Disclaimer: All characters of Kingdom Hearts are property of Square-Enix and Disney.

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"The concert was great last night, Sora. You sang really well," one of Sora's friends named Zidane said.

"Hehe. Thanks Zidane. I practiced really hard for the concert," Sora said, beaming. Zidane could not help but to smile seeing his friend beaming cutely and happily. Not that he had not seen Sora's beaming before but this one looks different.

"By the way, where are we going?" Zidane asked. He was a bit surprised when Sora called him this morning. He thought the brunet was probably taking a rest after performing the concert last night.

"I want to buy present for Tidus' birthday!" Sora exclaimed happily. "His birthday will be tomorrow. I haven't bought him any present yet. I don't want him to whine all the time."

"You're right. Tidus is that kind of person," Zidane said. Sora grinned.

"Exactly! Have you bought him any yet?"

"Yeah. The usual," Zidane replied. Sora laughed cutely.

"A picture of Wakka?" Now it is Zidane's turn to laugh this time.

"You could say that," he said, smirking. Sora blinked.

"It's something else! It's not Wakka's picture this time!"

"I won't tell you," Zidane said, whistling. Sora whined.

"Come on! Tell me! I won't tell Tidus!" Sora begged, using his eyes for extra effect. Zidane looked elsewhere quickly and shook his head. "Zidaneeeeeeeeee."

"No. No. No. Wait until next, next day," Zidane said. Sora pouted instead.

"Mean Zidane. Mean."

"Come on, stop whining. You need to buy some present for our great Blitzball boy," Zidane said as he grasped Sora's hand and pulled the brunet to the nearby mall. They entered the mall and greeted by thousands of colorful balloon. Everyone was shopping, window shopping or just sitting down on the bench watching everyone. The two of them did not waste any more time as they headed for accessories shop. "What do you want to give for Tidus?"

"Um…how about a wristband?" Sora asked. Zidane thought about it.

"He got lots of it already," he said. Sora pouted. "You know, Tidus have so many sport items. Why don't you give him something else?"

"But I always give him sport things and he loved it!"

'Right. And after that, Tidus nagged to me about how stupid Sora was in choosing present for him,' Zidane thought and sighed. "How about card?"

"Simple."

"Casual clothes?"

"Simple."

"Sunglasses?"

"He'll lose it."

"Wakka's signature?" Sora looked at Zidane in confusion. "Forget it. How about your own drawing?"

"I don't know how to draw…and Tidus always said my drawing was suck!"

"As long as it comes from your heart, I'm sure he'll like it," Zidane said, smiling. Sora bit his bottom lip.

"Sigh. All right…"

"Great! Let's go to book section!" Zidane exclaimed and dragged the brunet to the book section. They bought sketchbook, box of pencil, erasers and colors. After they paid for the things, they went to one of the restaurants in the mall.

"I've eat," Sora said.

"Well, I don't," Zidane said as he looked through the menu. Sora shrugged.

"Thanks for coming, Zidane. I know it was sudden," Sora said. Zidane shook his head.

"No worries. I was bored too," he said and smiled. Sora returned the smile with a grin.

"You're the best friend, Zidane! I'm so happy that I have a friend like you," Sora said. Hearing this, Zidane smiled softly as he felt the same way towards Sora.

"Thanks Sora. You're important to me too," Zidane said. Sora beamed happily. "Now, since you're the one who dragged me here, you're going to pay."

"Eh!?

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After finishing his breakfast and watching Sora paying for the food, Zidane left the restaurant followed by pouting brunet. The brunet stopped pouting a few minutes after that and has a simple conversation with Zidane. They decided to go home after taking a round of walk around the mall, until they met someone.

"Yo." Sora blinked as he stared at the man before him. The man has black spiky hair and deep blue eyes. "Long time no see."

"Um…do I know you?" Sora asked. The man sweat dropped.

"Dude, you've already forgotten someone who tried to kill you? Great." Zidane frowned. Sora blinked more. "Sigh. Yellow bag with virus?" the man hinted. Sora stared at the man in confusion for a very long time before he gasped.

"Y-You're the guy who was trying to kill us!" Sora exclaimed. The man laughed aloud.

"You bet I am!"

"What do you want?" Zidane asked as he stood before Sora, glaring at the man. The man smirked.

"Nothing. I just want to give a warning," the man said.

"Warning?"

"Yeah. Vayne's trying to kill you," the man said. Sora gulped.

"W-Why?" he asked.

"Hmm. Well, to make you suffer," the man said then grinned slyly. Sora clutched Zidane's sleeve instinctively, feeling so afraid all of sudden. Sora could sense that the man was not lying. The man was dangerous because he tried to kill them before, although he was joking last time. Plus, Vayne was behind this and it is no doubt that he tried to hurt for taking Riku away from him.

"Why are you telling us this?" Zidane asked. The man blinked. "If you're one of Vayne's subordinates, shouldn't you be keeping this as a secret?"

"Hmm…" the man closed his eyes before he opened them and smirked. "Well, that's because Vayne's not my boss."

"Eh? Then why did you---"

"And because my real boss commanded me to tell you," the man said. The two teenagers blinked in confusion.

"I don't understand…" Sora said as he tilted his head in cute way, making the man laugh in amuse.

"Well, not that I'm going to tell you guys who the real boss is," the man said. "So, I've already given you guys a warning. Now, all you have to do is to leave this place as soon as possible."

"I don't believe you. This could be a trap," Zidane said. Sora nodded in agreement behind. The man sighed. This is why he hated to deal with kids.

"Seriously guys. Do you want to die? I don't want my boss to---"

Then, it happens again.

All of sudden, the gate of the mall dropped onto the floor. A sound of locking heard a moment later. Peoples in the mall looked around in confusion and worry. After that, countless of strings dropped from the ceiling and peoples gasped when they saw couple of men in black suit slide down using the ceiling. One of the men was carrying a small bag.

"Shit. They're here," the man said. "I don't like saying this but I have to."

"W-What?"

"We're going to die."

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