**Sorry this took a while to get out…. I found out some not so good news concerning my neck T.T Apparently my C5 is considered a burst fracture so as my neurosurgeon demonstrated it blew up into fragments o.o Annnnnd what sucks is it's not even healing yet and my neck is very unstable and I feel like a weeble wobble. Bad news is the past couple days it feels like I have a pinched nerve in my neck… so I have to call him back. I was already most likely going to need surgery, but this issue going on now is a fact…. So if that's the case it'll be a couple weeks, then surgery and I'll be down for at the least 2 weeks from the pain since they go into my neck and will have a steel plate and everything T.T Good note is this neck brace collar will be gone! Anyways so I APOLOGIZE! Hope you enjoy!**
Chapter Thirteen: Time Flows Ever Slowly
Days melted together into the nights, moving onward like the waves that rolled upon the ocean. The wind swiftly blew, but with it came the strange, eerie sense that something massive was rearing its ugly head over the horizon and once it arrived, all was bound to fall to chaos and ruin. This presence was shrouded in anger and darkness seemed to radiate around this unseen force. Opened senses led the long journey to get to where it was needed most.
As the days progressed, Axel was nearly to his wits end with Sora. His little love was proving to be a prowling beast with horrid tantrums! It seemed Axel always did wrong by the smaller boy and let him know quite loudly how irritated he was before storming off like a small tornado. How come Roxas seemed to never do any evil? Roxas kept his mouth shut and knew that when Sora was in his moods it was best go into hiding for a few hours and eventually Sora forgot what he had been seeking. Axel thought it was a rather dirty trick, since the red headed man never had time to find a good hiding spot due to all the best ones being occupied already by all the helpers AND Roxas.
Roxas though found it amusing how Axel just was not quick enough to evade their pregnant angel. Sora had progressed nicely through the beginning of his pregnancy, being a good three months soon to be four. Roxas leaned back in his chair as he smiled at the thoughts fluttering through his head currently. He recalled only a good three days ago how awed Sora was and Roxas never could forget it.
~Flash Back~
Roxas had been walking around the upstairs corridors, just settling his thoughts as he awaited his company to come. As he had been walking by their bedroom door, he paused, the softest smile gracing his lips at what he saw within the room. Standing before the mirror stood Sora, shirt raised over his slightly protruding belly as his soft hands rested tenderly upon them. Roxas noted how the other's lips moved softly as though telling his secrete whispers to the growing life. He knew their little one was going to make a wonderful mother to their child.
With Sora caressing his own belly, his large wings sprouted from his back in his calmed state and arched around him, tips of his soft, silken feathers brushing along his smooth, rounded belly lightly as though offering tickles. With the sun peeking in through the window, the sight was beautiful and captivating to Roxas who slowly moved into the room and offered a bright, loving smile as Sora glanced to him, smiling back shyly. A few steps had Roxas facing Sora, his own hand reaching down to rest upon the warm stomach, lips pressing against the soft ones of Sora in a loving kiss. Roxas felt calmed as the wings wrapped around him offering love and protection as they shared a blissfully tender moment together.
~End Flashback~
Roxas sighed and pushed back from his desk, feeling his guests arriving for their meeting. They held a meeting a couple times a month just to see how things were, if any news had come to be, and how each village and race was doing thus far. His delicate hearing picked up the whiney voice of his other love, Axel with Sora's voice followed shortly after making Roxas burst with trills of laughter.
"B…But Axel! I wanna piggy back ride!" Sora fussed like a child.
"No…last time you told me to 'giddy up little pyro' and I take offence to such poking! Plus, my luck you will flop off due to your girth" Axel huffed, arms crossed over his chest.
"Awwww, Axel you aren't any fun at all! I can't help it you play with fire as a fire element… no reason to deny it!" he grumbled back, hip cocked to the side as his foot tapped in his growing frustration.
"I never deny it you little fiend, but I am not a dog to be ordered…. You should be nice to me and stop abusing me dangit! It's….embarrassing" the pyro sighed, deflating only to be blown away.
"WELL FINE! SEE IF I EVER CARE THEN YOU ASS!" sora yelled at him, tears in eyes as he turned and stomped off loudly grumbling, "Dumb asshole, being so insensitive….. jerk… never lets me do anything at all… soil sport"
Axel just heaved a sigh and rubbed his face as he had to suffer the boy's rant until he was far enough for his hearing to not pick it up any longer. He was worn down already from Sora. Getting him this and that, wanting strange items that Axel had to go off for days to get, letting him have piggy back rides, coming to his beck and call. Axel was frustrated! He knew Sora was pregnant, but he still had four months left! He was not some invalid that needed to have his rump kissed every minute of the day! With a curse he stood and walked from the castle, changing into his wolf form before taking off.
The wind felt amazing rippling through his fur, cooling along his heated body as he drove onwards. Leaves flew behind him and crunched beneath his strong, might paws as he lost himself to the feeling of freedom. He ran through the forest for hours, loving how the shadows caressed over his fur and made him howl out his joy and happiness. As Axel enjoyed his time in the woods, he never noticed the silence that soon filled the woods. A hush as though fear struck through all within as a dark shadow seemed to be looming behind the wolf, who did not notice until it was far too late.
