Disclaimer: I do not own KH, any of its' characters,etc.

-High Noon-

The group moved in silence. Namine was way ahead of them, quickly maneuvering through the darkness while the others struggled to keep up.

It was indeed noontime now and the group just kept walking and walking and walking tirelessly through the dark. Luckily, the air was cool here and they didn't have to worry about sunlight, but this was still boring. After all, who does want to spend the day walking through an unending black hole to who knows where and worse, it was lunchtime and they didn't have anything to eat.

Finally the silence was broken when Namine spoke. "We're getting out now, so watch yourselves." She said sweetly before disappearing beyond the light. Sure, they all thought until they finally did see the light signaling the end of the tunnel. Hayner, Pence, and Olette broke into a run and were the next ones through the light, leaving Roxas to jog up alone.

He quickened his pace and when he reached the light, he threw himself through.

That would've sounded like a great idea if he hadn't had landed face flat on the ground, sand filling his mouth. UGH! he thought as he spat out a mouthful of sand. He rolled over onto his back to find his friends staring down at him. They giggled as Namine spoke and said, "Aw, c'mon Roxas, this isn't the time to be making sand angels." The four of them burst out laughing, including Namine, as they watched Roxas face burn bright red.

They all continued laughing for awhile until their laughs were joined with three new ones. They quickly stifled their laughter as they scanned the area for the source of the new laughter. They were immediately surprised with whom they saw.

It was none other than the trio of three from the Destiny Islands. Sora, Riku, and Kairi all stood snickering a few feet away. "Hey you guys, long time no see!" Kairi yelled excitedly as she ran up to meet Olette and Namine in a group hug. Sora ran up to greet Hayner, Pence and Roxas while Riku walked over coolly, waving to them in greeting.

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They all sat on the beach, chatting and catching up with each other happily over lunch. The three from the islands just conversed innocently, while the other five completely forget the reason why they had first come here. They were all just having too much fun talking and eating that it was no wonder why they would easily forget the situation they were in. It was just so calm here.

Then it happened.

As they gathered their leftovers from their little picnic, a strange sensation overcame Sora and he passed out. Riku and Kairi quickly rushed over to their fallen friend, while the other five looked at each other in horror. Axel…

They carried Sora back to Riku's house and finally explained the situation. Silence followed afterward. Kairi was first to speak, "So you're saying that Axel's messing with his memory?" Namine nodded sternly, "That jerk, I didn't think he'd actually hurt Sora…" her voice trailed off. "Alright we know what's wrong with him, so now what do we?" Riku snarled angrily. "Well you could come with us," Pence suggested matter-of-factly. The other four glared at him. They'd only move slower with more people following along. If they really wanted to catch Axel they'd have to keep movin' at the pace they were going or faster, and at the moment, faster seemed like the best option.

"Sounds good to me." said Kairi already getting up. "Actually, not to be rude or anything but we'd only be going slower with more people tagging along." Roxas commented. This got Kairi fired up. "Oh great, my friend is laying here in a state of losing his mind and I'm just supposed to sit here and do nothing!" she yelled, practically on the verge of tears. Namine and Olette quickly went over to Kairi's side to calm her down. Then Namine turned her head to Roxas, put on the angriest look she could possibly give him, and mouthed the words, do something, to him. At this Roxas GULPED and chose his words carefully before he said what he did next.

"Look," Roxas began nervously, "I'm not saying that we don't want you to help but think of it this way. While we chase after Axel, you guys can watch over Sora and contact us if anything worse happens so that we'll know we need to speed up. Okay?" he finished nervously. He did notwant Namine to look at him the way she had looked at him ever again. Then Riku stood up.

"Fine, we'll leave it to you then." He said coolly. Kairi looked up alarmed, "But Riku --" He held up a hand to shush her. "Like Roxas said, if something happens we can just complain to them to hurry things up." She still looked at him unsure of what to think. Then she spoke again and said, "But how'll we --" but was cutoff once more by Riku. "We'll probably be able to contact them with our hearts like that time when Roxas fell from the station tower, so don't sweat it." He said reassuringly. "Hey-" Roxas began angrily, but a warning look from Namine stopped him. Whatever.

"So then, I guess that means we're off again right guys?" Olette questioned readily. "Ready!" they all exclaimed. With that, Namine opened a portal right there in Riku's room and head through. Hayner, Pence, and Olette following close behind, once again leaving Roxas last in line. "Thanks," he said to the other two, relieved. "No problem, just make sure you get that knucklehead Sora's memories back before me and Kairi come after you and beat Axel to a pulp." Riku added half jokingly, half seriously. Roxas laughed and tilted his head to the side; I sure wouldn't want these two to come after me if I was their enemy.

And with that memo secured in his brain Roxas looked out the window to check the sun. It was on the west side now. He frowned and looked at his watch; 3:00 p.m. already! Crap, we gotta' hurry. He thought as he charged through the hole.

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As he made his way through the darkness, he thought of a bunch of things. He thought of Axel with a Magic Eraser of some sort, who could be erasing Sora's memories right this minute. He thought of the homework, what if we don't finish it on time. He thought of Riku and Kairi watching over Sora, the chores he had to do when he got home, the worlds they might have to pass through to find Axel, and a whole list of other worries, like how Seifer and his team were doing after their fight. Why the hell am I even worrying about them, for crying out loud, I must be going nuts!

Roxas worried about these things for awhile as he jogged to keep up with his companions. Suddenly his thoughts returned to what he had heard on the news that morning. Oh yeah! There was something linked to the news this morning that I'm trying to remember. But what was it? Aw c'mon Roxas, focus! Now what was it? His thoughts then flashed to the news about the rumored meteor shower that was supposed to start at around 8:00 that night. That's right… the meteor shower. I wanted to watch it. After remembering that he checked his watch again; 3:15. That's when he heard Namine's voice call a bit further ahead, "We're almost to the next world, and Axel is definitely in this world!" she explained excitedly, if not barbarically. Roxas breathed a sigh of relief at this. If we hurry up and finish this, I guess it'd be nice to watch the meteor shower with everyone, he thought dreamily. But little did Roxas know that there was a particular person whom he truly wanted to watch the meteors with, and that person had the same exact thought as she smiled to herself just thinking about it.

To be continued…

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Note: Sorry, this chapter was A LOT shorter than the last and I know it. Besides Sora getting his memories back you have to wonder: which of the girls that Roxas is traveling does he unknowingly wish to watch the meteors with? We might find out in the next chapter of, "It's Just One of those Days." So stay tuned! And thanks for the great review(s). I hope to upload the next chapter before, if not during Spring Break, but if I get more reviews maybe I'll write a bit faster so, send them in you guys! Please and thanks!