Hey Axel.

"Reno!" To say Axel was surprised was an understatement. He'd been thinking of calling his brother but hadn't decided yet. "I was thinking of calling you. What's up?"

Really? Heh… did you know you're all over the Internet?

"I'm what?" Axel frowned, walking over to his computer. What was Reno talking about?

Go to youtube and type in 'bratty fairy'.

"Oh god." Axel quickly did a search and snorted as the first entry that came up was a video from the fairy show. "Someone taped it? Those bastards!" Axel wasn't sure if he was delighted or appalled. Reno certainly sounded amused.

It's cute as hell, I must say. Nice pet you have there. So what were you thinking of calling me about?

"Oh right. Someone tried to steal Namine after her show." That still pissed Axel off, thinking about it. Namine wasn't a car or a TV, she was a living creature that didn't deserve to be treated like that. If the kid had actually gotten away with her, who knew where she might have ended up? He wouldn't have been able to sell her for full price without her papers. And Namine herself would have pitched a fit, Axel was sure. How would they have dealt with that? He didn't want to know. "I was wondering if you could look into that for me? I think maybe it has to do with some guy on the Internet trying to buy her from me for peanuts."

I'm not a private detective but I can try. But would a judge care? People don't get much for trying to steal cats.

"Reno, she's worth over ten thousand dollars. That's grand theft. And that idiot on the Internet offered me five hundred for her. I'll forward you the e-mails."

People pay that much for a fairy? Good god. She's like a racehorse. I'll see what I can do with those. Is she doing okay? Axel smiled at that. He doubted Reno really cared, but it was still nice.

"She's okay, just shook up. Thanks a bunch Reno."

No problem. Just had to let you know about your video, hah. Talk to you later Axel. Axel hung up the phone, smiling, then called to the other room.

"Hey guys, come over here, I have something for you to see!" Axel waited until all the fairies were there, picking up Sora so he could see the screen. "Riku's… seven point three minutes of fame." He hit the play button as Riku sputtered.

"What?!?" The video wasn't very good. It had obviously been taken from a camera phone and was rather grainy, but it captured Riku's antics very well. Riku blushed as the other fairies laughed, watching the video. Axel smiled, noticing that it had four and a half stars and tons of comments already. People clearly enjoyed it. The video caught Riku's raspberry at the crowd perfectly and Axel's hand over his eyes. He looked completely mortified at his fairies' behavior.

"And your seven point three minutes of fame are over. C'mon guys, lets go to the park." Fairies darted away to find their balls, and Roxas sat on Axel's shoulder for a moment, nuzzling his face. Axel smiled, reaching up to gently stroke the fairies beautiful blue wings.

"Love you Axel." Roxas whispered, touching his person's face and feeling the warm surge of emotion from Axel. Axel turned his head, smiling at him with warm green eyes.

"Love you too, Roxy." He gently ruffled Roxas hair, then stood. "Let's go. It's a long trip." They were actually going to a national park out of town. It would take several hours to get there, but it was a long weekend and most of Axel's customers had gone out of town. He was going to bring a tent and stay the whole weekend. Normally it wouldn't be his cup of tea, but it would be fun with the fairies around.

So it proved. The fairies mostly stayed in the air to be on the safe side, but there weren't very many cats around in a national park. Riku found several lilies of the valley that he picked and brought to Sora, who laughed and kissed him soundly. Namine ended up wearing a few of the tiny flowers in her hair, and Axel smiled at how beautiful they made her look. Axel blinked as his cell went off, and flipped it open, answering.

"'Ello?"

It's me, Reno. Guess what? I found the creep who tried to steal your fairy.

"Already?" Axel was surprised. He'd thought it would take weeks, if Reno could find anything at all. "That was fast."

It didn't take much. The e-mails you gave me led straight to his mySpace. The little tool was boasting to all his friends about how he was going to steal her and get enough money for a car selling her quick and dirty. And he also liked to rant about how you didn't deserve her for not wanting to show her. You should read this stuff, the grammar is like a retarded four year old. I checked with the police and they already have him in custody.

"Sweet! Looks like I didn't need to bother you after all." Axel felt a bit bad for doubting the police, but he wasn't sure how seriously they were taking it. Namine was expensive but a lot of people just didn't look take pet thefts seriously. Not that it would have made a bit of difference to him if the fairy taken had been Demyx, Sora or even Riku. He'd have been upset exactly the same. And if it had been Roxas he would have completely spazzed.

No problem. Better safe than sorry. Have fun camping. Axel laughed, saying his goodbye's before hanging up. Reno was finding his conversion to nature hikes amusing, but had to admit it was probably good for him.

