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Just Use Me	By : twinkats Category: Kingdom Hearts > Slash/Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1935 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Chapter One
- 2-Chapter Two
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Chapter Two

By Twin Kats / twinkats / Twin-Kats / Ash Sullivan

Donald and Goofy had spent hours scouring the Mansion and reviewing the footage left on the computer. Neither could figure out what the two figures were doing in the Mansion, let alone what connection they might've had to the slumbering trio. Goofy had recognized the blond girl from some of the drawings left in the sketchpad, and the red head looked a lot like one of Radiant Garden's missing members, but there was little else.

They branched out into the town. First the two scoured the grounds of the Mansion, and what accessible portions of the forest they could. There weren't any clues to be gained from hunting around there so they slipped into the town. This endeavor proved to be fruitless as well. While the residents of what they learned was Twilight Town were certainly helpful, nobody had seen Sora.

Although apparently the red head and the blond girl had been frequenters of the town for some time on separate, different occasions. Goofy was able to find out, despite Donald's squawking about how 'unnecessary' gathering all this information was, that the red head was known as Axel and he'd often buy Sea Salt Ice Cream from the stories. Sea Salt was apparently a delicacy to Twilight Town. Up until a couple of months ago Axel was often seen in the company of a blond haired kid that sounded oddly like Aqua's friend Ventus.

Ventus had been missing for ten years. Goofy found that puzzling. The girl was called Naminé and was often seen accompanied by a silver haired boy who kept his eyes covered, or a taller hooded man who didn't speak. Goofy was unable to find out much else beside that from Twilight Town's residents. They had been pointed in the direction of the beach and the station as possibilities for Sora's whereabouts, and since he didn't appear to be anywhere in town proper so far Goofy steered Donald towards the station with a smile and a word of thanks.

Donald stomped his feet as they walked. His arms were crossed across his chest and his eyes narrowed in anger. “We shouldn't be interacting with the locals! We must maintain the order, Goofy! What use is anything we've been told anyway?”

Goofy sighed, “We know more now don't we? We know that this Axel's been 'round here before with someone that looks awfully like Ventus, and that the girl prolly lives here too, right? An' we know that something happened a few months back.”

Donald let out a growl of annoyance. “So?! We don't know anything about what they were doing in the Mansion, what they could know about us! What does knowing their names help, Goofy?”

Goofy shook his head and nudged Donald back into motion again as he replied. “Gwarsh Donald, now that we know their names we can get Max to look them up in the database. You know each world has its own extensively recorded mysteries!”

“HISTORY!” Donald squawked angrily. “It's history!”

Goofy rubbed at the side of his cheek in confusion as they passed through the archway to the station. “Isn't that what I said?”

Donald let off a sort of exasperated growl and slapped his palm to his face. Neither dog nor duck noticed Mickey up in the shadows of the Stations roof. The mouse was cloaked in black with the hood up, although he could admit it wasn't much of a disguise. If anyone where to actually look Mickey was pretty certain he'd be ousted. Mouse ears were notoriously difficult to hide.

The King crouched low and waited. His eyes darted back and forth as he tried to puzzle out just what the topic of conversation between his subjects were. Sora was suspiciously absent from their group as well. A laden feeling began to settle in Mickey's gut. Something hadn't happened, right? The more that his two most trusted talked, the more Mickey began to doubt Sora's awakening went as smooth as it'd been planned. The longer he waited the more assured he was that something had gone wrong.

Donald and Goofy weren't giving him any information accidentally which wasn't surprising. They were more competent than others often gave them credit. With a frown Mickey flipped off the roof of the station. He needed answers as to the situation. Before either of his old friends could react and cry out his title Mickey shushed them with a sharp look and a quick glance around. Assured that no one was listening he dragged Goofy and Donald over to the wall.

“Where's Sora?” he demanded shortly. He watched as Goofy and Donald exchanged a glance. Donald stomped his foot and let out an angry warble.

“He's been kidnapped!” the duck almost shouted and Mickey had to shush him quickly, eyes narrowed. Before he could demand what Donald meant Goofy intercepted calmly. Mickey focused all of his attention towards his Knight instead.

