Chapter 2: They Noticed
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. I do own the character of Butters in this though.
A/N: Believe me, luvs. There are worse/weirder names than Butters out there. (coughReesePeanutcough) but I'm glad that you all think that it's baby-like, though.
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"They're going to notice, Roxas," Axel said as Roxas tried to hide Butters in his Organization coat. "Especially if he starts crying."
"It'll be fine," Roxas said. "I'll just say that I put on some weight."
"Like they'll believe that you've managed to gain seven pounds in two hours."
"Well, what do you suppose we do?" Roxas hissed.
"I don't know!" Axel yelled. "I don't generally run around with people under the age of two!"
Butters let out a whimper before he started crying loudly.
"Now look what you did!" Roxas shouted as he took Butters out of his coat and started bouncing him in his arms in an attempt to calm him down. "It's okay, Butters. It's okay."
Suddenly, Demyx walked down the hall and heard the commotion. "What's going on?" he asked as he turned towards them.
Roxas and Axel's blood turned to ice. "Nothing! Everything's fine!"
"Is someone . . . crying?" Demyx asked as Axel stood in front of Roxas and Butters, trying to hide the baby.
"No," he said, as Demyx tried to look over his shoulder to see what was going on. He eventually did see little Butters in Roxas' arms despite Axel's efforts, however.
He gasped and brought his hand to his mouth in surprise. "I didn't even know you were expecting! Congratulations!"
"HE'S NOT OURS, YOU TWIT!" Axel yelled as he punched Demyx in the face, anime-style.
"We found him in a dumpster in Twilight Town," Roxas said. "And Axel, that's really not a good example for the baby."
"What kind of a person would throw out a baby?!" Demyx cried. "That's just terrible! It's a good thing that you found him."
"Yeah, we're calling him Butters."
"Butters?" Demyx repeated. He smiled. "That's cute. How'd you come up with it?"
"Roxas says he just looks like a Butters," Axel replied.
"Can I hold him?"
"Hold what exactly?"
The three of them turned around and saw Zexion all but five feet away from them.
"Roxas and Axel have a baby!" Demyx blurted out as the other two clapped their hands against their faces. "What?"
"Oh, nothing," Roxas said sarcastically. "We were only trying to keep it low key."
"You have a baby?" Zexion said. "Where did you find it?"
"In a dumpster in Twilight Town. His name's Butters."
"You don't say," Zexion said. "Is the Superior aware of this?"
"Well, no," Axel said.
"Can I hold him? Can I hold him?" Demyx asked, practically jumping up and down.
"Promise not to drop him?" Roxas said as he placed Butters in Demyx's outstretched arms. He turned to Zexion. "Please don't tell Xemnas, Zex."
"I won't say anything," Zexion said. "Besides the fact that Demyx just took off."
'With the baby?!"
"It appears so."
Axel and Roxas turned to the spot where Demyx had been previously standing to discover that he had indeed taken off to anybody-knows-where before they turned to eachother with matching looks of fear for their young baby, then began to run though the halls after him, leaving Zexion behind in the dust.
"Bu - I mean, Demyx!" Roxas yelled as he ran like a lunatic, searching everywhere for a trace of either of them.
"Demyx, you get the hell back here right now, or I am selling your sitar on eBay!"
"They eventually found him about a half hour later whimpering in the fetal position against the wall with Butters nowhere in sight.
"Demyx," Roxas began slowly. "Where is Butters?"
Demyx looked up with tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry! I tried my best to keep it a secret from the others! I panicked! I wasn't thinking clearly! If it was anyone else, I would have held onto him! Please, you gotta believe me!"
At this, Axel picked Demyx up by the collar of his coat and slammed him against the wall. "Demyx," he growled, teeth clenched. "Who has Butters?"
Demyx turned away, practically going into hysterics.
"Demyx?" Axel repeated before slamming him into the wall again. "Tell me. Now."
Demyx managed to steady his breathing enough to choke out a single name.
"L-Larxene."
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A/N: Dun dun dunnnnnn . . . . Please review!