Chapter 2
Aah! Today's gonna be a good day! I'm going to the beach with Roxas! Well, his friends will be there, so I may not get to spend any time with him alone. But on the plus side, I get to see him in...
"...a bathing suit..." I mouthed. Aah! Bad Fuu! Bad Fuu! I shouldn't think like that!
I left the station area and went down to the Sandlot. Maybe I'll give Vivi some help for awhile.
"Vivi? Viiiiviiii!" I called. No answer. I looked around and didn't see him.
"Maybe he went home..." I said to myself. I looked at my watch. Yikes! I need to get home too! I don't have anything to wear! I ran back towards the station, but stopped when I noticed I was about to bump into someone.
"Sorry," I muttered and tried to push past him. He kept blobking it. He was wearing a black cloak, black boots, and black gloves. He looked down at me. I could see his eyes were yellowish.
"Stay out of it," he threatened.
"Hm? What?" I asked.
"Miss Fuuuuujiiin!" Vivi yelled from behind me. I turned around.
"Who are you talking too?" he asked innocently. I blinked.
"What? But...don't you see..." I looked back at where the man was. He was still there! How can Vivi not see him?
"You okay, Miss Fujin?" he asked again, trying to get to my level. He managed to jump up and felt- more like slapped - my forehead. "You're not sick. What's wrong?"
What do I say?
"I'm just... nervous..."
"Oh! About your date?" he teased, "C'mon! Rai brought Ice cream! You can hang out with us until you need to go!" he said while grabbing my hand. I nodded and smiled.
"Okay, but just for a minute," I said.
I never did understand why I was the only one who could see him. It was probably explained, but I just didn't listen.
Either way, it was a little scary. I didn't know what he meant at the time... but I hated the way I had to find out.
"Hey! Fuu! What're you thinkin'?" Seifer yelled. I stopped.
"Pardon...?"
"Don't play dumb! I saw you talkin' to blondie back there!" he threw what I'm pretty sure was my ice cream on the ground in front of me. "You think you can just leave us like this?"
"It's not right, y'know?"
"Miss Fujin..."
I stared at all three of them. Vivi didn't look mad. I've never seen Seifer thsi upset, and I'm sure Rai hasn't got a clue what's going on. He never does.
"Wh...Who said I'm leaving?" I asked. Wow, this is the first time I ever got in a full sentence to these two.
"You didn't, I did. You know the rules.But it's not that easy to leave,Fujin," Seifer said threateningly. Uh oh...
"Fuu! Fuu!" someone yelled. I looked behind Seifer to see Roxas running towards us.
"Um... Hi Roxas!" I called and ran past Seifer.
My angel saved me.
"I just wanted to tell you we're about to leave," he said. I gasped and ran towards the station. Then realizing I left Roxas behind I ran back.
"Sorry. Let's go," I said. I gave Seifer and the others one last glance. Seifer and Rai merely glared and made threatening hand motions, but Vivi gave me a thumbs up. I felt a wave of confidence come over me.
"Okay," Roxas said, this time leaving me.
"Wait!"
So, we got away from seifer without any injuries. Good for now, but what do i say tomorrow? The toughest thing to do next was try and convince Hayner, Pence, and Olette that I was on their side.
"Why's she here?" Hayner asked roughly.
"Coming," I said shyly. I didn't mean to sound... timid... but I had been against these people as far back as I can remember. Especially Olette. Pence, he didn't seem to care. He was nice to me sometimes... Hayner's never nice.
"What?" Olette asked, trying to sound like she didn't care. I mustered up all my courage.
"I'm coming... with you," I said, sound a little bit braver. Hayner snorted.
"Right, THIS should be fun. You can pay your own way, can't you?" he asked.I nodded and took out the pouch Vivi made. I had stuffed it with munny. Hayner glared again and walked off towards the train station. Olette followed, and Pence gave me a glance that had a note of sympathy before walking off.
"Come on," Roxas said. I nodded. I walked a little bit faster than him.
"Can you feel Sora?"
I turned around to see the same guy I bumped into earlier holding onto Roxas.
"Roxas!" I gasped. The other three turned around.
"What? What happened?" Olette asked. I looked back at Roxas to find the man gone.
"Huh?" I asked and ran over to him.
"Are you okay?" I asked. He looked at me and nodded.
"Yeah... Oh no!" he yelled when he searched his pockets.
"What happened?" Olette asked again.
"Some guy grabbed Roxas," I said.
"What 'guy'?" Hayner asked. I stared at him blankly.
"You don't see him either?" I asked. The three stared at me like I was nuts. Great. No one else sees him but me...
"He must've taken the munny..." he muttered. I looked at Roxas.
"Hey, there was no one else. Are you two going crazy?" Pence asked. I stood there. What was I supposed to say?
Wait, how can Roxas see it too?
"No munny? Aw, this sucks! Now what?" Hayner groaned. Aha! My big chance!
"I can pay," I said, pulling out my pouch, "I have 6000 munny, is that enough for everyone?" I asked.
"We don't need your handout. C'mon guys," hayner said. Olette followed wordlessly, so did Pence. Roxas was about to leave, but I tugged on his sleeve.
"I have to talk to you," I said. I dragged him away where no one else clould hear us. When I was sure no one was around, I grabbed him by the shoulders and looked him in the eyes.
"You see him too? That man," I asked. He nodded.
"Yeah, I saw him this morning too. I was messin' around and I accidentally hit him with a stick," he said.
"Odd," I mumbled.
"Do you know who he is?" he asked me. I shook my head.
"No, but he told me to 'Stay out of it'," I said.
"Stay out of what?"
"If I knew, I wouldn't have brought it up," I said. It got really quiet between us for a few minutes.
"Roxas!" I heard Olette's voice yell.
"Coming! Sorry, I gotta go. How about we pick things up tomorrow, okay?"
"Y-Yeah, bye," I said. I left for the train.
Normally, I would have been happy to catch Roxas alone for a minute, but now, I was a little scared.
What am I supposed to stay out of? Does it have something to do with Roxas...?