"Axel, get the hell away from me!" Roxas spat at him then Oathkeeper coming into his hand, and pointing it at the shocked demon.
"Rox?" Axel asked then, taking a few steps near him, but Roxas just glared and hissed at him again.
"I said get the hell away." he glared coldly and turned to leave.
"No, Roxas! What's gotten into you?!" the demon asked then reaching to grab Roxas's shoulder, but the Hunter had noticed this and quickly whipped his hand with Oathkeeper around slashing it across at Axel.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME DAMN DEMON!" Roxas spat then taking a glimpse of what he'd done. The front of his keyblade had slapped hard across Axel's face revealing a long thin gash across his cheek where it started to swell up. He was quick to turn around then and walked away before stopping a moment, pausing, and speaking again. "Don't ever come near me again." he replied, but Axel did nothing at those words. "If you do, I'll kill you." The blond seemed to take a small almost undistinguishable breath then and went to walk back then into the small church building that he'd come out of ten minutes before, but a voice stopped him.
"Rox...you, didn't you," Axel stumbled for words a moment before shouting angrily. "Is that it?! Everything we did, everything we shared, was it all fake to you? Just leading me on, leading us ALL on, just for your own sick Hunter amusement, 'till you could just kill us all then?! Were you lying when you said you loved me?"
"..." Roxas didn't say anything for a small moment. "I'm sure you already know the answer..." he seemed quiet then in his words. "Just leave already Axel, you're wasting my valuable time." He gave a small glance back at the furious Axel then before walking inside the church leaving Axel there who had a look of utter sadness painted on his face.
"Roxas..." he whispered slightly, but then just shook his head angrily and stormed away.
"C'mon! Tell me he's alright!" Zexion, who'd been standing, an invisible entity to this whole spectacle was brimming with distaste and shock, but wait, who was that? That wasn't part of this vision...
A silver haired man made his way for the odd looking church then and yet again the outside world voices were interrupting him, starting to pull him out of the vision. "Please! He just flat out collapsed! Is he alright?!"
"Yes, yes! He's fine Demyx! God!" another voice was snapping. ...wait, Demyx? Zexion blinked a little and tried to hold onto the vision, he was sure he caught ahold of someone sobbing and muttering words.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." Were the most used words that he could hear before he woke up, but could vaguely just remember hearing something else, but didn't recall what it was wondering if the apologizing were even apart of his vision. So as Zexion came out of his vision he failed to catch the last remaining bits of it.
"I still love you, I-I'm so sorry Axel..."
"Looks like he won't be coming back and well, look at this, you've probably saved him from a grave as well! Though why you'd want to is beyond me traitor. Now quit that ridiculous sobbing and come with me, Sephiroth is waiting for you and I don't think he'd be happy to see an annoying ex-Hunter in such a sorry state, in fact its hard to believe I used to hear that you were gifted in your skills when training in North Terrace from Yuna. What a waste."
"Demyx?" Zexion blinked as he opened his eyes then and was smothered in a hug by the blond then.
"I thought you were sick or something for a minute! You just collapsed on us!" he said worriedly.
"I was having a vision." Zeixon replied with a small sigh, he knew that his power always worried Demyx. It came at random times in which he would immediately collapse or stare in a complete shocked state, but half-way conscious enough to make out the vision and speak words to people, but they usually were pretty short and unreliable sometimes. However, the more powerful and ones that would surely happen always came when he had his collapsing moments.
"What did you see?" It was Terra who spoke then, right next to Demyx, Zexion hadn't noticed him before and quickly stooped next to him. "Was it about Ven? Is he okay?" he spoke hurriedly to Zexion, grasping some hope that his boyfriend was still alive and well. He hadn't returned since coming back to tell them of Marien, he'd gone out into the front lines during the final invasion of Hollow Bastion.
Zexion shook his head then and Terra just nodded numbly. He felt chillingly alone for a moment then, unaware if either his childhood friend or boyfriend were alive. It made him angry but also slightly sick to his stomach at the thought of being all alone now. "I...I'll go bring you some water." he replied then with a curt nod and left.
