Rabbits vs. Phoenix
Chapter seven
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To Icy Destruction: Thanks for the review again^^ I'm glad you like this Riku. I don't know yet, if the showdown will be in the next chapter or not.
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Thoughts
"Talking"
When cursive shows up in talking, it's only thought, not said.
It was Thursday now and Roxas was glad he wasn't discovered by Axel in the last two days, even if said one annoyed him more and more.
But he was looking forward to today. It was the day of his class excursion to the historic weapon exhibition. He loved weapons and their history. They had always been of great interest to him.
He packed his backpack and got ready to leave. He didn't need to worry that Sora was going to his school today, like he had done the last three days. He had told him not to do that anymore, especially with Axel and Riku in their close proximity.
Always when Sora showed up, Riku would be there and stare at him. And occasionally glare at Roxas as if he wanted to say `Why can't you just leave?´ He wondered if Sora noticed these stares and if he cared. He knew that Riku was their enemy and that Sora and Riku would most likely fight each other in the upcoming fight.
Anyways, today was going to be the best day of his school-life here so far. He jumped down the stairs and told Cloud that he was going now and he would be back around seven.
At the bus station he met up with the rest of his class, mostly looking bored or chattering about stupid things like make-up, which boys/ girls were hot or not and other meaningless things.
Please don't let me take a tour with them, I hope we can explore the museum ourselves. And please, oh please let Axel be late or ill or anything so that he doesn't come along.
But sadly, his last prayer wasn't answered when an arm wrapped itself around his shoulder and the irritating brilliant red hair showed up.
"Morning Roxy, ready to get bored out of your mind? Museums are always way to boring."
Sight. "No Axel. I'm actually looking forward to the exhibition."
Roxas shrugged Axels arm away. Roxas had learned over the last few days, that ignoring Axel only made him more annoying. Axel stared at him incredulously. That had shut him up.
Roxy likes museums? I should have known...
When they arrived their teacher told them
"I know that most of you don't want to hear some-ones lecture about these display models so we, the museum's director and I, decided that everyone can go around by themselves and those who want a guide can go to the info point and ask the employee there for a guide. I hope you have fun and don't, I repeat, DO NOT destroy anything in this museum! "
Yes! That's better than I hoped. Now I only hope that I get a good guide.
The students began to fill the exhibition rooms and a few went to the info point.
Roxas went there as well and was the last in line. He got to the bored looking employee and asked
"Can you give me the best guide you have, and the most knowledgeable one? I already know some things about weapons so I don't need a guide with only shallow information."
The employee seemed to have woken up a bit and informed him that he would go and look if the one he demanded was available.
A few minutes later he came back with whom Roxas assumed to be his guide. He didn't look like one at all.
He had shoulder length brown hair and wore a black open leather jacket and a white shirt under it. His brown pants were decorated with four leather belts – one to hold it up and the others just for the looks of it. On his left sleeve was a red lion head above a cross. He wore black gloves and grey shoes. But his most outstanding feature was a scar right across his face, from above one eye over the nose under the other eye.
While Roxas stared at his guide, said one did the same. He saw a blond, blue-eyed scrawny looking boy who moved with a grace that led him to believe that he did some sort of sport or was very good at fighting. He had a good eye for that. I takes one to know one.
Then there was some red head standing behind the blond, looking bored and obviously not interested in the exhibitions. He developed a sudden dislike against him. He didn't know why thought. Maybe it was the arrogance in his eyes.
"Hello, I'm Leon and I'll be your guide today. You asked for the best one and I am the best one. If you have questions just ask them. I normally don't bite. Just you two?"
The blond one looked startled at that and looked behind himself. He made a grimace and said
"I'm Roxas and it's just me. Just ignore the extra baggage please."
Ohlala, so that Roxas didn't like the red one either. He would just ignore him and maybe it was all too boring for the red one so that he left them alone. He couldn't understand how so many people thought weapons were boring and useless. He loved his part-time job here but the many uninterested teenagers were a pest.
They began their tour and Leon soon noticed that Roxas was genuinely interested in weapons and knew a lot about the newer ones. So he told him all he knew about this topic. How weapons left their mark in history. Ages ago, when guns didn't exist, the people weren't as afraid of war and the battles were head on with the enemy. Weapons were for fighting only. But nowadays weapons were for show, war was anonymous and weapons got more and more destructive and mankind threatening.
Roxas was fascinated and got friends with Leon really fast. He really knew a lot. His class mates looked at him puzzled, they had never seen him this animated.
Axel was surprised as well. The new Roxas seemed way more human than the one he saw in school every day. That alone made it interesting to follow him, even if their talk bored him.
Finally they finished their tour and Leon whispered something to Roxas. Roxas eyes lit up and he nodded vehemently. They went to a black door behind the info point and Leon told the employee there that he and Roxas would use `That room´ and no one else was allowed to enter. The employee nodded as if it was an everyday occurrence that someone was allowed to use `That room´. Axel trailed behind them but was stopped by the employee
"No one is allowed to enter here. If you are interested, the targets are broadcasted at this monitor here."
What targets?
Axel grumbled but looked at the monitor. He didn't want to cause trouble here.
On the monitor were some straw-puppets with red and white circles on them. The inner points were the face and the heart.
He waited and was getting bored when nothing had happened for five minutes already, when suddenly one of the targets head exploded into tiny straw pieces.
What the hell?
Roxas was thrilled. That was really the best day of his stay in this town so far, if not in his whole life.
Leon had led him to a room in the back where replicas of two-thirds of the exhibited weapons lay. And now he was allowed to test them all. He had to be dreaming!
Leon smiled when he saw the look on the boy's face. He was really glad that he had decided to show him this room.
Normally he was the only one who used it, because he was the only one who knew how to use all the weapons. He was glad to have found someone with the same interests as himself.
He described how to use a few weapons to Roxas and taught him how to use them. Roxas had tried out about five of at least sixty different arms when a knock on the door interrupted them.
The employee from before stood there and motioned for Roxas. It seemed his teacher was looking for him because they were leaving already. Leon saw how his smile fell and an idea formed in his head
"Hey Roxas, if you want, you can come at closing time every other day and I'll teach you how to use the other weapons. You can train with me. How does that sound?"
Roxas face lit up immediately.
"That would be great. I can't tomorrow but Saturday I'm definitely coming!"
With that he was gone and Leon was already looking forward to Saturday.
When Roxas came out of the door the teacher ushered him relived to the other pupils who were already ready to leave.
Axel joined him and asked him suspiciously
"Hey Roxy, I didn't know you knew how to shoot or use those other weapons. A lot of hits went directly to the head. Suspiciously many for a beginner, don't you think so?"
Roxas went rigid. His thought were storming for a plausible explanation
"Uhm, I wasn't the one who used those weapons. Leon just showed me how to use them. I could never try them out by myself."
With that he weaseled his way through his classmates and got himself a single seat, far away from Axel.
Well that concludes this chapter and the introduction of Leon =) Did you recognize him from the description alone? and my poll for which animal Roxas could be is still open. The temporary lead have bird, panther and cat.
Love Ghazi