A/N: Ok, so…last chapter, I got an extremely honest and agreeable review: Last chapter was boring. That didn't make me mad, because it spoke the truth. So, I'm taking that reviewers advice and doing my one favorite thing to do: Time skip! See, I'd like to move on faster to the next games plotline, so…yeah. I figured that since I'm gonna start doing time skips, I'm only going to do significant ones, like in the games where the day would be titled something, y'know? Ok, so…Enjoy!

Most people believed that the old mansion in Twilight Town was haunted. It was why no one ever really went near it, unless they had been dared to. It was old and abandoned, something that everyone assumed would always be the same. But seeing as no one ever dared to bother it, it made a great place for fugitives and other people looking for somewhere to stay that no one would ever imagine looking. The blonde girl and the man in red stood in front of the gates, awaiting their other comrade to arrive. Their comrade had agreed to stop at nothing to save the boy who was sleeping to regain his memories that he had lost at Castle Oblivion. That boys best friend would even give into the darkness if it would help awaken that one boy.

"Come, Namine. We must hurry in before we draw attention to ourselves." The man in red said, pushing the gates open and walking forward, Namine nodding silently and following after him.

Dear Diary,

I have good news! Xion has remembered how to use the Keyblade! Yep, today when she and Roxas met me and Axel up on the Clock Tower for ice cream, she showed us. She dedicated her summoning to me, Axel, and Roxas. Axel had her call it even by having her buy me and him ice-cream, though I really didn't feel the need to have her do that. After that, Roxas said that he hoped we would always have each other, and I have to agree with him. I hope that I always have him, Axel, and Xion. I want these days with all the ice cream, hanging out, and the sunsets to last forever. But…like Axel had said to us, nothing ever lasts forever, and that's true.

But…we'll still have each other…even if things change and we cant do any of that anymore. As Axel put it, "As long as we remember each other, we'll never be apart. Got it memorized?" Although Axel had actually thought that what he said was genius material, Roxas and I both laughed at him, Roxas saying that he sounded ridiculous. In the end, we all laughed at it, Axel being the only one who thought it wasn't really funny.

Well, I have nothing left to say, except for good night.

0o0o0o0o

1 month later-

Hope walked out of her room and headed downstairs, only to be stopped by Axel. "Hey, didn't you hear?"

She gave him a curious glance, "Hear what?"

He grinned happily, "Today is vacation day!"

Hope's facial expression turned into one of surprise, "An actual vacation? Oh, happy day!" She exclaimed, latching herself onto Axel's back.

"Hey! Just because we have a day off, doesn't mean I have to carry you."

She pouted. "But, Axel! I'm still sore from yesterdays mission! I can barely walk as it is!"

The both of them were interrupted by Roxas walking over to them, Axel waving at him casually. "Oh, hey, Roxas. You hear about the vacation? About time we had a day off."

"I've never had a vacation before." Roxas stated, confuse as to what a vacation was.

"Is that right?" Axel asked, smiling slightly while still attempting to pry Hope off of his back.

"What's my job during vacation?" Roxas asked, causing both Axel and Hope to stop what they were doing and gape at the young blond in front of them.

"What's your-Roxas, you're really missing the point." Axel stated, shaking his head.

"What? It's not my fault I've never had one. I don't know what to do." Roxas said, frowning a little.

Axel scratched his head slightly, "Do what you like."

"But…I don't know what I like," Roxas mumbled, looking down at the floor for a moment in thought before looking back up at the two adults, "What're you guy's gonna do?"

Axel grinned at him. "Me? Sleep. And once I'm done with that, roll over and sleep some more."

Hope shrugged her shoulders, "Same as him, though I wont be sleeping as much as he will, possibly read a book and go hang around in the music room."

"Don't you two spend enough time in bed as it is?" Roxas asked

Axel laughed, "You kidding? I'd nap six times a day if they'd let me, same goes for Hope. She'd probably sleep 10 times that though."

"What're you trying to imply, Axel?"

Axel laughed, not bothering to answer her question. "All right, snooze-land is calling. Enjoy your time off!" Axel said, walking away from Roxas with Hope still clinging to his back.

She turned around a bit and waved at Roxas, sending him a smile, "Have fun!"

The two ended up in Axel's room, Hope still on his back when they walked in. Instead of asking her to get off, he simply walked over to the bed and fell onto his back, landing on Hope and surprising her.

"Hamphyl, inf hof!"

