I'll be honest. I was going to put this off until tomorrow (still same day for me), but because I'm nice and just in case people want to read a bit more, here's the second chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or it's characters. That should be a given.

"There's our favourite ghost boy!" Sora muttered a few things in another language, things his Papa, Saïx, taught him; no way his foreign language teacher would have taught him such words. "How are you?"

"Suspicious now that you're acting clingy and like we're best friends, Axel." Sora admitted. "If you're planning on pulling a prank, don't bother. One more done on me, and the school board will have you out faster than you can say juvenile detention hall."

"Jeez… they still can't let that go, can they?" Axel said. "It was middle school, for crying out loud."

"And it'll be expunged from your record after you graduate." Sora reminded. "Now, what do you want?"

"Your help with our film project." Axel sat down next to Sora. "See, we're doing a bit of a documentary for our film project."

"You guys? Document something?" Zexion spoke up. "Riku, you've a logical mind in that skull of yours… tell me it's not going to go up in flames."

"If it does, it'd be figurative; we've been banned from fire because of the first quarter incident thanks to Axel." Riku said.

"Okay, okay… what is it about and why do you need me?" Sora asked, actually curious.

"Well, some of the groups are doing like the seven wonders or seven mysteries… normal shit like that." Axel said. "Well, we want to document the biggest mystery of Radiant Garden."

"And this is where I'm out." Sora said. "I'm out." He stood up, shaking his head. "I'm not. I will not. Absolutely not."

"Oh c'mon, Sora, you don't even know..." Axel started to say.

"I'm going nowhere near Heart Manor." Sora stated.

"Apparently you do know." Axel was stunned. "C'mon, Sora, it's just a documentary thing for our film project."

"We won't even let Axel antagonize any ghosts. We already made that promise." Demyx spoke up.

"Absolutely not." Sora said, shaking his head. "No. NO. NO!" He ducked his head down, realizing he caught the attention of other students spending their free period in the cafeteria. He then sat back down. "I'm not going there. Plus, it's off limits."

"We're not going in… yet; I promised I'd get permission so we don't get into trouble." Axel said. "Besides, everyone knows you see ghosts."

"Everyone knows?" Sora raised an eyebrow. "The same everyone who laughs at me, calls me a freak, and acts like I'm the plague? That everyone?"

"Okay… okay, I know, people are harsh, we've been no different." Axel said.

"Don't drag me down that route, I'm the one who doesn't pick on him." Demyx said, hands up in defense.

"And Roxas and Riku have only made comments. You're the one who did the full blown bullying, thus why your juvenile record has..." Sora said.

"I get it, I get it… anyway, Sora… c'mon… Heart Manor is supposed to be the most haunted location in Radiant Garden… maybe the entire country, too. It's even more haunted than the mansion in the forest outside of Twilight Town." Axel stated, his voice pleading. "And if it's true that you do see ghosts, what you see can be good for our documentary. You don't even need to go inside. Just come with us to the manor; we won't go past the gate if you'd like, you can just glance, and… you know… like an interview. Tell us what you see and shit like that."

"Find someone else." Sora deadpanned.

"Trying that, but neither of them see ghosts." Roxas said, getting a look from both Zexion and Sora. "My sister's girlfriend and her girlfriend's cousin are… I think mediums? One gets readings in a way, she says she's like a specific spirit board or something, the other has… psychometry… I think that's the word. But they won't be able to come until the next weekend. They're all at Twilight Academy."

"Psychometry, it's the ability to read energy and find facts in an object, such as a pen, a toy, a toothbrush, even clocks or vases, pertaining to an area or event. The stronger the energy, the easier it is or the more one will find." Sora said. "And it sounds like the other has automatic writing; it's also called psychography. Typically it's the ability to write or draw without actually doing it consciously, influenced by the energies of those around those with the ability."

"So like… ghosts possess her?" Roxas asked, worry in his voice.

"No… not really. And not always spirits." Sora said. "It's energy. The will of another. It's why if you think so hard about something and concentrate on it, someone else may end up writing it; thoughts are energy. Of course, just because someone writes what your thinking doesn't always mean they're an automatic writer; thoughts and energy are very powerful and even numb people can pick up on them at times if it's strong enough."

