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"Ha!" laughed Marluxia. "What a pleasant surprise!"
Saïx gaped. "Woah, how'd that happen?"
I took a step back, my back against my door. "What do you want?" I asked, slowly lifting my hand up behind me to put on the handle. I made sure they couldn't see.
A smile spread across Lexal's face and he stuck his hands in his pockets before taking a step towards me. "Oh, I bet you know what we want," he muttered, his eyes sparkling.
I swallowed. "S-stay back," I warned. I sounded much more confident than I looked.
He chuckled. "Or what?"
"Or I'll… I'll—" It was hard talking and trying to open a door while standing backwards. I grabbed the handle and turned it slowly, being careful to make sure it made no sound at all.
Lexal looked back at Marluxia. "Hey, who gets first turn with her?"
Saïx's face stretched into a grin. "How about whoever catches her first?"
I felt a shiver run down my spine. I felt the handle click in my hands. If I went fast enough, I thought I'd be able to make it into the room fast enough to close the door.
Lexal turned back to me. "Sounds good to me," he murmured.
I swallowed. "Forget it!" I shouted, whipping around and yanking the door towards me. I yanked it so hard that I felt some pain in my shoulder, and fear; the door didn't open. "Locked?" I shrieked.
"Now!" shouted one of the guys.
The first thing that ran through my head was, "I failed."
I felt someone wrap his arms around my waist. "Got her!" yelled Lexal, right next to my ear.
I kicked and hit and screamed, yelling, "Lemme go, pervert!"
"Ah, she's squirming!"
Marluxia was over in a second. "Give her to me, I'm strongest!"
I wasn't going to give up just yet. I kept kicking and punching, successfully kicking Lexal in the shin once. He yelped in pain and I smiled triumphantly. He let me go on instinct, and I ran to the right. I ducked under Marluxia's arm to slam right into Saïx's chest.
He wrapped his arms around me and hefted me off the ground like I was nothing. I kicked and hit again, but I couldn't get away. "Get your grubby paws off me!" I screamed at them, but it didn't do anything besides make them smile. And it was much too scary for my own taste.
Lexal walked over to us, and Saïx plopped me on the ground, clamping onto my arms just below my shoulders so I couldn't get away.
Lexal put his finger under my chin and lifted my head up to look at him. He smiled craftily. "Now, see? I always get what I want. I told Xiggy once his back was turned that I'd get you." He smiled larger. "I told Axel that, too, didn't I?" He chuckled softly and shook his head, his gaze never leaving my eyes. "Ooh, just think of all the fun we'll have with you," he purred, sliding his hand down my neck.
I swallowed and yanked myself out of his grasp, looking away. "Get off of me," I said once more.
Marluxia walked up then. "Haha, she is a pretty one, isn't she?"
I glared at him. I took in a large breath, readying to whistle. I pursed my lips, and—
Marluxia clapped a hand over my mouth. "Oh, tsk tsk. We know your little ability. You can't cheat us!"
My eyes grew wide. That was my last card… Now what would I do? I'd have to wait for them to let me go… I swallowed. What if they never let me go…?
Lexal laughed. "See, Arii? You aren't the only smart one around here." He nodded over his shoulder. "Let's take her back to my room. We have to hurry, though, so no one sees. Come on!"
Suddenly, I bit down hard onto one of Marluxia's fingers. "AIE!" he yelped, pulling his hand away. "Ah, ah! Dude, she just bit me! Ow!"
I let my breath out that time, a loud whistle cutting the air. All three guys were thrown back ten feet, and I was standing there proudly. I pulled my eyelid down and stuck out my tongue. "Nyeh!" I ran over to my door and hastily pushed it in. It opened then; it wasn't locked, I just opened it the wrong way. Silly me.
I was in with the door closed before the guys stood up. I threw the three locks quickly. I took a step back… and smiled. I did it.
I leapt back a space as someone started banging furiously on the door. "No!" cried Lexal. "No, damn it! We were so close! Come back out, Arii. I just wanted to have a little fun!"
"Yeah, we weren't going to hurt you! Well, okay, it would have hurt a little, but—"
"Save it, Saïx! Come on, Arii! Just open up! We can stay overnight in your room, then! We won't open the door for anyone, just three… long… days… of you and us. How about it, huh?"
I wrinkled my nose. No way you conceited, egotistical, sex-obsessed, self-loving, womanizing freak of a loser! … That was what I was thinking at the time. I smiled to myself and sat down on the marble ground, listening to them yell out there.
"Come on, Lex. Let's try again tomorrow. Make a new plan!"
