Namine couldn't seem to stop the awful wailing cries that were coming out of her tiny body and bouncing off the bathroom walls which made them seem all that much louder. She hated that he had this much power over her. She hated that she still cried over him even after what he did to her.

When she ran into her sister's arms in the hallway, crying like a little baby, she couldn't stop. Kairi tried to calm her down but it was useless so she led her to the girls' bathroom to try to calm her down. And now, that didn't seem like that was going to work either.

"Shhhh." Kairi soothed as she held her sister tightly as if that would help.

Namine tried to speak to her but all that came out was a sick strangling sound so she finally gave up and continued wailing.

She heard a couple people enter the bathroom and saw them glare in their direction in her peripheral vision. She didn't care. She felt like the whole world could've ended and she wouldn't care.

Eventually, it felt like forever to Namine, her cries quieted to random sniffling and the occasional hiccup.

After making sure her sister's crying had subsided Kairi tried to speak to her.

"Now will you tell me why you were crying?" Kairi asked pulling Namine away from her to look at her.

Namine hesitated.

She knew that if she told Kairi that Roxas only mentioned Axel then one of two things would happen.

One; Kairi would tell their parents and they would have her sent to a shrink. Two; Kairi would track down both Axel (again) and Roxas and yell at them until her voice gave out, and Namine didn't want her sister to fight her battles. She would find a way to deal with this on her own.

She shook her head and bent down to get her backpack that had been abandoned when she had her fit. As she stalked out the door she saw a glimpse of Kairi in the mirror, she looked worried and pissed all at the same time.

Namine figured she would have that reaction. Kairi wasn't stupid, far from it. She would figure out sooner or later, probably sooner, that it had something to do with Axel. But she would deal with that when the time came.

She has only walked a couple feet away from the bathroom when she heard the bell go off above her which made her jump slightly.

Namine checked her watch and it read 7:55 am. She sighed; she hadn't realized it was that late already. She thought she would have a couple minutes to get herself together before having to face other people.

She quickly got her schedule out of her backpack and glanced at the first class.

She held in a groan. Government. Great, the one class she didn't want today.

She stuffed her schedule back into her backpack and hurried off downstairs.

When she arrived at the class she scanned the room for anyone who might try to talk to her. She hoped no one was there because she didn't really feel like talking right now.

As she over-looked the room she heard people start to whisper things. She knew it was about her because she heard her name and Axel's in the same sentence. So everyone knew what happened. This day just kept on getting better and better.

Namine almost collapsed when she saw two of Axel's friends in the back, both were talking about something that amused them because they were laughing hysterically. Xaldin motioned for Xemnas to look at something and Namine wanted to crawl into a hole when they both looked at her then back at each other for another laughing fit.

So they were talking about her. Wonderful. Was there anyone who didn't know? She doubted it.

She gathered up as much courage as she could and walked over to her desk and began setting things out for her class. When she was done she straightened and her eyes strayed towards the door at another person who was entering the classroom.

Roxas. He was almost as bad as Xaldin and Xemnas being in this class. He looked like he was about to wave to her so she quickly settled herself into her chair and pretended that she hadn't seen him.

As she did this she noticed Seifer sitting in the desk behind her which made her stiffen. She was friends with Seifer and she knew that he knew about Axel. She hoped that, with him being a senior this year that he will finally have a sudden interest in the class.

The teacher approached the front of the classroom and motioned for everyone to quiet down so she could begin.

Namine then had a feeling that someone was watching her.

She looked over her shoulder to see Roxas and not Seifer, as she had been expecting, staring at her from across the room and, in a panic she quickly turned back to face the teacher.

She hoped he would get the message and leave her alone. She didn't want to be bothered by anyone today, especially him.

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Roxas watched Namine from across the room. He couldn't help it. He just felt like he had to.

So far Namine had not spoken in class at all. She kept her mouth firmly closed and seemed to be absorbed in what the teacher was saying but Roxas knew better.

