Authors Notes: I'M SORRY! It's been a while, but now that school's finished for the Summer I have so much more time to write! Unless I get sidetracked with watching various Animes. Speaking of which, I recently watched Code Geass and was BLOWN AWAY. It's amazing! So I'm thinking of starting a Lelouch x Suzaku fanfic, but for now I'll just stick with Sora and Roxas, hehe.

Anyway, NEW CHAPTER, mwhahaha! By the way, if you're a fan of Axel you might want to stop reading now. I've kind of made him a creep in this chapter... Anywho, let's begin!

And thank-you for the reviews you guys give me, you are all too nice!

DISCLAIMER. I do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters that I mention within this story. All credit and ownership goes towards Square Enix, The Walt Disney Company and the creators of Kingdom Hearts.

Eat My Heart Out, Chapter 3

I haven't been able to do a lot of physical activity since I was sent to the clinic, so I'd forgotten what it felt like to run... The feeling of running across asphalt with the warm island air breaking against my skin is... Euphoric.

So far Gym has been my favourite lesson of the day. I feel so alive and free.

"Gimmie a break Roxas!" Sora shouts as he chases after me. I laugh slightly and force myself to sprint faster. We're playing cat and mouse, and luckily Sora the cat hasn't been able to catch me yet. Everybody else has switched partners at least three times now and we're still on our very first game. I could do this all day.

"Alright maggots! Enough frolicking about. Start struggling!" Coach Lexaeus shouts. I reluctantly stop running and turn around to see Sora looking both exhausted and relieved.

"I would've caught you eventually." He breathes,

"Sure..." I say sarcastically. He laughs and bends over to try to catch his breath,

"C'mon, let's go get a bat, before all the good ones are taken." I nod and start to jog towards the small looking building in the corner of the court.

"Hey Roxas," Sora says suddenly,

"What?" I ask,

"I'll race you! Ready? One, two, three, GO!" He exclaims, running past me like a cheetah. I smile, amazed at how quickly he can regain his energy.

"You're on!" I retort, picking up my legs to start running again.

In the past half an hour since I've known Sora I've come to realise something. He's like one big kid, in a good way. I mean, he's so energetic and full of life. And at the same time he has this unique way of making everything fun, exciting and new. For some strange reason just being around him makes me feel happier than I've been in a long time...

We slow down as we near the equipment building.

"Ha, beat you." He beams.

"Yeah well... That's only because I was going easy on you." I wink. He punches me playfully on the shoulder and we enter the building.

The first thing I notice about the small, stingy room is the unbearable smell of sweat mixed with dust. I cough slightly and start to look at the various bats, trying to decide which one would serve me best.

"Found one!" Sora says happily, picking up a long, slim looking bat that's painted red with stars dotted along the side. "I'll meet you outside Roxas, and then we can struggle!" He says, acting out an offensive stance. I laugh slightly and watch him leave the stuffy, little room, and notice a few other people walking in.

I don't know which bat to choose, I mean, there are at least 1000 of them stacked messily on top of one another; Long ones for powerful finishing blows and short ones for quick and constant attacks. Fat ones for those all important knock out moves and slim ones that are excellent for parrying and blocking. It's a tough decision.

"Hm... What do we have here?" Someone says, "A new kid? I turn around and see three boys standing uncomfortably close behind me. "Whoa, and a hot one at that." The boy who said it continues, staring at me with emerald coloured eyes, which almost remind me of a snakes...

"Huh?" I say, furrowing my eyebrows,

"He's inferring that he thinks you look good-looking." One of the other boys says, raising a hand to brush his purple hair out-of-the-way of his pale blue eyes.

"Oh..." I say, feeling my cheeks darken a deep shade of red. He does know I'm a guy, right?

"What's your name, kid?" The boy with snake-like eyes asks, running a hand through his bright red and dangerously sharp-looking hair.

"Roxas..." I say quietly,

"Roxas, huh?" He says, "Well Roxas, I have a question for you... Do you work on a chicken farm?"

"No..." I say slowly,

"Really? Well you sure know how to raise cocks." He practically shouts. They other two burst out laughing and I turn to leave. "Whoa, whoa, hold up. We're not finished with you yet." He says, blocking my path. I glare at him.

"N'aw, he looks even cuter when he's grumpy." The last boy who has blond hair says, as he reaches out to touch me. I instinctively recoil and hit the shelf of bats behind me, causing some of the them to fall down onto the ground.

"Don't worry kid, we won't hurt you." The blonde haired boy continues. I scowl at all three of them and attempt to leave again but the boy with red hair pushes me back. I blink and start to feel my breathing and heart race increase, it's like I'm being cornered by poachers. Suddenly, the boy with red hair moves towards me and holds my face in his ice-cold hands.

