Chapter Two
Back in that world which was cloaked in darkness, Axel warped back into his room. It seemed to be empty, like his chest. Axel took a few paces forwards, the floorboards beneath his feet creaked, alerting anyone who might have been in the hallway that he was back from his small venture.
It was only a few moments until Demyx burst into the room, flicking his short, mullet like hair back from his face. Axel couldn't help but smile, his mood had truly lifted from that pep talk earlier. Demyx stood in the doorway as Axel took his place on his bed. "The other members wanna' see you, Axel." He spoke, leaning on the doorframe. Axel looked at him blankly, or rather in thought yet slowly a smile curved on his lips. Axel's eyed soon began looking at his body lean into the frame, it made him think and for a moment, Demyx faded away and in his place was Roxas. Roxas was standing there, in his black, long coat and leaning against the doorframe, smiling. Axel could hear Roxas' voice echo through his head, speaking his name. Yet, as Demyx approached him this sweet daydream faded away and back into reality Axel came tumbling.
It took only a few seconds for Axel to snap at Demyx, "What are you doing in here, again?!" He would seem angry but he was simply distraught, again. That daydream was a tease, he missed Roxas. His best friend and the only person, aside from Demyx, he could trust. Despite being snapped at, Demyx moved to sit beside Axel once more and before he knew it, another member of the Organization stomped into the room.
Xemnas, a Nobody which Sora defeated himself appeared in the room. He seemed disgusted at the show of emotion packed into this small room, "Listen up and listen fast, we're going to get your little Roxas back. Not so you can stop your whimpering and sniffling. We need his abilities and since he can wield the Keyblade and is still one from the darkness… He is the Key of Destiny. He got away once, but not again!" Xemnas seemed annoyed, extremely annoyed. He stood in the room, towering over any piece of furniture and the pair whom were sat on the bed.
Xemnas was standing in the room, looking down at Axel more than Demyx. He seemed disgusted at his snivelling behaviour over the loss of Roxas. It took a few moments, but, Demyx stood up and tried to defend his emotionally broken friend. "Xemnas.. You have really picked on the wrong guy, he's a ticking time bomb and you and I both know he betrayed the members of the Organization once, he can do it twice. Just back down!" Xemnas seemed unimpressed at this admirable action and quickly brought his hand to Demyx's face, smacking him onto the floor. At which point, the ruthless leader looked down at Demyx, "Learn your place." With those three words, Xemnas then disappeared from the room.
After Xemnas left, Axel moved onto the floor beside Demyx, sitting down and looking at him, "Are.. Are you okay?" He spoke, quietly and of course, sounding genuinely concerned. Demyx seemed dumbfounded and again, he got those weird thoughts trailing through his mind. Demyx simply nodded and Axel smiled. "Good, we don't want you bein' hurt..." He smiled down at Demyx and offered him his hand to help him up. Demyx took his hand and slowly was hauled to his feet. Things seemed odd between the pair to say the least. Axel had not let go of Demyx's hand and nor had Demyx of Axel's. The pair looked at each other and soon Demyx literally leapt away, worried of how Axel was going to react.
Axel looked at Demyx and for a moment, his face screwed up. He seemed hurt that Demyx let his hand go. "…Oh." Demyx was looking towards the floor, his feet shuffling and quick enough, his hood was pulled over his head and hid the fact he had an torn facial expression splashed across his face. Axel slowly began to leave the room. He too pulled his hood up and eventually he began to walk down the hallway towards the main room.
In the main room, there was a sea of black coats. 11 including himself. The two missing Organization members were Demyx who decided to stay in Axel's room and Roxas whom had reunited with his somebody, being Sora. There was a deathly silence in the room when Axel decided to walk into the room, all eyes were on this treacherous traitor, or their opinion of one at least. He was quick to prepare himself in case some one decided they wanted a piece of him, almost automatically he summoned the pair of red and white Chakram which he chose to wield.
Nobody surprisingly got up to challenge him, yet he still stood there holding onto them for self defence, since the prevention is truly better than the cure. He was expecting at least some one to confront him yet only Xemnas did, "Fool!" Some force swept Axel from his feet for a moment which rather severally injured him. This angered him to a point where he could not stand it. Vexen was about to stand up to take some form of fury out on Axel, whom was the person who got him into this state to begin with.
