A/N: Hey Everyone! BlackChaos here! Not many people reviewed the last chapter, I'm a bit disappointed. If some people didn't see the P.S at the bottom, I'm starting a custom character campaign, and already have three characters so far. Please, if more people are interested, send me your character in a review or PM. Anyway, for those who reviewed, thank you, and on with the story! And for all of my devoted fans, I'm very sorry about the wait. I've had a lot to do, lot's going through my head, school starting, you know how it is. Please, enjoy, and I'll be updating much more in the future, after all, my purpose as a writer is renewed!


Chapter 3

Nostalgia

Axel just sat there and drank and told his tale to the all-ears bartender. At this point, Axel started to remember other things as well, like people.

"And there were the girls I knew, boy they were gorgeous. I really wonder how they're doing..."

"Hey Alex! Hurry up!"

"I'm coming already, Riku!" Alex was sick and tired of running around, but he knew it was worth it. After all, Riku was his first friend, and now he had more!

Suddenly, Alex knocked into someone. A pretty young girl with very long blue hair, halfway down her back, and green eyes.

"Oh, sorry Adiesa!"

"D-don't worry about it, Alex." Adiesa Kagenabi was a very good friend of Alex, and she always seemed flustered around him. He never knew why, but he never delved into it, he just figured that's just the way she was.

"So, where're we going today?"

"Riku said it's a surprise."

"He better have something good..." The two ran off toward the silver-haired speed-demon, who was already halfway across the island.

The bartender was just taking this all in, and hadn't said a word.

"You must think I'm nuts."

"Oh, hardly. It sounds like you had a really good childhood. So, where did you go that day?"

"I ended up..."

"Running into me!" A loud cheery voice yelled as the door swung open. In stormed a blue-eyed girl with short blue hair that flipped at the end.

"Katie?!"

"The name's Axetaki now, Alex."

"Axel."

"Ah."

"How'd you become a nobody?!"

"You didn't know? The Destiny Islands got attacked..."

"What?!"

"Yeah, the heartless came..."

"Is everyone okay?!"

"Yeah, I'm the only one that became a nobody, everyone else ended up going back when Sora saved the worlds."

"Oh..."

"So, what're you doing here?"

"I just found my way here, and started telling my story."

"Well, you wanna go home, right?"

"Well yeah..."

"Then come on!"

"What?"

"Let's go together!"

"Really?"

"Sure!"

Axel took another swig of his drink and smiled.

"Just a few more minutes, I want to finish talking about that day."

"All right." Axetaki sat down and just smiled.

"She's also from the islands."

"I gathered that."

"Anyway..."

By the time Alex and Adiesa had caught up, Riku was in a heated argument with another girl.

"What did I do, Katie?!"

"You cheated in our last fight!"

"I did not!"

"Yes you did!"

Alex sighed as he saw this. Katie Reganis and Riku had never gotten along well, to say the least. Katie was obsessed with fighting, and highly competitive. She'd beat Riku one day, then lose the next, and they'd always fight about who cheated.

"All right you two, break it up."

"Alex!" Katie just flashed a grin at her friend and went back to the cold stare-down with Riku.

"Come on, guys, let's just be peaceful today, all right?"

"Fine..." They snorted as they waved their heads in opposite directions. It was quite humorous actually, as they did it simultaneously, and looked like mirrors.

"Where are you taking us, Riku?"

"There's this cool new girl at the other side of the island! She really likes animals, and does cool pictures!"

Alex sighed. Riku always got worked up when someone else came to the island. He had to admit, as tough as Riku was, he could be a real little kid sometimes.

They ran all the way to the other side of the island, and saw a girl drawing and eating a whole pie by herself! She had black hair that was flowing through the sand, and Alex saw silver tips in it, and also saw her golden eyes glinting in the sunlight as she drew.

Riku walked up and smiled. "Hi! I'm Riku!"

"Ararik! Nice to meet you!" She just gave a really, REALLY big smile and continued to draw and eat. Alex walked up with Adiesa and Katie.

"I'm Alex, this is Adiesa, and..."

"I'm Katie!"

"Hi!"

They all sat around and talked, and learned more about this pie-eating artist. She finally stood up, and Alex saw that her hair went all the way down to her waist! She was apparently from somewhere far away, and she had just moved with her mother, who ran an animal clinic in town.

After hours of talking, the sun went down, and they all had to go.

"I'll see you tomorrow, bye!"

"Bye, Ararik!"

Everyone said their goodbyes, and went their separate ways on the island.

"Huh. Wow, sounds like a hyper kid."

"She was, oh she was."

"Well, you better get going. After all, you wanna get home, right?"

"Yeah. Thanks for hearing me out."

"Oh no, thank you for enlightening me with your story."

Axetaki stood up and began to drag Axel away. "Bye!"

The bartender just laughed. "See ya, and good luck with dealing with her..."


A/N: Well, if this was short, I'm sorry. I've just gotten started again, but I introduced all of the O.Cs so far! Please, make more! This is fun, and it makes me feel more connected with my readers. I'll be writing more now, so you can expect updates from me again soon. Take care! BlackChaos, out.