Wow. It has been forever. I lost the drive to write for the longest time, and starting college really had me tired out. Weird because I had college classes before O.o ... HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :3

Chapter 17: Do I Know You?

Demyx looked around the building swarming with teenagers. He didn't really know what to do.

He watched a girl walk up to a metal door, twist a knob, and pull it open. Demyx shrugged and walked up to the one next to her, mimicking her actions except, his metal door wouldn't open.

After several tries, he groaned in frustration and kicked it. That girl made it look so easy!

"Hey," he heard, followed by a laugh. It was the girl next to him "Are you having trouble?"

"Yeah, it won't open." Demyx said, sadly.

"Well, can I see your locker combination?" she asked.

"Locker combination?" he repeated. The girl nodded.

"Yeah, did the office assign you one? They should have written it down for you…"

"Oh that! Yeah, I wasn't paying her much attention." Demyx pulled the slip of paper out of his pocket. The girl took it and laughed again.

"Your locker is on the opposite side," she said, walking towards it. "My name is Demara by the way."

"Cool! My name is Demyx! We're basically name twins." he said. Demara laughed.

She showed Demyx his locker and explained how to use the combination to open it.

"Do you have your books yet?" she asked.

"Nope, Ms. Office Lady told me to get settled first." Demyx responded, finding his class schedule. "Guess I have to find all these places."

"I can help you. Might as well make one friend on your first day." Demara said.

"Thanks a lot. You're so nice."

"Why is she making us go get this stuff?" Axel pouted, kicking up dust as he walked along with Zexion.

"Because she was busy." Zexion said.

"She was sitting on her ass glaring at us doing absolutely nothing!" Axel yelled. Once he did, a small patch of grass ahead of them caught fire. It quickly began to spread toward them.

"You did that!" Zexion shouted.

"No I didn't!" Axel shouted back. The fire grew higher.

"Turn it off!"

"I'm not Demyx, dipshit!"

"Get… something! Just… come on!" Zexion grabbed Axel and ran in another direction. Axel laughed as they ran into an alley.

"What is so funny about the fact that you're about to destroy this town?" Zexion asked, darkly.

"I didn't think I had it in me anymore." Axel responded, still chuckling. "This is pure joy, Zex."

"Shut. Up."

"Sounds like a plan." A whispery, gravelly voice said, sounding like someone who hadn't spoken in years.

Zexion was suddenly thrown roughly against a brick wall in the alley. His forehead slammed against the brick and he slumped down. His vision blacked out momentarily and his head felt like it was spinning.

Axel spun around to see whoever had attacked the shorter boy. The attacker had whitish-silver hair and his movements were followed by blurs of black tendrils.

The redhead ran at him, knocking him out of the way before he could land another hit on Zexion. He fell against a dumpster with a grunt. Axel helped Zexion up who still seemed woozy.

Axel didn't have time to comment on the fact that Zexion's head was bleeding before his face showed a mixture of shock and wonder before becoming feral. He ran forward and attacked the other boy.

The redhead wasn't sure what to do. He was in shock, considering he had never seen the slate-haired boy fight with just his fists.

"Zexion!" he called finally, attempting to break the two apart.

He pulled Zexion away but the other came at him again. Axel grabbed his arms to stop him.

"This is my time for revenge," came the forced out voice again.

"Revenge?" Axel took that moment to actually look at the culprit's face.

"…Riku?!"

Ariel was in a good mood. She, Tyler, Axel, and Zexion had spent the whole evening together. It was really fun and Axel was a complete sweetheart.

She stopped thinking that immediately. He was still that same creep from her dreams. But then again, maybe that was a sign…

Classes had gone by quickly too and she was ready to hang out with Axel again after school.

She went to her locker, vaguely noticing a boy that she'd never seen before at the locker next to hers. A sense of familiarity hit her when she looked at him. She shook her head and continued to open her locker and grab her hoodie.

"UGH!" the boy exclaimed in distress and kicked his locker. Ariel jumped. "I swear I hate these things."

The boy finally noticed her there.

"Oh! Sorry for scaring you, can you help me?" he asked.

"Uh, sure. What's your combination?" she asked.

"10-24-13," he responded. Ariel turned the lock and opened the locker.

"Right, left and skip, right…. I'll never remember that. Thanks," he said.

"…Do I know you?" Ariel asked, finally.

"Uh…" Demyx looked at her again, his eyes lit up this time. "Rexial! It's me! Demyx!"

"My name isn't Rexial…" Ariel responded. Demyx frowned.

"You don't remember…"

"Tsuin~" a voice called, a little down the hall.

Tyler got to Ariel and Demyx and looked at him with curiousity.

"This, is Demyx." Ariel said, turning to him again.

"Do I know you?" Tyler asked.