Again I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters. They own me. The haunt my dreams and force me to write sweet sweet fanfiction about them X'D

…...So did you guys like the first chapter? Now you get to find out why Axel was frozen solid and what happened to Demyx! :D

Summary: What happens if Sora sends the hearts back to their somebodies? The organization is back, which means trouble for a certain redhead who made a habit of betraying his fellow members. Characters will be a bit OOC later on. Based after KH2. SoKu and AkuRoku

It's up to Roxas' somebody to save his life, before his second chance runs out. But where is Roxas? Can Sora save Axel without a piece of himself? Or will Roxas be lost forever, within the clutches of the new organization XIII? AkuRoku and SoKu.

Warning: I'm trying to make this as in character but in later chapters they're gonna be extremely ooc. It's also rated M for some smut, rape, and violence so be warned.

Chapter 2: You Know That Sinking Feeling?

Axel awoke with a start. The reason – he had just died. Right beside Sora he faded away. He could see Roxas in the brunette's eyes as he asked what he was trying to do.

But… here he was, sitting up in a clear white world. The trees were white, but the sky was blue. Everything was halfway done; incomplete. The leaves on the trees were white, but the bark was a pure brown. There were some animals, with color on them- except for their tails. They were like the Nobodies, able to live, but never whole. He thought of the heart he never got. Was kingdom hearts complete? Did anyone in the organization get their hearts back?

Did Sora fail? Was Roxas reborn due to his failure? His chest felt warm as he thought of Roxas. He never said goodbye to him properly. He never told him… how he felt. They were partners, and Axel still didn't want to give him up, not even to Sora. Axel felt his anger rising as he thought about Sora. He was a good kid, but with him around he can't be with Roxas. Why did it have to be that way? Couldn't the two co-exist? Why did one have to disappear for the other to live? Axel stood up and put a hand on his chest to help slow his extremely fast heartbeat.

Wait a minute… Heartbeat?

"WHAT?" Axel yelled in utter shock as he heard the gentle beats of his heart. He was shocked, he felt. It was so strange, because he wasn't remembering how to be shocked or surprised. He WAS shocked. How could he have emotions? Is that one of the perks you get when you die? Wait, he was dead. Wasn't he?

'If I'm alive, then I might not be the only one' Axel thought as he began walking, seeing if he was the only one on the discolored planet. He got goose bumps when he heard a scream.

"'Yup, I'm defiantly not alone." Axel said with a smirk.

~o~

"YOU'RE CRAZY IF YOU THINK I'LL HELP YOU!" The voice yelled as axel heard metal clash together. He ran thought the white-green-brown forest, trying to find out where this fight was. One of the Voices was... Demyx? He had never heard the boy that angry though… What on earth could be happening? Axel continued to run through the brown-white forest, desperately trying to find a source of life on this planet. He had heard voices, but for all he knew he could be imagining the whole thing.

"Damnit!" Axel muttered as he looked into a completely clear area. No one was there. He must of gone the wrong way. Axel turned quickly and ran in the other direction. He needed a sign that he wasn't the only one on this world.

~o~

"Why not join me? You have no reason to do otherwise," Vexen asked as he stepped closer to the mulleted boy. If Demyx wasn't going to join him he'd kill the annoying blonde, no reason to let him live.

"Unlike you I have no reason to fight anymore, it wasn't my thing anyway," Demyx tried to say calmly as he took a step back from the approaching scientist. Bad move. Vexen smirked as he got closer.

"HAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD OF OBEYING YOUR ELDERS?" Vexen mocked as he backhanded Demyx. Demyx's face snapped to the side on impact and he slowly turned his head to look Vexen in the eyes. There was something off in those eyes, but the blonde boy couldn't quite determine what it was. Vexen summoned his shield as Demyx just stood there, trying to read Vexen's eyes.

"You will die here Demyx," Vexen yelled as he slammed his shield down on Demyx, shoving him to the ground. As Demyx fell he began to kick and stomp on the boy's torso. Demyx finally grabbed his leg and pulled him so that he was on the ground too. Demyx got up on his knees and punched Vexen in the face. Vexen returned the punch and made a spear of ice appear in his hand. Demyx's eyes grew wide as he tried to get up to run. He knew what was in Vexen's eyes now, madness. He had gone insane! Vexen slashed across Demyx's arm, and shoved his face into the dirt.

