`~`~`Sora's POV`~`~`
He stared into the eyes of Sephiroth, seeing the man smirk at him. "Hello Sora," he said.
"Sephiroth?" he said, trying to push swordsman off him.
"Don't worry, little Sora, I'll be back for you and your siblings soon," he said.
Just as quick he appeared, he disappeared into thin air, showing everyone Kadaj in his place. The boy was shaking, Sora saw him back away, dropping his sword. Kadaj looked at him, fear in his eyes. "I'm sorry," he said, curling into a ball, weeping.
Sora saw his sister run to him, holding the weeping boy. "Xion, stay with him," he ordered, running toward the monster. He saw Axel throw his chakrams at the thing, Zexion was chanting a spell from his Tome of Judgment while Demyx made a water barrier to protect them.
He saw Yazoo shooting at it, dodging the monster's attacks. Loz fought close range alongside with Riku, Leon, and Cloud. Sora saw the two boys shaking, like they were struggling with something.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, noticing cuts and bruises were forming on Yazoo's skin. But why? He hadn't been hit at all. "Yazoo what's going on? Why are you hurt?"
Those eerie, green mako eyes stared at him. "This part of JENOVA is Jenova-BIRTH. I don't know how much use me and Loz will be in this fight. Any damage its taking is coming back at me and my brothers, we won't be of any use to you. Go for the tail or tentacles first whatever you wanna call them, and then go for the main body. The tail is powerful on its own, but you can paralyze it for a while. It'll come back though until you finish it off." He saw Yazoo back away, calling Loz back. The two brothers went to Xion and Kadaj, who was still shaking. Aqua and her family stayed near Saix, who was carrying his babies.
Xemnas and Leon jumped and fought at the main body, trying to strike the monster down, but its tail knocked them to the side. Cloud and Riku slashed at the body again, jumping to dodge its attacks. Axel charged up his chakrams then threw them at the monster, setting a piece of it on fire. The monster howled in pain, striking its tail at Riku, hitting him in the ribs.
"Riku!" Sora shouted, seeing Riku falling. He caught him in enough time, seeing Riku hiss in pain. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," he answered, his wings spreading out. He flew back into battle, taking Sora's hand in his. Sora felt Riku let his hand go, he drove his Keyblade in it. The monster began to fly away, taking Sora with it. It knocked Cloud out of the way, Axel threw his chakrams again while shooting fireballs at it. Roxas tried to jump up to get to him, but the tail of the monster slashed at him, knocking him hard down to the ground.
"Sora, look out!" Roxas shouted at him, recovering from the blow.
He saw the tail heading straight for him, he brought his Keyblade up to defend himself. The tail relentlessly attacked him, trying to break through his defense. Then it went behind him, taking one big slash at his back. He saw Xion cut through the arm. "Thanks sis," he said as they attacked the monster. He saw Zexion make clones of himself, each clone shooting a ray of light at the Jenova creature. Demyx made water clones of himself as well, having the clones attack.
"Demyx!" Axel shouted.
Sora saw the tentacle-tail heading straight for Demyx, the boy looked at it with wide eyes, unable to move in time. Using all his enhanced strength, Sora threw his Keyblade at it, deflecting the attack that most likely would've killed Demyx. Zexion growled at him and told him to not get distracted.
Suddenly the tail attacked Demyx again, wrapping itself around his body. Sora saw a glow coming from it and Demyx. It was absorbing Demyx's energy, he saw his friend's eyes begin to close. "Demyx!," Sora shouted, summoning his Keyblade back in his hand then charged at the monster.
He and Roxas slashed at the tail holding their friend, Leon caught him. Demyx shook his head, coming back into consciousness and recovering.
"Everyone make a barrier!" Zexion shouted then began chanting another spell, Demyx stood next to him.
He saw Riku fly back to him, making a dark shield, Axel created a fire barrier surrounding him and Roxas. Leon and Cloud were together, Aqua and her daughters made a barrier to protect them and the weakened Jenova triplets along with Xion. Xemnas shielded himself and his family.
