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Chapter 7: Without him
Roxas shuddered as he leaned against Riku's car; the silver haired man leaning next to him, staring into a mirror like he was adoring himself in it, his eyes once more had turned golden-walnut. He wondered why Riku did that, but for him it looked like if Riku just couldn't get enough of himself. With a sigh he looked around, watching as the sky grew darker and the ambient turned colder. He couldn't believe yet how Riku could stand in the middle of the parking lot, in winter, with a simple leather jacket, no gloves or a hat to cover his head, while he stood with a thick jacket, with yet more clothe under it, the hood of his jacket on, and gloves; and despite the fact that his hands were tucked inside his pockets, his hands were frozen. He was literally freezing, and Riku just looked like always, calm and collected, while he shivered.
"What's so important about that mirror that you keep looking at it" Roxas asked him, but Riku didn't answer. Instead he just kept staring at the mirror. But Roxas was not going to be ignored and he shook the older male. "Hey, did you hear what I say?"
"Sorry" Riku said, tucking the mirror back inside his pocked. "I was trying to see what Sora was up to, but it looks like he's just watching at us from the shadows"
"Where is he?" Roxas said, quickly straightening up in horror, getting ready to run if he had to.
"Calm down and get your butt back here" Riku warned, pulling the blonde by his wrist back to the car and next to him. "If you get nervous, scared, or agitated, you'll only power Sora up, so stay calm and relax. An Everto's worse problem is when his victims don't fear it, that's probably the best way to keep him away, but we'll be in trouble if you panic"
"That doesn't assure me he won't come for me" Roxas said, pulling his arm free from Riku.
"Oh, wow he's good" Riku didn't need someone telling him who had just spoken, and he just gave an annoyed sigh before looking at a brunette that was approaching them.
"Good to see you too…Sora" Riku said annoyed as he pulled Roxas behind him. "You're being awfully risky"
"I think so otherwise" Sora said, as he came into view, without a tail and with blue innocent eyes. "You're the one who's being risky, what with you coming out here alone when I'm around, and you know I can swipe him away from you easily"
Roxas swallowed hard and stepped back a bit before looking at Riku in horror. So this was the famous Sora he had heard so much about, the Celeritas Everto. Wasn't he supposed to be faster than anyone else?
"True" Riku said. "But then again, where's your tail?" Sora said nothing and Roxas saw Riku grin as if he had just won some game. Roxas looked at Sora, expecting to see the tail Riku was talking about but he saw none. "Xion doesn't affect my boon unless I try to track her down—in which case my mirror wont show her to me—in other ways, it can't do anything and has no effect on me. You on the other hand, aren't as lucky, and you're just as fast as an ordinary human" the silver haired man laughed. "Talk about angels in human form, are in restraints…I guess that applies now to the Everto"
Sora glared at Riku, wanting so badly to hit him but knowing he would only get in trouble if he did. Roxas however was on edge, despite what Riku had said about Sora, but he couldn't help but feel connected to Sora in some strange way. The brunette looked familiar, and Sora's eyes were just as blue and Roxas and he could help but notice a bit of a resemblance to the Celeritas Evertos.
"Well, I hate to be the one to spoil this meeting but I forgot it was not a wise idea to pick on weaklings like you" Riku said with a chuckle.
"You're lucky I don't have my boon, otherwise I would have whipped that smirk off your face you bastard" Sora said with rage in his eyes, scaring Roxas who hid behind Riku as he passed by the brunette and not looking at Sora for one moment.
Before he could get far though, Sora's arm lashed out and caught his arm and yanked him back forcefully. Roxas struggled at first and froze when Sora whispered in his ear.
"If I were you, I wouldn't trust a word that angel tell you" Sora told him and let go of him when Riku turned back to look, to see why Roxas had stopped following.
Roxas didn't bother to decipher what Sora had meant with that and just followed Riku back into the hotel. Riku and Sora exchanged glares and once the blonde and silver haired man disappeared, Sora let out a loud growl of frustration. What was wrong with him?! Roxas was standing there! He could have just said everything! But he stayed shut! He was such an idiot and he couldn't believe he had let that chance slip by! He was just so mad at Riku. However, there was one thing he was sure that would be picking on Roxas mind for a while, and that was seed of doubt he had planted on Roxas. At least that was something, but someone else seemed to think so other wise.
