The Magic of the Earth and the Sky

by Flare Haynekie

Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai
Author's note: First off, I would like to, no love to, express my deepest thank you to the fans of this story. All the reviews of the last chapter (seven last time I checked) in the period of two days made me feel loved! LOL. But all in all, yeah. And so it made me want to hurry up and write the next chapter while I get the stuff together at the uni. You know, finals and hand in projects that just drive me complete insane. But, still, thank you everyone for reading and I hope you stay on until the end! Lots of love!

Um, I dunno if everyone remembers, but this chapter is pure Axel-Roxas. I had already said so before. Just tying up loose ends, really. The rest is for next chapter.

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Chapter 28: Roxas

Roxas stared at the pale baby blue color in his ceiling. There was nothing. Just the feeling of sadness and overall hatred he felt. Why couldn't it be him? Why Dominique? Why the one who had brought them joy all this time?

He couldn't find out the answer. Roxas thought about it over and over again, but the answer never came. Maybe there was a bigger force pulling the strings. He couldn't tell. Sora, for some rather strange reason, had told him that it was the Pao's fault. That it was trying to bring them all together and a sacrifice was needed.

He said that. But Roxas had reasons to not believe him. Probably because Sora was under some heavy medication at that time due to the fact that he had thrown a huge tantrum in the hospital when they told him that Dominique died. They had told him first. So by the time Sion and Sora reached Roxas' room to tell him of the news, Sora was already medicated and on the verge of falling asleep.

There was a knock on the door. He didn't answer. The door opened and Sora came in. He dragged his pillow and cuddled on the bed with him. They both needed each other's support.

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"So remember, be careful of strangers, look both sides when crossing, and all that."

Roxas looked up, nodding at Sion. "I know. I'll be fine."

Sora, who was completely attached to Sion, went over to Roxas and gave him a hug. It was his way of saying that he'd miss Roxas in his absence. And Roxas nodded, petting his little brother, and feeling slightly guilty of leaving him along for such a long while with Sion. Even if he was their dad, Sora stopped talking and needed Roxas to interpret many things.

"I'll call when I get there." Roxas informed, giving Sora's head one last pat. "And no calling me."

Unless it's an emergency. Sora mouthed, giving Roxas a very small smile.

He nodded. "Exactly."

And with that, Roxas crossed the terminal and headed in his way towards the plane.

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"Is this seat taken?"

Roxas looked up. A tall teenager with red head was currently pointing to the seat next to Sora.

"It was supposed to." Roxas said. "It belongs to Vivi, but I'm not sure where he ran off to."

The red head smiled. "Vivi's the little cute one, right?" to which Roxas nodded. "Then he's off with Seifer. Kicked me out of my seat too." And he sat down. "My name's Axel. I'm in class two."

Roxas smiled. "I'm in class one. I'm Roxas."

"Nice to meet you then!"

Roxas nodded. "Nice to meet you too."

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Axel pulled Roxas over to the payphone and handed him his own card.

"Here. Call home and tell them how you are and such." Axel commanded.

Roxas grinned and grabbed the card. "Oh, shut up." He chuckled. "I hope Sora picks it up, even if he won't talk, it's still fun to talk to him." He inserted the card and dialed.

The phone was picked and Roxas could hear a small fuss on the other side. Finally he heard Sion say "fine, keep the phone" before he heard Sora's voice give something close to a whine.

"Hi, Sora. Seems you knew it was me." Roxas chuckled as Axel curiously got close, circling his arms around the small blond. "I just wanted to check how you guys are. Did you find anything from mom?" he heard Sora give an assertive sound. "That's great. Oh, I wanted to tell you something interesting! I met someone from school, he's in second class, and he got stuck with me ever since we got on the plane. Yes, he's nice. Which reminds me, write down his phone number. It's the one of his house, silly." Roxas softly laughed as Axel nuzzled him before saying the numbers, Roxas repeating them. "I'll be home in a week, okay? Why don't you try talking again? I'll see you as soon as I can, okay?"

"The card's running short." Axel growled, inserting a coin into the machine to hold out for a minute longer.

Roxas nodded. "Right. We'll talk later, Sora. We're running out of minutes. Yes, I'll be fine. Bye." And Roxas hanged up.

"I still don't get it how you could completely carry an entire conversation with someone who didn't say a single word."

"That's because it's my twin brother. I wouldn't be able to do that if it was my dad."

Axel smiled, and he grabbed the empty phone card. "Come on, let's go. Dinner calls."

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Roxas stood in front of the large mirror in the bathroom, passing a hand on the scars on his stomach. He was slowly getting used to them. There was really not much he could do anyway. Except hide them.

