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Sunset Angels

Chapter 6: The Lake Quest

The sun rays shone down onto the ground as Kairi and Mai washed their mud covered slipper under the water tap outside their cabin. Xion sat on the bench on the front porch as she sewed a small pair of white sock for Mai, since her previous one had a hole and it was kind of old. Namine sat on the small staircase and drew Kairi and Mai splashed water at each other, wetting their shirts and shorts. Everything was peaceful, that is until…

"Hey! Lockhart! Get your lazy butt off that bench and come wash our clothes!" Ivy screamed from her cabin's door before banged it close for the tenth times that week. Xion groaned in annoyance and massaged her temple. Ivy's high pitch voice is giving her a headache. At least Wren didn't shout at her all the time, she is a kind of quiet type. Ivy is the boss because she is 11 months older than Wren.

"I wish they brought their own washing powder. 'Cause we aren't gonna use ours to wash their damn clothes," Xion said as she placed the half finished socks next to her before she stood up. She wore a white T-shirt with splattered black paint patterns, a pair of jeans and her comfortable sliver flats.

"Don't be so negative all the time, Xion. I'm sure they bought soap during their 'last minute' shopping in the mini-mart," Namine said as she continued drawing the two laughing girls. She wore a simple white spaghetti-strapped shirt, mid-thigh length beige coloured shorts with a white butterfly on the shorts' left pocket and leave her feet bare.

"Really?"

Namine smiled and nodded. "I smelt soap when I was getting the luggage when we first came. And it's smells kinda like pear. Definitely not ours. If they really didn't bring, you can use the one the cabin provided anyway," Xion nodded, theirs was smell of strawberry (Mai's), sea salt (Xion's), vanilla milk (Namine's) and rose (Kairi's). Each of them used their own washing powder so their own clothes will have their own favourite smell.

"Now that's good news. Thanks Nami," Xion thanked her and walked towards the evil sisters' cabin. She knocked on the door thrice and took a step backward. She tried her best to put on a friendly smile and waited for permission to enter or one of them opened the door for her.

A moment later, the door clicked open and an egg shaped and average height 17 years old appeared at the entrance. She has a pair of tiny brown eyes, a round nose with a lot of blackhead, thick red lips and a little of her buckteeth show out. Her short brown hair was curved up at the end, framing her round face (a bit like Selphie's hair but way much curvier). There were also pimples on her face. She wore a purple halter shirt and a dark forest green shorts that ended on her mid-thigh. In her hand was an opened bag of tomato's flavor potato chips, which is already half empty. The girl stared silently at Xion, not saying a word. Xion smiled and greeted her.

"Good morning, Wren. Where are yours and your sister's clothes that need to be washed?" Xion asked kindly as Wren turned around and Xion entered the cabin. Without answering, Wren plopped down onto a couch in the living room and continued watching the TV show while gobbling up chips.

Xion sighed and decided to check the bathroom, where the dirty clothes might be. Xion realized that their cabin was larger than the one she and her friends shared. Xion passed by an open door that belongs to one of the bedrooms and she gave a quick peek into it. A classy king-sized bed was placed upper middle of the large room. Two side tables with a table lamp on top were each placed beside the bed. A white large rectangle carpet was placed in the middle of the room. There are a chest of drawers placed a feet away from the bed at the right side of the room and on the left side are a beautiful wooden wardrobe and a dressing table full of curlers, hair brush, make-up and a lot more different cosmetics. At the other wall is a study table.

'It seems like this is Wren's room,' Xion thought as she noticed Wren's sweet sixteen birthday gift from her father, an expensive and limited in products, 50% real gold wrist watch.

Xion turned her attention to the other bedroom, which had to be Ivy's. The furniture is the same, but there are a lot of nail polishes placed on top of the dresser. Xion looked at them in awe. There are sparkly hot pink, dull life grey, eye catching yellow, relaxing sky blue, top coat, base coat, pure blood red, delicious juicy orange, piano bright black, minty fresh green, healthy grape purple, pure clean teeth white, cowboy boots brown, glow in the dark, and a whole lot more that she can hardly named.

Xion looked down at her own fingernails, bare and the pinkish flesh colour. What's the point of using nail polish? It will just drop off later after a few works and washing. But, she would love to paint them in her favourite colours for a try. She wonder what colour will suits her best. Maybe black? Or is it something else?

