Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts I or II or any other ones that lucky game company came up with…all characters are theirs, yes, yes, nothing is mine but the plot and dialogue…and err…that's about it yes. No selling of story for money…no having wild sex with characters either (damn!) But they can do it together…
Author's input: If you played Kingdom Hearts II, I strongly suggest you bear in mind that this story centers BEFORE Axel, Demyx and the rest of the KH2 Nobodies die.
Men of Etiquette
"Axel?" a voice hovered over him. "Axel? Axel, wake up!"
The voice drowned out all his energy and he collapsed onto his side. Flames burned him from the feet up. Why was he in so much pain?
"Axel, can you hear me?" again that annoying voice.
He breathed taking in the calm darkness that surrounded them. The castle felt so cold. The marble got slippery and he felt his knees slowly give away.
"Need to…lie down—" he managed to say before his eyes shut and that voice too vanished.
Axel's voice was coarse as he tried to protest against someone's hands. A rather gentle hand managed to pry his coat free and was running itself loose over his chest obviously in search of a wound.
"I—failed," Axel whispered.
Surprising Axel, the voice laughed. "Don't worry about it…I suppose it was all part of some big plan we aren't aware of."
Axel blinked as he tried to focus on the figure in front of him. Blond hair left a bit hanging on the sides of his head stood the young man named Demyx. His eyes sparkled with an unnatural and sought after life. It was almost the same feeling he had with Roxas. Or was he now Sora?
"Roxas," coughed Axel. "Can't let them have him, Demyx! I have to do something!"
As he tried to get up, the blond stopped him with just a shake of his head. "Don't, don't even try to get up now. I had the boss in on what happened and he simply nodded as if everything was fine."
Axel frowned. "What on earth are you babbling about? I don't care about controversies right now, dammit! There is no way I'm going to let Roxas end up like—"
"Like what, Axel?" Demyx cut in. "He too is a Nobody and he too will have to face the fact that he is not—not real."
The blonde's tone made Axel depressed for it held all the rye of a dying animal that has been wounded through injustice. Yet…he felt. How was that possible?
"Demyx, promise me something," he said reaching out to grasp his comrade's hand. "Don't ever abandon me…"
The other man's hand shook slightly at the redhead's words and he had to look down. "Never…"
Axel looked him in the eye. "Will you stand by me at any cost?"
"Now, wait a second I'm not—" Demyx began and was cut off by Axel's grip that suddenly burned his skin. "Hey! Stop!"
"I say again, will you stand by me?" the redhead repeated.
"Alright, alright, just let go," he whelped. "What is with you? What are you going to do?"
"I want to reclaim what had once been mine," Axel stated then he got up. His eyes flaring with determination, he shook off his injuries as if they had disappeared. "I'm going to extract my vengeance through Sora, if Roxas is lost, then I will make Sora pay for what he did to him. And I will get it only one way…"
Demyx watched him without a word even as he turned and gave him the maniac smile that had once made him laugh; now he was terrified of that look.
"I am going to use whatever means to get him and I know what how to get him," he laughed almost to himself as the blond shivered. "I hear of a grand swordsman in Hallow Bastion—"
"You wouldn't dare, Axel," Demxy gasped. "What if Xemnas were to get a whiff of your silly endeavors?"
The last line earned him get pinned against the wall with Axel's lips right beside his ear.
"Xemnas will never learn of this," he hissed. "And you will do whatever means to make sure my endeavors are gone unnoticed…"
"Of course," the man replied. "I'll make sure of that."
"Good," nodded Axel. "Now we have some common ground between us."
He turned back and created a dark hole.
"What if he doesn't want to help you?" Demyx whispered just as the other man was about to step in.
"He will," and with that he stepped through leaving a drop of blood on the floor.
Demyx stared in awe. Axel had still been bleeding from his injuries.
Author's Notes: Short yes, but nothing I can do about that right now. If you are confused about anything please ask and PLEASE review and tell me if my characters are IN character. I only want them to go a bit OOC towards the end where the pairings all take place you know…
Also, note the original pairings are Axel/Roxas (and that does not mean Axel wants Sora as a lover or anything…he wants his Nobody back.) furthermore, note that the pairing Demyx/Sephiroth affects the relationship between Axel/Demyx but is NOT a love triangle No one should be confused about this yet since I have not even started to even foreshadow what the hell I'm supposed to write…so yes reviewing would be nice. If you have something you would like to take place between these pairs let me know.
---Not my first Yaoi btw…I will write graphic details if you request it and post them onto another site since does not allow NC-17 ya know.---