So here's the next chapter in the series of uh… well… random things! It's not very big, or important really. I just needed a short chapter about Aphrodite and Luxord, and how his business became part of Hades and Luxord's business. OOOOOH! Drama! Hrhrhr. I'm actually pretty happy with it, only because I love club scenes, and clubs are the bitchiest scenes to write, but I love writing them. I wanted to go into detail about the dancing, but that would have gotten repetitive. And we all hate repetitive crap yeah? Yeeeaaahhh!!!

So I have a new story I'm working on. "From Yesterday" in which I'm broadening my horizons. BY A LOT. Ask Ramen, I'm an avid "Anti-Roxas" person, but he ended up becoming my main character in this story. Hrhrhr. I also am trying out Demyx, and Zexion (whom I cosplay and rp as much much) as well as Xemnas and Luxaeus. Although I have SOME experience with Luxaeus. (Referring to past chapters. Heh)

Either way, I'm happy with how this is going, and I hope more people read AND enjoy it.

SPREAD THE WORD AND LOVE PLEAAAASE! :3

Luffles!!
Lady Pickles aka The Cornflake Girl

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own KHII or any of the organization or any of this music. But I do own the plot. Hrhrhrhr.

EXTRA: Still taking those requests!

LUFFLES! Ramen and Bacon yo.

xXx

"Do you know what you started? I just came here to party
But now we're rocking on the dance floor acting naughty
Your hands around my waist, Just let the music play
We're hand in hand, Chest to chest, Now we're face to face…


I wanna take you away, Lets escape into the music, DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it, Like the way you do this, Keep on rocking to it
Please don't stop the music."

Love After Death
chapter nine

"You're a fucking stalker." Aphrodite sighed, looking sideways at his dance partner, who looked too serious, and far too annoyed. He had no idea what the fuck was going on with Hades, except the man was going nuts over this… human. Quit literally, his eyes a mad look in them, and he wasn't at home spending time with his wife Persephone. Something was wrong. What other explanation could be explained for Hades being in Aphrodite's club except for one thing. Hades was obsessed with the human to the point of violent affection. It was a weird thought; he tilted his head, his bright pink hair falling wildly around him.

"Shut up Marly." Hades snapped, using their human names. His green eyes scanned the dance floor. "He's here, I know he is. I felt him." Hades whispered heatedly. Why couldn't he see him? The pounding beat of the music rang in his ears, and the Technicolor lights blasted the dance floor below, making the dancers sway madly, their arms raised, their hair flying. Youthful bodies swung to the music in abstract dance. Their blood called out to Hades, and his hunger grew. But he was only hungry for one human. And that was the one human he couldn't spot. Where was he?

"Yeah, I know he's here too." Marluxia said, frowning, his eyes catching sight of platinum blonde hair. A slow, wicked grin spread across his face, eyes slanting to the side, looking at Hades. The god hadn't spotted his little human yet hmm? Marluxia decided he'd have some fun before letting Hades have his human. His last meeting with the human had been in a ballroom weeks earlier, where the human had successfully killed Hades with a chandelier to the head. Brilliant human really.

Too bad you can't permanently kill a God in the human realm.

He took swaying steps away from the distracted Hades, and moved down the stairs, his hands on the railing. He wore a pair of low riding denim jeans, and a bright blouse, only two buttons just in the middle between his chest and stomach were buttoned, leaving his hips, and slender frame visible. Not as feminine as Hades was, but definitely more flashy. He quirked a smile up. He could smell the assassin's blood down here, it was thick and moved with adrenaline. The assassin was hunting someone again, and he'd come to the dance floor to keep an eye on them. Little did he know he was being hunted. Marluxia decided he was going to have fun with this.

He moved closer to the scent, eyes flickering up to Hades, who was no longer on the balcony. Frowning, he figured Hades had either found Luxord, or decided he'd have better luck on the floor. Marluxia knew he'd have to move fast. He was the god of desire and love after all. How could ANYONE not love him? Except Hera… that bitch… bastard… which ever form Hera was taking at the moment. His thoughts stopped abruptly when he saw the assassin. Eyes going wide.

He'd never seen a human… or god… so desirable. No wonder Hades was obsessed.