Next to the bedroom is the kitchen, everything was painted in clean white. Except for the smooth wooden wall. In there, stood a blonde haired girl, making a cup of hot cocoa. Her skin was pale, and her figure is thin, in an unhealthy way. She wore a pink tube top even though she has nothing to show, and a denim mini-skirt. She has a pair of brown eyes, a pointy nose, sharp chin and lips so thin that made her looked like she didn't has lips at all. Her long blonde hair was tied up into two ram's horns like hairstyle. One on each side of her head. That is Ivy's favourite hairstyle, next is 'whole head tight curled hair and tied into two high ponytails at the sides of her head'.

'Is it just me or the freckles on Ivy's cheeks multiplied by ten in the past few days?' Xion thought as she entered the kitchen.

Ivy seems to notice her presence and said, "The clothes are in the bathroom, maid. Get them clean and dry by today. I want to wear them by tomorrow." Ivy stirred her drink and took a small sip from it. She continued, "And don't mix up my clothes with Wren's! I don't want those chips' bits on my expensive clothes."

Xion nodded but stayed quiet.

Ivy smiled devilishly and walked passed Xion, leaving the small packet that used to contain the cocoa powder on the counter, not bothered to throw it away. Ivy stopped in her track and told Xion, "Oh. And clean up our room. Asap!" With that, she joined her sister on the couch and enjoyed the television show.

Xion sighed softly and threw the packet into the trash bin. Just then, she realized the sink was full of dirty plates and cups. She had to wash them too… Exited the kitchen, she entered the last room of the cabin and pulled out a hand-made hamper which all the clothes are forced into. With all her strength, she lifted the clothes hamper up by the handles and carried it to the kitchen, where she spotted a new washing machine. It was larger than the one in her cabin, which is located in the bathroom.

Sorted out Wren's and Ivy's clothes, she threw all of Ivy's white clothes into the washing machine and selected the setting. Since there weren't many clothes for this first round, she selected low water level, wash, and tumble dry. Added a small cupful of washing powder she found in one of the cabinets, she closed the lid and pressed the start button.

Let the washing machine in charge the rest of the work, Xion went searching for one more basket for placing the clean clothes and some hangers for hanging the clothes later. After the first round is done, Xion took out all the cleaned clothes and put them into the basket. She threw in rest of Ivy's coloured clothes into the machine, set the same settings, put in the washing powder and started the second round.

Xion walked out of the backdoor which is located just beside the washing machine and hanged Ivy's clothes onto the six provided vertical standing poles which are each connected with a clothesline outside on the field. She hanged the last white shirt onto the clothesline and looked over to where her niece was. Mai was sitting on the stair, letting Namine drew a portrait of her. Kairi was sitting on the bench, watching Namine draw Mai as she let the soft wind blew at her.

Xion entered the building and took out the second batch of clothes. For the next two rounds, she did the same with Wren's clothes and finally, all of Wren's and Ivy's clothes were cleaned and hanged outside to dry. With the light wind and warm sunlight, they will be dry in no time.

The ravenette reentered the building and closed the backdoor. She placed the basket onto the counter and switched off the washing machine. She simply lifted up the now-empty hamper and walked out of the kitchen and replaced it in the bathroom.

Reentered the kitchen, Xion quickly washed the plates and cups then left them on the horizontal and vertical steels to let them dry (A.N. Sorry. Don't know the name of it…). She picked up the broom which leaned against the wall beside the washing machine. Firstly, she started with Ivy's room. She walked towards the far corner and started to sweep. It didn't take too long for Xion to finish Ivy's bedroom and swept all the dust particles and dirt into the black garbage bag. She will throw the garbage bag away later. Cleaned Wren's room too, she gave the living room a quick sweep (and tried her best not to block the television and cause Ivy to throw a cushion at her, again), wiped the dresser and study table in both of the bedrooms with a wet rag she found in the kitchen and officially ended her cabin keeping for the week. (A.N. You guys must be wondering why they have to clean the cabin by their own when this place should be a relaxing, get-away-from-busy-life paradise. You see… Ivy and Wren made a phone call to Devil's Mount before they came to stay and cancelled the 'tidy-up' service. Obviously, they just wanted Xion to do more work for them. But the guests have to wash their own clothes with the washing machine if they really need to.)

"All you had instructed me to do are finished. Is there anything else?" Xion asked politely to the sisters as usual.

