Yeah, people likie this little love story that I have written (muwahahahahahaha!) So yeah. I tried to cut down the paragraphs upon request but I don't think I did that good of a job. Sorry, sometimes I get a little... hyper with writing things and make those really uber long paragraphs. XD Anywho, please enjoy chapter 6 of "Do You Make Me Exist?"!
I stood at the giant Skyscraper again, this time whenever I looked at a screen I could see a memory of Roxas', all of the screens were showing a different view or moment of when Roxas and Axel felt real, complete, human. I kept looking up at the screens, if I looked away all I could see was fuzz again. The water fell gently onto me but I didn't feel any emotions as it fell this time. I just kept looking at the screens, there had to be a hidden message there that I missed before. Something there must have helped to explain everything... or it was just Roxas' fondest memory. That could also have been the point of that being the only thing on the screens. "I'm sorry." Roxas spoke behind me. I turned around quickly to find him standing there, dry and without one drop falling on him, in his white outfit. He just stood there and looked at me like I was his parent or something and I was scolding him. "About what Axel and I did, I'm sorry that I did that. I just thought it would be funny that's all."
"You heard my thought about not keeping the promise didn't you?" I asked him. Roxas nodded, that was the core reason for his apologizing to me. I just sighed and went up to him, then I pat him on the shoulder. "I'll keep it." Roxas' head was tilted down, I couldn't see his face. I did feel his shoulder start to shake a bit, he was trying to keep quiet but I could also hear him sniffling a bit. I took my hand off of his shoulder and looked at Roxas, was he crying? I couldn't feel what he was feeling at the moment... it was just like when he kissed Axel back in that strange neon city. I needed to find out why this was happening, it could have been good or bad. Either Roxas was gaining existence himself or... he might have been fading off into the darkness just like Yensid said he would. I looked down a bit, Roxas finally looked up at me with tearing eyes, he tried to hold it back. "What's up?"
I couldn't even tell what was on his mind. I had so many things on my own mind any little thing could have ticked us both off. Roxas bit his bottom lip as I waited, he then looked at me. "It's impossible... everything that you're thinking about I am too and... there's no way that... I just-"
"We're going to find you a heart!" I yelled at him. Roxas quickly tilted his head up to me but started to cry anyway, at least he was trying to hold it back and only one or two tears fell. "We can't give up yet, there's something that we're missing!"
"I can't do this anymore Sora." Roxas whispered. I didn't understand, was he loosing to the darkness and fading away? I really started to get worried, Roxas wasn't like this... not even in his memories. "I can't keep taking over your body like that... it's tearing your heart apart. If I did that again one of us... would fade into darkness."
"What!" I didn't fully understand but Roxas might have, he had more time to think about these things. I took a step to him and he tried to keep it together. Maybe that's why I couldn't feel what he felt and why I couldn't think what he thought anymore... maybe it was because we were finally fighting over who would gain entire control over the body that I owned. "You mean that... you and Axel can't...?"
He shook his head, they couldn't be together anymore unless I found out how to make Roxas complete. He bit his bottom lip again, something didn't seem right about it all. "We've fought over your body so much that your heart... it basically can split in two now... whoever has the weaker half will lose." Roxas closed his eyes as he continued. "Before the end of the week one of us won't exist anymore."
I just stood in place, is that what Yensid meant when he said it was dangerous? We were against time again, I needed to find it out before it was too late or else one of us would lose to the other... I just needed to find it out as soon as I could! Roxas stood there crying and I felt bad, it was my fault that he was feeling this. If I never chose to become a Heartless to protect Kairi then this would never have happened, Roxas wouldn't even be here to cry. I went up to him and put my hands on his shoulders, Roxas just hugged me back. I was a bit shocked by this, but he needed someone right now. I put a hand on his head as he cried his eyes out. "I'll find you a heart before the end of the week, not that hard right?"
"I miss him..." Roxas whispered. I looked down at him while Roxas kept whimpering. "I miss Axel... I won't be able to see him again and I never got to say goodbye."
Still I stood there in the rain, allowing Roxas to cry and trying to act like the big brother that he needed right now. Wait... I was standing in the rain, so was Roxas but he wasn't getting wet. Something about this place... about the rain... that's it! I gently pushed Roxas back a bit as he looked up to me with confusion. I lifted a hand out to the water and let it start to bundle the drops in my palm, he just watched me like a lost boy. I took a sip of the water, just like back in the neon city. The water was still tears and when I took a sip I could feel the confusion and fear that Roxas was feeling at the moment. I laughed out loud and ran out a bit, going in circles with my arms out and my face looking up to the sky. I finally stopped and looked back at Roxas, he must have thought I was insane right now. "The reason why you're not getting wet is because these are your tears."
"What?" Roxas dried his eyes, he slowly let the tears calm down. As he did I could feel the rain start to lighten up, this made me smile and laugh out loud again.
Roxas didn't like this new me, I guess it must have started to scare him. I ran up to him again, stopping a few feet in front of him to start the explaining. "The rain when we were in the neon city, they were your emotions. You and Axel are Nobodies, you can't have emotions for yourself because you don't have a heart to hold them, so they come out in the rain. Your tears." Roxas finally stopped crying as I spoke, the rain stopped the moment that he stopped. I just smiled again as I continued and pointed up. "When we went to the neon city the rain fell... your emotions were there. I could feel your emotions, I could feel Axel's emotions too."
