Changing Memories

I don't own the song, Secondhand Serenade owns it. I don't own Kingdom Hearts too, that would be a great impossibility.

Chapter Three

Demyx, a Simple Sitar Singer

Namine can describe Demyx in three words, full of life.

That was a lie, Nobodies can't have life, and they were not supposed to exist. They don't feel, so why was Demyx different?

The answer was simple, out of all nobodies; he believed he had a heart. While others pretended that they can't feel, he acted like as if he can feel. Maybe, Demyx was the nobody, and they were not. Demyx, he was a rare case.

He didn't even want to own a heart, because, he pretended that he had a heart, and the others, were just too stubborn to admit that they do possess a heart and make-believed that they don't and they lost the chance to express themselves like Demyx, who maybe was the only nobody all along.

There was this one time in Demyx's memories as a nobody, when he was styling his hair, then goes off to strum his sitar after that. Xaldin interrupted him a few minutes later, appearing at his door.

"Number nine, keep it down, I want to sleep." He said, eyes staring down seriously at him. "Why do you cling to your human memories, anyways? We are nobodies now, we don't feel" He said annoying at the blond. Demyx didn't answer him, he also did not move, he kept his back facing Xaldin.

"Nobodies need rest because we need to store up power for future occasions, okay?" He explained, displeased that he got no answer, He didn't obtain an answer from the Melodious Nocturne the second time. Giving up, he sighed and closed the blond's room as he head down to his own quarters.

Demyx's sitar clattered to the ground the a little while after the door closed, tears falling from his eyes, his teeth was biting his lip as he collapsed to the ground, weeping. "So what if we're nobodies now? It is as if this life was any worse than my last."

Deep inside, Demyx couldn't find himself to care no matter what, it just feels like, he was in front of a big stage, acting out some unknown character's life, his tears, his sadness were fake.

First thing about Demyx, is that he doesn't make clones of himself.

But hell, he did have a lot of mirrors in his room; you'd think there are 5 of them in his room if that's your first time entering his room.

"Demyx, what's up with the thousand mirrors in your room?" Axel complained. Roxas snorted, "He just hates it because he can see his ugly self every direction he turns." Axel glared at Roxas, "Roxy, how can you be so mean?" He whined, "Don't you love me anymore?" Roxas smacked him, "Of course, I love you, Axel! How can ever you doubt my love for you?" he mocked. Demyx felt happiness wash through him. Roxas and Axel maybe fighting a lot, but they would always love each other.

Then there's a second thing about the blond sitar player, he cannot control water. You're crazy if you thought Demyx could make water dance by playing his sitar.

"DANCE WATER DANCE!" Demyx yelled. "What the hell?" Axel looked at Demyx as if Demyx had gone crazy. "Where did that line came from?" Sora asked, with a grin in his face. "I dunno, it just came to me." Demyx replied, also wondering where the line came from.

"Maybe you control water, kiddo!" Xigbar suggested. "Xigbar, you're crazy." Larxene told him. "I was just suggestin'!" Xigbar retorted. "He controls water, cool! Try it, Dem!" Axel cheered him. "You guys are all crazy." Larxene gave a sigh and left the room.

"Maybe he can, control water." Said a dark voice from behind them, it was Zexion, who had a book in hand. "Hiya Zexy! You think I can?" Demyx was super excited, but he knew he could, he was after all, Demyx, who controlled water with his sitar.

"Of course I do. Where else would came from? I think you are an incarnation of someone who can control water." He replied, with a small smile. Demyx was starting to think Zexion can remember their past. "Or maybe he just loves the water too much." came Riku's voice.

Everyone was around him, looking at him with great curiosity. Riku who had just entered the council room sat down in one of the chairs. "Oh, Dem, I have water here! Can you test it?" Kairi squealed as she took out her bottled water, giggling as she handed it to Demyx.

He focused on his sitar, trying to concentrate, okay, trying to look he was concentrating, he could never let Namine know he still remember how he did it. "Dance water dance..," he whispered to the bottle of water, the water swirled inside. "GUYS, LOOK, HE DID IT!" Axel and Sora shouted at the same time, making Xemnas, Saix and Vexen come to them. This time, Demyx opened the bottle and poured it on the table, and he made it float then until it was dancing in the air.

"Interesting, isn't it, Saix?" Xemnas smiled half-heartedly. "That's quite impossible…" Vexen trailed off, thinking of a theory on how Demyx did it, giving up four minutes later, as he returned back to what he was doing.

"That was amazing, Demyx." Zexion praised. Demyx flashed him a smile and Zexion blushed.

He just loves it, if it was raining; he'd go outside and let the rain wash over himself, feeling its coldness. He likes to go to beach on random occasions, just to see the ocean and it's ever greatly waves.

"Demyx, not the beach again! You know how much I hate water!" Axel reasoned, he really did hate water, it just didn't match him, you know? It was like he was fire and would die when touched by water.

There was another time.

"Goodness, it's raining again! The water will be too much for my plants to bear!" Marluxia sighed dramatically, making everyone roll their eyes at him.

