Note-I'd like to thank all you guys for reviewing my fanfiction. I was worried that I wouldn't keep Zexion in character because I only got impressions from him by reading other fanfictions. But I would just like to dedicate this chapter to Lily-Izumi for leaving that review for me. Is your one shot gonna be a Zemyx by chance? Anywho enjoy everyone.
Chapter Seven
Somewhere Only We Know
Zexion chanted his Illusion Spell quietly. No doubt Axel was fulfilling his role in this rescue operation with effectiveness. The boy, Sora, wouldn't be able to jus wave off whatever Axel told him, especially if it was anything to do with Roxas.
A brunet and blond had left with Sora along with that duck and his companion with the shield. Hopefully the house wouldn't have a lot of residents thanks to Axel's distraction. Zexion leapt down to the front of the house. For this spell to work he would have to cast it in close proximity to the targets.
The Cloaked Schemer placed his book back into his pocket when the spell was finished. He stood, waiting for the tell tale sounds that came with an illusion working its magic. Black smoke floated out from his fingertips and travelled under the door and into the house.
Zexion hoped that Merlin wouldn't be able to counteract the Illusion but he had come this far. Even if Merlin could protect himself the others wouldn't last. The lilac haired man smiled ruefully when he heard a man yell out and something shatter.
Zexion waited for a few more moments before making the decision to enter the house. He had no worries about Sora and his friends coming back. If they entered the house with the Illusion Spell still in effect they too would be under its influence.
Entering the house Zexion grinned at the pitiful sight presented to him. An old man wearing a blue robe was casting spells to ward off his 'attackers' while the two women Zexion met before were batting at the air.
The obnoxious blond he encountered was yelling with obscene language at the Heartless and Nobodies that were coming for him. The black smoke drifted around their heads, forcing them to see what their greatest fear was. Zexion moved silently through the house, leaving the four screaming individuals alone to deal with their phantasms. He stopped when he reached the bed at the other end of the house.
There was Demyx, his face sweaty and a sickly white colour. His eyes were red and what looked like tears had dried on his creamy skin. He wasn't wearing his cloak but the blue top clung to his body like a second skin. He had a lithe build, perfect for dancing. He wasn't muscular but he had an attractive form all the same. Zexion actually felt his mouth go dry at the display in front of him. He approached the sleeping blond carefully.
"Demyx," he said softly. The blond moaned in his sleep and he whimpered. The sound made Zexion wince.
"Stop...it hurts..." Demyx whimpered.
"Demyx..." Zexion reached out to touch the blond but his hand hit a barrier. He tried banging his fist on it. It was a magical barrier that kept out any hostiles and kept the prisoner inside. "Clever." Zexion growled.
"Don't make me remember..." Demyx sobbed.
"Demyx wake up." Zexion said in his calmest voice. The Melodious Nocturne continued to thrash about on the bed.
"Reno…where are you?" Demyx whispered. Zexion felt his stomach twist in…jealousy? Sadness? He wasn't supposed to feel anything. He was a Nobody, one of the Original Six and yet this blond musician swam into his life and messed everything up.
"Zexy?" that brought the Cloaked Schemer out of his thoughts. Sea green eyes caught silver ones for the briefest of moments and then Demyx closed them again. The Schemer smiled when he thought up the way to get Demyx to wake up.
"If you don't wake up I won't listen to your music anymore." Zexion threatened. The threat worked like a charm. Zexion was well aware that Demyx enjoyed playing for him.
When they stayed in Castle Oblivion Demyx often begged Zexion to listen to his music or singing. The Melodious Nocturne would then use his ultimate weapon on Zexion when the lilac haired man refused to listen to the musical Nobody. Demyx used his infamous puppy dog face, his lips quivering and his eyes wide. No one was immune to that face, not even Zexion. Soon after that Number VI often sat and listened to Demyx play a soft melody while he read a book.
"Zexy?" a tiny voice asked. Eyes that put countless oceans to shame peered into silver eyes.
"Hello Demyx." Zexion allowed a little smile to grace his normally stoic features.
"You're…here?" those red rimmed eyes shimmered with tears.
"I'm here to take you back home." Zexion nodded. "But I can't get past this barrier."
"You're really here this time." Demyx smiled brightly.
"That's right but I need your help." Zexion replied.
"The memories…the Keyblade." Demyx muttered as he sat up on the bed. "I remember…"
"Demyx." Zexion snapped. Ocean eyes fixed on his face again. "Tell me what the barrier is."
"Merlin's wards." Demyx mumbled. He was rubbing his head with one hand.
"Wards…fair enough." Zexion muttered. He reached into his pocket to retrieve his book. "I can remove them."