"If I could rearrange the alphabet I'd put U between F and CK." He breathes against my skin. I turn away in disgust. He withdraws and exchanges a malicious look between the other two. "Turn around." He orders. I shake my head, determined to stand my ground. The boy sighs and clicks his fingers. Almost immediately the blonde-haired boy grabs me by my shoulders with unnatural strength and pushes me up against the wall.

"Just think of it this way," The boy with red hair says, as I desperately try to break free of the blonde-haired boy's hold, "I'm an astronaut and I'm about to explore Uranus." My eyes enlarge and I start to struggle with all my strength.

"Um, not only is that physically impossible but-"

"Shut up!" The red haired boy shouts at the purple haired one. Out of the corner of my eye I see him crouch down and start to feel my shorts slowly-

"Hey!" A familiar voice shouts. I painfully turn my head to see Coach Lexaeus standing in the doorway, clenching his clipboard. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" The blonde haired boy immediately lets go of me and starts patting me on the back.

"Hey coach! Uh, we were just introducing ourselves to the new kid. No harm done." He says. I shove him off of me and try to not look so flustered. The coach looks at all four of us and then shakes his head dismissively before leaving the room. I quickly grab a bat that's painted blue with white spirals along the side, and rush out into the sunlight.

People look at my funnily as I storm past, so I guess I must still be red. I try to hide my beetroot face by staring down at the floor, hoping that I could just turn invisible and blend into the background

What even happened back there? I mean, it all unravelled so fast and unexpectedly... I dread to think what might of happened if Coach Lexaeus hadn't walked in.

I shudder and accidentally bump into Sora, who's light-heartedly acting out his offensive moves.

"Hey, what do- Oh, it's you Roxas." He says, smiling warmly, but it quickly fades when he see's my expression. "What's up?" For a moment I seriously consider telling Sora what just happened. Something about his aquamarine coloured eyes and the way they momentarily glisten in the sunlight seems to reassure me that he'd understand, that he'd console me, and that he'd set it right. But I quickly decide against it. We only just met each other earlier today after all...

"Nothing. It's just really hot out here." I lie,

"Oh, haha, well you have to get used to it man - It's only Spring." He says cheerfully. I laugh slightly, turning to see the three boys who almost perved on me leave the equipment building...

"Hey um, Sora." I begin,

"Yeah?"

"Do you know who those guys are over there?" I ask, inclining my head towards them. Sora turns around and his expression immediately changes.

"Oh, that's Axel, Demyx and Zexion..." He says quietly. I raise my eyebrows at his solemn response.

"Do you know them?"

"Not very well. But... I don't like them." He says. The red-haired boy notices me starting at him and snickers, before putting a hand down his shorts. I grimace and look away. Pervert.

"Why don't you like them?" I ask. Sora looks at me directly in the eyes,

"Just stay away from them Roxas," He says, "They're bad news." I frown and turn to look at them again, noticing the red and blonde haired boys shouting and jeering at some of the other students... For some strange reason I have this horrible feeling that I'm not the only one they've perved on...

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I slowly walk down the sun bleached streets that lead to my new house, silently mulling over the days events. Everything was pretty boring and normal up until double Gym... Looking back at it now, I kind of wish it would've stayed that way. Maybe then I wouldn't have been perved on in the equipment room... Well, almost perved on. And what was up with that red-haired guy called Axel? He seemed to be the ring leader of the three... Creep.

I'm defiantly going to take Sora's advice and stay away from them...

But not everything about today was so bad I guess... Because I did meet Sora after all, and he's certainly a character. And Kairi, who seems nice. I'm actually pretty glad she came up and talked to me now otherwise I don't think I would've made any friends... Friends... That concept is still strange and foreign to me.

I tuck my hands in my pockets and kick a stone down the side-walk, watching as it ricochets off a bench. Sighing, I sit down on the wooden bench and take a deep breath.

I think life living on Destiny Island is going to take some getting used to... Not the heat, or the humidity but the people and the way they act. They're just all so different from the people back in Twilight Town, like Xion and Aerith...

My eyes start to fill up with water and I quickly wipe them before I start crying over loosing both of them again. It's all my father's fault. The Bastard.

I take a deep breath again and look up into the sky, that's slowly beginning to melt into a soothing orange colour.

On the bright side of things I am looking forward to learning how to surf with Sora on Friday. He's just so cool and easy to get along with so hopefully it'll be fun... I just have to survive another four days of school before that...

Thank-you for reading! I'm sorry this chapter is so short but I wanted to keep it short and sweet, just to introduce Axel the creep, hehe. The next chapter will hopefully be up soon. :)

FYI, I may edit this chapter a bit because I usually find mistakes as soon as I post my chapters. ;)