Title: Campus Club Crusaders!
Series: Kingdom Hearts II
Author: ConfessYourSins
Rating: PG-13
Main Characters: Sora, Riku, Axel, and Roxas
Warnings: Language and boys loving boys XD
Pairings: Riku / Sora, AkuRoku
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts II or the characters in it.

Campus Club Crusaders!

Chapter One
Was it something about clubs... or Captains?

Sora headed tiredly back to his room. His very messy room he discovered as he opened the door and barely missed the flying object that obviously was meant to hit the door until he opened it. Sora turned around quickly and glanced momentarily at the book on the floor, closed the door, then turned back to find a very red faced nearly steaming Riku.

"Uh, hi?" he said meekly as he let his backpack slide off his shoulder onto the floor. Riku looked through Sora at the door.

"Son of a bitch."

Turning around again, Sora noticed a picture of Seifer on the back of their door. "Um, why is Seifer on our door? I didn't think he was that popular…"

"He made Captain. He made Captain instead of me. That's just stupid!" Riku grabbed another book off Sora's desk and threw it at the door. Sora side-stepped out of the way and nearly cried when he realized that it was his beloved Harry Potter.

"Not the fifth book! That's my favorite!" he cried as he fell to his knees and grabbed the broken book to cradle it in his arms. "Sirius!"

Riku took off his shoe and threw it at the picture on the door. "Is that better? How about that? Did you like that you stupid ass monkey!"

"Ass… monkey? When did you come up with that?"

"RIGHT NOW!"

"O-okay…" Sora stuttered in a high pitched voice. "Um, I'll take it you're not going to come to dinner then?"

Riku sighed and leaned against the desk, brushing his silver hair out of his face. "He'll be there too. I'm not going."

Sora resisted the urge to laugh as he stood up. "Erm… if that's what you want. Do you want me to bring you something back from the cafeteria?" Riku shook his head and stared at the picture of Seifer with a dirty look on his face. "Suit yourself. Um, if you change your mind you know where to find me."

"Yeah, whatever."

Sora grabbed his meal card off of his desk, careful not to get too close to Riku, then hurried out the door. After closing it he sighed heavily and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed. "He didn't have to throw Harry."

"What is it with you and talking to yourself?"

Sora's eyes fluttered open, his ocean blues wide searching for the familiar voice. "Roxas?" he asked as he turned his head to the left. Sure enough Roxas was walking toward him with a stack of books. The look on his face was tired and annoyed and more than anything, hungry. Very hungry. Sora could see Roxas licking his lips in his head and pulling out a fork with his eyes on the prize...

"… Hey, did you hear anything I just said?" Roxas asked as he let all the books in his hands fall to the floor with multiple thuds. "Hello? Sora?"

Sora responded with a big grin and a slight wave of the hand. The image of Roxas preparing to eat him flew out of his mind as he stared at pile of books laying unhappily in front of his door. "That's a safety hazard," he pointed out, literally taking his finger and pointing to the books. Roxas gave him an amused look that seemed to scream, Yeah, I know.

"And you want me to do what?"

"Pick 'em up. If Riku comes out he's going to trip and then it'll be the end of us all!" Sora joked with a goofy smile.

And then the door opened. Sora and Roxas looked at the opened door and an angry Riku storming out and before they could stop him he had stepped on one of Roxas's shiny new textbooks, tripped, and fallen flat on his face. Roxas jumped up and slapped his tanned hands over his mouth, unable to utter a word. Sora reached one hand out, retracted it, then shouted, "Run!"

So they ran. They ran until they reached the quad and were quite sure that Riku had not followed them, or at least hadn't caught up to them. Out of breath and scared beyond words, they took refuge in the first unlocked door they could find. They closed the door quietly and locked it, then Roxas searched the wall for a light.

"I can't see anything!" he hissed. "It's so dark in here! Where are we, anyway?"

"I don't know," Sora replied as he searched the opposite wall. "I just hope Riku doesn't follow us in here… Maybe he's unconscious on the floor. That would buy us some time, like an hour or something. Maybe."

"Oh man, we're dead. Wait!" Roxas felt something on the wall and hit it with his finger. "Hey, it didn't work!"

