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Chapter 7: Look For Answers
Roxas yawn widely and stretch his arms over his head. He sat up while blinking a few times to make his vision focus. He looked out the large window to see a single turtledove perched on a branch from the tree outside while the sun shine brightly down upon the earth. Roxas chuckled to the thought of him walking outside and asking the sun, "It's a beautiful day today. Right Mr. Sun?" and would expect the sun to say, "It's always a beautiful day."
Roxas shook the thought out his head and burst out laughing. "No more hot chocolate before bed. Now, let's see if I can find something to eat for breakfast." once Roxas was fully dressed in a white t-shirt with black pants and black shoes; he made his way down the long hall while saying 'good morning', to the maids that replied back to him with a smile on their face. Roxas had found the kitchen with a crew of chefs already making breakfast for the guest of the house and the head master. Roxas looked at the way they all worked together to prepare a meal, until he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Excuse me, young master. The dining room is this way." said a butler that was fully dressed in a tux. He had his gray silver hair neatly slicked back and had on small oval glasses fasten to the bridge of his nose with a pair of white gloves. "Please follow me."
"Okay?" said Roxas questionably. He wasn't used to having someone cook for him or do anything at all for him, but he quietly followed the butler out of the kitchen and soon they where in a large room, that Roxas guessed was the dining room as he stared in awe of the bright room. The dinning room had a large white walls on the north and west, while on the east and south was a large window that let in the bright light. In the center of the room there was a large black marble table that had white marble legs that firmly held the table together while there hung a large beautiful crystal chandelier that reflected the sunrays. "That really cool." said Roxas as he took a seat in one of the white chairs that surrounded the table.
"The Master though that it would pleased young miss Marlene to see the sunrays reflect off the diamonds like a rainbow." explained the butler as he cleared his throat. "Now, what would you like to eat?"
Roxas was stun to find that the chandelier was made out of diamonds as he stare up in awe while trying to order. "I'll have a ham and cheese omelet with a glass of orange juice and some toast on the side."
"Wheat, white, or sourdough?" asked the butler while a maid placed silverware and a napkin that was folded in a shape of a crane in front of Roxas.
"Wheat." said Roxas as he noticed a young girl dress in a simple white sundress and figured that she was Marlene. She also had her hair tied into a low ponytail that was held by a pink bow. She happily skipped over to the butler and greeted him with a huge friendly grin.
"Good morning, Simon." said Marlene as Simon smiled down at her.
"Good morning, young miss." said Simon properly.
Marlene slightly frown and looked up to Simon, "Simon, I told you that you can call me Marlene." whined Marlene.
"My apologies, Ms. Marlene." said Simon with a smile as Marlene thought that the way he said her name still sound funny, but shrugged it off and took a seat next to Roxas as the maid placed another set of silverware and napkin on the table. "And what would you like to eat, Ms. Marlene?"
"Cereal with a fruit parfait and a glass of Banora juice." said Marlene with a sweet pleading voice. Roxas softly chuckled and thought, "She could probably get anything she wants with those puppy eyes."
"Yes, Ms. Marlene." said Simon with a simple bow as the maid also bowed and started his walked towards the kitchen while the maid went towards a different exit, leaving Roxas and Marlene alone in the huge dining room.
"Good morning." said Marlene with a sweet soft voice, but she also had the look of curiosity of the person she was seated by. Roxas looked like a nice person, but she remembered what her Grandfather said about strangers.
"Good morning, young miss." said Roxas in a polite tone. If Simon could say her name, then Roxas thought that he should be respectable and call her by the name Simon called her out of respect.
"Don't call me that. I hate that name." whine Marlene with a frown as she gave Roxas a cold glare that he thought was cute.
"Then can you tell me your name?" asked Roxas in a nice voice. Marlene looked at Roxas and thought that he was nice, but she didn't fully trust him to give her full name. "Please?"
"No, my grandpa told me not to talk to strangers or tell them my name or show them where I live." said Marlene in one breath as she pouted again.
