Hello people!! It's me again, not Chris but his annoying friend who forgot to type this up for a while so Chris is now after my blood! (cuz I have such tasty blood, yes I do! If you don't agree you can kiss my shoe!)

Anyways, it now occurs to me that Chris isn't grounded from the computer anymore. So why am I still here you ask? Well….I don't know. O.o Maybe because I have all of the pages of the story sitting next to the computer? Whatever the reason, Chris is currently backpacking through the woods, getting those muscles of his PUMPED UP!!! (and now I'm lonely…T.T)

Anywho, here's the story boys and girls! If you read it all I'll give you a piece of cake!

No, not really. Just kidding. X3

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"So…why am I still alive?"

"I think they want information from you."

"…I think by now they've realized I'm not going to say anything."

Shrug. "Then I have no idea."

Riku sat against a tree, Axel watching him. The silverhair wasn't tied up, but he didn't really need to be. The wound that went the whole way through his body wasn't healed, and he was in quite real danger, still, that he could die from it. He wasn't going to run. They'd kill him.

But he could talk, and he spent the hours talking to the redhead. Axel wasn't really interested, but he answered Riku's questions, occasionally asking a few of his own. The conversation steered around, going every direction. Riku wasn't really trying to learn anything – he was just a little bored. Okay he was really bored, and talking was the only thing he could do. Eventually, the conversation turned into a vicious Have You Ever game.

"Have you ever had sex?" Axel shot.

"No. Have you ever had a near-death experience?"

"Yes. Have you ever gotten high?"

"Yes. Have you ever killed anyone?"

"Nobodies don't count, no. Have you ever cut?"

Riku winced. "Yeah, a long time ago. Have you…ever burnt yourself?"

Axel snorted. "Fat chance. You ever fall in love?"

The question had Riku taken aback, his mind scrambling for something – anything – to say. Finally, he stammered, "Y-yes…yeah, but…"

Axel blinked, staring at him curiously. "But…?" he said slyly. "He or she did not return that affection?"

Riku shook his head. "No…at least, we both thought that he had, but gradually I started to see that I was just a replacement." A stab of pain shot though his heart, so powerful he nearly cringed. "A replacement for something that he thought he'd lost and could never get back. Something…someone gone forever."

Axel stared at him in interest. "Who was that?" he asked, genuinely curious. It was interesting. The person that was described sounded exactly like the pyro himself…but the answer blew him away.

"Roxas."

Everything was frozen for a couple seconds, and then Riku was grabbed by both shoulders, spun roughly to face the redhead. He cried out in quiet pain from his injuries, but Axel's penetrating gaze held him.

"What?" he asked. "What do you mean, Roxas? He's still…he's not a part of Sora anymore?" his grip tightened, and Riku flinched, gritting his teeth.

"No…he's like us, remember? Werewolf, you know that. You can't merge with your Other if you have different blood."

By now, Axel's grip was so hard that Riku could hear his bones creaking, and the silverhair's breath hissed between his teeth as he tried not to yell. Seeming to comprehend the pain that he was causing, Axel released his viselike grip, and Riku slumped against the tree. Axel sat down hard right next to him, staring off into the distance.

"I thought he was gone…" the pyro breathed.

"He thought you were, too," Riku said truthfully. "When he learns that you're alive…" he shook his head, smiling. "He'll be so happy." In reality, that was a vast understatement, but Riku didn't really feel like saying it.

"But…he'll forget you," Axel said, looking sideways at the boy, who shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess…" he said sadly. "But as I said before, I'm just a replacement for someone he thought was gone. Just a cheap copy." Cerulean eyes stared into emerald ones. "So don't worry. I'm not going to get in the way. You love each other. Who am I to get in the way of that?"

Axel nodded, staring at the ground with a small smile. "Thank you," he said softly. Riku didn't trust himself to speak, so he just closed his eyes, nodding.

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"So…how the hell are we going to do this?"

"To tell you the truth…" Cloud said, in answer to Sora's question. "I have no idea."

Tifa exploded. "You mean to tell us that you gave us that whole speech on regret not doing anything, and now you don't know what to do?"

"It was better than letting you bitch your – and his – life away," Cloud protested.

"And arguing is just as bad," Leon put in quickly. They both opened their mouth to reply to that, then thought better of it.

Leon couldn't help it, with the way they were glaring like they would kill each other. Cracking a grin, he said, "Aw, come on, kiss and make up."

They both turned their murderous stares at him, and he shrank back instinctively. Cloud stalked past him, growling, "How isn't the time for jokes, idiot," but Leon could detect the slightest trace of amusement in his blue eyes.

"But what are we going to do?" Roxas asked, slightly panicky at the total loss of progress.

"I –" Cloud started but a tentative know on the outside of the ship shut them all up. Riku poked his head inside, and there was a long stunned silence.

"Wh-what –" Sora sputtered.

"Looks like we don't really need to do anything," Cloud said dryly. Roxas did hear him, rushing towards the silverhair worriedly, pulling him into a tight embrace.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" he said, slightly tearful, but Riku wasn't returning the gesture, and the blonde noticed it. Pulling back, he looked into the silverhair's eyes, and for the first time noticed the misery that weighed them down. "Riku…?" he asked, and Riku smiled painfully.

"Sorry, Roxas…" he murmured, ruffling the blonde's hair. "I'll explain everything later." Slowly, he pulled Roxas outside. The questioning look in the blonde's wide sapphire eyes slowly turned into shock and disbelief as he saw the redheaded Nobody, waiting for him outside.

"A...Axel?" he asked, voice choking up. Suddenly, he was gone from Riku's side, flying over the ground separating them, running into the pyro's arms. He sobbed into the black leather covering the redhead's shoulder.

"I-I thought you were d-dead!" his muffled voice cried, and Axel hugged him close, rubbing his back soothingly, saying gently, "It's alright, Roxy, I'm here now," and other reassuring phrases that were lost on the silverhair. With a sigh, he turned his back on the reunited couple, feeling the pain of loss ripping his heart apart into tiny pieces that were swallowed by the emptiness.

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Aww….Kawaisonii…(Japanese phrase for pity)

What an emo chapter. Why does Chris write such sad things?

Oh, I'll be typing up the other chapter soon. Maybe. If I remember. XD

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