This fanfiction has no relation to my other fics. Axel's and Demyx's relationship is not affected. Note: This fic follows the events in my other fanfic, "Pink over Blue" so check that one out to get a better idea of what led to this one. Hope you like it.

Demyx's P.O.V

"Demyx, are you done yet?" Axel asked me as he stared at his reflection in the mirror in front of him.

"Almost Axel, but your hair is really messy this morning." I answered as I passed a brush over Axel's long, fiery red hair.

This has become a morning routine of ours. After pouncing on him every morning to wake him up, I would tug him into the bathroom, set him down in front of the mirror, and start brushing his luminescent hair. His normally spiked hair, was surprisingly soft, like a plush pillow. So many times I was tempted to nuzzle my face in his hair, and breath in his wonderful scent, but I refrained myself from doing so.

"There, all done." I said as I put the brush down. I ran my hand through his knot free hair to prove it.

"Thanks Demyx." Axel said. "I really hate doing this myself."

"Mmm."

I wasn't paying attention to Axel as I stared at the locks of red hair that were wound around my fingers. Another temptation was rising, and I was loosing to it. Without much thought, I wrapped my arms around Axel's neck, and buried my face into his hair, taking deep breaths of his alluring scent.

"Demyx?" Axel asked.

"I love you." I said, catching several strands of his hair amongst my tongue.

"Heh. I can tell you've been wanting to do this for a while." Axel said as he tapped my arms.

"Maybe." I mumbled, resting my chin on top of his head.

"Heh."

Axel turned in his stool to face me, and wound his arms around my waist, pressing his ear against my stomach.

"If you want something Demyx, you shouldn't be afraid to ask for it." he said.

I shifted my face away before I answered.

"I don't want to seem, needy." I said.

"Why would you? You never ask for anything. Try it out for once."

He looked up at me, and I became lost in the gleam of his emerald eyes.

"You know, though I love how you look with your mullet, you're much more adorable with your hair down." he said.

My face heated as he stood up, my arms going up with him. I could not tear my eyes away from his face as he pressed me against the wall, and lowered his head. Our lips were about to meet, when the loud buzzing of an alarm clock sounded from my room. Axel glanced at my door, and back at me.

"Did you put your alarm on snooze?" he asked me.

"What? Oh!"

Forcing myself to get out of his arms, I rushed into my room, and to my desk.

"Oh no! We're going to be late!" I said as I shut my alarm off.

"Late for what?" Axel asked as he leaned on my door frame.

"We have a mission together today, remember?" I asked him as I pulled my nightshirt off, and rifled through my closet for a clean shirt. "You better get changed too before it-" I was silenced by a warm hand pressing against my back.

"If you want me to do something, you shouldn't ask while stripping." Axel said.

"I-I-I wasn't-I." I fumbled to say.

"I'm just messing with you." Axel said. "Don't get so worried. I'll go get changed."

He ruffled my hair, and went back to his room. I let out the breath of air I was holding, and went back to changing.

Once donning my blue undershirt, black pants, boots, and gloves, and the classic black cloak, I fixed my hair into its signature mullet, and knocked on Axel's door.

"Axel, are you ready yet?" I asked.

"I'm ready Demyx." Axel said, and joined me in the hall. He had also put on his uniform, and had also spiked his hair.

"Lets go before we get in trouble." I said, taking his hand and pulling him down the hall.

"I've never seen you excited over having a mission before." Axel told me.

"I'm not." I paused, and turned to him with an adoring gaze. "I'm excited about having a mission with you."

Axel smiled, and swung an arm over my shoulders.

"I don't know what out mission is, but just because I know you like it, I hope it's in Atlantica."

"But Axel, you hate Atlantica."

"I know, but I love you."

He gave me our interrupted kiss from before, and we walked down the hall together with his arm over me.

There were only a few lingering Nobodies left in the Grey Room, and they were ones that took missions, rather than give them out.

"Who's giving out missions today?" Axel asked.

"I don't know." I said.

"My my, you two are late." a voice behind us said.

I stood straight, frozen at the familiarity in that voice. Axel wrapped his other arm around me, and pulled me protectively closer.

"Perhaps if you were to act more decent, you wouldn't have this problem." the voice said.

Slowly, I turned around to face the owner of that spine chilling voice. Those cold yellow eyes and devilish grin brought a whole new wave of fear.

"Good morning Nine." Saix said.

As far as Axel's arms would let me, I shied away from Saix, to afraid to take my eyes off him. Axel took a step in front of me, and shifted his body so that I was slightly behind him.

"Don't talk to him." Axel growled at Saix.

"It's a simple good morning Eight." Saix said.

"Leave then."

"I would, but I believe you two still need your assignment, no?" Saix asked, holding up a folded sheet of paper. "You two must be very happy today, being sent out on a mission together." He leaned down so that he was only looking at me. "You're always depending on him, aren't you? You believe that he's always going to be there for you. Protecting you from everything." Saix whispered to me, and tapped the paper against my jaw.

I reacted by gripping Axel's cloak. Axel elbowed Saix away, and snatched the paper from him. He didn't have to say what he was thinking, his silent glare was all he needed.

"Have fun." Saix said, and left the Grey Room.

"Demyx, are you okay?" Axel asked, letting his arms drop.

"Y-yeah. I'm fine." I answered. "I'm fine."

"You're still afraid of him. Axel said.

"Maybe a little." I answered.

"I think it's more than that." Axel said, placing his hand over mine, which was at my neck.

Without realizing it, I had covered the scar at my neck. The scar Saix had given me when he bit me like a vampire that unfortunate night. The bite wound had healed over, but the thin line from my skin stitching together had remained. A forever reminder of what Saix was trying to do to me. If it hadn't been for Axel, I would've had a bigger scar.