"… That's because that's my hand, you idiot."

"Hey, who're you calling an idiot?!" Roxas snapped as he smashed his fist into what he had first thought was as button.

"Oww!" the voice yelped. The hand moved and a moment later the lights came on. A tall, pale redhead was standing near Roxas, face flushed with anger and annoyance. "What the hell do you think you're doing? This room is off-limits except to members!"

"Members? Of what?" Sora asked.

"Of the Destiny Island Video Game Association. Duh. And you…" he trailed off and looked Roxas up and down with a dirty little grin, "do not look like a gamer. You guys look like a bunch of nerds."

"Hey, I'm a part of the International Harry Potter Book Club Alliance and we are not nerds!" Sora shouted as he stomped his foot on the ground.

The redhead shrugged and waved his hand in circles. "The IHPBCA? Ugh. You nerds are all the same. Yap yap yapping away… Anyway, this room is reserved strictly for the DIVGA so you guys can be on your merry way. I've got a meeting here in a little bit and a lot to do." He turned and started to walk away until Roxas sneered,

"All gamers are the same. No social skills."

The redhead stopped dead in his tracks and both Sora and Roxas could almost feel the heat coming off the stranger. Turning around slowly, the redhead hissed, "No… social skills? You want to tell me that I don't have any social skills?! Who do you think you are anyway? I've got half a mind to fry you to a freaking crisp! Got it memorized?!"

It took two seconds for Sora and Roxas to go through the mental response to a threat. During the first second they decided that the stranger was really angry and would probably kill them. In the following second – the afterthought – they made a probable judgement that they must immediately run away to eliminate their newest threat. So they turned and ran right back out the door into the quad only to find a very angry Riku holding an ice pack to his face along with a very large bat.

"Oh."

"Crap," Sora finished for Roxas as they turned to their right and headed into the cafeteria. They sprinted through as fast as possible, which really wasn't that fast at all since it was the middle of the dinner rush, and managed to sneak – or rather force – their way into the kitchen. It was there that they skillfully dodged hot pans, teetering dishes and innumerable utensils to escape out the back door into the East Wing of the school.

With a sigh they collapsed onto the ground on their knees. "I… need somewhere to sleep tonight," Sora said with just a smidge of difficulty. "He's… probably going to kill me. No, definitely going to kill me. Not only did he fall on his face he bruised his pretty little face and—"

"I'm going to pretend that your brain is deprived of oxygen and you did not just say Riku has a pretty face," Roxas interrupted with a wary but curious look in Sora's direction. "I mean… not that there's anything wrong with Riku's face. It's just wrong coming out of your mouth."

"Roxas…"

"I don't want to hear it. You can crash in my dorm tonight."

"Thanks."

Roxas flung open the door to the former art studio turned projection room. "Sorry I'm late! I was just grabbing a bite to – Hey!" He pointed his finger in horror, eyes nearly popping out of his head, at the tall redhead sitting in his seat at his meeting in his room during his scheduled club gathering. "What are you doing here?!" he demanded.

The redhead turned toward Roxas, did a double take – eyes huge and buggered - then blinked once and shook his head, spikey red hair bouncing like it was actually real and not some ridiculous wig. At least, Roxas assumed so. "… Oh you have got to be kidding me. You're the president of the Anime Club?"

"Well yeah."

"Of all the people…" He sighed and silently cursed God, then apologized and quickly said a prayer that he would cast fire and brimstone down on the annoying boy with ridiculously spiked hair. Hello, hair. Would you like to meet Mr. Brush? He grinned at his joke but quickly turned his attention back to bane of his existence. "We – as in the DIVGA – are here to discuss the terms for sharing the projection room."

Roxas almost fell over. "Sharing? We've had this room for the past year – there's no way you noobs are going to take it from us!"

The redhead grinned and took a few steps toward Roxas. "Noobs? I'm pretty sure that's a gamer term. What're you geeks doin' using gamer lingo? 'Cause by the looks of you all," he glanced around the room at the students wearing their Anime t-shirts and baseball caps, "I'd have to say that y'all would be pwned, and not in a good way."

