Dance With the Devil
An: Alright… I kinda got the idea for this just sitting around, writing another fanfic that I'm not going to post right now. Also, I'm posting chapters 1-3 at the same time because I have then all written after three nights of ruthless typing. The pairing is in-fact Axel/Roxas, but that picks up in the third chapter as does the rest of the plot. Also- and this is !IMPORTANT! : No sparking vampires will be found in this fic! (All your twilight lovers out there, I'm sorry, I just don't like sparking-fucking-vampires.
Also, this is going to be rated M for language- if you haven't figured that out yet -and blood! There will be blood, and possible torturing.
Roxas was annoyed beyond belief, he was stuck walking home ten blocks to his house, through overgrown fields of grass and weeds, his shoes had started soaking through with the due that still clung to everything from the rain that'd been falling for days and stopped only to give him a break for his long walk.
Sora- his twin brother, had decided it'd be better to go to the nice warm dry mall with his boyfriend, getting a ride home from the older boy with steel colored hair coming down over half his face. Granted Roxas didn't think the guy was bad or anything, but the simple fact that he hadn't even invited Roxas until he was three blocks away from the school and been sent a text asking if he wanted to be picked up and go with, or if he wanted to be dropped off at their home.
Roxas looked up at the bright sky and let out a sigh, seeing the deep purple storm clouds rolling over head again, his heart racing as he heard the far off sound of thunder; his worst fear.
Looking around quickly to figure out where he was and where he could hide in his direct vicinity all he saw was the graveyard across the field and an unoccupied street, a large crypt belonging to the old Lord who used to live in that city, the dead body apparently there and rotting for eternity.
It was a thing among the teens of the city to at a certain age- if they wanted to be part of a certain social group -they'd have to touch the crypt at midnight on a Friday night- said to be the night and time that the Lord had died.
"Oh god…" Roxas, wasn't one of those kids. He'd steered clear of the entire graveyard, going only on occasion with his father and Sora to visit their mothers grave.
Gritting his teeth against the fear as lightning flashed just a mile or two away from him the thunder hitting his ears right away, Roxas started running, knowing he was wearing way too much metal to stay standing there in the middle of a field.
Getting into the graveyard was the easy part, Roxas was used to hopping over fences and jumping over obstacles thanks to his A in gym, but his nerves were so ragged and adrenaline pumping through his veins that he stumbled over a grave, landing four feet above the top of the coffin underground. "Sorry."
Roxas ran right into the large stone door of the crypt and bounced off before putting his hands in the slight groves and starting to tug the thin stone out of his way. The stone moved inch by inch as he heaved, scared as the graveyard lit with the flash of lightning and thunder cracked close by.
"Come on, come on… please, open up!" Roxas' bright blue eyes were wide with fear as he yanked and yanked at the stone, getting a space big enough for him to just squeeze through, his shirt tearing in two places and his hair being pushed to the wrong side as he tried to shimmy his way inside.
The moment he slid in he let out a sigh, stumbling into the large stone tomb before pushing off in fear.
"Holly shit!" he put his back against the stone door and tried to relax his breathing.
A flash of lightning came through the opening and it was closely followed by a roll of thunder that shook Roxas to his very bones.
"Ah!" he jumped away from the door, turning around and pushing the thick door closed again, fear wracking his body as his body was covered in darkness and there was little more then a slight sliver of light coming from the small space he left open for his fingers.
"A-alright… I just h-have to call S-Sora, and he-he'll come get me… he'll get Zexion with his car, and they'll-" another rumble of thunder caught his ears and he shrieked again, fumbling with his phone and going right to the iPod settings on the iPhone, sticking the headphones into his ears and turning the volume up.
"Alright… now I just have to call Sora." Roxas went back to the main screen and froze; he had absolutely no service. "God, no, no, no, no, no!" Roxas let out a sigh and locked his iPhone, sinking his head into his hands and letting out a whimper. "Your alright Roxas… nothing bad is going to happen, nothing bad at all."
