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Explain Yourselves

Destiny Islands: Alshata

April 18, 2021

"A- Axel, how are you still alive?" Sora asked, looking from the red-head to the blonde and back again.

"C'mon Roxas. You of all Nobodies should know. And the name's Lea." he retorted, folding his arms.

"And my name's Sora!" the brunette exclaimed. A light blue light encased him and Roxas came into existence. "That's Roxas."

"Same fire, different candle. So where's Ven?" he asked, looking around.

"Who?" Myde asked, looking at the red-head.

"I'm right here." the voice of Ven's came before his body did as Sora glowed once more; this time a vibrant orange. "Long time no see!"

"Yeah, it's been like what, almost ten years?" Lea asked, counting on his fingers.

"Something like that. Where's Isa?" Ven was the one to look around. "I'm sure his blue hair would've stuck out."

Lea and Myde looked away at the mention of the name. Sora, on the other hand, was eagerly curious; putting the pieces together. "Wait, if Axel's Somebody is Lea, and Demyx's is Myde, then Isa's Nobody is... Isax, no, Axis, no, Sixa, no"

"For the love of Kingdom HEarts, it's Saix!" Riku yelled, finishing the guessing game too early.

"Yeah! But he uh... what happened to him, Lea?" Myde asked, trying to jump in.

"He... didn't Merge all the way through..." Everyone fell silent as the occasional splash of waves intervened. Myde was the one who broke the silence as his stomach growled loudly.

"I'm hungry!" He wiped strands of hair out of his face as he clutched his stomach.

"Well, it is still breakfast time, so where do you wa-" Riku was cut short by Myde's stomach growling once more.

"The nearest restaurant, and fast!" Myde's stomach growled louder and he groaned slightly. His hunger was slowly eating at him from the inside out.

"Let's get him to a resturant before he starts nagging me for Gummy Bears." Lea said, half laughing. He let everyone lead the way but stopped short and turned around to look at the open sea. "I sure do hope you know what you're doing, Isa."

"Lea, you coming?" Myde called from Alshata's Docks, clutching his stomach once more.

"Yeah!" Lea called back, racing over to the Docks and getting in the boat with Myde. Sora and Kairi rode away in one boat and Riku was murmuring to himself about Warriors and distance. But soon enough, his feet grew wisps of Dawn. He then sped off over the clear blue waters and left Myde and Lea with soaked clothes.

"That kid's a real pain." Lea murmured, snapping his fingers and making his body instantly combust, drying away the water. Myde didn't even know he was wet until he saw Lea combust.

"Do you think I should get dry too?" Myde asked, looking Lea in his emerald eyes.

"It's up to you. You seem fine though, since your element is Water." Lea said, looking past Myde at the silver haired teen skating over the water and the couple rowing in the boat. It seemed so far away.

"Ok!" Myde responded, overexcited as usual. He grabbed both oars and paddled away, steering off course occasionally and getting sidetracked by the water. Lea noticed ripples in the water beneath them and glared at Myde.

"What are you doing with the water?" Lea asked, pointing down.

"Oh, I was trying to create Demyx's Clones. But so far, it hasn't been a success." Myde pointed also at the small ripples in the water and frowned. "Demyx would probably be creating hundreds of them by now."

"Hey man, cheer up. Demyx is still in there and I bet he can give you some of his skills. Wait, did he even have skills or was it just luck?" Lea joked, but not before pointing at Myde's chest.

Myde's cheeks grew red in embarrassment as he slapped Lea's finger away playfully. He looked back down at the water and saw Demyx in the clear surface. Myde noticed that Demyx's hair was still in a mullet while his was spiked in various of places. They still had their blue eyes, but Myde's wasn't filled with carelessness and questions, but with curiosity and playfullness.

"Myde?" Lea said, leaning over to get a look at his face. Myde's head shot up and looked abck at Lea with a smile on his face. "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine!" Myde continued to row the boat and soon reached the Docks where Sora, Riku, and Kairi were waiting.

"Took you long enough!" Sora said, folding his arms.

"Quiet Roxie. Where's this restaurant, Silver?" Lea asked, looking at Riku.

Riku's eyebrow twitched in irritation but dispelled it. "Follow us. Do you need a place to stay too?"

"Yes please! Can it be a hotel? I love their beds!" Myde said, jumping up and down out of sheer happiness.

"No we don't need a hotel, Myde. But yes, we do need a place to stay." Lea said, looking behind the trio to see the many buildings.

"Well, you can stay with anyone of us if you'd like. When do you think your Gummi Ship will be repaired?" Sora asked, looking at the plume of smoke again.

