Title: Paradise

Author: Lacey

Category: Romance/Humor

Rating: M

Pairings: RikuSora, AkuDemy, mentions of MarVex and XemSai

Summary: AU. Demyx is a Guardian Angel In Training, a GAIT, assigned to a young boy named Sora. Axel is a natural-born shoulder Demon/Angel with split personalities that often argue, assigned to Riku in order to help him make up his mind. Demyx's world is flipped upside down when he discovers that it /is/ possible for boys to be able to be together, and that because Riku and Sora get together, he is tossed into a gravity-defying relationship with Axel.

Chapter One: Of Seraphs and Devils

It had been quite some time since Axel had been back in Hell. Being naturally born a demon, it was his home away from work; not that he ever got to leave work unless his "building" died. Which was the case; to be honest, though, he never thought that perverted old coot would ever kick the bucket. All that Ansem ever did was hit on young people and take his students home to force them into sex. It was gross, and no matter how many times he said anything, that rat bastard never listened to him. What was he? Floating chopped liver?

But back to the point. His host had died, so it was now Axel's turn to be assigned to someone new; and hopefully young and not a total arrived at the Boss' office, slowly stepping inside.

A pink-haired pale demon sat amongst a vast garden, in a chair with his feet up on the desk. "Mm, yes?" He purred, licking his lips as he reached under the desk to pet something; Axel felt he didn't want to know what he was touching. And from the pained hiss and slight moan, Axel suddenly started talking very fast to cover up the unneeded noise.

"I'm here for my new assignment." He blurted, looking hopeful that he'd be able to leave soon.

"Ah, right..." It had completely slipped Marluxia's mind. "Let's see..." He brought a hand covered in blood up and picked up a file, not seeming to mind. "Mm...you're assigned to a boy named Riku." He tossed the folder onto the desk and it suddenly elongated to reach Axel's position. "There you go, now run along, I have...things to tend to."

A slight, indignant yelp came from under the desk. "MARLUXIA! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU TO WARN ME BEFORE YOU STRETCH THE DESK! YOU NEARLY TOOK MY LEG OFF!"

"Hush, Vexen, you're so noisy today. Be a good boy and I'll take it off without the desk." Axel really didn't want to know, so he hurried out of the office with the file, looking over the information as he walked the long walk to the only Mac-Donald's in Hell. He read over a Big Mac and fries, as well as a strawberry Fanta. Once he was done, it was back to the human world to find this new boy and introduce himself.

Once he found the silveret, he waited until he was all alone in the Weights room at school before speaking.

"Hello, there, Rik." The tall boy nearly dropped the heavy instrument on his own neck. He placed it in the holder and sat up a little, looking around.

"Who's there?" School was out, and he didn't recognize that voice. He was stunned when a small man with a bat-like wing and a black feathered wing appeared on his stomach.

"It's me. Axel. A-X-E-L, got it memorized?" Riku stared with a blank look on his face.

"Hi, I'm Riku. Who exactly are you?" Axel mimicked out of the side of his mouth. "Well, Riku, swell of you to ask. I'm your new Shoulder Advisor."

"Shoulder Advisor? Doesn't that sound kinda gay?"

"...yes, I know, but the gayest man in the world took over Hell, so we're stuck calling ourselves that. Anyway, that name is far beside the point. I'm here to help you make decisions. So...let me in on a dilemma and I'll see what I can do for ya." Riku just continued to stare before reaching over and picking Axel up by his pants; he had two tails, one with a club on it, and the other with a star; one dark maroon and the other black.

"You're the funniest lookin' thing ever to come into contact with me. But alright...how's this for a dilemma. I've been best friends with Sora for a long time. I've been thinking of asking him out lately...he recently came out of the closet to the whole school, and pretty much the whole town knows. His brother Roxas is always saying I'm so far in the closet I'm having adventures in Narnia...but I know I'm gay. So like...should I ask Sora or no?"

Axel pouted at first, but soon he smirked, "Well, as your new advisor, I'd have to say YES, YES, YES.. I mean...sure, I'd like to see this kid first, but if he's cute and you two get along, go for it."

Meanwhile...

It really seemed that, for as long as Demyx could remember, Xemnas had been the Seraph. Heaven had seen many reforms under his reign, but nothing was too bad or extreme. He did things for the sake of the people, not just to do them. At least, that was how the ditzy blond viewed it. And he was only ditzy because it was easier not to think when you weren't told too much. That was another rule under Xemnas'...well, rule. The angels weren't told very much about the general goings on unless it was a pointless rumor, which tended to spread like wildfire up here. You'd hear things about how Namine had shown her ear to this boy and how she was considered a slut for it. Demyx had always thought it was stupid. He always loved to find a spot on the clouds when he was supposed to be taking classes so he could watch the humans, and they often showed far more than their ears to each other.

The humans had always interested him, that was for sure. They really were entertaining; all of their drama was far more real than the plastic guises up here. Which was why he enrolled in the Guardian Angel classes in the first place; the sad part was, his people-watching hobby always distracted him so that he'd miss class. That had been the case this morning, and he was now racing through the clouds to try and get to his class before he missed the entire lesson. When he finally stopped in, his teacher looked up with an annoyed look on his face. However, at the sight of the blond panting and looking honestly sorry, the blue-haired male sighed.

"Take a seat, Demyx. Today's the day." Demyx always made up his work for the class, so he'd get his today, as well. As he bounced to the only available seat, he watched Zexion carefully.

"Alright, students, today is the day you are assigned your first assignment." The short, slate-eyes male spoke evenly, despite the interruption. "Come on up and get your files." He called everyone by alphabetical order, and Demyx was the second. Going from the bottom in order of the names, Zexion handed him a file. "Good luck, Demyx. Your assignment is a young man named Sora."

Demyx was then catapulted out of the sky, sent plummeting to Earth as he tried to keep his file safe in his beautiful white robe. It wasn't as brilliant as the Seraph's, but it was still crisp and white. When he finally arrived among the humans, a breathtaking sight was set up before him. The birth of a child. That didn't seem right, though; why was he sent here? Was this child Sora? He checked his file; Sora was fifteen years old. He'd never seen a fifteen-year-old come out of his or her mother, so he looked around the room. He caught sight of a boy standing outside the room with brown hair spiked up just like in his picture.

Fluttering out to him, Demyx positioned himself in front of the other with a huge, bright smile on his face. "Hello! I'm Demyx, your Guardian Angel! I just graduated from class and I'm soooooooooooooooo happy to be here!" Sora stared for a few moments before scowling.

"You're too happy for this kind of occasion."

"But...babies are a beautiful and wonderful occasion!"

"Not her demon spawn. That's my step-mom...my mother died." Sora spoke quietly. "She's having my father's illegitimate baby girl." He only said that because he still didn't think his dad should be with anyone new. He hated this woman, and he'd hate her daughter as well.

"Oh..." He suddenly latched onto Sora's face. "Hey, you know what? Hugging makes everything better."

"....get your crotch off my nose." Demyx blinked, but moved back and smiled sheepishly.

"So....should we do something?" He felt like flying around and observing people; he'd never been here before, but he'd always longed to.

"...alright, let's go for a walk, get some Wendy's or something." And with that, the two boys were off, Sora walking with his head down and just telling his father he was going by texting him, Demyx questioning about that strange instrument the whole way.

AN: Yes, another possible chapter story from Lacey; I know I never finish what I start, but maybe the inspiration for this one will stick! .;;;

And...yes, another Kingdom Hearts AU. It may be mixed a little later, but for now it's just KH.

Okay, so...I think this story will be fun. :3 I hope you guys enjoy it.