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Chapter Two
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The 3rd day
"Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?"
"Riku? What are you doing here?"
"Where are Donald, Goofy, and Mar—"
"Instead of looking for them, you should be worrying about her."
A petite girl appeared in his dream, a girl with blonde hair wearing a white dress. He asked who she was, and she turned around. He looked at him, and gave him a smile.
Roxas woke up, and looked out of the window. He quickly turned around, however, as he felt like someone was watching him. He shook his head, and looked back out into the window. He got up, and got dressed to meet up with his friends at the usual spot.
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Marie
"And exactly why do you two keep fighting?" I asked, looking at Seifer as he ate his ice cream. "It's like this brotherly rival type of thing. At first I thought it was cute, but now it's getting annoying. Can't you two stop?"
"Hayner is no brother to me," Seifer replied coldly. He ranted on and on about how there were so many things wrong with Hayner, and I had to sit there and listen to it all. Sometimes I hated working at the ice cream shop, just because other people would come and spill their problems on my shoulders. And then at the end of the day, I start feeling bad about bob whatshisname, and Louie whoknowswhat.
But at the same time, seeing Hayner and Seifer fight reminded me of a these two other boys who were friendly rivals. I just couldn't remember their names... or faces.
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Roxas
As Roxas walked towards the station, he noticed his friends Pence and Olette walking towards him. He turned around and greeted them, and Olette greeted him back as well.
They walked up closer to him, but they suddenly stopped, and Roxas noticed. He ran up to his friends, but he was suddenly stopped by a blonde girl wearing a white dress. She smiled at him, and placed her hands behind her back. "Hello, Roxas."
"Uh.. Hi," he replied. He scratched the back of his head, and looked at her with a confused expression. "And you are...?"
she stopped him from talking, as she placed her hand in front of him. She smiled, and looked at him. "I wanted to meet you at least once."
"Me?" he asked, confused even further. She smiled and told him yes, and looked around. She turned her back to him, and walked towards the mansion. Roxas scratched the back of his head, and suddenly Pence and Olette began walking again.
"Olette dragged me along to go shopping," he moaned. Olette asked Roxas if he wanted to come along, but he was completely out of it, and asked if they saw the girl. Olette laughed, and noticed he was stalling. She ignored it, and told him to meet up with them later.
Roxas turned around, and noticed that the girl had indeed gone to the mansion. He followed her towards the woods, but then he began to noticed a dark circle appear in front of him. As he took a closer look, he noticed white crawling things came out of the circle, and one of them even tried to grab him. He resisted, and ran away from them.
As he ran away from the monsters, another dark portal opened up, and from it, appeared Aura.
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As Roxas ran away from the monster, he stopped at the sandlot as he heard Seifer calling him a chicken wuss. He stopped however, as he noticed monsters appearing. He had no time to be making fun of Roxas, and instead, told him to find a weapon. As he found the foam sword lying on the floor, he picked it up, and began fighting the monster.
However, he soon found it impossible to defeat it, and found out that Seifer and his gang had gone completely frozen. He looked around, and noted to himself that things had gone from bad, to worse.
But from the far corner, appeared a voice. "Roxas, use the Keyblade!"
He looked around, and noticed the same girl he saw before stare at him from a bridge across from him. She looked at him intently, and as a monster started to run up to him, he blocked the attack while closing his eyes. After that, he was suddenly transported else where.
As the girl stared at the sandlot, she stopped as she turned her head to her left. She smiled, and looked at the approaching girl. She walked a little further from the bridge, and faced the girl approaching her. "So, we finally meet... Merixa."
As she smiled, Aura stood before her, with a serious and cold look. "Naminè, you can call me Aura. Merixa died a long time ago.."
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Station of Serenity
Roxas looked around, and noticed that he was in the middle of nowhere. He was standing on a pillar, with pictures of people whom he had seen in his dreams. He looked up, however, and noticed that a sword, a shield, and a staff appeared before him. As Roxas approached the sword, he grabbed it, and suddenly, it had turned into the Keyblade.
As he turned around, he noticed that the monsters that he previously saw, had returned. He prepared himself, and raised his blade as he begun to fight the mysterious enemies.
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Aura and Naminè
"I've heard a lot about you from Riku," stated Naminè. "I also know that you are friends with Roxas, which I find comforting."
"We were friends," replied Aura. "But that's besides the point, I guess."
Naminè smiled at Aura, and looked into the sky. "I was asked to take care of Roxas, but I can't picture anyone but you who can do that job. I looked into his memories, and most of them, if not all, were of you, Aura."