"Well, your grandfather is right. You should never talk to strangers, but you see, your grandfather invited me here." said Roxas sounding polite while grinning at Marlene. "My name is Roxas. It's nice to meet you, young miss."
"I said don't call me that!" yelled Marlene as she glared at Roxas. He could see that she balled up her hands into tiny fists. "Don't ever call me that!"
"Okay, okay. I don't really know your name, so I don't know what to call you." said Roxas in a calm voice with his hands raised. "You know, I know this one guy back in my hometown that called me, 'Chicken Wuss', as a matter of fact he called everyone that he didn't like by that name. So, what would you like to be called?"
Marlene thought for a moment and her eyes lit up, "How about Sweetie?"
"Okay, Sweetie." chuckled Roxas. They spoke to each other, until Marlene knew that she could trust Roxas and told him her real name. During their conversation, Roxas had learned that Marlene's father was Barret Wallace who had discovered a new power source. As for Marlene, she learned that Roxas favorite ice cream was Sea-Salt ice cream, that was also her favorite and her grandfather's. Soon, Simon had returned with a sliver platter that he easily balanced with one hand. "So, Marlene. I've noticed you have a backpack. Are you going anywhere?"
"I'm going to visit my daddy in Midgar today." answered Marlene after she took a sip of her juice. "He promise that he spent time with me, since he's always working."
"How are you going to Midgar?" asked Roxas and wondered if she took the Corridors like the rest of the girls.
"Cid comes by and picks me up." said Marlene as she placed a spoonful of cereal into her mouth.
"Cid? Do you mean the doctor, explorer, or the pilot?" asked Roxas, since he knew that there was more than one person named Cid.
"I don't know. I think he's a pilot." said Marlene as Roxas saw the puzzled look while Marlene thought about it. "Or was he an explorer? Hey, maybe you can meet him. He's real nice and talks funny."
They ate their breakfast in a friendly conversation and went their separate ways. Roxas decided to head back to the guest room, but not knowing that Marlene was following him in a friendly way. Roxas soon found the familiar hall with the maids gone and continued down the empty hall with Marlene still following him. After taking a look out the large window from last night, Roxas noticed that Ansem was tossing what looked like bread crumbs into a small pond and onto a large grassy lawn as birds flew down from the tree branches and ate up the crumbs. Roxas smiled and continued on walking up the large red oak door and entered the guest room, but was surprised to find Xion sitting on a red easy chair with her foot perched on the coffee table and humming a sad melody.
"Morning." said Roxas as Xion stopped her humming and took her foot off the coffee table. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was left in charged of babysitting you for the day, while Kairi and Namine went out." said Xion as Roxas sat in the next chair across from Xion. "I was going to head out, but Namine and Kairi had woken up early and left a note that said, 'Went out on a side mission. Be back soon. Love, Kairi and Namine. P.S. keep Roxas company.' they sure picked the wrong person for the job."
Xion sighed and crumbled the note and toss it into a trash bin. "Where did they go?" asked Roxas while leaning back on the chair.
Destiny Island
Kairi was seated quietly in the local library as she looked through newspaper articles from the last two years and last years paper. She had been at the library since it opened and was trying her best to find a certain article before the library closed at noon.
"Morning, Belle." said a familiar voice as Kairi looked up and quietly laughed when Sora received a hush from the librarian. "Sorry." whispered Sora as he placed a few books on the counter, "I'm here to return these."
"I hoped you enjoyed them." said Belle in a soft voice as she took the books off the counter and placed them in a cart. Sora nodded and looked around the library as Belle continued checking off books and found Kairi waving at him.
"Kairi!" said Sora in a excited voice, but was hushed again and mouthed 'sorry' to Belle. He quickly and quietly hurried over to Kairi. "I'm glad to see you again."
"Me too." smiled Kairi as she gave Sora a big hug. "I didn't think you were the type that read."
"I enjoy reading all the time, but could never find the time to read." explained Sora as he took a seat next to Kairi while she cuddled closer to Sora. "I surprised everyone when Riku broke his arm yesterday."