"God, Marly! Don't you have anything good to say except your stupid flowers?" Roxas said, glaring at Marluxia. "Well, I did stalk Vexen a while ago-"he was stopped by a chorus of voices made by Roxas, Axel, Larxene and Riku. "Not Vexen again!"

Then the third thing would be is that Demyx didn't fight Sora.

Why is it Sora, again? Sora never fought anyone, well, seriously, to put it that way, heck, Demyx fails at combat, so Sora and him being enemies had a low chance of happening because they seem to lack the potential of being a fighter. It was because Sora used to be a keyblade master who almost killed Demyx.

'This guy killed Zexion!' Demyx thought, oblivious to the fact that Zexion was in good hands which belonged to Namine, who is in the process of nursing him back to his health, and will replace his memories. "Hey, you guys are looking lively!" he flashed Sora a smile.

"Bet you can't even fight! But we can!" they mocked, 'you see, there was this stupid boy, with some stupid talking duck and dog, and they are stupid.' Demyx thought in his head grudgingly, finding himself almost growling at their comment, but he caught himself, he gave a knowing smirk, "You shouldn't anyone by their appearance." He said defensively. They summoned their weapons; he backed nervously, "I told them they were sending the wrong guy…" He said worriedly,

'Revenge isn't the answer for this! I must be with Zexion and this is the perfect chance! Get my ass beaten by Sora!' he considered, that was quite a good idea, but his pride and name will be wounded gravely.

He turned around, his back facing Sora and his lackeys. 'What should I do? Zexy forgive me for doing this…' he turned back to Sora. "Silence, traitor."

He never recognized that grudge he had for Sora was a feeling who went by the name of Anger.

Demyx was a coward, a lazy ass who's still afraid of boogey monsters.

"There's a monster in the closet, I swear!" Demyx told them. Sora looked terrified, "REALLY?" Zexion and the others faced palm.

He never did like doing things, he rarely studies and does his home and seat works because he never had the feel to do it.

"Demyx, my friend, are you done with your assignment?" Luxord asked him one time while he was playing videogames. "Luxord, news flash, Demyx never do his assignments." Larxene notified him as Axel and Marluxia snickered in the background. Demyx gave them a playful frown, "You guys are some friends." He grumbled teasingly. "That's why you never pass anything, Dem!" Selphie scolded him, giving him an unhappy frown.

So you guys would be wondering why such guy is in the Student Council, right? It's because Demyx can cheer people up just by his smile and words, it's just like magic or it was his special talent. A talent that made the purple-haired man fell in love with him.

"Tidus broke up with me!" Selphie sobbed, Demyx sympathetically hugged her, saying, "It's alright, you'll find someone else." He said with a smile.

"What about you, Demyx have you found someone?" She asked, Demyx blushed lightly as he glanced to Zexion. "Oh, it's him. Good luck on him, about time, actually, you never seem to find something that makes you happy, you always help others to find their happiness."

"Thanks, Selphie."

And those were the first four things about Demyx, mostly were bad things, if there were bad things, there would be good things.

The first good thing about Demyx is that, Demyx represents happiness.

If there were times you are really sad, Demyx would smile and that sadness would be washed away like the time he was out in the rain. Demyx, he is like a light in the darkness, the one who would save you in the time of trouble.

"The light in the darkness…" Zexion whispered, staring at Demyx lovingly as he watched Demyx smiled in front of everyone, making everyone's worries and nervous gone, replaced by a warm feeling all over.

"Okay, guys! No need to be nervous! This is our time to shine! I hope everyone will act their role at their best skills possible, to make the audience enjoy our show and make them happy!" Demyx cheered first, followed by the others. "Demyx, since when do you spoke in front?" Axel asked from behind, he was playing the role of Number Eight, one of the characters of Kairi's made up story. "I still hate my script" Xemnas grumbled. "Good Luck, Zexy!" He told him, smiling in way to cheer him. "Demyx, why are you so excited on this?" Demyx smiled and replied,

"I want to bring happiness to them!"

The second thing was Demyx was an optimist; he even made friends with his enemies.

"You're name's Xaldin, right? I'm Demyx, one of the members of the organization." Demyx held out a hand to shake, Axel snorting behind him. "Demyx, that's the guy who hospitalized you for 2 months." Demyx looked surprised, but grinned once more, "It's alright; we're going to be friends now!"

Xaldin can only stare at him as he shook Demyx hand.

He hated violence; he never wanted fighting because it brought pain and heartache. Demyx didn't want to see his friends crying. He would blame himself for that; he always came up with a reason to blame himself.

"It's my entire fault!" Zexion worriedly patted Demyx's back, who was fuming and blaming himself at the moment, "It was an accident, Dem, it wasn't your fault." He said gently, afraid to make the blond cry.

"You're lying." Zexion sighed sadly, there was no way to stop the sitar player, he decided as he let the blond rest on his lap, "You get some sleep; it was a tough day for you."

Demyx continued to blame himself as sleep took his whole being.

Demyx possesses a wonderful melodic voice, the third good thing about Demyx.

