Title for Story: The Other Way Around.
Summary: "This could have been the other way around… ." In an alternate universe, that did happen. Roxas absorbed Sora. Now, he travels through the Worlds with his Other's companions to destroy Organization XIII and keep his promise… wait… what promise?
Important Notes: So yeah… . You all can see where this is going. I'm like… a major KH fan. I played all of the games. That's right. From the original KH all the way to Dream Drop Distance. So I know the story. Well, the important parts at least. Since I haven't really finish Dream Drop Distance yet, LOL. This preview may mentions some missions from KH 358/2 Days, but that depends if I make myself go all the way to Beast Castle and Olympus Coliseum.
Oh yeah. Prepare for cussing from Roxas. Why? Cause he's a teenager and I refuse to believe that somebody can live through his adolescent years without, at least, swearing once.
Disclaimer: Do not own Kingdom Hearts. Belongs to Square Enix and Disney.
Special thanks to Kamen Keyblade Duelist(KKD) cause of all the help and support he's given me. Thanks man!
Donald Duck was currently not a happy duck.
Why? Because for some odd reason he found himself sleeping in a small white pod with one of his best pals Goofy sleeping in another pod next to him. Goofy, being Goofy, needed a little help getting up. Help being a Thunder Spell to the stomach.
"YEAOW! What was that for Donald?" Goofy asked, waking up fully.
"Aw come on you lazy Goof! We need to find Sora!" Donald told the anthropomorphic dog as their friend is currently missing.
"Hey! I betcha he's right over there!" Goofy stated, pointing to a door in front of them, nearby was a treasure chest opened.
"Hey yeah! He's probably awake by now!" Donald stated, seeing the treasure chest. 'That should explain the opened treasure chest' he thought to himself.
"Well then let's go!" Goofy stated, getting up and heading for the door. They calmly walked to the door, which slid opened for them to makeway. "Gee, it's sure is spooky here!" Goofy said, commenting on the dark hallway.
"Look! Light!" Donald said, pointing at the end of the hallway. They ran to it and found themselves in a white room. In the middle of it was a huge white pod and a boy who looked about a year older then their friend. He had spiky hair, just like Sora, however instead of pointing in multiple directions like a porcupine this boy's hair looked windswept. He seem to be wearing a white jacket over a black jacket whose collar was covering the boy's whole neck.
The white jacket had black checkered patters near the chest, back and shoulders with a grey hem on the sleeves. The boy seem to be wearing two-colored pants; the legs of his pants were beige with several of what looked like buttons on the hem that appeared to attach the legs to the rest of the dark-colored cloth. He also wore grey shoes, a black and white checkered pattern wristband with two plain rings made out leather or something similar on his left hand. The one on his left index finger was black while the one on his middle finger was white.
But that wasn't the thing that got Donald's and Goofy's attention. It was the fact was wielding a Keyblade! Not only a Keyblade, but the Kingdom Key! Sora's Keyblade! "Hey!" Donald cried out, gaining the boy's attention. He turned around, letting the two see the rest of his features. His shoes had red shoe laces, his black jacket had odd cross-shaped zipper and he had blue eyes. In fact, those eyes seemed familiar to the two.
"Donald? Goofy?" he asked, as if not expecting them.
"Gee, I don't think we've met ya... ," Goofy stated, getting into his thinking pose.
"Oh. You don't know me. But I know you," the boy quickly explained, darting his eyes left and right as if in wonder what was going on.
"Really... ?" Donald asked, suspicious. Usually anybody who knew those words knew a lot more then they let on.
"Yeah... ," the boy said, quickly making his way to the exit.
"Hey wait!" Donald said, getting a 'Yeah?' from the boy as he turned around. "What's your name?"
"... Roxas... ," the boy said, almost sadly. It was almost like... that his name was the only thing that really belonged to him.
"Gee Roxas. Nice to mee ya!" Goofy said, being Goofy.
"Yeah well... we're sticking with ya from now on!" Donald stated.
"We/You are!-?" Goody and Roxas said, respectively, in shock.
"Yeah!" Donald said with a firm nod. "But don't get comfortable! The only reason we're hanging out with ya is because of that Keyblade there!" Donald said, pointing to Roxas's Keyblade. "When we found our friend Sora, we'll... ." Donald couldn't finish because Roxas suddenly spoke.
