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The Superior

We came out of the black abyss and into a white castle. You could feel the difference in the air from the dark to the different area. 'Where are we?' My red eyes looked around the area to see a symbol on some walls; large symbols that acted like windows to see the outside. There was a shattered heart like moon waiting in the sky that was only moon on the outside and black near the centre.

"Where are we?" I asked, tearing my eyes away from the moon to Demyx.

"The World that Never Was," he replied with a small smile, "This is our world… the closest we could get to the darkness."

'…The darkness? I don't understand…' Demyx was holding my hand tightly as he led me up the glass stairway. Going through a door, Demyx pulled me ahead of him and let go of my hand as he put me into a room with three other people.

"Don't be scared," Demyx told me with a nervous laugh.

'Yeah… that's assuring.' My red eyes glanced at the three people. One was a tall man with long silver hair pulled back at the sides and vibrant orange eyes. Another man had an eye patch and black and white hair. The third one was Axel, who turned with surprise of seeing me standing there.

"Ixaon?" he wondered with surprise, taking a couple steps toward us.

I gave him an unsure look, showing him that I was scared. 'Why am I here right now?' I was cautious as I made my way into the large room. I didn't want to have something jump out at me on my way in. I was sure that no one wanted that.

"Why is she here?" Axel asked; his voice almost angry.

"Marluxia told us about this girl," the long silver haired man stated, closing his eyes for a moment, "I thought it would be… necessary to bring her in."

"Yeah, she could have been a threat from the Heartless side," the man with the eye patch mused slightly.

I cocked an eyebrow at their conversation. What was the problem? Why was my presence needed here? Why did Axel sound so… angry? I didn't know. All I knew was that something was happening and I was somehow involved.

"Demyx… I thought Axel wasn't supposed to be here," I stated, looking back at the taller blond.

"He wasn't," Demyx laughed nervously.

'I have a feeling that this isn't going to turn out the way it was supposed to…'

"She's a normal teenaged girl!" Axel stated, his tone upset, "She has done nothing wrong!"

"Axel, here I thought you were a lot of red and black."

"Shut up Xigbar!" Axel growled threateningly.

"Sorry Number Eight, but I see no harm in talking about this little vixen," the man stated with a grin.

Axel seemed to snap and summoned two large spiked metal objects, which caused my eyes to widen slightly.

The silver haired man raised a hand, and turned his intense orange eyes on the tall red head.

"That will be enough Axel," he stated calmly, "I only wish to speak to her."

Axel seemed to mumble incoherent words as his weapons disappeared. He turned away from the two men and started to walk towards Demyx and me.

'Is he alright?' I cocked an eyebrow as I saw the look on his face. Axel didn't seem pleased at all. As he came closer, I took a couple steps forward.

"Axel…" I said quietly, worry on my face.

"Hey," he replied, eyes softening slightly, "Xemnas says that he only wants to talk… If he asks anything, make sure he knows that I approached you first, alright?"

'Why does something like that matter?'

"Okay," I agreed.

Placing a hand on my head, Axel ruffled my hair before turning to Demyx.

"You're going to be explaining this to me," the red head said sternly as he walked be the tall blond.

Demyx looked nervous as he waved to me before following after Axel. 'Maybe I'm a little bit too involved…'

My red eyes were cautious as they moved from the closed door to the two men standing in the middle of the room.

"Come on little red!" Xigbar called, ushering me with his left hand.

Slowly, I made my way over to the middle of the large room. Along the way, the designs on the walls caught my eye and I couldn't help looking. 'This place… I wonder how long it took them to build it…'

"No, on what circumstances did you meet Number Eight?" the silver haired man asked me, his voice stoic and emotionless.

'This must be Xemnas…' I swallowed nervously as I looked at the two taller men in black coats.

"I was just sitting outside when I saw them… And that night in the rain, Axel came to talk to me," I explained quietly, my eyes looking down instead of their faces.

"That's forward of him," Xigbar scoffed slightly, "Going into a girl's room at night."

At his words, I laughed slightly. 'Wow… this guy is strange.'

"N-no," I laughed, "I was outside in the rain."

"I see," Xemnas stated thoughtfully, "What about any other encounters?"

"He… appeared at random times…"

Xigbar looked at Xemnas with a questioning gaze. He must have been thinking something.

"What about Marluxia?" the eye patched man asked.

"Who?" I questioned.

"The pink haired scythe carrier."

My heart began to pound at the mention of him. 'I knew I was into something…'

"H-he came out through my room floor… I ran away from him," I explained, trying to push his words from my mind.

