WHOOPS! MY BAD
Last time, The Click Five's "It Ends Tonight" was at the end of the story. That was an accident. It was meant for this story, but I may not use it. (By the time you read this, it will have been fixed.) Hehehe…
Anyway, today is the day everyone prepares for the race, and then…
Races. Oh…. This is gonna be good. (The race will be next chapter)
But first… The vacation. Hehehe…
"So…" Marluxia looked to his friends. He, Yuffie, and Xigbar were all on the outer balcony.
"As much fun as vacation is, when we gonna go home?" Yuffie sighed when Xigbar mentioned this.
"I've been having so much fun, I haven't thought of it. I mean, did you see the look on Seto's face when he saw what I did to HIS face! It was great!"
"It's also the reason I'm discussing this." Marluxia grumbled. "He's kicking us out."
Yuffie and Xigbar blinked.
"WHAT!"
Demyx heard a yell down below his level, and ran to his balcony. He saw Xigbar and Marluxia, along with…
Anyway, with a blush, Demyx laughed it off and went back inside, packing his stuff. He thought it was hilarious that Yuffie drew all over Seto's face, but he was kinda bummed that he wouldn't see his little buddy Mokuba.
"Where will we go?" Xigbar mumbled to Yuffie. Marluxia smiled.
"I know where. We have a party to crash…"
Sora was snoring peacefully when the alarm clock went off. Confused since he hadn't set an alarm clock, Sora leapt up and slammed it. Annoyed, he fell back in bed.
The clock was flashing 4:00 a.m. at Sora, and that was annoying enough. What kind of idiot wakes up at four in the morning! Sighing, Sora tried to sleep again.
"Wazzat?" Roxas sat up, with bed head, and looked around sleepily.
"That," A menacing voice spoke. "Means its time to begin."
"Begin?" Sora groaned, sitting up. "Begin what? At four in the morning?"
"Begin this." The man walked up out of the shadows, grinning. "Cid Highwind's Racing Bootcamp."
Roxas and Sora went wide eyed.
"So, this is for you." Xigbar finished. Mokuba went wide eyed.
(Ok, even if you don't like YGO, cute little kids are adorable, and ya gotta love em. So, I'm giving Mokuba a special spot in Demyx's and Xigbar's newly grown hearts… I love little Mokie!)
In Xigbar's outstretched hand was a whistle, small and pure white. Of course, Mokuba thought this was the greatest thing ever coming from his buddies Xigbar and Demyx. They, of course, knew it was special. But there's no need to tell of that now.
"Hang on to it, buddy!" Demyx chimed. "Ever need us, just whistle!" He waved, and with that, Xigbar and Demyx turned and began walking down the hill towards where the gummi ship awaited.
"Thanks for hanging out with me, guys!" Mokuba cried, waving madly. From behind, his cold older brother sighed contently; the guests were finally gone!
"Anytime kiddo!" Xigbar laughed, waving back. The two arrived at the foot of the hill, placing their bags in the back.
"Alright, let's go!" Xigbar cheered. "I'll drive!"
Before he could even finish saying it, every single person shouted.
"NO!"
From behind closed doors, Tsuki laughed.
"Congratulations. But I think this is preferred…"
Just as the ship was about to go off, Demyx felt sick. All of a sudden, he closed his eyes. When he opened them…
He was watching the ship fly off.
"WHAT?" He shouted, panicking. "WAIT FOR ME!"
Seto looked down at the situation before him. One guest was still here. His eyebrow twitched.
"Why does the world HATE ME!" His mind shouted eyes on fire.
"Why does the world hate me?" Demyx pleaded, sobbing.
Mokuba could only laugh.
Cloud sipped his drink as he watched the kids from the balcony. Down below, Cid was teaching them every little trick there was to know about the bikes. It was five o'clock in the morning, and there they were, messing with machines. Chuckling, Cloud felt sorry for the poor kids… they were in for a grand time.
Auron walked up to Cid behind him.
"I trailed after the man 'Alucard'." He muttered. "He caught on to me. Didn't seem to mind the fact I was there. Just grinned. An odd character. Sort of… reminds me of that darkness of yours…" Auron's deep voice trailed off as he lit a cigarette.
"Lovely." Cloud laughed quietly. "We don't need another of him." Auron laughed.
"Certainly not."
Down below, Cid now had the two kids running laps. Sora, Cloud saw, was cheating by floating just above the ground and it seemed he thought he'd get away with it Scott-free. Cid slamming him in the back of the head with his long metal pole proved otherwise.
Cloud almost – almost – choked on his drink when he saw the amusing sight.
