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Chapter 7

"You are so very useless, I counted you both twice."

You know that feeling when something is over way too soon? That's how I felt when suddenly my summer vacation was over. The good lazy days were over and boring school life would start again. When did these weeks of summer pass?

Maybe the fact that this time I spent it with my brothers made days flow by. I don't know. We would eat ice-cream almost every day, mostly on the clock tower because you could see the sunset the best there. It felt like a piece of childhood was coming back to me. It was amazing.

Although I had to admit that not everything was fine. My dear friend Axel made that stupid decision to tell Ven and Sora about the organization. On the first day they were here my best friend tells them that we're part of an infamous gang. It's not like I feel ashamed or anything, but you know, this actually isn't the best thing to tell my brothers, who think I'm a relatively decent person. Which I am, actually.

So, the day after our first tour in Twilight Town, I felt great mostly. Well, I had been rather tired because of the day before and I finally had gotten well deserved sleep. When I woke up, I looked forward to have a peaceful breakfast with my family. No yelling from dad, happy conversations with my brothers. But then I was greeted by a very grumpy Ventus before I could leave my room. I instantly cursed my non-existing luck.

At first, I didn't know what he wanted from me or why he was so pissed. Well, I could count a few things I had done not so long ago, which would piss someone off, but nothing of that had anything to do with Ven.

"A gang? Really? Don't you have anything better to do in your life than that?"

Of course, besides being part of a gang, that is. Because, you know, you don't want your brother to gang around with creeps, as my father would say.

Well, it was a habit, really. Maybe I shouldn't have said what I said. But his mannerism and tone in that moment were oddly just like my father's. It was a response which just came too quickly out of my mouth, the standard answer to the all too annoying father of mine, which this time was said to my twin.

"What is it to you? I can do whatever I want."

I saw it on his face that my answer to his question caught him by surprise. He wasn't used to me talking back to him. I instantly regretted my choice of words, seeing that he only worried about me. But I had to admit that his attitude kinda annoyed me. I didn't need someone to look after me.

"I mean, I think you don't have to worry about me..." But I still wanted to ease the situation. I didn't look for a fight with my long lost twin. Not now, anyway. But, wait…

"How do you even know that? Who told you about the organization?" I knew for sure that it wasn't dad. In my father's eyes there was no gang. To him we were ignorant teenagers, who pretended to be important, which we weren't according to him.

"Axel proudly told us, yesterday. And I couldn't believe what I heard, Roxas." He looked at me in a way that made me guilty, "I just don't want you to get in trouble. That's all."

"I know. You really don't have to worry about me, Ven. I can take care of myself. You'll see."

And he did see. During our summer break I decided not to do anything which would worry Ven. For once, I did what my father told me, I didn't go to any parties or other stuff like that. And I didn't meet up with any of the organization members. That was quite easy, seeing that Xemnas was out of town anyway, which meant that there were no meetings, whatsoever.

Well, Axel was the exception. I mean, it's Axel. He wasn't the kind of person, who wouldn't leave you alone. In fact, he was at our place almost the whole time.

When I asked him about it, he just shrugged and said that Demyx and Xion were on vacation with their family and I was the only person available at the moment. That and he wanted to tease my brothers. I knew from the very first day that he liked them and I was quite happy about that. Axel was my best friend after all.

Despite that, I still gave him an earful after I learned that he was the one, who told Ven and Sora about the gang. I told him to keep quiet about my doings in the gang or anything else related to that matter. Axel just replied that they would eventually find out that I was a drinking, occasionally smoking, polemic, rude, class ditching, teacher scaring, feared member of an infamous and feared gang full of even more members, who were even more feared and criminal than me.

The list was actually much longer and of course Axel had to hold his hurting arm after I landed a well-deserved punch. Nevertheless the red head promised not to tell anything which I wouldn't approve of. Which was, namely every fun story, Axel liked to tell. For example the story how I was so drunk that I accidentally entered Xemnas bedroom only to find the superior half naked together with another blue-haired member of our gang. He liked to tell how I just sneaked my way into the other bed oblivious to one amused and one pissed off man right beside of me. Or how I lost all my money to Luxord in just one day because I arrogantly stated that I could beat the Brit. Greatest mistake in my life.

