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Sing Me A Song
Chapter 4: Secret Composition... NOT
"Kweh! Kweh!"
Xion opened her tired eyes and poked her head out of her comfortably warm blanket. It was morning and she's sure of it because Chobi is her living alarm clock and never failed to wake her up. She let out a yawn then pushed herself off her bed and walked to her study table and looked at her shell decorated calendar that she made herself. It was Thursday, and tomorrow will be her favorite day of the week. She smiled and walked to her wardrobe and changed into her school uniform.
Threw everything she needed to her school bag, she opened her drawer and carefully took out a notebook. The notebook which will help her win the singing competitions. Or that's what she hopes.
'I hope my decision is the correct one…' Xion thought as she placed the notebook into her shoulder bag with care and went downstairs.
The rest of the hours went normally. Her porcupine spine-like haired elder brother called her 'slowpoke', Roxas came to meet her then have their usual walk to school, have classes with her friends, avoiding Natalie and Flippe and walk to the canteen with Roxas, only the two of them today. She wished the rest of the day will be just this normal, but this wish just have to be shattered after school by a certain brunette she loathed.
Just after the final bell rang, Xion excused herself from Roxas as she went to the lady's bathroom. After she went out of the bathroom, the corridor was practically empty. Well. It's Thursday, teachers will have their weekly meetings so there will be no extra classes. She had told Roxas to wait for her at the school's front gate, and she already placed everything she need from her lockers into her bag and gave it to Roxas (he insisted to carry it for her while he waits).
The black haired girl trotted towards the school's front door when suddenly, a pair of strong arms grabbed her and pulled her into the basketball court. With some self-protection moves Axel taught her, she quickly freed herself while the grab wasn't firm and faced the captor in her fighting stand, ready to beat the hell of out whoever grabbed her. Who she saw made her bundled up her fist even harder.
"Hello. Mr. Rasp's Right Hand Man. Care to explain why your filthy, cheating, playboy hands grabbed me just now?" Xion said, tried to control herself from punching him in the face without a second word and acted mature.
Flippe Kellett simply smirked and said, "I believe I told you to meet me here after school yesterday? And I also informed you that I hate late people and those who make me wait."
"Well. I had told you yesterday that there is no way in hell I would meet you. There's no reason for me to meet a devil. Especially one that works under a witch." Xion said. God, she wanted to call him a 'devil' in his face for so long now. And it felt so good. She might as well just do what her heart ached for: Calling him a 'devil' for the rest of the day. If possible, forever!
Flippe didn't seems to mind her calling him a 'devil', which was strange 'cause he wasn't those kind of people who accept being call in different names. "Just for your information, I won't be the only 'devil' you know." Flippe told her.
"What do you mean? You're the only devil I know. And the only devil that make me sick!" Xion spat out, anger filled her tone.
"One day you'll find out who is the other devil," Flippe said.
Xion scowled and said, "I'm leaving. I'm not going to stand here and listen to a devil's rubbish." The dark haired girl turned and ready to leave the basketball court when Flippe's voice said, "If you can't see who the other devil is, I'll show it to you then…"
Xion bit her lower lip then exited the court without a second word.
~*~Sing Me A Song~*~
Roxas leaned onto the front gate while waiting for Xion to finish her 'business'. Groups after groups of students walked passed him. He bid farewell to his friends and some acquaintances which have the same classes as him.
Just then, a female voice called out to him. He turned, thought that it was Xion, but quickly froze when he saw the person who called out to him. He groaned and turned himself back to his ordinary position, tried to ignore the call outs to him.
"Roxy~ Roxy! Roxy look here!" The voice told him.
Roxas continued to ignore her.
"Roxy!" The owner of the voice walked towards the tall blonde boy and looped her arms around his right hand, cooing softly. "Roxy-poo~ Miss me?"
"No." Roxas said simply and untangled the girl's arms from his. "Now go away."
