NOTICE: This chapter if I'm Still Here is rated PG-13 for alcohol and violence. Reader's desecration is advised.

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"Axel, are you okay?" Demyx asked after they had been riding in silence for so long. Roxas and Sora listened, since they were talking through the radio, they could hear them. Still, the two said nothing, listening to the other's conversation.

"Why didn't they tell me they were in trouble for murdering my brother?" Axel asked, sounding a little mad.

"I'm not sure they knew themselves," Larxene told him.

"Yeah, and I just figured out you even had a brother, are you sure they knew you had one?" Namine asked.

"Roxas knew, I told him a couple of days ago that a guy named Denzel had been hanging around with Reno," Axel told them.

"Who is Denzel?" Namine asked.

"Apparently their other brother, I don't know where he is, but he was probably the last person with Reno," Axel told them, thinking out a loud a little.

"So we're looking for Denzel?" Demyx asked, confused.

"No, we're going to go see my dad," Axel replied.

"I thought you didn't like him," Demyx said.

"I don't, but if it means figuring out what is going on, I'll deal with it," Axel mumbled and Roxas shook his head. Even after he had left them back they were still going and getting into trouble.

"What about Roxas and Sora?" Namine asked, and Roxas listened closer upon hearing his name.

"I'm not sure. They're accused of murdering my brother, Namine," Axel told her.

"So, we all know they didn't," Demyx added in.

"Yeah, but someone in their family did," Axel reminded them.

"After everything you guys have been through together and you're starting to doubt Roxas now?" Larxene inquired.

"I never said that," Axel snapped.

"It was implied. Look, no matter what happened, I thought we all had an understanding on that no matter who or what our family was or had did, we were friends," Namine told him.

"Murder wasn't on that list," Axel told her.

"With all the things that have been happening, how can you know for sure that Reno is even dead?" Roxas piped in, finally tired of hanging back.

"Ro-Roxas? How long have you been listening?" Namine asked.

"Since you guys stole the bikes, any distance, remember," Roxas told her.

"Why didn't you tell me about Reno?" Axel asked.

"We didn't know, they never told us of who exactly we were accused of murdering," Sora told him, wanting to be part of the conversation.

"Look, this is just one big mess and I think this is going to take all of us to figure it out," Larxene told them, trying to somewhat keep from a screaming match over the headsets.

"Yeah, so no trying to run off again," Namine said, it mostly going toward Roxas but a little towards Sora too.

"Yeah," Roxas said with a sigh.

"Okay, tell us what you heard from your mom and we'll try and figure out where to go from there," Namine told them, after thinking somewhat. So the next good portion of the ride was spent with explanations. Axel was the only one who never said a word.

"So all we've got to do is find this guy named Denzel and we'll probably figure everything else out?" Demyx asked, trying to understand.

"Yup, that's about it," Sora replied.

"We'll go and see what we can find out about Reno," Axel finally spoke up.

"Axel, shouldn't we look for Denzel first?" Namine asked.

"No! I've done everything you guys have said so far, no questions. Now my brother is out there and I don't know if he's dead or not. I've got as much right to go and look for Reno as they do Denzel!" Axel yelled over the radios.

"But Axel-," Demyx started but he was cut off by Roxas.

"He's right; it isn't fair that we've drug you all out into this mess. Let him go and do what he wants. It's his problem if he gets himself into any jams though," Roxas said calmly though you could still tell that Axel's statement had made him angry.

"Roxas that isn't-," Larxene started but was cut off again.

"What makes you think I'm going to get into any jams? I don't screw up everything like you two do!" Axel shot back.

"It was never us who screwed anything up!" Sora retorted.

"All three of you shut up!" Namine yelled and all three went silent because of the sudden outburst. "You're like little kids! You're all being selfish and thinking only of yourselves! Just shut up and listen to one another! This whole argument is pointless in its own sense! Axel, you can go and look for Reno and we'll come with you. Roxas and Sora you can go and find Denzel. Now if I hear one more word out of one of you three that's yelling at another, I swear you won't be happy when I get to you," Namine finished and everyone was quiet, not one of the three daring to say a word. Finally Axel spoke up.