"Yes, there is. Make sure the clothes will be brought into the house after they are dry," Wren spoke to her for the first time of the day.

Xion forced a fake smile and replied, "Of course, my ladies." Both Ivy and Wren smirked satisfyingly when they heard she called them 'lady'. She was forced to call them that back in Twilight Town.

"If there is nothing else, can I be excused?" Xion asked. After she saw Ivy flicked her hand a little, Xion bowed maid-like to them and exited the cabin with the tied up garbage bag in her hand. Right after the door shut tight behind her, Xion let out a huge sigh and walked away from the door. She threw the garbage bag into the big green standing trash barrel beside the hag's cabin then turned to walk back to her cabin. Xion's eyes were casting low as she walked, so she didn't noticed someone stood in front of her, until she bumped softly into his toned chest. Xion lifted up her head and met the familiar blue eyes. She smiled sweetly and said, "Hey there, Roxas. What is it?"

Roxas smiled back. He wore a loose white button up shirt, skinny black pants with checkered pattern on the trouser legs from his knees down and a pair of black cowboy boots.

Xion kept on smiling. She can hardly believe it. The very first day she came to Devil Mount, Roxas and her acted like long-time-enemy and they even had a quarrel at the morning at her second day here. Ever since they apologized to each other on the phone, they became friends. And Roxas never yell at her anymore. They treated each other like the best of friends. Her niece, friends and herself even spent time with him, Sora, Riku and Axel in the past few days. She can't believe just the sentence 'I'm sorry' can change a person's life so much.

Roxas opened his mouth and said, "Hey to you too, Xion. Um… You see, we will hold a small game today and every guests and tourists are welcome to play. More information of this game will be announced later. There will be prize for the winner of course. If you and your friends would like to join this game, please gather in front of the stables at 10 o'clock sharp. But we will wait for the next fifteen minutes before stop accepting any more contestants. So, you think you guys will be joining the game?"

Xion tapped her chin a few times then answered, "I think 'yes'. Kairi and Mai are both so energetic; they would love to play the game. It's good to do something then just lying around all day too."

"Great! So meet you guys at 10?" Roxas asked.

"Yup!" Xion chirped happily.

Roxas held out his pinky to Xion and said, "Promise?"

Xion snickered at his childishness and curled his pinky with her own then said, "Pinky promise."

"Well then, I need to tell the same thing to the rest of the guests. See you Xion," the blonde said as he retrieved his hand and slipped them into his pockets.

"See you soon, Rox-as." Xion called out to him a moment later after he walked pass her and towards the witches' cabin.

Xion sighed in relief that she didn't called Roxas 'Rox' again. It was a habit of her to call people by their name's first few letters. Like, she called Kairi: 'Kai'. She called Namine: 'Nam'. And some other names like Zexion for example, she will most likely to accidentally called him 'Zex'. And she had called Roxas by 'Rox' for a few times now.

"I got to control this habit of mine…" Xion murmured to herself as she walked towards her cabin. Namine, Kairi and Mai are no longer on the front porch, so she presumed that they might be in the living room.

Picked up the socks that she was working on from the bench, she went into the cabin and greeted Namine, who was sitting on the couch drawing again. She heard water running, so it must be Kairi who was having a bath. Xion went into her room and saw her niece struggled to wear her light blue tank top and dark blue pleated skirt that reached her knees. Xion placed down the socks and knitting tools onto the bed and walked over to where her niece is to help her get dressed.

"Aunt Xion. Did Icky-Ivy and Wren-Egg do anything bad to you?" Mai asked they sat on the bed and she let her aunt brushed her hair with the hairbrush.

"No they didn't cupcake. I'm fine," Xion replied sweetly and let Mai's hair down. Once, a friend told her that if the hair is tied up too tight and for too long, they will fall off easily. She wasn't sure if that is true or not, but Mai looked good with her hair down.

"Really?"

"Yes, really." Xion said and told Mai that she can go watch the TV. Xion was about to push herself up from the bed with her hands when she felt something sharp pierced into her flesh. She yelped in pain and hold up her left hand. It was a needle, the needle that she used for knitting Mai's socks. She left it on the bed and forgot about it.

