Hello Viewers. Its been some time since I uploaded something rather anything so here is the Sequel to We Just Needed To Find It. I do recommend reading that story first before beginning this one but you can also not read this one and just think the ending for WJNTFI is the actual one only more sad and blunt. So here we go! 1...2...3....READ! XD
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy, but how I wish I did.
We Had It All Along
Ch 1
Two Years Ago
It had been two years since that day. My hair had grown twice as long, reaching just below my waist, keeping it up most of the time. Mostly for battles. Recently, when I had joined up with Sora's gang I was emotionless. My eyes were dull and lifeless. I was alive physically but I felt as if I were dead. If it hadn't been for Sora's and Roxas' friends, I probably would have still been like that. Especially thanks to Kairi and her Nobody Namine.
They were the first to approach me and treat me like part of the team. They tried their best to make me smile.
Two Years Ago
"Axel. Why do still keep it?" Kairi asked as she helped Namine rummage through my closet. I looked up from my book and eyed the article of clothing. The Organization's coat.
"As a reminder" I simply replied and went back to reading. I heard both girls sigh.
"Axel. You've come a really long way since you joined up with us" Kairi replied.
"But you have to let go of the past and move forward" Namine replied after.
I looked at them. Kairi smiled and said "So to help you out. Your wardrobe needs to change."
I raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong with the way I dress?"
Both girls smiled evilly, making me shiver.
"Nothing, just that maybe you should add some color to really bring out your features." the fair blonde said. I opened my mouth to say something when the burgundy haired girl spoke up.
"You need to show off your gorgeous green eyes instead of covering them up with your" air quote "'natural' red hair."
I growled. "It is natural."
They both laughed. "We know. We're just messing with you. Besides your hair" Kairi spoke and indicated towards her pelvic area "down there proves it even more, unless you dye that as well."
I stuttered. "Wha-how...huh?"
"Oh Yuffie is a terrific ninja. You should be careful when and where you change and be sure to lock your doors. Yuffie says that you wear your boxers lower than you wear your pants."
"And at the length you wear your boxers; with her keen eye she can observe anything. She even says you have a mole on the back of your lower hip."
"Oh remember when she brought us into his room?" Namine asked her Somebody.
"Yeah" Kairi turned around and faced me. "She brought us into your room one day and you were sleeping in only your boxers cuz the previous day was that big heartless fight down at the Bailey and you got injured so you were wrapped up in bandages. You didn't even feel it when she pulled your boxers down a bit and voila. Red hair."
"We couldn't see the mole because you were sleeping on your back. Oh and she has all these wonderful pictures of you sleeping in practically nothing or stripping down to take a shower and other cute moments. But don't worry; she has incriminating photos of all the guys here. Leon is still searching for them all and waiting till the day he can burn them." Namine finished with a smile.
All of things were going on in my mind. Incriminating, stalker, slow and painful death, fire, etc. And then it dawned on me.
"You guys had something to do with the time all my shirts went missing."
They looked at me innocently. That's when Kairi spoke up. "Well duh. We wanted to make sure if it was natural or not and the shirts were in the way. We still didn't get to see anything though. Yuffie was right. As long as you wear pants on top of you underwear we can't see anything but a sexy torso."
I could feel the heat radiating off my cheeks. They said these things without so much as even a batting of an eyelash.
"I was sick with a cold for a week. It didn't help matters that it was the beginning of winter. And when someone managed to let me borrow a top that would disappear too!" I growled out. Yuffie was definitely going to pay dearly, and her life seemed a good price to pay. The female species is an odd and terrifying thing.
Namine spoke up. "You know you haven't stopped blushing since Kairi called your eyes gorgeous. But then again your face kept getting redder and redder as we kept talking." she mused.
"That's because you guys are talking about personal and private things as if they were nothing and both of you have just told me you were stalking me to get a look at my private parts!" I yelled.
"Now wait a second. We didn't want to have a look at your-"
"Don't finish that sentence." I ground out.
Kairi simply shrugged her shoulders. "We wanted to get a glimpse or your pubic hairs to put it in specific terms."
"That isn't better!"
Ignoring my words she asked "By the way did you know Riku's hair is natural too?"
The world seemed to spin quickly and my face felt as if it would burn off. 'Damm them' I thought 'They must be reading too much yaoi these days'. When I decided to open my eyes and look up I felt myself go pale. Somehow they were right in front of me now. I stood up quickly off my chair and tried to move away. Nope, not gonna happen. They grabbed a hold of me and used all their weight to push me down, making me topple over and bringing all three of us down onto the ground.
"Crap. Operation Diversion Question: Riku's Hair Is Natural didn't work long enough!"
I groaned and felt two pairs of hands trying to remove my clothes. My eyes snapped open and met with two pairs of identical bright cerulean eyes.
"What are you guys doing?!"
"What does it look like?" Kairi asked with a confused look on her face.
"Molestation" I simply answered, receiving a smack to my head.
"Idiot. We're going to give you a wardrobe makeover. If we leave you alone to change you'll just run away like the time we wanted to braid your hair. So we'll be changing you into your new clothes." Namine simply stated taking an article of clothing out of a bag.