"He broke his arm?" questioned Kairi and thought about it. Riku didn't seemed like the one to that would be clumsy, from what she seen from his practiced battle with Sora and Roxas. "How?"
"He said he lost his grip while trying to get a coconut from one of the trees. So I gave him first aid and took him to the clinic." explained Sora as he looked at the book Kairi was reading. "And that was how I surprised everyone by giving first aid cause Riku would normally treat our wounds whenever we would get hurt."
"So, what were you reading?" asked Kairi.
"Goofy graphic novel and weapons training." said Sora as Kairi quietly laughed while Sora laughed along with her. "I love to read Goofy comics, ever since, while recovering from a wound that I've received from last year."
"Really?" said Kairi with interest as she sat back up and looked Sora in the eye.
"Yeah. Right here." said Sora as he took Kairi's hand and placed it on his chest. "During a hurricane I was rowing my boat back to the main island, but it tipped over and crashed into pieces with me. There should be an article about it in here." Kairi remove her hand off Sora's chest while he scanned through the old newspaper and stopped and pointed at the bold letters, "Right here."
Kairi leaned in and read the headline, Boy Nearly Killed By Hurricane.
A fourteen year old boy that goes by the name, Sora was found on the shores of Destiny Island. Paramedics had arrived in time to save the boy, who had also suffered a punctured wound by the heart from broken pieces of his sailboat. By a miracle, Sora was able to survive the hurricane and would be consider one of the luckiest.
Kairi had finished reading the article and placed her hand on Sora's chest again as she imagine the pain he went through. Sora just smiled and placed his hand over Kairi's. "After I had recovered my friends threw a big welcome home party and once school had started I was asked to give autographs from some people I didn't know that kept the article. The school also posted the article in the office."
Kairi silently giggled along with Sora, "What was it like?" asked Kairi with interest, but regretted asking that question. "Sorry, you don't have to answer."
"It's okay." said Sora while smiling at Kairi. "When the wooden stake went through my chest and entered my heart, it felt very painful. I wanted the pain to go away and soon as it did, I could feel as if my body had entered another dimension where time had stopped and space disappeared. I was falling and falling into outer darkness, but I softly landed on a platform. This voice spoke to me and it sort of lead me to light. When I opened my eyes I found myself laying in a hospital bed with tubes in me and the beeping of a heart monitor. Riku was the first to show me the article when I was allowed to see visitors."
"Sorry to hear that." said Kairi in a gentle voice as Sora reassured her with a smile. They quietly talked, until the library had closed with Sora carrying two more books that he had checked out. Kairi walk with him to his house as they continued to talk asking each other how the others were doing. Selphie had applied to study at Trabia Garden and considered to be transferred to Balamb Garden after she had graduated from school. Wakka and Tidus had been recruited to play blitzball, but they were going to be on different teams after they finished school.
"Riku wants to get off the island and travel the world, but it sounds like a far off dream." said Sora as they stopped outside his house.
"The best dreams are the unattainable ones." said Kairi with a smile. "Well, I guess I should be going."
"Do you want this back?" asked Sora as he dug into his pocket and took out her charm.
"No, not yet." said Kairi while Sora gripped the charm and placed it back into his pocket. "See you later, Sora."
"Okay, bye." said Sora as Kairi gave him a quick peck on the lips and poke the air, until the pearl black corridor appear and disappear with her gone, leaving Sora standing alone on the dirt path. He smiled to himself as he headed inside his home, but was unaware of a mysterious black cloaked figured watching from a distance.
Twilight Town
Namine quietly sat on the wore out sofa as the train ran by above her head. She drew in her sketchpad while blocking out all noises, until Hayner, Pence, and Olette entered the hangout spot. "Namine? What are you doing here by yourself? Where's Roxas?" asked Olette.
"He said he needed to do something and said I should meet up with him later." answered Namine as she laid her sketchpad on her lap.
"I wonder what he's up to?" said Hayner as he paused to think.