"Getting pwned is never a good thing," Roxas muttered as the redhead walked closer. He lowered his voice and found his eyes falling to the floor as the redhead towered over him nearly a head taller and cursed himself for not eating his vegetables. If only he'd eaten that asparagus last night he might be able to destroy this foul being that threatened his precious anime club.

"Listen, we're going to use this room and there's nothing you can do about it," the redhead said. "Alright?"

Roxas looked up and gave the redhead his dirtiest look. "No way! This is our room and you're not going to take it from us. If we have to, we'll fight!" He jumped back and got in a fighting stance. "You can take it from us but first you'll have to defeat us!"

The redhead looked at Roxas and his annoyance suddenly turned into amusement. "Fight… you?" he repeated as if he couldn't believe the words were coming out of his mouth. The corners of his mouth twitched as he tried not to laugh. Who was this kid to come out of nowhere after smashing his hand the day before and demand to have the projection room all to himself? After all, it was a free country. Not to mention he had stupid hair and stupid clothes and stupid everything and watched stupid anime. Oh, he would win the battle alright and there wasn't a single anime nerd who could stop him.

"There won't be any fighting at all." Both the redhead and Roxas looked toward the door where Cloud, the head of the Campus Police, was standing. "Roxas, you knew that this might happen so don't act so surprised that someone else requested this room. For the time being you're both going to have to share this room until the school finds funding for another projector and space to accommodate both clubs. If I hear about any fighting…" he trailed off and smiled. Both the redhead and Roxas shivered and knew they would have nightmares about that particular smile on that particular person. "And Axel? … Don't scare the kiddies." Cloud walked away and Axel turned his attention back to Sora.

"Your name is… Axel? What kind of name is that?"

"A good one. Your name is Roxas. That's kinda stupid."

"Is not."

"Is too!"

"No, it's not!"

"Is too! And if you say another word I am going to eat your stupid head with your stupid hair and then spit out your skull," Axel said with a daunting look designed just for Roxas. Roxas grinned and leaned in close to Axel, then whispered,

"You promise?"

Axel jumped back and gave Roxas a creeped out look. "Whoa man, back up there!"

Roxas shrugged and started to walk to the door. "Suit yourself. You were the one who offered, anyway."

"You did what?!" Sora asked, shocked at his friend's apparently destined meeting with the one they had now deemed Tall Pansy Man of the Red Porcupine Hair. "That's a little…"

"That's what I was going for, duh," Roxas said as he chowed down on the pathetic attempt the cafeteria had made of fetuccini alfredo with chicken. "Man, was he freaked out."

Sora nodded his head mindlessly as he spotted Riku sitting across the cafeteria by himself, as usual, eating his lunch silently. "He looks so sad… and puffy. Ooh, his face looks really puffy. He fell pretty hard, huh?"

Roxas looked up at Sora who had completely zoned into Riku. "What, are you making out with him in your friggin' mind Sora?" he joked. Sora turned back to Roxas and shook his head. "Yeah, whatever. You think he's still mad?"

"He looks kinda sad today…"

"Then go cheer him up and make sure he doesn't want to kill me. I've already got an arch rival now and I need to be alive so I can destroy him. Ooh, how I will destroy that stupid porcupine head." Roxas giggled as he finished the last bites of his rubbery noodles and downed his cup of water. "Hehehe…"

Sora wasn't listening however; his eyes were focused on Riku who was toying with a torn book. He hadn't even touched his meal and Sora worried he wasn't eating again. Whenever Riku was upset he forgot to eat until he nearly passed out from hunger and dehydration. "It wouldn't be the first time…"

"Stop talking to yourself. It's creepy. Anyway, I've got class so I'll see you later!" Roxas said happily as he jumped up out of his seat and practically skipped away. Sora arched an eyebrow as he glanced at the fleeting straps of Roxas's pants, then looked to where Riku was sitting. Riku was gone however and just as Sora was about to search the cafeteria Riku sat down next to him.

"Eep!" he squealed in surprise. "R-Riku!"

"Here." Riku tossed the book he had been playing with earlier at Sora. "I broke the spine. Sorry. I fixed it."

