Author Note: I am really sorry because I took so long to update, I hope there still someone want to read this story…

Meet Again

Chapter 4 : The Hunters

Tidus was leading us to the place where the hunters want to meet us. He said that place wasn't to far from here, so we will arrive there in a few minutes…

While we were walking to there, I still cannot remember who is that guy beside Tidus was. He feels so familiar to me. I was really wondering, who this guy was.

"Um, who are you? I feel I know you, but I don't remember..." I ask the guy beside Tidus.

"What the…! That sucks Sora, how can you forgetting your old buddy? It me Wakka!" that guy beside Tidus was said it with smile and little chuckle.

"Ohh…! Yeah that right! You are Wakka! I am so sorry; you kinda change a lot so I don't recognize you at all!" I was apologizing to him and also said it with little laugh.

This guy was Wakka, my childhood friend to. Wakka always calm and rare play with me, but he always nice to me back then. He was Tidus best friend. He and Tidus always together when I wasn't play with Tidus.

"You still the same Sora…" the guy name Wakka was said it with laugh to. "…the one that always slows."

After we were talking a few minutes all about his news, I was realizing we already arrive in front of small house. We were knocking the door three times, but no one answering.

"Hello, is anyone in this home?" Wakka was asking again while tried to knocking the door again for a few times.

"It looks like no one here, but the door wasn't been lock, let has enter the house and look if some one is inside this house." Tidus was suggestion.

"How about you two enter first?" Roxas said it cold tones again to two of them.

"Well that's okay…then you two will wait out here, so if the owner has back, then tells us…" Two of them were entering the house. "Excuse me…" They said before going inside.

After they leave us here, out side the house, I was sighed a little. I think this is my change to asking Roxas why he was acting cold to them. I know he wasn't too friendly to Tidus, but he don't have to act like that to them.

"Hey Roxas, are you hate Tidus and Wakka?" I was asking with wonder, why Roxas always cold to Tidus and Wakka some time?

"No… Why are you suddenly asking something like that to me?" He asking with confused.

"Well I guess it just my feeling, but some time you acting like you don't like Tidus and Wakka just like the first time you meet Riku." I explain it to him. "You were cold too them. From you voice, it look like you doesn't really like them was with us right now."

"… I always like that Sora you just not recognize it before." He said while look away.

"Really? I tough you were always friendly with every one." I said with little wondered because I never realize Roxas always acting like that to them.

"Not to everyone Sora, only a few people that I use to call my real friend and I am not like you, that always make everyone to be your friend Sora. So still have a question?" He was asking me with flatly.

"But Roxas, they was our friend back then in Destiny Island and also our childhood friend that use to play with us in the small island, why are you cannot be a little nicer to them?" I was asking him with sad face while try to defending them.

"I know Sora, could you stop asking about how I act to them?" It looks like Roxas want to drop this question.

We were silent a few minutes and I guess we will not going to talking until someone came. I feel become awkward after a few minute silent and Roxas wasn't looking me at all. I wasn't daring to look him because I am the one that start picking a fight with him.

"Who are you two? And what you two were doing in the front house?" Some one came and asking us after a few minutes past with awkward situation.

Then I was looking at the person that asking the question, that person was a woman. "Uh, actually we were hunters from outside town. We came here because my friend has been contact by a hunter that lives in Hollow Bastion. We came here because they say they want to meet us here and we also have a mission to help the hunters that live in Hollow Bastion." I explain it to her. "We got the mission from our brother that has a friend in here."

"Oh… so you are the hunter that we were waiting! Why you don't come in?" she said with smile and she was walking inside the house.

"Well, we were thinking this house was empty so our friends check inside the house, maybe some one inside the house." I explain to her again.

"Of course there was some one inside the house dear! By the way my name is Rinoa and it was nice to meet you two. I was one of the hunters that asking your help." She was introducing her self with smiling.

I was smiling at her also. "My name is Sora and he is my twin brother Roxas." I was introducing myself and Roxas also. "It was really nice to meet you Miss Rinoa."

"It was nice to meet you Miss Rinoa." Roxas say with smile.

"Please, just call me Rinoa. Let has get into the house." She was asking us to go in. "Squell! We have a guest!" She said it loudly to inside the house.

"I know…" I see a tall guy with a scar in his face came, this guy looks so strong.

