Disclaimer: I still do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters BUT, I do own Umi. I created her along with the story idea. Hurray I actually own things! Anything else, I (unfortunately) don't own.

A/N: Alright. Truth be told, when I was writing this chapter my plot bunnies died on me and I was stuck! However, MelodiousFenrir007 helped me out with giving me an idea that got my plot bunnies racing once more. So I thank you! :D I was so happy with all the hits I've been getting but I was sad because I only got a few reviews D: please people, I don't care if you think it's the worst review you think you've ever written! Every review means a lot to me! And the only person to guess was Melodious, ChibiPiccolo and TheDragonofSocialGatheringsXD. I give you all cookies! :3 Thank you for guessing! I luv you all! But please, review even if it's only two words, I really want to hear from you all an know if you all like how my story's going and if I'm doing a good job. With that, please enjoy this chapter! :D

Summary: Sora and his older brother Roxas' parents disappeared long ago. They've been searching ever since. As they go to a new town they make new friends but there seems to be something strange about some of them. They seem to be harboring a secret that might help them find their parents. However, they soon discover something about themselves they never knew; a power within themselves they never thought humanly possible.

Rated: T

Parings: Still not telling XP

Chapter 5

Sora's POV

As I stepped into the apartment and placed my keys on the countertop, I felt my phone vibrate. I pulled I it out of my pocket to see a text message. It's probably from Roxas about his job! I thought eagerly. I opened the text and it said 'Found a job. It's great but has 1 big fault. I'll explain when I get home. I'll c u in 10 min.' Not knowing how to reply I simply typed 'Ok.' And hit send.

I walked into my room and set my backpack on my desk. I plopped onto my bed and decided to relax until Roxas got home. I heard the door open and I jumped out of my bed and ran into the hallway to see a really pissed of Roxas. My mood immediately changed from excited to worry.

"What's wrong Roxas? I thought you said the job was really good?"

He threw his bag down and stomped to the couch. When he sat down he sighed. "It's not the job. It's perfect. The time, pay, and location are exactly what I was looking for."

I sat down next to him. "Then what's wrong?"

He was quiet for a while before replying. "Remember that person I told you that was bothering me in school?"

"I remember. What about him?"

"Apparently he's the boss' assistant manager and he's going to be my boss."

I laughed and pat his shoulder. "I'm sorry Roxas, but this is just too funny."

He glared at me. "How is this funny?"

I ignored his question and stood up. "Come on. I know what'll cheer you up."

He looked up at me, obviously still mad. "Nothing can make me happy."

I pulled him up on his feet and smiled. "I beg to differ. I found this great looking ice cream parlor and we're going to go to celebrate you getting your job!"

It took a while but he finally agreed to go and we left our apartment and went to the shop. We walked into a shop called 'Ice Cream Parlor' and I dragged Roxas to the counter. (A/N: I don't know if there's a real shop called that but it's all I could think of.) The lady behind the counter looked at us and smiled.

"Hello and welcome to the Ice Cream Parlor. What can I get you two boys?" I gleefully looked at the different flavors placed in different cartons in a see through freezer.

"I want to try the Super Man!" I said, beaming to the lady.

She smiled back to me and nodded. "Will that be in a cup or on a cone?"

I thought about it for a moment before choosing. "I want a cone." She nodded and began to make my ice cream. "What are you going to get Roxas?"

I turned around and saw him looking at each carton carefully. If there's any kind of sweet Roxas loves the most, its ice cream. When the lady came back she handed me a cone with rainbow colored ice cream. "Have you decided what you want?" She asked Roxas.

He pointed at one carton with a light blue coloring. "What flavor is that? I've never heard of it before?"

She looked at which he was pointing at and smiled. "That one is called Sea-Salt ice cream. It's rather new. Many of our customers say that it is very good."

He stared at it for a bit longer and then looked back to the lady. "I would like to get it please and in a cone as well." She prepared his ice cream and handed him his cone. "Thank you." Roxas said.

She smiled. "You're welcome." She walked to the register and rung up our orders. "That will be $5 please." I handed her the money and she quickly placed it in the register. "I hope you to will enjoy your ice cream and please, come again." We waved goodbye and began walking home.

"Mine taste just like vanilla." I whined.

Roxas laughed. "That's because it is vanilla. All it they do is put food coloring."