Sora looked at the fifth book in the Harry Potter series and felt a smile growing on his face. "Thanks, Riku!" he said cheerfully. "Sorry about your face… um, Roxas is sorry too!"

Before Sora could continue with his decidedly and most likely neverending list of apologies Riku spat out, "I'm sorry for yelling and throwing stuff."

Sora blinked a few times, cocked his head to the side in a way that unbearably cute, then smiled all big and wide and nodded his head. "Okay. Then that's that. Can I sleep in the dorm tonight?"

"Uh, yeah."

"And you won't kill me while I'm asleep?"

"Only if you snore," Riku mumbled before standing up. "I'm going to take a nap."

"Oh, I'll come!"

Riku gave Sora an awkwardly amused look. "You're going to come take a nap with me?"

"Yeah! O-oh, I mean…" Sora looked at the tiled floor and kicked his foot at it. "I meant I wanted to take a nap too, so I'll walk with you and sleep in my bed and stuff."

Riku resisted the urge to slap that sweet embarrassed look off Sora's face, then nearly hit himself for thinking about it like that. "Okay, c'mon."

Axel lit his cigarette in the dark and leaned against the outside of the cafeteria wall. He stuck one thumb into the belt loop of his worn and torn jeans then kicked a scuffed boot heel against the wall. In the distance, across the quad, he could see a group of students tackling each other and drinking.

"Kids," he mumbled as he took a long drag off his cigarette. He blew out smoke rings, a feat that had taken him nearly two years to master. His eyes somehow found their way back to the group of students who were becoming louder and more annoying by the second. Oh, how he wished he could just ZAP! make them disappear.

A smile crept onto his face as he pushed himself off the wall with the back of his arms and dropped his cigarette to the ground. Just as he was about to step on it he noticed someone walking in his general direction. A hand waved and Axel arched a brow, a little curious to the mysterious person approaching him.

"Sora?" he said when Sora stepped into the small patch of moonlight in front of Axel. "What are you doing out this late?"

"Hey! You know my name!"

Axel couldn't help but smile at his little secret. "Well yeah, you're Riku's roommate. I know of you and I know that normally you don't go out late or run around with," he waved his hands somewhat frantically, "people who are drinking since it will get you expelled. Got it memorized?"

Sora grinned and nodded. "But I'm not drinking. And those are Roxas's friends. He's sleeping and they were bored so I said that I'd hang out with them. Besides, Riku's sleeping – he's been sleeping all day ­– and if I woke him up…" he trailed off and with his finger made a distinct line of death across his neck. "He would definitely kill me."

"So you're hanging out with Hayner and Olette and… what's the other dude?" Axel scratched his head with one hand while he skillfully removed another cigarette from his pack and placed it in his slightly parted mouth. Sora watched him for a moment then shook his head.

"Oh, uh… I don't remember. But he's really good with computers and stuff. He's a graphic design major, like the top student."

"But he's running around with a bottle'a rum like a little kiddie? Good stuffs," Axel said as he lit the cigarette and took a few puffs off it. "So how do you and Riku know each other?"

"We grew up together! Me and him and Kairi have been best friends forever!" he said eagerly, too eagerly. Axel nodded his head slowly eyeing Sora with an indistinguishable look that Sora didn't even notice. "Before we used to kinda fight over Kairi… a long time ago. But I guess we kinda stopped and she got a boyfriend and we're best friends and stuff!"

"Who's her boyfriend?"

Sora giggled and Axel found it slightly revolting but almost adorable. Almost. Riku wasn't kidding… he thought to himself as he frowned and looked up at the perfectly clear sky. "Um, Tidus."

Axel nearly fell on his face as he took a shaky step forward looking back at Sora. "Tidus?!" he practicaly screamed with his arms thrown out to either side of his body. "Oh you have got to be kidding me!"

When Sora shook his head no Axel rolled his eyes and stuck his cigarette in his mouth. He made a motion of punching one hand into the other and Sora made the quick assumption that Axel did not like Tidus and wanted to beat him up. Or even quite possibly destroy him. Although he lacked verbal agreement, he was pretty sure of this assumption.

"I really hate that kid!" he said before he took a drag off his cigarette, sans the hands. He blew the smoke out then took the cigarette out of his mouth and threw it at a tree. "Ugh… he's almost as bad as Roxas!"

