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Roxas

We eventually settle down to watch a movie and I end up huddled in a blanket on Axel's lap. I'm only half paying attention to the horror he picked out as he runs his hand through my hair. He excuses himself to go to the washroom halfway through and I pause the movie. Just as he leaves, my cell phone buzzes. I pick it up off the table and find that I have a text message.

You can't escape me Roxas Strife.

I feel my heart skip a beat and I turn off my cell phone, ignoring whatever the hell kind of joke that is. The second I do, the phone rings. I figure it's Cloud checking up on us and I answer it. "Hello?"

"That wasn't very nice of you to ignore my text Roxas." The masculine voice chides.

I feel myself start to shake. "Who is this?"

"It's only been ten years. You don't remember me?"

I freeze and end the call, setting the phone back down on the table just as Axel walks back in.

He sees me looking scared out of my wits and walks over, seriousness on his face. "Roxas, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost."

I wrap my arms around him without responding and my whole body is trembling. Since I have the blanket wrapped around me still, he knows that it's not because I'm cold.

"What happened?" He asks.

"H-he's back." I say shakily.

"Who?" He asks, just as the phone rings again.

I look up at him, shaking my head vigorously. "Don't answer it!"

The phone picks up on its own and switches to speaker phone. "Ignoring my calls now? I thought your parents raised you better Roxas. Oh, what am I saying? Your parents died ten years ago."

Axel hears that and suddenly he's fuming. He picks up the phone. "Who the hell is this!"

"You should know Axel Cinder, or should I say, Lea Tanner." The voice says.

Axel's eyes darken. "Sephiroth."

I bury my face in his chest as the memories pour back in.

"Where are you?" Axel demands.

The power suddenly shorts out, plunging the entire house into darkness and I whimper, clenching my hands around the front of Axel's shirt. I can't go through this again, not with Axel.

"Why don't you look and find out?" Sephiroth challenges before the phone dies off as well.

"Roxas?"

I look up at Axel and he starts rubbing my back soothingly, probably because I look terrified.

He smiles lightly and kisses my forehead. "Everything's going to be fine alright? I have to look around and you have to come with me so you're safe okay?"

I nod and drop my arms back to my sides. He grabs my hand and with his free hand, lets a small flame ignite in the palm of his other hand. With that, he begins to lead us through the house, checking every room until we have none left. Sephiroth isn't anywhere, not even in the basement.

I start shuddering when Axel leads us to the back door. He looks back at me with his hand on the knob and I shake my head no. This is the part in horror movies where stupid people who make stupid decisions end up dead.

"Come on Rox, it isn't safe here. Sephiroth's up to something so we have to leave." He prods.

"But Axel…" I try to protest but he's already opening the door and I realise that I have no choice. I follow him outside and onto the patio in the backyard. The fenced area is dark and nothing appears to be there.

He shakes his head and turns back to me. "Alright, let's go."

We both suddenly sense the great amount of darkness at the same time and he barely turns in time to block a sword with his own. He knocks the person back and stands in front of me as Sephiroth himself lands safely on the ground.

I hold Axel's hand even tighter and I realise an odd thing: I still have my blanket wrapped around me. Maybe it's because I'm so panicked that I notice something completely irrelevant.

"Well, I have to say that I would have never expected the two of you to find each other." Sephiroth says grinning.

"People with a common enemy tend to drift together." Axel retorts.

"What a shame to hear you say that when I was so kind to the both of you." He says, his voice velvety.

"Like hell!" I retort, that one sentence making me angry enough that my fears are forgotten.

Sephiroth turns his eyes to me and my breath catches in my throat at seeing his green, cat-like eyes. He smiles evilly.

Axel moves to obstruct me from his view and luckily, him from mine. "Get out or I'll kill you." He threatens.

Sephiroth barks out a laugh. "You can't kill me Axel, I created you."

"You have no power over me." Axel reminds him, before he charges forward at super speed. Sephiroth matches him and they meet in the middle, their swords locked and sparking metal. They both pull back and strike again with the same result.

I watch as they fight, neither of them giving an inch. Sephiroth finally seems to get tired of the equal playing field and at the next hit, darkness curls from his sword and into Axel's, shooting the redhead back and into the fence.

"Axel!" I try to run over to him but arms wrap around my waist and pull me back into a well-muscled chest. I try to pry the person's hands away but the second I see silver hair flowing around my peripheral vision, I freeze.

Axel slowly gets up and turns to look at me. He sneers. "Riku! Let him go!"

I continue to struggle but I stop when I feel Riku nuzzle his face into my neck, sending shivers down my spine. "Maybe I don't want to." The silverette says.

I can almost literally see flames in Axel's eyes and he runs forward, only for Sephiroth to step between us and stop him.

"You wouldn't want to accidentally hurt Roxas now would you?" Sephiroth baits.

I start struggling again in Riku's arms, trying to break free. I finally stomp on Riku's foot and he cries out, letting go of me. Sephiroth looks back at me and Axel uses this opportunity to punch him and knock him away. Axel quickly runs over to me, picks me up in his arms bridal style (gee, isn't this familiar), and runs, faster than I've ever seen him run before, so fast that the space around us blurs into nothing but lights.

