"I died didn't i..." She whispered as Roxas led her through the door
"Ne'na, please..." he replied with a voice full of sadness
"Roxas...."she began "it was better me than you...or Axel for that matter"
"No!" he shouted as the memory of her 'death' ran through his mind...
["hey!" Persephone panted as she finished off the last of her assigned group of heartless "I think we should call it a day, don't you?"
"Don't tell me you're spent already?" Axel teased "I'm just get warmed up!"
An over exaggeration on his behalf of course but he was still fighting strong with his too weapons. Ne'na on the other hand had only her magic and her bare hands to fight with, which put a lot more strain on her body and energy levels. Roxas gave her a disappointed look, which made her feel more worthless and weak then she already had thought about herself
"Just as I thought..."
"Whats that huh Roxas?" she asked
"You're weak...you're stamina resembles your puny body. I don't know what the organisation were thinking letting you join..."
"Damn Roxas, burn!" Axel commented, shocked but his harsh words
"the term 'nobody', is not even good enough for you, you're worthless..." he spat
Persephone swallowed down the tremble she so eagerly needed to release and walked steadily over to Roxas, out of Axels earshot.
"I was always told that if boys were horrible to me, its because they like me..."she sarcastically grunted " so you're practically in love with me huh Roxas? I mean, the way you talk to me is so cruel, so uncalled for...why don't we just get married?!" she whipped. Roxas glared at her in silence, he wanted nothing more than to wipe that annoying smirk off her face and yet at the same time he noticed that his stomach seemed to be doing somersaults and his cheeks were burning up
"...just as I thought" she smiled. Axel who by this time was feeling unfairly neglected decided to interrupt-
"So we heading back? Its not safe to stay here if we're not all up for it, he stared at Persephone accusingly. She rolled her eyes
"I'm fine!" she spat in annoyance "Just needed to catch my breath" she then stared at Roxas "bring it on!"...
"Don't be foolish...or you'll get yourself killed" he fumed
"God forbidden I die..."she mumbled. Roxas chocked on the seriousness of her voice
"What do you mean by that?" Axel asked
"It means, that...ohhhh nothing Axel" she replied but before he could interrogate her any further an overwhelming number of heartless appeared out of nowhere
"What the-" Roxas growled
"LOOKOUT!" Persephone shouted, she quickly sent a giant fireball in Roxas' direction, causing him to duck and obliterating the two heartless immediately behind him.
"huh?..."he gasped
"Roxas! Axel! Stay alert, these heartless dispatch themselves in infinite numbers! [I'm in trouble now! I cant hold out for much longer, this...this was a mistake]" she began thinking to herself
The group of nobodies found themselves battling for what seemed like forever, by this time, Persephone was finding great difficulty trying to stand. Both Axel and Roxas were so preoccupied with fighting them off, that they hadn't even realised that Persephone was receiving the most attension from the heartless. it was only when she let out a yell that Roxas caught her drowning in a sea of heartless.
"Roxas!" Axel shouted "Go help her! I'll cover you" Axel roared
Roxas immediately ran over to her, the pounding in his heart had grown more and more faster, until he could no longer conceal himself
"NE'NA!! NE'NA HOLD ON! I'M COMING NE'NA JUST HOLD ON!" the great anxiety in his voice, finally confirmed what had been on his mind all along ["what am I doing? I'm hysterical?! Can I really be? Could i... be feeling something for Persephone? Ne'na?..."]
Roxas diced away at the heartless with his keyblade so unforgivingly that he almost cut the now unconscious Persephone who was lying on the ground... Roxas picked her up with such speed that she almost flew out of his hands again.
"Axel! We have to get outta here now!"
"Ya think Roxas?!" Axel sarcastically quipped
Both of them began looking for an exit, but to no avail, they were completly surrounded
"Damn!" Axel shouted "there's no way out!"
