Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They belong to Square Enix/Disney and Tetsuya Nomura.

AN: Please. And I ask this nicely. PLEASE. Do not attempt to punish your Axel plushies for what I have had Axel do to Roxas thus for in the fanfic; Larxene is the key to the reason why Axel is treating Roxas the way he is, Axel doesn't even like the woman and she was just thrown in to make the drama for this fanfic...as if the introduction of the mysterious newcomer known as, Xigbar, will create some interesting plot twists. The same will be for Cloud and Leon because the name Cloud screamed out in the last chapter, that name will come back into play later and not in a nice way...more like, "Say Goodbye to your loverboy, Cloud, because its the last time you'll ever see him alive" kind of twist. On top of other twists and plot changes here and there...I'm working on this guys, I seriously am in between "Dear Journal", "I Write The Stories" and "Wolves Mate For Life" alongside "You Can't Run From The Organization" among other fanfics that may have been started on here and most of you guys might be waiting to update.

I'll get to those eventually once inspiration hits me hard upside the head and tells me, "WRITE. WOMAN. WRITE!" ^^;

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Chapter 5

Rinoa couldn't sleep, the night had been such a happy time that evening, but now, she was living in a whirlwind that was made of ingredients of a heartbroken son, a distraught estranged husband that was ready to take the one responsible for her son's heartache apart, and now, she was dealing with a message that had been left on her machine that she had been hiding away from everyone. After getting home the office, shortly before the Graduation ceremony that afternoon; she come home to find a message blinking on her machine, a message from someone she never wanted to hear from again. It still played in her head, keeping her awake even with dawn slowly approaching.

~You have one new message~

-Hey, it's me…If you've forgotten who I am by my voice, I guess I could refresh your mind with a get together later…maybe rekindle that lost fire between us. Heard my brat and yours graduated High School; congrats on that, I guess the little pain in the ass you have managed to make it through school, at least you did ONE thing right. Anyway, I miss you and was looking to see you again. So, if you get this, give me a call. The number is still the same. See you around, Rinoa.-

~End of message~

"That bastard…I told him it was over and yet he persists," the itch to climb into a bottle of vodka or liquor was growing as her hand reached for the nightstand beside her bed, but the promise she had made to Roxas rang out, "…I can't go back to that person I was…It would kill Roxas."

As they say, old habits are hard to break as are hard made relationships, but in one simplistic night and with only one catalyst to the chaotic downfall, a relationship that was seemingly hard to break was destroyed within the first few minutes that the catalyst had spoken, the hard to break relationship was destroyed. But as it has been said, the show must go on and that's all the next day was, a show of changing characters, scenery and dialogue as the scenes changed. Once High School Seniors were making their way to packing up their things to head towards the College they had managed to make it into, find their class schedules, housing and unpack while some parents stood on the sidelines trying not to blubber and become a blubbering mess of tears that their "baby" was becoming an adult. For some, it was harder then others to let their child go and for some it was the easiest thing to do; for Rinoa it was the hardest thing to do especially after what had transpired the night before, but Roxas had assured her, he would be fine. Even if the ghost of a smile on his face was probably a passing lie as she watched him climb out of the car and head for the Dormitory Room Assignments Office.

"Name?" the Representative asked as her eyes looked up to see Roxas standing before her, "Hey, kid, you got a name?"

Roxas had seemed in a loss for words, was Axel showing his face around the Campus and without Larxene? Was that even possible?

"Huh," Roxas nearly sputtered the words out as he turned his attention back towards the Representative that was growing impatient, "Yeah…Roxas Heartlily…"

Without another word, the Representative handed Roxas his Room Assignment as well as his Class Schedule and a set of rules regarding the rules of the Dorm Hall in regards to curfew and other random rules that all Freshmen and others of the Dorm were to abide at all times under penalty of punishment. Roxas had half heard the words but his attention started to drift forward as he saw Axel leaving with the blonde harpy on his arm at a speed that seemed to make Axel seem more like a blur then anything else as Roxas turned his attention back to his Mom who had brought his things out of the car and had placed them alongside him while he ha been getting lectured about the rules.

"Any questions kid?" the Representative saw Roxas' gaze sourly turned back to the Representative, "…You okay?"

