Chapter 5

No One's POV

Young man, young lady, you're not from another ocean, you're from another world, aren't you? Then you must key bearers. And you, young lady, are the Princess of Memory!

How did you know?

As the Princess of Memory, you must know not to meddle in the affairs of other worlds

Of course I know that!

You have only shattered that peace and brought doom to others!

Piri's not like that!

Sora, Piri, can you tell me what your world is like?

Oh, about that... sorry for lying to you.

It's okay. Besides, if you can travel to other worlds, maybe I can, too. I know I'll get there someday.

Thus, I hereby dub thee Jr Heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges to take part in the games. Further-

Hey! What do you mean, 'jr. heroes'?

At least you're heroes, Donald! Be grateful!

So, what does it takes?

Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourself. Just the way I did.

No problem. We'll start by proving ourselves in the games.

That's the spirit, Sora!

I... I wish.. for your freedom, Genie.

But Sora, I thought you liked games. Or are you too cool to to play them now that you have the keyblade?

Riku! What are you doing here?

Just playing with Pinocchio.

You know what I mean! What about K_? Did you find her?

Maybe... Catch us and I'll tell you what I know.

Come on!

I still can't believe it...

Sora-

We really flew! Wait until I tell K_. I wonder if she'll believe me... probably not.

Sora... I'm so sorry for everything did...

I'm not mad at you.

I... I need to learn to control my emotions. They seem to link to my light and darkness...

That's it! Light and darkness! Sora, focus on your light again that way the darkness will disappear.

It's gone!

Keep your light shining bright, little brother.

Okay!

It's my luck charm. Be sure to bring it back to me!

Restoration at 48%

"Was that Naminé and Lumina made out of data?" Riku asked.

"No... They hijacked the data themselves. Look what they have done! They are beyond control!" DiZ punched the wall.

"Calm down!"

"What you did was uncalled for!"

he growled, "That's none of your business!"

"It doesn't matter!" he sighed, "As long as Naminé accomplishes her goal and Sora brings Irix to Piri, it doesn't matter what happens to Roxas."

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Roxas's POV

"Roxas! Wake up!" I opened my eyes to see, to my relief, Irix. "Roxy, today's the tournament! Get up!"

I jumped out of bed and got out of PJs and into my usual attire. We ran out of the house and ran to the sandlot. There was a stage and a lot of people already gathering.

Irix told me wait for her while she tells the judge box she wanted to join.

"So, is that the girl you were talking about?" Pence asked. him, Hayner, and Olette walked up to me.

"Yeah, told ya she was real!" I watched her talk to the guy. "She wants to join in on the Struggle!"

"Wow! She's pretty cool!" Hayner said. She ran to my side.

"It's all token care of!" she grinned.

"It's really cool you decided to join in! I'm Olette. Roxas told us a lot about you!" she said and held out a hand. Irix looked at me. I nodded and she sighed.

"Irix, nice to meet you." she sadly smiled and shook Olette's hand.

"I'm Pence! Hi there!" he said.

"Name's Hayner! Good luck to you in the competition!" he said.

"Are you joining, Hayner?" Ice slyly asked.

"Yep! Hey, maybe we'll face each other!" he said.

"I'll win, no doubt!" oh no, her competitiveness is going to get us busted.

"Heh, I like her!" Hayner said, "You're on!"

I sighed in relief. I judge got on the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Struggle-friends of Twilight Town! It's time for summer's sizzling clash. That's right; today's the day for the Struggle and title match. and for the first time in two years, a girl will be participating." the girls of the crowd cheered.

"Yes, you heard me right. Who will be the one to break through the ranks and take on our champion, Setzer?" I looked at Irix and she had pink cheeks. I looked back at the champion and growled. "Let's introduce our female participant."

Irix smiled and walked to the stage. The crowd was a mixture of 'Who is that?' and 'Damn! She's hot!' That part I growled at.