"Ha. Reminds me of me." Auron murmured smirking.
Sora grimaced when he felt his head almost implode from being beat in. Now Cid was berating him – that was the one good thing about this headache. He couldn't hear Cid.
Roxas, who was now rolling on the floor in laughter, felt a rock hit him square on the side of the head. Sitting up, he saw Sora hold another large pebble in his hand, grinning. Roxas pulled out his keyblade.
Sora began pelting Roxas with pebbles, and the boy blocked everyone but the first. Cid watched with approval as Roxas acted like some sort of samurai warrior. After a while, he did start acting like that, posing, and being sarcastic as he acted all "cool". When Cid beamed him in the head, it was Sora's turn to laugh.
"Hey!"
Sora and Roxas jumped up at the sound of the Freeshooter's voice.
"Guys!" The two shouted unanimously, leaping up, and running towards them up the flight of stairs.
Xigbar grinned when he was glomped by the two boys, the three of them rolling and romping around. Xigbar ruffled their hair and pulled them up by their collars, his hands on either of their heads.
"Hey, Cid!" Luxord called, running past the three to him. "You like card games? I found this really awesome one on vacation…"
Sora smiled, looking up the hill as he and Roxas tried to fight off Xigbar's assault on their hair.
Everyone was coming back. Soon, Leon and the others would be there. And then… later on…
Axel.
Cloud smiled on the balcony. Leaning over, the smile became a grin.
"They're back."
"I'll go order more rooms." Auron sighed, stalking off. Cloud smiled.
"Bootcamp?" Xigbar asked. Sora nodded exasperated.
"Cid's putting us in his own evil training camp." Roxas growled. Xigbar rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Then…
"Where do I sign up?" He chimed. Sora and Roxas fell flat on their bums in surprise.
"WHAT!" They screamed. "You want to sign up?" Sora continued. Xigbar nodded.
"Me and the kid could do it." He said. "Kid? Hey, kid!" Xigbar looked back over his shoulder, and all around. "Kid?" Yuffie heard him, and ran over frantically.
"We can't find Demyx."
"Aww, man." Demyx sighed, bringing his stuff back into the mansion.
"Well, don't act like you hate us." Mokuba joked. Demyx cracked a smile.
"It's not that, I just wanted to see Sora and Roxas's race." He sighed, plopping his stuff down on his bed.
"You still can. Don't you know?" Demyx looked down to his little buddy. "Different worlds can be spectators in the race. You can watch it from here."
Demyx lit up brightly, so brightly that Mokuba might've been burned.
"Really?" He implored, practically yelling. Mokuba smiled.
"Seto and I bought tickets, and so did everybody else, so you can come with us." Demyx whooped, happy and carefree.
Not everyone he knew was that way.
Marluxia walked around the bar, which had been refurnished amazingly fast after the bar fight the day before, and sat down at one corner to drink. He seemed sullen and annoyed.
"Hey, pinky!" Someone called, red in the face from drinking. Everyone at his table laughed when he called out to Marluxia, and for the pink haired nobody, that was the last straw. Slamming his fists on the bar, he stood screaming and summoned his scythe.
Behind the bar, the bartender sighed, quivering, before running out the back door.
"Some things never change…"
Sora grimaced. It was late night. Two hours from the race. From the balcony, he could hear the cheers and shouts as the stands filled. Fireworks flashed through the sky, and the announcers were deafening.
"Hey." Sora looked behind him, and Roxas walked up.
"That training was nuts." Sora sighed. Roxas laughed.
"Hell yeah." Sora stretched as the lights grew brighter.
"Think we can do it?" Roxas muttered, setting his legs through the bars in the balcony like Sora had, leaning forward.
"I don't know about winning the race. But finding the door, sure." Roxas laughed.
"Don't tell me you aren't going out there to win?" Sora looked a bit stunned, thinking. Then, slowly, his face brightened, and he grinned with determination.
"Definitely!" He cheered, thrusting his fist into the air as the clock struck seven and the fireworks came into its finale.
From behind the kids, Cloud watched with a smile. They could do it; he was sure.
"Time for me to prepare." He whispered. With that, he headed down into the garage.
Downstairs, he uncovered something in the corner, a third bike. Morne Ciel, or "Cloudy Sky".
"All participants down to the dome please. All participants down to the dome please." Cloud smiled. Starting his bike, he drove out, heading down to the dome.
Sora grinned, standing. The race was finally beginning!
"Let's go!" He cheered, and with that, Roxas and Sora raced down to the garage, preparing for the most enthralling race of their lives.