Chapter 2: I Remember.

Axel awoke with a jolt, panting and gasping. He looked around at the blank walls of his bedroom, confused, then he looked at the clock, which was flashing twelve o clock. It was still dark outside, so it couldn't be early enough to go to bed yet.

He pulled the covers off of him self, and noticed he was still wearing his work cloths. He walked into the living room, making his way into the kitchen, but stopped seeing the refrigerator open. He walked cautiously, grabbing the baseball bat that was leaning against the wall.

The intruder stood up, closing the refrigerator, and turning to face Axel.

"Dude, you have, like no food in your house." The shorter man said. He had spiky short blond hair, with the deep blue eyes. They reminded him so much of...

"Hello? You there?" The blond asked.

"Wha-?" Axel said, snapping back to reality.

"The name's Roxas, sorry bout this, but a friend and I found you passed out in an ally, and we kinda knew where you lived, so we brought you back home. I'm your neighbor." Roxas explained. Axel still looked confused.

"Look, you should get some more rest, I'll be next door if you need me." Roxas turned to leave, but Axel grabbed his arm.

"It was you..." Axel said, staring at the blond hair.

"Um, yeah, me and my roommate." Roxas said, confused at Axel's actions.

"No, it was you I saw! You were the one I was following..." Axel let go of Roxas' arm, letting his own fall to his side, shock written on his face.

"Um, what?" Roxas asked, starting to get confused.

"I saw you... at the club... you went into an ally..." Axel started, but his memory was a bit hazy.

"Look, I don't know what you're talking about." Roxas said, backing slowly away from Axel. Axel didn't know what was going on. As hard as he tried, he couldn't remember what happened when he wand into the ally.He closed his eyes, and a flash of gray hair and eyes flashed across his memory.

"Wait... there was someone else there..."

Roxas stopped, and looked ad Axel, tilting his head in confusion.

"He... he has gray hair and eyes... what was his name... Xi... Xi... Xikan! That's it!" Axel exclaimed, trying to get the blond to remember too.

"Xikan? Gray hair and eyes? Are you sure you didn't dream it?" Roxas asked, looking at Axel worriedly.

"No. I mean, I don't think I did." Axel said, starting to doubt him self, but the more he thought of it, the more came to him.

"He said... he was sent to watch over me, whatever that means."

Roxas shook his head.

"It was just a dream Axel, maybe you hit your head or something when you passed out. Come on, let's get you back to bed."

"I'm not tired." Axel looked at Roxas, wondering if he really had just been dreaming.

"Well, I'm going to head home now. Are you going to be okay?" Roxas asked, taking another step towards the door.

"Just go."

Axel was left alone in his empty apartment to ponder his "Dream." It felt so real. But then again, pieces of it were missing. He was sure he had seen Sora, but maybe it was just his imagination acting up again. This wasn't the first time he had dreamed of his lost lover. He sighed, and grabbed a beer from the fridge, then plopped on the couch to drink it.

XxX

Roxas re entered his own apartment.

"I don't get it... He still remembers you Xikan. How can that be?" He asked the man sitting on his couch.

"I'm not sure..." Xikan was scratching his chin, pondering on the whole thing.

"Didn't you wipe his memory?"

"Yes, but I guess it didn't work." Xikan said, removing his glasses.

"This really isn't good. You know what might happen of the boss finds out?" Roxas asked, sitting next to Xikan.

"Yeah, we get striped of our power, and fall. Or get killed, like Sora."

the two sat in the darkness, neither knowing what to do.

XxX

Sora was different today. His smile looked forced as he sat on the couch with Axel.

"Sora, what's up?" Axel asked, looking over at his boyfriend.

"Oh, just... I had a bad day at work. Got in trouble with the boss, he said I had become too attached with my client." Sora said, and Axel remembered him looking at a picture of a kid with spiky brown hair, and eyes as blue as Sora's.

"Oh, are they putting him on a different case?"

"Sort of... all I know is that he's going to be getting a new... therapist." Sora said, his eyes downcast.

"It'll all be alright Sora, don't worry. I'm sure the kid'll manage without you." Axel said, trying to comfort his lover.

"Yeah... you're right. He's a big kid... He's strong too... I'm sure he'll be fine." Sora said, a tear sliding down his cheek.

Axel reached over to the brunet, and pulled him close so that Sora was sitting on his lap.

"Hey, it'll be alright." Axel said, slightly rocking Sora.

"Hey, Ax, I love you." Sora said in a small voice.

"I love you to Sor." Axel said with a slight laugh. Sora clutched onto Axel's chest, and hey sat there for a long while, enjoying each others' company.

XxX

Axel jumped awake, tears streaming down his face. That was the last day he had seen Sora... before he had to identify the body. Axel burred his face in his hands, and sobbed quietly.

XxX

"Wasn't Axel suppose to forget about Sora too? What happened with that?" Roxas asked, after thinking for a while.

"Yeah, he was. But something is keeping his memory alive... there's only one thing that could do that..." Xikan said, bringing his fut up to rest on the coffee table.

"What's that?"

"Sora must still be alive." Xikan said quietly.

"That can't be! Xigbar took care of that himself! He never messes up." Roxas exclaimed, jumping up.

"No, he hasn't yet, but that's the only explanation I can think of."

"We need to tell the boss!" Roxas said, but Xikan just shook his head.

"No, we don't need him here. We'll just have to look for him."

Roxas looked worried.

"You gonna be okay with this? Because if he really is alive... we're going to have to kill him." Xikan said, scanning Roxas' face.

"Yes... he's not my brother any more. He's a traitor." Roxas said, a tear rolling down his face.

"You're getting more and more human, you know." Xikan said, wiping the tear off of Roxas' face.

"I know. It happens to the bast of us."

Roxas sat back down, looking at the picture that was sitting on the coffee table. It was of him and Sora.

"If this gets to be too much for you, I can take over." Xikan said, placing a hand on Roxas' knee.

"I said I'm fine. I can do this job." Roxas said, standing up and walking onto one of the bedrooms, closing the door behind him.

"Poor kid... I don't know why they sent him for this. He's not ready for this kind of job." Xikan said, leaning back, throwing one arm over the back of the couch and pushing his bangs out of his face with the other.

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Okay, Chapter two is done, I hope you like it!

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-Kian