Falling Further

OK...Chapter two of Falling Further. This is going to be the first chapter that includes AkuRoku. The song is "Better than me" by Hinder.

Disclaimer - - - Not mine...just the plot...I think. lol.

- altered lyrics.

I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies that I made you believe
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your black robe- used to be

"Roxas! Come back..." The blonde head in front of him kept walking. The redheaded man behind him stared at the back of the blonde's head. "Roxas! You can't just leave the Organization...They'll kill you!" The blonde turned to look towards the other man.

"No one would miss me..." Axel looked dejected when he heard his boyfriend say this. He watched as Roxas turned back around and walked even further into the darkness.

"Not true...I would." The pang of sadness that was etched into those words nearly broke Roxas's resolve. However, he kept walking.

Watching his best friend, his boyfriend, walking away from him, Axel slumped against the wall behind him. A black figure came out from the shadows.

"Axel, you know you have to go after him." The mysterious figure said as he sat down next to his friend.

"I know...Damnit, don't you think I know? Fuck, I screwed up big time, and now I am paying for it..." The figure shook his head.

"Looks like we're in the same boat now." Axel closed his eyes and leaned against the figure.

"Yeah, we are aren't we? How long til Xemnas catches onto me?" The figure drew in a deep breath.

"Axel, He...He already knows. You need to just keep going until he sends you after Roxas, then you need to get the hell away from the Organization. I can find you somewhere, anywhere to stay, as long as you're safe." Axel chuckled.

"Awww...Riku...Are you going soft on me? I didn't realize you cared so much...What about you? Why haven't you gone after Sora?" The hood was lowered, revealing Riku's angular facial features and long, flowing silver hair. Riku looked over at his redheaded friend.

"Because, I left him. He has to find me, prove to me that it's going to be me and him, not him and Kairi and not me, him and Kairi. I can't stand her, and he knows it now. I can only hope that he forgives me for kidnapping her...and for trying to kill him when I was possesed. Damnit, I never wanted to hurt him." Axel looked up when Riku let out that last sentence...it had been almost a whisper. Axel let out a furious tirade...

"Riku, how can we find them? Roxas is Sora's nobody. When we find them, either you will still have no Sora, or I will have no Roxas. Or, worst case scenario, we lose both of them. What the fuck are we supposed to do if we lose them? Neither of us can live without the other...so what the hell do we do?" Riku looked up into the impossibly green eyes of Axel, and for a brief moment, Emerald met Seafoam, and Riku knew that he had to tell Axel what he had heard Xemnas telling Saix.

"Look, Axel. I heard Xemnas and Saix talking about Roxas the other day...They were saying that Roxas really isn't a Nobody...He's actually Sora's brother." Riku chanced a glance over at his friend.

Axel's jaw was just about to hit the ground, and tears were starting to form. He dropped his head into his hands.

"Don't lie to me Riku..." Riku was taken aback by the force behind those words.

"I'm not Axel, I swear I'm not. I wouldn't lie about something like this. I wouldn't lie about something that matters to your heart." Axel looked up at this.

"I have no heart...I'm a Nobody...remember?"

"Then why the hell does your heart hurt so badly just because Roxas left?"

"Because, he made me feel like I had a heart." Riku rolled his eyes.

"Whatever, Axel, listen to me. You are not heartless, I bet Xemnas has something to do with this. If you had no heart, you wouldn't feel such remorse at having never told Roxas about the Keyblades, or such love, and happiness when you were with him, or such pain and hurt when he walked away from you. I may not have been around here for long Axel, but I have been here long enough to know that you are not heartless, nor are you an unfeeling Nobody who has no feelings. I know damnit, I know you're not like I was." Axel looked up at that last statement.

"Riku, you were like that. You may have been uncaring, unloving...whatever. But, I know you well enough to know that that was all a charade. You didn't want to cause Sora harm, so you pushed him away. I would have done the same thing in you're place."

"You're right for once Axel. I shouldn't blame myself, and neither should you. We should work together, trying to find them. Alone we'd be screwed, but together, we might possibly be able to find them." Riku held out his hand to Axel.

"Partners?" Axel took his hand, and they shook on it.

"Partners."

I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you

OK...Done with Chappy two. Tell me what you think!

To my dear Plushie, who was my very first reviewer! -tosses cookies of Plushie's choice and a Cloud Strife plushie.-

You should totally go read Plushie's (Broken Plushie) story...Sophomore Hell. It rocks. It's AkuRoku, Zemyx, and even Soriku!