"See? This is also why you're perfect. Even if it's not actually haunted and you see nothing, you understand the world of psychics well enough and will be able to help us understand the girls more." Axel said. "That, and Zexion, we wanted your help, too."

"My help? I'm not tech savvy in the sense of cameras, so that's a no, and I'm about as psychic as a ham sandwich." Zexion said.

"But you have such a calm and level voice, perfect for narrating; even if you don't go in with us when-"

"If." Axel's friends all said.

"-we get permission, you can view over the footage and photos and record yourself narrating things." Axel said.

Zexion thought it over. "On a few conditions." he said.

"Okay, shoot." Axel said.

"If Sora decides to help in anything, you do not bother him. If he doesn't help, you still don't bother him. If he helps and drops out of it, don't bother him. In general, don't go bothering him about anything, especially if he doesn't want to do or say anything. Get it?"

"Got it."

"Good. Then you've got a narrator. But I'm holding you to those conditions… and the not going in the manor if you get permission." Zexion said.

"Hell yeah!" Axel cheered, getting glares from students he disturbed. "We were going to go to the manor to look at it tomorrow, get some photos."

"If you're going to document it, you'll want to check history, too." Zexion pointed out when Axel and the others sat with them.

"Riku and I are already on that." Roxas said. "The joy of the library and the internet."

"You need to talk to people, too. Find articles, discover people, even just asking the townsfolk about the manor. Get their opinions and experiences, let them know what you're doing, and write all notes down, including your resources, so everything and everyone can be properly credited." Zexion reminded. "It's like a thesis paper. You need to be diligent. Get what you need, work on the fine-tuning last."

"We'll need another nerd to help us with the computers. But okay, sounds easy." Axel said.

"Sora, you've been learning computer programming, right?" Riku asked.

"Programming, no. Writing, art, and video programs and how to use them, yes." Sora said. "That's actually something I can do. Thanks to Papa teaching me."

"Then it sounds like we've got a team." Axel said, sounding giddy.

"They're not in class with us, though..." Demyx said.

"We'll talk to our teacher and see what she can do with them helping us." Roxas said. "Maybe she can get a grade put to another class."

"No need." Zexion said. "We're both A students, honor's roll."

"Hmm… this is actually fun." Sora said. "Helping on a project? Plus, their film class is during our free period… so it lines up well."

"I agree, it is a little fun." Zexion nodded. "You think Saïx will let you use his video editing programs?"

"I'll even check about the green screen and green room, if you'd like." Sora added. He then looked embarrassed. "Sorry, we're getting carried away."

"Hey, don't apologize. I'm liking this." Axel said. "Green screen and green room? Sounds cool."

"I thought your dad was a writer." Demyx said.

"Papa is, but he also likes photography and film editing." Sora responded. "Plus, it's what I'm into, so he added more stuff so I can have fun… maybe even have a start before college. I kinda want to go into video editing… but… who knows." He shrugged.

"You've got this, buddy." Axel assured. "Rox..."

"Yup." Roxas pulled out his laptop and started up a group e-mail, asking Sora and Zexion for their e-mails to get them involved. "We can also chat online through this and work out what we're doing."

"Perfect." Zexion said, going over to sit by Roxas. "We'll need to get a basic guideline of what we need. Facts about the manor being the biggest thing. Ownership, when the disappearances occurred since that's its biggest mystery, who built it and why, what happened when it was being built, any known deaths in the manor and on the property before it was a manor, things like that."

"That should be easy." Riku stated. "How about we do research together after school today, go take our own photos tomorrow?"

"Sounds like a plan." Axel said.

Heyo, lovelies!

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Thinking of things when I was writing and rereading it, Axel definitely is the sort to antagonize ghosts if his friends didn't hold him to it to not do that, huh? And, now I know, we've seen in Kingdom Hearts II at how well Sora handled a computer but this is an AU, so he knows some thing... about creative programs at least. If you asked him to design a website or something, he probably wouldn't know what to do.

And as an added note, I know I probably do a lot more dialogue than descriptive sentences/paragraphs, and I admit that's a habit of mine I have to try to break. Despite that, I hope things are still good.

Until then!

~chibi