"That is all," Xemnas stated, "You maybe leave now."

Was that all that there was to ask? There wasn't anything more? Where was the point of that? I didn't know. I only knew that I could leave.

"A-all right," I agreed, turning to leave.

'If there's nothing else then I want to leave…' Slowly, I went for the doorway that I had come from… leaving the two men behind. 'I wonder if there really was a point in bringing my all the way here…' My red eyes looked back and I saw that the two men were gone. I was alone in the room.

"How… do they do that?" I wondered quietly.

After a few moments, I continued out the door.

Outside on the glasslike stairs stood Axel and Demyx. Axel had his arms crossed as he didn't look at the taller blond. 'Did they fight?' Demyx smiled when he saw me and came over right a way.

"I told you there was nothing to be scared of," he laughed with a grin on his face, "They just look scary."

"Then how come you were so scared?" I asked with a small smirk.

I watched as Demyx smiled sheepishly before ruffling my hair slightly.

"Yeah, that's what I thought," I laughed as I made a face at him.

My red eyes looked over the side and locked with Axel's. His face looked worried, and I began to wonder why. There hadn't been much to worry about.

The tall red head came forward, and Demyx backed away slightly. 'I guess they really did fight…' At the thought, my face dropped slightly. Fighting was a bad sign.

"Are you alright?" he asked me, shooting a cold look at Demyx.

"Yeah, I'm alright," I replied with a small smile.

It was nice… hearing that someone actually cared for once.

"Okay, I'm gone for a few minutes," Demyx murmured as he turned to the side and went over to the railing.

When Demyx was out of ear shot, I cocked a brow at Axel.

"Are you two fighting too?"

Axel shook his head, "No, I just spoke with him. He probably feels guilty about it now."

"Is he okay?" I wondered quietly.

"He'll be fine," the red head stated with a slight smile, "That's just who Demyx is."

'Demyx seems to care about others a lot… His own well being as well.' My red eyes looked into Axel's almost green ones.

"I have something I need to speak to you about Ixaon," Axel whispered to me as he placed a gloved hand on my head, "It would mean a lot to me if you would spend the rest of this day with us. That way I have the pleasure of making sure you make it home."

'To make is home… I would rather not go home anymore. To stay with Axel instead would be a great honor…' I smiled slightly at the thought. I hadn't really thought about just running and leaving home. At least not doing it to go with three strange guys in black coats.

"Well, I'm always willing to hear what you have to say," I said with a nod and a smile.

"I'm glad that someone will," Axel laughed playfully while dropping his hand, "I can barely get those two to do anything."

"I resent that," came a rather cold reply from behind Axel.

'Roxas…' I leaned to the side and peered behind the red head. Axel turned to the side as well, looking at the smaller blond.

"What happened to you?" he asked with a cocked brow.

Roxas had a bruise on his left cheek and his hair was messed up at the top. 'What happened to him?' I wondered with slightly wide eyes. He was fine when we left him…

"I got in a fight with that stupid blond kid with the white jacket. He threw me around like I was nothing but a Heartless," Roxas seethed as he glared to the side, "I swear he won't win next time…"

Axel shook his head slightly.

"No need to diss the Heartless," Demyx laughed from the side, "They're not that weak."

"Yeah really," Axel agreed with a grin.

"You guys can laugh at it all you want, but it's not funny," the smaller blond stated with crossed arms.

'I wonder id Seifer's okay…' My face became solemn at the thought. Seifer was pretty much the closest thing I could call a friend.

"Of course it's funny," Demyx laughed.

"Whatever," Roxas muttered, "What are we doing today?"

At the words, Axel seemed to grin. He had something planned.

"Today we shall dedicate to our special little red," the red head explained as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders, "We're going to take her to a very special place."

"S-special?" I questioned with a cocked brow.

How was it possible to do something special for me of all people? I wasn't even special… I was just there. No one had ever deemed me special.

"You're joking right?" I questioned with a cocked eyebrow.

"You agreed to spending the day with us," Axel beamed, "So that's what you're gunna do."

'I guess this couldn't really hurt anything…'

"We're gunna have fun!" Demyx called from by the railing as he opened one of those dark doors.

"Okay Ixaon, cover your eyes," Axel whispered to me.

His warm breath and closeness send a shiver down my spine.

"Is this where you make me regret agreeing?" I asked rather playfully.

"You'll have fun. Trust me."

I watched Demyx go through first before I covered my eyes. 'I wonder where we're going…'

Hands on my back pushed me forward; guiding me through the portal. My eyes were still covered when I came out the other side.

