The Sacred Sneer
A.k.a: The Diary Adventures
By Zess

Summery: Prequelish to The Holy Smirk. (That means you got to read the Holy Smirk to understand any of this o-k?) Kidding. Daily posted blurbs about Roxas's & Axel's days in the Guard.

Other Stuff: 2 page chapters of a long ass oneshot, broken down because I felt like it. Mostly Shonen-Ai some Yaoi way later, AU, Kingdom Hearts Based, AkuRoku, Zemyx, Rated M To appease my hentai mind. Language. Humor/Romance/Action/Adventure/Drama. I own nothing but this story.

Time: Two or so Centuries ago.

Place: Castle XIII, Noivilbo, and Ynitsed Isle. (Mahwah Turn your Monitor backwards)

A/N: This is the second time I'm writing this, so it's much more rushed then the first time around, but I hope you still like it. Um . . . Dedicated to everyone who loved The Holy Smirk and especially Neferet10210, because it was requested! Yay! So if you like this, send your thanks.

Now read it already dammit!

Four:
He Cried More, More, More

Roxas needed no further encouragement and with a rebel yell he dashed towards his enemy, arms flailing behind him with his sword in hand. Roxas was in no way going to let this red haired mountain beat him, there was just no way. He had his honor and his reputation to maintain. Because, as we all know, being shunned while you're a kid can be the most devastating thing in the world. But the author digresses.

The giant prepared himself for the little blonde fireball rushing after him and moved into a fighting stance. While rushing at him Roxas still had to admit that his new rival had excellent form. But he had to be joking to go against him without any kind of weapon. First the guy had called him short, and now he was underestimating him? Roxas was furious and his yell became more powerful.

He reached Axel in a matter of moments and swung his blade around in what was called the arching butterfly. It starts with one's sword arched behind one's back and then sweeps out to the side in one motion. Continuing it slashes inward and then pulls back quickly in a motion akin to the middle of a butterfly. Following the butterfly's wing's outline the sword is then arced upward and then brought down forcefully, all in a matter of seconds. It was one of Roxas's best moves and the crowd was shocked. Never before had Roxas even had to break out "the big guns" before, usually behind able to beat anyone on only his basic movements. It was a shock to know that Roxas considered the stranger boy enough of an opponent to actually fight as if he meant it.

And what was worse was that Axel was able to dodge the movement. The green bean humanoid deftly jumped left, and then moved left again to leave Roxas panting, his sword tip embedded in the practice ground's dirt. Roxas looked up with wide eyes. This was something that had never happened before. He. . . was he going to lose? No! He couldn't lose, no matter what. It would be better to die then to let all of those people bully him again. That was a fate worse then anything else in the world.

So he gave no time for escape and lunged, carrying out what was called the reverse butterfly, which was the same as the arching butterfly, only for the other side of his body. It was quite a feat in itself, because it meant that Roxas had to wield his sword with his left hand which was extraordinary, since not many people could wield a sword with both hands and still manage to complete such a complex technique.

Roxas knew that this one would not work any more then the first had, but he meant it only as a diversion. As predicted the stranger dodged to the right with ease, but Roxas was there waiting for him. He quickly switched his sword to his right hand without completing the reverse butterfly and made a rapid jab towards Axel's face. This, as predicted, caught the retreating stranger off guard, and though he managed to dodge this attack for the most part, Roxas still managed to slice a piece of Axel's cheek, leaving a bloody line across the left facial tattoo.

The pair slid apart and Roxas pressed his sword tip first into the ground, leaning against it, breathing heavy. He had amazing techniques, but using them for too long still left him exhausted. He was still a kid after all. And he had bet all of himself on that move, hoping to do a bit more damage then just a shallow scrape. It wasn't that unusual to have pages or squires kill each other in training.

However, even though the stranger was also a kid, he seemed to have much more stamina then Roxas's did. And as the blood dripped down he smirked, not even bothering to wipe it off of his face. He walked over to the panting Roxas and gently punched him in the stomach, effectively knocking out his breath and rendering him unconscious. The small blonde fell against Axel's and the red head gently laid him onto the dirt. He had never wanted to fight in the first place anyways.

Once he noticed that Roxas's breathing had become even and shallow he smiled a little. Axel hadn't hit Roxas hard at all, and it was only natural that the blonde would be waking up so soon after. He seemed the resilient type. Dusting off his hands he began to walk way as not to be attacked once.

And that is when the tormenting started.

A/N: Please read and review. Still not making them longer. The techniques I made up and have no reference to anything anywhere.