Title: Resonate
Theme: o43. Memory
Word Count: 287
Rating: K
Spoilers: Spoilers if you haven't gotten to TWTNW.
Disclaimer: I no own ;(


Note: The bit about Roxas not remembering anything else other than the angsty Roxas leaving scene and the Riku fight scene IS canon. And I like the Japanese version of the "He made me feel like I had a heart" line better. XD Also, the thing about Roxas ignoring Axel's "I would" is also canon. I blame KH2 novel. XD
You really don't remember?

Roxas could only repeat the supposed first conversation he had with Axel, as the man lay dying before him – or rather, Sora – was sputtering out the feelings from the depths of his non-existant heart before the Other and invisible Nobody.

You know, it's me, Axel.

Roxas still couldn't remember anything from his past, just those fake memories that DiZ had given him. But yet, he was there – with a heart, even if it was a shared heart – looking down at the redhead who was fading away into nothingness as all Nobodies (save him and Naminé) were eventually to.

Roxas could hear his Other's thoughts, as Sora wondered silently why he was feeling so downtrodden for the Nobody he had barely known.

Hell, Roxas had to wonder why he was feeling so sad as well.

He couldn't remember anything, except that he was a part of Organization XIII, defeated Riku and stole Oblivion from him, left Axel behind after he told him that he had to find out why he wielded the Keyblade, and ended up ignoring Axel's "I would".

The old Roxas probably would have attempted suicide after seeing the chakram-user die in front of him, but no; the new Roxas barely knew him.

So why was he crying for someone he barely knew?

Were the memories in his non-existant heart still in existence and – even if they were just traces of the old Roxas – resonating in the heart of the new Roxas?

And Roxas let out a small sob, after Axel had faded away into the Darkness.

ロクサスに合いたかだった。 俺 あいが好きだった。 あいつといりと倫にも心あるみたいね。 そんな気になったんだ。
…I wanted to see Roxas. I…liked that guy. If I was with him, it seemed like I had a heart, too. I felt like that.