Rabbits vs. Phoenix

Chapter nine

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To Icy Destruction: Heh, glad you liked it^^ Well, you'll see here how =) His secret's not really out. Axel just suspects something… Or rather, Demyx does^^

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Flashbacks (or thoughts)

"Talking"

When cursive shows up in talking, it's only thought, not said.

When normal shows up in a flashback, it's a thought.

Sunday evening, Roxas sat on his window-sill, the window wide open, watching the rain and feeling the cold wind blow into his room.

Cloud had been really angry when he came home and had grounded him indefinitely.

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"I thought you had changed! I thought that after coming here you would stop being a brat and lead a normal life. Wasn't that my sisters' last wish?"

"What do you know about moms' last wish? You weren't even there when she died! What right do you have to ridicule me when all you know about me is nothing!"

Both guys were almost screaming and very angry. Their eyes were burning and all that pent up frustration was finally coming out.

"Well, how could I have been there? You two told nobody where you were going! Did you even consider the feelings of others? And suddenly a year after you two vanished, you show up and tell me that my sister died! How do you think I felt? You know Roxas, I love you and, you are my precious sisters' son, I could never abandon you. But why do you still things like fighting with others?"

Roxas was quiet for a bit, contemplating what Cloud had thrown at him so far.

"Cloud, I'm sorry for not telling you where we were going but we had to hide. I didn't want you getting in all that mess too. Mom didn't want to worry you. But here was the only place I could go to when she died. And fighting is just … it's not like I do it every night… I just need to relive some stress from being a model student all the time. And my mom's last wish was for me to stop causing trouble in school. She knew I need some way to release all that pressure. How else do you think I could achieve that?"

"Well, in the past you sang with your buddies from Black Phoenix, didn't you?"

"Hah, and look what all happened because of that! There's no way I'm going to sing in a band ever again!"

Roxas spat out, sounding really bitter and remorseful.

"Roxas…"

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Roxas sighed… Why did it come to this confrontation?

He looked into the rain and thought back on everything that had happened this weekend.

Friday evening was the fight. Olette, Kairi and Pence were clearly losing but Hayner, Tidus and Sora were evenly matched against their opponents. Zexion and Demyx hadn't really fought but the one winning was Zexion. Who knew, maybe they would finally make up. He knew that Zexion still loved Demyx. But his and Axels fight…

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Roxas blushed when he came to this part of his memory.

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He and Axel were standing across each other, staring each other down. Or that's how Roxas wanted to call it. He felt as if the redhead was removing his clothes with his eyes and staring deep into his soul.

Axel was staring deep into Saxors' eyes. That defying look they had which grew more and more uncomfortable and fierce with each passing second was almost unresistable. Huh? Had he really just thought unresistable? He hated that prick for gods' sake! But when he took a closer look at him, he was really cute and sexy. What a combination!

Was there really a connection between Saxor and Roxas like Demxy believed? The stature clearly fit, but the demeanor was shockingly different and the way they held themselves was different as well. He was broken out of his thoughts when Saxor suddenly yelled

"Sora, watch out!"

He remembered, Sora was the one fighting against Riku and a friend of Roxas. Another unexplained link between Roxas and Saxor. But it couldn't be. He looked at what was going on and was just in time to see the two boys falling into the river. He looked back to Saxor and only saw a fist coming right at him.

Fuck!

Was all he could think. Then everything went black.

Roxas grinned to himself. He had grounded Axel with one hit. Well, he had been distracted but still, he had to get to Sora fast. He also had to thank Riku again. Without him Sora probably would have died.

Sora was allowed to leave the hospital yesterday and had called him. Rox had told him about being grounded and Sora laughed really hard. His parents were only a bit worried, they thought it was an accident that Sora had fallen into the river and was saved by a passer-by, namely Riku, who had visited Sora when his parents were getting ready to take Sora home. Needlessly to say they took an immediate liking to their sons' savior.

Roxas shivered. He was drenched by rain and cold with the wind cooling him down. But he didn't want to close his window just yet.

There was one event that made him smile.