It's true, they had dated for a couple months but those couple months had been like dating his sister, because that's what she was to him. His sister. He still didn't know why Sora and Kairi had pushed them together from the beginning. It was probably because they were denial themselves. Not so much now, what with them all over each other everywhere they go, school or not.

Roxas saw the teacher give Namine an expectant look every time she asked a question. Like the teacher wanted Namine to raise her hand and give her that answer that always blew the teachers minds away. But not today, she just listened and occasionally wrote down notes.

Out of the corner of his eye Roxas saw Xaldin and Xemnas talking. He knew it was about Namine because they both looked at her once and burst into laughter causing the teacher to scold them and tell them to either be quiet or go the office. They chose the first.

Roxas glared in their direction and turned away, now focusing intently on the person in front of him.

He would be having a talk with Axel about keeping certain things to himself. It was starting to feel like he didn't know who Axel was anymore.

The Axel he knew wouldn't have used someone like that; opportunity or not. He wouldn't have told all of his buddies about it so they could point and laugh later.

Ever since he joined the 'Organization' Axel had been acting weird and being a jerk most of the time. This time topped it all off. It couldn't really get much worse.

And as Roxas started to focus more on Namine he realized that Seifer was focusing an awful lot on her, too.

It didn't surprise him. Almost everyone knew that Seifer had a thing for Namine except for Namine. It was almost pitiful, the way he would be so absorbed in whatever she would talk about.

He was surprised that Seifer hadn't blown up like Leon had when he heard about Axel. Although, he was partly glad he didn't because he didn't know whether Seifer would've stopped when Leon did. He thought Seifer might try to run Axel over with his convertible. Then again...Seifer loved his car and he probably didn't want it to get dirty.

Roxas wondered whether Seifer could get Namine to talk about it. He probably could if he bugged her long enough. Lord knows he bugs Roxas enough to give him migraines sometimes.

Hopefully, Axel would apologize to Namine and hopefully Namine would take it and they could just forget this all happened. But, he didn't really think that was going to happen any time soon.

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WITH AXEL

Damn Namine! Damn her! Thought Axel to himself.

Why couldn't she just have kept her mouth shut at least to Roxas? Why did she have to blurt it out to everyone who'll give her some sympathy? Damn her!

He had just got done talking to Roxas who had basically drove him into the ground because of what 'he did' to Namine. It's not his fault. Namine was on the list and he wanted that five hundred promised if one of them cleared it.

Not that he needed it. His dad had left him plenty to fend off of when he died. And so did his mom. So, basically, Axel was pretty much set for the rest of his life. This 'list' was just a way to have some fun before high school is done. And he would make sure that he won.

Although, Roxas was going to a lot harder then he thought. He'll have to work at this carefully. He didn't really want to 'fuck 'em and leave 'em' as the boys called it, with Roxas.

This was really hard. His reputation was at stake if he didn't. And if he did...well, he might lose Roxas forever.

"Axel!" He heard a very cheery voice come up to him from behind say.

He groaned. "Marluxia."

"Hey, Sexy! Why so down?" He asked, still holding his beloved pink flower while he sat down next to the red-head.

"I'm not 'down'. I'm thinking."

Marluxia nodded. "So that's why your face is all screwed up and there's steam coming out of your ears." He said matter-of-factly.

Axel gritted his teeth. Marluxia got on his nerves, A LOT. And today was one of those days.

"I do not have steam blowing out of my ear."

"Right. But anyway, have you seen the Twilight Town kids?" He seemed just about ready to bounce off of his seat.

"The Twilight Town kids?" Axel asked.

Marluxia nodded again. "Yeah, the little group of kids who're from Twilight Town. They're really cute! Except for Devon...he needs to go away. He ruins my moods; he's always either mad or crying."

Axel raised his eyebrows. "And I care, why?"

Marluxia giggled. "Because one of them, thinks you and Roxas would be the most adorable couple ever."

