Riku's POV:
I knocked furiously at Sora's bedroom door.
"Go awayyy…" he called out.
Bad idea.
"Sora, pull yourself off Kairi for five seconds and listen to me idiot!" I growled. I didn't have time for them and their romantic crap.
"Rikuuu...leave us be" Kairi burst out giggling.
I slammed my fist down on the door. Anyone standing near by me jumped at the sudden loud noise.
"I'll give you two 2 minutes before I come in, this is urgent" I said loudly "And don't think that you're being smart locking the door, because you both know that I can and will break it down"
"Fine, we'll be one second" I heard Sora groan.
I pressed my back against the door and sighed impatiently.
I heard the lock click and I barged right it.
"Listen, I don't care what went on in here so stop looking so embarrassed" I scowled "I can't find Xion. I finally convinced her to come out with me and now I've fucking lost her! And she isn't answering her phone or anything..." I growled.
"Ok, well we'll split up and give this place another once over before heading out" Sora replied taking charge.
"I'm sure she's fine Riku, there are a lot of people here, we'll find her, don't worry" Kairi smiled and patted my back.
But that icy feeling that I had in my gut earlier on only seemed to get worse.
Namine's POV
The cold night air bit at my bare shoulders.
I was totally numb, except for this horrible continuous stabbing feeling going on in my heart.
I felt broken.
And sick to my stomach.
How could he?
Was he drunk? Maybe he was over me, and that was why he was acting weird those last few days.
Maybe he hated me.
Maybe my best friend hated me. Enough to cheat on me with some cheap whore.
I tried to keep a fast pace, but I felt absolutely exhausted.
Where was I even going anyway?
Mom didn't want to home, so where was I meant to go?
I couldn't walk to Kairi's house, her parents weren't home and I was going in the complete opposite direction. And there was no way I was going back to Roxas' -his name hurt just to even think about- house.
I coughed and wiped some stray tears off my cheeks.
There was a small alley around here somewhere. I might be able to sleep there...
Being (temporarily?) homeless sucks.
Eventually I found it, which I was pretty proud of because sometimes I doubt that I have any sense of direction at all.
I started walking towards the alley, but I felt my arm viciously yanked away from me.
My blood ran cold.
"Well...if it isn't my favorite girl..." Seifer sneered and pulled my face close to his.
I jerked my head away, but he yanked me towards him again.
A few of his gang members circled around me.
"Just leave me alone Seifer" I mumbled in a broken voice.
This was just the last thing that I needed now.
I heard a girl scream, and my head snapped round to hear where it came from.
"Shut that bitch up I'm dealing with her later!" Seifer yelled at someone round the corner, before turning me around to face him again. "What was that? You want to be alone with me?" he smirked.
I winced. "No. I said get lost" I wasn't full of my usual insults tonight. I felt like I just wanted to die.
"Aww Seifer she's no fun. No rack on her, y'know?" some giant ugly guy called out from the circle made around me.
I way beyond the point of caring about what anyone said about me anyway now.
"Fuck off Rai" Seifer laughed cruelly.
"Stop it, you're hurting me!" I heard someone scream again.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP XION" Seifer angrily screamed over my head.
Xion?
Oh shit.
Rai started walking towards me with a huge creepy grin on his face, and the other gang members made hooting noises and whistled at me. Rai outstretched his hand and for my chest. I closed my eyes. There was nothing I could do.
But it never reached. I heard Rai cry out in pain.
"Bad idea moron"
My eyes flew open.
Axel stood over Rai, who was picking himself up off he ground. Rai's nose gushed blood.
'What the fuck Rai? Don't let that skinny assed freak push you around" Seifer screamed at the large boy.
"Well I'd hardly say that I was a freak." Axel raised an eyebrow"I doubt that 'Rai' could even tie his shoes"
Rai never did end up getting off the ground, because that blonde woman with the bug hair, Larxene, jumped on him and put these multiple knife things to his throat.
I gulped.
"If any of you take a step closer to me, I'll stab him" she hissed. The other gang members kind of backed off, but she shot them the mother of all death stares and they took a few steps back.
"Let the girl go" Axel suddenly growled and towered over Seifer.
Oh great. So now I was going to be kidnapped by my PE teacher, and molested too.
"Fuck you freak!" Seifer tightened him grip on me and went to kick Axel.
Axel just stepped away and whipped a lighter out of his pocket.
"You know what I'll do if you don't" Axel replied in a menacing voice and a flame appeared on the lighter.
Demyx then ran in from around the corner and grabbed Seifer in a headlock, causing him to stumble backwards.
Axel slowly brought the lighter closer to Seifer's face.
"Let her go" he ordered.
Seifer shook his head, and I heard Larxene punch someone.
"Ugh. That is reallly dumb if you don't...I always get stuck with these icky jobs...you know, burning people's hair smells pretty bad..." Axel looked away with a half smile, before quickly bringing the lighter very close to Seifer's hair.
"Are you going to let her go, or do I have to make you?" Axel growled in a venomous voice.
