"Why here?"
"I knew Demyx would pick a place with water to runaway to, but why such a sandy beach?" Axel said as he ran across the deep sand of the crystal clear beach. "I'm gonna have sand in my shoes for a month." Axel continued running down the beach, looking from side to side. "If I was a confused hydraulic, where would I go?". Axel then spotted Demyx farther down the beach, standing at the shore, gazing at the ocean. "Demyx!" Axel shouted. Demyx was shocked that someone had found him. But he became afraid when he saw it was Axel. Demyx turned and ran down the beach, away from Axel. "Demyx wait!" Axel shouted as he tried to keep up with Demyx, which was harder than he thought. "Damn, who knew that running away from every battle would prove useful.". Axel continued his chase down the beach, forcing himself to go faster. Demyx reached the end of the beach, turned, and ran behind some palm trees. "You're not gonna hide from me that easily." Axel said as he put in one final burst of speed and reached the trees. But when he turned the corner, instead of finding Demyx, he found a Dark Portal. "Damn it, got away from me again.". Axel ran into the Dark Portal, barely making it as it closed.
"Hell, I'm drowning!" Axel thought as he slowly sank. "Well there went the chase, and my life.". Axel landed on the sea floor, but after some time of nothing happening, he realized he was breathing fine. "What the?". Axel sat up, then noticed that, instead of legs, he had a red tail fin. Axel groaned. "He knows I hate this place! But Atlantica is like heaven to him. Guess that make sense.". Axel looked around the sea floor. "Better start searching.". Axel was able to push himself off the sea floor, but sank back down. Axel groaned again. "Lets try that again.". Axel pushed himself up, and was able to stay afloat by slightly kicking his tail. "Now that I can float, how am I suppose to freaking swim!". Axel started kicking his tail and got some movement, too bad he was going in a circle. "Okay. That's not gonna work." Axel said as he stopped kicking and put his hand on his head, slightly dizzy. "Let me try this.". Axel, using his hips, kicked his tail hard and was launched back. He repeated the movement, and was again launched back. "Hmm." Axel moved his tail behind him and kicked, this time being launched forward. "This will do for now." Axel continued kicking, slowly moving forward.
Axel had no idea where he was going, but he knew he had to find Atlantica. If Demyx was anywhere, he had to be hanging around there. Axel started to get a little more flow in his swimming, but was still moving slower than he wanted. "This is exhausting." Axel said as he reached a flat rock and collapsed on it, stomach down. "I'll never find him at this rate.". Axel raised his head, and noticed something odd on top of a cliff like rock farther ahead of him. Bubbles were being shaped into different figures before popping. "Bubbles don't do that on their own." Axel said as he got off his rock and swam towards the larger rock. He had a difficult time swimming up the height of the rock, but when he reached the top, he peeked over the top and found what he was looking for. Demyx was laying on his back, blowing bubbles out of a conch, and forming various forms from them. "Good, I found him. If I'm quiet, I'll be able to catch him.". Axel put his hands on the edge of the rock to push himself up, but he had placed his hand on a loose part of the rock that fell and clattered down at his touch. Demyx quickly sat up, and when he spotted Axel, bolted off his little island. "Demyx wait!" Axel shouted as he swan after Demyx. But Demyx, who was swimming flawlessly and quickly, was nothing but a blue speck in the distance. "Who knew a guy with a broken rib could swim that fast.". Axel kicked faster and soon saw the large castle that stood in the middle of Atlantica. "Well, I found it.". Axel reached the city, and spotted Demyx swimming to the edge of the city. "You're not getting away from me." Axel said, kicking even faster. As he was chasing Demyx, he saw him swim into a cave. "Don't you dare teleport from me!" Axel said as he entered the cave. "Damn it!" he said when he came face to face with a portal. "Here we go again." he said, barely entering the portal again.
"This stinks." Axel said as he tried to get up from the sandy floor. "My legs always go numb coming out of that world.". Axel managed to stand himself up, but was a bit shaky. He looked around the new world. It was another beach, but it had a thick forest in it's center, a large cliff on the edge of the island, and harsh waves crashing against it. "Why would Demyx come here? This isn't exactly the calm beach he loves to go to.". But before he could answer himself, he saw Demyx run into the forest. "Demyx!". Axel was about to run after him, but fell to the ground. "Damn it!". Axel got up and ran after Demyx, a little off balance.
The forest was made up of wide trees with thick vines hanging from the branches, and tall weeds. "I'm not gonna be able to get through this easily." he said. "Looks like I'll have to use force." he said, burning through some of the vines. "Marly would kill me if he saw me doing this.". Axel continued burning through the forest, desperate to find any trace of Demyx. "How did he get through this?". He then heard the sound of something struggling a few feet in front of him. He followed the noise and discovered Demyx trying to free his hand from a vine. "I'll help." Axel said, throwing a fireball towards Demyx. Demyx shielded his face as the fireball burned off the vine. When he felt he was free, he ran off. "Some gratitude." Axel said, chasing after Demyx.
Axel followed Demyx into a clearing in the middle of the forest. "This is getting annoying." Axel said, catching his breath. Axel scanned the clearing, and saw Demyx at the base of the cliff, running through a portal that quickly closed behind him. "No." Axel said, staring at where Demyx used to be. "I've lost him.". But then, a portal opened at the top of the cliff, and Demyx ran out. "Well that was easy." Axel said, opening a portal and stepping through it.
Axel stepped out of the portal and found Demyx bent over, trying to catch his breath, holding his side. "Idiot, you're not supposed to run with a broken rib." Axel said. Demyx quickly straightened up and turned to face Axel, fear in his eyes. "Would you quit running. I'm trying to bring you back.". Demyx shook his head and stepped back. "I'm not going to hurt you. I'm trying to help.". Axel took a step forward, and Demyx took a step back. "I know you're afraid of me, but you have to know. I never meant to hurt you. And I had no intention of burning you.". Axel took another step forward, and Demyx stepped back again. "Please, just come home.". Axel stepped forward and reached out his hand. Demyx tried to step back, but felt no ground behind him. Demyx looked behind him and peered down at the waves crashing against the cliff and turned back. He didn't do well with heights. "Come on Demyx.". Axel came closer, putting more weight than the weak cliff point could handle. Then suddenly, the ground gave out from beneath Demyx.
AN: Just imagine Axel the merman, funny huh? But, what will happen to Demyx?
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.