A/N So I wrote most of this at 3 in the morning X_x so sorry at lack of plot and if anything doesn't make any sense.

Beta'd by shadowofmyself435 =)

After shoving Squall and Cloud into Kairi's room, Axel and Roxas changed then climbed into bed. Axel laid on his back while Roxas curled around the taller man with his head on Axel's chest. Just when the blond was being lulled to sleep by his mate's heartbeat, a long, loud howl was heard outside.

Axel shot up, knocking poor Roxas out of the bed. The redhead gave the blond an apologetic smile before offering his hand to help the younger boy up. Once Roxas was back on his feet, whoever was outside howled again. "Who's here?" Roxas asked in a whisper. He was scared Vexen had followed them home.

"Stay here and I'll go check it out." Axel leaned down and kissed Roxas on the forehead and, before the blond could object to it, Axel slipped on the pair of pants he was wearing earlier that day and left the room. Standing in the hall, he saw his two guests. Cloud opened his mouth to say something but Axel interrupted. "He's staying in the room." Cloud nodded, walked past the redhead and went into his brother's room.

Once the two Mystics knew the Jecht brothers were safe, they made their way out of the hidden home and into the main part of the den. A silver wolf stood there.

"Axel, I need to talk to Roxas." Riku said as the other two got closer to him. The wolf was panting from sprinting to the den to avoid the Heartless. He made sure he covered his tracks so none of the creatures would follow him.

"He's inside with his brother." Axel replied.

The wolf gave the Nymph a pointed look; he assumed the Nymph had spirited Roxas's brother. Why else would he be there? Squall raised his hands in a defensive manner. "He just fell asleep in my home so I showed him where he could find Roxas." Riku gave him an 'I don't believe you' look. "There's nothing going on between us! He's a whiny bitch and I can't stand him."

Axel felt the need to cut in. "It's true. When Roxas and I got back here, Cloud had him up a tree and was threatening to set him on fire." Axel couldn't keep a straight face and laughed at the brunet's expense. Riku laughed along with the redhead.

After a few minutes, Axel stopped. "Well, you wanted to talk to Roxas, right? Come on." He started to walk back into the den with the other two behind him but stopped when he saw Roxas' red hoodie at the mouth of the cave. Axel picked it up and slipped it over his bare chest before he followed Riku and Squall back into the den.

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Cloud was shocked when he walked into the room and saw his baby brother in just boxers but then he saw the scared look on Roxas's face; he went into big brother mode and wrapped his arms around Roxas. The smaller blond pushed his brother away. He was still mad over the fact that Cloud tried to kill Axel.

"Roxas..." Cloud tried to get closer to his brother again. When Roxas's posture tensed, the older blond backed away from the foot of the bed and sat on the other end. "Look, you can't keep this up. I didn't know you felt so strongly towards Axel. I'm sorry." Cloud's blue eyes drifted away from his brother. He wasn't the best when it came to apologizing. "But I don't care what's going on, I need to bring you home." Roxas stared at his brother. "When you ran in front of the knife, I just...Roxas, why did you do that?"

A sharp pain went through Roxas's chest. He didn't know why he did it; he just felt like he had to protect Axel. Was it instinct to protect your mate? "I'm not really sure. But it was something I felt I had to do. Has that ever happened to you, Cloud?" The older blond shook his head. He was the most level headed out of the Jecht kids; Sora acted more out of impulse then all of them. Roxas gave his brother a small smile. "Lycanthropes are known for acting without thinking." Roxas quoted Fran. "Cloud, I'm turning more and more like a Lycanthrope. I can never go home."

"I can't accept that!" Cloud stood up from the bed and was looking down at his little brother. "Sora and Naminé are worried sick about you! If I go home empty handed, I'll never hear the end of their nagging. Or maybe they'll come here themselves and try to find you. Would you like to see little Nami lost out here?"

"No, I wouldn't like her coming here. But you don't understand. I can't go back. Granddad and Uncle Auron know what I am now." Roxas's voice became nothing more than a whisper as he remembered his Uncle.

Before Cloud could say anything else, a silver wolf walked in. Cloud turned and grabbed the closet object, a thick book that was sitting on a desk beside the bed, and drew back his arm. Axel's eye's doubled in size as he walked in. He rushed up to the tall blond and snatched the book from his hand.

"Don't touch that." The redhead growled. He placed it back in its spot on the desk before he turned to his mate and gestured towards the silver wolf. "Riku needs to talk to you about something." After he thought about it, Axel added. "I think Cloud should hear about it too." He turned away from the blonds and started to dig through his dresser. He threw clothes at Riku, who caught them and placed them on his back. He walked out of the room to change.

Once Riku left the room, Roxas reached for the book to see it was a photo album. Curious, Roxas opened the book and the first picture made his jaw drop. "Axel, is this Reno?" He asked as he pulled on Axel's sleeve to get his attention.

The redhead looked over Roxas's shoulder to look at the picture and smiled at it. The picture had a redheaded man leaning against a tree. He was lighting a cigarette and the flame coming from the lighter illuminated his sharp facial features, making his blue eyes glow.

"Yeah, that's him."

Roxas looked up at Axel and back down at the picture. "If it wasn't for your eyes, you would look just like him. Kairi got his eyes and some of his hair color, didn't she?"

Cloud walked away from the couple and made his way over to the Tree Nymph, who was standing in a corner on the other side of the room. "So...what's going on?" The blond was confused. First, a wolf just waltzed in the room but Roxas didn't seem to care and was now happily looking at pictures. The older blond was starting to feel left out.

Squall leaned against a wall and crossed his arms across his chest. "The wolf that just left name's Riku. He runs with the local Lycanthrope pack. He has to tell us something that I don't think you'll like." The Nymph said. A grin made its way on his face when said Lycanthrope walked back into the room in his human from. Everything was working out for Squall.