Demyx could make any person fall in love with him just by hearing his voice, the fact that he was clumsy and had low self-esteem, he never deemed his voice that good, though. That was also another thing that Zexion loves about Demyx.

"Finally waking up, a twist in my story!" Demyx sang to his fullest, as if he was feeling the song, tears came flowing down his cheeks as he sang, "this world doesn't matter to me, I'd give up all I have just to breathe the same air as you do." Everyone was also almost crying now, they were moved by his talented voice and amazing song.

"I can't take my eyes off of you…"

Everyone's claps encored throughout the stage room as Demyx finished singing; some of them were brought to tears, pleased, never the less. "Demyx, if I wasn't in love with someone else, I would want to marry you." Kairi joked, congratulating him. "That was a great show, Dem!" Sora said, wiping his face.

Demyx would be the best singer everyone has ever known.

The fourth thing would be that Demyx was lying.

He lied to everyone. Every morning he woke up, he lied, every walk he made to school, he lied, every song he sings with his sitar, he lied, every laugh that fells from the sitar player's lips, he lied, every shy glances he made with Zexion, every class period where he slept, he lied, to everyone, about his existence, about who he really was all along.

"Replica whatza?" as Demyx walked the familiar hallways of Destiny Islands High.

"Hey, man, you missed your amigos, team Axel had already left." Words echoed in his head as he grinned to his friends.

"Xion? She's probably working. Like ALWAYS. I mean, good for her and all, but it makes me look even lazier..."As he and Axel gave smirk, plotting a new prank.

"This place is, like, a hundred times better minus all the bossy coworkers, am I right?" As he stared at Zexion, who was staring at him back.

Memories haunted him every day, but he ignores it, he's used to it now, anyways.

He lied to everyone, He lied to Sora.

Demyx knew he fought him before, and had successfully killed Demyx, he also knew that Namine had come to save him, and erase his memories then she replaced it with other memories, just like what she did to others.

'Now that's just plain rude!' Sora grinned at him, "Hey, Demyx!" Demyx smiled back, "Hey, Sora! Doing assignments now, huh? Guess I'm the only lazy one left." Sora pouted, "I'm not lazy!" he argued. 'Silence, traitor.' "You never did assignments before Riku came, Sora." He explained, ruffling Sora's head. 'Run, run away!'

"I'm not your little brother, you know." Sora complained. 'I told them they were sending the wrong guy…' Demyx laughed, "But your hair is so soft!" he said affectionately, giving the boy a brotherly smile. 'You shouldn't judge anyone by appearance'

He lied to Zexion, the person who he has feelings for. He didn't mean to lie to him but he knew, right from the start he knew, he knew he was Demyx, number nine, the Melodious Nocturne.

"You won't be okay!" Demyx urged, "Anyone who fights the keyblade master won't be!" Zexion smiled at him. "I will be okay, I assure you." Both knew there was no guarantee but, it's the thought that counts. "I love you." Demyx sniffed. "Demyx, please don't cry. I love you too." Zexion reassured. "What if we don't meet again?" he asked. "We will, I promise." Zexion pledged.

Both didn't know Namine will interfere with their fates.

He knew, even before they met, the day he fell in love with Zexion for the second time, that he and Zexion were lovers, he knew, they fought hard for them to be together forever but they failed, but somehow, somewhere, there was a promise made to each other to meet again in the next life in silence, but this was not second life, is it? Namine had simply erased and replaced their memories, No rebirth, and no reincarnation.

"I don't even know if he likes me back…" he said to the silence. "What if he doesn't like me now?" he wondered. "Just because we're lovers the last time doesn't me he loves me until this day, this is a new start, and this could mean a new relationship…"

Even if he knew, he pretends he doesn't. He goes off to play, "I'm the innocent kind of guy!" He knew, but he chose to remain silent, let things flow on its own, like how water flows in the river. He chose to not do anything because if he did, he's scared that he might mess up, he's scared that things might return to what they were, scared to break this happiness given to them, only once.

"Namine, you are the greatest person I've ever met. Thank you, Namine, for giving us a chance to be happy again." He thought happily, thanking the blond girl wherever she is right now. She doesn't know how happy he is.

But somehow, somewhere, deep in his chest, he feels nothing. There was no heartbeat, he had no heart, but he pretended he had one, he pretended he can feel, just like last time.

Maybe one day, he may be able to feel, because the only thing he can feel is his love for Zexion.

This was one of the things that never changed in Demyx.

Namine smiled as she finished replacing Demyx's memories. Zexion was laid on a white bed beside his, still wrapped in bandages, sleeping softly.

Demyx recovered faster than Zexion because Demyx still had powers inside of him after the battle, and that powers inside of him made the recovery a lot easier. There was a possibility Demyx may still have his water controlling skills after this. As for Zexion, the replica drained his powers made the recovery hard and long, and he won't be able to control illusions for a while… or for good.

Namine hoped this would be a success.

Author Notes: I almost wrote that Zexion's memories are erased, but yeah, Sora's the first one so… he ended up in bondage! Sorry Zexion!

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