Chapter 9

You know all those times when Larxene said Demyx was stupid? For once, he actually was beginning to agree with her...

Many events had passed: Roxas had left the Organization, Axel had gone AWOL, and Sora, a keyblade wielder, had woken up. Although, Sora was apparently Roxas? Demyx didn't think too hard about that. It was too confusing for him! He'd rather sleep instead of think.

Sleeping was also easier than facing the reality that Larxene, the person he had loved, was gone. He'd had a long time to think it over, and he was sure he loved her. Sure that nobodies were capable of love.

Demyx pushed on. While discussing Sora during a throne room meeting with the Organization, Demyx merely commented, "Hey, as long as it works in our favor, we can let him do what he wants for now. Then we'll all jump in if needed."

"Those are bold words coming from you," Xigbar remarked. "Are you saying you'll volunteer to take care of it if things go wrong? Huh?"

"What!? Me? No, you have the wrong guy. I'm not comfortable with that."

Xaldin cut in, "You act as though you have a conscience. When was the last time any one of us felt anything?"

While the other members further discussed Sora, Demyx's mind wandered. The last time he felt? That was easy, the night after he'd discovered Larxene was gone. And it destroyed him from the inside out to remember. No, there was nothing he could do. His only friends were the Organization now. That was all he had.

After the meeting, Demyx looked in the mirror in his room, arranging his hair. Apparently, they were going to send him to the Underworld (ick!) to face Sora. He heard the swish of the door and saw Xigbar in the reflection.

"Do you really think Roxas cares about your hairstyle? As if!"

"You might not understand, old man!" Demyx merely replied, eyeing the grey streaks on his comrade's locks.

Xiggy laughed. "Probably not. Here's your card."

"Card..." Demyx repeated, as if it were a foreign word.

"Xemnas doesn't want you to forget your orders." Xiggy handed the card to him before leaving again, still smiling.

Demyx shoved the card into his coat pocket. Eh, he should probably read the card or something, but that was too much work. At least he had something to take his mind off the pain.

After many scary moments in the Underworld, Roxas (Sora?) finally approached Demyx. "Roxas?"

Unfortunately, Roxas had no idea what he was talking about. He slipped the card Xiggy gave him again, reading it. "Let's see here...If the subject fails to respond, use aggression to liberate his true disposition. Right. Did they ever pick the wrong guy for this one…"

"You're bizarre," Roxas said.

Demyx reluctantly fought him, as per organization order, which of course did not cause Roxas to remember. Eh, whatever, he had tried, right?

Apparently the Organization didn't care about all the effort he had put forth, and sent him back to Hollow Bastion yet again to fight Roxas, which made him a little anxious. Eh, what did it even matter? It wasn't like he had a purpose anymore. Sure, he wanted to play his sitar all day long, but nobody really cared about him.

As Sora, Donald, and Goofy came running towards him, he froze for a split second. Why was he even doing this? He wasn't made for combat. No, he didn't have a choice. It's what the Organization wanted, right? And that was all he had.

He smiled. "Hey, you guys are looking lively!"

Donald spat out, "Scram!"

Sora asked, "Didn't we catch you messing around in the Underworld? How'd a wimp like you get into Organization XIII?"

Demyx immediately thought about Larxene. She would've said something like that. She insulted him all the time! Meh, this wasn't the time. He jumped back, pretending that he couldn't do anything.

Sora continued, "I bet you can't even fight!"

"Yeah, but we can!" Donald exclaimed.

"You shouldn't judge anyone by appearance," Demyx said, as if he were replying to Larxene.

Unfortunately, Sora, Donald, and Goofy got into their battle positions, causing him to immediately regret his words. Larxene was right. He was stupid.

He turned around. "Ohhh! I told them they were sending the wrong guy…"

He heard Goofy and Sora briefly talking, but perked up when he heard them say nobodies didn't have hearts. If only they knew how he felt about Larxene, how he felt when the C.O. team was annihilated, if only they knew how much fear he felt in this moment. As always, he replied calmly, giving the appearance of being laid back.

"Oh, we do too have hearts! Don't be mad."

"You can't trick us!" the duck exclaimed.

He turned around, one last time, letting go of his humanity. Letting go of everything. "Silence, traitor."

After the battle, his emotions overcame him as he put his hands on his head, trying to contain them. What...what was happening? He shouted as he disappeared, his last thought was that he hoped he would see Larxene in the next life.