Roxas's Secret
Chapter Two
Roxas stepped back from Saix, a frightened look on his face. Saix was one of the guys from the Organization and Roxas and him had never gotten along. Now that they were out to kill him for leaving, there was no way peace could be set between them. When Roxas had stepped back, his foot slipped and he found that he was going to fall off. He was cornered, but Roxas knew he'd rather take the water.
Saix glared at him and asked with his cold, yet calm tone, "Have you told your friends your little secret yet?"
Roxas glared at him, "What the hell do you care? I mean what would they know about it?"
Saix laughed at him, which infuriated Roxas, but he had to keep himself calm. He had to. He could feel the stares from Sora and Riku as they watched, not helping. Roxas didn't move as Saix raised his hand and pointed at Riku and Sora, "They too are one. Maybe they didn't tell you either. But if you and that idiot had been listening to Xemnas when he was talking, you would have known, but no, you had to be plotting about who knows what! But now that you've left, the Organization is no business of yours and we will not allow you to reveal our plans, Roxas."
"Shut up Saix! You can't talk about Axel like that! And why would I give away any plan Xemnas has? It's not like I'm a traitor I only left to find answers!" Roxas shouted.
Saix smirked, "Oh really? Well, have you shown them yet?"
"No! They'd know nothing about it anyway, and besides, what do you care if I show them?" Roxas snapped.
Saix sighed, "Were you not listening?"
All at once Roxas found himself throwing the wooden sword at Saix. Saix vanished as the sword hit him but he did not appear to fell anything and said as he vanished into darkness, "That was a mistake, Roxas."
Roxas blinked, he couldn't believe he had actually thrown something at Saix. If only Axel had been to see it…"Hey Roxas, who was that?" Sora asked from the tree he was sitting on.
Roxas turned to look at Sora just in time to see Riku leap onto the island and climb up onto the tree and sit down. "Yeah, what did he mean when he asked you if you'd shown us something? What is it?"
Roxas sighed, he couldn't answer, he wouldn't answer them. It was none of their business in the first place to know what Saix was talking about. He would only give them a name, but it cold lead to more questions… "That was Saix."
"What was that thing he was talking about? Who's Axel? And Xemnas?" Riku asked.
"And the Organization? Who are they?" Riku asked.
Roxas shook his head and looked away from his new friends and turned his back to them. "I…I just don't want to talk about it. But Sora there is one thing I have to know. You lied to me before, but about the red haired guy, have you seen, it's very important that I know." Roxas explained, turning around. His eyes held a sad look in them, but at the same time they were masked with secrecy.
Riku glanced at Sora as Sora replied, "Roxas, I saw a red haired guy, yes. But he attacked me. I didn't know if he was the same guy. He was wearing a black cloak just like that Saix guy and had these chakrams with him. He also liked fire because that was his magic."
Roxas nodded, "Where did you see him?" He was already feeling anxious. He wanted to talk to Axel.
"In Traverse Town."
"Sora! Why did you tell me sooner? I have to go." Roxas said, turning from his friends and racing across the bridge.
"Where are you going?" Sora and Riku demanded.
"To kill that damn idiot!" Roxas shouted.
Sora and Riku glanced at each other, "Do you think I should have told him?" Sora asked Riku.
"Definitely not!" Riku jumped down from the tree and raced after Roxas who was already vanishing into the trees.
Roxas heard them following and wished they wouldn't, but maybe he could escape before they saw him. He wasn't going to leave the island for good, but he was going to be gone for a few hours telling Axel off for sending him there in the first place only to be found by Saix. He formed a dark portal in front of him and leapt through it. It vanished just as Riku and Sora got there. They could still see the wisps of darkness remaining.
Roxas found himself in Traverse Town standing in the second district. Was this where Axel was? He had willed himself to go to Traverse Town where Axel was. He looked around him and found the place empty until he saw a hooded figure sitting on a bench, scraping a picture into the ground with a red and silver chakram. Roxas grinned, how had he missed him?
"Axel!" Roxas called, jumping down from the edge of the wall. Axel's head shot up and he saw Roxas standing there. Axel opened his mouth to say something, but Roxas suddenly snapped, "Why did you have to send me to that world?"
