Inspired by a line in "He." I'm sure you're all wondering about what Larxene was referring to x3
It wasn't unusual to find Axel roaming the halls, but on this particular night, he was out because of a bad feeling. As he made his way outside, he heard the tell-tale grunts of people battling. He immediately recognized one of them as Larxene, but he couldn't tell who she was fighting. As he listened and tried to figure out who it was, Larxene suddenly appeared from around a corner and nearly ran into him.
"Whoa, Larxene, what's your hurry?" He asked, as she wasn't normally one to run from a battle. She responded by ducking behind him, clinging to him, and looking quite… terrified? He'd never seen her like that before.
He looked in the direction she'd come from, and a claymore was suddenly hurled into his line of vision, followed by a snarl. "Saïx?" Axel cried in disbelief, "You were fighting Saïx outside? Shit-!"
Number VII suddenly appeared next to his claymore, and he was clearly in his Berserker mode. Larxene made a noise, and Axel hushed her softly, stepping in front of her a bit more and waiting to see what Saïx was going to do. The Diviner seemed to be calming down, but Axel decided to not take any chances, and portaled them away (though not before summoning some fire in hopes of a distraction.)
He took Larxene to his room, where she flopped down on his bed with her arms wrapped around her; he sat down next to her. "So trying to take on Lexaeus and Xaldin is one thing. And maybe Xemnas, because he likes to reserve his true power. But Saïx where there's moonlight? Sparky, what the hell were you thinking?"
"He started it, actually." She said, pouting.
"Then why did you finish it?"
"Well, I didn't know! I've never seen him like that!"
"Oh, you haven't? I figured you'd been here long enough…." He paused and noticed she still looked upset. "What's wrong? He didn't scare you did he?"
"No."
"He did!"
She huffed defiantly and turned away from him.
"Aw, come on, don't be like that, Sparkplug." He said, hugging her. She struggled bit, but eventually let herself relax. "Saïx scares everyone. I think Demyx wet himself when he first fought him."
"Don't even think about comparing me to Demyx."
"My apologizes."
"That asshole's got some power behind him though." She muttered. "Tossed me around pretty good."
"Wait, he hurt you?"
"I believe that would be the definition of 'tossing someone around'."
Axel hummed, and stood up. "I suddenly feel the need to have a little chat with Number VII."
"What, why?"
"You think I'm gonna let someone get away with smacking my little buddy around with a claymore?"
"Oh, come off it, I've gotten beaten before."
"Yeah, by Seniors." He said, opening a portal. "Saïx is only one number above me. He's not as intimidating."
"Wait no," she said, looking generally worried, "he'll kick your ass! Then who'll save mine?"
"Would you save mine if you heard my pitiful screams of terror?" Axel said, winking at her, but closing the portal nonetheless.
"No, I'd probably just laugh at you."
"That's my girl."