The bathroom door opened, Axel running in, pushing Roxas out, then closing the door. As a silent agreement, Axel would never bother Roxas' thinking time. Apparently it was important. He came out a while later, Roxas still standing in front of the bathroom door.

"Sorry." Axel apologized with a sweet smile. "It must've been something I ate."

Roxas shrugged, making sure he was covering the scars with both arms. "It's okay." The blond looked up at Axel's curious green eyes. "Um, can I go back in now?" he asked since the redhead wasn't moving.

Axel grabbed both of Roxas arms and raised them, Roxas quickly curling his legs up to keep hiding the scars, staying in midair due to that.

"What is that?" he asked, waiting for Roxas to get tired and straighten.

Roxas just shook his head. "It's nothing! Let me go!"

"Roxas, that is not nothing!" Axel growled, moving Roxas to the nearest bed and sitting the blond on the edge. Then he kneeled, and settled himself between Roxas' legs. "Let me see, Ro."

Roxas shook his head again. "No. And please get up."

"I'm not getting up. And I can wait all night if I have to. Come on."

Roxas pouted. He couldn't understand what Axel's obsession was with wanting to look at his scars. "It's embarrassing!"

Axel smiled. "I won't laugh or anything."

"Promise?"

The red-head nodded, glad that Roxas decided to confide in him by lowering his legs and leaving his stomach in plan view. Axel stared at the scars, which made Roxas uneasy until Axel leaned over and kissed the blond's stomach.

"It looks painful." Axel simply said, letting go of Roxas hand to softly touch the scars with one.

Roxas took a deep breath, then placed his hand over Axel's. "I wouldn't know."

Axel kissed Roxas hands and looked up at the sad blue eyes. "Will you tell me?"

"Sure…"

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Roxas and Axel parted ways at the school. Roxas promised that he would call as soon as he got home.

Of course, Roxas really didn't expect to find a completely empty house. There was a note at the entrance. And it was directed at him.

We went to you mother's hometown as according to her will. There's some money for the plane tickets so come as soon as you can. Call us too. Sora wrote to me that you met someone named Axel. You can call from his house since we already disconnected the electricity, the phone, the water and all that.

Call us so we can pick you up at the airport.

Love,

Sion (and Sora)

Roxas stared at the note over and over again. It was just not humanly possible. His father and his brother did not just grab their stuff and left him stranded. Gritting his teeth, Roxas grabbed his stuff and ran to Axel's house while calling for Sora.

"Sora! Damn you, where the hell are you!" he yelled.

At Axel's house, the redhead himself answered the door, holding the phone. "Oh, he's here." He said, passing the phone to Roxas. "It's Sora."

Roxas quickly grabbed it. "Where are you! So you just went and left me behind! But, couldn't you at least wait for me? What about my stuff? Did you choose a good room for me? So everything's there…" Axel pushed the blond inside, closing the door. "Fine. Axel's coming with me." Axel paused as he pushed Roxas into his room before pointing to himself, earning him a nod from Roxas. "Charms? What's yours like? Ah! Mean! You tied yourself to a post! Why didn't you call me! That WAS an emergency!" Roxas sat on the bed. "Fine. Go watch your movie. I already separated the tickets. I leave in half an hour. Don't you have school? I'll find you, don't worry. Don't you trust my way of finding you? Yes, yes. Bye." And Roxas hanged up, quickly calling to the airport and actually reserving two spaces to leave in half an hour.

Axel took the phone when Roxas was completely done. "So, should I pack a new bag or just take the one we used on the trip? I haven't touched it yet."

Roxas smiled. "Yeah, me either. Sure take that. We need to go to the airport now to actually catch this evil plane to hell."

Axel grinned. "Sure, why not? Let's go."

They went out again, Axel telling his parents he was gonna go study in an island for a while so Roxas tied up loose ends.

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Roxas looked up at the bright blue sky. Axel stood next to him.

"It's hot!" the red head exclaimed, looking around.

People smiled and giggled at them. Newcomers to the islands always make that comment, which just show they're not used to the temperatures yet.

"Ah! I'm going to be late!" they heard a scream. They turned and found a teenager with short brown running towards them, quickly stopping in front of them. "Huh? Sora? What did you do to your hair? And what are you doing at the airport? Are you leaving! What about Riku?" she looked really worried.

Roxas smiled. "You know Sora, then. Can you tell us where he lives? I'm his older twin brother."

She smiled and hugged him. "Ahh! You're so cute! My parents never told me Sora had a brother! I'm Yuffie. I live in front of him. Oh, and Riku's my cousin." She let go of Roxas. "Too bad I can't take you. I'm already late for a delivery." She spotted Leon and grinned. "Oh, Leon!" she called. "Come do me a favor, please!"

