A New Start For Two

Well, hellos! - and welcome to the second chappie of ANSFT! That makes a really weird looking abbreviation, doesn't it? Hm, well, I seem to be getting a little off topic! Oops…….heh, I wanted to say thank you so much to;

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DISCLIAMER! Now matter how much I ask Santa for the rights to own KH, he still refuses to give them to me for Christmas. So, until he caves in, it still remains the property of Sqenix!

On with the ficcy!

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Chapter two.

Casually leaning against a desk? Now that was Axel's usual 'cool' image. Him on his knees begging a hot boy to forgive him? Well, it wasn't at all a 'cool' image, but at least there was a hot boy involved.

But the aforementioned hot boy was currently scowling at him, hissing in shock, and a little embarrassment, as the red haired boy on his knees in front of him was apologizing profusely.

"I'm sorry Roxy, I didn't mean to do anything to make you mad at me, you know."

"Whatever," The blond sighed. "Just get up already!"

"Yes! Roxy forgives me!" Axel jumped up, and began doing a very frightening little dance. At which point, "Roxy" calmly picked up a textbook from the teacher's desk, and, still very calm, smacked the taller boy in the head with it.

"Ow!" Axel stopped dancing, and clutched his poor head, wincing with pain, and checking to see if Roxas was going to do it again. When he saw the blond lower the book, he gave a grateful sigh of relief, wincing once again as a jolt of pain worked its way into his head. "What was that for?!"

Roxas merely blinked at him. "For being an idiot."

"Wha…but…..uh….." Axel was at a loss for words. He couldn't believe an incredibly hot boy had just hit him in the head! I mean, sure he was HOT, but did he have to hit him so……..nevermind, he kind of liked it…

Roxas saw the look on Axel's face again; you know the one, the one he wears when he's going to jump someone…….yeah, that one. And he was scared. Raising the book once more, he was a little alarmed to see that it no longer affected Axel the way he wanted it too. Instead of remembering the pain of the last smack, Axel's scary look intensified.

Looking around for an escape, Roxas was very relieved to see the door open. Before he'd even really blinked, Axel was standing normally, nonchalantly leaning against a desk, examining his fingernails. Blinking, and looking back at the door, Roxas noticed a tall slim blonde woman walk through it.

"Mrs. Rikku." Roxas called, waving his arm. At that point it was Axel's turn to blink in confusion, as the teacher, or so he assumed, barreled her way down the isle, and pulled Roxas into a bone-snapping hug.

"ROXAS!" She was hug-happy at this point, and so was squeezing even tighter from her glee. This, coincidently, did not help the poor boy stuck in her arms. Airless, Roxas weakly clawed at his teacher's back, hoping it would let her know that she was crushing him. No such luck. Crushing bones is never a good feeling. But just because she was a friend of the family, didn't mean she had to practically KILL him every time she saw him! Gesturing weakly at the red haired boy staring at them in stunned disbelief, he snapped Axel out of it enough to help him.

"Ummmmm…………………." Not very good help, but it got Rikku's attention.

"Ah, yes?" She smiled really wide at Axel, and he backed up a step in fright. He wasn't a chicken, but her grin…..oh god, the insanity behind it, now that was what got him!

"Uh, I think you need to let Roxas breathe now." Axel pointed to the boy's face. "While I enjoy the color purple, I don't think it looks quite right on Roxas's face."

"Oh!" Rikku dropped the boy immediately, Roxas landing in a very undignified heap of limbs on the classroom floor. "Roxas! Why didn't you say anything to me?"

Roxas just shot her a murderous glare from his position on the floor. Breathing heavily, he lied on the floor for a while to regain what little dignity there was left in this kind of situation. And there was precious little left. In ANY type of situation with Rikku, you might as well wave good-bye to your dignity as soon as you set your eyes on her. The blond just had a way about her that screamed 'I'M A PSYCO! ISN"T THAT GREAT?!'

Regaining his breath, Roxas slowly climbed to his feet, still glaring furiously at her.

"Are ya all right Roxy?" Axel's voice floated into his ears.

"Roxas." The blond shifted his glare to Axel. "Not Roxy."

"Right." Axel grinned nervously under that unforgiving glare coming from Roxas in waves of hatred.

"Who're you?" Rikku was literally bouncing on her feet, she was so hyper.

"I'm Axel." He smiled nervously at her.

"New student?" the hyper blonde positively BEAMED at him now.

"Uh, yeah." Axel nodded, his fear growing with every second she smiled at him.

"Right! Well, you can sit next to Rox, if you want!" Rikku pointed to the shorter aforementioned blond, who glared at her.

"It's ROXAS!" he sighed. "Why does no one want to call me by my name?"

"It's the look on your face when we don't that's amusing." Axel grinned, already walking behind the shorter boy to the back of the room.

"Augh." Roxas gave a frustrated sigh, and started to laugh quietly to himself.

"Roxas?" Axel was a little concerned for the younger boy's sanity.

"You're………………just like Sora used to be…….." The blond gave a last hiccupy laugh, and then silenced, as his pain filled eyes traveled down to his notebook, and stayed there.

