Secrets in Love
By Zess
Chapter 10/20
Disclaimer: I do not own KH (or the characters) FF (or the characters) .
A/N: In advance, this is the EDITED version of Chapter 10. In the beginning it was all kinds of sexy/smutty but I got a little carried away and if I posted it on here FFnet would definitely skin me alive so again for being a little too mature, this is the EDITED version. If you would like to read it in the UNEDITED version, pm me and I will email it to you.
I know I said that chapters 10-14 would all be released together, but chapter 13 is giving me much trouble and Chapter 10 was just laying around so I thought that I'd post it for you guys, since its been over a month I think since I've updated this one. (GOMEN!) Thank you all for having so much patience with me and sticking around. You all rock very hard core socks.
Now, Stfu and read it.
Chapter Ten-
In Which Warmth Is Shared
"Riku!" Sora chirped loudly and everyone ducked and covered under the deco styled booth at Scoops. You see, unfortunately for everyone else with an appetite, Sora had been granted a large extra chocolate, chocolate chip ice cream with a chocolate cone. In short this meant that Sora's face fingers and lap, the table, Riku's hair, and the floor were all covered in a dark sticky substance.
"Dude, if one could eat grenades he could be like our own personal rocket launcher," Demyx said in awe as a projectile cone piece hit Zexion square in the forehead.
"Yeah, lovely." Zexion muttered, rubbing the chocolate off of his forehead in disgust.
"Ri-iku!" Sora spouted again and Roxas had to quickly cover his strawberry milkshake to avoid bits and pieces of chocolate ice cream from getting into it.
"For God's sake Riku answer him!" Axel groaned from behind his Shield-of-Roxas and nudged the staring Riku with his elbow.
In all truth Riku had been oblivious to all of the commotion and flying debris. He had been enamored with a small drop of chocolate currently making its way slowly down from Sora's lips. He shook his head to clear his scattered mind and looked over at the red head currently jabbing him in the side, and then at the brunette pouting prettily at him.
"What?"
"Can I get another one puh-leease?"
Riku thought about his quickly declining budget and was about to say no when he was barraged by the ultimate pouting face and sighed dejectedly. "Okay." He said.
Roxas sighed, and scooted further from Sora and deeper into Axel's embrace, who was quite pleased with himself for having snared a delicious fish.
And so it continued, the group of friends continuously picking on each other and Sora hurtling ice cream at everyone. It was an unsaid taboo that they would not talk about "the mission." They were trying to enjoy themselves before all hell broke loose. It was a while later, after everyone had been hit by eaten debris at least once, and Sora had fallen asleep face first on the table, that the group decided to head home. It was about this time that they all ran headfirst into a brick wall.
"Hey guys, it's getting kind of late, shouldn't we head home?"
There was a resounding agreement and everyone rose sluggishly out of their chairs. Riku carefully lifted the still slumbering Sora into his arms.
"Uh, where are you all going?" Axel asked as the party began trekking out the door.
"To your place."
Axel groaned, but it wasn't out of surprise, and most of it was false. In truth, he didn't mind everyone being so close to him. He didn't really like the fact that Roxas had chosen to sleep on his bed alone, and not with him, especially after what had happened between them recently. Didn't he care about him enough? What more did he have to do to gain Roxas's approval, trust, and love?
As much as Axel was elated to have Roxas as his own he felt as if Roxas wasn't really his, and deep down in his heart he was scared. Scared because Roxas had such passion about the whole revenge thing. And people couldn't just randomly need revenge with as much need as Roxas did. Axel was scared from the bottom of his heart that Roxas was still deeply in love with Namine, and he was just a short second to the girl who was gone.
"Uh. . .guys?"
The soft whispered voice dragged Axel out of his depressing thoughts. Well, the thought were still there, but they were now on the back burner.
"Roxas?" Zexion inquired, at the uncomfortable look on Roxas's face.
In reality, he was bright red and twiddling his thumbs, shifting from side to side. "Well,uh. . ."
"Just say it runt." Axel's voice was gruffer than usual because of his sad thoughts, and Roxas looked at him strangely.
