OMFG! Fanfiction has been having some serious issues lately and i haven't been able to post this chapter because of it. Here's hoping the worst is over.

AAANNDDD chapter 11 time. Nyx I hope you didn't spit take on your computer! But I just love that Marly scene too. I laughed so hard after I finished it that my cat decided I must have been possessed by a demon and attacked me.

Here it comes folks, BIG REVEAL TIME!

Roxas' voice echoed slightly off the walls after his surprised shout. Axel stood and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Rox? What's wr…" CRACK Everyone stared in stunned surprise as Axel stumbled back a step and raised a hand to his face, and the cheek that the back of Roxas' hand had just connected with. He stared as those lovely blue eyes widened in shock, before the blonde bolted from the room.

He was so stunned that he felt frozen in place, staring at the door with his hand pressed gingerly over his stinging face. Demyx was the first to break the silence. "Ax? Are you okay?" He snapped out of his trance and glanced at them, then walked out the door. Not really knowing where else to go he headed back to the room Roxas had been in before. Soft sobbing met his ears when he silently pushed the door open and he felt his heart breaking at the sight of the crumpled blonde on the bed.

He shut the door softly and sat on the end of the bed with his back to Roxas. The blonde sniffled loudly and Axel gripped his knees so hard his knuckles turned white. He closed his eyes when arms wrapped tightly around him from behind and he felt Roxas' face bury itself in the back of his tunic. The cloth felt fairly damp by the time the sobs had stopped.

He flinched slightly when the arms loosened and a tentative hand cupped his sore cheek. He sighed as soothing energy healed the growing bruise and placed his own hand over Roxas'.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"I know."

"I was so upset, I just reacted without thinking."

"I know, but I have to ask why?"

He felt Roxas begin to shake slightly and resisted the urge to spin around and hug him close. Instead he settled for gripping the arm still around him with his other hand. "None of them survived. They all died. It hurt so much, I didn't want to but I couldn't take the pain. I didn't want to." He gave in to his urge and spun to take Roxas in his arms and pull him into his lap to comfort him when he started sobbing again.

"What did he make you do Rox?"

The sobs wracked Roxas' body, breaking up his words and Axel felt horror slide through him. "Ma mark ah a ma map… l little lights tha that mo mo moved… made… watch… some… only ba babies…" Axel rocked him gently, rubbing his back with one hand and waiting for the sobs to stop.

Axel was on his way back to the others almost an hour later. Roxas had cried himself to sleep and Axel had watched for little while before deciding it was time to tell the full truth.

He was a little surprised to find them all still sitting in the same room, with the returned Marluxia sitting next to Lex again. All talking ceased when he entered and he kept his eyes on the floor as he retook his earlier seat. He sat in silence for a moment and raised his eyes. They were all staring at him and he sighed.

"Did you send someone to check on the lake yet?" Lex shook his head, "Do it soon. We can use that entrance to sneak into the castle when we go to attack Saix. So we don't have to face his whole army."

"We can't use that entrance a second time. It's too much of a risk." Axel shook his head at Marly. "We only need it once. Roxas is the Bearer of Light." Stunned silence greeted him after this statement. Demyx gave him a small smile, while Xigbar and Xaldin just shrugged.

"And he just decided to tell you now." Axel fought the urge to grin at Zexion's frustrated tone, but Xigbar didn't. "Actually we found out right after our escape." Lex cleared his throat and gave Zexion a stern glare.

"We understand you wanting to keep it a secret until you felt you could trust us." Zexion grumbled but nodded and Lex met Axel's eyes. "We will want to talk to Roxas later if he is willing." Axel nodded and folded his arms on the table. "He did actually just tell me something that you may want to know. Saix forced him to make this special map…" He was interrupted when Zexion pulled a folded piece of parchment out of the back of his book and set it on the table.

"The map is infused with magic. It shows you the location of whatever you're looking for. Saix used it to hunt down everyone with royal blood. We had a spy in the castle who managed to get this and the information we had on the Bearer to us just before he was killed." Axel stared at the map, barely hearing Xaldin when the man spoke up.

"So you know one of the royals survived because of it? How did that person escape Saix?" This time it was Marly who answered. "We don't know, but it might be because the map can't show their location, only that one is still alive." Axel's head snapped up at that. "May I see it?" Lex nodded and pushed the map over. Axel unfolded it carefully. It looked like a simple map of Thanaos, but the softly glowing script down the right side caught his attention.

