Sorry for the update…ugh…work and school have been running together…and whenever I bring my laptop to school on my days off and get a quiet place to sit a friend who has no class at the time joins me…it's hard to get time for stories…or when I want to write my mind goes blank. So I'm sorry for not updating!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

~The Market~

~Xion~

They stopped for a breather as soon as they found the stall that Kairi and Namine had managed to grab. It was in the very center of the market, one of prime spots. Everyone passed by the middle of the market. She smiled as she stepped into the tent set up by the stall and saw that Namine and Kairi already had everything set up.

Each one of them made something different to sell to their customers. Kairi had an amazing talent for making accessories out of all sorts of items. She'd collect items from near and far when she could and she'd use them for her charms. She made beads out of clay and used shells and other natural items.

Namine was a skilled artist, and that's what she brought to their stall. She mixed her own paints from different plants and never gave away her secret to the exotic colors she was able to produce. Her paintings ranged from all kinds, mostly landscapes though. At the stall she would also do portraits for their customers.

Xion brought a lot of the merchandise they sold to the table. She had gained her mother's talent with plants and would grow some of the rarer ones in her free time and sell them. Not only that but she also made clothes, came with having all males in her family. Some of her clothes did have gypsy influences but those were rare. She also did performances in dance for some of their customers, but only when they didn't feel they had guards suspicious of them.

"Xion!" Kairi greeted from where she finished putting her supplies out.

Xion smiled, "Sorry I'm late. The guys are here also."

The boys entered and just took seats towards the back of the tent in boredom. They were more there just to guard the girls then to actually help them. Riku closed his eyes as he leaned against one of the poles gently. Xion smiled at them all as she set to work on setting up the stuff they had all brought.

~Sora~

Sora pulled his hood up before he exited the carriage, ignoring the fact that Xehanort felt him up before he did. He ignored the glances sent at him as he the carriage began to move away. He began to make his way through the streets looking around excitedly. He knew there was one shop that always interested him, but he always found it around the same time he was being picked up.

As he reached the center of the market he began to lose hope of finding the shop before he had to leave. Though he smiled when he saw a familiar blonde haired girl outside one of the stalls. He made his way towards her; he had seen her before at the stall he always wanted to go to. She smiled at him as he approached and he waved a bit, not being allowed to remove his hood in public.

"Welcome! If you see anything please let me know," The girl said kindly.

Sora nodded and looked around, the outside of the stall consisted of mostly accessories and types of flowers. He liked a few of the belts that could go well with his outfits but he wished they had more clothing types. He looked at the girl who smiled at him as she finished with another customer.

"Is there something I can help you with?" She asked.

Sora paused for a second, "I was wondering if you had more clothing types? Other than just accessories I mean."

The girl smiled, "Yes, we keep most of our stuff inside the tent. If customers are interested we let them go in and take a look, not many are."

"So can I go in?" Sora asked hopefully.

"Of Course!"

Sora followed the girl inside and stopped as he noticed quite a few people in the tent. Now that he saw the whole group he could see why they had such unusual and exotic taste in items. From their clothing he could easily tell they were gypsies. After living with a man who despised gypsies who could tell who they were easily.

"Namine?" a black haired girl asked the blonde.

Namine smiled, "He wanted to see some of your clothes Xion!"

Xion smiled, "I see. If you liked our accessories, Kairi over there made them all."

Sora watched as she pointed to a red haired girl who was busy messing with a necklace. Sora also noticed besides the three girls there were also four boys. Sora blinked as he noticed one of the boys looked like a copy of him except with a different hair color. Two of the boys were definitely related from their looks. The fourth though, Sora couldn't help but want to look at him longer. He had such an interesting look to him, a strong build, and mature features.

Xion walked over to him as Namine exited the tent, "So anything in particular?"

"Do you have any male dancing outfits?"

She blinked, "I might have a few, but it's rare to see male dancers."

Sora laughed nervously, "I know…"

Xion went over to an area and looked through the different outfits that were laid out there. She pulled some to the side until she had a good pile of at least five outfits. She motioned for Sora to come closer. She glanced over him and frowned at his cloak with disdain.

"Can you remove your cloak? That way I can see if these might fit?" She asked.

Sora hesitated, "I'm really not supposed to…"

"Well you'll need to see if they fit. I promise that no other customers will come in here if that worries you," She promised.

Sora nodded reluctantly and the black haired looking clone of himself walked to the entrance and tied the flap closed, letting Namine know what was going on. As he did this Sora sighed and untied his cloak taking it off. He heard Xion gasp for a few and all murmuring stop as the cloak uncovered his head.

