Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything involved with the series, so don't bug me about that. Anyway, I figured I may as well attempt this for Roxas, being as he is my favorite character from the game. Here we go (oh, and for future notice, this is NOT a slash/ect. fic, so don't get that idea AT ALL). I would like some reveiws though, so if you would be so kind as to let me know what you think? Please do enjoy:
A Little Talk
Friendship (RoxasXAxel)
In the Castle that Never Was, a figure sat on his seat in Organization XIII's meeting room, he was surrounded by other, similarly dressed figures who sat on similar chairs of varying heights. The person was a teenage boy about fifteen years old that had very spiky blonde hair and ocean blue eyes, at first glance; one could deem him out of place due to his face being one of a confused young man, not a merciless fighter, like the rest of his fellow members. He was Roxas, the Organization's number XIII, the "Key to Destiny" was the title given to him, his element was light and his weapons were the mysterious Keyblade's Oathkeeper and Oblivion…he didn't pick those weapons…they were just always there for him, it seemed.
"So, it's been decided then, we'll send Axel to Castle Oblivion to discover Marluxia's true intentions." A booming voice interrupted Roxas's thoughts, the teen looked up to see that it was their leader, Xemnas, the "Superior" who had made the announcement. He then looked towards Axel, to see his reaction. The spiky red head appeared to be stoic on the matter, which was rather unusual…most of the time you had to get the guy to calm down in these meetings due to his fiery attitude, which was only paled by his element of fire itself.
Axel moved to speak, "Alright, I have no problem with it. Who knows? I might actually have some fun." He casually spoke with his trademark grin on his face, returning to his usual disposition. He then looked at Roxas, the young man had his hood up, but Axel could tell what was on the kid's mind just by the way that he held his body, they were close friends, so he could tell just by looking at him…he was in deep thought about something. Xemnas just gave a quiet nod in acknowledgement and the other members showed their own of approval, Demyx the most easily seen due to his casual thumbs up.
"Alright, meeting adjourned." Xemnas spoke in his typical monotone voice, his face revealed no emotion, which wasn't too surprising, they were Nobodies after all…no emotions…no hearts.
Roxas, having once again gotten lost in his thoughts just sat there, even after the other members had left the room. "Marluxia…what's he up to? Sigh…I hope Naminé's alright." He quietly thought to himself, he was really concerned for Naminé, he had met her not long after he was recruited into the Organization. She had graceful blonde hair that gently settled on her right shoulder, and soft, deep blue eyes…it all seemed…very familiar to him for some reason. Over the month or so ago they had met one another, they had become very good friends and he always tried to make time to just stop by and talk with her…which often caused the other Organization members to make fun of them, they didn't care though, it felt normal to them, like it had always been that way. With this current mission, her unique abilities of memory manipulation where "required", so she went with the members Marluxia and Larxene to Castle Oblivion to try and gain control over a boy named Sora…she wasn't too…"happy" about the idea, and Roxas wanted to voice his disapproval of the matter, but he knew he would only receive glares from the top members…it wasn't his fight. He had heard that name "Sora" several times before and it was painfully familiar to him…it should have been, Sora was, in effect, him and visa versa, it's just that Roxas had no memories of being Sora…and therefore often told himself that they weren't the same.
To be honest, he could care less what happened to his fellow Keyblade user, it was Naminé he was concerned about…especially with reports of Marluxia going rogue…he could wind up hurting her to achieve his goals…and that made the blonde hot under the collar. He clenched his fist in anger of the current events, not only was Naminé gone, but now his best friend and the person who was like an older brother to him, was going away on an extremely dangerous mission. Sure Marluxia might not be going rogue…but if he was, the guy was smart, strong, and more than knew how to handle himself in a fight…Larxene was no pushover either. Even though Axel was a great fighter himself, he'd be hard pressed to handle them both, especially since he wasn't on the best of terms with the other founding members, save for Xemnas that is, meaning he would have no support should he fail…especially since Vexen, Lexaeus, and Zexion had no clue of Axel's infiltration. Roxas jumped off his seat and landed gracefully on the ground. He stood up and made his way to the actual exit of the room (he never did like traveling through the dark portals too much). Just as the youth was about to leave, he felt a hand grip his shoulder. He turned around to see Axel standing behind him, Roxas assumed that the slightly older man had seen his earlier reaction to the announcement.
