5. Nobodies

By: AniZombiefangirl

"Roxas…change your mind?" Axel asked, as he folded his arms loosely over his chest, while leaning against the wall, just as his little, spiky haired, blonde blue eyed boy had trudged past him.

Axel faked a casual smile, but was given the cold shoulder treatment, as the boy, Roxas, passed him.

Roxas stopped, and his head dropped as if his attention was diverted to the concrete street. Just like he didn't want to meet Axel's gaze, and said, grimly, "No…I didn't…"

"You realize what's going to happen to you, if you keep this up?" Axel asked, now showing signs of concern and dropping his casual and cool look as he stood up straight and looked at the back of Roxas' head, expecting a better answer than the one he was given from the young boy, whom he had known for almost a year now.

He watched as Roxas fists clenched tightly, then release ever so slowly as Roxas sighed, " Yeah, but it doesn't matter anymore…besides, even if I do leave and something bad happens to me, no one will care about my absence, nobody."

Axel, now reacting to Roxas' last statement, cried out, "That's not true! …I would." Axel felt an overpowering pain inside his chest, his tone had sounded grim and pained, exactly how he felt. Grief now filled every part of his nonexistent being, and still he looked at the only person he had known more about than any of the other Nobodies.

Roxas had fisted his sides again, and said, "…I have to know Axel…Why I have these memories this Sora person, playing theatrical segments through my head. Why I don't remember anything from before I ever joined the Organization….Why I even exist at all ? Is the only reason why I'm here, is to collect Hearts with the keyblade? Why I held that dying girl in my arms as she faded from existence, without me ever remembering what I had done to her?…I'm sorry, Axel, but this will be our last time together….and it won't be over a seasalt ice cream…"

Axel, feeling now a hollow place in his chest, in place of where his also nonexistent heart should be, felt even more so grieving than ever before. He now believed that he really did have emotions, even when the Leader had vaguely told everyone in the Organization, over and over again, that human emotions were something they didn't have, because they didn't have hearts. If they expressed any emotions, they wouldn't be able to feel the emotion they expressed. Ever since he was dubbed Axel, Number VIII of Organization XIII, that's all he was told and knew.

Or thought he knew, the day he met and was assigned to be with Roxas and show him the ropes of his jobs. As a congratulations to jobs well done, and any special day after each mission, they would have seasalt ice cream conversations. "But, I don't want to lose you, Roxas…" Axel began, but the last three words he couldn't say aloud had floated around him like a melody:

I love you.

"Axel…I'm sorry…but I have to…whether you like it or not." Roxas said, as he took off in a full sprint away from Axel, until all that was left of him was a dust cloud and a shadowy figure in the distance. Soon, though, he wasn't even a shadowy figure as he turned a corner, and was forever gone from Axel's farsighted vision.

"ROXAS!" Axel called out, a delayed cry from just standing around in disbelief, and grief. Roxas was now truly, gone forever, and there was nothing for Axel to do.

His eyes began to burn, until a watery substance and rolled form his eye, down his cheek, causing Axel to wipe his eyes with the back of his leather coat clad wrist.

Tears…that's what they're called…the water that falls from your eyes are called tears…they show everyone else that you're sad… He then thought to himself, just as one last tear raced down his cheek and landed on his bottom lip, which he licked away.

He just now remembered how salty they were, and how they left him feeling bitter, too. Another memory forced itself into his head, and it was similar of that to a mini movie clip. It was the time that Roxas had asked him about a certain emotion from his latest mission at Beast's Castle.

The emotion had been love.

Both Axel and Roxas were Nobodies, so they barely knew about emotions, but he had explained to Roxas was that it was something special that some friends share with each other, making their bond with each other stronger than before, but he didn't know what else to say to the innocent, smiley, Roxas, that Axel was so fond of. Being in his presence for so long, Axel had believed that he was actually sharing the same emotion with Roxas…Love.

Roxas… Axel thought, sadly, as he fell to his knees, trying to bare the suffering he was currently going through and enduring. His little buddy, Roxas, who he had taken under his wing and had liked for all of the 358 days they've known each other, Roxas' change in attitude, was hurting him, physically and mentally.

He shut his eyes tightly, tears falling freely now, and he did his best to wipe them away with the same wrist as he did before. An image of Roxas' smile forced itself through his depressing thoughts.

Roxas' fair and light blonde, spiked hair, and been styled so that it was raised on the right side of his face, giving him the appearance of a rebel sort of kid. His eyes, dark blue and striking, magnificent color to match his light hair, always made him look childish. For the times he did manage to smile, like the time he had taken his first bite of seasalt ice cream, which he looked more child-like than ever, and when he asked about twenty questions about it, it made Axel, even in the state he was currently in, give a tearful smile to the ground he was currently looking at.

One of the first memories together that he liked of Roxas, and now, it was the only thing he will never forget about Roxas, the last Organization member, to collect all the hearts in order to complete Kingdom Hearts…

Author's Notes:

Hi again! It's me, AniZombiefangirl, and yes, I have done a Kingdom Hearts one, for Axel and Roxas! :DDD I've actually had this one floating around for a full school year and summer, and just retyped it for this challenge. I actually own Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, love it, and watched someone show me the ending when I'm only days away, focusing on getting every little thing for that one weapon x3 Also, this is fluffed and based on the last scene that Axel and Roxas share with each other, I just took my own view to it, for the copyright reasons, of course. Again, I was inspired and noticed that nobody, except maybe two people actually cares that I'm writing anything at all. ^^;;

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, or any of the references I used.

I love Reviews and ratings, and whatnot. 3

Also, if there are people that read this, please feel free to give me a few themes please, I've only got a handful, sadly. ^^;;