Did you guys catch the play on words from the last installment? Neo the Shadow? Neoshadow? ...anyways. This one is a little thing that was inspired by two things- the last time I was at the beach, I was reluctant to get in the water, and I was emailing my friend a few months ago about how fangirls didn't like water all that much. Ah, inspiration. XD And wow! Two updates within an hour of each other! Nice. This took place during 358/2 Days.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or its characters. *sigh*

Axel backed away from the large body of water, his boots kicking up small pebbles from the little islet he and Roxas were standing on. Water was bad... He shook his head and turned to the dark portal behind him, debating on whether or not it was a good idea to jump in, just to get away. But then he'd have to face Saix's wrath... but anything is better than water.

Before the redhead could make his decision, though, Roxas stepped in the way, blue eyes glaring. "Axel," The boy hissed, "What are you doing?"

The flame-haired man looked from his blonde companion to the body of water and back again. "Roxas... I control fire."

"So?" Roxas snapped, crossing his arms.

"That means I hate water." Axel said, taking another step back from the water.

"You hate water?" Roxas repeated, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah..." Axel nodded slowly, glaring at the nearby body of water. "It puts out my fires..." Axel paused before saying, "And it also messes up my hair."

The bored expression on Roxas' face quickly changed to a devilish smile as he rubbed his hands together in mischievous glee.

When Axel saw his partner's expression, he raised an eyebrow and questioned, "Roxas, is something wrong?"

Roxas only shook his head, saying, "It's nothing. Now, we need to hurry up and finish this mission- we can't leave Xion all alone on the clock tower!"

"Okay..." Axel responded unsteadily, summoning his chakrams in a flurry of dancing flames.

Roxas summoned his Keyblade and grinned, itching to get back to the Castle to carry out his plans. Oh, this would be good...

For the next two weeks after that day, poor old Axel was constantly drenched with water by Demyx and Roxas after everyone returned from their missions.

After that experience, Axel hated water even more, and he learned to never trust Roxas with things like that again.

He wouldn't ever forget this.

Heh, that's water... poor Axel... anyways, review!