Kingdom Hearts: The Six Spirit Guardian
Chapter 42: Xander & Roxas Day 2
The next day, Xander wakes up after the dream he had.
"Oh man. What is happening?" He asks.
After getting dress, he heads out to meet up with his friends. He sees Roxas who also had the same dream.
"Hey, Roxas." Xander said to him.
"Hey, Xander. Did you have that dream?" Roxas questioned.
"Yeah. That same dream but a different setting." Xander replied. He sees a stick on the ground before picking it up. Roxas also sees a stick and picks it up. They both swing them a few times before tossing them over their heads and they hit someone wearing a black cloak in the chest.
"Oh!" Roxas exclaimed.
"Whoops!" Xander said.
The person walks away down the steps ignoring the two.
"Sorry... about that..." Xander said. He and Roxas see the man leaving without saying a word.
"That was rude of him," Xander said, "Come on, Roxas, the others are waiting.
Xander and Roxas walk into the Usual Spot to see Hayner, Pence, and Olette already sitting down, enjoying some sea-salt ice cream. Hayner offers Xander and Roxas some.
"Thanks." Roxas said.
"I could use one." Xander said.
"Do you guys think we'll always be together like this?" Pence asks.
Roxas sits down on a crate next to Xander who leans back on the wall.
"I sure hope so." Olette said.
Hayner: Huh? Where did that come from?
Pence: Oh, well, you know. Just thinking out loud.
Hayner: Well, I doubt we can be together forever. But isn't that what growing up's all about? What's important isn't how often we see each other, but how often we think about each other. Right?
Pence (laughs): Get that off a fortune cookie?
Hayner: That's it, no more ice cream for you! Man, today's turning out to be a drag.
Olette: Maybe because of yesterday's memory thief.
Hayner: Nuh-uh. You know what it is? We don't want summer vacation to be over. That's all! So, how about this? We all go to the beach! And why do we go to the beach? Because we haven't gone once this entire vacation! Blue seas! Blue skies! Let's just get on the train and go!
(The rest of the group say nothing but stand up as well)
Hayner: No? Aw, c'mon!
Roxas: Maybe you forgot, but we're broke.
Hayner: Maybe you forgot I'm smart!
The group, except Xander and Roxas runs out of the Usual Spot. Pence turns around to get them.
Pence: Hurry up, you two!
(Pence leaves again before Xander and Roxas meet up with them in the Back Alley outside the Usual Spot)
Hayner: We're going to Market Street!
(The group leaves to Market Street: Station Heights. Roxas finds them reading a poster on the wall about The Struggle)
Hayner: Just two days to go. You, Xander and I have to make the finals! That way, no matter who wins, the five of us split the prize!
"I accept your challenge." Xander said.
"Okay, you're on." Roxas agreed.
"You three are gonna clean up!" Pence said.
Olette: Go get 'em!
Xander, Roxas, and Hayner make a sign of friendship with their arms.
"It's a promise! Now, let's get down to business. One ticket to the beach is 900 munny. How much for the five of us?"
"1500 munny." Olette said.
"And 300 each to spend there," Pence said "What's that for all of us?"
"2100 munny. A total of 3600 munny." Olette spoke.
Pence puts his hands behind his head.
"To spend on what?" Xander asks.
"Pretzels, of course! What else is there?" Hayner said.
"Well, there's always watermelon." Roxas suggested.
"Too pricey. They're, like, 2000 munny apiece." Hayner said.
"Pretzels it is." Roxas said.
"I agree with Roxas." Xander said.
"So, where were we?" Roxas asks.
"We need 5400 munny altogether. But all we have is..." Olette said.
"I've got 800." Pence said.
"...650." Olette said.
"150. Sorry." Roxas said.
"I got 300" Xander said.
"That's 1800 munny! We need another 5400. Let's find ourselves some odd jobs and earn some dough! We have 'til the train leaves to earn 900 munny each!" Hayner said.
Hayner runs off towards the station.
"Meet at the station with cash in hand!" Hayner said.
"Didn't he say he had it covered?" Pence asks.
"Whatever. Those pretzels are sounding pretty good." Roxas said.
"And if we have enough, we can get some sea-salt ice cream." Xander added.
"Great idea." Olette said.
Xander and Roxas help out with some odd jobs and meets the other three at the Station Plaza.
"All present and accounted for?" Hayner asks.
"What've we got?" Pence asks.
"Let's see..." Roxas said as he pulls out some munny, "Just this."
"Here you go." Xander said, doing the same thing.
