Okay so this is my fantasy day with Axel! Yes, if I could date anyone from Kingdom Hearts it would be him (Riku coming in with a close second).

In my story, everyone is living back on Destiny Islands (somehow Axel comes to live with everyone...he is revived from the dead!), so the couples are Sora and Kairi, Roxas and Naminé, and Riku and Yuffie (I'd heard of that pairing and I kinda liked it, so I'm using it here). I kind of forgot about Riku when I started writing this, so we're pretending that he's off in Hollow Bastion with Yuffie for some reason.

Also in my story, Destiny Island, Twilight Town, and Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden are all part of the same world, so you don't have to go on a gummi ship to get there or anything. This story is pretty random, it's just my brain fantasizing what I might do if I could go to the beach with Axel! Watch out, it's EXTREMELY cliché, but hey, it was fun to write. Okay, enough rambling, here's the story!

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It was so sweltering that day that we decided to go to the beach. We packed a ton of snack food into a cooler, and lugged it into one of the boats that we use to get to the smaller island. (A/N: the smaller island is the one they are on in KH1, and the one they come back to at the end of KH2)

I had put on my blue and white bikini, but put a T-shirt and board shorts over it for the way there. Naminé had just put a sundress over her suit, but Kairi had only worn a sarong (wanting to get as tan as possible). The guys all had on their trunks, but no tops. It was too hot for them…or so they said.

I was secretly pleased (as I'm sure both Kairi and Naminé were) to see the guys' bare chest. Especially Axel's – but why wouldn't I, seeing I had a huge crush on him. I was rather jealous of both Kairi and Naminé because they didn't have to hide their feelings. Kairi and Sora were dating, as were Roxas and Naminé, so they didn't have to be cautious about showing their emotions. I really had no idea of what Axel thought of me, but it seemed like we were friends. Besides, there wasn't really anyone else in Destiny Islands who he'd want to go out with – or who wasn't taken already.

Well, getting back to what actually happened that day! We all trudged to the boats, and loaded our gear into them. It only took us a few minutes to paddle across to the other island.

Unable to endure the heat, Axel jumped out of his boat before they reached the shore, and swam the rest of the way.

"Ah, this feels great!" He exclaimed, as the rest of us pushed the boats onto shore and heaved the cooler and towels onto the sand.

I looked on enviously. The water looked so cool and inviting – especially with Axel swimming in it. I mentally slapped my forehead as soon as that thought crossed my mind. But how could I help wanting to ogle Axel's body? I'm a freakin' teenage girl for god's sake.

"Hey slacker," Roxas called to Axel. "Why don't you help us out here?" The rest of us were wrestling with the giant umbrella and lounge chairs that were kept in the seaside shack.

"Alright, alright," Axel surrendered, and reluctantly emerged from the water to come over to the shack.

I was struggling to stick the damn umbrella in the sand; it kept tipping over. Suddenly a pair of hands had gripped the pole and plunged it deep into the sand.

"Better?" Axel asked, grinning.

"Yeah – thanks," I said, looking up at him. But when I did, I burst out laughing.

"What? What's so funny?" He asked, an adorable, confused look on his face.

"Your – hair," I managed amid my laughter. His normally spiky orange hair was all slicked back and dripping wet.

"Ah – you've never seen my hair wet before, have you," He smiled. Suddenly, he shook his head vigorously back and forth, and then up and down, spraying water in my face. His hair somehow managed to resume its normal position, and I burst out in fresh giggles at the sight.

"You are one crazy girl," He remarked, grinning, and turned away to go help set up the lounge chairs.

I quickly controlled my laughter, now paranoid that he thought I was annoying or insane or something. Okay, act more normal, I thought to myself.

I removed my shirt and shorts, folding them and placing them in the bag I had brought. Roxas had already opened a bag of chips, and sat with Naminé on the lounges as she doodled in her sketchbook. Sora and Kairi had left for a short walk around the island. Axel was sitting on another lounge, sipping a soda. I went up to the three and asked,

"Anyone going swimming?"

"Nah, I'm fine here," Roxas replied.

"Me too," Naminé said.

"Hell, I'm going swimming!" Axel said, appearing to eye my now bikini-clad body. "That's what beaches are for, right?"

"Definitely," I agreed as he got up. So now it was just us. I didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but I was about to find out.

Axel ran ahead of me, splashing into the surf, and diving into the deeper water. I was a little more cautious, and I just waded up to my calves for a bit, letting myself adjust to the cool temperature. Suddenly, a larger wave washed to the shore, and I had to jump so that the water wouldn't reach my torso. But with the next wave came a frantic cry of, "Watch out!" But I was too late, and Axel, who was riding the wave, crashed into me. It knocked us down and the water rushed over both of us. When the wave receded, I found Axel lying right smack on top of me. He jumped up quickly – almost too quickly. Or was I just being paranoid?

"I am so sorry!" He exclaimed, becoming uncharacteristically bashful. He held out a hand to me and said, "Let me help you up."

I grabbed his hand and he pulled me to my feet. "Heh, thanks," I replied. Not wanting to let an awkward silence ensue, I half laughed, "I should have moved when you told me to…"

"No, I should have watched where I was going…I always have to close my eyes underwater because it stings," he said, starting to mumble. This was so unlike him. Was he nervous? Was it because of me? I decided I'd tease him to try and get us out of this apologetic conversation.

"Well, that's understandable, water being your weakness and all," I said matter-of-factly.

"Huh?"

"Well, if your element is fire, then obviously your weakness would be its opposite: water."

"Actually, I don't think that's true," he said, but without much conviction.

"Well, why don't we put it to the test? I'll bet I can stay underwater longer than you can. If you beat me, then I'm wrong and you're right."

"Fine," he replied, folding his arms. What he didn't know was that I sucked at holding my breath…but that didn't matter since I had something else planned…

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