Aura's eyebrows furrowed together, but then suddenly her forehead began crease. She couldn't deny that her memories were all of Roxas as well, but she was just not in the right state of mind to forgive him. As much as she wanted to just run up to him and hug him, she couldn't, because he was necessary for Sora to wake up.
And if Sora woke up, Marie would remember, thus the whole world returning to how it used to be. Sort of. The whole point was, that as long as Marie was kept from harm and kept happy, Aura couldn't complain. After all, DiZ made it perfectly clear that she was never suppose to exist.
But she really hated it, she really hated following orders. She just wanted to ignore everything, and live a happy life with Roxas, and her best friend; Axel. But that wasn't possible, since she was also needed in Xemnas' plan.
"I can't take care of him," Aura replied, looking away. "I have to take care of Marie, and make sure she is safe. She is my top priority, after all."
Aura then lowered her face, and wavered her chin. "But it does hurt that he won't remember me once he's back with Sora... all those memories... all that time."
"Don't worry, Aura," reassured Naminè. "Roxas will never forget about you. You're important to him, now, and forever. Perhaps he needs a little reminding of that..."
Aura looked at the petite girl, and tilted her head in confusion at her. "What are you talking about?"
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Marie
I finished work early, and I walked towards the sandlot. There was nothing like sitting on the benches of the sandlot after a hard day at work, and it was what I needed.
As I sat down, however, I was bothered by the disciplinary team that consisted of Rai, Fuu, Vivi, and of course their leader, Seifer. Can't I ever get a break? Just one, please?
"What are you doing here?" asked Seifer, geez, this isn't his lot alone. But I guess a bully like him will never understand that.
"Taking a rest, I just finished work," I replied, stretching my legs. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Keeping an eye on the town, y'know," replied Rai. He always had an annoying habit of adding, "y'know" to everything he said, but I managed to get used to it, but it's still annoying nonetheless.
There was a little bit of silence between all of us, until something really fast and white passed around us. I gasped out of fear, and got up quickly. Seifer, Rai, Fuu and Vivi got into fighting stances, while I stood in the middle of them, trying not to scream like a little girl.
As the white things spun faster and faster around us, I suddenly got a big headache. I couldn't control the pain, and I literally screamed out as it started hurting more. I could tell Seifer and his friends turned around, but the sound of their feet shuffling, but as soon as I could look at them, I fell to the floor.
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Roxas
As Roxas walked further and further into the stations, he came across the last room. He looked around, and noticed that everything was too quiet. When he stopped looking around, he began to hear a rumbling noise, and suddenly a giant monster appeared in front of him. The Keyblade came back in his hand, and he held onto it tightly. He didn't know how he was going to fight off a huge looking monster like the one in front of him, but he had to at least believe.
As the monster looked at him, it raised it's arm, and swung it towards Roxas. He gasped, and covered his face with his arms. As he soon realized that nothing had attacked him, he removed his arms from his face, and saw a girl wearing blue standing in front of him.
She had what appeared to be two Keyblades in each of her hands, and her back was faced towards him. He raised his eyebrows, and walked beside her. As he did, he noticed she was wearing her hoodie, which prevented him from seeing her face.
"W-Who are you?" he asked, trying to get a closer look of her face. "What's going on?"
She slightly turned her head towards him, and no emotion was shown. She willed away her Keyblades, and faced him head-to-toe. It was hard for him to tell who she was, but her overall appearance was familiar to him.
"Don't show it mercy," she said. Her voice was low, but enough to him to hear it. Her voice had sounded familiar as well, and he really wanted to know who she was.
"But who are you?" he asked.
"A nobody," she replied. She faced the other way, and disappeared into a dark portal. He watched as she did, and he creased his forehead while down-turning his mouth. For some reason, he didn't want her to leave...
But he shook his head, and looked at the monster before him. He knew what he had to do, and it was thanks to the girl he had just seen.
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Aura and Naminè: before Roxas' station of Serenity
"I don't like how he has forgotten about you," said Naminè, who looked down in shame. "And I don't like how I was the one who did it."
"Naminè..." Aura looked at her, and sighed. She didn't like it either, but she didn't want to get too involved. Bad things happened when she was, and she had to learn not to get dependent on things. She had to be detached if she wanted to survive.
"I want you to at least see him once, like I did," replied Naminè. "Let him know you're well, let him know you're still around."
Aura looked away, and tried to resist the urge of crying. She took a deep breath, and reverted back into her cold self. She looked at Naminè, and nodded at her. "I will, but do me the favour, and take care of him. I can't do it, and I trust no one but you. You are close to him through Sora... and through Kairi."
