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Who: Roxas, Open
What: Starting fresh
Where: Balamb
When: Mid-day
Rating: PG



"Wake up."

The young teen's eyes twitched, but stayed closed.

"Roxas."

The gentle voice saying that name was enough to open his eyes. His bright, watery blue eyes took in what was before him. The sky at first, then a beautiful woman was looking at him, draped in blue that enhanced her warm smile. She had long golden blond hair, the same color as his short somewhat spiky hair.

"Wha-"

Before he could even finish his word, the woman had smiled and her eyes closed, and she quickly faded away. Roxas sat up, both his hands on the ground for support as he looked around quickly to see if she was nearby anywhere. But she was gone. Roxas hoisted himself up and began dusting off himself since he had been laying in some grass. His clothes were the same as the ones he was wearing in Twilight Town. He stared at them in wonder as he recalled the last thing he did. He had spoken to Namine, he was merged with Sora.

After a few more moments, he looked up the grassy field to a town not too far away from him. He made his way towards it, slight winds ruffling his already messy hair. He read Balamb over the entry way as he kept walking. The first thing he saw was a bored salesman behind a booth, or at least he looked like a bored salesman. When he had noticed Roxas was staring at him, he held a small phone up and asked in the most monotonous tone "Have a phone?"

Roxas shook his head and was about to open his mouth to say he didn't have any money to buy one. But didn't have the chance. It was as if the man had reached over the edge of the booth and pulled Roxas to the counter.

"You'll love the Balamb selection of phones available!" he said with a happy smile across his face, Roxas apparently saying the thing he had been dying to hear. "So look look and find the one that has YOU written all over it."

Feeling awkward at the man's sudden change of expression and enthusiam, Roxas looked from phone to phone. As he did so, the man kept speaking "All of Balamb's phones are up to date with the latest applications, texting options, voice messaging, video chat and of course have perfect connection to reach anyone in the world!"

Finally Roxas' eyes landed on a gold phone with an interesting black design on front and back. "I like this one." he said pointing to it. "An EXCELLENT choice sir, this baby just screams you, doesn't it!?" he practically shouted with a smile as picked up the phone and began punching the number pad. "Now, what's your name?"

"Roxas." he said meekly.

"Perfect! Mr. Roxas, you are now all set up and connected to the world wide phone network! Here, is your new phone!" he said holding out to him.

Panic streak down his back as he reached in his pockets praying money would be there. His hands grasped nothing but lint.

"I don't have any money." he said embarrassedly.

The man's smile dropped and he looked just as he did before with an arched eyebrow. "You're joking." he stated.

"No." Roxas said as he rubbed his arm, his eyes looking for something, anything to rescue him from this humiliation.

The man laughed until it sounded like he was crying. "That was good!" he said in between hysterical laughs. "Oh, that was good. But here." he said forcing Roxas to take the phone. "All phones are free of charge, the heads of state allow everyone to have one."

Roxas blinked bemused as he looked from the man to the phone.

"Now go on, try it out. Just call this number." he said, his hand gesturing to a sign on the counter with a string of numbers. Roxas nodded, still caught off guard by not needing money and dialed that number. A ringing came from the man's pocket and he looked at it. "A call from Roxas. SUCCESS!" he said happily. "Now go, enjoy your new phone!"

Smiling, yet still surprised Roxas continued walking into the town of Balamb. What a place this was turning out to be.

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Terra paused at the boy's confusion, "You what?" Terra asked. "There were three keybladers last time I checked, more at the academy......what happened in recent years?" he asked, disapating the keyblade. "You got somewhere to live?" he asked, "I don't mean to impose but you look almost completley like him...." Terra pulled out a picture and showed it to the boy, it was a picture of him, Aqua and Ventus. "See what I mean?"

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"More at the Academy...?" Roxas echoed looking at the man in bewilderment. "I thought Sora...me..." he trailed off, but was set back on track by the next question.

"Uh, no, I kinda just got here. I have no idea what this place is."

The picture that filled Roxas' vision made his jaw go slack. Staring back at him was himself. Or at least it looked exactly like him, save that Roxas had never seen the girl before, and obviously didn't recognize the keyblade wielder before him.

