Roxas arrived at the Sandlot panting and looked up. Much to his horror, Seifer was glaring at Namine, a smirk on his face. "Namine!" he called. He saw Seifer turn his way and frowned.

"This your girlfriend, loser?" Seifer cockily asked. He saw a bit of red tint on Roxas' cheeks and laughed. "She's trespassing. And you KNOW what happens when people trespass in MY turf." He punched the palm of his hand. "They end up getting beaten." He snapped his fingers and Rai, Fuu, and Vivi immediately appeared behind him.

"Roxas was right!" Namine shouted helplessly, though it was barely a shout, "You ARE mean!" She gasped when she felt herself roughly hoisted up by the wrist. "Let me go!" she hissed at Seifer's face. His hold tightened and she winced. "Stop it!"

"Knock it off, Seifer!" Roxas finally spoke up, "She's new here! And you really should pick on people your own class!" He saw Seifer rise a brow in cofusion and hastily added, "Like me!"

"What?" Pence, Hayner, Olette, and Namine gasped.

"What?" Roxas asked himself, also surprised with his own answer. Before he could change his mind, he was knocked down to the ground.

Seifer dusted his hands and smirked again. "I'll take you on that offer, Chikenwuss!" he taunted, "Now, get up!" He brought Roxas up by the shoulders and punched him in the stomach. "Suck-up!"

Roxas wiped some blood from the corner of his mouth and was about to strike back, but stopped when he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder. He looked down and saw Namine smiling at him. "Namine?" he asked, puzzled. Why'd she stop me? Was I do doing something wrong?

"Don't create a scene," she told him, "It's okay. I'm alright." She picked up her sketchpad on the floor and took out a pencil from behind her. Without knowing it, she started to draw.

Roxas stared at her, shocked at her reaction towards all that was going on. "What are you talking about?" he asked her, "Seifer hurt you! Don't you feel revenge rising in you?" She shook her head and he sighed in defeat.

"Hmph!" Seifer huffed and turned around, "Freaks!" Rai, Fuu, and Vivi quickly followed him out of the Sandlot. "I REALLY hope I won't see your nasty faces around my turfs again!"

"Roxas!" Hayner called and ran to him, "You okay, man?" He patted the spiked blonde on the back.

"It's Namine you should be worrying about," Pence told Hayner. He pointed at Namine and smiled when he saw her talking with Olette and laughing heartily. "Or not. She looks fine."

"I hope Pence is right," Olette hummed, "Are you okay?" She smiled at the blonde girl next to her. "Since it was Seifer, that must've hurt."

"I'm alright," Namine replied and lightly touched her arm, "Just a little bruise. No big deal."

All of a sudden, Roxas blacked out. The last thing he heard was "Roxas!"

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"Huh? Where am I?" Roxas awoke to find himself in a pitch black room of some sort. He looked around, confused and tired. He mustered all of his strength and stood up. He flinched when a flash of light appeared and came in contact with his eyes. "Huh?" Up ahead, he saw Namine with her back to him. "Namine!" he called.

Namine heard his voice and turned around. As usual, she had that passive smile on her face. She stared at him, but silenced him when he was about to say something. "Are you alright?" she asked.

"Well...I'm alive," Roxas answered nervously, "But I don't remember coming here. Do you know where I...we are?" He approached her and stared as she moved her pink lips in a reply.

"In a world of serenity," she said.

"Serenity..." Roxas repeated, "Contentment." He smiled. "I don't really know you that well, Namine...but I..." He took a deep breath and lipped, "I love you." He gasped and held his throat. 'No sound came out! But why?' he thought frantically. He looked up again just in time to see Namine respond.

"I love you, too," she mouthed, but no sound came out of her mouth either.

Roxas had bad lip-reading skills and rose an eyebrow. "What?" he asked. He held his throat again. "Sound came out! My voice is back!" He covered his eyes when the whole place glowed with a powerful light and opened a floor below him. 'What's going on?' he thought as he descended, 'This all feels so strange...and familiar...'

"Wake up!" Namine's voice echoed.

Roxas re-awoke and jumped a bit. He found that he was back at the Sandlot with Namine, Hayner, Olette, and Pence looking down at him with worried eyes. "Huh? W-what happened?"

"You totally blacked out!" Pence remarked.

"Seifer must've hit ya really hard, dude!" Hayner added and cheesily smiled. "But you handled it well. You didn't die."

"Break it up, you guys," Olette sighed, "If Roxas fainted, he's probably tired right now. We should get him home. We are his friends, after all."

Namine nodded in agreement to Olette's smart suggestion. "Good thing he doesn't live far." She held out a hand to Roxas and said, "C'mon."

Roxas smiled and took her hand, only to find a star charm in between. What the? He groggily stood up, but his knees gave way and fell forward...on top of Namine. He opened his eyes and stared at her, embarrassed and flustered. "I-I'm sorry," he muttered.

Namine managed to let out a small giggle and said, "It's okay. But you're heavy." She blushed and looked into his eyes. This is so awkward.

Roxas blushed as well and quickly crawled off of her. He dared not look at her. "I guess you're right," he said to them, "I'm worn out." He was helped up by Pence and Hayner and the three limped to his house. He took a quick glimpse at his left hand and found the charm gone. Where'd it go?

Olette helped Namine to her feet and asked, "Are you hurt?"

Namine shook her head. "I'm fine. We should go check on Roxas. He's gonna need all the help he can get to go to sleep." She giggled with Olette.

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"There," Hayner sighed and pushed Roxas to the bed roughly, "Man, you're heavy!" He rubbed his sore shoulder and frowned.

"Hayner!" Pence scolded, "Be more gentle!" He then thought for a second. "Never mind. You can't even be gentle with a fragile vase." He looked at Roxas. "Just take a rest, okay? We'll hang out later." He left with Hayner.

Roxas took off his short-sleeved jacket and his shoes. With an exasperated sigh, he fell on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. That dream. It all seemed so real. Like she and I were really there. But what did she say? Ugh! He groaned and turned over on his stomach. My head hurts...along with my whole body. I must be thinking too much.

"It looks like Roxas is about to fall asleep soon," Olette told Namine as they peeked inside the boy's room, "I should get going then. Hayner's gonna start telling me things that I hardly listen to." She laughed. "See you later, Namine." She waved goodbye and ran off.

Namine waved back and quietly entered Roxas' room. "Are you going to be okay?" she asked.

Roxas, startled, jumped a bit and quickly turned her direction. He sighed with relief. "Oh, Namine." He smiled. "What are you doing here? I thought you were with Hayner and the others." He sat up.

"I just wanted to make sure you were alright." Namine walked over to him. "You should sleep."

"But I'm not sleepy," Roxas insisted. His eyes widened when Namine placed her hand on his chest. "What are you doing?" He then felt his mind go a bit numb and his vision blur.

Namine placed a finger on her lips and chided softly, "Shhhh." She closed her eyes and pressed her hand a bit more on is chest. She felt him lie back down with a sigh and whispered, "Sleep well."

"Namine..." Roxas whispered back, but then closed his eyes. He was physically asleep, but his mind was restless. What's going on? How was she able to do that? Am I going insane? How many times do I have to fall into slumber? He fell into the darkness below him. "Can you feel Sora?" he heard someone say, but his mind immediately went black.