- Chapter Ten -

(The Beautiful Kunoichi and the Overly Intimidating Bands)

MH: Thank you to all of the lovely people who reviewed! This chapter is for you!!!

Roxas: …

MH: What? You're not gonna give me any criticism or cynical comments today?

Naminé: I duct-taped his mouth shut so he couldn't.

MH: Thank you, Naminé. (gives 9000 munny) This whole chapter will probably be just Roxas. Well we all love Roxas anyways, so that won't be a problem… I hope.

Roxas: (rolls eyes)…Mrph!

MH: (sticks out tongue) Pfft! I do not own the characters of this story, I do not own sharpies, I do not own… Arby's…

Note: My parents disconnected my internet connection and I couldn't upload the chapter until like, three seconds ago under their noses, so forgive me if this chapter sucks, I was undercover!!! (wails because of her misfortune). Also, we find out Riku's girlfriend's name!

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- (Roxas) -

Roxas handed the form in to the front desk. Kairi and Naminé had already gone home, but Roxas and his band were still at the gym.

"Well that's over and done with… wanna go check out all the other bands?" Sora asked.

"Let's go, idiot." Roxas sighed, rolling his eyes.

Third Gym

The third gym was full of bands, many of them practicing their songs.

"Hey Sora- what the- SORA!!" Roxas yelled. Sora was over at one area, getting his shirt signed by one of the bands. The spiky-haired blonde boy came over and flicked Sora on the head.

"Ow!"

"Idiot, we need to practice!" Roxas growled. One of the girls from the band handed Sora his sharpie back.

"Roxas, I haven't gotten Sakura's autograph yet!" Sora whined.

"Will you stop!? First it's Kairi, now it's the 'Beautiful Kunoichi', what's next!?" Roxas said. He dragged his brother back all the way to the garage where they practiced (yes, the whole way.).

Garage

"One more time," Roxas instructed," all the other bands have had almost a month to practice; but we have to master this song in a week." Riku and Sora groaned, Cloud rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Or else Seifer's gonna kill us." The whole band quickly snapped up and started practicing.

After Practice

Sora was busy stuffing sandwiches in his mouth after practice to notice Roxas dictating the rest of the band about how they'd pull the song off.

"Okay, this is going to probably be a huge failure, but as long as you follow my lead, then we'll be okay. If all else fails… either screw it or wing it." Roxas told Riku and Cloud.

"What'sh the big deal?" Sora managed to say," We're gonna get shcrewed anywaysh, sho what're you trying to aschieve by shaying anyshing?"

"…Idiot." Roxas mumbled," If we even make it into the top five, then we'll get a chance to go to Traverse Town, maybe even Twilight Town! Just think for once!" Sora rolled his eyes and swallowed a pound of ham sandwich.

"Yeah, but with only one week to prepare, we'll just lose anyway!" the spiky haired brunette complained.

"Loser, don't think about losing, think about winning!" Riku said, flicking Sora on the head.

"Hey, flicking Sora on the head is my job." Roxas said.

"…Morons." Cloud muttered under his breath.

Destined To Shop Mall

Despite its… rather strange name, the 'Destined To Shop Mall' was the best place to hang out on the weekends. This was also the place where LockHeart Designs' main store was located. The reason that Roxas and company was here was… well, because they didn't have any homework to do, they could have practiced…

Well, as the smart say; hard work pays off later, but laziness pays off now.

"So… I'm thinking Arby's! Sora joked.

"How about CT?" Riku asked.

"Oh, come on, Riku; you only wanna go there because your girlfriend works there!"

"…So?"

"You're hopeless, man…" Roxas sighed. Riku shrugged in response.

- (Naminé) -

"Why're we here, Kairi?" Naminé asked her sister after a thirty minute trip in the car.

"Three reasons: Shopping, Sora promised to be there, and Carved Tree!" Kairi gushed. Naminé sighed. Carved Tree (more commonly known as CT) was one of the world's most popular clothing stores, and was Kairi's favorite place to buy clothes.

"Okay… Carved Tree it is…" Naminé silently groaned.

- (Roxas) -

"You're so obsessed…" Roxas grumbled. The Carved Tree store at the Destined To Shop Mall was basically a big tree… with a carved entrance.

'These guys are so obsessed…' Roxas thought to himself.

"You think there's an elf inside who'll make us cookies?" Sora joked. Roxas flicked him on the side of the head.

"Ow!"

"Hey Roxas, isn't that your girlfriend?"

- (Naminé) -

Kairi strolled into CT, eagerly anticipating the many items of clothing that she was about to see. She stopped at the cashier's desk.

"Jen, I didn't know you worked here!" Kairi exclaimed. Riku's girlfriend sighed, looking embarrassed.

"Yeah… well, the best part is, I get to drag Ed and Al along with me every day." Jen said," Ain't that right, shrimp?"

"I AM NOT A SHRIMP!!!"

"Yes you are."

"AM NOT!" This continued while Kairi looked through all the clothing and Naminé stood there looking awkward. The most surprising part was when Roxas walked into the store, along with Riku, Sora, and Cloud.

"Roxas?" Naminé asked, more of a question than a greeting.

"Yeah… me." Roxas mumbled, looking embarrassed.

- (Roxas) -

Riku was already at the cashier desk with his girlfriend, Cloud just exited as fast as he could. Roxas stood there with Naminé… looking awkward.

"So… you're here with Kairi on a shopping trip or something?" Roxas asked her.

"Yeah."

"I see, Riku dragged me here so he could see his girlfriend." Roxas replied.

"Oh… that's interesting."

"Not really." Roxas sighed. "Hey… you wanna sneak out while Sora's drooling over Kairi?" Naminé didn't answer, she only nodded once.

But that was enough of an answer for him.

- (TBC) -

MH: Yeah, I know, short… but hey! I WAS RUSHED!!!! I'M SORRY!!!

Roxas: (rolls his eyes because he's stilled tied to a chair and gagged)

Naminé: (Sighs)