“We don't know that for sure, Donald,” the dog reprimanded. “Gwarsh we don't know much of anything!”

“Explain,” Mickey said sharply. It was a command. Goofy nodded.

“Y'see we woke up next to one another an' didn't see Sora so we went lookin',” Goofy replied. “But we didn't find him. All we found was this giant mod—”

“Pod!”

“—but no Sora. We checked the rest of the place and even the security system but that'd didn't do much 'cept show us a girl named Naminé and some guy called Axel. A check 'round the town an' there's still no Sora,” Goofy finished. “Gwarsh it's lookin' more like he was kidnapped or run away.”

Mickey had to withhold a grimace. He should've accounted for this possibility and told Riku. The blond Nobody child had been with the other Keyblader last he checked, but she could always have given him the slip. Mickey wouldn't put it past her if she felt there was a better option she could chase down. That didn't mean that she was in the right, especially if she landed Sora in the Organization's clutches!

The young King came to a decision. He said to Donald and Goofy, “You are to board the purple train. It will take you to Master Yen Sid and he'll explain the current state of affairs. From there I want you to head to Hollow Bastion and wait for my orders.” Mickey waited a minute for both Donald and Goofy to nod after he'd given his orders. He then asked, “Did you get all that Jiminy?”

The trio began to frown when no answer was forthcoming. Mickey called out, only slightly worried, “Jiminy? Jiminy Cricket?” He glanced around the station, searching for his littler friend. When no reply came again he rounded on Donald and Goofy. “Where's Jiminy?”

Donald and Goofy shared looks of surprise and then shrugged. Jiminy Cricket was also missing.

The first night Axel spent curled up on the couch. He forced himself to remain away from Sora as much as possible. A flame flickered between his fingers as he worked hard to maintain the distance he felt was needed. Axel required all of his cognitive processes to work out a plan of action for once Sora awoke. He couldn't allow himself to be distracted by the sweet, addictive presence of his young guest.

This was much harder than he'd thought possible, but Axel persevered. Stubborn, Їsa called it, stubborn and hotheaded. Axel didn't always think his plans through, he preferred rushing in and winging it. That way there was less of a chance of a well made plan going awry. Їsa had respected that, Saїx less so. This time though Axel was going to think the rest of this plot through, if only so he had everything straight in his head for when his old pal was walking around again.

The kid was bound to be confused and scared, maybe a bit hostile. How was he to know Axel was trustworthy? Well he wasn't going to hurt the kid and he'd do his best to keep him alive, but stealing someone in the middle of their slumber didn't really give way to trustworthiness. So first things first, come up with a believable lie. Since Roxas couldn't remember the past year, let alone probably didn't remember being Roxas, and their previous encounters he could play on that.

Naminé was at fault for his memories being lost, so he could use her as the scapegoat. He knew she was called a 'witch' by DiZ, heck she even told Axel she'd found the term rather fitting for what she could do. Messing around with someone's heart like that...scary stuff. Axel couldn't help but wonder though if the little blond Nobody was going to escape from DiZ and Riku eventually and make her way them or not. Perhaps on the off chance she did decide to join up in protecting Roxas—she did push him towards this outcome—then maybe he should spin the story more towards her being the hapless victim.

In a way what had happened in Oblivion hadn't been her choice, and she had merely fallen under DiZ's control to correct what she'd messed up anyway. Hapless victim it was, then.

After he puzzled out his plan throughout the night, a Nobody didn't require much sleep if any at all, Axel forced himself to refrain from peeking in on Sora before he headed out into the city. He remained cloaked in his Organization attire if only because it was comfortable and he didn't wish to test if Lea's old clothes fit or not. The red headed pyromaniac spent until lunch shopping for clothes for both himself and Sora as well as hunting down groceries.

Axel couldn't really cook except out of necessity. He was more likely to burn down the kitchen if he wasn't careful, but until the Organization he'd lived with people who didn't understand the words 'edible' and 'sanitary' when it came to food. He included Їsa whole heartedly in that category; some of the more mentally scarring meals had come from his witty, sarcastic friend.