"Our emotions... are in the rain?" Roxas asked again, just for good measure. I nodded when he did, then Roxas smiled. "Then, we might be able to do this after all!"
I smiled as well, things were looking up after all. "We split our heart in two, you strengthen your heart with Axel's love and with your emotions in the water and then you're a whole person. You'll be real." I finished off. Roxas knew it was a great plan but there was another problem, I could tell the problem as well, what about my half of the heart? "If it's your emotions raining down then they are mine too aren't they? I might be able to strengthen my half of heart with it as well, then thinking about my feelings for Kairi will complete it."
"We better make sure that this is a good plan though." Roxas started, I listened to his half of it while I dried off and started to loose the feelings that were soaked into me. "Once we separate the heart we can't put it back together again. Once it's done it's done. If you have the stronger half then you can regrow it really easily, it was your heart to begin with. But if you get the weaker half-"
I waved off his remark. "I'll be fine, let's talk to Leon and Merlin about this plan and see what they think, then we can do it as soon as possible. It could be tomorrow, it could even be later today." Roxas nodded, if they found out how to make him real then they might be able to make notes and find out how to make Axel real as well. I offered my hand to him, Roxas took it without hesitation and shook it. Agreement made, it was time to go and make a Nobody somebody.
I woke up pretty late the next morning, it felt good to finally sleep in for once. Goofy was waiting for me while reading a book, Donald must have gone somewhere with Merlin to train on his magic. I sat up in my bed and gave a great big yawn, I felt like life was finally looking up, for the both of us. Goofy put down his book and tossed it onto the table, causing a large pile of other books to crash to the ground. If I wasn't awake yet that would have woken me up. He laughed his odd chuckle and waved to me. "G'mornin'!"
"Yeah, morning Goofy." I smiled back. He chuckled again, I guess it was good to see me happy like this once more. I hopped off the bed and slid my feet into my shoes, then started to put on my jacket. "Hey, where are Merlin and Leon? I want to talk to them as soon as I can."
Goofy stood as well, I finally got my jacket on while he picked up his shield and placed it firmly on his hand, it was like the thing would never fall off of the four fingered hand that held it. "Leon is with Merlin, Donald told them everything that happened so far and he went with them to find out if we could do anything." I froze up and blushed a bit, I told Donald everything and he wasn't one for keeping his mouth shut when needed. Goofy waved off my thought quickly. "He only told them the stuff that didn't mess with you being taken over and all... I was with him when he was explaining."
"Oh..." I cleared my throat then, I guess Donald could keep his mouth shut when needed. I started to the door while Goofy followed closely behind my heels. "Okay, are they in the Marketplace?"
He nodded, easy for me to find them then. We left Merlin's house and wondered into the streets of Hollow Bastion, the place sure did look a lot different then when we first came hear a little over a year ago. I walked around hoping to hear he sound of a cranky duck talking with two highly intelligent people. It seemed like the worked. When we got to the main section of the Marketplace and walked past a moogle I could hear the sound of Donald trying to have a full fledged conversation with Leon. When I got to then Donald gave a quick hello but Leon just gave me a cold stare. I already had a bad feeling that this wasn't going to end well, why was it my luck that nothing ever ends like I want it to? Merlin walked out from one of the shops with a small bag of potions and other bottles that he used for his strange magic spells. "We need to talk." Leon took my arm and started to pull me back to where I started from, back to Merlin's house. I tried to keep up with him but Leon sure was walking really fast and I had to walk twice as fast to keep up with him. I heard Merlin tell the other two to stay there until I got back, then he followed as well. In no time we were back to the room that I woke up in, Leon finally let go of my arm as he almost threw me. He was holding me hard, my arm was red now! I rubbed it a bit and then stood there as Merlin was the last one in. He closed the door and with his magic locked it so no one could get inside. Leon stood in front of me with his arms crossed, let the yelling begin. "Donald told us everything about Roxas and Axel." He started. I was about to speak up but Leon continued. "Stop right now."
"But... Roxas and I think that we-" I wanted to tell them the plan, it was perfect! There was no way it could fail!
Leon didn't want to hear any of it. "You can't help a Nobody, the feelings are false." Leon ordered back. I felt like I was shrinking, Leon sure could be pushy. "Because of this you put your life in more danger then is needed, the Cosmos needs a Keyblade Master now to protect them-"
"I'll still be there-"
"And someone who is devoted to stopping the darkness-"
"I'm devoted to helping my friends first!" I yelled out. Great, now I blew up at the one person that I thought would actually help me. Leon just stood there. his mouth closed and waiting for me to continue. I didn't know what else to say, my mind ran blank and Roxas wasn't there to help me out with something to say. I wanted to tell Leon the entire plan but now I was having second thoughts about it, he would just tell me that the plan would fail anyway. "Never mind." I whimpered, then walked to the door to leave. Who cares if the plan was good or bad? Right now it was all that I could do and I was running out of time to help Roxas out.