The petite girl nodded, and Aura placed the blue hoodie on herself, making sure that Roxas was not able to see her through it.
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Roxas
As Roxas finished defeating the monster, it had collapsed on top of him. He screamed, and tried to escape it, but the darkness was dragging him further and further from the light. He extended his hand, hoping to have someone help him, and to his surprise, someone did.
He was brought out of the darkness, and into a room filled with nothing but white walls, and white floors. He looked around, and stopped when he noticed the same blonde girl with the white dress sitting in front of him.
"My name is Naminè," she said in a soft voice. "Roxas... do you remember your true name?"
Roxas raised his eyebrow, and he looked at her. She was suddenly picked up by a man in a black robe. He told her not to say anything more, and she refused. He told her that it was best if he didn't know his true name.
"Hey, your that pickpocket!" shouted Roxas. The man in the black robe created a portal, and Roxas jumped out of surprise. He turned around to face it, and the man pushed him towards it, leading him back into Twilight Town.
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Roxas laid on the floor, while Seifer, Rai, Fuu and Vivi took a picture of him lying on the floor next to Seifer. Roxas got up, and complained, and the rest laughed. He shook his head, and asked about the monsters. Rai told him that they were gone, and Roxas asked just what exactly were they.
"Outsiders, that's what," replied Seifer. "And if they don't wise up, I might have to take disciplinary measures."
As Roxas turned around, he noticed Hayner, Pence, and Olette standing at the entrance to the sandlot. Hayner had a serious look on his face, and scoffed as he ran out of their sight. Roxas told them to wait up, and Seifer yelled telling him not to chicken out on the tournament.
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Marie
As I opened my eyes, I noticed that I was still on the floor at the sand lot. I saw Seifer, Rai, Fuu, and Vivi staring at me, and I began to panic. There were too many people close to me, so i got up quickly, and ran a few steps away from them.
"Are you okay, y'know?" Rai asked. "You fainted, and now you're acting weird, y'know."
"I don't like having too many people close to me," I replied. "It's a bit of a problem I have."
"No, you're just weird," replied Seifer, who was pointing at me. I sighed, and looked around. I noticed that everything had gone back to normal, and there were no fast white thingies circling us.
"What happened?" I asked. They all looked at me, and gave me confused faces. They shrugged their shoulders, saying that I just randomly fainted. But wait, what about?—
"Didn't you guys see any white things passing by us quickly?" I asked. They all looked at me as if I has said something crazy, which I know I didn't. I remember the white things, but apparently they don't.
"We didn't see anything, y'know," replied Rai. "You just fainted right after that awkward silence, y'know."
"Hallucinations," said Fuu, pointing a finger at me. Seifer chuckled, and told me I needed more sleep, since I was seeing things. I sighed, and dropped my shoulders... just what is happening to my mind? I sat back down, and heard the sound of footsteps. I looked towards the entrance of the sandlot, and noticed Hayner, Pence and Olette running towards me. Seifer, Rai, Fuu and Vivi walked away, and I raised my eyebrow.
"Marie!" shouted Olette. "Are you okay? Vivi came running to us saying you fainted!"
"What do they make you do at work?" asked Hayner, obviously blaming my work for my fainting, which isn't true. I do nothing at work except loaf around, which I know I shouldn't but...
I know this is something concerning me and my memories, but I don't want anyone to worry about it, so I'll just agree. I looked over to Hayner and the others, and sighed. "Maybe I'm working myself to hard, I think I should sleep."
"Yeah, you should!" said a stern Olette. "Or else you won't be able to even lift the foam sword for tomorrow's tournament!"
Hayner agreed, and lifted me up from the benches as he pushed me towards Olette's house. Pence and Olette laughed, and I was trying not to fall from his pushing. Eventually he stopped, and we walked over to Olette's house.
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Kingdom Hearts
She looked at the screen, and watched as Marie and her friends walked her to Olette's house. The man in the back sighed, and dropped his shoulders. "That was a close one..."
"Yeah," she replied. "Any contact with the organization or it's goons will lead her to remember before Sora wakes up, and that's no good."
"This is hard," replied the man. "There are so many things that could make her remember, but the right way is taking forever."
"Just be patient, my sweet," replied the women. "After all, we've waited a long time for everything."
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Roxas
Roxas walked to the usual spot, and sighed as everyone else looked at him with a disappointed look on his face. Pence asked if he had hung out with Seifer's gang, and Roxas told them it wasn't like that.
He shook his head, and looked towards Hayner. "Oh yeah, how was the beach? Wasn't that today?"
Olette looked at Roxas, a bit sad. "We didn't go. It wouldn't be the same without you, right?"