"Oh… I was about to calling you two to get in." Said Wakka while he running to us.

"Yeah me to!" I see a cheerful brunette girl came right after Wakka came.

I was recognizing the girl that just came. "Oh, hay Selphie! It been a long time since the last time we meet, how's you been?" I ask the brunette.

Then she was smiling after I said it. "I was fine Sora, I tough you will not recognize me just like Wakka!" She said with laugh.

The brunette girl is Selphie, she also one of our childhood friend. She is the only girl back then when we were still kid. She always saying romantic story to us and all of us always running away when we know she about to tell us her romantic story. She won't allow us to leave after we start to hear it. We can leave after she done telling her romantic story.

"Of course I know it was you, Tidus said you were here to. So, how could I not recognizing you?" I said with giggling.

She also giggles after I said it. "It was really been a long time since we all become a hunters, we all never meet each other again since that day." Her was face suddenly turn to sad.

"Yeah, she is right Sora. We been worried about you two, because back then, you two decide not allowing other people join your group. The rules say in one group need four or more people so they can help each other." Wakka said with serious face. "So, we kinda worried you two won't survive…"

"Don't worry, we were strong then you guys think." Roxas was said it with cold tone again, it looks like he didn't like what Wakka just say.

"…" Selphie and Wakka were become silent for a few seconds.

"I think you were still the same just like the last time we meet Roxas, you always try to be the stronger." Selphie said with sad face to Roxas.

"Let stop talking about us and the past, we should start talking about the mission, he was waiting us for done talking with each other." Roxas said it while looking to the tall guy that has a scar in his face.

We all look to that guy. Just like Roxas said, he was waiting us for done talking with each other. He was silent and only stared at us with cold face, I really wondered, did he mad at us because we kinda ignore him? Hum, if I'm not wrong, this tall guy been call Squell by Rinoa and I think that was his name.

"We were sorry taking so long to talking, could you explain the mission now?" I said with apologizing to him.

"It alright…" He said while looking at me. "You two must be Cloud brother, I tough you two was arrive two day ego?" He was asking us.

"Yeah…" Roxas was answering it with nodded. "… After arrive, I was going to the inn and Sora was doing the first mission." He was explaining to him.

"… So what were you two doing yesterday? Did Cloud tell you two to meet me right away after you two arrive?" Now he was looking at Roxas.

"Huh…? Really?" I was really surprise when he said it.

I think I forget to check my phone since we were still in Destiny Island, I know I have a massage from someone a few minute before we take a flight with gummy ship and I totally forget to read the message after we sitting in the gummy ship. I was hurry to grabbing my phone and checking it. In the screen write some report that say I have a new message from Cloud.

It writes… "Sora if you two already arrive in Hollow Bastion, some one will get you two. He was the hunters from Hollow Bastion. Note: he was a tall guy and has a scar in his face. His name is Leon." That was the message writes…

"My bad…" Now, I really feel sorry for what I have done, I was really careless. "We must be making you waiting in a whole day… I really and really sorry about it, I was so careless…" I make a deep apologize to him.

"I wonder why Cloud not sending me some message…" Roxas was looking at his phone to with wondering.

"It alright, at last you two coming here without problem." He was looking at me and Roxas also. "It also my faults not call you two. Actually, I have your number, but I think you two will come to Hallow Bastion tomorrow or today. That why I don't call you two that day." He said with sighing, it looks like we were making him little worried.

"I really sorry if you are worry about us…" I apologize again.

"… It really alright, it wasn't your fault after all. I hear your third mission was looking a missing kids and your sixth mission was protecting carriages that will supplies food, and also try to cleaning the heartless in that way…" He was asking to Roxas.

"Yeah… so you guys want to help us in that mission?" Roxas was asking him.

"Actually we were the one who want to ask your help, we need a lot hunter to helping us and we also need more healers. Because we have to take the carriage by our self and our people is not enough. Lately Hallow Bastion was begun to running out stock of food. So if we are not hurry, this town will be running out food." Rinoa explain to us with worry.

"So… when we do this mission?" Tidus was show up after a few second Rinoa explaining.

"Is someone having a plan tonight?" Rinoa was asking to all of us.

"Tonight we have a plan to find out where the heartless is come to the town, so we cannot do the mission today." Roxas was explaining to them.

"I see… how about tomorrow? You guys don't have a plan right?" Rinoa ask us all.

