Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts…unfortunately… I also don't own Plain White Tees or their song Hey There Delilah. Or Peeps. Or Demyx's super sandwich.lol.You'll see.
Warning: Rated T, possibly M in later chapters. Lots of shounen-ai/ Yaoi. BEWARE! SLIGHT AXEL BASHING IN THIS CHAPTER!! Lol. You'll love it, I swear. )
Summary: When Axel is brought back to life to be with Roxas, they start searching for their other friends from the Organization. Through much difficulty they eventually achieve this goal, but what happens when the superior comes back mysteriously one day? How will Xemnas cope with having to live among normal people and being social? And will love find this man who seems to have a giant stick up his ass! lol. Yeah, better than it sounds. Eventual XemnasxSephiroth. Other pairings include akuroku, cleon,soriku,zemyx, and marluxiaxsaix.
Authors Note: I'm sooooo sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter up!! Schools just been crazy lately but I promise to all of you that I write every chance I get!!( Ask Ariel, she would tell you.) I'm extremely excited to present chapter to all of you!! This chapter is dedicated to my friend Natalie, who's been waiting for this chapter forever, though not always patiently. lol. ) I promised this would be a late birthday/ early Christmas present for her, so I hope she and the rest of you enjoy it.
It was cold and rainy. Just what he needed. Axel was currently running home in the rain and wasn't very happy about it. It was the middle of the day and it was nearly pitch black outside. Axel had no umbrella and was desperately trying to cover his head with his arms and failing miserably. It was the middle of December and Hollow Bastion had gone from its usually cool climate to dreary and nearly freezing. Although it had never snowed, it had been dark, cold and rainy for the past five months, since Demyx had been rescued from the dark realm. The news reporters in Hollow Bastion couldn't comprehend this strange phenomena, but everyone that lived under the same roof as Axel knew exactly what was going on. Their friend Demyx had become extremely depressed and his mood was causing it to rain almost constantly.
Although he had been brought back to life, the person that meant the world to him was still nowhere to be found. Axel was now at the front door fumbling for his house keys. He eventually managed to find them and unlocked the door, tumbling inside during the process. Axel was soaking wet and tried to ring his clothes dry, but sadly, he was unsuccessful. He walked into the living room to see Roxas and Luxord talking.
"Please tell me you've found some sign of that damn emo kid!!" Axel yelled as he shook his head to rid his hair of water. The red hair that was lying flat only moments ago was now back to its usual spiky fluffiness.
"Axel, don't say that! You know how upset Demyx is without him! You're his best friend, you shouldn't act like Demyx and his boyfriend are a nuisance no matter how much you hate water!!" Roxas yelled as he glared at Axel. That look could easily make Axel cower in fear.
Axel sighed as he replied. "I know…I'm sorry. I guess I'm just frustrated because we've been searching for five months and still haven't found a single thing. And to top it all off Demyx is sinking deeper and deeper into depression and we can't do a thing about it." Axel said quickly with clenched fists. He was upset because he felt completely useless. He wanted to make his friend happy, but the only person who could truly do that was the one person they couldn't find. Roxas walked up to Axel and wrapped his arms around him, resting his chin on Axel's shoulder.
"Don't worry. We'll find him. This isn't anyone's fault and we're doing everything we can." Roxas said to try and comfort his lover. Axel still wasn't convinced and turned to look at Luxord.
"Have you tried to talk to him? He might listen to you…" Axel asked.
Luxord shook his head and sighed. "He barely talks to me anymore. He usually only speaks when spoken to now, and even then it's only a few words." Luxord had a sad look in his eyes. Demyx usually told him pretty much anything and everything, but recently Demyx had become much more isolated from everyone.
"Where is he?" Axel asked as he looked out the window to see rain slipping slowly down the panes and a darkened sky.
"Probably down at the Postern. He goes down there a lot to play his sitar." Luxord said as he looked out the window as well. If at all possible, the sky looked like it had gotten even darker, and somewhere in that darkness, Demyx was mourning over the love of his life.
Down at the Postern sat a lone boy. No one came down there anymore. The people of Hollow Bastion rarely left their homes because of the bad weather, all of which was caused by Demyx. He sat at the Postern, playing his sitar, not caring about how wet he got. He just kept playing his sad melodies, wishing that they would somehow bring his love back. But that was impossible, and Demyx new it. He looked up at the sky and all he could see was darkness. It reminded him a lot of the World That Never Was, but none of that mattered now. Demyx had never been fond of that world. The place was too dark and seemed to swallow anything that stepped near it. In the Organization, Demyx had always been the one that defied the darkness and was never consumed by it. But for the first time in his life, Demyx could feel himself slipping into the dark, and no one could save him now. The only person that could do that was gone.
Flash back
Demyx had always been painfully aware of his crush on Zexion ever since he joined to Organization. He was drawn to the boy the moment he saw him, although he didn't speak to Zexion at first. There was something very intimidating about him. He was smart and was always reading, and Demyx could swear he had never heard a single word come out of the boy's mouth. Demyx had tried to talk to Zexion a few times, but was always discouraged by a cold glare thrown at him over the top of a book. No one knew about his crush on Zexion, but all that changed when Roxas joined the Organization.
The Superior had called a meeting that day, but never specified what it was for. Everyone took a seat at the long table and chattered idly until Xemnas stepped into the room. The Superior raised a hand to silence the other Organization members and all conversations ceased immediately. There was a blonde haired, blue eyed boy standing next to Xemnas wearing an unreadable expression. Demyx looked over at Axel, who seemed unusually attentive. He actually seemed interested in what the Superior had to say as to where he usually dosed off in the middle of his lectures. Demyx's thoughts were interrupted when the Superior started talking.
"Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to the last member of the Organization, number XIII. Our Organization will now be known as Organization XIII." Xemnas said to address everyone in the room. He then continued by saying that now that the Organization was complete, they could fulfill their goal of completing Kingdom Hearts because they were now unstoppable. Demyx had heard similar speeches to this one and had become skilled at tuning them out while still looking like he was paying attention. Demyx looked at the blonde boy that still had no other name besides number XIII and noticed that the boy's expression was still unchanged. The only difference was that now he was slowly looking around as if he were trying to memorize everyone's faces so he would remember them, although he knew none of their names yet. Demyx looked over at Axel only to see him staring at the blonde as though there were something mesmerizing about him. Eventually the meeting was over and everyone got up and started leaving. Demyx noted that Saix and Marluxia had stopped to talk to the blonde boy for a moment. The encounter had been brief but they both smiled and waved at him before exiting the room. The boy was alone and Demyx decided to get up and talk to him.
"Hi, I'm Demyx. What's your name?" Demyx asked as, suddenly right next to the boy. Demyx had a way of sneaking up on people like that.
The boy blinked a few times before responding. "Umm…I'm Roxas…" The blonde boy said as he smiled slightly at Demyx. Demyx gave Roxas a wide grin. He then noticed that Axel was still in the room. He looked as though he were inwardly debating whether to go up and talk to Roxas or run away as fast as he could.