"You really are an idiot" Ventus said as he came into view from the shadows, a huge gash in his arm that was dripping blood and another wound on his side, to which he was holding onto to reduce his loss of blood.
"And you're a mess" Sora said, not about to pass the chance of mocking his older brother, who really was a bloodied mess.
"That damn harridan" Ven growled. "She got in my way and didn't let me get that bastard of a redhead"
"Do keep in mind Naminé isn't Riku or Aerith" Sora reminded him, knowing well who had thrashed his brother for going after the redhead, despite the fact he hadn't seen who had done it.
"It seem I have forgotten that" Ven said through gritted teeth. "But it's the first time I faced a Custos in centuries, it caught me off guard"
"And you're supposed to be the older one" Sora said with a sigh. "We have rotten luck then"
"Why is that?" Ventus wondered, looking at his brother with bluish-black eyes that seemed to be struggling to stay their normal black color, but with Xion's powers taking a toll on him he was feeling weaker and weaker by the second, and his power as an Everto was fading.
"If I was you, I wouldn't come here to where I'm standing, unless I wanted to die" Sora suggested and Ven stopped on his tracks.
"What did you mean with what you said before?!" Ven pressed.
"Riku, can reverse your spell and hit you with it, Xion cancels out our powers and right not we have another Custos in the house…I think her name was Tifa or something like that" Sora said.
"Lockhart?" Ventus wondered making sure that he knew who Sora was talking about and he remembered the first name of Lockhart, was Tifa, "she isn't a Custos…she's a Cherubim"
"In that case…shall we just waltz in and tell them to kill us to spare them the trouble?" Sora said jokingly but Ventus didn't laugh. "Or do we just beg for forgiveness like any other miserable soul would ask?"
"That's not funny" Ven said as he began to gasp, feeling short of air. "If she's around, things are worse for us, it seems now that not only our little pawns don't want us to have our brother back; but now God himself wants us away from him"
"This matter doesn't concern him, I'm sure daddy will be thrilled to hear God's messing with affairs that doesn't concern him" Sora said in a mocking tone.
"I don't know whose messing with whom anymore though" Ven admitted.
First they were messing with humans and now God was retaliating by messing with them. This was going to mean war now, and it seemed that God was ready. Sending a cherub was a serious matter, and that only meant more dangerous angels were on their way. But it seemed Riku and company, didn't know that Tifa was such an angel, other wise they would have just gone after him and Sora the instant they figured it out, and they would have probably fallen victim to them, the instant Tifa got involved in their quarrel.
"I suggest we just back off for the while" Sora said. "You and your wounds won't be of much help now and if we're up with cherub, we'll all need out strengths…and a few souls while we're at it"
Ven just gave a sigh and nodded before Sora approached him and his eyes went instantly from blue to black the instant he stepped out of the range of Xion's power. In that instant both siblings disappeared in a blur, leaving nothing but a trail of blood behind them.
Axel watched as Aerith approached one of the houses in the neighbor hood and took a key out of her pocket, signaling him to come out of his hiding place behind a bush and hurry into the house. He was back in the silk like outfit Aerith had made appear out of thin air and now in the middle of the night, Axel couldn't believe the faint glow it cast in the darkness. It was so pretty; he had never seen anything like it. However, he had little time to appreciate that and he hurried across the street and into the unknown house before Aerith closed the door and left them in total darkness, however the suit Axel had quickly lit up in the darkness and he glowed like if he was a lamp, lighting the place in a faint silver light.
"This thing is full of surprises" Axel said with a chuckle.
"It can do more" Aerith said, spotting the light's switch and turning the lights on, once she flipped it upwards.
The place was rather welcoming, but Axel couldn't believe how cold it was once the white jumpsuit he had vanished with a wave of Aerith's hand.
"Don't worry I'll turn the heat on" Aerith said, looking for the thermostat, finding it in the dinning room.
Axel just looked around the place, taking in every expensive object his eyes fell upon. It was almost as if this person was really important and Axel wondered how Aerith had the keys of the place.
"Who lives here Aerith?" Axel asked.
"A friend of Riku's" Aerith said. "She left wit him and Roxas, so she left the house for us, to hide while Ven is looking for us"
"You think he'll find us?" Axel wondered and Aerith shook her head with a smile. "Actually I don't think he will bother to come after you in a while…at least, not now that he knows that there's a Custos around"
"Custos?" Axel inquired.
