Axel
Axel, ‘Flurry Of Dancing Flames’ was the eighth member of Organization XIII. He was the Nobody of Lea, who lived in Radiant Garden. His weapon was the Chakrams; he controlled the attribute of fire and the Assassin Nobodies.
Before he was a Nobody, he met Ventus at Radiant Garden. Lea was best friends with Isa, the Somebody of Saix. In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Axel was charged with taking care of Roxas, the newest member of Organization XIII. He became best friends with him, and also became friends with Xion, the XIV member who joined about a week after Roxas. During his time in the Organization he was sent to Castle Oblivion, to help with the capture of Sora. Axel was the only member to survive at Castle Oblivion. After returning from the Castle Axel seemed to be rather distant from everybody, except Roxas, who was spending his time with Xion. He was ordered by Saix to capture Xion, as she had run away from the Organization after a failed mission. To recapture her, he had to attack her in front of Roxas. Saix then ordered Axel to let Xion absorb Roxas to become whole, as she seemed to be the stronger of the two. This tied into Xemnas plan of capturing hearts. After Roxas defeated Xion, he left the Organization. When Axel found out he seemed somewhat depressed. He found a Sea-Salt Ice-Cream stick in his room, it had the word ‘WINNER’ on it. It was left there by Roxas. At the beginning of Kingdom Hearts II, Axel was ordered to capture Roxas and bring him back to the Organization, although this was difficult, as Roxas didn’t remember anything about Axel or Organization XIII. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts to recapture Roxas, Axel ended up fighting his best friend, which he lost. Roxas then merged with Sora, waking Sora. After Organization XIII realised Sora was awake they ordered Axel to lure Sora to them. To lure Sora, Axel tried to capture Kairi, but with Namine’s help she escaped to Twilight Town. Determined to get Roxas back, Axel left for Twilight Town, and capture Kairi. At the Battle of 1000 Heartless in Hollow Bastion, Axel informs Sora about Xemnas, with a very memorable quote: “The guy you just saw. He’s their leader. Got it memorized? X-E-M-N-A-S” It is evident from Sora’s conversation with Saix that Axel has turned on the Organization. When Sora arrives at the Betwixt and Between, he is met with hordes of Dusks. Axel then turns up and helps Sora fight all of the Nobodies. After some time battling, Axel realises that they cannot defeat them all, he then puts his entire being into an attack. All of the Dusks are defeated, but Axel is dying. He admits that Roxas was the only one he liked, and that Roxas made him feel like he had a heart. Axel then says how it’s weird, because Sora makes him feel the same way. After this Axel fades away, into the Darkness. |
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