"I'm sure he has his reasons." said Pence as he turned to Namine. "Since Roxas isn't around, do you want to join us for some ice cream? It's my treat."
"Yeah, you should join us." agreed Olette while Hayner was still thinking. Pence along with Olette waited for Namine's reply as she put her sketchpad on the sofa and nodded in agreement. After Pence had paid for the ice cream they all sat on the edge of the clock tower while enjoying the ice cream. Namine kept thinking about something that she never asked when she first met them, so she turned to Pence.
"So, Pence, how did you guys meet Roxas?" asked Namine as she nibbled at her ice cream.
"Well, I first met him in the underground tunnels and he was with a tall man with red hair. They wore these matching jackets and asked me about the seven wonders that I was also researching on. I told them what I knew about the wonders and they let. I didn't see them around town after that, but Roxas came to the Sandlot by himself and that's when he met Olette and Hayner. Me and Olette were the first to greet him with open arms, but Hayner has issues when it comes to meeting new people."
"What was that, Pence?" said Hayner in a harsh tone as Namine giggled.
"I was explaining to Namine how we met Roxas." said Pence quickly.
"I remember that day." said Olette as she turned to Namine. "Hayner was practicing for a job that required him to keep a ball in the air for as long as he could by hitting it. When Roxas showed up, Hayner challenged him to break his record. He had 27 hits and Roxas had kept the ball up longer and had hit it 232 times."
"I should have never challenged him." said Hayner with his head hung low.
"Serves you right for judging people." said Olette. "When it was getting late, Roxas left for the day and we didn't see around town for days. But we did see him last summer, he was working for the post office, moving cargo up steep hills, performing for people by hitting the ball, cleaning up garbage, exterminating bees, and posting posters."
"Hayner soon became friendly with Roxas, since he always had pockets full of munny." said Pence as they all laughed together. Namine continued their conversation with them and learned that Roxas had never discussed his past to them and Pence never knew the purpose of the jackets or seen Axel around either. They soon returned to their hangout spot, after they had finished their ice cream. "Hey, Namine. You should draw a portrait of us."
"But what about Roxas?" asked Olette since she felt like they were leaving Roxas out.
"He's probably posting posters up for the Struggle Competition all over town. If he's going by foot then it'll take him at least all day to finish." said Hayner as he started to think again. "I'm always telling him to used the skateboard to make his runs faster."
"When have you ever told him that?" questioned Olette while placing her hands on her hips with piercing glaring eyes. "Besides, he managed to post 20 posters up in 58 seconds."
"Olette and I timed Roxas on his last run." explained Pence as Namine opened her sketchpad and found a blank page. "Hayner was somewhere else when Roxas was posting posters."
"I don't mind." said Namine as Olette tried to reason with her while Hayner insisted that Namine didn't mind drawing them without Roxas. Olette had finally agreed when Pence didn't mind also as they all sat next to Olette with Hayner on her left while Pence was on the right. Namine moved a small create in front of them, took a seat, made sure she had everything, position herself to hold her sketchpad steady, she took a deep breath, and held her whole arm outward in front of her to measure the group of friends. "Okay, don't move for 15 minutes."
The group of friends tried to resist the urge to move as Namine started with the outline of the three friends. She quickly stroked her pencil to fill in the shape of the friends one by one and used her easer to get rid of light lines that she didn't need anymore. "Are you almost done?" asked Hayner while keeping his body still. "My nose itches."
"Almost, just deal with it." assured Namine while she continued with her work. "Just need to add the finishing touch…and…now you can all move."
The group of friends all relaxed as Hayner scratched his nose while Namine turned her sketchpad around to show them. They were all amazed to see that Namine had got every detail about them right from head to toe in the hair, eyes, ears, mouth, and small detail in their clothes. "Wow, you did that in 10 minutes." stated Pence.
"You're the best Namine." said Olette as Namine gently removed the portrait from her sketchpad and handed it to Olette.
"I'm sure you know what to do with it." said Namine as she placed her drawing tools back into her backpack. "I should be going."