"I can remember making the Keyblade." Demyx cried suddenly. Zexion stared at the blond with wide eyes.
"What did you say?" silver eyes remained fixed on the blond behind the barrier.
"I created the Keyblade…no, it was Myde." Demyx looked like he was going to have a breakdown. "My Other…Myde…he wanted to protect his power."
"I'll get you out of there." Zexion went back to flipping through the pages of his book. This was worse than he thought. If Demyx was starting to remember his past life as a Forger then Xemnas would eventually find out about it.
"Found it." The Nobody smiled. Zexion was deeply troubled by what Demyx had told him though. He had always believed Forger's to be myths. Even Xemnas wrote them off as a myth.
"I have to go back." Demyx whispered as Zexion cast a counteracting spell on the barrier.
"We have to leave this place now." Zexion grabbed Demyx's arm as soon as the barrier collapsed.
"I have to find them!" Demyx screamed as he clutched his head.
"We have to leave here now. The others will be back soon." Zexion snapped.
"I have to find my brother and my Knight. The Final Key has to be protected!" Demyx cried. Zexion felt helpless as Demyx rambled on about finding his brother and his Knight.
"You have to come back to Castle Oblivion now." Zexion grabbed Demyx's arm just as the door burst open.
"Who the hell are you?" the tall brunet man growled.
"I am only here to collect what you stole." Zexion snarled.
"Leon," the blond with the large sword called out. "What happened to them?" he was referring to Cid, Yuffie, Merlin and Aerith who were now unconscious on the floor.
When Zexion was trying to free Demyx from his magical prison the Illusion Spell started to fade away. Once the illusion fell apart the victims would fall unconscious, their minds unable to take the turmoil it had been put through.
Zexion glared at Leon, the one who was brandishing a Gunblade, while the blond man checked to see if the four were still alive. Sora was staring wide eyed at Zexion. Donald and Goofy were ready for a fight.
"I have to find my brother." Demyx shouted so that he drew everyone's attention.
"Demyx…" Zexion made a move to grab the Melodious Nocturne again but the blond was quick.
"I have to leave Zexy…I'm sorry." Demyx sobbed. "I didn't wanna remember!"
"What did you do to him?" Zexion snarled in rage.
"It was a Memory Retrieval Spell." Sora said before he could stop himself.
"You cast an MRS on him!" Zexion shouted. "You could have driven him insane!"
"Why do you care?" Leon growled.
"He's your light." Sora whispered so that no one could hear him. He didn't know why he thought that but he knew it was true.
"I'm sorry…" Demyx scrambled away from the bed and made a dash for the door. Leon shot out his arm and grabbed hold of the screaming blond. "Let me go! I have to find him!"
"Let him go!" Zexion demanded. The Cloaked Schemer raised his right hand and a blue tarot card appeared.
"Let go!" Demyx screamed. In an unusual display of strength he drove his elbow into Leon's stomach, making the man double over in pain.
"Demyx!" Sora cried out.
"That's not my name…yes, it is…but…I HATE THIS!" Demyx screamed as he clutched his head.
"What happened?" Yuffie groaned. She, Aerith, Cid and Merlin were coming around now.
"Are you guys ok?" Cloud asked.
"We were attacked." Cid groaned. "The Heartless got inside."
"What happened? Did we get them all?" Yuffie asked.
"No you weren't attacked." Sora said. "Zexion is a Master of Illusion. He made you see what you were afraid of."
"So you remember me Roxas." Zexion snapped.
"My name is Sora!" cried the brunet boy.
"We're not giving you Demyx so just leave here." Leon warned.
"Come back with me Demyx. You'll be safe, I promise." Zexion said calmly to the trembling blond.
"They made me remember. I know bits and epics, images mostly but I know them now." Demyx explained.
"You're not that person anymore." Zexion pleaded.
"I was always that person. Myde had a family and they knew what would happen when the Heartless came. If I find Myde then everything will be ok again." Demyx cried quickly.
"What are you talking about?" Cloud asked.
"My Other…he sleeps…just like Sora did. It would happen cone my heart was taken. Myde would sleep until the heart was released." Demyx's eyes were as wide as dinner plates.
"But the Keyblade…" Sora started to say.
"I can't fix it without Myde's heart." Demyx exclaimed. "I need the heart to fix what was broken. That's how it works."
"By the gods…" Aerith whispered.
"I'm not losing you again." Zexion shouted suddenly. "You're coming back with me."
"I can't." Demyx wiped his eyes. "I have to go find my brother." Demyx summoned up a portal, and then he spoke once more before stepping through.
"I have to find Seifer."