Sora saw Zexion floating in the air, chanting a spell while Demyx made a water barrier to protect himself and Zexion.. Suddenly a light appeared above Zexion then light came pouring out everywhere attacking the monster. Sora saw pieces of it falling off slowly as the thing howled in pain.
"Everyone finish it off!" Demyx yelled, catching Zexion as he fell.
Sora and Roxas charged at it, Sora powered himself up then used his Sonic Blade attack. He saw his brother connect his Keyblades together then attacked. Axel was charging up, creating a huge fireball in his hands while Riku had dark orbs surrounding him. He saw Leon use his Lion Heart attack and Cloud use Omnislash on the monster, Riku and Axel fired their attacks at it.
He saw Xemnas powering up. "Everyone brace yourselves!" he shouted to them.
Sora saw everyone make a barrier, Riku flew quickly to him, making a shield and covering their bodies with his wings. He saw a black hole appear out of Xemnas' hand, sucking everything almost everything in the surrounding area. The monster tried to stand its ground, but eventually pieces of it began to tear off violently, limb from limb. Sora watched as the monster was sucked up completely in the black hole and then the black hole disappeared.
Everyone stood up, weary from the battle, Xemnas fell to the ground hard. Both he and Zexion were knocked out from using a lot of energy. Riku folded his wings back, helping Sora up. They walked towards everyone, Demyx was carrying Zexion on his back, and Saix watched Terra carry Xemnas back inside the house.
They all sat in the living while Demyx and Terra put Zexion and Xemnas in their rooms. Sora sat next to Riku and Yazoo, Kadaj was still curled up and shaking from earlier. Xion was trying to get to him, but he looked delusional and out of it.
"Sora, we should check your back," Riku told him, forcing him to sit up. He felt Riku's fingers pulling his shirt off, examining the wound.
"How does it look?" he asked him, wincing when he felt Riku's fingers gently touch it.
Riku frowned. "It's big, but I don't think it needs stitches. Demon saliva will help it heal faster but not completely heal it though. It can at least get rid of infection."
Sora saw Yazoo looking at it with suspicion. "What's wrong Yazoo?"
Yazoo looked at him, then looked back at his wound. "Can I check to make sure you don't have any JENOVA cells in you?" he asked.
"He might have JENOVA cells in him?" Cloud asked.
Yazoo shrugged. "I don't know, that's why I wanna check."
Sora nodded, lying down on the carpet so Yazoo could check him. Riku sat down with him, taking his shirt off and putting his head on his lap. He saw Yazoo kneel next to him, putting his hands over his back. An eerie, green light much like the triplets' eyes, glowed from his hands. He felt something go into his body, feeling it move around as if checking his wound. Just as quickly it came, it was gone. He sat up, Riku helping him up. "What did you see?," he asked.
"Nothing, you're good," Yazoo replied, sitting next back on the couch.
Sora sighed in relief. "Good! I'm gonna take a bath now! Wash off some of this dry blood." He walked upstairs, feeling the scratch stinging a little bit.
He felt a pair of arms wrapped around him, carefully avoiding from touching his back. "Mind if I come with you?" Riku asked, nipping at his ear.
Sora giggled, walking into their room. "Sure, you can wash my back for me!" he told him. They walked into the bathroom, Riku took their clothes off, tossing them to the side. After setting the temperature for their bath, Riku sat in the bathtub with Sora sitting in between his legs.
"Don't move, I'm gonna wash this scratch up," Riku ordered him, gently moving the little hand towel around it.
Sora didn't move, feeling the scratch sting a little bit right now from Riku cleaning it. He felt Riku's lips pressing against it lightly, feeling his tongue move over it. "That feels good," he said.
"I'm glad you like it," Riku said, forcing his head up so that he could kiss him from behind.
`~`~`Riku's POV`~`~`
He pulled away, seeing Sora smile back at him. "I love you Riku!" he squealed.
"I love you too Sora," he said, kissing the top of his head. He washed Sora's hair, scrubbing the paopu scented shampoo through it. Sora made little mewling sounds, urging Riku to continue. "You like that don't you?"
