A/N: I know it has taken quite some time to get this chapter out, I was feeling lazy. But here it is and hope you enjoy. I do not own KH or it's characters.
Axel groaned, his eyes sliding closed. He let his head fall forward, his forehead resting on the table. He felt cool fingers brush against his face, wiping away a thin sheen of sweat. He opened his eyes, turning his head to the side to give Roxas a small smile. Roxas cupped his face gently, and Axel moaned softly as soothing energy flowed through his love's fingers and his headache ebbed away.
He lifted his head, turning it to lay a kiss in Roxas' palm, and rolled his eyes in the direction of the other occupants of the room. Lexaeus, Marluxia, and Vexen stood together on one side of the table yelling at Xigbar and Xaldin, who stood opposite them on the other side of the table.
He felt a pang of jealousy for Demyx, who was resting in Zexion's room with the shorter blue-haired man watching over him. They didn't have to suffer through all the shouting that had erupted in the dusty meeting room after Axel's revelation.
He closed his eyes as Roxas leaned toward him and laid a gentle kiss between his eyes. A single wordless bellow made him jump and he stared at the others. They were stumbling away from the table rubbing at their eyes.
"What the hell Roxas!" Xigbar snapped, falling into a chair. Roxas grinned at Axel, "Well someone had to get you all to stop wasting time. Be glad it was me instead of Axel." Axel grinned back at him.
After everyone had recovered their sight, they finally sat down to discuss business. Axel found it difficult to ignore the way Vexen glared at him, but with Roxas tracing slow circles over the back of his hand he managed to keep his temper.
"We've heard back from some of our scouts, the kraken is dead and no sign of any guards around the lake or the tunnel." Lex held up a hand to stop Axel from interrupting him and continued. "However a large contingent of soldiers has moved into Saphirian, and more are searching the mountains around the valley." Axel glanced over at Xaldin, he was sitting very still almost holding his breath. "A couple of villagers were taken to the castle for questioning about your visit there."
"Who was taken?"
Axel and Roxas exchanged worried looks and everyone stared at Xaldin. Lex blinked and spoke softly. "A blacksmith and an innkeeper."
"Well crap." Xigbar placed a hand on Xaldin's shoulder. "We'll get him back safe pal, don't worry." Xaldin nodded and Axel clapped his hands together. "So what's our plan of attack then?"
'We need more training first."
They all stared at Xaldin, who looked over at Axel. "I realize that if it were Roxas you would want to go charging in as soon as possible, but we aren't ready yet. We need to train in our powers more, or we won't stand a chance against Saix."
"But if we get there too late…" Xaldin nodded at Roxas. "I know, but Luxord would kill me if I went running off to his rescue and got killed because I wasn't ready."
"Then we train and plan so we will be ready." Everyone nodded and headed off to begin.
Vexen grumbled to himself as he headed back to his room. The last thing he was willing to do was help the stupid red-head and his pathetic friends.
None of their training will help anyway. Not against us.
Vexen grinned to himself as he quickly shut the door. "Exactly Zi'arc. Saix and V'pyr will severely weaken them, and hopefully kill most of them before they are defeated. And we will easily be able to destroy the rest of them afterwards."
Then we will rule this land and teach the people to love my ice, instead of P'rexen's flame. I will finally have the recognition I deserve.
"We both will my friend, we both will."
He chuckled softly to himself and sat at his desk. He needed to send Saix another report. His plan was coming together just beautifully.
A/N 2: Yeah, I know it's short. But my laziness is kicking my butt. Big training sequence coming up next, and maybe some love for our guys. We'll see what happens. Also my beta just quit on me, so I need a new one. Anyone up for it email me at LadyKittania (at) gmail. com, just take out the spaces. Also two polls up if anyone wants to take a look and maybe vote.
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