Postscript to a Kingdom Hearts fanfic by Raberba girl
(rough draft)

17 May 2013

Roxas stared at his mission brief in delight. It had been a while since he'd been assigned to Olympus Coliseum. "Wow! Thanks, Saïx!"

The Luna Diviner, who was not used to being thanked, frowned at him and tried to guess what might have prompted the exclamation. "This isn't a game, and you were not allotted a partner."

"I know. Thanks. I'll see you later!" Roxas opened a corridor and hurried into it.

He emerged outside the Coliseum, feeling pumped with anticipation. "Heart collection, perfect..." He took out Heartless as fast as he could as he made his way to the Underworld.

At the top of the long staircase down, he paused and whistled the signal. By the time he'd finished descending and was looking over the holo-Moogle's wares, his summons was answered.

There was a pattering of approaching paws, a splashing sound and a surprised yelp as the creature failed to skirt the green puddle in the middle of the room, then Roxas turned around just in time for Chocolate to lunge at him, leaving slightly luminous green paw prints on his coat.

"Eww," Roxas laughed, scooping up the little shade. "You're so messy, Choco."

"Yip!" the puppy answered, happily nuzzling and then licking his chin.

"You ready to help me work? Huh, Choco, huh?"

"Yip, yip!"

"Ha ha, okay, that's enough kisses, thanks." Roxas set the dog down and started heading for the entrance to the caverns, with Chocolate trotting at his heels.

An Underworld guardian glared at them as they moved past. "Hey, back off. Axel made a deal with your boss that Chocolate gets to hang out with me every time I come, as long as he doesn't leave the Underworld."

Chocolate growled, pressing close against Roxas's ankles.

"So you can put that scythe thing away."

The guardian fell back, looking sulky.

"Yeah, that's right. Come on, Chocolate, let's go see if we can find any of those gumball Heartless."

"Yip!"

xXx

Author's Notes: First anniversary... I don't plan on doing this again, but for just this first time... :/
*EDIT* ...May 17th, not April. Yeah, can you tell I'm stressed?

I forgot to mention this last time, but I like the idea that Roxas has Ven's heart, it makes a lot of sense to me. After KH3D came out, I figured that Roxas probably grew his own heart over time, but I don't think that disqualifies the "Roxas started out as Ven" theory. *shrug*

Writing about a pagan Underworld makes me uneasy... -.- I felt conflicted about posting this, and am still not sure whether or not I should have.