"This is Axel." Demyx said as he pointed to his red headed friend.
Axel's eyes widened slightly and his cheeks turned pink. This behavior was odd for Axel, but Demyx dismissed it.
"H-hi." Axel stuttered nervously as he waved at Roxas. Roxas smiled at him shyly and waved back. Demyx ruined the moment by speaking again. He had noticed that Zexion was still sitting at the other end of the table reading.
"And that's Zexion." Demyx said as he pointed at him. Zexion looked up from his book and turned to look at Demyx. His one visible eye glared daggers at Demyx as he spoke.
"I would advise you to call me by my number." said Zexion in his usual cold tone. Demyx flinched and backed away slightly. He gave a rather nervous laugh before turning to Roxas.
"Hehe…um, anyway…you want me and Axel to show you around? The castle's pretty big and I would have been totally lost if Axel hadn't helped me out when I first joined."
Roxas gave Demyx a small smile and a nod before heading out the door with him and Axel.
A few months had passed since Roxas had arrived and everything seemed to be going great. Well, to everyone else but Demyx anyway. He still couldn't really talk to Zexion and even when he tried the other simply ignored him the majority of the time. Demyx and Roxas were currently walking to the kitchen for lunch. As they made their way, they happened to run in to Zexion.
"H-hi Zexion…" Demyx had meant for the greeting to sound confident, but he couldn't help but stutter. Zexion just made him so nervous, a feeling that Demyx wasn't used to. Zexion gave Demyx a small nod to acknowledge his presence. Demyx gave Zexion a big smile that he probably didn't even notice because his head was already back in his book. Demyx let out a sigh of disappointment as he turned to look at Roxas. The blonde had a look on his face that suggested he knew a deep dark secret that Demyx had been keeping for years. Before Demyx could ask about Roxas's strange behavior, Axel appeared behind the both of them.
"Hey, looks like he might be warming up to you Demyx. You might not be a lost cause after all." Roxas and Demyx jumped at the sound of Axel's voice and spun around to look at him.
"How long have you been standing there?" Demyx asked Axel nervously.
"The whole time." Axel said as if it was absolutely no big deal. Demyx was about to yell at Axel when he heard a faint laugh. Demyx and Axel looked over to see Roxas laughing quietly to himself. When he noticed that Axel and Demyx were giving him an odd look, he turned somewhat pink and covered his mouth.
"I'm sorry. I just thought it was cute." Roxas said, removing his hand from his mouth while the blush remained.
"You thought what was cute?" Axel asked curiously with wide blinking eyes.
"Zexion and Demyx I mean. It's so obvious that you like him." Roxas teased as he winked at Demyx. This caused Demyx's whole face to turn red as he looked down at his feet.
Demyx heard sniggering coming from Axel's direction. "Told ya you were too obvious. I'm pretty sure the entire castle knows by now. Except for Zexion. He's too busy reading to notice much of anything." Demyx gave a small whimper of defeat as he lowered his head even more.
Roxas stepped forward and tried to comfort his friend. "If it helps any…I think you two would make a really cute couple." Roxas said quietly as he grabbed Demyx's shoulder. Roxas saw the dejected look in Demyx's eyes and gave him a hopeful smile. Demyx sighed and shook his head slowly.
"It's useless, Zexion hates me. I don't stand a chance with him."
Roxas shook his head at Demyx. "Don't say that. You do have a chance with him, you just need to get to know him better."
"Now how the hell is he supposed to do that? The kid doesn't talk to anyone." Axel asked skeptically. He could barely see someone having a decent conversation with the emo boy, much less being in an intimate relationship with him.
"Well…maybe if Demyx tried talking about something Zexion was interested in he would like him more."
"The only thing I have to go on is that he likes to read a lot, and lets face it Roxas, I'm not much of a reader." Demyx said to Roxas skeptically. He thought that he had absolutely nothing in common with the slate haired man and that it was useless to try to talk to him.
"Oh come on Demyx, you at least have to try. I think Zexion's heading for the library right now. You should go talk to him." Roxas said as he pointed in the general direction of the library. Demyx was about to protest when Axel cut in.
"Yeah Demyx. You go find Zexion and I'll go eat lunch with Roxy." Axel said as he grabbed Roxas's arm and dragged him away. Demyx growled in disapproval as he watched his friends walk away. He knew that Axel just wanted Roxas to himself so he could flirt with him. Axels' crush on Roxas was so obvious that even oblivious little Demyx could see it. Demyx sighed and looked toward the direction of the library. The walk wasn't very long, but Demyxs' fear of being rejected by Zexion once again made the journey seem miles long. Demyx started walking slowly towards the library, hoping that Roxas' advice would actually work. Demyx remained lost in thought until he reached the entryway that contained the library on the other side. Demyx stared at the doors and they suddenly seemed much larger than they really were. Demyx gulped and realized that his hands were starting to sweat. He looked down at the doorknob and started reaching for it with a shaky hand.
'C'mon…this is stupid…it's just a door… no reason to be afraid, right? Even though there's a really intimidating hot guy on the other side…oh God, I can't do this!!' Demyx thought to himself shakily as his hand approached the doorknob. Just as Demyx was about to put his hand on the door handle, it started turning slowly. The door opened to reveal Xemnas standing there looking at Demyx blankly.
"Number Nine, what are you doing?" Xemnas asked as he stared at Demyx. The Superior wasn't sure why the boy was anywhere near the library, he didn't seem like the type that enjoyed reading.
Demyx was still staring at the place where the doorknob used to be with wide eyes. His hand was still frozen in place, waiting to turn the doorknob that was no longer there. The Superior's patience started to run thin when Demyx didn't answer his question after a few seconds.
"Number nine, I believe I asked you a question." Xemnas said impatiently as he stared down at Demyx.
"Oh…hehe…nothing Mr. Superior sir." Demyx said as he looked up at Xemnas's stern face. He ran past the Superior and into the library before he could be questioned further.
Demyx ran through the library and came to a halt when he got to the front desk and glanced back to see that Xemnas had not followed him. He then took a look around the library and stared in awe. He had never been in the library before, therefore he had never taken the time to notice how large and detailed it was. The walls and ceilings were intricately painted with the symbol of the Nobody in each corner. The book cases stretched far above Demyx's head, sliding ladders attached to each book case so that they could be reached. Demyx also noted that in the middle of the ceiling there was a beautifully detailed painting of Kingdom Hearts, the depiction of the Nobody's goal.
'Jeez, do we really have to be reminded about that everywhere we go?' Demyx mentally complained to himself as his eyes continued to scan the detailed walls.
"Number nine, what are you doing here?" Zexion asked, almost looking confused…almost…
Demyx whirled around to find Zexion standing about five feet away, a few feet in the air because he was standing on one of the many ladders that were placed around the library to reach a book.
"N-Number six! How long have you been standing there?"