Sora scowled and poked Axel in the chest, then immediately regretted it as Axel's narrowed emerald eyes fell on his own and he quickly took a step back. "Um… Roxas is my friend. One of my best friends, so don't be mean to him!" The words were shaky and half-hearted at best, but Axel couldn't help but give Sora mental props for speaking up to him. Literally. Sora was so short that Axel was pretty sure he could sit on his head and not have to stretch.

After the moment of awkward silence and not-so-friendly looks, Sora threw in, "So… anyway… You know Riku?"

"Yeah. He tried to get me to join the volleyball team with him but I just don't have the heart for it," he said with a teasing look. "I'm not very good at team sports."

"Why's that?"

Axel shook his head and found himself leaning back against the wall. "Because I am too cool to share a court with anyone else."

"Oh yeah? Well in my opinion you seem a little stuck up." And as the words came out, Sora's ntire world slowed down and his hands were covering his mouth, eyes big and horrified at the most improbable words that had just escaped his now quivering lips. "Oh. Crap."

Axel grinned darkly as he narrowed his eyes and tilted his head up. The moonlight outlined his now twitching eyes and Sora could almost see them turning red. "Oh crap is right," he hissed before standing up straight and folding his arms over his chest. "Yanno, it's too bad I have to kill you because I was just starting to like you."

"…Why is it that every time you go out at night you get yourself into trouble Sora?" Sora's eyes brightened as he recognized that voice. Oh yeah, it was Riku. And Riku kicked serious butt especially when Sora got himself into trouble. He turned around and smiled but his smile was quickly disintegrated with just one brief glance from Riku. He had just woken up and there would be hell to pay after Axel was taken care of. Sora swallowed hard and curled his fingers as a partial wave at Riku.

"Aww… I was just about to have some fun!" Axel whined as he leaned back and bent his arms at an angle with hands clenched. "C'mon man…"

Riku pulled a very large and very metal bat out of some mysterious bottomless pocket he obviously had and set the top of it on the ground, then leaned forward in an almost seductive way. His eyes met Axel's and there was a moment of friction before the bat was being swung and Axel was dodging with a quick hop-step backward. "I think… that we're done."

Axel stuck his tongue out at Riku and kicked one foot over the other, arms resting behind his head and fingers laced. "Whatever. You don't need to pull out the friggin' bat, man. I wasn't really gonna hurt him."

Riku arched a brow and threw the bat over his shoulder. "Really. Because for some reason that seems just a little out of character for you."

Axel nodded and turned around, heading into the cafeteria to quickly make his way to the East Wing where his dorm was. When Riku turned around he found a half-cowering, half-cheering Sora partially hidden by a palm tree. "Yay!" he cheered meekly from his dark hiding spot. Riku shook his head and began the walk back to their dorm, Sora trailing behind like a lost little puppy.

"I can't believe you saved me!" he said happily as he hopped from one foot to the other as Riku searched for his key to open their door. "I mean, he's so tall and his hair is so red and porcupiney!"

Riku dropped the keys and stiffled back a laugh. "P-porcupiney? Where did you come up with that?"

"Roxas. We call him the Tall Pansy Man of the Red Porcupine Hair. Or wig. Is that like, all natural?" Sora asked as he bent over to pick up the keys. Riku did the same thing and they smashed heads and both fell backwards onto their rear ends, rubbing their heads in annoyance.

"Watch it!" Riku shouted at Sora just as Sora exclaimed,

"Sorry!"

Riku sighed and looked at Sora through messy silver bangs. "… Uh, it's okay. I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Sora asked as he got on all fours and crawled over to Riku. "Your face is red. And it's still kinda puffy from yesterday. I can get you ice!" As Sora went on Riku became frightfully aware that Sora was mere centimeters away and all he had to do was let out the breath he'd been holding and there would be no turning back.

"Hey Riku!" someone shouted from behind. Riku's attention turned to the newcomer and he half turned on his side to get a look. "Uh, you alright there buddy?"

"D-Demyx!" he stuttered as he scrambled to his feet. Sora remained on the floor, now leaning back on his knees instead of being on all fours. "What are you doing here?"

