The mansion was the source of all rumors. No one knows why that place was built anyway.

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Roxas blushed deeper and ducked his head down, hoping to avoid the stares that burned on his figure. He didn't understand why he felt so euphoric when the red-head looked at his direction, but it didn't matter. All that mattered was why in the hell his heart was beating so hard against his chest, and he closed his eyes. Sora, sensing his brothers distress, grinned at Axel. "Nice to meet ya too, red-head!" he said cheerfully, and Axel frowned. He had hoped Roxas would have spoken, not the brunet.

"Alright boys, just go and settle down at some empty desks. Since it's your first day and it's Friday, you can just relax. Monday, you'll get started on your projects." Tifa informed the boys, and they nodded, heading for the back of the room. As they walked past the three of them, Roxas lifted his head slowly, catching Axel staring at him with amazing emerald colored eyes, and he stared back. He didn't know if his face was heating up, but once Sora jerked his arm, he let out a gasp.

"Sora?!"

"Sorry, bro. You were staring at Axel!"

"I don't like him..."

The twins looked at Namine in surprise, as this was the first time she had mention not liking anyone. She and Kairi were sweet girls, and they loved everyone. The only thing they hated was going onto their periods, and having mood swings that affected their personality. It was kind of scary that they knew about that.

"Nami, why?" Sora asked, putting on his concerned face. Roxas rolled his eyes, knowing that it was just a way for Namine to talk to him even more if he showed concern. The blonde knew his brother didn't do it on purpose, since his brother was actually generous and he cared. So, Roxas knew it wasn't just a false act of concern. Namine shook her head, as they were in the back, her eyes downcast. "I know Axel..." she said softly, and that caught Roxas's interest. She knew Axel? But weren't they from Hollow Bastion? Sora beat him to the question, making Namine wince.

"We grew up together before I turned thirteen..." she said softly, and Sora nodded vigoursouly, making Roxas wince. He hated that number. He didn't know why, but... Thirteen reminded him of him, since he had the baddest luck. Whats worse though, he was born on Friday the Thirteenth of October.

He remained silent, knowing that he could feel stares on the back of his head. The day remained tensed and quiet.

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Home was the best thing he ever came to after school. Of course, he couldn't call this home since he had just moved here with his best friends. Where was his home exactly? The old mansion that was located in the dense woods of Twilight Town.

"Geez! I would like to have some blood!" Demyx complained as they trudged past the trees, heading for the clearing that indicated where the mansion was. He groaned as Zexion hit him in the head, ordering him to lower his voice.

"Even if we're in the woods, you bonehead, doesn't mean you have to blurt that out." he said sternly, and Demyx whined. He hated it when the object of his affections would scold him like that. Yes, he found it very sexy, but he hated it none the less. The red-head snorted as he watched them. "So what, Zeku? We're vampires." he shrugged, and he licked his lips at the statement. It was funny, because there were rumors of a vampire living in the old mansion, and there were three instead.

Axel loved rumors.

"So Axel-"

Axel blinked as Zexion's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "Yeah?"

"Found your prey already?" Zexion mused, his twilight colored eyes gleaming in the shadows. Axel grinned, his fangs showing proudly as they reached the clearing. He thought of the blonde male that was in his art class, and his pride twitched inside of his school pants.

"I'll take that as a yes." Zexion quietly said as they entered the clearing, where the gate came into view. Axel rolled his eyes, as he followed alongside Demyx, as they neared the gate. The sitarist chuckled as he lept over the gate and landed on his feet perfectly, turning around and glancing at his two friends. "Come on Zexy! Axy! I wanna set my room up!" he complained, and Axel lept over the fence, and Zexion shook his head as he merely opened the gates with little strength. Axel scowled as he followed his two closet friends, and headed for the Mansion.

There were some strange statues on the sides of the path, but they didn't mind it. In fact, it was the current occupiers that created the statues, so no one but the vampires and their guests could enter to the front door.

"Namine's room is still here." scowled the red-head as he kicked open the double doors of the mansion, which creaked loudly as they did open. Zexion sighed as he brushed past his housemate, and headed up the stairs to his room. Demyx sighed as he shimmied his way to the glass doors that led to the backyard of the mansion. This left Axel alone, standing in the middle of the mansion, extremely irked.

"What to do..." he mumbled as he pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number on speed-dial, and placed it to his ear. It rang for a few times, until a click was sounded at the other end.

"Hello?"

Axel grinned.

"Yo, Marluxia. Care to come over to Twilight Town?"