"See ya." waved Hayner and Pence as Olette gave Namine a hug. She then made her way to the ally and saw that no one was around and poked the air as the Corridor opened. She then step through and disappeared along with the Corridor as another mysterious figured watched from the roof tops.
Radiant Garden
"So, how is it that you don't remember your childhood?" asked Xion while tossing a rubber ball in the air as Roxas tried his best to think. He always wondered why he liked Sea-Salt ice cream and why Ventus looked like him. He also wondered why he couldn't remember his life before he joined the Organization.
"I don't know." said Roxas as he kept thinking. "I've never questioned my existence. Maybe I was never meant for this life. I just don't know."
"We all have a reason to live. I no longer have a family, but Kairi and Namine are like my sisters. Maybe…" Xion paused as Roxas looked at her. She had stopped tossing the ball. "Never mind, forget it."
"What where you going to say?" asked Roxas as Xion continued to toss the ball again. "Come on. What was it?"
"I was going to say that Kairi and Namine think of you as family." said Xion as she took a quick glance towards Roxas.
"And what about you?" asked Roxas as Xion stopped tossing the ball. She didn't know what to say. She had never been in a situation where she was asked about guys. This was all new to her, but would it really matter. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Roxas went to answer it as Xion breath a sigh of relief. Roxas opened the door, but no one stood in the hallway and was about to close it, until Marlene surprised him.
"Boo!" yelled Marlene playfully as she let herself in and climbed on the bed to jump on it. "Did I scare you?"
"Yeah, you did." said Roxas as he smiled at Marlene while she leap off the bed. She then took notice of Xion and went by her side.
"Hello." said Xion in a friendly tone while tossing the ball in the air.
"Hi, I'm Marlene. Are you Roxas' friend?" asked Marlene as she closely examined Xion. She overlooked her features while thinking about the stories her grandfather told to her during bedtime. "You look just like her."
"Who?" asked Xion as Marlene took a seat on the coffee table.
"A girl named Xion. The one that my grandpa told me about. She has two other friends that all share an adventure together. My grandpa said that she has short black hair, crystal blue eyes, and always wore black clothes." said Marlene while still looking at Xion with interest. "She my favorite and Peep favorite, too."
Xion let out a soft chuckle and had to asked, "What else does your grandfather say about her?"
"He said that she's brilliant and strong, but is too unpleasant and has bad manners." giggled Marlene as Xion nervously laughed to hide her anger from her while Roxas chuckled to himself. "He also said that she's unconventional from her other friends."
"She sounds like a bad influence." add Roxas for fun as Marlene and Xion turned to stare at him, with Xion glaring at him. She quickly changed her attitude when Marlene faced her.
"I guess." said Marlene as she started to swing her legs back and froth.
"But she is your favorite." said Xion as she felt relieved when Marlene nodded 'yes'. "And Peep. Whose Peep?"
"My Chocobo." smiled Marlene as she took her backpack off her back and dug into it.
"You have a Chocobo?" asked Xion.
"It's her plush toy." whispered Roxas into her ear as Marlene managed to take out Peep from her bag and showed it to Xion with a smile on her face.
"Look he can talk." said Marlene and squeezed Peep as her toy let out a single chirp. "He said, he's happy to meet you." she squeezed Peep again, "Oh, yeah. Roxas, Cid's here. Do you still want to meet him?"
"Sure." said Roxas as Marlene quickly stood up and grabbed Xion's hands.
"You can meet him too." said Marlene happily as she helped Xion off the chair and ran ahead into the hallway. "Come on, hurry." Roxas smiled as he and Xion followed Marlene out to the hallway while she waited for them, until she lightly tap Roxas on the arm. "Tag, your it."
She quickly ran down the hallway and disappeared around the corner, "Marlene! Wait!" shouted Xion as she ran ahead with Roxas following far behind. Roxas tried his best to kept up with Xion, but had lost her in the lonely hallways. He didn't know where he was or knew the way back to the guest room. He suddenly heard laughter that sounded like Marlene in one of the rooms and heard it again behind double doors. He opened one door and noticed that he had found a two story library.
