Kingdom Hearts II
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Sora frowns as he scans the Map until he grins suddenly and points at one of the Worlds.
Roxas looks at it and back at Sora. "Sora…"
"Oh, come on Roxas, I know you wanted to go back there. Don't worry, 'kay?"
The blond smiles as he grabs the piloting sticks and head towards the town of Twilight.
Shielding their eyes from the light from the transporting save point, Sora and Roxas look around to see that they are standing at the platform of Twilight Town Train Station. Sora smiles at the familiar surrounding and looks over at Roxas, who seems to be all tensed up.
"Roxas?" The blond jerks a little when Sora touches his shoulder softly, making him turn around. "Are you alright?"
Roxas smiles sadly and places his hand over Sora's. "I'm alright… I just…need sometime to adjust to this feeling again…" He is about to take his hand off when Sora grabs hold of it tight and leans in for an embrace. "Sora?"
"Don't bear it alone if it hurts too much… You're not alone anymore, Roxas. I'm here." The brunette buries his face against Roxas's collarbone, trying to fight the tears that are threatening to flow out. Inside he is blaming himself for being so weak to control his tears, instead of helping, he is giving Roxas more trouble. Roxas is trying so hard to control his emotion while he is being a crybaby, which he hates it.
Roxas sighs as he pats his other's back and runs the other hand through the bush of cinnamon spiky hair. "Your reaction seems worse than mine though…"
Sora jerks his head up and Roxas could see the pair of sapphire eyes sparkly with tears. "I can't help it! I was worried!! Stupid Roxas! Stupid!" He hits lightly on the blond's chest before leaning back and cries again.
The ex-Nobody chuckles lightly as he cups Sora's cheek and lifts the crying face up gently. Using his thumbs, he brushes the tears off and lays a soft kiss on the other's lips. A flush forms itself on Sora's cheek as Roxas smiles at him. "Thank you, Sora. I know that you are worried. But, I'm alright. I will be. I've promised myself that I'll protect you no matter what, thus I will become stronger. I won't get beaten so easily."
Sora blushes harder at the words, which Roxas ended with a wink. Chuckling at each other, they exit the train station.
二人の約束
The Promise Between the Two of Us
Season 2
Chapter 2:
New Enemies
Looking at the familiar structure of the town outside the train station, Roxas cannot help to feel nostalgic and sad at the same time. He still could not believe that the days he spent in this town is all just an illusion. But it is the truth. Roxas snorts at this. 'Truth does hurt…' It is then he feels a tug on his sleeve, as he looks at Sora beside him. The brunette is giving the worried look again, which makes Roxas smiles and sighs. "I'm alright, Sora. Just thinking back about the time I was living in this town…Well, not this real one though."
"Roxas…"
The blond raises his hand and strokes the other's cheek. "This is also where I met you, when you are sleeping inside the capsule."
Sora grasps the hand with his own and grins. "Come on, let's go and find Hayner and the rest."
"Yeah, they should be at the Usual Place." With that, hand in hand, they head towards the Usual Place.
Usual Place
"Hey guys!!" The Twilight Town Trio looks up at the two visitors, who they immediately rush up to.
"SORA!! It's been a while!! How's everything going?!" Hayner grabs hold of Sora's shoulders and starts to question the teen, both Olette and Pence chuckle at the back. Sora winces at the tight grip the hot-blooded blond had on him, until a hand appears to grab Hayner's.
"Let go. You're hurting him."
This makes all of them turn to Roxas, who is taking Hayner's hands off Sora's shoulders. Sora looks at his lover in amaze, because the blond is currently frowning at Hayner. 'Is he…jealous?'
"Who are you?" Hayner jerks his hands back and stares at Roxas, before turning back to Sora. "Sora, who is this guy?"
Olette and Pence come forth, curious to know the newcomer. Sora smiles at them before hooking his arm with Roxas, who notices that Hayner's eyebrow twitches at the display of contact. Roxas smirks at this. "Guys, let me introduce. This is Roxas. Roxas, they are Hayner, Olette and Pence."
Roxas sighs at the introduction, and raises his hand. "Nice to meet you." Olette and Pence take turn in shaking, while Hayner just give the hand a 'light' slap.