Demyx grinned with eyes that screamed, Oh I am so telling Axel, then handed him a package. "It's all the rules for the tournament. Coach Cid asked me to drop them off for you."

"Isn't Seifer supposed to do that?" he asked with a bitter taste in his mouth. Seifer, his arch rival. Seifer, who stole the Captain's position from him. Seifer, who would soon be dead if Riku had anything to do with it.

"Huh? Oh, no. This is for the club volleyball tournament. Uh, the only group not participating is the DIVGA—"

"DIVGA?" Riku asked with a funny look on his face. "Don't tell me that's—"

"Yeah yeah, Axel calls it DIVGA. Anyway, they're the only ones not participating, so the rest is up to the volleyball team. Just try to match them evenly against each other in the first round. We don't want another slaughter house like last year…" Demyx trailed off and shrugged. "Anyway, I'm going back to bed. I just heard Axel cursing about a stupid gray-haired guy and I figured you'd be up if he was pissed. Man, you're the only one who pisses him off that much." He paused for a second, then added, "Except for Roxas. Man, does he hate Roxas. I think. He always talks about him. Anyway, goodnight guys!" With a slight wave of the hand Demyx turned and began his long walk back to his dorm.

"It's silver," Riku mumbled as he stared at the package in his hands. That was, until something warm and soft touched his cheek. He raised his hand to brush it away but found his hand touching Sora's nose. His face went bright red and he quickly turned around to find Sora attempting to look over his shoulder. "Jesus Sora!" he shouted. "Don't do that!"

The only thing heard in the hallways was a giggle. An innocent, undeniably cute giggle from the shortest student on campus. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"I'm… going to bed."

"So am I!"

Riku paused and closed his eyes for a second, then shook his head. "You grab the keys. I think I'm going blind due to lack of sleep."

"O-okay." Sora bent down and Riku focused his now open eyes on the 62 printed on their door. A moment later he heard the key in the door and was relieved to be back in his room alone.

No, not alone. Sora was there. He cursed the day he decided to share a room and headed over to his corner where he quickly stripped his shirt and pants to change into his pajamas. "Hey Riku!" Sora said as he hopped over.

"If you're not wearing any goddamn pants I am going to beat you with the friggin' bat!" he screached as he grabbed the bat off the floor. He heard Sora halt, take a few steps, obviously put his pants back on, then hop back on over. "What," Riku asked through gritted teeth, "do you want?"

"Um, I need pajama pants."

"Pajama pants? I thought you said you did your laundry this week," he said as he turned around. Sora's eyes dropped to the floor and Riku finished buttoning his blue and white stripped flannel pajamas. "Okay, okay. I'll lend you a pair. But like, safety pin them or something this time. I am so not looking forward to you jumping out of bed only to have your pants fall off and you hit your head on the dresser." For the third time this month, he thought but kept that to himself.

Sora's eyes lit up in the way a child's does on Christmas morning. "Thanks Riku, you're the best. Man, if you weren't around—"

"Your life would cease to exist because you'd be dead." Riku grabbed a pair of silky blue pajamas out of his dresser and handed them to Sora. "Remember, safety pins. I'm not fond of finding you on the floor with large bumps on your head in your underwear."

"I wear boxers, not underwear," Sora pointed out. "And they have ducks on them. Like Donald. They're cute."

Riku grinned and brushed his hair out of his face. "Yeah, whatever you say. Now go change in your corne—" but he was cut off as Sora's fingers were touching his forehead, on his tiptoes to even reach, with a concerned look on his face. "S-Sora?"

"I was just making sure you didn't break your pr—face. Yep. You're okay. I don't think that there will be any permanent damage, Mr. Riku." He smiled and cocked his head to the side. "Goodnight, Riku."

Riku turned around, crawled into his bed, and grabbed a pillow to hug. "Goodnight, Sora."

A.N.: Ah, my first KH fanfic. It's a beautiful thing . Please review, I love reviews. Btw thanks to Maur and Taylor for getting me hooked on these pairings because of Crickets.

Check out The Cricket Revolution by Hanitachan here on ff dot net. It will rock your world. It rocked mine XD