Chapter 1 - A TOTALLY Great Time
'Beep Beep Beep"
A pair of groggy eyes opened, revealing to be Roxas, as he tiredly hit the snooze button on his alarm clock. He then went back to sleep when he suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right! Today's my first date!" He shouted excitedly as he jumped out of bed and hit the shower. Later, he wore his usual outfit, with a heart sticker, and ran to the meeting spot to catch up with Axel, who also wore the heart sticker. He finally met up with him and was pumped. "Excited, it would seem?" Axel stated the obvious. "No kidding, I'm excited to meet my first date!" He said with a huge smile. He took out his Gummiphone and read his date's profile for the last time.
Ever since he received the notification, he was beyond thrilled and kept reading the profile over and over visualizing what his date would look like.
User Name: SmartySam
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 115lb
Home Town: Beverly Hills
Physical Description: A young, fit ginger with green eyes
Personality: A nice and friendly bookworm who is willing to give a hand in need.
Likes and Interests: Learning, helping people out, shopping, and eating at the finest restaurants.
Type of person I'm interested in: I'm looking for someone nice and easygoing who respects intelligence.
"Ah, a very smart redhead, lucky," Axel remarked.
"Yeah, well who's your date?" Roxas shot back.
"Some chick from the same place, this Beverly Hills, apparently she runs an agency." He summoned a portal and motioned to Roxas. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," he said as they both went to their destination. They soon arrived at their destination and took in the scenery. They were inside a giant mall people everywhere with countless stores. The both of them were told that their date would be inside a shopping mall. "Not going to lie, this is not my cup of tea," Axel stated leaning against the wall with his hands over his head waiting on their dates. " Hopefully, we aren't late," Roxas said worriedly. Axel then straightens and psyches himself. "Well, I'm going to recon and hopefully run into my date," he said as he walked away.
"Still remembering our days with the Organization?" Roxas teased.
"As if," Axel said while making a horrible impression of Xigbar as he left. Roxas waited for a few minutes before someone got his attention.
"Excuse me, are you Number XIII, Roxas?" a sweet voice called out. Roxas turned and couldn't believe his eyes. His date looked what he had imagined and was awestruck. His date wore a nice green blouse that showed her belly, a skirt, and wedge sandals. He was tongue-tied before his voice. "I take it you're SmartySam." The woman giggled before properly introducing herself. "Just Samantha, or Sam, shall we?" She gestured towards the food court. Once they received their food, the two sat down and began chatting.
"So, why did you call yourself Number XIII?" This caught Roxas off guard and thought quickly on his feet.
"Oh, it's a thing our 'friends' come up with."
"Really? So, are there any more after you?
"No, I'm the last one," he lied not mentioning Xion. "My friend, who is also participating, goes by Number VIII."
"Oh, so there's a ranking system, and Number I is the superior, or the leader," she said putting the pieces together. Roxas was impressed by the woman's intuition.
"Wow, you weren't lying you are smart." Sam blushed at his compliment. "Thank you." 'He's one of the only few people that's impressed instead of being intimidated or fragile.'
"So, what school do you go to?" Sam asked suddenly. Roxas froze in place as he never went to school.
"I... was homeschooled, you?" He said lying through his teeth; however, Sam caught wind of it and played along.
" I attend Beverly Hill High, a great school known for its academic achievements and awards. Straight-A student, with multiple colleges acceptance," she said as she went one before changing subjects. "Any hobbies?"
"I enjoy skateboarding, struggle, going to the beach, eating ice cream, and just having fun with friends."
"Struggle?"
"It's a game back where I'm from, it's popular."
"What's the game about?" She asked curiously.
"It's like sword-fighting while collecting your opponent's orbs, whoever has the most orbits wins."
"Sounds fun?" She said not understanding the game.
"It's funnier than it sounds." He said before he asked a serious question. "So, what made you join the dating service?"
"My friend, Clover, signed up and convinced me. She's crazy about boys. You?"
"Just for fun along with my friend." She played along long enough before getting into the meat and potatoes. "Roxas, there's something I want to ask you about." Roxas didn't like the tone she spoke and was worried about what she wanted to ask.