Olette giggles at Hayner's childish display of annoyance, as she looks at the two Keybearers. "How is Kairi? Did you find her?"
"Yeah, she's back at our island. Roxas and I came here to meet you guys again." It is only then Sora notices that the trio are wearing some costumes and a book in their hand. "Ermmm…What are you guys wearing?"
Hayner pats his costume and grins. "Nice?"
Pence steps forth and hands the pair the book he had. Both Sora and Roxas looks at it, "The Sleeping Beauty?"
Pence smiles at them. "Twilight Town is having its Town Festival! And the school wanted us to come up with a play!"
"But we must do it with Seifer's gang…" Hayner snorts as he folds his arms.
Olette looks from Sora to Roxas before clapping her hands together. "That's right! Sora, Roxas, why don't the two of you help us?"
"Eh?!" Both of them gasps and look at each other.
"That's right! We are short of members too, could you help us out?" Hayner hang his arm around Sora's shoulder, which makes Roxas twitches his eyebrow again.
Sora looks at Roxas, who just smiles and shrugs his shoulder. The brunette grins and looks back at the trio. "Alright, no problem."
The trio cheer as Hayner hugs onto Sora more, which ticks Roxas off. "Alright then, meet us at the sandlot later! We go and make some arrangement!" Olette says as she drags Hayner and Pence out of the Usual Place.
Sora waves at them and turns to Roxas, who is looking at the trio running off. He giggles and places a light kiss on the blond's cheek, before wrapping his arms around one of Roxas's. Roxas smirks at him. "What is it? You are acting all girly suddenly."
Sora pouts. "No, I'm not! It's just… I'm happy…"
"Why?"
"You were jealous when Hayner grabbed hold of me just now."
"Did I?"
Sora knows that Roxas is playing with him. He strokes the blond's jaw line with his fingers as he smiles seductively. "Did you?" The next moment he knows, he is trapped between the wall and Roxas, whose lips hovers near his. Sora blushes at the closeness and the pair of lustful cerulean eyes looking straight at his. "I didn't know you are so rough and eager, Roxas."
The blond smirks as he leans forth to lick at the brunette's earlobe, making the teen gasps at the pleasure the wet and hot contact had made. "Well… I can't control myself when you are the one who seduce me first." Roxas continues to traces from Sora's ears and all the way down the neck to the collarbone.
"Ah!" Sora gasps as Roxas sucks at a particular area at the neck. He blushes hard and pushes Roxas back a little before pouting. "B-But you are not like that before our first night!"
"Well, maybe that's the night that changed me." Sora's face colour is getting darker every second until Roxas cannot take it anymore, as he lets go of the brunette and bursts out laughing.
"Roxas!! That's not funny!!" Sora shouts as he pouts again, folding his arms while turning his back to the laughing blond. "Roxas… you idiot…"
The laughter slowly dies out as Sora feels a pair of arm circles around him, as his back comes in contact with the familiar warmth of Roxas's chest. The blond leans his chin on Sora's shoulder as he breathes in the scent of his original. "Sorry that I laughed, I'm joking. Remember this, Sora. I, will never EVER force you to do things you do not wish to. I did tell you that night, plus… I do not wish to hurt you once again."
Sora knows immediately that Roxas is referring to the time, when he was forced to kill his lover at the Town That Never Was. The brunette turns around in the arms and cups Roxas's cheek before leaning in for a kiss. They break off after a while and lean their forehead together. "I don't blame you for that already. Come on, let's go to the sandlot."
Sandlot
The trio were already waiting for them both, along with Seifer and gang. Both the keybearers notice that a big stage is set up in the middle of the sandlot, with people working around with the decorations. They form a circle as Olette holds out a few cards in her hand. "On each card is a role for the play, all of us will take a turn to draw lots."
All of them take their turn to draw a card, on three, they reveal their own cards. Sora looks at his own card, which he shouts immediately. Roxas looks over at the card and chuckles, causing the brunette to glare at him. Olette comes forth to see Sora's role and giggles too. "Looks like we are going to have a very cute princess."
Indeed, the card that Sora had chosen is the role of the main lead, the Sleeping Beauty. Sora blushes more when he notices Roxas is acting as the prince. Since the play is starting at night, they only have little time to practice. Olette handles each of them their costumes, as they start the rehearsal. Sora is glad that acting as the Sleeping Beauty only requires saying a few lines.