"I was in the back of the library, so I just got here…"
'Damn…how the hell did I not hear him behind me?' Demyx thought as Zexion continued to stare at him strangely. While Demyx tried to formulate an excuse for being in the library, he failed to realize that Zexion had already walked away.
"Um…well…I'm in the library cause…" Demyx looked up and realized he was speaking to thin air. He looked around frantically and wondered where Zexion could have wandered off to. He thought back and remembered that Zexion had said something about being in the back of the library. Demyx headed towards the back of the library and started looking for Zexion, which was proving to be easier said than done. Although Demyx was in the back of the library, it was so big that he worried that he would get lost before he found Zexion. Thankfully, after fiver minutes, Demyx found Zexion sitting by himself in a corner reading.
"Hey! Why did you just leave me there like that?!" Demyx whined as he pointed a finger accusingly at Zexion.
"Well you were just standing there muttering to yourself so I left because I didn't think you were going to say anything?" Zexion said in a bored tone and he looked up at Demyx.
Demyx blinked a few times before noticing the book that was sitting on the desk in front of Zexion. Demyx sat down in the chair next to him and stared at the book curiously.
"Whatchya reading?" Demyx asked as he pointed to the book. Zexion looked at Demyx in surprise and looked down to the book he was pointing at.
"Oh…Romeo and Juliet. It's always been one of my favorites." Zexion said as he looked back up at Demyx. Demyx eyed the book curiously.
"How do you understand it?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I mean it's hard to understand because of the way it's written. That's why I've never read it. I looked at the first couple of pages and got so confused that I gave up."
"Hard to understand? Not really. Once you've got the basic concept of the language it's actually very easy to comprehend."
"Then…can you teach me?"
"Teach you what Number nine?
"Teach me the language of Romeo and Juliet so I understand it."
Zexion looked down at the copy of Romeo and Juliet and back at Demyx as if he was trying to make an extremely hard decision. He wasn't really sure if he could take on trying to teach a spastic kid with a mullet.
"Hmm…I guess I could teach you…" Zexion said as if he was unsure of what he was getting himself into. Demyx grinned widely and scooted closer to Zexion so that they could start.
Zexion and Demyx's trips to the library became common. As the months went by, their library trips went from something they did once a week to something they did on a daily basis. Zexion started to realize that Demyx was actually very smart, he caught on to concepts quickly and remembered them. Zexion also noticed that he was starting to feel attracted to Demyx…not that he would ever admit that to anyone, especially not Demyx.
During one of these library visits, Demyx was digging through a large pile of books and came across a book that he had never seen before. His eyes widened in curiosity at the book as he turned to Zexion.
"Zexion, what's this?" Demyx asked curiously as he held up the book for Zexion to see.
"It looks like a Christmas book." Zexion remarked as he looked at the cover. It showed a brightly lit Christmas tree with many brilliantly wrapped presents underneath. There was also a window off to the side that illustrated a cold, snowy night outside. You could see Santa's sleigh flying away into the night, the moon full and bright.
Demyx looked at Zexion as if he had no idea what he was talking about.
"What's Christmas?" Demyx asked, clearly confused.
" You really have no idea what Christmas is?" Zexion asked skeptically as he looked at Demyx is disbelief. Demyx shook his head back and forth a few times and looked to Zexion for an explanation.
'His knowledge of Christmas must have been erased as well as his memories when he was separated from his other half.' Zexion thought to himself. Many of the other Organization members had not knowledge of Christmas either, since your knowledge of most human activities and your memories disappeared when you made the transition from a human to a Nobody. Zexion on the other hand still remembered what Christmas was, although he couldn't place any specific memories with this knowledge.
"Well…it's a holiday that humans celebrate…" Zexion said as he explained everything he knew about Christmas to Demyx. He soon had a very wide eyed Demyx staring at him in amazement.
'He's just like a little kid.' Zexion thought as he chuckled to himself.
After that day, Demyx became nearly obsessed with the idea of Christmas. He would read as much about the holiday as he possibly could and told anyone about the holiday that was willing to listen. Some of the Organization members, such as Roxas and Axel, seemed interested, but other Organization members found it to be an annoyance and glared at Zexion every time they walked by him for putting the strange ideas in the Melodious Nocturne's head.
On one of these days, Demyx was talking excitedly to Zexion about possibly getting a Christmas tree when his stomach suddenly grumbled loudly. Demyx blushed and turned to Zexion.
"It's around lunch time and I'm starting to get kinda hungry…so do you want to get something to eat with me?" Demyx asked hopefully. Zexion nodded his head in reply and followed Demyx to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Axel and Roxas were having a conversation concerning the possibility of a certain emo boy and music fanatic getting together.
"So do you think they would stand a chance together?" Axel asked Roxas out of curiosity.
"Of course, pretty much everyone here has been talking about how they should be a couple." Roxas stated simply. Everyone has started to take notice of the bond growing between Demyx and Zexion as they spent more time together and noticed the obvious attraction.
Axel laughed shortly and said " Have you noticed how Zexion's stopped correcting Demyx when he calls him by his real name."
"Yeah, but of course Zexion still wont call Demyx by his name."
"Oh he'll stop doing that eventually. They'll figure it out." Axel said.
"Hmm…you're probably right." Roxas said absentmindedly. "They'll get together."
"…Speaking of getting together Roxas, do you think that we…"Axel started as he looked up at Roxas and noticed that he seemed oddly distracted by something.
"Roxas…are you even listening to me?" Axel asked as he looked at Roxas skeptically.
Roxas just stared at a spot off in the distance, as if he hadn't heard Axel at all.
"Roxas…?"
"Superior sir…what are you doing?" Roxas asked as he looked at the strange sight in front of him. Axel looked over at the place Roxas was staring at and was met by a very odd sight. The Superior had his ear against the door that lead to the kitchen, which basically put his ass in the air.
'Well that explains a lot.' Axel thought as he twitched slightly. He got up and walked over to the Superior cautiously.
"Um…Superior sir…why are you…" Axel was cut off by Xemnas telling him to hush, and was grabbed by the head and was forced to put his ear against the door.
"What am I supposed to be listening to?" Axel asked curiously as he tried to decipher the voices on the other side of the door.
"Number six and number nine are eating lunch together." Xemnas whispered quietly as he kept his ear pressed to the door. Axel couldn't help but laugh at the situation. The relationship between Demyx and Zexion even had the Superior interested. Roxas soon came over and leaned against the door as well. Now there were three Organization members stacked against the door.
Meanwhile…in the kitchen…
"Do you want me to make you something?" Demyx asked Zexion as he lead him over to the counter.
"You cook?" Zexion asked as he raised an eyebrow in disbelief. Demyx seemed like the type of guy that could burn water.
"Well yeah, but what I had in mind doesn't really require any cooking." Demyx said as he smiled at Zexion sheepishly.
Zexion cocked his head to the side curiously. " And what exactly are you thinking of making?"
