I do not own any of the characters, places or things mentioned in the story. very sad i know, but that is life uu

AkuRoku- A Present for Roxas

Roxas was excited. It was Christmas Eve, meaning Santa would soon be here! Even though he was 14, Roxas still clung to the childish belief that Santa Claus was real. None of the other Organization members believed (after all, they hadn't visited Christmas Town) so he was often teased about it. Even so, he was anxious to be visited by the jolly fat man in red.

He was busying himself decorating his room for Santa's arrival when suddenly, he became worried. He remembered the story that every year Santa and his reindeer flew around the world delivering presents for all the good boys and girls. He wasn't quite sure where he heard the story from, but that didn't matter at the moment. What suddenly got him worried was that the world was such a big place, and…he was just one small nobody. Not to mention that there were many worlds. None of these facts were reassuring him. After all, did Nobodies even count as boys and girls?

"What if Santa forgets about me?" He started pacing his room, suddenly restless by the idea of not getting any presents. He decided he needed help or someone to reassure him. And he knew just who to go to.

"AXEEELLLLL!!" The pyro had about 0.4 second warning before his door blew open. He let out a yelp and jumped slightly off the bed. Where seconds before was his closed door, it now stood awkwardly ajar, revealing his favorite teenage blond, panting slightly from his exaggerated 4-room-sprint. His eyes were big as he stared at Axel.

"Shit, who gave him a mint?" Axel wondered as he recovered from the unexpected burst in. He tried hastily to hide the gift he was attempting to wrap…without burning the wrapping paper. So far he had not succeeded.

"I-need-to-talk-with-you!!" Roxas said very quickly still standing at the doorframe.

"Aww Roxas, you know I'd love to have a chat, especially with you," he added smoothly, "but I kinda need to finish something here…"

"But it's REALLY important!" he whined. Axel twitched. He knew that whine. He feared that whine! But no matter what, he always gave in when Roxas made that whiny voice.

"Alright alright, let's see what the fuss is about." He said, admitting an easy defeat. He invited his friend into his room and shoved the somewhat singed gift in a box.

"Axel," Roxas started shyly, "what if Santa forgets to visit me? What if he's too busy in another world to bring me a present?"

Having heard this, Axel sweat dropped anime style. It was still hard for him to believe that his friend believed in the tale of Santa Claus. (don't forget, he didn't know of Christmas Town) Perhaps this was the result of being Sora's nobody?

"D-don't worry" he started, not too sure what to say, "Santa wouldn't forget you! Why," he grew more confident with his words, "you're much too special to forget!" he said.

"Promise?" Roxas asked.

"Promise," answered Axel giving a warm smile.

That was all that Roxas needed. He was very happy. His best friend made him a promise, and Roxas trusted his word. He thanked Axel for his help and went back to finish decorating his room. Now things couldn't go wrong.

But Axel wasn't so convinced of that. Sure, he was glad he had helped his friend, but soon he realized the corollary of his words. He too became worried. How could Santa even come when he didn't exist? The consequences of his foolish promise hunched over him like a shadow. But what could he do? He couldn't disappoint Roxas- a promise is a promise!

So after much thinking and pacing (the gift lay forgotten) he decided he wasn't the right person to figure this out. He needed to ask someone else.

He hurried off to find Xigbar.

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um..not much to say down here as the author of this fic other than...hope you enjoyed the first part! ; there's gonna be about 3 parts to this (given i don't go overboard with the writing) and ya...

Roxas, Axel and them others (c) Kingdom Hearts
Santa Claus belongs to whoever came up with that story

please review!
(btw, my OC will be making a SMALL appearance in the next chapter...don't like, don't read then)