Demyx, from the other room, heard the commotion and soon enough ran through to assist and at least attempt to help Axel, who he had bonded with more than the other Organization members. At which point it was obvious that the majority of the fury filled Organization members had turned against Axel and would certainly turn against anyone who sided with him.
Demyx himself was infuriated but not by Axel's actions yet by the rest of the Organization. The main room which the group were situated in, was large and rather elaborate unlike the small, dingy room Axel had. Without a warning, Demyx pushed Axel behind him in an act of protection. He had finally managed to sort his head and decided whose side he truly was on. At this moment, the Organization had finally split into two groups. Demyx, braver than ever before, spoke out, "If you want to get to Axel, you have to go through me." For a moment, everyone fell silent but quickly enough Vexen was cocky enough to speak up. "I have no problem with that." He threw his hair back, yet Demyx was quick off the mark to create a water duplicate of himself to provide a good enough distraction for Vexen to go through whilst Demyx helped the injured Axel to his room.
"Axel, we have to move, now! Lets go to the Old Mansion in Twilight Town, we can keep an eye on Roxas there, too…" Demyx whispered into Axel's ear and Axel nodded. It took a lot of Axel's energy to fade into the darkness along with Demyx to take this journey, but, the pair of them ended up reappearing in the basement of the Library of the Old Mansion. Axel was weak especially after the forceful attack of Xemnas, yet despite that he got up and swaggered to Demyx. "You do know… You have chosen your side now and even if you want to go back to the others, they will destroy you for being a traitor, right?" He spoke softly yet with a serious tone to his voice, he was panting as well. It took a few moments but once he regained his breath he managed to stand still and look on at Demyx, awaiting his reply.
Demyx stood there, looking down at his feet. It took a few moments but slowly Demyx began to peel off the black coat which the Organization wore to signify they were all banded together. Axel didn't know what to think but when finally Demyx had pulled it off and left it in a heap around his ankles, Axel understood. He looked at Demyx who looked so odd without the long, black coat which the Organization wore. He looked so odd standing there in a black vest which had a hood on it, elbow pads and black gloves. For a moment, Axel batted his eyelids in disbelief but eventually smiled when he noticed the silver chain around Demyx's neck with a small replica of his Sitar. Demyx smiled widely feeling oddly free without the coat binding his body.
Axel quickly took his coat off, throwing it at the floor. He looked down and he also felt oddly free as he stood there moving his pale arms through the air. He was also in an identical top to Demyx apart from it was white. He also had re-enforced elbow pads on and black gloves and a small chain around his neck, yet on it was an unusual tribal marking in the shape of a flame.
Believe it or not, the vests and the colours which they were, reflected on the intentions the wearer had in mind before fading away for the first time. The black colour of Demyx's vest was chosen because he was working with bad intentions in mind before he faded into the darkness. He faded away after a fight which he was battling against Sora. This fight ended in a bad with Sora defeating him and this consequently lead to Demyx originally fading into darkness.
Axel on the other hand, sacrificed himself so that Sora could continue on and rescue Kairi. At the time, Axel was fighting along side with Sora to defeat all of the Nobodies which appeared. To end the fight with Sora on top, Axel performed a kamikaze attack which lead to him fading away into the darkness. Before he faded away, he apologised for kidnapping Kairi and revealed that all he wanted to do was to see Roxas. He originally faded into the darkness with good intentions on his mind, from what was thought to be his final fight.
The pair looked at each other, seeming in disbelief at their decision but soon a smile cracked upon both of their faces and they decided to snoop around the Computer Room. Axel in himself felt a lot better after shredding the binding coat, he saw himself as now free and as did Demyx.
As the pair began to snoop around, they came across numerous coffee cups as well as empty packets of food and torn pages from books. The computer monitors were also smashed, Axel noticed. Demyx and Axel looked at each other, this place was badly trashed up. They began to make their way up to the main floor of the Library yet on their way, Nobodies of the Dusk variety attacked them. Axel was the one whom decided to use his Chakrams and destroy them. It took all of three swift moves to destroy the three Dusks which had appeared and then Axel grinned once more, "I haven't lost my touch, at all!"
Meanwhile, in the Usual Spot, Olette and the rest of the Twilight Town Gang had stirred. They were bored, needing an adventure of some sort. Again, there were rumours beginning to spread around the small community of Twilight Town. There was the rumour that like the girl who once appeared in the Old Mansion window on the second floor, that there were now two men who walked around the second floor.