I couldn't see Seifer's face, but I did feel his arms loosen from around me.
Demyx then appeared and hit Seifer hard on the neck. He flopped to the ground.
"You really should stop doing that" Axel patted Demyx on the back.
"Oh god! What are you-OW!" I could hear Xion's ragged voice from around the corner.
"Are you ok?" Axel helped me up off the ground.
Wait, I was on the ground?
I'm pretty out of it. I wish that I was dead.
He stared at me, waiting for a reply.
I just nodded slightly before having a burst of energy. "GO AND HELP XION!" I yelled at him.
"Shit. Xion did you say..." Axel's face paled. "Larxene! Leave those idiots, we gotta go find Xion!" he pulled her by the arm off some unconscious gang member and dragged her to where the screaming was coming from.
Demyx put his jacket round my shoulders and I gave him a strange look.
"Oh, I'm not coming onto you or anything" he laughed nervously. "You're covered in goose bumps, if you didn't know"
Was I cold?
I don't know.
I felt totally and completely numb.
I just sat down against a wall and laid my head on my knees.
My mind went blank, and before I knew it, Larxene was poking my side.
"Come on, get up. You want to have kids to Seifer or what?" she asked, her mouth twisted in distaste.
Ew. Don't give me a stomach ache. I feel crappy enough.
"Come on Namine, we have to fix Xion up, she's bleeding. Some of Seifer's friends got her…" I heard Axel call out.
Larxene yanked me up by the arm.
"Follow me" she said and walked off into the distance.
I tried to keep up with her, but I just felt so tired and partially dead that I just kept falling behind.
Eventually when I got to their car -well it was more of a van thing really- Demyx opened up the sliding door and Axel carefully laid Xion down on the back seat.
"Oh god, is she breathing?" I could feel tears spring into my eyes. Her face was bruised and she had multiple cuts that were bleeding.
"Yeah, but she's unconcious..." Axel mussed his hair "I need to take her back to our flat to fix her up though. She's in a pretty bad state. Not life threatening or anything, but she's going to have some bruises, and she's got some nasty looking cuts too. Those bastards are going to pay…"
I nodded and climbed in next to Xion.
I thought that I should probably call Riku, but I couldn't let him see her like this. It would destroy him.
Demyx started up the van.
"Oh please god no. Tell me that you aren't driving" Larxene pinched the bridge of her nose.
'What's wrong with my driving?!" Demyx asked, offended.
"Everything. Now just drive before she decides to kill you" Axel winced.
Just where were we going anyway?
Roxas' POV
"Oh jeez..." I groggily opened one eye.
The other didn't seem to open and I could taste blood in my mouth.
I was in the small, foresty part of town, about five minutes away from my house.
How did I even get here?
The last thing I remember...some guy in a beanie's fist connecting with my face, then all these people kicking me...and a guy with hair similar to mine running away. That was probably just my imagination though. No one has hair like me.
I couldn't stand up just yet though. My ribs killed and my back ached.
I'd have to go home eventually though...
Was Namine ok?
I heard someone laugh.
"Oh look…that little pussy is waking up"
Someone walked over to me, but I couldn't see their face. They smelt like cigarettes and alcohol.
"Just leave him for now bro, we'll get him later…"
They walked off.
What?
Axel's POV
"Demyx, can you go get Vexen for me?" I asked and laid Xion down on our couch.
"I thought that you hated Vexen" Demyx raised en eyebrow.
"I do. Now go and get him" I gave him a glare that sent him off on his merry way.
"Namine, you can sit down over here if you want. Do you want a milkshake or something?"
Why am I such a retard? No one wants a freaking milkshake after being assaulted by a gang.
Smart one Axel.
She just shook her head daintily and went over to the table, before slumping in the chair and crying softy to herself.
Larxene walked over to her.
"What's wrong?" she asked, trying to sound sympathetic. Even when she was trying to be nice, people can sometimes take her the wrong way.
Namine just kept crying.
"Can I see you face for a second?" Larxene lifted Namine's head up by her chin.
"Are you ok Namine?" I walked over to her and she shrunk into the chair.
Oh. I know why.
She probably thought that I was going to-
"Namine, I'm not a pervert. Larxene gets a kick out of seeing me freak kids out. I'm not going to hurt you" I replied in a slightly annoyed tone, not making eye contact with Larxene.
Larxene just snorted a laugh. "They're boy tears" she declared, still examining Namine's face.
"Don't call her a guy! What is wrong with you?!" I cried.
The woman had finally lost it.
"I never said that she was Axel! God! Learn to listen you idiot. What I meant was that she's crying over a boy. I can tell"
Ok, so she was still remotely sane.
Well, as remotely sane as someone like Larxene gets anyway.
"How do you know?" I narrowed my eyes.
"Can't you tell?! Wow" she replied in her I-know-everything voice. "Jeez Axel, you take one look into her eyes and tell me that you can't tell that her heart is completely broken. Shattered. She's hysterical. Worst I've ever seen"
I felt pretty awkward. You can't just randomly look into someone's eyes.