"I do have a keyblade. Two actually." said Roxas as he willed his keyblades to appear. A black keyblade with a blue gem appeared in one hand. Oblivion.

But nothing in his other hand. He looked at his hand, and concentrated harder, but the Oathkeeper keyblade didn't appear.

"What....what's going on...?" he asked,more confused than he had ever been before. "Tell me." came Roxas' voice pleadingly to the man before him.

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Aqua was just about to pick up her phone and call Terra to find him. She'd been wandering all around Balamb in search of him, as they'd gotten separated by the crowd a little while earlier. She breathed a sigh of relief as she spotted him, but her breath was stolen away as she saw who was with him.

It couldn't be...

"Ven!?" she came to a dead stop next to them. "V-Ven! Is that really you?"

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Terra raised an eyebrow at Aqua. "Nope....his name is Roxas......and according to him, there aren't any keyblades left, besides us, him and his friend." Terra then turned to the kid. "I was thinking he could stay with us, if that was alright with him"

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"He's not...?" her face fell in disappointment. But he looked so much like him! With a sigh, she shook her head. "I'm sorry Roxas. I thought you were...n-nevermind. I apologize."

Something struck her then. Keyblades? This boy could wield a keyblade? She wasn't surprised actually, considering how much he looked like Ventus. Although something was strange. Of course she remembered right away.

"The only ones? But they can't be...I could've sworn I saw that girl in the dark coat with one." she tried thinking back to the battle when that cloaked figure appeared.

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Roxas looked over when the new voice reached his ears. Again he was mistaken for Ven. But now he understood why, the picture said it all. She knew the man and could wield a keyblade as well...? His thoughts fell to the fight he had while he was a member Organization.

"Riku too..." he murmured. "Why? Why weren't you there to help?" he asked looking from the girl to the man. "Why did we have to fight them. Where were you?" he asked, not angrily, but in a confused tone. "You haven't even told me who you are,and-"

Before he could finish his onslaught of questions, the mention of a girl in a dark coat wielding a keyblade stopped his verbal barrage cold. His grip slipped on Oblivion, and the Keyblade vanished in dark smoke.

"What..?"

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"We..." she gave a nervous look to Terra, "We were unable to do anything to help anyone for a while. There were...people we had to fight."

She shook her head a little. That wouldn't do. She hoped it would, but she knew the odds were high he wouldn't accept that answer. If there were others who could wield the keyblade, they should have been able to help them. They were their comrades!

'Don't be ridiculous Aqua. You were given a task and you had to accomplish it. There was nothing you could do anyway.' she comforted herself with that thought. She looked at the blond with concern. He was troubled, but why?

"What's the matter?"

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Terra frowned. "We're not the bad guys here" he said as he glanced at Aqua. She was always better at the social stuff.

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"I just-I just don't know anything anymore." Roxas said as his lingered on the lightly bleeding scratch he had just recently received. "I'm not supposed to be here. I'm supposed to be a part of Sora." he knew it didn't probably didn't make any sense to them, but it had to get out of him. "I was supposed see Kairi...Namine. I, just want to know what's going on. It's like I'm being left in the dark." His hands began to tremble and he shut his, preventing any tears from leaving his eyes. After a brief pause he breathed and opened his eyes again.

"What are your names? Where did you come? Who did you have to fight?" he asked looking from one to the other. "And who is Ven?" He had just one more question, but he wanted to save it for later, after he had more time to compose himself. Roxas wasn't sure if he was ready for that answer just yet.

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Aqua reached out to lay a comforting hand on Roxas's shoulder. He reminded her so much of Ven, like a younger brother. She just wanted to scoop him up, take him home with them, and do a puzzle or some other activity of the sort with him.

"I'm Aqua. He is Terra, my boyfriend. Ventus was our best friend, the most important person to us. He was like a little brother to us." she explained. There was more to tell, just not there. "Come, let's find a better place to say all of this, alright?"

She looked around for the nearest cafe or restaurant after giving a glance to Terra.

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Terra nodded as he pointed to a nearby cafe. "Like there?" he asked before turning to Roxas. "We had to fight......if we didn't, everything would of been lost to the darkness."