Chapter 25 Tension in Paradise

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"You heard that?" Rose asked cautiously. I realized that seeing and hearing things that weren't there must really make her paranoid. I pressed my finger to my lips to keep her from making any more echoes.

"Not like anybody will be able to find us on this tiny island anyways. The cave is too deep for someone to find where we are." I said, trying to keep the conversation going so whatever was there wouldn't suspect we knew about their presence. I started making a kissing noise and heard the giggle again. Rose looked at me like I was insane at first, but then I could see that she understood what I was trying to do. She walked silently over to the wall where the Keyblade was and handed it to me before summoning a small ball of fire.

I flipped the keyblade into a reverse handling and signaled Rose to send a fireball down the tunnel. She nodded in understanding and drew back before hurling it like she would a baseball (and I should know, because she's thrown many a fastball at my face). The inferno ball sped down the tunnel and I followed it close behind, going out the cave. It went all the way through until I noticed a small, barely visible hexagon by the wall. Found you! I thought before getting around the hexagon shield and grabbing the person by the neck and prepared to lunge my keyblade through their chest.

"Wait!" a girl's voice cried.

"And why should we?" Rose asked from behind me. "You certainly had no restraints from spying on us. What makes you think that we should hesitate?"

"I can tell you where to find the others!" she declared, trying to force me to let go of my grip on her. I weighed my options in my head and chose.

"Freeze her ankles and hands together. Let's see what she knows, then we can get rid of her."

Rose laughed scornfully, "Yeah, so she can lie and get us killed? How do we know she won't give us false information? Whether we kill her or not, we'll end up dying if we take advice from her."

"Just do it, better to hear what she's got to say than worry about hiding in here for the rest of the games. After that we'll use her as bait to find out if she's right. If she is, they do the dirty work for us. If not I'll take care of it."

Rose frowned and froze the tribute's ankles anyway. "Fine."

I thanked Rose for doing it for me as i threw the girl over my shoulder and gave her a tap on the butt. "Hey!"

"Awe shut up. Better than dying right now. Which would you prefer?" I asked her, but she stayed quiet. "Geez is that a new way of saying yes in here? It's getting more annoying the longer I'm in here."

"Hey, Jun?" I turned to look at Rose, who slapped me in the face. "Only me, sir. I don't want to see that again or it's a lost limb." She smiled sweetly at me, her way of showing that she was not happy and that we would discuss this later.

"If you say so," I said, giving her a tap on the butt before walking back to the end of the cave.

"You pervert!" Rose called after me.

"Hey, you said only you so I don't see the big deal," I replied innocently as I placed the girl at the wall furthest away from our food.

"You know I meant on occasion, not whenever you feel like it. I have to allow it first."

"Fifty-fifty chance of that happening. First, you should have been more specific, and second, that was an occasion, my dear. We has a girl that might have information on the other tributes, I was simply celebrating with your butt," I explained, winking at her as I ate another banana.

"Yeah, in front of a guest? Real smooth move, Mr. Connoisseur."

I swallowed my bite of the banana and playfully stuck my tongue at her. "Thank you, I thought it was as smooth as a baby's booty or your's." I winked at her knowing I was gonna get hit for that one. But instead, Rose just walked up to me and stole the rest of my banana.

"Hey~! I had to climb a 10 foot tree for those!" I pouted.

"Yes, and I had to chop a guy's arm off, kill him, and endure pain and torment and hallucinations beyond imaginable belief , only to be sexually harassed by you. So I think I deserve it just a bit more, don't you?" Rose asked teasingly before sticking her tongue out at me.

"Well I had to kill a crazy black guy with punches that could kill a bear, Miss lancy lance, and the pole boy to save you, so I think I outweigh all that with just with that alone."

Rose thought for a moment before finally saying, "I'm a girl. We already naturally have to go through more pain than guys ever will on a monthly basis. Rose wins, she's keeping the banana."

I raised my finger to try and beat her but I thought about what the outcome would be if I continued this "... Keep the bananas... but while you're at it, have the coconuts too," I answered, rolling them to her.