With a bit of a shaky hand Roxas went back into his phone, unlocking it with his favorite number combination;1308 and went to his flashlight app so he could see around the crypt to know where things were at least.
Roxas swept the flashlight over the crypt before stopping on the large tomb, engraved with small flowers and a gryphon. "Alright… I'm perfectly fine… I'm just alone in a crypt that kids go to touch as a joke… oh man, thank god this was the last day of school."
Roxas rested his head against the back of the door again and let out a deep sigh as his song changed to Dance with the Devils by Breaking Benjamin the guitar opening soothing his nerves before the drums and bass broke in, making his head bounce slightly.
Looking down at his digital wrist watch Roxas noticed that it was six o'clock, meaning the sun had just set and the harsh rain would most likely go on all night. Letting out a sigh he opened his large blue eyes to the web covered ceiling and took a deep breath, trying to think of a way out, being able to feel the ground shake with the lightning making contact with the ground and the thunder being felt in the cold stone walls of the crypt.
"'Say goodbye, as we dance with the devil tonight… don't you dare look at him in the eye.'" Roxas singing along with his favorite part of the song. His head bopping up and down as he tried to keep himself calm.
Roxas didn't notice as the tomb started to move, the lid sliding ever so slightly. His eyes were closed and the music turned up so loud he could no longer hear the thunder, only feel it through the stones around him.
Roxas remained completely clueless as the stone slid against its lower half, the force it took; inhuman as a slight grunt came from within as the person moving it tried to exert as little force as possible- not wanting to make the stone fly into the wall and make everything crumble.
"'Trembling, crawling across my skin… feeling your cold dead eyes, stealing the life of mine… I believe in you, I can show you that, I can see right through, all your empty lies… I wont last long… in this world so wrong…'" Roxas singing along making the being inside the tomb freeze before quickly sitting up, his head and upper torso sticking out of the small opening he'd made, looking to the door seeing the small blonde boy sitting there, fishnet undershirt showing under the black button up shirt, ripped back jeans and large boots that seemed to pull his punk look together perfectly.
The being had heard the words before, the mumbling and something about a devil, but he thought it had been a dream, but hearing more of the song he noticed it right away and smirked, the scar running down his left cheek curving with his face as the eye patch over his right eye shifted slightly as his one good eye raked over the young teen.
"Well, well… looks like I got myself an early dinner." his lips pulling up in a smile, allowing his enlarged canines to show- if it weren't so dark inside the crypt. Roxas didn't move and the vampire smirked, hopping out of the crypt and moving over to the blonde with a smirk, bending down so he was balancing on the balls of his feet right in front of the teen, so silent and still that Roxas was still just sitting there, trying to calm himself with his music.
With a smirk the vampire reached forward, hooking a single finger around one of the headphones and tugging it out.
Bright Blue eyes shot open and Roxas shrieked, not being able to see what had moved his headphone, only a vague outline of a possible person.
"H-hello?" his voice shaky as he looked around, trying to determine shadows from blackness.
"Why hello there… what are you doing here kid?" Roxas fumbled with his phone, getting back to his flashlight app and flashing it up to see that the man was closer then he thought anyone was, his harsh appearance making Roxas push back against the door and the bright light making the vampire move back, making himself sit on top of the tomb, smirk in place. As he tilted his head to the side, Roxas freaking out as he noticed the open tomb and smirking man, stroking the edge of the tomb with his pointer finger as Roxas tried to calm down.
"Wh-who are you? What are you doing in here?" the vampire scoffed, hopping off the edge of the tomb and walking around it as he slowly answered.
"My name is Xigbar… and as for what I'm doing here… I should ask you that. This is after all… my current home. Not much I know, but its normally good with keeping little kiddies like you away with that stupid spook-tale." Roxas curled his legs up to his chest, realizing that the tomb was really cold, and that the little heat it held was diminishing quickly.
"X-Xigbar… can-can you get me out of here?"
