A/N: Loads of dialogue in this one.

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Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own this. A good excuse for me to cry in a corner.

Chapter 4

Green eyes continued to glare at a pair of cerulean ones with wary, still pinning the officer against the wall with the dagger still pointed at his neck. Roxas attempted to even out his breathing due to the mixed up emotion that he was feeling and he tried his very best not to beat up the person who, the Captain believed, was his childhood best friend.

"Axel, you bleeding idiot," Roxas hissed. "Couldn't you recognise me?"

"How the fuck did you know that name?" Axel asked again, ignoring the blonde's question.

"Are you joking me? I've known you since forever, Axel Evans. What do you think you're doing siding with the rebels?"

"Who are you and what are you to me?"

The irritation Roxas felt towards the redhead for not answering his questions had increased more. "Stop fucking with me!" And he swiftly pushed the man off of him before the said man could react and drew his sword. The blonde quietly thanked the deities for narrowly escaping his possible death from the sharp dagger before he returned his attention to the man. Axel distanced himself as soon as Roxas unsheathed his weapon. "How could you not know me right away, huh? I even recognised you even when you don't look like a tub of lard anymore! Now you better tell me- - -"

"OK, Blondie," Axel retorted with a sharp sigh and held up his hands in front of him to show that he would not do anything violent even though he was still holding the dagger in one of his hands. "So you know me, but I have no clue who you are but I have to kill any men from the army 'cos it's what I'm meant to do. But before I do that, I wanna know some things. . . How do you know me by the way?"

"I knew that you were forgetful sometimes but this is absolutely absurd. How could you forget your best friend, Axel? Why are you with the rebels? Is that the reason why you left Twilight Town?"

The lanky man growled with menace. "I left Twilight Town? You bastards are the reason why we have to do this! You fucking ruined our town! There were few of us who survived and joined the rebels from other towns to avenge the deaths of the people we lost. Wait 'til we get the right time. We're lurking in the corner and waiting for the right time to corner you vermin." He gave Roxas a painful smirk when he saw the unreadable expression of the blonde.

The hometown where Roxas came from was ruined? Why would the army do such thing? Why would the royalties do this to a secluded town? Roxas swallowed. "Twilight Town is gone? Wh-when? Why?" Shit. He didn't mean to crack his voice right away.

A mocking laugh escaped from the rebel's lips. "You seriously don't know even when you're one of them? You're so pathetic- - -"

"How should I know? I haven't been home to Twilight Town for 9 years! Nobody has told me anything about the kingdom destroying other hometowns. I trust the King and the Queen and I've been serving them for almost half my lifetime and I believe that they would never do such tyranny. I'd say that everything you said is bullshit but hearing that from someone who I know very well is making me uncertain." Oh how Roxas was anxious to know how his mother was doing and hoped she was one of those few survivors. He regretted greatly for not trying to communicate with her through the years. he wanted to make her proud by becoming a Commissioned Officer and bring honour to the townspeople that he was familiar with.

The two males stared at each other with less passion in their eyes as the tension between them had gradually shrank.

"So you really were from Twilight Town?" Axel asked warily. "Who did you say you were?"

"It's Roxas, you tubby little git. I was your best friend back when I was in Twilight Town." Roxas answered. He was beyond infuriated. "I will interrogate you right after I bring you to the dungeon so put your weapon down and don't try anything funny or else."

The rebel could've killed the irked-looking blonde in front of him with no hesitation if his curiosity to the revelation wasn't piqued. How did the blonde know his full name and that he was chubby before? So the officer might have known him before then. "You're arresting, who you claimed, your best friend?" he drawled playfully.

"So you knew we were best friends. Why did you have to pretend that you didn't know me?" For 9 years, Roxas learned not to show much of his emotions in any occasion, even with Riku, just to be where he was now in the army but today, just for today, he might show a little of his pleasant side to his supposedly enemy. "Axel, you would never forget who I am, would you?"

Axel went quiet with a remorse look in his face. Few moments later, he replied sincerely. "I'm sorry. Frankly, I don't remember you. You sure we were best friends?"

Shocked, Roxas didn't answer. He glanced to the exit of the narrow corner across him just to see Riku with his sword clutched in both hands heading towards them stealthily without the redhead knowing. "Riku, stop!" he yelled. Axel averted his eyes from Roxas to the other officer who was close behind him and quickly grabbed the startled blonde in a headlock and pointed his weapon to his neck. This made Riku stop in his tracks.

"Come closer and you'll see his pretty neck cut up nicely," Axel snarled. Riku gritted his teeth and was about to make an attack since he knew his Captain could manage to detangle himself from the man's grasp before he could make a blow. He knew this because this happened a couple of times with them before.

But Roxas abruptly interrupted him in a quiet voice. "Please stop, Lieutenant."

The silver-haired man halted and lowered his weapon deliberately with furrowed eyebrows. Why would the Captain let himself get trapped in this suspicious man's grasp? "What is this, Captain?"

"Let this man go," The blonde answered. "For now."

"I can't let that happen even if you are the Captain," Riku said. " We have to eradicate him for he is a rebel. Would you risk letting him go and get the kingdom in trouble? At times like this, you usually act ruthless to almost everything!"

"I know but please, just this time, Lieutenant. Let him go. I'll- - - I'll explain everything. I'm begging you." Roxas wanted to gag when he heard himself begging. He had never begged intensely like this after he arrived in this kingdom but he had to learn to swallow up his pride and save the redhead's arse.

Riku contemplated before he gave a slight nod. Roxas inwardly gave a sigh of relief. "Axel, get out of here before some men could find you."

The rebel released the blonde slowly, bemused. "Roxas, why. . ."

The captain turned to him. "Leave the kingdom and don't show yourself to me anymore because the next time I'll see you, I will slay you with no hesitation," he said it coldly. Or at least he tried to. Those words felt like poison to his mouth. He had longed to see this special person yet it only made his life turn into misery. How did it turn out to this?

Axel slowly backed away and dashed out of that place without looking back.

Two different people who shared the same past might never find a solution to be linked together.

A/N: That was the end, folks.

. . .Ok maybe not.

. . .the last part of the chapter was not necessary, was it? I feel bad for them even when I'm the one who's making their lives like this. Am I cruel? ): Anyway, how did Riku find them there?

I was gunna update last night but District 9 was on TV and it got me distracted and thus making my ideas all jumbled up. Lol then I slept in front of my laptop while typing this.

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