"...Sorry," replied Roxas, looking down at the floor. He dropped his shoulders, but then realized that they could all go the next day. "Hey... how 'bout we go tomorrow?"
"I promised I'd be somewhere," Hayner replied rather coldly. Roxas lowered his head, and remembered the promise he and Hayner made about the tournament that would happen the next day. A little silence passed the room, and Hayner finally told the gang he was leaving.
The room was then filled with awkwardness and disappointment.
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DiZ and Riku
"Was that Naminè made of data?" asked Riku, who was looking at the computer screen in front of DiZ.
"No... Naminè hijacked the data herself," replied DiZ. "Look what she's done now, she's totally beyond my control!"
DiZ punched the keyboard beside him, and Riku told him to calm down. DiZ told him it didn't matter what happened to Roxas, as long as Naminè finished her goal. Riku looked at DiZ for a moment, and didn't like what he had heard. True, it didn't matter...
But what about Aura?
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The 4th day
"It is said that only the Keyblade master can open the secret door, but long ago something happened. That secret door gave it's heart, soul, and power to a girl, and now only she's able to open the door. She is it's protector."
"But I'm not gonna betray Sora, either."
"All for one, one for all?"
"It is I, Ansem."
"There's no way you're taking their hearts!"
"Mar—"
"...Kairi."
"Don't ever forget, wherever you go... I'm always with you."
Roxas woke up the next day, and sighed. Today was the tournament, and he had made a promise. He looked over to his clock, and his eyes widened...
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Marie
Dammit, I'm late!
I'm incredibly late for the tournament! Ugh, this is what I get for deserving a good sleep, now I have to suffer for it! Argh!
As I quickly slipped into my clothes, I noticed that I didn't tie my hair up, but oh well, there's no time! I ran out for the door, and ran like heck towards the sandlot! I didn't want Hayner to be mad or anything, we all made a promise to try and win, and I made a promise to myself that I would try and remember by fighting.
As I made my way into the sandlot, I noticed the announcer getting up on stage. I stopped, caught my breath, and watched as the announcer gave his speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen, struggle-fiends of Twilight Town!" he said, happily as he could. "It's time for summer's most sizzling clash! That's right! Today is the day for the Struggle and title match!"
The announcer went on saying who was going to take home the big belt, and beat Setzer. I heard Rai shout out Seifer's name, while Pence and Olette shouted both mine and Hayner's name.
Then I heard a bunch of girls yell out Setzer's name... and he came out greeting the town. I don't see the big deal about him, or this tournament... but I have to join, for the sake of my memory. As everyone cheered,i heard fire works, and shouting. Although I hate tournaments, I love how everyone is so involved in it.
The announcer walked towards me, and told me to line up with the rest of those joining, so I did. I stood near Hayner, who smiled and nodded at me. I laughed, and gave him a nod, no matter what, I have to try my best!
"Hey, now. It's time to introduce today's combatants!" said the scorekeeper. "The two bad boys who struggled their way into the preliminaries, and our very first girl who struggled extra hard as well!"
"Regular finalist and head of the Twilight Town Disciplinary committee: Seifer!" said the scorekeeper. "An underground favourite and local attitude problem: Hayner! It's his first trip to the finals!"
I clapped and cheered when I heard Hayner's name, as well as laughed. I'm all for cheering at tournaments, I just hate joining them.
"And our last struggler," continued the scorekeeper.
"The best worker at the ice cream shop, and with a sweet, yet bitter personality: Marie!"
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Roxas
"Completely out of nowhere—who knew he'd make it so far this year? Vivi!"
"And struggler number four, who happens to be my absolute favourite customer: Roxas!"
Roxas looked over at Hayner, who didn't bother to look back. Roxas looked away, and felt horrible about the other day, but it wasn't his fault. As the scorekeeper stopped talking, everyone who was joining read over the rules. The first to fight were Roxas and Hayner, which Roxas didn't like very much.
As they both got on stage, Roxas looked at Hayner with an apologetic look. "Hey, listen.. sorry about yesterday.."
"What, you still worried about that?" asked Hayner. "You need to learn to let that stuff go."
Roxas told him he had a lot of stuff on his mind, and Hayner apologized for not being understanding. Hayner laughed though, and told Roxas he was sorry he was going to beat him. Roxas smirked, and they both prepared for the fight.
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Marie
I blocked an attack from Hayner, and ran away so I wouldn't get hit. I didn't know I was going to fight against Hayner first, and it caught me off guard. But nonetheless, I had to fight like I was fighting for my life or something, that way I would be able to remember some things, hopefully.