"Roxy~ You were kidding right? When you said you won't do anything that is related to me. You're kidding right?" Natalie asked with the sweetest voice she can make. Normal boys will believe the voice belong to a beautiful angel descended from the heaven above, while Roxas believe the voice is an illusion from an ugly witch who lives in a dense forest 100 billion miles away from him. And he wishes that witch will forever stay that far from him…
"No, I'm not. Rasp," Roxas turned and looked at her. "I really don't like you. Especially the way you treated everyone, and most importantly, my best friend, Xion. So, can you just please stop calling me that name and treat me like how you treat everyone else? I prefer it that way."
Natalie pouted and asked, "You don't like me calling you Roxy?"
Roxas nodded.
"Well… If you can give me one thing, I might stop calling you Roxy, Roxy." Natalie smiled sweetly.
"And what do you want?" Roxas asked with an eyebrow raised.
Natalie placed her index finger on her lips, acted like she's thinking. She turned her head slightly to the school's front door and saw Xion Zayas walked out, but stopped when she saw her with Roxas. A smirk spread on Natalie's pretty face.
She faced Roxas with her sweet smile once again then said, "I'll tell you when I figure it out, Roxy sweet cheeks. See ya~" She brushed her long smooth fingers from his cheek and down to his chin before she walked out of the front gate and left. Roxas shuddered slightly from her light touch. He looked up and saw Xion at the school's front door. He smiled and waved to her, thought that she was looking for him.
Xion looked as Natalie touched Roxas's face so lovingly and left the school. She looked back at Roxas, thought that he would be scrubbing his face with soap or something to get rid of the 'Witch's Touch'. But he was just standing there, motionlessly.
'Could they be…? No way! There's no way they could be together! What in Kingdom Hearts are you thinking, Xion? ! Get a hold of yourself! There's no way Roxas like that Yellow-Eyed Witch!' Xion mentally slapped herself and walked towards Roxas with a fake smile when she noticed Roxas waving at her.
"What took you so long?" Roxas asked as he handed Xion her bag.
Xion just shook her head and apologized. "Sorry to keep you wait. Something unpleasant showed up…"
Roxas thought that she meant she suddenly has a stomachache which is why she's taking a longer time, so he just nodded his head and left the school with her by his side.
Xion peeked at Roxas while she was walking by his side towards the store where they brought their ice cream. Why Roxas didn't ask her what is this 'unpleasant thing' she said just now? Well…. It's not really important. But normally he will ask her… 'My head is hurting me again… All because of that stupid devil! He's the cause of all these pestering questions in my head! About someone else I know is also a devil. He's nut! He has no idea what the heck he is talking about! Someone should send him back to hell or an asylum!'
Xion was so lost in her thought that she didn't realize that she had stopped walking and stood motionlessly 10 meters away from Roxas, who realized she was no longer by his side. "Hey! Xion! Why do you stop?" Roxas shouted out to her.
Xion snapped out from her thought and looked up at Roxas. "A-Ah! Sorry!" She apologized the second time of the day then trotted towards her friend. They each bought their Sea Salt Ice Cream and headed towards Twilight Town's main entrance and exit. The two of them walked away from the rocky path which they walked to school every morning and went deeper into the woods.
They pushed themselves through the thick bushes and low branches and finally stopped under a huge tree. Helped each other to remove some leaves and twigs which stuck to their hair, Roxas pushed the plants which climbed up on the tree trunk to reveal a very long translucent string which came from above. The blond boy slowly removes the small knot which tied to the climbing plant and slowly letting go of the string as it travelled upwards into the thick, dense tree leaves. The stings kept on going up, when the end of the string was at his eye level, it stopped.
At the same time as the strings traveling up, a white hand-made ladder appeared from the thick tree leaves and slowly unrolled downwards and stopped as the same time as the string, about a meter above the ground level. Roxas told Xion to climb up first and she did as he told. After she reached the top, Roxas climbed up the 'woods and thick white ropes' ladder that his father taught him how to make and also reached the top, into their secret tree house. Roxas took a big rock, which was placed next to the entrance. He took the long translucent strings that he let go just now, and tied it tightly around the rock. He slowly lowered the rock down to the ground in order to make the ladder rolled up and disappeared into the tree leaves, right under their tree house's entrance.