He took his time shopping because Axel knew better than most that gossip was one of the greater sources to learn what history had changed since you last visited a place. The Organization gave him a lot of the icky jobs thanks to his ability to assimilate into a culture quickly enough. So Axel lingered and picked up a few details about the city—Edge of Midgar, apparently Midgar had been smashed into ruins a while back—and a few of the other current world affairs.

Funny the amount of stuff that happens when you run off for the Academy. Gods he must've missed all the fun—Axel paused as he realized he was thinking like he was Lea again. He felt the surge of need—a need for an emotion that didn't exist in his being anymore. He wanted to feel disgust, at himself and what he was and wasn't. Axel wasn't Lea, he couldn't be Lea, and he wanted to be disgusted at how even in his own mind he slipped and forgot. For the most part he wore Lea's face, and had Lea's memories, but he was Axel.

The Flurry of the Dancing Flames. He was an it. A Nobody.

The sudden surge of emptiness practically forced Axel to double over and grip at his chest with a gasp. There wasn't inflection or pain in the sound, it was as dead as he felt. The emptiness was practically overwhelming. It was like when he realized Roxas was gone for good. His whole being trembled for a second and a concerned citizen stepped close. They kept their distance—Axel supposed wary about any remnants of that thing called Geostigma he'd heard about—but they still were far too close than he'd want.

“Hey, you okay man?”

Axel turned the full force of his dead gaze towards the person and shifted until he was upright. The movement was smooth and all vestiges of the empty feeling fled from his limbs and that hole became tiny and all-but-forgotten again.

“I'm fine,” Axel said. There was no tone, not emotion in his voice. He sounded like a robot, actually, and he forced himself to repeat the words with faked calm and an utterly fake smile. “I'm fine. Just heartburn.” He swiftly grabbed his bags and fled back to the safe confine's of his home. He'd forgotten himself. It must be some form of withdrawal. He hadn't gotten to spend too much time in Roxas' presence since he left, after all.

Axel stuffed away the bags and settled himself at Sora's bedside. He relaxed, being in the Keyblader's presence was infinitely better than being without. Even when Sora was asleep Axel felt something—or he thought it was something but that was impossible really—stir deep in the cavernous black hole of emptiness that threatened to consume him.

It felt like a flicker of his heart but Axel didn't believe that. Sora just had too much light, and that trick of light helped him pretend. It was easier with him here. A ghost of a smile crossed his face.

“Today makes two-hundred and fifty-five.”

“What's that about?”

“It's been that many days since I first joined the Organization.”

“You counted the days when you were with us,” Axel said softly, stroking back a small portion of Sora's hair. “I'll count the days until you are with me again. Today makes two. Got it memorized, Roxas?” He kissed the slumbering teen and slipped from the room.

Mickey decided that despite the fact that Jiminy was missing he would send his two most loyal and trusted friends off to Yen Sid anyway. They'd gotten far enough without Jiminy before, and Jiminy had mostly been assigned to keep track of Sora's progress as an unapprenticed Keyblader. So Donald and Goofy boarded the purple train at the station. It took them out of Twilight Town and into the stars.

They'd never seen the stars through the veil of magic before. Goofy placed a hand against the glass of the window.

“Gwarsh, Sora woulda liked this view,” he said quietly. The ride was subdued and quiet after that except for the sound of the train moving along its tracks and the eventual hiss as it came to a stop.

Donald and Goofy stepped down and made their way towards the Tower. Outside of it stood Pete, chuckling about how he'd make Yen Sid a heartless. Donald wasted no time in casting Thundaga on the villain while Goofy whipped his Shield about to destroy the few Heartless that began to rise at the beck and call of Pete. If Sora had been there then perhaps they would've listened more, maybe cracked a few jokes at the expense of Pete and Maleficient.

The battle was over fairly quickly. Pete ran off bellowing his revenge and both dog and duck went about their business and headed up the stairs. There wasn't an ounce of complaint about the Heartless still being out and about, or a word else-wise in fact. Both Donald and Goofy remained silent, but ever vigilant and respectful throughout the entire time spent in Yen Sid's Tower.