"Say hello to the new girl on campus and, boy, is she ready: Irix!" Irix nodded and I, Hayner, and Seifer walked to the stage.

"Regular finalist and head of the Twilight Disciplinary Committee: Seifer! An underground favorite and local attitude problem: Hayner! And struggler number four, who happens to be my favorite costumer: Roxas!" the ring announcer said. "So, who will this year's struggle? Let's..."

"STRUGGLE!" everyone yelled.

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Irix's POV

I noticed Hayner and Roxas has been avoiding each other and growled. Something was going on...

Shortly after, Hayner, Roxas, Seifer, and I listened to the rules of the struggle.

"Did something happen in between you and Hayner while I was gone?" I asked Roxas.

"Yeah, but it's nothing."

"No, tell me what happen!"

He sighed, "Well, you see... he seen me with Seifer and the group when we were getting ready to go to the beach. I think he thought I was bailing on them and hanging out with Seifer and them."

"When was that?"

"It was yesterday."

"What?" I was confused, "I thought I was gone yesterday..."

"No, you were gone two days ago. I remember because that was the day Hayner told me they were going to hold the tournament til today."

"...hmm," I shook my head. "Nevermind, let's go and talk to Hayner, come on!"

"But-" I growled and dragged Roxas my his ear. I smirked as he mumbled, "Ow! Ice, that's my ear!"

We got to Hayner and I let go of his ear, "Hey guys, what's... up?"

"I heard you and Roxas got in a fight. You two better make up!" I said, "Well, I'm gonna talk to others, so bye!"

I walked up to Seifer's group while Hayner and Roxas did their match and they stared at me.

"Irix." Fuu said and pointed at me.

"Seifer told us about you, y'know?" Rai said, "My name is Rai. Nice to meet ya, y'know?"

"Same here." I felt an ache in my chest but still smiled. I looked at Fuu. "What's your name?"

"Fuu." she smiled.

"Fuu?" she nodded. I looked at Vivi. "And whose this little cutie?"

"Oh, um..." Vivi answered. "I-I'm Vivi."

I giggled, "Hey there, Vivi! I'm Irix."

"Good luck against Seifer!" he said, "I'll be rooting for both of you!"

"Thanks!" I turned to the one who was surprisingly quiet, Seifer, "Don't you dare go easy on me or I'll kick your ass!"

He gasped and smirked, "Okay, I'll win!"

"We'll see..." I grinned and skipped off. I was about to join with Olette and Pence when I was stopped by none other then Setzer himself.

"Well, you must be the new girl, right?"

"Uh, y-yeah..." I felt my cheeks flash.

"I can't wait to see you win that way I can face you!" he said, "Give it your all!"

"Thanks! I- uh, I'm gonna go!" I turn to Pence and Olette and ran. "Who's winning so far?"

"Roxas is!" Olette said and I looked at the two. The two looked like they were having fun.

"Thirty seconds left!" Pence yelled, "Come on, guys! You can do it!"

"So, you're pretty new to this town?" Olette asked. "Is it great?"

"It's like..." I looked down with a smile, "I've always lived here..." I looked at Roxas. His facial expressions were so cute. It's a mixture of determination and happiness. My cheeks went bright red and I felt like I could faint.

Olette noticed this and giggled, "You seem to like Roxas..."

"Um, I guess..." I shyly smiled, hoping she won't say anymore, "Please don't tell him, I want to tell him myself."

"You sound confident!" she smiled and I did, too.

"I guess you can put it that way."

"And the winner is Roxas!" the crowd went crazy and I cheered my heart out. Roxas was waving to the crowd with a sweet smile that always melts me. "Not even friendship can slow this kid down. And Hayner put up and good fight, too." Roxas's eyes fell on me and he winked at me. I giggled.

"It looks like he likes you." Pence said, "He's never flirted with anybody before."

I turned back my attenion to Hayner and Roxas. They were both laughing. I ran onto the stage on to their side.