Pence, Hayner and Olette were of course interested in this and deep inside of Sora, Roxas stirred in his heart. Roxas wanted to go and explore, so Sora stood up, "Why don't we go and search this place, again?" He smiled, Olette, Pence and Hayner leapt to their feet, nodding. Goofy and Donald seemed more interested in collecting supplies as they had a hard mission ahead of them. Kairi and Riku had still not awoken, so Sora stopped for a moment, "Should we wait for those two..?" He asked, his hair fell in front of his face for a moment.
He didn't want to leave without Kairi and Riku as he spent so much time looking for them, so the four sat down and began the waiting game. Eventually Kairi and Riku awoke, both whom were jumped with questions. "Do you wanna' come exploring?!" Sora asked, quickly to the two whom just woke. Kairi rubbed at her hair, she was still sleepy but regardless nodded and got up, smiling. Riku seemed a little more sceptical, "Exploring where, exactly?" He asked, looking around before setting his eyes on Sora's own.
Sora looked into Riku's eyes and soon grinned, punching at his friends arm, "'Ey, afraid we're gonna' find something scary?" Sora began to tease, which was not that unusual because if Riku was not teasing Sora it was vise versa. Sora again began to tease, "BOO!" He shouted into Riku's face yet he did not expect the reaction he was going to get. Riku launched himself at Sora, tackling him into the floor and leaning over him, pinning him down. "Scared yet?" Riku then began to tease, looking down into his best friends eyes, for a moment taking in the colours which swirled around.
Sora bucked upwards, throwing Riku off of him and moving to his feet and grinning, "I guess that's a, you're coming, then?" Sora offered his hand to Riku, bending down slightly. Kairi, who was behind him began to grin and looked over to Olette who was also grinning. Pence and Hayner just looked at each other and made a tutting sound.
So, after the amateur dramatics, the group of 6 friends began to make their way through Station Heights, down the slope and they noticed Donald and Goofy at the item shop. The item shop was situated to the side of the arc which would lead them to Market Street: Tram Common. Sora waved at the pair, as did everyone else as they darted through the streets similar to a herd of small Wildebeest.
Once they were in the middle of Tram Common, the group looked around, noticing somewhat familiar places, one place was the armour shop. They all smiled towards each other before walk down towards the crack in the wall which lead them into the large forest.
They all knew that the forest inbetween Tram Common and the Old Mansion was normally filled with those odd, silvery creatures, known to Sora and Riku as Dusks. Sora and Riku seemed prepared, Sora going in front of the other four whom were weapon less and Riku behind them, just as a precaution. Luckily for Sora and Riku, they emerged from the forest unharmed. The forest was dark and as they walked back into the light, it took a while for their eyes to adjust.
Inside the Mansion, Axel still felt weak from the earlier attack. Axel and Demyx made their way into the white room, looking around at the numerous drawings, both of them smiling. It was not until Axel almost collapsed that anything happened. Demyx rushed to Axel, managing to support him up from then. Axel looked down into Demyx's eyes and face before a smile covered his lips, "Thanks." He spoke quietly and he leant his head against Demyx's shoulder, whom in turn laid his head against Axels, so that they were facing each other.
Outside, Kairi noticed something in the window. Some body with red hair and another with brown, she then rather idiotically called out, "Eww! Is that two boys kissing?!" She seemed shocked and this did get the attention of Sora, Riku and the others. Originally at Kairi's comment, Sora and Riku both blushed a light pink in colour but quickly shook it off before any one noticed. The pair stared at each other before Sora pushed in front of Kairi, looking up at the window. When he looked up, no one was there. "Kairi, there is no one there!" He mumbled, before walking towards the large gates.
As Sora approached the gates, something felt familiar, eerie to say the least. For a moment, he had that feeling of he was once in this position before. For a split moment, his mind shut off and he appeared to be Roxas. Standing there, surrounded by Dusks and nought but the padded Struggle baton in his hand. Despite how much he lunched, swung and generally went after the Dusks, they dodged his attacks until finally, the Kingdom Key materialized in his hands.
After defeating the Dusks, a photograph tumbled onto the floor. As he was still Roxas in this subconscious thought, he looked into the photograph through Roxas' eyes. It was a picture set in front of the Old Mansion's gates. It was a picture of Sora and Roxas, they were sat back to back and turning towards the camera, smiling. The difference was, Roxas was wearing an Organization XIII jacket opposing his normal clothing choice. They had their arms linked also it seemed odd, like, they weren't meant to be one person, but two separate people.