The heartless began closing in on them, neither Roxas or Axel had anymore surviving nobodies under there control to assist them
"I guess this is it!" Roxas muttered, clutching on tighter to Persephone
"Damn you Ne'na! You should have just accepted the fact that you're weak, I knew she'd be the cause of our deaths!" Axel spat
"No Axel...this is my fault. If I had only truly listened and helped her instead of condemning her every move, maybe then, she wouldn't have had keep on trying to prove herself to me and push herself more than she could bear..." he reasoned
"Whoa Roxas! Don't tell me its taken you facing death to finally realise that!" Axel joked "...its about time you accepted your feelings for her anyway"
"Feelings?...what feelings? We cant fe-" Roxas was quickly interrupted
"Give it up Roxas, we've all seen it. It would be stupid of us to not accept the fact that maybe we can feel, in your case, you feel love for our little friend here..."
"L..." Roxas chocked again "Love?!" [Is that really whats happened to me? Ive fallen in love?!"]
"Believe it!" was all Axel said.
Suddenly Persephone began to squirm as she came back from her unconscious state
"Wha..? oh no!..." she whimpered as she looked around her, barely able to talk Persephone whispered in a soft voice "This is all my fault isn't it..."
"Don't be stupid Ne'na...We're a team, everything we do, we do it together"
"Even dying as a team" Axel commented lightly
"No!..."she groaned "You cant die Roxas, you too cant pay for my mistake, I'm...im sorry I was never good enough for you guys..."
"Ne'na, don't say"-
"Its true!... the organisation, they only reason they wanted me because...because I can"
"You can...what?"
"I can do this..." suddenly Persephone began to glow
"W..Whats going on"
"Do you know it yet?" She whimpered, ignoring Roxas' question "...Do you?" she gave a weak smile
"yes...but Ne'na, whatever you are doing, please stop, I can feel your life force leaving you!" he frantically bellowed
"You're stories not yet complete Roxas, there's just so much more you need to do before you go...And Axel..." Axel stood to attension at the mention of his name "Axel, where would Roxas be without his best friend..." She gave another weak smile
"You're self destructing aren't you Ne'na" Roxas mumbled sadly
"...We beat the odds didn't we!" Persephone began to gasp as if she couldn't breathe
"Persephone stop!" Roxas could feel his body strain and his eyes began to blur
"See...all those things we're supposedly are...or are not, its not true, none of it"
"I know! I know Ne'na but it doesn't have to be like this!"
"He's right Persephone" Axel too was beside himself "It's not too late for a miracle!"
"...let me be your miracle..."she whispered as tears fell from her eyes. A tear arrived at Roxas' tear duct. A monstrous wind came from nowhere, whipping and slashing at all angles. The glow beaming from Persephone now turned into a blinding light, causing both Roxas and Axel to shield there eyes
"Persephone!" Roxas screamed barely even able to hear his own voice. The wind had deafened them both
("I love you Roxas...Since the very first time we met, I knew I would") he heard her mutter in his mind
("Persephone...I"-) The wind suddenly stopped, Roxas quickly opened his eyes and gasped...
"Roxas!" Axel shouted "There...there all gone!" Axel didn't get a reply, so he carried on, looking all around him "Not even one! Ha!!" Axel gleefully yelled "Hey Roxas cant you see" he quickly drew his head back to Roxas only to see him staring sadly at his empty arms...
"...Ahh" Axel stammered "Damn!..." Roxas said nothing, "Ne'na...i'm sorry man..."
The tear that peered from his eyes finally fell to the earth he stood on. They both stood there in silence for what seemed hours, Axel dared not say a word, not that he would have got a reply anyways, Roxas seemed to be consumed in his own thoughts.....]
Persephone kissed the fresh tears that fell from his face
"Please don't be sad Roxas..." she whispered as she held him close unable to hold her own back, she buried her face into his hair. This time Roxas wrapped his arms around her, carefully picking her up (bridal style) and carrying her to the bed. She kept herself there till she needed to come up for air...
Roxas brushed the stray hairs stuck by tears away from her face and caressed her cheeks
"You left before I got the chance to tell you..."
"Tell me?..." she sniffed, she squinted her eyes in confusion
"Before I could tell you how much I loved you too, the feeling I had inside me, since the first time we met...i... had always thought it was frustration or anger but even when you drove me crazy I was never mad at you or upset, I was...afraid..." Persephone smiled kissing his hand that still lovingly held her face
"What's going to happen to us Roxas? Only a miracle can save us now!" She whimpered
"let me be your miracle..." he whispered. Immediately Persephone pounced on him like a tiger going for the kill only instead of killing, she had something else in mind.....