Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or make any profit from writing this story.

Author's Note: Woo-hoo! I managed to type this whole thing up in just one day—and part of a night, but who's counting? I'm quite pleased with how this came out, considering how long it took me to prepare for it. I had to look up everything on the characters of Black Cat and practically study them. I even re-watched the first 10 episodes of it just to refresh my memory of the plot and how everyone moved and talked.

So, after the promise of a new story (the project I mentioned in Chapter 4 of HMR) it's finally up. The first chapter anyway, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get the second chapter up before the end of this week—and maybe put up a new chapter of HMR, CUIYC, and of course The Sharpie that I've actually got a decent amount written already.

Hope you guys enjoy. It's long. ^^

Warnings: Language (it's like a must with me), some themes that are not suitable for children.

Edit: This chapter is now beta'd, but if there are any errors that either of us might have missed, feel free to send me PM pointing them out.

Train tried to ignore his growling stomach as he followed Sven and Eve into a diner, looking around briefly. It wouldn't be his first choice for eating, but at the moment he couldn't care less how run-down and disgusting the place looked. Food was still food, and after not eating anything for a whole day, Train was about ready to use Hades on anyone who walked past and make a meal out of them like some deprived cannibal. He walked over to the nearest booth all ready to sit down and order when he spotted something moving across the seat that looked suspiciously black and had six legs. "Hmm…maybe I'll just…stand."

A place this gross couldn't possibly be expensive, rightsotilrhjhd,hga

Roxas swallowed a scream as something grabbed his shoulders causing him to jump and type out a jumbled mess before stopping altogether. He spun around and glared at his twin, who looked like he was on the verge of laughing.

"That," Roxas whispered harshly, taking his earphones out, "was cruel! You're an asshole, Ven." His bother smirked, obviously pleased with himself.

"You thought I was mom, didn't you?" Ven released Roxas's shoulders and leaned forward on the back of the computer chair, arms crossed, chin resting on his arms.

"Shut up," Roxas sighed. He rubbed at his eyes, and let out a yawn, completely aware of how late it was, but determined to get this post typed up and submitted to the current thread he was role playing on. For the moment he ignored his brother literally breathing down the back of his neck and attempted to write more, but stopped before he could even press one key.

"So you're not looking at porn? Damn, I thought I caught you this time." Ven straightened up a little and peered over Roxas's shoulder. It was really annoying, actually, trying to write and have someone watching him. He growled and moved the chair closer to the desk.

"Sorry, Venny, but your timing sucks. If I ever was looking at porn, I'd never let you catch me doing it."

"Heh, so you don't deny you look at porn."

"Ventus, just…shut up. Please. You're giving me a headache." Now his hopes of ever getting this post completed before turning in for the night—or in this case, considering how late it was—morning—were ruined.

Roxas didn't get the opportunity to role play much earlier because of homework, and the twins' mother constantly coming in to check and make sure they were working on it. Being in tenth grade sucked, you're old enough to be in high school and so close to finishing the crappy string of school years forever—unless you go to college. Yet, still young enough to be pestered by your parents to do your homework and be threatened with grounding and the taking away of possessions, or allowances…

God forbid if he got in trouble now and had their computer taken away. Ven, for one, would never forgive him for it since the boys worked their darn hardest saving their allowance to go halves on getting a computer in the first place. And two…ever since meeting Axel, the guy who played Sven on that site, he was much more reluctant to give up any free time—such as sleeping, or hanging out with his friends—or family nights… if it meant not being able to talk to him, or role play.

Axel was an amazing role player, much more advanced than Roxas could ever hope to be. His novel-like posts had Roxas nearly green with envy, and he often told his online friend this whenever he had the opportunity. Axel, of course, would just laugh, or at least Roxas assumed him to be laughing when the other would type the universal LOL, or LMAO. And of course the occasional 'Haha' might give it away.

"So, if you're not looking at porn, what are you doing?" Ven's voice brought him from his thoughts and heaved a sigh as he realized his brother was still there. Why was he still there anyway? His breath was still ghosting over the back of his neck, making him shudder.

