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I Give You...Chapter 2.


Of Smoke and Cinnamon

"Let's meet again in the next life..."

Chapter:oo2

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Sora lifted his eyes from his empty notebook, to the painfully slowly ticking clock. It was 9:27. In three minutes algebra class would finally be over, not that he was looking forward to Gym.

"At least I'm in all of my classes with Riku and Kairi," he thought on the bright side, winking at the red headed Princess who flushed and giggled at him. Oh how he loved her smile. He loved the way she laughed and the way she folded her arms behind her back and rocked back and forth on her heels. He loved the determined sparkle that flickered in her beryl eyes when ever confronted with a problem. She was absolutely perfect to him. Just looking at her, being with her made his heart do somersaults and back flips. And he knew for sure that she felt the same way about him. That alone made him feel like the luckiest "man" on Earth.

Sora jumped, startled by a knock at the class room door. Ms. Layton, the teacher, scurried to the door and pulled it open.

"Mr. Earle," the young teacher smiled as a tall bald headed man entered the class room. Sora held his breath as the intimidating man eyed him impatiently.

"Good morning, Ms. Layton. There's a visitor for Mr. Takamura. Send him down to the office." The brunet glanced worriedly at Riku and Kairi.

"A-A visitor?" the brunet stammered. "But I'm not expecting..."

"Go ahead, Sora," Ms. Layton coaxed him before he headed towards the door. Sora frowned as he exited the classroom and heard the teachers' faint murmuring.

"Ms. Layton...Something is not right with that boy. Him and his buddy Riku. They disappeared without a trace and then just reappeared on the island after almost two years!"

"They just don't understand..."

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Sora pushed opened the office door, only to see that inside the room was pitch black.

"I hate the dark," he whined, frantically fumbling for the light switch. He sighed as he finally found it and switched it on. Sora cocked his head, eyes gazing around the room.

"There's...No one here." With a shrug the Wielder headed towards the door.

"Where you going, Roxy?" Sora froze as the smell of smoke and cinnamon surrounded him. No...It couldn't be him. Sora turned around and gasped at what he saw: A tall thin man with fiery red spiky hair stood before him, a comical smile tugging at his lips. The red head had bright emerald eyes with long black diamond tattoos underneath.

"Axel?!" Sora screamed in disbelief. Axel chuckled, casually exploring the tiny office.

"Looks like you've finally got that memorized..."

"Axel! That's not the point! How are you here? And for the last time I'm Sora! Got it memorized?" Sora mimicked. Axel shrugged not finding the imitation funny.

"You restored Kingdom Hearts with the fragment doohickeys," he began "intelligently." "By doing so, you restored many of the Nobodies..." the pyromaniac hesitated. "Well, at least the ones who remembered how it was to feel," he explained, jabbing his finger at Sora's heart. The brunet winced as Axel smirked.

"That doesn't explain why you're here, Axel," Sora pouted, crossing his arms.

"I'm here 'cause we've got a problem. A Big Problem," Axel explained, stretching his lanky arms out in front of him to describe just how big the "problem" was.

"Problem what kind of..."

"A big one! Look I'll explain it later. Meet me at Hollow Bastion aka Radiant Garden. At Ol' Wizard Merlie's place. There's stuff to explain and someone I'd like you to meet." Axel concluded, turning towards the door.

"But Axel, wait!"

"Oh, and you can bring that Riku friend on yours, we'll need all the help we can get..."

"Help? You're helping?" Sora inquired in disbelief.

"You bet! I'm a Somebody now...Oh and Sora?"

"Yeah?" the brunet cocked an eyebrow.

"That girl um...Kali...Keisha..Kary...Kairi, that's it! You might wanna tell her to sit this one out. It'll be dangerous and she might..."

"Oh-Okay, Axel.. I'll meet you there," he waved at the red head who nodded and exited the small office.

"Aw Man!" Sora tugged at his chocolate spikes. "I can't leave her again! It'll break her heart..." And breaking her heart would surely break his.


Haha. I don't know about you guys but I love Axel. So, if you're an Axel fan, you'll love this story. You'll see a lot of him. Just in case you didn't catch it, the quote between "Of Smoke and Cinnamon" and "Chapter: oo2" is what Axel said to Sora in KH2 before he faded away. Chapter Three will be coming soon...

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