The needle didn't pierce too deep, but deep enough to draw some blood. She simply grabbed hold onto the needle and slowly pulled it out. Blood started to ooze out from the wound. Xion picked up the rest of her knitting tools and placed them back into the knitting box. Guess that was a punishment for laying sharp things around. After she stopped the blood from flowing out, she took out a band aid from the small first aid box she brought and applied it on. Disposed off the bloodied tissue, she walked out to the living room and saw Kairi sat there too, in her light purple T-shirt and denim shorts.

She joined them and said, "I met Roxas outside just now. He told me that there will be a game held at 10 o'clock. There will be even prize for the winner. Do you all want to play?"

Mai smiled happily, showing her teeth and said, "Oh! I want! I want!"

Kairi also smiled and said, "I'll join too. It's about time to win something!"

Xion looked over to Namine, "How 'bout you?"

Namine smiled sweetly back at her and replied, "Why not? Keep on drawing will be bored also you know."

"That's great! I promised Roxas that we will join. If you guys said 'no', I had no idea how to tell it to him." Xion sighed in relief and sank back into the wooden rocking chair.

"What kind of promise you made with him? 'Cross your heart'? 'Swear upon Kingdom Hearts'?" Kairi asked and leaned forward, desperate to get the answer.

"It's just pinky promise." Xion said simply.

"Pinky promise? Mommy said that we can never ever break a pinky promise," Mai said. (A.N. We cannot break any promises at all… But I still broke some… ): )

Xion nodded. "Yup. That's why I'm glad that we all are going to the game." She snickered as Mai walked to her and asked her if she can seat on her laps, which Xion allowed her to.

"Hey… Do you ever wonder why Xion is starting to get happy whenever Mr. Young Blonde Boss is around," Kairi whispered to Namine. Namine pasted a soft smile on her face and whispered back, "I do. Maybe she fell for Mr. Young Blonde Boss instead of Silver Head." Then she giggled happily, which made Kairi even confuse.

"What are you guys talking about?" Xion asked them with curiosity.

"Nothing~" Both the redhead and blonde said in unison.

Xion looked at them curiously then turned her gaze back to her beloved niece on her laps. She wrapped her arms around her gently and rocked the chair back and forth.

***1314***

"I can't believe that I fell asleep and you two didn't wake me up!" The leading ravenette shouted to her friends as they ran down the hill slope as fast as they could. In the ravenette's arms is a little girl around 5, who seems to enjoy the wind beating at her face.

"B-But you looked so tired after you came back from the witches' cabin and you were sleeping peacefully. I didn't dare to wake you up. And Namine was drawing your sleeping form, and I didn't want to stop her because the drawing wasn't done yet." Kairi explained, and gave Xion her innocent eyes.

Xion eyes were wide open and she asked, "Namine, you were drawing me when I'm asleep?"

The blonde girl sent her an angel smile and nodded slightly as they ran down the slope with full speed and caution. Xion turned her attention back to running. She doesn't really mind Namine drew her when she sleeps, she actually wonders how she looked like when she's sleeping…

"We're there!" The little girl, Mai told her aunt.

Sure enough, not far from them are the stables they went a few days ago. A crowd of people gathered at the field, different voices of different ages and gender entered her ears. As the three girls slowed down and started to catch back their breath, Kairi accidently knocked a child around 6 off his feet and dropped onto the grassy ground. The redhead panicked and kneeled down beside the boy. "I'm so sorry. I didn't notice you."

Little tears formed in the little boy's green eyes, guilt struck Kairi right in her heart painfully. "I-I'm so sorry. Please don't cry…" Kairi cooed and softly wiped a single tear that rolled down the brown haired boy cheek. "This clumsy big sister doesn't mean to make you fall, okay? So, please don't cry. Big sister will do anything for you, okay? Please stop crying…"

The little boy looked up to Kairi and said while sobbing, "I-I'm okay from the fall. I-I I can't find Au-Au-Achoo!" Kairi quickly gave him a piece of tissue. The boy continued, "Aerith. I'm lost and I'm scared…"

"There there… It's okay. Big sister will help you find Aerith, okay?" Kairi asked as she gave the scared child a loving embrace. The little boy nodded slightly.

"Now… What's your name little fella?" Kairi asked him as they broke the hug.

"An-Anxo." The brunette answered.

"Anxo… What a unique name. By the way, my name is Kairi. But you can call me Kai," Kairi told him and helped him up to his feet. Just then, Namine, Xion and Mai walked towards them. The blonde opened her mouth. "Kai. Who is that little guy?"