"Marlene?" he called out as he heard the laughter again and began to follow the sound from where it came from. He round the corner of a large bookshelf and found Marlene with a cloaked figure with his hand covering her mouth as he let out another laugh like Marlene. "Zexion." said Roxas as he drew his keyblades.
"Careful." said Zexion in a calm voice as he lifted up his free hand to his hood and removed it. He had very pale violet hair with one long bang that covered one blue eye. He then placed his hand on Marlene's shoulder. "It's very easy for me to break this child's neck. So, why don't you put those things away."
Roxas let out a frustrated low growl as he put away his keyblades. "What do you want?" asked Roxas, but he already knew the answer as to why Zexion was holding Marlene hostage and knew it was the same reason why Axel had shown up in Twilight Town in the first place.
"On orders to bring you to Castle Oblivion." said Zexion as he carefully watched Roxas to make sure he didn't make a sudden move. Roxas relaxed his body as he thought of ways to save Marlene. She was frighten as she cling onto Peep.
"If I come quietly, do you promise to let Marlene go?" asked Roxas in hopes to reason with Zexion.
"I can't make any promises to hurt her." said Zexion with a smirk on his face. "No heart, remember. No feelings whatsoever. You should know this yourself, since you have no heart also."
"I'm different than you." said Roxas as he dropped a small mechanical ball in between him and Zexion, that was followed by a blinding flash. Roxas closed his eyes in time as he heard Zexion cry out. He quickly ran full speed and drew Oblivion as Zexion could feel the keyblade enter and exit his torso. "Marlene! Run!" shouted Roxas as he heard Marlene's footsteps hurry away from him and Zexion. Roxas finally opened his eyes and could see that Zexion was still standing, but his whole body exploded like a balloon. "What?"
"Behind you." was the last thing Roxas heard as he lost consciousness and his keyblade disappeared. Zexion stood over Roxas and easily sling him over his shoulders and opened the Corridor.
"Hey You!" shouted Xion as she noticed that the man had captured Roxas. He turned to face her with a pout look on his face as he stared at her and stepped through the Corridor and was gone along with Roxas and the Corridor. "Not good." said Xion as she hurried out the double door on the second floor. She quickly made her way down a flight of stairs and went over to where she told Marlene to wait. "Come on." said Xion as she took a hold of Marlene's hand and they both started to run to Ansem's study. They zoom through the hallways and were out of breath as they both entered into Ansem's study.
"Grandpa!" shouted Marlene as she ran up to Ansem with tears in her eyes while Ansem comforted her. He stroked her hair while gently hushing her.
"What happened?" asked Ansem as he turned to Xion as Kairi and Namine also turned to her.
"Roxas was taken by the Organization. I found Marlene running for her life in the corner hallway from the library. She said that a man named Zexion wanted to hurt her, so I told her to wait at the first floor for me. When I arrived at the library, I saw him disappeared through the Corridor along with Roxas unconscious." explained Xion in one breath that everyone was able to catch.
"Where did he take him." said Namine as she stood up along with Kairi. Xion shook her head in disappointment. She didn't know where they went.
"Maybe, Marlene knows." suggested Kairi as they turned to face Marlene while Ansem was still comforting her. Kairi walked over to Ansem's chair and kneeled down on one knee and stroked Marlene's hair. "Marlene, do you know where that mean man took Roxas?" Marlene didn't answer right away as she still cried and held onto her grandfather. "Please, Marlene. We need to know, so we can get Roxas back."
Marlene was still quiet as she motioned her grandfather to come closer to her. Ansem held onto Marlene as she whispered into his ear and continued to cry. "Castle Oblivion." said Ansem as he stood up while holding onto Marlene. "It's not safe here. I'm going to my safe house. As for you three, I would suggest you go to my lab in Hollow Bastion and explain the situation to the Al Bhed girl, Rikku. I'm sure she'll give you the right equipment."
