Namine and Axel waited at the bus station until finally, Namine's mom pull up.
"Sorry I'm late, I lost track of the time," she told them as the two threw their bags in the trunk and then Namine climbed in the front and Axel in the back.
"So, what was this camp you wanted to talk to me about," she asked as they started to drive down the road.
"It's this really cool camp called Camp Water Way. The others were going and we were wondering if we could go too," Namine asked her enthusiastically.
"You and Axel want to go," she asked.
"Yup," Axel chimed in.
"How much does it cost," she asked and Namine started to think and then she just decided to leave this one to Axel.
"Oh, I forgot. Axel, about how much was it," Namine asked as she turned around and looked at him.
"I think they said it was about forty for one person so eighty for the two of us," Axel told her as he did some calculations in his head.
"Yeah, that sounds about right," Namine said as she looked back over at her mom who was watching the road and thinking at the same time.
"I suppose it would be okay, when are you to leave," her mother asked and Namine looked at the time.
"You know what, I think I might want to ask Larxene, she was planning on going herself," Namine told her mom as she took out her cell phone and flipped through her contacts before she finally found Larxene's number. She pressed the button and waited for Larxene to answer.
"Hello," her voice finally came.
"Hey Larxene, where were we supposed to go for that Camp Water Way thing and when do we leave," Namine asked.
"You can meet us at the edge of Radiant Garden tomorrow by noon," Larxene told her.
"Oh yeah, now I remember. Okay, see you there, bye," Namine told her before she shut her phone and looked over to her mother.
"Radiant Garden, the bus is leaving at eight tomorrow," she told her as she did the math in here head.
"Okay, if you both really want too," her mother told them and with that they continued down the road in silence.
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"Who was that," Sora asked as Larxene shut her phone.
"Namine," Larxene said.
"Oh, well then back to the story. Let me see if I'm right, you were adopted and wanted to stay at the boarding school so you dressed up as me thinking that you would hopefully not run into someone who knew my reputation," Sora asked and Roxas gave a weak laugh.
"Sora is a popular name," Roxas told him as a little of a defense and Sora only rolled his eyes before leaning back and looking out the window.
"Anyway, we can't leave until tomorrow at noon. We'll meet Namine and Axel on the outskirts of the city. Do we have a safe place to stay for the night," Larxene asked in a more hushed tone.
"The cops are going to be all around the Koki's no doubt about it," Sora whispered.
"We can just hide out in an alley or something," Demyx suggested.
"I guess we'll have to," Larxene said and the Roxas perked up at the sound of the television.
"Two twin boys have gone missing today. Sora and Roxas Koki was under house arrest when the younger twin, Roxas, ran away and causing his older brother to follow. Police were immediately summoned though quickly found that the two boys had removed the monitors that had been attached to their leg and had fled the scene. Here are the photos of the two boys that were taken just yesterday when they were taken in for questioning. The police also wanted us to mention that these two were under house arrest for a suspected murder of one Reno Irino and also have criminal backgrounds and are considered very dangerous and are very easily agitated. If they are seen then do not approach them but instead call the local police," the anchor woman announced and the waitress that had served them turned quickly to see a now empty booth. They ran as soon as their pictures had flashed across the screen. The four teens stopped for some much needed breath in an alley about two blocks away from the diner.
"Did anyone follow," Sora panted as he leaned against a wall for support.
"No, I don't think so," Roxas answered as he slid down the wall to the ground.
"Good, this is going to be hard. I bet that everyone who had a TV turned to that channel everywhere just figured out that we're free," Sora said as he put his hand to the bridge of his nose to think.
"Let's just take this a step at a time Tonight we have to find somewhere to stay," Roxas told him.
"Hey, I think I found somewhere," Demyx yelled from the top of a fence he must have jumped when no one was paying attention. They all followed his lead as they climbed onto a near by dumpster and hopped the fence themselves and landing in a small room like part of the alley that had old furniture spread through it. There were fences on both sides so it couldn't be seen from the road and both the buildings that it sat between were totally vacant.
"Wow, this is cool," Roxas said as he looked around. There were two old couches and some old recliners and tons of broken chairs.
"It looks like this place and this stuff hasn't been used for years," Larxene said in amazement as she ran her hand along some of the furniture which had kept amazingly dry since the two roofs above connected and the fence was too high for the rain to blow over.
"Yeah, it looks like it was totally abandoned," Sora added.
"Good, then this is where we can stay," Roxas confirmed and he sat the backpack that he had carried because Sora had started to get tired. He opened it and took out the files.