"Well. . . My house is closer, and I have enough rooms for everyone so. . ."
"Great! Let's go!" And Demyx took off tearing around the corner at full speed. Riku just shook his head and sighed.
"Does he know where he's going?" Riku asked.
"No," Zexion replied with a wave of his hand. "But he'll be back."
And sure enough, there was the blonde mohawked boy, running at the same speed he had left. He screeched to a halt, if one can screech to a halt in sneakers, in front of the group looking sheepish.
"Uh, where's your house Roxas?"
They all burst out laughing and Roxas grabbed Demyx's hand, pulling him in the right direction in an unusual burst of happiness and friendliness. But, instead of the joy that one would feel in seeing an important person begin to disregard their emotional barriers, Axel felt only jealousy. From the beginning things had not gone as planned between him and Roxas, and now they were just getting worse.
As they walked home, poor Axel's thoughts just got more and more irrational, and his fear mixed itself enough to turn into a kind of hopeless rage.
Axel's POV
I walked along behind the two short blondes that were currently leading the way and felt. . . sick. I felt like my insides were about to twist themselves until they burst. I really didn't like the feeling at all, and who would? And I don't think it was just jealousy. It was a sort of hopelessness that I had finally made everything right with Roxas to have it all crumble around my feet again. Two steps forward and eight hundred steps back or so the saying goes. I didn't really understand all these feelings, but that didn't stop me from acting on them. Riku and Zexion both tried to have a sort of conversation with me and I just glared daggers into the back jogging happily up ahead, completely ignoring them.
It just. . . I'm trying my best not to sound like I am whining but still, it's just not fair. Sure, Roxas agreed to be my boyfriend, and he looks happy enough to be with me but save that one kiss last night there really hasn't been anything else. I want him to like me, more then anything, and it just seems like it's never going to happen.
We made it to his front porch and I walked in last, shutting the door behind me. Everyone went on the grand tour of the place, which was still as empty as ever, and was having a great time, but I could find no joy in it at all. There was nothing good going on here. Didn't they feel this tense and hopeless feeling that I was? This tightness in my chest that was fueled by frustration and rage and just an overall sad feeling. As I met Roxas's eyes across the room and he looked away I nearly started to cry. I wanted things to be better, I wanted them to be right and I wanted everything to just turn back to the way they had been before all of this had gone wrong. Back when we were just two kids at school and nothing more. Back when I was sitting next to him in class and teasing him until he would try and kill me. I wanted the Roxas that I had fallen in love with back.
I tried to meet his gaze again and this time he held my own stare until Sora called his attention away. I wanted things to be good between us so bad, but I was no fool. I wasn't going to be used if that's what all Roxas was doing, but I had so much hope that I was not going to give in to hasty conclusions. I would ask Roxas if he truly wanted to be with me or not, and if he didn't. . . well then I would disappear, because there was no way I would be able to help him truly if he rejected me after all of this.
I really hope everything turns out okay.
Sora's POV
The group of us sat in the large room that Roxas had dubbed to be his living room on upturned empty boxes and crates. It was so air was tense that it would have been easy to repeatedly stab it with a spork whose tines had been removed. Yeah, it was that bad, and it was all ebbing from Roxas and Axel. I didn't really understand it to be honest. I mean, at Scoops I thought everyone was getting along well, and at school Roxas had finally agreed to be Axel's boyfriend. That was still a good thing right? Well, I hoped it was still a good thing, otherwise Riku and I were going to have a lot of trouble again.
But hey, maybe that was it. Perhaps, were they going through the same tentative stages that Riku and I had gone through not very long ago? Were they feeling that same uneasy feeling that we had, that ridiculous emotion of not knowing? Maybe, maybe they just needed that small push in the right direction that Riku and I hadn't had.
I shuddered at the memory. Sure, it had all ended better then perfection but those grueling moments of thinking that I would lose Riku were the worst moment in my life. I would sell my soul to Satan rather then live through those moments another time. Then again, Satan is supposed to do the worst things to a person, and since that would be the worst thing, perhaps that's not quite the best idea I've ever had huh?
Oh well, I'm getting sidetracked.
