A/N: Hi, hi! I love this story so much! Anyhoo, I'm glad so many of you guys love this story, which is why if I tell you that I'm leaving town today and not coming back for about a week, you wont be mad and upset! I'm not sure if where I'm going has wi-fi, and if they don't, it means no updates for about a week, and if they do, then you might see one or two updates. Ok, enough of my babbling: Go on and read, and enjoy, please!

Disclaimer: If I did own something, I would totally own Axel, ok? And I don't think I do, so yea…I don't.

"Why did you let me die, Hope?" Not again!

"No, I didn't mean to! I'M SO SORRY!"

"You let me die…"

"NO!" I shot up, panting. I groaned when I realized it was just another dream, rubbing my temples as felt the oncoming headache get closer. I took a glance at my alarm clock: 8 in the morning. Seeing as the only person I was closest to was Axel, I figured I could go and bug him.

As I was walking out of my room and towards Axel's, I was stopped when I heard music. I listened closely, and noticed it sounded like a guitar, and I could also hear someone singing softly to the song. Quietly, I walked down the other side of the hall, following the music as I went along. Eventually I came to a room where the door was open, and the music was flooding out. Inside, sat Demyx, playing something that resembled a guitar. I recognized the song as Move Along, by the All-American-Rejects.

"When all you gotta keep is strong,

Move along, move along just the way you do

And even if your hope is gone

Move along move along just the way you do"

"You're really good!" Demyx looked up at me, his face turning red a bit when he realized I had been listening.

"Nah, you're just saying that. Everyone else that hears me always come and yell at me to keep it down." Wow…how can he not think he isn't good?

I shook my head, taking a seat next to him on his bed. "No, I think you truly are good. I mean, I've never heard someone play as good as…well as anyone else, including myself."

His mood brightened up a bit, "You play the Sitar?" He asked me, looking curious now.

"No, but I can play the guitar, piano, flute, violin, harp, and I can sing!" I said, counting each thing off with a finger.

"Awesome, another music lover here in the organization!" I smiled at him as he grinned like a kid.

Now I really knew that he and I were really going to get along.

"So, what are we gonna do today, o wonderful mentor of mine?"

Axel laughed at what Hope had called him. "Don't be a kiss up, Hope," He warned her, flicking her on the noise, "And as for today's agenda, you'll be going on a mission with me to Halloween Town for a recon mission."

Hope quirked an eyebrow, "Halloween Town? As in, a town that celebrates Halloween all the time?"

Axel shrugged his shoulders, nodding. "Yeah, I guess you could put it that way." He opened a dark portal and pulled her through with him.

Once they stepped out and into the town, Hope shuddered. "I can see why they call it Halloween Town." She turned to look at Axel, and her eyes widened in shock. "Whoa! You look like a freakishly cooler version of the Mad Hatter, except more punk looking."

He smirked at her. "Nice ears and tail, kitty."

Hope placed her hands on the top of her head, her eyes widening when she felt the cat ears on her head. She turned around to look behind her, and she gasped when she saw the tail. "I'm…a cat?….AWESOME!"

Axel laughed for a minute before grabbing her arm and dragging her along. "Yeah, well no time to play kitten. We gotta do some recon."

Hope cocked her head to the side. "Really? I mean, the only thing to know about this place is that it's spooky and such."

"Well, we need to be able to know what people are like around here, how they act, and where everything is located." Axel explained, pushing the gates to what looked like a grave yard open. "We'll start by looking in here first."

Hope looked at it before looking at him with a deadpan expression. "You're kidding, right?"

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Hope did not like the idea of looking around the grave yard as creepy looking as it was. It wasn't that she was scared or anything, she just found the idea a bit…odd.

"What's there to know about this place? It's just and empty old graveyard with tombstones and statues and a cute little ghost dog…." She looked up at the little floating thing, before looking back at Axel. That's when her eyes widened in realization. "CUTE LITTLE GHOST DOG?"

The little floating thing yipped, rubbing its head against Hope's shoulder, causing her to giggle. She figured that the tombstone she was standing in front of was its bed. Engraved on the tombstone was the name Zero. "I think it likes you!"

Hope stared at him dumbly. "Well, duh! Of course he likes me! Isn't that right, Zero?" The little ghost dog yipped once, before floating off to Kingdom Hearts knows where. "Easy come, easy go…"

"Hey, look at this: Scuff marks are on the edges of this coffin. You think that the li can be moved?" Axel asked as he inspected said item.

Hope moved over to him and shrugged her shoulders. "Possibly. I think we've seen enough here. We should go back and look into the town."

"Yeah, let's go."

A/N: Sorry for the shortness, but I have to go and finish packing my things, along with my laptop! So, I will see you all in a week, ok? Don't forget to review! LATER TATERS!