"Well…I'd hate to brag, but I make a really good sandwich." Demyx said with a cheeky grin.
"Sandwiches huh? Well that's different. What kind of sandwich do you have in mind?" Zexion asked as he laughed slightly. Demyx was definitely an odd one.
"Is there a specific type that you like?" Demyx asked as he rummaged through the fridge to see what they had.
"Hmm…I'm not all that picky…"
Demyx looked up and gave Zexion a wide grin. " Well then… I guess I'll just have to make you my specialty sandwich." Demyx said as he started pulling different meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments out of the fridge.
On the other side of the door…
The other eleven members member's of the Organization were stacked against the door. Everyone had an ear pressed to the door, straining to hear what was being said on the other side. Axels eyes widened slightly. Roxas noticed this and turned his head to get a better look at his friend.
"What's wrong with you?" Roxas asked as Axels wide eyes just became wider. The others turned to look at Axel curiously.
"I've tried one of Demyx's specialty sandwiches before…I couldn't even finish half of it because it was so big." Axel said as he stared at the wall unblinkingly. The others eyed widened and pressed their ears to the door eagerly.
Back in the kitchen…
Zexion stared in amazement as he watched the scene unfolding before him. Demyx was stacking about every type of meat, cheese and vegetable imaginable on to two pieces of bread.
'How the hell is he managing to even keep that thing together?' Zexion asked himself as he watched the sandwich get bigger and bigger.
On the other side of the door…
Luxord, of course, was taking bets by this point. Everyone was throwing in munny, betting on exactly how much of Demyx's specialty sandwich Zexion could actually eat.
"Well I'm betting thirty munny that he can't even finish half of it." Axel said as he waved his munny in the air.
"Well I'm betting all of you thirty munny that he can finish all of it." Roxas exclaimed confidently while everyone else just stood there and looked at him like he was crazy.
"You sure about that kid?" Luxord asked with a sly grin.
"Yeah Roxas. If I could barely finish half of Demyx's sandwich, there's no way a guy as tiny as Zexion could even come close to finishing the whole thing." Axel said skeptically as the other Organization members nodded in agreement.
"I'll bet you all double that he can finish two." Roxas stated even more confidently as he pressed his ear back to the door.
In the kitchen…
"There, it's done." Demyx said with satisfaction as Zexion stared at the sandwich in awe. It was stacked with many ingredients, stood to be nearly a foot tall and seemed to be held up by unknown forces.
"How do I eat it…?" Zexion asked as he looked at the sandwich skeptically. It would be physically impossible for him to fit the whole thing in his mouth.
"Hehe…well…you'll have to be creative with that one…" Demyx said uncertainly as he scratched the back of his head.
Zexion thought for a moment. "I think I have an idea." He said as he reached into his cloak to pull out his book. Demyx looked over at Zexion curiously as the slate haired man flipped through the pages of his large book. After a couple of minutes, Zexion found the page he was looking for and scanned over it with his eyes. He then looked over at the sandwich and mumbled something under his breath. Suddenly, there was a flash of light and the sandwich was a normal size.
"How…how the hell did you do that!?" Demyx asked as his jaw fell slack.
"Lets just say that my book can do quite a few things." Zexion said as he chuckled at Demyx's expression. The boy had a way of being extremely amusing at times.
"That's…amazing…"
"Thank you."
"But wait. When you shrunk the sandwich did you take anything out of it?"
"Surprisingly, no. I just condensed it so that it was possible for me to fit it in my mouth." Zexion said as he munched on the sandwich contently. He didn't speak again until he was nearly done.
"Do you mind making me another one?" Zexion asked as he looked over at the older boy. Demyx nodded happily before burying his head in the fridge to dig out everything he needed to make Zexion another sandwich.
Thirty minutes later…
Ten Organization members reluctantly handed Roxas sixty munny each. There were several grumbles as Roxas collected it cheekily.
"Told you it would happen." Roxas laughed as he waved goodbye and walked away.
The moment Roxas was out of the room, the kitchen door swung open, which knocked over Xemnas, which started a domino effect. In a matter of seconds, ten Organization members were knocked to the ground and piled on top of one another, and somehow, Axel had managed to become squished at the bottom of the pile.
"Would all of you get your fat asses off of me!!" Axel yelled irritably. Although his voice was muffled, Axel's words were understood loud and clear and caused a mass scramble of Nobodies to untangle their limbs from one another.
"What are you guys doing?" The Organization members looked up to see Demyx and Zexion staring at them in confusion.
"Hehe…nothing really…just having a nice little chat with everyone." Axel said nervously as he and the other Organization members that had been eaves dropping laid splayed across the floor.
"I find it hard to believe that you were all conversing in front of the kitchen door." Zexion said as he glared down at Axel.
'Damn, that emo boy's scary as hell sometimes.' Axel thought as he visibly flinched under Zexion's gaze.
"Were you guys eaves dropping!?" Demyx yelled as he glared accusingly at the other Nobodies. Everyone tried to look anywhere else but at Demyx while they tried to look innocent, which failed miserably.
"And what's this?" Demyx asked as he picked up the notepad Luxord had been using to keep track of everyone's bets. Demyx read the page to himself before reading it out loud.
"Bet on Zexion eating Demyx's sandwich. Looks like all of you threw in thirty munny on Zexion not being able to finish the sandwich. Except for Roxas, who threw in double, saying he could finish two. But wait…that means…YOU ALL GAVE ROXAS SIXTY MUNNY EACH!?" Demyx exclaimed as his eyes widened.
"Yeah…pretty much. Now he's walking around with 600 munny in his pocket." Axel said sheepishly as he watched Demyx's anger level rise drastically.
"And I'm going to take a wild guess and say that this bet was all your idea Luxord?" Demyx asked through gritted teeth. Luxord shrunk back at the sight of the angry Demyx. The boy didn't loose his temper often, but when he did it was pretty damn frightening.
"Well…yes…but I would have never been eaves dropping in the first place if Axel hadn't dragged me over to the door." Luxord said as he pointed a finger at Axel accusatively.
"Hey, don't blame this on me! The only reason I was eaves dropping was because Roxas and I found the Superior with his ear pressed against the door and we got curious about what he was doing!" Axel said in defense.
Everyone turned to look at their Superior in surprise, confusion, and slight curiosity. Realizing he was still on the floor, the Superior stood up quickly and loomed over the other Organization members.
"I believe that I left each of you a mission to complete this morning and none of you have started yet. I suggest that you do it now and check in with me after you're done to give me a report on how it went. Oh, and number eight, I'll see you after everyone completes their mission for an extra bit of training." The Superior said in a dangerously low voice.
Everyone left through separate dark portals as soon as Xemnas was done speaking, including Axel, who had streamy tears running down his face by this point. The Superior calling you in for extra training was never good under any circumstance.
'Why me?' Axel thought as he stepped through his dark portal and prepared himself for the pain he would be feeling later that night.