"Good job, you two!" I suddenly seen Roxas face paled. I followed his gaze to Vivi... who was right next to me! I jumped and he looked at me. He started to laugh creepily and my eye twitched. Something wasn't right. Seifer joined on the stage.

"Alright, bring it on!" he had a struggle bat in hand. Vivi ran off stage and the referee handed me a struggle bat.

"You're not going to win!" I smirked and got into my fight stance. We both lost and collected many orbs. Seifer was tough no doubt but I wasn't giving up. He swung at me but I ducked and knocked him off his feet. I pointed at him and he gasped. The buzzer went off, indicating time's up. (A/N: just like Roxas has Sora's fighting stance, Irix has Piri's)

"And the winner is Irix! Looks like we have our new girl in our finals, for the first time! No girl has ever made it to the finals!" the announcer said and the girls went crazy and both guys and girls cheered my name. Roxas ran up to me.

"Good job, Ice!" he hugged and kissed me, "That was really good."

"Thanks!" I noticed the crowd eeriely went silent.

"Oh? Looks like not only competition is in the air, but rather love!" the announcer said, "Next match is Irix versus Roxas! Who will win?" the crowd slowly went back to chanting our names. Soon it was a mixture of our names. The referee walked up to us.

"Are you ready for the last round?" he asked and we both nodded. He handed both of us a struggle bat, "Good luck, you two!"

"Hehe, come and get me, Roxy!" I smirked and playfully giggled.

He smirked, "I'll win!"

"Irix Vs. Roxas!" the announcer said.

"Let's struggle!"

Roxas ran towards me and I blocked his bat swing. I pushed back and jumped back. He skidded back and we ran towards each other. Our bats collided and this time he pushed my bat out of my hands. He hit me and I lost a lot of orbs. He swung at me again but I rolled out of the way and grabbed my bat. I ran towards him and the crowds cheering stopped. I looked around to see everyone was frozen in time. Roxas seen this, too.

"What's going on?" I asked and suddenly Dusks showed up out of nowhere. Me and Roxas stood back to back. Our struggle bats turned into our Keyblades.

"Again..." Roxas said and we started to fight with them.

We managed to defeat them but were left panting.

"You okay, Roxy?" he smile and nodded.

"Yeah, how about you?"

"I'm great!" I grinned until I heard a whistle and clapping.

"Wow, Irix, Roxas! Fight, fight, fight!" a man in a black coat said. He definitely wasn't Riku but his voice was familar.

"Who are you and what do you want?" the man gasped at this.

"Irix, it's me!" he put his hood down. His face... "You know, your ice cream buddie? Axel?"

"Axel!" I said, with wide eyes and tears in my eyes.

"Axel?" Roxas stared at me in confusion.

"Talk about blank with a capital 'B'. Roxas doesn't remember me." he mumbled, "Man oh man, even the Dusks aren't going to crack this one." he summoned his chuckrams and I got in front of Roxas.

"Axel, we can't come with you if that's what this is about!" I glared.

"What? Wait a second, What's going on?" Roxas asked.

"This town is his creation right?" the pyro asked. "Which means we don't have time for a QA. You're both coming with me, conscious or not. Then you'll hear the story." I growled and Roxas stepped in front of me.

"I won't let you have her!" They started to fight and I just tried to get them to stop.

"E-NOUGH!" I finally shouted and Roxas looked at me. Axel knocked him back. He rolled and dropped his keyblade. Axel stepped closer and I stood in between them. I pointed at him with my keyblade, threatening him. "Unless you don't want to walk, I suggest you get back!"

"Irix, I'm only doing what's best for you and Roxas."

"The hell you are!" I growled and Roxas stood up. "Your doing this for yourself!"

"What is going on!" Roxas yelled.

Suddenly, DiZ came. "Roxas, this man speaks nonsense!"