"Probably in a few days. Six days at most. Then we can take you to go see The King." Lea dug in his pocket in search of a certain item. After a few minutes of rummaging, he protruded a sticker with three black circles intertwined with each other. The sticker reminded Sora of a certain anthropomorphic mouse. Lea pealed the sticker off its wrapper and pasted it to his right pant leg.

"So what do you feel in the mood for, Myde?" Kairi asked, brushing hair out of her face.

"Oh man, I have no idea! I could eat anything right about now!" Myde replied, looking up into the sky for some unknown dramatic effect.

"Um, Myde? What're you doing?" Riku asked, his silver eyes meeting Myde's blue ones.

"Huh? Oh, I read that pausing dramatically makes you seem deep in thought and intelle- intelera- intellegra-" Myde fumbled for the word until Axel lent a helping hand.

"Intelligent?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, that's it!" Myde exclaimed this loudly and caused attention to himself by people passing. Lea scolded Myde by slapping the back of his head softly, causing Myde to stumble forward.

"Hey!" he yelled, rubbing his head. "What was that for?"

"You're making a scene. Hush. Got it memorized?" Lea said, pointing to his temple and smiling.

"We're here. The nearest restaurant. It's called Destiny's Best." Sora said, waving his hands in front of the sign about the spinning door. "It's not cheap, but from the munny I got from my journey, I should be able to pay for all of us."

"No need. We will pay for ourselves, Sora." Riku suggested, leaving the group behind to get a seat inside.

"Sora, you'll pay for me, right?" Kairi whispered, locking her fingers with Sora's.

"Of course Kairi. You'll always be before anything else." Sora said, kissing her forehead.

"I'll remember that, Sora." Kairi replied seductively, dragging Sora into the restaurant.

"Wanna go first?" Lea asked Myde, bowing sarcastically.

"It would be my pleasure, silly pyro!" Myde said happily, ruffling Lea's hair and running inside before the pyro could burn him.

Inside the restaurant, Myde's mouth dropped at the sheer amazement. The restaurant was filled with low lit lights and wooden tables that gave the place an elegant old-fashioned look. In the centre of the restaurant was a bar that had many alcoholic beverages lined up for the bartender to serve. At the tables were small lanterns that luminated the surrounding area. The whole area gave off a cozy, warm, inviting feeling to the newcomers.

"Wow. This place is amazing!" Myde said, taking in a deep breath.

"It's the best restaurant in town. But the prices are a bit high." Sora said, motioning the two to follow him as well as the silver-haired teen and the red-head girl. Very much willingly, the pyro and the water boy followed the trio to a round booth with red cushions and a single lantern in the centre of the round wooden table.

Myde was still looking around when their waitress came to take their order. She ahd curly blonde hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. She was chewing gum and had her hand on her hip. "May I take your order?"

"Sora, would you like to start?" Riku asked, still looking at his menu.

"Yea, sure. I'd like two bacon burgers, and a large water please. Kairi, what would you like?" Sora asked, looking at his girlfriend.

"Um, a ceaser salad would be nice." Kairi folded her menu and looked at the waitress with nice blue eyes. "Do you have lemonade?"

"Yes, we do. Strawberry or regular?" she asked, popping her gum in her mouth and causing Lea to jump out of alertness, him being used to fighting and sudden noises.

"Strawberry is fine, thanks." Kairi closed her menu and handed it to Sora, who put both their menus together in a stack.

"And what can I get you, Riku?" the waitress asked, blushing a bit. She didn't let Riku's eyes go unnoticed for she realized that Sora's were almost the same. I wonder what happened to them.

"I'd just like a cup of coffee, Brittany, thank you." the blonde blushed even more as the muscular teen said those two words to her that made her heart sink.

Brittany giggled a bit before writing Riku's order down. "And what can I get you, cutie?" Brittany asked Lea this question, but he didn't notice she called him 'cutie'.

"What's your hottest meal here, Brittany?" Lea asked, smirking a bit at the group as they all sighed.

"Well, we have our 'Extra Extra Hot Lava Wings', with a side of hot sauce. But no one dares to eat them. Wait, are you going to oder them?" Brittany's eyes widened as the red-headed pyro nodded with a sly grin on his face.

"Oh wow! We haven't had someone eat those in two years! You must be a tough guy, huh?" Lea nodded once again and handed her his menu. "Would you like anything to drink?"

"Um, no thanks, I think I can handle it." Lea winked at Brittany, causing her to giggle once more.

"Lastly, what can I get you?" Brittany turned to Myde. who was reading into his menu deeply.

