by Flare Haynekie
Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai
Author's note: First of all, I want to apologize to Juju, cuz she practically screamed at me for making Roxas, well, Sora's twin… she also told me that it's completely cliché now in every fic (this little piece of news almost making me lose a fight XD, I think… cuz I was playing KH2 at her house…). Which I didn't know! I haven't read fics in a long while… and only recently did I went looking for more… but all I went to actually find were Albel-Fayt fics…
Anyway! Juju whined to me about why I hadn't made Roxas to be Sora's cousin instead… and that got me thinking! So, Juju, thank you for that luvly plot bunny! XD Yes, I'm saying nutty stuff now. In my next random Riku-Sora fic, Roxas will be Sora's cousin. Okay? (I'm reminded of the manhwa "Kill Me Kiss Me", hehehehe). So. Here's a new chapter. More rants after this. ENJOY!
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Chapter 27: Emotional and physical scars
Roxas had found out the next day that not only was Sora wearing a skirt, part of the school's female uniform, but he was also passing as a girl. Which irritated him to no end. Plus, Axel was most of the time bothering Sora about the skirt, which in turned made Sora feel slightly bothered. Of course, this only stopped when Roxas took action. Aside from that, Kairi had almost fallen off her chair when Roxas had walked into the classroom. She even dragged him out the classroom to argue about the skirt, since she also thought it was Sora. Until Sora had arrived, panicking about being probably late. Roxas had apparently left Sora to go ahead and pick up some papers at the school office. Only that that didn't take as long as he thought it would so he had headed into the classroom when Kairi had noticed him.
Of course, the girls had made a huge fuss over Roxas when he had appeared, but calmed down when they later on saw him and Sora walk him, Riku holding hands with Sora.
And class started.
"This is extremely early in date, but" the professor eyed his students as he talked, "the principal wonders if anyone is planning anything special for the Paopu Festival this year. The students who make anything, will be given extra credit for their work. The points, of course, will depend on what you do and the relation it has with the Paopus."
Selphie, who had been quietly listening, was quick to cheer loudly, earning her a stare from the classroom, Sora and Riku chuckling at the reaction, Roxas and Axel wondering what was so funny.
"Yes, Selphie?" the professor asked. "Are you doing something?"
At which Selphie gave a few quick nods. "Of course! We're doing a play on the legend!" she happily declared.
Part of Sora's fan club that had class with them only nodded. They had already heard the rumors of this, so they weren't really surprised. The rest of the classroom, minus Selphie's friends, were quiet shocked to say the least. Once the professor had passed his own shock, he drew the students' attention back to himself.
"Yes, well, that sounds rather complicated. Do you have a script? And permission to do such a thing at the festival? What about a cast?"
Selphie nodded. "Sora and Riku are currently working on the script. I got permission just yesterday. And as for the cast, well, the main characters are already picked. So this weekend is the casting for the rest of the people as needed."
"Ah." Sora exclaimed, Selphie to turning to look at him. "Roxas and Axel have to be added as well." He simply said. "Sorry, I had forgotten to tell you about it." He smiled.
Selphie cocked her head puzzled. "What? I thought there were only two princes? And who's Axel supposed to be?"
Sora smiled. "Nope, they are three. Axel's a castle guard."
There was a knock on the door, before it opened, their homeroom teacher walking in. She smiled and waved at them. "Just need to borrow Roxas and Axel. They need to have their robes fitted." She explained. Roxas and Axel got up and went after her, their teacher leaving to follow the two.
The door closed, everyone simply staring at the door. The students didn't have her class because they were having this "orientation" of many, many things. But the teacher shouldn't have opened his mouth and started talking about the festival. Sora sighed. If it wasn't because Selphie was his friend, he would've stopped writing the play a long time ago. Or maybe he would've written a book out of it. The story was interesting anyway.
After classes, everyone stopped by to say hi to Caroline, before leaving to the beach. They hadn't taken Roxas yet, so Selphie was anxious to take him. Everyone went home to change, then met up at the beach.
"Beach!" Selphie exclaimed when they got there. "Let's go swim!"
Tidus, Wakka, Riku, Sora, and Axel happily agreed with her, but Roxas just stood quiet. And Selphie noticed.
"What's wrong, Roxas?" she asked. "You can't swim? Or you don't like the beach?"
Sora noticed and went towards him, Riku after him because he had been undressing Sora (which was just taking off the brunet's shirt). "Selphie? Ro doesn't like showing off his body." Sora explained, then said something that was muffled as Riku finally took Sora's shirt off. "Riku! Bah. Anyway, yeah." Sora nodded, then took Roxas hands in his. "Come on, Ro. Let's have a little fun with everyone. And, you won't have to surface if you don't want to. And Axel can go with you too…" Sora pouted for all it was worth.
And Roxas smiled and nodded. "Fine. Now go sit in a corner and tan."
