The five year old whimpered in the all the smoke that surrounded him, he couldn't see anything.
"Roxas," the voice called through the smoke but the boy couldn't respond. He felt arms wrap around him and pick him up off the floor
"Roxas," Roxas noticed the voice as his older brothers.
"Cloud, I can't breathe," Roxas choked out
"It'll be okay Roxas, I promise," Cloud said. He carried his brother to the door and grabbed the knob only to pull his hand back quickly from the hot metal. The fire was right outside that door.
"I'm scared Cloud," Roxas whimpered from his brothers chest. Cloud looked around for an escape. Then he remembered the window, he was to big to fit out it, but Roxas wasn't If he could get his younger brother out of the house he was sure that the fire fighters would get him.
"Roxas, I want you to climb out that window and go to the flashing truck," Cloud instructed the younger boy and he nodded. Cloud opened the window and watched his younger brother do as he was told. When Roxas was out he realized that Cloud wouldn't be able to fit.
"Cloud what about you," Roxas asked but no one responded. A man in a yellow jacket came and picked up Roxas.
"Let me go," Roxas struggled to go back to where he had last seen his brother but the man was to strong. He held Roxas tightly against his chest. Feeling the tears coming from his eyes, his chest felt like it was on fire. Blackness was consuming the world around him. The last thing he remembered was being placed on a mattress that was on wheels.
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Roxas opened his weak eyes and looked around the white room to see a man with a white coat walking in the room.
"Where's my Mama," Roxas asked startling the man a little.
"You were the only one we found," Roxas sat there for a moment, taking in what the man had just said and then he fainted. Later he woke up startled to see a pair of emerald eyes.
"I think he's waking up," the owner of the eyes seemed to say.
"Demyx, don't touch that," another voice said.
"Cloud," Roxas said in a hoarse voice. His chest still hurt and it hurt to talk.
"Cloud," a voice said confused. Roxas' eyes adjusted to see a boy with short red spikes that didn't look over two years older then Roxas.. "I'm Axel," he told him tilting his head to the side.
"Demyx, don't touch that," Roxas turned to see a boy that was older then Roxas by three years and had short blonde hair. The one that he seemed to be talking to was another boy older then Roxas though looked the closest to his age and he had a short blonde mohawk.
"That's Marluxia, but we call him Marly, and the dumb one is Demyx," Axel told him pointing them out.
"I'm not dumb," the one called Demyx protested.
"Are to,"
"Are not,"
"Ignore them," Marluxia told Roxas who was just sitting there confused.
"Where's Cloud," Roxas asked.
"Uh, well," then Roxas remembered about the man in the white coat. He felt tears start coming to his eyes.
"Hey, it's not that bad," Demyx told him coming over.
"But, I don't have a family," Roxas told him.
"We're going to be your new family," Demyx told him.
"But I liked my old one," Roxas told him.
"Well, I know that we can't replace them, but you're going to need someone," Axel told him.
"Why would you tell a five year old boy that," a voice screamed from the hall and then a woman with light brown hair coming in the room with a man with the white coat behind him and they both stopped seeing Roxas awake.
"Hello Roxas, how are you feeling," asked the guy with the white coat. Roxas just stared at him, he really didn't want to talk to the guy that had just told him that his family had died. "Roxas," now he was just getting scaring. Roxas wondered how he even knew his name.
"I don't think he wants to talk to you," Demyx told him.
"I know I wouldn't," Roxas heard Marluxia mumble.
"I can see that, well, then I'll just leave you to get to know each other," the man in the white coat told them and then left the room.
"Hi Roxas, my name is Jen," the woman told him.
"Hi," was all Roxas mumbled.
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Later they were riding in the silver mini van. Jen had told him that they lived in a place called Hollow Bastion.
"You'll love it, we've got this one hidden place that no one knows about but us, we'll show you if you want," Demyx told him. Roxas nodded and turned back to the window. It was a beautiful day, the temperature was perfect, and there wasn't a cloud anywhere. Though that was Roxas' point, Cloud wasn't there, his Mommy wasn't there, and his Daddy wasn't there. He missed them so much. He felt tears start streaming down his face again. Roxas tried to think about his new family, though it wasn't helping much.
"Mom, Axel kicked me," Demyx complained.
"Did not, you elbowed me," Axel defended.
"If I give you both a pixie stick then will you stop arguing," Marluxia asked. Axel and Demyx nodded eagerly and Marluxia took some pixie sticks out from a bag that he had. He threw two to Axel and Demyx.
"Thanks Marly," Axel and Demyx chimed together.
"Do you want one," Marluxia asked looking over at Roxas. Roxas simply shook his head. He didn't understand why his chest was hurting so much; he figured it was because he had just lost everything he knew.
"We're home," Jen announced as the car pulled into a driveway. Marluxia slid the door open and they all got out. Roxas couldn't believe how different it was from Traverse Town. He looked up at the white two story house.
"Come on, your sharing a room with me and Axel, I'll show you where it is," Demyx told him grabbing Roxas; arm and dragging him in the house.
"Demyx," Roxas gasped after they were in the front door.
"Demyx, don't drag him, you're going to hurt him," Axel snapped.
