Demyx wandered the halls of the castle in The World That Never Was, deep in thought. Despite what many of the other members thought, he wasn't always loud and annoying. He was actually quite intelligent and had a good head for schemes. Especially those created by the Cloaked Schemer. Nocturne and Schemer had been on good terms almost since they had met. They were good friends, if a Nobody could be said to have friends. Then again, Demyx had never been one to accept their lack of hearts. He shook his head irritably, this was not the time to let his thoughts wander, he had more important stuff on his mind. Like the message Zexion had sent him earlier. He had been woken up by Zexion's insistent voice in his head, telling him that Marluxia, Lexaeus, Larxene, and Vexen were dead and he was on his was to fight Riku. Demyx had told him he'd better be careful and wished him luck, then he had gone out to wander and wait. Now he was getting a little worried. It had been almost fifteen minutes and Zexion still hadn't sent him another message.
"Come on Zexy…I know you can beat him…" Suddenly, he felt Zexion's presence in his mind, though it was faint and weak.
"Demy, I've lost, but I managed to get away. I'll create a portal and explain what-" Demyx felt surprise and fear in Zexion's mind and called out to him, a little scared himself.
"Zexy! What's wrong?" The feeling of fear intensified and Demyx began to panic. "What's-" Zexion cut him off.
"Axel! He's betrayed us!" He snarled. "He has the fake Riku-Ahhh!" Zexion's voice started to fade. "I'm fading….Need…Escape…." Demyx had already leaped into a portal destined for Castle Oblivion.
He burst out and landed on top of the fake Riku, who looked like he was trying to absorb Zexion. The three of them fell in a pile as Axel let out a frustrated shout. It turned into a laugh as Demyx jumped up and hauled the unconscious Zexion over to the wall behind them.
"Hey Dem, what're you doin' here? I thought you were supposed to be guarding the castle?" Demyx gave Axel the same kind of look Saïx had when he was mad, and Axel actually took a small step back in surprise at the boy's capability to look vicious. Demyx glanced at the Riku which was picking himself up off the floor and narrowed his eyes.
"I didn't know you were in the habit of helping replicas kill us." He said, his tone icier then Vexen's lab. Axel looked impressed.
"Huh. How much has he told you?"
"Enough," Demyx snarled angrily. "You two are the last left alive. You betrayed everyone. Zexion found out. You tried to kill him." Axel sighed and shook his head.
"Too bad. I was hoping I wouldn't have to kill you too." Axel nodded to Riku, who had drawn his sword. "I'm sure you still want to be different from the real Riku, right?" The replica nodded slowly, glaring at the blonde boy with a hate that he returned. "Well, now you can have twice his power." The replica smiled and leaped at Demyx, who had yet to get out his Sitar. The musician ducked under the blow and grabbed Riku's arm, trying to twist it behind his back. Instead of dropping his sword like Demyx had planned, Riku flipped over backward, grabbed the front of Demyx's Organization cloak, and slammed him into the wall hard enough to make spots explode in front of his eyes. Then he surrounded him in darkness, like he had Zexion, and began to absorb his power, and thus, his life. Demyx struggled, but Riku was stronger then he looked, and his grip was too hard for him to break. Instead, he kicked out at Riku and his boot connected with Riku's ribs hard, sending the smaller boy to the ground. Axel laughed.
"Demyx fighting. Never thought I'd see the day I used those two words in the same sentence without saying 'sucks at' in between." Demyx groaned and summoned his Sitar, using it to pull himself back up right, since his legs felt like something in between jello and lead.
"You've seen me fight before. You've just never bothered to watch me win!" Demyx struck a chord on his Sitar and summoned a huge wall of water, sending it straight at Axel. The replica jumped in front of him and used his darkness to meet the attack head-on. The two of them struggled with their elements while Axel watched, amused with Demyx's attempt at serious combat. Meanwhile, Zexion stirred and sat up carefully, messaging the spot where he had hit his head on the white tile floor.
"Demyx? What is he doing? He'll get himself killed!" Axel turned around and laughed, causing Zexion to jump and call his Lexicon to block Axel's chakarams.
"Come on Zexy, give me your best guess. You were talking to him right before the Riku caught you weren't you?" Zexion glanced at Demyx's fight, a small smile tugging at his lips.
"I always knew he was a good friend. Never expected him to actually fight for me though." He turned his gaze back to Axel with a spark of anger in them. "I'm glad to have him on my side." Axel sneered and launched both his chakarams at Zexion at once. Just before they hit him, they burst into flame and knocked the huge book out of his hands, exposing him to further attacks. The flaming weapons circled back to Axel, who caught one in each hand with the ease and grace of long practice and many fights.
"Come on Zexy, that can't be all you've got left!" Axel laughed and turned around, hurtling his chakarams at the supposedly empty air, knocking the real, formerly invisible Zexion over. Demyx jumped at Axel with an angry shout, but Riku grabbed his hood and forced him back into their battle. Left on the floor without a weapon and with no other options, Zexion curled up into a ball and covered his head with his arms, wincing. Axel grinned, raised his chakarams, poised for the final strike, and was yanked off his feet by a light pink Dancer Nobody. Zexion wasted no time in scrambling after his Lexicon while Axel was occupied and quickly snatched it up then glanced around for Demyx, who was currently slashing at Riku with the sharp end of his Sitar.
"Demyx!" He staggered slightly and caught himself on the wall. "Demyx, let's go!" Demyx nodded and called both Dancer Nobodies and Water Clones to keep Axel and Riku busy until they made their escape. He grabbed Zexion's arm and slung it over his shoulder after dismissing his Sitar.
"Zexion running away? I thought that was my job?" Zexion offered a tired smile as Demyx called a portal and they disappeared into it, bound for who know where. As they left, the Nobodies and Clones disappeared, as they were no longer needed. Riku cursed and stabbed at a dead Dancer at his feet as Axel grimaced and dismissed his chakarams.
"This could be a problem." Riku turned on him, his face contorted with rage.
"And what about me?!? Now how am I going to beat the real Riku?!? He's still the same as me!!!" Axel shook his head.
"I think you've absorbed enough of their powers," He spoke slowly, as if choosing his words very carefully. "Your new powers should be enough to allow you to beat Riku and to either take his place, or carve a new name for yourself." The replica nodded slowly and Axel continued. "I've done all I can to help. It's up to you now." His jaw set, Rep Riku nodded again and headed out the door after the real Riku. Axel watched him go with a bemused look on his face.
"Now that that's taken care of, I can't let Zexion or Demyx tell anyone about what really happened. Demyx, I can just threaten. Or I could before today. Now, I'm not so sure. Zexion will have to go. Maybe I can beat them to Xemnas, make my report, and kill him before anyone knows what happened. I don't think Demyx will be a problem if I can kill Zexion. Of course I can always kill him too…" Axel smirked, a plan already forming in his head, and disappeared into a portal.
Okay, this is my first story, so go a little easy on me. Not that I mind flames, just don't be uber-harsh please? Not that Axel lovers will go easy on me ^^; Ya, I really hated Axel for the whole, "he knew too much LETS KILL HIM" thing with Zexy.
Axel: Why don't you love me?!?!?!
Me: YOU KILLED ZEXY AND VEXEN YOU JERK!!!!! But you're still hot. *hugs*
Anyway, I don't own KH2 or the Organization, cause if I did Sora would be SO DEAD, Axel never would have betrayed everybody, Roxas would have stayed and not forced you to waste three hours in T.T., and Xemy wouldn't be in charge. So ya. I obviously don't own it :(
KH2 (c) Square Enix