I'm still having writer's block, but things have gotten a bit easier now that the past chapter is out of the way. :)

Plus, on a personal side, I started watching Death Note. I love the beginning, but to others that have watched the anime, do you agree with me that things start to get a bit disappointing farther into the anime? That's just my opinion, just wondering if others think the same way.

Enjoy.

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"Roxas, Dad and Axel got into a fight. Hurry over here!"

"Dad and Axel got into a fight"

"Axel"

Everything was a blur. I was passing everything at such a breakneck speed that I couldn't discern a tree from a house, a fence from a mailbox. Fear of getting pulled over wasn't crossing my mind. The only thing that was crossing my mind was-

Is Axel okay?

I reached the house in half the time as normal, relieved that there weren't police there to get Axel in trouble. After just being thrown in jail, getting in trouble again would probably be tragic to him, and no doubt make matters worse.

As I jumped out of the car, Luxord was slowly pushing himself off the concrete sidewalk, glaring daggers at Axel the whole way up. Axel was clutching his nose; there was blood oozing down his face and a slightly black bruise around his eye. Riku was still here as well, standing near, ready to restrain Axel if needed.

"You little bastard!" Luxord spat blood on the ground right near Axel's feet. "Be a fucking man and finish this fight." He attempted to advance at Axel, causing someone to gasp. For about a few moments, I didn't know that I was the one who gasped.

Riku was too late to save Axel from the punch that Luxord delivered, right into his gut. He caused Axel to fall to the ground, gasping for breath.

When a sudden spurt of- I don't know, adrenaline? - shot through me, I ran like a bullet toward the offending blonde, jumped on his back, and began to choke him. He gasped, reaching for my arms and attempting to pull them away from his neck.

In the back of my mind, I heard Namine pleading for me to stop, but I ignored her. "Roxas, you're hurting my father! Get off of him!" She rushed at me and began to pull my shirt in a pitiful attempt to get me off Luxord.

For an instant it shocked me that she was trying to defend him. "Namine, you're going to get hurt, back away." I managed to say, while trying to keep my grip on Luxord, who was insanely strong. I lost my grip on the older man, and he let go of my arm and threw back his fist, punching me in the face. I slid off his back and landed on the sidewalk, with most of the force on my back and head.

Luxord span around and glared at me. "This isn't your fight boy, stop trying to be hero." He wiped off a bit of blood that was on his chin, and turned back to face Axel. In the commotion between Luxord and me, to my relief, Axel had fled. "That little shit!" Luxord span around and faced me again, giving me a quick kick in the side. "Look what you did! You let that little bastard get away!" With one last glare at me, he scanned the small crowd and then stomped toward his cowering wife.

"Luxord, Luxord, honey, its over. Just calm down, okay?" She rushed over to him and tried to straighten out his disarranged shirt. "He's gone, don't worry about him okay? If I know Axel, he won't come back." She forced at smile at Luxord.

The look he gave her startled me- it was purely accusative. What had Larxene done?

"You told him didn't you?" He yelled, grabbing the collar of her blouse and pulling her toward him. "It was you, I know it!"

Oh no. Larxene's eyes widened, disbelief radiating in them. "Honey, Luxord, w-why would I do that?" She grabbed his hand gently. "Honey, I would never do that to you! I would never tell that pitiful boy about your plan!"

Luxord apparently didn't believe her, because he clutched her shirt tighter. "Who else? Aerith and Cloud have been more faithful to me than you have! Apparently you still feel obligated to protect that little shit!" He glowered menacingly at her.

Larxene shook her head furiously. "Luxord, I would never, ever do that to you!" She began to choke on her sobs, clutching Luxord's arm, trying to remove it from her shirt.

My father began to step into the situation. "Now, Luxord, you can't believe that your own wife would betray you like this." He put his hand on Luxord's shoulder. "Just let her go."

Luxord shot a glance at Cloud. "You think she hasn't ever betrayed me?" He laughed, too loudly, and too unnerving to be a normal laugh. "You people don't know anything." Cloud backed away from Luxord's frightful reaction.

