The Amazing Colossal Shonen-Ai #3
It was hard to say how much time had past since Demyx and Xigbar were in the dungeon. Demyx was still 70 feet tall, but eventually let his arms loosen, so as not to suffocate the much smaller Xigbar, who was clamped under his enormous hands. After Demyx cried himself out, he started falling asleep, with Xigbar still wrapped around his arms as his body shifted for him to lie down. Without any protest, he just let it happen, hoping to himself that he wouldn't be breathless come morning, or a few hours later, as a morning sky doesn't apply to the castle's dwellings.
By then, the deep child-like gasps from the young giant awoke Xigbar with a start. He looked forward and only saw a large chin and neck lining. And with a slight precision, almost out of character but still the same, he tried extending an arm out; with a bit of effort to release it from his enclosed space, his arm trying to reach forward, finger trying to touch his face. A thought then hit him; he could use the ability of space to get himself out of the young man's embrace, just to be able to wake him up without getting a hernia. He phased out of thin air, Demyx's large hands dipping a little; with Xigbar now appearing just below Demyx's chin. But, before he could even try anything, Demyx began to slowly stir, eyes flickering and slowly bringing his shoulders up; followed by his lean torso half. This sent Xigbar kneeling back and tumbling along, before plopping onto the boy's lap. He shook his head, ponytail swishing behind his back.
With sleepy eyes blinking, Demyx looked at his surroundings, now reminded of where he is and what has happened to him. And then realizing, he looked down, sighing that Xigbar was alright. Something else caught his attention as he watched Xigbar on his lap.
"D…Did we …" He began to chokingly ask.
"I don't even want to think how that's possible," Xigbar grunted, pulling himself up by large cloak flaps. "I… trust that you slept well."
"A lit…somewhat," Demyx caught his word of choice and rubbed his eyes sheepishly.
"Don't worry, kid. Something'll turn up."
"But I don't want to feel so cramped in here," almost coming out like a whine.
"Who said you had to stay in here. We can go to any world out there. You name it, we go there. Capishe?"
"Ka-what?"
"Never mind… maybe there's a nice water world somewhere. You'd feel right at home, and the ocean's a whole lot bigger than you."
Demyx almost seemed taken aback by that, near whimpering.
"Well they are…but…dammit…"muttering to himself. "I mean, you like water, and being around water, so why not? I can make my way with Vexy while you're there and if he has something already cooked up; I'll be right down there."
"But won't he be mad if…"
Xigbar swooshed out of sight and popped back in a few feet away from Demyx's face, standing upside down and jolting the young giant.
"If he is, I'll take the blame for both of us."
True to his word, as Xigbar returned to his room, Vexen appeared, steaming on the inside and a very large scowl over his face.
"I do not know how you did it, but I know you did it." His anger was ripe in his tone.
"Did what?"
"Do not give me any of that! You are the only one who can appear on the walls; if that's what it took for you to steal my formula. It was near finishing it, when… it disappeared out of nowhere." Vexen emphasized the idea that Xigbar would know he was being blamed for. "Honestly, your somebody was one of the original scientists, I would've expected better than this."
"Gee, I think you'd said the same thing about Lexaeus once," Xigbar referring to number 5 of the Organization who was also a researcher of the original six.
"He is not the one in question here…"
"Which was what I was gonna ask you about, with the formula thing. You don't happen to, by any chance…" Then Xigbar, quickly under his breath, said, "Have ann antidote for it?"
"An antidote," Vexen sounded like the thought confused him or he never heard of an idea. He immediately without any thought or emotion asked, "What happened?"
Xigbar stuttered, "Well… I'm just sayin'…like, say if something happened to someone…whatever that may be…and if there was, don't know…a way to reverse it?"
"What exactly are you suggesting," Vexen became more irritated.
"Look," Xigbar sighed, "Yes, I did take your formula…but I accidentally dropped it down the drain in one of the bathrooms, trying to put on my usual disinfectant cream on my scar before I shave. Now, I know it sounds strange to be asking for an antidote to something that pretty much went down the drain, but if you can cook up another one and as seeing that you probably don't have the formula yet, I will be more than happy to get what you need for you, old buddy, old pal, old dude." He ended with a big goofy smile.
Vexen sighed himself and clapped his black gloved hand to his head.
"I'm not exactly sure how this can possibly happen, but if you're that insistent, I can give you the list I made so you can retrieve them for me."
A few minutes later, Vexen was proofing the item search list while Xigbar waited and looked around the laboratory. A dark and reeking place he thought, wondering how he can even breathe in here every spare time Vexen had without missions. Vexen shoved the list into Xigbar's hands.