So for the next weeks, it was always me, Ven and Sora. And Axel. And sometimes his little sister, much to his and my annoyance. Kairi was a nice girl, but well they didn't know her like I did. She played so many pranks on me and Axel that you could say that the cola didn't accidentally slipped my fingers and landed on her that one afternoon in the cafe. It was the revenge for the picture she took when Axel and me were dead drunk on the sofa and looked like complete fools. Of course, this photo was pinned on my locker the next day for everybody to see. But what to expect from Riku's best friend...

She and my brothers became good friends, though, especially with Sora. I didn't mind, it was good actually. Now they knew someone beside me and Axel. Everyone was kinda happy, but my father was also a little annoyed. Not because of me, not this time. But because Leon didn't come home all summer, because his father's condition worsened and when it got better, he still forced Leon to spend time with him because apparently he never does. And so the brunet could relax for a while. My father was pretty sure Leon didn't.

I missed him too, although he scolded me numerous times on the phone for my little adventure the night he left. I told him it wasn't my fault and I could feel the glare through the phone. He hated it when my father constantly nagged him because of me. So I was the victim of this whole scenario.

But now it was over and I was being woken up way too early to go to a building I didn't like and teachers I didn't like and-

There was my and my brother' ride to school. I had feared that we were too early for Axel to pick us up, but the red head knew that with Ven, I would be on time for once.

"Hey, Roxy and company. Want a ride?"

"Yes, and no, don't call me Roxy."

"You know, if I had gotten one penny anytime you said that, I would be rich now. Well, maybe not rich, but at least I would have enough money to buy me a decent car. But I think it would be a waste of time to wait for someone, who has nothing better to do than to give one penny to random strangers, just because, well, he has nothing better to do."

"Are you quiet done? If I had gotten one penny, every time you start rambling about something, I would have had enough money to buy me earplugs. And then I wouldn't have to listen to you anymore."

Axel only smirked at me, when I sat down beside him on the passenger's seat. You could see it on his face that he wanted to say something back and he probably would have, but a certain twin of mine decided to interrupt us.

"You both are rumbling the whole time you're together. It's like listening to an old married couple, really, only worse, because it's Axel we're talking about."

I looked behind me to see Ven and Sora taking a seat in the back. They, both were pretty much used to the red head pyro by now. But as I looked at them, I could tell that both of them were slightly nervous about their first day at school. How I know? Because they both annoyed me to no end about it yesterday and this morning too.

"Isn't it funny, Rox? You're own twin calls you a girl." Axel had already started the engine and headed to the place called Twilight High.

"I don't think I heard the word girl come out of his mouth." I answered and shot the red head a glare.

"Well, he compared us to an old married couple. And since old married couples are usually male and female, and I'm obviously more masculine than you, he indirectly called you a girl. Duh, this is for first graders, Roxas."

"How are you more masculine than me? Look at your womanly hips!"

"Have you looked at yourself in the mirror, lately? You're short, you have bright blue eyes, you're short, you actually look cute when you pout, and to top it off, you're short!"

"We get, Roxas is short! Could you just stop this pointless conversation?" Ven again interrupted us, but looking amused, actually.

"You just want me to stop, because you're just as short as Roxas, I mean you fucking look the same." Axel looked at my brother through the rear mirror and smirked at his pouting face. "Even the pout..."

"Shut up!" Axel flinched as Ven and me simultaneously shut him up and muttered something about stupid twins. I was actually quite happy that he was put in his place. I mean, who was he calling cute? I am not cute. And my eyes were not that bright... And I was happy that Axel was preoccupied with driving and couldn't notice the faint blush on my face, which I would deny was even there, if he actually saw it.

But his comment about me and Ven looking the same reminded me of something and I began rummaging around in my bag.

"By the way, where's Kairi?" Sora asked for the first time since we drove off.

"Why should she be here?" Axel answered looking bored.

"I mean, she is your sister. Why doesn't she come with you?"

"Maybe, because I can't stand her?" Axel said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Which it was, if you knew him well enough. "She usually waits for Riku anyway."

"Yes, that's right. He's her best friend." He said scratching his head. "I hope I have a few classes with her, because you're all older than me and- What are you doing Roxas?"

I felt three pairs of eyes on me and hoped that Axel's would stay on the street instead. I, on the other hand, was currently trying to style my hair with gel and had already put on the organization's earring on my left hair. During the whole summer, I hadn't put it on, but now that school started I had to.

"I'm just trying to help, Ven."

I knew that Ventus stared at me for a good moment before he answered. "How exactly would looking like a punk, help me? And with what?"