"Yes, yes I can. But I wont." the smile back in place making Roxas want to strangle the man for being an ass.
"And why not? I'm too, c-cold to move the stone." Xigbar just smiled kindly as he bent down in front of Roxas again.
"I don't do anything for anyone without getting something in return… and right about now, I'm thinking deeply about what I want from you, little Blondie."
"Hey! Stop calling me stupid names and tell me what you want to get me out!" Roxas' face turning slightly red as he got angered for being toyed with, still wanting to know the back story to the loon who obviously thought he was a vampire.
"I'd stop calling you names if you tell me what your name is… and as for what I want. I want you, to be my guardian. It wont take much, nothing more then a slight pin-prick and a blood promise." Roxas watched the bright amber colored left eye as Xigbar titled his head, long black ponytail with a single silver streak from his head to the tip of the tail.
"What the hell are you talking about? A blood promise? What the hell is that? And what is wrong with you… do you think you're a vampire or something?" Xigbar just scoffed, standing up and moving back over to the tomb, making sure that the light from Roxas' phone was still bright enough to see him as he raised his hand to his own mouth, pushing the pad of his thumb onto one of his canines and Roxas watched as blood pooled covering the tooth in red blood as he pulled the finger away from his mouth, Roxas watching as Xigbar moved back over letting Roxas watch as the hole his tooth had made started to seal itself up again, the skin acting like it was sewing itself back together.
"I don't think I'm a vampire kid. I know it. Now, what do you think about my deal?" Roxas shook his head, curling his arms around his legs and sinking into a small ball.
"No. I don't make deals with devils." venom in Roxas' voice as he glared up at Xigbar, blue eyes more piercing then any Xigbar had ever seen before.
"Common kid. Its nothing bad, I'm not gonna fuck you or anything. I just need someone to protect me during the day so I can get out of this damp and tragic looking crypt… its truly a horrible place here, and it gets to cold at night, like a freezer, I've literally woken up with frost on me before… you wouldn't want to spend a night here being human, you'd die." Roxas watched his eye, seeing that it looked sincere and honest as the vampire spoke.
"What are the rules of something like that?" Roxas' voice harsh as he tried to calm his rapid heart beat, trying to compensate for the lack of heat by pumping blood quicker.
"Glad you asked kid, it basically-"
"Roxas. Call me kid again, and I'll turn you into dust."
"That, dear Roxas, is what the blood promise makes sure of. It pretty much says that you'll do everything within your power to protect me during the daylight hours without actually dying yourself. I'll never bite you, under any circumstance, and I'll help you with anything, whenever you need it. You just have to watch my coffin during the day and be around at night when I'm awake."
Roxas glared at that. "So I have to spend the rest of my life with you? Hell no. I have a family dude. I think I'll wait it out and see if I can get out of here."
"Your not listening to me. You'll only have to be around me at night if I'm holding a soirée or having another vampire guest. Simply because it's a weak spot to be without protectors to protect us so they can have their protectors kill us during the daytime."
Roxas thought for a moment, trying to think of how it would work, his mind rattling with the simple fact that vampires existed.
"Its summer… what if I don't want to hang out in some stupid old crypt all day protecting a sleeping dead guy- though I'll warn you now that I have no knowledge of protecting against anything but bullies."
Xigbar nodded, placing some fingers on his chin and thinking "Well… I suppose I could get a few other underlings from the coven to take care of that… there are several in the area, and I could give you a few days off a week, the weekends I'll most likely need you at night though, I can give you… Monday, Wednesday and Friday off."
Roxas closed his eyes slightly. "What about school? Its summer now, but I have to go back." Xigbar nodded again, thinking, trying to find the best way for everyone to get what they wanted.
"Well… I suppose you'd have to come after school then, and before school just to check if possible… I can find a house between yours and the school if that'd be best for you."
"Why are you doing this? What are you getting out of a weak kid like me, protecting you from vampire hunters in the daylight? Why me? Why cant you just let me go and get home to my family?"
