Memories

Memories

Chapter1: Delilah

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts in any way in the least, slightest, possible form. I do not own Axe – the flaming smex-, nor do I own his past. So yeah, this is made up completely on whim. The only character I own is the OC in here, and no bashing her, it's not a permanent pairing.

Axel: Hey, are you going to use my real name, and not my Organization name.

Kyoku: Erm… If I can find it on the net, until then, no. It'll just be a line.

Axel: damn.

Kyoku: But in the story I'm making you a senior in high school, and Demyx will be in there as your best friend!

Demyx: YAY! Thick as thieves! Ha-ha!

"Hey, -- , what do you want to do?" A bored voice questioned. The redhead sat up letting his green irises scan the scenery before letting them land on his friend. The brunette beside him was staring at the sky with blank sapphire eyes. They soon shifted over to look at him, the expression in them still bored as the hours before.

Demyx…?

The redhead sighed, his eyes returning to the sky for a moment of thought. What was there to do? The town wasn't a very lively place. Here they sat, on top of the hill just outside town, with nothing to do in the after school hour. There was still plenty of time before the sun would set, plenty of hours to kill, and yet nothing came to mind to entertain them.

What is this place…?

He sighed, "I dunno, there's never anything to do. If we had money to spend we could go to the arcade… but now that place is over run by scrubs…" He pushed himself to his feet, kicking at his bag. The crinkle of paper sounded from inside, along with the clatter of pencils knocking together. "Got any ideas, -- ?"

It feels like… home…?

The brunette stood then, picking up his bag in the process. "I don't know, man. This place is such a drag. I should have brought my guitar…" At the mention of it, his face lit up. "Hey, why don't we go pay her a visit? She should be done with her homework by now."

'Her'? Who's 'her'?

The redhead grinned, "Yeah, Bookworm would be happy to see us."

Axel opened his eyes slowly, sleep still fogging his mind. What was with that dream? Demyx was in there, wasn't he? Who was that girl they were talking about? The Nobody rolled over, his emerald eyes staring blankly at the wall.

The blankets were twisted around his body, probably from moving so much in his slumber. He knew he had to get up sooner or later, but something in his mind was telling him to go back to sleep, to finish the scene. He felt like that dream was important in some way. So instead of forcing himself out of bed, Axel closed his eyes and returned to that grassy hill in his subconscious mind.

The two of them were walking into town, smiles and smirks playing across their faces. They passed by crowds of people passing to the shops on the streets, and others who were just standing around to chat. The two weaved through the crowd with ease, slipping past several homes. The buildings changed around them from shops to offices, and then into clusters of homes.

Few words were spoken between them as they moved, but every now and then they'd catch each other's eye and grin. The house came up quicker than expected, and the two picked pebbles from among the grass and tossed them at the second story window. They made contact with a sharp, small tink before falling back to the ground.

"Bookworm!" the redhead called to the window, tossing another pebble. "Hey, Bookworm, open up!"

Seconds later the window opened, and a girl climbed out to the small strip of roof in front of it. Brown wavy locks hung down past her shoulders, turning to curls at the end. She was still dressed in her school attire, like the other two were. The pleat skirt swung lightly around her thin legs. Her shirt was untucked as it always was, but her tie was loosened. "Would you guys seriously stop throwing rocks at my window? That's so old school." Once seated on the stretch of roof, she looked to them, her chocolate irises matching her hair.

The fire-haired teen dropped his bag first and started up the tree that gave them access to the strip of roof outside her window. Climbing up wasn't much of a hassle, and the jump space between the tree and the roof sometimes gave a rush of adrenaline if attempted at night. "Being old school is fun, you know," he retorted to the brunette female's remark.

"Yeah, well, at least stop calling me 'Bookworm'. My name's Delilah, 'got it memorized'?" The girl was grinning, having stolen her friend's line.

-- only laughed and sat beside the girl. "Alright, alright, Delilah, I think I can manage that."

Delilah was a girl from their class, normally timid. -- and -- first met her when they were assigned a group project. They needed one more person, and she needed a group. She had turned out to be a pretty cool person; she just didn't know how to interact with new people. She read a lot, but she was more down to earth now after spending time with the two of them.

Soon -- was up on the roof as well and took a seat on the other side of Delilah. "If you haven't guessed already, we're bored out of our minds."

Delilah laughed, "So then I'm the last resort, huh? That's flattering."

"Huh – no! I didn't mean it like that," retorted, flustered by her words. "You're not a last resort! Not at all!"

"In fact," the redhead interjected, "We came because we knew you'd have an idea of something to do. Mullet boy over there doesn't have the brains to think up something."

"Hey, I'm not stupid, and you couldn't think of anything either," the other teen male remarked.

-- chuckled again, "I never said I wasn't,"

The brunette boy huffed, his cheeks tinting in embarrassment.

Delilah giggled, leaning back on the palms of her hands. "Alright, alright. If you want, the two of you can chill out with me, my parents aren't home right now anyway. They're still working."

The redhead grinned, feeling a warming sensation running through his veins. "Sweet."

"-xel…..el….ax…"

Axel rolled over again in his bed, trying not to slip out of the dream. He didn't want to loose the happy feeling this girl seemed to give him. He groaned, her smiling face fading from his mind's eye.

"Axel! Damn it, man, get up!"

Axel was then aware of a pillow hitting him, but he turned again, desperately trying to grab the dream back. No, he didn't want it to end just yet.

"Move Roxas, I got this," another voice snickered.

Seconds later, Axel jumped up with a yelp, now fully awake despite his struggle. Ice cold water dripped from his form, and drenched his sheets. He swore loudly, kicking covers off himself as a shiver raked his spine. "You guys are bastards!" he snapped at the two in his room.

Standing beside the bed, grinning, was Demyx and Roxas. Roxas tossed aside the pillow in his hands, a satisfied look on his face. Demyx was twirling his bucket, looking more amused if anything at all.

"It had to be done," the brunette retorted in a sing-song tone of voice, "you wouldn't wakey-wakey, and we have plans today."

"Bite me," Axel groaned, falling back onto the wet sheets of his bed. He'd never get back to sleep now, not even if he dried his bed. Great, just great.

"Aw, come on, Axel. What's wrong? Didn't get enough sleep last night?" Roxas questioned, sitting on the bed.

"No, I just didn't want to wake up… I had a dream… that I didn't want to loose…" the redhead replied, staring at the ceiling of his room. He couldn't remember what she looked like any more. Only that she looked simple, and that simplicity was stunning to him. What was her name…? It began with a 'D', didn't it? "Delilah…" he muttered after a long period of thought, ignoring whatever his two friends were saying.

The other two stopped, looking at the flame-bringer. "Who's 'Delilah'?" Roxas questioned, while Demyx remained in silent shock. Something about that name was familiar to him, it was written all over his face.

Then, once more, the red head sat up. Axel ran a hand through his locks of red hair. "Guys… I think… I think I dreamt about my past."

Yay! There was the first chapter! Whoot! Alright, please tell me how I did. I've never done a series before, and I pray I got their characters right. I think it turned out alright, since I don't really have this thing planned out. I'll have a little plot for it later, but I do have then ending all ready for when I want to finish it.

Please review, it would mean a lot to me. I'm still somewhat of a newbie at this stuff.

Thank you so much for reading this story!

Kyokugaisha Asumare.