"Uh, can I get about," Myde put his menu on the table and started to count on his fingers for several moments before placing his order. "twelve glasses of water, and a tray of fries?"

"Sure. But do you really need twelve glasses?" Brittany popped her gum again and caused Lea to jump again, the surrounding area getting slightly hotter.

"Trust me, he lives for water." Riku mumbled, rolling his eyes playfully.

"Well, ok. So that's two bacon burgers, a large water, a caesar salad, a cup of coffee, our 'Extra Extra Hot Lava Wings' with hot sauce, and twelve glasses of water with fries. Did I get all that right?" Everyone nodded and she left to tell the cook that he has a hefty order to fill.

"So, what's the problem why the King needs us?" Sora asked Lea, his silver-blue eyes gleaming with excitement.

Lea grimaced and looked at Myde, who looked down solemnly. "Well, what the King has informed us, he heard that..."

"That what?" Riku asked, leaning in closer to hear more clearly.

"That Xehanort is back." Myde said, fiddling with his thumbs and averting his eyes.

There were short gasps coming from the three teens at the mention of the man's name.

"Are you serious?" Sora asked, widening his eyes. "The only man who's been giving us trouble for the past two years is back?"

"Not the Xehanort you all know, but Master Xehanort. This Xehanort was alive back when Ven was around. Which was probably when you three were five or six." Lea said, pointing at the trio. "He plans on consuming every single world in Darkness. When that happens, he will then destroy the Worlds' Hearts and take them, starting a new era of Darkness everywhere."

"So put simply, he is trying to have World Domination?" Riku said, slightly joking.

"This is serious, but yes. Put simply, it is world domination. And he won't stop until he has every single world under his control." Myde said, putting on a serious face.

"So, where is he?" Kairi asked, still taken back from the news.

"That, we don't know." Myde said, fiddling his thumbs again.

"So, the King wants us at his Castle for what reason?" Riku asked this question in a calm yet worried tone.

"He said he wants you two," Lea jabbed his fingers at Sora and Riku. "to take the Mark of Mastery."

Riku and Sora gasped in unison and then looked at each other in shock.

"You're food is ready!" Brittany called out, carrying two large trays of plates and another waitress carrying two large trays. Brittany set down the plates she could manage while the other waitress set the rest down, including Myde's twelve glasses of water. "Enjoy!"

Sora, Rike, and Kairi didn't even notice the plates in front of them for they were still in shock.

"Well, we have to leave as soon as we can!" Sora yelled, causing people's eyes to be trained on him. Kairi put a hand on his shoulder and patted him down.

"You saw our Gummi Ship, we can't leave until that thing's repaired. Which, if me and Myde worked fast enough, should be leaving in about two to three days most." Lea took a bite out of his hot wings and sighed contently.

"Are you sure?" Myde asked, sipping his water nervously.

"Positive, got it memorized? Plus, that gives you two time to train." Lea tossed the bare bone aside and picked up another one.

"That's right, we can start training Sora." Riku sipped his coffee carefully, trying not to burn his tongue. "That way we can be ready for whatever the King has planned for the two of us."

Sora wasn't even paying attention. He was busy scarfing down half a burger in his mouth before he stopped abruptly, looking at Riku with a mouth full of food. "Wrut wrid wrou shay?"

"Sora, chew your food first. I said we can start training in the mean time." Riku shook his head in pity at the hungry brunette but chuckled shortly after.

"Oh, right!" Sora swallowed his food fast and looked back at his best friend. "Does that mean we can fight each other like you promised?"

"Just like I promised." Riku narrowed his eyes intimately and Sora glared back with his silver-blue orbs back at the teen.

"Uh, sorry to bring this little rivalry thing to an end, but keep in mind that we are at a restaurant. I don't want to see slashes on walls or blood on the floor, got it memorized?" Lea pointed a wing at his temple instead of his finger.

"Yeah, we 'got it memorized'." Sora said sarcastically, causing Kairi to giggle.

"Watch it Roxas, I don't wanna fight you either. Especially how the last time we fought turned out." Lea warned, the surrounding area grew slightly higher in temperature.

"Is that a challenge, Lea?" Sora said, slightly taking on Roxas' voice.

"In every way, shape, and form. But I don't want to pay for damage to this nice place, got it memorized?"

"Speak for yourself," Sora's voice changed completely into Roxas' voice, sarcasm and all. "do you have it memorized?"

"Oh I know I do, but I dunno about you. Do you have it memorized?"

"I sure do, but do yo-"

"Can both of you please keep the ranting to a minimum?" Riku intervened, sipping his coffee once more.

"Bite me." Sora said, his voice changing back to his own slowly.


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