Yay! I finally got done with it! Although you may not be able to tell, with my quality of writing and all, I spent a long time on this chapter. Mostly, because it's important...and because I was confused to the point that I couldn't sleep for days without pondering about where this story was going. But it's here! And I now know! And I appreciated the review that have been given to me thus far.

Oh my gosh! KH2FM+ Re: CoM is out! YAY! That also inspired my writing of this chapter!

So...on to the story!


"Axel..."

"Go away Roxas. You obviously think I have perverted thoughts in my mind all the time, and don't think that I'm serious. But, I am. Every once in a while that is. Just go away." Axel sat hunched over behind a large rock, with his knees bent up toward his chest. Roxas had just come over trying to apologize.

"Axel...no. It's not that. It's just...you...you confuse me. I mean, you're all over me, grabbing onto my arm or something. And I guess I can say that my first impression of you wasn't very good. And then you go on about how you love me and all that other crap, but how can you like me so much if we just met like 2 days ago?" Roxas had taken a seat on the rock and was looking down at Axel. Axel's piercing emerald eyes were staring intently at the other, now out of his hunched position. "And...and you go on about getting into my pants by the end of the month, or semester or whatever, so how can I take you seriously?"

"Roxy, Roxy, Roxy. You've got to understand. I mean sure, part of it is lustful love, but the other part is that I really like you. I like how you're so stubborn, and quiet, and so...so intent on getting me out of the way. It's like...a challenge...no, that came out wrong. It's like I have to overcome something to get you to like me back. It's like a prize, not in an offensive way, but I mean... Just something about you. It may seem like all I care about is us screwing like sex deprived rabbits on aphrodisiacs every day, but that's just how I am. I really do care about you Roxas. You can ignore me all you want. I may do some stupid things every now and then, but I'll still always care for you. Just...just remember that? Ok?" Roxas looked down at the older boy. He blinked twice and did the unexpected. Roxas took Axel's chin with one of his hands, and place a short, sweet, chaste kiss on his lips.

"Sorry." Roxas stood up and held out his hand to help Axel up.

"Wha...what was that for?! Now you've got me confused! I tell you that you can ignore, yet you kiss me. Jeez Roxy." Axel stared in disbelief at the hand that was currently being held out for him.

"Well, I wanted to say sorry. And now that I know it's just your...interesting personality, I kinda like you. Well, enough to not hate you. Let's just be friends for now, and then we'll see later about screwing like rabbits every day. Deal?" Axel took Roxas' hand, shook it, then stood up.

"Aw, that's no fun. Now you won't mind me doing things" Axel leaned in close to Roxas' ear, close enough for Roxas to fell his breath on his neck. "like this." Axel affectionately nipped at Roxas' ear. To his dismay, Roxas pushed him off and glared.

"Not that friendly, idiot."

"Fine, fine."

Back on another part of the beach...

"Hmph, I guess it wasn't Axel. But in fact it's Zexion. But I swear, why did I think I saw red?..." Sora and Riku walked across the beach to find none other than Demyx and Zexion. Sora was on his back, for although they weren't very far away, somehow got tired on the way back to their towels.

"Ah! Riku!" Sora's high pitched scream shot through Riku's ear. Riku had turned to look back at the boy on his back just in time to be met in the face with a shrill scream, and the person who emitted the scream digging his face into his shoulder. Riku turned back around to look at what Sora was pointing at. And there infact, was Zexion, staring at the two with gigantic, bulging, lobster red eyes. 'Ah, so that's why I saw red...' Riku mentally sighed.

"Sora, calm down. It's just Zexion...I think..."

"Hey Riku! Hey...Sara? Sona? Zorro? Um...Riku's cuddly sex toy." Demyx waved over at the two, but still tending to Zexion.

"Demyx, you forgot already? His name is Sora, S-o-r-a, got it memorized?" Riku complained as he set Sora down.

"Hey, who died and made you Axel? Anyways, I'm sorry Sora. I've just been so stressed out...over Zexy here, of course."

"Oh yeah, what happened? Sora's getting scared." To this point, Sora was still latched onto a sitting Riku's back, even after setting him down.

"This idiot thought it was a good idea to splash the salt water in my eyes." Zexion motioned to said 'idiot'.

"Zexy, I said I was sorry! WAAAAAAHHHH! I'm so sorry! My Zexy's hurt!" Demyx grabbed a hold of Zexion's arm and nuzzled it affectionately. Zexion just stared down at Demyx. He was trying to stay mad at him, to make him learn a lesson...That lasted about all of 2.5 seconds.

"Don't worry about it, Demyx. It's ok." Zexion lifted Demyx's head up and lightly kissed him. Although it started off as an innocent kiss, things started heating up as Zexion pushed Demyx to the ground and started grinding his hips into Demyx's.

"C-come on Sora. Let's get outta here!"

"Mhmm!" Sora nodded his head quickly and ran off with Riku in the direction of the beachhouse.

"Hey guys. How was your trip to the beach?" Rikku was sitting at the counter again, reading a magazine and looking completely and utterly bored.

