Months later we were walking through the school yard, winter break had passed, and we were on our way into spring, which meant my favorite weather, rainstorms. I was happier now than I'd ever been, with Axel by my side. But Roxas didn't seem too pleased about it though, he always grew angrier when he saw us together, so he had taken up to hanging out Xion more and more; either to anger Axel, or because he wished to forget what had been an obvious crush on Axel.
I sighed as I walked into my class and stared down at my desk, Axel looked at me with a gentle smile on his lips, "What's up mermaid," he asked, I blushed a little and smiled.
"Nothing, just thinking is all," I replied gently looking over at him, our eyes meeting and I grinned.
For some odd reason he had taken to calling me mermaid, and for some reason…I loved it…
I chuckled beneath my breath a little and leaned back in my chair and rubbed my eyes.
I looked at the door just as Naminé walked in, and she had the lost look on her face. I felt instant pity, which was a look that I had become rather accustomed to wearing. She looked at me and her eyes were screaming for help as she sat down, I looked over at Axel who was still staring at me, "Now, it's time to help her," I whispered, he looked over at Naminé and an angry growl escaped his lips.
"What do we do," he asked, I sighed and bit my lip.
"Leave that to me, just get the group together today, we'll meet at the lake as usual," I explained, he nodded and pulled his phone out from his pocket and quickly texted all of the gang. Naminé had stopped joining us at the lake because of Tamesis. Didn't surprise me though, he was used to controlling people, and that's all he did.
I felt my hands begin to shake as I knew what I was going to end up doing, I had to tell the gang what Tamesis was doing, then I had to stand up to my own demon. I had to take him down, but not on my own, I knew I couldn't do that.
After school Axel and I were walking to the lake, the gang had gone ahead of us; we were both silent, lost in deep thought.
"Demyx," snapped the cruel voice, I spun around and came eye to eye with the demon himself. "Can I talk to you for a moment," he said.
I looked at Axel who had stopped with me; his green eyes were blazing with a dangerous warning to that demon. "We're busy," Axel snapped instantly, I remained silent.
"Well, that's too bad, because I believe I was talking with him Spike," Tamesis spat in reply.
"It doesn't matter who you were talking to, Axel's right we're busy, so leave us be," I cut in quickly before Axel could say anything. We then turned and quickly took off, I was shaking as adrenaline pumped through my veins and I felt my pulse in my throat, beating hard.
"Relax," I heard Axel mutter as we walked quickly into the forest, he looked at me and smirked, I chuckled, and we began to run through the trees. The wind felt great against my face as my feet hit the ground each time, I felt the leaves whipping at my face as I laughed aloud. I heard Axel's chuckle echo mine as we narrowed in on the lake.
Once there we found the gang already there, we slowed to a walk and I sighed a little. I felt my stomach squirming uncomfortably. "Hey Axel, what's the big emergency?" Xion said immediately, Axel looked at me and I bit my lip.
"Actually, I'm the one that told him to call the meeting," I said softly, they all looked at me as I sat down on one of the rocks, "There's a problem, going on with Naminé, but she's been hiding it for months now, but she's in danger."
"What?" Xion said as she stood up, "What's going on with her?"
"Calm down, Xion, I'll explain it to you," I replied.
"If my sister's in trouble you better explain fast," she snapped.
I stared at her for a moment silently, she was breathing heavily with her gloved hands on her hips.
"Naminé's your sister?" I asked, she nodded.
"Half-sister, our father cheated on my mother with her mother, we were born only a few days apart," she explained.
"Ah," I muttered before taking a deep breath, "Well, here's the problem, Tamesis, he's been abusing her," I said bluntly.
She gasped softly, "H-How do you know?" she asked, "If she's been keeping it a secret…how do you know he's doing anything to her."
I laughed humorlessly, "I don't need her to tell me, for me to know," I said bitterly, "Tamesis has always been an abuser, he's been feeding you guys lies in order to hide what he'd done to me, I was only one of his many victims. But if we don't get Naminé away from him soon, he will kill her," I explained softly.
"What? No! He can't!" Xion screeched.
"Well, I have a plan to prevent that," I explained softly.
"Hold on!" I heard Roxas say, I spun around and looked at him, my eyes blazing angrily, "How do we know you're even speaking the truth, how do you know he'll try to kill her?" he asked as he stood up and walked over, I laughed humorlessly once more.
"You want proof?" I asked before pulling my choker from my throat, exposing a long faint scar straight across it, "There's your proof," I snapped, "Tamesis attempted to kill me, that's how I know what he's gonna do to her, he has already made her think that she needs him to survive, but we need to get her away from him, or she'll be dead."