"Whoops, sorry Roxas," Demyx apologized and they went on to the room that Demyx wanted to show Roxas so bad. They climbed the stairs and walked to the very end of the hall and opened the door to a room that was painted a weird peach color. There were three beds. One had a cover that was red and had dragons and knights on it while the other was white and had different types of trucks on it.
"Demyx likes trucks," Axel told him walking into the room. Roxas liked the feel of the house. He looked over to the last bed that had a plain green blanket on it.
"Boys come down here," Jen called up the stairs. They went back downstairs, and they walked through the living room and into the kitchen where Marluxia was eating a banana. "We're going to go out and eat. Where do you want to go," Jen asked.
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Roxas sat between Axel and Marluxia with Demyx in front of him and beside him was Jen.
"What does that say," Roxas asked Marluxia who was looking at a kids menu.
"Oh, uh, do you want chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, or a grilled cheese," Marluxia asked. It reminded Roxas of how Cloud would always read him the menu, although Cloud was older then Marluxia. Roxas thought about how alike they were to his family. He knew that they would never replace his family, but he was going to need someone to pour his milk in the morning and to tuck him in at night. So he thought that they would be the next best thing.
"Can I have a grilled cheese," Roxas asked and Jen nodded.
"I can finish the word search before you," Demyx told Axel.
"You can't read," Axel told him.
"Right…well…can I borrow that blue crayon then," Demyx asked. Axel nodded and gave it to him. Roxas looked over as Demyx turned the page and started coloring a whale. Soon Jen ordered and the food came. Roxas found it hard to swallow the grilled cheese because every time he did it hurt his chest.
"Are you okay Roxas," Jen asked after a few minutes.
"It hurts to swallow," Roxas told her.
"Well, then why don't we get you some ice cream, it's not as hard to swallow," Jen told him with a smile. Roxas though was confused; he could eat fine before the fire.
"Why does he get ice cream for supper," Demyx whined.
"Because it will make him feel better," Axel shot back.
"Mommy, my tummy hurts," Demyx told her with an innocent look.
"You can have some to, any one else want any," Jen asked with a laugh.
"I do," Axel told her.
"Please," Marluxia asked.
It was easier for Roxas to swallow the ice cream and it felt better against his throat to. After they had finished the ice cream they went shopping for some new clothes for Roxas. Demyx also got a toy truck and Axel got a set of army soldiers. Marluxia got a soccer ball.
"Would you like to get something Roxas," Roxas looked around for something he liked. His looked at a board that had wheels attached to the bottom. He walked over and picked it up, looking at it for a minute.
"What's this," Roxas asked holding it for the others to see.
"It's a skateboard," Marluxia told him while throwing his soccer ball in the air and catching it.
"Can I get it," Roxas asked.
"Maybe when you get a little older," Jen told him. Roxas nodded and put it down. He really only wanted to know what it was. Roxas finally settled on getting some building blocks. After that when went home and started playing with there toys.
"Hey, stop running over my army," Axel told Demyx and he threw an army man at him.
"That wasn't nice Axel," Demyx pouted throwing the toy truck Axel but it just landed on Axel's toe. Axel's face turned red and he tackled Demyx.
"Mommy, Mommy, Axel is trying to hurt me," Demyx yelled after he had gotten away and was running down the hallway. Roxas, wanting to follow all the excitement, ran out the door after his new 'brothers'. He watched as they both ran down the stairs where their mom was and Demyx ran behind her.
"Boys, we've already been to the hospital once today lets not go again. How about you go out and play with Marly and Luxord, they are playing soccer in the backyard," she told them. Demyx nodded and he and his mother walked out of the room. Axel looked up at Roxas who was sitting on top if the steps.
"Hey Roxas, want to see something good," Axel asked in a weird tone.
"Sure," Roxas said climbing down the stairs.
"Come on," Roxas followed Axel into the kitchen but not before making sure that their mom wasn't there. Axel went to the refrigerator and pulled an egg out.
"I saw this on T.V, watch this," Axel told him and he put the egg in the microwave and hit some buttons. The two boys stood there watching the egg and then they heard something.
"What are you two doing," Roxas looked up to see Jen standing over them. Then there was a loud pop.
"YEAH," Axel yelled.
"Axel, I thought we talked about exploding things, it's a bad thing," Jen told him with a sigh.
"Roxas looked like he needed something to cheer him up," Axel told her with a smile.
"Go and play with your brothers and I'll clean this up, next time it happens though, it will be five minutes in the corner," Jen told them and they went out the sliding door to find the others.
"Hey, who are you," asked a boy with short blonde hair asked seeing the new boy.
"I'm Roxas," Roxas told him shyly.
"Luxord, do you know how to play soccer," Luxord asked. Roxas hook his head.
"That's okay, neither does Demyx, just kick the ball when it comes to you," Marluxia told him. Roxas nodded and they started running around and kicking the ball back and forth. After a while Roxas' head started to spin and then he fell to the ground.
"Are you okay," Marluxia asked but Roxas couldn't respond/ "Demyx, go get mom," Marluxia told hi,. The last thing Roxas remembers was Demyx running in the house in front of him yelling, "Mommy, something's wrong with Roxas," and then the world was black.
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A/N: Tell me if you want it continued, I need reviews to continue. Remember this ties to my other story titled, "That's Life."
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Trust me, if I did it wouldn't have ended the way it did.