"People will confuse us, if we look the same. I'm making sure they will be able to separate us." I said after finishing my make-over and looked back at my brothers. "I'm doing you a favor. And if anybody annoys you or something, just tell me. I'll take care of it."

"Right..." He eyed me suspiciously. "Well, I don't know why, but suddenly what dad said this morning comes to my mind..."

"What did the old hook say?" Axel asked from where his was sitting. "Well, lemme guess. Something like 'Roxas. I want you to stay out of trouble. Stay away from these useless idiots, you call friends. Think of your brothers...but Axel is fine. Hell, he is the finest young man I've ever seen and-"

"No. More like a dumb, fire-obsessed, annoying idiot. He really once called you that."

"You and you're father can be really mean sometimes, Roxy." And there was his fake pout. He kinda looked funny when he made that face. But for a moment I couldn't take my eyes off of him. Just this moment before...

"You're really good, Axel. Dad really said something along those lines. Expect for the last part, that is." Sora's statement brought me back to reality and I looked to the backseat of the car, where my brothers were sitting. Ven looked at me with a weird expression, but I chose to ignore that.

"But, really, what is it with you and fire, Axel?" Sora asked with his arms behind his back.

"Don't ask, Sora. Or he'll take it as an invitation to show you, how to burn eye brows." I chose to glare at the red head, thinking about how not having eye brows sucked. Even my dad laughed at me.

"Huh, that was fun, don't you think?" Axel smirked at me, while driving into the parking lot, signalizing that we had reached our destination.

My answer to his question was to slam the door with extra force, when I left his shitty car. I smirked when I saw his worried face that his excuse of a driving engine could finally break apart for good. Which it kinda never did.

"You're an idiot," was all he said when we started heading to the school gates. All the while, Sora looked from me to Ven, as if to compare us.

"You really don't look that similar, anymore." Ven looked at me as well and silently agreed with our younger brother. I didn't know if he thought it was good or bad, though.

"Now, if you'll excuse me. I have to go somewhere." We all averted our gazes towards my best friend, who waved at us right before the school gates.

"Where do you want to go? School will start soon..?" Ven asked Axel suspiciously. The latter only smirked.

"I have to meet up with someone. So, I'll see you later." With that he walked away and disappeared behind the corner. I knew that he would be meeting up with Demyx and Zexion. It had been ages since I last saw them. I would have joined him, but the frown on my brother's face reminded me, why I didn't.

"Do you want to stand here forever? Let's go inside."

It was the same. The same building, the same greyish walls with these ugly green lockers. Same old secretary who eyed me like I was the pest and gave my brothers the same look. Same annoying teachers who glared at me and blinked when they saw Ven. The same pupils, who chatted about something, maybe about me, or my brothers or football or this new lipstick or...politics, apparently. And the same classrooms, with their reddish floors-wait, I kinda liked that color.

I had the first two classed together with my brother. Thank god that it wasn't more that day, because I got a message from Saix during Math. I had to meet up with them in the gym, which meant skipping classes. And skipping classes on the very first day of school with your annoying brother at your side would have been...troublesome. Don't get me wrong, I love Ven. But I had a job to do. I didn't know what, but it had to be important, I think.

So, I headed to the gym, after I brought Ven to his next class, because he had no idea, where everything was. He already made friends with the Hayner gang and I was happy for him.

And then I brought Sora, who got lost on his way to his English class, to his English class, because I'm nice like that. He started talking about Kairi and that she was very helpful and why I didn't seem to like her. And he met Namine, who seemingly told him that we dated a few years ago, which Sora found awfully interesting.

When I finally entered the gym, I wondered what other stuff Namine had told him and hoped not too much. She is the kind of girl, whose whole nature mentally forces you to share your secrets with her. There was stuff she knew about me that not even Axel knew...

I made a mental note to call her later, when suddenly a flash of black was in front of me.

"Roxas!" And before I knew I had a smiling Xion in my arms.

"Xion! How are you?" I hadn't seen her since school ended. At first her parents forbade her to see me and then she was on vacation. Her parents didn't like me because I got her involved on the prank I pulled on my teacher's car.

"I'm fine, really. Well, my parents actually told me not to meet up with you, but I chose to ignore that," she said putting her arms behind her back, a sly smirk on her face.

"Just like you to do that." I grinned at her. "Has the organization called you here, as well?"

At that she stopped smirking and started pouting. "No. They didn't."