Pulling his dress up a little, Sora moves to rest at the benches. He looks over at Roxas who is rehearsing the fighting part with Hayner, who is acting as the evil witch. The blond is in his prince costume, blue uniform top and long boots, white pants and a red cape. Sora blushes at how handsome Roxas looks in the costume, especially how he says his lines.
"He looks so good in the costume, isn't he?"
Sora jumps a little when Olette sneaks behind him. She sits beside him and giggles at Sora's redden face. "Well, you are not bad either, Sora. You look absolutely gorgeous!!"
"Please! Save me the praise." Sora snorts as he looks at the dress he is wearing. Long blue dress with a lighter blue of laces and ribbons. Olette even makes his defined-gravity hair wet to put a wig on, curly brown hair with a length until the waist. He is even wearing a pair of light crystal blue high heels.
Olette chuckles and pats him on the back. "Come on cheer up! But I really want to thank you and Roxas, for lending a help in this play this urgently…"
Sora smiles. "No problem. After all, we're friends, aren't we?"
"Not you and Roxas though. I can see that you guys were more than friends." She giggles again at Sora's reaction. "Alright then, it's time to rest for the big play later." With that, she heads towards the others to inform them.
Sora looks from them to the surrounding, for some reason, he feels like there is something watching him. 'A Heartless? No, something else.' He is so focus in thoughts that he did not even notice Roxas sitting beside him, until the blond places a bottle of cold juice to his cheek.
"Eek!!! That's cold!!"
"What's wrong? You looked so serious just now." Sora takes the bottle from Roxas and drinks it.
"Do you feel like… there is something or someone watching us?"
"Well, you looks so beautiful, surely there is someone looking at you." Sora glares at him as Roxas chuckles. "Just joking. I thought you didn't sense it. I already have the feeling when we arrived in the town, so I sent some Nobodies to check out."
"When did you do that? You were with me the whole time."
Roxas smiles and taps his head. "I can speak with them by just using my mind. Telepathic."
Sora clenches his dress. If the enemies attack at the festival later, a lot of people will get hurt or even killed. Roxas notices his worry and places an arm around his other's waist, smiling at the worried teen. "Don't worry, I'm here. You are not alone to protect them, I'm with you."
Sora smiles at his lover, Roxas always knows what Sora wants to hear from him the most. He always knows how to comfort him, even if it is just some few simple words. The blond gives his other a kiss on the forehead before getting up. "I'll go and check the area."
"I want to come along." Sora tries to stand up until Roxas stops him and points at the high-heels he is wearing.
"I'll be alright. Plus, you will have problem battling when you are wearing those high-heels right?" Roxas chuckles while Sora blushes and pouts. The blond gives a small wave before walking away.
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Time passes fast, as the audiences start to gather around the stage. Sora peeps from behind the stage curtain. "Wow… So many people have come to watch the play… Now I'm really, seriously nervous."
"Don't worry, you are not alone acting in this." Roxas pats him as they both turn towards the others. Sora smiles at them, which makes all the guys blush and Roxas groans at their reaction.
Olette comes to them. "Alright, guys! You are up next! Do your best!" She went to the backstage and sits at the controlling place. She adjusts the mike as she breathes in.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. Now we will present to you, the play of today. 'Sleeping Beauty'."
The audiences applause as the light around the area dims, leaving the spotlights that are shining on the stage. Olette sees that everything is set as she starts her narration.
"In a faraway castle, there is a king and a queen. The kingdom is a prosperous and peaceful land. However, the King and the Queen have been without children for a long time. And one day, the long anticipated princess was finally born…"
The curtains open, revealing two persons sitting on thrones with soldiers saluted at the front. Vivi as the King and Seifer, who is acting as the Queen grumbles as he hears snickers from the backstage. He clears his throat and moves the bundle in his arms, that is supposed to be the baby Princess. This makes the other members controlling more to not laughing out loud.
"Today is the party celebrating the birth of the princess. Everyone, please give the Princess your blessing."
Three persons dressed in light yellow, green dresses come out from the side in sequence. First is Fuu. "To the cute princess."
Second is Pence. "From us fairies…"
And last is Rai. "We present her a gift."