Axel was about to walk through the door of darkness when a hand grabbed his sleeve forcefully.

"What are you doing?" Roxas asked him with a furrowed brow, "You know that you can't get close to her."

"No… I can get close to her," Axel murmured quietly, "but I shouldn't get close to her."

Roxas didn't loosen his grip on the red head's sleeve.

"You can't do this Axel. Do you know what Marluxia is going to do to her if this continues?" the small blond asked, worry actually in his tone, "She's an outsider-"

Axel cut him off, "I know, Roxas. I know exactly what he's going to do. If he does hurt her then he will pay with his existence. It's because of that… that I'm doing this now."

Roxas loosened his grip on the taller red head at those words. If he understood then there was no more point in talking.

"Let's go then," he stated, walking ahead of the red head.

"Yeah."

I sighed slightly with my hands over my eyes. 'What are these guys getting me into?' I could hear something off to the side… Was it the wind? Or was it something else?

"Demyx, where are we?" I asked curiously.

Then a hand touched my shoulder and another took my hand.

"You'll see," Demyx laughed slightly.

"You'll have fun Ixaon," Axel's voice said from right beside me, "Just trust me."

Fun… the word didn't even sound right. When was the last time I laughed wholeheartedly? Had I even ever had fun before? I didn't know, but it made me think about it. As we stopped, the hand patted me shoulder and that sound had become louder. 'What is that?'

"All right, open your eyes."

My hands dropped and I was welcomed by blue waves of an ocean.

"Whoa," I whispered, looking at the far away horizon.

There was nothing but endless ocean.

"Welcome to Twilight Town's beach," Axel laughed with a grin.

I never realized that I had never actually been to the beach before… This was my first time. 'I guess that's kind of sad.' I laughed inwardly at the thought.

"Why the beach?" Roxas asked with a cocked eyebrow.

"Why not the beach?" Demyx questioned the smaller blond.

"Oh, Demyx scores," Axel laughed with a wide grin.

I walked away from them and towards the shoreline. 'I wonder what the temperature feels like…' As I got to where the waves retreated, I knelt down and put my hand in the water. It was cool, but it wasn't freezing cold.

"That's funny," I mused slightly as the waves continued to come.

"What is?" Demyx asked from behind me.

As I looked back, I caught sight of Axel holding Roxas in a headlock. 'Boys are so strange sometimes.'

"Just the water," I shrugged lightly, "I thought that it would have been colder."

"Well it is summer," the tall blond laughed as he took a seat beside me.

"I guess it is," I nodded.

The waves hit the shore and my shoes got wet along the bottom. It was a nice sound… and would have been nicer if Axel and Roxas weren't horsing around behind us. 'Oh well. What ever makes them happy.'

"Oh hey, you know what would be really fun?" Demyx asked me happily, "Going swimming with all our clothes on!"

"With our clothes on?" I questioned awkwardly.

"Yeah, come on."

The tall blond grabbed my hand and pulled me to my feet. He pulled me into the small waves before going deeper off the beach. 'Is this kind of crazy? Have I really just lost my mind?' I didn't want to believe that, but had to admit that maybe I had just gone crazy. It was always a possibility.

"Are you ready?" Demyx asked me, looking back with a grin.

"Ready for what?"

"That," he stated simply, pointing ahead of us.

There stood a large wave that was coming towards us. I was sure that it would have swept us away.

"Uh oh," I whispered with worried eyes, "Shouldn't we run?"

"No, this will be fun," he laughed pleasantly.

'If you say so…'

My red eyes watched cautiously, and before I knew it, the large amount of water crashed down on us. I could feel my legs being swept out from under me as we were pushed towards shore. Demyx's hand still held mine and we tumbled across the sand under water. 'This… is really insane. I can't believe this.' Then the wave retreated and Demyx and I were left lying on our backs on the beach. As I stared up at the sky, a happy feeling grew inside me.

And I began to laugh.

"Told you that it was fun," Demyx mused as he let go of my hand.

"I'm sorry that I doubted you," I laughed as I rolled onto my side and continued to laugh.

I was wet and covered in wet sand and was actually laughing. 'I can't remember ever actually feeling like this… It feels so light.' I smiled as my laughter died into small chuckles.

"Wow, so she does have a sense of humor," Axel laughed from the background.

"Seems that way," Demyx laughed as he got to his feet.

'Maybe I am just a little crazy.' As I pushed off the sand, I got to my feet with a smile on my face.

