Hello people! sorry I haven't updated this in a few days, i had a ton of crap for school. but tomorrow I get to go to an amusement park(canobie lake!) on a school trip thingy. so i probably wont get the next chapter up until saturday night. and i also am leaving on June 11 for a week for national history day(anybody do it?) and then on june 25 for 6 weeks, countum six weeks! for camp. its CAMP GREYSTONE in NORTH CAROLINA. ANYBODY HEARD OF IT OR GONG? im curious if anybody here foes there, that would be awesome. Anyway thank you Mint Drop and AngelicSilverAngel for reviewing, and by the way...i was voted biggest loser as a class superlative for homeroom this year..MAN IM PROUD OF THAT! o well, at least people accept me for it. well here is the next chapter...its gonna get better TRUST ME(even though i promise that every chap...) well READ AND REVIEW PLEASE...i like knowing im appreciates somewhere...flames and suggestions welcome...

Namine's POV

"Namine wake up," a voice hissed in my ear, shaking my shoulder gently. I groaned and rolled over, throwing my arm in the air in attempt to ward off my waker. Suddenly the blanket were ripped form my arms, leaving cold air to rush to my arms and legs.

"Urgh...why can't I sleep?" I moaned angrily while turning to face the intruder, Riku, who was holding my blankets innocently in his hands. "Because its 10 am, and we need to run some errands," he replied while throwing my blankets back at me. "Okay...well get out so I can get dressed!" Riku gave me a suspicious look before crossing the room and shutting the door. I smirked and rolled over in bed, pulling the blankets back on top of me to fall asleep.

It had been 1 month since I had come to Twilight Town. The Organization had accepted me easily, and I had been with them ever since. I had become great friends with Riku and of course Tyson, and we often spent our days hanging out in town, getting into trouble, and fooling around. So far the Organization had sent a few people off to other worlds to investigate the heartless situation. The heartless weren't as bad here as in other worlds, at least they only came out at night. They were much tougher than I remember though.

Next thing I knew I was being lifted up from the bed, and carried into the hallway. I struggled helplessly as Riku carried me effortlessly. He dumped me on the floor and tossed a sweatshirt at me. "Come on," he said grinning. I scowled at him, "You just HAD to get me up that way," I huffed as I rolled to my feet. I pulled the black sweatshirt over my head and ran my fingers through my thick blonde hair, thankfully my new haircut left my hair easy to manage. I followed Riku out the door and into the cool sunlight. I shuddered slightly, considering I was only in a pair of short girl-boxers, and Riku's sweatshirt. Jogging slightly to keep up with Riku's quick stride, I fell in step with him.

"So what are these super important errands that you just HAD to get me up to do?" I asked, grinning slightly. "Well, we have to go to this creepy guys' shop to haggle some munny off him for groceries, then go shopping, and then meet Tyson at the clock tower at 2 o'clock."

Riku looked hesitant then added, "I was hoping...""Let me guess," I interrupted, "you want me to haggle to this guy because you either suck at it or hate doing it."

Riku suddenly looked hopeful and said, "The guy always give me a hard time because of my hair color and because he thinks I'm with the organization, so he's paranoid that I'm gonna take his money and use it to destroy the world or something. I thought he might be more cooperative with you..." He looked at me expectantly, and I couldn't help laugh.

"Sure, I'll rip this guy off for you, and I'll do it without making him call the authority on me because he suspects something," I said, grinning. Riku looked pleased, but his smile was gone as soon as we reached a small store on a busy corner. "This is it. I hate this place," He pushed open the door slowly. Inside there was more stuff crammed into a little space than I thought possible. The shop was filled to the ceiling with weird gizmos and gadgets of all kinds, some I had seen before, but most I hadn't.

"Wow, what a packrat shop," I muttered to Riku as we pushed to the back of the store. At the cash register sat a tall thin man with a ironed and tucked suit, and a brass pin on his breast that boasted "bugenja kanemuchi". I smirked, this guy defiantly was going to be fun to haggle with.

The man glared at Riku and me as we stopped at his desk. "Come to bring me some more junk I see," he said as Riku dumped the bag of collections on his desk. The stuff was mainly things from other worlds that people in Twilight Town who had never left might find interesting. I thought it was all useless.

"I brought someone else to discuss prices with you today, since you seem to think I'm going to murder you or something," Riku said coldly, while indicating me. I stepped forward, and surveyed the stuff before me. The man picked up the merchandise one by one and examined each piece carefully. He seemed especially interested in the heart guard and the mini triton from Atlantica.

"I'll give you 70 munny for all of it, and that's being nice," he said while grinning widely at me, assuming I would just give in. I shook my head, "150 munny or no deal," I said forcefully, while staring straight into the man's eyes. He looked shocked, and then angry, before sitting upright and leaning close to my face.

"What makes you think you, a menial teenager, deserves that much money from me, an accomplished businessman, for all of this junk?" he said in a low tone, his face inches from mine. I glared right back and replied, "Well it seems to me that if you wear a pin that says 'rich man' you should be able to fork out the proper price for such merchandise, considering you are such a great business man and all." I heard Riku snicker slightly behind me and I took the stuff and began putting it calmly back in the bag, amused at the red faced reaction I had gotten out of the man in front of me.

As I reached for the Triton, he suddenly grabbed my hand and said with much regret, "I'll give you 140 munny for all of this, final offer." "Done," I said simply, as he rummaged through the cash register. He handed me the munny an I handed him the bag, and without a word, I turned and left the shop, Riku right behind me.

"You did a good job with that guy. Of course, if I was a cute little girl I would have been able to do it to," Riku said smirking as we walked down the busy streets. I scowled at him and said simply, "If you were a girl you would be even uglier than you are now." Riku looked a bit annoyed, and needing to get the last word in, he leaned close to my ear and said, "If I was a girl, I'd be way prettier than you."

"That's not possible," I said, grinning, if he wanted to play this game I could play right along with him. He looked frustrated for a minute then shot back, "At least I wouldn't smell like a guy!" I turned and grinned, "I only smell like a guy because I'm wearing YOUR sweatshirt." I took off down the street laughing as Riku jogged to catch up with me. It was a great day.

2 hours later we sat in a local coffee shop with all our groceries piled up in a chair.

"So Riku, what do you do around here? I mean, this is a great place and all, but there isn't much to do." I looked at him as he pondered the question with fake concentration. "Well we go to the clubs sometimes at night, Tyson and me, and we get hopelessly wasted, then wake up the next morning in some old lady's yard. Then we stumble on home and sleep until we have to go do something for the Organization... We also train like maniacs. The people around here are obsessed with fighting."

I flinched slightly at the mentioning of getting drunk. My parents had screwed up their lives, and mine, because they drank. I didn't like the idea of Riku and Tyson getting into that habit. "I never pictured Tyson getting drunk..." I said quietly. Riku laughed, "He doesn't, he's drunk on life." I grinned at this, at least Tyson was smart about alcohol.

"We better get going. Tyson wants us to meet him at the clock tower in about 20 minutes," Riku said, glancing at the clock on the wall. I nodded my head, and slid out of the booth, dragging four bags of groceries with me. I shivered as we stepped outside, not forgetting I was still clad in only shorts and a sweatshirt.

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What do you think? HUH HUH HUH! well im pooped fromwriting this chapter...it was kinda boring and hard to write...NEXT CHAPTER IS GONNA BE GOOD...a lil fluff here and there...man i love fluff...its the best ever...well any way...READ AND REVIEW! NINJA OUUUUUWWTT!