"Good job." Pence said
"Nice work, everyone. Added to what we started with, we now have..." Olette shows them the munny pouch she made with the munny inside it. "Tada! 7000 munny!"
"Sweet!" Hayner said.
Olette gives the bag to Roxas, "Let's get tickets!"
Olette and Pence run ahead into the station.
"We can't be together forever... so we'd better make the time we do have something to remember." Hayner said to Roxas and Xander.
"Huh?" They said in unison.
"Gotcha!" Hayner jokingly punches Roxas in the stomach and joins the other three. Roxas follows but something invisible make them trip.
"Whoa!" Roxas said.
"Roxas!" Xander said before helping him up.
A small stick drops to the ground. Hayner, Pence, and Olette stop. Hayner steps back a bit down the stairs. Roxas grunts slightly coming to his knees and touching his lip. He sees someone in a black cloak standing beside him.
"Huh?" Roxas said.
The person picks Roxas off the ground and whispers something to him and Xander.
"What do you mean?" Xander asks.
"What?" Roxas asks.
"Xander! Roxas! Three minutes!" Hayner said.
"Okay!" Roxas shouted. He looks back to the figure, who is gone. He and Xander catch up to his friends in the station. Hayner bends at the teller and holds out five fingers.
"Five students!" Hayner said.
"Roxas, the money!" Pence said.
"Hurry up, Roxas." Xander said,
"Wait-" Roxas searches himself for where he put the munny pouch. He exclaimed, "No!"
"Huh?"
Roxas looks back out toward the plaza and remembers the cloaked person picking him up, "He took it!" He begins to run outside into the plaza.
"Where are you going?" Olette asks.
"Remember when I fell? I had the money before that. I bet that guy took it!" Roxas explained.
"What guy?" Pence asked in confusion.
"The guy in the black robe." Xander answered.
"He couldn't have gotten too far..." Roxas said.
"What are you talking about?" Hayner asks. He remembers Roxas outside getting himself up, "There was no hooded stranger."
The train station bell wakes Roxas up.
"Huh? But he... There wasn't... Really?"
The train whistle blows and they realize they've missed it.
"Oh boy..." Pence groaned.
"There wasn't anyone...there?" Roxas asks
"Dammit." Xander said slamming a fist into the wall of the station in anger.
First the photos and now the money. Hayner, Pence, and Olette leave the Station. Later, the five are eating sea-salt ice cream on the clock tower ledge. The train is moving in the background, while Xander sits and thinks, his ice cream dripping.
"It's melting." Olette said.
"Sorry." Xander said.
"Cheer up already!" Hayner said.
"That was definitely weird, though." Roxas said in confusion.
"Strange." Olette said.
"You said it." Hayner said.
"Can you feel Darius?" Xander asks himself.
"Can you feel Sora?" Roxas asks to himself.
Both of them remember what the figure whispered to them.
"Can you feel Darius?"
"Can you feel Sora?"
The screen becomes scrambled
"Restoration at 28%." The computer said.
"Kailani, Naminé, hurry." Diz said.
The cloaked man juggles the munny pouch while DiZ remains at the computer screens.
"Is it really that hard to make a beach?" He asks Diz.
"We'd be giving the enemy another entry point." Diz replied.
"And this? "He holds out the munny pouch.
"We can always buy some sea-salt ice cream." DiZ laughs as the figure juggles the pouch again. "Objects from that town must be kept out of the real world. You can delete that."
[Vision]
Darius wakes up and find out that he is in a different world.
"Where am I? Ricardo! Stanley! Catherine! Aman-"
A vision shows Darius meeting with Aerrow and the Storm Hawks.
"Who are you?" Darius asks.
I am Aerrow and these are my friends." Aerrow introduced.
The next vision shows Darius battling the traitor Cravor at the tower.
"You've betrayed all of Atmos, Cravor." Darius said before he defeated him.
The vision shows Darius at the Realm of the Spirit with th Fortuna Council.
"Now you see, Darius. This is the reason why you were chosen. You were chosen to wield the Six Spirit King Keyblade. You are the Six Spirit Guardian." Invi said.
The Vision shows Darius fighting Ravess before she grabs and kisses him. Next it shows Darius fighting against Master Cyclonis before she was defeated.
The last vison shows Darius sealing the keyhole before the vision ends.
"Who are you?" Xander asks as two girls appear. The one the left has blonde hair and other have brunette hair. The girl turns around and smiles. Xander wakes up in his room. Kailani and Namine aid standing there, but disappear when he turns to look.
"What is happening to me?" Xander asks himself.
Will write more...