"Because… I can see how you act, there is just something about you Roxas. You seem… smart for a human, and I'm sure with a little training you'll be a fine protector. But don't forget that it'll be reciprocated, I can keep you safe if needed. The point is though; your not getting out of here without me, and I'm giving you a very nice deal here."
"And if I don't take it? Are you going to drink my blood and leave me somewhere to be found by passers by?"
Xigbar scoffed, pointing over to the wall where a carving of a beautiful woman was in the wall. "Behind that; is a bigger tomb I've made… my victims lay there if you must know. I only kill those who deserve it though, murderers and thugs."
"So your like a vigilante?" Roxas raising an eyebrow and Xigbar just shrugged his shoulders, trying as best he could to not get upset for being called that.
"Yeah, just minus the citizen part… the city doesn't even know I'm here yet, and I wanna keep it that way as long as I can."
"Do I get any time to think about this?" Roxas looked up with his puppy dog eyes, hoping that the expression would work with the scarred man.
"You've got all night. As soon as I have your answer I'll either take you home or… well, you'll end up with the rest." Xigbar smirked as he looked over his shoulder at the carved woman.
Roxas stood up, turning to the door and trying to pull it open one last time, failing miserably and letting out a huff when his arms gave out, to swore to feel his finger tips.
"Fine. I'll do it. As long as I have a bit of time for a life I'll do it." Roxas' head bowed to the floor as his phones flashlight turned off. Roxas wanting to save as much battery as possible.
"Good to know… give me a moment." Xigbar walked over to the tomb and moved the lid to the side, so far that it tipped over the edge and hit the floor creating a large sound that echoed a couple times.
Xigbar punctured a hole in his index finger, allowing blood to pool before he started writing in the blood on the surface he had been sleeping on. "Alright… this is pretty much exactly what I said word for word, your mine on weekends, you get Monday, Wednesday and Friday off, I'll show you how to protect me and I'll give you and your family protection when you need it. Good enough?"
Roxas walked over and read out the blood writing, thinking it all over and letting out a sigh before nodding. "Yeah, its fine… now what? How do I-"
"Give me your hand." Xigbar held out his hand and Roxas held out his right hand, knowing his left hand was much more precious to him.
"Alright… this'll hurt a bit, but it'll heal within the hour." before Roxas could ask what would hurt Xigbar had punctured the pad on his pointer finger with his sharp nail and was pulling Roxas' hand into the tomb to press the finger print into the concrete beside his own finger print of blood.
The cold concrete was unwelcome on Roxas' skin, it felt like it was burning for a moment before the cold feeling sunk in and he shivered before Xigbar let his hand go and he recoiled. "is-is it done?"
"Yeah, common, I'll take you home now, your first training session starts tomorrow night, after that, your working kid."
"But tomorrow is Friday… don't I get Fridays off?"
"Only when schools in kid. Right there in the contract." Xigbar pointing to the inside of the tomb and Roxas just ground his teeth together, Xigbar had worded it so well in the contract he'd just read over that part like it was normal reading.
"Fine, but your not taking me home, I'm calling my brother."
"Just don't think you can outrun me Roxas… I assure you, I'm an excellent tracker." Roxas just nodded before reaching into his back pocket and grabbing Xigbar's hand, blushing as he wrote out an address that wasn't his.
"Its not mine, but I'll meet you here tomorrow night at six thirty" Xigbar nodded figuring it was fair enough, and if the kid didn't show he'd just track him down. "Now can you please open the door so I can call my brother?" Xigbar nodded and walked over, gripping the stone door with one hand and opening it far enough for him to slip out.
"Alright kid- oh, and I'd keep this between us… unless you want people thinking your bonkers, see ya." before Roxas could say anything to that comment Xigbar was gone and he was alone in the tomb, lid suddenly back on the tomb, crypt door letting in a faint light.
His phone went off and he noticed he had like a hundred messages from Sora and his family, and that it was ten o'clock at night. With a sigh Roxas hit Sora's button and raised the device to his ear.