The mortal assassin was dancing by himself, eyes on his target, ten feet away. Taller than the others, but hidden amongst raised arms, his bright hair almost glowing from the light, his beard as well. The multiple piercings flashing like beacons on his ears, and his fingers where rings were. He wore a pair of black leather pants with silver studded pyramids, tight to his strong legs, giving Marly a pleasant view of the assassins well built ass. His top was black mesh, tucked in, and going halfway up his neck, and down his arms, to his hands, like gloves, and only a black vest that went down to the bottom of his ribs was there, as well as thick black boots. The silver and the black brought out azure eyes that glimmered, and they did glow, the first thing you noticed.

Marluxia clenched his hands slightly, wanting to run his hands up that strong torso, and scratch that broad back. Throwing his head back laughing, he made his way over, swaying his hips, his hands moving in beat. Luxord caught him out of the corner of his eyes. Like any human, he was instantly taken by Aphrodite's sexual aura, the way he moved, tossing his pink hair, and pursing full lips, showing curves mortal men could only wish their male loves had, and women panted over. There was a quirky smile, and the blonde turned to move with the god, craning his neck down, the two looking at each other, a passion welling up on a dance floor. A forbidden affair of heated stares.

Their hands laced together, and they moved, Marluxia noticing how Luxord kept an eye on his target while moving with perfect sync. The man was trained, and trained well, and Marluxia raised a brow. How well trained was he? Smiling wickedly, he arched his back, running his body up along the assassins, shivering at the warm body, and strong muscles. No, not even a god had this sort of body. Fuck any god of fertilization he'd seen, this man was definitely the perfect candidate. The shadows that lined his face, and the way he moved, it was like they were making love on the dance floor.

No, it was only half as good. Marluxia decided he was going to have this human, fuck Hades. The first time he'd seen him dressed in a tuxedo, but now, now he was in Marluxia's element. Goth and music, with pounding sweaty bodies, and sex high in the atmosphere. He ran his hands down the torso, fingers itching to scratch, and knead. He licked his lips, and moved their hips together, eyes rolling back when the assassin wrapped an arm around his waist and dragged him closer, dipping his head down to bury his face in Marluxia's neck.

"I've been watching, I've been waiting, in the shadows of my time." He whispered against Marluxia's ear, making the god shiver delightedly. His hands slid up the strong back and into hair, dipping his head to the side, every nerve in him begging to be bitten. He needed that man to take his blood, drink in his essence. Become immortal for me. His soul begged. He had been swept up in a hurricane beneath the lights, surrounded by arms, and it had only taken five minutes. How did this happen? Was this the same for Hades? He was scared, the god. For the first time in his life, he was scared. Scared of loosing control to this human, of loosing his soul.

Was it like this for Hades?

He didn't want the music to end, and he growled when the song transferred, to a more upbeat one. The assassin began to pull away, only to be pulled into a long, drugging kiss. The two were there, still, their lips pressed tight, tongues tangling together, twisting and bending with the beat. Marluxia clutched to Luxord, needing to taste him, ever drop. His nose flared with the honeyed taste of the mortal, and the sweet, sweet essence of frailty. His hands sought the man's chest, over his mortal heart, and he needed the man's blood. Kissing the corners of Luxord's mouth, he moved down to his jaw, over the whiskers, smiling. His mortal stood their stunned, eyes wide, hands still gripping Marluxia's hips.

The god sank lower, needing him desperately. Down to his neck, where he nuzzled the mortal, fangs shooting out with need and hunger. Running the long pearly incisors across the flesh of his jugular, he smiled, pricking the skin, about to bite, Luxord wincing, looking pained, or like an orgasm was about to come on. His hands tightening, as the God moved closer, their hips rubbing in sensual pleasure. Luxord whimpered out, when fangs slid into his neck, deep into his neck, taking blood that pulsed through his body.

But before Marluxia could take one swallow, he was ripped from Luxord, his fangs tearing a sharp gash in the assassin's neck. Marluxia caught sight of enraged green eyes, and then a fist to the face. The force hit his nose and part of his cheek, splitting the flesh of his mortal body, and driving him into another dancing couple. Hades stood before Luxord, enraged beyond belief, fury so deep it coursed through his entire being madly, like a pulsing beat. He gripped his hands into tight fists, watching Aphrodite, the two gods staring at one another with madness in their eyes.

