Chapter 1
Me: Oooh yay! I've revamped it!
Marluxia: Whoop dee freakin do.
Me: Well you sound excited.
Marluxia: Oh yes, I'm very excited.
Me: Ya know what? Screw you. -throws chakram at Marluxia whom immediatly bursts into flame-
Axel: Hey! Was that my chakram?
Me: ...Maybe?
Axel: NOOOOOOO!
Okay so I completely revamped this so I highly recommend you start this story over otherwise you won't get it. Enjoy!
A tall, skinny figure walked silently down the pitch black alleyway. His clothes helped him blend in almost perfectly. He looked around slowly and started when he spotted what looked to be the form of a human. As he got closer he noticed that it was the form of a young girl of about 19. As she shifted with a slight moan he noticed that she was wearing a yellow midriff bearing top and black cargo pants. He bent over and brushed his hand lightly over her forhead and felt a warm, sticky substance coat the tips of his fingers. As he looked closer he saw a dark liquid running from her hairline down her right cheek. He made a snap decision, gently picked her up, and lifted his hand to open a dark, swirling portal which he walked through with the girl in his arms.
She opened her eyes blearily and squinted them as the lights glared searing daggers into her already throbbing skull.
"Oww, what the hell happened to me?" she asked quietly as a flash of pain sent the room spinning.
She reached up to massage her temples and felt the rough material of cloth wrapped tightly around her head. She got up slowly so as not to cause the room to go out of orbit again and padded quietly to a mirror she had seen across the room. She looked and saw a red patch near her right temple, blood, though, how long ago the wound had stopped bleeding, if it had since head wounds were known to bleed a lot, she didn't know. She reached behind her head to untie the bandage, even if it was only for a glimpse, so she could see how bad it was.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
She turned and saw a lean man with fiery red hair leaning against the doorframe to the room. He pushed himself off and walked over to stand next to her. He gently grabbed her wrist and lowered it to her side, his teal eyes glinting with unmentioned suspicion.
"What happened to me?" she asked the man, hoping he would be able to fill in the blank spaces of her memory.
"I was hoping you would be able to tell me," he answered quietly, releasing her wrist.
She just shook her head, her short brown hair waving around her face, her blue-violet eyes filled with uncertainty. The man gazed at her a little longer as if to make sure she wasn't lying, as if he didn't believe her, then shook his head, turned, and started to walk out of room.
"Who are you and why did you help me?" the girl questioned suddenly as he turned out of the door and started to disappear from view.
He appeared back in the doorway and shrugged his shoulders saying, "It seemed like the right thing to do."
She nodded slightly and he started to walk away once again.
"Wait!" she cried out. He turned again and stared at her with a quiet defiance, that seemed to be a part of his attitude, as if daring her to say more. "You still haven't told me your name," she finished quietly as if she was scared he would come and send her away from this place which had become a refuge to her.
"The name's Axel. Got it memorized?" he responded and walked down the hall.
After a few seconds she ran to the door and called at his receding back, "My name's Lerexia!"
He raised a hand to acknowledge that he had heard her and she needn't repeat herself.
A soft knock brought him back out of his whirlpool of thoughts.
"Hey Axel, can I come in?" a voice said as the door creaked open a few inches.
A boy poked his head around the door and waited for a response. Axel nodded once and the boy stepped fully into the room. He looked to be about 15 with spiky, blond hair and piercing, oceanic eyes. He walked up to the bed Axel was sitting on and sat down, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the young man sitting beside him.
"Axel, what's wrong?" the boy asked, noticing the man's distraught expression.
"It's that girl I found."
"What about her?" the boy questioned, concern coloring his words.
"She seems to have lost her memory about what happened and Xemnas is going to kill me if I don't find out what happened to her."
"Well have you thought of any way to bring back those missing memories?"
"No, not yet."
"How about showing her a personal item of hers? Maybe that will trigger something," the boy suggested.
"I can't do that Roxas," Axel said, practically shouting. "The only things she had with her are the clothes on her back."
"Well, then at least spend time with her so that she can have someone to talk to about what she does remember and that might help her remember what she forgot."
"That's crazy but I guess I'll head out."
"Where?"
"To do as you said of course!"
Axel walked down the hall toward the room where Lerexia was staying and stopped when he saw that the door had been left open a crack. He peeked around cautiously just in case she was doing..."girl things" and saw Larxene sitting on the edge of the bed.
"What are you doing here?" Axel questioned suspiciously.
"Well, Xemnas just happened to tell me that you had found a strange girl while on your travels and I felt it was my duty to come and help her get 'cleaned up' you could say."
Axel glanced at the pile of clothes at her feet he hadn't taken much notice of a moment before.
"Um, excuse me?" a quiet voice interrupted.
They both looked up to see Lerexia peeking shyly around the bathroom door. Larxene got up immediately and walked over to the door.
"Come on now, don't be shy," she said pulling on Lerexia's arm. "So? What do you think?" she questioned twirling the startled girl.
Axel glanced at the two for a second and then started to turn back to glower at the floor only to look back in shock. As Larxene twirled her the pale green, pleated skirt Lerexia had adorned spun out around her upper legs, when Larxene stopped she averted her gaze to the floor and gripped the bottom of her skirt. Her upper body was clad in a powder blue hooded jacket that stopped at her waist with a white camie underneath. The afore mentioned skirt stooped at mid-thigh and the lower part of her legs were covered in a pair of powder blue knee highs with pale green tennies. It surprised him that someone who had looked like she had before could look like this.
"It looks fine," he replied nonchalantly.
"Ugh, I knew it would be a bad idea to ask you," Larxene huffed.
Axel looked up a little surprised, Larxene was acting abnormally generous today, maybe it was because there was finally another girl in the castle, besides the ever silent Namine, she could hang out with which meant that maybe she would be like this all the time. A glimmer of hope shone in the darkness that was his life made a living hell by none other than Larxene.
"So Lex, I'll leave you in the 'capable' hands of pyro over here for now, okay?"
Axel looked up, realizing that Larxene was talking about him. Lerexia nodded, still looking at the floor, a light blush touching her cheeks.
"And you," Larxene started turning to him, "if anything happens to this girl I will personally chop you into tiny pieces."
His eyes widened and she nodded, apparantly satisfied. She waved to Lerexia and walked out the door.
"You can sit down you know," Axel stated after a few moments, breaking the silence and patting the space on the bed next to him.
She looked up, embarrassed, and sat down where he had indicated. A silence, once again, hung over them like a dark storm cloud until it was interrupted by Roxas peeking around the door.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting anything but Demyx told me to tell you that the Karaoke night he's been planning is going to start soon and he wants you to come down."
Axel nodded his head in acknowledgement and turned to look at the girl sitting beside him.
"You might as well come with, you're going to have to meet the others sooner or later anyway," he said getting up and starting out the door.
She looked up surprised and then quickly got up and followed him down the hall.
Me: Oh man this is so intense!
Marluxia: No it's not.
Me: Yes it...wait...didn't I kill you?
Marluxia: -nervously- I have no idea what you're talking about.
Me: Uh-huh, riiiight.
Okay, I hope you like the new version please review and let me know. Pleeeeeaaaasssseeee? And to all you new readers I hope you enjoyed it! Now press that pretty little button down there and send those comments. You know you like the button cause I sure do!
Edit 9/7/10: So, I was reading through my chapters and noticed some inconsistencies and errors that were bugging me so much that I couldn't continue without fixing them. So I've decided to put off the next chapter until I have gone through the other thirteen. Thank you for your patience.