Once Sora came back into reality, after what was really only 30 seconds at the maximum, he pushed his way through into the front garden part of the Old Mansion. Those thoughts of Roxas were running through his mind, was Roxas really happy inside him? Did Kairi ever feel like that with Naminé? He sighed before leaning down and sitting for a moment as the others caught up. When they did he flashed a smile to reassure them he was fine. Yet, little did Sora really know was each time he doubted himself and a little bit of darkness be formed, Roxas became somewhat stronger and more dominant inside of Sora.
Olette and Hayner took the lead in the group, pushing in the Mansion doors and being hit by a fog of dust. They looked around, having quite thick, brown dust clinging to their faces, Olette stumbled slightly as she was overwhelmed by the thick fog of dust hitting her straight in the face. No one had been in here for some time, not since their last little adventure anyways. Hayner sucked in his stomach, standing up straight and looked exactly like a pigeon when they stuck their chests out. Before Olette knew, she had Hayner's hand wrapped around her wrist and he began to tug her towards the stairs. "C'mon! Lets go this way" Hayner whispered to Olette, as they were sneaking away from the main group.
As the pair began to creep up the stairs, some of the floorboards creaked under their feet. Olette let out a quiet gasp but Hayner continued to tug her along. When they were on the hallway of the second floor, he looked around, noticing a near by door. "In here, I know where this goes!" He whispered once more to her, again beginning to tug her into the room. Once Hayner shut the door of what was the Library, the attention of Sora and the rest of the group, whom were standing in the foyer, had been caught. "What was that?" Sora asked, seeming confused, the rest of the group shrugged.
The air in the Library was thick with dust which made it rather hard to breathe. In front of the pair were odd, pale blue stairs leading downwards. Hayner seemed content on staying there near to the books at that moment until Olette managed to break his grip. "Why have you stopped? C'mon, lets go!" Perking up, Hayner then began to follow her, walking merrily behind her and enjoying the view. As Olette continued to walk down the stairs, two odd, silvery creatures appeared in front of her. Hayner rushed in front of her and quickly pulled her into the room which this odd walkway lead to.
Once inside the room, the pair panted and began looking around, it was reasonably easier to breathe in here. It was again pale, blue and yet gave off an odd smell. It smelt old, ancient even. "What were those things?" Hayner turned to Olette, and placed his hands on her shoulders, but slowly allowed his hands to run down her arms. "Actually.. Are you okay?" He seemed concerned and at that moment his short, blonde hair tumbled in front of his face. Olette was about to answer but from the darkness a man dressed in a white, sleeveless shirt and in black pants appeared. As he revealed himself from the darkness, he also had bright red hair, piercing green eyes and two facial markings. He looked down at the pair in front of him, it took him a moment, but when his lips opened, he summoned the pair of Chakrams. "..They were Nobodies, I'm presuming? Most probably Dusks.. Oh, the name is Axel. A-X-E-L, got it memorized?" He flashed a grin at the pair before approaching them.
He stood, towering over the duo but he seemed friendly enough for Olette to speak up, "Where did you come from?" She seemed confused and rather annoyed at how this man intruded a moment she had been waiting for, for a long time. But, when the man smiled down at her with that smooth smile, she couldn't help but feel that the bad feelings had melted and she began to relax around him. Axel looked at Hayner, who was red in the face after being interrupted. He couldn't help but laugh then, "Oh, young love…" Axel made his way to the door but before he could step through it, the two, silvery creatures appeared in this room, this time with a few shadow heartless accompanying them. Axel's face dropped, he seemed concerned but before anything could happen to the pair of teens he was protecting, a blast of fire erupted from underneath the creatures standing, destroying them in an instant.
He turned around, checking on both Olette and Hayner and noticed some Dusks were creeping up on them and once more a lick of fire destroyed them. He muttered under his breath, "What else are you going to throw at me?" Looking from left to right for some kind of sign, but he relaxed once he heard no more disturbances. Olette looked at Hayner and he returned that look, smiling. They owed this redhead their lives, despite the rocky start.
Eventually, Axel turned to Olette and Hayner, smiling. "Like I said.. I'm Axel. Who are you?" He allowed the two Chakrams in his hands to dematerialize, before awaiting their reply. Olette was the first to speak up, "Well, this.." She pointed to Hayner, "Is Hayner, he's one of my best friends. I'm Olette." She smiled up at him, Axel nodded at both Olette and Hayner. Axel once more spoke, "My best friend should be around here… Somewhere." He scanned the room with his eyes and it wasn't long before Hayner made a rude comment, "Yeah, in your head." He muttered and Olette was quick to nudge him sharply in the waist.