Rose made an "ew" face at them and then looked at the tied up tribute in the corner. She had short red hair and dark brown eyes, and was a little smaller than Rose, but darker skinned and thinner.

"You like these?" Rose asked her conversationally. The girl nodded timidly and Rose kicked a few over to her. "What's your name?"

"Runin," she answered bluntly, trying to open the coconut for a while until I got annoyed with the sound and told her, "Throw it here, I'll open it. Anything to stop that darn sound."

She tossed it my direction and I cut it in half, showing the white coconut meat inside and handed it to her.

"Gonna tell us what you know?" I asked her, making a small ball of fire to toss from hand to hand to entertain myself with.

"Hm, most likely not. How you gonna make me talk? By tickling me?" Rose glared at the ginger girl, and I knew that really hurt her feelings, but she'd never admit it. I knew I'd have to get rid of this girl soon; her and Rose don't seem like they're going to play nice.

"Now now, play nice. We can do it two ways. The easy, boring way or the fun, tortuous way. Your choice," I told her crushing the small flame into my hand, extinguishing it. Runin looked around, probably trying to find a way outta this. "And don't forget, we don't need you alive."

Rose laughed from behind me and said, "Quite honestly, we should've gotten rid of you instead of wasting food. Jun, if you need me I'll be outside looking for food, okay?" Rose grabbed the keyblade from where I had set it down and left, leaving me alone with the tribute girl.

"Isn't SHE just a ray of sunshine?" the girl mocked after Rose was out of earshot. I was annoyed at the comment she made about Rose, and started channeling electrical magic to my right hand.

"I'll take it that you want it that hard way, gingy?"

Runin just rolled her eyes. "I didn't choose anything. And just a little advice, it'd be smart to get rid of that girl, she's only holding you back, you know. You could win this without her."

I couldn't help but find that funny. "Please, my goal isn't to win, it's to protect her."

"Yeah, like her's is to have you do the work for her? She's got a free ride hanging with you. I bet you're the gentleman, opening doors for her and baking her little treats because you "love" her. She's leading you on because it's convenient for her. Don't think that she actually cares."

"You really don't know anything do you? I know what I'm doing and she honestly has no clue. Only the ones that died by my hand do. My question is, are you gonna be the next or if you're gonna be food for the heartless" I answered bring my electrified hand closer to her face shocking her with small sparks. Runin cringed away from me and glared.

"HEY, why are you hurting ME? I'm trying to help you so she doesn't kill you in your sleep. The whole reason she didn't want to share that fruit with you? Because it might affect her if you die. But of course she acted like the choice was yours. I know the type, she's got you like a puppet on strings. And you're so BLIND. But hey, if you want to die by her hands, then go ahead."

I looked at her in the eyes, curious if she was just manipulating me or if she was actually concerned for my well-being "And why would you care? If I die, that's one less thing everyone else has to worry about... And the puppet master isn't her, it's a person who will defy everything to get what they want. Kinda sounds like you at the moment," I remarked, walking back to my spot of the cave, bored of her comments.

"You really want to know why I care?" she asked softly, looking up at me from her spot on the ground. "You're the perfect 13, Jun. I know I'm going to die here, so I want you to win. Because you will remember me, unlike everyone else. This girl, Rose, well... One of you has to die to win. She'll either be killed by someone else or she will kill you. And if she wins, think about her going back home. If she was heartless enough to kill the boy she "loved," how do you think her little sister and all the orphans are going to get along without you? Because she won't take care of them. Whole generations, whole futures will cease to exist... All because you trusted the wrong person."

I laid on the ground and allowed my mind to continue my plans for these games we are forced to play. The ginger's word stuck in my mind, annoying me like a buzzing bee in my ear. "The perfect 13? Generations lost? Trust in the wrong person?" I said aloud to try and get the thoughts outta my head, but on failed and made the buzz louder. "Hmph. I think you have me confused for someone who's stupid. Thanks for the advice, but I won't need it."

Runin just sighed sadly. "Your loss then. But keep in mind that all roses have thorns. You don't know what she's hiding, is all I'm saying."

"It's like a card game. You don't know who has the winning hand, but sometimes a person is just playing bad hands till the end so they can win," I humored her a bit about my thoughts. "Kinda sad you might have been useful."