"Roxas! Are you alright? Where are you? Dad and I have been going insane! Even Zexion and I went out looking for you and couldn't find you! Why didn't you answer my texts or calls? Where-" Roxas hung up with a sigh, deciding to call their father instead, knowing that the blonde man was much more calm in any situation.
"Roxas… you know your brother is still yelling at you." slight humor in Clouds' voice, though not enough to cover the worry and relief.
"Sorry… on my way home the thunder storm started… I was scared to I ducked into the closest place I could find."
"Which was…?"
"The old Crypt in the graveyard… heh, two more hours and I would have broken all the records." fake joy in Roxas' voice as Cloud let out a scoff on his end.
"I'll be there in five minutes, don't leave and don't you dare think about turning your phone off."
"I wont dad… and can you bring a blanket? I'm cold and wet."
"Of course. Be there in a minute, bye."
"Bye dad." Roxas hung up and let out a sigh, curling his legs up to his chest on top of the tomb and letting out a sigh, waiting for his dad and trying to preserve as much body heat as possible.
~§¨©ª~
Sora was livid with his twin. As soon as the large black hummer pulled to a stop the brunette was out and rushing towards the crypt where their father had said Roxas had spent more then four hours.
"Roxas! You moron!" Sora dashing through the small opening and wrapping his arms around his freezing brother. "What were you thinking? You should have called me. Zexion and I would have picked you up within five minutes! I should have been there for you!" Roxas let out a sigh, returning the hug for the warmth, he hadn't even noticed he'd started shaking.
"I'm sorry… once I got in here and got the door closed… my service died… and I got so cold, I just couldn't open it, I'm sorry."
"Alright Roxas… common, lets get you inside the car buddy, its nice and warm in there." Roxas nodded to his father as he walked into the crypt with a large mink blanket that looked too welcoming to Roxas.
Much like a child Roxas allowed his father to swaddle him in the blanket before picking him up, and carrying him to the large car where Zexion was waiting to open the door for them.
"Hello Roxas… you alright?" Roxas nodded as Cloud set him down in the back seat and Sora climbed in behind him, wrapping the blonde in a hug and allowing his own warmth to sink into the blanket but it wasn't fast enough for the freezing blonde.
"Sora… join me?" Sora nodded and as Roxas opened the blanket he snuck under the cover, wrapping his arms around the freezing torso and letting Roxas bury his cold face against Sora's jugular.
"Dammit Roxas, your freezing!" Sora hissed, while Zexion climbed into the back of the hummer with them on Roxas' other side, giving each of his sides a warm body to lean against.
~§¨©ª~
The next day, Roxas was still pretty cold, but much warmer. Sora had ordered Roxas to sleep in his room, giving the small blonde copy of their father a warm body to curl against all night.
"Roxas… we have to get up now… It's getting late." Roxas shook his head against Sora's neck and huddled further under the blanket as his twin just growled and started pushing the blonde off him. "Common Roxas, your not a morning person but I am… let me go."
"No… I don't wanna Sora. What time is it?" Sora let out a huff, stretching his neck so he could see the digital clock.
"Its just after eight, we still have to go to orchestra rehearsal at nine Roxas, we have to get up now if we both want showers by then… and you need one, you smell like graveyard still."
Roxas huffed as he let go of Sora and raised himself up on his elbows, looking around Sora's bedroom seeing all the posters and smirking.
"Fine, I'm up. Who gets the shower first?"
"You. I'll make breakfast downstairs for us and get dad up." Roxas nodded as Sora climbed out of the bed and grabbed his slippers pulling them on and stretching.
"Don't take forever and don't waist all the hot water Roxas."
"Alright… I'll be down in about ten." Sora nodded as he walked out of the room.
Roxas groaned as he rolled onto his back, stretching in the bed before sitting up, wondering how the meeting that night was going to go with Xigbar. So, letting out a deep sigh Roxas got out of the bed and headed for the bathroom, grabbing a white towel and hanging it up as he turned the water on and started stripping for the haven he was berating himself about not taking the night before.
