No, I don't own kingdom hearts. They belong to Disney and Squeenix. However I am proud owner of any of the original characters that appear here unless stated otherwise. Utada Hikaru and her music belong to herself, I only borrowed her name for the sake of the story.

Summary: KeyToDestiny and DancingFlames are widely known over the internet. No one knows who they are, though. It is only known that one of them has two 'keys' tattooed and the other has piercing green eyes...

Ignoring the growing admiration to those two amazing models, Roxas is recovering from a suicide attempt and has moved back with his family to his old hometown, Destiny Islands, to start anew. In that same hometown a new life, old friends and wonderful challenges await for him. Will Roxas and his new friends manage to pursue that dream that they chase?


Last Time…

Xigbar barked a laugh and raised his cup of coffee. "Long live disorganization, then"

"(DIS)Organization" Axel emphasized, raising his cup too. Roxas snorted and got up from Axel's lap to raise his own cup for the toast.

"To us" they all chorused as they toasted with their coffee.

"Well, now that we got a name" Saix joked "All we need is a couple more songs and a contract and we're set"

Laughter broke amongst the five males as jokes and puns started popping up and their conversation took on a lighter tone. School, university plans, future songs, gossip… they talked about anything that came to mind.

"You know what we also need?" Xigbar barked, his uncovered eye twinkling with mirth and too much beer "Poker night. And" he raised his hand before anyone spoke up "I know where to find a certain Luxord…"

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"PUSH THE BRAKE! PUSH IT!"

"SHIT!"

Roxas screamed and let go of the steering wheel and cringed. Axel looked palely white, a traumatized look on his face as he stared at the small shrub that they had just run over.

"My car…" he cringed, taking off his seatbelt and running out of the vehicle to examine the damage. Roxas was panting, still scared from his 'near-death' experience. As his seventeenth birthday was just around the corner, Axel had offered to give him driving lessons in order to prepare for the driving exam he should take some time soon. So far… it hadn't gone so well. Driving was harder than it seemed, and the blonde just couldn't get his head around the gears, the different pedals or doing more than two things at the same time whilst keeping an eye out for possible road kill.

"It's okay… nothing happened" Axel breathed, stroking his car. "It's okay, I'll take care of you from now on…"

"Yeah, please do" Roxas said, getting out from the car and as far away from the steering wheel as possible "I'm not going in there again"

"You need to learn some time soon. Driving is an essential part of life. No driving, no freedom" Axel smiled as he wrapped his arms around the blonde. "Come on, you didn't do that bad"

"Yeah, right…"

"Seriously, for your first time at the steering wheel, you lasted for twenty minutes before crashing into something" Axel pointed out, wincing lightly when Roxas punched his arm. He rolled his eyes and looked up to the cloudy sky. "It's going to rain soon…"

Roxas sighed and looked up, resting his cheek against Axel's chest "Nothing has happened for months…. I feel like I'm going to die of boredom"

"You'll turn seventeen in two weeks…" Axel nodded "Can you believe we've been fourteen months together?"

"Nuh-uh" Roxas smiled "Can you believe it?"

"Well, I would not mind living in this dream forever…" Axel purred, leaning in to kiss Roxas. He would have done so, if they hadn't heard someone clapping behind them.

"So cute… I just adore the sappiness" Sora said sarcastically "now, how about you guys actually get a move and we go back home? Glee is about to start and I don't want to miss this week's episode"

Roxas scowled at his twin brother. Yes, Sora had come up to the hill with them, but as they practiced driving around he went to walk and sulk and think about Riku. And now that he was back privacy and PDA was, in a way, over. The fact that Sora could just not get over Riku was starting to annoy everyone. It didn't exactly help that Riku seemed to have given up in trying to talk to Sora and was just being cordial to him during friend meetings and acting as if nothing had happened between them. Everyone knew why; Riku wanted to prove Sora (and himself, in a way) that he was capable of standing up to what he believed and defend those whom he loved… but so far nothing had been achieved. Axel and Roxas shared a look and shrugged, then headed back into the car, where Sora was already waiting for them and proceeded to return to their house, where he'd probably whine at them again for some stupid reason… ah, the wonders of routine.

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Around the third time he heard a sniffle and a shaky sigh, Roxas turned around to stare at his boyfriend, who sat teary-eyed in front of a thick book. "Axel, exactly what are you reading?"

"The Art of Eating Cookies…" the red haired sniffled "It's so… moving…"

"The what of what?"

