with houses from the train station's clock tower, they learnt all too soon that Twilight Town wasn't very populated, or at least that the people weren't very active.
But of course, there were people there. When Xion pointed they should make a left to go to the designated hotel they noticed that right on that corner was a man with hair as red and crazy as fire. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt and baggy jeans. The guy looked pissed off but he appeared very weird due to some sort of markings or smudges under both of his eyes. He was yelling at another guy who had hair blue like the sky and wore a white hoodie with gray jeans. The azure haired boy was, of course, yelling back. They seemed like they were arguing about someone eating all the ice cream… Yeah, that was a serious issue.
"People here are… creepy." Xion whispered to Roxas, while eyeing the two still fighting over spilt ice cream. That is, of course, until the guy in the black sweatshirt noticed Roxas. He stopped in his tracks like a paused movie. Then, he began walking over to the couple which caused Xion to shrink back behind Roxas.
"New here?" the male said with a deceivingly innocent smile. He was, indeed much taller than Roxas or Xion which lead them to believe he must have been at least seventeen. Roxas nodded in response, looking behind the freakishly tall guy at his friend, who was also walking over now.
"Well, my name's Axel. A-x-e-l, got it memorized?" The redhead smirked. "Oh, and this here's Saix. I, don't really know how to spell his name.." Axel coughed to hide mocking laughter.
"This only proves my theory you have a preschool education." Saix replied to the fiery headed male who was innocently laughing by that point.
"Well…" Roxas began, looking back at Xion who was staring at the both of them questioningly. "I'm Roxas, and this is Xion." He nodded his head back to the black haired girl behind him.
Axel smiled at her then his attention went back to Roxas, "Roxas, huh? Sounds like 'Rocks Ass'…" the guy trailed off into a small laugh, which was stopped abruptly when Saix slapped the back of his head. Which was when Roxas really noticed that they were both freakishly tall. Great.
"Uhh, right. Do you guys happen to know where, uh…" the blonde trailed off, pulling out a piece of paper with multiple things written on it. "The Twilight Hotel is?"
Axel was right away to answer, "Me and Saix here were just heading there. We can show you the way, we live there."
Roxas nodded abruptly and put the paper away. "Okay, that'll be nice… I guess."
"Great!" Axel called, starting to walk ahead of the three. Saix sighed, muttering something that sounded like 'Dumbass' under his breath before walking quickly to catch up with Axel. Xion and Roxas followed behind steadily.
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When they arrived at the hotel, they checked in and yet again to surprise Xion, Roxas had booked the suite at the top of the large building. Thankfully, there was an elevator to help them along.
"Holy Kingdom Hearts," Axel commented, "The suite? Shit, what are you rich, Roxas? Saix and I live in a hole here practically!"
Roxas laughed slightly. "If you want," he started, pausing and wondering if Xion would reject the idea, but he spoke it anyways, "You can stay with us a bit, there's enough room."
Xion didn't seem to mind, she liked the idea of new friends, so Roxas wasn't surprised.
"Daaaaamn," Axel's colourful language flares again, just like his hair… which is totally defying gravity? Wonder how it does that… Roxas thought to himself.
When the elevator stopped, Roxas and the others were greeted with a large room including all the niftiness there was to being rich, an inside built-into-the-floor hot tub, tiles that were extremely detailed and appeared as if they alone would cost a fortune. They had a silver refrigerator with all foods that would easily break any dieting laws. The kitchen had the newest in supplies, as did everything else. There were five bedrooms, each with a small bathroom and each bedroom had a waterbed. In response to the finery of course, there was an abundance of Axel's colorful language spread around.
Roxas laughed. He seemed to like the fiery man, he guessed. Before the group could do anything, Roxas had to text his mother to let her know he was okay. He pulled out his phone and sent her a short message which said that everything was fine and they'd already made two new friends, or one at least. Saix didn't seem to enjoy it all that much. Of course, he doesn't seem like he'd enjoy much of anything. Xion did the same, instead texting her father.
"Right." Roxas stated. "Time to unpack." Xion smiled and saluted him playfully.
"Riiiight, me and Saix will go get our stuff!" Axel blurted out, dragging Saix out the door with him. Of course, the blunette didn't need much dragging, he seemed pleased to leave.