"Go back to bed." Roxas tried not to sound as annoyed as he felt. Ven still didn't move, and he knew without even having to look that Ven was reading what he typed so far. After all, he didn't get the chance to even minimize the document after Ven scared him shitless.

"Train tried to ignore his growling stomach as he followed Sven and Eve into a diner…what is that?" Ven snickered. "Ohhh wait. This is for that stupid site you keep going on, isn't? What's it called again?"

Roxas's cheeks burned with embarrassment. He knew what was coming next, but coolly answered his twin. "Yes, it is. It's an Acornrack site called Night Vision based off Black Cat."

Ven was trying to hold back his laugh, but Roxas could hear it, hell, he could sense it. He knew his brother was only seconds away from making fun like he usually did.

"Go ahead. I'm too tired to care what you say this time." He muttered, glancing at the time in the bottom right hand corner of the computer screen. It was almost two…

"Okay, you asked for it. First of all, that is such a stupid name—"

"Acornrack? Yeah, I guess it could be a little more original."

"—It doesn't even make sense! Think about it, acorn…rack. Say it. Acorn—"

"—rack…" Roxas yawned, "You've made your point. Are you done?"

"Not yet. That Night Vision name sounds lame. It's completely lacking originality." Ven continued, ignoring Roxas's 'so are you', retort. He leaned across Roxas to move the mouse, minimizing Roxas's document and clicked on the internet square on the toolbar, bringing up the site.

"Awww…looket the little black kitty at the top, glaring at everything—hey, it kinda reminds me of you."

If Roxas hadn't been so tired he would have reached up and throttled that scrawny little neck. He settled for a glare, only further proving Ven's point. "Glad to know I remind you of a cat. Now can you please leave me alone?"

"Still not done," Ven grinned, while Roxas groaned and leaned his head back, yawning again. Ven scrolled down the page, raising an eyebrow. "You look like you're having some kind of conversation here."

"Aggh…that's because I am, Ven." Roxas sat up straight, shoving his brother out of the way, reminded that he had to tell Axel he wasn't going to be able to post until sometime tomorrow night.

Roxas typed quickly, occasionally pressing backspace to correct a typo, but he didn't really want Ven reading their conversation if he could help it. Ven wouldn't approve if he knew that Axel was not only someone he role played with—but was also quickly becoming a good friend…which was why-

"Who's Axel?" Ven managed to catch a little of the conversation that was going on above the box Roxas typing in.

Roxas didn't answer for a second, determined to finish. Once he did, he pressed submit and minimized the screen—quickly logging out of Windows.

"He's one of the characters in the anime, Ven." What his brother didn't know, wouldn't hurt him.

"But, I thought you were talking to Sven?"

"I am. But Sven was telling me about an awesome plot idea he had involving his other character Axel."

"You called him Axel,"

"He has like five different characters, Ven. It's kinda hard to call him by one name, especially if you've role played with all of them."

"That's weird." Ven shook his head and leaned against the chair again. "So, what was with the whole mad dash to log out?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Roxas turned off the monitor and got to his feet. His knees cracked and he winced. Maybe it would be a good idea to get up and walk around from time when he was on the computer.

"Yes you do," Ven insisted, following Roxas as he made his way across the room to his single bed. He climbed in his own on the other side of the room. "I know when my own twin's keeping something from me, Rox."

"Maybe because you don't need to know," Roxas pulled the blankets up to his chin. He nuzzled his face into his pillow enjoying how soft it felt and was just realizing how tired and stiff he was from sitting in that chair all night. He could hear his body praising him for sudden comfort it was receiving—figuratively, of course.

Ven scoffed, and Roxas could hear him shifting in his own bed getting comfortable. "Yeah, you're definitely hiding something. What is it, Rox? What's so bad that you can't even tell your own twin?"

Roxas considered telling him about Axel. How almost a month ago he joined up on the site and met the guy. It was harmless role playing at first, addressing the other as their character's names and chatting a little here and there. But then…Axel asked him what his real name was, after giving Roxas his…and Roxas told him, not seeing any real harm in Axel knowing his name. It wasn't like he knew where Roxas lived, or vice versa.

