Closed Walls

Chapter Four – The Daisy

Author's Note: Hey guys! We're really sorry about the extremely long wait for this chapter! We were on a cruise and had no Internet connection(sad, we know.) This chapter includes a cute little moment between the mysterious boy and Namine.(Kinda.) So we thank you all for your patience, please don't kill us!! We'll try to make the next update faster(no promises yet, sorry!). Well please enjoyed this chapter of Closed Walls. Thanks in advance!

The boy had stayed silent since Namine's arrival; he didn't say a word to her since stepping out of the black portal. Aside from that, the setting was absolutely breathe taking. The tall buildings held a sort of welcoming aura. The forests looked as if they had never been touched by human hands.

But the object that peaked Namine's eye the most was the never changing sunset. Almost like a picture, the sun stayed in one place all the time, like a permanent sunset. Cleverly, the world was named Twilight Town. Or that's what the signs passing Namine had told her.

More than once Namine had questioned the boy on as to where he was leading her. To this, the boy finally spoke, "You'll see soon enough.", but still had not answered her question.

Beginning to feel annoyed by the boy's lack of answers, Namine quickly stopped, pulling the boy back. The boy tugged at Namine's hand attempting to pull her forward but failing to do so. He quickly turned to her, never releasing her hand. "What?"

"What's your name?" Even with the hood covering his face, Namine could tell the boy was glaring at her. "This is no time for stupid questions." Once again tugging at her arm but failing in doing so.

"I'm not moving until you tell me your name." The boy sighed, realizing Namine would not move until her question was answered.

"Fine, I'm Thirteen." Namine stared at him, surprised.

"That's your name?"

"It'll do for now. Let's go." This time, when Thirteen tugged Namine's hand, she followed him. On the way to their destination, Namine couldn't help but wonder what Thirteen meant. Of course it now meant an identity for the mysterious boy she'd met, but Namine felt as if it had a deeper meaning to the boy.

Before Namine knew it, they had passed the forest and had gone beyond large gates. Ahead of them was a mansion but it wasn't exactly too large, although it certainly wasn't tiny at all. It was rather comfortable to Namine. Unlike Castle Oblivion, this place was beautiful, so full of life and colors.

This feeling to Namine was all new to her. Never in her life had she seen all these wonderful colors blend together. Namine had never felt so free.

Captivated by the flowers planted on the ground, Namine stopped to gaze at them. Thirteen, focused on his target had once again felt himself fall back. Turning, he found Namine kneeing in front of one of the small gardens before the mansion. Thirteen wasn't patient, but he felt that with Namine, he was going to learn to be.

"What?" he asked, grabbing part of Namine's attention. "Haven't you ever seen flowers before?"

Namine didn't turn to him. "I haveseen flowers, just, the colors seem so alive I couldn't help but stop and stare." That one statement made Thirteen realize that Namine had never seen the world outside the castle.

Silently, he made a self note to destroy those Organization's members that had locked Namine in that blasted castle for so long. Pitying the girl, Thirteen kneed down next to Namine. Reaching over, Thirteen grabbed a flower that had a yellowish, furry looking middle with straight white petals. Gently, Thirteen pulled the flower out of the ground.

Raising it up so Namine could see, Thirteen held it out for her. "This," he began. "is a daisy. It means 'day's eye' and symbolizes new beginnings." Thirteen knew that Namine and the daisy were one in the same. Both the daisy and Namine were simple and had a hard time surviving. But somehow they made it through. And Thirteen knew this, indeed, was the start of a new beginning. The signs of it being a better life than her previous one have yet to be determined.

"It's beautiful." Namine almost whispered. She slowly stroked the daisy's petals with the tips on her fingers. Without warning, Thirteen raised his hand to push some of Namine's hair up. In one move, Thirteen put the daisy in the slot and let the piece of hair fall back into place. Thirteen had put the daisy in Namine's hair.

Namine's cheeks instantly warmed up. This was nothing like how Marluxia had made her cheeks warm up. In the moments Marluxia and Namine shared, Namine had always felt a tad nervous around him. But this second, this moment between her and Thirteen felt so natural.

Namine touched the daisy sitting in her hair that Thirteen had placed there. Thirteen rose and offered Namine a hand which she took. Thirteen helped her to her feet. The moment had been lost but the feelings were hardly gone.

"C'mon, there's someone inside waiting for us." A friend of Thirteen perhaps? Namine thought to herself.

"Who?" she asked. "You'll see." Namine was confused but followed Thirteen anyways. It wasn't like she had a choice in the matter. The door, surprisingly, was easy to open despite the roots trailing down it. The mansion had not been lived in for years, Namine could tell due to the spider webs that hung from the ceilings and the broken items that were scattered across the floors, not to mention the entire mansion was covered in dust.

Namine gasped at the sight before her. There, in the middle of the mansion, seated in a rotting wooden chair, was the same red, spiky, haired, green eyed organization member Namine had come to know pretty well. Still dressed in the black coat and all, with a leg crossed over the other, Axel stared at the gasping girl, smirking all the while.

"Yo princess, I see you've met my friend."

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