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So... I decided not to leave you completely hanging on that cliff (: So here's the next chap! Yay! You guys are awesome!

I just wanted to share this little fact with you:

I found the first ever Akuroku fanfiction that I read... When I saw the title I kind of cried...

A lot. Like, a massive wave of realization hit me...

Cause y'know how most people can't remember how they got into Yaoi? Well, I found where I did :')

If you guys want to take a look at it, I urge you to very much, it's one of the best things on this website, written like five years ago:

'5 Acts and a Damn good kisser'

You can find it on my page under 'favorites' (: It's what started me off (:

Happy reading!

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xX~That Damn Leather Jacket TWO~Xx

Chapter 17: Marly Vs Van

Everyone has those moments in their lives when their heart practically stops beating, it's usually called 'dying' but in Roxas and Axel's case it was more like having one hell of a fucking fright.

You can never mistake Vanitas. Nobody has gold eyes and jet black hair do they? No? Didn't think so. So when the gold eyed menace ducked behind a bush in the forest, Roxas and Axel ran for their lives.

Roxas, in his adrenaline, didn't even trip over once.

When they got back to the Cabins, there was no time for sweet goodbyes, all Axel did was give Roxas's hand a little squeeze before the blonde disappeared into his own Cabin... The weird thing that Axel noticed was that Marluxia's bed looked empty, he could see the pink duvet from outside, and there was no one in it.

Weird.

"Hey there."

"HOLY MARY MOTHER OF FUCK-"

And yes, that was Axel squealing and cursing at the same time, but mostly squealing.

He so totally didn't just jump three feet in the air either.

No...

The red head turned on his heals and came face to face with his arch nemesis, Vanitas had just whispered in his air and given him the biggest fright of his life, and now the bastard was laughing.

Laughing his freaking head off.

Axel however, was puffing up a storm, his breathing rather irregular. "Vanitas... You... Bastard..." He huffed, his breath not yet back to normal.

Vanitas wiped a tear from his eye. "Oh god, that was too good." He smiled, and Axel began to wonder what the hell this jerk was thinking.

"What do you want?" Axel snapped, causing Van's smile to disappear.

"Well..." The Leopard began. "I was going to warn you about something, but I don't think I like your tone..."

"Get bent." Axel smirked. "I highly doubt you'd want to help me with anything. You hate me."

"Of course I hate you, you stuffed my life up completely. But I figure Marluxia stuffing my life up more than you... It's sort of a game of 'who do I hate least'." When the red head gave him a look that stated he wasn't convinced in the slightest, the Leopard continued. "Look, Marluxia wants me to be Captain next year... And... Like... I hate cheerleading. I just want to go to University like a normal person. He's expecting me to flunk my Uni entrance stuff... And I can't do that, I mean... Who the hell does he think he is-" Vanitas broke off, at the ground with sad eyes. "Sorry... Rambling..." He muttered.

Okay, so Axel hated him. He hated him with such a passion that no one had ever hated anyone before. But this poor miserable kid... He was just like Terra. Axel saw so much of Terra in Vanitas right now that it made him feel sick.

Vanitas had been brainwashed too... But the problem was... It took him too long to realize it.

"Ahh... Forget about it... I'll see you round..." Vanitas made to leave since Axel didn't say anything, but Axel caught him on the shoulder before he could take two steps.

"Look Van, I know Aqua and Marluxia would have told you things... But I'm not a complete bastard I swear. And Roxas..." He paused, wondering if he should be sharing these things with this untrustworthy Leopard... But there was something in Van's eyes that made him tell him. "Roxas and I love each other. A lot. We're doing the best we can to stay together, and it would help us so much if you were on our side. I don't know if I can trust you... But think of it this way, if you completely screw us over... You'll know you've single-handedly ruined two peoples lives."

Vanitas was shocked at Axel's outburst to say the least, and the Chocobo saw something flash in the Leopard's eyes that he'd never seen before.

It was clarity.

Vanitas nodded slowly. "I... I want to help you."

Axel removed his hand from the Leopard's shoulder and smiled. "Seal it with a hug, friend?" He grinned, but Van took two big steps backwards.

"Umm... No. I'm not a hugger." He had a smile on his face nonetheless, and Axel's had turned into a grin.

Having Van on their side was going to be AWESOME!

"So partner, what did you want to tell me?" Axel was back up and fighting, already he was beginning to plan all of Roxas and his dates for the next few weeks... Lake at night... Cabin by day... Ahhh, all is good.

That is, until he saw Vanitas's face.

"You might want to sit down for this one..."

x-X-x

Axel was walking as fast as he could towards Xaldin's office, trying to look inconspicuous at this early hour of the morning. He didn't know what to expect, but he was sort of relieved to see Xaldin, sitting on a bench outside the main office building smoking a cigarette. No doubt he had seen the approach of the Chocobo from his window.

Shifty bastard.

"Had a good night, did yah Xally?" Axel said as he walked up to the older man who was puffing smoke everywhere. Axel fought the urge to break into a coughing fit, and instead focussed on keeping his smile even and friendly.

"Who told you? I was going to come see you this morning and tell you... Yeah, mission accomplished."

"That's good." So he DID sleep with Marluxia last night. "How was he?" Don't throw up. Don't throw up. Stay in character.

"Like a dream... Came into my office at around midnight in a pink french maid outfit..." Don't gag Axel. Don't gag, You can do this. "I had his four or five times, then he trotted back to his Cabin. He'll be back though..." Then Xaldin took another long drag of his cigarette. "He'll be back..." He repeated breathing out a cloud of thick smoke that looked strange against the white fog.