"The Art of Eating Cookies. It's about this boy who…" more tears started streaming over "Oh no! Seriously…"

"Who what?" Roxas was confused "Axel, dear, I'm not following" the blonde bit his lip as he watched Axel pouring his eyes out as he read. "Axel?"

"Shut up! This part is crucial! I think they're about to break up…"

"Has he borrowed one of Kairi's books?" Rowan asked as he opened the door. Roxas shrugged at the adult, who laughed. "Anyway, I'm out with the dogs ok? Be sure to have fun in my absence"

Both teens nodded, Roxas back to his song writing (that was what he had been doing until Axel had started crying) and Axel was too engrossed in his book to pay attention to his father or the sexual innuendo… which wasn't a big deal, seeing as the couple was together almost every day now. Roxas still spent some days with his siblings and such, but the vast majority of his stuff was divided between Axel's house and the music studio, where their newly named band composed one song after another. It seemed liked it had been yesterday when, after toasting to (DIS)Organization, Xigbar had driven all of them in his van to play poker with Luxord. Instead of piercings, they'd played with shots and, although Roxas didn't remember much of what happened after his third intake, he was sure he'd never forget the headache he got afterwards…

Biting on his pen, Roxas smiled as another wild night came to mind. A night Saix decided he was having a girl's night, despite all of them being men, and had actually forced them into dresses and put make up on and other crazy things. Xemnas' horrified face upon entering his house and finding his apartment invaded by cross dressers had been priceless. Axel had looked hot in a skirt… hm…

"No, they broke up!" Axel sobbed, shaking Roxas from his trance. Never mind how sexy Axel could be, he definitely wasn't acting in a sexual way right now.

"I'm not letting you get near any more sappy stories…" Roxas said to his boyfriend, who yet let out another wail. The blonde scratched his forehead, staring at the heavily annotated music piece. Now, if he could only make sense of Xigbar's handwriting everything would be simpler…

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Demyx leaned against Zexion's back, not really up to working. Not that afternoon, at least. Not when he had more important things to think about. Zexion tapped calmly into his computer, tweaking around the latest song they had composed. Life for the two of them was becoming more and more hectic. Their success as DJs in The World That Never Was had gotten them into a spiral of composing, recording and playing at various events that Sephiroth organised. The oldest Silver was getting ready to launch a party CD with a couple of their songs and organizing a small winter tour around the various clubs that existed around the Destiny Islands. True, money was flowing into Demyx' bank account much faster than anyone would have thought, but it was taking so much time away from his friends and family he didn't know whether he liked the change or not. Zexion seemed to be in a similar situation, but seeing as his family seemed to compose of his uncle and his over-working parents…

"Larxene says she's gonna name her little girl Marla" he randomly spoke, eager to break the silence. Zexion paused on his work to stare at Demyx, thoroughly amused.

"Is it because she's comparing her growing stomach to a tumour?"

Demyx laughed "No, you silly. Apparently, it comes from Marluxia and Larxene; Mar-la" he paused "Though now you say it, it wouldn't surprise me if it came from the tumour thing. She was watching Fight club a couple of nights ago…"

"I might adore your sister, but she's off her rocker"

"Yeah… say, Zex" Zexion stopped again to listen to Demyx "Have you noticed anything strange going on between Nami and Sora?"

"If you're asking about the growing amount of keyblades in your room and the absurdly large amount of time they spend together in your hangar…" the slate haired boy took a deep breath "No idea"

Demyx huffed noisily and crossed his arms over his chest. Zexion smirked and trained his eyes back on the computer screen, tapping the keyboard with one hand but letting the other worm its way into Demyx' shirt. The teen squirmed.

"Your hands are cold"

"Warm them, then"


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"Holy Shit…" Sora cursed as he stared at the calendar. "Holy fucking shit on a cracker… This is bad!" the brunet rushed out of the kitchen in search of his twin, whom he found lolling around with Demyx in the back yard. "Roxas!"

The blonde turned around. "What?"

"We've only got two weeks!" Sora shouted, running up to the two "There's only two weeks left and we've got loads of stuff to do!"

Roxas paled considerably. "What! But last time I checked we had two months…"

Sora shook his head "Cloud once again forgot to turn the calendar page…"

"OH crap…" Roxas cursed "Come on, lets get a move!"

"Wait, I don't get it…" Demyx started to talk, but the twins dragged him away with them "What's going on!"