Kairi smiled. "His name is Anxo. He got separated from his family."

"Oh~ I see. Hi, my name is Namine. You can call me Nami or Nam." Namine stretched out her hand and shook it with Anxo. Xion smiled and held out hers too. "Hi. And my name's Xion. You can call me Xi. Here, is my niece. Her name is Mai." Xion said and gestured Mai to meet Anxo.

Mai smiled at him. She's glad that there are other kids here in Devil Mount that she can meet. "Hi ya. I'm Mai. And my mom is an awesome fighter and my dad is good at using both swords and guns!"

"Really? Well… My uncle is an awesome swordsman and my dad practiced with him during their training," Anxo told her.

Mai grinned happily and looked up to Xion and said, "I like him. We both have awesome family members who can fight!" Mai flashed another sweet smile and Anxo, who also smiled back.

"I'm going to help Anxo find his family. I'll see you guys later, okay?" Kairi asked as she held Anxo's hand, which is a little bigger than Mai's.

"Sure. I need to let Roxas know that we have arrived. Mai, stayed here with Namine, okay? I don't want you to get lost like Anxo did," Xion said and walked into the crowd after Mai nodded her head.

"I'll see you two later. Bye," With that, the redhead also entered the crowd with her new friend.

Mai and Namine watched them leave and finally out of sight. Mai looked up to Namine and asked, "Now what?" The blonde tapped her chin then said, "Hm… Why don't I tie your hair into a braid?"

"Braid?"

Soon, a certain black haired girl's hair been tied into a cute braid with a silver ribbon tied at the end.

"Where is he?" Xion spoke to herself as she made her way through the crowd, searching for the spiky blonde. She didn't expect so many people to join this little game. Just then, at the corner of her eye, she spotted a hint of blond and white. Could it be? Excused herself through the sea of people, she finally made her way to the place where she saw the colours. True enough, it was him.

Smiled satisfiedly to herself, she crept behind Roxas and gave out a loud 'Boo!' The blond boy yelped in surprise, almost dropped the clipboard in his hand and quickly turned around to see his 'surpriser'. In front of him stood a young woman around 20, with beautiful jet black short hair, a perfectly shaped nose, delicate pink lips, and a pair of clear ocean blue eyes. Her outfits are just the same as they are when they met this early morning.

"Xi-Xion. You scared me." He finally managed to speak.

Xion giggled sweetly. "That's because you're a scaredy-cat."

Roxas denied, "No, I'm not!"

Xion just gave out another giggle. She like him being childish sometimes, 'cause he looked scary when he acted all mature, adult and in a bad mood. Like how he acted in the cantina on her first day here in Devil Mount. "Anyway, I just want to tell you that all my friends will be joining the game. Don't miss any of us out, Roxas."

Roxas made a soft snort and said, "Why would I? I already added you guys in the list. See." Roxas handed her the clipboard. Xion accepted it and flipped through the papers. Sure enough her name, Mai, Kairi and Namine were on it.

"So, where are your friends?" Roxas asked.

"Oh you know… Here or there. It's hard to spot them in this crowd. I didn't expect to see this many people!" Xion told him, excitedly.

"Me too. It's around 100 people or even more!"

"Wow… It seems like there will be some tough competitors…" Xion said as she spotted a few muscled men. Yet, this isn't really a physical challenge, so she doesn't have to worry much.

Roxas looked at her then asked her suddenly, "Xion, do you and your friends love animals?"

Xion turned back to him curiously. What does this has to do with the game? "Ya. One time during a school's field trip, Kairi, Namine and I got distracted by a cute duck feeding its ducklings so we got separated from our team. We totally forgot what we are supposed to do. The teachers and our team used the rest of the day just to find us surrounded by ducks, feeding them with our bread. Hehehe…" Xion closed her mouth when she realized she just told Roxas something that is quite embarrassing… He only need a 'yes' or 'no' answer. And she just has to tell him that experience. Xion cleared her throat and said, "I mean. Yes. We do love animals. Why do you ask?"

Roxas chuckled and spoke, "Nothing. And don't worry. I'm sure you and your friends can win this game very easily… And not all of the people will be joining the game. Maybe one or two from each family or something."

Xion looked at him and said, "And what make you so sure that we will win?"

"Because, I have faith in you and your friends," Roxas smiled sweetly at her as he leaned in a bit.

