The Magic of the Earth and the Sky

by Flare Haynekie

Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai
Author's note: uh, hullo?

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Chapter 26: Axel and…

"Rikue! No! Don't leave me! You can't stay! RIKUE!"

"Stop moving, Sorae! There's nothing we can do."

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"Stay here, okay? I'll go stop them."

The scene was dark. Between the blurred image, Sora could see Cloud's blond hair. So it was Cloud…

"Where are you going?" he heard himself ask.

No! He didn't want to see this again!

"Sorae? Mother was calling for you earlier…"

Out of the darkness… the image wasn't blurred anymore. It was blond. But this wasn't Cloud…

"-as. What are you talking about?" Sora asked, then chuckled. "I just talked to her a minute ago."

"Stupid. And? Where are you going today?"

"Going to see my love. And you? Where is the hot-headed one?"

The blond gave a short laugh. He was embarrassed. "He'll be here soon. We're going out shopping today. Want me to bring you something?"

A nod. "Sure! Um, um, bring me a white ribbon!"

Confusion. "A ribbon? What do you want that for?"

"That's a secret."

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Sora yawned. It was morning. He was sure his dream started sad again… but that changed into something that had happened much earlier than that. He sat up, looking around sleepily before dropping back under the bed and throwing the comforter over himself. That's when he noticed that he was alone. He sat up, quicker this time, and saw Riku coming out of the bathroom, yawning.

"Oh, you're up. We'll be late if you don't get up already." Riku noted, grabbing his uniform and starting to change.

Sora gave a few nods before actually getting out of the bed and into the bathroom. "What day is today?" His sleepy question came.

"It's Wednesday. The essay is due today, unless you want to hand it in next week." Riku replied, which was a bit muffled, but that was probably since he was putting his shirt on.

"Ahh." Such a generic answer. Sora came out of the bathroom and started to change.

Riku noticed that the brunet was still more asleep than awake, so he helped Sora get dressed. Once they were completely dressed, they rushed down, had some breakfast and ran to school. At the school gates, Sora stopped.

Riku stopped too and looked behind him to where Sora stood. "You okay?"

"I left my essay!" Sora realized.

"That's okay. Yours is due next week anyway."

Sora shook his head. "No, I wanted to hand it in today. I'll go back and get it. Tell the teacher I'll be late."

And he didn't even wait for an answer before rushing off. Riku sighed, but continued into the school. First period passed and Sora hadn't returned yet, which had Riku worried. Selphie trotted next to him, asking where Sora was.

"I don't know. He said he would go home and look for the essay and come back." Riku said.

Selphie blinked. "Well… did you try calling him?"

At which Riku glared. The things Selphie said sometimes, it's like she never thought before saying them in the first place. "No. I don't want my cell phone confiscated."

And just as they were entering the classroom, right across the hall, stood a blond boy. Riku thought about it for a few seconds but dismissed the boy as a probable new transfer student or someone's brother. Until Selphie called him Sora. And the boy looked at Selphie, puzzled.

"Sora!" Selphie called again, running up to the boy and hugging him. "What are you doing? Why are you late for class? Where's your uniform? Did you find your essay? Why did you take so long? So-ra!" she whined.

The boy, troubled and confused, separated Selphie from himself. "Where's Sora?" he simply asked.

Selphie cocked her head. "What?"

"Where's Sora?" the boy repeated.

"What are you talking about? You're right here…"

The boy rolled his eyes. This was going to be troublesome. "Sora has brown hair. Mine's blond." He explained, then repeated the question. "Where's Sora?"

"Oh! So you're not Sora! Oh… Sora went back home to look for his essay and hasn't come back yet." Selphie explained.

Riku walked up to them, putting a hand on Selphie's head. "Come on Selphie, the teacher's wondering why aren't you inside already."

"Ahhh! I know." She frowned. "Hey, Riku. Look who's here!" She decided, pointing at the blond boy.

"You know him?" Riku asked.

Selphie nodded. "It's Sora!"

Riku raised an eyebrow. She did not just say that. "Selph, that's not Sora." He wanted to say something else, maybe ask a question, but he stayed quiet. With a quick look around, he dug his hand in his pocket and took out his cell phone. "Sora, where the hell are you? You already missed first period." Riku walked into a nearby empty classroom, Selphie and the boy following. "What? Someone left a note? Wasn't it Sion? You know he loves leaving notes. No, there wasn't any when we left. Ah. So it's not from Sion. Oh, they already arrived."

The boy was puzzled. He recognized the names… but it really couldn't be.

Riku continued his conversation. "You're skipping class today! Because you have to find Axel and his friend? Yeah, I remember that they arrived today."

At the mention of Axel's name, the boy approached Riku and snatched the phone. "Sora! Get your girly butt to school already!" he exclaimed. "What? Erm, sorry. Yes, I'll give it back. Oh, you're at the gates?"

Riku snatched his cell phone back. "Sora? Near the music classroom is an empty classroom. That's where we are. Yeah. You too, fluffy-love. Yeah. Bye." Riku hanged up and turned to glare at the blond boy. "What in the world did you think you were doing, taking my phone like that and all?"

"What? You mentioned people I know, which pissed me off." The boy nodded to them. "I'll be going now. Sora will probably not come anyway."

This being said as he was already opening the classroom's door. Once that was open, even if it was opened only a slightly bit, someone came rushing in. It was Sora, back from his little journey. He gave Riku a hug before noticing the blond and tackling him.