Axel grinned as he listened to her muffled yelling, "What was that? I'm afraid it was a bit mumbled…"

Hope squirmed her way out from under his back, only managing to get her upper body out and not her legs. "I said, "Get off!"

"Hmm…nah, I don't feel like moving." He crossed his arms behind his head and remained laying on his back, splayed across Hope's lap. "This actually really comfy…" He stared up at her face, gazing into her calm and bright lilac eyes that mesmerized him each time he stared into them. They were just so…perfect.

Hope cocked her head in curiosity, wondering why the red-head was staring at her so intently. "What?"

Axel shook his head, "Nothing, it's just…" He trailed off, lifting a gloved hand up and gently cupping Hope's cheek, rubbing his thumb gently against it.

Hope's cheeks reddened with a bright blush as Axel's thumb trailed across it. "Just what?" Hope asked, her voice almost cracking as she spoke up nervously. It wasn't that she was bothered by the way Axel was acting, oh no. It was the idea of what he was doing that made her excited inside. The flip flops from before were back, and they were flipping and flopping even more than before.

Axel sat up, his hand still on Hope's cheek. He traced his thumb over the outline of her entire face, only pausing as he ran it over her lips. Those sweet, soft, pink, kiss-

"Hey, Axel, have you seen-Oh, god! I'm sorry!" Demyx exclaimed as he walked into Axels room, his own cheeks turning red from embarrassment when he saw what he had walked in on.

Hope turned to look at Demyx, while Axel didn't even bother, knowing that he would be tempted to rip the sitar players face off for ruining his chance and that wouldn't make Hope very happy with him. "You didn't interrupt anything, if that's what you're thinking you just did, Demyx."

Hope glanced at Axel out of the corner of her eye, noticing that his eyes held some type of un-readable emotion in them, and that his tone had sounded somewhat bitter. "Axel-"

"Oh, well…okay then. Hope, the Superior wants to talk to you in the round room. He said to hurry, so…Hurry." With that said, Demyx left, leaving Hope and Axel alone again.

"Axel, I-"

He grinned, "Meet ya later for ice-cream?"

She thought for a moment before nodding, mustering up the best smile she could from. "Right." She stayed a little longer, her face one of debate. Quickly, she leant forward and pecked his cheek lightly before running out, leaving him shocked and blushing.

Xemnas stared down at the brunette from his tall chair, his hand rubbing his chin thoughtfully as he did so. "We seem to have…encountered a small problem."

"Oh? And what small problem would that be, Xemnas?"

"We have come across someone wearing our coat. Someone who is not one of us. We have an impostor on our hands." Xemnas explained.

Hope crossed her arms across her chest, frowning up at him slightly. "An impostor? Who found him?"

"It was Xaldin who discovered him. When he tried to approach the person, he pulled out an unrecognizable weapon that none of us use. How he obtained the coat is beyond me, but I do know that if we don't stop him, he may delay our plans." Xemnas said, frowning deeply at the very idea.

"And what's this got to do with me, exactly?" Hope asked, wanting to get to the point of this whole conversation.

"We're planning on sending you after him once we get a relative location on him. The objective of it will be to find him and squeeze whatever little information he has already obtained on us, and if he doesn't talk….kill him."

Her eyes widened when she heard Xemnas tell her the last order, "Kill him?…Isn't that a little too harsh now?"

"He's an obvious threat to the Organization. All threats are to be eliminated if necessary. It's your job to rid of nuisances such as this one."

"My job is to kill Heartless and collect hearts, not kill people." Hope pointed out, glaring up at him as he even suggested the very thought, "Why are you even sending someone like me on this mission? Can't Xigbar or Luxord do it?"

"This mission is to make up for your failure at Castle Oblivion. And since we're already sending Axel back to reinvestigate, this will be your job. Don't worry, we wont send you all by yourself, Princess."

"I still don't see the point in having me do it." Hope mumbled, lowering her gaze to the floor.

"Orders to eliminate the impostor. Expect them soon."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Now, if you'd excuse me, I'm going to take a nap. Don't bother me anymore today."

0o0o0o

4 hours later~

"Stupid orders to do stupid things…blah, blah, this, blah, blah, that! Hope, it's your job, go do it! Nag, nag!" I hate it when all people do is tell me what to do. That's all that ever happens now. Stupid Xemnas and his stupid orders…And now, I shall rid myself of such negative thoughts by enjoying my ice-cream on top of the Clock Tower. I rounded the corner and I saw Roxas sitting on the edge, already eating his own ice cream. "Hey, Roxas!"