"All the ingredients are located in separate worlds. You'll find them marked in parenthesis; 3 worlds for 2 ingredients. While you do this errand for me, I'll be back to work making another growth potion…"
"Is that what it was," Xigbar interrupted, feigning surprise. "Boy that would've been egg on my face if I slapped that on…"
"And for good reason," Vexen interrupted as well. "The compounds in the formula are unstable and still a work in progress. If any creature, living or Heartless or even Nobody, were to ingest it, the effects of the size change could be dire. It could even have reverse effects on it; since part of the ingredients came from clotting cells to keep the liquid from overflowing during the experimentation. But, you don't need to know that since your sheer dumb luck kept it from happening to you."
Vexen was about to leave him when Xigbar thought hard of what he just explained.
"Uh, does it get any worse than that?"
Sighing, Vexen began again, "Whether in any situation, being gigantism or miniaturization, it is still highly unstable, prone to any size change against the being's control."
Xigbar was about to ask how Vexen knew these side effects or what he was experimenting on, but he had to get back and check on Demyx, taking all this information into play. He teleported back to his room, moving his arm to cram the list into his back pocket, but a quick turn afterward brought him too close to the long arm of a curious Demyx, "crawling" on his hands and knees among the cramped living space.
"Kid, what the hell," Xigbar cried out.
"It was getting too cramped in there, Xiggy, a lot more cramped," Demyx apologetically spoke.
More cramped Xigbar questioned to himself; was it already starting? Did the kid notice anything?
"I opened up a portal to try to get out; I couldn't wait anymore. You were gone for a long time and something strange happened to me. Back in the dungeon was getting too small, but when I came into your room… I don't know. I can still move a bit."
It looked like Vexen was right. And with Xigbar assigned to get the antidote, he couldn't risk Demyx getting caught like this and have the lie unravel in his absence; the boy was upset enough going through all these spurts and Xigbar figured there was excitement to be had going to different worlds, like he promised earlier.
"Don't worry about that," Xigbar dismissed, "We got ourselves a mission, and if it works, we can get you back to normal pronto. Plus, there's a lot more space and uncrampness out there."
"Really?" The prospect of visiting an ocean world danced in his head. "Like…the one that you said we could?"
"Don't see why not. Maybe there's a," Xigbar pulled the list out, trying to pronounce a word, "Bu…car…ess…leaves. Wonder what they do?"
"Bucaress leaves?" Demyx thought Vexen mentioned it one time and Marluxia, another Organization 13 member who relied on flower sources for his powers, didn't grow any of the leaves. "I think I've heard of them, but…that was on a world that was destroyed by heartless I think."
"Well that's just great," Xigbar shoved the paper back in his pocket, defeated. "Looks like Vexy screwed up there again. That means 'Bibionia' doesn't exist anymore."
"No, it still does," Demyx corrected. "I wanted to go there, but…"
Before he could finish, the position on his hands on the floor seemed to retract in size. His bent head lowered down as well as his arms with his body frame following suit. Xigbar blinked at the boy's diminishing status; he was suddenly shrinking on his own. Demyx decreased at a faster paced, in minutes he was back to his normal height, albeit smaller than usual. Xigbar would normally comment or joke about such changes, but instead offered to help the young man up, whose eyes now matched Xigbar's waist. Demyx was the size of a small child next to Xigbar's great stature; he looked up and then around with scared shock, emitting a helpful plea, gazing up for help from the one-eyed man, telling both of them and in shock that he was now shrinking, like the one blonde girl from another world that was sought after for Kingdom Hearts. Demyx continued to diminish downward, his body slowly lost from his older and bigger lover's sight.
Like the growth spurt from last night, Demyx's black cloak shrank with him, but he would still look lost and confused if he was trapped among a large pile of clothing. Xigbar bent his shoulders down, as if to take a closer look from above. It took a lowered knee to the floor, inches like distances to Demyx, to get a slightly better view of the shrunken boy. He took the first initiative to keep from scaring him any further, cupping Demyx in his palm and bringing him away from the floor, Demyx watching the room slowly rise and appeared not quite close to Xigbar's face. Yet, it was enough to make him jump in fright, Xigbar's scar and older features more enhanced.
"Geez kid, anymore and you'd dissolve like a puddle," His voice sounding gruffer, causing Demyx to wince.
"You're such a meanie, Xigbar," Now speaking in a squeakier tone.
"Not my fault I look and sound like a troll here," Xigbar grinned, seeing if Demyx was also joking along. "Look at it this way. You're easier to carry and no one to scare away."
"Unlike you," Demyx's cocky attitude was slowly returning as a chipmunk voice. "Now what are you doing?"
Xigbar raised his hand higher and proceeded to slip Demyx inside his cloak, stuffed and clinging to the zipper near Xigbar's neck, pulled down slightly for looser comfort and support.
"We have a mission to attend to, little dude."
With that, a black portal appeared in front of Xigbar, entering into the swirling and murky dimension that would lead the couple to another new world in search of the antidote.
