Okay, this story makes NO SENSE. Just a little warning O_O I don't even know how it popped into my head. Just... read it.
Yeah, the song is Half Alive by Secondhand Seronade. The pairing is ZexionXion, but you already knew that, didn't you? XP
"Zexion?" A soft voice broke into Zexion's dreams. The moment he surfaced from unconsciousness, the pain hit.
His head felt like all the Heartless and Nobodies in the world we trying to crack it open. One of his legs felt like it was being sliced open again and again, and one of his hands was heavier than the other, as if it was bandaged.
"No," he muttered, frowning, eyes still closed. He tried to raise his unbandaged hand – the left one - to clutch at his head, but a smaller one caught it and held it down.
"Don't try to move," the voice whispered.
So instead he opened his eyes. At first everything was blurry, but then things started focusing, one at a time, as Zexion flicked his eyes around the room.
He was lying in a bed in a dimly lit, completely white room. Glancing out the window, Zexion saw it was dark, with the tip of Kingdom Hearts peeking out from the top of the window.
Then, looking up, he saw a figure sitting on the bed, leaning over him. He squinted, trying to see who it was, then widened his eyes when he figured it out.
"…Xion?" he croaked, voice hoarse.
She smiled tightly and nodded. "Good to see you're awake."
"What happen-" It all came flooding back.
Axel!
It's four AM, I'm waking up to your perfume
Don't get up, I'll get through on my own
I don't know if I'm home
Or if I lost the way into your room
Pushing Xion away, Zexion sat up, ignoring the pain, and stood unsteadily.
"No… don't!" she protested, grabbing his arm before his legs buckled under him. "What in the name of Kingdom Hearts are you doing?"
"You don't know," he growled. "You don't know anything!"
"You're right," she hissed. "I don't know how you almost died, or why. But I think you could at least show a bit of thankfulness that I stayed here for nearly two days waiting for you to wake up!"
Zexion blinked. But before he could say anything, his entire body stiffened, and his eyes widened.
"You can't do this!" he gasped.
Instantly, he knew where he was. Before he could move or even cry out, the Replica grabbed him.
"No! I can't let it happen again!" Zexion struggled and broke free from the puppet's grasp. It dropped him and he landed on his feet, staggering backwards a few paces until the wall blocked him.
"Well, that's annoying," Axel huffed. "I guess I'll have to do it myself." Summoning his weapons, he advanced, but Zexion was ready. He rolled out of the way and tried to run out the door, but the Replica blocked his way.
By now Zexion was panting; the Replica had drained out much of his life when it had grabbed him.
I'm spiraling into my doom
I'm feeling half alive but I know one day
You and I will be free
"You can't win," Axel said simply, spinning one of his chakrams absentmindedly.
"You're wrong," Zexion protested, but he knew the redhead was right. His vision was swimming and he was finding it hard to focus.
Axel must have sensed his weakness, because he grinned triumphantly. "Hm… should I wait until you faint from exhaustion, or just finish you off right now?"
Zexion barely heard him; he was focusing on not blacking out. He sunk to his knees, clutching the sides of his head.
To live and die by our own rules
Free…
Despite the fact that men are fools
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try and save me
It's okay that we're dying
But I need to survive tonight
Axel tsked. "Man, how long does it take for you to pass out?" he groaned. "It's been like, ten minutes!"
Zexion was sorely tempted to tell him to shut up, that he wasn't the one dying, but he had no energy. He couldn't even see; his eyes were wide open, but the world was black.
His ears twitched as he heard footsteps. Just kill me now, he thought grimly. It'd be better than just waiting!
But Axel had no plans to kill him. The footsteps reverberated back and forth; it sounded like he was pacing.
Zexion gasped a few moments later; he couldn't breathe and his chest was on fire. He clawed at the ground, attempting to make his heart start beating.
The pacing had stopped. Zexion could picture Axel's smug smile as he watched his fellow Organization member dying.
"Axel," Zexion gasped, all hope gone. "Help me!" He winced as he asked his murderer for help, but it was his only option.