"…Just peachy, just simply peachy…"Roxas picked up his assigned room, class schedule and things as he headed for his Dorm room, Not all pissed off that bastard is still able to show his face around here…

Larxene stopped in mid-step as she that Axel was not even seeming to have his undivided attention on her, but as she turned around and saw the solemn figure of the quaint little blond that had at once been the one to be the ornament on Axel's arm aside from her was walking towards his assigned dorm and struggling to carry his things up to his room. Her smile was devious and uncaring to say the least as she watched the boy struggling; she had obviously won and Roxas didn't seem to be the one willing to fight for his man.

"So, Axel, what all do you have this semester?" she grabbed the parchment out of his hands without a problem, "Anything good?"

It was the same typical Business oriented courses he had gone towards taking when he and Roxas had been planning out the plans for College; they were going to have the same classes and times as each other, but from the way it looked, even as Roxas had grimaced at his own Schedule and had seen on the Wall Roster, that somehow, Axel's Father or at best, Larxene, had changed all of that to keep the two apart. Larxene rolled her eyes as she handed the class schedule back to Axel's lifeless hands, it was as if she was talking and walking next to a zombie. Just the way she wanted him to be; he was to be putty in her hands and there would be no way for Axel to be ever able to think about Roxas or attempt to break away from her to get to Roxas.

'It seems you're still sticking to that whole 'Business Man' Educational Plan," Larxene could care less, as long as she could have her claws in the man, "Sounds like a load of laughs."

The sounds of students finding their way to their Dorm rooms didn't seem to phase Roxas as he moved about the Halls without a care for the people bumping into him or the sounds of his things and boxes hitting against the walls and him; Rinoa was a few feet behind the boy as she watched with a sickening look of watching him being bashed against walls.

"Roxas…wait, let me help you with the stuff," Rinoa took a few steps forward as she placed her hand on the doorknob as Roxas' hand grabbed for it at the same time, "…You can't just keep bottled up inside of you all this hate for Axel. I know what he did was horrible, but…you can't let it control your life."

Roxas' eyes were stilled with a look of absolute uncaring as he pushed the door open, "…Can you just…leave for now, Mom?" his eyes slowly turned up to his Mother's, "I need to unpack still and I've got class early tomorrow morning."

"…Sure sweetie," Rinoa faintly brushed away the locks against Roxas' forehead, half expecting the boy to flinch away or at least brush her hand off; it didn't come, all there was a young boy clinging to his Mother, "Roxas…it'll be hard…but it'll get better in time…believe me…it will…"

"When does it all end, Mom? When does all the pain finally stop?"

Rinoa held the boy away from her, "…It all depends on when you want the pain to end, you've got to be the one to make the decisions to get over it or to just sit and wallow in self misery in hopes that he'll come back."

Mother's advice is usually the best thing for a young boy and that's all Roxas wanted; Leon and Cloud had been sitting in the school Parking lot, Leon had wanted to be there to see his son off to College but from the way he had seen Roxas walking up to the Room Assignment's booth; he looked like a man on his final walk towards the chamber of death, and also the sight of Larxene draped all over Axel was what kept the man in the car to avoid taking it out on the red head, in front of public and students. Also sitting in the parking lot was Demyx's father, why would that man dare show his face around at such a time as this?

"Hello?"

"Hello Xigbar, it's me…"

"Hey Mr. Waterson, glad to hear from you, what all can I do for you today?"

"I need you to keep an eye out on a particular special person of interest to me," the man rolled his window down slowly as he saw his son, fawning over the soon to be College professor as the would be College professor was trying to pry his happy boyfriend off of him, "I'm afraid that he might be getting in over his head regarding his choices on relationships."

The voice on the other end of the call seemed to deviously smile through the receiver as salt and pepper, skunk striped hair seemed to turn towards the sight that the man in the car had been watching, "Just say the word, Mr. Waterson, and the job is good as done."

"…Good, your mission starts today, and once you've got the special person safely away from the hostile situation, then and only then will you get pay."

"Understood," the man spoke into the receiver, "So, who is the special person I've got to keep my eyes out for and do you have a photo for me to make sure I get the right person?"

The sound of a photo being received to the man's phone came over the call, "I see," the man deviously smirked as a sound of lust seemed to sew their way through his lips and words, "I can see that Demyx truly has grown into quite the young man, Mr. Waterson…"

"Just make sure you do your job and do not get attached to him, do it and do it quick," the man's phone slapped shut as the receiver pocketed his own phone.

"…Will do, Mr. Waterson…Mr. Gaston Waterson…"