"Don't worry you won't be the only one to die!" Vexen said as he grabbed the blonde's neck, chocking him harshly. Demyx tried kicking Vexen as he tried to pry the older man's hands off his neck. Demyx's efforts to get free were failing as he began to lose consciousness. Vexen just laughed and decided to reveal his secret to his victim; after all he couldn't do anything about it.

"Roxas is next." Vexen whispered in Demyx's ear. The boy started to fight back again the second Vexen had declared who he was after. He couldn't lose now, not when his friend was in danger.

Vexen removed his hands from the mulleted boy's neck, seeing noticeable red marks on his relatively tan skin. As Demyx tried to attack him, he then stabbed an ice spear into Demyx's ribcage forcefully, seeing his bright red blood splash onto the white grass. Demyx screamed, and immediately tried to pull the spear out. Vexen pushed it in deeper, making Demyx scream louder. He loved hearing the boy in pain. Vexen then summoned another spike of ice, ready to finish the sitarist.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Axel said as he held his chakrums behind the blonde man's head. Vexen froze as he felt the metal touch the back of his head. He applied pressure on the spear that was already through Demyx and heard the blonde boy scream in pain.

"I suggest you step back Axel or maybe something bad will happen to poor Demyx," Vexen said as Demyx stopped screaming. The boy was now panting and desperately trying to hold onto consciousness.

Vexen felt the chakrums move away from his head as he stood up. He turned to the redhead, and pushed his chakrums away carefully, and Axel let his arms rest on his sides. "So Axel, how have you been? The last time I saw you… well if I remember correctly you tried to kill me!" Vexen said as his tone got darker.

"That was nothing personal, I was just gaining someone's trust," Axel said calmly. He didn't want to provoke the scientist. He obviously was angry.

"What point? That you're all brawn and no brain? Because I really don't think you're either." Vexen said as he saw axel's eye twitch at the personal attack. Sure he wasn't the strongest member in the organization, but he was smart enough to trick almost everyone there. Axel walked past Vexen, and warned him not to try anything funny. The scientist just watched as he approached Demyx

"Get out of here…" Demyx whispered as he saw Axel walking toward him. Axel kneeled down to check the wound.

"You know I wouldn't leave you Demyx," Axel said sincerely as he grabbed onto the spear that was stabbed though Demyx's ribcage. "This is gonna hurt," Axel warned as he began to pull the spike out of Demyx's torso. The boy groaned loudly as it was removed, and everything turned black for the mulleted boy. It was a little frostbitten so Axel placed his hand on the wound to give it a little heat treatment, to make sure he would be okay.

"So what exactly do you have against Demyx?" Axel asked as he looked over his shoulder, noticing that Vexen had summoned his shield once more. Axel dismissed his chakrums when he saw the man wasn't coming any closer. He wasn't in any danger around Vexen, he had killed him once, and if he had to do it again then so be it. Axel looked down at Demyx's body.

"Oh, well I had a plan to eliminate someone who betrayed me," Vexen said as he summoned a spike of ice by his hand.

"Maybe I could be of assistance" Axel mocked as he opened a portal. He pushed Demyx into the portal and hoped that he could get some help on the other side. He heard Vexen snicker evilly as he stood up. He knew he had to fight Vexen now. He walked towards the older man, trying to keep distance between them as he closed the portal. He hoped where he sent Demyx would be willing to help him.

"So what did Demyx do? I can't imagine a reason to try to kill him, unless he was the person who betrayed you," Axel said casually as he walked beside Vexen. Vexen kept his eyes on the redhead, and moved his shield closer to his body, incase Axel decided to attack him again.

"He refused to join me, and I couldn't let him live if he knew my plans, which means I'll have to go after him after we're finished," Vexen said as he watched Axel circling around him.

"Plans? Since when do those work for you, Vexen?" Axel asked as he circled around the man. He was going to get as much information out of him as possible.

