Kingdom Hearts 358 Days
Rating : T
Genre : adventure/angst/tragedy
Setting : Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days universe
Pairing : slightly Axel/Roxas (can be count as friendship)
Warning : shounen-ai (boy/boy), no Xion
Disclaimer : Kingdom Hearts © Square Enix & Disney
Summary : Axel was remembering his 358 days with Roxas in Organization XIII back then and reasoning why he must brought Roxas back to him; even it costed his own life.
Day 355
"Your mind's made up?"
Roxas stopped on his track, and turned his body a bit to the right, until his eyes caught the figure of his once best friend. No, he was still his best friend, just… Roxas couldn't trust him anymore. Just why did Axel always hide everything from him? For what reason? Was he the same like the rest of the Organization – just wanted to use him?
"I have to find the answer," Roxas said in forlorn voice – something Axel couldn't stand to hear. His gaze glued to the dark surface below his feet. The redhead just stood there, leaning against the wall, a few feet from the blond, but his emerald eyes were fixed on that small but strong figure. "Why did the Keyblade choose me? I have to know!" 'Why do I feel so much pain when I supposedly don't have a heart?'
"You can't turn on the Organization!" Axel straightened his body and faced his best friend. Roxas glanced at him, but quickly back to the rough material where both of them stood on. That emerald orbs… were full of pain, sadness… within endless emptiness. 'It's hurt… it's so painful to talk with you, to see you like this, Axel….' "You get on their bad side, and they'll destroy you!"
'Please don't make this any harder for me….' "No one would miss me."
And with that, Roxas, with forced determine on his cerulean eyes, walked forward with fast steps; without waiting any answer from the neglected redhead. 'I don't want hear anything else from him… it'll make this far more difficult….'
"That's not true!" Axel shouted, hoping his only best friend would hear him – even though the Keyblade wielder had already disappeared among the darkness. Empty hope… well, afterall all this time Axel always lived from that – empty hopes, ungranted wishes – so he didn't surprise that his hope was never attained. It still felt painful, though…. But no; he wasn't Axel if he stopped striving, so he kept trying, even maybe it was all for vain. That's his only reason to exist, afterall. "I would…."
His head was drooped, limp and desperate. His eyes were glassy; but nothing came out from it. Nobodies couldn't cry….
Axel raised his head, his cat eyes gazing through the shadows in front of him. Gloomy expression was still on his pale face – though he couldn't remember when his Somebody made this gloomy face before. Maybe hang around Roxas in quite long time would do this to a Nobody – acted like having a heart.
'So,' Axel thought. A sad smile curved on his lips. He closed his eyes; it stung a bit. 'Who is Roxas? Why did I do anything I've done all this time, so just he always by my side? Betraying everyone, hiding everything from Roxas himself even he deserves to know, risking my own life for him… and now, I'm determined to make him back to me. Just what is he to me? What does make him worth for all of this?'
Axel tried to remember all of his memories with Roxas, one by one, starting from the first day he met Roxas; the day Roxas was born as a Nobody and joined the Organization….
AUTHOR NOTES
I'm sorry…! I didn't mean to abandon Fairytale, but… after reading Kingdom Hearts novel – especially the Seven Days: Axel part and Another Report: Somewhere in Time – I really have to do this! To you who haven't read it yet, I suggest you to read. It's so sad… so sad I couldn't even cry! And as a bonus, you can see Axel's way of thinking. Right, my love for Axel was increased incredibly after read it. If you want to read it but don't know where to search it, tell me and I'll tell you by PM.
So… in this story you will NEVER find Xion. So, if you are Xion fans or have dying love for the girl, please stop read this. I want to focus to Roxas, Axel, and Organization XIII without some puppet girl messing up everything. Sorry, but I really don't like her – no, not just because she breaks AkuRoku, really….
Well, the story will follow the original line but most of them will be made up from my mind, and sorry, Axel and Roxas won't be just hang around on the clock tower – really, that's cool and romantic and whatnot, but who can stand coming there every SINGLE day with the SAME ice cream? I prefer they hang around in the World That Never Was more often, and just in special ocassion they go to clock tower. Anyone who don't agree with that, well, you know what to do, right? 8)
Okay, I'll stop my rambling. Next chapter won't be this short (honestly, I kinda hate short chapters…), this is just a prologue. I will post the next chapter soon, and please review! I'll continue this story with only one review each chapter (aren't I easy?)! Oh, and my first language isn't English, so if you find any mistake, typo, anything that tick you off, please tell me! And I'll be very happy if you are willing to be my Beta! XD And, I'll apologize first, I won't update fast because of many reasons… (you can read Fairytale to find those reasons… *hint hint*)
Thanks for reading! And don't forget to review! 8D
~TwoHearts