"Roxas…I…You have to leave…Saix, Vexen, Xemnas, Luxord…and well everyone is looking for you!" Axel finally spat out.
Roxas blinked and sighed, "And I suppose that's why you're here? Besides it doesn't matter, they know where I've been and I'm staying there for a few more days if you must know."
"But-but Roxas!" Axel stammer, he clearly wasn't expecting this.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine there. I was fine when Saix came and found me sword-fighting Riku." Roxas told Axel as if it were nothing.
Axel groaned, and stood up. "Roxas, what do you not understand? That you're a Keyblade wielder? That the Organization is out to kill you? Or that where ever you're at could be a dangerous place?"
Roxas blinked, "Axel, that's the whole reason I left! TO find out why I was the Keyblade wielder! I already know the Organization wants to kill me and I most certainly know that where I am staying isn't dangerous. There isn't a single Heartless or Nobody anywhere. Oh and that reminds me, one of my friends said that they met you here and-"
Roxas cut off as three Dusks appeared behind Axel. "Uh-oh." Roxas said, pointing. Axel turned around and his expression turned to annoyance, "You guys again? When are you going to give up?" Axel growled at them, throwing his chakrams. It sliced through all three of them and they vanished. "They've been hunting me down ever since I killed-"
More appeared in their place and this time Roxas used his two Keyblade to hit them, but one managed to scratch the side of his face. Roxas growled in anger as bashed it in the head and it vanished on spot.
"Who did you kill?" Roxas asked, his Keyblades vanishing.
"I was getting to that. Um…Vexen and Zexion. Marluxia died and so did Larexen and everyone blames me only because I was there for both deaths." Axel laughed, "I wish I could have killed those two!"
"Axel! Now you're a murderer?" Roxas gasped, and then began laughing in spite of himself. He could just see all those annoying people dead in their graves. Especially Larexen. She had been kinder to Axel than anyone else in the Organization and Roxas didn't know why. She hated everyone else.
"Roxas, you'd better go before someone from the Organization comes." Axel ordered, turning to face his best friend.
Roxas blinked and nodded before stepping backwards into a dark portal he had formed. He waved good-bye to Axle before he was consumed and then found himself looking at the trees of Destiny Island.
He didn't see anyone as he headed back for the beach. Sora, Riku, and Kairi weren't there and so he traveled the island until he came across a small cave. He blinked and looked at it. He would have missed it if it weren't for the fact that he was looking closely at everything. The entrance was covered in vines of ivy and Roxas could barley hear voice drifting from inside of it. He drew closer to it, and listened it. This reminded him of how he had used to go up to Xemnas's office door and listen in on conversations he wasn't supposed too. That was how he got all of his information.
"But he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would be something like that." Kairi's voice floated out of the black hole. 'Who are they talking about?' Roxas wondered.
"I know Kairi, but Riku and I both saw it. He had formed a dark portal and vanished into it." Sora said, his voice dull. It hit Roxas like a rock, they were talking about him! They had seen him! 'Uh-oh'
Roxas heard someone sigh, "I just hope Roxas isn't like me. I was reckless and opened my heart to darkness." That was Riku's voice. Roxas blinked, Riku had become one with darkness at once?
"Well they're wrong about that…I'm not one with anything but nothing which is nothing." Roxas sighed and continued to listen.
"Well I can tell you from they way he was fighting, he hadn't lied. Roxas had been sword-fighting for a long time. He was skilled to have beaten you Riku." Sora said.
"Yeah but he wouldn't stand a chance if you fought him Sora." Riku's voice was full of teasing laughter.
"Shut up Riku! If he was using a wooden sword and you were using your Keyblade you wouldn't stand a chance!" Kairi laughed.
There was a silence at Roxas wondered if they were glaring at Kairi and then they started laughing. 'Keyblade? There's another one! Maybe that's what Saix meant by 'they are one too'. Sora and Riku are Keyblade masters too?' Roxas walked into the cave, his face blank. At least they didn't know what the Organization was planning, they would certainly kick him out them.
As Roxas walked through the winding cave, he brushed against sticks and ivy. Sometimes it would touch the scratch on his face and it would sting, but Roxas ignored it completely. When he finally reached the three, they had obviously heard him coming and were staring at the cave's tunnel looking at him.
