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Me: I've decided to write a tragedy! Yay for me!

There are no warnings for this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, or Kingdom Hearts 2 (which I am highly anticipating)

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Cold Flame

"Hey, Axel!" the blonde screamed. "Wake up, you lazy bum!"

The unknown lying down lazily opened his eyes and slowly pulled himself up.

"Roxas…," he said slowly. "Do you have to wake me up this early?"

"Yes," answered Roxas. "You didn't forget what we were going to do today, right?"

Axel looked at his friend and smiled.

"I'm sorry, but I did kinda forget."

Roxas laughed.

"We were gonna go swimming in that lake today."

Axel's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Now I remember," he answered. "But I thought we were going in the afternoon, when the water is warmer."

"Why should we go in the afternoon?" asked Roxas. "Xemnas would know that we snuck out of our jobs to go swimming. He would be mad for sure."

"Don't call the Superior that."

"What?"

"Xemnas. You know how much he hates that name."

"Oh, sorry. Sometimes I forget that."

Axel looked at his friend, and only friend again. Sometimes he was just the thing to brighten up his day.

"Um…Axel? You're looking at me like that again. You know that disturbs me."

"Why do you think I do it?"

They both laughed. Finally Axel got up.

"I'll race you there!" he yelled happily.

"Like you can beat me!"

They both ran as fast as they could out of the castle. Of course, Roxas lost to Axel. After about one minute of running they got to the giant navy blue lake, shimmering slightly in the moon's pale light. Immediately Roxas took off his Organization robe to reveal a swimsuit and jumped into the freezing cold water. It was about one in the morning. He then swam back up to the surface and looked to his red-haired friend.

"C'mon in, Axel! The water's really great!"

"Would 'great' in your dictionary just happen to mean 'cold'?" he said, testing the water with one toe.

"Are you saying that you're too chicken to get into the water?"

"No, I'm not. I'm just saying that I hate the cold."

"Oh, c'mon! You'll get used to it!"

"I dunno…"

Roxas started making chicken noises.

"Okay, fine! I'm getting in!"

He took off his robe and jumped in, creating a humungous splash. Of course, when he resurfaced he started spazzing out.

"I th-th-thought y-y-ou s-s-said th-th-this w-was warm," stated Axel through chattering teeth.

Roxas started laughing uncontrollably.

"S-stop it! I-it's n-n-not th-that f-funny!"

Apparently to Roxas it was the funniest thing in the world, because he couldn't stop laughing. Finally Axel had to tackle him to get him to stop. He was definitely pissed.

"Sorry about that," said Roxas. "You just should've seen the look on your face!"

Axel lowered his brow.

"You're so immature," he said blatantly.

"Says the guy whose best friend is a fifteen-year old kid," smirked Roxas.

Axel smiled sarcastically.

"Very funny," he said. "Now are we going to have some fun or what?"

Roxas smiled a Sora-ish smile.

"Race you to that big rock!" he yelled.

They both dove down into the water and swam towards the rock. Axel was used to the water now, so he didn't really mind going underwater. He resurfaced for a breath, relieved to see Roxas far behind him.

"C'mon, you slowpoke!" he yelled. "You'll have to better than that to beat me!"

He went back underwater, not noticing Roxas's struggling. After a minute of swimming he reached the huge rock that protruded out of the middle of the lake. Roxas was nowhere to be seen.

"C'mon, Roxas! I didn't know you were that slow!"

There was no sound whatsoever. Not even a slight lapping of waves could be heard.

"Roxas! Where are you?"

Suddenly something burst out of the water. It was some kind of monster with black tentacles flailing around. It held a barely conscious Roxas in one of them. The tentacle was wrapped tightly around Roxas's throat.

"Roxas! Hold on! I'll save you!"

He summoned his chakrams and tried to set them on fire. The only problem was that his magic was somehow blocked. He tried and tried agaon but felt the same barrier against him.

"NO!" he yelled.

He took a deep breath and went underwater. He could barely see because the water was so murky. He silently summoned his chakrams and plunged them into whatever it was that was attacking Roxas. He did it over and over again and finally went back up for a breath. He almost started crying when he found that the monster had almost all of its tentacles gripped around his friend.

"ROXAS!"

"A-axel…"

Roxas's voice trailed off and his breathing stopped. Just then a tentacle wrapped itself around Axel's neck…

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Axel woke up sweating profusely, making the covers of his bed stick to his skin. He looked around, his empty green optics flickering around the room. All was silent. All was dark. The moon outside gave off a faint light, barely enough to illuminate the room. He sat up, panting.

"That seemed so real, yet it was a nightmare," he said to himself. It had been almost a year since he had last seen Roxas. Roxas was his best friend and only friend. Roxas had been taken away from him by the Superior, who told him of the other side of his heart. Having become interested in this, Roxas went out to find his counterpart, Sora. On the way, Roxas encountered Riku, who eventually beat him in battle.

After that, Riku took Roxas to DiZ, who made Namine erase his memories of Axel and the Organization. DiZ made sure that Axel didn't know where Roxas was. Now Axel was lonelier than ever, wasting away in Deep Dive.

"I have no purpose," whispered Axel to himself. He was considered a traitor among all the members of the Organization and everyone hated him. And the worst part of it all was that it was true.

He ran an ungloved hand behind his neck and shuddered. He was incomplete. He was fake. He wasn't a real human being. And he knew it.

He folded the covers of his bed back and got up, covers still sticking to his skin. He lazily pulled them off and walked over to his bathroom.

"Each night the nightmares become worse," he said, looking in the mirror. He could barely stand looking at himself and quickly turned away.

"How can I be so hideous? Of all of the unknowns, why is it me who looks weirdest? I know Roxas didn't mind. But the others…"

Ever since Roxas had left, Axel talked to himself because no one else was kind enough to talk to him.

"Roxas…" he muttered desperately.

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Me: Well, that's the first chapter.

fg00: What the heck?

Me: Yeah, I know it's a little weird. I mean about the fact that practically all my stories are about Axel. (puts hand behind head)

Well, please review if you have pity for Axel. And me. But more of Axel than me.

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