A large, clawed hand swooped down, knocking Axel in the side and ripping upwards in a deep incline. The sounds of flesh being ripped filled the air followed by a loud scream of pure anguish and pain. Axel rolled forcefully to the side, his back cracking the tree he crashed into with a howl. His bright eyes flickered up to the tall looming beast. It stood a good 9 feet tall with a long pair of arms with long dripping red claws, mouth gaping open with three rows of sharp fangs, and drool sliding down the side. The 6 eyes glowed within the forest as it hissed, screeching out as a string of dark, shadow blades rushed towards Axel, who struggled to stand.
As the blades sunk into various places along his body, fire burst forth from the ground to surround the beast, which growled in pain and anger at being taken by pure surprise. Axel used the distraction to get himself upon his own four paws, stumbling as he shook his head. Thick droplets of blood fell from his open wounds which pulsated throughout his entire body. He was not up for long as an unknown force lifted his body from the ground a good several feet into the air before slamming him into the ground, his body denting into the ground a few inches as he lay, gasping and shuddering in pain. He lay there, thinking that this was to be the end of him, and how he would never see his mates nor their child and it bought tears to his eyes which soaked into his fur. His eyes closed as his body went completely limp upon the grass, which soon turned red from the wolf's blood.
Before the beast had been able to attack the fallen creature, a large spear pierced the fowl creature and strove through the head and throat, dropping the creature to the ground where it turned into black boiling goop. The sound of wings filled the deathly silence as a boy soon landed crouched upon the forest floor. He held a pair of leathery black, bat like wings which he tucked to rest easily enough. The boy had aqua blue eyes like the water in a tropical paradise with sandy brown hair that was in two different ways. The hair upon the top of his head was spiked upwards, a few strands falling over his face, but the rest fell down to be below his chin. He looked to the fallen wolf and grumped.
"Awww man, he passed out! Now I'll get all dirty carrying him back home!" The boy whined and heaved a sigh before lifting the large canine in his arms. The boy walked until he was practically ran over by Roxas and Sora, ever frantic since he had not been able to find Axel. They had been out looking for the pyro but found running into this man solved their issues. Roxas saw the shape of Axel and gasped, pulling Sora to look away before the boy became too upset. Roxas though, felt the small boy trembling beside him as Sora rushed forwards , his hands sinking into the bloodies fur of Axel, tears falling down his face as his face pressed into the wolf as well, not caring about the blood.
"A..Axel… no... please… don't die…I can't live without you my love… I'm sorry I yelled at you… I didn't mean it just please come back to me… to Roxas we both need you" Sora completely broke down and stayed where he was.
Roxas swallowed, trying to stay as strong as possible for his littlest love beside him. His eyes looked up to the other sandy haired boy for a few moments before nodding politely. He had never been so glad to see his long time childhood friend, Demyx in all his long years. He moved and picked up and kicking and screaming Sora so they could Axel inside to a bed and cleaned up so his wounds could heal. Axel was in terrible shape and it took several hours before he was left in the bed, bandaged up all over the place, tuffs of his fur jutting out here and there. Beside him lay Sora, who had tired himself out from his sobs and begs, sleeping curled up to the wolf. Roxas and Demyx had talked afterwards, Roxas glad for the conversation to take his mind off of everything filling his mind. He was so worried…Axel had never gotten hurt this badly before and it frightened the vampire to think he could die.
Demyx had filled in Roxas as to what had happened and offered him a report of other creatures like that coming from the cells of Hell. He had also found out that the Elders were releasing them in order to use them to come and fight and weaken the defenses. It did nothing but piss of Roxas as he had thrown a fit, punching the wall hard enough to crack the stone a bit. He feared they would never play fair and sighed. This was becoming large so he looked to his friend and begged, as no vampire had done before for the other to stay and help protect Sora and their unborn child.
Demyx had whooped and eagerly agreed to stay. He had never met an Angel before and never a pregnant one so he knew it would be an experience he soon would not forget. He also hoped he and Sora could become great friends. After all, the life of a Hells Demon was lonely most of the time with limited number of friends. The demon eventually left to get something to eat and leave Roxas to his inner musings and worries. Both the vampire and angel were terrified they would wake to their love being dead and cold. Such a life to be gone forever followed by that warmth of his fired up soul.
Days passed with no change and it was clearly starting to affect Sora who cried most of the days and refused to leave the bedroom or the bed for that matter. He was determined to be by the other's side until it was all over, even if he had to wait until the end of the world he would do so. It would be early morning, Sora's face buried into the few patches of fur that were not injured, slumbering away that the wolf began to twitch a bit. Slowly, Axel began to come to the world of the living as he let out a low, drawn out whine from the pain he still felt in some places that had not yet healed. Scenting the air he smelled one of his mates here and the other down the stairs in the kitchens. Shifting a bit more caused Sora to wake as he looked to the bright green eyes looking up to him, his tears falling as he kissed Axel's muzzle lovingly.
"Oh my Axel… we have been so worried…. It's wonderful and a blessing to see your beautiful eyes! You've back to us to stay forever!" Sora whispered out as he felt the other change forms and naked arms to wrap gently around him.
"I'm back little one…. It is going to take more than that to separate me from the two I love more than anything as well as our child" was the hoarse reply from Axel as they stayed together in their embrace, a Smiling Roxas soon joining the hug as they cried for being reunited fully once more.
END CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Authors note: Sorry this took a while, started having some sudden pains in my neck, so I have to call my neurosurgeon tomorrow and see what needs to be done, which is most likely going to be the surgery I mentioned…. I'll try to get my next chapter up before Wednesday! Let me know what you thought!