'Where did that bag come from?' I thought as the girls pulled off my black sweats and grey shirt, leaving me clad in only my black boxers. I wrestled with them trying to fling them off, yet somehow they hung onto me like leeches.
"Stop moving so much!" They yelled.
"How about you get off of me instead!" I yelled back.
"Sit on him!" Namine ordered as she slipped my legs into the appropriate pant holes. Kairi had pulled my arms and head through the shirt when she plopped down on my back.
"Oooff! Go braid Riku's hair!" When did she get so heavy?
"No!"
"What are you guy do-" Riku asked as he stepped through the doors.
In a flash Namine got up and shut the door and locked it in the process.
"Sit down Riku."
The silver haired teen darted his aquamarine eyes towards the floor were Kairi sat on top of me while I had half of my shirt and pants on, and then back towards a scary looking blonde.
He warily took a seat on the chair I had previously been occupying.
"So do you want us to finish dressing you in front of Riku or will you be a good boy and finish dressing yourself up in the bathroom?" Namine asked sweetly.
"Bathroom" I replied instantly.
"Of course one of us will supervise you." Kairi pointed to herself then Namine. "No use in you locking yourself in there." Namine finished.
'Crap' I thought as Kairi lifted herself off me and offered her hand.
I looked to were Riku sat and with his eyes he told me I should just do as they say.
I sighed and took the offered hand while I pulled down the shirt all the way and held up the pants that hung halfway down my hips with my free hand.
The burgundy haired girl walked into the bathroom first with a huge bag filled with clothing. I closed the door behind me and looked at Kairi as she laid out a few things.
"Turn around" I told her. She smirked but did as I said.
"You never wore any of the clothes we bought you when you first came here. Just stuck with loose baggy clothes."
"I don't prefer the second skin type of clothing much."
"Uh-huh. Like that coat wasn't a bit slim."
It took me a while to finish dressing and I still fumbled with some 'accessories' as Kairi called them.
"Kairi."
"Need some help?" I couldn't see her face but I knew she had a smug grin on her face.
"Yeah."
She turned around and fixed every button and buckle and zipper into place.
"There. All done." She opened the door and walked out.
"Well come out so we can see." Namine called out while Kairi motioned with her hands.
I stepped out clad in some black skinny, and I mean skinny pants with chains dangling from the pockets in different lengths and some black and red shoes. The tops consisted of a long, black, skin tight shirt underneath another almost as tight, half done, red, short sleeved bottom down top with a black vest to top it off.
"Isn't this too much?" I asked as I felt three pairs of eyes staring at me.
"Not at all. Black always looked good on you but with color you look more dashing." Namine gushed.
"Though the red doesn't even compare to your hair color."
"I can't believe they got you too."
"Too?" I raised an eyebrow.
Riku pointed at the two girls and said "They didn't like my sweatpants."
"But you had very good taste in shirts." Namine stated.
"I don't know how you and Riku aren't best friends. Riku was just the way you are now, brooding over when it had something to do with a spi-" Kairi stopped and looked over to Namine. I knew what she was going to say. I still hadn't gotten over Roxas and I'm sure Riku still hadn't forgiven himself for betraying Sora all those years ago. But Reno always said 'People make mistakes, but it's up to us to learn from them'. I guess almost all of Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee had those moments.
Riku spoke up. "I still don't see the reason why you couldn't leave our clothes alone."
I tried to hold back my smirk. He wanted to change the direction this conversation was heading.
"Because sweatpants are to lounge around in at home, not practically live in them." Kairi snapped back. Heh, his plan worked.
"Alright, alright. You win."
It was hard to imagine Riku in sweatpants all the time. I guess the low baggy jeans and sleeveless tops were the girls doing.
"Time to fix your hair." Namine chirped.
"What? No! I let you get away with you using me as a mannequin but no one touches my hair. I have no idea what you'll do to it. You might do voodoo with it." I mumbled the last part.
"Riku do something" the girls whined.
"You've bothered him enough so just let it go."
"No!"
Riku and I cringed at the yell.
"Riku let us do your hair so Axel knows what we're going to do." Kairi stated.
"No."
"Please." Kairi pleaded. Both girls gave him the puppy eyes. Oh, no. Sora was the one who perfected those eyes and taught the girls and Riku was NEVER able to resist the 'puppy eyes'. I think I actually feel sorry for him.
He groaned. "Fine."
The girls smiled and got to work.
I watched curiously as the girls brushed Riku's silver locks. It looked like he was enjoying it.
When they were done, Riku had his hair tied back into a high pony tail with his bangs and a few stray pieces of hair framing his face. He looked very feminine. No wonder girls went after him. He was very good looking, but to bad for the fan girls that didn't know he swung the other way.
"See Axel. It's not that bad." Namine told me.
I sighed. "Yeah, just get it over with."
I actually enjoyed the way their hands worked through my hair.
"Riku," Kairi began.
"Should we braid his hair or pull it up?" Namine finished.
As a rare sight Riku raised a delicate eyebrow and tilted his head slightly.
"Braid it."
The three of us stared at him.
"What?"