Luxord gasped sharply, holding a hand to his bleeding neck, trying to staunch the flow. It dripped past his hand, and down his arm, eyes going into shock at the pink haired man who had danced with him. He'd heard of dying of pleasure from a hickey, but not dying while receiving a hickey. What a way to go, his mind thought dryly, backing up, because he needed to go try and get this closed up incase it really was fatal. The man who had saved him was starting after the pink haired one, the two about to go at it. He wasn't worried at first.

Until he saw his protector's face.

"Gods…" He whispered, Hades' hearing him speak, and turning to look at him, seeing the blood from his neck run down his body, and his pale, pale skin. Almost ashen. The two god's paled, and were rushing forward, as Luxord stumbled back, trying to get away from them. Was it everyday someone tried to kill you on a dance floor, and you end up being saved by the very man you killed, while on another dance floor? Definitely not. And he didn't want to stick around to see why death wasn't… well… dead. He felt his head growing light and fuzzy with each step, as he tried to escape, turning sharply to try and get away. The two God's went after him, using human methods to keep from killing his mind.

Hades cursed his possessive nature, having just screwed this over badly. Luxord knew he'd killed him, Hades had been dead. But you can't really "kill" death. Only it's mortal form. But what the fuck was that?! Seeing Luxord and Aphrodite together drove him mad. More than mad, he thought he was losing his sanity, and his entire being thought of nothing but destroying Aphrodite. His hands clenched as he looked to see Aphrodite beside him, trying to reach the human. With a growl, he grabbed Aphrodite by the neck, and launched him into a wall, making the marble behind it shatter, and Marluxia's mortal form die on impact. He knew Aphrodite would be back, and soon, but Hades didn't want to think of that now. He had a human to heal.

"Luxord!" Hades said sharply, making the human stop like a marionette puppet, whose strings had just been tightened. The assassin still had his hand over his neck, and it only took one whiff before Axel hissed. Luxord wasn't just a human. That's why Marluxia was going insane over him. He was one of Aphrodite's descendents. Rather, he had a small drop of the god's blood in him. Might as well label him a sexual poster child. Hades hadn't caught it before, because he hadn't been able to catch a whiff of the blood before, not so closely. This human was still human enough to be mortal, with some extra… talents.

He walked closer, running his fingers across the broad shoulders, and around him, to look up into shocked azure eyes. His own green ones softened as he pulled away the bloodied hand to lean up and run his tongue along the gaping wound. He wouldn't feed from him now. Instead, he'd let the human have a moment to heal. That was the proper thing to do, correct? The wound stitched closed with each lap of his tongue.

"D…death?" Luxord whispered hoarsely, trying to speak, the pain receding, but the memory of it burned into his brain like a scar. Hades looked up at him, and smiled patiently. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Aphrodite and frowned. He knew the other god would be after this mortal now. Addicting, and dangerous.

"Hades, actually." Hades said finally, gripping the mortal's hand and pulling him close, his powers forming a deadly shadow around them. "Or Pluto, or Axel, or Death. I have many, many names. But for now, we need to take you away from here, before you really do end up in my realm." He said quickly, and let them transport from the dance club, leaving everything behind.

Aphrodite leaned against the wall, eyes shadowed, mouth in a thick frown. He wasn't going to let the human go that easily. Or at all. And he always got what he wanted, all he had to do was talk to Hades "beloved" brother. After all, he did please the big guy here and there, and it was time to call in a few favors.

"Foolish little Hades."

xXx

PLAYLIST:
"Please Don't Stop The Music" – Rihanna
"All About Us" – t.A.T.u
"Until You Love Me" – 4 Strings
"Show Me Love" – t.A.T.u
"Shut Up And Drive" – Rihanna
"In The Shadows" – The Rasmus
"What Is Love" – Night At The Roxbury
"Falling Backwards Ft. Aruna" – George Acousta
"Take Me Away (Into The Night)" – 4 Strings
"Bad Boy" – Cascada
"Out Of The Sky Ft. Sarah Howells" – Lange
"Not Gonna Get Us" – t.A.T.u
"Clear Blue Water (Ferry Corsten Remix) – Oceanlab