There lives one who bears the seal of royalty in spellwoven name.

Xigbar, Xaldin and Demyx got up to look at the map with him. Xigbar grunted in disgust, "What the hell does that mean anyway?'Spellwoven name'. What a load of crap." Axel nodded and yawned as he slid the map back across the table. "I'm too tired to make any sense of it. Rox is sleeping in the room we were in before, and I think I'll go join him." Axel stood up and nodded at all of them before he left.

Roxas was still asleep when he got back, so he slipped off his boots before crawling into the bed and pulling the blonde close.

He woke feeling a little groggy, and groaned softly. He turned to cuddle closer to Roxas, only to find him missing. His eyes shot open and he found the blonde sitting on the side of the bed. His back was to Axel and he was rubbing at his eyes. He immediately went to him wrapping both arms around his waist in comfort, only to be startled by an indignant yelp.

He pulled back a little as the blonde turned to glare at him with one blue eye. The other was hidden behind a hand. "What the hell Axel? You made me poke myself in the eye." "I thought you were crying again Roxy." Roxas growled softly, but there was a look of slight amusement in his eye. He removed his hand from the other eye and pointed at it. "Well I wasn't so kiss it and make it feel better." Axel laughed and obeyed, kissing the lid softly and then shifting down to kiss the lips below it.

He had intended for it to be a quick gentle kiss, but Roxas had other plans. He grabbed that burning red hair and smashed their lips together. Kissing him with such passion that Axel felt his mind melting at the heat from it, and responded.

He felt those arms wrap around his shoulders as the blonde moved to kneel on the bed in front of him and he gripped his love's waist. When the kiss finally broke, leaving them both gasping for air, Roxas looked up at him and laughed.

"Axel, your hair is on fire."

While it only took him a moment to put his hair out and check it thoroughly for damage, it took several minutes to get Roxas to stop laughing.

"Rox we need to talk seriously here." Roxas giggled softly again and nodded. "Um well I told Lex and them about you." He paused there afraid that the blonde would be mad at him, but he only nodded. "I thought you would, if you hadn't I was going to." Axel grinned and continued, "I also told them about that map you mentioned, and they already have it. They stole it from Saix and it says that there is still a living royal."

He cringed slightly, afraid he might get hit again, but Roxas just looked surprised. "How? The map would have shown their location…" Axel shook his head. "That's the thing Roxy the map can't show their location, all it said was, 'There lives one who bears the seal of royalty in spellwoven name'." Roxas frowned and muttered to himself. "What does that mean?"

"I kinda have to show you something Roxas."

(Meanwhile, in another part of the castle)

Zexion was sitting on his bed, the map laid out in front of him. He gently traced a finger over the scrollwork on the maps right side.

What is a spellwoven name? I've never heard of it before.

He looked back down at the map and yelped in surprise. A single glowing dot had appeared on the map. He stared closer at it. "If this is right then…" He stopped and stared as the scrollwork erased itself and new writing appeared in its place.

Guardian's Castle, Asheren Mountains.

Then something else wrote itself above these words and Zexion's shout of surprise echoed throughout the castle. "What the hell?"

Axel Vor'bel

Heh. This chapter was fun to write, when life finally gave me a frikkin break. But seriously guys? Only two people guessed? That makes me a sad pufferfish. (I've been watching Demyx Time on youtube, so sue me. Only please don't I have no money.)BUT since only two of you guessed and one of you guessed wrong and the other guessed EVERYONE I've decided you both win cause you were the only ones to play. So kakita101 for getting it right (technically) I'm going to write you a random oneshot. Give me your favorite pairing and a setting. BUT since I have decided that both of you win, The Winged Huntress gets to decide which character pov the next chapter is going to be in. You can choose between Roxas, Demyx, Zexion, Lex, Marly, Xigbar, Xaldin, or Saix. You can even choose Luxord if you want but it might be kinda boring and very short. (Can't write much about the goings on of a drunk innkeeper) And yes I know I left out Vexen, I did that purpose he is going to have his own pov chapter but it has to wait a little.

So that's it. See you all next chapter, and please review. Reviews make me write faster!

P.S. almost forgot the cookies for kakita101, The Winged Huntress, and Nyx the last keybearer. Enjoy!