Here's chapter three! Ya'll should go check out my Christmas story cause it's Akuroku and it's been pretty popular. Anyways, I'm done advertising for myself ;)

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Axel

I park the car in the driveway and get out, locking it and quickly walking inside. The second I get in the front door, Demyx, Zexion, and Reno are all standing in the hallway.

"So, how did things go?" Zexion asks.

I sigh. "Riku found him."

Reno's eyebrow rises. "Riku's here and he knows about him?"

"Yeah, which can only mean that Xemnas and Sephiroth know too." I say.

Zexion shakes his head slowly. "Fuck."

"So what do we do?" Demyx asks.

"We protect him obviously." Reno says with a 'duh' tone.

"He might as well know what you guys are then too because his brother told him what I am." I add.

"Just do whatever you have to do to make him and his brother trust us." Reno ordered.

"Uh, there's a problem with that. Both his brother and his brother's boyfriend are angels." I tell him.

Zexion smirks. "You're in deep shit Ax."

I laugh coldly at that. "Thanks for your encouragement."

Zexion grins and pulls Demyx upstairs to go to bed, leaving Reno and me alone.

He stares at me, his face expressionless for a few silent moments and I stare right back. I'm finally the one to break the silence. "Stay away from Roxas."

He smirks. "You can't tell Roxas who he can or cannot hang out with Axel, that's his decision. It's his decision who he likes."

I sneer at him, my fists trembling at my sides. I stiffly push myself forward and walk past him, making sure to bump his shoulder as I do. Reno and I may be the only family we have left, but we haven't gotten along in decades, ever since we became demons actually, two hundred years ago.

Roxas

For the first time ever, I actually can't wait to get to school. Now that I know what Axel is, I have a lot of questions for him. I get to school early, hoping to find him and talk to him before class starts. I run into Sora and Kairi though. They're holding hands and going off about how they thought they saw an overly large bat on their date last night. I keep looking over their shoulders for spiky red hair or even a blonde mullet, but neither appear. Zexion's hair style isn't exactly that noticeable.

"Roxas?"

I come back to reality and look at Sora, who's staring at me. Kairi is looking back, probably searching for whatever she thinks I was.

"What's up with you?" Sora asks.

"Uh, well…" I try to come up with an excuse. I need to retain some semblance of a reputation at school and that means that I can't let people know I like Axel, yet at least. Kairi looking over my shoulder catches my eye and just as I turn around to see what she's looking at, arms wrap around my waist and a head nuzzles into my neck, making me freeze. I can see red spikes dangling around me and I realise that it's the redhead I've been looking for.

"Aw, you two are too cute." Kairi says with a grin.

"Thank you Kairi. Good morning Roxy." Axel greets.

I smirk. "Morning Axel." I twist out of his embrace to face him. "Can we talk?"

He nods and wraps an arm around my shoulder, pulling me off down the hall. I wave goodbye to Kairi and Sora before we turn a corner.

We go out to the back of the school and sit on an isolated bench, not that the field isn't empty at this time. Again, I somehow end up in his lap.

"So, you're a demon huh?" I start.

"Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you and I guess I kind of freaked you out in the car." He apologises.

I lean back against his chest. "So, did you know that I knew you weren't human?"

"Actually, no. I had no idea you were as close to the supernatural world as you are. How come Cloud's an angel and you're not?"

I tense up at that question and he feels it. "You don't have to answer that if you don't want to." He adds.

I nod. "So are Reno, Demyx, and Zexion demons too?"

"Reno is. Demyx is a merman and Zexion is a ghost."

"Okay, so what kind of… powers do you have?"

"Superhuman speed, agility, and strength. I can grow demon wings. I also have telekinesis, and darkness and fire manipulation." Axel lists off his abilities proudly.

"And why are you here?"

I feel Axel stiffen at that and I look back at him. He watches me sadly. "Your friends and your brother never told you did they?"

I blink. "What? What are you talking about?" None of that made any sense.

"Roxas, there's some kind of light in you and it's weird for a human to have that. It naturally attracts supernatural creatures. Reno, Demyx, Zexion, and I assume that since you're so special, Sephiroth, the devil, is going to come after you. Since Riku already did, then it means he's found you." He explains.

"Wait, so what does this have to do with Cloud and the others?" I ask confused.

"Your brother's an angel, Zack's an angel, and your friends are supernatural creatures. I would have assumed at least one of them would have told you."

