WOW. Thank you SO much for the reviews on the last chapter! It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
And to the two anonymous reviewers:
Artism: Yeah, the castle had that sort of 'creepy vibe' goin on :) (I like your mother's quote!) Ah, yes. Roxas. Poor guy got stuck in a trap then got scared by a girl. I pity him XD
Hazie: Awwww, thank you so much! You have no idea how much that means to me!
YES WE MADE IT TO 25 REVIEWS. IM SO PROUD!
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"…give me one good reason why we have to leave," Kairi said, her arms crossed over her chest, glaring defiantly at the redhead.
Axel sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Look, it's a long story, but let's just say I found something out that I probably shouldn't have, and know we're in serious danger-"
"What do you mean serious danger?" Sora asked, looking confused.
"I mean-" Axel snapped irritably, "-that unless we leave, we're going to be killed!"
Silence responded to his accusation.
"Axel, we have more danger of dying outside of the castle than in it." Kairi snapped. "Just go to sleep, honestly. I'm starting to think that you just want to see Roxas again."
Axel bared his teeth. "What the hell Kairi? Just listen to me!"
Kairi opened her mouth to retort back, but she was interrupted by Sora.
"I think we should hear him out," the brunette said quietly. "Maybe he saw something and really do have to leave."
Kairi growled in frustration, jabbing her finger at the redhead. "I am really sick of all your crap. Get your act together, and stop being such a drama queen. There is absolutely no reason we would have to leave under any circumstances."
"Kairi!" Sora yelled. "Calm down! Let Axel talk!"
Kairi gritted her teeth, but visibly relaxed, taking a step back from Axel. "Fine," she growled. "Talk."
"Ok," Axel said, taking a deep breath. "I was sneaking around on one of the lower floors, when I came across this huge hall with enough seats to fit a whole army. I was looking around in there, hoping maybe I would find something of interest."
"Greedy," Kairi said, rolling her eyes.
"As I was saying, I was just looking around, when I heard the door open. A few guards walked in, and I quickly hid underneath the table running the entire length of the room. They sat down at the very end seats, and I heard even more footsteps. I looked out from underneath the table, and hundreds of guards were filing into the room, sitting down at the table."
By now, even Kairi looked interested.
"I did the best I could to stay underneath the table without anyone discovering me. And it worked, I guess. They started talking boring shit about the posts around the castle, and I was about to fall asleep, I swear, but then they mentioned the Hearts Kingdom."
"…the Hearts Kingdom? Are you sure?" Kairi asked, raising an eyebrow. "What could they possibly have anything to do about the Hearts Kingdom."
"Hah, you'd never guess," Axel said, grinning. "The Club Kingdom is planning to take over the Hearts Kingdom."
Roxas was starting to get very frustrated.
He had been stuck in the goddamn trap for more hours than he could count, then he was scared like a little girl when someone walked by.
He was getting more and more pathetic by the moment.
Stretching out on the ground, he attempted to reach his backpack, where he kept his sharper, more deadly knives that could be used to saw the rope. But he still couldn't reach.
Reeling back, hissing in pain from the rope cutting into his ankle, Roxas ran his fingers through his hair, frustrated. How the hell would he ever escape?
Scanning the area around him, he looked for something that he could use to reach his backpack. The sun had started to rise an hour before, so there was just enough light for him to finally see. Squinting, he looked over to the far side of the clearing he was in. Was there something there…?
Curious, he made his way over, and was delighted to find a long, thick tree branch that he had passed by the night before. Stretching out, he managed to hook on to the end of it and drag it towards him. Grinning in triumph, he crawled back over towards his backpack, dragging the branch behind him.
Making sure his grip was tight enough on the end, he hefted the thick branch over his shoulder and gently tossed it in the area his bag was laying.
After spending a good few minutes adgusting the branch so it was in the right position, he dragged it along the ground back towards him, the strap of the backpack hooking onto it and being dragged back to Roxas.
"Yes!" Roxas cried, quickly opening his bag and taking out the case containing his sharpest knife. Holding it in a backhand grip, Roxas began to saw at the rough rope, his muscles protesting from the uncomfortable position they were in the night before.
Five minutes later, with a bruised pride and bloody ankles, Roxas was free.
"That's ridiculous," Kairi said, staring at Axel. "There's no way they could be planning to take over the Hearts Kingdom. They don't have nearly enough manpower to do anything, and the prince is soon to return to the throne," she said, jabbing her thumb at Sora.
"See, that's the other thing," Axel said, gleeful at knowing something that the redhead didn't. "They know that Sora's going to be a major pain to their plan- if he returns, the Hearts Kingdom will be more powerful."
"So?"
"So, they also started to discuss a plan to kill Sora while he's in the castle."
Sora spluttered. "Sorry, what?"
"That's why I said we needed to leave," Axel grumbled, shooting Kairi a glare. "Sora is in danger."
Kairi shook her head. "There's a few things that bother me. One, they don't have enough manpower."
"Yeah well, you'd take that remark right back if you saw the number of soldiers gathered in that meeting room," Axel said.
"How did you get out of the room undetected?" Kairi said in retort.
"Look, does it really matter? You're willing to risk Sora getting killed just so you can figure out how I managed to get out of the meeting room?" Axel snapped. "We have to get out of here, now, if we want Sora to make it to the throne alive.
Kairi crossed her arms, pursing her lips.
"Fine," she finally managed.
"Okay, so can we get moving?" Axel asked impatiently.
"Yes, fine, calm down," Kairi muttered, moving around the room to collect her things. "You should go get your stuff too, Sora," she called out to the brunette.
"I'll go with him," Axel offered. "My stuff's already packed, and I want to make sure no one tries to launch a surprise attack again little Sora here."
Sora walked to his room next door, Axel trailing behind him.
"Hey Axel?" he asked hesitantly.
"Yup?"
"What about Roxas?"
Axel seemed to pause for a moment, but he quickly recovered and waved his hand. "Rox will be fine; he's a tough little guy."
"Are we gonna meet up with him outside the castle?" Sora asked, shoving tossing his sweatshirt on.
Axel sighed slightly and looked out the window.
"Hopefully we'll find him quickly so we can get out of here," the redhead said quietly.
How's that as a reason to leave? xD
Sorry that it's moving so slow, I'm trying to make it go faster!
Again, I'm really proud that we have this many reviews, so keep 'em coming so I'll write faster! :D