As I Slowly Fade Away

Disclaimer:This is a slash pairing. Roxas & Axel

I do not own Kingdom Hearts or the characters. This is purely a fanfiction.

As I Slowly Fade Away/Chapter 1

Shameless Sacrifice

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Roxas groaned and quickly silenced the alarm clock. Sitting up, he ran his fingers through his spiky hair. He opened his bedroom window, squinting against the light that flooded through it.

"Hey! Good morning, sleepy head!" a girl called from the street.

Roxas laughed. "Do you always hang around my window, Olette?" It was the third day in a row that she had been there. "Much more of this and I might have to report you as a stalker!"

Olette stuck out her tongue childishly. "Oh, shut up and come on already! Hayner said today's the day we hit the beach!"

"Alright already! I'll be right down!"

"Great!" Olette turned and began jogging down the street, calling over her shoulder. "Meet us at the usual spot or we'll leave you behind!"

Pulling his head back in the window, Roxas sighed. It was going to be great to finally go to the beach. He hurried into his clothes, stuffed some supplies into a backpack, and ran to meet up with his friends.


"Pence, will you just put the camera away?!"

A chubby boy looked up from the camera in his hands. "Why? I'm just making memories."

Hayner sighed and opened his mouth, about to answer, but was interrupted when a beach ball hit him in the back of the head.

"Hey! What was that for, huh?" he exclaimed rubbing the back of his head.

Olette giggled. "Well, we're supposed to be having fun today, so no arguing!"

Hayner sprang to his feet. "He started it!" the boy exclaimed, pointing at Pence, who merely shrugged and took a picture of his accuser. "Ugh! See what I mean?!"

"Now, now. No finger pointing." Olette said, shaking an accusing finger at Hayner.

"You know, Olette," said Roxas, as he came back from retrieving the beach ball. "That would probably be a better order if you weren't the one pointing the finger."

Hayner nodded in agreement. "Yeah! You should listen to Roxas! He may be a bone head but he makes a good point." He ruffled Roxas' hair.

"Oh thanks!" Roxas laughed.

Hayner clapped Roxas on the back. "Hey what are friends for, huh?"

"They're for having fun with!" Olette piped up. "Now everyone, in the water! Come on, Pence!"

Hayner nudged Roxas in the ribs. "I'll race you!" he said slyly.

"Hn. You're on!" Roxas had already begun to run toward the water, laughing.

Hayner laughed. "No way! You cheater!" He ran after him. "I'll beat you anyway!"


Not far from where the four friends were enjoying the beautiful summer weather, stood a man watching them. Although he stood in the middle of the beach, dressed from head to toe in black, no one seemed to see him. He didn't seem to notice the people around him either. His attention remained focused on one person.

"Roxas..."


A/N:

This is my first fanfiction. Thank you so much for reading this. Reviews are greatly apprieciated. I promise that my writing will get better with time. The next chapter will be longer.