"Hey! How about we all play cards?" Demyx suggested loudly, looking a little deflated even through his wide smile. I guess it was because Demyx had the same childish side that everyone said that I do that I could understand what he was trying to do. Zexion seemed to notice too and sighed, softly rubbing Demyx's leg trying to sooth him. Was there really anything we could do? Maybe. . .
I looked up to see Axel and Roxas's eyes clash and then Roxas looked away, looking sick. Even though Demyx was just trying to make things better I didn't think a game of cards was going to solve the problems of these two. The best thing, well, the best thing was for them to talk it out with each other.
And I'd be damned if I wouldn't try and help them get to that point. Oh wait, I said being damned would be bad huh? Hm. . . Perhaps then. . . I'd be switched! My grandpa said that all the time, I think it means the same thing.
So, I raised my arms over my head in the most dramatic way I could think of, and yawned loudly. Riku looked over at me as I leaned against him, my eyes heavy.
"What's wrong brownie?" Riku said softly, running his fingers through my hair in the way that I loved so much.
"I'm t-i-red."
Demyx was about to say something, but Zexion silenced him with a gentle nudge, gesturing lightly in my direction. I don't know if Demyx really got the hint, but at least Zexion had.
"Why don't we all go to bed?" I offered, trying to sound as sleepy as I possibly could. It was quite tough, seeing as I was wide awake.
"No wait I don't think-" but Axel was cut off by a resounding yes from all of the other guests. Roxas still had yet to say anything, and I was starting to really worry. Would this be the best thing? After everything, I didn't want to hurt my new best friend. No, this was not the time to be worrying about our plan of action. What Axel and Roxas needed really had to be talking to each other. Even if. . . even if things didn't go right, at least then they'd know for sure.
Demyx and Zexion had stood along with Riku and I. Axel was still sitting on one of the up turned boxes looking helpless. For the first time in a while Roxas shook off his daze and looked up at the four of us that were standing through his blonde bangs.
"I'll show you guys to some rooms-" He said as he started to rise from his own upturned box, but I pushed him back down.
"That wont be necessary right guys?" I looked around at everyone else.
"Right!" Demyx said and grabbed Zexion's hand, dragging him into the nearest room.
Riku and I made an equally hasty retreat, heading for the stairs as there were no other rooms downstairs. When we were out of range, and at the top of the landing, I looked over at Riku a little afraid for my new friends.
"Do you think…?"
He silenced me with a soft sweet kiss. "Don't worry brownie, they'll be alright, once they talk it out with each other."
"I sure hope so."
Axel's POV
It was hell, just, hell. He wouldn't even meet my gaze. And of course by him I mean Roxas. And with each passing moment my temper just rose and rose. What the hell was going on here? How could he act this way to me now, after everything that we had gone through, after all that had passed between us. Perhaps I was being a bit dramatic but I think a little drama was appropriate for the situation. Hadn't we kissed? Didn't he say before that he wanted to be my boyfriend? I may not look it but I am really a serious guy when it comes to relationships. And on top of that, I didn't want him to be just using me. I wanted Roxas to love me, because. . . I loved him too.
"Do you, hate me Axel?"
I looked up quickly to find bright blue eyes staring deep into my own, the first time he had looked at me since Scoops. I was shocked to find tears glistening in those blue pools filled with sadness. Was he about to cry? I couldn't help but move to crouch in front of him, taking his two hands into my own and trying to look as soothing as I possibly could.
"Of course I don't hate you, what gave you that idea?"
"Well, you seemed so angry at me." He didn't sniffle, or wheeze, or anything like that, just looked at me as tears fell down his face.
I don't know why, but with each of those tears, my anger just got worse. He hadn't said anything to me since Scoops, had agreed to be my boyfriend only after one kiss, and had never really said anything to make me believe that he loved me, or even liked. And I knew that he still had some secrets that he was keeping from me, I could tell by the look in his eyes. All that I really knew was that he had been looking for me from the beginning only because of my connections to The Organization. Was it so far fetched to believe that that was the only real reason that he was still here with me?
I turned away from him and crossed my arms over my chest. "Well, maybe I am a bit pissed off."