The King and Queen nod their heads to allow the fairies to present their gifts. Fuu raises her wand. "From me. A beauty. Matching. Like Rainbow."
Rai frowns but still acts out his part as he raises his wand. "From me, a singing voice as good as any bird."
Pence, who is frigging with his dress, quickly raises his wand. "And from me…"
Suddenly laughter sounds and a spotlight appears the rows of audiences, showing Hayner in a black purplish witch clothing and a staff in hand. "My, what a part we have today! But, it seems I didn't receive the invitation!"
"Who would invite a wicked with like you?!" Rai shouted as Hayner walks towards and up the stage.
"A wicked witch? I wonder who you mean by that?"
Seifer snorts as he continues his next line. "I apologize. I had heard that you dislike noisy gatherings…" He glare at Hayner who is currently standing in front of him.
"Yeah, yeah. I hate noisy gatherings. But I hate being ignored even more than that! Now… I should give the Princess my blessing as well. The princess will live a happy life with her beauty, pride and kindness…loved by the people of her kingdom. But, on her 16th birthday, she will be pricked by a needle on a spinner…and she will DIE!!"
Hayner raises his staff as a red spotlight shines down on him. He laughs evilly out loud as he slowly retreats into the backstage. All of the actors sweatdrop at Hayner's acting, since earlier, the hot-blooded had been complaining about his role.
Seifer groans again as he acts his next line. He staggers forth and fell onto his knees. "Oh, this is horrible! The princess was cursed by the witch!"
The fairies come forth. "H-How horrible!"
"Is there any way to lift the witch's curse!?"
"I still have my gift left." Pence raises his wand as the spotlight shines on him. "The Princess will prick her finger on a needle from a spinner on her 16th birthday. However, she will not die…instead, she will just fall asleep. The Princess will awaken by the kiss of someone who truly loves her and who have enough power to break through the witch's evil powers."
The lights goes off as the curtains closes and the audiences applause. Behind the curtains, all of them are getting ready for the next act. Olette giggles as she sees the scripts. "Looks like our lovely Princess is up next."
"Hearing the witch's curse, the King called out to burn every spinner in the kingdom. All of the countrymen followed his call, and all spinners disappeared from this kingdom. 16 years later, the Princess grew up to become very beautiful."
The curtains open up again as Seifer is sitting on the throne. "Princess."
"Yes, Mother!"
From the side, Sora steps in and moves towards the throne. His heart is thumping hard against his ribcage as he can hear whispers from the audiences, like how cute is he and who is he. The brunette tries not to look at the audiences as he continues his lines. "W-What is it, Mother?"
"Tonight is your 16th birthday party. Hurry up and get dressed."
"Y-Yes, Mother!" Sora walks back to the back stage as they changes the scenario of the stage, from the Throne Room to the Princess Room where a spinner is place in the middle of it.
"The Princess returned to her room. There, she finds a spinner that was supposedly abolished from the kingdom!"
Sora moves towards the spinner. "My, I wonder what this is?" He is about to act accidentally pricking his finger when he trips on his high-heels and really pricks his finger. "OW!! I mean…Ouch!" He struggles a little and fell to the floor.
Seifer walks in. "No! The Princess is…! My precious Princess is dead!"
"No, your majesty." The three fairies come out. "She is only asleep. Just like my gift from 16 years ago. Now, all we can do is to wait for the young lad who will awaken the Princess…"
The curtains closes again as they prepare for the third act. Roxas runs to Sora who is still sitting on the floor. "Are you alright?" He kneels down and checks on Sora's finger.
The brunette smiles at him. "I'm alright! Come on, next up is your turn!" Sora stands up as they both move back to the backstage, with Roxas still being suspicious about Sora's condition.
"And years passed… A Prince arrives at the kingdom."
The curtains open up to reveal a background of the castle in a far view, and boards of drawn spiked vines are placed in front. The spot light shines on Roxas as he marches out gracefully to the stages, making the females squeal. Sora who is at the backstage, pouts at this reaction. Roxas turns towards the background. "This must be that mystic castle."
"We have been waiting for you."
"Who goes there?!" Roxas unsheathes his sword and points towards the three fairies.
All three of them give a bow. "We are fairies. We've been waiting for a brave young lad to come to this castle."
"What?"
