"You ready?" the redhead asked the blue haired man in a hushed tone. Saix nodded with a serious demeanor before Axel kicked in the door before them. With guns drawn facing opposite directions, the two men entered the living room.
"Come out come out wherever you are." Axel grinned as the silencer of his pistol guided him into a bedroom while Saix searched the kitchen. After the two checked every air duct and closet, they decided to cancel the mission and return to headquarters.
"What a waste of time." Saix concealed his weapon in the holster at the back of his pants.
"You're telling me." Axel sighed as they stepped into the elevator that took them to the parking structure below the fancy apartment complex.
"Xemnas will not be happy about this." Saix shook his head.
"He never is." Axel smirked, trying to stay positive with his jokes.
"Your sense of humor won't save us. We were supposed to kill Cloud Strife a week ago." Saix reminded his partner.
"Not our fault he found out about our plan to assassinate him. His apartment looked deserted; he probably ran a week ago." Axel shrugged.
"No, someone is living there." Saix said plainly.
"How do you know?" Axel asked as the elevator stopped in the garage.
"I saw a fresh carton of milk. It would have spoiled by now if he left a week ago, but its due date is still too far to suggest it was gotten that long ago."
"Hmmm, well if it's not Cloud, I wonder," Axel started but stopped when a blonde got out of a car, no more than fifty meters from where they stood.
The blonde young man saw the two figures and gulped, carrying grocery bags, hoping to walk past the suspicious looking men in crisp suits.
Saix followed the boy with his eyes and when the blonde walked past him, he saw what was in his bags: cereal boxes.
Without hesitation, Saix drew his weapon and aimed.
"No, wait!" Axel tried to stop Saix, but it was too late. A bullet flew through the air, hitting the blonde in the back.
"Ah!" The blonde fell on his face, panting, his body trembling.
"That's not him!" Axel slapped Saix's arm.
"Woops." The blue haired man said rather dryly.
"Cloud is nearly twice his height, with muscle." Axel groaned, walking up to the poor boy shaking on the cold concrete.
"He bought cereal, the perfect match for fresh milk. And his hair is the same golden color." Saix tilted his head as the boy whined.
"It's clearly not him."
"Guess we have to kill him. He already knows too much." Saix reloaded his weapon before pointing it at the back of the boy's head.
"No! No please, I promise, I won't say anything." The blonde begged for his life as water entered his eyes.
"Any last requests?" Saix asked formally.
"Saix, don't." Axel looked deeply into the blue eyes that were about to cry.
"Why not?" Saix asked, rather neutral about the situation.
"Cause," Axel squatted in front of the sniffling blonde.
"Cause why?" Saix wanted a real reason.
"Because I want him." Axel smiled before he lifted the boy into his arms.
"Agh," The blonde grunted in pain.
"Axel, you know better. No visitors."
"He's not a visitor." Axel ignored Saix as he adjusted the body in his grip.
"No guests." Saix started walking to their black car, parked in the corner.
"He's not a guest." Axel smiled down into the terrified face in his arms.
"No new members." Saix unlocked the vehicle.
"Would you give it a rest and open the door already?" Axel asked as he stood by the backseat.
"Whatever." Saix helped his partner as he climbed in the back, still cradling the quivering body.
"Shh," Axel cooed.
"It, it hurts." The victim's head ached as the pain started to get to him.
"You'll be fine. I didn't shoot to kill." Saix rolled his eyes as he sped away from the crime scene.
"You owe me your life." Axel said as he looked down into his lap.
"Th-thank you." The boy gulped, not sure if that was a good thing or not.
"You shall repay me by living with me." Axel said, looking out his tinted window.
"Xemnas won't allow it." Saix glared from the rear view mirror.
"Yes he will." Axel remained resolute.
"What makes you think that?"
"Because, we just captured Cloud's little brother." Axel grinned into the blonde's eyes.
Author's Note: OMG ok so I really wanted to write a 'gang' related fanfiction for a while now, so here is my first attempt! This is going to have some "Yakuza" themes so it will be heavy, warning lol. So if you don't want to read a more 'dark' side to Axel, then this may not be the fic for you, but it's a very sweet story, trust me. It's filled with drama and some good yaoi, so please follow, I promise you won't regret it! I'm super excited for this story and for many others!
Living Legacy, Sarabellum