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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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Roxas nodded and swallowed when Aqua placed her hand on his shoulder. "Aqua and Terra." he said quietly, committing their names to memory. Now he felt childish for his little outburst. Following the direction Terra had pointed out, Roxas headed that way.

"We had to fight the Heartless too. Well, Sora and Riku did, I guess I helped in a way." he decided to add in his direct connection to Sora later, when he asked about the girl wielding the keyblade Aqua had mentioned. Could it have been Xion? Or was he chasing ghosts?

"The Heartless and the Organization." he said as they approached the cafe. "Did you get keyblades the same way we did?" he asked as he just realized for the second time that day that he was completely broke.

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Terra frowned as he clenched his fist at the reminder of the heartless when Roxas asked him how they got the keyblades. "The awakening." Terra said, "That's how all keyblade bearers get theres. They have to go through an awakening in a dream world to prove themselves"

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Aqua nodded in agreement as Terra explained The Awakening. She recalled how she had earned Rain Fall, how it was her most trusted companion despite being a weapon. She wondered if Roxas had undergone the same thing as she, Terra, and Ventus. It didn't seem like he had, otherwise he would have known immediately what The Awakening was.

Once inside the cafe, she took her seat first at a booth, leaving plenty of space for Terra to slide in beside her.

"If you have more questions, which I'm sure you do, don't hesitate to ask. I hope you won't mind answering some questions of mine as well?"