"Well I think you should know the man who betrayed me better than anyone else," Vexen turned towards Axel, giving him a hard glare. "Here's a hint, he has really annoying RED HAIR!" Vexen yelled as he ran towards axel, slamming his shield onto the man's arm, expecting him to fall just as Demyx had moments before. Sadly he wasn't as lucky as he had hoped. Axel had blocked his tackle and rammed a chakrums spike into his side. Vexen screamed in agony as he swung his ice dagger towards Axel. Axel blocked with his arm, earning him a deep gash and a long tear in his coat. The two broke apart, and Axel lunged for Vexen again, slashing his chest with his chakrums, earning a loud grunt from the older man.

Vexen shoved Axel away and created a small snowstorm where they were fighting. Axel got knocked over when the wind picked up around him. He summoned his fire around him and watched as all of Vexen's attacks melted around him.

"THIS SHOULD KEEP YOU STILL FOR AWHILE!" Vexen yelled as ice overtook Axel's body. The fire around Axel melted it on contact and Axel ran over to Vexen and delivered a punch to the man's face. He summoned his chakrums again and was about to strike, but Vexen placed a hand on his chest and Ice covered every inch of his body. Axel couldn't move and tried to summon more flames as he saw the mad scientist creating more spears and spikes of ice. When Vexen was about to strike, he looked beyond Axel, and he then felt a harsh shove from behind. He fell down to the ground, the ice now freeing his body. He turned his head behind him to see who his second attacker was.

~o~

"Sora?" Axel said as he saw to goofy brunette smiling up at him, but then summoned his keyblade as Vexen lunged towards him, knocking him over. Sora grunted as his back met with the discolored grass below him, and Axel was on his feet within seconds, throwing his chakrums to his sides and summoning his hell fire.

"No!" Vexen screeched as he was engulfed in the flames. He quickly opened a portal and ran in, he knew that Axel's fire was the end to him last time, and he wasn't going to die that easily this time, "I'll be back Axel! Don't get comfortable living!" He yelled as he disappeared into the dark portal. Axel's chakrums disappeared and he reached a hand down to Sora, who was still on the ground looking bewildered. Sora took Axel's hand and was about to ask what just happened but Axel cut him off.

"I'm not sure what's going on either, I just woke up," Axel said as he looked down at Sora's face. He had an extremely guilty look on his face.

"Please tell me you didn't have anything to do with this," Axel said as Sora gave him a sheepish smile. He knew he had to tell Axel that the whole organization is back, but he guessed due to his recent fight with Vexen he could figure that out. Axel sighed as he looked down at the boy, "Sora… What about Demyx? I sent him to you! Did you help him?" Axel said as calmly as he could. If Sora was here who was taking care of Demyx?

"Demyx appeared on Destiny Island a while ago, and Riku and I helped him. He woke up and he tried to come here but I ran in the portal instead. He said something about having to find Roxas and that he was in danger," Sora said as he looked around Nobody's Domain. All he could see was a vast forest of trees and no sign of anyone else. His face was pulled up close to Axel's and he felt his cheeks warm up when he saw the look on the redhead's face. Axel just kept looking deep into Sora's eyes. Searching for him.

Axel's thoughts were interrupted when an oh-so-familiar knife was thrown towards his head. He caught it with ease and gave a light chuckle as he released the brunette's face and turned to his attacker.

"Why hello there, Larxene," Axel said as he looked at the blonde girl. She wasn't in her organization cloak but a black t-shirt with the organization logo on it, with a pair of plain black pants with knee-high boots. Even though she had attacked Axel she had a pleasant smirk on her perfectly lip glossed mouth.

"I'm calling a truce," She said as she waltzed over, noticing that Sora looked like he wanted a fight, "You got that pipsqueak? I'm not here to fight you, so you can put away your shitty weapon," She said scarcastily as Sora withdrew his keyblade. Axel looked at Larxene, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"So why exactly are you helping us?" Axel said as he crossed his arms, getting ready for her sassy answer.

"It's simple really, I want to destroy what remains of the organization, and I know you'll be willing to help this time," Larxene said as she traced her hand along Axel's jawline. Larxene walked past both of the boys before she turned towards them. She then looked down at Sora, who looked equally as shocked as Axel did.

"Why do you care if the organization still remains?" Axel said as he turned his head away, feeling her gaze move to him.