Axel's clothes were a little to long for Riku and he kept tripping on the pant legs. Riku had to stop walking once he got to the doorway. "Roxas, I overheard something that I think you should know. Vexen told Xemnas about you. He plans on using you against Axel. He'll even drag your twin into this if he has to."

"Vexen? The teacher?" Cloud asked from his and Squall's corner. "He can't do that!" His hands were balled up in fist. One of his siblings were already mixed up in this mess, he didn't need another one.

"Cloud." Roxas called to his older brother. When Cloud looked over, he saw that Axel had pulled Roxas onto his lap and had his arms wrapped protectively around the small blond's waist. "All this time, Vexen's been tricking us. He was never human. You need to tell Granddad; he can banish him from town."

The older blond just shook his head. "You're coming with me to tell him." Axel started to growl and his grip on the blond boy in his lap got tighter. Cloud saw the distressed look in his brother's blue eyes and walked over to the two. He snatched his brother out of the redhead's grasp and dragged him over to the corner he was standing in. "He doesn't belong here. You took him from us. He needs to be with his family, not some fucking freak who just wanted an easy lay." Cloud spat at Axel.

Riku cut off any remark from Axel. "Can we please stick with the topic? Look, we need to do something to protect Roxas and his family from the pack. The sooner we can figure this out, the sooner Axel can become the leader-"

"Wait, what if I don't want to become the leader?" Axel cut in.

"Leader?" Roxas asked. He looked from Axel to Riku and waited for an answer. The blond knew that Axel was the son of the previous pack leader but wolves didn't have monarchy; their ruler was picked by being strongest. "So you're going to kill Xemnas?" The blond broke free from his brother's grasp and knelt in front of his mate. "You can't do this! What if something happens to you? I don't know what I'd do." Roxas buried his face in Axel's legs while the redhead combed his fingers through soft, blond spikes.

Riku coughed to bring the couple back to their conversation. "He has to. I think Xemnas is up to something big. Why else would he have Vexen in the Outerlands?" Roxas lifted his head off of Axel's lap and looked over at the silver haired Lycanthrope. "I think we'll need eyes over there, just to make sure he's really up to something so we can stop him. Cloud, would you mind doing that for us?" He looked over at the tall blond.

Cloud looked over at his brother, whose big blue eyes were silently pleading to him, then turned back to Riku. "I already graduated from high school. It'll be impossible for me to keep an eye on Vexen. And I refuse to have Sora get dragged into this."

"Is that your way of getting me to go back with you?" Roxas asked. He was still sitting on the ground with his back against the bed and his head leaning on Axel's lap. He showed no signs of moving.

Cloud was about to answer, but the brunet spoke up first. "I'll do it." All eyes in the room looked over at him with skeptical looks. "What? I know I won't be able to pass as a student but I can try to get a job at the school and keep an eye on both Vexen and Sora." The Nymph didn't really want to be bothered with it but, if it meant his tree would be protected in the long run, he didn't care about this minor inconvenience.

Cloud just shook his head; he wanted Roxas, not Squall! "That won't work. Vexen knows you. It would be easier if I just take Roxas back home and put all of this behind us."

"But if Roxas goes back with you, it'll just make it easier for Xemnas to nab him. And once he has Roxas, he'll use him to kill Axel."

"I don't care what happens to that bastard." Cloud growled with a finger pointed at Axel.

"Xemnas doesn't care about what you feel or if you want to forget about all of this. He'll still come after Roxas."

Roxas whimpered. He just figured out how he felt for his mate. There was no way he wanted Axel to be taken away from him nor did he want to be used to get him killed. Axel's hand left his hair and made its way to Roxas's chin and lifted his head so Roxas was looking up at the red head. "Hey, we'll figure something out, okay? Nothing bad is going to happen." Axel pecked Roxas on the lips.

The hair on the back of Cloud's neck stood up. He didn't like his brother being so affectionate with a complete stranger. Squall put his hand on the blond's shoulder to calm him down. Cloud just shrugged it off, causing the brunet's frown to deepen.

"It's getting late. Why don't we go to bed and talk about things in the morning?" Riku suggested. Even though they couldn't see the moon, Riku just wanted everyone to calm down and the only way that would happen would be once everyone was rested. Squall nodded. The two Mystics walked out of the room and into Kairi's.

Cloud didn't move from his spot and just watched his brother and his mate. Axel was still sitting on the bed with his hand stretched out to help Roxas stand up. Both of them had wide grins on their faces. Cloud couldn't bring himself to smile at the happy couple. Instead, he cleared his throat. Roxas turned to his brother and had a heavy blush on his face. Axel just looked annoyed. "You're sleeping with the other freaks." Cloud said with a finger pointed at the redhead.

Axel glared at the older blond. "And why would I do that? This is my home. If I wanted to, I could make you sleep outside with all the Heartless." He grunted in pain when Roxas elbowed him in the ribs.

"Go sleep in Kairi's room and talk strategy. I'll talk to Cloud and change his mind about taking me home." The small blond whispered at his mate. Axel nodded in agreement and gave Roxas a quick kiss before leaving. Roxas looked over at his brother and patted the edge of the bed. "Come on, let's sleep." He crawled into the sheets on the far side of the bed. When he felt the bed dip as Cloud joined him, Roxas spoke. "You know, not too long ago, Uncle Auron told me that our life is our own story and that we shouldn't let anyone write it for us."

The room filled with silence for a few moments. "What are you trying to tell me?"

"No matter how much you want me to come home, I won't. It's my life and I can make my own choices." A new found confidence was in Roxas's voice.

A/N So I don't like how emotional Roxas is in this chapter...oh well XD

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