***DISCLAIMER: (yes, I put these at the beginning of every chapter) I don't own the KH characters but have joint usage of the other main characters and own the characters I make up (like Caitlin in this chapter). … Anything that is in actual reality, I don't own yada, yada, yada. ***
'Ah! I love hot showers. Sucks for those who decide to take one in the afternoon. Haha! No hot water for them,' Axel thought as he rinsed his, now wet, hair. 'Haha! I'm the water Nazi! Dem's been kicked out of office.' He turned off the water and crossed the bathroom to the mirror and cleared away some steam from it to comb his hair, which is now plastered to his head, neck and part of his back. As he combed with his right hand, he reached for his robe with his left. His hand found nothing but wet tile. 'Huh. Must've fell,' he thought as he looked at the floor beneath the robe hook. 'That's odd. I could've sworn I put my robe over here.' Axel then turned to face the opposite wall to grad a towel. No towel in sight. Only the French maid outfit.
Axel furrowed his brows in confusion. 'Roxy- boy didn't say it was laundry day. Sora must have found the damn dress in the closet. Oh well. But what the hell made the little shit put it in here? Eh, I can use it to cross the living room to my room. No sense in making Roxy- boy jealous with my sexiness. Again,' he thought as he grabbed the dress, put it on, and left the bathroom.
The water shut off. Xalcry jumped and walked quickly to the door and opened it wide.
"Why'd you do that, Xal?" Sora asked.
"You'll see," Xalcry replied mischievously.
"You said that before when I asked about the towel," Sora whined.
"Be patient. The surprise is better that way," Xalcry replied as she stood in line with the opened door and the bathroom hallway. Camera in hand.
Axel stepped out into the hallway and turned to shut the door. 'I'm not dealing with those infernal smoke alarms,' he thought.
"What the hell!" he yelled as he was briefly blinded by a flash of light as he turned to continue going to his room. When his eyes adjusted he looked to where the flash came from and saw Xalcry, smiling mischievously. He looked at what she was holding. It was a camera. "Hell no," he said, dangerously calm.
"Hell yeah," Xalcry said as she smiled at Axel. Xannele and Sora were holding their sides laughing hysterically at the sight of Axel: red hair dripping wet and plastered to his head, neck, and back, and French maid outfit that came to his upper thigh.
After a moment of starring at each other, Xalcry smiling ruefully and Axel glaring and seething, Axel jerked into motion. "Give me the camera!" he yelled, running after Xalcry.
"You have to catch me fir- irst," she sang- songed as she bolted out the door. Axel sprinted after her.
"Give me the damn camera, Xalcry!" Axel yelled as he chased her down the hall.
"Or what?" You'll tickle me with a feather duster, Axy?" Xalcry said, while giggling, as she ran down the hall toward her's and Xannele's room.
"You don't want to find out what will happen if you don't give me the camera!" Axel growled thru clenched teeth.
"Oooooooo. I'm shaking in my boots," Xalcry said, chuckling as she ran.
Axel growled as he, suddenly, got a boost of speed and gained ground on her. "You'll find out soon enough!" he said as he grabbed her around the waist with one arm. "Now, give me the camera."
"Never!" Xalcry exclaimed while keeping the camera out of reach of Axel's free hand. After a little while longer, she said, "You'll never get it here!" as she stuffed the camera up her shirt and curled into a ball. Surprisingly enough, Axel's position didn't change from having to hold up her curled up body. 'Damn, he's strong,' she thought.
"Do you really want to play that game 'cause it won't stop me," Axel said.
'Damn!' Xalcry thought. 'Aha!' she added mentally after an idea came to her. She bit Axel's arm and, as soon as he released her, booked it down the rest of the hall, turned a corner, and sprinted down the other hall.
"You little fucker!" Axel yelled as he ran down the hall after Xalcry. He eventually caught up to her again and grabbed her around the waist, arms included. "Give me the camera, Xalcry!" Axel snapped.
"No!" she said, keeping the camera out of Axel's reach again. He got hold of it, ripped it out of her hand, and set her on her feet again.
"Now. No more pics," Axel said as he smashed the camera in one hand.
"Fine," Xalcry pouted, as she half glared at Axel.
"What's going on out here?" a woman asked from her doorway.
"Nothing, Caitlin," Axel said.
"By the way, nice dress, Axel," she added, chuckling.
"Shut up!" Axel snapped. Caitlin went back inside, howling with laughter. Axel turned back to Xalcry to see her turn the corner and continue storming off down the hall. He walked his long legged stride and caught up with her. "You know I'll get you back, right?"
"You didn't think it ended here, did you, Axy?" she said mischievously without looking at him.
Back at Roxas' and Axel's apartment, Axel changed into his black leather trench coat and black jeans, and dried his red spiky hair.
'Gotta watch out for her,' Axel thought as he held Sora's maid outfit as it spontaneously combusted in his grasp. Ashes falling into a garbage can.
"Sora, is there a laptop I can use?" Xalcry asked.
"Yeah, it's over there," he replied as Xannele curled his spiky hair into a curly afro.
"Thanks," Xalcry said, pulling a memory chip from her mouth.
"What's that for?" Xann asked.
"Shhhh!" Xalcry exclaimed, then whispered, "it has the pics of Axel on them." She grinned wickedly. "Can we say 'hello internet!' "
"Ax- man's gonna kill you," Sora said.
"Nu uh. He would have by now," Xalcry said.
"But where's you r camera now?" Xann asked.
"In a small pile of broken plastic out in the hall. I let him think he destroyed the pics," Xalcry said as she uploaded the pictures to various websites.
"Oh you're bad!" Xann said scandalously
"But good," Sora added.