"And?"

"Her names' Rose. Rose, Axel. As in the flower. I love her already."

"Again, why do I care?"

Mrluxia huffed. "Well, one of them is the one that Demyx was after this morning."

This made Axel perk up. "Wait, the new kid?"

"Yes."

"Okay, so let me get this straight. So, new kid is in a group of new kids from Twilight Town and Demyx is pinning after said new kid?"

Marluxia beamed. "I always knew you were smart, Axel." Then he proceeded to give him the biggest hug he's ever received.

For a minute Axel wondered whether the bright lights he was seeing were real. Then they disappeared and his ragged breathing took their place.

"I can always count on you to try and kill me." Axel managed to get out.

Marluxia pouted, but it was way too five-year-old-ish to actually be taken seriously. "You're always so mean to me, Axel!"

Axel regained his breathing and smirked at Marluxia. "I know. Now, you need to tell me everything about this Rose."

Marluxia's face scrunched up. "Why? I thought you'd want to know more about Zexion."

"Who?"

"The new kid Demyx likes." Said Marluxia.

"Oh, well, I do. But I need to know about Rose. You said she likes me and Roxas, right?"

Marluxia started to look weary of Axel. "Yes...what are you planning this time?"

Axel grinned. "She's going to help me get five hundred dollars."

WITH XION

There he is, Xion thought to herself, just as happy as could be with Marluxia. Probably talking about the next girl he could trick into bed...

Xion had just gotten to the new high school. She had first period off so she ended up walking to school, the entire time thinking about the many ways she could go about killing Axel. Just thinking about it made her want to vomit and throw something at the same time.

It was safe to say she was pissed beyond all recognition when Axel came out of her bathroom, dripping wet from his shower, to tell her she could become a great porn star if she wanted to. At first she didn't understand and then he waltzed over to her dressed and pulled out a tiny hidden camera and smiled at her look of horror at it. He then put on his clothes and dug through his wallet. He plucked twenty dollars from it and threw it at her, saying it was great and left without another word.

She was shaking and before she realized she had moved at all she was in front of a shocked Axel and scared looking Marluxia.

She stood there, fuming and glaring at him while his gaping mouth quickly transformed into the smirk she used to love but now hated.

"What can I help you with, Xion?" Axel asked smugly.

"You ass...you fucking asshole! Do you realize how close I am to picking something up and hitting you over the head with it?" She inched closer to him as she spoke.

"Aww, c'mon, Xion. You take things too personally." Axel teased.

"'Too personally'?" She hissed. "'Too personally'?! You tricked me into bed with you, video-taped it, and then threw twenty dollars at me and called it a day! Don't tell me I'm taking it 'too personally'!"

Marluxia turned to Axel in shock. "You what?"

Axel rolled his eyes. "Don't look at me like that, Marluxia. You know I'm not one for lectures. And you," He turned to Xion who was still glaring daggers at him. "You asked for it. You practically begged for it! You should've known what you were getting into. It's not my fault you were in such a hurry to spread your legs for me." He said arrogantly.

Her eyes widened then she straightened herself up and smirked at him. She exhaled loudly and looked around the room.

"See? You know I'm right. Like I keep telling everyone, no one can resist this."

"Great, no on around to see." Xion whispered to herself.

"No one around to see what, my little porn star? You wanna do it again?" Axel asked, smirking at her.

Xion looked at him in disgust. "No, idiot. To see this." She said as she clenched her first and uppercut him so that it connected with his chin causing him to lean so far back his chair to be knocked backward and him along with it.

She smiled at the satisfying crash it made when he hit the tile floor. "Maybe next time you'll think before you fuck someone." She said to him as she strode out of the café and couldn't help but laugh a little when Marluxia said to Axel, "You know, you really ought to keep it in your pants sometimes, Axel."