"Sorry, Zexion," Axel replied coldly. "You just found out way too much."
Well excuse me while I get killed softly
Heart slows down and I can hardly tell you I'm okay
At least until yesterday
You know you got me off my highest guard
"Traitor!" Zexion panted with his last few breaths. Then his eyes closed, and his head thudded against the ground
He died.
Zexion opened his eyes to the red and pink sunset of Twilight Town. Twilight Town? he wondered, confused. Looking down, he saw with a start that he was suspended high above the station tower.
He squinted. There were two figures on the hard cobblestones outside the station, closely intertwined. One was blonde, and the other was…
Xion! Zexion tried to open his mouth and call out to her, but his voice wouldn't work.
Am I dead… or alive? For the first time Zexion looked at his body. But he had no body. Maybe I'm just a pair of floating eyeballs, he thought grimly. But that didn't matter. He had to go help Xion.
As soon as the thought popped into his head, Zexion felt himself floating - floating? No, that didn't seem like the right word – drifting to street level, where the figures were becoming clearer.
The blonde was Roxas – Of course, Zexion thought. He was cradling a small figure in his arms. Zexion stared in horror as Xion started to fade away, her lower body slowly crystallizing.
Who did this to you? Zexion cried silently. I want to help you!
"That's the truth," Xion was whispering with her hand on the Roxas' face. "Never forget."
Zexion needed to be closer to her, to comfort her. He wreathed himself around her, yearning for her touch.
Believe me when I say it's hard
We'll get through this tonight
And I know one day you and I will be free
To live and die by our own rules
Free…
"Zexion?" Xion murmured as Roxas looked on. "Is that you?"
It's me, love, Zexion tried to tell her. She must have heard him because she sighed contently, a smile playing on her lips.
"I'm coming, Zexion," Xion whispered. To Roxas she added, "Good-bye, Roxas. Remember what you promised, and tell Axel he was a great friend.
Despite the fact that men are fools
I'm almost alive, and I need to try and save you
It's okay that we're dying,
But I need to survive tonight
It's time to go, Zexion told her.
Xion laughed softly. "I'm ready." She stretched out a hand, not to Roxas, but where Zexion would be.
And you touch my hand ever so slightly
And the deadly look she cast upon me
I won't regret, I won't regret
And I was trying to disappear,
But you got me wrapped around you
I can hardly breathe without you
Zexion jerked awake. He was on the floor of his bedroom, Xion holding his body gently. "Zexion? For Kingdom Heart's sake, stop doing that!"
"Xion!" he gasped. "You're alive!"
She looked at him, puzzled. "Of course I'm alive." Then she laughed. "You must have had some really weird dream!"
"Yes," he muttered. "A dream… Oh! I remember now…"
"Remember what?" Xion asked, stroking his face softly.
"I know who killed me," he replied simply.
"Killed you? But you're still alive." She gave him a confused stare. "Are you okay? Maybe you hit your head when you fell…"
Zexion sighed. "Let me start at the beginning."
I was trying to disappear
But I got lost in your eyes now,
You brought me down to size now.
"And then I woke up," Zexion finished.
"Wow…" Xion muttered. "I think that the same thing happened yesterday… except you escaped from the Replica."
"And Axel," he reminded her grimly.
"Yeah…" She paused, looking thoughtful. "Look, are you sure that was Axel? Maybe you were just tired, or something. I know he wouldn't do something like that!"
"It was him," Zexion said softly.
I'm almost alive
And I need you to try and save me.
It's okay that we're dying
But I need to survive tonight
I'm almost alive, and I need you to try and save me.
It's okay that we're dying,
But I need to survive tonight
I need to survive tonight
I feel the need to explain. See, Zexion woke up in his room after being almost being killed by the Replica. Then he passed out again, and kind of... I don't know... saw like a what if thing. Like, what would've happened if he died, then he saw Xion die.
Then he woke up, back in his own room with Xion. He told her what happened, and they discussed it a little :D
Anyway, review, even if you think it sucked! XP