This is an AU Kingdom Hearts II story, focusing on Roxas. It diverges from the story line near the end of 'The Sixth Day'.
WARNING: KHII Spoilers! I may end up slicing the game plot to bits, but the plot is there!
WARNING II: This will almost certainly become slash. If you don't like that, don't read!
And, here's Part 2! Review please!
Roxas was adjusting his black boots when he heard rustling from his bed.
"Roxas?" a voice asked disbelievingly.
"Yes, Axel?" Roxas asked in reply as he stood up to pull his gloves on.
"You're here?"
"Only to get some clothes. Easier to fade into the background without all that white." Frowning at his gloves, he muttered, "Not quite." Pulling them off, he added, "You can go back to sleep if you want."
"The hell I will!" Axel exclaimed, jumping from the bed in excitement. "You came back!"
Concentrating on cutting the fingers off his gloves, Roxas distractedly replied, "No, Axel, I didn't. I don't want anything to do with the Organization. I'm sorry."
Axel's delight turned into scornful anger. "So, you just came to raid the closet? And, what, if I hadn't been here, you wouldn't have at least come to say that you're still around?"
Roxas readjusted his new fingerless gloves. "That's better." Looking up, he shook his head. "No, idiot. I was going to do my best Demyx impression in this cloak and search for you."
Axel swallowed the rant he had been mentally building. "Why? To say goodbye... again?"
Again, Roxas shook his head. "I wanted to see if you'd come with me."
"Leave the Organization? Don't you want to be whole again?"
"I am as whole as I want to be," Roxas replied. Seeing the redhead about to rant, he continued, "The Organization searches for hearts... For feelings... for themselves. I laugh. I cry. I can be cruel. I can be nice. I hate. And, I love."
"You know that for a fact?"
"Yes. And, so do you."
"Huh? Obviously, you've still got your brains scrambled."
"I've seen you. You express emotion."
"I was pretending."
"Were you? I don't think so." Roxas stared into Axel's eyes until the redhead turned awkwardly away.
"Yeah... Well..." Axel paused and pondered.
Leaving his friend alone to think, Roxas scanned the room to make sure there was nothing he wanted to take with him.
"You... you maybe right," Axel finally admitted. Regaining his composure, he snarled, "Besides, someone has to keep you from being an idiot."
"Good," Roxas said with a blinding smile. "Got everything? Doubt we'd be welcome back here."
"Just get us out of here, you spikey-haired idiot," Axel replied, rolling his eyes.
Roxas smirked at the other's longer spikes before pulling his hood up.
"It looks weird with your gloves like that," Axel complained as he pulled his own hood up.
Glancing down at his fingerless gloves, Roxas shrugged. "I like it. And, it sets me apart from the Organization." With a flick of his fingers, he created a portal and walked through.
"Humph." After Roxas had entered the portal, he looked down at his outfit. "Maybe he has a point. Hmmm... Red gloves? Red boots?" Still pondering, he strode through the portal after his friend.
And, they're off. If you've played the game, you know where they're ending up next.
Now, this is all I've written so far. I need to ponder upcoming events. I have a broad idea, just not particulars. Roxas and Axel are just wandering around. Sora, Donald, and Goofy are doing the plot of the game, just without Roxas in Sora. Mickey and Riku are going to be hunting for Roxas for Diz.
And, for those who actually read this, (And review! I love reviews!), and Omake!
"Now I've got you!" Riku crowed as he lunged for Roxas, but missed by a hair.
The spikey-haired blond looked mournfully at his ice cream cone, now melting in the sand.
"Is it too much to ask that you give us one day of peace?" Axel asked, glaring over his sunglasses, flames flickering around his clenched fists. "We just wanted to relax at the beach. Roxas loves the beach."
Growling, Roxas flicked both hands out. His twin Keyblades flickered into existence. Twirling them, he glared at Riku. "My name is Roxas, you killed my chocolate-cherry-chocolate-choc-chocolate ice cream cone. Prepare to die."
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