Axel had heard the comment but decided to take it in jest, looking around once more and sighing. "You two, stay here okay? Don't get into any trouble and don't canoodle whilst I'm not here. I'll go find him and you can meet him." He smirked, raising an eyebrow at Hayner and cheekily throwing a wink at Olette before he darted into one of the other rooms which lead from the main one which they were in. After Axel had left, Olette seemed in shock and red in the cheeks. She shuffled a few times before catching Hayner's unimpressed glare. She smiled nervously and quickly grabbed Hayner's wrist like he did before to her. "Lets keep looking around, he'll find us again!" She giggled, this was rather out of character for her but Hayner smirked, finding this odd change something to be excited about. Olette ran off into the only other door which lead off from this room, dragging Hayner with her.
They ran into the computer room, which had thick dust lingering in the air and very little light apart from that radiating from the broken computer. Olette let go of Hayner's wrist and walked forwards so she could lean over and look at the destroyed computer. Cracks had smashed the monitors screens and once her eyesight hit the floor, she noticed a chain with a odd shaped charm attached laid in front of her. She leant down to pick it up, before she got up she noticed a heap of black material in the far corner, hidden. Hayner was tutting at this point and began to look around this small room, seeming not to care for scavenging today. Olette, however, couldn't take her eyes off what she spied. Slowly but surely, she picked up a large, black jacket and held it against her self. It smelt fresh and for some reason, reminded her of sea salt icecream. She began to feel along the jacket and once something crumpled under her fingers, she dug her fingers into the pocket out of curiosity. She pulled out a crumpled and torn piece of paper which had some lyrics to an unnamed song scrawled on it. Olette began to look over the lyrics a few times yet when she scanned over it a final time, she noticed the line, "Dance, water, dance" had been repeated a few times.
Olette was taken in, despite the repetitive chorus, her eyes seemed to widen as she read the scrawled mess of a song. Letting out a soft sigh, her head leant forwards and she quietly giggled, out of character for her. Hayner almost instantly picked up on these actions and snatched the paper from her, snorting once he read the pitiful lyrics. "So, this is your idea of some amazing guy? Some moron who can write.." He quickly mimicked, using a silly voice, "Dance, water, dance?" A scowl formed on his face, his forehead crumpled and within seconds Olette once more cracked up laughing.
In a different part of this rather large mansion, the fiery redhead was stalking his prey. Well, friend, would be a better description. Stomping through the corridors and grumbling under his breath, he was waiting for his encounter with that person whom he considered a best friend as of recently, being Demyx. Swinging his head back and letting out a mighty roar, similar to that of a lion's, "Demyx! Where are you!" His voice broke out and shattered the silence of the hallway. As Axel prowled the upper hallway towards the White Room, he sighed and pushed his spikey hair back from his face. He grumbled, banging on each door as he stormed towards the White Room. Once he came to the White Room, he pushed the door open and found Demyx leant up against a table, strumming away on his Sitar. The soothing music which Demyx was creating began to relax Axel's restless mood. Eventually Axel moved behind Demyx and wrapped his arms around his neck from behind and began to rest into him. "…Mm, don't stop" Axel softly whispered before closing his eyes.
Demyx couldn't help but laugh as he allowed the elegant instrument in his hands to dematerialize as he turned to face Axel, seeming somewhat stunned at this display of affection. Once Axel took a look at Demyx, he looked at the floor and let him go, shuffling his feet towards the exit. Demyx began to follow him like he was enticed with how Axel moved. Axel lead Demyx on that short walk back to the computer room, on the way he had to stop a few times so Demyx could catch up, due to the hasty pace which Axel walked at. As Axel strode through the small hallways and corridors towards the computer room, he felt something similar to butterflies in his stomach.
Once the pair arrived in the original room where Axel met Olette and Hayner, Demyx couldn't help but frown. "Are you lying, again, Axel?" Demyx leant forwards, standing on the balls of his feet and his hands on his hips, before looking into Axel's eyes. Sighing and seeming somewhat distressed, Axel began to look around before noticing the door into the computer room was left open slightly and chatter was echoing from it. "..In here!" Axel grabbed at Demyx's wrist and tugged him into the next room along.