I shrugged and happily continued to eat my ice cream. "How does yours taste Roxas?" I asked.

He took a licked and thought for a moment. "It's tastes…salty…no wait, sweet." He said. "It's an interesting combination. Best part of all is its really good!" He smiled as he ate his ice cream and I couldn't help smiling back. 'At least he seems to have forgotten how upset he was.' I thought to myself. 'I wonder who the person was bothering him though…'

As I was thinking I didn't realize that I had just walked right into someone and spilled my ice cream all over them. "Damn you! Bastard just ruined my shirt!"

I looked directly at a white and now rainbow stained T-shirt while still holding my cone with little to no ice cream left on it. I looked up to apologize but I was only able to form a gasp of surprise. The person was the same guy who I had gotten out of the dodge ball game earlier today and by the look on his face, I'd say he remembered that as well.

"So, you beat me at my own game, humiliating me and now you ruin my shirt?" He picked me up by my shirt collar with one hand and raised me up into the air. I could see Roxas yelling at Seifer to put me down but he ignored him. "You're gonna pay for that you stupid son-of-a bitch!"

He raised his fist up to hit me and I dropped my cone and my hands flew up to shield my face, squeezing my eyes shut. I waited a moment and was surprised when the impact never came. I slowly peeked through one eye and saw his hand being held by someone else's.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" I was dropped to the floor and landed on my butt. I didn't complain but it did hurt. I looked above me and saw Riku holding onto Seifer's fist and glaring him down. His eyes were cold and piercing, but I couldn't look away from them. Riku released Seifer's hand and continued to glare him down.

"Whatever. I don't want to waste my time dealing with a freak like you."

"Who are you calling a freak?" I never noticed the red head standing next to Riku but he sure looked just as pissed off as Riku did, only not as cold.

"Forget it! Damn bastards!" Before the red head could say anything more, Seifer ran off.

Riku knelt down beside me and offered his hand. "Are you alright? It seems to me that we keep meeting in strange ways."

I laughed and let him help me up, "It sure does seem like it huh?"

Riku looked at the red head and pointed at him. "Sora, that's my friend Axel. Axel this is Sora."

Axel looked at me and smiled. "Nice to meet you Sora."

"Likewise." I said. I looked over at Roxas to see him scowling. "Something wrong Roxas?" He completely ignore me and glared at Axel, as if Roxas thought that he could burn a hole through him if he glared long enough.

"Whoa, no need to lose your temper short stuff." Said Axel "I didn't do anything wrong."

I looked at the two of them back and forth, still confused. After a moment or two it hit me. This was the guy who kept getting on Roxas' nerves. I placed both hands over my mouth to stifle my laughter.

Roxas looked to me and glared at me instead. "Sora. Let's go home. Now." He pulled me by my arm and began to drag me in the direction of our home. He tossed his ice cream cone into a nearby trash can (finishing off the ice cream first of course) and continued to walk.

"Roxas! They helped us! It's rude to just leave them standing there without so much as a thank you!"

He sighed obviously irritated but stopped dragging me. Axel and Riku caught up to us and Axel grinned. "If you wanted us to walk you home all you had to do was ask shorty."

I could hear Roxas curse under his breath but he didn't say anything more.

"We'd appreciate it if you could walk us home." I said. "Thanks for saving me back there by the way." I added.

Riku waved his hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it. Seifer is a total dick. It just gave me a reason to have a chance to kick his ass."

I laughed lightly. "He seems to act first, think later." I pointed out.

Axel looked at me with a fake shocked expression. "Seifer can think?"

Riku and I both laughed and even Roxas cracked a smile. We arrived at our apartment door short after and I turned around to face Axel and Riku. "Thanks. I really owe you one."

Riku looked at Axel and it seemed as if they were communicating only by looking at each other.

"Anytime!" Axel said. Suddenly, he grabbed Roxas' hand to shake it when Roxas pulled his hand away immediately after with a face of horror and shock.

"Sora, let's get inside." Roxas said. I was confused as to the sudden change of mood that hung in the air. "NOW." Roxas growled. He opened the door and slammed it in Riku and Axel's face.

"Wah? Why did you do that?" I asked.

He turned to face with a face mixed with anger and fear. "Please Sora, stay away from those two."

I was completely lost now. What was wrong with Roxas? "Roxas…?" I reached out and lightly touched his cheek.

His eyes locked onto mine and I knew he could see the concern written on my face. He closed his eyes and sighed. He placed his hand on top of my hand and looked at me again. "I beg of you, just…please be careful…"

I knew there was something that he wasn't telling me but I decided not to push him. When I realized he was waiting for my response I slowly nodded my head. His hand fell to his side and mine did the same. We stood there for a while, unsure of what to do.

"I'm…going to go to bed early. I'm going to skip dinner as well so just make food for yourself when you're hungry. Goodnight."

When his door closed I glanced up at the clock. It was barely even 5pm. It bothered me that I had managed to make him happy, only to make him upset again. I sometimes felt as if I burdened Roxas, but I didn't know what I was burdening him with exactly.

Since I had completed all of my homework I just watched some T.V. until I decided to make some dinner. I thought about going to Roxas' room but decided against it. He seemed like he wanted to be alone and I was smart enough to leave him be. I made some extra and wrapped it in clear plastic. I grabbed a sharpie and wrote 'For Roxas.' I cleaned the kitchen and took a quick shower afterwards. I know it was probably only 8pm at latest, but I knew there was nothing else I could do.

I fell asleep much quicker than I thought. The next morning I was surprised that my alarm was what woke me up. Normally Roxas wakes me up before it goes off. I jumped out of bed and ran to his room. I opened the door and looked inside, only to find it empty. His bed was made and on top of it was a note. I picked it up and I could tell that Roxas wrote the note by his handwriting.

'Left early. I had a few things that I needed to take care of. Don't worry about me and get to school. I'll see you at lunch.

–Roxas

P.S. Thanks for the dinner :)'

I placed the note back on his bed and got ready for school. I felt gloomy and depressed. Usually I was always with Roxas. We were always with each other. We were inseparable and always helping one another out. Being away from each other for even a day made me feel like a kid who just lost his best friend. He was the only family I have left and I don't want to lose him too.

I dragged myself to school and when I reached my locker I saw Riku talking to Umi. She waved goodbye and as she was about to leave he grabbed her wrist and hugged her. Her face turned bright red, but she hugged back. They separated and Umi left, still red.

I felt this weird pain in my chest but brushed it off and walked to my locker. (Pence kindly found me a locker yesterday.) Someone tapped my shoulder and I turned around, hoping to see Roxas but instead saw Riku. I couldn't hide my disappointment and turned back around to face my locker. I had no idea why, but I just didn't really want to talk to him.

"Gee Sora, sorry to disappoint you." I ignored his comment and opened my locker, getting my books that I would need. "Why are you suddenly not talking to me?"

I honestly didn't know why but then the perfect excuse came to my mind. "My brother told me to stay away from you yesterday. I promised I would so I can't talk to you."

I closed my locker and tried to walk to my class when Riku's hand blocked my way. "Can you tell me why he told you to stay away from me?" He asked in a dark voice.

I shrugged but didn't meet his eyes. "I don't know. I didn't ask him. If you really want to know then just go ask him yourself."

I ducked under his arm and walked off to my class as fast as I could without making it look like I was running away, even though it seemed pretty obvious to me. My classes passed by quickly, but for P.E. I told Ms. Raikou that I was sick and couldn't exercise. She didn't seem to really care either way so she told me to go to the infirmary. I told the nurse that my stomach was bothering me and she let me rest in one of the beds. (Which was as hard as a rock.)

When the bell rang to dismiss the students to lunch I told the nurse I felt somewhat better and she told me to eat something. "If you feel bad don't hesitate to come back and I'll give you Tums if you feel really bad."

I thanked her and walked to the table where Hayner, Pence, and Olette were already sitting at. "Where did you go man? I saw you talk to Ms. Raikou and you just left." Hayner asked once I sat down.

"Sorry about that. I just felt really bad all of the sudden and Ms. Raikou told me to go to the infirmary."

Olette looked at me concerned. "Are you alright?"

I nodded and smiled. "I'm fine now. She let me rest for a while and when I woke up I felt better. Guess it was just lack of sleep."

Pence handed me a cup of water and a banana. "Here you should eat this to sooth your stomach. Soda isn't good when you're feeling bad so you should just drink some water."

I took them and smiled brightly. "Thanks."

He smiled as well. "Don't worry, that's what friends are for." As we continued lunch I continued looking at the door, hoping to see Roxas walking to the table. "Something wrong Sora?" Pence asked.

"I haven't seen my brother all day. He left early this morning and I'm just a bit worried."

Olette patted my shoulder reassuringly. "Don't worry. I'm sure he's fine." She placed her hand back on her lap and smiled. "It's good to see that you worry about one another."

I nodded and we finished our lunch. When the bell rang for our next class and Roxas still didn't show up, I started to really get worried. "Hayner, can you tell the teacher that I'm going to the infirmary? I really want to find Roxas."

"Alright. Leave it to me!" He said as he pointed at himself with a jab of his thumb.

I left the lunchroom and took out my cell phone. I quickly sent Roxas a text that said 'Where r u?' and continued to look around the school as I waited for a reply. Sure enough I felt my phone vibrate.

I looked at the text and it said 'Don't worry about me I'm fine. Things ran a little l8er than I expected so I couldn't make lunch but I'll definitely meet up w/ u in front of the school gate.'

I still felt as if he was hiding something from me so I continued to look. When I couldn't find him I decided to just spend the rest of the day in the infirmary. The nurse was kind enough to let me stay and told all my teachers to excuse me. I decided to take a nap since I was left with no other option.

About five minutes before the school bell the nurse woke me up and let me leave early. I bowed and thanked her before leaving. 'I can wait at the gate for Roxas so I can walk him to his job. We can talk to each other then.' I thought happily.

To my surprise, he was already waiting for me there. I realized he didn't notice I was there. I thought I would get payback for worrying me by jumping him. I was about to pounce him when I noticed he was holding a pencil. Or rather, the pencil was hovering over his friggen hand! Weirdest part of all was that he didn't seem the least bit worried about it! I walked back a few steps and took a deep breath.

Something was going on, and I was gonna find out what.

A/N: Phew! I finally finished this chapter! :D Sorry I couldn't update for a while. My marching band has been keeping me in school until 8pm and we had a competition that took up my entire weekend! I couldn't even try to work on it then! *cries* TT~TT I finished my homework and managed to squeeze in some time to finish this chapter. I was going to make this chapter longer but I decided to cut it short so I could update quicker and I won't feel guilty about leaving you all hanging.

Sora: What the heck! What was that all about?

Silver Moon: What was what about?

Riku: Don't act innocent. Every single chapter you've created has ended in a cliffhanger.

Sora: Yeah and what's with the floating pencil?

Silver Moon: You will find out soon my young grasshopper.

Sora: …W…T…F…? Since when am I a grasshopper?

Roxas: Don't worry Sora, She's just being weird like she always is.

Riku: Will she ever have one of those days where she's actually normal?

Axel: I doubt it. Not that I mind. She seems to have a devious plan in mind.

Roxas: And how would you know that Axel?

Axel: Psh. I don't have to explain myself to you…shorty *evil grin*

Roxas: *glare* Don't call me shorty!

Sora: How long is this going to drag on Silver Moon?

Silver Moon: What do you mean Sora ._.?

Sora: I mean, when this story is going to get to the part where things get interesting and not just about dumb school life.

Silver Moon: You shouldn't call skool dumb Sora. I went to skool. In fact, I'm still in skool. Skool helps give you a good edjumacathion. :O

Riku: Wooow. And I think you'll need to stay in school for a long long long time.

Silver Moon: I'm very smartical! It's all thanks to skool! ^_^

Sora, Riku, Roxas, & Axel: . . .

Silver Moon: Anyways, I hope you will all review my story! I'm so sad that I don't get a lot of reviews D: I thank everyone who reviews though! You all make me happy! I beg of you, please review! You don't need an account to do it! (As far as I know) Please, I will be forever in debt and it will keep me going.

Axel: Why don't you just not update until you get a certain amount of reviews?

Silver Moon: :O Good idea Axel! *Gives Axel a high five* You all heard the man, I won't review until I get at least umm..Uhh..6 more reviews! If I get 6 then I'll do my best to update, if not, then I won't

Sora: Please, update! I really wanna get to the fun part of the story! :D Silver Moon said there would be cookies!

Silver Moon: *giggle* come to the dark side we have cookies…*laugh*

Roxas: Save me from these baka's and review for her. Please… -_-