I heard a gasp from behind me and the scraping of a box against wood paneling. Suddenly two skinny arms were wrapped around my middle, and his face was buried into my shoulder blades.
"Why? What did I do to make you so angry?" Whispered Roxas into my shirt.
It was that pathetic hitch in his voice that finally sent me over the edge. For that I have known Roxas only a short amount of time, I knew that he was not pathetic and weak. Things would not make him cry so easily. I was right, it had been all just a game to him.
"Don't even pretend with me Roxas, I know you're just faking. You don't give a damn about me!" I pushed him away and began for the front door.
Roxas's POV
"Don't even pretend with me Roxas, I know you're just faking. You don't give a damn about me!" I pushed him away and began for the front door.
As he walked away, in that moment, in those seconds, more emotions rampaged through my body then I would have ever felt possible. More thoughts then I even knew existed crashed around inside my head. Why does this always happen to me? Why is it that the moment that I find something happy, something terrible has to happen? I wanted to go back to earlier at school. I wanted to look him in the eyes and tell him that I wanted to be his and only his. I wanted him to run his fingers against my face in that soothing way that only he knew calmed me. I wanted. . .
I was shocked, at myself and at him. It seemed hat there were too many times recently that I had given in to the need to cry. And why was I crying anyways? The only real answer I could come up with was because of Axel. Because I had never thought that I could feel this way for someone again.
I was guilty, because I had sworn to Namine to love her with all of my heart, and that I would never forget her. Was it right for me? Was it okay for me to be feeling so happy, to have so much joy while she was laying somewhere rotting and dead? Was I betraying her memory?
I was scared, scared that I would once again lose the people that I had come to love. Scared that he would just walk away from me. Scared that tomorrow, everything would go wrong and the people who were putting their lives on the line for me would wind up dead, and I'd have to bury more people that were important to me.
But above anything else, I was pissed. I was so angry at Axel for what he said, for making me doubt myself. I didn't want to admit my feelings for him, just wanted to distance myself from him. But whenever I tried to back away, to keep my heart locked away he pushed, and pushed. Why did he always have to push my buttons? And why didn't he believe me? I was so mad at him for not believing in me. If he didn't believe in me, then there was no one left. I hated admitting that I had been leaning on Axel's strength more then I could ever say.
As all of these emotions mixed into a festering boil I grabbed his arm as he walked away from me, and tugged hard. "What the hell is your problem?" I shouted. "Why does everything have to always be like this?"
He pushed me away from him again, and I staggered back a few paces, my head knocking smartly against the closest wall. He advanced on me and planted his two hands on either side of my head. As he leaned down, I could see the fire in his eyes, and realized for the first time just how angry he was. But why? What had I done to set him off so? I just didn't understand.
"Why Axel, why-"
"I'll tell you why! It's because every time I find you staring off into space I wonder if you're thinking about her. Because you're so stuck on this revenge thing that I wonder how you could ever find room in your heart for any one else. It's because I'm so fucking sick of being second to some dead girls memory. She may have been the best in the whole world but don't you get it Rox? She's dead, and no matter what you do, she isn't ever coming back."
It felt like a knife had been thrust deep into my heart and was currently cutting its way through my spine. I raised my hand and slapped him hard but the blow didn't even phase him. "How…how dare you say things like that about her? You didn't even know her! She was kind and beautiful and-"
"See! Her her her! I don't give a damn about her Roxas! Don't you understand? I'm. . . Damn it Roxas I'm in love with you! And. . . And I don't want to be used, not by you."
Third Person POV
There was an uncomfortable silence and Axel moved away, turning around and running his fingers through his hair with a sigh. This was not how he had wanted things to turn out between them. In fact, he had no idea how things had gotten so out of control. Roxas was in complete and totally shock, his heart beating one hundred beats per second. Could this really be happening?
"You. . . love me?" He asked softly, the disbelief filling his voice.
Axel turned around to meet Roxas's eyes, a sheepish grin on his face, though his eyes were lifeless. "Yeah. . .Funny isn't it? Who'd have ever thought that I'd fall for somebody like you."
