A/N: First of all one thing that seems to be forgotten quite oftenly by me. I don't own the character or the places. Just the idea of the story. And if I forget to write this again, I've written it up to my profile so it's at least there.

So first of all I'm sorry for long whiles before updating but the least is that I'll get one review for a chapter that I'd keep on updating. Thanks.

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Checking your reflexes

Demyx was fighting for air. Someone was holding him slightly off of the ground by throat. Axel wasn't too far off and looking more than worried. "Let him go!" Axel screamed panicked. The man grinned and just held slightly tighter. Demyx was making strangled voice and tried to get free. "Please, I'll do anything! Just let him go!" Axel shouted in fear.

"If I let him go, you'll just kill me." The man said though he did loosen his grip a little to let Demyx breathe a little easier. Demyx was gasping for air. Axel tried hard to think a way of saving Demyx.

Axel and Demyx had come to the world just for a routine check and gotten into a fight about something. Demyx had stormed off leaving Axel alone. The sudden scream got Axel running straight towards the sound. No matter how hard the fight they'd get into or how angry they'd be to each other, they still would never leave each other in trouble. And Axel ran straight into the scene where someone tried to strangle Demyx.

Suddenly the man tightened the grip and Demyx started to frantically fight for air. Axel panicked and screamed the man to let Demyx go. The further the fight went the clearer Axel knew that Demyx's time was running out. So he did the only thing he could think of. He attacked.

Axel took out the Chakrams and ran forward. The man just grinned and brought Demyx in front of him. Demyx looked horrified at Axel and waited for the impact... But it never came. When Axel came close enough, he dispelled other one of the Chakrams, pushed Demyx off of the way while turning a little around and plunged other one of the Chakrams through the bad guy from behind. Demyx watched the move quite astonished.

When Demyx fell to the ground he started to cough quite badly. Axel only glanced at the bad guy once before he was already kneeling next to Demyx. The Nocturne was lying on the ground and Axel carefully raised him to a sitting position.

"It's OK, Dem. Just try to relax and breath. Take it easy." Axel started to mutter while gently rocking Demyx forth and to. Little by little Demyx did relax. He kept his eyes closed and leaned slightly against Axel.

"Thanks..." Demyx whispered before he started to cough again. Axel, though still quite panicked, tried his best to soothe Demyx.

"Don't talk. You'll be OK..." Axel whispered quietly, held tight onto Demyx and gave a quick kiss to his forehead. "God damn it... I was so scared. I feared I'd lose you... I'm so sorry, Dem, I really am..." Axel told him quietly with slightly trembling voice.

Demyx relaxed a little and sighed in relief. He had slightly though he'd die. "Can we..." Demyx tried to talk but started to cough again. Axel nearly freaked out.

"Don't talk! You'll just hurt yourself." Axel pleaded while doing anything and everything to make it easier for Demyx to breathe. Once Demyx stopped coughing he started to write something to the ground. Axel watched carefully Demyx's writing.

"Can we go back home?" Was what Demyx wrote to the ground. Axel smiled and nodded. He carefully stood up and took Demyx with him. Demyx yelped a little but luckily didn't start to cough. Axel just smiled at him and created a dark portal back to the castle.

"Vexen, you should check up on Demyx." Axel called out. Demyx tried hard to show not to do that but he was ignored. Vexen came there quite fast asking what was wrong. Demyx tried to come up with something but started to cough once he got one letter out. Axel was immediately on his side trying to calm him.

"This one idiot was trying to choke him." Axel explained carefully and Vexen nodded before he started to check out what was wrong. It didn't take long before the scientist was ready.

"Don't talk for few days. And after that, take it easy with short words." Vexen stated out and Demyx just nodded. Once Vexen was fully ready, the two other Nobodies left the room straight to Demyx's. Demyx lay down to his bed and Axel sat next to him.

Demyx thought for long while before he found a way to communicate with Axel. He took out small amount of water into the mid-air and created the text of what he wanted to say. "Axel, how did you do that?" Demyx wrote into the mid-air. Axel stared at the writing for a while before he actually realized what Demyx was asking him.

"I'm not sure. It just was the last thing to do." Axel answered with a sad smile. Demyx nodded. He changed the water's message and wrote a longer sentence.

"Mostly it happens like this: The bad guy is whether killed from behind or then the one being saved is actually killed. So, how did you managed up on it?" Demyx looked a little puzzled at Axel. Axel just chuckled a little.

"I really don't know, Dem. I guess you could call it reflex." Axel answered and stood up from the bed. "Take some rest, Dem. You need it." Axel said, gave a kiss to Demyx's forehead and left to his own room. Demyx sighed happily and drifted into sleep.

Next day Axel would have wanted to be with Demyx but he had a practice with Zexion. Demyx played with the water again and created a short note from it. "Who are you fighting against and can I come to watch?" He asked carefully. Axel just chuckled.

"Going against Zexion. Darn, would have wished it to be Marluxia so I could burn his plants... Oh and sure, why not. I can keep an eye on you just in case. And remember don't talk. Got it memorized?" Axel answered. Demyx nodded and wrote a short note on a paper. "What're ya writing?" Axel asked when he noticed the piece of paper.

"Nothing." Demyx wrote out in water, put the paper into his pocket and followed Axel out to the practice arena. Axel just shrugged and let it be. Once at the arena, Demyx gave the note to Xigbar and seemingly started a mental conversation between himself and Zexion.

"You've probably heard about what happened?"

"Yeah. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, Ax saved me. But, I'd like to try out something. So, don't stop me when I come to the arena between you and Axel."

"What are you going to do?"

"Just checking his reflexes."

"Do you need help on disguising?"

"Would be good."

"Okay, if you two are ready with the mental talk I'd like to start this." Axel said slightly annoyed. Demyx got slightly startled and he tried to say sorry but before he got the word out, he started to cough. "Damn it, Dem! I told you not to talk!" Axel shouted while slightly rubbing Demyx back. Demyx just weakly nodded.

The fight started and Demyx watched it with mild interest. Suddenly he gave a word out to Zexion and created a dark portal straight into Axel's way. Axel got more than freaked out but managed to move aside in time. Demyx grinned quite triumphantly. "The fuck was that about?!? You could've got killed!" Axel shouted angrily.

Demyx brought out some water and started to create words out of it. "Sorry. I just needed to check it out." Axel stared at him quite enraged. Demyx gulped once. "Knew you could do it. Dunno why, but you seem to care about me that much that you're able to something that needs fast reaction." Demyx kept on writing since he couldn't talk. Axel sighed.

He walked to Demyx and hugged him. "Don't do that ever again, got it memorized? You fucking freaked me out." Axel whispered quite drained. Demyx nodded carefully. "Dem, I really do care about you and I'd hate it if something happened to you. Now, would you please stay with Xigbar and let me fight?" Axel continued and pulled off to look at Demyx. Demyx nodded and walked to the side of the arena. Axel watched him walk away with slight smile.

If Demyx needed to talk out he called out some water and wrote his words out. Mostly Axel stayed close by just in case. It didn't in the end take than few days before Demyx did get his voice back. Axel though kept the talk short and made sure that Demyx would heal fully.

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A/N: Thanks for reading! If you red this, I'd love it if you left a slight review! Thank You! (Even flames are accepted! Though, those are going for Axel's amusement or then for Demyx to practice on. Thanks!)