"You misunderstand me Axel, I want to destroy who's left. I don't care if there's a new Organization, I just want the old one dead. You're free to live if you help me," she said as she walked towards Axel. She then turned suddenly, "If you don't want to help than that's fine. I'm only offering this once," Larxene said as she sat on a nearby tree branch. Axel then turned to Sora and signaled that he wants to talk to him. Sora leaned in and began whispering to Axel, "It's best not to make enemies, so I suggest just going with it. You've worked with her before,"

"I'm not so sure; I don't want to just kill off random members, without reason. I know she'll just target anyone who gets in her way. I'll trust her if you want to," Axel said as he waited for Sora to give the final word. Sora nodded his head and turned to Larxene.

"I'll take that as a yes. Well to begin with business, our first target is…"

~o~ EARLIER ~o~

Demyx yelled as he stood up; winching in pain as he held onto his ribs, blood flowing through the white bandages. He reached his hand in front of himself and summoned a dark portal. Riku then grabbed the man by the shoulders and pushed him into the wall. Then Riku turned to Sora.

Get into the portal! You'll find Roxas and maybe Axel! I'll make sure he doesn't hurt himself!'' Riku said as he tried to stop Demyx's struggling. Sora hesitated but then ran into the portal. When it closed Demyx delivered an elbow to Riku's ribs, making the silvernette fall backwards. Riku clutched his ribs with his right hand as he reached forward to grab the mulleted boy's shoulder.

''Wait!'' Riku yelled as Demyx tried to pull away from him. Riku turned the boy to face him and saw a look of desperation on his face. Riku then sighed as he spoke softly to the boy, ''You need to rest, your very badly injured and we don't want you to die again. You are not the bad guy this time,''

''I will be if I don't help Roxas!'' Demyx said, the panic in his voice spreading across his features.

''Roxas is fine,'' Riku closed his eyes, hoping that he was.

''No he's not, he's in danger!'' Demyx pleaded, still trying to pull away from Riku.

"How?'' Riku said as he turned Demyx to face him. He pushed on the boy's shoulders, making him sit on his bed and looked him straight in the eyes, "Running into a fight isn't going to work, especially in your condition. Stay here and rest. Sora will help Roxas," Riku said as he pulled a blanket on Demyx and told him to rest. Riku then pulled down a sleeping bag for himself to sleep in. I really hope Sora knows what he's doing. I can't lose him…

~o~

Larxene eyed the two boys with curiosity as they mumbled to each other. 'I'm not doing anything wrong; I just want to kill Vexen and a few others along the way'. Larxene thought as she looked up from her nails that she was picking at. Sora and Axel were finally done discussing if they were going to accept Larxene's help.

''We'll help you,'' Axel stated clearly as he walked closer, ''But the catch is that you can't kill the entire organization, and we have to complete our goal before you do anything risky,'' Axel crossed his arms. He was pretty sure that Marluxia wasn't too pleased with him or Larxene because of Castle Oblivion, so joining forces would make Marluxia very suspicious. But what he and Sora needed to focus on was finding Roxas, and who knows where he could be, especially since he was in danger.

''I guess I can do that,'' Larxene said as she stepped closer to Axel, ''just remember Axel, no turning back. Once we find the kid you take orders from me! I don't need to be betrayed by you twice.''

Axel reached out his hand as he agreed to Larxene's command. He suddenly looked up when he heard a blood curdling scream. A male scream.

''What was that?'' Axel asked as he looked around. It sounded far away. Sora then clutched his stomach, feeling pain forming near his ribs. 'I wonder what's going on..'. Sora thought aloud as he held his stomach. The pain was getting increasingly bad, but not bad enough to bring him down.

~o~

Roxas awoke with a start, with a violent kick to the ribs. He clutched his bruised stomach as he looked up to lock eyes with his attacker; Xigbar.

"What the hel—"Roxas was cut off when black haired man stomped on his abdomen, he felt something snap and his breath left him. He grasped onto the dirt below him, trying his best to get up and run. He had to get away. He felt Xigbar grinding his boots into Roxas' abdomen. Roxas' head was slammed onto the ground by Xigbar's foot when he tried to look up to the man. Roxas yelped and felt Xigbar apply pressure to his already throbbing head. He weakly raised his hand up to grab the man's ankle, ''Stop Xigbar... Why are you doing this?''

''Because I was ordered to,'' He said calmly as he lifted his foot from Roxas' head, sliding his dirty shoe across the boy's face. He kneeled down and grabbed Roxas' cloak, pulling the boy up, so that his feet were hovering inches above the ground. Roxas grabbed Xigbar's hands, trying to lessen the pressure on his neck. He then began to panic as Xigbar pulled his hand back, ready for a punch.

''Sweet dreams number XIII,'' Xigbar smiled sadistically as he delivered his punch. Roxas felt something snap as the fist collided with his stomach. And he screamed. Loud.

~o~

Sora collapsed onto the forest floor as he grabbed his stomach. Pain wrecked through his small frame.

''Sora!'' Axel and Larxene yelled in unison as they ran to their brown-haired companion. Axel helped Sora to an upright position and noticed that the small boy was still clutching his stomach, trying to ease the pain. Sora thought he was going to throw up as the world began to spin. He didn't understand why he had the feeling that his ribs were shattering. Larxene looked at the pained expression on her new friend's features. She didn't have any more of an idea of what was going on as anybody else. The pain started after the scream they heard.

The scream! Maybe it's connected! Larxene looked up suddenly as she noticed that all eyes were on her. ''What?'' She said, more than a little annoyed. As much as she enjoyed extra attention from the redhead, she didn't enjoy being stared at for no reason.

''Maybe it's connected?'' Axel mimicked, as he helped Sora up, the brunette still clutching his ribs. Larxene blinked three times before realizing that she had been thinking aloud. She then spoke again, ''The pain in Sora's abdomen started a little after the scream, so I'm guessing that it's somehow connected''

''How could it be connected?'' Axel asked, more than a little confused. Then Sora spoke, his voice cracking as he said a single word:

''Roxas."

~o~

-Roxas woke up, more careful to know what his surroundings were. His ribs were throbbing and when he tried to move his hand to rub them he realized something- he was tied down.

''What the hell?'' Roxas cursed softly as he looked around the room he was in. It wasn't exactly a room, it looked more like a lab of some sort, with gray walls and scalpels on every table, ready to cut up experiments. Roxas swallowed nervously. He just prayed that he wasn't part of some sick experiment. He tried to get up, but failed quickly due to the leather straps holding down his limbs. He strained his neck to look around the room.

Looks like I'm all alone. Roxas thought as he was at ease. He looked around again and noticed that a table containing scalpels was extremely close to him. He tried to bounce the bed he was laying in closer to the table, noticing that the bed was horribly loud. shit. Roxas tried to be a bit quieter, finding that it was impossible to do so. He had finally moved the bed close enough that he could almost reach the scalpel. He began pushing against the leather, reaching his hand as close to the scalpels as possible. He touched the handle and froze when he heard the door open. He closed his eyes. I don't want to know who it is.

~o~

''So you're trying to tell me that Vexen wants Roxas to get back at Axel for killing him?" Riku asked in disbelief. Demyx refused to sleep, claiming that he wasn't tired, so Riku had convinced the boy to talk to him. Except Riku didn't expect what he said to be this serious.

"Yeah, and that's precisely why we have to save him! We can't let Vexen find him first!" Demyx said as he tried to sit up in bed, only to be pushed back down by Riku.

''How do you suppose we do that huh? Do you even have a plan? Do you even know where Roxas is?'' Riku yelled as he looked down at Demyx, who had tried yet again to sit up. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. He then looked at Demyx with a sad look in his eyes, but an unreadable expression on his face. "We can't do anything right now, so for now just rest," He said as he turned off the light, and climbed into his sleeping bag once again.

~o~

Roxas felt his veins run cold as he heard the sneering evil voice of Vexen.

''Oh my, number XIII, were you trying to get away? Why don't I just put you to sleep again?'' Vexen said evilly as he pulled out some pills from his pocket. Roxas shut his mouth tight. I don't want to be experimented on. Vexen squeezed at his jaw, trying to pry the boy's mouth open. When he couldn't get it open he let go of the boy's jaw and slapped across his face as hard as he could. Roxas was shocked and let his jaw drop, and Vexen had shoved the pill into his mouth the second he got the chance. Roxas tried to spit it out, but Vexen had his mouth covered by his lab glove covered hand.

