well its been awhile but I'm back, with a few chapters already written that I'll publish soon and more that I will write after I publish this, I'm determined to finish this story! As always, I hope you enjoy!

"I don't know about this," Demyx said looking into the mirror that Axel was holding up.

"Oh come on, its genius!" Axel said, "You look amazing."

Demyx sat looking at the mirror confused, and Roxas really couldn't blame him. Axel had found a shoulder length shag like red wig which he styled into a messy mass of hair. He then put on about ten tons of eyeliner around his eyes and dressed him in tight leather pants and a purple button down which was more unbuttoned then buttoned. He looked like a mix between the lead singer in a '80's hair metal band and an Axel impersonator. Roxas had a sinking suspicion that Axel was doing this more to amuse himself then actually give Demyx a new look.

"Come on, at least show Namine," Axel said. "After that, you can go back to the way you usually look."

Demyx sighed, "Alright,"

Namine was staying in the old mansion in Twilight Town. When they got off the ship and started for the mansion, they were greeted by a familiar sight, Heartless.

Roxas sighed, "Oh come on!" he said, really not in the mood for a battle.

"Move outta the way!" Luxord yelled, pushing past Roxas, "Let Luxy take care of this!"

With in thirty second, all the Heartless were obliterated.

"Yeah, whose next?" Luxord said spreading his arms out, but stumbling a bit in the process.

"Wow, that was amazing," Roxas said, in awe at how fast he managed to defeat all the Heartless.

"Yeah, s'not that hard," he said dusting off his hands, "Just got ta show 'em who's boss. Now, off to Namine's?"

They started off again. The entire time, Roxas was anticipating another Heartless encounter, but was pleased to reach the mansion without running into a single one. Roxas wondered if this was due to the fact that the Heartless were now afraid of Luxord, and thought maybe it wasn't such a bad idea bringing him.

When Roxas knocked on the door, he thought back to the last time he had been here. That had been the day he had merged with Sora. It all felt like a life time ago.

The door opened to Namine's smiling face.

"Roxas! And Axel and…ah, Demyx!" She said looking at Demyx with wide eyes.

"Don't forget Ol' Luxy there sweet heart," Luxord said moving in closer to her.

Namine smiled, "Oh yes, I didn't see you there. Please come in." she opened the door wider. "Oh, Demyx, I see you have a new look."

"Yeah, I gave him a make over," Axel said proudly. "Isn't he smokin'?"

"Um," Namine said biting her lip, "Yes, its nice!"

Demyx sighed, "You don't have to lie, I know I look ridiculous."

Namine gave him an apologetic smile. "No, its not…well, you always look nice Demyx."

"Well thanks Namine, you look pretty too,"

Namine smiled, "So what brings you all here today?"

"I wanted to know if Larxene and Marluxia had come to see you," Roxas said.

"Oh, yes," Namine said looking down. "They wanted me to join them. Lets go sit down in the living room. I have a guest staying with me, I hope you don't mind."

They entered the living room, and there sitting on the coach was a young girl. She looked up at them with her big dark eyes and pushed away her long, dark red hair.

"Guys, I would like you to meet Ava" Namine said.

"Oh my god," Demyx said in horror. Roxas turned to his friend and saw the shocked, terrified look on his face.

"What is it?" He whispered.

"That's her," he breathed out. Then he looked down at himself. "Fuck!" he squeaked out and bolted.

Roxas stood there for a moment, then turned to Namine.

"Excuse me, I'll just be a sec," And he followed his friend.

Roxas had found that Demyx had run all the way back to the Gummi ship. Heartless appeared, but Roxas just ignored them, they couldn't run as fast as he could. When he finally reached the ship, he found the wig flung on the floor and a shirtless Demyx scrubbing his face at the bathroom sink.

"Why now?" he said looking at Roxas, eyeliner marks trailing down his face. "Why did I have to find her when I look like this?" he looked like he was about to cry.

Roxas walked up to his friend. "Sit down, I'll help," He said, pushing Demyx to sit down on the toilet. He picked up a wash clothe and started gently cleaning his face.

After Roxas properly cleaned Demyx up and put him in some suitable clothes, he thought they would head back to the mansion, but Demyx just shook his head.

"No, I can't go back there," he said. "She must think I'm an idiot."

"Hey," Roxas said patting his shoulder. "Remember what you said? This is true love. She's not going to care what you look like. Besides, I don't even think she had enough time to look at you before you bolted."

Demyx sniffed. "Alright, I guess," he said. "But if she laughs at me, I'm out of there."

"Don't worry," Roxas said. "It will be fine."