"So...what was it about Zex?" Demyx asked softly helping him sit up then.
"Axel...and Roxas." Zexion replied thinking on his vision then. So, it turns out both he and Ven were right all along! He had to tell Axel immediately! He needed to know that this would happen so he could expose Roxas before Axel got hurt!
"Did something happen?" the blond asked him then, seeing a flash of anger and hurt cross Zexion's face. Sighing a moment, Zexion explained to Demyx what he had seen. The blond's eyebrows rose quickly in surprise then.
"Why would Roxas do that?" Demyx asked a frown on his face.
"Because he's deceiving us all! Don't you see Demyx?" Zexion replied sharply pulling himself a little weakly to his feet. Visions always took a lot out of him, but he needed to speak with the higher ups. Now.
"But there must have been some other reason!" Demyx protested then, unconvinced that Roxas would betray them. Betray Axel, despite how he knew the blond didn't like the moves Axel played on him.
"Demyx, get over yourself. What I saw was true. Roxas will turn against Axel," Zexion said sharply then throwing a glare at the blond half-demon, causing him to flinch.
"Zex..." he mumbled softly then and Zexion just sighed and ran a hand through his hair turning back to Demyx.
"Look, I just want what's best for Axel, what's best for ALL of us. I want to keep us safe, keep you safe. Okay?" Zexion replied with a sigh. "I need to talk to the higher ups. I need to find Axel."
"Then I'll come with you!" Demyx announced then and the silver haired man blinked.
"No, I should go alone." he replied.
"And what if another vision hits you like before? What then?" Demyx argued. Zexion paused. He had him there. "Fine you can come." he finally agreed.
"Yay!" Demyx shouted cheerfully smothering him then in a tight hug as Terra soon came back with some water.
"Where are you two going?" he asked them, blinking as he handed Zexion the water.
"We're going to go find Axel." Demyx explained and the silver haired demon sighed. He really shoudl have said earlier that he wanted this to be kept a secret.
"I'm going with you two!" Terra announced himself then, desperate for a moment, "I need to find Ven! If I go with you two he'll surely show up!"
Zexion drank the water then, rubbing at his head. "Fine, fine, but NO ONE ELSE. This has to stay between us and the higher ups, got it?" Both nodded to him and Zexion gave a curt nod as a reply. "Good, now, help me get to where Xemnas is Demyx. You too Terra."
Both were quick to comply as they lead him off to talk with the higher ups.
Speaking of Ven, he was in quite the predicament. After fighting in the front lines he'd swiftly gone back into the caverns, unaware anyone had evacuated. However, that soon changed as he entered the caverns finding a massing of Carvell Soldiers inside, and a few of Hallow's Peak's Harpies. Harpies were just the word that Hallow's Peak had come up with to call their own that hunted demons, equivalent to North Terrace's Hunters.
Dodging out most of the soldiers he'd soon found many of them rushing to a certain area of the caverns and hearing talk of a demon still fighting. However when the word 'Kadaj' was spoken he froze momentarily. He had to help the demon! They would be in grave trouble if he didn't! Following the soldiers swiftly it didn't take long before he realized just who was being attacked now by all these people and... well, whaddya know, Kadaj himself there, in the flesh with a huge smirk on his face overseeing the demon being bound.
Ven's eyes widened then again as he finally caught sight of who it was. Aqua. "You thought you could trick me with some silly booby trap? Tsk tsk tsk, Aqua, learn a few more tricks. After all we haven't seen each other in so long." he grinned down at her.
"I don't know who you are for the last time!" she yelled and Ven winced a moment. That was right, she couldn't remember who Kadaj was, he frowned then as an old memory crossed his mind then, but cursed as he saw them heading his way then, Kadaj at the head of the pack, leading them out.
