Chapter Six: The Outcome

Axel awoke in a dark room. All was fuzzy and his head couldn't catch a thought long enough for him to concentrate on. He then realized there were two people before him, looking down upon him. He reached out with his heart to find his Tamer and realized that one of those people was him. He gave him a dazed smile and slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes. He didn't feel right, like he wasn't the same person anymore, but he knew he was. Axel tried to sit up straight but it sent pain through his spine. He gave out a small feeble yelp not really from the pain as it was from the shock.

"How are you doing?" Koji asked.

"Never better..." Axel growled and then looked around. "Where's Roxas?"

Koji smiled. "Asleep."

Axel looked out the window. Light was filtering through closed shades and it looked pretty warm for a winter day. It had been raining when he fell asleep.

"How long did I sleep?" He asked slowly.

Koji thought about his answer for a second. "Er... since yesterday..."

"What!?"

Koji put his hands up in a surrender type manner. "Y-You needed to sleep! It was a Remnant thing of yours! The book told me all about it, but your okay now right? Right!?"

Axel stood up and looked up at his Tamer questioningly. "Book? What book?"

"This one." Harry answered, pulling out a thin, dark blue book. "It has all the basics on Remnants. Koji got it in the mail while you were sick."

Axel tried to race over to get a better look but immediately lost his balance and fell forward. Something wasn't right...

"Wha--?" Axel moaned and sat back up. He looked up at Harry and Koji who were looking at him with concern.

"You didn't know?"

"Didn't know what?" Axel asked feebly, trying to suppress the fear that was starting to well up inside. He didn't like the feeling he was receiving from his Tamer.

Harry and Koji looked at each other. "Erm... Axel? Uh... try uh..." Koji put his hands up to his ears.

"What are you getting at?" Axel asked put his hands up to his own head. He felt something that wasn't normal. "What?" Axel exclaimed, running his hands down his long ears. "I-I'm like a rabbit or something!"

Harry adjusted his glasses. "More like a cat."

"Like it makes a difference!"

"Calm down okay?" Koji stepped between the two and turned to Axel. "I thought you'd know about this, having to be a Remnant yourself!"

Axel pulled at his ears and gave a tiny squeak of pain. He studied himself over to find he had a tail too. He flattened the puff of fur at the end. "What is this?"

Koji sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. "The book says that a week after a Remnant connects with his or her Tamer they kinda go through some changes. The changes depend on the Remnant and the Tamer they connected to."

Axel stood up and glared at the book in Harry's hand. "Who sent that to you?"

"That's the thing, we don't know."

"What about Roxas?" Axel asked and tried to run towards Koji again, only to fall forward once again. He got up and walked forward experimentally. Then he ran and fell again but this time he felt it. His spine couldn't support him when he ran anymore. He got up once again and this time ran on all fours. It now had become perfectly natural to run this way... which ticked him off.

"If only I stayed a Nobody!" He yelled and dropped face first onto the bed.

Koji picked him up. "I'm sorry Axel. I didn't mean for things to turn out this way. Really."

Axel dropped his ears, apparently a sign for disappointment. "H-how's Roxas? It isn't as bad for him right?"

Koji and Harry once again looked at each other. "It depends on how you look at it..."

Koji gently pushed open the door to the guest room. Axel anxiously looked in. With his ears pressed back like they were and the way he was fidgeting with his tail, he looked almost timid. Koji placed him on the bed and he walked over to his best friend. Roxas's eyes fluttered open. "Hmm?"

Axel sat knelt next to him. "How's it going?" He whispered.

"Sleeping." Roxas said bluntly and rolled over.

"You never were a morning person." Axel laughed gently.

Roxas quickly rolled back over and looked Axel over. "Halloween's over."

"I can say the same for you."

"What do you mean...?" Roxas asked sitting up.

Axel only smiled and said, "Look behind you."

Roxas did and nearly choked on his gasp. He jumped up and turned, trying to see if it was apart of the pillow or not. He had wings. Green and blue butterfly like wings that had a wingspan of one and a half his size. Two antennae like things followed his wings out from his back. Two tail like things connected to his wings trailed behind him, webbed just like a butterfly at the tips.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Well your not about to see Ashton Kutcher here or anything, that's for sure."

Roxas gave them a flap and he hovered above the bed for a few seconds. "Well that's convenient, considering that it's hard to get around at this size."

"Yeah..." Axel grumbled.

Roxas walked over to his friend. "Aww, but you look so cute!" He said, holding his ears up. "It's perfect for you!"

Axel jerked out of his grasp. "Easy for you to say, fairy queen." He ran back over to Koji. "Now, let's take a look at that book."

"Axel, you just..."

Axel didn't even look at Roxas. "Yeah well, my spine was altered as well."

Koji tapped the book on his head. "According to this there's good news. You don't have to worry about these changes when I revert you to your Nobody forms."

"Well, That's good news." Axel moaned. "What am I going to do in the mean time! I run on all fours! I can't even sit normal with out crouching down like an animal!"

Koji grabbed Axel's tail and held him up in front of him. Axel dangled there for a few seconds before flailing around.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing!? Put me down!"

"I can't help it!" Koji's smile grew even bigger. "You're just so cute! Just like a plush toy or something!" He started swinging him back and forth.

"Stop!" Axel yelled and tried to grab Koji's hand. Sadly he wasn't fit to do such an act. Koji could only laugh at such a pitiful act and put him back down on the bed. Axel turned dizzily around a few times and then fell to the bed.

"I have to agree with Koji on this one." Harry laughed.

"Fine." Axel pouted. "You better not sleep tonight. You might not wake up."

"I'll take my chances." Koji cheerfully replied. "Anyways, I bet you're all hungry. You haven't eaten for about a day."

"Yeah, I am pretty hungry..." Roxas yawned. "I guess this is all going to work out for the best?"

"Pfft. You wish! You can fly! All I do is pose for a hamster!"

Koji laughed. "Come on you guys. Let's get some lunch."

Roxas fluttered over Koji's head. "This is so cool! I can get around so much easier!"

Axel rolled his eyes. "And I'm stuck taking the Koji express."

"Hey, you never complained before!" Koji said, slightly hurt. "Fine! You can walk!"

"No, no! Your fine, your fine!" Axel ran up Koji's arm and to his shoulder, which he found to be allot easier to do now. "Nothing bad on your part but I'd kinda like to fly too."

Koji smiled. "Yeah, whatever."