"Hey, Roxas, you alright?" The spiky red head inquired as the two walked through the exit.
"Yeah…I was just thinking is all." The blonde stoically answered.
"Well, that was obvious, your hood couldn't even hide that. Let me guess…Naminé?" The taller man asked, giving a mischievous grin. Roxas stopped in his tracks, shocked by how well his friend could read his mind.
"Y-yeah…how'd you know?" The young man asked as he pulled his hood back. His face slightly downtrodden because of all that was going on.
"Well…it was my friend vibe, you know? Heh, you two are lucky, you know that?" Axel smiled as he gave a mock punch to Roxas's softly round chin.
"What do you mean?" Roxas's eyes bore curiosity on their boarders.
"What I mean is, you two have shown something closest to the real thing that I've ever seen from a Nobody…if I didn't know better, I'd say you two already had a heart." Axel stopped walking and leaned against the wall to his back.
"And…what would that be?" The blonde followed suit and sat down on the floor near his friend.
"Emotions…" Axel spoke in a tone that confused Roxas…it sounded like hurt, joy, sorrow, and relief at the same time.
"Emotions? You know that can't be right Axel…we're Nobodies."
"Yeah, I know…but look at you two, you're both very special in terms of Nobodies. Naminé's the Nobody of the Princess of Heart, and you…well I'm sure you've heard this several times, but you're Sora, a Keyblade Master's Nobody, and what else, you're both created from someone who came back from the Darkness whole. No one, not even Xemnas did that. Heh, in my opinion, anything's possible." Axel gave a mysterious grin as he closed his emerald eyes in thought.
"Hmm…now that you put it that way…I guess we are. I don't think we have hearts though. I mean…how would we know?" Roxas questioned as he leaned back and just enjoyed the time he was sharing with his friend.
"Heh, you're asking that question to the wrong guy, kid. I suppose you are the only one who can solve that riddle." Axel smirked as he rubbed Roxas's spiky hair in older brother kind of way.
"Hey, cut it out, this hair doesn't spike itself you know." Roxas laughed as he pushed his friend's hand away.
"Fine…I know what you mean." Axel laughed as he pointed to his own hair, causing a smirk to come across Roxas's face. The two stood up, being as Axel didn't have much time before he needed to leave and Roxas wanted to see him off.
"Hey, Axel?" Roxas softly spoke as the two progressed down the silent, white hallway.
"Yeah?" The fiery red head questioned as he turned to face his friend.
"I'm curious, what is the most…genuine…emotion Naminé and I show the most?"
"Oh…hmm…love." Axel crossed his arms in thought. Roxas stopped in his tracks and almost tripped.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Roxas inquired as he regained his composure, blushing furiously.
"Sigh…you really are dense aren't you…L-O-V-E, love, got it memorized?" Axel gave a smirk as he stated his trademark line.
"H-how so?" Roxas asked, an extremely puzzled look was on his face, as well as a bright blush.
"It's just the way you act around each other. The way she looks at you, the way you look at her. No matter how your day's gone, you two always seem to smile whenever you're around one another. It's like you were made for one another, and if you ask me…you make a cute couple, he-he." Axel gave a playful grin.
"Huh? Really? I…I never really noticed…I was always…"
"Looking into her eyes? Yup, it's official, you're the closest thing a Nobody is gonna get to being in love." Axel interrupted.
"H-hey, get out of my head!" Roxas exclaimed as jokingly chased Axel down the hallway.
A/N: Well, there you have it, I intend to leave this a one-shot, but I might make this a series of friendship (mostly Roxas/Axel, Roxas/Sora, or Sora/Riku) and or romance (mostly Roxas/Naminé, Sora/Kari), just let me know what you think of this, and that'll decide for me what I do with this, okay, and the only way you can do that would be to reveiw, so please do :-D.
