Author's note: Hello everyone! This is Amadeus speaking. :D I left this out in chapter 1 because I wanted things to get going. (*cough*itotesforgot*cough*) but yea. So here is Chapter 2! I hope you enjoy. also. i must say that i talk a lot about organized crime and dealing drugs... and i just have to say... I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! 8D its my 'creative freedom' ;D

Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and it's characters belong to Disney and Squeenix. Not me. I own the plot, Cole, and Will. Thats about it. (seriously if KH was mine. they would all be gay. and more gay then they already are. xD)

Chapter 2: Events

"The events we want to remember, we always forget. The events we want to forget, we always remember." –Myself

8. Axel

As Axel showed Roxas the way to his first class, he blabbered on about unimportant things with Cole while his mind was occupied with other things. Okay this kid is pretty cute. Why am I calling him kid? He's only a year younger than me. Okay either way I like him. Got it memorized? Is he even gay or bi? Arg. Wait, he asked me a question. Axel blinked and snapped out of his daze. "Sorry, spaced out for a second. What did you ask me?" Axel said with a charming smile.

Roxas just scoffed at Axel's smile and repeated himself, "Are there any people I should avoid or things I should avoid doing? When I asked Cole, she just laughed and said everyone is terrified of her and no one is dumb enough to fuck with her. So I ask you." The blonde glared down at the taller boy. Which took significant amounts of skill considering Roxas was a good foot shorter than Axel.

Axel gave a very manly giggle at the blond's facial expression before answering, "Well if you decide to hang out with us, you only have to worry about avoiding Seifer, Rai, and Fuu. If you don't, then you have to worry about us." Axel smirked again before continuing, "As for things you should avoid doing… Don't piss off Mr. Strife. He will hurt you and he will not get in trouble. In fact, his husband Leon, who is our principal, will put you in detention for pissing Mr. Strife off. That's about it. We're pretty free to do what we want or need around here." He finished with a flourish of his hands.

Roxas just smirked a little, "I think I'll take the safe route then and stick with you guys. At least life will be interesting."

Axel just smiled and stopped in front of two adjacent doors. "Well Roxy, classrooms with similar subject matter are next to each other in this school. We happen to have the same sequence of classes. And Cole has the same classes as me. Cole doesn't always answer her phone when she gets texts so Sora got to me first. We'll see you after class," Axel explained to the sophomore standing in front of him.

Cole went on to say, "I see that you're in the regular sophomore class so get in. We're next door in the advanced senior class even though we're juniors. We're fucking smart."

"Got it memorized Roxy?" Axel said smiling with a tap to his temple.

Roxas just rolled his eyes with a smile and went to class. "Smart asses," he threw over his shoulder at Axel and Cole.

Cole just laughed and called after him, "Better a smart ass than an idiot shorty."

Axel just smirked at the exchanged and checked out Roxas cute little ass as he walked away from them. Whoa. Okay cute little ass. I need to start censoring myself about now, Axel thought to himself, his cheeks turning pink.

Cole turned to her older friend and said in a teasing tone, "You like him, don't you Eight?"

Axel's blush darkened a little and replied, "So what if I do? Its not like I know if he even likes guys. But he's cute, even your lessy self can see that." He stuck his tongue out at Cole.

"So mature Axie. And you're right; the kid is adorable. Now let's get to class," Cole laughed and walked through the door to their classroom, which was for AP Calculus BC.

"That kid, is older than you Cole. You little fifteen year old," Axel said laughing. "You're just to smart, tall and mature for your own good," Axel smiled at his younger partner.

"Actually I don't even turn fifteen till the end of the month. I'm still fourteen. Suck on that, Ax. I graduate from this shit hole at sixteen and I go on to Uni and Medschool and all the fun stuff," Cole said laughing. She sat down in the middle of the class and pulled out a plain looking notebook and started scribbling in a page near the back of it.

Axel sat down next to her and leaned back in his chair. Class wasn't set to start for another five minutes and their teacher wasn't there yet. Axel sent out texts to some of his high school clients,

'I have maryjane and powder. I'm in the calculus room. You have three minutes if you want it now.'

Cole glanced at him over her writing, "I have crystal in my bag I think if you want to add that to the list."

Axel smirked a little, "I think we'll get rich today."

'8.2 has crystal. Same place.'

Cole laughed, "Sweetie, we already are." Then the first couple of clients came in and bought off both in the Organization.

A few minutes later they kicked everyone out and to come find them at lunch if they wanted it still. "I love the Organization sometimes. So much cash, and we'll never get arrested for it," Axel said counting the money he had. "Yup, straight up 200 munny in less than five minutes."