"Wait, you mean Sora, Kairi, Xion, and Namine?" I confirm.

He nods. "A werewolf, an elf, a vampire, and another elf." He tells me.

I feel sick all of a sudden, sick that I never noticed it before. I've been friends with Sora, Kairi, Namine, and Xion since grade eight, and I didn't realise this? I dip my head down until my mouth is hidden by the collar on my jacket. "Why wouldn't they tell me?"

"Maybe because they thought they were protecting you from this world." Axel suggests.

What am I? A damsel in distress? I don't need this constant protection from everyone! I break out of Axel's arms and stand up, angrily marching towards the school. I feel Axel grab my hand and his grip stops me. I turn back to face him, seeing a wry smile on his lips.

"Roxas, they're your friends. They would have told you if they had thought it would do you any good. They know the supernatural world is dangerous, and I know you do too." Axel says.

I look away to avoid his gaze. He steps closer and wraps his arms around me; planting a kiss on my forehead and succeeding in making my face flush slightly, luckily only slightly.

"Don't worry about it. Frowning ruins your pretty little face." He says jokingly.

I pull back and punch his arm, hard, but he barely flinches and instead laughs. "You're such a jerk." I mumble.

"Yeah, but I'm your jerk." He teases, leaning down to kiss me again.

I duck out of the way and take off towards the school. I can hear him snicker before he chases after me, luckily at human speed. Even so, it all makes me feel a rush, like I'm playing a sort of dangerous game, and Axel is my one way ticket to excitement and rebellion. It feels… exhilarating.

I guess my life has always been a dangerous game. I've been close to the supernatural ever since I was four, but now, I feel like I'm fully in it. My brother's an angel, my friends are elves, a werewolf, and a vampire, and the guy I'm in love with is a demon. I know I'm not that normal myself to begin with. I have some sort of supernatural sensor, but I mostly ignore it because I'd rather not get mixed up in the world anymore than I already am. But with Axel, I feel like I need to.

Axel drops his second period class for a spare, meaning that we do have the whole day together now. For our spare, he takes me out for that coffee we never got last night, although since I don't drink coffee I get a hot chocolate instead. We go to a park that's kind of in the middle of nowhere and sit on the swings as we drink our hot beverages.

I wrap my arms around the chains and hold my half empty hot chocolate in both hands, swinging lightly and thinking. "So, how did you and Reno become demons?"

He chuckles. "You're just full of questions aren't you?"

I smile slightly. "Well, the whole point of the coffee last night was to get to know you."

"Right, I forgot. Well, two hundred years ago Sephiroth found us. Back then, Reno and I were already mixed up in the supernatural world as hunters. He thought we had a lot of skill so he turned us into demons, but he wasn't planning that we weren't going to side with him. We never made a deal with him, so he could in no way tie us to him. Demyx and Zexion had been turned at the same time basically so we all got together and became a sort of family." He explains.

"What about your parents?"

"They died when we were younger, way before we were turned." He replies with an emotionless tone.

I nod. "I'm sorry." Hearing the name Sephiroth even twice in the past two days is making me remember everything even more, and then with Axel's story being so close to mine, it's bringing back a lot of bad memories.

"Parents weren't the way they are now anyways. Mine were never the greatest." Axel says dismissively.

"You shouldn't take them for granted either way." I scold, sounding way colder than I had intended.

He looks over at me. "You sound like you're talking from experience. Any particular reason Cloud takes care of you?"

I swallow hard, my throat raw. "My parents died a long time ago too."

He reaches over and takes my hand in his. "Want to talk about it?"

I shake my head no. "It's not really a nice story. To tell you the truth though, Sephiroth knows where Cloud and me have been for a long time."

His eyes widen. "Roxas, what do you mean?" I can feel the worry in his tone.

"I can't go through it again." I say quietly.

Everything is silent for a minute, and that minute goes by agonizingly slow. He finally gets up and moves to stand in front of me. "Roxas, I care about you more than anything," I look up at him, finding that his face is completely serious, "You can talk to me about anything and I'm going to be here for you no matter what. I'll protect you from Sephiroth and Riku or anyone else who tries to hurt you." He crouches down so that we're eye to eye and he cups my cheek in his hand, smiling at me. I manage a small smile back and lean into his touch.

Who cares about my reputation anymore? Axel may be a jerk sometimes but if he can be this deep and sincere, that's more important. I will tell him what happened eventually, but I'm not even ready to think about it again yet. "Thank you Axel. You don't know how much that means to me. I'm going to be here for you too." I say.