Xion felt heat climbed onto her cheek without any reason. She quickly shook them off, "Oh really? Well… We'll do our very best! See you later, Roxas!" She said and trotted back to her friends, failed to notice someone watching her.

Kairi held Anxo's little hand in hers as they walked past all kinds of different people, but Anxo didn't recognize any of them as his family member. Anxo had told her Aerith has long brown hair, so she only concentrates on searching for brunettes. But none of them is Aerith so far.

"When is the last time you're with her, Anxo?" Kairi asked him, eyes still scanning the loud, talking crowd.

Anxo thought for awhile and said, "About 10 minutes before I met you, Big Sister Kai. I only walked away for awhile but then I can't find her anywhere. I'm scared…"

Kairi stopped and squatted down in front of Anxo. "It's alright. We'll find Aerith very soon and you'll be just fine." Kairi smiled and stroked the boy's head. "Don't be scare, okay? You know that Big Sister Kai will always be there for you."

"Really?"

Kairi nodded. "Really."

Anxo smiled cheerfully and cried out happily, "Yeah! I got a big sister!"

Kairi snickered and stood up, but she accidently knocked onto someone. She quickly turned and apologized with a bow.

"It's okay. It's only an accident, isn't it?" A familiar voice said. Kairi looked up.

"So-Sora? ! Wha-What are you doing here?" Kairi shuttered as she straighten herself.

Sora smiled and said, "I'm here to help with the game, silly. What else will I be here?" Kairi blushed when she realized the stupid question she just asked. "O-of course…" She whispered. Kairi gave another look at Sora. He wore a thin plain white coloured T-shirt, an unbuttoned white with very light blue horizontal and vertical lines shirt, dark blue denim jeans, dark brown leather belt and a pair of matching black cowboy boots with a little silver pattern designs.

The hint of brown behind Kairi caught his eyes. "Is that…"

"Sor-Sor!" Anxo cried out and pounded onto Sora, who totally took it by surprise. Kairi looked dumbly at Sora or Sor-Sor with Anxo hanging from his neck like a monkey hanging from a tree branch.

Kairi couldn't help but let out a small laugh when she thought back to what Anxo called Sora just now. Sora blushed in embarrassment then said, "It's not that funny… Right?"

"Sorry… Hehehe… Okay, Sor-Sor~ How do you know Anxo and how does he know you and even have a nickname for you?" Kairi questioned after she stopped herself bursting into another laugh.

"He usually comes here for the holidays. And I hate that nickname of mine…" Sora said, with Anxo still hanging from his neck, a big smile pasted on his face.

"It's not that bad. I kinda like it. It's funny and cute. Sor-Sor… Hehehe…" The redhead snickered again. Sora blushed a little at her comment. He looked down at Anxo. His neck is started to hurt.

"Anxo, why are you with Kairi? Where's mom?" Sora asked as he lifted the little boy's body up and gave him a piggyback. The small brunette laughed out in joy as he soared high up and sat onto Sora's shoulders. He looked around the crowd and told Sora, "She was talking to some people. I wandered off and got separated from her. Then I met Big Sister Kai, she is helping me to find her."

"Any luck?"

Both Anxo and Kairi shook their head.

"Kairi, the game will start in a few minutes. Why don't you go meet your friends? I'll help Anxo find her." Sora told the redhead.

"O-Okay… Big Sister Kai have to go back to her friends okay? I'll see you later." Kairi said to Anxo.

"OK! See you later, Big Sis Kai!" Anxo said happily.

Sora looked up to Anxo and said, "Come on then. Let's go find Mummy." He bid Kairi farewell and turned away, walked into the crowd.

Kairi watched them leave and thought to herself. 'So Aerith is Anxo's mom… I see. I better get back to my friends.' She turned and walked back to where she came from, totally unaware a certain guy in the crowd staring at her with a smirk on his face.

"She'll be a piece of cake…" He said and walked away.

***1314***

Roxas called all the participants to gather together in front of him so he can tell them about the game and a few simple rules. He stood onto a wooden crate and looked at the small crowd in front of him. It seems like he was right, not all of the people are joining the game.