Cole just rolled her eyes, "Get your notes out Number Eight and take some goddamned notes so I don't feel like and idiot next to you." The she smiled and ruffled the redhead's hair.

"Well why would I do that when I could just get a copy of your notes," he teased. He heard the bell ring and saw the door open. Their teacher, Aerith Gainsborough, walked in and class began.

The rest of their classes till lunch were very boring. The only entertainment they had was witty banter between themselves and Roxas while they took him to class. Lunch, on the other hand, was definitely entertaining.

"So Roxy, you have two choices for lunch: sitting with me, Cole and the rest of our group, or sitting with Riku, Sora, and theirs. It will kind of decide what we do with you for the rest of the year," Axel said sternly.

"But no pressure!" Cole said with a laugh. "If you decide to sit with us you go one way. If you sit with Sora you go another. Neither is better or anything, just different." She flung he long hair over her shoulder and walked to where the Organization sat during lunch. It was in the Quad under one of the biggest trees at school.

13. Roxas

Faced with one of the biggest decisions of anyone's high school career, Roxas decided to take a huge chance, "I think I'll stick with you guys. I see Sora at home everyday, so I think I may need a change of pace." He smiled at Axel. Oh yea that, and I think you're fucking hot so I think I'll sit with you so I can stare at you for longer periods of time.

Roxas was slightly worried when Axel turned to him with a serious expression, "There may be consequences if you sit with us. Not necessarily punishment, but consequences. If you're scared of the unknown, sit with Sora."

"I'm not scared. I need a serious change in my life right now," Roxas said with a sigh.

Axel just smiled, "Ever hear about Organization XIII Roxy?"

Roxas' eyes widened, "Of course I've heard of it! Who hasn't?"

Axel's smile turned into a smirk as he replied, "You've just spent your morning free time with #8 and 8.2." With that Roxas watched stunned as Axel walked in the same direction as Cole.

A few seconds later Roxas snapped out of his reverie and followed Axel. "Don't think your big bad gang scares me Ginger!" he said smiling sweetly as he caught up with him.

Roxas saw Axel smile widely out of the corner of his eye and smiled himself. "So what does the Organization do exactly? I mean I've heard rumors but I assume they've all be exaggerated and such," Roxas asked curiously.

Axel chuckled, "We do everything the rumors say we do. All of us have killed, or at least seriously injured someone during out time in the Organization. We've all gotten abusive people put into prison. We've all dealt drugs. Some of us pimp men or women. Others of us have legitimate business ventures that bring in the extra venue to give us bonuses." He explained very matter-of-factly. "Oh and Cole over there may not look like it, but she's a hell of a fighter. We place bets on her when she enters a competition."

Roxas just looked at him stunned. Then Axel pointed out the tallest tree in the Quad, "That's where the Organization sits." Roxas turned to look at who was sitting there. There were quite a few people and the only two girls Roxas could see were Cole and a blonde girl that he thought he had in this English class. Then, among the boys, there were one with blue hair, two with blonde, and one with pink.

When Roxas and Axel got to the Tree, Cole walked up to Roxas and put an arm around him. "Hey Rox! Okay the people we have here are , Vexen and Marluxia, Demyx and Zexion, and Larxene. Larx is my lover and the mother of our child," Cole introduced everyone as she pointed to them with a smile. Then turning back to the rest of the group, she shouted over their idle conversation, "Oi! Everyone this is Roxas, be nice he's little."

Roxas gave a small, embarrassed wave and sat next to Axel. He grabbed the sandwich that Sora had made for him that morning out of his bag and looked around. Oh yum. Ham and cheese, my cousin knows me so well, he thought smiling. He saw that most of the Organization had a punk style even though each one had their own unique air about them.

Something else caught his eye, there were a few people coming and going from the tree. All smiling strangely as they left. Each person talked to one of the Organization members, something was exchanged, and they left. Holy shit! Are they dealing drugs right in the middle of school!

Axel spotted Roxas' look and chuckled a little, "If that look is what I think it is, then yes, yes we are."

"You guys deal in the middle of a high school!" Roxas said incredulously.

Axel laughed loudly at the blond's exclamation. "Yes we do. Half of our patrons are high school students. You should watch Zexion and Demyx talking to the boys that hire out the women, or even Marly and Vexen to the boys who hire out our boys. Its so much more interesting," Axel smiled.

