(Okay, sorry about the short update that's off schedule too, (bad self!) but I had a lot of family stuff this weekend. Mother's Day and brother's communion, and I, even though I am a godless-ish heathen, had to attend church. I'm surprised I didn't burst into flame.

So yeah, XemSai foreshadowing~? Can this be!? Yes. It can.

Also just so you know you'll love me for it so hard in like two chapters. Bring your tissues; nosebleeds will be imminent. Just...just bring tissues.

SO normal schedule starting tomorrow, yep yep yep. ^^ I'm very sorry about awkward scheduling; if it helps, the mermaid-fic is being worked on and will be ready for updating by the time I'm finished; it might be awhile, two more weeks or so, but I want to have the whole thing finished by June if possible.

Don't own, yeah yeah yeah...

Dedicated to everyone who needs the pick-me-up! (Because I can't get enough of that dedication; if it's made at least one person feel a little more special and happier, it makes me feel a bit happier too~)


After dinner had finished, Axel headed to his room to check on Demyx. The other Nobody was about the same age as him, but he was definitely nothing like him. Demyx was already showing himself to be a shy little sweetheart; for a moment, Axel grinned, imagining the idea of him and Xigbar in a relationship. Demyx was just too cute. He sighed, heading down the hallway and towards his room.

Although, from the way Demyx had behaved when he'd first come home; hugging Xigbar and smiling at everyone and asking so many questions and seeming so truly interested...he had to have bonded with Xigbar quite a bit. Axel snorted. Well, he was just going to wait this one out. He liked Xigbar as a mentor, and Demyx already seemed to be like the perfect cute little protege, but he had Isa to keep away from his newfound master. Axel groaned, stopping in front of his door and opening it with care and stepping in quietly, unwilling to wake up Demyx.

The young Nobody was curled up in a mass of blankets in the corner, snoring peacefully. Axel grinned. He seemed fine, but... Axel still couldn't shake what Xigbar had said. And that tugging feeling, well...

Axel clambered up onto his bed, unzipping his coat and kicking his boots off. He sighed, leaning back and closing his eyes. According to Isa and that rotten bastard who had taken advantage of his puppy, they no longer had hearts. But apparently, now there was a "tugging" feeling. A link. Axel rolled over, deep in thought. A link...connecting two people. Even without a heart. Could it even work that way?

Axel decided he had absolutely no clue. Although from the sound of things, his puppy-stealer of a Superior was taking a look into it. Axel huffed. "Guess I'll find out later." He murmured. "Night, Demyx." He called out to the blonde before curling up under a blanket and falling asleep.


Down the hallway and straight towards Xemnas' room, Saix undressed, staring up at Kingdom Hearts. He stood naked in front of his goddess without shame or inhibitions, head tilted back slightly to gaze at her form better as he left the room and opened the bay window, following the path out to the courtyard. He was completely unaware of his surroundings, enough so that even as his master walked into the room and watched through the open window, Saix kept his eyes on the moon.

Xemnas, however, had his eyes on something else.

The Superior swallowed, trying to fight down the base animal feelings of lust within him as he watched his second-in-command commune with the moon. He looked so peaceful, so joyous, so brilliant that it almost hurt to watch him. Whatever energy the two shared, it was enough to give him the deep well of 'emotion' that came with being a berserker...yet the still waters of worship and grace. Saix's cobalt hair spilled down his back, every strand seeming to hum singularly with an ethereal lunar energy. His fangs glinted under the eerie light as he tilted his head back slightly further and opened his mouth in a perfect 'o' shape as if to drink in the rays of the moon.

With a small rumble of power deep in his throat, Saix pressed a clawed hand against his chest, right where his heart had been. He traced a delicate path across the small area of his chest where it had once laid under, sketching out a crude heart-shaped symbol. The claws were sharped than he had expected; a small hiss of pain left Saix's lips as a thin line of blood followed after the minor incision he'd made with his claw. The small beads of blood stayed static on his skin, holding the shape of a heart even under the all-consuming light of Kingdom Hearts. Saix smiled with satisfaction before suddenly throwing his head back and howling.

His howl was almost like a signal to the rest of his body; his claymore was at his side in an instant and the berserker state had overtaken him. The only beat to keep time was the pounding of Saix's feet upon the stone ground of the courtyard, but it was as if the diviner had danced this same ritual endless times. Each step was measured as well as viciously graceful; it was some sort of wild mix between a prowl for the hunt and a dance of worship and celebration. His hair was floating around his face now, framing it as perfectly as if a small bubble of water had formed around him and left his hair to drift aimlessly in its' currents. It shone to different degrees as each turn of Saix's body and swing of his sword divided the rays of the moon and let them settle on separate parts of his body.

Saix didn't seem to be tiring of his dance; on the contrary, his movements were picking up as Kingdom Hearts began to glow brighter and brighter, as if giving him her own gift, her own dance of adoration. The two seemed to dance and shine in sync now; for a moment, Xemnas wondered if Kingdom Hearts had decided to answer his prayers for completion in a different way and send him the most beautiful avatar she could have fashioned. The two seemed to hold the same purpose to him in that moment; as he watched Saix, he realized that even with a heart, he had never felt more alive than he had while watching him dance. He stayed where he was, unwilling to ruin the moment.

Suddenly, with a single graceful pause in step, Saix ceased even breathing. Xemnas froze, mind whirring away as he wondered if he'd interrupted something. Then Saix relaxed.

"She is so beautiful." Saix murmured, his back to his master as he looked up to gaze in adoration at his madonna, his mother, his moon. Xemnas started, gathering his thoughts quickly to listen to him. "You understand her beauty as well, don't you, my master?" He asked. Xemnas could only nod.

"Kingdom Hearts is our completion. It is indeed beautiful." He replied, knowing that beautiful wasn't enough to describe what he had just seen Saix do. Saix whuffed with amusement, closing his eyes and inclining his head in a show of respect towards the moon before he finally turned to Xemnas.

Oh, nature was kind to you, my pet. Xemnas immediately beat down the thought with steel-toed boots as he watched Saix. His diviner smiled, crossing the courtyard and heading back into their room with a constant fluid motion. Xemnas realized he was trembling now, his whole body thrumming with a strange sort of energy as he watched Saix climb into their bed and sit, clearly waiting for him. Xemnas swallowed, following him as quick as possible, darting through the window and undressing as he crossed the room and joined Saix on their bed. Saix smiled at him, nodding gratefully at the realization Xemnas had left the window open for him to gaze at Kingdom Hearts.

"Will you dance with me, my master?" Saix murmured, sitting up on his knees and watching the moon. "Tomorrow her light will shine the brightest. Will you join me in celebration, my master?" He asked. Xemnas was all too painfully aware of Saix's voice, running through him and taking over his thoughts entirely.

"Yes." He could only whisper now, voice completely gone as he laid back in their bed, watching his pet join him under the blanket. "Yes, Saix. Anything for you."