"Oh, he will." Matt folded his arms. "Each and every week."

"We gettin' closer, Matt?" Hugo asked.

"Kinda. Let's just keep drivin'."

R.D. rolled his eyes. "Thanks for being such a source of relief."

R.D. continued driving, listening to the idle chatter of the three girls in the bed of the truck. After a bit of driving, a thought came to mind, one which he voiced.

"We need to talk to Juno."

===At Kattelox===

After much turmoil, Tomoko finally freed her boat. She shoved it over the sand, down to the waterline. After stepping into it, Tomoko sat down and reached over the side, letting her hand brush the water gently.

The tide instantly came in, picking the small boat up and pulling it into deeper water. Once afloat, the schoolgirl reached into the water again, and a current pushed her boat along, guiding it across the sea towards a small, rocky island just off the coast of Kattelox. Sighing, the girl sat back.

Well, here's to hoping they haven't tried tampering with it, she thought.

"...why in the world do we need to do that?" Matt asked.

"Remember Donovan?" R.D. asked in return, "He'll want to know we've gotten on the bad side of the Seven Beasts him and his band of merry men are after."

"For the record, it wasn't my fault," Matt said.

"But you probably did all you could piss him off," Hugo added.

"I had to!" Matt complained. "He was godmodding all over the place!"

"Didn't say it was your fault," R.D. said, "And I'm not thinking it, either."

Alasea shoved the back window all the way open and leaned her head inside. She had heard the conversation. "Do we even know why they came after us in the first place?" she asked.

"They're dicks, Alasea," Matt explained, spreading his hands. "Pure and simple."

"And they probably want the Omega Core, like EVERYONE else," Hugo said.

"They'd probably think Lumiya would be a nice doorprize, too," R.D. said. Alasea nodded; he had informed them about Ondal and Lumiya the night before.

"So, Matt, you were traveling with Juno before you guys cornered me. Did he ever say where he was going?" he asked.

"If he did I forgot." Matt shrugged. "My memory sucks."

"Didn't this Juno guy save you three using a Reaverbot?" Alasea inquired.

"Is that what it's called?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, he used a Reaverbot," Hugo confirmed. "So?"

"Well, the name 'Juno' doesn't ring any bells for me," Alasea explained, "But I do know there's an island called Kattelox that suffers from a lot of Reaverbots. Why don't we look there for him?"

"What about the gate?" Hugo asked.

Matt rubbed his stubble of a chin. "I guess we should do this first...then maybe we can get some backup if we need it." He nodded. "All right, let's do it. Alasea, tell the others."

Alasea turned to inform Hsien-Ko and Mei-ling of the change in plans.

"Well, somebody check the map for the nearest port," R.D. said, "I thought I saw one on there that's near that city we left."

Just then,X heard footsteps behind him.X quickly swung around and point the Ultima Weapon at the stranger.But the stranger was Roxas.He quickly jumped backwards,"Woah!Sorry that I frightened ya..."Roxas scratched the back of his hair.X sigh and remained calm."What did you take so long?"X asked."WEll....A giant heartless appeared and attacked us..."Roxas explained."Sorry that i left you and The King behind...THE KING!!Where is he?!"X panicked."Meh...He went to look for Xemnas...So what happened when you came here?"Roxas was puzzled."Well...Axel fought me but i won...And Xigbar too but i also won him...."X explained.He did'nt want to tell Roxas about his extinction would be so soon."Well,we could find the Organization while we go buy some Sea-Salt Ice-cream?"Roxas decided."Are you nuts?!We are in the World That Never Was!!There's no Ice-Cream here even!"X reminded him."Hah!Maybe you did'nt noticed that stall at the side!"Roxas pointed at a corner where there was a stall."Come on!"Roxas tugged X sleeve and pulled him along."Hey stop pulling!!"X yelled.Roxas let go and X stumbled,nearly falling.X regained his balance and followed Roxas."Um...they sell free Ice-Cream?"X asked with a curious looked."Yup..."Roxas answered as he took 2.

Morph held his head and sighed. "LOOK, all we need is that Soul Piece you got. We do not wish to harm you, but if you do not give it to us out of free will, you'll leave us little choice." He said firmly to the demon. "So what's it gonna be?!" Morph asked, a little frustrated, pointing at the demon with one of his riters.

"What?" Hsien-Ko frowned. "What about the gate?"

"We're just going there to find this Juno person," Mei-ling assured her sister.

The jiganshi folded her arms in a huff. "Well, I don't want to take forever looking for him."

"Meh." Morph shrugged. "Fine by me."

Alasea shrugged apologetically to the two women. "Matt thinks that if we find Juno and tell him about the Seven, we can get some backup if they attack us again, so we'll have an easier time finding the gate."

The teen girl reached through the window and grabbed the map, then opened it up. After some examination and some calculating, she said, "Looks like Matt was leading to it... we keep heading this way for another fifteen miles and we'll reach a port."

===Off the shore of Kattelox===

After a couple minutes, Tomoko reached the rocky island and pulled the boat ashore. After looking around, she made her way up a small path to the entrance of some ruins. Hardly anyone came to these ruins; she often wondered if she was the only one on Kattelox that knew about them. As she made her way through the halls, she was happy to find that the Reaverbots hadn't respawned yet. They did sometimes, but they were only small, weak ones. She'd never had to worry about the more dangerous 'bots coming through here.

In the second basement level, she found her destination. At the end of one hallway, there was a large crack big enough for a human to go through. Tomoko grinned and made her way over to it.

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Morph looked around in surprise. "Say..." he looked at Ryan. "Do you also suddenly have this icky feeling as if something just went gravely wrong?"

Tomoko flinched when she heard the voice shout at her, causing her to freeze in her tracks.

Of all the damn times to be spotted by a Digger, she thought angrily. She turned around and stared at the pair, concentrating especially on Juno and his floating arms.

"Well crap," she muttered. She stepped back into a fighting stance, and an elegant sword, with a long one-sided blade and a katana's hilt, appeared in her hand. A barrier of pure water formed between Tomoko and the two Ancients.

"So, um," she started, "Who the heck are you people?"

X took one and stared at it."Is it really salty?"X asked."Haha..I dont know why they call it Sea-Salt Ice-cream but it really isen't salty.."Roxas grinned.X licked the Ice-Cream and his face brightened."Hey it tastes...Good!"X smiled."Hah!Glad you like it!"Roxas smiled back."Hey we better get looking for the Organization..."X replied."Yeah...Lets go!"Roxas ran towards a path."Hey wait up!"X called and ran too.

After a last bit of uneventful travelling, the truck neared a small port town. Matt leaned his elbow on the truck door. "Here we go. Let's just hope we can get to Kattelox quickly."

R.D. slowed the vehicle down as they entered. After driving down the road a ways, he sighed. This place was just as abandoned as the rest of the county. At least this place didn't look like it had been attacked.

I could be wrong, though, he thought sourly.

After parking the car near the docks, they all got out and got their packs.

"You four get one of these fishing trawlers ready," R.D. said to Matt, Hugo, Hsien-Ko, and Mei-ling, "Mesia and I will go get some supplies and see if there's anyone left around here."

Alasea frowned as they looked for a store. "We have to steal another boat?" she asked.

"Yeah, why?" R.D. responded.

"If we get attacked by another snake," she stated, "I'm blaming it on you."

R.D. rolled his eyes. "Fine," he said to her as they entered the nearest store.