He blinked as he noticed he was the center of everyone in the tent's attention, mostly those of the two similar looking boys, Xion, and his clone. Sora blinked, and looked around himself feeling confused and insecure. Xion shook her head as she grabbed her tape measure waving her hand at everyone else.

"Oh stop staring! I know his body is feminine but stop!" She ordered, though it sounded a bit off to Sora.

Sora sighed; he was used to the feminine comment. He left Xion take his measurements but noticed the three boys who stared at him talking wildly. Kairi and the silver haired boy had moved over to them and were listening in.

"So what's your name?" Xion asked suddenly.

Sora blinked, "Sora."

The five in the corner quieted again, and he was trained with their stares, though Xion kept working. He noticed she had tensed a bit though when he said his name. He blinked at her slightly confused but she just smiled.

"You must get your looks from your mother," Xion commented.

"Wouldn't know…she died when I was younger. My lord found me on the streets after my mother died and took me in, having one of the servants raise me."

Xion looked at him, "R-really?"

"Yes…why?"

Xion smiled sadly, "I lost my mother when I was still young and a lot of my family…"

"I'm sorry."

Kairi walked over, deciding to change the subject from one of such grim tone. Sora smiled at her as Xion turned to the clothes and went through them excitedly. Kairi smiled back, though how she watched him was strange.

"So, you dance?" She asked.

"Yes."

"Why?" She asked.

Sora remained quiet and couldn't look them in the eye. So he turned his gaze to the ground as he waited for Xion to finish. She finally turned around and Sora stared at her arm full of clothes. He smiled, liking the color scheme of the pants and vests.

The first was a red color with black in it, and the pattern had the fleur-de-lis all over it. The second was blue with black and had light blue flames on it. The next one was yellow with black on it and cross motifs as its symbol. The last one was a silver white and black one with crowns on it.

"Wow…so many…"

"I thought the color schemes would look good on you," Xion stated.

"How much?"

Xion blinked as she calculated the cost, "Let's say…two gold coins? This includes a special accessory!"

Sora blinked as Kairi walked over to her station and rummaged through her pile of finished items. She walked back over and held out a charm in the shape of a star. It was made out of pink Thalassa shells. Sora smiled and nodded at the two girls pulling money out of his pocket and handing it to them. As he did so he heard his crown shaped pendant hit the ground.

The silver haired guy was walking past him to go outside and stopped to pick up the pendant. He noticed everyone's gaze turned to the pendant and he blinked confused. Why did they keep acting so weird at the tiniest things?

"Can I have that back? It's the only thing left of my mother."

The boy blinked at Sora, "Don't let that fall into the wrong hands."

"What do you mean?" Sora asked as he was given the pendant back.

The boy turned and walked away, "Nothing…"

Sora blinked before taking the wrapped package from Xion. As he reached to get his cloak he felt Xion stop him. She looked like she wanted to say something to him but stopped herself. She smiled and he couldn't resist smiling back.

"Please come again."

Sora nodded, "I will!"

Sora exited the stall and smiled at Namine before hurrying to where he was to be picked up. As he reached about the halfway mark he heard someone calling his name. He turned to see Xion running after him. She stopped and breathed heavily as she calmed her breathing.

"Sora?"

Sora blinked, "Yeah?"

"Next time will you dance with me?"

Sora blinked now confused, "Why me?"

"Because I think it would be fun," Xion stated though she looked a bit unsure.

Sora smiled and she smiled back, "Next time we meet up then."

Xion smiled even brighter before turning and running off, she turned to look over her shoulder, "Next time then!"

Sora nodded and waved her off before turning and walking towards where he was being picked up at. He smiled the rest of the way and couldn't help but be happy about the great day he had.

~End ch. 4~

I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Sorry it took so long to update.

So I beat Dream Drop Distance, what a great game. Loved playing as Riku. In the Hunchback of Notre Dame World Riku and Sora met the cast. That's why I updated this first out of all my stories. My thoughts were that Riku has odd hair color so he'd be mistaken as a gypsy by Frollo. Nope not the case. Instead Frollo mistook Sora for a gypsy. Hence why I was excited to finish this chapter!

Polls:

Poll 1: Should Riku cut his hair?

Poll 2: Should it be Axel or Lea? (Since Lea returns in dream drop distance)

Reviewer's corner:

FireFox Vixen: thanks for the review.

breaking6883: sorry it took so long!

.demon: Sorry it took so long!

Till next time!