"Oh cool, good work Xally," I'm gonna be sick. I'm gonna be sick. "Do you mind if I take a photo of your office? Do you have any evidence that you s-slept together?" Damn, Axel's voice broke at the end, he'd tried so hard not to choke on his words and throw up everywhere.

Xaldin... And Marluxia in a maid outfit... Screwing?!

EW EW EW YUCK YUCK EW GROSS FUCKING- Ew!

"Yeah, I think I've got his garter in my top draw, I'll take you." With that, Xaldin threw his cigarette to the ground and snuffed it out with his boot. Then he stood up and started walking into the office building, Axel hot on his trail.

Axel was bracing himself... Whatever he was going to see next may or may not make him pass out. The reason he would pass out is because it will probably be the most horrifying things he's ever seen in his life.

Marluxia in a french maid costume.

The hair's on the back of Axel's neck stood on end. Fark... That is such a bad mental image... Like, the worst ever. Gross. Ew. Disgusting. No... Just, no.

The Chocobo was packing himself by the time they reached Xaldin's office. He cringed as Xaldin opened the door, but was surprised (and happy as hell) to see that the office was practically how it had been the last time he'd seen it. Same old wooden desk, same chair, same bin, even the same smell.

Thank fuck.

However, there was a particular reason Axel had come here. Not because of the dares. But something else was bothering him. Something Vanitas had said that made him come over here ASAP.

Axel was busy calculating his plan of attack as Xaldin went behind his desk, opened the draw, then dropped a very pink lacy thing onto the desk top.

"There you go, I can show you the bin if you want-"

"NO!" Axel may have said that too loudly. When Xaldin gave him a funny look, he tried to make amends. "I ah, don't want you to have to get up or anything... This will do..." The red head took his phone out of his pocket in one swift move and snapped a pic of the garter. He reminded himself to delete it, as to not relive the mental horror again.

Axel didn't make any move to leave after the picture, he knew there was something Xaldin would want to question him about.

Xaldin cleared his throat, sitting down in the chair behind his desk and stretching out a bit. He looked slightly awkward the Chocobo decided, terrible acting.

"So, ah, Axel, how was Roxas last night? You two spent the night together didn't you?" The councilor was trying to act casual, but Axel knew he was speaking a little louder than he should have been.

Axel heard a small creak come for under Xaldin's desk, it was the sort of noise you wouldn't have heard if you weren't looking for it.

But there it was.

He's under the fucking DESK.

"What are you talking about Xaldin?" Axel took two big steps forward, coming to a stop just in front of the desk. Xally looked at him with big, wide eyes. Deer in the headlights.

I've got you now.

"Roxas and I aren't together remember? I was telling you about how I screwed Tidus the other night. Hell, he was good, screamed really loud for me. Roxas was never that good."

Xaldin was now spluttering. Meanwhile, Axel had grabbed a post-it note from his desk top and a pen, he began to write in big capital letters as he spoke.

"Roxas was a jerk to me anyway, I'm glad we're not together anymore-"

Axel continued writing.

"-We haven't been together for weeks. Tidus however, I think he might just be the love of my life." The red head sounded so sincere, Xaldin was totally screwed.

Then, Axel lifted up the note and shoved it in Xaldin's face.

I KNOW HE'S UNDER THERE, U PRICK, HAVE A GOOD ONE.

After that, Axel shoved the note into his pocket, and started walking backwards. "It's been good talking to you Xaldin, but I've got to go, I've got practice. I'll tell Tidus you say hi!" With that, the Chocobo was out the door. When he got into the corridor, he walked quickly down to a pot plant, heading in the opposite direction to the exit. He hid behind the foliage, gaining a great view of what happened next.

After thirty or so seconds, Axel heard a loud "YOU BITCH!", which was Marluxia screaming in frustration, then a sound that sounded like a slap. It was deafly silent for a second, then Xaldin's door smashed open and Marluxia stormed out, looking like he was crying. The pink haired wonder stropped right out of the building in his pajama's, Axel had to stifle a laugh.

Axel couldn't really blame him... Vanitas had said Marluxia went to seduce Xaldin into helping him catch Axel and Roxas together. With Xaldin on his side, Marly would have been unstoppable, Axel was guessing that Xaldin wouldn't want anything to do with the Leopard now that he had slapped him. Heh, Xally totally got bitch slapped.

Everything Vanitas had said was true, Xaldin had been trying to catch him out. He'd tried to get Axel to say that he had been with Roxas last night... Then Axel had said the opposite thing making Marluxia feel like he'd been lied to by Xaldin, because Xaldin had said that Axel and Roxas were together and that he could get Axel to admit to it.

Is everyone keeping up? Good.

Axel waltzed right back to his Cabin with a skip in his step, he was so caught up with happy thoughts that he forgot the whole Zack/Leon/Terra thing, and come across the trio snoozing in Zack's bed, all tangled up.

Sora and Riku had obviously manned up and came back here earlier, because they were sound asleep too. Zexion and Demyx were nowhere to be found, most likely Dem had dragged Zex off somewhere just like Axel had done to Roxas... But Axel wasn't going to think about that because they were the most innocent friends and therefore do not have sex.

They just don't dammit!

The Chocobo sat on his bed, thinking back to the night before... So they'd gotten rid of the Xaldin problem... They could trust Vanitas... But there was still Marluxia. That's what it came down to. There was so much to think about... When will he see Roxas again? What kind of songs are they going to do for the end of Summer competition? Is he going to go to University or just get a job when he leaves camp? And will he be able to see Roxas again, once it's all over?

Axel only had two weeks to work this all out.

TWO WEEKS!?$%^&*())(&^%^&*(

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