The weekend seemed to pass by too quickly. Demyx ended up getting stuck in a knothole, and all the other fairies had to rescue him as Axel stood at the base of the tree and laughed himself sick. Riku found an acorn that he managed to break open and eat, and the other fairies followed suit, having an acorn party. Then they went for a walk down by the lake and amused themselves with skipping stones over the water.

And at night…

"Ah, Roxas." Axel murmured, tangling his fingers in spiky blonde hair. His own head fell back as the fairy slowly sucked on him, running his tongue over his length from base to tip. "Ah!" Axel shuddered as he felt the heat pooling in his stomach, the growing tension that begged for release. "Roxas, you're going to make me…" Axel's breathing speeded as the little fairy just kept sucking, stimulating him, driving up his need… Axel finally released with a cry and watched, feeling a bit dazed and weak, as Roxas lifted his head. A bit of the creamy liquid slipped out of the corner of his mouth, landing on Axel's thigh, and he felt another rush of heat to his groin. That was just so hot.

"You can do it twice." There was a laugh in Roxas voice as he stroked his lover's already hardening length. Axel laughed, reaching down and pulling Roxas up, over him.

"You do know me." Axel kissed the little fairy soundly, tasting himself on Roxas' lips, slightly bitter and salty. "God, I love you." Axel reached down to stroke Roxas, making him moan slightly in pleasure. "You take me tonight." He murmured in the blonde's ear, making him stiffen a little in surprise. That wasn't how they usually did things, but it was a nice change sometimes.

"Sure." Roxas whispered back, his voice breathy with desire. He liked taking the lead sometimes, liked the feel of Axel under him. He'd experienced it with his trainers, they'd wanted him to be ready for anything, but it had been nothing compared to being with Axel. Roxas grabbed the lube, spreading it over his fingers before reaching behind Axel to carefully open him. The redhead shut his eyes for a moment, adjusting to that feeling… but with the touch telepathy Roxas' fingers were unerring and he gasped sharply as the blonde found his prostate.

"Damn Roxy, you're good at that." Axel murmured in his ear, reaching up to stroke the soft blue wings above him. Roxas gasped at that touch, his hips jerking and Axel groaned at the friction between them. "Ah, do it." He didn't want to wait any longer. Roxas nodded, pulling his hand away and going inside the taller man. It was a little awkward, with their height difference, but there was one huge advantage… Roxas head was almost level to Axel's chest in this position and he slowly, sensually licked Axel's left nipple before finding the other one and giving him a quick nip. "Roxas!"

"Axel." Roxas slowly speeded his thrusts, eyes half-closing at the warm heat, the wonderful feeling of Axel. The touch telepathy told him what felt best and soon Axel was moaning under him. He was always so much more vocal when they did it this way… "I love you." He reached down, stroking Axel's penis and gently squeezing him just as he hit his special spot, hard. He could feel Axel's throbbing pleasure and moaned as he felt his own release approaching. Roxas speeded his thrusts, stroking Axel hard until he felt the redhead let go between them. Roxas followed a split second later, gasping at the pleasure of the dual orgasm. It was always so perfect, so right, feeling Axel like this. He only wished Axel could feel the same… but then, the succubus energies came with disadvantages.

For a long moment they just lay together, tangled together and enjoying the moment. Then Roxas sighed and slowly pulled away before reverting to his normal size. He fluttered to Axel, settling on the redhead's chest as Axel chuckled tiredly, reaching down to fluff his hair. They both fell asleep together, enjoying the warmth.

Early in the morning, that proved to be a mistake.

"Ow AXEL!" Axel blinked and jerked back as he felt a stinging pain in his chest.

"Huh?" Axel rubbed his eyes then stared at a furious Roxas who was glaring up at him. His wing was a little bent but a quick stroke and it popped back into shape. "Oh damn! Did I roll over onto you?"

"Yes, you did." Roxas grumbled, then sighed. "Sorry. I shouldn't have tried to sleep with you." Axel was constantly tossing and turning, it was just something he did. Axel grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry Roxy. I'd stop it if I could." Axel genuinely regretted that they couldn't really sleep together, just sleep. But he definitely didn't want to flatten his fairy partner. "Well!" He stretched before grabbing some clothes. "This is our last day here, lets make it count."

"Right." Roxas smiled and pulled on his own clothes and followed Axel out of the tent. The other fairies were already out and eating breakfast, which was acorns, cherry tomatoes and nut blend. Riku was having a blast breaking open acorns for everyone. "Chee, Riku, can you be more destructive?"

"Shh! It's better than breaking glasses." Axel said with a laugh. Riku ignored them both, breaking open another nut. "Some grip there, I must say.