"Fine, it's a deal," he mumbled.

"We've already got a pretty good idea where he might be after we were thinking, so we're going to be out of contact for about an hour," Sora said as he and Roxas stopped their bikes.

"How did you manage to come up with a lead?" Demyx asked.

"We just thought. Our mom said that we were so much like our dad, and we hardly knew him. Denzel went with dad when they had to split us up, so he'd be more like him then us, so he would be more like him," Roxas explained.

"So we just thought of where we would be if we were older and had lost our dad," Sora added onto the end to help explain it better.

"So…where would you be?" Larxene asked.

"Drunk," Sora answered simply and then there was a silence before someone spoke up.

"You're kidding," Axel said.

"Uh…no…," Roxas said. "Look, talk to you guys in about an hour."

"Roxas, wait-," Roxas didn't wait to hear what Namine had to say, he knew she was going to reject the idea but he wasn't caring at the moment. He just wanted to know what was going on and he was ready to do anything to figure out why this was all coming up now rather then before.

"Are you sure they'll let us in?" Sora asked as they stopped up to the old looking bar.

"Uh…no…but there's always the back door," Roxas said with a smile as he pointed to the alley. With that the two headed around the corner of the bar and into a side door. As the two slipped in no one seemed to pay them any mind. The bartenders back was turned toward them so he didn't notice and the others seemed to drunk. The two moved to where they were in a corner and no one really seemed to notice them, other then one man.

"Hey, what are two kids like you doing in here?" a old man who had a silver beard and white hair.

"We were looking for someone," Sora answered him. The man only laughed at the comment and took another drink from the bottle in front of him.

"Who might that be?" he asked as he looked back over at the two.

"Our older brother," Roxas replied. Normally, people would feel nervous or strange around a room full of drunken people, but for some reason, they didn't. To them it felt like they were talking to any other person. The thought started to disturb Roxas and he pushed it from his mind.

"What might his name be?"

"Denzel," Roxas told the man.

"Hm, there's a man around here named Denzel, works in the market place up the street. He's never mentioned having brothers though."

"He probably wouldn't mention us," Sora said as he looked over to Roxas, wondering if that would be the Denzel they were thinking off.

"Don't see why he wouldn't, you seem like fine young men to me. I just suggest you get out of here," the man said after taking another drink. As if on cue, the bartender caught them.

"Hey! What are you two doing in here?" he asked as he hoped over the bar. He looked to be about twenty-three, which meant he probably wouldn't have much problem catching Roxas and Sora. As the man got closer the two instinctively moved too. They both jumped over the man's table who they had just been talking to, the man only concerned with moving his drink so the boys didn't spill it, and started toward the door though two other men who seemed to be staff where blocking it. Roxas and Sora turned to see the bartender in front of them, about to grab them. As he attempted to, both ducked and toward the other door before they noticed it was blocked as well. Being trapped didn't sit well with the twins.

"Come back here!" the bartender yelled as he tried to corner the two though it was pretty much impossible. The men in the bar yelled and laughed and jeered toward the bartender, all amused by the seen of the two teens who were out smarting him, though soon it was ended when the sound of sirens came from the distance.

"We can't let them catch us again," Sora told Roxas when they were hiding behind the bar and every once in a while Sora would throw his voice to confuse the bartender. The problem was, they soon realized, was he wasn't trying to find them anymore.

"You two are in more trouble then you know," they both looked up to see a police officer standing right above them. Both gave a nervous laugh and smile.

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Erin: Why did we warn for violence, there wasn't any really…

Kidd: I don't know, Namine was pretty creepy at that part where she freaked out on them.

Emma: I could be scary then that.

Erin & Kidd: DON'T!

Emma: Please review.

Erin: And sorry for the wait.

Kidd: Our school started back…and we're all mad about how early it did. We've been going for about four weeks already…

Emma: And its midnight so we're going to get grounded if we get caught up.

Kidd: Yeah, you guys are lucky that I have sleeping issues.

Erin: How so?

Kidd: Half the chapter wouldn't have gotten written this quick. Anyway, we've got to go, later! And Please Review!!