As the weeks went by, Demyx still hadn't given up his idea of having Christmas at the castle. It just so happened that Axel and Roxas were looking for him, but couldn't seem to find the Melodious Nocturne anywhere.
"Where the hell is that kid? He hasn't been around all day." Axel said as he went from room to room with Roxas.
"Who knows. We've asked everyone if they've seen him and no one has, not even Zexion." Roxas said as he scanned each room carefully.
"You think Xemnas sent him on a mission or something?" Axel asked curiously.
"Doubt it. The Superior hasn't sent anyone on a mission in weeks."
Axel looked over at Roxas and took some time to admire how gorgeous he was. He knew that he was slowly falling in love with the boy and that he needed to use every opportunity he had to get closer to him.
'Wait…I'm alone with him right now. I've been alone with him for the past few hours. What the hell am I doing?' Axel argued with himself internally as he turned to smile at Roxas.
"So Roxas…now that we're alone…I've been thinking that maybe sometime we could…" Axel paused in mid-sentence when he realized Roxas wasn't even listening. He was just staring up at the ceiling with one eye twitching.
"Um…Roxas…are you…"
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"
"What the…" Axel looked up to see what the source of the noise was only to be squelched by something large and green. Roxas kept twitching because he had a very odd sight in front of him. The thing that Axel had been crushed by was a large Christmas tree.
Roxas had no idea what Axel had been saying because he was too focused on the huge, dark portal that had opened up on the ceiling right above Axel. A few seconds later the Christmas tree, as well as Demyx, had fallen from it and squished Axel. Demyx was now sitting on top of the Christmas tree, wearing a Santa hat and carrying what looked like bags upon bags of Christmas decorations.
"Number Nine…where on earth have you been?" Zexion asked as he walked into the room.
"Oh, hey Zexy. I-
"How many times must I ask you not to call me that?"
"Oh…hehe…sorry. Anyway, I went to get a tree and other Christmas stuff so that we can celebrate this year!"
"Yes, I can see that. But where did you get all of this stuff exactly?"
"In Christmas Town of course." Demyx stated rather simply.
"There's actually a world called Christmas Town?" Zexion stated in disbelief.
"Well…it's kind of a world inside of a world…"
"You'll have to explain that one."
"Well you see, when I first went through my dark portal I ended up in this place called Halloween Town. I knew that I didn't need to be there, but I thought taking a look around wouldn't hurt. While I was there I met this guy named Jack who I thought was kind of weird at first cause he kept trying to scare me, but then I actually started talking to him and he was actually pretty cool. And there's this girl named Sally who I personally think should go out with Jack and she was pretty cool too. Oh! And Jack has this little ghost dog named Zero who's really cute!! But the mayor there is really annoying cause he can't do anything by himself and needs Jack's help for everything. There were also these three little brats that kept playing pranks on everyone. But anyway, I asked Jack if he knew where I could get Christmas stuff and told me to go to the woods. He would have gone with me but he was really busy."
"So I went to the woods and pretty soon I found all of these trees with different holiday doors on them. The first one I found was one with a big heart on it and when I opened the door I was sucked into this world that was really pink and fluffy. It was really gross cause there were all these people that were being just a little too friendly with each other…but they did have candy…lots of candy. But I found another tree that had a big egg on it and stepped in there. On the other side there was a bunch of bunny shaped chocolates and these little marshmallows with sugar on them called Peeps. But I had to get out of there pretty quick cause the giant bunny got really mad when I tried to take some candy!!"
"So I started running and I jumped into the first tree I found. It had a turkey on it and I thought that I'd be safe there. The problem was that when I went through the door I forgot to close it all the way and the giant bunny followed me in! So I got on the other side of the door and I was surrounded by a flock of turkeys! And let me tell you, those turkeys hated me. So then I got chased by a giant bunny and a flock of turkeys. I fought most of 'em off with my water clones though. But as I kept running I finally found a tree with a Christmas tree door on it and ran into it, making sure to shut it behind me this time."
"What I saw on the other side was amazing! There was snow everywhere!! But I felt kind of bad for my water clones because they froze the second I wound up on the other side. But I went into town and there were pretty Christmas lights everywhere!! I went to all these stores and found a ton of Christmas decorations for really cheap prices. Then I got to meet Santa and he gave me this Christmas tree for free!!"
Zexion and Roxas were both sporting large sweat drops by the end of Demyx's rant and were staring at him like he was crazy.
"Uh…that's nice…I guess…" Zexion said uncertainly.
"I can't wait to show everyone the tree! Hey Roxas, where's Axel? I really want him to see this." Demyx said as he looked around the room to see if Axel was anywhere around.
"Um…he's under the tree…" Roxas said as he looked down at the pitifully squished Axel.
"Oh…hehe…woops…" Demyx said as he got off of the tree and lifted it up to reveal a very squished and very pissed Axel.
"Look Axel! I got a Christmas tree!" Demyx said enthusiastically as he pointed at the tree.
"I can see that Demyx! I've been staring at it for the past ten minutes! Now get it out of my sight before I burn it!!" The pine needle covered Axel yelled as a massive fire ball appeared in his hands.
"No!" Demyx whined as he hugged the tree defensively.
Before Axel and Demyx could continue their argument, Saix ran into the room and stopped to observe the scene.
"Oh, hey Sai. What's up?" Roxas asked as he ripped his eyes away from his arguing friends.
"You haven't heard? The Superior just sent out an emergency mission to all of us. We're supposed to be down to meet him right now." Saix said quickly as he ran past the four of them.
"Shit…" Axel whispered gruffly as he ran after Saix. Zexion soon followed in suit, followed by Roxas and Demyx moments later.
Three hours later…
Organization Thirteen trotted back into the castle soaking wet. Their mission had been difficult, but successful. On the way back it had started raining and now there were some very cranky Organization members.
"Saix just had to take that "shortcut" on the way back." Axel exclaimed grumpily as he wrung out his limp hair. He was soaked to the bone and Axel detested water.
"You should be grateful. If we had taken the other way around we would have run into even more rain." Saix said matter-of-factly as he crossed his arms.
"Would have run into even more rain?! I don't think it's possible to be more wet than I already am!" Axel growled in frustration.
"Why don't we stick you outside for a little longer and find out!"
"Why don't I shove my foot up your-
"Would you two stop arguing!" Zexion yelled. Axel and Saix looked up to see an irritable looking Zexion in front of them. "It doesn't matter which way we took, we'd be soaking wet either way so stop complaining."
By this point Zexion had gotten everyone's attention. Everyone (especially Demyx) watched as Zexion took the hood of his cloak off to reveal dripping, slate colored hair, and black eye liner running down his face. He then took off his cloak to reveal soaked, tight black pants and a white shirt that hugged his body.
Demyx caught sight of this and got a nosebleed almost immediately. Zexion looked over at Demyx and was a bit confused.
"Are you okay?" Zexion asked as he watched the boy in concern. Demyx became aware of his bleeding nose.
