Thank you everybody who reviewed and followed my story! Um...well here's chapter 3.

Disclaimer I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the breakfast items in this chapter

I yawned and opened my eyes. My first thought was "Why am I on the floor...?" then I remembered Xion was occupying my bed. I looked at my watch, which read 5:00, then over at her, sleeping peacefully. I was noticing she slept with her mouth open slightly when she mumbled "Cut it out Lea..." then she rolled over with an irked expression.

I smiled a little and thought "She's kinda cute." then "Wait! I didn't mean that!" I shook my head and got dressed. I unwrapped my wrist, thinking it would be ok by then. I was wrong. I tried flexing my wrist to get the stiff feeling out of it, but when I did it started bleeding again. I quickly wrapped it back up and put a checkered cuff around the bandage to avoid weird looks at school, then walked into the kitchen. Dad was gone by now, of course. I quickly ate a bowl of Frosted Flakes and walked into Kairi's room. I poked her relentlessly until she woke up and yelled at me.

I escaped into my room before she could throw her broken alarm clock. Contrast to Kairi's awakening, I shook Xion gently to bring her from sleep. Her eyelids fluttered open and she yawned widely.

"Morning, Roxas" she smiled. I wrote out a greeting of my own and showed her. 'Good morning, Xion. Hope you slept well.'

"I did, thanks." she got up and stretched. We walked into the kitchen. Kairi was already in there. She growled at me then took an angry bite of Pop-tart.

Xion poured herself some cereal then sat down. Kairi looked at her then her eyes bugged.

"Xion! What are you going to wear to school?!" Xion looked down at her borrowed pajamas. "Oh uh...I was just gonna wear what I wore yesterday..."

Kairi gasped "No! I will not stand by and watch a friend repeat her outfit! Come! I will find you something to wear!" forgetting about her rude awakening in the midsts of Xion's fashion crisis, Kairi drags my friend to her room.

A few minutes later the girls return. I was pretty surprised Xion escaped without any pink or a skirt on. She was wearing dark skinny jeans and a purple tank top. She clutched her arms to her sides.

"Xi? Why're you holding your arms like that?" asked Kairi.

Xion's face paled "Um...I'm a little self conscious...and cold."

"Pa-leez! I wish I looked like you!" I came to Xion's rescue, walking over to her and giving her my jacket. She pulled it around herself. Beside her, Kairi grinned.

"Aw! Aren't you two sweet?" she purred. Xion and I sweat dropped.

We finally got out of the house and were walking to school.

"Yo, Mute!" someone yelled. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. Then something darted in front of me. Something with black hair.

"Gone deaf too?" Vanitas Kazay asked. I glared at him and was about to flip the blackette off, when Xion stepped between us.

"Shoo fly, don't bother us!" she said, flicking her wrist."And if your gonna be a smartass you better go to collage. Cuz right now, your just an ass!"

Vanitas seemed shocked. No one had ever stood up to him. I was surprised too.

"Your the new girl, right?" he stepped close to her.

"Uh...yes.." she stepped back, looking a little scared by his sudden mood change.

Kairi started walking away. She had gone out with him a year ago and he...abused her. She still can't look at him.

Vanitas put his hand on the back of Xion's neck. There was no way I was going to let him touch her. I pushed Xion out of the way and punched him in the face. He fell to the ground and looked up at me, his nose bleeding.

The awful boy stood and, pinching his nose, hissed "When you decide to leave Mute in a ditch, call me."

I looked at Xion and asked if she was ok. She nodded "He scared me. Hey, where's Kairi?"

'She...has some issues with Vanitas.' I replied.

"Oh..." then she smiled "Looks like I don't have to worry!"

I looked at her, very confused.

"You protected me, like you promised. Which means your also not going to try to kill yourself again!" I had no idea where she got that logic, but whatever. I nodded and wrote 'And you protected me. So you aren't going to cut yourself anymore!'

We smiled at each other.

Finally.

Two months later.