Roxas spoke at a loud and clear voice, "Firstly, I would like to thanks you guys for participate in this game. It is very simple actually. All you have to do is to find this similar cloth in the woods nearby." He pulled out a square brown coloured cloth from his pant's back pocket and showed it to everyone. He continued, "Please note that there is only one cloth like this in the woods and it is very well hidden and also hard to get. After you managed to get it, find your way to a lake, which also located somewhere in the woods. I'll be there waiting for the winner and the grand price will be his or hers."

The crowd erupted with voices full of excitement as they chatted among themselves. Roxas raised his hand to get the people's attention and silent them down. "The rules for this game are simple. One: No cheating. That means no stealing the cloth from the person who found it or set any traps to other participants. Two: No fighting. Don't hurt each other just for getting the cloth. Three: Please don't damage the environment and hurt any animals. We are deeply grateful if you don't. If any of you disobey these 3 simple rules, you will get a direct disqualification." The crowd erupted with voices once more. Soon, they went quiet.

"I'll go to the lake first before this game will officially start. My brother here, Sora, will tell you when the game starts after I communicate with him with my walkie-talkie. Good luck, everyone. Do your very best." Roxas leaped onto the ground and told Sora that he will be off now.

"See you later, bro," Sora told his twin brother as the blonde started to walk towards the direction of the woods. Sora turned to the crowd and said, "Alright, everyone. The game will not start for about another 3 to 4 minutes. Please make sure you don't bring any valuable items with you which might fall off during the game. If you have any items that need to be kept safe, please come here and hand them over to Akiko here. You can keep it to yourself if you want to, but we will not take any responsibility for any loses. Thank you."

Kairi looked over to Xion, Namine and Mai. "So~ Anything need to give them?" They shook their head. With the rush to arrive at the stable on time just now, none of them have the chance to bring something with them. "Hm… Okay then!" Kairi said happily and hummed a random tune.

"Kerakk…. Kerakk… Sora. Sora. Come in!" The walkie-talkie attached onto Sora's leather belt sounded. He unattached it, pressed onto a button and said, "Sora's here, bro." He released the button and waited for reply.

"Kerakk… I'm in position. Let the game start. Over and out." Roxas's voice said.

"Okay! Over and Out too!" Sora replied and attached the walkie-talkie back to his belt. He stood onto the wooden crate and caught everyone's attention. "My brother, Roxas had just told me he is in the woods. Every participant please follows me to the starting line. If any of you tried to have a head start, say hello to disqualification. Now, everyone please follow me." The brunette jumped down from the crate and started to walk to the direction Roxas went. All of the participants followed right behind him. A few 'good luck' and 'do your best' shouted from the people who didn't participate in the activity to their friends or families members.

Xion held onto Mai's little hand when the little girl asked, "Aunt Xion. Will we win the game?"

Xion smiled at her niece and said, "Of course, we will. I'm sure of it."

"What do you think the prize would be?" Mai asked as she inspected the braid Namine made.

"I don't know. But I'm ready to find out."

Nagira: That was long. Sorry folks, that's all for this chapter. It might be a little boring, but kinda important for the rest of the chapters.

Xion: Nagira, I heard that you have things to tell ur readers. What is it?

Nagira: Oh ya! *clear throat* Dear beloved readers. 'Sunset Angels' will not be updating for quite a long time, again. Because I would like to finish my other story 'Sing Me A Song' first. And I would also like to know, do you guys love to read long chapters? Or short chapters? Let me know, so I can adjust my chapters to fit your reading comfort. thx u.

Axel: Wait! Are you saying I'm not gonna show up for a long time again!

Nagira: Well... If you mean this story. Then, yes.

Axel: I will not allow you! I didn't even showed up in this chapter! You should be lucky that I didn't give u a 'Homer's Strangle' right now. U better change ur mind before I change mine!

Nagira: No. I have thought about this a long time. And I have made up my mind. I will finish 'Sing Me A Song' first before continue 'Sunset Angels' and 'Just One More Time'.

Axel: Why you little!

Nagira: Don't worry Axel. You will show up in 'Sing Me A Song'. So dont go all berserk like Saix.

Roxas: Chill Axel. If u hurt Nagira, you will not even show up in 'Sing Me A Song'.

Axel: *scrowl* Fine...

Nagira: Thank u, Roxas. Once again, I'm very sorry, beloved readers. Plz-

Xion, Roxas, Axel: Review, Fav, Alert and Vote!

Nagira: And I'll meet you soon in 'Sing Me A Song'. Sayonara, mina-san!