Riku took Sora away before the brunet had time to explain that he was actually going into the water and not sitting it out like he would've usually done in the past. Selphie was first to get in, followed by Tidus and Wakka, Riku dragging Sora, followed by Axel. Who was hiding Roxas behind him. Once they were all in the water, and away from the shore, they scattered to do their own playing. It was mainly Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka playing with the blitzball, and Riku teasing Sora about the fishes. Roxas swam towards Sora, Axel trailing behind.
"Sora?" he asked. "You're in the water? How come?"
At which Sora smiled. "Cloud asked the very same question! Well, sorta…" he was currently playing with the water as Riku held him, his arms around the brunet's waist. "Since Riku holds me, it's not so scary, cuz I know he won't let me drown."
Roxas was puzzled. "But you're placing your trust on an almost complete stranger…" he said, but looked up as Axel softly covered his mouth.
"Isn't that what you did with me?" the red head asked, Roxas giving a nod and leaning back into Axel's chest.
And without waiting for an answer, Axel took Roxas away. Sora shrugged. The red head had strange ways to calm Roxas. Or to shut him up without really shutting him up. It was strange.
"Roxas is a conflicted child." Sora suddenly, and quite randomly, said.
Riku had to analyze it a bit before noticing the weirdness of the comment. "How come? You two are twins, you were raised equally. Why would he be conflicted and not you?"
"It's a bit complicated." Sora pouted, but it wasn't to get out of topic. "Roxas was with mom when it happened."
"The accident?"
Sora nodded. "He has scars on his back and around his belly, so he gets really nervous when he has to undress in front of others. He's ashamed of his scars because he was sleeping and didn't know what was happening until mom called out to him and tried to save him from the most damage."
"I'm surprised he's not traumatized." Riku sighed, glazing over to where Roxas was talking with Axel and pointing at the water.
"That's probably in part because I kept talking to him while he was taken to the hospital." Sora moved the water a bit with his hands. "Roxas had gone with mom that night because he had won a school trip. And mom had to sign some papers as permission and such. So me and dad stayed home. We were cooking dinner when I heard Roxas. Since I was really scared about it, I told dad that we should go out to look for them. But dad said that if something happens to them, someone would call."
"You heard his voice?"
Sora nodded. "I think it's a twin thing. We can communicate with each other even if we're far apart. But it gives us these huge headaches so we had decided it was only for emergencies." The brunet sighed. "Anyway, dad kept on making the dinner while I sat next to the phone in the living room with the news on. And then the phone rang. And it was indeed to tell us that something had happened and they were currently being transferred to a nearby hospital. On the way I talked with Roxas. He was telling me how he didn't know about mom, but that he was probably unconscious. When we got to the hospital, Roxas was telling me that he was scared because mom had grabbed him to save him, and that he didn't know if she was okay or not. The doctor in charge of them told us that mom had died, probably because of blood loss along with a fatal hit. The other driver had also died, but the truck driver and Roxas got out with a couple of wounds so they were fine."
"Wait. I understand why another driver would be there, but why was there a truck driver there as well?"
"Well, from what they told us later on, mom was rounding a curve at the same time the truck was. But each were in their side of the road. The problem was that the road itself only had one lane for each side. So while mom didn't see the rest because of the curve, the other car which was behind the truck, tried to pass the truck at that exact moment resulting in a frontal collision."
Riku nodded. "I see. So the truck was dragged into the sudden crash. It happens. Then what happened? At the hospital, I mean."
"Well, dad told Roxas what happened with mom. I simply stopped talking from the shock. Roxas stopped caring at all. But he still wanted to go on the trip, while we searched for anything mom would've left. Like a will of sorts. It took a long while, but we found it in the stuff they sent us from her office. And that's when we decided to come here, but Roxas was still on the trip. I knew Axel from a phone call Roxas had given us, along with his house number incase we needed any information on Axel. I dunno, it was a weird thing, but Roxas had sounded happy when he was telling me about him."
Riku chuckled. "That's because he really likes Axel, don't you think?"
Sora nodded with a smile. "Of course!"
Roxas approached them. "Hey, I've been meaning to ask you but, why didn't you say anything when I called you Sorae? In fact, it looked like you have been completely used to be calling that." He glared.
Sora just smiled. "That's cuz it's also my name. Just like yours is… um… what was it now? Ah! Roxaius! I remember, cuz it matched with Cloud's."
"Yes?" Roxas was quick to ask, before noticing he answered to another name. "Sora!" he growled. "There's something you haven't told me yet!"
To which Sora just nodded. "But of course! Because that's Selphie's job."
And at the mention of her name, Selphie came swimming, latching herself on Roxas. "You called?"
"Ro wants to know about the legend." Sora said, which earned a squeal from Roxas.
The blond had a lot of things to get used to. Either way Selphie dragged him to the island, everyone following. Of course, she had to wait for Axel to get Roxas' shirt before the blond would actually leave the water. But he didn't want to get it wet so he had to decide on having Axel cuddle him while he sat on the red head's lap, Axel's arms around his waist, covering the most obvious of the scars.