''Swallow it XIII, you don't want me to resort to other ways of making you sleep. I can always bring Number II to assist me.'' Vexen sneered as Roxas finally swallowed the sleeping pill, blacking out almost immeatly.

"Xigbar, will you help me bring him to the dungen? I don't have use for him yet," Vexen said as he left the room, passing Xigbar on his way out. Xigbar smiled when he was left alone with Roxas.

"I can't wait to see the look on Axel's face when we're though with you," Xigbar said as he began to undo the leather straps holding him down.

~o~

''Where do we start?'' Sora asked as he stood up. The pain didn't bother him, but he was a bit afraid of it starting up again. Axel thought a moment and then replied, ''The World That Never Was.''

The trip there was short and painless. The trio stepped out of the portal and looked at the small town that surrounded a castle. Sora looked around, and his head throbbed as his memories and Roxas' memories fought with each other. He saw himself fighting Riku, but then saw himself walking beside Donald and Goofy. It was confusing to say the least. Sora grasped his head, and continued to walk down the streets, ignoring Axel and Larxene as they asked if he wanted to stop.

'No one would miss me..' Sora looked back and saw Axel leaning on the same wall he had been at when Roxas had tried to leave. Sora looked at Axel as a memory flashed across his vision again.

'That's not true!' Axel said as his arms fell to his sides, 'I would…' Sora felt the memories take him to the fight with Riku. Riku stood before him, defeated. Sora ran towards him, but was pushed back into reality when he heard a soft female voice.

''He's not in here keyblade master,'' Sora felt as though he was falling to earth when the memories around him dissolved, and Axel appeared where Riku had been, with Larxene right behind him.

''Who isn't here?'' Axel asked, trying to see what the girl thought he was looking for. The cloaked girl then pointed a finger at Sora.

''His other half, and one of your old friends,'' The girl said, approaching the group. She pulled on her hood, making sure her face was hidden before speaking, ''I can help you with what you need to do before finding your lost friend''

''Ok,'' Sora said as he reached his hand to shake with the girl. She stepped back and spoke to Axel.

''You need to find the cloaked schemer. It will be difficult because of what you did to him. You need him by your side so do not harm him. He'll be in a mermaid filled ocean. I'll find you after you accomplish this.'' She then turned to Larxene, ''You must eliminate an old friend, before he ruins your chances of living again. He'll be in the Radiant Garden, but do not fight him without help. If you do you will fail,'' The girl then turned away from the group, and began to walk away.

''Wait! Sora called as the girl continued to walk away. She turned towards Sora slowly, unsure if she should give him advice.

''What should I do?'' Sora asked. She waited a moment before moving to reveal some information to Sora. She pulled a piece of paper out her cloak and handed it to Sora. She opened a portal and disappeared as Sora opened the piece of paper.

''Thank Namine.''

~o~

The sky darkened as the trio continued to wander through The World That Never Was, pondering what they will do next.

''We need to find a place to rest,'' Axel said as he looked around the town that never was. No one lived here, yet the world was polluted with houses and nameless shops.

''Do you know where Radiant Garden is?'' Sora looked up at his taller friend. Sora needed his help in order to travel to other worlds. Axel nodded his head and, taking Sora's hint, opened a portal to the world. The three entered the portal, and left it within seconds to find themselves in Radiant Garden. Sora walked in front of the two organization members, knowing where he was going. He led them to a small bar and said hi to the raven-haired girl working there.

''Can we have two rooms Tifa?'' Sora asked, digging in his pocket for some munny. Tifa placed her hand on Sora's shoulder. ''Don't bother getting munny, I don't charge old friends," She said with a smile.

Just a reminder~ If this story looks familiar, it's because I'm rewriting it, because I posted this almost half a year ago, and I didn't like the way I had written it, so now I'm redoing everything. I WILL finish this! So don't lose faith in me! I can't say I'll have frequent updates, but I'll try my best not to have it take forever! 3

Reviews are much appreciated, because they help me learn and grow as a writer.