Chapter 6: Showdown!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Square Enix does, nor Final Fantasy. *Sniff* I wish Axel were mine…:P
Roxas' slim hand found something hard and smooth on the floor in the back of the dark closet. Though he wasn't sure what it was, it felt just about right to be the object that had fallen earlier. Pulling the cold object out, he saw two life-size key blades hit the floor of Axel's room. Hearing the clang, Axel jolted and turned around to see Roxas staring at them with wide aquamarine eyes. An angered and surprised look came onto the blonde's face, his mouth becoming an "o". "Roxas?" The silent blonde stared at his- unbeknownst to him- weapons.
In a soft, quiet voice, he asked, "Axel, what are these?" The redhead sighed and dropped to the bed, in resignation.
"They're your weapons, honey." The blonde's voice rose.
"Did you happen to forgot to tell me something when you were telling me about the past?" Axel mumbled something as Roxas stood and glared at his lover, "Axel. Tell me." The redhead's spikes shook, "How about no?"
"Fine, then." Picking the keys up, he opened the door after slinging them over his tiny shoulder. "I'll be in the cafeteria, if you need me."
"Roxas! Are you fucking serious?" The heavy mahogany door slammed in response, and Axel sighed, "God damn it. He just had to fucking investigate, didn't he?" Slamming the closet door and pulling his shirt on all the way, he slammed the door again behind him as his black coat swirled around him, holding the dangerous chakrams in the pockets.
Trudging to the cafeteria, he saw Tifa and Roxas talking quietly at a corner table while everyone else sat hung-over at the main table. The blonde looked up at the trudging sound of Axel's boots and quickly looked back down at his untouched food, ignoring the redhead. Tifa shoved his shoulder, and murmured something. Looking over at the blonde, he walked slowly over to their table, watching Tifa to see if it was okay. The brunette's eyes didn't flash at him, so he took that as a good sign and sat down across from the two, "Uhm… Hi…" The brunette stood up, smiling slightly.
"Seems you two have to talk, so I'll go. Don't kill each other, though, we need you both out on the field today. By the way, Axel, if you guys make up, you'll need to talk to DiZ about Roxas' re-training, since he's been gone."
The blonde's eyes narrowed some more, and he just slumped his head onto his arms on the table. "What do you want, beanpole?" The redhead touched Roxas' hand softly, mumbling something. "What?" The anger was still written on the blonde's face and in his blue eyes, hurt slightly showing.
Axel sighed again, "I'm sorry. I was just afraid you'd get memories and I- I don't know…" Roxas' mouth formed an "o" again, and sighed.
"I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have… you know… ran off like that, without explanation or given you time or anything." Looking up, the two knew the current argument had ended for now, and hopefully, for both of them, wouldn't be brought up later again by one curious blonde.
Standing up, the awkward lovers both held confused and contented looks on their face. As they walked towards the hall again, Roxas grabbed Axel's hand. "What was that about re-training?" The redhead's fingers curled into the spaces between Roxas', not wanting to let go ever.
"Since you haven't been here awhile, you haven't used your weapons," he nodded to the keyblades, "in a long time. What DiZ wants is for you to begin retraining. Since you're dating me, I'm sure that he remembers I have a temper and will probably make you train with Zexion or Demyx and if possible, let me watch."
Roxas snickered, "It's hard to forget you have a temper, Ax." The green eyes narrowed,
"Bite me, blondie." Roxas just grinned, knowing Axel knew he was joking- and serious at the same time. You didn't piss off Axel unless you wanted to end up in a hospital. The only reason Axel had never hurt Roxas like that was because they were together. Anytime otherwise, Roxas would have had two or three visits by now from their spats when they were in high school…
Thinking about that, the blonde turned to the lean redhead, "Hey, Axel?"
Green eyes met blue eyes filled with question, "Yeah?"
Roxas' peach lips pursed, "What about school? Twilight Town?"
The redhead sighed, "Rox…. Remember that portal we told you about?" The blonde nodded, silently. "That was a separate world made for war orphans and traumatized kids from Hollow Bastion because of Xemnas and Saix…it w... it wasn't real."
The blue eyes widened in confusion, "W-What? I wasn't …. Real for a few years?"
Axel's hand held tighter to Roxas'. "In all technicalities… yes." Roxas shuddered, "Then what about…our relationship?" Axel looked at him with fear hidden in his eyes.
"The relationship is as real as it was there, honey…"
The blonde closed his eyes and sighed, "G-good… I don't know how I'd deal with losing you." Silence ensued, where Axel smiled gently, stopping a few feet before DiZ's area. Laying a soft, chaste kiss on the blonde's peach lips, Roxas sighed as Axel held him.
"Better?"
"Much."
"Let's go then." Smiling, he tugged the blonde over to DiZ's door. Without warning, an older flying blonde landed on Roxas, successfully glomping him to the floor, with Zexion watching warily from a few feet back. Roxas scowled into the ground, "Ahh..Demyx, that hurt."
Suddenly, Demyx was up and frowned, "I'm really really sorry, Roxy, I was just so excited to see you! Axel, please don't kill me." Axel looked up after snickering, his eyes widening, "Zexy… did you just laugh?" The ever quiet man looked at Axel with killer eyes and a smirk.
Roxas watched Zexion quietly, wondering why the man was so quiet.
A/N: So, what do you all think? So, just for an update, I've got myself a wonderful new Beta, and her name is TheCloakedSchemer_6. She is totally awesome, and I suggest you go check out her page! Read and review so I know what you all want and make this a better story! Thanks! –Renee/Raven M.