Axel and Demyx walked in on the pair of Hayner and Olette arguing. Smirking at each other, they slinked into the darkness to avoid being seen so they could listen to what had happened. Hayner was standing in front of Olette, with a face so red it looked sunburnt. Olette on the other hand seemed extremely agitated at the way Hayner was reacting to her simply admiring some lyrics. Olette was the first for Axel and Demyx to witness blowing up into a fit, "Well, pardon me for thinking some one was deep for writing lyrics! You do know, struggling matches aren't that deep! They just show you for the.. Violence seeking little.. Little person you are!" She growled at him, her eyes were narrow and if looks could kill, the look she was giving Hayner would certainly do some damage.
Hayner simply let out a sigh, but it sounded almost like it was meant in a sarcastic manner. He took a few moments to gather himself and he grumbled back at Olette, "Yeah, about as deep as a puddle! Hey, go fan girl after some guy with little talent, then!" He turned his back to her, the feeling of jealously building up inside of him was becoming stronger by the second as she clutched the crumpled piece of paper. Since Olette was given permission to admire the lyricist from Hayner, she muttered in a sing song kind of way, "Dance, water, dance".
Demyx seemed startled and within seconds he revealed himself from the shadows and his head turned towards Olette, "You're singing it all wrong, girl!" He shook his head, smiling as he walked to this young girl who was admiring his work. But the moment Olette laid eyes on Demyx, she got a funny feeling inside of her. It was odd and automatically she tuned into what he was saying. Axel also appeared from the shadows behind Hayner and placed his hand on his shoulder to let him know he was there.
Olette leant up against Demyx, her eyes rather wide and her cheeks a fresh pink in colour. Demyx wasn't used to females being this close to him and neither did he really like it but he ignored the oddness of the situation and allowed the large sitar of his to appear in his hands as he struck out a melody or two to simply keep Olette in awe to watch Axel's reaction. Smiling as he continued to finger at the strings of the Sitar, Olette began to sway slightly, it was rather odd for her. Axel stood there, behind Hayner. The pair seemed not amused by what Demyx was doing and how Olette was reacting.
Olette took it to the next step by leaning her head on Demyx who automatically leapt to his feet, she took it too far for this nobody. Olette seemed in shock as Demyx had his Sitar dematerialize and stand away from her. Axel smirked and Hayner joined him as Demyx sighed softly, "Sorry… I… I don't like being close to girls." Hayner's heart jumped for joy and Axel seems relieved and they were both quick enough to shout out at the same time towards Olette, "IN YOUR FACE!"
Olette looked increasingly hurt by the reactions by the three males but sucked her pride up and shook her head laughing softly. "Heh, I guess… You're right, Hayner." She smiled gently at Hayner and pushed her hair from her face. Hayner looked down at the floor and seemed to shuffle his feet rather embarrassingly. Axel took it up to ruffle Hayner's short hair and tilt his head to the side. For a moment that action to him felt familiar, like it had happened a time before. Axel then coughed and looked at Demyx, Hayner and Olette. "C'mon, we better go. It's probably getting late and I want some icecream.." Axel grumbled, walking towards the exit of the room and once more when they left, some silvery dusks appeared.
Axel sighed, that odd feeling still playing on his mind and within seconds the two dusks in front of him burst into flames and faded away into the darkness, where they belonged. "Great, any more?" He seemed annoyed, that feeling was messing with his fragile being. He swung his arm, but Demyx caught one and tried to calm him down. "Hey, Axel, you're not being too impressionable to the younger members of our party" Demyx muttered and Axel sighed, nodding his head and walked on, towards the stairs which lead up into the dusty, old library.
As Hayner and Olette had parted from the main group, eventually Riku, Donald, Goofy, Kairi and Pence decided to go back to the usual spot, fed up of looking for the pair whom were probably up to something. Pence didn't really like to think what though, as they were his best friends and it was rather wrong. That was his opinion anyways, Hayner and Olette would never be right in his eyes. They were like siblings to him which would make their love, if it existed, incestuous to him!
Shaking his head, Pence walked along side with the rest of the gang, apart from Sora, towards the usual spot, snacking on their favourite icecream variety being sea salt. The gang seemed full of chatter as they noisily walked through the streets of Twilight Town, their chattering echoing and bouncing off the walls, which made them appear to be talking louder than they were. Sora had volunteered to stay behind at the mansion to wait for both Olette and Hayner to appear, as it would be dangerous for them to walk back with all these Dusks creeping around.