Sora was bouncing around the kitchen, pushing the button for the coffee machine to start making the Irish Cream that Cloud loved, knowing that the smell would wake up more then just Cloud, Zexion would wake from his downstairs bedroom as soon as Sora opened the door.
With a smile Sora hopped towards the bedroom Zexion was in, knocking on the door once before opening it and peeking his head inside, seeing the steel blue hair rumpled on the pillows.
"Zexion… its time to wake up now. Coffee's on." Zexion rolled over, a single pale blue eye peeking out from behind the blankets.
"Sora… I'm cold… why was I stuck down here when you were up there with Roxas?"
Sora rolled his eyes, crossed his arms and leaned against the door frame with a smirk. "Uh, first off, we're not allowed to sleep in the same room because we're dating, let alone the same bed. Secondly, this is your room, if you don't know how to turn the heat up, that's your fault- also, its summer and you really shouldn't need to. And thirdly, are you jealous of my twin Zexi?"
Zexion just scoffed and sat up, bare chested and only in boxers, making Sora blush slightly as he looked behind him into the kitchen to make sure nothing was burning. "I'll be out in the kitchen Zexi. Come get some breakfast when you want it." Zexion nodded as Sora closed the door behind him, heading into the kitchen and shuffling the eggs around a bit.
"Sora… you weren't just coming out of Zexion's room were you?" Sora turned around with a smile directed as his father.
"Yes, I went to wake him up just now. Do you know if Roxas is in the shower yet?" Cloud nodded his head as he sat down putting his head in his hands and let out a tired sigh.
"Do you know if Zexion is driving the two of you to Orchestra?" Sora shrugged as he flipped the eggs, getting the package of bacon opened so he could get making that next.
"I will if you don't want to… I have to do more for my room and board, I don't mind driving Sora and Roxas around a bit." Zexion walked into the kitchen and gave Sora a soft kiss on the cheek before sitting down beside Cloud.
"I've told you a million time before Zexion; you don't have to work for your room and food. I simply just don't understand why your parents aren't accepting about you being gay… it makes little sense to me."
Zexion smiled, looking at the man he wished he could call father. "Well, Cloud… you do have two wonderful gay sons… you've seemed to have done a fine job raising them. Sora's the best damn guy I've ever met." he gave a smile in Sora's direction receiving a small chuckle from the brunette.
"Oh god… tell me he's not driving us in dad." Roxas groaned as he walked into the living room and flipped the TV on, ignoring the kitchen for the time being, unable to eat for at least half an hour after waking.
"Yes, he is… besides, I've got to go into the office for right now." Roxas nodded, changing the channel to the music channel while looking over the back of the couch.
"So I've got a thing tonight with a few friends… I'm not too sure when I'll be back in though, is that alright dad?" Cloud looked over and then looked at the calendar.
"Summer just started… end of the year party thing?"
Roxas nodded his head, "Yeah, Demyx is throwing a small party for a few of us, stay up late kinda thing, and those of us not laughing our asses off by the end of the night with sugar highs can get rides home. I'll bring my key and everything so you wont have to worry about me, and if I stay the night, I'll text."
Cloud let out a sigh and nodded his head before looking back at Sora and Zexion. "Are the two of you going too?"
"Nah, we were going to do a movie marathon… feel like Pirates of the Caribbean?" Zexion nodded and they both smiled, having their own plans figured out for the night and Roxas just smirked.
"Well I guess I should go grab my cello. Want me to grab your clarinet Sora?" Sora nodded as Roxas turned towards the stairs again, heading up to their small music room and grabbing the two folders of sheet music and his cello before looking around for his brothers clarinet.
With a sigh Roxas grabbed the second instrument and took them into his room so he could get his bag, not knowing what he'd need for that night and having packed a bag after his shower.