To Roxas, that was just another slap in the face. "Somebody like me? What the hell does that mean?"
This was definitely, not going the way that Axel had planned. In fact until just now, he had never fully realized the depths of his feelings for Roxas. But now, that he had actually said the words, he knew they were the most honest thing that he had ever said in his whole life. He did love Roxas, more than anything.
"That didn't turn out right. Sorry. . . It's just, I never really thought I'd fall in love at all. And you're. . . You're just great Rox." Axel sighed and ran his hands through his hair again, looking down at the floor, all of the fight completely dissipated from him. "I'm sorry. . . I'm sorry that I got so out of control. But, I've never felt this way about anyone, and sometimes it feels like you're just well. . . using me for the memory of the person you really love. . ." He shook his head and turned towards the door again. "Hey, I'm going to go home, I don't think I can stay here."
But when he had reached the door once more, and his hand clutched the door knob, Axel was stopped in his tracks.
"I never thought I could feel this way again either. . ." Whispered Roxas. "Namine. .. Namine was the only person that ever was there for me. She taught me how to live, and how to love, and when she was gone. . . I just. . . I sort of died inside. I locked all of my emotions away, and I was hell bent on revenge because. . . well because it was the only thing that I knew how to do. I never thought. . . I never thought that I could care for someone so much. I never thought that I'd find someone like you. . . Axel, I don't know if I can even love anyone anymore but I know. . . I know that if you walked out that door that I would die a little more inside because. . . Well. . . You're everything to me-"
Half way through Roxas's softly spoken confession Axel had turned to stare at him incredulously. Was this really happening? But with each word that left Roxas's lips, Axel felt his heart swell just a little bit more, and before it could burst he walked swiftly to the smaller blonde and pressed his lips to Roxas's, effectively cutting him off. The tears that wee running from Axel's eyes shocked Roxas for a moment before he melted into Axel's amazing kisses.
Axel gathered Roxas into his arms and tilted his head, probing at Roxas's mouth with the tip of his tongue. When Roxas moaned and opened his mouth, allowing Axel access, Axel felt himself grow hard and moaned softly. Roxas responded with a whimper of his own and he tugged at Axel's shirt, gathering it in his hands. When he had bunched it up enough Roxas began to run his fingers delicately against Axel's flat stomach, making Axel shudder. One to give as good as he got, Axel raised Roxas higher into his arms to cradle him against his chest and mounted the stairs, never moving his mouth from Roxas's own.
When they reached the top landing Axel gently kicked Roxas's door open and moved them both inside. Laying Roxas down on the bed he knelt over the small blonde and pulled his lips away to cradle Roxas's face in his hands.
"Roxas. . .Let me love you."
Roxas didn't completely understand, but he felt the thirst in his body that only Axel could quench, and knew that he could trust Axel completely. Roxas knew that he wanted this as much as Axel did.
"Axel, please. . . I need you."
That was all that the red head needed as encouragement and as he moved above his new found lover, he began to prove without words the purity and depth of his love for Roxas.
The couple awoke in each other's arms, the sweat still clinging to their bodies, before the dawn had even crested the hills. Axel stretched underneath Roxas's body that was curled contentedly in a small ball on top of him.
"Wake up love," Axel whispered quietly, pressing a soft kiss to Roxas's temple as the blonde began to stir.
"Mmm, five more minutes," Roxas muttered and rolled off of Axel, flinging a pillow over his eyes.
Axel smiled, and slowly and quietly scooted off of the side of the bed, picking up his clothes as he went and slipping on his jeans. Opening the door he scouted left and right before tip toeing across the hall into the bathroom. Since his and Roxas's little. . . adventures in love, he had yet to take a shower and there were a few. . . substances that really shouldn't be left alone. He slipped out of his pants again after turning on the warm water and stepped into the pulsating spray. As he began to lather shampoo into his hair, and after getting all of the dirty thoughts of taking and shower with Roxas, Axel's mind began to wander.