Sora nodded, laughing. "Yeah, it feels so good."
Riku smiled, kissing the back of his neck. He heard Sora purr like a cat in catnip, moving his hips against his but careful to avoid contact with his back. "Sora," Riku said through gritted teeth. "Stop that, you're hurt and I don't want to be responsible for anything that makes it worse."
He heard Sora laugh, pushing his hips against him again. "I think I have an idea of what you can do to make me feel better…," he said suggestively.
He nipped at his neck hard, making Sora squeal. "Behave," he ordered, rinsing the suds out of his hair. Sora made kitten sounds again, making Riku hard. "Stop making sounds!"
"Why? You like my little kitten sounds?" he teased, purring again.
Riku bit at his neck hard, making Sora gasp from the pain. "I told you to behave. Those little purring sounds are gonna get you in trouble and I won't be responsible for what I do. So stop being a little tease and let me finish washing you off." He rubbed the paopu scented body wash over him, washing the dry blood off his back, careful to avoid touching the scratch. "It's gonna scar…"
Sora shrugged. "What's one more scar? I have too many, it's not it's gonna be noticeable once it heals."
He pressed kisses over the scars that were already there. "I should've been there to protect you…" He buried his face in his hair, trying his best not to cry. Sora could've died…He thought. If Xion hadn't cut the arm, Sora could've been seriously hurt or died. "I should've protected you, you could've been seriously injured."
Sora turned around to face him. "I'm fine Riku, it's just a scratch. Who cares if it scars? ," he asked, kissing his cheek.
"But what if it had been more serious? I can't live with myself if something were to ever happen to you and I was right there watching," Riku said, feeling Sora wrap his arms around his neck, nipping gently at his shoulder.
"Then don't watch, just love me Riku," Sora told him.
Riku turned the water off, lifting them out of the tub and dried their bodies, all the while in still inside Sora. He walked over to the bed, lying down with Sora on top of him. Sora had fallen asleep already with his arms wrapped tightly around Riku's neck. He gave a quick peck on his forehead, feeling Sora snuggle more against him. "Sleep well my little angel," he whispered, falling asleep.
`~`~`Demyx's POV`~`~`
Almost everyone had fallen asleep or went to their rooms to fall asleep. He was in the living room with only Saix and Xion. Yazoo and Loz went with the Heart family to make sure they got home safe and to walk around the town with Naminé and Kairi. Zexion and Xemnas wiped themselves out using their best ability. He told Zexion not to use his Meteor Mirage, knowing it would drain him.
He looked down at the baby he was holding in his arms. Zain looked at him with curious eyes, Demyx smiled at him. "What is it little Light?" he asked the baby.
Saix smiled. "He's looking at your hair, which I have to say is really amazing how gravity defying it is. How do you do that?," he asked him, burping Soleil.
He shrugged. "Beats me! I used to use gel, but now it just stands on its own." He saw Zain trying to reach up to grab his bangs. "But I can make it go down if I want to. I usually don't bother with it."
Zain made a frustrated sigh, then gave up. Saix laughed. "One thing's for sure, Zain loves your hair. What kind of demon are you?"
"Water nymph," he answered, letting Zain play with his bangs. He noticed Saix's wide-eye gaze on him. "No, I'm NOT a girl! I would be called a satyr, but they're half goat and I'm for sure, NOT a goat!"
Saix laughed. "Okay, just wondering. I can't believe you're a nymph though. I wonder what my kids will be like as they get older." He cooed at Soleil, who was smiling at him and trying to touch his scar.
He saw Zexion and Xemnas walk downstairs, going into the living room. Xemnas looked at them, smiling. "Having fun Demyx?" he asked.
He nodded, handing Zain to him. "Might as well get use to holding a baby, my sister is expecting. So I figured maybe I could help Saix and you out a little bit! I want to make sure I know what to do before my niece or nephew comes!"
Xemnas tickled Zain's stomach, the little baby yanking at his bangs. "We'll let you help out. Especially for times like this," Xemnas told him, sitting down next to Saix.