When they left aboard the Gummi towards Hollow Bastion, it was with a grim realization that things had gotten worse coming out of their slumber. In response both Donald and Goofy donned their royal attire instead of the humbling civilian clothes they'd both been wearing, and departed Yen Sid's Tower as Royal Knight-Captain Goofy G. Goof, and Royal Court Magician Donald Fauntleroy Duck.

They arrived in Hollow Bastion to little fanfare, not that they expected much of anything. The world was still recovering from its own stint in darkness after all. While Donald cast a few spells to check up on how the inhabitants were doing, and to uncover where they should head off to first, Goofy surveyed the security measures with a critical eye.

“They could tweak the sensitivity a little,” the Knight-Captain said calmly, eying the blend of magic and science cautiously. “Gwarsh at the rate they have it, it might attack more than just Heartless and Nobodies.”

Next to him Donald opened his eyes and the subtle glow about him faded away. “We need to head to Merlin's house. Hopefully they have a communication bridge open to Disney Castle.” Goofy nodded along with Donald's assessment and the two started off towards Merlin's house. Up on the rooftops Yuffie watched the two curiously. She tapped a finger to her cheek and tilted her head.

“Where's Sora?” the young ninja mumbled to herself and promptly took off to warn Leon of their guests. She jumped from rooftop to rooftop with ease, and backflipped off of the roof of Merlin's house. Her fingers splayed out on the ground, one knee bent with her head bowed. The landing probably had more flourish than it needed, but then Yuffie liked showing off.

With a grin she headed inside Merlin's, calling out cheerfully, “Squally! We got guests!”

Leon leaned against the wall, not-quite-napping but he certainly looked it. Tiredly he replied, “It's Leon,” and lifted his head with a baleful glare to Yuffie. At Merlin's computer Cid cursed.

“Dammit ya ain't needin' ta shout, brat! Fuck!” Cid slammed his hand into the keyboard and turned, toothpick clenched between his teeth. He wanted his damn smokes back, but the roads to Gaia were closed again. His favorite brand was only sold at Rocket Town, too.

Yuffie stuck out here tongue and held down her lower eyelid. Cid cursed again and turned back to the computer screen. The teenaged ninja laughed her victory.

Summary: Roxas merged with Sora and Axel found himself facing a crossroads. His choice will change the fate of everyone, but Sora won't mind being used; everyone used everyone after all. Even 'innocent' Sora.

I will admit, a fairly focused chapter on everyone but Axel and Sora, but I have my reasons. I figured I should smash out Donald and Goofy and Mickey's tidbits, which I have really and now I can focus on the gritty reality with Sora and Axel and the eventual arrival of Reno and the Turks. Perhaps. It depends on how long I desire Sora to remain asleep this time....

Review Replies:

TigerLilith - Hayner/Seifer eh? That is one of the more interesting side-character pairing dynamics I will admit, although I don't write much stories that focus on side-characters. I prefer to toss the main characters through interesting loops and plot points and attempt to see how they react. Not always do they remain in character, sadly, and that is the real challenge of putting well established creations through intricate new plot ideas. I'm glad you found the summary/first chapter for this story so far interesting enough to give it a try, despite that it's not what you normally glance at.

Cold_Silence - Thank you for being the first to review this story on AFFN! It greatly pleases me. I know what you mean, there is a reason why I find the AkuSor dynamic vastly more interesting that AkuRoku. In fact one of my friends was the one who pointed out Axel's actions could be seen as an addiction to the feelings that Sora/Roxas might feel. I quite agreed with here explanation that Axel can be seen as an addict, and decided to run with it with this reboot of an older story of mine. To me that premise made this challenged story more...interesting, and actually enables it to flow a bit better. Besides, I really do want to explore the whole Nobody scene more thoroughly--after all, how does the body react to the minds memories of emotions? Nobodies aren't humans, their bodies aren't human bodies anymore even if they are humanoid, but I do imagine there must be some sort of drawback (besides the lack of heart) to a Nobodies existence....Sorry, I ramble sometimes *laugh*
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