Roxas rolled over, turning to face his brother. "If…I tell you, will you promise not to freak out—or tell mom and dad?"

Ven was silent, and Roxas knew his twin was thinking this over, probably wondering just how bad this was. And knowing him, he was probably going to over think it and assume Roxas was-

"You're not...doing drugs or anything, are you Roxas?"

Bingo. That was exactly what Roxas knew his twin would think. It was kind of creepy how they did that sometimes.

"What? No! It's nothing to do with drugs…but, it…has a lot to do with all those lectures mom and dad gave us about online predators." No sooner than Roxas had said that he heard the bed shift and groan under Ven's weight and then a light thud followed by the soft scuffing of feet against carpet. "Oh man, Ven, don't do this, please. I'm so tired."

Ven scrambled on Roxas's bed, crawling over him. "Not until you tell me what's up. Is this Sven guy harassing you? He doesn't know your name or anything, right?"

Roxas turned his head into the pillow. He was usually the really smart one when it came common sense, and stranger danger…but…

"Roxas, please say something! You're freaking me out!" Ven was shaking him now. He was scared, that much was clear, and Roxas knew he owed him an explanation.

"Stop that!" He shoved at Ven, pushing himself into a sitting position. Sleep could wait for a few more minutes, he supposed.

"Tell me what's going on!" Ven sounded desperate and Roxas knew he had to tell him no matter what. Like all brothers, they had their share of fights, but they still loved each other. Being twins, they had a much deeper bond than any normal siblings. He knew Ven was worried.

"Calm down," Roxas grabbed Ven's shoulders, looking toward the door and straining to hear if there was any sounds of their mom or dad up. "I'm fine, okay? I just…I didn't want to say anything because I knew you'd freak like that. But it's not as bad as you think. I know his name, he knows mine. That's all."

"Roxas…"

"I don't even have him on MSN, ok? Nothing to worry about."

Ven sighed and flopped down beside Roxas, putting his arm around him, cuddling close. "As long as it stays that way, I don't ever want to lose you Rox."

Roxas sighed, smiling softly. He lifted a hand and ran it gently through Ven's hair. "You're not going to lose me, Venny. I promise."

"Good." Roxas felt him shifting again. "Rox?"

"Mm?"

"I'm comfy. Can I stay here for tonight?"

Roxas knew his twin was reluctant to leave him because he was afraid he would lose his only brother. He could feel it the unspoken fear in the air thicker than smoke. And he had every right to feel that even if it was slightly illogical for the moment. They were almost separated once when the two boys were younger. They were at the beach swimming, and Roxas found a car tire further off down the beach. He convinced Ven to help him get it into the water and attempted to hitch a ride on the tire, until the tire got caught in a rip current.

Roxas lost control of the tire and nearly drowned. Fortunately his twin felt Roxas's fear and knew something was wrong from the way the tire kept getting farther and farther away from the shore. Roxas called for help—which his twin revealed later he heard and went to find their parents. The beach was an independent one, which meant people came and swam at their own risk, but luckily there was someone there who knew how to swim well and knew first aid.

Everything turned out fine in the end, Roxas had only been scared and slightly dehydrated, but he still had nightmares about that day.

"Roxas?" He was brought out of his thoughts yet again by Ven, but this time, wasn't annoyed by it.

"Go ahead. Just don't steal all my blankets like last time."

Ven laughed and crawled under the covers beside him. "Deal. Night Roxas."

"Night Ven."

"Love you."

"Love you too, Ven."

Both boys smiled at each other regardless of the dark and cuddled as close as they possibly could, Ven's hand reaching out to grasp a hold of Roxas's, and Roxas gave a little squeeze. It was their own way of making sure that nothing would try to separate them as they slept.

Author's Note: I sorta rushed it a little at the end, you can probably see my writing style change a little, and some of it seems to be pointless fillers. That's because it is, and I apologize for it. But I still think it was a pretty successful chapter, and I'm definitely going to enjoy writing this story.

Let me know what you think of it. Love hearing from you guys. ^^