He looked at Zexion, who was staring at him as though he wanted to talk to him in private. Are you okay, Zexy?
I wanna talk to you, let's go upstairs. Zexion told him.
Something didn't feel right, he felt it. They walked upstairs, he noticed Zexion didn't take his hand or even touch him. His heart began to pound in a panic, he walked into their room. "What's wrong Zexy?" he asked, sitting down on the bed.
Zexion remained expressionless, refusing to meet his gaze. "Demyx, I don't know exactly how to say this," he started.
This can be good…He thought. "What Zexy?" he asked, taking his hand but Zexion snatched it back. He looked at him wide-eye. "Zexy. What's wrong?"
Zexion looked at him seriously. "Demyx, I…" He closed his eyes, regaining his composure. "I want you to leave, go back to Destiny Island."
He looked at him, confused about what he was talking about. "Leave? Why?"
"Go back home," Zexion told him firmly. "I want you to go back home, Demyx."
"W-Why?" he stuttered.
"You're getting in the way, and I don't want you to get hurt," he told him calmly.
He didn't believe that for a second. "What? Because I almost got hurt? That doesn't matter Zexy, I'm fine!"
"We're done, Demyx," Zexion told him.
That made his heart stop, slowly cracking. "What do you mean?"
Zexion looked at him with cold, unfeeling eyes. "We're through, over, finished. I don't want you no more. It was fun while it lasted, but you didn't think it would last forever, did you? Now, you're just getting in the way and I don't want someone who I have to worry about in battle."
He just blinked, looking at Zexion. His heart felt like a vise was squeezing the life out of him. Zexion didn't want him? Was he…? "You're breaking up with me?" he asked quietly, looking at the floor. He couldn't look at him if it was true.
"Yes," Zexion replied. "It's for the best, I'm sorry I lead you on for so long, but I need someone who's more serious and not childish."
Unable to look at him, Demyx grabbed his bag with all his stuff and ran out the room. He saw Roxas walking out of his room. "Demyx? What's wrong?" he asked.
He ignored him, running downstairs, heading out the door. Someone grabbed his arm, he looked up and saw Roxas, who was looking at him full of concern.
"Why did he…?" Roxas began, but stopped.
He shook his head, feeling tears run down his cheeks. "I'm too immature, Roxas, he doesn't want me no more. I'm going back to Destiny Island and then you don't have to worry about seeing me again!" He yanked his arm away, running into the town. It was like someone ripped out his heart, like Zexion ripped out his heart, and shredded it up.
Before heading to the train station, he walked to the beach. He needed to the hear the soothing sound of the ocean. It always calmed him, making him feel like he was at peace. He walked on the sand, seeing the waves run into each other, making splashing sounds. In the distance, he saw a few dolphins jumping in the air then disappeared into the water. He walked on the large rocks and boulders that were closer to the water, avoiding the rocks in the water so he wouldn't slip.
Why? Why did Zexion break up with him? He didn't think he was that childish as Zexion told him, he didn't mean to let his guard down. His powers were still raw, he didn't know how to fight as well as the others. Sora, Roxas, and Xion had been fighting most of their lives like the Jenova triplets. Cloud was in SOLDIER, and Zexion and his family had years, maybe centuries, of fighting experience. He'd just began fighting two years ago, he'd discovered his water manipulation abilities when he was four and he barely begun using it as a weapon two years ago. But little did Zexion or anyone else know, except Larxene and Marluxia, he could also manipulate blood. He was freaked out by that power, being able to manipulate blood?
He remembered he tried it out on Zexion once, making his blood rush to a certain anatomy that happened to be inside of Demyx at the time. After their wild ride, he remembered he couldn't sit for almost a week, and Zexion had wondered what happened that made him so thick. Demyx never told him about that ability. However, it took too much energy to manipulate, so he didn't use that power very much.
Sighing at his situation, he stood up, dusting himself off. He would move on without Zexion, though the thought killed him, and live his life with someone else if he had to.