"Sora's not coming back!" Roxas stated, shocking the two.
"Wha... why not!-?" Donald ask. Roxas just suddenly shook his head, as if he was in pain before running away. "Hey!" Donald said, reaching a hand out to him.
"Why I'll be... I wonder what was that about?" a familiar voice called to them. Donald and Goofy turned around, and saw their friend and Royal Chronicler; Jiminy Cricket!
"Jiminy!" the two said happily before running up to him to catch up on what they miss.
Roxas didn't know what was going on as he ran through the hallway as he made his way back to DiZ's lab. Wasn't he supposed to be absorbed into Sora? Why did he still exist!-? Why was Sora missing!-? 'No... not missing... ,' Roxas thought in realization as he skidded to a stop. "I... absorbed him... ," Roxas muttered out loud, before he dropped onto his knees. "I'm... I'm real now... I'm complete... ," he said to himself, clutching the part of his chest where his Heart should be.
"Well this is an unexpected turn of events... ," he heard his voice. Roxas looked up and saw a digital projection of DiZ being summoned. Roxas quickly got up and summoned his Keyblade as he scanned his surroundings. He was so confused that he didn't realized he was in the room where he fought his best friend Axel ealier. "No need to be violent. Hitting this data projection won't calm yourself. It will only serve to make you even angrier," DiZ stated calmly.
"Why am I still here!-? Shouldn't I be absorbed into Sora!-?" Roxas questioned.
"It was as I said; an unexpected turn of events," DiZ explained calmly. "Why are you angry? Shouldn't you be happy that you're complete now?"
"At the cost of him!-?" Roxas asked, referring to his original counterpart; Sora. "He has friends! Family! I... don't... ," Roxas admitted, in a moment of weakness. He drop to his knees. "No one in the real Twilight Town knows me... . The people who do know me don't have Hearts to feel sad with... . In the end... no one will miss me... ," Roxas said, before he got onto all fours. "Please! Fix it! Make Sora comeback! His mother... his father... his little sister... Riku... Kairi... they'll miss him! You have to change me back... into Sora!" Roxas begged.
"Unfortunately for you, it would seem you are Sora now," DiZ stated.
At this, Roxas growled. "I am not SORA!" Roxas yelled.
"Really now? You were his Nobody after all."
"Gah!" At that, Roxas began to violently slam his Keyblade onto the the data projection. Again.
"Perhaps it's better this way," DiZ commented as he watched Roxas slashing through his 'body'. "Sora is far too kind for his own good after all."
"Did I tell you... how much I hate you?" Roxas growled, panting.
"You seemed to tell me that you hated me 'so much' a few minutes ago... ," DiZ tauntingly answered, before disappearing.
"DiZ! Comeback here! Fix it!" Roxas yelled.
"Roxas?" he heard Donald's voice asked in concern. He turned around and saw Donald along with Goofy walking into the room.
"Gee, are you okay?" Goofy asked, equally concerned.
"I'm fine," Roxas said, dismissing his Keyblade.
"So this is Roxas... ," he heard Jiminy's voice saying. He turned and saw Jiminy on Goofy's shoulder. "Nice to meet ya! Jiminy is the name! Jiminy Cricket!" he introduced himself.
"Roxas... ," Roxas stated, before turning around to walk into the lab. He heard Sora's friends telling him to 'wait up' but he didn't bother. He walked into the lab and to his surprise the computers he smashed were good as new! 'But... I was sure I... don't tell me I'm in the real Twilight Town!' Roxas thought in shock. He was very sure he smashed DiZ's computers beyond repair in the Simulated Twilight Town... . The only logical conclusion was that he along with Sora's friends had somehow been transported into the real Twilight Town!
"You okay?" Goofy asked as he and Donald walked in.
"Uh... yeah... Fine," Roxas said, as he began making his way to the stairs. But when he pass by the device that had transported him into the Simulated Twilight Town, he saw a large treasure chest on the platform. "A treasure chest... ," Roxas muttered subconsciously.
"A pretty big one to boot, too!" Goofy stated.
"Hey Roxas," Donald said, turning to the former Nobody.
"Yeah?" Roxas asked.
"Why don't you try opening it? The Keyblade can open anything with a lock after all!" Donald stated.