"Can we…not talk about it?" I asked. "I'm still not comfortable talking about it."

"I feel the same way." Axel said, taking my hand off my neck. "Want to head out now?" He unfolded the mission description.

I nodded. "I need the distraction." I said as I followed Axel into the dark portal he had opened.

The Second District of Traverse Town. The center of the town, and the most deserted section. This was due to the high number of Heartless that tend to gather there. Our mission was to dispatch a Guard Armor, a recurring Heartless here. The lack of light in the already dark world made it seem more creepier than it was.

Normally, on a partner mission, we are to split up and search for the Heartless on our own, then face the Heartless together. But, Axel and I decided to do things our way. Together, we searched the abandoned shops, Gizmo Shop, and hotel. The ceilings were to low to house the Heartless, so it must appear somewhere outside.

"Don't see it anywhere." Axel said from our lookout point outside the hotel doors.

The hotel was situated all along the left side of the District on a raised level, so it gave us a good view of the empty lot in the center.

"I don't think it's going to come out in the open."

"Where do you think it could be?" I asked.

"I don't know, but I have a pretty good idea that it might be in the ally." Axel pointed to the opposite side of the District.

Behind one of the buildings, there was a dark ally where a lot of Shadow Heartless like to hide. A perfect place for a monstrous Heartless to hide.

"You think it's back there?" I nervously asked.

"Maybe. We better check it out." Axel replied, and walked past me, down the stairs.

"Axel wait!" I said, and rushed after him.

We walked across the District to the back of the building where the ally was. It was much darker than I thought, and had a much darker aura around it. The yellow eyes of the Shadow Heartless faded in and out of the darkness showed that the ally wasn't empty. I grabbed Axel's arm when one of the Shadow's lunged at me.

"It's okay." Axel reassured. "It's not as scary as it seems."

"Axel, do you think you could, maybe…" I glanced at the ally.

Axel chuckled.

"Okay, if it makes you feel better." he said.

He held up his free hand, and summoned a small flame into his palm. It illuminated the entrance of the ally, and forced the Shadow's to retreat into the deeper darkness. I let go of his arm, but still held onto his hand.

"Ready?" Axel asked me.

"I think so." I answered.

He gave my hand a reassuring squeeze, and lead the way into the ally. The darkness curved around us as the light from the flame cut through it. The Shadow's shied away from the light, then reappeared when we walked past them. I'm not sure how we were supposed to find the Heartless, the darkness was so heavy, not even the light from the flame could show us what was ahead. We made it to the end of ally when Axel's hand nudged against the door leading to the Third District.

"Hmm…Demyx, can you let go for a minute?" Axel asked.

"What are you going to do?" I asked, letting his hand drop.

"Shine a bit more light on this situation." Axel answered.

He held his hands together, and the flame in his hands doubled in size, with a much brighter gleam. Now the walls of the ally were visible, as well as some of the cobble path in front of us.

"There." Axel said. "Just incase we passed it while coming in. Come on Demyx."

He walked ahead, and I quickly followed. We both looked from side to side as we headed out, but still saw no sign of our target. I heard a faint shuffle behind us, and whipped my head around.

"Axel, did you hear that?" I asked.

"Here what?" Axel asked, pausing.

"I heard something behind us."

"I didn't hear anything." he said, and started walking again.

I stared at the pith black behind me, straining my ears to try and catch a hint of the shuffling again. When I heard nothing, I started to follow Axel. Then the shuffling sounded closer.

"Axel," I said, stopping again. "I heard it again."

"I didn't hear anything." Axel said, not even pausing. "You're probably just imagining things because you're afraid."

"But,"

A twig snapped behind me. I definitely didn't imagine that.

"Axel there's…"

Before I could finish, my arms were suddenly pinned to my side by something wrapping around me.

"What-"

I tried to break free from my restraint, but whatever was around me was too think and strong.

"Ax-mph!"

I was muffled by a gag, forced into my mouth, and was then yanked away from the fading light.

The yank was so forceful, I ended up slamming against the ice cold cobble floor. Then, pain. A sudden torrent of pain shot through my body. I screamed, but it only came out muffled through the gag. The shock subsided, then came again. My body cringed at the jolt that went up my spine and across my body. The shock died out again, and I was panting heavily. I felt like I was about to pass out, but I forced myself to keep my eyes open. I heard a snap, and the pain came again. This shock lasted longer, and I felt myself slipping out of consciousness. When it finally ended, a dark figure loomed over me before Axel's light disappeared, and I fell into a deep slumber.

Axel's P.O.V

"I didn't hear anything." I said, continuing my stride. "You're probably just imagining things because you're afraid."

He's so nervous. Maybe I shouldn't have brought him in here, but then he wouldn't have let me come in here on my own. I love him so much, but I wish that he would be a little braver.

"But…Axel there's…"

He must have heard something that silenced him. Where is that Heartless?

"Ax-mph!"

"Demyx?"

A slam then a snap, followed by Demyx's muffled scream.

"Demyx!" I called.

Silence.

"Demyx!"

I let my flame die out as I raced back into the ally.

"Damn it."

I summoned the flame again in one hand, and was greeted by the wall at the end of the ally.

"Demyx? Demyx? Demyx? Demyx!" I called out frantically as I ran up and down the ally, shining my flame everywhere.

Nothing. He's not here. He's not, here.

"Demyx!" I shouted out of breath from having run the length of the ally twice. "Demyx." I whispered.

He's gone. My water boy has been taken from me. I need help. I have to find him. I want him back.

Completely forgetting about the mission, I opened a dark portal back to the Castle.

AN: And Demyx has been taken. I think it's kind of obvious who did it. Oh well. Hope you liked the first chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts