I bet you'd lost all hope that I'd ever upload again, huh? Here's chapter 10. And it is awesome, I do say so myself. Plus, it's a long chapter. It's probably gonna stay that way, too. And there's a new character. :-)

Chapter 10: Home is Where the Angry Siblings Are

Meanwhile, Demyx was walking down the fourth floor hallway, trying to find out whether or not Axel had returned to his room. Unfortunately, so was Xemnas. And he was not happy with all the burned plant stems.

"Number IX, clean all this up immediately," he commanded.

"But I…," Demyx argued. Xemnas glared at him.

"Is there a problem?"

"No, Superior."

"Good, now clean it up!" He commanded once more. Then Xemnas left, leaving a disgruntled Demyx to clean up a mess which wasn't his.

Just then, Axel walked into the hallway, just in time to be punched by Demyx.

"What was that for?"

"Care to explain to me how I ended up having to clean up your mess?"

"You got caught in the wrong place in the wrong time, and I didn't?" He responded after a quick laugh.

"No, you're here too, and you're going to help me clean this."

"What make you so sure?"

"Because if you don't, I'll flood out this entire hall with water, which would screw up your hair," Demyx smirked."

"You wouldn't!"

"I would," Demyx said starting to summon his sitar.

"Fine, this mess will go away easily."

"You know, you can't use portals to go into a bedroom, so there's no way you're going to pile them in Marluxia's room," Demyx said, pointing to the plants.

"Why is that?"

"Because it makes sense maybe? Who would want someone teleporting into their room?"

"Well, whatever, I'm going to Twilight Town."

"Why?"

"Because I want some sea salt ice cream," Axel said. Then an evil grin came over his face. "And you're coming with me."

"What?"

"I, being higher up on the Nobody food-chain that you, can order you not to clean this up. And you're coming with me to Twilight Town to enjoy the wonder that is sea salt ice cream."

"That's brilliantly evil," Demyx remarked. Then Axel proceeded to walk over to Marluxia's door and knock.

"Yes?" Marluxia said angrily.

"Clean up the hallway."

"You can't make me do that."

"Yes, in fact I can. You see, I am number eight, and you are eleven. Therefore I can order you to clean up this hallway. Sucks, doesn't it?"

"Fine."

"That's evilly brilliant," Demyx said.

Soon after Axel and Demyx left through a portal to Twilight Town. Demyx walked out of the alleyway and gazed around for a moment, until Axel had to pull him back, so he wouldn't be noticed.

"Now," Axel said. "The idea is to buy sea salt ice cream without causing suspicion. People in hooded black cloaks are kind of suspicious," Axel said, pulling his hood down.

"Right," Demyx said, also pulling his hood down.

"One question: What is sea salt ice cream?"

"You haven't had sea salt ice cream!?"

"Well I used to live in the sea, and it is kind of salty, but we generally don't eat ice cream down there." Axel punched Demyx in the shoulder and walked over to the ice cream shop.

"Two please," Axel ordered and gave the shopkeeper some munny.

"You look familiar. Have I met you before?" The shopkeeper questioned.

"I doubt it. We're not from here. Just travelling," Axel responded. He was as good at lying as he was at sarcasm.

"Did you come for the struggle match today?"

"As a matter of fact, we did." Axel handed the shopkeeper some munny and he and Demyx walked away to enjoy their ice cream.

"Strange," Demyx said. "It's salty, but sweet!"

"Yes Demyx," Axel said. "Just about everyone in Twilight Town has had that revelation at least once." Soon after they finished eating the ice cream and proceeded to walk towards the sandlot to watch the upcoming struggle match. Many strong players competed. The final match was between Seifer and Roxas.

"Hey, Roxas made the finals!" Axel exclaimed.

"You know him?" Demyx questioned

"Yeah, he used to be my friend, and apparently he's a Nobody like us, but refused to join the Organization."

"Really?"

"Yup," Axel replied. Then he changed the subject. "You know, I could kick the crap out of these guys in Struggle, even before I got training by Xaldin."

"Dude, you got Xaldin? I've got Saïx, and he still wants to kill me," Demyx complained. Just then the match ended, leaving Seifer the winner by a landslide.

"And the champion remains to be Seifer!" The announcer shouted.

"C'mon Demyx, we've got to get out of here before the crowd," Axel said. "Plus I want to avoid Ronnie. I know he saw me during the match," he added once in the back alley. They he led Demyx into the usual spot. Unfortunately for them, Ronnie was sitting there.

"Um, hello," Axel said.

"Hi, what brings you to Twilight Town?" Ronnie inquired angrily.

"Sea salt ice cream. You?"

"I live here. You can't even say that much. So really, why did you come back?"

"I told you already. I wanted sea salt ice cream. See, Twilight Townians can't go long with out it, considering how addicting it is. And come on, it's been three whole weeks!"

"Well, you have your perks, I have mine. Sea salt ice cream just happens to be one of them. Ha," Ronnie said.

"And who exactly who is this?" Demyx asked.

"Demyx, this is my younger brother Ronnie." He emphasised the word 'younger.'

"I assume you're one of his non-existent friends," Ronnie commented.

"Oh you'll pay for that!" Demyx cried, summoning his sitar.

"Demyx, don't. We need to get back to the castle anyway. I don't want to miss dinner," Axel said as he pulled an angry Demyx through a portal.

After dinner they went to the lounge to play video games. Much to their dismay, Luxord was already there, watching T.V.