"No! No! Nothing's wrong! I'm perfectly fine!" Demyx said reassuringly as he turned around frantically to stuff tissues up his nose.
"Alright then…I'm going back to my room…need to take a shower before I catch a cold…" Zexion said as he slowly walked up the stairs. Demyx's eyes followed Zexion up the stairs and around the corner. Shortly after, he followed him with a dazed glaze over his eyes.
"Looks like someone's having fun watching Zexion's backside." Axel murmured as he watched Demyx follow after Zexion.
"Love sick puppy." Luxord muttered as he shook his head. Demyx was really starting to fall in love with the Cloaked Schemer.
The next day…
Axel, Roxas, and Luxord were looking around for Demyx, who was missing yet again. No one had seen him all day and he apparently hadn't come down for breakfast or lunch, which was odd for someone with an appetite as big as his.
"Where the hell is that kid? Him not coming down for breakfast and lunch is just bizarre." Luxord said as he scratched his head in confusion.
"I don't know. Maybe he's not even in the castle. He might be out like he was yesterday." Roxas stated simply.
"You don't think he's gone out to get another Christmas tree do you?" A paranoid Axel asked as he hid behind Roxas and looked up at the ceiling. He had been extremely cautious since the incident with the Christmas tree the night before.
"I don't think that's it kid." Luxord laughed. "I'll go see if he's in his room."
As Luxord approached Demyx's bedroom door, he knocked quietly and received no reply. He knocked a bit louder and still got no reply in return. Luxord sighed and tried to open the door only to find out that it was locked. Luxord realized that he had no choice but to use a dark portal to get into the room. He did so a moment later. When he arrived in Demyx's room, the first thing he noticed was that there were papers littered all over the floor, desk, dresser, and bedside table. Luxord looked up to see Demyx sitting on his bed, writing frantically. Luxord picked up a stack of papers and read through a few of them.
"So you've been up here all day writing a new song." Demyx became aware that Luxord was in his room and looked up with confused, bloodshot eyes, as if he had been working for hours. He saw that Luxord had some of the papers in his hands and turned a violent shade of red.
"Luxord! Please don't look at them! This song's kind of private!" An embarrassed Demyx exclaimed as he grabbed as many papers as he could.
"I'm guessing that this one will be about Zexion?" Luxord asked as he respectively put the papers he had been holding in a neat pile on Demyx's desk.
"Yeah…" Demyx said shyly as he started organizing papers into different piles.
"Well, I'm sure you'll do fine. You should play it for him when you're done writing it."
"I don't know about all that…"
"Well in any case, maybe you should take a break and get out of this room. You still need to put up the tree and those Christmas decorations."
"Oh yeah! I totally forgot!" Demyx said as he ran out of his room. Luxord laughed as he watched the boy's display of enthusiasm.
'That kid is something else…'
The next day, the castle had been transformed by millions of Christmas decorations. Demyx had hung Christmas lights, mistletoe, and several other decorations in each part of the castle. With Axel, Roxas, Zexion, and Luxord's help, they had even managed to put the tree up. Everyone had noticed that the atmosphere of the castle had completely changed since the decorations had been put up and everyone seemed to be in a better mood.
"I can't believe how good the castle looks." Roxas said as he walked down the hall with Axel.
"I know. I can't believe the kid actually pulled it off." Axel said in amusement.
"Yeah…but I kind of like it…" Roxas trailed off as they continued walking.
"Hmm…I bet it's a lot nicer this time of year in some other worlds though." Axel said thoughtfully.
"You think so?"
"Well yeah. I mean, this worlds so dark and were obviously the only ones celebrating the holidays here."
"Then we should go visit one of those worlds sometime." Roxas said as he stopped walking suddenly. Axel stopped just as abruptly and watched Roxas closely. "Maybe that place Christmas Town that Demyx was talking about…"
Axel scratched his head and looked up at the ceiling. His eyes widened slightly at what he saw. "Damn it Demyx…"
"What?" Roxas asked as he looked up at Axel.
"Uh…Demyx…it looks like he kind of hung mistletoe in the hallway…"
"Oh…" Roxas said quietly as he looked up at the mistletoe hanging innocently from the ceiling.
"Well it's not like we really have to kiss or anything. I mean…we don't have to if you don't want to…" Axel ranted as he waved his arms around frantically.
"Axel…"
"Huh…yeah…?" Axel blinked as he stopped his frantic rant. Suddenly he felt a warm pair of lips on his own. The action was quick, but pleasant. Axel turned several shades of red in a matter of seconds and looked down to see that Roxas had turned slightly pink.
"Roxas?" Axel asked in bewilderment. He couldn't believe that Roxas had actually kissed him. Roxas looked down at his feet before he ran away from Axel with a flaming red face.
In the next couple of weeks, Christmas morning arrived and Demyx was up at the crack of dawn. He was going from room to room, waking everyone up to open presents. The other Organization members mumbled groggily at Demyx's excitement, but when they saw the tree with so many presents under it, they were all awake almost immediately, except for the Superior that is.
"Superior sir? Wake up! It's Christmas!!" Demyx said excitedly as he knocked on the Superior's bedroom door. Moments later a very tired looking Xemnas opened his door and looked down at Demyx sleepily. His hair was going in several different directions and his cloak was wrinkled, but that didn't matter to Demyx. All that mattered was that the Superior was up to celebrate Christmas with them.
"Why are we awake at this hour? Do we really need to celebrate this unnecessary human holiday?" Xemnas whined sleepily. He was just about to turn around and go back to sleep when Demyx unleashed his deadliest weapon: the puppy dog eyes. Xemnas tried to look away, but it was too late. Those eyes were already imprinted in his mind.
"Please…" Demyx whined as he added the puppy dog pout to his deadly puppy dog eyes. No one could resist a face like Demyx's when he attached the puppy eyes and the puppy dog pout, not even Xemnas.
"…Fine…" Xemnas said as he followed the other to the Christmas tree. Xemnas sat on the couch but still looked extremely tired. This caused him to fall asleep yet again. Unfortunately for Axel, he was sitting on the couch next to Xemnas and wound up being the Superior's pillow.
"Someone get him off of me. I think he's drooling." Axel twitched as he tried desperately to push the drooling Superior off of him.
"I'll go make him some coffee. That should wake him up." Saix said as he headed towards the kitchen.
In the next hour, almost everyone had opened all of their presents. They had all made an agreement that everyone in the castle had to get one present for everyone else. Even the Superior was fully awake now and seemed to be enjoying himself, although he was very subtle about it. The only two gifts that needed to be opened now were Demyx's gift to Zexion and Zexion's gift to Demyx. The two boys looked at each other shyly and opened their gift.
Demyx got his open first and found one of the most thoughtful things anyone had ever made for him. Zexion had taken the time to make him a CD with all of his favorite songs on it. Demyx looked at the CD with wide eyes as he examined the piece of paper on the inside of the cover that had all of the track number's titles on it.
"Do you like it?" Zexion asked as he looked up at Demyx uncertainly.