"Hm... kay," Roxas said, agreeing with the duck due to remembering one of Sora's friends, Yuffie, telling him that. He summoned the Kingdom Key, threw it hight into the air before slamming it down onto the lid of the chest, opening it. The three (four if you count Jiminy) quickly gathered around the chest, intent on seeing what content is has. Only to find... .
"A Gear?" Roxas questioned, picking up the Gear.
"What's that?" Donald asked.
"Hm... ," Roxas hummed. He knew what Gears were, due to the Organization rewarding him with them and explaining what they were, yet he didn't know how to explain it to Donald and Goofy without sounding like he had been a terrorist (well... technically he wasn't seeing as he took out the Heartless when they were asleep!). 'I've got it!' Roxas thought. Instead of explaining it, he might as well show it! He quickly took off the Kingdom Key's Keychain and attached the Gear to it. It then morphed into a different shape.
The Keyblade now had a green handle and a rectangular, black guard with long spikes on each of its corners. The long shaft was still silver, but now has concave edges, and ends in a spike resembling those on the Nobody symbol. The teeth of the Key were now shaped like a large arrowhead. But then, Roxas heard a voice. A voice saying; 'True Light's Flight'.
'Is that it's name... ?' Roxas thought, as he had never had this Gear before. Unlike Keychains, the Gears were bulkier in comparison and much heavier. 'True Light's Flight huh... ?' Roxas said, scanning the newly formed Keyblade.
"Wow... !" Donald said in awe, as he too, scanned the Keyblade.
"Gee, it's like Sora's Keychains!" Goofy commented.
Roxas nodded before he took off the Gear, reverting the Keyblade back to Sora's basic Kingdom Key, before he lead the group outside of the mansion. Donald and Goofy began to immediately check out the area. Occasionally, the would call Roxas due to finding a treasure chest. They only found two in total; one contained a Potion while the other one contained a Mythril Shard.
"Gee... I wonder how we got here... ," Goofy asked as the group made they way to the woods.
"I don't know," Roxas shrugged as they entered the woods.
"You sure?" Donald asked suspiciously.
"Yeah," Roxas said with a firm nod. Well he may knew their adventure together with his original counterpart; Sora, he didn't really know how the group ended up in Twilight Town. When they reached the large hole in the wall that separated Twilight Town and the woods, he pointed at it. "There. That should lead us right into Twilight Town," Roxas explained.
"Twilight Town... ? Is that what this World is called?" Donald asked, folding his arms and giving Roxas the suspicious eye.
Roxas nodded. "I would never... ever... forget this place... . Not even it's name... ," Roxas said with a small smile before making his way to the town.
Twilight Town
= Tram Common
Roxas looked around, as if trying to find any imperfections in the real Twilight Town. 'Everything is exactly the same... ,' Roxas thought, before he realized something. 'Except nobody knows me... ,' he thought gloomily before making way to Market Street.
"Oh dear!" they heard someone cry out. Roxas knew what was going on. He did the job in the Simulated Twilight Town after all. He quickly ran to where they park the trams and stopped in front of the woman there. "Is something wrong ma'am?" Roxas asked.
"Oh dear... . It's nothing. I wouldn't want to trouble a new face. But... ," the woman said, however they heard some buzzing.
"Bees ma'am?" Goofy asked, tilting his head in confusion.
"Oh why yes... ," the woman said depressingly. "My son and his fellow workers have problems whenever they need to park the tram that circles around the Common. So, I've been helping them and their boss, my husband, by getting rid of the bees. But no matter how many of them I get rid off new ones keep popping up!" the woman explained.
"We can get rid of them for you ma'am," Roxas stated. "Well... at least I can... ," Roxas said, eyeing Donald since the duck had the tendency to tell Sora to 'don't get distracted' by something trivial as this.
"Oh really! Thank you!" the woman thanked them. "Though, if you want me to pay you, then you're going to have to get the Job Offer I posted on the Bulletin Board nearby. We don't want anybody coming to me for the job when you've done it, now do we?" the woman told them. Roxas nodded, before turning around to face Donald and Goofy.
