(A/N: A lot of Demyx and Ordix in this chapter. This is based off of a roleplay (a long, ongoing one), so most of the events stick true to it, except for the way Ordix gets her self into trouble. In the Roleplay it started out as a prank (That also involved Demyx), then turned into trouble. In this one, it starts out a mission and turns into trouble. Anyway, enjoy!)
Ordix curled herself up on Demyx's floor. He glanced at her oddly, only a little while ago she was a scrawny, little kid. Now she was a young adult, it was so strange to him. He fell asleep, and woke up without the cat girl on his floor. He got up, a little concerned, and walked into the gray area. Saix stood in the back of the room and the nobody approached him.
"Hey," Demyx shifted uneasily, "have you seen Ordix?"
"Number XV is on a mission with XVI and VIII." He said, glaring a little, "You have no mission today, IX, rest for tomorrow."
"Alright." He nodded. as soon as Demyx was about to leave, something dark appeared out of the corner of his eye. A corridor, He thought, Maybe she's back... His thoughts were interrupted by something ramming into his side. He gasped a little.
"I'm sorry. I didn't...I didn't mean to." A voice quivered. He looked to the girl now clinging to him, she was breathing jaggedly, as if she had been running. She was covered in bruises and her lip was dripping a fine ruby-coloured substance. Blood.
Something pulled the girl away almost as soon as she had clung to him. "You little bitch," a voice growled, "you almost killed him." Demyx looked to the girls, he identified the voice as Xembar. Ordix was now on the ground, tears streaming down her cheeks and running off with the blood, dripping onto the cold tile floor.
The blue-haired nobody slipped one boot under the cat-like girl's chin, forcing her to look up. "He's a fire element you little shit. That water could have killed him." Ordix yelped a little, mouthing what looked like "I'm sorry".
"Sorry doesn't cut it." The blue-haired nobody moved her boot so the heel of it was on her neck, "I should kill you right here and now." Demyx watched in horror, before gaining the courage to drag Xembar away.
The blue haired girl struggled and tried to get away, "Let go of me!" She growled. Axel approached her, he looked soaked. Had he been watching the whole fight? He set his hand on his beloved's shoulder.
"He's right," the fire-nobody said quietly, "leave her alone for now. Killing is wrong, and there are fates much worse than death." He said even quieter, into her ear.
Demyx held his hand out to the young nobody to help her up off the floor. She reached out, grabbing his forearm, he pulled her up off the floor and she stumbled into him, her entire body shaking. "I'm sorry..." she whispered, clutching to him.
"It's ok, kid. Come on, you should lay down." She nodded and tried to walk forward, stumbling. Demyx helped her stand straight and walked her back to her room. Axel and Xembar headed back toward Xembar's room.
Demyx helped the girl into her bed, she looked horrible. Dry blood smeared across her cheek, her eyes were red from crying, her face had multiple scratches and bruises, and she seemed miserable. Her ears lay flat to her head, and her eyes were expressionless. He sat on the floor, next to the hurt nobody's bed. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah.." she nodded, "I'll be fine. Please stay in here...I think I'm scared..." She whispered.
He nodded a little, "What happened on the mission? If you don't mind me asking. I mean, what made Xembar so...furious?"
"I was trying to find a place to run, a heartless was after me, and it was too strong for me to take on my own. I had wandered off from Xembar and Axel. I was trying to hide, and I bumped into Axel, and knocked him into the water...he almost drowned, and because he's a fire element...it could have been really bad. He came out OK, but..." Her ears went flat.
"Ah." The water nobody nodded. They talked for a while longer, and Ordix fell asleep. Demyx smiled a little, and left the girl to rest.
"Why did you get so upset?" Axel asked, looking to Xembar.
"Because," Xembar's silver eyes gleamed, "I've lost people important to me before. It was the worst experience of my life, and emotionally scarring. I don't want to lose you. You and Blaise are all I have left...and that fucker tried to take you away from me."
"You can tell me..." the red-head leaned in closely.
(A/N:I hope you liked this chapter! The next chapter has a lot to do with Xembar's background, "Burn" goes a bit deeper into the characters, pain, and such, as displayed in this chapter. It's starting to get into some of the conflict, as displayed by a now very shattered friendship. So, anyway, hope you enjoyed! Thank you for reading, it really means a lot to me!)