"It was ok. Could we get our stuff to our rooms though?" Riku pointed over to the bags that were sitting next to the stairs, waiting to go up.

"Oh yeah, sure. Just follow me " Rikku led the two up the stairs and to the right, into a long hallway. There was another set of stairs to the right, probably leading to more rooms, or the entertainment rooms, as Sora guessed. When they finally reached Sora and Riku's room, Sora dropped his bags, and his jaw. Standing in front of him, was a single king sized bed room, with a balcony and a full view of the ocean. To the right, a door was swung open, revealing a bathroom, and to the left was a door that was presumably the closet. There was a flat screen TV in the corner, and a little sitting area with a couch and tables.

"I hope you don't mind sharing rooms. We haven't really cleaned up the other rooms, and though it's not really tourist season anymore, we're saving the rooms just in case."

"That's okay. Oh my god Riku! I can't believe we're staying here. It's bigger than my house!" Sora ran around the room, excitedly, throwing all of his clothes into the drawers, and hung some in the closet. The other two stared bewildered at his behavior. As soon as Sora got the last bit of unpacking done, he pranced over to the fluffy bed and pounced on it.

"Well Sora, you sure look comfy." Rikku chuckled as she walked out of the room, waving the two goodbye. Riku let the door shut and walked toward the still excited Sora.

"Come on Riku! Come on the bed! It's really comfy!" Riku slumped his shoulders as he walked to the bed, he was getting tired and wanted the day to be over already. The silver haired teen took a seat until Sora hurriedly moved to the other side of the bed, and then layed down and rested his head on the pillow. This was pretty comfortable. After a while of just lying in peace, Sora sat up and looked over to Riku.

"Hey Riku? Are they always like that?" Riku grunted in response. "Huh? Riku! Come on, answer me!"

"What are you talking about Sora? Who's always like that?" Riku had tried to ignore the question, for he didn't feel like talking at the moment. The sun was setting, and the others should've been getting back by now.

"You know, Demyx and Zexion." Sora got closer to Riku so he was positive he got a response this time.

"Yes Sora. They've always been like that. Ever since I came, anyways." Sora took Riku's arm and laid it flat across the pillows, so he could rest his head on it. Riku jerked from the surprise of a certain brunnette's head on his arm.

"Hmm...I think...I think that would be kinda nice." The small physical contact didn't seem to have any effect on Sora, as for Riku...well, he was a mess. In his mind at least.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I think it would be nice to have someone you can mess around with, and play jokes on, and cuddle, and you could still screw up things and do whatever you want with them...but know that they'll always love you." They were both tired, and calmness swept over the room. When Sora had spoken those words, he seemed almost...jealous? Sora had moved up to lay his head on Riku's chest, and Riku was now absent-mindedly playing with Sora's hair. The thought of lying in a bed with Sora didn't scare him as much anymore. We're just friends. I mean, we're not like Roxas and Axel, who will clearly have issues tonight. Yeah, I mean...we only met a few days ago, but still...it's alright. Isn't it?

"Hm. Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Yeah, it would be nice." 'But it would hurt most if you split.'

"What was that Riku?"

"Uh...nothing! It would be really nice! Are you always this affectionate?" Riku had hoped that Sora didn't hear his little slip-up and diverted his attention to the way they were lying. The sun was setting into the horizon, the sky glowed orange, as the light filtered into the room. The two sighed simultaneously and looked at eachother.

"Of course! Don't you love it Riku?" Sora laughed and snuggled against him more.

"Hmph, I suppose I do."

"Riku?" Sora, inch by inch, was getting closer to Riku, until finally he was staring the other in the face and practically on top of him.

"..Yeah Sora?" Both boys' eyes were half-lidded as they leaned towards eachother. Riku's mind was now void of any thoughts of doubt that he had before. They closed in the last few centimeters between them.

Sora's lips timidly pecked at Riku's, which in turn moved more passionately against chaste kisses that were being given by Sora's. Almost in an instant, Riku flipped over Sora, so now he was laying on top. His hands roamed Sora's body as his kisses became more passionate. Sora let out a soft moan and opened his mouth shyly, and Riku took full opportunity to comply to the other's wishes and slipped in his tounge. It instantly turned into a battle for dominance, which Riku obviously won. But there were other things at matter here, for example: Riku's hands began loosly tugging away at the hem of Sora's shirt. Riku moved to affectionately nip at the younger's ear, then placed soft kisses down his neck, leaving Sora to moan and mew in pleasure. Riku took off Sora's shirt and slowly began to lick and nip down his body. Sora moaned Riku's name several times, driving him insane, literally. At that moment, a splitting headache erupted in Riku's head. He winced in pain, but hoped Sora hadn't noticed. Sora did notice.

"Riku? Are you okay?" Sora looked up at him with big, shining blue eyes. 'Riku are you okay? Come on, you'll never forget me!' the voices started flooding back into Riku's mind, like a dam that had just cracked and was letting loose all the volume of water it was holding back. 'Riku, we're best friends! What could possibly happen?!' 'Riku!' 'RIKU!' 'Help me!' With all of the voices shouting in his mind, Riku couldn't focus on any one of them. They were all jumbled together, being spoken all at once. Riku quickly pushed off of Sora and sat at the edge of the bed, as he held his head in his hands.