Xion sat down onto the wooden floor and looked around the tree house. She missed this tree house so much, it has been awhile since she and Roxas last came. There are a wooden table placed in front of the tree house's one and only window (which is also hidden by the tree leaves from the outside but they can still see the view from the inside), which they placed some of their books and game boards on it. There were also a wooden shelve on one side of the wall where they display their items, like the 'WINNER' stick Roxas got but didn't want to use it to get a free ice cream, Xion's collection of different seashells which she put some of them in a jar and her favorites displayed on the board, some funny photos they took together and many more. There are also two beanbags, yellow and blue, placed in a corner. And on the other wall are some posters of bands they both like. The tree house might be small, but it's comfy.
"So…" Roxas pulled both of the beanbags to the center of the room and passed Xion the blue one. He sat down on it, makes himself comfortable then continued, "What are the songs you wanna sing?"
Xion adjusted herself on the beanbag and replied, "I got it all in here." She opened her school bag and pulled out her beloved notebook. "I have been starting a song since yesterday, when Chobi woke me up early to see the sunrise. I haven't finished it yet, but I would like to sing it for the competition. Maybe you can help me to finish it and make a piano sheet music of the song." Xion said as she flipped through the pages and handed the notebook to her best friend when she reached that specific page.
Roxas took the notebook and read out the title, "'Planet Earth'. Where did you get that title?"
Xion just pouted. "Just read the lyric."
Roxas smiled at her childish reaction and read the lyric:
As the sun paints the town in amber,
A bird flew by with a piece of apple,
And when you think that you've seen it all,
You don't realize you're very small.
As the wind blew onto your face,
You didn't hear the tree leaves sang,
'Cause you always think you've seen it all,
But now it'll prove you're wrong.
-Chorus-
Planet Earth, the only place we live,
Planet Earth, the only thing we need to dream.
Planet Earth, where I finally know,
That the world~ Is all I need…
"That's all?" Roxas asked.
"I already told you. I have finished it yet. I just add in the short chorus last night… Any idea how can it be continued?" Xion asked as she took out her stationeries.
"Hm… The next part. I'm sure the melody you thought out for the first part would be the same as the third part. Why don't we add in something that's also about the Earth?" Roxas suggested and handed the notebook back to her. "Maybe… Like the ocean?" Roxas said as he looked at Xion's jar of seashells.
"The ocean?" Xion repeated.
"Ya… Since it's also a part of Earth," Roxas said.
"Hm… Ocean is a large body of water… Wait. I think I got it," Xion said and looked down onto her notebook and wrote down the next two part of the lyric.
While she's writing, Roxas looked around the tree house and spotted a photo of him and his friends wearing trekking clothes. Oh ya. It was taken during their camping trip somewhere in the world which he has already forgotten the name. Just then, an unpleasant memory came into his mind. They were climbing a tall, steep wall, in order to get to the water source which is higher up in the mountain. Xion was climbing next to him, they were about to reach the top when the rock Xion set her footing on suddenly collapsed, bringing Xion down with it. If he didn't grab her hand on time, she might be seriously harm or even worse… Dead. Roxas shook the memory away. If he really did lose Xion, he has no idea what to do...
"Here. Check it," A familiar voice broke him out of his thought. He turned and looked at the voice's owner. Those beautiful sparkling blue eyes, cute nose, pinky lips and silky short black hair… Man… How he wanted to tell her how important she is in his life…
"Oh. Sure," Roxas tore away from the eye contact, took the notebook and read:
As the water slips through your fingers,
You didn't care and let them fall,
And you always think you have enough,
But didn't know that there aren't.