Olette and Hayner had moved ahead of Axel and Demyx at this point, running through the dust ridden foyer and out into the front garden. Not noticing Sora, they dashed past him and into the forest, towards the Usual Spot for the fact they now had gloating rights. They met the people inside of the mansion and they weren't human!
Axel and Demyx followed, but half way, Demyx stopped in his paces. He seemed distracted and walked back in. "Hey, Axel, I'll catch you up. I need to finish something." He mumbled and Axel nodded, acknowledging he heard it.
Demyx turned on the spot, the heels of his shoes digging into the gravel pathway and once more he disappeared into the mansion. Axel noticed Sora whom was alone. Sighing, he knew he had to confront him once more. Seeming nervous, Axel pulled the white hood of his sleeveless shirt over his head to at least conceal his appearance for a while whilst talking to the dumbfounded Sora. Yet, as Axel approached the young hero, things weren't as they first seemed.
The young hero was sat on the spot with blank, white eyes. The pupils of his eyes had rolled back into his head for some odd reason. Also, his right leg began to shake violently and uncontrollably, jerking from left to right. The breeze swept the hero's hair over his face, but at that moment from his mouth foam began to spew from the corners and the vigorous shaking from before grew in intensity. Wheezing, his body hit the floor, sprawled out on his back and began to hyperventilate. Sora's chest rose and fell quickly which was only a fraction of what his heart was beating inside of his chest.
Axel was beginning to panic, never had he been one to be good at first aid, but he knelt beside Sora, trying to comfort him yet little did he know, he was taunting Roxas inside of Sora's body. Axel flung his hood down, thinking that his odd appearance might of triggered this off but as the back of his hand touched the cheek of Sora's, a familiar voice left Sora's lips. "Axel.." The voice whined on through Sora's dry lips, it was Roxas' voice. Sora's hand which was twitching violently moved from the floor into the air and grabbed a hold of Axel's wrist, jerking violently still.
Inside of Sora's mind was chaos, his personality had finally been ripped apart, his heart was a battleground from then forth. His mind and heart was a clash between black and white, both unable to overpower the other. Inside this young boy's imagination, the nobody side of him had truly bided his time and was causing a riot. Inside of Sora's mind, he was greeted with the fully cloaked Roxas, wielding two Keyblades, swinging them around in a dangerous and intimidating manner. Sora was stood there, he felt 7 again as in his hand he clutched the badly put together wooden sword. Nails in the handle dug into his hand as he clutched a hold of it tighter.
All was silent in Sora's mind, all he heard was the Keyblades which Roxas wielded cutting through the air with a dangerous delicacy. Sora let out numerous pants, each being heavier than the last, as his he began to feel weaker than ever before. Sora had seemed to have forgotten all of his techniques which left him in an awkward position. Stumbling from shock, Sora was the one to make the first move in this duel. In immediate reaction, Roxas brought the darker Keyblade of the two directly up into the chest of Sora's and throwing him into the air with brute force alone.
With a few swift movements from beneath the falling angel, Roxas swung the pair of Keyblades at an extreme speed and again, Sora was tossed into the air like a rag doll. Finally noticing what was happening, Sora tried to perk up but when he was tossed onto the floor, landing heavily on the wooden sword he was horrified to see it had snapped in two. He couldn't give up hope nor faith this early on, so with all his strength the rather motionless body of Sora's had movement and he moved weakly onto his feet. Stumbling, Sora was fast to use the first of the two broken pieces of his wooden sword to block a potentially dangerous blow to his face from Roxas.
The overpowering strength of Roxas threw Sora onto his knees, one of the dual Keyblades being pointed at the chest of this hero. "…I want to see you beg for mercy." Roxas spoke, loud and clearly so his point wouldn't be missed, yet Sora seemed reluctant to lower himself to a state of begging for his sanity. Displeased with Sora's actions, Roxas used the darker Keyblade to strike Sora across the face and the other to launch him into the air, leaving him weapon less and eventually for Sora, everything in focus faded to black.
"Walking this road,
Without you,
To remake forgotten promises and meet you at roads end."
"Faded Memories,
Reconstructed Memories,
A dream - a dream of you,
In a world without you."
"A scattered dream that's like a far-off memory.
A far-off memory that's like a scattered dream.
I want to line the pieces up --
yours and mine."
"Don't give up!"