It was then a hand grabbed his shoulder and he gave a small yelp as it turned him around and he tackled the thing to the ground pinning it and glaring. He blinked then. It was that Hunter, Sora. He continued to glare.
"H-hey...you're...ROXAS!" Sora yelled then and tackled Ven back with enough brute force that Ven toppled off of Sora onto the ground where he was pounced on, knocking the breath from him in a tight hug. "Roxas, I thought I'd lost you again forever!" he replied.
"W-what...?" Ven wheezed out. He was not that fucking idiot Hunter Roxas! No way in HELL.
"Roxas, we haven't seen each other in days. What happened?! How did you escape from that devil demon Axel? Did you kill him and escape?" Sora bombarded him with questions then and he wanted to kick the fucking Hunter into a damn wall for calling his annoying friend a devil so venomously.
...but wait. They thought he was Roxas? Hmm. Interesting. "I didn't kill him." Ven thought up a good convincing lie then. "I tricked him and shoved him off a cliff into some water, I don't know if he's alive or not. It took me a while to get here, sorry Sora." He tried to sound "sorry" but it was hard, but apparently convincing enough that Sora just smiled and sat up getting off him.
"That's good." he replied, "I was worried you'd been kidnapped again!"
"Um, yeah. Well, I'm here now right?" he forced a smile then, wanting to gag at the boy's overly cheery attitude.
Sora gave a bouncy nod. God, where did this kid get all his energy?! "Come on! Riku and Kairi are here too, lets go show them you're okay!" He took Ven's wrist then and yanked him to his feet and started pulling him away as Ven looked over and saw three men trying to control a very angry and kicking Aqua then as a sharp stab of pain seemed to go through his heart.
'I'll rescue you for sure Aqua...' he swore, 'And then, I'm going to find Terra with you and finally kill Kadaj myself! He's gone too far this time!'
Meanwhile both Roxas and Axel had no knowing of the small party of Zexion, Demyx and Terra coming to find them and were on their way to Carvell. Luckily it wasn't like they had much to worry about once they got out of the caves. As Roxas was being carried he sighed and would ask the same exact question every five to ten minutes. "Can you put me down yet?"
"Nope." Would be the same answer every time.
It turned out then that Roxas just gave up, however, he was very, very, VERY displeased at Axel's hand on his ass. Again, he felt the sneaky redhead move it and scowled. "Get that hand away Axel." he growled menacingly.
"Well maybe I don't want to." Axel would just smirk, well until Roxas's heavy fists pounded into his back a good few times quickly making the redheaded demon remove his hand until he dared try it again.
Finally the pair stopped for a rest. ...well, actually it was when Axel finally got exhausted due to carrying the reluctant Roxas. "Lets get some sleep..." the redhead yawned and Roxas blinked as he was set on the ground. 'When was the last time Axel slept?' he wondered then, he'd been off from what Roxas remembered, taking care of him. He just gave a small nod then and sat next to the redhead then as he sat down and leaned up against a tree.
"Hey, Axel?" Roxas asked then looking over, but blinked finding the demon already half asleep.
"Hmm?" Axel replied tiredly letting out a yawn.
"Lets find you a better place to get to sleep." Roxas suggested. "It shouldn't be that hard." He felt guilty for making Axel go through all that trouble just for him. He wasn't all that special. "C'mon." he stood then and held out a hand to help Axel up.
The redhead blinked a moment, but took the hand heaving himself to his feet. A little afraid he would fall over Roxas just kept a good hand on his wrist then as he lead him a little farther along the path glancing back at Axel stumbling after him. It took around another five to six minutes, but Roxas finally did find a nice place for them to rest and Axel flopped down then on the ground with relief, bringing Roxas, who was still attached to his wrist, down with him.
"Thanks Roxy." he smiled then as the teen fell on top of him then.
"Y-yeah." Roxas just dumbly gave a small nod quickly moving to get off him, but was pulled back down next to the redhead with a small squeak of surprise. "Axel..." he sighed then and looked up at him. "Can't you just let me go for ten minutes?"