Leon, who had seen him in the police station had revealed that his job in the museum was only a part-time job and he really was a police officer. He had taken him home in casual clothes, thank god, because if Roxas hadn't been there his shift would already have ended. When Cloud had opened the door and Roxas had introduced the two, it wasn't long before they were chatting animatedly in the living room, Cloud already in his pyjamas. Roxas had left and gone to bed.

The next morning Cloud was looking sleep deprived but in a really good mood, until he had grounded him. It seems that they had talked throughout the whole night and even exchanged phone numbers.

When Roxas woke up, he was cold, wet and shivering. He looked at his clock.

4:30 am. Great, he had dozed off in front of the open window. He closed his window and changed into his grey sweatpants and a black wife-beater. He still had time to sleep for two and a half hours so he crawled into his comfortable 160 cm (55.1 inch) wide bed. He loved to have a lot of space while sleeping.

Roxas was in a bad mood. He was walking down the hallway to his classroom while feeling dizzy and he was guessing that as soon as Axel saw him he would pester him about Friday. Damn Demyx. But maybe Axel didn't get it, since he was acting totally different in school than at night and he even looked different. He really didn't want to deal with the rotten red-head right now.

He waited in the hallway until he saw the teacher coming and only then he entered the classroom. As he sat down Axel turned around to him

"Hey Roxy, how was your weekend? What happened on Friday, weren't you going to do something with Sora? Hey, are you okay? You look totally pale and unfocused!"

Roxas was glad when the teacher entered the classroom and the lesson began, saving him from answering. For some reason he hated lying to Axel. When class ended he hastily got up and left, Axel chasing after him.

When they came into a less crowded hallway and even the last student had left, Roxas turned around and asked

"What the hell do you want Axel?"

Roxas swayed a bit, only more dizzy from turning around so fast.

"Easy Roxy, are you okay? Should I carry you to the infirmary? You look like you are about to collapse. Why the hell did you even come too school? What parents allow their ill child to come to school?"

"What the hell do you know about my parents? Don't talk to me as if you know me. Damn."

Roxas, dizzy, angry and not really in control of himself anymore lifted his fist and hit Axel. It wasn't a strong hit but Axel was thrown off balance and landed on his butt. Roxas turned around and began walking away.

Didn't something like this happen before? Axel mused.

He was in a bad mood. It seemed like nobody had time tonight, not even Sora. So here he was, roaming the streets at eleven in the evening. Every normal student would be home by now. Was he normal? No he wasn't.

Now, what to do tonight? He was still thinking about this, when he suddenly bumped into someone.

He glared at whoever dared to disrupt his pace and was surprised by shocking red hair and deep emerald eyes. Cocky green eyes. He didn't like them. Not at all. They looked arrogant and impertinent.

That didn't stop him from glaring of course.

"Hey Midget, be careful of where you're going!" the redhead called.

That was it. No one called him a midget, no one!

Crash!

He smirked satisfied at the redhead, now sitting in the mud of the street, looking shocked.

"No one calls me a midget, asshole."

With that he turned around and continued his way, not as annoyed and in a better mood than before. (A/N.: Look at the prologue for this)

Suddenly Roxas swayed and began falling when a big and strong hand caught him.

"See, I told you I should carry you to the infirmary."

The red-head lifted Roxas up into his arms and noticed his glassed on the floor. He picked them up, careful not to drop the sick boy in his arms and began carrying him to the infirmary. He looked down and saw Roxas looking at him drowsily, the amazing blue eyes of Saxor looking confused and unfocused.

"Saxor?"

Axel asked shocked, but also glad that his suspicions were finally confirmed.

Roxas' only reaction was passing out.

Finally I got this chapter done. Sorry for the long wait, I had some sort of writers block and a lot of exams… So this is the last chapter that my poll is open, as soon as i writer the next one I'll close it. So everyone: Vote now! What kind of animal do you associate with Roxas/Saxor?

Please take a minute to answer this^^ You can find it on my profile.

Yeah, exactly 2000 words!

Love Ghazalia