Me: ok, well, thanx 4 being patent with me everyone. Now, here's a new chapter 4 u. enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. If I did, Kairi would b dead, Riku would b with Sora, and Roxas would b with Axel. Many changes, many changes.

"I'm serious, Cloud!" Sora exclaimed. "Riku and Axel were acting really, really weird when he came across that Seifer guy! They even called him dog names!"

"Sora," Cloud said. "Chill out. They probably don't get along very well." For an hour, Sora and Roxas had been telling their older brother about what happened, and they were wondering what the hell it was about. They knew that Riku, Axel, and Leon didn't get along with those three from the sandlot, but why were they calling them dog names of all things? Normal insults wouldn't have made it suspicious. And the way they were talking to each other was weird, so to speak.

"Cloud," Roxas said. "They were really talking weird. Something about inferior and superior species. It was really unusual."

The older blonde looked at his younger twin brothers. "You two sound serious."

"Then you believe us?!" Roxas and Sora asked at the same time.

"No. I'm just going to have to make sure you two are planning on pranking me any time soon."

"Cloud!" the twins yelled. Cloud only laughed. It lessened the tension in the room.

With Riku Axel and Leon

"What the hell were you two thinking?!" Leon yelled.

"We were just showing Sora and Roxas around, Leon," Riku replied calmly.

"And you took them to Seifer?"

"We didn't think they would be there," Axel stated.

"Please. The sandlot is where Seifer and his goons always hang out. No doubt Sora and Roxas have some questions about your argument with them. And no doubt they told Cloud about it."

"It was a close call," Riku admitted.

"Yeah," Axel agreed. "If Leon didn't interfere when he did, they would have found out."

"Anything else that might have caused suspicion?" Leon asked.

Riku and Axel looked at each other before down to the floor. "We went to the mansion," Axel admitted. The three swore never to go there again when the one who lived there was slain.

"What?!" Leon growled.

"They just went through the hole in the wall, so we went after them to make sure they didn't try to go in," Riku explained.

"Riku read Sora's mind, and admitted that there was a reason why we didn't want to go in there," Axel continued.

"Thankfully, the lock was on the gate." Riku paused for a minute. The mention of the lock caught Leon's attention quickly. Axel went into thought. "Wait a minute, the lock wasn't there when he died. And the slayer didn't put it on there. It wasn't there when we promised not to go to that place again." He looked up. "Does it mean that-"

Leon cut him off. "He's dead, Riku! Some other vampire must have moved in or something. Maybe we overlooked it. We were used to seeing the lock gone every time we went there. Maybe it was put there and we just didn't notice. But he's dead!"

"I know," Riku said, lowering his head. "I was just a little uneasy when we got there and probably took the lock too seriously. But I thought I saw him in the window. Probably my mind playing tricks on me."

"Might be," Leon said. "Hopefully." He turned and looked out the window.

"We aren't humans," Axel stated. "So we can't forget things so easily."

"That's the part that sucks," Riku said. He looked at Leon. "Leon? You alright?"

"Yeah," Leon replied quietly. It was barely heard by Riku and Axel. They knew something was up with him, but he wasn't going to tell anyone. They knew that. Side effect from living with the guy for the past few centuries.

"I'm going to go for a walk," Riku stated as he stood up and heard for the door. "I need to think about some things." Leon and Axel nodded in understanding. The sun on the horizon as Riku's shadow grew larger while he walked on the hard concrete sidewalk. He finally stopped when he got to the beach and sat on the soft sand. He closed his eyes, and started to go down memory lane for a while.

Me: I no, I no. it's short, but it adds up 2 the suspense. And it's only a filler chapter, so chill out. I promise that I'll make the next chapter long. And u'll find out about how Riku, Leon, and Axel were turned. R&R!