Stopping in his doorway Roxas set the instruments down and crossed his arms, trying to think of what else he might need; he had garlic, UV flashlight, a wooden stake- in other words, a chop stick. He let out a sigh, raising a hand and twirling the earring in his right ear, playing with the silver loop and black skull that kept it connected, blood red eyes made of fake ruby's.
"Well, I don't think I can get anything else… I'm as good as ready." Roxas let out another sigh, grabbing the bag and heading back down the stairs with both instruments.
"Common Roxas! If we don't get going now we'll be late." Sora was hopping out of the bathroom, across the hall trying to pull his pants on properly and Roxas just scoffed.
"Yeah, because I'm the one still not dressed, right Sora?" Sora just let a huff come out of him as he fell down on his bed and continued trying to get his black skinny jeans on his still damp legs.
"Whatever Roxas… just go get your breakfast." with a sigh Roxas turned back towards the stairs, his feet almost sinking into the plush beige carpet, the bright blue and green walls giving the house a very loud feeling that he loved. The railings for the stairs a beautifully carved mahogany that his fingers would glide over every time he walked down the steps, never using the beautifully carved bar for balance.
"You ready to go Roxas?" Roxas nodded his head, holding up his bag with a smile "Just incase your too giggly to come home?" Cloud raised an eyebrow knowing that Roxas would never get into too much trouble with Demyx.
"Yeah… but if the guys who can drive get too giggly. The last thing I want is a sugar high Demyx or Riku trying to drive me home." Cloud nodded with a smile. As Sora came bounding down the stairs, rushing passed his father and brother, into the living room and hopping onto Zexion's lap.
"I need a favor Zexi." his wide blue eyes shimmering as he tried to look as cute as possible.
"Depends on the favor Sora."
"I need you to drop me off at the mall for an hour or two… or even come with me if you want. But I have to start getting Roxas his birthday present." Roxas just rolled his eyes as he turned towards the front door with his egg & bacon burrito Sora had made.
"Usually you wait until I leave the room Sora."
"I wasn't gonna say I was gonna get you a-" Zexion clapped his hand over his overly energetic boyfriend's mouth and let out a sigh, dull blue eyes locking with bright blue and he shook his head sternly.
"Sora… stop letting Roxas make you tell him what your getting." Sora just tried to speak but it came out muffled into Zexion's hand. "Common, I don't want the maestro to yell at me for the two of you being late."
~§¨©ª~
Orchestra practice went well, Roxas preformed his solo perfectly and Sora was promoted to first seat clarinet thanks to his own solo he preformed better then the old first.
"So Roxas… I'll see you tonight?" Roxas turned to Sora and raised an eyebrow.
"Tomorrow at the latest. You know how many times Demyx ropes me into stupid video games when he's had too much sugar." Sora nodded, bright smile in place as Roxas finished packing up his cello, grabbing the straps and lifting it like a briefcase.
"Alright… just don't go getting into too much trouble Roxas." Sora gave his brother a nod before walking over to Zexion and his book, bugging the older teen about taking him to the mall and getting a sigh and reply of a short 'Can I finish the page please love?' making the brunette teen nod his head as Roxas turned to the door, pulling out his phone.
"Hello, this is the best rock star in the world… how may I help you Roxas?" Demyx's happy voice making Roxas roll his eyes as he shifted his bag on his back.
"Listen Demyx, I need a huge favor from you, if dad or Sora call, act like I'm there just in the bathroom, alright?"
"Ooh, running away from home?"
"No, I just want to hang around town tonight, they just don't really think it's a good idea for me to be out alone kinda thing."
"Oh… and your roaming starts at six does it? Did Orchestra practice just let out?"
"Yeah, if dad or Sora call can you call me and let me know to call them?"
"Of course man… have fun."
"Thanks. Bye." Roxas hung up with a slight smirk and started heading down towards the middle of town, knowing it'd take him about half an hour to get to his destination.