"What are those," Larxene asked as she sat down on one of the couches.
"Here, we think that we might want to explain some things to you guys first," Sora said and then the two began to explain.
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Namine climbed from the car and walked through the iron gate that was connected to the red brick wall that surrounded the house that was made of the very same brick.
"Wow, this place seemed bigger before," Axel commented as they walked up onto the porch and into the house.
"You were seven, everything is big then," Namine told him.
"Good point," he added as he continued to look around the house.
"Namine, would you show Axel his room. We redid the attic, sorry but we didn't have much room, and the things that your aunt sent was a bed sheet that I had had when I was a young girl and she had stolen," Namine's mother told him and he laughed a little.
"Guess that explains all the flowers and stuff," he mumbled and Namine's mom laughed a little.
"Yes, well, I thought you might not like it. Namine gave me a small hint on what you may like so I went out and bought some new stuff, I hope you like it," Namine's mom finished before disappearing into the other room.
"Well come on then, lets see it. I haven't been in the attic since I was a really little kid, I can't wait to see how it changed," Namine said eagerly as Axel followed her up the stairs and down a small hall. She stopped in front of two doors that were parallel to one another. She took the one on the left which lead to another flight of stairs. Namine flipped on a light and they walked up the wooden stair case. They soon entered a room that the walls were painted a light tan. Axel looked around, loving the fact that this was his room. The only thing he didn't seem to like about it was that the roof sloped down on it, but he could live with that. He saw his bed over in the corner which was different from the mattress that he was forced to sleep on at his other house. Instead, it was a real bed that was place on a black, metal bed frame. The covers were black until the very end of the bed where flames seemed to raise from the end and it was made neatly. The only other object in the room was a large, black, wooden dresser.
"Wow, they completely changed it. I think I'm actually jealous," Namine told him with a laugh as she too, took in all the surroundings.
"Sorry, but I like this room too much, its mine now," Axel told her with a laugh as he threw the duffle bag that had been on his shoulder onto the bed.
"I know, I know. So how much different is this from your old room," Namine asked as she sat on the window seal that was facing out toward the road.
"They didn't have much room like you guys though they didn't go out of their way to do anything like this. They put a mattress on the floor in a storage room and that was my room," Axel told her blankly as he started to unpack.
"Oh, sorry," Namine told him.
"You shouldn't be, I was actually kind of glad. It was the closest room to the door so I would sneak out at night and do whatever I wanted and then get back and sleep all day before they ever even knew I had left," Axel told her with a small laugh. Namine watched as across the street a father and son were playing catch and she started to wonder what exactly did happen to Axel's dad. She was wondering how he was going to react if she did ask. Finally, she decided that it couldn't be that bad.
"Hey Axel, whatever happened to your dad," Namine asked and there was complete silence except for when Axel sat down on his bed for a second to think.
"You know, I don't even know. It's just that, he didn't really ever want a kid and he used to put on an act for mom. Though when she died, he changed. He was depressed and didn't ever talk to me. I would get in from school and he would always be asleep on the couch and I had already learned to just fix something to eat and go to my room. We lived that way for about two years and he didn't even acknowledge I was there. Though I remember the last time he did look at me. It was the day before he dropped me off at this house. He had read a letter and then looked over at me with a small smile and laughed. I read the letter as he ran around the house and started to grab all my things and stick them in a bag. It was from your mom, she had been asking about mine since they hadn't talked to each other. He didn't even bother to tell anyone that mom had died. Either way I was shipped here and then to that witch's house and that's about it," Axel told her as he went back to unpacking.
"Hey Axel, I also have one more question," Namine asked.
"Sure, what is it," Axel asked, not looking up.
"Didn't you have a brother," she asked.
"Half brother, we had different dads," Axel corrected.
"What was his name again," Namine asked.
"Oh, what was that, uh, oh yeah, Reno, Reno Irino."
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Kidd: If you didn't just get the twist there, you might want to look back in the chapter.
Erin: And don't kill us for waiting so long but that trip with our cousin lasted longer then expected.
Kidd: So, Axel spilled his past without much emotion.
Erin: Ah, I'll be there for you.
Kidd: And those of you who are Reno fans, I'm sorry. I love him too, but it had to be someone and he just so happened to look a lot like Axel.
Emma: Anyway, we had a question we wanted to ask.
Erin: Do you guys think we should do more stories like this together or separate.
Kidd: I've already got a story in mind but I was wondering if I should do it on my own or not.
Erin: So we decided to ask you all.
Emma: So review and tell us what you think about the question and about the story!