"Roxas… he's going to hurt her." Namine whispered.

I pulled Namine into a hug and began to comfort her. "Namine, shh, he's not going to hurt her, okay? It will all be okay." If only I believed my own words.

She shook her head slightly. "I know my father sometimes. He goes off, and nothing can stop him. It's all usually aimed at Axel, and he's punched Axel every time they've been in a fight. Axel can fight back though, mom can't." She clutched my shirt tighter.

"Dad," I shot at him. "Come on, just get Larxene out." I glanced at the two blondes. "Quickly."

My father swiftly shook his head no under Luxord's stare. "Roxas, don't worry."

My jaw tensed. Coward. He was trying too hard to please Luxord, so they could keep the wedding on. Of course that spineless prick wouldn't do anything to save Larxene, even though he's the only one with the strength to do so. My father has never acted this cowardly before, and it pissed me off.

Luxord took his eyes off Cloud and narrowed his eyes at his wife. "This time, I'm taking things into my own hands."

Larxene's eyes widened and Namine dug her face into my shirt. We all knew what was coming next, but the only man here with the power to stop it was busy trying to please him- him- the abuser.

It was a moment that I expected would seem like the classic slow motion cliché, but everything happened at a normal pace. Luxord pulled his fist back, and with an excessive amount of force, punched his pregnant wife in the stomach.

At this point, they still believed that Namine and I didn't know about Larxene being pregnant. They didn't want Namine to know because she might piece together the fact that they are abandoning her, through this wedding, so they could focus solely on the new baby.

Just like they did to Axel, but he was too young to be married off.

But, the reason didn't matter anymore. They all probably believed that Namine didn't know the significance of that punch, or why Luxord punched her there of all places. But, she knew.

We both knew.

And everyone knew that the punch was enough to kill. Enough to kill the baby, which was now a small bulge barely noticeable on Larxene's stomach.

Larxene screamed and sobbed, falling to her knees, clutching her stomach. My mother screeched and rushed over to Larxene, pulling her close, whispering things into her ear. My mom, no doubt, was probably saying that everything was going to be okay. The same thing that I said to Namine, a lie. But what else was there to say at a time like this?

Namine was sobbing into my chest, hugging me tightly. I tightened my grip around her as well. How much worse would this moment be for Namine if she had a stuck up prude as a fiancée? Would he be here, hugging her now, or praising Luxord? What about in the future? Would he abuse Namine and future children just as Luxord has done?

Maybe this marriage was a blessing. Neither of us wanted it, but without each other right now, we'd be alone.

…I didn't like her though. The thought loomed in my mind. I didn't like her. It would be completely unfair for her to marry someone like me, someone that she dosen't love, and dosen't love her back. She should be with someone like Pence.

But, it wasn't possible.

"Roxas," my father stared at me, with an expression of despair on his face. "I'm driving Larxene and Aerith to the hospital." We heard a random engine start, and the five of us turned our heads and watched Luxord drive away in one of his expensive cars, escaping the scene.

Bastard.

My father sighed. "Can you follow us? I trust that you both may want to hear the outcome of this, Namine especially." My father turned to walk away for a moment. "Can you tell her about Larxene, please?" He paused for a moment. "If you haven't already." I nodded, and he walked away, climbed in his car, and drove off toward the direction of the hospital.

"He was talking about the pregnancy, wasn't he?" Namine asked quietly.

I brushed a finger through her hair. "Yeah, he was."

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My mom convinced the doctors (by yelling at them) to let her stay in the room with Larxene. She wanted to be the first to see about the outcome of the baby. Namine and I were currently sitting in the waiting room while my father chatted with the police about the incident. Right now, they were talking about Luxord and where he may have took off to.

There was part of me that hope Luxord would get thrown in jail. Actually, most of me hoped that. But, there was another part of me wishing that he wouldn't, so Namine's family wouldn't get ripped apart some more. That part was ridiculously small though.

