Hell's Angel

Chapter 8


Circle you, circle you
Children, "you just lost the game"
Circle you, circle you
Don't run away, you're the same
Before the moon sets aside
Cut their neck off as they cried
Circle you, circle you
Who surrounds you everywhere?


Disclaimer: I do not own the characters (besides Mr. Fox Rope). The characters belong to Square Enix. The song is the English version of Circle You, Circle You [Kakome, Kakome] by Miku and Luka. And if you know this song, then you know how... creepy it is. And since this chapter is based off that song, you can expect this chapter to be... rather morbid.

Pairings: Well, AkuRoku, SoRiku, DemXig and Cleon.


The night was now upon everyone. Cloud was asleep in his hospital bed, marks under the covers and on his neck from Sephiroth. Sora was sleeping next to Riku, though a wall of pillows separated them. Axel was asleep on his bed in the room he shared with Roxas and Hayner. And Demyx was asleep, in blue matching silk pajamas and under the covers, hugging a pillow that he had.

As each slept, their minds wandered into dreams. Dreams that were what they thought their future would be like with the one that they loved. Heh. How foolish of them to think that. There was a voice that spoke out to them in their dreams, before everything around them turned to dark. As Axel, pulled from his dream of being with Roxas, looked around, he found that he wasn't the only one here. "Sora? Demyx? Cloud?" He went over to the three men that were conversing with each other.

Sora looked behind him at Axel and blinked. "Axel? What are you doing here?!"

"I was just about to ask the same thing! Isn't this my dream? What are you guys doing here?"

"I just heard this person say that how foolish it was to dream that, or something like that, and then everything went black, and I saw Sora," Demyx replied as he pointed to the brunette. Sora then pointed to Cloud.

"I saw him here first." Cloud blinked and looked away, sighing softly. He really was having a pleasant dream until he was pulled away from it.

"Sora…" Sora recognized that voice anywhere. As he was about to turn around, he couldn't, as he felt strong arms around his waist. "Good evening… Sora." Riku?

"Riku? What are you doing here?"

"Well… when I realized that I did love you, I decided that I would come and tell you." This was a lie, right?! There was no way that Riku would love Sora! Riku had kept denying the fact that he did ever since Sora met him in this world. And even before then, was Riku really able to love him? He always ran away when Sora was looking for him. He bit his lower lip and then pulled away from Riku.

"You're not Riku…" Axel grabbed Sora's wrist.

"Sora, be careful around that guy..."

"I know… That's not even Riku." Sora looked from Axel to Riku, who was chuckling lightly.

"Oh, Sora… come on now. How could you resist me? I know that you've loved me for a long time now, and when I confess to you, you reject me?"

Well, sure, if you put it that way, Sora was in love with Riku, but the man would NEVER admit it. He shook his head and then blinked as he heard a groan from Cloud. The two quickly looked over at Cloud to see him gripping his right arm, Demyx kneeling by him. "C-Cloud? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing… Demyx," he replied with a small mutter.

Demyx bit his lower lip as he looked over at Sora and Axel, with a worried look.

"Sora! What are you doing, taking your eyes off of me? It's not nice to stare at other people around your lover."

"You're not my lover!" With a small silence following, Riku looked completely stunned. He stared, in disbelief at Sora, before a smirk that went from ear to ear was shown on his face, his eyes covered by his silver hair. His shoulders shook for a second before he bursted out laughing, causing every one to stare at him.

"If I'm not your lover, then… Why do you always insist on telling me that I'm your best friend?"

"Because you are!" Sora watched as it seemed that a purple and black smoke surrounded Riku. He was afraid of what this would turn out to be. Would it be that same creature from before? He hoped not. He didn't need another threatening dream. The four of them watched as Riku was engulfed in the smoke. When it cleared, the male was now that same dark demon that appeared twice before in Sora's dreams. He bit his lower lip, taking a small step back.

"S-Sora? What is that thing?" asked Axel, narrowing his bright green eyes at it.

