Title: Next Life

Rating: T

By: Karesu Gaara Mikosu

Warning: AkuRoku (Axel/Roxas)(m/m) Don't like? Don't read! Flames will be used to cook my ramen.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts II

A/N: I am so sorry that his chapter is so bad, I was kind of out of a good idea. It is now aware to me that I have no idea where this going and I didn't plan this out very well... any ideas that you may have will be taken to heart! Reviews are also a good thing.

Next Life: Chapter Two

Axel couldn't shake the feeling that he knew the boy in front of him as he wrote down his order. Even as he walked away those blue depths haunted him. Sighing he walked back into the kitchen, barking the order to the old man who was cooking that night and went to clean up his earlier mess that he had made. As he did so something came back to, as if he had forgotten it a long time ago and bits and pieces of it came back.

He wondered who that was really, a cloaked figure walking away, then a wave a anger and sadness followed. The red-head took a deep breath and finished cleaning up just in time to take the guys order out to him. "Here you go."

"Thanks." was the simple answer that he got before he dug into the food that was set in front of them. As he did this Axel decided that now would be a good idea to go talk to his new co-worker, who was sitting at the main desk with an annoyed look on her face and she was playing with some sort of video game device.

"Stupid Square Enix!" She growled at her, now being seen, Gameboy, "Yes, SSE! Well at least the organization is in this one..." she mutter to herself, Axel looked confused.

"Um, are you okay?" He asked, not sure if he wanted to talk to her anymore or not, she seemed to be weird. The bluenette looked up from her game and smiled, setting it down on the table happily.

"Oh yeah I am totally fine, just getting annoyed by certain stupid kid heros looking for a annoying brat girl and his... well never mind that. You're the new guy right? Axel I think your name is?" She asked a smile on her lips happily.

"Yeah that would be me, and your Karesu right?" he asked, feeling a bit more at peace around her now. She nodded her head wildly as he said her name, confirming that indeed that it was her. "Yeah, hey what do you know about that kid over there?" he asked, pointing at Roxas.

"Oh, you mean Roxas? I know a lot about him really, he works with my friend Sora, well at least they both work down the street at Game Tower (a/n: Kind of like a Game Stop and Gameworks combined into one thing.) down the street. Sora almost always gets out of work, thus leaving Roxas with most of the late shifts, although he gets paid more then Sora anyway. Why did you ask?" She said with a smile gracing her lips.

The green eyed boy didn't know what to say to that, he really thought that he knew the boy somehow and that name sounded way to familiar. "I have no idea as to why I asked, it just seemed like... he comes here often?"

"Yeah, well I would too if I had to work late and mostly everything else was closed." Karesu responded, nodding her head. "Well anyway, don't you have to go and work in the kitchen? If you need anything, just ask okay?"

Axel slightly nodded as the girl once again went back to her game and he decided there was something not right with her in the head. Walking off he went back to his new duties, staring to hum a song that had been stuck in his head for the good portion of an hour. After about ten minutes the blonde boy got up and paid his bill. Axel watched him as he walked off, saying goodbye quickly before walking off.

This was about the time that the red-head whispered to himself,"Why do I feel..."

"...like I know you?" Roxas asked himself as he once again went the direction that his apartment was in. Once he came upon his apartment building he went in and quickly ran up to room 13, unlocking the door and letting himself in. It wasn't big by any stretch of the imagination, a small kitchen, a little spit of area that had a couch and a T.V. plus a bedroom with a attached bathroom. Once again it wasn't big, but it was his.

"I need some sleep, my mind had died, this is the only reason that... that guy looked familiar. See Roxas its just the work load getting to you. See you are even talking to yourself? Ha! You need some sleep." He groaned out and quickly pulled off his shirt and pants before falling onto his bed, almost instantly falling asleep.

(A/n: This next part is Roxas' dream)

Everything was fuzzy like if he had gotten a bad television station or something and he couldn't change it. A image flashed onto the static screen, just a burst of red, but it was gone quickly. A voice came, but he couldn't place who it was, although he seemed he should know. The conversation seemed to be one sided, until another voice jumped it.

The volume almost seemed to be turned down so he wasn't able to hear any of the real conversation, just muttered voices in the darkness. He was attempting to make sense of it all, but nothing was really coming to mind. Another flash of red, this time accompanied by two dots of green, came and went, then the voices became clear.

"A... what were you trying to do?" Why couldn't hear the name? It was like the static over-powered the words.

"I wanted to see R... He was the only one I liked... he made me feel like I had a heart... its kind of funny..."

"A...!"

Roxas woke with a jolt, pain shot through him at a rapid speed. He hurt, his heart, his head, and he was attempting to catch his breath without much success.