"In this castle sleeps a beautiful princess. She continues to sleep because of a curse cast by a wicked witch."
Roxas moves forth a little. "That's a big problem! Is there anything I can do to help?"
"If you truly feel you want to save the princess…"
Roxas smirks as he raises his sword close to his face. "I have this sword, and my courage. I promise that I will dispel the curse from the Princess!"
Laughter sounds again as Hayner appears with a few actors dressed in black devil-like suits. "So you are here, Prince!"
Roxas points his sword towards Hayner. "You must be the wicked witch who made the curse!"
"All of you, get him!!" The devils run forth as they fight Roxas. Doing some simple moves and stunts, the devils are defeated as Hayner jumps forth and clashes their weapons, which surprises Roxas.
"W..What?" Roxas whispers to Hayner.
"Let's have a real fight, Roxas! Over Sora."
'Wow, someone is really jealous.' Roxas smirks. "As you wish, Hayner." They jump from each other as they launch their attacks again. Sora and the others start to watch in worry at their seriousness. Roxas did a back flip and immediately thrusts forth when his feet touch the floor. "Sorry Hayner, but he's mine and ONLY mine." He gives a last swing and Hayner is send flying to the backstage. Roxas chuckles a little as he raises his sword. "I did it! I've defeated the witch!"
The spotlight shines on to the side where Sora is lying on a bed, with his hands crossed on his chest. Roxas moves towards the bed and smiles when he notices Sora's blushing face. "Oh, what a beautiful princess!" 'More than beautiful…' He turns to the fairies.
"The only thing that can awaken the Princess is a kiss from someone who truly loves Princess. If you can truly love her, then a kiss…"
Roxas turns back to the bed, as he leans down to Sora and brushes his fingers against the brunette's cheek. Sora is blushing hard now, as he waits anxious at the kissing part. The atmosphere is so tense that you can cut it with a keyblade. Roxas smiles down at the blushing teen and whispers. "You shouldn't be forcing yourself with a ankle like that…"
'Huh?' Sora hears Roxas's word before he feels the blond's breathe near his face.
Loud explosions sound interrupts the play from the back of the audiences, causing people to scream and flee from the area. Sora sits up immediately as he and Roxas look at place where the explosions took. A bunch of heartless appears from the black smoke followed by a masked man dressed in a black suit, like what Riku used to wear when he was controlled by Ansem. Hayner and the others come out from the backstage, looking from the damage to Sora and Roxas.
Roxas looks at Sora who nods, and turns to Hayner. "Get them into safety from the Heartless. Sora and I will handle the situation here. Move now!"
Hayner immediately leads the others to safety as Roxas summons out Oblivion and Oathkeeper. Sora is about to get down from the bed when Roxas stops him. "Roxas?"
"You sprained your ankle early, you can't fight properly in your situation. Plus…" He eyes the masked man. "He is definitely not an ordinary person. It will be dangerous for you to fight him. You can cover me from the Heartless here with your magic."
Sora knows that he can't defy Roxas, so he nods his head unwillingly before he feels his chin rises up by fingers. Roxas leans down and plants a light kiss on the brunette's lips, smirking, he dashes towards the masked man. Sora summons out his Ultima Weapon and starts firing magic at the Heartless that are closing in on him and Roxas.
Roxas leaps forth to attack the masked man when a black keyblade appears in his hand and blocks the attack. Roxas's eyes widen at the weapon, as he leaps back and glares at the man. "Who are you? Why do you have the keyblade?"
The masked man says nothing as he dashes forth to land a combo on Roxas, who blocks against it. They each return their own combos as Sora watches them from the stage. Too concentrated on Roxas's safety, the brunette did not notices a few Heartless behind him as they tackle him down. "AH! What the…?!"
Roxas notices this. "Sora!!"
Within that split second of distraction, the masked man use fire magic right in front of Roxas. The impact causes the blond to be blown away and crushes into the walls.
"ROXAS!!" Sora yells out as he slashes all the Heartless around him, he kicks off his high-heels and tries to stagger towards his lover. He stops when a barrier forms around him, he tries to break the barrier with his keyblade but it ends in vain. Sora bangs on the barrier and shouts for Roxas, he glares at the masked man who is walking towards the blond.