"What else is it? A demon, manisfested to be in Sora's dreams," another voice spoke out around them. Their heads darted from side to side, trying to find the one that spoke out. Cloud flinched and gripped his arm tighter. It felt like it was burning. Cloud knew this voice.

"Show yourself!" he demanded. Demyx looked at him, confused.

"Cloud, do you know who this person is?"

"Yeah…" Cloud whispered. A small jingle of a bell and a man came out from behind Riku. A kimono, splattered in blood, ropes around his neck, wrists, and ankles, also covered in blood. The male had his Fox mask on as well, but as a hand came up, he moved the mask, slightly, to show everyone his bright yellow eye, a hint of a grin coming up behind the mask. "He's the one that put us all in this situation!"

"Are you serious?!" asked Demyx, wide eyed. Axel growled and glared at the man. The man seemed to have a white glow around him.

"So… you are the one putting us through this?" growled Axel.

"Why, yes, I am. Why? Is the little firestarter upset because of this?" Again, Axel growled, about to summon his chakrums.

"I'll kill you!!"

"Don't do it!" shouted Cloud, causing Axel to look at him. "You can't hurt him. He's just toying with us…" Cloud slowly stood up, still gripping his arm.

"Well, well. Cloud, long time no see. I expect that you're in the hospital now?"

"Hospital?" Sora asked, raising an eyebrow and looking at Cloud. "I thought you went out to lunch with Leon…"

"I did. And then I told him about the life before here… and I told him that we were lovers. That demon there then put me in the hospital!" Cloud pointed at the demon, causing him to chuckle.

"Yes, I did. Well, like I said, you went against my rules. People that do, must pay the price. Riku." The Demon Riku looked down at the smaller demon, putting his mask back on. "Take care of them." And with that, he started to vanish into the dark.

"Wait, you BASTARD!"

"Cloud."

The blonde froze. Wait a minute. Turning around, slowly, he looked at the man that called his voice, seeing that it was Leon. Cloud blinked once. Then twice. Then a third time. "Leon…? What are you doing here?" he asked, slightly having a protective tone to his voice.

"I want to talk to you." Leon came closer to Cloud before hugging the male, causing Cloud to blink. "I love you. I love you…" Each 'I love you' was uttered as a whisper. Cloud was surprised. Oh god. This was just a dream, but it still made his heart race. He hasn't heard Leon utter those words to him in two years… But still, this was a dream, and in dreams, a man can think of anything. Maybe his desire for Leon was just getting too much. Or maybe the fact that Leon was dating… Rinoa. He bit his lower lip and was about to hug the other back before his lips were captured, roughly. Again, Cloud was surprised, but before he could kiss back, the brunette pulled away. "But I cannot love you. I'm already with Rinoa." As Leon backed away, Rinoa appeared next to Leon, hugging him around the neck, Leon's arms around her waist as they kissed.

"No…" They continued to kiss, and a gentle kiss turned into something that was more passionate. That was the way that Leon used to kiss him. "Stop it…" They weren't listening. They had to listen. Cloud's heart was aching and he clenched it, staring at them in horror. "Stop it!" The blonde gripped his head and fell to his knees, screaming.

"Cloud!" yelled Sora, but was pulled by the wrist of the demon's claw.

"Where do you think you're going, Sora?" A grin was on the demon's face as he looked at Sora. "It's a little too early to leave me, don't you think?" He took his other hand and ran a long claw in a circle around Sora's heart. "It's beating so fast. Are you happy?"

"Never!"

"Let go of Sora, you bastard!" Axel had summoned his chakrums and threw them at Riku, but with a glint of his eye, Riku moved over, and instead, the Chakrums hit Roxas, who had appeared out of nowhere. Axel stared, wide eyed, at the now bleeding and injured blonde. "R-Roxas?" This was an illusion. It had to be! But why did it look so real? It was tearing Axel apart.

"Axel, don't believe it! It's a tri—" Sora was cut off, though, by the demon's claw stabbing him through the heart.