He glanced over at me and waved, giving me a smile. "Hi, Hope."

I plopped down on the edge, taking a bite of ice-cream. I opened my mouth to ask him how his day of nothing was, when someone else spoke before me. "Fancy meeting you two up here."

"Hey, Axel." Roxas greeted, while I waved.

Axel smiled, moving over to us, pausing to rub his shoulder and sigh. "Whew, I slept like a log."

I rolled my eyes as he sat down in between me and Roxas, "Don't you always?"

"You know it!" He exclaimed, taking a bite of ice cream and looking down at the ground below. I followed his gaze and noticed three little blobs down there, running around. "What's going on down there? Are the kids here on summer vacation?…Nah, can't be. It's too early, right, Hope?"

"Axel, how do you expect me to answer questions I don't the answer to? Who know when their summer vacation starts? I remember ours started around the beginning of July…."

"Summer vacation? What's that?" Roxas asked, glancing over at us curiously.

"A dream come true, that's what-a whole month off." Axel stated, sighing as he thought about it.

"It's the one thing that every kid has to look forward to." I added in, taking a bite of more ice cream.

"A month!" Roxas asked, sounding shocked and surprised at the same time.

"Yep!" I replied, while Axel nodded.

Roxas looked down at the ground, "How do they hang on to their sanity? I cant even figure out how to fill a day."

"Oh, trust me! They get a lot of help."

"Yeah, their teachers dish out plenty of homework. Trust us, it's over before you can blink." Axel explained.

"Hmm…I could deal with a week, maybe."

"Most kids spend summer vacation just goofing off with their friends. They save the homework till the end and then help each other finish it." Axel said, clearly reminiscing the years we spent together on summer vacation.

"Yeah, though not all of 'my' friends helped do it!" I stated, looking at Axel as I did.

"What?"

Roxas laughed, "That sounds fun, I guess."

Axel laughed too, "Yeah. I hadn't really thought about it much since becoming a Nobody," And there comes the downer of this whole topic. Moving along, "So, how'd you spend the day?"

Before Roxas could tell us anything, Xion appeared. "Hey, guys. How did I know you'd already be up here?" She asked, walking over and taking a seat next to Roxas.

"So, did you end up going anywhere?" Roxas asked her just as soon as she was seated.

She shook her head, getting a bit of suspicious like face, "No-why? Did you guys go somewhere without me?"

"Axel went somewhere. He went to sleep." Roxas said, causing me and him to both laugh.

Xion joined in our laughter. "Ha ha ha! What kind of vacation is that?"

Axel snorted, "Hey, unlike you three lazybones, I work myself pretty hard!"

"Hah, maybe you're just out of shape!" Xion stated.

The four of us all laughed, going a bit quiet afterwards, until Axel spoke up again. "Tomorrow, it's back to work."

"Yeah…"

"Hope we get another vacation soon." Xion said, taking a munch of her ice cream.

"So do I. Maybe the next one will be even longer." Probably not, but one can only hope, right?

"Oh, before I forget…I might not see you guys again for a little while." Oh, yeah. They're sending Axel back to C.O..

"Huh? Why not?"

"They're sending me out on recon for a few days." Axel explained.

"Where?" Xion asked, curiosity beginning to get the best of her.

Axel laughed slyly, "Can't tell."

"What do you mean, "can't tell"?" Roxas asked.

"It's classified."

"But I thought we were friends." Xion stated.

"Hey, I'm not about to tell you ALL my dark secrets. Got it memorized? I bet you three keep a thing or two from me."

"I don't have any dark secrets." Roxas said, glancing at us curiously.

Axel and I both laughed, "Relax, would ya? I'm kidding. I just gotta keep my mouth shut about it, or else Saix will get on my case. You know how he gets." Boy, do I….

"Heh, yeah."

"Try not to bungle everything while I'm gone."

"Now, why would we do that?" Xion asked.

"Well, considering your track record…"

"Hey! Don't make me come over there!" Xion exclaimed, frowning at Axel.

"Ha-ha!"

"Ha ha ha!"

"Heh heh!"

"Hahaha!"

The rest of the day was filled with our laughter while enjoying our ice cream.

A/N: No time to talk, gotta go to sleep! Review please! LATER TATERS!