On top of that, I was antsy about knowing how Axel was. He didn't look too battered up when he left, but he was still hurt. And to think, this could have been avoided if we hadn't told him about what Luxord wanted to do. But then again, if we hadn't, Axel would have been thrown in jail on serious charges.

I've never had one of my arranged marriages turn my life upside-down like this one. I'm not too sure that I would change it though. Because if I did I would have never met Namine, Pence, Sora, Riku, Demyx, Kairi, Zexion... or Axel.

And who knows how much trouble Axel would be in if I was some other rich guy. Axel would probably be in jail, plotting horrific revenge against Luxord, who would most likely be doing the same from the safety of his leather chair in his study. And if I was some other rich guy I would probably help Luxord plan his revenge.

The thought sickened me. I would never ally myself with such a man that was completely compelled by greed and anger.

Aerith came down the hallway, with an obvious morbid feeling looming around her. I knew right then and there what happened, and so did the others.

My mom was crying silently. "He- He killed him. Luxord killed his own son." My father rushed over and pulled her into a hug. She cried into his shoulder, unable to say more.

The police officer was shaking his head, jotting something down in a notepad. He mumbled something to himself, and put the notepad away.

Namine was staring at her feet, most likely lost in thought. She just lost a baby brother, and it had to be rough- no matter the fact that she was going to be abandoned after the baby was born anyway.

What's going to happen now?

"Roxas." I turned to face my father, who was still clutching my sobbing mother. "Take Namine home, will you?"

I nodded, and helped the blonde girl out of the chair. She was shaking, but strangely, not crying. I don't know whether I would cry in her situation or not.

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We didn't go back to Namine's. Why would we? That was the place that the fight happened, and we were both in a silent mutual agreement to go to Axel's instead. We were both sincerely interested in whether he was okay or not. The fight was about 45 minutes ago, so maybe it's possible that he's doing a bit better by now.

The door was unlocked. He must have been expecting us. I pushed the door open, and noticed that the apartment looked much emptier. Riku, Sora, and Kairi were gone. Demyx and Zexion, however, were still here, and it looked like Zexion was patching up Axel.

When we walked in, they all tilted their heads toward us.

Demyx greeted us, smiling. "Heeeey guys! Axel told us to leave the door unlocked 'cuz he said you'd come here. Looks like he was right!"

"Hey guys." Axel smiled at us. "I'm a bit beaten right now, but it's cool to know that Luxord's more bruised than I am." Namine giggled because Axel's voice sounded nasally, due to the fact that his nose was bandaged up tightly. I laughed a little as well, and Axel scowled playfully at us.

"Hello." Zexion waved at us, not looking up from his work on Axel. "He's got a broken nose and bruised eye, but other than that just a few minor cuts and scratches."

I whistled. "Wow Zexion, you patched him up pretty well. Nice job."

"Thank you." Zexion put some antiseptic on a cut near Axel's wrist. "I'm actually studying to be a doctor right now, so this puts in some great practice."

Axel smiled. "Daaaaamn Demyx, you're dating a doctor? And he likes to clean? You hit the fucking jackpot, huh?"

Demyx put his arm on Zexion's shoulder. "And he can cook." Demyx glared at us all playfully. "Be jealous, be very jealous."

We were silent for a moment or two, and Axel broke it. "So what happened after I left?"

Namine and I glanced at each other uncomfortably. Since I could tell that she really didn't want to say it, I would. "Well, Luxord went off on blaming Larxene for telling you. Things got a bit violent and he-" I paused before continuing, "he punched her in the stomach. He fled after that, and we all went to the hospital. He killed the baby boy."

Everyone was silent. Even Zexion had paused in his progress of healing Axel.

"You say that he killed the baby, am I right?" Zexion asked.

I nodded.

"Fucking bastard."

I wonder what Hayner would say right now. Probably something like 'I hope that fucker gets what he deserves,' or something stupid that would piss everyone else off.

But that's just how Hayner is.

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