Leon growled, but walked over to the three. "What? Can't you bother someone else on their day off?"

Yuffie kept smiling. "Dear big brother of mine, go take these two to Sora's house. I'll stop the brother thing for three days." She added the last bit with a grin.

"You swear?"

Yuffie nodded. "Well, that's settled. See you later then!" she ran off in direction of the airport.

Leon looked over at the two and starting walking away, silently telling them to follow. And they did. Once at Sion's house, Leon opened with the extra key Cloud gave him.

"This is the place. Apparently everyone's out right now." Leon replied, giving Roxas the key he had of the house. "Here. This was given to me, but you need it more right now. Lock up when you leave. If you're looking for Sora, he's probably at the school. Just follow the road." And with that he left.

Roxas closed the door and took his stuff up stairs, Axel doing the same. First room Roxas found was clearly Sora's room.

"This is most definitely Sora's room. But…" Roxas trailed off, staring at the clean room. "Sora's not staying here alone." He growled, closing the door and moving on to the next room. "This is dad's room. Moving on." Roxas kept walking down the hall in search of his room. "This is the guest room. I think. Well, my boxes are not in here. That little lion plush belongs to Cloud! So I guess Cloud's staying here." He rolled his eyes and moved to the last room. He opened it and found a lot of boxes and a small blue fish shaped plush and top of the boxes. "My fish is here. So this is my room. Finally."

Axel chuckled, circling his arms around the blond. "It's a nice house. You should be glad."

"I am glad. It's just that, I'm annoyed. Too many things have happened without me. I feel like Sora has left me behind." Roxas placed a hand on his stomach, Axel placing his over Roxas'.

"It's okay. Come on. We still have to do all the transfer papers. The school is gonna have a field trip with us." Axel chuckled.

Roxas smiled. "Yeah. They will."

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"Yes, we have your papers here." The secretary looked up at them. "Honestly. Next time, please do all the paperwork at least a week before.

Axel and Roxas nodded.

"Well then. Roxas is free to go. But you, Axel, have a couple of things to fill out." She handed Axel a clipboard with some papers attached.

Axel grabbed it and sat down, Roxas standing in front of the redhead. "Why don't you wait for me outside? I'll be quick."

Roxas nodded, after much debating, and went outside, standing in front of the closed door.

"Sora!" he heard someone called, quickly turning to see a very happy girl.

"Sora!" Selphie called again, running up to Roxas 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.

Roxas couldn't believe this. She couldn't possibly have confused him with Sora. But by the way she was asking, apparently she did.

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To Be Continued!
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(EDIT notes)
XD Edited this rather quickly. OMG, typo(s)! Fun, fun.

(Author's rants)
Well, with final projects finally done and handed in, I can officially say that I'm free of classes 'till August! Yay for summer vacation! Whoot! Hopefully I'll be able to write more. I'll probably will. Posting them is another story. I hope you guys don't mind waiting 'till August? Okay, don't kill me! I was partly kidding!

Yes, partly. Summer means work since I'm not taking classes. But it's okay, dun really mind much.

All in all, have a nice summer!

(Things you should know)
When Axel exclaimed that it was hot, it was because it was boiling! I was at my house! Minding my own business while trying to write this! I was completely melting. It was definitely past 90 degrees (farenheit). Well, it happens. And after finding my fan, Axel and Roxas found Yuffie and Leon. Whoot!

Apparently Yuffie works in delivering stuff! Who knew?

(Reviews)
(the part that makes me feel loved! XD)

1. Prozacfairy – yes, Sora is just a complete sweetie. Lots of love to him.

2. Kayrana – Ahh. I haven't read either one. They're not obligatory here. At all. You updated too? What exactly?

3. losthimagain – thanks to you too!

4. Bonnie Mizuhara – yay! The story makes you hyper? Oh, boy!

5. kingdomhearts222 – no, no Spanish. Maybe latin. Okanawaian? What is that? Hawaiian sounds fun tho. Yes, a book like one where you the people read. Oh, you're writing one? Sounds fun! Yes, when it comes out, I'll look for lots of emails, and send a collecting one.

6. AngelicOrgueil – yay! Go you! Yes, AkuRoku is adorable! Well, there's gonna be TidusXWakka, but not TidusXSelphie. (grin) lol. So you rock my socks off? Yay? XD

7. Largo-sensei – lol, fluffy bunnies of doom! But they're cute! Well, plushies are real, you just need to find someone who can make really awesome ones. XD Whoot! More chocolate, sugar, and plushies! Yay!

That's it! Thanks to EVERYONE for all the lovely reviews. Really, I love them a lot. I'm on the messenger if anyone wants to scream at me tho! The email's in my profile! XD

Toodles!