As Hayner came up to attack me, I immediately jumped out of the way, and I landed perfectly! How great was that! I did it so nicely! I laughed, and Hayner raised his eyebrows. He smirked, and attacked me, which I didn't block in time. I got up quickly, and I attacked him in time. He dropped some of his orbs, and I ran as fast as I could to grab them.
As Hayner got up, he ran towards me and attacked. Without having to prepare, and it was almost instinct, I did a back flip. As I got back up, I looked at Hayner, who looked mighty surprised. I wanted to take the chance to attack him, but that would be sneaking, so I grunted, and he looked at me. We went back to fighting, and I managed to attack him a couple of times, stealing a lot of orbs.
I noticed that he didn't have a lot left, and I noticed my adrenaline pumping up. I ran a little faster, and circled him for a bit. I knew what his moves were from the practice fights that we had, so this was already in the bag.
I attacked him a couple of times, getting those orbs. He stumbled a bit, but tried attacking me. I managed to duck, and with it, I attacked his stomach. He dropped the last few orbs, and I picked them up. I heard the bell ring, and the score keeper ran up to grab my hand. "And the winner is..."
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Roxas
"Roxas!" said the scorekeeper. "Not even friendship can slow this kid down!"
"I lost! Aww, I can't believe it!" Hayner groaned, and got up slowly. He scratched the back of his head, and smirked at Roxas. "Guess I taught you well."
Seifer walked onto the stage, and Vivi did as well. Roxas noticed something wrong with the small boy, as he made a weird giggling noise. As soon as the bell rang, Vivi went straight to fighting Seifer. Both Hayner and Roxas looked surprised, and Hayner even commented on how Vivi suddenly had gotten so tough.
Seifer managed to make Vivi drop an orb, and as soon as he did, he ran straight for it. However, in a blink of an eye, Vivi came back, and delivered a devastating blow to Seifer.
"I-i'm not sure what just happened," said the scorekeeper. "But the winner is... Vivi!"
Seifer walked down from the stage, and walked towards Roxas. "That's not Vivi."
Roxas looked at him, and questioned what he said. Seifer made no attempt to explain, and only told him to deal with it. Roxas looked over to Vivi as he stared with a blank face.
The next tournament, which was the final one, was with Vivi. Seifer had dropped out, making Hayner come in third, which he was thrilled about. Roxas, however, felt something odd from Vivi.
As the two combatants placed themselves on the stage, Roxas looked at Vivi. He blinked for a moment, and suddenly, Vivi changed into a girl with blonde hair and green eyes. Her hair was down and wavy, and she was wearing a salmon coloured loose sweater, with blue shorts. She had pink running shoes on, and she stood there with the foam sword, smiling at Roxas.
He blinked his eyes again, and noticed Vivi standing in front of him. What was going on? Roxas thought. Just who was that girl?
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DiZ and Riku
DiZ looked at the computer screen, and his eyes widened a bit in surprised. Riku looked at the screen as well, and noticed that Marie appeared on it for a moment.
"What was that..?" asked Riku, surprised and shocked that she had appeared on the screen.
"it appears that they are connecting; Roxas and Marie," replied DiZ. "It also means that Sora will awaken soon. If we can get those two to meet, maybe it'll speed Sora's awakening."
"But wouldn't that be dangerous to Marie?" asked Riku. "What if she remembers before Sora wakes up? She could suffer with not knowing Sora at all."
"Yes, you're right. Stella did warn us that should Marie wake up before Sora, it could lead her to forget Sora permanently," reminded DiZ. "But perhaps there is a way..."
DiZ looked at his screen, and typed in some words and searched up some things concerning Roxas and Marie. He was positive that if Roxas at least saw Marie, it would spark something. He didn't like how Marie was at risk of forgetting Sora if she remembered early, of course it was understandable. Marie was like Sora, and the only difference was that one was awake, while the other slept. Stella had warned both DiZ and Riku that if Marie woke up before she could place Sora in her memories, a cross error would occur, and Marie would permanently forget Sora. Although, DiZ wondered if the same would occur to Sora.
Nonetheless, DiZ knew the dangers, and he didn't want to risk anything. He knew Sora was the reason why Marie woke up from her imprisonment at Hollow Bastion, or what DiZ remembered as Radiant Garden. So in terms of Marie, DiZ placed her care in Sora.
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Marie
I looked at Seifer, who was so concentrated on winning. I gave him a smile, hoping he would take it as a sign that there would be no harm done after the battle. I lifted my foam sword, and pointed it at Seifer. He took the chance to strike first, which I managed to block. He came right after the first attack, and again, I blocked it. He stood back for a moment, and I took this as a chance to attack back as well. I ran towards him, and attacked him. He blocked it, however, but I didn't give him time to step back as I rolled onto the floor all the way behind him. I attacked him twice, and I immediately stepped back.