"Yes, sir." said the three girls in union. Xion opened the Corridor as they all stepped through and traveled to Hollow Bastion.
Hollow Bastion
The three girls stood outside Ansem's old study and entered through the wooden door. They were now standing inside his office as Namine walked up to a wall and pressed a small button. She stepped back as the wall melted away to reveal a hidden lab that they entered. They made their way to the computer lab and found Rikku along with another Al Bhed boy named Shinra that always wore a jumpsuit to conceal his identity.
"So when mugging someone it's all in the wrist, same with pick-pocketing." said Rikku as she moved a strand of her blonde hair out of her eyes. "Alright, now for the finishing touch." said Rikku as she poked at a cam sphere that she and Shinra were working on. "It's needs something else, don't you think?"
"How about we make one these that could fly." suggested Shinra with his voice muffled.
"That's terrific!" said Rikku excitedly and noticed the three girls. "Wow, it's you three. I hardly get any visitors. The only visitors I get are the ones that get some supplies and take off."
"That would be us, right?" asked Xion sounding annoyed.
"Ding, ding, ding. That's right." said Rikku as she handed Shinra a screwdriver. "Here finish up and let's get some ice cream after this." instructed Rikku as she turned her attention back to the girls. "So, what is it now. Stolen artifact, missing documents, stakeout, going undercover, or would you like to talk about boys?"
"Why are you staring at me?" questioned Xion as Rikku rested on her shoulder with a huge smile.
"No, not exactly." giggled Namine along with Kairi as Rikku sighed in disappointment. "A client was kidnapped."
"Oh, yeah, rescue mission!" yelled Rikku in excitement and skipped over to the keyboard and started to type in some commands into the computer as the seal door to the next level opened. "Alright, if you'll just follow me. So, where are you girls headed?"
"Castle Oblivion." answered Kairi. "We need the map of the all the levels and any information about it."
"Sure thing." said Rikku as she lead the girls into a large room that had all the information about any subject they needed to know. It also housed all their equipment that they would need that were all invented by Rikku and Shinra. "Okay let's see here. Castle Oblivion…ah, here it is." said Rikku as she unrolled a large directory. "So, here's the main floor. As you can see Castle Oblivion has 12 basement levels and 13 floors. There's no elevators, just stairs and I wouldn't recommend using the Corridors. Now, let's see what wonderful toys you'll be gettin." she lead the girls over to the other side of the large room and opened a large drawer. "You'll each get these portable MP3 players that can hold two thousands songs and if you happen get separated from each other, press this button twice."
"The power button?" questioned Xion as each girl watched Rikku press the power button twice. The screen on the MP3 player then switch to a different screen that mapped out the whole area that they where standing.
"Cool, huh?" said Rikku as she explained. "A built-in sonar to map out your location and you'll be able to track one another or know of any dangers. To turn it off just hold the power button for five seconds and it'll switch off. It's resistant to heat, shock waves, magnetism and waterproof."
"Is this all were getting?" asked Xion as Rikku nodded 'no' and took a few thing out of the drawer. She handed each of them a utility belt to hold all their potions, rings, bracelets, and a summon charm.
"Plus, just some basic items that could be helpful like flash grenade, smoke bombs, light shields for each of you, Ninja stars with built-in exploding charge, and Materia." said Rikku as each girl took an item. "To keep in touch with each other used these earpieces. Alright, that's all there is for you to take. So, what's your plan?"
"I guess the only thing we can do is storm the castle." said Kairi as Xion opened the Corridor that would take them to the grassy hill plains that would lead them to Castle Oblivion. "Thanks, Rikku."
"No problem. Good luck." said Rikku as she happily skipped back to the computer lab while the three girls stepped through the Corridor and were teleported to their destination.
To Be Continued…
A/N: finally finished with this chapter and I hoped you enjoy. Please review, but no flames. I've tried my best to add as much detail as I could. Thanks to those that review and Merry Christmas. Next chapter, "Mission Madness" see ya.
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"I wish Rikku would've told us about this?" complained Xion.
Preview may change. See ya.