"Yeah…I love it. But you still haven't opened your present yet." Demyx smiled as he looked down at Zexion's half-opened gift. Zexion finished unwrapping his gift and got the same wide eyed expression that Demyx had had moments before. Inside a small box lay a black choker that was simple, yet beautiful and elegant. It had a simple lace pattern that Demyx thought would look perfect on Zexion.
"I love it…" Zexion said in amazement as he lifted the choker out of the box.
"Do you want to put it on?"
"Yes…I'd like that." Zexion said quietly.
"Here, let me help you." Demyx said as he gently took the choker out of Zexion's hands. He put the choker around Zexion's neck and snapped the clasp. Zexion turned around afterwards to check for Demyx's approval.
"It looks great on you." Demyx said as he smiled and turned slightly pink at what he had told Zexion.
"Hey Demyx. Look up." Axel said suddenly. Demyx did what Axel told him to do and became very scared. Demyx and Zexion had been sitting together in front of the tree the entire time and had failed to notice the mistletoe hanging right above them.
"Now I know that I did not hang that there." Demyx said as he looked over at Axel. Axel winked at him and gave him a thumbs up. Axel had his other arm wrapped around Roxas. After their mistletoe incident, Roxas and Axel had gotten together, and in an odd way, it was all thanks to Demyx. If he hadn't hung that mistletoe in that exact spot, who knows if they would have ever kissed. So Axel was trying to say thank you and return the favor in his own weird little way.
'Damn you Axel! Why would you put that there!' Demyx thought to himself as he started to panic. He had no idea how to handle the situation.
"It's okay Zexion. We don't have to do it if you don't want to…" Demyx trailed off.
Zexion had had his head down the entire time, so Demyx was unsure about how he would react. Suddenly, Zexion grabbed Demyx's shoulders and kissed him straight on the lips. For a few seconds Demyx kept his eyes open and didn't move, but then he realized what was happening and kissed Zexion back. After a few more seconds the two reluctantly broke apart and stared at each other lovingly. Zexion, realizing where they were, was the first to break the silence.
"I'll um…I'll be talking to you soon Demyx…" Zexion said as he stood up and took a final look back at Demyx. Demyx was overjoyed to see the blush on Zexion's face and the smile he gave him as he walked out of the room. It was so loving and caring that it made Demyx ridiculously happy. It was also the first time that Zexion had called him by his real name. Demyx smiled as he realized that his relationship with Zexion was about to get a lot better.
One year later…
It was Christmas morning, but a very gloomy one at that. Demyx walked down the halls of the castle wondering where everyone was. They had all agreed to celebrate Christmas together again this year, but that was before…
'Before everyone started getting sent out on missions to defeat the Keyblade wielder and wound up getting killed instead.' Demyx thought bitterly. Several members of the Organization had already been killed trying to defeat Sora. Roxas had run off to discover who he really was and had already been caught. He was currently being used by DIZ for his own selfish needs. Roxas had told Axel not to follow him, but of course he didn't listen. Wherever Roxas went, Axel was sure to follow. No one had seen either of them since and the Superior had dubbed them traitors. This meant that no matter what the circumstance, Axel and Roxas should be dead to all of them.
'Well he's wrong.' Demyx argued with himself as he continued down the hall. Axel and Roxas were still his friends, and their leaving had taken an affect on everyone. Their friends Saix and Marluxia weren't even the same people anymore. They barely ever spoke anymore and it was heart breaking to see them like that. Demyx knew that Christmas would be a little different this year, but he still had Zexion and Luxord, and he at least wanted to celebrate the holiday with them. He was extremely anxious about seeing Zexion because he had finally finished writing his song for him and he wanted to play it for him as a Christmas present. Just as he was thinking about his song, Demyx saw Luxord walking down the hall towards him.
"Hey Luxord!" Demyx called as he waved to the older man. Luxord looked up and gave a weak smile.
"Have you seen Zexion? I finally finished writing my song and…" Demyx stopped talking when he realized the sad look on Luxord's face.
"Luxord…what's wrong?"
"Demyx…Zexion…he's…"
"What's wrong with Zexion? Is he hurt? Where is he?!" Demyx asked as he started to become panicked. He feared the worst and looked at Luxord as if he hoped for better news.
"Late last night…the Superior sent him out on a mission against the Keyblade wielder…" Luxord trailed off, not wanting to go on.
"What?! Why didn't he tell me?! He could have at least said goodbye!"
"He…he thought it would be too hard…he didn't want to say goodbye because he knew he…knew he might not come back…I'm sorry Demyx…but …Zexion's gone…" Luxord said quietly and he winced at his last statement. Although Demyx hadn't spoken, he could practically feel the boys heart breaking…that is…if they even had hearts…
Demyx's sitar dropped to the ground with an echoing thud as he took in what Luxord had just told him. Zexion was gone. His Zexion had gone to a place where he would never be able to find him. The man that he had liked, no, loved so much had been taken from him in the blink of an eye. Demyx fell to his knees as tears started to roll down his face. Demyx knew his life would be forever changed. The love of his life was gone… was nothing more than a non-existent being to the rest of the worlds.
End Flashback
It had been nearly a year since Zexion had died. Nearly two years since Demyx had realized he was in love with him…nearly two years since they had spent their first and last Christmas together and even shared their first kiss. A kiss that brought back the memories of a feeling that no one could give him besides the man he still loved. Demyx subconsciously plucked the strings of his sitar and looked up to the darkened sky. It was impossible to tell the time of day by the sky. It was always shrouded in darkness and the world itself was flooded with cold, stinging water droplets. The odd thing was that Demyx could no longer feel them anymore. He had become completely numb. He found that by filling himself with this numbness he didn't have to feel the overwhelming grief that filled his heart. Feeling nothing was better than feeling the pain he felt inside.
'Even if I died today…even if I killed myself…I still wouldn't be able to find you.' Demyx thought to himself as the rain continued to fall down on him. He knew full well that a Nobody wandered in the dark realm for all eternity when they died. A human on the other hand…
'A human would go to heaven. Not that they'd let me go there. I've caused too much trouble as a Nobody. I'd be sent straight to hell. I wonder if hell is anything like the dark realm. I bet it's a lot warmer…and at least you can see in hell…' Demyx thought as he gave a small, bitter laugh at the thought of the darkness that once surrounded him on all sides.
'But this isn't exactly any different, now is it?' Demyx argued with himself acerbically.
"Demyx?" A voice coming from behind him asked quietly. Demyx turned around to see Luxord standing a few feet away wearing a heavy rain coat and holding an umbrella. Demyx nodded in acknowledgement and turned his back to Luxord and continued to play his sitar. The rain continued to pour down as Luxord gave Demyx a concerned look.
"You should come inside before you catch a cold." Luxord said as Demyx continued to play with his back turned to him.
"What's the point? I've been out here so long that even if I did come in I'd probably get sick anyway."
"Well then you should at least put on a rain coat."