"No, we don't have a plan for tomorrow." I answer it with smile. "How about you guys?" I was asking to Tidus, Wakka and Selphie.

"Well… we don't have other mission then this, so we don't have any plan either." Tidus said with smile.

"That was settling then! We were going to do the mission tomorrow!" Rinoa said it with happy.

"Then you all are dismissed. We will meet again in here tomorrow." Leon said.

"At noon or at morning…?" Roxas say with bad mood, I know he doesn't want me to wake him to early again like today in tomorrow morning.

"At noon Roxas, don't worry I know you are not a morning person. Not like Sora that always waked up when the sun already rise up. I always hear that from Cloud a few times." Leon said it with smirk.

"Ohh… Did Cloud was telling you about us?" I ask him with curious, I wonder how much Cloud tells to him about us.

"Yeah a little, he also asks me to look at you two." Leon answers it.

"Let go Sora, we must prepare for the battle at night, maybe the heartless is strong just like yesterday." Suddenly Roxas was grabbing my hand and he pulls me to the way out faster as he can.

"R… Roxas…" I said while refuse to go out. "…Why are you sucha hurry? We still have a lot time for prepare and why you seem really don't like around Tidus and the other? I still want to talk with them…" I said with sad.

"No, it not that Sora…" Roxas don't want to admit it. "…I just feel really hungry to the dead you know, I not eating anything in this morning. Do you already eat Sora?" He was trying to changing the subject.

I was sighing. I guess it no use if I keep asking it again if he doesn't want to admit it and want to change the subject. He will getting angry at me if I keep asking him and maybe I will got a punishment from him…

"No…" I answer it quickly. "I am not yet eating anything yet, I'm just drinking a glass of milk and nothing more because kinda hurry."

"Then let go eat. After that we prepare our weapon and think some strategy." He said while grabbing my hand and he drags me to the café that near here.

We enter the café that really near here and ordering a few foods to the waiter. Roxas look so damnly hungry and it looks like he will eat anything that can be eating to make the hunger go away. I think he was in bad mood because he was really hungry and today I was wake up him too earlier then usual also.

The waiter was come with the food we order and Roxas grab his food sooner as the waiter putting the food on the table, then he start to eating his food. While we were eating our food, I can hear Roxas was suddenly sighing a few time while we were eat.

"You should stop that, it really bothering me." I was protest to him.

"What do you mean by that?" He was sighing again.

"I mean stop sighing, what was bothering you anyway?" I see he was sighing once again.

"Nothing…" he doesn't want to tell me again…

"You could tell me Roxas, I know you have a problem right?" I was trying to make him saying what was his problem was.

"… It was nothing Sora, I just thinking some strategy." He doesn't want to admit it again.

"Okay then… if you don't want to tell me, I will not asking you again." I was sighing to.

We eat in silent, either one of us were not speaking at all. I really don't like this situation, it feel like I was doing something wrong to him and he was mad at me right now. I think I must try to talk to him, but I still don't have a topic. Hmm… I think I will ask him to choose me a weapon to use tonight.

"Hey Roxas… do you think which gear should I use at battle, Kingdom Key or Sweet Memories?" I was asking him with hope he will answer my question.

"…" he was silent for a few minutes. "…I think you should choose Kingdom Key because it increases your defensive and Sweet Memories only increases your lucky. If you were using magic, Sweet Memory is really useful. But if you are not using magic, then Kingdom Key is more support you. But using magic is reckless, if you running out magic we will in danger." he was answering my question after thinking a few minutes.

"But what if we meet flying heartless? It really hard to attacking the flying heartless, we were need to using magic to attack them." I was asking him again.

"About flying heartless… we can counter them when they move down to attack us and if they using magic, you the one who will focus on the flying heartless and I will more focus on the heartless in the ground." He answer it with smirk, I think his bad mood already gone because we already eat.

We were paid the bills and after that we leaving the café. We decide to get some information where the heartless use to be appearing. From the information we got from a few people, we were found a three spot where heartless use appears where night came and they said a lot heartless was use to appear at there.

"Let has check the spot tonight, we have to check this three spot." He said while looking at me.

"Okay…Let back to inn and prepare what we need to do." I said.

Then, we were walking back to the inn. After done preparing what we need to prepare, we head out again and looking for some information again…

To Be Continued…

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