"I am. I'm telling you what you need to know. And if you're smart, I'd keep the details of this conversation between you and me. I'll even be NICE to her if it'll make you happy." The ginger made a disgusted face, probably at the thought of being nice to Rose, but I just ignored it.

"You really are persistent, you know that?" I told her, creating another flaming ball to toss up in the air and catch. I looked at her from the corner of my eye and saw a weird face as if she's satisfied of something. She just shifted positions so she was more comfortable on the ground.

"Yeah. Doesn't get you anywhere, though. People only hear what they want to."

I laid on the floor continuing to throw the flaming ball to the air to distract me. "What's taking her so long. She get lost out there?" I pondered, thinking aloud, waiting for Rose to come back. I'd better go check on her, we still have no idea what's on this island. "Stay put. Leave and I'll feed you to the man eating fishes in the water." I warned her, but she gave me an annoyed look.

"Cause I can walk out anytime I feel like it." I ignored her sarcasm and walked out towards the beach to find Rose.

"SUNSHINE!" I yelled out, absorbing the sun's rays like a plant. I looked around to see if I could find any trace of where rose might have went, I found her footprints in the dry sand. I followed them and saw that they ended where the wet sand began. Damn it, she went out to the water? I looked out to the sea to find a trace of her and that's when I noticed the weird current not too far from shore. I quickly took off my shirt and dived into the water to save her.

I saw her maybe 50 feet or so from the shore, and it wasn't until I swam closer did I realize why it was taking her so long. She was caught by some extremely long seaweed, getting attacked by an underwater heartless. One resembled a derpy dark orange fish, and the other was a combination of a mermaid and a dog. I grabbed the keyblade and cut her free from the seaweed. I hacked through some of the derpy fish that charged at me. I got her to the surface in time before she swallowed any water.

"You okay?" I asked. Rose gasped for air and nodded, clinging to me as I tried to swim to shore.

"I'll be fine, we've got to go. Those heartless are-"

Before she could finish her sentence we were both dragged underneath water. I looked down to see that the seaweed was dragging us further out to the deep depths of the ocean. I realized that the seaweed itself was a heartless of its own. I reached out for Rose's hand to try and get her free of the seaweed's grip first. She grabbed my hand, but was yanked further underwater, making me lose my grip on her. I reached out for the seaweed that's gripping her and cut her free, letting the heartless drag me down to it. It began wrapping me in more seaweed the closer I got to it. Rose was to the right of me, trying to use magic to destroy the bigger heartless but I should tell that the dress she was wearing weighed her down and she was running out of steam. I broke my hand free from the seaweed and created a water current to the surface to get her out of here.

I felt the water pressure against my body the deeper I got, until I was in a moist slimy place. I swear if I'm in where I think I'm in... I cut the seaweed of me and got up only from something slimy to land on my head.

"I hate it when I'm right." I thought aloud getting the saliva off. If I remember right, with enough electricity I should be able to fry this thing. I concentrated my magic to my hands and slammed them onto the beast's tongue.

Rose's pov

I flew up to the surface of the water, and the magic that Jun had used propelled me on until I reached the shore. I tried to walk on shore but collapsed in the wet sand before even walking a step. Everything around me was spinning so bad that I felt I was on an out of control carousel. My stomach twisted and I doubled over, trying hard not to get sick here on the beach. Once the nausea subsided a bit I sat up slowly and leaned down to check my right leg, which I was scared to realize I could feel anymore. There were teeth marks where the smaller dog/fish had bitten me. It wasn't too deep, but it was swollen and oozing blood, and just the sight of it made me sick again. I turned away to the water, trying to drag myself up so I could see if Jun was coming. I managed to sit up and started to wait...

A few minutes later, I saw water starting to stir, and a huge blob of what looked like seaweed started rising slowly from the depths. I screamed and summoned a large chunk of ice, scooting away from the monster as I lobbed the baseball shaped ice chunk at its head.