Roxas spits blood from his mouth as he feels the pain on his back and head, trails of blood is also running down his face. He is about to get up when a hand grabs his collar and pulls him up, coming face to face with the masked man. Roxas groans. "Who…the hell are you…?!"
"Someone from the past…"
Roxas starts to feel the headache getting worse and his vision getting a little blurry. "P-Past…?"
"See you around…" A black portal appears behind the masked man as he drops Roxas back to the ground. "Ven."
A flash of his dream went pass his mind as Roxas feels his headache getting worse. The masked man disappears into the portal and the barrier that traps Sora disappears, along with all the Heartless. The brunette immediately fasten his pace towards his lover, limping along the way and cursing in his mind that healing magic cannot heal sprained injuries. "Roxas!!"
Roxas feels the headache starts to ease as he looks towards Sora who was limping to him. "Here he goes…" Like a cue, Sora trips again as Roxas reaches out to catch him, wincing too at the pain on his back at the impact.
Sora quickly gathers up from the hold and checks Roxas's injuries. "Oh god…Heal!" Soft green lights appears around Sora's hands as he slowly heals the injuries on Roxas.
Roxas looks at the brunette and he can see that he is on the verge of crying. The blond raises his hand and caresses his other's cheek. "Hey… I'm alright, don't worry…"
"No, you are not! Look at your injuries! And you were almost killed just now! I…I can only…standby and watch…" Roxas immediately shuts Sora's words with his finger as the blond smiles at him. Sora lets some tears out as he concentrates on the healing.
"HEY!!! SORA! ROXAS!!" They both turn to the side to see Hayner and the others running towards them. All of them gasp when they see the injuries that were inflicted on Roxas. Olette kneels beside them. "Are you both alright?"
Sora did not say anything while Roxas give them his reassuring. All the town folks come back to clear the damages as Hayner and group helps out too. After a hour, Sora finally finishes the healing as Roxas stretches his body when he stands up. "Let's stay here for the night, we can set off again tomorrow morning."
Sora nods weakly as he is tired from the energy and concentration he used on the healing. Suddenly, a pair of hand scoops him up from the ground. "W-What?!" He blushes as he looks at Roxas, who is holding him bridal-style in his arm. "You shouldn't force yourself…"
"And let you force your sprained ankle to walk? I don't think so." Roxas looks seriously at him for a second before winking at him. "Plus, it's a Prince's job to take care of the Sleeping Beauty forever after her awakening, isn't it?" Sora blushes real hard as he circles his arms around the blond's neck and buries his face in them. Roxas chuckles softly as the brunette immediately knock off when his head hits his neck. Roxas adjust Sora carefully in his arms as he walks towards the Twilight Hotel.
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Hayner, Olette and Pence gather around at the Usual Place, as they look at Roxas and Sora standing near the save point. "Alright, we will be setting off now. Sorry for the trouble yesterday…"
Olette smiles. "It's alright, we still enjoyed it!"
Pence holds out two sea-salt ice creams to them. "Here, take it. Hope to see you guys soon!" They nod their thanks.
Hayner pats Roxas on his back and circles on of his arm around the shoulder. "You better take EXTREME care of Sora! Or I'll punch you like there's no tomorrow!"
Roxas chuckles and nods. Both of them give their final farewell as they teleport back to the Gummi Ship.
On the Gummi Ship
"Where should we go next, Sora?" Roxas asks as they sit at the seats and eats their ice creams.
Sora licks on his ice cream as he looks at the World Map. "Hmmm… Oh! I want to visit Leon and the others! Wonder how they were doing!"
Roxas finishes his ice cream and grips the piloting sticks. "Alright. Radiant Garden it is!"
TBC…
HAha!! That's it for the second chapter of season two!!Love the scene of them both at the Usual Place ///// nosebleed and drools…
OH!! I think all of you are wondering about what Sora and Roxas meant about their "first night", kukuku!! This happens during the three days after the first season and before the second season!! I'm drawing it out, so if you want to see what really happens… Go to my profile, and look at the link to my RoxasSora Club at deviantart!!! Those who love and adores this couple or this story, can come and join the club, help me spread the love for this pair!!!
Oh! I even drew a small two pages sneak preview of what might happen in the next chapter, when they arrived at Radiant Garden!
Okay!! Stay tuned for the next chapter!!!!!