Axel has to skid to a stop and we're in the middle of a street. He quickly speeds onto the sidewalk before we get hit by a car and we both gulp in breaths of air greedily. With him running that fast, neither of us could breathe I'm sure.

He finally catches his breath and looks down at me. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" He asks worriedly.

"I-I'm fine." I reach up and touch what I realise is a bruise on his forehead. "You're not though."

"I'll be alright." He says passively, carrying me over to an alleyway with a payphone in it. "You don't have your cell phone do you?" He asks.

I shake my head. "No, Sephiroth could probably track it anyways. Where are we?"

"Somewhere in Japan. I never use super sonic speed because it takes you very far in a short amount of time and it takes a few seconds to slow down." He replies.

"So we could be across the country?" I ask in shock.

"Yeah, anywhere." He looks around like he's searching for something familiar. "Any money?"

"No."

He lets out an agitated sigh as he sets me down, and the blanket I still have with me I clutch tighter. It's freezing outside.

I look across the street and see a man in a business suit talking on his cell phone. I smile and turn to Axel. "Wait here a second." I see him open his mouth to protest but I ignore him as I cross the street and make myself cry. I walk by the man, and he, seeing my crying, stops me.

"Hey kid, are you okay?" He asks.

I sniffle and turn two big, blue, teary eyes to look at him. "I'm lost and I don't have any money to call home so my parents can come and get me." I reach up to wipe my tears away.

He says goodbye to the person on his cell phone and then digs in his pockets, pulling out a few coins. "Here, this should be enough for a few calls in case you don't get through the first time."

I smile and wipe my nose. "Thank you so much mister." I bow to him and then make my way back over to Axel, making sure the man leaves before I rejoin my boyfriend.

He smirks at me. "That was the most cheesy, upsetting, and adorable display I have ever seen."

I wipe my tears away and smile at him. "Well, I'm a good actor."

"Clearly. If I had known earlier that I could just get you to pull a pity act to get money then I wouldn't have gotten a job." He says.

"Axel!" I protest. "The only reason I did it that once and will never do it again is because we're desperate now, so call Cloud."

"Can't. Sorry." He apologises, turning to put the coin in the slot.

"Axel!" I yell.

He turns back to face me. "Look, the person I do have to call I hate way more than your brother, but he's our only option. Reno's the only one who can track our location and he's probably the only one who can help us, so he's our only option. If you're not going to play the poor, lost kid again then we have to save the bit of money we have."

I sigh and nod.

He turns back to the phone and slides in the coin, dialling a number and waiting as it rings. I move in close so I can listen.

"Hello?" Reno answers.

"Reno, it's me, Axel."

"Axel? What the hell are you doing calling me from a payphone?"

"Roxas and I ran into a bit of a problem. Sephiroth and Riku attacked us so I went super sonic and now we don't know where we are and we have nothing with us." Axel explains.

"Hmph, well, it looks like you've got quite the pickle."

"Reno, this is serious. We need your help. Sephiroth is getting serious now clearly so we can't go back home."

"What!" I exclaim in shock.

"Clearly Roxy doesn't agree with your plan." Reno remarks.

Axel glares at the sky, probably wishing it was his brother. "Serious remember? You need to track us, find out where we are, get some equipment and money, and get your ass over here."

"Commandeering much? I'm only doing this because you're going to get Roxas hurt otherwise. Give me a few hours and then maybe some extra to get to wherever the hell you got yourselves."

Axel frowns. "I can take care of Roxas just fine. We're both still here now after all."

"You won't be when Xemnas shows up. If Riku is there he won't be far behind."

"Just get your ass here got it? We'll be in the coffee place across from the payphone." Axel says.

"Alright, see you before the night ends." Reno hangs up with that and Axel puts the phone back on the holder. The redhead grumbles something about Reno being a jerk.

I rest my hand on Axel's shoulder and he turns to me. "I can't believe you still have that goddamn blanket." He says.

I chuckle. "I know, I guess I was so nervous it was the only thing I held onto."

"Think you could get enough money for us to split a hot chocolate?" He asks.

I frown. "Axel…"

"I know, I know. Okay, let's just go and get warm then. Hopefully they'll let us stick around." He wraps an arm around my shoulders and we cross the street and enter the warmth of the coffee shop. We take a booth near the back of the empty place. Music plays lightly in the room and the smell of coffee is barely there anymore.

Axel sits next to the window and I sit next to him, resting my head on his shoulder as he rubs my arm, distractedly staring out the window.

"Axel?" I say after a while.

"Hm?" He looks down at me.

I sit up a bit and chew on my lip for a few seconds before I meet his eyes again. "I think I'm ready to tell you what happened… with Sephiroth." I clarify.

His eyes widen a little. "Him coming back got you thinking about it huh?"

I nod. I can see everything from ten years ago so clearly now, it's like I'm reliving it.

He wraps his arm around my shoulders again. "Okay, you have my undivided attention."

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