"Do you think you guys can keep the bees in check? You know, stop them from spreading further?" Roxas asked. The last thing they need is a Twilight Town infested with bees. Donald and Goofy nodded in understanding while Roxas quickly ran to the Bulletin Board. Quickly searching for the Job Offer, he found easily found as it was where it was in Simulated Twilight Town. Heck, it even had the same name; Bumble Buster. 'DiZ sure made sure to make the simulated town an exact copy... ,' Roxas couldn't help but thought.
He then shook his head, before running back to where the others were. As he ran, he couldn't help but remember the mission he had with Marluxia, and the one with Vexen along with the mission Zexion as he passed by under the bridge. He passed it many times now, more then he could count. Roxas shook his head to get rid of the thoughts. 'I'm no longer with the Organization now... . I don't need to remember the missions they gave me unless it's for something important,' Roxas thought as he finally arrived.
"I'm here," Roxas, holding up the Job Offer. The woman nodded before taking it.
"Okay dears. The job is simple. All you have to do is clear out the area of the bees. The faster you get it done, the more I pay you. Understand?" the woman asked. The three nodded in understanding. "Okay boys. Hop to it! And try not to get stung," the woman warned them before making way for them to fight the bees. When Roxas saw the bees, he noticed that there were a lot more bees then the ones he fought in the simulated town.
'Probably because I couldn't handle this many without some of my abilities... ,' Roxas thought as shot a basic Aero Spell at the bees, dispersing them. Goofy used his 'Goofy Bash' special attack to throw his shield at the bees like a boomerang. The shield easily cut through the bees, and like a normal boomerang it returned to it's master. Donald bashed some bees with his staff before he leaped back in preparation for a spell.
"Firaga!" Donald cried out, pointing his staff at the bees but yet nothing happened. Goofy let out a 'Huh?' along with Donald as the two looked at Donald's staff. "Come on... . Firaga! ... Fira!-? ... Fire!-?" Donald kept chanting, yet nothing happened. "Blizzaga! Blizzara! Blizzard! Thundaga! Thundera! Thunder!" Finally something happened. A small orb of electricity appeared on top of a swarm of bees before shooting a lighting bolt on them, killing them easily. "Well, at least something works... ," Donald muttered, scratching his head in confusion before smacking the staff.
"Enough of this! Aeroga!" Roxas said, pointing the Kingdom Key into the air as a small whirlwind spun around him, cutting through the bees bodies like a hot knife through butter. Seeing the job was done, they all dismiss their weapons. Well, almost all of them. Donald kept shaking his staff up and down as he was confused on why he couldn't use his other Spells except Thunder.
"That was amazing? Did you just use Magic?" asked the woman. Roxas nodded. "Amazing. If only everybody here had Magic... it would make getting those bees much easier," the woman commented. She then began searching her pockets before pulling out a pouch. "Here you go, 50 Munny for a job well done," the woman stated, giving the group some Munny. "Goodbye!" the woman said, leaving. Most likely to tell her husband that the bees are gone.
Roxas turned to the others. "Well, at least we know you guys aren't really in top shape, huh?" Roxas joked, most likely due to Sora.
"Yeah... it's really fishy... ," Donald commented, still working on his staff.
"Gee, I wonder what happened to us while we were asleep?" Goofy asked.
"I wish I knew... ," Roxas muttered to himself. "Come on. There are some people I wanna see," Roxas said, turning around to walk to the back alley. He could've just walked through the Sandlot as it was much faster, but that was where Seifer and his gang usually hang out. And he did not really feel like beating the crap out of Seifer as it would be cheating with his experience during his time with the Organization.
Passing by the Accessory Shop, the girl who manages it, Jessie, called out to him. "Hey!" she said, waving to him. In the Simulated Twilight Town, he and Jessie took a photo together when she opened up her shop (how she managed to get her own shop when she was about his age Roxas will never know nor did he want to), leading to Hayner teasing him that the two were a couple. Roxas had to sigh at that. All of those bonds he supposedly made... they were fake. Well, most of them anyway... .
"Hey, you okay?" Jessie asked him, as he and the others walked to her shop.
"Uh... yeah... . I'm fine," Roxas stated.
"Good to know," Jessie said with a smile. "You see, I've seen you around town before." Now at this Roxas did a take-back. How in Kingdom Hearts could she had possibly known him?
'Ah great, I'm practically turning into Xemnas... ,' Roxas thought, stiffing a groan. All the times he seen his former Superior, the powerful Nobody acted like Kingdom Hearts was a God. Well, technically it was, but still.