Pov Jun

"OWW!" I shouted in pain as I fell back into the water as the tide came in "Gee, relax will ya? It's only me!" I shouted getting up to a sitting position. I noticed her right leg was injured and ran to her to see if she was alright. As I ran up to her, though, she realized what I had seen and covered her leg again, hiding it from me.

"Sorry! I thought you were another one of those monster things." She shivered a bit, partly from cold and partly from fear.

"No worries. Are you alright? What happened to your leg?" I asked, squatting down to see the injury she received. She scooted away a bit and smiled at me, though I could tell she was more worried than what she wanted me to think.

"It's nothing big, no worries, kay?"

"Nothing my butt, let me see it. Or do I have to pin you down again?" Rose glared at my suggestion and stood up. Or at least tried to stand, because she fell down before she could get all the way up.

"Don't! Don't worry, I'm just..." she trailed off for a second and I knew she was trying to edit her words. "I'm just a bit dizzy, okay?"

"Let me see. Even the smallest scratch can get us killed, remember?"

"HEY!" Rose yelled, shoving me away. "Not fair, don't use my words against me! And I can heal myself, thank you very much! I'm just... kinda... tired. Yeah, tired."

"You can't heal poison, remember?" I reminded her before picking her up bridal style. She squeaked and wrapped her arms around my neck quickly so she wouldn't lose her balance and fall.

"It's not poison I'm worried about. I just don't feel well, okay?" I frowned when she said that. When she says, "I don't feel well" it usually means she's going to get sick or pass out.

"Well I'm cleaning out the wound still, then I'll make you a bed out of some of the tree leaves so you can sleep comfortably," I told her, walking to the waterfall. With one hand I kept my grip on her and the other I grabbed water and washed the bites she'd received. She held on tightly as I washed the bites, hissing a little in pain.

"You're not making me a bed, I'm sleeping on the sand." She paused for a second looking at my shirt, and then looked back up at my face. "Where are my clothes?" she demanded. "My god, we've been here how long and I don't get them? I'm gonna be stuck in this cursed dress forever!" she wailed dramatically.

"Well if you keep crying about it I won't give them to you" I replied to her dramatic wail. She went silent and pouted at me. "Better, they're in my back pocket, you're gonna have to reach for it," I winked at her to do. She gave me an all-too serious look.

"I don't care, either you get them out or I will. God forbid the punishment you will receive if I have to get them myself."

"Well you has two options, fall and let me get them or stay in my arms and grab the clothes yourself," I winked at her again.

"What do you mean by 'fall?'" she asked slowly. I jolted her up and let her fall for a sec before catching her, laughing a bit when she screamed and held me tighter.

"Answer you question?" I asked innocently. Rose stared at me for a second in silence.

"How about a kiss? If I give one will you get them for me? Pleeaase?" she begged, starting to do the infamous puppy dog face. I rolled my eyes and jolted her up again, making her lose concentration.

"If I grab them then I gotta let you fall remember?"

"But Jun!" She gave me a mockingly shocked face before stating dramatically, "I am but a helpless, injured young lady! Why, that would be totally uncalled for from a gentleman such as yourself!"

"I know, but it doesn't change that fact, love. So stop being stingy and grab it so you can change," I answered her attempt of me getting the clothes for her. In response, she grabbed my shoulders and pushed off, landing hard on her side in the water.

"I want them now!" she called up to me, sitting up slowly, sopping wet again.

"I suggest getting dry first. Don't want them see through do you?" I winked pulling the clothes out of my back pocket. Rose just laughed at me and said, "I don't, but you may since you're there."

Before I knew what had happened, she grabbed my ankles and pulled me down into the water next to her.

"I take it you want to do something as you undress?" I winked again, kissing her lips. Rose pulled away blushing and smacked me on the shoulder.

"25, Jun! Not till I'm 25!" She then pulled me close to her and kissed me slowly before pulling away.

"I think I remember you telling something along the lines of 'that doesn't mean we can't fool around a bit,'" I winked and kissed her slowly, returning the favor. Rose pulled away and leaned over to whisper in my ear.

"Not here, Jun," she said quietly so I was the only person that could hear. "Not in this hell. Not with them watching. Just me and you, okay?" She kissed my cheek and scooted away, grabbing her soaked clothes and smiling at me conspiratorially.