"Why the hell am I doing this, why the hell am I doing this?" Roxas let out a sigh, pulling his iPhone out and getting to his classical play list, hitting play and letting out a sigh as the soft violin sounds filled his ears.
The streets were packed and he figured there was no better a place to meet a vampire then in the middle of a crowd. Roxas walked up to the small café he'd spent hours at after practice. Prepared to wait hours again, but only waiting ten minutes.
"So… you beat me here… and I thought I was going to be early." Roxas looked up from his cup of white hot chocolate, looking Xigbar in the eye and noticing how much nicer he looked; wearing a suit like he'd just gotten out of the office, hair back in a much neater ponytail.
"I guess I did." Xigbar sat down and Roxas motioned for one of the waitresses over and she smiled as kindly at Xigbar as she could.
"I'll just have what he's having." the waitress nodded and vanished inside the back as Roxas looked at the briefcase that Xigbar had brought with him.
"So, what are you doing with the briefcase?" Roxas looked at the black leather as Xigbar lifted it up onto the table.
"Last night I decided to get my new life underway. Got a house, got a job, pretty much normal things." he shrugged as the waitress came back with another white hot chocolate.
"Interesting. So, you're an actual member of society?" Xigbar shrugged as he took a sip before double taking and sniffing the drink.
"I guess you could say that… though I guess its not that bad, the mayor just knows I own a house and have a job… and a large sum of money in my bank account. Oh! And you might want to forget any kind of trying to kill me kid. I can tell you've got garlic in the bag. And just so you know, that doesn't work."
Roxas ground his teeth together, glaring slightly at the tall lanky man with all his might. "What does?"
"A steak through the heart paralyzes us long enough to decapitate us… and of course sunlight- only real sunlight though." Roxas nodded with a sigh. "And you cant kill me if you tried. It was in the contract, any attempt on my life from you will result in your own death… I call it the suicide clause."
Roxas let out a huff before downing the rest of his hot chocolate, not caring that the scorching liquid burnt his tongue as it traveled down his throat.
"So, I say we get going. I've got quite a bit to teach you tonight, and I still have to get you back before sunrise." Roxas raised an eyebrow before just shaking his head.
"Fine. But if my friend calls I'll have to call my dad back." Xigbar nodded, understanding that Roxas would need some kind of cover.
"Deal. But I warn you… it wont be easy, most day guards take years to train, and your jumping into this… some people train their families for generations, their contracts roping entire families into it."
Roxas looked scared for a moment before Xigbar just smiled. "No, I didn't rope your family into it. Only you… but your going to need a better excuse for staying out every night and day."
Roxas just nodded as he got up, grabbing his cello and waiting for Xigbar to get up too.
"Fine… you obviously want to be getting started, so I guess I'll take you to the new house." Roxas just shrugged and followed Xigbar as he set a twenty onto the table and stood up.
"Xigbar… its no more then ten."
"Tip I guess." Xigbar jut shrugged and Roxas rolled his eyes as he turned with Xigbar and started walking with him.
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The house wasn't a house, it couldn't have even been considered a house. The thing was huge! It was the oldest house in the entire town, a large gate surrounded the entire place for goodness sake.
"Common, I'll show you the exercise I want you to work on tonight, and where the workout room is."
"Workout room?" Xigbar just nodded as he opened the gate and ushered Roxas in the yard, large gate screeching to a close behind him and Xigbar just smirking as he followed the blonde teen up towards the house, wondering slightly what it was going to be like having a day guard again after so many years.
AN: alright! Now just so you know I'm posting the first three chapters because I'm one of those writers that cant get to the real good plot fast enough, also, I understand if you don't want to review right now, but I'd like to at least know if some people are reading. Also, in the other chapters I'm going to have KH, Bleach, and Naruto characters joining me in the Author Notes! (waves hands in the air doing the NUMA NUMA) and as another note you might want to know, I'm not going to have songs in every chapter- this is most likely the only chapter with a character singing songs.
Anyhow, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing… now: ON TO CHAPTER TWO!