"You're here!" Sora exclaimed at which the blond only nodded.

"Oh. You know each other? Selphie asked, watching how Sora played with the blond.

Sora nodded, hugging the blond one. "Of course!"

The blond got up, pulling Sora with him. Sora was happily holding on to Riku, which was pissing Riku off. The boy however seemed oblivious to Riku, currently focused in Sora's skirt. "You are wearing a skirt." The boy said, pronouncing each word in disbelief.

Sora finally let go of the boy and stood back. "Ah, that. Yes… I got blackmailed because of my plushies. But I don't really mind anymore." Sora latched onto Riku's arm. "Anyway, this is Riku. And the hyperactive one is Selphie. These are my friends. And Riku's my boyfriend." Sora nodded.

"Say what!" Apparently it was a shock to the boy. "Wait, wait. First you tied yourself to a pole so as to not come here, then you probably were gonna whine that you wanted to return home. And now you have a boyfriend? What else haven't you told me?"

Sora pondered. "Ah. Dad was okay with it. Cloud's staying over, cuz he's sleeping with Leon… in more than the sense of actual sleeping."

"And now Cloud has a boyfriend too. Shit! I forgot about Axel!" The boy rushed out the room, rushing to the office that had been near, which is where he had been standing and now stood a tall man with red hair. "Axel! I'm sorry."

The red head glared, but noticed Sora and twitched. "Um, sure? Right. Why is Sora… and a skirt…?"

"Yes, Sora's wearing a skirt. No, it's not a fetish. It's blackmail. Which reminds me," the blond turned towards Sora, "who ever blackmailed you with that is dead as soon as I find him."

"Her." Came the correction from all three of them.

"Hullo, Axel." Sora greeted, still holding on to Riku's arm. He looked up at Riku. "Are you mad, Bunny?"

Riku sighed as he looked at Sora, deciding to rub the brunet's nose with his. "No, I'm not mad. Jealous, perhaps?"

"Jealous? How come?" Sora was very oblivious to things. Important things anyway. Well, most of the time. "Could it be because of Roxas?"

"Roxas? Who's that?" Selphie piped in.

Sora pointed to the blond who was having a quiet discussion with Axel. "That's Roxas, my older twin brother."

"Say what!" came a voice behind them, everyone turning to find Tidus and Wakka standing there.

"Sora has a twin brother?" Wakka asked, noticing Roxas. "It's true!"

Tidus gave a nod. "I see. Hey, Sora? I think you better hide Roxas from Kairi or she'll think it's you and start bothering about your clothes again."

Sora agreed. Of course, they looked alike, but they weren't exactly similar. "I will. But Roxas is coming to school here too."

As fun as it was discussing things out in the hall, they were going to get into trouble if they kept standing there while class was in session. So everyone agreed to meet up again at Caroline's shop. Riku decided to cut the other two classes and go ahead, dragging Axel with him, while Roxas accompanied Sora to hand in his essay. He got off with a slight scolding for being late because Roxas had lied about Sora running to pick him up at the airport. Once they were over, they headed to Caroline's shop, Sora rushing to show Roxas to Caroline.

"It's my big brother, Roxas!" Sora said proudly.

Caroline smiled. "I see. Such a lovely blond color. Reminds me of Dominique." Caroline patted Roxas hair. "Oh, yes. Before I forget, Roxas, Sion came early in the morning and bought a cell phone for you. So if you could come and pick one." She lead Roxas to the back.

Sora jumped on the stool, smiling at Riku, who was next to him minding the counter. "You aren't still jealous of Roxas, right?" Sora asked, softly.

Riku turned and smiled. "Of course not. Twins are always very close. I don't mind."

Sora smiled. "That's always good! Hey, I had a good memory in last night's dream!"

"Really? What was it about?"

"Hmm. I was asking Roxas to get me a white ribbon. Remember? I gave you that ribbon later on." Sora smiled, before coming to a huge conclusion. "Roxas was in my memories!"

"What the-?" came Roxas question as he walked out the store room with a small box in his hands. "What do you mean by being in your memories? I'm your brother, of course I'm in your memories!" Roxas crossed his arms. "Stupid Sorae." He growled before covering his mouth. He really had no idea why he said that, but it fit.

Sora laughed. "Roxas is starting to remember now. Sounds like fun, I'll have to write that for the play."

Roxas gave a slight twitch, and went to Axel, showing him the small box of the cell phone, before the red head got up and called for Caroline because he wanted one too. Sora laughed, and wondered. What kind of charm would be theirs?

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To Be Continued!
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(Author's notes, now known as rants… really!)

Heh. Fear me for I have written this is the span of one day! I also fell asleep while writing it, since it was already 5 a.m.! Yeah, my inspiration was really going strong. Hehehe. Oh well. DOUBLE POST! That's always fun. Ahh. Hope you all like it. More to come. Of course!

(Things you should know)

Oh, my god, it's Roxas! Weee! Much fun. The whole idea of Roxas being Sora's older twin came as a whim. And because my sis came crying about Roxas. So to make her happy, let's put Roxas (and his lover boy, Axel) in mah ficcie! Of course. Due to that little stunt, now I have to not only re-do all the first 24 chapters to silently hint that Roxas exists, but I also need to fix Dominique's letter in the first chapter! Much shock. Ahh. It'll have to wait for much later. So! Toodles for now!