Fanfic Title: Braver Than Whispers

Game: Kingdom Hearts

Pairing: Axel x Roxas

Author: keadeblue264

So, I really wanted to start a new multi-chapter fic, like out of nowhere. But, since most of the ones I've already thought of for this fandom aren't ready to be put out there in my mind, I very nearly made myself sick trying to come up with something else. Like on the verge of panic sick because I couldn't think of a thing. And then this came along. I'm still undecided if that's a good thing or not. Please enjoy.

Summary: He's a liar. He deceives to reach his own ends and steps on the weak. He'll whisper in your ear, make you think he's right, make you trust him. AU. AxelxRoxas.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Kingdom Hearts and I make no money from writing this.

Warnings/Notes: boy-boy romance, real world AU, possible OOC, twisty-turny plot, sexual situations, possible dark content (I have no examples yet, but I will add them whenever they come along), manipulation, character death. Other warnings possibly may be added.

~**Prologue**~

Packing up was tedious. Not that he had much to his name, but getting everything he owned together and leaving within the day had become too routine. He would have to settle in more next time. He would have to hold off urges for a while.

All of his clothing was spread out on the bland blankets of his apartment bed, an article at a time folded up and placed in a large black traveling suitcase. Where he would go was pretty much undecided at the moment. For the time being, he settled with getting on a bus and letting it take him wherever. Anywhere else was preferable to his current location.

With his last pair of jeans folded up and packed away, he briefly looked around for any belongings he might have forgotten. Absolutely nothing could be left here. Satisfied that his search turned up no results, he zipped up his bag and took it off the bedspread.

Whistling a jovial tune to himself with his suitcase firmly in hand, he closed and locked the apartment door behind him and left.

oOo

Roxas was bored. Sitting in the back of his math class and tapping his pencil on the wooden desk, he looked forward at the whiteboard blankly, paying no attention whatsoever to the lesson. The teacher's drowning voice a mere low buzz in his ear, Roxas simply zoned out.

This town had to be the most mundane place around. Not big enough to attract anything too spectacular, all the next generation ever thought about was wanting to leave as soon as possible. And, to a teenager on the verge of finishing high school life, freedom was practically dancing in his face and just out of reach.

Roxas let out a small sigh and glanced out the window.

He wanted change. He wanted some excitement in his life.

He wanted something new.

Author's Notes: I haven't necessarily written AkuRoku before. I'm not all that confident here. In fact I feel rather squeamish. This is entirely experimental and good responses would keep it going at the very least.