So yeah sorry if I scared you off with that kiss at the end of the last chapter though you didn't seem to have a problem with the relationship between Riku and Crixen.

Usual disclaimer goes here.

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The Chasers

Chapter 25

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Heart's POV

I awoke the next morning feeling unusually refreshed. Well not that unusual considering whom I had been kissing last night. Grabbing my pillow, I quickly covered my face with it and squealed like an idiot into it. Hey if finally kissing your crush makes you an idiot then I'm guilty as charged. Changing back into my normal clothes, I hurried over to Sora's place without waiting for Kairi and Crixen. When I got there, I was hoping to find Roxas waiting outside but instead I met Axel.

"Oh hi Axel," I said nervously. "What are you doing here?"

"Just waiting for my best friend," he replied and suddenly his tone turned sly. "What are you doing here?" He flashed me a smile that made me feel uneasy. It wasn't a creepy smile, but it was the kind that meant the red-head was planning some kind of trouble. Considering this is Axel I'm talking about, I think I have every right to get as many bad feelings as I want.

"I'm…Waiting for my best friend too," I answered quickly. Axel got closer to me until our faces were almost touching.

"Crixen was staying with Kairi like you were, got it memorized?"

"Zane is rooming with Sora like Roxas is," I shot back. "Got that memorized?" My sapphire eyes glared into his emerald ones, neither of us wanting to back down. Next to us, someone coughed. We turned and saw a completely ready Sora standing by his front door, Zane and Roxas were there too.

"What are you two doing?" the brunette asked.

"Nothing," was the answer he got from both of us. Zane just shook his head.

"I'm going to Riku's in case anyone cares," he said and waved. Sora hurried after him leaving me and Roxas alone with Axel. Said red-head backed up and gave me my space.

"Well if you want to wait for Kairi and Crixen that's fine with me," he said and walked away. Before he was out of ear shot however he turned back and smirked. "I mean after all Heart, you have your boyfriend to keep you company." Roxas and I just stood there, shocked.

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"How did he find out?" Roxas whispered to me as we walked back to the ship.

"How should I know?" I whispered back. Ahead of us, I saw Axel and Crixen whispering to each other, looking at something in their hands, and occasionally shooting evil smiles at us. Roxas and I gulped nervously. "Two hundred munny says they're related," I whispered.

"Deal," Roxas answered. "So what are we going to do about them? No offense but I'd rather tell everyone about us myself instead of getting set up." A wicked grin showed up on my face.

"Oh don't worry about them," I said evilly. "I've got the perfect plan."

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"You two seem awfully happy today," Aerith said to Roxas and me. We, the group that is, had of course decided to return to Radiant Garden so we could show our friends Arden's journal.

"Yeah," Roxas nodded. "We had a great time on Destiny Islands. I can see why you love it there Sora."

"Are you sure that's the only reason you're happy?" Crixen asked slyly.

"What do you mean?" I asked, hopefully I sounded believably confused.

"Well if that's the only reason for your good mood," Axel answered with a grin that would have put the Cheshire Cat to shame. "Then how do you explain these?" He pulled out some pictures and placed them face up on the table we were sitting around. The photos were of me and Roxas dancing and one of them was of the kiss.

So I was right, I thought. When I saw them looking at something in their hands earlier, I figured it had to be some kind of picture or anything along those lines. I started cracking up.

"Oh come on," I said. "Anyone with a Photoshop program can fake a picture."

"Are you really that mad about me locking you and Larxene together in her room?" Roxas asked, catching onto what I was doing. I had to keep from laughing at the look on Axel and Crixen's faces. They opened and closed their mouths like fish out of water.

"But, but…" Crixen whimpered.

"That's low Crix," Zane said standing up from his chair, "even for you." The rest of our friends also got up and left, leaving Roxas and me with the two trouble makers.

"We are going to prove there's something going on with you," Axel hissed.

"What's talking about Heart?" Roxas asked. I simply shrugged and left.

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Crixen's POV

I was in a really bad mood. Heart and Roxas kissed and Axel and I got a picture of it but those two sneaky blondes managed to convince the others the pictures were faked. Well if nothing else it was proof that those two belonged together.

As I was musing on that thought, I sat next to Cid and watched him try to figure out where Darrin left his journal. He was on the computer in Merlin's house while the rest of the group was either looking at the two journals or taking notes. So far we discovered that Arden and Darrin each had a younger sibling that traveled with them and that Keieiomoi had no siblings. Finally we caught a break.

"Guys I found him," my brother shouted and then he read the passage from the queen's journal.

"Darrin and Holly seem homesick. Actually we all are except for X---------- of course."

"Sorry about that," Zane said sheepishly. "There're some areas that are smudged and it looks like that name got ruined."

"Whatever it is, it's my uncle's," Riku explained. "Something must have happened to him because my dad scribbled out his name except for the last letter: 'T'." Zane continued to read.

"I feel so sorry for him and Arden. To have lost their parents like that, I can't imagine what they're going through. I hope that when this war is over we can go home. I want see my parents and Ansem again. I miss them and I know Darrin and Holly miss their parents too.

Before I return to Radiant Garden, I want to see Darrin's home world, from what he described Earth must be a wonderful place."

"Darrin was from Earth?" Malik asked. "Heart's from there too. It can't be a coincident."

"It's not," Heart said quietly. "It looks like Riku's not the only one who had Chaser for a family member."

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Dun dun dun…

So about not updating, I had school and then moving to a new place and now I'm working getting ready to go to college.

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