"What is it?"
"I couldn't help but notice the quotation marks under your age. Why is that?" Roxas couldn't come up with a response but to chuckle nervously.
"Oh, a mistake on my part." Sam wasn't buying it.
"Who are you, Roxas?" She asked seriously. Before he could respond there was an explosion and chaos ensue. The mall was being invaded by hostile robots controlled by a man in a black trench coat, Tim Scam. Everyone was running and panicking and Roxas didn't know what was going on. Sam, on the other hand, looked calm and secretly contacted her two friends via her makeup compact. "Roxas, I need you to run away or hide somewhere. I'm going to get help!" She yelled before running to "get help."
Roxas ran to the public restroom and hid in one of the stalls. He was contemplating whether he should help out or not when his Gummiphone went off. It was Axel. "Roxas! Where are you?! Are you alright?!"
"I'm hiding in the public restroom where the food court is. My date went to get help. You?"
"Gone. I left her she was too much for me. Her name was Geraldine Husk. Crazy British Woman."
"What do we do? Do we help or not?"
"I have an idea, Roxas. We can conceal our identity by wearing our old Organization's coat. I'll meet you up at the food court as soon as possible."
"Okay." He quickly changed into his old coat with his hood up and ran towards the danger both Oathkeeper and Oblivion in hand.
Meanwhile
Sam arrived at a secure location she then contacted her friends and boss. "Jerry, it's Tim Scam and he's attacking the mall!"
"What?! How does he keep getting out?! He better not destroy my favorite clothing store!" Her friend, Clover, yelled over.
"Do you need help, Sam?" Her other friend, Alex, asked.
"I do. Jerry, is there any way you can send my gadgets and uniform over?"
"Coming right up." An older British man replied. Suddenly, a duffle bag popped out of a trash can next to Sam. She grabbed the bag and ran toward the women's restroom quickly changing into her spy outfit with gadgets attached. She then rendezvous with her other friends. "Are you ready, girls?" They both nodded. "Alright, let's kick this guy's butt." The three of them ran towards Tim Scam. "Well well. Will it isn't the Totally Spies, WHOOHP'S golden girls," he said arrogantly before turning his attention towards Sam. "It's good to see you again, love." This angered Sam.
"Well, thanks to you. You interrupted my date." This caused Tim to laugh out loud.
"You, Sam, on a date?! How cute!" He said with a wicked smile.
"So, what's the game here now, Tim? Destroying another building?"
"Correct, but not just this mall. All malls around the world!"
"Over my dead body!" Clover shouted angrily.
"You're right on that!" Tim shot back before commanding his minions, "Destroy them!" The robots then proceeded to take on the spies; however, they fought back. More and more robots showed up and the girls were getting tired. "Hang in there, girls!" Sam shouted out reassuring them. However, the robots were able to subdue the spies, tasing them and holding them captive. Tim Scam laughed victoriously and got close to the girls aiming his rocket launcher towards them. "Say goodbye to your golden girls, Jerry." Before he could pull the trigger, several robots were struck by lightning while the others were destroyed by a pair of flaming chakrams. The spies followed the chakrams til returning to its wielder. There the two strangers made themselves present. What caught the girls off guard was the black coat they were wearing.
"Who the heck are you two?!" Tim shouted angrily.
"Me?" One of the strangers responded taking his hood off. He had long spiky red hair, and green eyes with strange tear marks under his eyes. " My name is Axel. Got it memorized?" He said confidently when the other one spoke.
"Let the ladies go," he said menacingly. Tim didn't budge at all.
"Or what?" What happened next shocked everyone. The hooded stranger got into battle stance summoning two strange key swords. One was a beautiful key with a colorful star as the blade, the handle bearing angel wings, and a star as a chain. The other was a dark sinister-looking key with a handle with bat wings and a dark purple diamond towards the center. He then swirled both of them over his head before yielding sparks together.
