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Say It Isn't So!

Chapter 2: Destiny

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"Sora, where are you taking me?" Roxas whined as he tried to walk in the other direction.

"You'll see!" Sora said happily. He dragged Roxas along the sidewalk and grinned. He had spared no time to grab Roxas and head out of school. Roxas barely even understood what happened to him until Sora slowed down... And they were already a mile away from their school already.

"What's the rush?" Roxas asked. "You haven't told me anything!"

"Relax! Have I ever done anything wrong to you?" Sora asked as he looked over his shoulder.

"...Do you want me to answer that?" Roxas asked as he lifted an eyebrow.

"You're so mean, Roxas!" Sora gasped out. "How could you?" Sora pretended to cry into his arm heavily whilst Roxas rolled his eyes.

"Mmhm, sure," Roxas sighed.

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"Okay, you've heard about the paopu fruit, right?"

Sora nodded. "What does... -Ohh I get it!" Sora brought down his fist onto his palm as he suddenly realized. "Wait, the paopu fruit as that star shaped one that supposedly intertwines the destiny of those who eat the same one right?"

"Bingo!" Demyx grinned. "We're going to get Axel and Roxas to eat one."

"I know that Roxas looks like he can't stand Axel, but I know the truth," Sora grinned. "He's trying so hard to hide it!"

"Uh-huh," Demyx agreed. "Today, after school meet me at ICE asap, got it?"

"Okay!!" Sora paused. "Isn't ICE an ice cream/candy place?"

"Exactly," Demyx then ran off to Axel and Marluxia while Sora stared in question.

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'I don't know what Demyx was planning, but I'll do it!' Sora made a fist in determination. His mind was made up. He'll do whatever it takes to get Roxas and Axel together! Besides, isn't this what brothers were for?

"Uhm... Sora?" Roxas asked. He was already poking Sora's cheek as he was lost in thought. "You okay?"

"Uhh... yeah!! Come on!" Sora suddenly grasped Roxas's wrist and made a run for a small building with the word 'ICE' on it. "There it is!"

"I love you Sora!!" Roxas gasped as he began to run faster than Sora. "I WANT ICE CREAM!!!" Instead of Sora dragging Roxas, Roxas was dragging Sora around as he raced to get to ICE quickly. "Whoo!" Roxas cheered as he busted down the doors to the sweet shop. "Hm... Triple chocolate surprise with extra peanuts and another scoop, got it Sora?"

The place was filled with kids and teenage couples. One half of the shop was purely for ice cream. The other half was for all the sweets and chocolate you could ever imagine. Most of the kids were gathered there while the couples settled for ice cream. There were several small tables on the half with the ice cream and several booths as well. As for the candy half, there were chairs scattered about with a table here and there. It was a home-like place.

"Uhhh..." Sora looked at Roxas oddly. "Who said I was paying?"

"Y-You're... not?" Roxas asked, his eyes nearly watering.

"That's not working on me, brother," Sora said as he crossed his arms with superiority. "I practically created that look!"

Roxas wimpered. "Pwea-... sy...?" Roxas then spotted Demyx and Marluxia behind Sora. His face became serious as he watched the two seniors with disinterest. "What do the two of you want?" Roxas folded his arms as he watched them closely.

"Well, earlier today, I told Sora about trying out this new ice cream that we might have here," Demyx began. "And I asked him if he wanted to try it; he said 'yes' so he's going to try it out now." Demyx grinned while Sora stared at him in confusion. "It's called 'Destiny.' The manager called it that for some odd reason."

"I see..." Roxas nodded. On the outside he was acting professional about it, but in truth, he was actually screaming to get some ice cream. "Now what does that have to do with me?"

"I figured that you might want one too so I asked Sora to take you here," Demyx said happily.

"So... where is it?" Roxas asked as he saw Demyx's empty hands.

"We'll go get them now," Marluxia laughed. He pulled Demyx back past the cashier and into the kitchen.

"Is it free?" Roxas questioned as he faced Sora.

"Don't ask me," Sora said. "I only know as much as you."

"Is that so...?" Roxas narrowed his eyes at Sora. "Then why is it that Demyx wanted to talk only to you earlier? I mean, it's not like it's a big deal... right? Unless of course... You're planning something that I should be aware of."

"I'm not planning anything!!" Sora protested.

'Well, you shouldn't be aware of what I'm planning,' Sora finished in his head.

"Well, here they are!" Demyx called in a sing song voice.

Sora and Roxas took a seat at one of the booths and watched as Demyx placed two bowls of ice cream in front of them.

"Where's Marluxia?" Roxas asked curiously.

"He has other things to do," Demyx answered nonchalantly. "Eat up and tell me what you think!"

"Why does mine look different from Sora's?" Roxas asked. He poked his ice cream with his spoon and gave a questioning look toward Demyx.

"Sora said that he didn't like fruit with his ice cream, so we took it out," Demyx responded. "You should eat the fruit first, Roxas. It's supposed to taste really good." Demyx watched intently as Roxas shrugged and brought the spoon of ice cream and fruit to his lips.

Roxas paused as he took in the ice cream.

Demyx and Sora blinked.

Roxas's bowl of ice cream was gone.

"Can I have another one?" Roxas asked.

Sora nearly choked on his ice cream as he stared at Roxas in awe. "How can you eat that fast??" Sora questioned.

"I'm an ice cream person!!" Roxas pouted.

Sora only shook his head and once again, nearly choked on his ice cream. He spotted Axel and Marluxia in a booth or two away from them. Marluxia was grinning widely while Axel hesitantly ate a bowl of ice cream that was pretty much identical to Roxas's.

'I GET IT NOW!!!!' Sora thought with triumph. 'THEY PUT THE PAOPU FRUIT INTO THE ICE CREAM!!!!! DEMYX YOU GENIUS COW!!!!!!'

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TA: Well, that's it for today. I'll update soon!