Now, if she was lucky, which lately wasn't the case, Axel and Marluxia wouldn't tell anyone what happened. If they did she'd likely get suspended and she didn't think that her brother would appreciate that seen as how he's pressing her to get into a good college and what college wants someone who's been causing havoc in school since 3rd grade?

Now to do something she's been wanting to do ever since Axel did that to her. Apologize to Namine.

When Axel did all those things to her, she realized Namine told her the truth. And she felt so bad for telling her off, calling her a liar and saying she was just jealous that she had Axel and Namine didn't. Now, she knew, that was so not the case. Namine had been trying to warn her about Axel. And she didn't listen, and she should have.

As she was walking down the Social Studies hallway she scanned the rooms for Namine. Eventually she found her in Ms. Paine's classroom. She quickly darted behind some lockers once she found her and decided to wait there until her class was done.

Xion glanced up at a clock perched upon the wall above the lockers across from her. Great, the class had another 45 minutes. Sighing she pressed herself against the wall and slowly slid down until she hit the floor. She might as well get comfortable if she was going to be there that long.

While she was sitting there she thought about what she would say to Namine. If she would listen to her at all, that is. Xion heard that she hadn't spoken a word since Xion told her to go away to put it lightly.

She closed her eyes and banged her head against the wall. Considering it was brick she probably hurt her head more than the wall but she barely felt it because she was going over what she was going to say to Namine. She knew the first thing that had to come out of her mouth was, "I'm sorry." Otherwise Namine would probably assume she was just there and ignore her like she did everything else. After her apology she was stuck with what she would say to her.

Hopefully, whatever came out of her mouth would be enough. Hopefully, Namine would be able to see how sorry she was, and Xion hoped they could at least talk to each other. Maybe even become friends eventually. But first, she had to give that apology she waited a week to give.

WITH KAIRI

As she watched her sister walk out the bathroom door she suddenly grew livid. She knew it had something to do with Axel. She also knew that even though Axel dumped her two months ago, she wouldn't be getting over it any time soon. She hated seeing her sister upset. She hated seeing any of her friends that upset but she hated even more when it was family.

She sighed to herself and stalked out of the bathroom and watched as her sister walked down to her next class.

Not once did she see Namine talk to anyone along the way or even look at anyone. Namine hasn't said a word in a while. It's like after Axel she went mute.

She couldn't figure out why. She was talking just fine during summer vacation. But one day when she came home she didn't say a word. It was so sudden that Kairi or their parents didn't think to place Axel as the blame but whenever he was mentioned she would flinch and her eyes would start to water.

Their parents wanted to send Namine to a shrink to deal with her problems but Kairi convinced them not to. She told them that it would make things worse and not better, if Namine wouldn't even talk to them, her family, then she sure as hell wouldn't talk to a complete stranger about it. Eventually they dropped the shrink idea but they said that as soon as Namine started breaking down suddenly again, then they would send her to a counselor.

And now, Namine was breaking down again. Kairi wasn't going to tell their parents but she hoped Namine would have enough common sense to hide it from them.

"Hey!" Someone yelled at her from behind.

She turned around and was greeted by a very disgruntled vice principal.

"Get to class!" She barked at Kairi.

"Sorry!" She said and ran off towards the basement for math.

She arrived at the classroom door, walked in and moved quickly but quietly to the empty desk next to Sora in the back of the classroom, trying her best to arrive un-noticed. But Mr. Auron wasn't one to not notice something.

"Glad you decided to grace us with your presence, Kairi." He said.

She winced and turned from her desk and looked at him. "Sorry, Mr. Auron. It won't happen again." She promised.

He shook his head. "Don't make promises you can't keep."

She nodded her head at him and sat down. She bent down to get her bag but found herself grasping air.

"Aww, great. Just great." She groaned to herself.

"What?" Sora asked, leaning towards her.

"I forgot my bag by the office. All of my stuff is in there. I don't have a single thing with me. I'm screwed if he expects us to do anything in class." She complained.