As soon as he took one step, he felt something wrap around his ankles.
`~`~`Roxas' POV`~`~`
He walked to Zexion and Demyx's room, furious that Zexion did that! "Zexion!" he shouted.
The dark silver haired boy walked out of his room. "What's wrong Roxas?" he asked.
"Why? Why did you do that to Demyx?" he shouted, grabbing Zexion by his shirt and slamming him into the wall. Zexion growled and fought back, shoving him off.
"I did it to protect him! I don't want him to get hurt again! ," Zexion shouted at him. "He's not experienced like the rest of us! I don't want to him to…"
Everyone walked out of their rooms, seeing the commotion going on. "What Zexion!" he shouted again. "Protecting him means you shatter him? That's just cruelty! It could've been any of us that got attacked like him!"
He saw his sister getting angry. "You mean to tell me you broke up with Demyx!" she shouted, Kadaj held her back.
Axel laid his hand on his shoulder, trying to calm but he shook it off. He glared at him."Don't Axel! I know he's your brother, but I don't care at the moment! Demyx was my friend first!" He glared at Zexion again. "How could you! You love him! Don't try to convince us you don't!"
"It doesn't matter!" Zexion yelled, tears forming in his eyes. "I made my decision and I broke up with him! You can see him when we get back home on Destiny Island!"
Roxas wanted to shake him, preferably beat him for his lack of caring. "He won't be there!"
Zexion glared at him. "What is that supposed to mean!" he shouted.
He snickered at his brother-in-law. "What makes you think I'm going to tell you?" he taunted. "I saw Demyx's thoughts before he left, we're not seeing him after this!"
Zexion growled and pushed him against the wall. "What. Are. You. Talking. About!" he said through gritted teeth.
Roxas smirked at him. "He's leaving Destiny Island when he gets back there. Larxene and Marluxia have been thinking about moving somewhere else for a while now. He was gonna stay behind on the island to be with you if they decided to move, but you've broken up with him. There's nothing stopping him from moving now." He could see Zexion thoughts, thinking of life without Demyx around.
"He didn't tell me about this," Zexion said, letting him go. He looked at the ground, unable to believe Demyx hid this from him.
"Demyx convinced Larxene and Marluxia to stay on the island, but now he's gonna tell them he wants to move. You're an idiot Zexion," he told him. "He didn't want to choose between you and his family, so he convinced them to stay. After he did that, he didn't think it was important to tell you."
Sora looked at Zexion. "Why did you break up with him? I can feel your emotions from here, you're heartbroken Zexion," he said.
Zexion shook his head. "He'll get hurt if he stays! I can't keep an eye on him and battle at the same time, he's not like the rest of us."
"Just because he's never fought much and he made one mistake?" Kadaj asked, releasing Xion. "We've all made mistakes, but that doesn't mean it'll happen all the time."
Roxas walked downstairs, walking out of the house. He had to find Demyx, tell him Zexion didn't mean anything. Someone grabbed his arm, stopping him from walking. He looked up at Axel, who was looking at him with concern. "Where are you going Roxy?" he asked.
"I'm going to get Demyx, he needs to know!," he told him. He didn't want Demyx to leave them, that was one of his first best friends when he and Sora moved to Destiny Island.
Axel shook his head. "Then it should be Zexion who tells him. I know Demyx was your friend before me and my family came into the picture, but I think Zexion should tell him. Trust me, I don't want Demyx to leave either, but my brother should tell him."
He sighed, knowing what Axel said made perfect sense. "But he's not gonna get Demyx! He's gonna let him go!"
Axel smiled sadly, wrapping his arms around him. "I know, but it's not our place to get in Zexion and Demyx's business."
They walked back inside, seeing everyone still around the hallway. Sora walked downstairs to meet them. "Are you okay Roxas?" he asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, but I don't want to him leave just because Zexion is an idiot." They walked into the living room, seeing Xemnas, Saix, the twins, Xion, and Kadaj in there already. He saw Axel walk upstairs, he and Sora sat on the floor next to Xion and Kadaj.