"Oh. I'm sorry." Axel didn't really know what he was apologizing for, but a sad look in Roxas's eyes was a bad thing, and he knew it had to do with something about his brother.

"It's fine." Roxas lifted the corner of his mouth in a smile, and quickly shifted his attention to the teacher as she began mauling the other students. Those poor, poor students.

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Riku sighed again, as the teacher droned on, and on. Tuning her out, he shifted his attention to the brunet enigma sitting next to him. Why is he like this? What happened to him? Roxas said he wasn't always like this………so…………. Riku blinked, and a red blush slowly appeared on his face after he realized that two ocean blue eyes were glaring back at him. Turning away, he stared at the front of the room once more, as the teacher continued to bore the hell out of the whole class. Drifting into a haze, Riku continued to ponder the story behind the twins. Until he almost fell out of his chair when the bell sounded, that is. Blinking in astonishment and fear, Riku thought he heard a small sound. Looking around, he spotted Sora, with his hand over his mouth. Riku blinked in surprise. 'Is he…..laughing at me?!' Getting up out of the evil 'slippery' chair, he muttered under his breath and shot a glare at the chair that he'd almost fallen out of. Which made Sora laugh even harder.

Hearing a very loud thud, Riku and Sora turned to see a stunned Roxas and a very confused Axel standing in the doorway, Roxas's books scattered all over the floor. Probably cursing Roxas, and the fact that they really didn't have a voice to curse him with.

"Sora….." Roxas walked towards his twin. "You……you were laughing!" reaching out, he pulled his twin into a hug, and loosened it when he felt his twin tense up. Riku and Axel had also noticed, but just looked confused at each other.

"Let's go Sor." Roxas gathered his books back from their careless drop to the floor. Sora only nodded, gathering his own books, and setting them down, helped his twin gather up all the scattered pages that had fallen out of his notebook. Once they'd all been collected, Sora handed the pages he'd picked up to the blond, Roxas smiling his thanks, and Sora nodding his head in return. Closing the door, the twins looked at each other, and sighed simultaneously. Axel and Riku also looked at each other, confusion mirrored on both of their faces.

Their questions were answered, however, when the twins quickly griped the other's hand, moving at a faster pace. A tall figure walked down the hallway, snickering at the group. "Hey freaks. I see you've got new friends." Cracking his knuckles, he stepped up to get closer to the group.

"Man, Seifer, give it a break." Roxas rolled his eyes, as the taller boy began to snicker again.

"You're brave, now that you have others to back you up." He sneered at the newest additions to the group.

"Back off." Sora spoke up, startling Riku and Axel.

"Ah, the mute speaks." Seifer sneered at the smaller brunet. "I bet you the newbies don't know why you're mute, do they?"

His words seemed to have an effect on Sora, as Roxas winced when Sora's grip tightened. The small brunet's face, to everyone's concern, paled considerably, and he had to choke back a few choice words to spit back at Seifer. But the older blond continued.

"And I bet that when they do find out, they won't want to even be near you anymore. Just like-" but his sentence was never finished, as the brunet lunged at the taller boy, letting Roxas's hand go, so the blond could join in. flipping back, Sora dogged a kick aimed his way. Rushing back, Sora's thin arms continued to pound every inch of Seifer's skin they could possibly touch. Both Riku and Axel were surprised that the two were even leaving marks on Seifer's skin, as they didn't look like they had any muscle to them. But, sure enough, when they looked, Seifer was sporting some very large bruises.

"Shouldn't we….pull them off him, or something?" Riku gestured to the two pounding on the taller blond, and raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, probably, before they knock him out, or something." Axel shook his head. "They're not going to come easily though."

"Yeah, I know." Riku sighed. "Oh well, we've got to try anyways."

"Let's go." Axel stepped closer to the fighting duo, and pulled Roxas back from Seifer. Riku joined him in grabbing a twin, pulling Sora back out of reach of the taller bruised blond. The two sighed in relief, before Sora tensed up, and Roxas shouted to his twin to snap out of it, and for Riku to let him go.

"What's going on?" Axel asked Roxas, but wasn't answered, as Roxas frantically began to shake the smaller brunet's shoulder, shouting his name. Sora didn't answer, however, his eyes closed, and Roxas cursed, knowing what was coming. A whimper tore loose from Sora's lips, and he started to fall back. Roxas caught him, and cursed again. Picking up the lighter boy, he turned to look at Axel and Riku.

"Come on!" starting to walk with a fast pace, he called back to the very confused and concerned boys following him. "He'll wake up in a bit, we've just got to get him out to people he knows, and is comfortable with."

"Who's he comfortable with besides you?" Axel asked, surprised the slightly taller of the twins could carry the brunet this well.

"You'll see. Now, c'mon, we've got to hurry." And picking up the pace, Roxas determinedly marched out the doors, and started towards a large circle of people.

Owari

There you go, a little longer than the last, and with a little cliffy too! - oh well, you'll find out what's going on in the next chapter! Please review, so I can get the next chapter out faster! Thanks for reading! -

P.C.D. out!