Well, we're hiding out in at The Eternal Castle, now.

"... The what?" Haru asks.

The Eternal Castle. It's come out in my fics before, but now I renamed it.

"You forgot the name didn't you."

... Shut up. Eternal Passing! there we go!

READ. *throws journal*

"fine..." Haru flips the pages until he finds what he's looking for.

September 23rd

After our little misadventure in Port Royal, Lance and me decide it was time for us to go on our normal missions since Vexen couldn't keep covering for us.

Lucky me, I had Axel for a partner.

"Axel, you and Roxas will be Heart collecting in Twilight Town." Saix tells us and gives me an envelope.

"Uh... What's this?" I ask.

"From Vexen." Saix say and goes to give Xion her assignment.

"......." I open the package and I see a pair of Keychains.

"...Keychains? As if you need those! Oblivion and Oathkeeper are enough, aren't they buddy?" Axel laughs and slaps me on the back.

"Y-Yeah..." I wasn't gonna tell him, but actually I can't weild Oathkeeper or Oblivion anymore.

They're too heavy.

"... Too heavy?" Haru asks.

Yup, their combined weight is too much for Roxanne. *phone rings and Forbidden goes to get it*

Hello? Forbidden speaking.

"... Forbidden, give me back my journal! And I'll pretend I didn't see you reading it. Kay?" Roxas says.

O_O *hangs up*

"Who was it?" Haru asks.

Wrong number. Keep reading.

"C'mon man! You've been acting really weird, Roxas." Axel says when we Corridor to Twilight Town.

"..Sorry." I smile.

"Seriously, LARXENE? I thought you two hated each other!" Axel laughs.

"Well.... We've joined a kinda truce at the moment." I say, technically it's true.

"Really? I thought .... Maybe I made you mad." Axel says and doesn't look at me.

"..Nooo, you're just stupid." I tease.

"Oh thanks!" Axel laughs and we both crack up.

"man! It's good to have the old Roxas back! You had me worried there." Axel says and I stiffen.

"...Yeah. The old Roxas." I repeat and then spot a Heartless.

"..What? What's the matter?" Axel asks, seeing my expression.

"HEARTLESS!" I grin and run after it.

"AWW YEAH! Let's smoke them up!" Axel summons his chakrams and starts fighting. I try summoning ONE Keyblade but Oblivion's weight is too much and I fall to the ground.

"ROXAS!" Axel covers for me and lights the Shadow on fire. It vanishes and Axel runs to me.

"....." I glare at Oblivion.

"You okay? I mean, you didn't even MOVE!" Axel helps me up.

"..I'm fine." I summon Oathkeeper and snap off the charms. They glow for a sec and then turn into Kingdom Keys. I snap on the keychains Vexen gave me and stare.

"OH MY GOD!!!" Axel cracks up laughing.

"SHUT UP!!" I snap. They were silvery and one looked like Kairi's but white. The other one was black and looked like a snowflake, but in black and red.

"They're... They're sooo cute!!!" Axel howls in laughter and falls to the ground, holding his side.

"SHUT UP! At least I can fight now!" I growl and make the Keyblades vanish.

"...'Now'? Why can't you fight with the normal ones?" Axel asks, and he feels my forehead for a fever.

"...You DO know you have a higher temperature than me, and can't feel the difference?" I ask and swat his hand away.

"......Hmmm...." He looks at me suspiciously.

"...What? Something on my face?" I ask.

"...... Your face... is different." Axel comments.

"WHAT?!" I shout.

"More.... soft. Girly." Axel says and pokes my cheek.

"Knock that off! I'm still the same Roxas!"

Only a girl now. Could I even say that to him?!

"...True.... But still! I bet you're sick. That's why you look funny." Axel decides.

"...Sick?" I ask. Maybe I could work with this.

"Yeah! Like even your hair's droopier than normal. I'll take you to Marly in the infirmary, and he'll make you all better! But first, let's take down some Heartless. You take it easy, I'll do it." Axel says.

