chapter 10. yay.

dont worry! there WILL be more of the other organization members back in the story soon. but this is important! lol. ...but until the other members come back into the story (yes, Jo, that includes Axel. lol) entertain yourself with this next chapter. :D
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Chapter 10
Just Add An X

Demyx walked with Pleo through the empty world of Traverse Town. He didn't know exactly why he was still here. He didn't think they could find anything about Pleo's brother here, but he had no clue where to start looking.

"What's you're brother like?" Demyx asked.

"Uh… He doesn't really like to fight, but he says that he has to. He tells me that he wants to help restore peace to the worlds after 'what he has done'. I'm not sure what he means by that, but I think it happened before I was born. He has always looked out for me and he usually looks out for me before himself. He's the best," Pleo explained, obviously proud of her big brother.

"What does he look like?" Demyx questioned again.

"He is your height, and your size. He has brown hair, a shade darker than yours. And his hair is like yours, but it usually spikes up on top," she explained as she made a pointing motion on top of her head, signaling her brother's spiky hair.

Demyx shifted his eyes up and noticed that his hair was still wet. His hair flopped down into his face and was strait and non-spiky, "Yeah, mine usually does too. I was just in the water so it's not spiked." Demyx explained.

"You kinda look similar to him. I mean, your height and stuff. You act like him too," Pleo smiled, "I think you and him would be friends."

"…Maybe." Demyx forced himself to agree.

For some reason, Demyx had a strange feeling about this girl's brother. He didn't know exactly what he felt or what caused it. He just felt… strange.

"Demyx!" Pleo gasped and brought Demyx back to reality.

Demyx looked around and saw berserk nobodies appear. Of course, Saïx…

Demyx quickly summoned his sitar and strummed down. A spring of water forcefully cut up against the nobodies. Demyx strummed again and the water streamed up in a jet, crushing another nobody.

Demyx shifted his eyes over to Pleo. She spun her staff and summoned a fire spell. The nobody stumbled backwards but Demyx could tell the spell didn't do much damage. Demyx strummed down on his sitar one last time and the last nobody vanished.

"Demyx…" Pleo's soft voice gasped.

"huh?" Demyx looked to Pleo who sat on the ground and held her hand to the base of her neck, "Oh, man" Demyx breathed.

He rushed to her side and he could see a steady stream of blood running down her neck.

"Um, don't worry. We'll clean this up, and you'll be okay." Demyx assured Pleo and helped her walk back to the fountain in the second district.

Demyx cupped water in his hand and gently cleaned the wound. He applied pressure to the wound and eventually stopped the bleeding.

"Thank you, Demyx" Pleo smiled after the wound had been tended to.

"Yup," Demyx said happily as he washed the last bit of blood from her neck.

Demyx felt a small beat against his hand. He figured he had imagined it, until I came again. He held his hand still as a small part in Pleo's neck beat in and out, in and out. And it didn't stop.

"WHAA!" Demyx snapped his hand away.

"What?" Pleo asked, alarmed.

"There's something in your neck!" Demyx screamed wide eyed, "Don't worry Pleo! I'll get it out! Whatever it is, it won't hurt you!" Demyx summoned his sitar and put it in a ready position.

"What are you talking about?" Pleo asked as she put her hand to her neck.

"There's something in your neck! It was touching me!" Demyx exclaimed.

"Demyx… that's just my pulse…" She said, confused, "You have one too."

"Your… pulse?" Demyx asked.

"You know, you're heart beat. You can feel it in your neck. Look, I'll show you," Pleo explained as she reached out her hand to Demyx's neck to point out his pulse.

Demyx dodged Pleo's hand as if it were a deadly disease, "Uh," he said, now nervous and flustered, "Oh yeah, a pulse. Right, silly me! I got one of those…" he stuttered as he lied.

"Right…" Pleo raised an eyebrow at Demyx's strange behavior but then wondered if it was normal for him. We was rather strange to begin with, this just put the icing on the cake. She decided the best thing to do would be to shrug it off.

Demyx let out a big sigh of relief. He had almost blown that he was a nobody. She was so young, she didn't understand it all, she didn't know about anything. And Demyx wanted to keep it that way. As long as she didn't know, he could protect her. He could keep her safe, safe from heartless, safe from nobodies, and most of all, safe from the organization. If he tells her anything about who he is, or where he came from, she could be killed. And if someone in the Organization killed her because of him, Demyx didn't think he would ever be able to forgive himself.

"So," Demyx began after his little 'pulse incident' was over, "What's your brother's name?"

"His name is Deym." Pleo answered, "He's really cool. I can't wait for him to meet you." She smiled and continued to chat about how she couldn't wait to see her brother again.

Demyx felt a tingle tear down his spine. She shuttered again and again. Something about this Deym guy made him feel so strange. He shook again as he pretended to listen to Pleo ramble. Every time she said 'Deym', his body would have a spasm, and he had no idea why.

The letters of the name raced through Demyx's head. He studied them. They wouldn't leave. One last tingle shivered down Demyx's spine. Demyx let out a short breath as it clicked.

D-E-Y-M. Just mix up the letters a little bit, add an 'x' and… D-E-M-Y-X.

Deym was Demyx's Other

oh-no! Demyx's somebody! What's gonna happen!!! AHH!!
well, you're just gonna have to wait until i post the next chapter. so, have fun waiting. XD

IMPORTANT NOTE:: you pronounce Deym like 'Deem' or 'Deam'. if you understand that... i just thought i'd give you a clue, because some people cant seem to pronounce his name right. lol.

ok, sorry for my random randomness.

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