And Selphie started her story telling, mixing in the facts, with the already know fiction, with part of what she knew of Riku and Sora's memories. And slowly, Axel, Roxas, Tidus, and Wakka's eyes widen. There were stuff there they didn't know. And it was shocking. And when she finished, Riku and Sora corrected many of the things she said.
"And a song!" Sora finished, Selphie staring at him strangely.
"A song?" she asked puzzled.
Sora nodded. "After the castle burned I found a letter bunny had left me. He told me to simply listen to the wind because he had left me a song there. And there was a song."
Riku smiled. He knew which song Sora was talking about. So he decided to sing it as he cuddled the brunet in his arms.
"Will I end up losing them someday?
I want to protect you and your fading smile, so…
Even if the resounding voice calling me should wither…
Even if the mingling winds should tell me…
I will find you!
You've been hurt by unspeakable pain and sadness, but…
Don't say things like I can't laugh or I hate people.
There's meaning in everything that happens in the unseen future,
So stay as you are for now, I know there'll come a time when you realize it."
And Sora smiled. "Yeah, that's the one." He nuzzled Riku's nose. "Thank you."
This was something Selphie was not gonna let slip by. And she tackled them. While Tidus had suddenly tried to hold her down. Which made her tackle Wakka instead. And insanity ensued. Roxas enjoying every minute of the company with new friends in a new place. And he laughed like he hadn't laughed in a while. Which made Sora smile, and Selphie to pounce him.
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To Be Continued!
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(Author's notes, now known as rants…
really!)
Didn't know where to stop this, because
really, I could've continued! Next chapter is gonna be how Roxas
met Axel, just for the heck of it. Um, yeah. More random spur of the
moment things. I feel so sad for Roxas, but yeah. (huggles Roxas) I'm
sowwy!
(Things you should know)
The song Riku sings… it's called "D-tecno
Life" and it's sand by UVERworld. For some strange reason, while
watching Bleach (because this is the second opening), and reading the
translations, I went "that sounds like something Rikue would say!"
So that's why it's there. Sadly, the third opening of Bleach
(called "Ichirin no hana" which is "You lone flower" sang by
High and Mighty Color) has a part that reminded me of something Riku
would say. (points down) Here it is, just in case I don't find a
way to put it. I probably will, but still.
I can't tell if you're the same person I
know,
But up till now, and from now on,
Even if I made enemies with everyone other
than you…
Even if that day came, I'll always protect
you, so don't lose,
You lone flower.
Quite short. (runs away)
(Reviews)
(there are old and new ones, it's just that I
had forgotten to answer them last time.)
1. Kayrana – I'm sorry! Here's more updates! And don't be lazy like me! XD
2. losthimagain – actually, I do! Heh.
3. Nurseangel – what do you mean "hallelujah, an update!" Mean! Oh, but thanks a lot, Juju, for the ideas on my Albel-Fayt fic. As for the rest in your review, all I have to say is, oy vey.
4. S'Star – yes, I do when I can… thank you, though!
5. losthimagain – oh, hullo again! XD Yes, update (points up). This is an update.
6. simplicity1love – eek! Thank you! Such a huge ego boost! Yes, a play! And yes, too many things pop up in random places. It amazes even me.
7. Largo-sensei – You got a bike? Um, yay? Whoot! Chocolate eggs! And chara plushies! I luv plushies! Even if they're imaginary, it's the thought that counts! (runs off with them) Thank you!
8. losthimagain – again, again! XD much fun. I try to update fast, but sometimes my plot bunnies run away and chasing them takes forever….
9. Kayrana – hullo again! No it's not too hard. Yeah, I was already gonna start editing (correction: I'm almost done editing…). Thank you for the ego boost! Oh, shame on you! What book is it anyway? Even so, I'm pleased you say my fic is cooler than a book!
10. Prozacfairy – never mind? Um, okay!
11. Bonnie Mizuhara – yes, Roxas and Axel are here! Wee! Well, they really are different, but it's Selphie. She's too hyper to pay attention to details!
All done!
By the way… I'm planning on turning this
fanfic (well, the plot) into an actual book. Any ideas on what I
should name the characters? Of course, they have to mean earth and
sky to make it work, so those words in other languages sounds fun.
Well, as long as nobody suggests the names in Spanish, I will be glad
(because Tierra and Cielo, earth and sky respectively, sounds way too
weird). Other suggestion for everyone else's name are also
welcomed. Thank you in advance! (runs away, this is such a shameless
plug if there ever was one…)
(and I'm bored… so, shameless plug number
2!)
I'm writing an Albel-Fayt fic called "A
little bit of love". It's completely idiotic, but if anyone likes
the paring, please go check it out! Thank you! (just go search for
it, it's here on the site too)