"If I do that you'll run away and sleep over there." he responded with a small yawn.
"Exactly." Roxas hefted a small breath of patience then.
"...just once?" Axel asked then a little hopefully and Roxas was going to deny him with a sharp tone, but paused, the damn guilt getting to him then again. 'Well...it is only once. That's it! Any other time he asks the answer'll be no! Besides...I suppose I owe him...' he thought then as a tiny voice in his head responded.
'Are you sure this'll just be a one time thing?' He could have sworn there was a snicker in it.
"Okay, just this once, and don't try anything!" Roxas replied, adding the other one in a serious tone.
Axel stared at him a moment as he turned away. Was that a small blush he spied? Axel broke out into a grin then and just wrapped his arms around the blond. "Thanks." he replied softly then and closed his eyes. "Goodnight Roxas." he replied resting his head near the blond's.
"Mmhmm. Night." Roxas replied and noticed as Axel slipped off into his sleep. Roxas sighed then, not really having to move any to get comfortable, which was a plus. In fact, he actually felt a little more comfortable than he usually was sleeping alone, as much as he'd hate to admit it. Especially to Axel. Pervert would never let him live that down and hang it over his head as a definite proving of their 'love' as he called their so-called strange friendship.
'I can't be loving a demon. Let alone falling for one...' he sighed in his mind then, stealing a glance at how peaceful Axel looked when asleep. "You idiot..." he mumbled. Why was he doing so much for him? Kept after him even after he kept rejecting him? "Why are you so confusing?!" he demanded of the sleeping demon then, who, of course didn't answer, but seemed to tighten his grip around him, mumbling what Roxas found to be his name.
"...you are one crazy guy Axel." he just said softly and shook his head. Maybe, just maybe, he could grow to actually lo-'No, Roxas what are you thinking?'he shook his head again, but that was just it, he was thinking, but also not thinking. When trying to figure out Axel Roxas often came to this headache inducing conclusion, that Axel really liked him and of course wanted him to like him back. 'Oh wonderful, now what?' He raged in his mind with himself.
'Well you could always give him a chanc-' one part of his thoughts started to say.
'No, no, NO! Its wrong! Not to mention that he might just use you!' his other thoughts argued.
'He's saved me numerous times and look at him now! That's my fault!'
'Axel's an idiot. He shouldn't have pushed himself in the first place!'
And so on would Roxas's mind rage about these sort of things. To make this short, it was confusing as heck. He frowned as he thought on this for a good while finally finding himself getting tired, and by then he had come to quite a small frightening conclusion as he drifted off to sleep, finding himself shifting to rest against Axel then.
He liked Axel back.
A/N:
Yes Roxy, you lurrrrrrve Axel! ;D lol
I love how this one turned out x3 Especially with Roxas and Axel's part at the very end~ So cute and fluffy! Ah, but yes, I threw in a small preview of some bad stuff that's going to happen later on! -gasp- OH NOES. D: yes, poor Zex has no idea that Roxy actually didn't do anything on purpose.
Hey, but at least we have our own little travel group of Demmie, Terra and Zexy! ^^ Woo! And lol, yes, Sora thinks Ven is Roxas. LOL, didn't we all though when BBS's trailer first came out? xDD Ah, yes, I like this chappie a lot. Welp, I think that's everything. Hey we even got a small Zemyx moment as well! -waves fist and shouts in triumph-
Kadaj is still a Creeper and I want him to die already, lol xD Ah, but for the sake of my story he has to live a bit longer I'm afraid. -w- -sigh- Well, that's it! I'll be working on the next chapter as soon as I can! And homework is finished! I'm glad my muse lasted long enough (and my stubbornness to go to sleep) to finish this! ^^ Luffles ya all!
-Bread-chan
( Is very happy with her cuddly AkuRoku scene at the end. YES ROXAS, YOU ADMIT YOU LURVE AXEL! HAH. -jumps around like a madwoman- ^^; )