"The wedding!" Sora said as they rushed back into the house "We're supposed to be getting everything ready for the wedding and we've only got two weeks left!"

"But what does that have to do with me?" Demyx asked in protest at the harsh dragging he was experiencing.

"You're helping us!" Roxas announced, coming back into the room with a black file "Soku, I've got the file!"

As they watched the twins fret around the living room, Demyx following confused behind them, Cloud and Vincent smiled mischievously. The blonde adult rested his head on his boyfriend's shoulder, closing his eyes as he inhaled the sweet scent of cologne coming from him.

"Vincent… should we tell them that everything is almost taken care of?"

"Not everything" Vincent said as he wrapped his arm around Cloud "They still need to figure out what they're going to wear, what they need to say as best men…" he snorted "at least I made sure to tick from the list all the things that were done…"

More shouts came from the living room, mainly from Demyx who was lecturing the twins on dragging him around when most of the things were taken care of. The adults smiled at each other, enjoying the 'calm' that reigned in the atmosphere… considering the volume of Demyx' voice had decreased.

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"Hikaru Mortuary, how can I help you?"

"Ha fucking ha, dad" Axel snorted as he rolled his eyes "Cut the crap out, will you?"

"But why should I?" Rowan cackled from the other side of the phone "Black humour is the best! It's like…"

"Dad…"

"Its like legs, either you have them or you don't"

Axel actually snorted at that. "Anyway dad, I kind of need a favour…"

"You know, sometimes I wish I had a father like Rowan" Xigbar commented as he sipped his coffee "Wicked sense of humour…"

"And horrible sense of responsibility" Roxas said

"Not like I have much of that anyway…" the male replied "So… what's the plan for today?"

"In theory we're supposed to be playing a new song… but Axel forgot his music sheets" Roxas shook his head "I still don't understand why he wants them. He knows everything off by heart"

"Well, you never know" Saix spoke up "He might have composed something new…"

"Yes, that's it! Thank you , dad!" Axel exclaimed happily. "Yup, see you in a bit" The teen turned around to his band and smiled "Okay, as soon as I get my music, we're starting on this amazing new song I wrote…"

"Is it going to be something emotive?" Xaldin asked from his place in the drums. "You know I can't handle emotiveness"

Roxas smiled at the memory. Even though they hadn't been together as a band for that long (slightly over a month, if Roxas remembered correctly) the amount of songs they produced was amazing. During the first few weeks, they had been going over the songs Axel and Roxas already had and tweaking them around so that everyone felt comfortable playing them. After that, they had started composing brand new things. However, Axel tended to fall into pits of despair and emotion, and sometimes the lyrics he came up with were… heart wrenching. Their latest production, RAIN, had managed to bring Xaldin to tears.

Axel at least had the decency to wince, although he was smiling. "Well… it's sort of a happy song…"

"Define happy" Saix and Roxas shared an amused look. They both know that Axel was unable to compose 'happy songs'… he just couldn't .

"The melody?"

Xigbar barked a laugh. "Come on, we know how your lyrics are…"

"Hey! This time it's different!" Axel protested "It's called 'With all my Love'…"

"With all my love I will embrace you so that sadness with never reach you again…" Rowan singsonged as he waltzed into the room "Don't mind me snooping into your lyrics"

"Don't worry" Axel shrugged the adult off, reaching out for the notebook. Rowan shook his head and stared at his son.

"However, I do have to wonder where you get so much angst from. Your mother, perhaps?"

"Hey Rowan, do you want to stay for the practice?" Xigbar asked, picking up his guitar. Rowan shook his head.

"Thank you, but I've got an appointment with my favourite psychologist, gambler and slut to play Chinese checkers"

"Vexen, Luxord and Sephiroth…" Rowan mumbled to himself, amused at the nicknames, especially Sephiroth's. Then again, the silver haired had slept with half of Destiny Island's male and female population… He tuned back to Axel, who was handing everyone music sheets and talking them through what the plan was. Ah well, time to work now…


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Having a cellphone with wifi has to be the best. I'm waiting for my best friend's sister to have her baby, and this has to be the most boring thing on earth…

Roxas paused in his typing to look at everyone. Naminé had gone in with Larxene because Marluxia was in the middle of an important interview and no one could get in contact with him. Axel was trying to get Demyx to calm down, Cid was reading a magazine and his brother was drooling over Cloud's lap as he slept… Eww

This is the second time I'm waiting for a baby to be born. What about you guys? Any of you have gone through this long wait?