"Have it your way," he said before both he and Axel jumped into action. They hack and slash the rest of the robots with tremendous ease with Axel melting them with his fire. Sam couldn't help but watch the hooded figure. Something in her couldn't help but theorize about who these two strangers were but remembered what her date said about himself.
'He did say that he and his friend are part of a group. Maybe this 'Axel' is his friend? What number was it, Number VIII? So, that means….' It all came together for Sam. Roxas is the hooded figure. Roxas is Number XIII. After destroying every single robot, Tim was all alone and was furious. "Damn you!" He yelled firing his rocket toward the hooded figure.
"Roxas!" both Sam and Axel yelled out as the rocket hit him. Once the dust and debris settled, the hooded figure stood tall with his hood down along with a strange spherical shield that surrounded him. 'I knew it.' Sam couldn't help but stare in awe. 'He looks and sounds more confident.' The shield then exploded sending shards everywhere and hitting Tim in the face. He screamed in pain clenching his face blood dripping down. Roxas pointed Oblivion at him, "It's over."
"I won't surrender to the likes of you nor those brats."
"Whatever," he said before casting a spell, "Sleep!" Tim fell like a sack of potatoes faceplanting. The robots that were holding the spies hostage fought to avenge their fallen master but were destroyed by the spies. Later, the cops arrived and arrested Tim, hoping that he's locked up for the rest of his life. Both Roxas and Axel were about to leave until Sam called out to them. "You're not going anywhere," she stated seriously with the spies surrounding them. Axel offended shot back, "We just saved your sorry butts, and this how you thank us? Talk about ungrateful."
"Just, what are you two?" Alex chimed in.
"Are there more attractive boys like you?" Clover asked with curiosity.
"And where are the rest?" Alex asked. The two looked at each other before agreeing non-verbally. "Would you like to talk over some ice cream?"
Sometime later
The group were having ice cream at a park explaining their life's story. Let's just say the girls were lost for words. "So, let me get this straight. You two were once "nobodies" that lost your "hearts", but had strong "hearts" that you two continued existing?"
"And you two are normal high school girls, but secretly spies?" Axel asked.
"Yes," the both parties responded.
"However, later the two of you "died" and your original selves returned, correct?"
"In a way, yes," Axel replied.
"Hold on, then what of the "heartless"? Alex asked. After a long explanation about themselves and what they went through, the girls couldn't help but feel sorry for them. "So, you both were lied to believing that you were able to receive a heart once you completed this 'Kingdom Hearts', but in reality were used to become a vessel for this Xehnort character to be one of the '13 darkness' to summon the true 'Kingdom Hearts' to reset the world?!" Clover said in one breath before losing her mind.
"Long story short, yes," said Roxas.
"My head hurts," Clover stated rubbing her temples.
"So, your 'companions' are back to their former selves, am I correct?" Sam asked.
"All but one."
"Who?"
"The superior boss himself, Xemnas."
"But how are you still existing if your somebody is still around?"
"A replica."
"A repli-what?" Alex asked.
"Can we not do this, my head hurts as it is," Clover groaned in annoyance before turning her attention towards Axel. "So, who did you go out with?" She asked curiously. "Oh, some hag named Geraldine Husk." This caught the girls attention, "that Crazy British Woman?!" They yelled at the same time. "I thought the same as well." The rest laughed. "Well, it's getting late," said Sam. "We should report back to our boss."
"Same, all this fighting wore me out," Axel stated stretching his arms. Both parties were about to leave when Sam stopped Roxas for a moment. "Roxas?" He then turned to face Sam. "Yeah?" Before he knew it, Sam kissed him on the lips. "Thanks for saving us. Hopefully, we can go out again under better circumstances." Roxas's face was bright red before stuttering. "Y-yyeah, I would like that." Sam giggled before she left. "See you around, Number XIII." Roxas smiled before summoning a portal, "see you around, SmartySam," he said before leaving.
Twilight Town
Once returning from their date. Roxas was lying on his bed with a huge smile on his face. For once in his life he had fun, excluding his time in the data. "To think this is date #1, who knows who I'll run into next," he said before going to sleep excited for tomorrow.