"What's this? Your heart seems to have gotten bigger…" As Sora stared at Riku, he looked at the demon's ear, blinking. It… It was white… while the rest of him was black. Did that mean something?! "If it has gotten bigger, than I will make it shrink back down…"

Riku curled his claw down and then pulled back, harshly. As he did, blood splattered everywhere.

"Sora!" As Axel was about to go help Sora, but he was already running towards Roxas' side. "Roxas! Hang in there! I'm sorry!"

"Why… did you do that? Do you hate me that much?"

"No! I don't hate you! I don't hate you at all!" But as Axel cradeled the body of Roxas, his chakrums bursting into a flame and vanishing, a large dark hand came from the ground. It was like a mass of evil air, wrapping around Roxas. "Don't!" Axel warned, menacingly, as he swatted the hand away, holding Roxas close. The hand that he used to swat the hand just went through it and watched as it wrapped itself slowly around Roxas. "NO!" It pryed the blonde from his hands and pulled him into the ground, Roxas gone from his sight. "Roxas!!" It was no use…

Demyx stood shakily away from the group, terror on his face. Cloud was screaming as he watched Rinoa and Leon continue to make out, Sora was now on the ground, covered in his own blood as Riku stood over him with the heart of the brunette in his claws, and Axel was punching the ground, screaming for Roxas. Demyx only watched, backing up, slowly. What was going on?! He wanted out… He wanted out of this nightmare! As he continued to back up, all he could think about was when Xigbar would show up, but those thoughts were interrupted as he heard a small song surround him.

"Circle you, circle you
Please don't try to run from us
Circle you, circle you
What games will we play, can I guess?
Before the moon sets again
You can play with us until then!
Circle you, circle you
Who surrounds you everywhere?"

Demyx looked up and then looked around. "Wh-What? Wh-Who said that?!"

"Orphanage deep in the forest greens
So no one would find the dark machines
Made from a little child's brain
Immortality built of children's pain
The children in the orphan place
Circled the teacher with a smiling face
Singing a child's play song, "Circle you! Circle you!"
"

Demyx gripped his head. "STOP IT!" Images were flodding into his head. Images of a dead world, of death, of blood. His own words he said to Xigbar flodded in there some how too.

"Circle you, circle you
Children, "you just lost the game"
Circle you, circle you
Don't run away, you're the same
Before the moon sets aside
Cut their neck off as they cried
Circle you, circle you
Who surrounds you everywhere?"

Demyx fell to his knees. "Enough! Please!" he continued to beg. As he looked at the ground, he heard a jingle close to him and saw little feet. They were circling him. As he looked up, he saw that it was the demon with the ropes around him, covered in blood… He was all around him, holding hands with each clone of the demon, singing the song still.

"Even if your head is crushed in
Even if if your arm is taken
The children who can never die
They laugh at you sweetly.
"

With that, Demyx let out a scream, unable to handle all of this. The last thing he saw was a sharp-tooth grin going from ear to ear before everything around him stopped. All the sounds, and everyone vanished. All Demyx could feel was the hand on his shoulder and somebody shaking him, calling his name. "Demyx! Wake up!" Soon, the blonde shot up, in a cold sweat, and panting. "Hey, are you okay?! You were screaming in your sleep." Demyx looked up at his teacher, seeing that bright yellow eye look down at him with concern. Demyx just nodded, wiping his forehead.

"Y-Yeah… I'm fine…" he muttered, but he could still hear that song in his head.

Circle you, circle you
Don't run away, you'll be missed
Circle you, circle you
Please drink with us, we insist
You should come play with us
Play forever with us
Circle you, circle you
Who surrounds you everywhere?


Author's Comment: I actually had a hard time writing this chapter _ It was a good idea at first! And then I realized "FFFCAN'TWRITENIGHTMARES OTL" so this came out. Sorry for it being crappy but I wrote it in school in first period _

Anyway, ENJOY~

I used the English Lyrics from RENA's Livejournal account.