"Sora...Sorry. I just...c-can't..." Riku forced the words out as he tried to control the pain. Sora rushed over to Riku's side and held him in his arms. The room was spinning, and Riku couldn't see straight anymore, he was slowly falling into a trance.

"What's wrong Riku?! Huh?! What's wrong?!" The words seemed distant and were fading away, the last thing Riku saw before his mind went blank, was Sora's worried face.

Riku was in the same never-ending hallway again. In the distance he could see the figure more closely. He had soft features, and a small body. He was still running from Riku.

"Why! Why do you keep doing this to me!" Riku screamed at the figure, who turned around and giggled. He couldn't quite make out the face.

"Because silly. You forgot your own best friend!" The boy laughed and started to run away from him again.

Riku jumped up from his slumber, as if he'd been jolted with electricity. It was dark, and all he could hear were soft breaths and a clock ticking. He looked over to the right and saw a jumble of red hair. Axel was on his knees on the floor, next to Riku, with his head resting on the bed. One of his hands was on Riku's.

"Axel." Riku shook the other's hands, and he groggily started mumbling about something. "Axel!" Axel stirred once again, and then lifted his head and slowly opened his eyes.

"Ah, hey there Sleeping Beauty" Axel got up and strode over to the light switch. The flourescent lighting blinked on, and Riku shielded his eyes.

"Axel, how long was I out for?" Axel motioned to the clock. It read 1:30.

"That was a pretty long snooze Riku." Axel chuckled as he patted Riku on the head.

"Where's Sora?" Riku got up and looked around the empty room.

"Jeez, you pass out for 8 hours and all you worry about is Sora?" Axel looked at Riku in disbelief. "It happened again didn't it? I told you. You know, it seems to happen around Sora. Maybe you should stay away from him."

"No! It's not his fault...it's just..." Riku sat on the couch.

"D'you think it's him?" Axel strode over to the couch to sit next to Riku.

"I dunno. It just...it sorta fits. But he would remember me. It could be someone else. I mean, Desinty Islands is a pretty populated, and a lot of people move in and out of it. It's no Traverse Town, but still...And there's only one place for the kids to hang out, so sure there'll be a lot of people with the same childhood memories." Riku sighed and ran a finger through his hair. "But where's Sora, anyways?"

"He's with Roxy. Yeah, but I know whatcha mean." Axel looked over at Riku. He was sweating and looked absolutely exhausted. "Hey, you better get some sleep. I mean the real kind. Not screaming your lungs out and tossing and turning kind.

"I was screaming?--"

"Well, I better get going to my room. Have to calm down Sora, you know. I'll bring him back here after he's done having his panic attack about you." Axel walked towards the door, then Riku's hand caught his wrist.

"Is he okay? He was worried about me?" Riku looked up to Axel, he was still almost half a head taller then him, even though Riku was a very tall guy. Axel looked down to see curious, sparkling aquamarine eyes, they were full of hope.

"Of course he was worried about you." Axel took Riku's chin and lifted it. He placed a quick peck on his lips. "Sorry. You looked too cute, all vulnerable and such. Not like now, when you're all smirky and cocky. Kinda like how you were when you first got here and first met moi! Heh heh, I sure did change you!"

Axel winked and turned around to get out the door. He raised his hand and wiggled his fingers. "Bye love. And don't tell Roxy, or Sora for that matter. By the looks of it, I don't think you were having an innocent conversation as Sora put it. I mean you both were shirtless and your guys' hair was messed up." With one final wave, Axel strutted out the door and closed it.

Riku slumped back to the bed, and went under the covers. 'Oh great. Axel didn't turn off the lights,' was his last thought as he drifted into a peaceful sleep.


"I know, I know! Yeah. He's here.. with me. Not with me at this moment, but you catch my drift." There was a long pause after the whispered voice had been spoken. And then, "Yeah yeah. But I don't know what to do! I mean it's completely fate and dumb luck...or lack of it that Riku was here! It's gonna be a long year." The voice sighed and hung up the phone.
Ok! Chapter 7, done! I feel accomplished.

On a side note, about Leon and Cloud: They're...an interesting pair, those two. I dunno what they are. Close friends? Lovers? More than friends but less than a couple? Let's go with the latter...although I don't see why I'm making this digression. They weren't even in the chapter! XD

And, concerning Axel and Riku. So they had a little kiss scene at the end. And, no this is not turning into an AxelxRiku fic. They're just friends...really close, ex boyfriend, friends.

This chapter was kind of an important turning point. And the end is especially...how should I put it? Foreshadowing? Sure, let's go with that. With the "enigmatic voice" and all.

Review please! I appreciate all the review that have been given to me! And they kept me going even after I started pulling my hair out because I didn't know what to write! So review! Or else I will go bald. And bald authoress equals sad authoress, which equals a slowly updating authoress.