As you feel the earth under your feet,
You say they're dirty and they stink,
And you always think that you were right,
But now it'll prove you're wrong.
-Chorus-
Planet Earth, the only place we live,
Planet Earth, the only thing we need to dream.
Planet Earth, where I finally know,
That the world~ Is all I need…
Roxas gave Xion a smile and a nod. "You know. I think you can add in the bridge here. Then just continue the chorus and maybe edit them a little." He handed the notebook back to her.
"Don't you think that's a bit short?" Xion took the notebook and started to think what she should write for the bridge.
Roxas shook his head. "It's okay. I have listened to songs that are even shorter than that. And this song would not hurt your throat when you sing it in the competition. So your voice won't go all hoarse due to the song's duration. You done?"
"Yup!" Xion said happily and sang out the final parts. Her tone was a bit low and fast for the bridge.
See the sun and see the moon,
See the stars shine down upon you.
And that is when you'll realizes,
That you're living in… a… paradise…
Xion's voice faded and changed her voice to a little higher tone to sing the chorus.
Planet Earth, the only place we live,
Planet Earth, the only thing we need to dream.
Planet Earth, where I finally know,
That the world~ Is all I need…
She sang out the final two lines softly.
Hmm… Hmm…
Planet Earth is all… I… need…
Xion looked up to Roxas and asked shyly, "So… What do you think? It's the melody okay? Should I change anything?"
Roxas chuckled and replied, "It's wonderful. You don't need to change anything, Xio. Just sing the song like that."
Xion flushed a light pink. "You really think so?"
"I know so. And now with the lyric and melody making out of the way, we can focus more on making the piano music sheet, which will be tough." Roxas said.
"Really? Then that's too bad. I'll miss coming back to this tree house. Next time, we should put some music instruments here to play, so we can stay here longer," Xion said as she traced the texture of the wooden floor.
Roxas smiled and lay back onto his beanbag, staring at the ceiling. "You know… We don't have to leave yet. Let's do the piano sheet next time. Now… I want to stay here… With you…"
Xion blushed at his last sentence, which left unnoticed by Roxas. She smiled warmly and lay back onto her own beanbag. "Ya… Let's just stay here."
The rest of the hours were wonderful. Xion and Roxas spent their time chatting, refreshing their minds with all the happy memories that had before while looking at all the old photos and eating the ice cream they bought just now. They also played some board games that they used to play nonstop in the tree house and Xion was the winner for most of the game. And the loser, who is Roxas, will have to buy Sea Salt Ice Cream for her for a week. Xion also sang out her original song, 'Planet Earth', when Roxas asked her to because he didn't know what the song sounds like at the beginning. To cut things short, they both have a wonderful time in their secret tree house together.
Soon, the sun was setting and the sky turned into a beautiful orange. Both of the teens knew that it's their time to go home. Roxas pulled up the rock with the strings tied around it to unroll the ladder. He told Xion to go down first as he untied the string around the rock. When the string is free, he climbed down the ladder and joined Xion onto the ground. He pulled the long translucent string down, until the ladder rolled up and disappeared once again into the tree leaves. He tied a section of the string to the climbing plants, and hid the rest of the string under some broken branches and leaves so no one can see it.
Making sure they got everything they need and the string was well-hidden, Roxas and Xion walked out of the woods and went back to their own home. But, what they didn't know is that there is a person sat on the tree which is right next to where their tree house located with a recorder in his hand. A smirk spread across his face as he climbed down from the tree and walked to the tree which Roxas and Xion's tree house was built on. He took out a pocket knife and craved the letter 'X' on the tree trunk. Withdrew the pocket knife back into his pocket, the boy also walked out of the woods and left.
That's all for this chap. I'm working on the next one. Next update might also be after two weeks or so. Thank u for reading till end! XD
Below are the characters' full name who appears in this chapter :
Xion Zayas
Roxas Hikari
Natalie Rasp (aka The Yellow Eyed Witch)
Flippe Kellett (aka Devil)
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