A/N: Ok so here we go again. I had been thinking before I wrote this that I really need to explain how Demyx got to be Axel's room mate at that particular boarding school. So here it is, it's a little off topic but it needed to be done. So now on with the story.

Axel was sitting in his usual chair, listening to Vexen drone on again. It was to bad Vexen was pounding away at the wrong nail. Axel's problem was separation and he would admit to it, just not the kind Vexen was meaning. Axel jumped when the phone rang and hugged his knees tightly.

Vexen was no longer surprised by Axel's jumpiness. He had found whenever they talked about the school Axel became more agitated. "Yes?" He answered the phone. "Good send him in please." Vexen looked at Axel with an odd smile. "Cheer up Axel, there is a friend here to see you."

Axel frowned almost certain it wasn't really a friend of his. He didn't have any friends anymore. They all disappeared, Riku was gone, and he didn't know what happened to Demyx. He looked at the door when there was a knock on it.

Vexen got up from his desk slipping out through the door to talk to the person on the other side. Within seconds of the door closing, Axel started to panic. Vexen looked over at the strange boy curiously, "So what took them so long to find you? I thought you were at a boarding school."

"I was, sir." Came a chipper happy response from the blonde. "But after it burnt they sent everyone home. I've only ever lived at the school, they said they lost my information in the fire. I had no where to go so they lost me."

Vexen frowned at Demyx; something about him seemed so familiar. "Do you remember your parents?" He asked suddenly.

The mullet headed blonde shook his head sadly. "No, sir I don't. Why am I here?"

Vexen's frown deepened, he knew that name couldn't have been that common. "I want to know what happened at your school. I have reason to believe it is responsible for the actions of one of my patients. His parents have already agreed to letting you sit in with him."

"Wait a second. You're talking about Axel?" Demyx asked and when Vexen nodded he pushed the man aside opening the door to the office. Axel was sitting rocking on the chair while hugging his knees. He was murmuring softly to himself, while tears ran down his face.

"Axel...babe?" Demyx hurried into the room and over to Axel hugging him tightly. "Axel come back, I'm here now."

Vexen could only watch as Demyx pushed him aside to go to Axel. If he was who Vexen thought he was then this could cause a problem. However he became puzzled when Axel didn't shove Demyx away, he actually calmed down immediately at Demyx's touch. Then his eyes were alight with more questions for Elena. He came in and closed to the door behind himself.

Axel hugged Demyx tightly. "I thought you were gone." He whimpered into the others ear.

"I'm fine Axel, the blast put me in a tree." Demyx answered him, rocking like he always did when Axel was like this. He looked up at Vexen, "He gets like this when they put him in confinement. They used it against him. Hell; half the time they didn't feed him when he was confined. Just throw him in a dark empty room. If he was in for more then a day it took me weeks to get him to talk again."

Demyx paused looking at Axel, "It only took us a couple of days to become friends when he was first moved in with me. We've lived together for over a year. He hated when they beat me, and I hated them for locking him up." He looked back over at Vexen who was watching them like a hawk with the weirdest expression on his face. "They find your weakness and then pound at it until you break. I don't remember life outside the school, they told me that my mother dropped me off there swearing she would kill me if they didn't take me. I think I was six or seven at the time."

Vexen nodded as he listened to Demyx, the image of a wiry skinny little woman played on his mind. "You don't look anything like her." He said softly without thinking.

Demyx blinked at him startled by what he said. "What?"

Vexen pulled a picture out of the top draw of the desk and looked at it before handing it to Demyx. "I said, you don't look like her." The picture was of Vexen smiling warmly with his arms wrapped around the smaller woman who was holding in her arms a little blonde haired boy no older then three.

Demyx was just staring at the picture when Axel pointed to the little boy, "Dem Dem." He grinned at it then hugged Demyx tighter.

"She was slowly losing her mind. I came home from work one day and you were both gone. I think you had been six at the time. It took police three weeks to find what was left of her." Vexen looked away from the two boys, trying to keep himself composed. "I didn't want to stop looking for you, I couldn't believe what they told me, but I ran out of places to look."

Demyx sat frozen holding on to Axel. "..D..ad?" He whispered softly looking up at Vexen questioningly.

Vexen nodded, "If you want we will do the blood work to find out for certain." He was looking at Demyx again.

Demyx nodded as well and passed the picture back. "I'm gonna stay with Axel, he needs me."

"I can see that, but I want to continue working with him. I need to know why he is like this. Something happened to make him like this before Riku had to move away." Vexen sighed and shook his head. "You can't be there every time this happens."

Demyx frowned, "I don't care, I'm not leaving him. He's my friend, the only one I have." The last part was whispered softly.

"I understand." Vexen nodded, "Can you get him to open up and talk to me?"

"Maybe." Demyx looked at Axel, who had fallen asleep. He didn't know if he could be of any help to Vexen or not, but he would try, for his friend he would try.

"I'll call Tseng in and explain that you are to be with Axel for the time being." Vexen smiled and got up leaving the room.

End Note:

Is Axel going to be staying in Reno's room or moving into a room with Demyx?

How will the DNA tests come out?

Will Demyx being going to school with the others during the day?

Will Demyx recoginze Riku?

Will Demyx recognize any of them?

These questions and more answered next time in Starting Over!

PS: Alright so this chapter was very Demyx orentented, yes I know it's an Axel/Roxas story but it had to be done. I couldn't just leave it that way. Also this was not what I had planed for Demyx. So thanks for reading, leave me a comment if you think the chapter is good.

Hint: Next chapter has been kidnapped by Riku.