A/N: Oh my gawd, I saw the newest English trailer for Birth By Sleep today and….I screamed, it was so epic! I also cried because it means that I have to save my money for a PSP so I can play it! It looks like it will be awesome! So, how many peeps think that our little Hope should go to Castle Oblivion with Axel? How many of you think she should stay at the castle that never was? Let me know what you think in a review, because…and I am actually going to say that I almost cried when I realized this, I am at the point of blankness for this story, which is why its been super crappy the past few chapters. So…review!

Disclaimer: Screw the disclaimer! AXEL IS MINE! MINE! He is my uber yummy pyro, and I love him!….Kay, maybe only in my dreams…

The girl looked around as she stood on the floating piece of land, wondering if she was all alone, until she heard a familiar voice call out her name. "Kairi!"

She turned and saw the boy who had saved her. "Sora!" She exclaimed happily, running over to the edge of the land and grabbing a hold of his hands, only to be pulled out from his grip as the land began to move, causing her to almost fall into a dark abyss below. "Woah!"

"Kairi, remember what you said before?" He asked, earning a small nod from her. "I'm always with you too!" He exclaimed as her hand began to slip from his as they began to drift apart in opposite directions. "I'll come back to you! I PROMISE!" He reassured.

She gave him a sad smile. "I know you will!" And with those last words, both hands slipped from each others, both kids watching the other get farther and farther away.

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Today, Axel and I had been paired up with Roxas on his really-real first mission. As soon as we had stepped through the portal, we stepped out of it and into the back alley in Twilight Town. The first one to speak was Axel. "Our second mission together with the three of us."

Roxas looked up at him and nodded, "Yup." Roxas had this blank look on his face, and I noticed that it made Axel frown a bit. There was silence between us all, until Axel began to scratch the back of his head in annoyance.

"Sheesh, don't talk my ear off…You ready or what?"

Roxas remained silent, staring at the ground. This time, I spoke up. "Roxas? Are you ready?" I asked, shaking his shoulder a bit, causing him to look back up at us.

"What? Oh…oh yeah."

"Well, then lead the way!" I exclaimed, nudging him forward a bit. He nodded in response and took off, Axel and I right behind him with our own weapons drawn.

The group ran out from the alley way and began to head up the slope of station heights, but before they could go any farther than that, they were boxed in by the force field barricade, where multiple Yellow Operas and Possessors appeared, heading straight towards them. Axel threw his Chakrams at several Heartless, while Hope used magic to defeat them and occasionally slash them down, while Roxas took care of most of the work, quickly ridding of all the Heartless. Once that had been done, they headed up to the clock tower, where they were met with more Heartless.

Axel and Roxas took off ahead to fight them, but Hope remained where she stood, using magic to destroy the Scarlet Tangos from where she stood, easily lowering the numbers for Axel and Roxas, who soon completed the task and mission. After they had finished up, they went back to the dark portal.

"So, got any plans?" Axel asked Roxas as they stood in the alley.

Roxas looked up at the two older adults, his face blank as he did so. "I was just gonna report to Saix and then go to my room like I always do." Roxas explained to them, causing Axel to frown.

"Go to your room! Oh, Roxas, Roxas…" Axel mumbled in disbelief, only to be cut off by the sound of running footsteps coming from their left.

Hope turned and looked to see a boy with light blonde hair, coming to a stop and turning around to look back at something or someone. "Move it, Pence!" He ordered, putting his hands on his hips. More footsteps were heard, and two more kids appeared, stopping in front of him, a boy and a girl, the other boy bending over and placing his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. "Hey, wait up!" He exclaimed between pants.

The blonde smirked, "Last one there has to buy the winner an ice-cream!"

The brunette girl spoke this time. "Oh, sure, now you tell us!"

"No fair, Hayner!" The other boy, who Hope assumed to be Pence, exclaimed.

Hayner shook his head, a smirk on his face. "Better get flyin' if you don't wanna end up buyin'!" Hayner exclaimed before turning around and running again. The words he had spoken made Hope freeze as she heard a familiar and a much more childish voice echo through her head.

"C'mon, Hope! Better get flyin' if you don't wanna end up buyin'!'" Lea… He would sometimes say that when they would race each other and Isa. It was his way of motivating them. 'Those three…they remind me of us….back then….' Hope mentally said to herself, not even listening to Roxas ask Axel who they were, only to have her thoughts interrupted when she heard Roxas tell Axel that the three from before were making "ha ha" noises.

Axel sighed, while Hope smiled and laughed at the cuteness of the question. Roxas stared at Hope as she laughed, thinking her as a strange person too, while Axel answered his question. "You mean laughter? Sometimes, people with hearts do that even when it doesn't make any sense." He explained, while watching Hope try to stop laughing from the corner of his eye, while Roxas began to wonder why she was making the "ha ha" noises in the first place. Axel sighed before grabbing Hope's hand and dragging her with him. "C'mon, let's get some ice-cream."