"Roxas, don't let him lie to you!" Axel said and I looked at Roxas. He looked in between DiZ and Axel. They called out his name more than one time and he put his hands to his head.

"Hayner, Pence, Olette..." he whispered. I teared up and fell to my knees.

"Hayner! Pence! Olette!" we both shouted. Everything flashed and was normal again. He looked at me and I sighed, I had to explain to him what happened while I was gone.

"What just happened?" the judge asked and the buzzer went off, "...Uh, right... The winner is Roxas!"

He helped me up and hugged me, "You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to."

"I don't want to but..." I pulled away, "I need to tell you!"

"Way to go, Roxas!" Pence said.

"You both fought awesomely!" Hayner said.

"Yeah! I'm glad you made it to the Finals, Irix!" Olette said.

Me and Roxas smiled at each other and blushed. Hayner laughed, "Glad ya took action, Roxas!"

"What?" I said in confusion.

"He told me he likes you!" I looked at him and he blushed. I seen what he did there.

"Yeah and Irix said she likes him, too!" Pence said.

"Pence!" Olette and I scolded him and he covered his mouth.

I sighed as I thought to myself to keep up the improv. "I wanted to tell him myself, but whatever..."

"Setzeeeeeeer!" the a group of fangirls sang and the champion walked onto the stage.

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Roxas's POV

Irix got my attenion and kissed me, "I'll tell you later what's going on! Focus on winning, got it?"

"Yeah! No matter what happens, I'll still love you!" I pecked her lips.

She sadly smiled, "I love you, too! Thanks for being there for me..." she and the others ran off the stage.

"Alright! You two play fair, now." the judge said and left. We faced each other and he smirked.

"Setzer vs. Roxas! Let's struggle!"

"Hey Rucksack, how 'bout we make a deal?" I glared at him.

"If you lose and I win, I'll give you money and fame. But on one condition. That new girl seems to like you and you do the same. Here's the thing, did you just meet her or something?"

"What's it to you?" I growled back.

"Fair deal, Fame and fortune for a lovely girl, Irix." those words echoed in my head, "I want her all to myself! Especially that beautiful body of hers-" My temper reached it's limit and charged forward. Our bats collided.

"SHE'S NOT YOURS TO HAVE!" I jumped back and he scoffed.

"Fine, you'll have to learn the hard way. That was a big mistake!" we continued to fight and all I could hear is Ice cheering me on. That made me have enough umph to beat his perverted ass. Finally the buzzer went off and I smirked; I knew what was coming next.

"And the winner is..." there was a drum roll. "ROXAS!"

Out of all the crowd, Irix cheered the loudest. Her, Hayner, Pence, and Olette ran to my side. Irix tackled me into a hug.

"Congrats, Roxy! You're the best!" she smiled and giggled.

"You did it!" Olette smiled.

"That was awesome!" Pence gave me a thumbs up. Ice pulled away from me and giggled. I stared dreamily at her.

"Hey, Roxas! Stop drooling over Ice." Hayner poked me and Irix growled at him.

"Hey! Only my Roxy can call me that, got it?" she puffed out chest and put her hands on her hips, glaring at him.

I chuckled. The judge gave me a belt and I raised it above my head, showing it off. People cheered and girls nearly fainted. An aura that I picked up from Ice that sent a shiver up and down my spine.

"Irix, for being the first girl to make it to the finals, I'll give you this!" he gave her a bracelet with five charms. They were the five crystals from the trophy (blue, green, yellow, red, and orange.) She smiled brightly.

"Thanks!" she grinned and the judge nodded.

"ROXAS~" Irix sighed at this.

"Fangirls..." she muttered. I looked at the girls and sighed. I put on a happy face and took Irix into my arms. I dipped her and kissed her angel-soft lips. I smirked when the fangirls cried and felt Irix smirking herself, her kissing back. We pulled away.

"That'll take care of that!" I whispered to her.

"Thanks!" we leaned in and our foreheads gently touched each other's.