Roxas where were u today?-X

home-R

Y?-X

I don't want 2 talk about it over txt-R

Then cum ovr 2 my house-X

B there n 5 minutes-R

I slid my phone into the pocket of my black jeans, grabbed my notebook and walked into the living room.

My dad was sitting on the couch, watching TV. His way of coping, I suppose.

"Xion's?" he asked when I put my hand on the door knob. I nodded.

Dressed in all black, I skateboarded to Xion's house. The wheels thundered over gold and red leaves. The leaves were beautiful, but the second I looked back up, something hiding in the colors stopped my front wheels. I pitched forward, scraping my face and hands.

I was severely scratched up, blood poured out of the wounds.

But I felt nothing.

I pulled myself up and walked the rest of the way. I finally got to her house and knocked on the door,but all I found was a locked door. So I walked around until I was under her window and tossed pebbles at the glass until she answered. Upon seeing me, she waved. But then she noticed my wounds. Xion motioned for me to walk back around to the front door.

She took one look at me and pushed me into the kitchen. She commanded I sit on the kitchen counter, I felt like a little kid.

"What happened to you, Roxas?" she asked while cleaning bits of gravel and dirt from my face. 'Fell off my skateboard.'

"Ok...then why weren't you at school today?"

I sighed and wrote 'It's the anniversary of my mother's death.'

"Oh." she dabbed my cheek with rubbing alcohol, looking sad. Then confused. "Why was Kairi at school?"

'She pretends everything's normal.'

"Roxas..." her voice trailed away. She stuck a big bandage on my palm. "H-how did your mom die?" Xion looked up at me with wide eyes, as of she was afraid I would get angry.

I took a deep breath, picked up my pen and started writing, relieving memories.

'A long time ago, my dad worked for a group called SOLDIER. An elite military organization.'

A man with wild black hair bounds down the trail, his seven-year-old daughter on his shoulders. A blonde boy of the same age clings to the hand of his auburn haired mother. The boy holds an orange notebook in his other hand.

'Another group, called AVALANCHE, wanted my dad out of SOLDIER. Because he was a big threat.'

"I'm gonna teach Kairi how to climb a tree!" yelled the man gleefully. "Please be careful, Zack!" called the woman, a little nervous.

'They knew the only way was to go after my mom, so they sent warnings. If he didn't quit SOLDIER they would kill my mother.'

The boy hears a twig snap. He looks to his right and sees a man crouching the brush beside them. The man smiles and holds his finger to his lips, warning the boy to not alert his family. The man raises something small and black. The boy's eyes widen as he realizes what it is:

A gun.

'She told him not to worry about her, that he should just keep working.'

The man points the gun at his mother and fires. She falls to the ground. The boy's father, upon hearing the gunshot, runs over. He sees his wife on the ground and his son standing over her in a state of shock. "Kairi! Stay there! Don't look!"

'Then, after about a month, they sent an assassin.'

The man kneels next to his dying love. He yanks out his cellphone and is about to dial 911. The woman reaches up and closes the phone, shaking her head. "No, Zack. They won't be her in time." the man in the bush ruffles the little boy's hair and walks away. "Aerith, no! Your not gonna die! The ambulance will come and your going to get better!" he insists "Zack, take care of the kids." she whispers "Roxas..." she looks at her son "I love you darling."

'My mother died right in front of me.'

The woman smiles softly at the two, then closes her eyes. "Aerith! Aerith! No! You can't die I need you! I need..." he brakes into sobs. The boy struggles to breathe. Paralyzed.

Xion was shocked. I didn't have to wait for the sympathy. It wouldn't come. Xion knew me well enough to know I hated it.

"Do you want to go to her grave?" I looked at her. "Um I mean...!"

I put my hand up to stop her. Then wrote 'No that's a good idea. Let's go.' I had never gone to my mother's grave before, I don't know why.

I was scared of the memories, I guess.

I know the time skip is weird but I thought I should skip ahead to when they are more comfortable around each other.