Roxas remained in his spot, staring at the two retreating adults backs. "Why?"

Axel stopped, causing Hope to run into his back. Axel looked back at Roxas and scratched the back of his head, racking his brain for an answer. "Whaddaya mean, why?" He asked, before laughing a bit, a grin appearing on his face. "Because we're friends!"

Roxas looked at the two older people, his blue eyes wide and curious. "So…friends are people who have ice-cream together?"

Axel nodded his head, while Hope smiled. "Sort of…That, or laugh at stupid stuff that doesn't make any sense," Axel explained, pointing over in the direction the sandlot was. "Like those kids we just saw-they were friends." When Roxas said nothing, except give Axel a clueless and blank look, he sighed. "C'mon. Me and Hope will show you how it works." He said before walking off and towards the clock tower, Hope right behind him, and then Roxas following after them.

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Pence ran ahead, stopping to catch his breath. "I swear, Hayner, it wasn't my fault!" Pence pleaded innocent, looking back over his shoulder to see if said boy was running after him, which he was, causing Pence to begin to run again. Hayner stopped and stood where his friend had been moments earlier.

"Yes it was! I saw you drop it! You owe me an ice cream! Get back here, Pence!" Hayner exclaimed, dashing off after the other boy, while Olette came and stopped where Hayner had been.

"Come on, Hayner! You can go one stinking day without ice cream!" She called after them before running off to them herself.

Meanwhile, sitting up on the clock tower was Axel, Hope, and Roxas, all three of them eating ice cream in silence. Of course, the silence never lasted long with Axel around. "Hey, Roxas." Said boy turned to look at the pyro red head. "Lets all meet up for ice cream again after your next mission. I mean, who wants to spend their days just bouncing between work and the castle, right?"

Roxas laughed, "Ha ha, not me!" He gasped a little, looking over at the other two, "Hey, I laughed…I guess we really are friends." He stated, giving Axel and Hope a smile.

Hope nodded, turning to look out at the sunset, "Yeah…true friends."

Dear Diary,

Today, Axel and I had another mission with Roxas, this time, it was his first real mission. While we were in Twilight Town, we saw three kids that reminded me of Lea, Isa, and myself when we were younger. Aside from that encounter, Axel explained to Roxas the reason people laugh and such, and why we eat ice-cream together. Roxas now knows that he is our friend, and we're his friends too. In a sense of curiosity, Roxas' reminds of Ienzo when he was younger. And….it makes me feel kind of…sad.

I have nothing more to say, so bye for now.

Axel laid on his stomach on his bed, face buried in the covers. He wasn't wearing his coat, so he was only wearing the black jeans and t-shirt, along with the boots that he wore under his coat. Even though the mission for the day hadn't been that long, he was exhausted. He was so exhausted, he didn't even hear his door open, and the soft footsteps move towards his bed. It wasn't until he felt some fall onto his back that he shot up in surprise.

"Holy-" He was cut off when the sound of familiar laughter rang through his room, bouncing off the walls like music.

"Axel, relax, it's only me." Hope mumbled into his shoulder as she laid on his back, sighing as the warmth of him hit her freezing body, instantly warming her up. She laid on him a few moments longer, before finally rolling off and laying next to him, a gentle smile on her face, causing Axel to smile himself.

"What do you want, Hope?" Axel asked sitting up Indian style and staring down at her with emerald eyes.

Hope sighed, moving over and laying her head in Axel's lap, looking up at him with cheerful lilac eyes. Those eyes…those eyes seemed to belie an unbreakable will, showing no hatred or darkness in them, only happiness and light. For as long as he could remember, they had always seemed to be that way, holding some sort of mysterious power to see past the lies and truth of some people. It was very amazing how one woman could do such amazing and powerful things. Maybe this was the power Xemnas had been talking about before. Perhaps Hope's heart was so pure, that not even she could feel angry and spiteful. It was all a big mystery to Axel, and it really didn't matter. As long as Hope was here with him, and she was safe, that's all that mattered.

But….nothing could matter to him. He was a Nobody, someone who could not feel happy, only remember what it was like. If Axel still had a heart, then he would admit that he felt remorseful for ever giving into the darkness like he did. Unlike Hope, he couldn't see past the truth and lies of some people, said people once being a good friend. He despised the fact that his own stupidity got him killed.

If Axel still had his heart, he would hate himself for being such a foolish idiot.

A/N: Ok, so I wrote this on Friday, and just finished it today! Ick, I have to go back to school tomorrow….Well, let me know what you thought! LATER TATERS!