"No, Marluxia! We're so close! We just need to get past a few locks, and—"
"Arii, sweetie, please open up. We aren't bad people, or anything. We just want to get you naked, toss you around a little, and—"
"Watch your mouth, Saïx!"
"Sorry, Lex."
"Hehe, you just got yelled at, Saïx."
"Shut it, Mar!" Lexal banged on the door with his fist again. "Come on," he whined. "Just open up. Just a little bit of time… just gimme ten minutes. Or twenty. Please, just enough to enjoy it! I mean really enjoy it!"
I didn't like the new tone his voice was taking on. I could picture him there, on the other side of the door; him leaning on the door, his hands bunched in fists. He'd be looking down at the ground, probably sweating from the effort of holding himself in.
I giggled. I could so picture him like that. Well too bad, he wasn't getting me. I stuck my tongue out at the door. "Freak," I murmured, shaking my head.
"Fine!" yelped Lexal, his voice breaking. I bet he was at the end of his rope by now. "How about this, girly. We'll wait outside here until you come out! There's three of us, and only one of you. Haha! You have to come out to get food, sweetheart. We'll take turns getting our food." I heard a smile in his voice. "I've noticed Xiggy isn't trailing you anymore. So, no one's coming to save you!" He started laughing and the others joined in. It chilled me to the bone and sent a shiver down my spine.
That… would be a problem.
"Haha!" laughed Lexal again. I heard him sit down on the ground, his back against my door. "You can stop this, you know," he said, tapping my door with his finger. "Just give yourself up to us. I don't know why you are resisting in the first place; we were just going to have a little fun."
"Yeah," agreed Marluxia, sitting down, too. "It would be just as much fun for you as it would be for us, once you got in the mood."
I heard Saïx chuckle. He sat down against the wall. "I think it would be more fun for us, though," he whispered. I still heard him.
They laughed again and I let my head fall into my hands. Lexal was right; I had nowhere to run. No one would be looking for me; Xigbar almost certainly wouldn't even come to my funeral if I had died in the next few seconds, probably. Xemnas wouldn't come looking for me; he'd just send someone out to get me if he needed me. What about Axel?
I grimaced and put my hand over my heart. It literally… hurt to think about him. But, what if he'd come looking for me? He would take care of the guys. However, there were three of them and only one of him. Even for him being as strong as he was, I didn't think that he'd get through okay.
I missed him, too. I licked my lips and remembered our small amount of time together. That was the best time of my life… and I wanted to see him again. I wanted to be in his room with him again…
I blushed and shook my head.
I wondered what Demyx was doing. Xigbar had said that he was my ally now… would he come and visit me? And what was Xaldin's deal?
I suddenly sat up. A smile spread across my face. Of course! I had forgotten about Vexen and Zexion. I'd bet my left foot that they'd at least try to kidnap me sometime soon. They'd want to find out more; Vexen was fueled by his curiosity. I certainly had thrown him for a loop. He wouldn't let me off that easily!
My smile disappeared. He was a smart man, and if he had only half a brain, he'd still know that he should keep his distance until I forgot about him. Then he'd strike.
So, I was back to square one. No one was looking for me any time soon, and I had no way out of here. I'd get hungry before long, and I'd have to go out to eat…
Well, at least I'd rather starve to death than get raped by three creepy guys.
I smiled. At least I still had a few jokes to keep me running.
I stood up and then sighed. What would I do? I guess I could try to bolt for it… but they were older than me and probably would be able to catch up to me. Plus, they had Dark Spheres. They could get anywhere in the castle with those.
But not my room. I sighed again. Maybe I could try cutting a hole in the ceiling and crawling through the attic to get to another room? I looked up and frowned. The ceiling was so high up that I'd have to get three ladders on top of each other and then stand on my tiptoes to even touch the ceiling.
I didn't have the willpower or ladders to do that, so I looked around again. "Hmm…" I murmured, crossing my arms.
Suddenly, I heard laughter outside again. I glanced to the door. Maybe, if I were lucky, they'd make enough noise that would have someone come running to see what was up.
Hah, like that'd happen.
I sighed yet again. So, what would I do? I didn't have that many options. Maybe I'd—
I froze as I heard a click. I slowly turned my eyes to the door.
"Shh, shh. She'll hear … door," I heard one of the guys whisper.
I couldn't hear them that well.
"…won't budge," I heard Saïx mutter angrily as I heard a faint metallic scraping from inside one of the locks.
"I thought … lock picking," growled Lexal. "Can't … faster?"
I paced silently to the door and put my ear against the door. I could hear them really well now.