I looked at myself in amazement, I never knew all this training actually pulled off! I felt so in tune with my moves, all of a sudden, as if they were executed before any of this training.
I looked over at Seifer, and he ran towards me, growling as he did. I couldn't stop the attack, as I fell backwards, but I did manage to trip him. I hit him once with the stick, and he got back up. I knew I had just a little more orbs than he did, and all I had to do was wait for the timer to finish so I could win.
Hayner was in third place, and it all depended on either Seifer or me to win the tournament. I wasn't going to give up, since I don't want to disappoint my friends. I looked over to Seifer, and he came rushing towards me. I gasped, and quickly got out of the way, as I peered quickly, I noticed there was a chance to strike Seifer and win this thing, so I did.
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Roxas
As Roxas prepared to attack Vivi, he noticed everything had stopped. Everyone was frozen still, nobody moved an inch... except for Vivi and Roxas himself. As he took a closer look at Vivi, he noticed he began to change. Roxas prepared himself, and watched as he changed into those white monsters. He grew furious that these monsters were attacking him relentlessly, but he had to get rid of them nonetheless.
Roxas attacked one of them, and blocked the attack from one of them. He did a reversal on one of them, and managed to get rid of one of them. He attacked the other twice, and it fell as well.
Roxas looked at the last remaining monster, and growled at it. He ran up to it while screaming, and attacked it ferociously. As Roxas bent down to catch his breath from the fighting, he looked around. Everyone was still frozen, but then he began to hear clapping.
He quickly turned around, and noticed a thin man in a black robe clapping at him. He was wearing his hood, which covered his face. "Roxas. All right," he said. "Fight fight fight."
Roxas watched carefully as the man approached him, and didn't make any rash moves. The man looked at him, and stopped just a few inches away from him. "You really don't remember? It's me, you know, Axel."
The man took off his hood, and out revealed a man with fiery bright red hair that was spiked. He has bright turquoise eyes, that were small and narrow. Roxas repeated his name in an asking manner, and Axel scoffed, amazed at how he couldn't remember. He took out his weapons, and Roxas looked at him in surprise.
"Wait a sec, tell me what's going on!" asked Roxas. Axel looked around, and noticed that the town was DiZ's creation. It also meant, that he had no time for questions and answers.
"You're coming with me, conscious or not," replied Axel. He prepared himself in his fighting stance. "Then you'll hear the story."
As Roxas stepped back, he noticed that he bumped into thin air. His surrounding began to wave, and Axel cursed to himself at what was going on. Roxas looked around, and growled. He looked at his Keyblade, and threw it towards Axel while shouting. "What's going on!"
As Roxas watched the Keyblade disappear, he noticed it returned back to his hand. Axel looked at him, standing straight this time. "Number 13. Roxas. The Keyblade's chosen one."
Roxas looked at his Keyblade one last time, and looked at Axel, annoyed about everything that had been happening so far. "Okay, fine! You asked for it!"
Roxas ran towards Axel, and attacked him. Axel blocked the attack, and threw one of his chakrams at him. Roxas jumped out of the way, but landed on his elbow. He yelled in pain, and got up slowly. Axel thought the fight would have been harder, but he was sure to capture Roxas.
As Axel threw his chakram at Roxas, it was immediately stopped by another weapon. As his chakram flung to the floor beside him, he looked at the weapon that had thrown it off. Roxas also looked at it, and couldn't believe it.
It was another Keyblade, except in a different shape. The handle itself was black, and it had royal blue ribbons loosely wrapped around it. Axel knew right away that it had the organization's symbol on it, and he knew who the blade belonged to.
A man appeared suddenly, and it was DiZ. He looked at Axel, and called out that he knew it was him who intruded. Axel growled, and threw his chakrams at DiZ. He easily blocked them however, and looked at the young boy. "Roxas, this man speaks nonsense!"
"Roxas! Don't let him deceive you!" shouted Axel. They kept repeating his name over and over again, and Roxas grabbed his head. He closed his eyes, and hoped they would go away, but they did not. As he bent down on the ground, he noticed a girl walking over to the Keyblade. He got up, and looked at her. She was the same girl that he saw at that isolated place, and she was still wearing her hood.
"Hey!" he shouted, extending his hand to her. She turned around as she grabbed the Keyblade, and looked towards at him. He couldn't tell if she was looking at him or not, but somehow, he felt secure looking at her.