"Nothing." we all replied. They were just as surprised as me, guessing he wouldn't have even bothered to answer the question.
"Done." Namine picked up the small mirror and held it up for me. A few short strands that couldn't be braided wisped around my face.
"See, I think it suits you."
"It brings out your facial feature."
"You look good with your hair pulled back."
The three of us once again stared at Riku. He looked away almost as if embarrassed. The girls ran over to him.
"Aww, Riku. So you do care."
"Come on. Show some emotion. Smile."
"Never."
It wasn't only the fact that Riku had said that but when he had, I could have sworn I saw for a split second Roxas standing behind him smiling at me. But when I blinked and stared at the same spot, there was nothing.
I looked over to the three and watched as they fooled around. I couldn't help but smile. Stupid Roxas. You've been looking after me all this time. I gave a small laugh.
The three of them looked over to me while each girl had one of Riku's cheeks pulled back into a smile and said boy was trying to get them off him.
"Axel, are you okay?" Namine asked.
"You're crying." Kairi stated.
She was right. I hadn't even noticed that I was crying until I brought my hand up to my face and felt the wetness rolling down my cheeks. I gave another small laugh.
"You know Riku...Roxas would always tell me the same thing."
I don't know when it happened but I suddenly broke down. The tears fell down more freely and I felt two pairs of hands wrapping around me. I didn't push them away because I actually wanted their comfort. I couldn't take it anymore, holding in all these new found emotions I thought I never had and thought I had gotten rid of that night. I actually fell into their hold as they told me soothing words.
Riku stood up and undid his hair and let it fall below his shoulders. He stood in front of me and bent down to my eye level. I thought he was going to call me names like 'pussy or 'sissy' and tell me how weak I am. How wrong I was.
"You may have thought and been lead to believe that you have no heart and emotions but everyone does, even Nobodies. You, Roxas and Namine are living proof of that." He put his palm to my forehead and pushed away the stray strands. This wasn't the Riku I knew, acting as if he were my older brother, caring for me. Wait, wasn't I the older one?! I guess the shock showed on my face.
"Don't look so surprised. I'm not a complete uncaring bastard. I just act like that to people I don't completely trust and you're not one of them, at least not anymore. I hate it when I'm wrong but I had the wrong idea about you. I'm sorry about that." He smiled at me and brushed a finger under my eye.
"Looks like you've stopped crying."
How?...When?
He stood up and continued giving me one of his smiles that, until today, had never seen. He should really smile more often. Makes him look younger.
"You don't always have to hold back your emotions. You can't hold yourself responsible for what happened to him and keep blaming yourself all your life. It's okay to cry once in a while and let people into your heart, even if you're afraid you might loose them. Besides you have all of us here as your support. Your big brother Reno wouldn't mind lending an ear and I'm sure Cloud, Leon, Vincent and Cid wouldn't turn you away even if they seem unsociable. The girls would definitely listen to any of your problems but watch out for Yuffie, she might try to blackmail you with the information she gets. Kairi and Namine are practically glued to your side so confide in them." He then gave a crooked smile. "And last but not least you have me. A shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen to all or any of your problems, because I know better than anyone that that's what you need the most." With that he left the room.
Even though he left Kairi, Namine and I speechless I could only think of one thing: Everything's going to be alright. I finally felt a part of this confusing, oddball family.
It was then and there that my relationship with Riku changed for the better and formed a strong brotherly relationship. It turns out he never hated me but rather my attitude that reminded him so much of the way he had been, trying to cover his emotions and trying to block everyone out. He didn't want me to turn out like him and he didn't know what to do to help. He was frustrated that he couldn't do anything but that moment in my room made him take action.
It seems from that day on all those barriers I had put up around myself came crashing down.
Nana:*Looks around and ducks when sees a flying red ball of inferno flames*
Axel: WHAT THE HELL WAS ALL THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT MY PRIVATE HAIR!?
Nana: It added a little something to the story *answers while ducking behind couch*
Riku: Hey Axel. How does she know that your hair is natural? Did you flash her?
Axe: NO!
Kairi and Namine: We wish we could see!
*Axel and Riku give each other a knowing smile. Then they swish their hips so that their pants hang dangerously low on their sexy hips and you get a full view of little silver and red hairs*
*Kairi and Namine faint from blood loss*
Nana: *covers nose with hand* Umm can you please pick up your pants?
Riku: Don't you want to see more Nana?
Nana: If you guys don't pick up your pants now I will somehow have you guys castrated and shaved in an upcoming chapter
*Both boys shiver and lifted their pants*
Nana: Much better. I don't want to know what Roxas or Sora would do to me if they knew what was going on
Roxas and Sora: *creepy voices* Oh Nanaaaaaa
Nana: Shit
*I shiver and run for it*
Roxas and Sora: Come back here!
Nana: Never! You will pay Axel! Riku!
Until Next Time. This Has Been Powered By Nana-Chan Productions XD
Yeah about the 'hair' conversation. Just balme my friend. He brought it up. If its crazy enough and recomeneded by my friends I usually incorporate it into my fics.
Another thing, I know I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy.
I think Riku came out a bit OOC'd but I like it^^
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