"Yeah, but I haven't done it in a while," murmured Saïx. The scraping sound stopped. "I'm going to try the bottom lock instead."
I heard the metallic scraping again, but it sounded lighter coming from the bottom lock. I glared at the door and put my hand on the top lock. It was one of those normal door locks that flip back and forth. Everyone has those on their doors, even though they aren't that reliable. Slowly and quietly, I grabbed it and started to turn it into the locked position again.
I flinched as it clicked loudly, locking.
"Ha, you got it!" muttered Lexal triumphantly.
"No, that wasn't this lock," growled Saïx. "It was her."
I swallowed. How'd he know it was me?"
A loud bang against the door made me leap back a pace.
"Arii! Just open up! It doesn't have to be this hard," whined Lexal. "Come on, please?"
"No, Lex!" I shouted. I blinked; my voice surprised me.
"It'll be fun, I promise. Come on!"
It felt weird to be talking to Lexal. Kind of like watching a lion circle you.
"No," I repeated, crossing my arms. "I don't want any of that kind of fun." I swallowed. "Not with you, at least," I added so quietly I almost didn't hear myself say it.
I heard Lexal heave a sigh. "Then we'll play strip poker. You like cards, right? Card games are fun."
I snorted. "I dunno how to play poker."
"Then I'll teach you! It's not that hard."
"Nah, no thanks. I'd rather not."
"Ehh," he wined. I could tell he was getting frustrated. "Then… how about—"
"Twister?" chimed in Saïx. "Naked Twister? Everyone loves Twister."
"Yeah, no. Too close for comfort for me," I growled, sitting on the floor. Why was I talking to them? It was like trying to reason with a cardboard box.
"There's a pool close by. How about we go swimming?" asked Marluxia. "You know, skinny dipping! Or we could play chicken?"
I laughed once. "Yeah right. I already told you guys, I'm not coming out. I don't want… that kind of fun." I spat out the word 'fun'. As soon as I said it, I thought about Axel and felt my heart hurt again.
Maybe… maybe I did like that kind of fun. Like, with Axel. I shook my head. "No, no," I murmured. "Don't think that way."
"I know you'd like it, Arii," said Lexal. "I can hear it in your voice. You'd like it in a bed with me."
I spit out my tongue and shuddered.
"Yeah, or me," offered Saïx.
"As long as we're here, I have a question to ask, Arii," said Lexal. I narrowed my eyes. "What kind of relationships do you like?"
"What do you mean?" I asked carefully.
"Like… master/servant type things, hot and steamy, do-it-all-the-time, public—"
"Eurgh, enough!" I said, shaking my head.
"I personally like the master/servant relationship. It really turns me on to see girls naked and in chains. Bust out the whip; make 'em get right on you. Then they start moaning… Damn…"
"Ew, Lexal," I growled, shivering. "Watch what you say. You're so… so—"
"Hot? Sexy?" asked Lexal.
"Right? Turning me on?" inquired Marluxia.
"Not as good as me?" asked Saïx. I heard Lexal smack Saïx.
"No, perverted," I growled. Marluxia let out a loud laugh. "Ehh," I whined. "Can't you guys just go away? I don't want… what you want. Just leave me alone!"
Lexal chuckled. "Sorry, sweetie. My heart is set on you."
"Yeah," agreed Saïx a smile in his voice, "so's his dick."
Marluxia and Saïx started laughing uproariously. I heard them high-five.
"Dude," mumbled Lexal.
I rolled my eyes. "Dirty jerks," I growled, standing up again. I ignored them as they started talking about things I'd rather not listen to, involving other body parts and dark places.
I shuddered and walked over to my bed and climbed up the stairs two at a time. I looked at my bed and saw my gray coat. It was kind of cold in here. I picked it up and put it on, sliding my hands through the sleeves.
It was really cute. The sleeves were pretty long, and only my fingertips showed out from the hand holes. It was fuzzy on the inside, and the hood was fur-lined. Around the tip of the hood was a strip of fur. I ran my hands through my hair and looked at my reflection.
I looked really cute, I guess. I wasn't one to compliment myself that much. I stuck my hands into my pockets and then looked down at my bed again.
I blinked. There was a little note sitting right there. It was pure white and had a small picture of a feather on the front. That meant it was for me.
You know, feathers, air; my name's Arii… yeah. Kind of a joke, I guess.
Poor Arii. D= She just can't seem to spend time with Axel! That trio chasing her around...
Well anyways, who is the note from? What's in it?
Will the trio break in? D=
Please wait for Chapter 10, coming tomorrow! :D