"I've seen you a few months ago. You did a Grandstander with Hayner and his friends, remember?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah, I remember," Roxas stated. The Organization had a day off but Roxas, practically a zombie at the time, had no idea what to do. He planned on doing some training but decided against it. Axel explained to him what people usually do on the day off, which caused him to go to Twilight Town. He was about to buy some ice cream and hang out at the clock tower but had met Hayner and his friends along the way.
"It was amazing! I've never seen someone managing to get so many hits like that! Can you do an Odd Job for me?" Jessie asked. He saw where this was going. Jessie had a little sister and she had an odd job involving Grandstander. Why the little girl would be wasting Munny like that he had no idea. He nodded. "Well you see, my sister had put out a Grandstander Odd Job. She absolutely love Grandstander and would pay good Munny to whoever manages to please her. Can you please take the job?"
Roxas nodded once again. "Thanks! I'll show you to her," she said, putting up a 'Out to Lunch' sign before leading the group to her little sister.
Twilight Town
= Market Street
"Katie?" Jessie called out to a little girl nearby a ball.
"Huh?" the girl named Katie turned around and saw her older sister. "Sis!" she said, hugging the blonde girl. "I thought you won't have lunch until later!" Katie stated.
"I just wanted to show you that someone wants to do your Odd Job," Jessie stated. "Katie this is... oh I'm sorry. I've never got your names," Jessie said.
"I'm Roxas. This is Donald and Goofy," Roxas introduced his group, mostly due to Sora had introduced the whole group to someone before, and it felt natural to him.
"Nice to meet ya, mister!" Katie said.
"I'll get you the Odd Job add. Why don't you start off?" Jessie said. They nodded. Katie ran off to get a crowd while Jessie went on top of the hill to get the add. Roxas turned to the others, knowing they're wondering what Grandstander.
"So uh... what is this Grandmender?" Goofy asked.
"Grandstander!" Donald corrected.
"Oh yeah, A-Hyuck!" Goofy chuckled.
"Well, all I have to do is keep the ball in the air. If it lands five time, then it's over," Roxas basically explain.
"Well... don't take too long," Donald said, folding his arms and tapping his foot impatiently.
"Kay," Roxas said, shrugging.
Then Katie came back, with a Struggle Bat to boot. But Roxas noticed it wasn't any Struggle Bat. It was the Hammer Version, just like the one he used in Twilight Town. Generally people like use the usual Sword version as it was perfect for fast and powerful strikes. The Hammer Version was usually best for guarding against attacks. 'Maybe, I chose it because it resembled a Keyblade?' Roxas thought. Out of all the other Struggle Bats, the Hammer Version was the closest to replicating a Keyblade in appearance. Then again, maybe he chose it because he felt more comfortable that there was a hand guard.
"Here you go mister!" Katie said, handing him the Struggle Hammer. "Please try not make your way all the way to another part of the Town," Katie told him, as it was possible to go up to the train station or into the Sandlot during a Grandstander as the ball would often fly off. Katie then made her way into the crowd that she formed and anxiously waited like the crowd were for Roxas to begin.
Roxas got into his usual battle position as he stared at the ball. He took a deep breath before he did swung the Struggle Hammer as he usually did whenever he started an air combo; a vertical slash upwards. Seeing the ball in the air, he quickly did his basic air combo that caused the ball to fly away near to the sign that read 'Sandlot'. Roxas quickly run on a building and slammed the ball into the sign, causing it to bounce back near the area where he began.
Roxas grabbed onto the sign, waiting for the ball to fall back down. When he felt like it fell enough, he kicked himself off the sign before doing his basic three-hit air combo again, this time slamming it into a building. The wall bounce back at him, causing him to hit it back at the building. This went on for a few seconds. Finally, the ball accidentally bounce back into the air.
Seeing that Donald said not to take too long, Roxas decided to try to make it short. He scaled up to the building before slamming the ball onto the ground hard enough for it to bounce back in front of him. Roxas, to put it simply, went berserk and kept hacking at the poor ball without letting it get too far away from him. This awed the crowd at his control over the ball and how he could maneuver himself. Sometimes, Roxas would slam the ball back onto the ground hard enough for it to bounce right back at him, continuing his chain of slashes.