"Something you two would like to share with the class, Kairi?" Mr. Auron asked.

Kairi looked up at him. "No." She replied.

"Then quit talking. If you're going to pass Pre-Calculus then I suggest you pay attention." He told her and turned to address the class once again.

"He always picks on me." She muttered to herself as she leaned her head down and tried to pay attention to the teacher.

"Well, maybe it's because I'm so much more cuter than you that he can't bear to scold me." Sora teased her quietly.

She stuck her tongue out at him. "You wish."

He smiled at her and began scribbling on a piece of his notebook paper.

After a few seconds passed he threw it at her and she glanced at it, wincing at his horrible handwriting.

Why were you late? You're never late.

She sighed and looked at him. 'I don't have a pencil!' She mouthed to him.

He smiled again and threw his pencil at her. She barely caught it from hitting Demyx in the head. "Idiot." She muttered.

She began scribbling down her response.

Namine was having trouble again. I had to calm her down before she went to class. She was a mess.

She threw the paper back at him and pretended to pay attention to what Mr. Auron was saying.

When she received the paper again she read it.

Is she okay?

Kairi smiled at it. Sora could be so caring sometimes. Even if he was more naïve than her five year old cousin, Selphie.

She's fine.

Why was she so upset?

Axel. That's the only reason she cries anymore.

Has she started talking yet?

No. She only cries or ignores people.

I'm sorry this happened to her. Anything I can do?

No, Sora. I can handle this. Thank you for asking, though.

Anytime. I love you.

Love you too, Sora. Muah.

She threw it back at him, along with his pencil and watched as his smile grew. He was so nice about everything that went on. He never got mad at anything. She loved him so much.

She heard footsteps to them and watched as Sora quickly stuffed their note in his pocket and acted like he was taking notes.

"Hand me the note, Sora." Mr. Auron said as he held out his hand to him.

Sora looked up and looked innocent. Too innocent. "What note? You mean my class notes?"

Mr. Auron sighed. "You know what note I'm talking about. Don't play dumb with me. Give it to me."

She heard Demyx snort and try to cover up the laughing that followed by muffling it with his hand but he wasn't fooling anyone.

"What do you find so funny, Demyx?" The teacher asked him.

"N-Nothing, Mr. Auron." Demyx replied, trying to prevent anymore laughing to slip out of him.

"I thought not. Now," he turned to Sora and Kairi who tried their best to remain looking innocent. "If I you two doing anything else that you are not supposed to be doing, I'll have you both meet me after school and you won't be sitting next to each other anymore. Am I clear?" He asked.

Sora's eyes got wide as he responded, "Yes, Mr. Auron."

"Yes, Mr. Auron." Kairi repeated so that he would leave her alone.

Sora turned to her and mouthed, 'Sorry.'

Kairi shook her head at him, mouthing, and 'It's okay.'

They both turned to the teacher and what he was writing on the white board and Kairi just soaked it all in, seeing as how she wasn't able to take notes.

She tried to concentrate on what he was saying but she kept thinking about her sister. She really hoped Namine would eventually talk to her about Axel and what happened. She hoped that eventually she would be herself again.

If she didn't she knew Axel would hear more from her later on. Right now, she needed to concentrate on helping her sister and not imagining Axel torn to pieces. For his sake, he better hope she got better.

A/N: I'm so, so sorry this hasn't been update in a while. My computer got wiped and it took ages to get it back. But, any who...This chapter wasn't supposed to be so Namine centric, it just kind of ended up that way. I'm really glad you guys got to see a little bit more of Xion and Kairi's thoughts on the whole matter. And no one knows about Xion yet. Only those who Axel told know about it. Next chapter is going to have Riku in it, and some more Xion. And you guys will get to see a little bit more concerning Roxas and Axel's relationship. Hopefully, this chapter didn't disappoint you guys! Reviews are loved the most!

~DarkAngelGrl22567