Luckily, Demyx opened the door and appeared with Vexen.
We were pretty lucky to have Vexen, because we usually got in a lot of fights and Vexen used to practice as a doctor before he retired, so he fixed all of us up.
I still think that he's an uptight bastard though.
"...And that's how I made chocolate flavored jelly! Zexy loved it, he just didn't want to admit it..." Demyx grinned and looked up at Vexen, who had his usual sour expression on.
"Oh hey! Well, if it isn't the forty-year old virgin" Larxene smirked.
Before they could rip each other's faces off, I repressed a laugh and walked over to Vexen.
"What do you want Axel?" he frowned.
He isn't my most favorite person in the world, but I didn't have time to argue with him now, like I usually would have.
"I need you to bandage up a girl I found and just make sure that she isn't seriously injured" I told him, trying to control my voice.
"Alright then" he sighed and walked over to my couch.
"Demyx, get me a bowl of warm water with salt in it" he barked.
Demyx soon returned with a bowl of water (how someone as mentally challenged as Demyx manages not to ever spill any water, I'll never know) and Vexen snatched it away from him.
Demyx looked sad. He acts like he is 5 years old, so you just have to humor him to keep him happy sometimes.
"On behalf of Vexen, I would like to thank you for your efforts Dem" I smirked.
Vexen scowled at me and washed all of Xion's cuts, then bandaged her wrist, while Namine just sat unmoving at the table.
I felt sorry for her. I'd have to ask her what happened.
If she ever decided to talk again, that is.
"I think that her wrist is sprained, but her injuries look worse than they are" Vexen told me. "She should recover soon, but I'd keep an eye on that cut on her leg. It is pretty bruised and could easily get infected, but it should be fine seeing that I've cleaned bandaged it" he looked at his watch. "Oh yes. And the price of that consultation is $45 Axel. I'll expect my payment in the following week. Farwell" he waved and walked out the door.
Bastard.
"Aww Xion's pretty..." Demyx sighed, crouching near the couch which she laid on with his head resting on his folded arms.
"No offence, but you think that anyone remotely female is pretty" Larxene replied bluntly.
I stood over Xion, and her eyelid twitched.
She was starting to wake up.
"Just let her be for a while, she isn't gonna feel great so the last thing she needs if you freaking her out Dem" I pulled him by the ear away from the couch, before walking over to Namine.
"Do you want a lift home or something?" I asked.
She was still sitting motionless in the chair.
"I have nowhere to go..." she whispered in a broken voice.
Uh oh.
I can't just abandon her in her current state, she is barely holding together as it is.
"But I don't want to burden you...Axel. I'll find a bench or something at the park" she started to get up and slowly make her way to the door.
"You can't sleep on a bench Namine! That's horrible" Demyx rushed over to her and pulled her into an awkward half hug. "You're so pretty, you wouldn't last an hour out there"
So not the time to be a womanizer Demyx.
"Well...I guess you and Xion can stay here over night then..." I sighed.
Honestly, that was all I could do. I couldn't let a 16 year old girl who had nowhere to sleep and was in absolute hysterics just leave. Seifer would get her again.
"Axel?" Larxene asked sweetly.
Oh shit.
Go away Larxene, I can't deal with you and your mood swings now.
Stop looking at me like that. You're burning a hole in my back and it hurts.
"Hallway, Larxene" I replied wincing and pinched the bridge of my nose.
We walked out of the apartment and closed the door.
Larxene exploded.
"YOU PROMISED-"
"Shhh!" I looked around before Saix came out and yelled at us.
"No. You promised that tonight, no one would be here and that we were going to-"
"I can't just let her leave! Did you see how upset she was?! She looked like she would have jumped off a cliff or something, and I think that her mom must have kicked her out or something" I whispered furiously. I knew Namine's mum was a bitch, but not a completely evil bitch.
"Well I don't care. She can just be disturbed then" Larxene huffed. "Besides, I'll be quiet"
Yes, you said that last time and we almost got kicked out. Plus I couldn't look Saix in the eye for a month after.
And I did not want to be having this conversation in a public place, with Larxene, who looked like she wanted to murder me.
"No, it would be way too awkward, and we'd never be able to look at her again if we did" I rolled my eyes. "Besides, the walls are made of cardboard pretty much. It just won't work"
I felt so bad.
"Fine then" Larxene added icily and turned on her heel walking back into the apartment.
Why are women so freaking complicated?
I walked in after her, but I only saw the back of her walk into our room. She slammed the door.
Great.
Well, at least Xion was up now.
She looked pretty bad, but Vexen said that she would be okay.
"Where...am I?" she asked and rubbed her eyes delicately.
"Disneyland" I replied sarcastically "No, you're at my house. We rescued you from Seifer...are you ok?" I walked over to her and put my hands on her shoulders.
"Riku!" she looked panicked and sprang up from the couch. "I have...I have to call him..."
A/N
Early update :O
I suck at writing fight scenes, I know D:
But I hope you guys enjoyed, even if it was kinda depressing.
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