Letters to Axel

Axel,

You're such an ass, you know that, right? And no, Riku did not appreciate your letter. (Even though me and Sora both laughed when we fished it out of the garbage later. Don't tell Riku!)

Okay, I've got a few things to tell you. First of all, lying is bad! And second of all, I already knew that you lied about all that stuff. Although I had forgotten about the clasp breaking, so I'm sorry for accusing you of stealing it. Thanks for fixing that, by the way. It means a lot to me that you actually felt bad enough that you went and got it fixed. I could have done without the added picture of you in it, but I guess that increases the sentimental value or something.

I did consider burning your letter when I first started reading it. You're so frustratingly annoying, did you know that? Of course you did. You go out of your way to be frustratingly annoying. And as much as I'd like to bring you back to life to kill you for telling me all of this after you're already dead, I don't think Roxas or Demyx would be very pleased with me if I did that. And if Roxas and Demyx are mad at me, then that would make Namine, Sora, and Zexion angry at me. And if they got angry with me then Riku and Marluxia would be mad at me. And so on and so forth. You're lucky you have so many people on your side.

Now, let me tell you all of the horrible things I did to you at summer camp. After you lit my bed on fire, I was the one who took all of your lighters and matches and hid them so you couldn't find them. Oh, and I was the one who put bleach in your shampoo. And here you kept thinking it was Demyx who did that. And you dropping my lucky penny in the lake wasn't the only reason I locked you out of the cabin that night. It was also because you left me alone with the entire group of 8-year-olds for three hours. I cannot handle three solid hours of watching over 8-year-olds by myself. And Demyx had already warned me that you would probably use him to get his revenge, so I wasn't too surprised when he "accidentally" knocked his orange juice all over my plate. And I don't know if you remember or not, but I got my revenge for that too. That was the day things kept hitting you in the head and all your favorite desserts were strangely absent from the dinner table.

See, you may be a bastard, but I can be a real bitch when I want to be.

Don't cause too much trouble, wherever you're at.

Your (loving) "sister",

Kairi


Axel,

Riku wasn't happy about what you wrote in your letter to me. And I don't think Roxas was happy either, but he laughed a little.

Things are kind of weird without you around to stir up trouble any more, but I guess Demyx does that enough on his own. The whole throwing ashes off the water tower was a little weird, but I wish now that I had gone with them to do that. Kairi kept talking about how she couldn't believe you didn't want us to attach your ashes to a firework and set it off. That would have been even weirder.

I always watch out for Roxas, whether he likes it or not, so you don't have to worry about him. And Kairi's my best friend, of course I'll watch out for her.

I'll see what I can do about the pranks. I did manage to pull a good one on Roxas the other day, but I think he knew it was me. Maybe I should get Namine to help me. If you say she can pull off some good pranks, then I believe you. She can be pretty sneaky at times.

I hope I don't get to see Namine and Marluxia teamed up next year. See, somehow she and Kairi have convinced me to go help out at the summer camp. Roxas is going to. It should be an interesting summer. It's too bad Riku flat-out refused, it sounds like a lot of fun!

They would never admit it, but Kairi and Roxas both miss you a lot.

So do I.

Riku doesn't. At all.

See you in the afterlife!

Sora


Bastard.

At first I wasn't even going to dignify your letter with a reply. But then I decided I should be the mature one and write a reasonable letter.

I don't like you, I'm sure that is very clear by now. I don't appreciate the way you flirted with Sora when you knew that the two of us were together. In fact, I think it's safe to say that I hate you.

Namine says that we could have been good friends, but I don't believe her.

-Riku


Dear Axel,

Things are finally settling down. It feels like everything was thrown out of balance when you died, but things are starting to even out again. We're actually getting smiles out of Roxas and Demyx for the first time in months and Kairi's not so angry about you not telling her you were going to die. She misses you more than she's willing to admit.

I'm sure you've been watching us to make sure we don't do anything too stupid. Demyx told me that you've visited him in a dream or two and for that I want to thank you. He probably took your death the hardest.

I promise I'll help Sora prank the others. Maybe I'll even add in your usual Axel flair. I just have to figure out how to use the fire in a more controlled situation. It wouldn't be a good thing if me and Sora accidentally burnt down someone's house, although I'm sure you would find it hilarious.

I do love Roxas. I have for a long time, but then I met you at camp and knew it was only a matter of time before you met Roxas again. But I wasn't going to let that get in the way of our friendship. I'll admit, I was jealous of you when Roxas started to hang out with you more, but then he'd come back home and talk to me every night so long as he wasn't out with you.

And you're just as bad with your art, so don't even try to tell me to not get lost in it and forget to eat. I get enough to eat, so don't worry about me. It's not like I only eat one meal a day, I just forget to eat lunch sometimes. And I'll see what I can do about cutting back on coffee, but I'm not promising anything!

I do miss you Axel. I wish you were still here.

Love,

Namine

P.S. I don't know about naming a son after you. I don't think I want a crazy, red-haired son who likes playing with fire and annoying other pretty redheads and flirting with blond boys. (I kid, of course.) Maybe I can get Kairi to name her son after you.


Axel,

I don't know what to say. I mean, one day you're here and the next you're just... gone. It hurts knowing that I won't see you again.

I've been having alot of dreams lately, of all of the times we've spent together. Some of them are from this life and others are from our previous one. You've always been a pain in the ass.

Demyx gives me a hug whenever he sees me. There's not much I can do to stop him and Zexion doesn't hold him back at all. So you don't have to tell me to give him a hug whenever I see him, because he does that for me.

Oh yes, you've always brought out "the best" in people. I don't think I've ever heard of Kairi being so angry with someone.

I'll try and follow your rules. Except for the traveling the worlds one. I think that this time I'm going to take it easy and stay right here on Destiny Island. Although it would be nice to go visit Twilight Town again one of these days. Maybe I'll go to college there.

I miss you, Axel. More than anyone knows.

I love you.

Forever yours,

Roxas


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There we go. I finally got the reply letters all written and ready to be posted! I apologize in advance for any mistakes you find.