"Call out their names," she said. She had no emotion in her voice, and she made no facial emotions as well. "Call them; Hayner, Pence, Olette."
She disappeared as she walked through a dark portal, and the voices began to get louder than usual. He grabbed his head again, but this time, he listened to the girl, and called out the names of his friends. "Hayner... Pence... Olette!"
in a matter of seconds, everything suddenly reverted back to normal, the crowds were cheering, and Vivi fell flat on the floor. Hayner, Pence and Olette all ran onto the stage, and patted Roxas on the back for winning the competition. However, he was obviously indifferent, due to the recent events.
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Aura
Aura sat on top of the clock tower in the real Twilight Town, and watched as everyone cheered at the tournament struggle. She sighed, and peered as Marie held the trophy in her hands. Hayner, Pence and Olette stood beside her, laughing and smiling with her.
"Thanks, Stella," whispered Aura. "Thanks for making me incognito from both DiZ and Axel. I can't see him... not yet."
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Roxas
"Roxas! Roxas!"
Hayner, Pence and Olette all ran towards Roxas, who had just won the tournament. They laughed and cheered, and congratulated him. The announcer came in, and gave him the belt that once belonged to Setzer, and finally... the trophy. He smiled, and everyone else smiled along with him.
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Marie
we all sat on top of the clock tower, and I held the trophy by me. I smiled at it, as I was so surprised how I won. Of course, I couldn't have done this without my friends, so to thank them, I took off the crystals from the trophy. I gave the yellow one to Olette, the green one to Hayner, and the red one to Pence. I took out the last one, which was a pink crystal, but it had a bit of purple in it. Hayner took his crystal, and pointed it towards the sun.
We all did the same after, and as we did, the crystal shone brightly. I stared in awe just how beautiful it was, but then suddenly, I felt something. I feeling of panic passed me, and I looked around, yet nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary. I stood silent for a moment, and Olette passed out ice cream bars that she bought.
I took one from her, and ate it quietly. Something was wrong... I know it.
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Roxas
Roxas stood up from the clock tower, and laughed as Olette took out ice cream bars from behind her. They had just celebrated by getting their own share of the trophy, with Olette gaining the yellow crystal, Hayner the red, and Pence the green. He took the last one, which was the blue crystal.
As he stared at the ice cream, he tripped a bit, and started tittering off the ledge.
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Kairi
"Kairi! Wait up!"
Kairi, the girl who was a princess of light. Kairi, the girl who was friends with the Keyblade wielder, Sora. Kairi, the girl who was taken from her home when the heartless invaded.
She was back on the islands, and healthy as well. Her hair grew longer, and she looked more older. Her friend, Selphie, came running to her. And had asked if she wanted to hang out at the islands.
"Sorry, not today," she replied. Selphie whined, and asked why. Kairi asked if she remembered the boys that used to hang out with them, and Selphie only remembered Riku.
"He's far away, but I know we'll see him again," Kairi replied. She reminded Selphie of the other boy, but she had no clue who it was. Kairi told her that it was a boy who hung out with both her and Riku all the time, and then she looked at the island. "His voice always used to be there, but now it's gone. I can't think of his face... or his name."
"So I told myself—" Kairi said. "i wasn't going to go to the islands until I remember everything about him."
Kairi looked at the island and suddenly.
"Naminè?"
She grabbed her head, and looked at the floor.
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Roxas
As Roxas fell further and further towards the ground, he tried calling out to Naminè. "What's happening?"
"Who are you? And that's not my name. I'm Kairi."
"Kairi... I know you," replied Roxas. "you're that girl he likes."
"Who? Please, a name!"
"I'm Roxas," he replied.
"Okay, Roxas. But can you tell me his name?"
"You don't remember my name? Thanks a lot, Kairi! O-kay. I guess I can give you a hint... starts with an, "S"."
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Kairi
As Kairi laid on the floor, Selphie called out to her, worried about her well being. "Kairi! Are you okay?"
As Kairi nodded, she got up and looked at the islands. She was starting to remember something, and she took a glance at Selphie, before running towards the islands. Selphie followed close behind, and as she stopped when she saw Kairi at the beach, she called her name. "Kairi..?"
She bent down, and took a bottle, with a note, out of her bag. She placed it in the water, and as the tides of the waves picked up, the bottle made it's way further and further into the ocean.
"What's that?" asked Selphie.
"A letter... I wrote it yesterday," she replied. "It's a letter to the boy I cant remember. I said that no matter where he is, I'll find him. One day. And when I stopped writing, I remembered we made a promise, something important."