Roxas was still shocked that Axel could talk about crime like this with such a flippant air. "That seems kind of heartless, just so ya know," Roxas said pouting a little.

Axel turned to him with an odd look on his face, "What were you doing when you were fourteen Roxy?"

"I was skateboarding and reading comics like every other fourteen year old boy!" Roxas replied indignantly.

"Well at the age of fourteen I was beaten and stabbed by my mother and got her arrested. Moved to a new apartment with my older brother. Killed my father. Dealt my first drugs. Oh and lost my virginity to rape," Axel said with a snort. "That's how I'm so heartless."

Roxas went quiet and stared at the sandwich in his hands. He saw Cole come sit by them.

"I've been in the Organization since I was twelve. I'm still fourteen right now actually. I've assassinated more than five people. I've watched people OD and do nothing to save them. I've nearly been killed by my own parents six times, and been in the hospital because of them countless times. We're not heartless really, just hardened. The real world isn't a nice place. We in the Organization have learned that young. Far younger than we should have," Cole said with a small, sad smile. "Larxene is seventeen and she's just had a baby. We're raising little Namine together," she continued as she pulled out her phone and showed Roxas a picture of the baby.

"She's beautiful," was all Roxas could manage to say to what Cole had told him. Then Larxene came and sat on one of Cole's legs, wrapping an arm around the younger girl's neck.

"All of us come from pasts where shit has happened and we survived. Just ask around, most of us had abusive parents. One of the members has a scar on his face and it was from his dad. It was a broken beer bottle just a few months ago. We all know how shitty the world can be and our main goal here is to make it better for those we care about. Namine will never have to experience what its like to loose a parent or any abuse, we won't allow it," the blonde girl said. Cole kissed her softly and the couple smiled.

"Yea… Shit happens," Roxas said softly.

"GET OUT OF THE HOUSE YOU BASTARD. I WILL NOT STAND FOR YOU AND YOUR CHEATING ANYMORE. CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S DESTROYING US!" A five-year-old Roxas heard from his hiding place in the bottom of his big brother's closet. Cid wasn't back from one of his friend's houses yet and Roxas was terrified.

"Don't fight anymore. Please don't fight anymore. I don't like it at all. Mommy… Daddy… Stop fighting!" Roxas whispered to himself shaking and crying in the closet. He heard a crash then more screaming. This time a masculine voice joined the fray.

He heard the door open and his brother yell, "STOP IT YOU FUCKING IDIOTS. ROXAS IS TERRIFIED OF THIS SHIT AND I'M SICK OF IT. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, TAKE CARE OF THEM WHEN MY BABY BROTHER ISN'T AROUND TO HEAR IT!" Then there were footsteps and the closet door was wrenched open.

Roxas was pulled into Cid's arms and sobbed loudly. "I'm scared big brother. What if mommy doesn't want me too?" Roxas asked innocently.

"Mommy will always want you babybro. She and daddy are just fighting right now. It'll be okay soon. I promise," Cid said comforting his little brother.

Roxas just sniffed loudly and clung to Cid. At the tender age of sixteen, Cid became Roxas' greatest hero.

8.2. Cole

Cole smiled softly as Larxene took a seat on her. Her blonde lover put in her two cents into the conversation and a slightly uncomfortable silence over took them.

Cole just smirked and put an arm around Larxene's waist and addressed Roxas, "You know shorty, relish in how nice Larx is being right now. She's usually a bitch."

Cole just laughed as Larxene hit her on the head with her chopsticks. "Be lucky I like you and decided to follow what you said about being nice to Roxas," Larxene said shortly.

Roxas watched the exchange with a smile. Cole caught the smile and tightened her hold on her lover a little perfectly content. The feeling of being in love is an amazing one. I hope Roxas and Axel find it, she thought to herself, her eyes closing.

Then someone tapped her on the shoulder and waved a bill in front of her face. She sighed a little and grabbed it, "I only have crystal right now if that's what you want. Superior and Eight have more if you want it."

The unnamed jock just said, "Crystal is good."

Cole then pushed Larxene off her and grabbed her bag. She with drew a small black plastic bag out and handed it to him.

"This is it? I just gave you fifty munny!" he said angrily.

"Listen you little hyped up bitch. Seifer is it? What we sell is the highest quality shit you could get anywhere. You won't accidentally OD on this or get sick or anything. That's why it costs. It's expensive to make and more expensive to sell. Get over yourself. By off of Sephiroth if you want cheap shit. But that's exactly what it will be CHEAP SHIT," Cole said with an extremely angry expression. She was sick of people arguing with her on price.

