This chapter follows Matt as Roxas and himself make up with the members of the backlot gang.
Chapter 54
Making Up
As they walked towards the Accessory Shop, Kairi and Naminé finished talking about how they met, leaving out some of the details.
"Wow! That is so cool!" yelled Matt.
"Not that cool, it's just…"Roxas began.
"Yeah right! It's awesome!" Matt interrupted. "You guys make a living out of kicking butt!"
Roxas shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Ok…when you put it that way…it is awesome!"
"Boys…" Kairi said. "All they care about is fighting and eating."
"Trust me child…you will never find one that isn't," Lady Lucille said as she put a hand on her shoulder.
"It's not just the fighting I like!" Roxas yelled to defend himself.
"But you make it seem it's the only thing that matters! We have a destiny and the huge responsibility that comes with it!" Naminé explained.
"Is that where these come in?" Matt asked summoning Dreamscape.
Kairi and Naminé gasped.
"You have one?" Kairi asked.
"A Keyblade? Yeah! Why?" Matt asked.
Naminé leaned over to Kairi and whispered, "I told you! He does have a destiny as ours!"
"It means you have a destiny similar to ours. Being a Keyblade welder means you share the responsibility of ridding all worlds of darkness."
"That means I get to come with you guys?" Matt asked.
Kairi and Naminé nodded.
"Yes!" Matt cheered.
"What's the real reason you guys came here?" Roxas asked Kairi.
"I'll tell you later," she said as she pushed him aside.
"That's so cool!" Matt yelled as he pulled Kairi and Naminé into a tight hug.
Kairi struggled to writhe out of Matt's hug as he continued to squeeze tighter.
Naminé did nothing to force herself out of Matt's grip. She fell limply into his arms.
"Well…I'm glad you found new friends," said a familiar voice.
Matt loosened his hold and turned.
Behind them Hayner, Pence, and Olette all stood with their arms folded across their chests. Hayner had a look of distaste, Pence was in a stare of disbelief, and Olette was on the verge of tears.
"Hayner! Pence! Olette! I've been looking for you guys!" Matt said.
"Sure looks that way," Hayner retorted.
"Looks to me that you've replaced us," Pence said.
"With girls," Hayner added.
"Hey!" Olette interjected.
"What do you mean 'replace'? I could never replace you guys!" Roxas said.
"It just looks as if you have new friends, just as you ditched us," Olette explained.
"We never ditched you!" Matt argued.
"Well, it just seems that way," Olette pointed out. "If you didn't…why didn't you come see us first when you came back? You were gone for a month!"
"Let us explain," Matt said.
"Why should we?" queried Hayner.
"Because you're getting the wrong idea!" Roxas shouted.
The three exchanged glances between each other before they gave nods to Roxas to continue.
"Ok," Roxas started. "Matt and I came back and we were going to see you guys."
"But we got hungry! And we weren't exactly in the mood for cheese and crackers," Matt added.
The other three Backlot members looked taken aback, but put it aside.
"And we didn't have any money…so we got a job," Matt continued.
"We were going to get paid, go eat, and then visit you guys," Roxas said.
"We weren't ditching you guys," Matt said. "Honestly."
"You still could have come to see us though before you saw them," Hayner said.
"Excuse me?" Lady Lucille asked.
"Sorry…we didn't think of that," Matt said.
"We could have helped you done the job faster," Hayner started, "but instead you blew us off."
"What can we do to prove we're sorry?" Matt asked.
Hayner, Pence, and Olette continued to glare at them.
"I wish there was something I could do to make up," Matt thought.
"Um…hello. I'm Kairi," she said loud enough to attract attention.
"That's Hayner, Pence, and Olette," Roxas said pointing them out one by one.
"Again…I'm Kairi and this is Naminé."
"Nice to meet you!" Olette greeted, but immediately after she said this Hayner gave her an ice cold glance. "Sorry…" she added.
"I know you don't know us very well, but I think I know a way that might help."
"What…is that?" Pence asked.
"It's our ship!" Naminé said proudly.
"Don't you love it?!" Kairi asked.
"It's pink…" Matt and Pence said.
"With flowers…" Hayner and Roxas added.
"I like it," Lady Lucille said.
"Well good…because we're taking you for a ride," Kairi said.
"Oh my!" Lady Lucille shrieked. "I…can't! I'm afraid of heights!"
"Are you sure?" Naminé said.
"Oh yes darling!" she yelled as she walked away.
"Are you coming?" Naminé asked as she opened the ship's door.
Everybody ran in after her. They entered to find Kairi and Naminé sitting in their pilot chairs starting to lift off.
"Buckle up guys!" Kairi yelled.
Everybody stood very still as Naminé and Kairi finished the liftoff process.
"Liftoff in three…two…" Naminé said.
At this point everybody rushed to the nearest seats and buckled themselves in.
"One! Liftoff initiated!" Naminé yelled.
The liftoff was much easier than the first time. Kairi and Naminé sat back relaxed in their seats after pressing the autopilot.
Kairi and Naminé unbuckled their seat belts and walked over to the pink tinted windows.
Soon after they were joined, one by one, by the rest of the crew.
"You wouldn't think that Twilight Town could be this big," Pence said in awe gazing over the town's landscape.
"It's beautiful," Olette said as she placed her hand upon the window.
"Yeah…" Hayner added as he shuffled his hands into his pockets. "It is."
Kairi gave Roxas a nudge into his side.
"Ow! What was that…"
Kairi gave him a quick nod to Hayner, Pence, and Olette.
Roxas caught on and asked his gang members, "You forgive us yet?"
"Please…" Matt added as he placed his arm on Roxas's shoulder.
"Yeah," Hayner said.
"Yes," Pence added.
"Of course!" Olette exclaimed.
They all embraced in a forgiving hug.
Written by Matt.