By the time he was on his last 'life', Roxas slowly descend to the ground while keeping the ball in the air. When he had enough, he slammed the ball onto the ground, causing it to bounce all the way back to Katie. The crowd cheered and clap and the marvelous display, before asking Katie how many times he hit the ball before it landed a fifth time.
"... One hundred and thirty... ," Katie said in awe, causing some people in the crowd whistle at the grand feat while some began gossiping among themselves. Eventually the crowd dispersed, with Jessie and Katie walking up to them. "That was so amazing mister!" Katie said in admiration.
"I agree. How did you ever managed to learn to do that?" Jessie asked.
"I've been around... . Learning new things," Roxas said in a casually. It wasn't technically a lie. He had learn new things from his time in the Organization.
"Well, a deal's a deal. Katie, do you have the Munny?" asked Jessie. The little girl nodded before pulling out a 130 Munny and giving it to Roxas.
'How ironic... ,' Roxas thought, suppressing an eye twitch.
"Thanks again," Jessie said, as he headed back to Tram Common. Katie followed her older sister, satisfied from watching a good Grandstander for the day.
"Now can we go?" asked Donald, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Yeah," Roxas said with a nod as they made they to the Back Alley.
Twilight Town
= Back Alley
"Hey uh... Roxas?" Goofy said, stopping the group.
"What's the matter Goofy?" Roxas asked.
"I was just wondering... . Where did ya learn to use all those moves and Spells?" Goofy asked, causing Roxas to blink in confusion. "Well... Sora learned a whole buncha Spells when he was traveling along the Worlds to us. Donald too! But you know all kind of Spells, even powerful ones! So... does that mean you've been to other Worlds too?" Goofy asked.
"Well... ," Roxas said, scratching his cheek as he tried to figure out how to explain it. "I had someone to teach me the basics... ." Again, it wasn't a total lie. Larxene, while not really the best teacher, did taught him how to do Magic. "And I had some tips from other people who uses Magic... ." That was very true. Xaldin gave him some pointers on the Aero Spell, just as Axel did on the Fire Spell. Too bad Larxene died before he gotten pointers on using the Thunder Spell. Might have save him from accidentally shocking himself.
'Then again, from the short moments I've been paired up with Larxene, I bet she would've gotten a kick seeing me shock myself and would've just fried me with her electricity... ,' Roxas thought. "And I have been taught how to fight... ." Taught. Yeah right. He was self-taught just like Sora was! Marluxia just stood on a bench, twiddling his thumbs, as he watched Roxas getting chased around by Heartless! '... That pink-haired ass... ,' Roxas thought darkly, suppressing the urge to growl.
"But you learn all those other moves by yourself?" Donald questioned.
"Uh... yeah... pretty much... . I've had this Keyblade for a whole year now before I met you guys," Roxas said. At this, the two did a take-back.
"What!-? We've been asleep for a year now!-?" Donald asked in shock. Roxas just shrugged as he made his way to the Usual Spot. Donald and Goofy looked at each other in confusion on what was going on, but nonetheless followed Roxas.
Twilight Town
= Usual Spot
"Um... ," Roxas said, seeing his friends were talking to each other. Well, he hoped they were still friends after all this time.
"Hm?" Hayner said as he noticed Roxas. After registering who was in front of him, Hayner greeted him. "Hey! It's Roxas!"
Pence and Olette turned around, and were greeted by the sight by their friend who they haven't seen in months. "Roxas, it is you!" Olette said happily.
When Pence saw Donald and Goofy however, he was confused. "Hey... where's that other guy? The one with the red hair?" he asked.
"Oh? Axel?" Roxas said, as his mind raced on trying to find a good excuse. "I don't know. He went to another part of town... ," he shrugged as he did Sora's iconic 'I-don't-know-nor-do-I-really-care' pose. 'For once, I am actually glad to be Sora's Nobody... ,' Roxas thought to himself. "Me and him are part of a group that goes to different parts of the town. But I left them."
"Oh... ," Pence said understanding. "Is that why you guys were wearing the black coat?" Pence asked. Roxas nodded.
"Well, I think you look better in these clothes," Olette commented, getting a 'Thanks' out of Roxas. But then they heard a 'Ahem!' from a certain impatient duck. "Oh! Who are they?" Olette asked.