"…I bet he's scared…"
"What?"
"Zexion I mean. He's always been afraid of the dark. I remember one night the power went out in the castle. When I went to go to bed I found Zexion curled up in it. When I asked him what was wrong he reluctantly told me that he was afraid of the dark and my room was the only place that made him feel safe. That was the first night we slept in the same bed together now that I think about it. And now he's stuck, wondering alone in the dark…he must be terrified…"Demyx said as his voice cracked and his eyes started watering with tears that threatened to spill over at any moment. The thought of Zexion being scared and alone while he was completely powerless to stop it was almost too much to bear.
"Stop thinking like that." Luxord growled as Demyx looked over at him in surprise. "That's not the Demyx I know. The Demyx I know always kept our spirits up, even when things looked hopeless. He always told us that we didn't need to kill to obtain a heart because he knew that we already had them."
"Yeah, and that went really well, didn't it?" Demyx said sarcastically. "No one ever believed me…"
"That's not completely true. Zexion didn't show it, but I think that he always believed in you. And I know he expects you to do the same for him. Even though he's in the dark realm, lost in never ending darkness, I know he's still looking for you, and you have to keep believing that you'll find him one day. And I hope that you find him soon. The point is, that if you believe you can find him, you will. That's what you always told us, and I know you still think that way deep down." Luxord said as he walked away. As he looked up to the sky, he smiled slightly. He noted that the rain wasn't falling quite as heavily and the sky looked a little brighter. Maybe there was hope after all.
One week later…
It was Christmas Eve and everyone in the house was busy doing last minute Christmas shopping or decorating the house. Suddenly, the computer started beeping, signaling that there was a Nobody nearby. Riku looked at the screen and his eyes widened slightly.
"Sora! Go get Axel and Roxas. I think we found him." Riku yelled to Sora from the other room. Sora ran to get Axel and Roxas and told them the news. Axel ran to the computer while Roxas ran to get Luxord.
Once they were all in the same room, they stared at the computer screen intently. The small dot on the screen was standing still.
"He's in the exact same spot we found Demyx." Riku observed as he watched the screen carefully.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Lets go get him!" Axel said impatiently as he started towards the door. The was probably the only chance they would have to get Zexion back, so they needed to act quickly.
"I'll go get Demyx. You guys go get Zexion and I'll meet you over there as fast as I can." Axel said as he ran through the door.
The others ran to the waterfall where they had found Demyx as fast as they could. When they knew they were at the right location, they opened a dark portal and looked inside. Inside they found a small, almost feminine looking figure curled up with his chin resting on his knees. The look in the boy's eyes was heart breaking. He looked so lost and scared. He looked lonely and heartbroken…
"Damn…Demyx was right…" Luxord whispered a he started to feel sorry for the Cloaked Schemer.
"Zexion!" Roxas called out as he reached a hand into the dark portal. The boy didn't so much as flinch at the voice. It seemed like he couldn't even hear them, but that was impossible.
"Why isn't he responding?" Roxas asked. He looked down at Zexion and caught a glimpse of the boys face for the first time and was shocked by what he saw. Zexions eyes looked they had lost all life and hope. It was like he had given up on finding Demyx. It was like looking at a corpse. Roxas, Sora, and Riku called out to Zexion several more times and still got no response.
"I'll get him. I'll just have to reach in there and grab him. The only one that's going to be able to snap him out of this is Demyx." Luxord said as he came closer to the dark portal. He stretched out his arms and picked up Zexion, still getting no reaction from the boy. Luxord lifted the petite figure out of the dark portal and immediately noticed that the slate haired boy was shaking. That was the only response they had gotten from Zexion that showed he might know what was going on, although he still didn't seem aware of his surroundings. Luxord sat Zexion down on one of the few dry spots of ground in the area. Zexion remained curled up in a ball, completely motionless, until he heard the one voice that could always make things right.
"Zexion?" Demyx nearly whispered as his eyes widened. Zexion looked up and he suddenly looked alive again. He looked to the direction of the voice to see a teary-eyed Demyx staring at him. Zexions eyes widened as he stood up shakily. It seemed like gravity was trying to pull him back down. Before he realized what he was doing, he was running towards Demyx at full speed. He ran straight into Demyx's arms, where he was tightly embraced and kissed passionately. It was minutes before the two separated.
"Where were you?" Zexion whispered desperately in Demyx's ear as he held the other close.
"I was in the dark realm for a long time, but Sora and the others got me out of there." Demyx whispered back.
"I looked for you. I searched so hard but I never found you. Even when I thought I was so close…you weren't there. I just gave up…I didn't know what to do…I was so sure you were going to be there, and then you weren't. I was so scared." Zexion sobbed as he buried his face into Demyx's shoulder.
"Shhh…Zexion, it's okay now. Please stop crying, you know I can't stand that. I never stopped looking for you either. I never thought I'd see you again…I love you Zexion." Demyx said as he lifted Zexion's chin and wiped the tears away.
"I love you too." Zexion said quietly as he gave a small smile before reaching up and planting a gentle kiss on Demyx's lips. The sun suddenly broke through the dark clouds, indicating that their time of grief was over.
Later that night, after everything had been explained to Zexion, Demyx led his boyfriend by the hand out to the front porch, holding his sitar in the other.
"What are we doing out here?" Zexion asked his lover curiously.
"Well…there's this song that I want to play for you. I started writing it two years ago and I was going to play if for you last Christmas, but you were already gone by then…"
Demyx trailed off as he sat down on the porch steps and made sure his sitar was tuned properly. Zexion sat on the step and waited patiently.
"Okay…here it goes…" Demyx said nervously as he cleared his throat. This song was probably the most personal song he had ever performed in front of anyone.
Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true
Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it's my disguise
I'm by your side
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me
Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good
Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame
Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.
Oh oh
OoooohhhhOh
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By the end of the song, Zexion was in tears. The song Demyx had played for him was the most beautiful thing anyone had ever done for him.
"Jeez…it wasn't that bad was it?" Demyx said jokingly as he scratched the back of his head.
"No…that was the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me…I loved it." Zexion said as he wiped the tears out of his eyes.
"Well I hope you love me more than you love the song." Demyx said as he grinned at Zexion.
"Of course." Zexion chuckled as he looked up and smiled. "Look Demyx, mistletoe." Demyx looked up and smiled at the sight.
"Well what do you know, it's just like the first time we kissed." Demyx said as he leaned in and planted a deep, loving kiss on Zexion's lips. He then grabbed his hand, leading him to his, no, their room, where Demyx knew he would make love to his slate haired angel. He also knew that from now on, no matter what hardships they faced in the future, they would endure them together.
Authors Note: Hope you guys liked this chapter. I worked really hard on it!!Please review!!I love feedback. Anyway, the whole thing with Zexion's book, I don't know what it does exactly but it's a fanfic, so I can make it up as I go.:) Xemnas and Sephiroth will be in the next chapter!!So make sure you don't miss it.