Last night had been the best night in his life. Axel no longer held any doubts about how Roxas felt about him, their passionate embraces and the closeness that they had shared was proof enough to him that Roxas really did love him, even if he had yet to admit it. What worried him, however, was the fact that today was the day. Today was the day that they were to go to Frog Zombie and meet Tifa and Leon, and then head to the base of The Organization. He shuddered just at the memories of the place. Would their rag tag bunch really be able to stand up against a group of trained fighters and assassins? Axel hoped beyond all hope tat Roxas would just wake up today and abandon this foolish quest for vengeance and. . . And that the two of them could continue like a normal couple, a pair not caught up in disaster and death.
"Roxas. . ."
Axel stepped out of the shower, and dressed once more.
It was just before six in the morning, and everyone had assembled around Roxas's kitchen table, quietly eating the cold breakfast that he had prepared for them, and by prepared I mean handing out bowls and spoons and passing around the milk for everyone's cereal. Though everyone was glad to see that Roxas and Axel were back together and perhaps even better then before, no one really said anything. The silence was charged and it was a known fact that everyone was thinking about what awaited them if they left Roxas's house.
Finally Sora could stand it no longer. "Roxas. . . Are you sure that you want to do this still?"
All eyes were on Roxas and he shifted under the scrutiny. "Well. . ."
Riku wrapped his arm around Sora's shoulders, and tried his best to look soothing. "Roxas. . . Sora and I were talking last night and, don't you think that Namine would be happier knowing that you're happy and living instead of on some crusade for her sake?"
Everyone stopped eating for a moment to hear what Roxas's rely would be, and Axel's heart was pounding so loud that he was sure it was about to break through his chest. Roxas looked from face to face of everyone who was anxiously awaiting his answer and smiled softly.
"Thank you you guys, for being here for me, and really worrying about me. But, I don't think you have to worry anymore." Roxas reached across the table to link his fingers with Axel's, his cheeks red. "I don't think. . . I think you're right Riku, Namine would be much happier if I was happy, not on some hell bent revenge frenzy. But, that doesn't mean I don't still have to do this, if not for her sake, then for mine. If I don't do this, I'll never be able to move on with my life."
There was more resounding silence as everyone just stared at the blushing Roxas.
"I need to do this for myself," He repeated. "But, I understand if you guys don't want to risk your lives for something like this."
Demyx chuckled, and flung his empty bowl into the sink. Everyone was expecting him to say something, and were therefore surprised when Zexion cleared his throat softly. "That's ridiculous. We're all in this for you Roxas, we'll always be here." With everyone looking at him in a sort of "aww" sense, and his cheeks decidedly pink, Zexion cleared his throat again and looked away. "Besides, we can't just let a group like this continue on."
Coming to his boyfriends rescue Demyx smiled and stood, cracking his back and stretching. "Well, everyone? Shall we then?"
They all nodded and, after placing their dishes in the sink, single filed out the door. Roxas locked the almost empty house behind him and tried not to think that he may not ever be coming back to see this wonderful place again.
". . . and that, gentlemen, is the plan," stated Tifa in her normal merry way.
The group of them, including Leon and Tifa, sat cluttered in the back office of Frog Zombie among all of the boxes of goods and accessories. They had been here for less then twenty minutes listening to Tifa's plan, and Roxas was incredulous.
"So, the master plan is, we're going to do our best to sneak in, and take the main guy hostage and if we don't succeed in that then we're all fish bait?"
"Yep!" Tifa replied with a cat-who-caught-the-canary smile.
"I think it'll work," Sora stated, nodding.
"Mmhmm-"
"Brilliant-"
"I rather like the butt kicking idea-"
Everyone around him was nodding in agreement and Roxas felt like blowing his top. There was no way such a hastily construed plan could work, not against a professional group of killers and fighters!
A reassuring squeeze on his shoulder made him look to his side to meet Axel's cat green eyes. The warmth in them alone was enough to quell even his deepest fears.
"Everything will work out, believe in us Roxas." Axel whispered to him. And, looking around at everyone who was there because they wanted to help him, Roxas could do nothing other than believe in them. These had to be the greatest people that he could have ever known.
"Alright, let's do this."
"YEAH!"
The group of eight stood outside two monstrous gates surrounded by monstrous walls in awe. The mansion, or base of the Organization, that they were about to try and infiltrate was, in short, huge.
