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Secret Chapter:Not A Stranger

  "Axel, where are you going?"
  The young Redhead stood at the doorway.  Just moments away from leaving the house and he was caught, "no where mommy!"
  "Axel, if you're going the beach again, you better take your sister with you this time."
  Axel stomped around in his small red boots, "mommy!!  I don't wanna!!"
  "Sweetie, you never go with her.  How would you feel if she went without you?"
  He rolled his eyes, "but mommy!  What if I lose her?  What if she runs away?  What if she drowns?  What if-?"
  "o-on second though… you should just go by yourself."
  Axel smirked, opening the door and walking out.  Of course that worked with his 'mother' every time.  He did, after all, have the mind of a fully matured adult.
  Walking to the beach, Axel looked at the reflection of his eleven-year-old face in disgust.  He couldn't stand his young age.  Even more so, he could stand his situation: a grown man reborn in a new body.  His mother was not his real mother.  And Kairi was not his real sister.  He didn't remember much from his past life, but he did know he wasn't eleven.
  When Axel got to the beach it was near sunset. He didn't know why he was there or what he was going to do, but there was always the urge that called him out of the house at sunset.  Like something was waiting for him.
  It didn't take Axel long to get bored and just moment after wishing he had taken Kairi (just so he'd have something to do); he heard soft sobs coming from a tree behind him.  Axel looked at the tree skeptically.  Now it wasn't everyday he'd see a talking tree.
  "Mommy…" the tree sobbed.
  "Mommy?" Axel repeated.  He didn't think tress had mommies.  And with that though, he cursed his childish imagination and kicked the tree.
  At that moment a young boy crawled from behind the tree.  He looked about Kairi's age with soft spikes on his head and tears pouring from his blue eyes.
  Axel's eyes widened.  Somehow… he knew this kid…
  "Um…" Axel looked down at the boy, unsure of what to do.
  The boy started crying again.
  "Uh- what!  Don't cry!  What's wrong?!"
  "m-my brother!  I lost my brother… mommy will be mad if I go home without him again."
  "Again?"
  "He… runs away a lot."
  "Oh…" Axel frowned a little.  What kind of kid runs away leaving his brother all alone?  "w-well… um… maybe I could… help you find him?" Axel asked, offering his hand to the boy.
  "o-okay..." the boy took Axel's hand and stood.
  "Soooo… what does your brother look like?"
  "I don't know…"
  Gee thanks, kid.  That's just great…
  "Mommy says we look alike."
  "Twins?"
  The boy nodded.
  "Oh… and… uh where did you see him last?"
  "I dunno…"
  "Oh…" figures.
  The two walked around the beach searching for the boy's brother.  Axel wasn't much help though; he kept thinking that he knew the kid.
  Maybe… the boy was like Axel.  Maybe they knew each other in a past life.
  "Did you hear me?"
  "What?" Axel looked down at the boy.
  "I asked what 'is your name?' "
  "Oh… it's Axel."
  "Axel…"
  Axel watched the boy process his name, as if contemplating its meaning.
  "Oh… mines is Sora."
  Sora… that name didn't seem to ring any bells… so maybe… he was just another normal kid…
  "Hey, what's your brother's-?"
  "Sora!!" a voice called from behind the two.
  "Riku!" Sora yelled before even turning around.
  A silver-haired boy walked up to Axel and Sora holding the hand of another younger boy.  Axel frowned when he saw the small blonde boy holding Riku's hand tightly.  Immediately, Axel released Sora's hand and grabbed the blonde's.  He looked up at Axel with eyes that tore at his heart.  Axel ran from the other children taking the blonde with him.
  "Wait!  Axel!! That's my brother!!"
  When the two made it to the other end of the beach, Axel released the boy's hand and wrapped his arms around him, holding the boy close.
  Memories rushed through Axel's head all at once, each trying to be louder than the others.  His head filled with the images of a boy.  The secrets of a love.  The whispers of a promise.  This was his heart…
  "Why?" the boy asked a little emotionlessly.
  "I miss you."
  The boy blinked, "okay…"  He hugged Axel back for no real reason.
  Axel looked at the boy's face.  Better than the sunset, he thought.
  "What's your name?"
  "…"
  "Will you tell me?"
  "Roxas…"
  Axel smiled, tears leaking from his eyes.
  Roxas's eyes widened, showing the first bit of emotion Axel had seen from the boy.  Roxas stood on his toes, putting his hands on Axel's shoulders to pull him to his own height.  He closed his eyes, his eyelashes brushing Axel's cheek at the same time as his lips did.
  "Do you remember me?"
  "w-what?" Axel asked shocked.
  "That's okay… I don't remember you either."
  Axel looked at Roxas confused, is he messing with me?
  "If you didn't know me, why would my name make you cry?  We've never met, right?"
  "… right… we've never met…"