XIII
"Why are we here again?" I asked, staring out at the white crests of the waves. Bobbing along the water, the Demon's Revenge sent a spray of salt water at me for being too far over the edge. Recoiling from the sting of salt, I heard someone guffaw behind me.
"You want some sea salt ice cream with that spray, Roxas?" Axel joked, slapping me on the back. I wiped his eyes, sticking my tongue out at Axel. Grinning at my reaction, Axel walked to the ship's railing, gazing at the peaceful sunset. The water shimmered with oranges and yellows, a fire dancing on water.
Looking back at me, and with my eyes now free of the stinging seawater, Axel sighed. "I told you before. Saïx said there was a huge heartless in these waters and he wants you to retrieve the heart. Like any other mission."
"I know, I know. But Saïx seemed weird when he told us about the heartless," I shook my head at the thought. "Almost like he was worried about us taking this mission."
Axel raised an eyebrow. "Saïx worried? Are we talking about the same guy here? Don't you remember when Xigbar came back from that mission in Halloween town with two huge cuts from guillotines and seven 2nd degree burns from Detonators, and he went complaining to Saïx. His response? 'Next time watch where you walk and be faster about completing your mission.' I think it's impossible for that guy to care, let alone worry." I stood in silence, contemplating what Axel had said.
With the sun all but gone from the horizon, a mere orange sliver of light against the blue of the sky and water, Axel turned from the light, heading below deck for the night. "Still, I feel like something was bothering him," I whispered, the sea breeze carrying my words away.
I closed his eyes, feeling the breeze ruffle my spikes with a gentle touch. Groans and creaks from the decades old planks harmonized with the snaps of the sails and choppy waves. It was no Twilight Town, but I found that being at sea had its own serene lull.
Eyes beginning to close, I scanned around the deck, looking for a place to sit. My eyes came across a large coil of rope and some bags of grain and I stumbled over to them, not giving a second thought to my bed below deck. Upon reaching the makeshift bed, I collapsed and stared sleepily at the recently woken stars, thinking of what Saïx would have to worry over.
A.N~ Tada! A new story! Well not really new, it's been sitting on my computer for over a year, but finally got more of it done so I can start posting chapters here. The title is still a work in progress to be sure, and I'm deciding whether or not to make this merge with another idea I started, but that will come with time. :D
In the meantime, hope you enjoyed this short chapter, I will be uploading another in just a second. Feel free to leave your thoughts about it and thanks for reading! :3
~BlackLily22