"Let's go." The command from Leon was clipped, quiet, and short. They had all agreed that since they were oldest and had the most experience in this sort of thing that Leon and Tifa would be the leaders to this little escapade.
With hearts pounding and veins humming with adrenaline everyone nodded and moved behind a line of trees that concealed their presence well. Demyx and Zexion had already scouted the perimeter and found thirty-six infrared sensors covering the grounds inside the giant walls surrounding the mansion. On top of that, there were four security camera's posted, one on each corner of the surrounding wall. Their best bet to get over the wall in secrecy and without alerting the infrared alarm systems was to top the wall from behind the cover of the line of trees.
"I'll go first, then the rest of you need to follow. Try and keep your hands and feet to the same places that I put them." Tifa whispered her commands to the group and everyone was silent as she easily scaled the wall and dropped to the other side. There were a few breathless moments while they waited to see if her landing set off any of the ground's alarms but it was quiet. After a few more minutes they heard the knocking signal through the wall and Leon followed where Tifa had first gone. Another knock and Zexion was up and over the wall. Soon, it was only Riku and Sora left.
When Sora approached the wall, Riku grabbed his hands and kissed the brunette softly. "I love you." He whispered to Sora, and Sora smiled. "Wish me luck?"
"You won't need it."
The knocking signal came through and, with one last smile, Sora began to climb the huge wall. He made it to the top and grinned down at Riku, waving his hand softly. It looked as if he was about to say something when his eyes got wide and his arms wind milled in the air; he had lost his balance. Riku had to bite down hard on his lip to keep from crying out as he saw Sora fall over the side of the wall.
The sirens blazing was almost instantaneous to Sora's hitting the ground on the other side.
"Everyone we have to get back over the wall, come on hurry!" Leon shouted as he grabbed Demyx and Roxas, the two slowest climbers, and flung them half way up the wall before following himself. Axel and Tifa scrambled up the wall after them as they began to hear shouts and more alarm cries going off along with a hoard of approaching footsteps.
"Hurry Zexion go!" Sora shouted as the silver haired teen stared at Sora in confusion.
"SORA!" The shouting over the wall was Riku's, frantic and out of control. "SORA! What's happening!? Sora?! SORA!"
"But. . ." Zexion was torn. There was no way that the two of them were going to be able to make it over the wall in time, judging by the distance of the sound of footsteps.
"I'll buy you some time, you go, and get everyone out of here. Please, take care of Riku, and Roxas. If you don't go now we'll never be able to make it out! Besides, I'm the one that tripped the alarm anyways."
"SORA?!?"
Zexion hesitated for a moment more but Sora sent him one of his wide smiles. "Go, I'll be okay. But, can you do me one favor? Can you. . ."
The silver haired male understood that there was no arguing with the small brunette now. He listened to Sora's request and then nodded curtly and clamored over the wall, just as a group of guards rounded upon the scene.
He dropped to the ground on the other side. Roxas, Axel, Tifa, and Leon were already retreating into the surrounding brush. Demyx looked at him strangely as he righted himself and Riku rounded on him, grabbing Zexion by the shirt and shaking him quickly. "Where's Sora!?"
"He's staying behind, said he's buying us some time. . ."
"WHAT?!?! We can't just leave him there, they'll kill him! I'm going after him. Sora just wait I'm coming for you! SOR-"
He was cut off as Zexion slammed his fist to the back of Riku's neck, quickly rendering him unconscious. Slinging the younger silver haired male over his shoulder he grabbed Demyx by the hand and began running after the rest of the group.
"Zex?! Riku's right, we can't just leave him there!"
Zexion looked into Demyx's eyes as the pair of them ran and he gasped, out of breath from having to carry such a heavy load and run at the same time. He had never been the most athletic anyways. "I know, but if we don't go now they're wont be anyone left to go back and save him!"
"But Zex. . ."
"He made me promise Dem! Before I left him he said, 'Please, if you can't do anything else make sure that Riku's safe, and let him know that, no matter what happens, I loved him more then I have ever loved anything.'"
"Sora. . ."
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