Katari: Yayness! I get to finally see Zexy-sama! YAY!

Lorwen: I thought I was the crazy one…

Katari: You are. And I don't even like coffee! So how can I get hyper on it?

Lorwen: So that's why your so serious all the time… runs to get coffee

Katari's POV

"I had a hamster once," I commented as Lorwen played with Binky, who was now calmly chewing away at her drawstrings. "Actually I had two… and we once had a bird… and cannibalistic fish… and a turtle… and now we have two dogs…"

"Your fish were cannibalistic!" Lorwen exclaimed.

"Yes. That's why we don't have any fish left."

Lorwen got this kind of grimace on her face. "Okay…"

"I wish Zexy-sama would hurry up. I want to get going."

"Yeah… I can't believe we have to go with an escort! We're not little kids!" She exclaimed indignantly.

"I know, but they probably think we'd run off and tell people of their location. At least it's Zexy-
sama. Better then Lexeaus."

Lorwen nodded, and now was trying to keep Binky from chewing right through her hood.

"Oh!" I shouted abruptly.

"Oh what?"

"We can't go weaponless," I replied, reaching for her endless backpack. Since you could find anything in there, why not a weapon?

"What do you mean?"

"Zexy-sama is the laziest son of a gun you will ever meet. According to him, fighting is not how he does things."

Lorwen snickered and helped me look in her backpack. We found a lot of things that couldn't be used as a weapon, such a Legolas poster, an empty cereal box, a rubber duck (okay, maybe that one could have been used as a weapon), and a Linkin Park CD.

"Too bad we don't have a stereo," Lorwen sighed. "Oh, look at this!" She cried, pulling out two blades that fastened along the arm. "These are cool! Mine!"

"Well, don't keep them out. Make them disappear. It's possible here."Lorwen nodded and made them disappear (and commented on how cool that was).

I had to search longer. Finally, I found something silvery in what I thought was the bottom. But when I brought it up, I found it was a handgun.

"Whoa… uh, well, it'll do," I said. I made it disappear, satisfied. I was not the most athletic person, and it was the kind of weapon that didn't require an athlete.

."Are you ready to go or not?" A hard voice asked. I looked up, and saw Zexion standing in the doorway in all his glory.

I started, really wanting to hug him. I tried to control myself.

"Just do it!" Lorwen whispered.

Unable to stand it any longer, I rushed behind Zexion and hugged him. Although my face was buried in his back, I could hear his muffled protests. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Marluxia handing over munny to Axel.

After a few more precious moments I released my captive. "Gomen, Zexy-sama…"
He simply glared at me spitefully. I was guessing that he didn't enjoy the embrace as much as I had.

Zexion strode silently over to a random door and held up a card. There was light and a flash, just like before. In a moment's notice, we were in Traverse Town.

I looked around. It didn't feel fake, like it had last time. "Are we in the real Traverse Town, or the one made up of Sora's memories?"

"The real one," Zexion replied dryly.

"Good," Lorwen said. We started off towards a local grocer, Zexion muttering under his breath the entire time.

"Can't believe… why do I have to get stuck with them…"

"It's your own fault, Zexy-sama," I said sweetly. "If you had ignored our scent, we wouldn't have been found, and we wouldn't have joined-"

Lorwen cut me off. "Look!" She squealed, pointing to a figure in the distance. I squinted.

"Hey, it's Leon! Maxxie would have loved this…"

Lorwen nodded, and looked down at her hamster. "Come on Binky, the store is over here."

The grocer was filled to the brim with different kinds of food, including candy.

"It's hard to believe that only an orange was in the kitchen," I commented as I strolled along the frozen food aisle. "Now I know why Axel looks so anorexic!"

Lorwen and I broke into a fit of giggles. Predictably, Zexion didn't.

"Why such the long face, Zexy-sama?" I asked. "I promise, you'll like the ice cream."

"Katari, I think you scarred him for life with that hug," Lorwen whispered.

"So? You hugged Vexen twice! Think of what you've done to his mental state!"

After retrieving Binky from the cracker aisle, we started homeward. But I got this strange feeling on our way back…

"Look out!"

I turned behind me, and saw a Shadow Heartless jumping at my face. I raised my arm, and that handgun simply appeared in my grasp. I pulled the trigger, and the thing dissolved into shadowy darkness.

"Hey! You got it!" Lorwen yelled enthusiastically.

"Yeah… cool!" I said, grinning. Zexion seemed to be slightly pleased, but he didn't say anything. Obviously he wasn't in the mood to talk with me. I can't figure out why, though… perhaps it had something to do with that hug…