"I hope Demyx is okay, he didn't respond to my text," Sora told him, frowning.
"He probably wants nothing to do with us after what Zexion did," Xion said, pouting.
Roxas shook his head. "He's just upset. His thoughts were everywhere when he left. It wasn't his fault he got a little careless, I can understand Zexion scolding him and not wanting to get hurt, but not shredding him to pieces. Poor guy was completely shattered when he left." He heard one of the babies crying in Saix's arms.
Zain cried, though both Xemnas and Saix tried to calm him, then Soleil started crying also. Roxas crawled over to them, trying to soothe along with Sora and Xion. But both babies continued to cry, Saix tried feeding them, but they weren't hungry. "What's wrong with them?" Xion asked.
Roxas stroked Zain's forehead, seeing the thoughts in the little infant. He saw Demyx's face in his mind, he pulled away from him. "He knows Demy left us," he said. "They know he left."
Saix cradled Zain, trying to comfort him. "It's okay little Light, we'll see him again," he told his son.
"Kadaj, what's wrong?" Xion asked, crawling over to the Kadaj, who lying in the fetal position. Small tremors were running all over his body, and his breathing was hard.
"S-She's here!" he cried out, grabbing the side of his head as though he was in pain.
"Who?" Roxas asked.
"M-Mother!" Kadaj shouted, curling his body more. "I-I f-f-feel her, she's here!" Suddenly the door opened, Yazoo and Loz stumbled in, their bodies shaking as well.
"What's going on?" Cloud shouted, helping the two boys walk to the living room. "Why are they shaking like this?"
"JENOVA," Yazoo replied. "A part of our mother is here, we can feel her. She's trying to take control of us."
Just as quickly it came, they stopped shaking. Xion held onto Kadaj as he stopped shaking, Yazoo and Loz relaxed themselves. "What was that all about?" Roxas asked. He knew something couldn't be right, it just didn't. "This came and left too quickly."
`~`~`Zexion's POV`~`~`
He and his family walked downstairs, seeing everyone gathered around the Jenova triplets. The Strife triplets were talking to each other. "What was that all about?" Sora asked.
"What happened?" Leon asked.
He saw Cloud shrug. "Not sure, a piece of JENOVA was here, but then it disappeared. The Jenova triplets were reacting to it, she's trying to control them."
Kadaj suddenly stood up, then ran out the house. "Kadaj!" Xion shouted. She turned to Yazoo and Loz. "Come on!"
Everyone ran out, following Kadaj, he disappeared in the shadows while he saw Leon and Riku fly above them. The Strife family and Axel, Xemnas, Saix, and the other two Jenova boys ran using their enhanced or demon speed. They followed Kadaj to the beach, immediately Zexion smelled Demyx's scent.
He saw Xion run over to Kadaj, who looked at the water as though he was expecting something to emerge. "She was here," he said quietly. Xion wrapped her arms around him, he wrapped his arms around her as well.
Axel and the others wandered around, looking for anything to give them a clue. But what was Demyx doing here in the first place? Zexion let his thoughts drift off to his little bubble. How could he let him go? But he knew he did it to make sure Demyx was safe for sure, he'd just have to hurry before Demyx moved somewhere else.
He walked over to where Sora, Riku, and Axel were, seeing something blue catch his eye. Walking over to the blue object, he saw it was Demyx's bag, still packed and untouched. He felt tears threatening to flow, but he held them in.
"Zexion…," Riku called to him quietly. "I think you should look at this…"
He walked over to him, carrying Demyx's bag with him. "What's up? Do you see Demyx anywhere?" he asked. He felt his heart stop at the sight that Riku held in his hand and what was near his feet.
Everyone walked over to where they were, seeing the sight. Xion looked pale like she might throw up any second, Kadaj wrapped his arm around her tighter. Everyone else looked at the sight in shock. The babies began crying again, but Zexion couldn't hear anything.
A thick coat of blood was smeared on a flat boulder and Riku held a bloody, broken chain necklace with a sitar charm on it.
The same one Zexion had given to Demyx…