I groaned. They still hadn't decided if they should let her join. If you asked me, she already was a full member. But Saix, thought different. "So how do you know?"

"I brought her." And for the second time that day I was greeted with red. Axel walked towards us and started ruffling my and Xion's hair. "Look at the youngsters of our organization. Isn't it cute?"

"Stop that!" Me and Xion said in unison and patted his hands away. Idiot.

"Stop pouting, shrimps. But it actually suits you..."

Xion and me ignored his stupid comment. "Whatever."

"So, what are we doing?" Xion asked excited.

"Waiting," Axel said flatly. "I already opened the windows. That was all they said."

"And who are we waiting for? Is it so hard to give more information?" I sighed. Really, Saix the second leader never explained anything. And whenever you asked Xemnas, he only gave his weird speeches...

"Well, I think, I know what we're doing." Me and Axel looked at our black haired best friend.

"Oh, then tell us, Xion. What have you found out?" The red head smiled.

"Xemnas had a huge fight with the director Ansem, last year at his graduation. We're in the gym, where Ansem will hold his speech to all students like he does every year...I think we're going to sabotage it."

Yes, it was like Xion to say something like that with a smile. I already knew that she was right because Xemnas always gets his revenge...

"Aren't you Sherlock, my dear," Axel said amused. "The big question is: what are we going to do, exactly? It should be mind-blowing!"

"Oh, so you're already that excited, Axel. Let's just hope your luck will not leave you."

I wouldn't have needed to look to know, who the intruder was. Nobody besides Luxord could babble so much about luck. But when I averted my gaze towards the window, which was the only window from where you could enter without being noticed from the outside, there wasn't only Luxord. No, it were the members of the organization who had graduated, last year.

"Hello, there kiddos. Long time, no see." I hated to be called kiddo and Xigbar knew that. But I think he couldn't care less.

Behind Xigbar and Luxord were Xaldin and Lexeaus who were carrying big bags. To their left were Vexen and the Superior himself. He had this all-knowing smirk on his face. Unbelievable, that he and Terra were brothers. But again, the brunet didn't resemble any of his relatives...

"Oh, so we're all here...besides X-face, 69, and the traitors," Axel commented, counting with his fingers, while he talked.

"Well, six and nine are distracting Ansem, and 11 and 12 are guarding the door. As for me, I'm standing right behind you, Lea."

Damn, Saix for his unnoticeable presence and his ability to creep even the toughest guy out. I totally didn't freak out, by the way. It was Axel, definitely not me.

"Damn you, Isa! Why can't you enter places like a normal person? Or talk like a normal person, you're spending too much time with that-" Axel was able to refrain himself from shouting any insult to Xemnas, although I knew that he wanted to. But you didn't just insult Xemnas, not even Axel dared to do that.

"Stop complaining, we need to get the work done." That's all he said, before he walked past us, towards the rest of the gang. Somehow I didn't like the guy. Must be the hair or his attitude or his eyes...or because I have seen him naked once with a certain silver haired guy...I'll never forget that.

"About that. What are we doing?" The answer to Axel's question was a smirk from Xemnas.

"We're going to show Ansem 'the Wise' what this organization is about."

That was all he said. Only Xemnas could explain our plan in such a weird way. But after we finally knew what we had to do we started getting it done. It wouldn't take long, but the effect would be immense...

"Hey, Roxas," I looked at Xaldin, interrupting my work half an hour later, "It's weird. Somehow I saw a guy, who looked just like you. Mind to explain?"

"Oh, that was my twin."

"Thought so." With that he ignored me again. Typical.

"You have a twin?" Xion asked me from where he was standing beside me. "Why did you never tell me?"

"I forgot. I'll introduce you later, if you want to." I told the girl beside me.

"Maybe, Axel will fall in love with him instead." My head snapped at Lexeaus when he said that. Then I turned my head towards Axel, who was standing with the rest of the gang. The red head was currently yelled at by Vexen, who complained that Axel could not do anything right.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I looked again at the tall brunet. He only smiled.

"I just think that Axel has a thing for short blonds with blue eyes. Maybe you should take a try, as well, before it's too late."

What the hell was that supposed to mean? Axel liked blonds? But I didn't like Axel in that way. I averted my gaze again to the pyro, who now yelled back at Vexen. No, he was just my best friend. But why, did the thought of Axel with someone else bother me that much?

What do you think? Is Roxas finally realizing something? I'd like to hear your opinions ;)