Merlin had his magic unpacking the bottles this entire time. When he was finished Merlin took his wand and started to tap his hand as he spoke. I put my hand on the door to open it but Merlin just tapped his wand again, I then remembered that the door was locked shut. "Now then, there was something that you wanted to talk to us about?"
I turned to him, like they would listen now? I already knew that the two didn't agree with everything I was trying to do to help them... no one thought that a Nobody could love... I found out that they could and I intended to make sure that they were together forever. "Roxas and I think that we found a way to make him a heart." I muttered, I could barely hear myself because I was so quiet.
Leon stood there and waited for me to start while Merlin took a seat and placed his wand onto the table. "Now now then, speak up and tell us." He said with his always happy tone. I sighed and explained everything that I knew to them. The idea of the rain and the information that Yensid gave me, the memories in the screens and the tearing up of my heart from control. I finally got to the dream from last night and the plan that would save both of us from the death by darkness. When I was done the entire house was silent, it gave me the chills when I finished. Leon took a seat on the bed and thought it all out while Merlin started to pet his beard and think to himself. I stood and waited, even if it were negative insight it might help me in finding out what to do next. "That sounds like a very good plan." Merlin finally said.
I perked up and smiled, finally someone that agreed to what I was doing! Leon nodded, "It is a good plan... but it's very dangerous." He added. Now Leon had my attention, I guess he changed his mind after everything I told them. Better to get the information from the person that it's dealing with then one of their friends. Now that Leon got the information from me he probably realized that I would have done the plan if they told me it stunk or not. I waited for him to continue. "Roxas has a solid way of making a full heart from all of this but you don't. You're hoping for the stronger half of heart and that you two would still share emotions in the rain to help grow your heart." I nodded, my thoughts exactly. "But what if it stops raining? What if Roxas claims all of his emotions for himself and you get the weaker half of the heart? It would be a slow and painful way of turning into a Heartless."
I never thought of that... what if it did stop raining and I got the weaker half? Could my memories and thoughts of Kairi really save me too? That was it! "You guys have to believe in me, just like Kairi did one year ago." Leon looked up at me again, Merlin chuckled at my idea. It got his attention as well. "All of our hearts are connected, so if you all believe in me and wish for me to make it back then I will! The power of your hearts will strengthen mine and make it whole again, my friends will be my power."
"Heh." Leon sat up now, he put his hands behind himself while he leaned on them and smiled. "I almost forgot who I was dealing with." I smiled again, I got the approval of both of them now!
Merlin liked the idea, he supported me from the beginning. "Remember though, no one has ever done this before. No one knows about the side effects of this. To add to that, it sounds like the world that you have to do this in doesn't have a heart of it's own." I never thought of that, a world that doesn't have a heart of it's own? That sure was strange. Well, everything that had been happening for almost two weeks now has been really strange too. "This world isn't supposed to exist as well, indeed it's like a world that never was. Be careful Sora, who knows what creating a heart in that world will do."
"Right." I nodded to his advice, it was good to tell them about it in the end. Leon nodded, that was the final note needed to make this plan perfect. The three of us were silent again, then Merlin waved his hand and the lock on the door came undone. I turned a bit to it, then turned back to Merlin. "Thanks for everything."
"One more thing." Leon stood up and walked over to me, he was a lot taller then me... why did I have to be so short? "You better leave without Goofy and Donald. I'll have them go to every world that you've been to so they can tell everyone to remember and hope for you. You're going to need a lot of friends in order to make a heart whole again." I nodded, agreed. Donald and Goofy would have to go around the entire cosmos to tell everyone to believe in me, the power of my friend will bring me back from the separation of the heart. I knew this would work, it was the only plan that we had right now! I don't think there could be any other plan... this was all that we could do. I ran out into the streets of Hollow Bastion and sprinted for the Gummi Docks, I would just borrow our Kingdom Gummi that's all. I went to the Marketplace, sense that was the only entrance to the docks, and ran right by Donald and Goofy. The two called out my name but I ignored them, at least I tried. They would never agree to the plan that I had, they would say that it was too dangerous and tell me to think of something else. I ran into our Gummi and shut the door behind me, the two of them just got to the ship when I locked it up and headed to the cockpit. I could hear them pounding on the door for me to open it but I refused to. I turned the Gummi on and started to flip the switches, the engines started to warm up. The pounding was added with yells now from Donald, he was throwing another tantrum, but again I had to ignore them. The engines were ready and it was time to take off. I picked up the small radio on the dash board, the one that worked the entire intercom system, and set it to speakers outside of the Gummi.
With the beep that could be heard on both sides I started to talk. "Don't get upset at me just yet, I'll let you yell at me all you want later. Listen, you have to go talk with Leon right now, he has a really important mission that only you two can do." I stopped then, this could be the last time I talked to them if the plan failed. There was only one thing left that I could think about. I held the radio close to my mouth and said the final words before departing. "I'm counting on you two." And then I cut the transmission. They did as told, at least they didn't want to get fried with the engines. I took off in the Gummi, back to the neon city where it all started, and was ready to make Roxas whole.