Selphie watched as the letter went further into the water, and wished Kairi luck in hopes that the boy would get it. Kairi reassured her, and looked at the letter. "He'll get it. Right, Sora?"
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DiZ and Riku
"His progress is astounding," said DiZ, looking at the screen.
Riku stood behind him, and held the crystal that Roxas had won from the tournament. He wondered what happened, and asked DiZ.
"Naminè's encounter with Roxas placed his heart in contact with Kairi," replied DiZ. "And that in turn, affected Sora."
"What about Aura, and Marie?" asked Riku. DiZ explained that although Aura had contact with Roxas, she never revealed her name, or face to him. Thus, he had no chance to see who she really was. Although, he wanted Marie to meet Roxas, he didn't want to fear her permanently losing memories of Sora. But he wanted Sora to wake up soon.
Of course, he never really anticipated Kairi to connect faster to Roxas than Marie. From what he had know, Sora really loved Marie, yet all his most treasured memories were of Kairi.
GOSH. TOO MUCH WRITING. MY HANDS HURT.
…..HOPE YOU LIKED IT. I LIKE WRITING IN CAPS. XD
HOLY DFJDHKGFKJDHDJFDHFJHDKFDF. SO MANY REVIEWS. XD
HopeReincarnated:
LOL, MY BAD! Ahaha, yeah. Lame excuse, my friend. XD YAY FOR NO FRENCH. And thank you! A lot of people are happy that she's back. ….so am I, as well. XD Hope you like the update!
Fictionalcharacterwish:
Thank you! Hope you like the update!
Lele-the-Greek-Geek:
Oh you know me so well~ Ahaha, yes well. There is a TWEEST. Though I'm not telling you, and I think a lot of people are going to reeeaaalllyyyyyy hate me. And yes, Riku comes and goes at wrong intervals. Why? I no comprende. XD
starlightmint72:
Ahaha, and probably because it's not based on 359/2 days! I HATE THAT GAME WITH A PASSION, NOW. It's too long, man. But yes, you will be seeing a lot of Marie.
Squalls Kid:
LOL, well. Marie is pretty set, I'm experimenting on the couple for Aura. Riku and Aura sound like an interesting one, I think. XD
Lvl-ZeR0:
Ahaha, hope you like it. And yeah, I do kinda skim through it. Since most of the days are pretty boring, I'll only really want to focus when Axel, Riku, or Naminè are there. Who cares about digital Hayner, Pence and Olette. XD Ah, yes. Aura is a trooper, she suffered, and still she manages to stay sane. I'll hug you~ -hugs-
TheEvilMonkey94:
LOL, I do too. The game is a masterpiece after all. Yeah! A lot of people get that confused, but they're not in the same town. DiZ made a made up Twilight Town specially made for Roxas.
Sajere1:
AWMAHGAWD, I KNOW. Haha, you know it. XD
Anna Shiki:
I wonder, too. DX I guess he is, but they are cute together. And the whole Riku/Aura thing is really interesting. Yes, I do wonder what will happen with Marie and Sora. Hmm...
Kurai-Darkness:
Aw, of course I remember you. I remember all of my reviewers. And yes, it's been a long time. Though I'm glad you still kept up. At least you won't be confused. XD
Ruciro Katsura:
Oh, dear. You're making me blush~ Thanks a lot, though. I feel so happy you think I'm a good author. XD LOL, that girl will never, EVER, get things her way. Why? Because it would be boring if she did get everything. I love challenges.
Pomegranata:
Oh, well, welcome aboard! Glad to have you! And thank you! I would have loved to be one, but it's a lot of competition, especially for a women. I'm glad you think I added a new depth to the story, regular, "OC falls in love with Sora and everything is happy." is just plain boring.
ELECTRA13:
Thank you! Hope you like this chapter!
TheEspadaSisters:
Yes, I wonder as well. And hmm, perhaps Kairi's memories are getting stronger than Marie's?
SisterOfScarletDevil:
Ahaha, well I'm glad! I hope you enjoy the next few chapters. XD
dracula-key:
Hey, DK. Nah it's fine, just glad you're still with us. XD
Shadow 1n2:
Thank you so much! I really hope you stick around with us to read it. XD
mysterygirl123:
It's fine, glad you're with us now, though! And thank you! I hope you stay tuned for future chapters. XD And thanks, I try very hard in everything I do. XD
TheAngelFromYourNightmares:
LOL, thanks! I hope you like the future chapters! And yea, I have to add both of them in, or else it would get beyond confusing. My head hurts thinking of how I would have to write that out.
Elise Ferrel:
Ahaha, yes, it seems. And yes, when they will meet...