Chapter 3
Arrival
I am so sorry for the… 10 month delay! DX I was unfortunately held up by school till May and then I got into Role Playing over the summer and am just now getting back into writing. I should be able to start updating every week or two from now on though as long as I get enough reviews though! :D Oh and I apologize if Axel or any of the other characters seem OOC.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts… *le cry* but I own Nozomi :D
Traverse town was the complete opposite of Destiny Islands. There was snow on the ground, gray clouds, and no beach anywhere… To make things worse, it was cold… Yeah it's kinda expected with the snow on the ground, but I still didn't like it. We had been driving for six and a half hours, and Sora was really getting on my nerves. He wouldn't shut up about the 'Ice Cream' on the ground.
"Sora, for the last time, it's NOT ice cream, its snow!" I snapped at Sora for the hundredth time.
"But it looks like vanilla," Sora whined as we arrived at our new house.
"Sora, if you really think its ice cream how about you try it," I said as I climbed out of the car with Sora nervously following. Our parents got out as well and had grabbed a few boxes before telling us to bring stuff in as well before disappearing into the large house that was to be our home.
"Wow, nice house," Sora said distractedly. I took advantage of his distraction and quickly tripped my brother making him face plant in the snow as our parents walked into the house.
"Mph… It is cold like ice cream," Sora mumbled while getting up. "But… maybe you want to try some too," He said while throwing a snowball at me. I quickly ducked, and it sailed right past me.
"Ack! SORA!" The snowball hit Roxas in the back of the head.
"Not my fault! I was aiming at Nozomi, Don't hurt me" the Sora pleaded with Roxas while gripping my shoulders to hide behind me.
"Is that so? Well then maybe I should get both of you," the blond smirked while scooping up some snow.
"Hey, Sora was annoying you too! Don't take this out on me," I said attempting to squirm out of Sora's iron grasp.
"But that would take the fun out of this now wouldn't it?" Roxas grinned.
"Not nice, you know I hate the cold. Come on Sora, stop hiding behind me!" I exclaimed just before Roxas' snowball hit me square in the chest. Needless to say, it was cold and I was not happy. "Roxas," I growled, "You are dead!"
Sora quickly let go of me and ran to hide behind the car as Roxas quickly scooped up more snow to make another snowball. I took advantage of the moment and quickly gathered up some snow myself, ignoring the cold as I formed a snowball. Roxy had declared war and he was gonna lose.
Roxas threw the first snowball and I quickly ducked out of the way and tossed mine at him… Unfortunately I had horrible aim and the snowball flew past my brother and hit a tall redhead in the back of his head as he was walking by.
"Gah! What the?" The stranger's hand flew to the back of his head and he looked around to see who threw the wet, cold mass at his head.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" I quickly exclaimed and ran over towards the redhead. "I didn't mean to hit you!"
"Hm?" The tall boy looked over at me as I approached. "I don't think I've seen you around before... You new around here?" He asked, his acid green eyes smoldering with curiosity.
"Uhh... Yeah, my name is Nozomi, and those... Are…" I turned behind me to look at where Roxas and Sora were and noticed that the two had fled. 'Cowards…' I thought before turning back to the stranger. "Well… My brothers were here… The blond one is Roxas and the brunette is Sora. Who are you?"
"The names Axel, A-X-E-L, Got it memorized?" The redhead now known as Axel said with a cocky smirk as he pointed to his head. "And as for your brothers, is that them hiding inside your house?"
I turned and saw two sets of spiky heads failing at hiding under the window ceil. "Yep," I nodded, "That's the two numbskulls that I was telling you about…"
"Well," chuckled Axel, "Why not you invite them out here so I can meet them?"
"Right," I nodded again and quickly ran into the house to grab my brothers, not noticing Axel following behind me. "C'mon you Lazy Bums! Why are you in here hiding?"
"Uhh…. We weren't hiding! We were just… Uhh…" Sora stuttered nervously.
"We were just... Coming inside to get warm!" Roxas quickly piped in.
I squeaked while my brothers jumped when we heard a chuckle from the door way. "You've got some interesting brothers, Nozomi," Axel stated wearing his increasingly familiar smirk. "The name's Axel."
"Axel?" Sora asked while the redhead nodded. I had a feeling that he would ask something stupid about the name and just held my breath, begging silently that he would keep his mouth shut for once.
"I'm Roxas and this is Sora, It's nice to meet you Axel," my blond brother quickly stepped in before Sora could say anything.
Acidic eyes glanced over the blond and brunette before back at me as the cocky smirk grew. "So you three just moved in right?" We nodded. "Well, maybe it would be a good idea for me to give you three a tour of the town and introduce you to the kids around here."
Just then our dad walked down stairs and noticed the unexpected teen standing in our door way. "Hello and you are?"
"Dad, this is Axel, one of the kids around here. He offered to give us a tour around town. Would you allow us to go?" Roxas quickly asked our father.
Our father looked between the spiky redhead and his three children before reluctantly nodding. "Yes, you may go, but I need you back in a few hours so that we can get everything unpacked."
I could tell that dad didn't trust Axel, but being the stubborn person that I am, I was still fairly ticked at him for suddenly uprooting us. To be honest I think I would have gone with Axel even if my father had said no. "We'll be back soon enough Dad… Don't worry," And with that I practically dragged both my brothers and our new friend out of the house so that we could get started on our tour of the town.
Again I apologize for the 10 month delay, BUT R&R and I will have chapter 4 up much sooner! :3