"It's a gift." Riku said, popping a bit of nut into his mouth. "Can we go back to the lake today?" He'd really liked that. Axel nodded.

"Sure." That was his favorite place at the park anyway. He'd enjoy going back there and throwing more rocks. The day seemed to pass too quickly and soon it was time to go home. Axel carefully packed up the tent and the sleeping bag, putting them in the touring bike and then adding all the pet balls. It barely had enough room for everything, but he'd managed it with carefully packing. And the cases had been specially made with lots of holes to allow for plenty of air circulation. The fairies complained that it smelled a bit, but mostly they were in no distress. Well, except for the time Demyx got motion sickness, but that hadn't recurred. Thankfully. He'd had to buy a new ball that time. "Ready to go home?" There was a small chorus of yes's, and Axel grinned as he got underway.

Roxas dozing off as they approached the city. He wasn't worried about anything happening. Axel was a good driver, what could go wrong –

There was a sudden squeal of tires and the bike swerved in a way that instantly woke up all the fairies. But nothing could have prepared them for the crash and the sickening movement. Roxas vaguely heard screams and realized one of them was his as the hard case seemed to explode and balls flew out into the night. His ball hit the ground hard and he blacked out for a moment.

But only for a moment, and Roxas whimpered in pain as stars flashed across his vision. He was hurting but as he moved, he realized there was nothing broken. He might have a concussion, but nothing more. He tried briefly to get out of the pet ball and finally gave up, assuming his human form. The ball exploded, unable to contain the suddenly huge fairy, and Roxas stumbled away to find the others.

"Sora?" Roxas suddenly went pale as he saw the motorcycle on it's side, broken and half-crushed. The fairies were protected by the balls, which were made specifically for accidents like this. But the one person who didn't have much protection was… "Axel?!?" Roxas stumbled through the brush, trying desperately to find the redhead. But it was dark and he couldn't see and –

Roxas almost fell over the prone body and choked as he realized it was Axel. Touching the redhead's shoulder with a shaking hand, he turned Axel on his back, making the redhead groan weakly. Axel blinked up at him and Roxas could see the green of his eyes even in the moonlight. "Roxas?" Axel's voice was pained and rasping as he looked up at the fairy. "You… okay?"

"I – I'm fine oh god Axel, are you okay?" As Roxas frantically looked over his lover he realized with horror that that was a stupid question. The moonlight was glittering off liquid that could only be blood and one of Axel's legs wasn't just broken, it was crushed. Axel's breathing sounded bad and there was bloody froth at the corner of his lips.

"No." Axel swallowed before he spoke again. "My cell phone. Roxas, call… 911." Roxas quickly searched through Axel's pockets, ignoring his low groan of pain and how wet his hands were getting. He couldn't think about that, he just couldn't, or he was going to break down and he had to be strong. Axel needed him to be strong. Roxas quickly flipped open the cell and dialed the numbers.

"This is 911 could you please state the nature of your emergency?" Roxas almost sobbed before he quickly spoke.

"I'm a fairy and my master has been in an accident. I – I think he's dying please, please we need help." There was a brief, surprised pause on the other end before the operator decided to take it at face value. There was no reason why a fairy couldn't jump on the keys and speak into a phone.

"What is your location?" Roxas looked around helplessly but Axel gave him the answer.

"Highway twenty three… just out of town." Axel gasped out and Roxas repeated it. The operator asked him to stay on the line and he did, but ignored the phone in favor of Axel. Axel's breathing was slowing, and there was a terrible gurgling sound at the end of every labored breath. Roxas stroked back his red hair, unknowingly leaving streaks of blood in the soft spikes.

"Axel, you can't die, please. Please stay with me." Roxas pleaded, begging not just Axel but the gods. Fairies had lost most of their belief in deities over the centuries, but sometimes you had no one else to turn to. He didn't know what else to do for Axel, the injuries were overwhelming… "Please!"

"Trying." Axel rasped out, closing his eyes for a moment. "Roxas, I'm so… tired. So cold." Axel struggled even more to breath and Roxas stared into his face, realizing with horror that his lips were turning blue. It was hard to tell in the moonlight but he was sure of it. Roxas sobbed and gripped his hand tightly, feeling Axel's weak squeeze in return. "I… love you. Tell Reno. I'm sorry."

"You can't die." Roxas said tearfully. "Axel, you can't… can't…" But his desires had no power and Axel drew one last shuddering breath, releasing it in a long sigh. There were no more breaths after that. "NO!" Roxas buried his face in Axel's chest and sobbed. When the paramedics finally found them, hours later, they found a tiny fairy quiet and still, nestled in a dead man's shirt.

Lost in his pain and grief.