Satisfied with his small note, he posted it on Kingdom hArts. He looked up when someone opened the door, where Marluxia stood, panting, clad in a very smart dark suit. "How… is Xeeney doing?"

"She's okay, if that's what you're wondering" Axel said "In fact, it shouldn't be long before your little girl is born"

The pink haired nodded, sitting down on a chair to regain his breath. "Thank god… boss agreed to give me a second chance at the interview seeing as he liked my curriculum and was very interested in me" he smiled "If I get this job, I'll be able to buy a house and move out with Larxene and…"

"Congratulations, it's a beautiful girl" Naminé announced, laughing, as she came out of the birth room. "Why have you decided to name her Marla?"

"Fightclub?" Marluxia blurted out "Can I see them ! How are they doing!"

"Calm down, will you?" the blonde girl instructed "Marla was born premature, so she has to be in the observation ward over night, okay? The said they'd tell us more tomorrow…"

"When are they taking Larxene up to her room?" Demyx asked, trying to wriggle free from Axel's iron grip. It seemed the red haired had picked him up to stop him from running into the operation room and still had to let go of him. The blonde sighed and leaned back into his chair. Well, there was nothing else to do now but wait…

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"How long were we there, again?" Axel asked later that day, as they were getting ready for bed. "Because I feel like I lost a precious amount of time, seeing as we were unable to see little Marla" Roxas shrugged and said something, which came out muffled since he was brushing his teeth. He spat into the sink and rinsed his mouth before speaking again.

"Need I remind you that you were the one that insisted in staying to keep Larxene company after she came into her room?"

"That was sort of necessary" The red haired pointed out as he tried to push Zack and Aerith off the bed, but neither of the dogs would move. "Roku, your dogs are hogging my bed!"

"Ah, I love this" Roxas snorted as he took off his contacts "When they do something amazing, they're your dogs, but as soon as they misbehave they're mine"

"Practicing for parenthood, I see" Rowan interrupted "Axel, I hate to ask this of you but tomorrow can you take me to the hospital?"

Both teens turned to look at the man, who seemed quite pale.

"What's wrong? We can always go now…"

"Nonsense, Aku" Rowan shrugged, but his voice lacked the usual enthusiasm "I just booked a last minute appointment with my doctor. My eyes are going funny, and I can't exactly drive there myself when I'm seeing black dots randomly, right?"

Axel looked worried, but didn't say. "Okay dad. At what time should we be there?"

"They said at 9.30" Rowan yawned. "That's it. I'm going to sleep… and you boys should, too. Its pancake day tomorrow and I expect my healthy dose of glucose in the morning"

"Blueberry pancakes?" Roxas asked as he put his glasses on. It was his turn to make breakfast the next day, after all. Axel nodded vigorously, his worry forgotten at the mention of his boyfriend's delicious blueberry pancakes. Rowan shrugged and headed off to his room, located at the far end of the corridor, closely followed by Aeirth and Zack.

Happy that the dogs had left the bed, Axel snuggled under the covers, pulling Roxas in as the unsuspecting teen went by the bed in order to reach his pijamas, currently located on Axel's chair.

"Ack!"

"Ah, such graceful falling…" Axel commented, kissing Roxas' nose. "Why were you trying to get, dearest?"

"My… pijamas?" Roxas drawled, becoming painfully aware that Axel was clad in very low black boxers that, in the teen's opinion, would look better not being worn. He threw a lustful look at the red haired, who licked his lips sensually and turned the lights off, laughing as he jumped the teen in the darkness of the room. It was going to be a bumpy ride for Roxas, that's for sure…


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FIRST AND FOREMOST: I AM EXTREMELY SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO UPDATE!

Seriously, this has never happened before. I'm quite disappointed at myself, but lets hope I can fix this by going back to regularity…

SECOND: the reasons for my delay

Real life is hectic. In the past few months, I have had to get all the paperwork for my university application ready, send off my applications and get the portfolios ready to be sent in record time. Then, gramps fell ill. And if we add my extra French classes to the mix…. Madness has been having a very busy life.

You could also blame it on my boyfriend, who hogs me for the most part of my free time, but I shall not be that cruel… will I?

It was very hard to get on with this chapter, I will say that. However, I have already started the next one, which I hope is of a much higher quality than this one can be. Seriously, I need a beta reader. Anyone up to it? There's only a bunch of chapters left, so there won't be much work to do but…

ALSO:

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