"...I can fight too..." I say with a blush. Everyone's treating me like a porcelain doll! Lance, and even Vexen!

"Yeah, but what are friends for? To cover your ass when you're not feeling 100% there." Axel grins and we go look for more Heartless. After about 3 hours, we call it quits and go get ice cream.

"usual spot?" Axel asks, and starts unwrapping his.

"Sure!" We CTD there, and we start munching at the ice cream.

"Hey Roxas." Axel says.

"Wha?" I bite off the corner of the ice cream and glance at him.

"Betcha you don't why the sun sets red." Axel winks at me.

"OH NOT THAT AGAIN!!!" I laugh and jab him in the stomach.

"hahaha!" Axel laughs and we both crack up.

"Hey Axel?" I ask, when we both manage to stop laughing.

"What?" Axel swallows a chunk of ice cream and raises an eyebrow.

"....... If I was a girl, or different, would you still be my friend?" I ask.

".....What?"

"If I was a girl. Like Xion. Would you treat me the same?"

"..... Geez, that's a tough one. Why don't we solve world hunger while we're at it?" Axel jokes.

"I'm serious. What if... I was different? Would you still be my friend?" I ask, not looking at him. What if he said no?

".... Sure. You're my friend no matter what." Axel says and takes another munch of his ice cream.

"REALLY?! YOU MEAN IT?!" I ask, my face flushing with excitement.

"Well, yeah. Who else would I eat ice cream with? Saix?" Axel shudders at that and slugs me playfully in the arm.

"Hahahaha! I"m glad to hear that!" I say, completely relieved.

"... Why did you ask?" Axel says and tosses his ice cream stick over the edge of the Clock Tower.

"That's called littering." I tell him.

"Sooo?"

"That means you have to go get it." I tell him with a playful grin.

"Huh? Go get it?" Axel repeats, with a confused expression on his face. I grin and shove him over the edge.

"YUP! FETCH!" I call to him as he falls.

"YOU ASS hooooooole!!!" I hear him scream as he gets farther and farther away.

"Hahahahaha!" I laugh when he reappears with the ice cream stick in hand.

"NEVER do that again!" Axel commands.

"Yes sir, Mister, Master Eight sir!" I give him a salute. He laughs and Xion shows up.

"ROXAS!!!" She hugs me and then freezes.

"What?" I ask.

".... You're ... You're a ...." Xion stammers and looks at my chest.

"....A what Xi Xi?" I ask, not liking where this was going.

"...A GIRL." Xion whispers in my ear.

DUM DUM DUM!!!!

".. Wait, Xion found out?!" Haru asks.

HEY! He stopped writing here!!! *flips page*

"..Biddy? There's a missing page." Haru points to the book, which has a tiny spot where a page had been ripped out.

O_O

WE GOTTA GO BACK TO THE CASTLE AND-

Haru points to the bottom of her shoe.

Huh? *lifts and finds the rest of the page*

Oh. *starts reading again*

"Not I'm not! That's just the special vest Vexen gave me!" I lie.

"... Vest?" Xion asks, looking confused.

"Like, you know, armor? He made a vest so he asked me to try it out. And it's been slowing me down pretty bad." I make up as I go along.

"OOOOOH! THAT'S why you couldn't fight right! The vest!" Axel realizes.

"A-Yup." I take a bite out of the ice cream and laugh at how close Xion got to finding out.

"Hahahaha! If you WERE a girl, that'd be awesome! I'd have a big sister!" Xion laughs.

"Great! We need another chick in the Organization! Haha, I bet Vexen could make something to do that!" Axel teases.

"I know right?" I laugh.

"........Pfft." Haru cracks up.

... JUST HOW STUPID ARE THEY?!?!!

I'm gonna go have a word with Xi Xi and Axel. *gets up to go back RTC*

".. We're HIDING remember?" Haru says.

....Fuck buscuits. PLUS Roxas is a crappy liar!