"Roxas! Why didn't you supply me with the necessities I need!" I yelled, shaking my fist at the sky. Rose gasped and blushed, punching me as a note started to fall down like lead from the sky. I caught it before it hit the water.

"Thats... a good reason. Still send them! They can hold two gallons of water!"

"JUN, I SWEAR!" Rose yelled playfully, shoving me down into the water. "Leading people on like that!"

" YOU GUYS ******* OUT THERE?!" Runin shouted out from the cave.

"Wanna have some fun?" I asked innocently. Rose glanced at me slyly from the corner of her eyes, smiling a bit.

"What are we gonna do to the poor girl?" she asked, laughing.

"This. SO WHAT IF WE ARE?! YOU GONNA JOIN IN?!" I shouted back to her before getting hit by Rose.

"RUNIN, IF YOU TOUCH HIM I SWEAR TO GOD YOU'RE GOING TO END UP BEING TOMORROW'S BREAKFAST!"

"Ew, ginger for breakfast. Can't cook something better?" I asked just as Runin went on a rant on how disgusting that was and I replied innocently, "YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO~!" earning another harder hit from Rose. She then slapped my cheek and wrapped her arms around my neck, still holding her now wet clothes.

"Up! Let's go, I wanna get dry and get dressed, slave."

"Hmm, naw I like it in here, its nice and calm," I told her, getting more relax in the water. Rose looked at me for a second before throwing her spare clothes aside and cuddling up against me, sighing probably because it was just another second she had to spend in that dress.

"Alright. We'll get out, but I has a question, you need help getting changed?" I winked again just for fun, and also because there was an eyelash in my eye. Rose blushed and then murmured something about "damn zippers."

"I'll take it as a yes. Still want me to look away?"She looked at me conflictingly for a second before saying quietly, "I've known you for seven years, Jun. That's really up to you..."

I stared at her before answering, "I'll wait till next time when we're all alone." Rose nodded and hugged me, clinging to me like a little kid almost.

"Love you," she whispered.

"Love you too, mi amor," I whispered back, wrapping my arms around her leaned forward and kissed me before smiling brightly and wrapping her legs around my waist.

"Seeing as I can't walk, you're going to have to be my transportation for awhile," she said. "Let's get a move on, sir! The faster I dry, the sooner this dress can be burned. You know I'm not one for fire, but I'd be glad to get rid of this rag."

"You really do know how to mess with my guy gene," I told her about to get up, but a thought came to my head. "Where am I suppose to hold you in this position when I get up?"Rose looked at me deviously and guided my hands to her legs about mid-thigh.

"Here's fine," she smiled sweetly.

I got up hold the spot where she guided my hand and walked out of the water. "Let's put you in the sun to dry off," I said, walking to the beach curious why she wanted me to carry her like this. It made me think about Runin's words earlier but I frowned and shook the thoughts away. Now wasn't the time.

"Right there!" Rose pointed to a spot in the middle of the deserted beach. I set her down and she flopped over onto her back, staring up at me with a smile.

"Tanning are we?" Rose made an "ew" face and slapped my leg.

"You know I don't like the sun, but since you're the one carrying me, you call all the shots, and the cave is too far away to crawl to successfully." I looked at her with a 'are you serious' expression.

"You sure you wanna give me that power? Cause I can think of one right now."

Rose just laughed and rolled her eyes at me. "Silly boy, I know you'll do the right thing. You won't abuse me because you know that won't end up very pretty. And plus, you're too nice to take advantage of me like that."

"True, still be careful how much power you give me. Might just do that" I warned her since I'm still a guy.

Rose just snorted and looked up at the sky. "I don't think you will, and if by some strange and apocalyptic reason it does, I respect myself too much to just sit there."

"You"ll crawl away?" I asked sitting down next to her looking out to the sea in awe for some reason.

I could feel her gazing at me as she said softly, "There'd be no need to because you'd never do that. I trust you with my own life and soul. I'm not afraid of that."

Trust. That word bounced off every corner of my mind thanks to Runin's words. I used to think that I could trust Rose, but now... I wasn't so sure anymore.

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