"That's Donald and Goofy. I found them nearby the Old Mansion. I'm helping find their friend Sora," Roxas lied. It was funny, when he was a few months younger he couldn't stand everybody lying to him. Yet now, he was the one lying to his friends. He turned his head to the anthropomorphic duo. "Isn't that right guys?"
The two quickly nodded their heads.
"Have you checked everywhere?" asked Hayner.
"Except for the Train Station, Sandlot and the Underground Tunnels," Roxas stated.
"Then maybe he's Station Heights. Or another part of town!" Pence concluded.
"Or, maybe he's with Seifer at the Sandlot... ," Hayner said grudgingly. "Last thing we need is another guy joining the Discipline Committee... ."
"You guys should check out the Sandlot first," Pence told them. "Seifer's not really nice with new guys... ."
"Right. Thanks guys," Roxas thanked them, before leading Donald and Goofy outside.
Twilight Town
= Back Alley
"So where is this Station Heights?" Donald ask.
"Nearby the clock tower. I'm sure you saw it at Tram Common," Roxas said. The duo thought back and indeed, they did saw a large clock tower. "But, I wanna check out the Sandlot first," Roxas said, making way to the Sandlot.
"Gee, do you think Sora might be there instead?" Goofy asked, remembering what Pence and Hayner said.
"Probably," Roxas answered simply as he made way to the Sandlot.
Twilight Town
= Sandlot
"Hey!" Roxas called out to Seifer, who turned around to face him.
"Hey you, where'd you come from?" Seifer asked, narrowing his eyes.
'Just as annoying as in the simulation... ,' Roxas thought with an annoyed eye twitch. "Just wondering. You guys seen a guy with spiky hair?" As if to insult him, Fuu pointed at Roxas. "I meant spiky like a porcupine's... . Besides, he has brown hair. Red pumpkin pants and big yellow shoes. You can't miss him." 'Like you did. Sora's inside of me... ,' Roxas thought guiltily.
"Maybe... ," Seifer answered, annoying Roxas a bit as he knew he was lying. Seifer couldn't be telling the truth as DiZ would not joke about something important as Roxas absorbing Sora.
"Your face doesn't say you're telling the truth... ," Roxas growled.
"You're looking for fight?"
"Maybe... ."
"Come on Roxas. Let's just go," Donald said, before he and Goofy began to drag Roxas back to the Back Alley.
"Hn. Chicken wuss," Seifer mocked, causing Donald to stop solid cold.
"Why I adda... !" Whatever the duck said next, wasn't understandable as he began to quack in duck language.
"Alright jerk face, bring it on!" Roxas said, tempting to use the Kingdom Key yet decided against it. Instead, he pulled out the Struggle Hammer.
"Hm. The Hammer? How weak," Seifer said, before pulling out his Struggle Bat, which was the Sword Version. "Kneel loser," Seifer ordered as he lazily pointed the Struggle Sword at Roxas.
"Hold it!" they heard an adult voice saying. They turn around and came face to face with a short fat man. He then began saying how Seifer had managed to dominate the Struggle Competition but the matches were too short. So he wanted to make any street brawl into a proper Struggle fight. Not only does people get to settle their differences, but now they won't be frown upon the other members of society. "And what's your name, son?" the man asked the Nobody turned Somebody.
"Roxas."
"Well then Roxas, any time you want to fight, just say the word," the man said.
"How about right now?" asked Roxas, as he gotten into a battle position.
"You sure about that? Seifer's really strong, ya'know?" Rai asked.
"Total annihilation," Fuu warned/stated.
"Pretty sure," Roxas said.
"Well, the young lad wants it. What about you Seifer?" the man asked the leader of the Discipline Committee."
"I say, he should beg for mercy and for mommy," Seifer said as he got into his own battle position. Everyone quickly made room for the combatants. "Come on, if you beg, mommy doesn't know about the disappointment of a son she has... ," Seifer said with a smirk.
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A woman on another world sneezed, and left wondering who was talking about her along with why she felt like murdering someone for talking smack about her missing son. She then sneezed again, and now wondered why she felt so sad, like someone had declared that she and that someone had no relation what so ever.
Twilight Town
= Station Heights
"Gee Roxas, did you really have to hit that Seifer guy so hard?" asked Goofy.