He leans in and pecks me on the nose quickly before he pulls me out of the swing. "Come on, we'd better get back to school. Maybe after we could do something?" He asks.

I raise an eyebrow. "Are you, Axel Cinder, asking me out on a date?"

He smirks. "Well I've already kissed you so aren't we already technically dating?"

"Not until you impress Cloud." I say with a wicked smile.

He pouts. "But that will never happen!" He protests.

I kiss his cheek and skip away, dropping my hot chocolate into a garbage can. "I guess you can't take me on that date then." I sing. I then yelp as I'm knocked to the ground. I roll over with difficulty and find that Axel is straddling me and grinning evilly.

"Come on Foxy Roxy, this wasn't a proper date." He says teasingly.

My face reddens slightly. "Well of course not with you knocking me to the ground."

He smirks and gets off me. Before I can get up, he's picking me up and throwing me over his shoulder.

I try to keep from laughing. "Axel! Let me go!" I hit his back lightly, even though I know that this probably isn't even like a flick to him.

"Nope. I'm kidnapping you for this date now." He says, starting to walk.

"We have to go back to school first." I remind him.

"Oh yeah." He puts me down and grabs onto my hand, pulling me along. "We'll resume that after school."

I grin at him. "You'll have to catch me first."

"Like that'll be a challenge." He laughs.

I frown and punch his shoulder. "No fair, you can't use your powers."

He laughs. "Whatever you say Roxy."

When Axel said: "We'll resume that after school" he meant it. We got out to the front of the school and he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder, while Sora, Kairi, Xion, and Namine were standing right there.

"Ax!" I whine.

Namine giggles. "Are you two going out yet or what?"

"After I talk to Cloud and get his blessing, yes." Axel replies.

"Aw, good luck to you then." Xion says.

"Axel, put me down right now or so help me…"

"Well, nice talking to you guys but I've got to get going before Roxy here gets mad." Axel interrupts me and turns to walk away.

"Bye." Sora waves to me with a small, albeit forced smile on his face. What's up with that?

I wave to them and then begin to struggle in Axel's grip.

We arrive at my house quickly, and I'm still over Axel's shoulder. He finally puts me down on the driveway and I brush myself off, glaring at him. "You're such a jerk. I can walk you know."

"Yeah, I know, but I promised that we would resume that." He winks at me.

I roll my eyes and lead us up to the front door, opening it for Axel.

"Aw, you're such a gentleman." He teases, ruffling my hair.

I smirk and step inside after him, throwing my bag down on the nearby bench. "Why thank you sir." I say sarcastically. "Cloud, I'm going out with Axel!" I yell.

In a second flat, he's standing in front of me, like he appeared from nowhere, and I would have assumed that was there not a rush of air from him running at super speed to get to me. He's looking down at me with his arms folded. "What do you mean, 'going out'?" He asks, sending a chilling look at Axel, who I see briefly shy away before he steps up confidently.

"He means that as long as it's okay with you we're just going to go on a date around town, probably to dinner and a movie, and then I'm going to drop him off at a respectable time that you agree with since it is a Friday night. What would you say to ten?" Axel explains.

Cloud glares at him for a few silent, tense moments before he looks down at me and sighs. "Fine, ten sounds great. If anything happens on this date though I will hunt you down Axel."

Axel salutes him. "Yes sir, you're the boss."

I roll my eyes, grab Axel's hand, and pull him out the door. "Bye Cloud."

Axel chuckles as we walk down the driveway and begin down the street. I let go of his hand and huff, folding my arms over my chest and pouting. "He treats me like a child. I am not five years old."

He only laughs harder at this as he wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me in close to him so he can nuzzle his face into my hair. "You are too cute when you pout."

I blush slightly but don't try to get away from him.

Roxas: Ouch Axel, that hurt when you tackled me *pouts*

Axel: Don't blame me, it's all Zephyr's fault!

Zephyr: *innocently starts to whistle but fails because she can't whistle* There is a halo above my head!

Cloud: *rolls eyes* Yeah, and Axel doesn't look like a red Sonic the Hedgehog.

Axel: -_- You all suck.

Roxas: *makes pouty face* Zephyr will be really sad if she gets no reviews so please review!

Zephyr: *giggles* I always wanted to do one of these random thingies at the end of the chapter where the characters talk *doesn't know what they're called if anything*

Roxas, Axel, and Cloud: *sweat drop*