Axel still had a struggling Roxas under his arm in a playful headlock. I cocked a slight brow before running over to them. Both blue eyes and almost green eyes watched me as I went over.

"Hey Axel, can you carry a hundred forty-five pounds?" I asked playfully as I went behind them.

Probably… why?" he questioned.

I answered his questioned by jumping onto his back and wrapping my legs around his waist.

"Because I'm jumping on you," I laughed as he dropped Roxas.

The small blond fell forward onto the sand and looked back at us with slightly furrowed eyebrows.

"Well I hope you liked the water," Axel told me slyly.

"Why?"

"We're gunna hit another wave."

The red head grabbed my legs as he ran towards the water. When we were in deep enough, he threw me into the water before waiting. Another wave was coming.

At sunset, the four of us were all sitting on the beach, soaking wet and watching the sun. We were lucky to have a sunny day for once instead of a rainy one. 'That was the most fun I have ever had.' I thought with a light smile on my face. My knees were pulled to my chest and I had my arms resting on them.

"Okay, well we should probably go back now," Roxas murmured to him self as he watched the waves.

"You and Demyx can go ahead," Axel stated as he got to his feet, "I'm going to take Ixaon home."

The two blonds nodded before a black portal appeared.

"Bye little red," Demyx waved before walking through.

"See ya," Roxas said before disappearing as well.

I smiled and waved at both of them as I was left alone with Axel.

He held a hand out to me with an expression on his face that I didn't understand. I took it willingly and he helped me to my feet.

"So, did you have fun today?" he asked me pleasantly.

"Yes actually," I replied with a slight laugh, "That's the first time I've ever been to the beach before."

"Really?" the red head asked with a cocked brow towards me.

"My parents never had the time, and they always fought anyway. My grandparents died a long time ago, and I don't know any cousins," I started with a small smile.

I thought it was funny that I could smile about such a thing. 'I guess it's just irony…'

"When I started to wander around Twilight Town, I never went to the beach. I guess it just never occurred to me that I should," I finished, remembering all the times I just sat outside and waited.

"That sounds harsh," Axel murmured as we walked, "I thought I had a hard life… so I ran away and became one with the darkness. I became a Nobody… and became Axel instead."

'Axel instead?' I cocked a brow at his words.

"I'm not whole like you are, Ixaon," he continued rather quietly, "And because I am a Nobody - a being of darkness – it is not safe for you with me."

I wasn't really understanding, but I could feel something clench in my stomach. I didn't think that I would like where this was going.

"I don't want for you to get hurt," he told me, "That's the last thing I want."

A black door opened and he pulled me through it with him. We cam out in the alleyway in front of my house.

"I don't think I understand," I whispered as I looked up at him with slightly furrowed brows.

"I don't have a heart Ixaon," Axel stated as he pulled me to be in front of him, "I'm a Nobody, and Marluxia is a Nobody… Demyx and Roxas are Nobodies. We're not supposed to exist and yet we do. We're bad, Ixaon.

…Bad? No… that didn't sound right. Marluxia and bad sounded right. Axel, Demyx, and Roxas and bad didn't sound right at all. Couldn't there be good Nobodies too?

"Why does that make you bad?" I asked, worry in my eyes.

This meant that he was leaving… didn't it?

"Ixaon-"

"This means you're leaving, right? That's why today was so special?" I cut him off, feeling my heart ache.

'I guess there goes my chance to get away… There goes my friend…'

"So you figured it out, huh?" he asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"If you're not going to come back, then it's alright," I whispered, dropping me red eyes to the ground at the side.

'Whatever makes him happy…'

It was for my sake, wasn't it? He was only doing it to make sure I was safe… At least I knew that much.. 'It was foolish to think that I would get away…' At the thought, I inwardly laughed at myself. I was a fool to think that I could get away.

"I'm sorry that you have to do this," I apologized quietly, "I'm sorry that I was a bother to you."

I turned away from Axel and went to willingly go home for the first time.

"Ixaon," his voice called after me, "If I had a heart… it probably would have belonged to you."

My eyes went wide at his words and I paused as I looked back at him.

He was gone.

End of Chapter 4

So how was it? Did you all like it? I had fun writing it, so I hope that you all liked it too. I think that this is one of my favorite chapters in this fanfic that has come out of my head so far. :3 :D I'm mean to all my OC's aren't I? sweat drops again Anyway, thanks again for reading this chapter and all the chapters beforehand. It makes me really happy. :3 Thanks again, and sorry for any mistakes. Please R&R and I'll try to update as soon as I can.