"Well you people get enough money to begin with, why don't you give us students a fucking discount or some shit," Seifer said scowling.

"Sweetie," Cole said with a sickly sweet smile, "this is Radiant Gardent. Everyone who lives here is fucking rich. Your mommy and daddy will give you all the money you want if you bat your eyes at them and say it's for blitzball. Even more so since you live in pretty little Twilight Town, the nicest neighborhood in the city. You won't get any kind of shit discount from us. Ever."

Seifer's eyes widened then he walked away shaking his head.

"So I see why no one fucks with you," Cole heard Roxas say. The ravenette girl laughed a little and replied, "Oh that was me being nice. I have more than enough information on everyone to scare the shit out of them. But I'd need a fight every now and then to keep me in shape."

Roxas just looked at her disbelievingly. "You people are insane I hope you realize," he said.

The entire Organization present heard him. They smiled and replied in unison, "It's more than insanity, its reality."

"And that's creepy," Roxas deadpanned.

Axel shot over to them and pulled his necklace out, "Oh Roxy, if you see anyone with this symbol somewhere on their body they're one of us. You will be safe around them if you mention me or Cole."

Cole nodded an affirmative. Roxas just looked wide-eyed at them and lunch continued on.

The last class of the day for Axel and Cole was AP Japanese. They walked to the foreign language wing with Roxas trailing behind them. "Ah!" Cole exclaimed, "I forget to ask Roxy! What language do you take?"

Roxas looked up, shaken from his thoughts, "Oh, I'm in Chinese Mandarin two."

"Sweet! Mandarin is the next language on my list to learn!" Axel exclaimed. Cole just laughed at the redhead's antics and Roxas blushed a faint shade of pink

"Well we should get to class. AP is going to kill us man," Cole said as they arrived at the foreign language classrooms.

Axel shrugged and said, "Bye Roxy." Then he ruffled the blond's hair.

"Lates Roxy. We'll see you after school," Cole said. Then the two organization members walked toward their class and Roxas went to his.

Axel and Cole greeted Demyx and Will happily as they entered the classroom. "Demy! How has work whit Zexion been?" Cole asked in Japanese as practice.

"Well enough. Some of the clients are being too rough with the girls and it's costing us munny. Zexy is all annoyed because he has to wait longer to buy that new computer because Superior won't spring for it," Demyx complained. He was a lot smarter than he made people believe and Cole was one of the few that knew so their conversation went smoothly.

"Cole laughed and replied, "If Zexion wants to buy it now I can easily lend him some."

Demyx chuckled, "You know how he is about money." Cole smiled and hugged him with a laugh, "Of course."

Will and Axel were play flirting in a corner to mess with the two bible thumper kids who were in the class to become missionaries in Japan. Then Axel decided to get dramatic about it.

"Oh Will! Won't you ever love me! I'd dote on you as if you were my queen!" Axel swooned.

"But alas Axel my love. I must decline. I cannot be a queen. I'm a PRETTY PRINCESS!" Will said cracking up at the end.

He and Axel finally burst out laughing and fell over each other.

Cole just sat and watched, amused, as Demyx ran up and joined the banter by jumping on Axel's back. Cole always thought the boys' antics were cute. She always looked at them like they were her own children playing innocently in a playground.

Then class started and they day finished peacefully.

13. Roxas

Roxas entered the Chinese classroom to find one of the Organization members inside. The blond only recognized the blue-haired boy as a member by the necklace he wore. It was identical to the one Axel had shown him.

Roxas sat next to the boy and uncharacteristically greeted him. "Hi! I'm Roxas. I'm pretty sure you know Axel and Cole."

The other boy looked at him in slight surprise and replied, "Yea. We work together." Roxas barely heard what the boy said since he was staring at the very large, relatively new, x-shaped scar on the kid's face.

Roxas shook his head slightly to clear his head. "Oh sorry! Just… That scar on your face looks painful…" He trailed off sheepishly.

The blue-haired boy just chuckled a little, "Yea, it's only about three months old. My face hurts if I smile too hard, so excuse me if I don't do so. I'm Saix." He said with a small smile, "Its nice to meet you."

Roxas smiled back at Saix, "You too. Why weren't you sitting at with the others during lunch?"

Saix blushed a little, "My boyfriend likes to eat on the roof so I go with him."

"How cute!" Roxas laughed. Then their conversation was cut short by more students entering the classroom. Saix's face turned stony and he immediately became unapproachable.

Roxas was surprised for a moment, but before he could continue his thoughts, the bell rang and the teacher began class.