"Well, whatever," Demyx said. "I have a console in my room too."

Soon they were enjoying a game in Demyx's room. He had a small T.V than the lounge, but that didn't make the game any less enjoyable. But Axel was not doing as well as usual.

"What is with you today? You usually crush me at this game."

"Oh, nothing. Tired, that's all," Axel responded as his eyes drifted around the room. He was bored of video games, and couldn't stop thinking about what Ronnie had said earlier. Well, you have your perks, I have mine. Suddenly, his eyes caught on something on Demyx's bed side table. It was a photograph of a beautiful mermaid. She had long blonde hair that was almost white, deep blue eyes and a matching tail.

"Who's that?" Axel asked Demyx, pointing at the picture.

"Oh, that's my older sister, Daniella," He responded casually.

"Since when do you have a sister?" Axel asked.

"Since, about three years before I was born. Now, un-pause and let's finish this race."

"So Demyx, what are you doing today?" Axel questioned the next morning.

"Uh…nothing?" Demyx said, some uncertainty in his voice.

"I can tell that you're lying, but only because I hang out with you way too much," Axel commented. "So Demyx, what are you doing today?

"I was going home for the day. Want to come?"

"Sure. It's boring around here anyway." Demyx opened a portal that led to Atlantica. Axel would have been amazed at the beauty of the underwater paradise, if he wasn't too busy freaking out after realizing his legs had been replaced with a long red tail. Demyx had a blue-green one. Demyx turned around, saw the look on Axel's face and burst out laughing.

"What's up?"

"You might have mentioned the tail thing," Axel replied sarcastically. Demyx continued to laugh, as Axel gave him an evil look.

"Oh, get over it," Demyx said. "I want to explore the market."

"I can't believe I'm shopping with you," Axel growled twenty minutes later as Demyx stopped at, yet another vendor booth. He was looking at a beautiful necklace that had two silver dolphins entwined around a spherical, deep blue gem.

"Is this from above the surface?" he asked.

"Yup. I found it in some ship wreckage, after the big storm last month." Demyx bought the necklace as Axel eyed him questioningly

"It's for my sister," he admitted. "She's going to kill me when I tell her what happened. Now, c'mon, follow me."

Suddenly he swam directly upwards about twenty feet, then to the left for a distance, stopping for barely a second at the edge of a cliff. Then he took an unexpected turn downward, abruptly stopping about fifty feet down, causing an out of breath Axel to crash into him.

"Slow down would you?" He said. Demyx made a face but said nothing. Instead he swam into a sea cave, and stopped several yards into it and knocked nervously on a door that was the same color as the rock. The mermaid from the photograph opened the door after a short while. She gasped when she laid eyes on Demyx.

"You're…you're back!" She squealed, and then grasped him in a warm embrace. Then she stepped away and slapped him in the face. Axel stifled a laugh.

"Where have you been?!" She asked before pulling the two inside to a cozily furnished dwelling. Axel glanced up at the clock, as Demyx's sister started yelling.

"Is time constant throughout the worlds?" He mumbled.

"Yeah, I think so," Demyx replied. "Why?"

"'Cause I have to train today at noon."

"Well, it's eleven fifty-four right now, so you better get going."

"Yeah, but Xaldin gets mad if I'm early, or late, for that matter. Weirdo."

"In case you forgot, Faucet, water actually amplifies sound, so I can hear you whispering," Daniella interrupted.

"Faucet?" Axel questioned.

"Yeah, that's what she's always called me," Demyx admitted. "I screw something up one time, and it follows me for life."

"Yeah, I know," Axel sympathized. "When I was three, I lit my backyard on fire by accident…sort of. That earned me a nickname for life."

"When I was four, my family was invited to a party at the palace. I accidentally knocked over the King's Trident and caused a water spout in the middle of the ocean. Our contact on land said that it was all over the newspapers, because no body knows how it happened," Demyx said.

"You people have a land contact? Now I've seen everything." Axel laughed and glanced at the clock again.

"I'd love to stay, Demyx, but training calls. Well, not really, but Xaldin will be yelling pretty loud if I'm not in the arena in the next thirty seconds.

"Isn't that just an 'X' added to --" Axel heard Daniella mumble as he left through a portal.

Axel exited the portal tail-less and bone dry. He lost his balance and fell after a few steps.

"Well that's a bit disorienting…" He said to himself.

"No, that was the most ungraceful entrance I've ever seen," Xaldin commented as he walked in. "But on time, that's a bonus."

"And I beat you," Axel teased. "Does that mean you were…late perhaps?"

"Don't push it," Xaldin growled, summoning his lances and throwing one at Axel. They engaged in a short battle in which Axel lost terribly.

"Remember, you can't pass training until you beat me," Xaldin reminded.

"Yeah, don't remind me," Axel replied. He opened a portal and dragged himself through to his door, which to his dismay, was locked.

He searched his pockets for the key he didn't have.

"Oh come on!" He exclaimed while opening a portal to Xemnas's plotting room.

"Number Eight, what a pleasant surprise," Xemnas said sarcastically when he walked in.

"Do you keep spare keys for the rooms? I locked myself out."

"Is it that hard to summon a Nobody inside the room?" Xemnas said, annoyed.

"Right." Axel left and soon got inside and fell asleep.

So, how do you like Daniella? She didn't get much page time, though ( I would say screen time, but since it's a fanfiction, I can't) I hope she will make another appearence, too. Please comment, it makes me happy! (and a happy writer means more chapters...) ttfn!