"He was practically asking for it... ," Roxas growled as he stomped his way to the train station. Seifer needed to learn to keep that taunting mouth of his shut, cause he'll never really know when he'll piss off the wrong guy. And today, he just did that. As the group neared the station, suddenly they were surrounded by Nobodies! "Not these guys again... ," Roxas muttered.
"What are these things!-?" Donald asked as the Dusks Nobodies took a step towards them.
"Nobodies! Just pretend their Heartless that can think!" Roxas said, his Kingdom Key appearing. While Donald and Goofy wondered on how Roxas knew about the Heartless, they didn't have to time to ponder on it as the Dusks began their attack. Like before, Roxas didn't knew what came over him. His body took a mind of it's own as he did a 180 degree spin around a Dusk, confusing it and the ones next to it. Taking the chance, Roxas whacked the three Dusks with wide attacks until he managed to kill of them.
Donald quickly used a Thunder on multiple Dusks. One quietly slithered on the ground, most likely hoping to catch the duck off guard however that idea was quickly shattered when Donald turned around and kept whacking the Dusk with his Mage Staff until it died. Goofy was using his Goofy Bash technique to kill a Dusk. Two Dusk snuck on him, however they were quickly killed by Roxas. "Gee, thanks pal!" Goofy thanked the former Nobody, who nodded and quickly ducked when Goofy swung his shield at him to reveal that he killed the Dusk behind the former Nobody.
"Thanks," Roxas said, as the three quickly formed a triangle while more Dusks appeared. Not only that, the Creeper Nobodies had join in as well. "You guys can handle a few more Nobodies right?" Roxas asked the anthropomorphic duo. They nodded as they once more, prepared themselves for battle. Donald was of course, using the only Spell he knew; Thunder. He kept spamming the Spell over and over again until he almost ran out Mana. He then whacked a Creeper away from him and to Goofy.
Goofy had somehow managed to remember his Goofy Tornado attack, causing him to spin around in a small green whirlwind as he hit any Nobodies that were sucked into the whirlwind. The Creeper from before was immediately destroyed when it made contact with Goofy. Roxas was easily taking out the Nobodies. With the Reversal technique that he had just named, the Dusks were a piece of cake while the Creepers were merely annoyances to him.
Eventually, the three were once again backed into a triangle. Only this time; Donald and Goofy were tired as if they had gone through their adventure with Sora without any sort of rest. "Come on guys! Get up!" Roxas said as the Nobodies threateningly took a step towards them. "Tch. No choice... ," Roxas muttered, holding Keyblade right in front of him before it began glowing with Light and Darkness.
Roxas then split the Kingdom Key into the Oathkeeper and the Oblivion. Some Dusks became brave (or stupid depending how you look at it) and jumped on the group of three. However, Roxas quickly dispatch those who were brave(stupid) enough. Seeing that the former Nobody were too powerful, the other Nobodies were about to retreat until someone ended their existence. "Huh?" Roxas said in confusion as he saw a small figure in a black coat wielding a very familiar Keyblade. If the Keyblade wasn't a hint who was in that coat the big round ears were.
"King Mickey?" Roxas asked in shock.
"Your Majesty!-?" Donald and Goofy asked in shock, snapping out of the daze. "Is that really you!-?" they asked.
The King only replied by making a 'shush' noise. "You three have gotta board the train and leave town. The train knows the way!" Mickey told them. He took out something from the sleeves of his cloak and handed it to Roxas. "Roxas... trust works both ways... ," The King warned the former Nobody before running into the town. As Donald called out to the King, Roxas looked in shock as he realize that he was holding the missing Munny that was stolen by the man in the black hood.
'No... by Riku... ,' Roxas thought darkly, narrowing his eyes. He quickly checked it's contents. The 5000 Munny was still there, along with his missing blue crystal from the Struggle Trophy. 'He took that too... !-?' Roxas growled at the thought. He wondered where it had gone too, looks like he got his answer.
"Gee Roxas, are you okay?" asked Goofy, putting a hand on Roxas's shoulder.
"I'm fine!" Roxas stated before making his way to the train station. The anthropomorphic duo looked at each in concern before following the Keybearer.
Eh... . I was planning to make this a one-shot... . A really long one-shot that goes through the whole Kingdom Hearts II plot... but maybe I should make long one-shots like these during November and December. I don't have to worry about school then.