"The so famous…Guardian Angel" Aerith smiled. "Her name is Naminé and she's the one that slammed into Ventus back at the forest, keeping him away from you…I'd recognize that voice form anywhere"
"I though Evertos couldn't be stopped" Axel said.
"Not by an angel like me they can't" Aerith admitted her smile faded, "remember I'm a cursed angel. Naminé was born an angel, unlike me, I was turned into one…I can't hurt them much" Axel gave a sigh; this was all rather complicated. "You should go and rest"
"I'm not resting until I talk with Roxas" Axel said, looking around for a phone. "I left my cell phone at the cabin, I'm sure he must have killed himself calling for me"
Aerith nodded and began to help him in his search for the phone, however, being in a house they didn't know, they would take some time before finding it.
Axel had no idea how much Roxas longed to hear for his voice, he was curled up in his hotel bed, Riku already in his, sleeping soundly. Roxas clutched his cell phone in his hand, looking at the clock that read 10:00PM and he wondered why Axel hadn't called him yet. He had called once; then tried again, while at the parking lot with Riku. Axel hadn't answered and with each passing second, he felt more and more worried.
Had something happened to the redhead? Was he ok? Roxas didn't know but his mind was distracted with that and with what Sora had said earlier.
If I were you, I wouldn't trust a word that angel tell you. What did Sora mean with that? Was that a warning? Of course it is, and he wants you to think that! Why else would he defame Riku if not to get to you! Roxas shook those thoughts away and tried to focus back to Axel.
With a sigh he rolled onto his side and stared out the glass window. Snow had started to fall and Roxas gave a sigh. He misses Axel so much and watching the snow fall reminded him of the redhead for some reason. Axel was not there, and it reminded him of every time he had been waking up to find the bed empty, but this time, Axel wasn't going to return and to worsen things, he knew that someone was after the redhead to kill him and Axel hadn't either called or answered his phone.
A tear fell onto Roxas pillow as he began to cry, wondering if the redhead was alive or dead. It was terrifying to think he could return to Twilight Town to find Axel dead. He didn't want that. What would he do if that happened? Would he be able to live without the redhead there next to him? He was so desperate to see Axel again, or at least hear his voice, that would calm him down.
His train of thoughts was broken by a low whimper and Roxas jumped in his bed and looked around the room, finding Riku clutching his side and clenched teeth as he slept. He wondered what was wrong with Riku; he looked pained and miserable for some reason. Was he having a nightmare or something? How looked like it.
"Riku" Roxas called from his bed as he sat up, but the silver haired man didn't react, he just continued whimpering with clenched teeth. "Riku wake up!" this time he got out of his bed and hurried towards Riku and shook his until Riku opened his eyes.
Riku's eyes were no longer the usual aquamarine eyes he was used to and instead were back to the golden-walnut ones he had seen yesterday. Something had Riku altered; he was sure of that.
"Damn it" Riku huffed, turning on his bed to look up at the ceiling and pushed his bangs back and out of his face. "Sorry if I woke you up"
"It doesn't matter" Roxas said with a sigh, returning to his bed. "I was awake anyways"
"Why?" Riku asked, looking at the blonde concerned.
Roxas only shook his head and wriggled back under the covers of his bed.
"I just couldn't sleep" he answered.
"Axel didn't call did he?" Riku asked, noticing Roxas hadn't closed his eyes because of that; though he didn't need a fortune teller to know, he knew Roxas like the back of his hand now after all. "Just give him some time…I know he's fine"
"That's easy for you to say cause you can see him with that mirror of yours" Roxas said and Riku looked at him for a moment in shock.
"How did you know I could look at people with my mirror" Riku asked and Roxas looked at him skeptically.
"You've always been able to right" Roxas said.
"Yeah…but I never told you that" Riku said.
Roxas shrugged before turning back to stare at the window. Riku didn't return to bed, he just stared at Roxas for a moment or so, trying to take in what was going on. Roxas knew he could watch people with his mirror when he had never told him, and Roxas wasn't supposed to remember. Something was up, and he could only guess one thing. The effect on Roxas' boon on himself was starting to fade and he knew; that was the worse thing that could happen at the current moment. But there was nothing he could do and he knew that as time ticked by, Roxas was remembering the demon he used to be and would soon reach a point in which he could turn against them all.
U-ho…Roxas is remembering! Things are getting interesting. Well I don't wanna brag any more, so please tell me what you think; it'd mean a lot to me.
