The Other Promise

By Loveless727

(A / N) I do not own Kingdom Hearts in any way. It's been a while since I wrote a story and I'm suprisingly going to keep up with this story and update it every two weeks. Let's see how long I last. Please dont flame!

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Organization XII's hideout was a marvelous castle, built with high, towering white walls and many floors and steps. Though the world underneath it was completely black, with blue and golden lights, the castle was nothing but white, casting large gray shadows in steps or towers. Grey and bright white designs decorated the walls of the castle and held up the meaning of the Organization. At least, that's what it looked like to him. Two men walked around the castle, climbing the floors with great speed, not a step out of place. Finally, they reached the area that they needed to be, filled with tall white chairs. In each chair but one sat a being in a black cloak, hoods down.

The two men stood before the chairs and the tallest, presumably the oldest, gently nudged the younger boy a step forward to the cloaked beings.

"Xemnas, this boy weilds the keyblade. Just as you asked." He said, mawsitsit eyes looking down on the younger boy. "His name is Roxas."

A man, sitting on one of the taller chairs, with silver hair and deep colored amber eyes, looked at Roxas. "Was he difficult?" Xemnas asked, knowing that if Axel had fought his and won, the boy would be unconcious, but if the boy had won, he would have surely not agreed to come here.

The red haid man smirked, his sarcastic mood beginning to show. "Peice of cake. But of coarse, we were an even match, so I forced him to come with me and see you guys." He said.

Xemnas looked as though he was thinking about something, and then nodded his head. "Indeed." He began, and raised his hand up to his chin. He was thinking of something but it was hard for Axel to see through what it was. "Than you will accomponie him on the missions and will be with him nearly 24/7." Xemnas announced, letting his hand fall back to the arm rest of the white chair.

Roxas' chalcedony color eyes looked confused and at the same time uncertain of what he was getting himself into. He knew that he came here only to find the answers that he needed, but the rest was unclear to him.

Axel wrapped an arm around Roxas shoulder, leaning on the younger boy and giving Xemnas a peace sign. "Dont worry. Everything is fine and will be taken care of."

Xemnas nodded once more and said, "Then you may leave." He said, turning his arm to make a thirteenth chair for the newest member of the organization. "From now on, we will be known no longer as Oranization XII, but as Organization XIII. You will sit in the chair I have created for you Number XIII. Tomorrow, your missions will begin." He said and the eleven members in the chairs teleported to do their own thing.

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Axel and Roxas appeared in a small, yet large, bedroom, a balcony near by just to where you could see Kingdom Hearts from above. Several cloaks were hung up in the closet, all the same, and the dresser was filled in with pants after pants. It was quite weird really, and it seemed that Roxas was gonna have to do a little shopping later on. The bed was huge and was at least big enough to fit three people onto it, along with a nightstand by the wall, holding a white lanp with black and gray designs.

Roxas walked over to the bed, after looking around the room one last time. At least there has been a few books on the shelves, he could read when he was not busy. He turned to look at Axel and said softly, "So, we're partners now?"

Axel was surprised. His voice almost sounded ... Sad. As if he didn't want to be part of the Organization. But then again, who would? "Sure, if you want, maybe even friends." He said than gave him a quick warning. "Saix gets PMS alot so watch out for that and Lexaeus doesn't talk much, so don't let him think that you think he's ignoring you. He really isn't." He tried to think of a couple of things, hoping to start a conversation between the two of them.

Roxas looked at Axel with a smile and nodded. "Sure, as long as your not to wierd." He said, raising an eyebrow, though his mode was sarcastic and the smile still playing on his lips only grew wider and wider. "So, are you going to let me know who all these people are first?" He asked, his playfull expression now gone as he sat on the bed.

"Of coarse."

"What are they like?"

Axel frowned. "Look, I can't really explain to you what they are like right now but ... How about tomorrow, after the mission." He asked. "It's real easy for now as it is only the hundred acre woods, nothing special." (1)

Roxas nodded. "Okay then. Tomorrow." He said. "So ... What do I sleep in?" He asked, looking around the clean and spotless room. For now it would be cleaned. Later it would be trashed most likely. Roxas never was the tidiest person, though he did try his hardest.

Axel smirked and walked over to the dresser, opening one of the bottom drawers and the second one, pulling out a black shirt and a black pair of pajama bottoms. He handed them to Roxas, hand brushing against the others. This made Axel's heart jolt and he stared for the longest time at his own hand. He hadn't heard Roxas till then.

"Axel? You alright?" Roxas' gaze was fixed on Axel's and the red head nodded weakily. "Y - Yeah. That was odd, but oh well." He said, flashing the boy another grinn. "I'm fine. I better go and get some rest myself. You change into those, explore the room for a bit if you'd like, and get some rest as well." Axel said, backing up to the door. He was about to close until he stuck his head back in. "Good night ... Roxy!" He said and shut the door, running off.

Roxas face flushed red. "Roxy!? What the hell is that all about?!" He wondered, looking down at his pajamas. He was gonna have to get use to it most likely. Axel would probably call him that every day for the rest of his life. He sighed, wondering what it was going to be like, living here under someone's orders, not living life free. He removed the cloak Axel had lent him, along with the pants and the boots. They didn't really fit him, and the cloak had drugg on the floor the whole way there. He put on the pajama bottoms and looked out at the balcony, shirt in hand.

Walking out to it, he looked up at the black sky, Kingdom Hearts was amoung its grasp. It was a beautiful sight and it was hard to believe that something like this would help them become whole. He sighed, and layed his head on his crossed arms against the balcony.

"Hi Roxy!" A voice cried from above.

Roxas' head snapped up and on another balcony, high above, he saw Axel. Blushing like mad, Roxas ran back to his room, back pressed against the back of the wall and his heart racing. What was that idiot doing?! He slipped on his shirt shakily and hurried over to his bed, pulling the covers over his face, thinking about what he would do next. He shut off the lamp and soon he fell into a deep sleep.

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(A/N) Well, as you can tell, Axel already likes him but does Roxas? Now that we have the name of the fourteenth member, Xion, I can use here in the story. But be warned she will die and she is made up in my opinion. She is said to wield a fake keyblade, so yeah, she'll appear around the middle. I'll try to update every week if I can. I know that this was short, but it took me a good week to think. Please review and do not flame! I hate flamers!

(1) Sorry Pooh Bear! I love you! But the truth is, it really is easy ... . Hope you enjoyed this and happy birthday to my friend Blackheart from Warriors United!