A/N: Hehehe...I um...forgot to to the numbered (1) thingys at the end of the last chapter...gomon nasai...anyhow...here:
1. (keyblade appeared in flash of purple) He summoned the Oblivion back, duh! Since its darknessed based (or one would think it was by the looks of it), it is summoned back in purple!
2. (slightly forgotten nobody) :P This is just a tad ironic isn't it? XD
3. (Sora did the usual slashing and thrusting with his keyblade) I was gonna put 'usual slashing and thrusting' but that last part aroused some perverted thoughts in my head...HAHA!
4. (Roxas was the other side, the dark side) :Darth Vader music plays: Muhaha! XD
Hmm...I like the Sora/Axel pairing. :sticks her tongue out: I am sooo gonna die for this chapter...
Anyhow...um here is the next chapter... :flees the room:
A Different Turn
Chapter III- A Bond of Flame
Axel layed there silently, just content with holding the sleeping brunette in his arms. He was in pure bliss.
The red-head grinned, thinking about last nights activities.
He had to admit, he never knew Sora could be so... dominate.
That had been a nice surprise though.
No, scratch that.
That had been a delicious surprise!
Axel chuckled and pulled Sora closer, nuzzling the soft spikey tuffs.
He felt the brunette tense at the preasure of the closeness.
Axel looked down, Sora had many burns all over his body.
Of course he felt bad for hurting the brunette, but that wasn't something he could entirely control.
Lost in the moment...Axel had lost control.
What Sora said was true.
He was a pyromaniac.
He chuckled.
Roxas had said the same thing...
Unconciously, Axel started tracing a burn mark he had left purposely on Sora's left arm.
Basically it was brand saying that Sora belonged to him and everyone else be damned if they even got near him.
The burn just wasn't a burn...Axel had burned it so it was in the shape of one of his chakrams.
That alone should warn people who exactly marked him, and who they'd be dealing with if they did anything to his Sora.
Yes, Sora was his!
After the mess with Saïx and Xemnas was taken care of, he was going to take Sora with him.
He knew the brunette would miss his friend's...specifically, Riku...
Axel unconciously started gripping Sora tighter at the thought of Riku. So tight it made the teen mumble, "Axel...hurts..." and then promptly fell back asleep.
The red-head chuckled, he nuzzled Sora's spikey hair, continuing to let the other sleep. Content with just being able to be near him and hold him.
After all he been through, Sora deserved a bit of rest.
Besides...Axel hopped that the brunette would be energized enough to go another round before they had to become all serious and go finish what was left of the Organization...
He sighed slightly.
Having Sora sleep gave him way too much time to contemplate.
But, thinking wasn't a bad thing...especially now that he thought of Riku...
The silver-haired youth wouldn't let Sora go so easily.
He'd hunt Axel down, kill him, bring him back to life, torture him (possibly with showing him Sora liked him better than Axel), then kill him again.
Axel snorted. His imagination was getting carried away, Sora'd never let Riku do that...
If anything Sora probably would force him and Riku into a threesome...
Axel's eyes went slightly wide.
There was no way in hell he'd do that...
...or let Riku have Sora for that matter.
He looked down at the sleeping brunette. He traced the burn marking again and an idea hit him.
Carefully, he manipulated his energy, then with black glowing finger-tips, he touched the brand and it turned black. Now it looked like a tattoo. Identical to the one on Axel's own right arm. "You're mine, you damned brat..." He whispered.
Axel was startled when Sora smirked... something he pretty much only ever did in the presence of Axel..and that was when the brunette was...well, dominate.
The said teen's eyes cracked open and Axel found himself yanked down and meeting very soft and warm lips.
Axel almost found himself pouting when the other pulled away. Pouting!
Instead of...pouting, Axel grinned. "Ready for another round?"
Sora grinned right back and straddled the red-head. "Always. Got it memorized?" He said teasingly.
The brunette couldn't help but laugh when Axel finally did pout.
"Thats my line," Axel muttered.
And with that he pulled Sora down for another kiss, plundering his mouth once again, then nipping gently on the soft lips.
"Got it memorized...?" He whispered and once again pulled Sora down for another heat filled kiss.
Riku was mad.
No, he was beyond mad.
He was straight out pissed!
So far, their search had led to absolutely nothing.
Zip, nada, rien, nichts, niente.
Not only was he pissed, he was ready to murder someone (preferably Axel), and he was ready to jump out of his skin with worry for his brunette.
After being given the time to think about it, Riku had a pretty good idea at what Axel's new intentions were thanks to his little 'speech'.
'If he touches him..' Riku thought to himself, silently naming off all the ways he was going to torture Axel if he touched Sora.
'He doesn't love Sora! He loves Roxas!' He shouted within his mind, but somehow he didn't believe it. He felt like he was on the verge of a breakdown. And that definatly wasn't a good thing. Especially in his case.
The others were avoiding him the like the plague.
But, that was a good thing.
He wouldn't be able to control his actions with this much emotional strain.
He'd might end up saying something he didn't mean, or worse...
Once again, he cursed Axel too all ten levels of Hell!
Riku shook his head.
He reallly needed to stop brooding, and continue looking for Sora...
Something in his heart told him that Axel hadn't taken the brunette from the castle, let alone the world.
With that a new determination flared within him.
He was going to find Sora and he would finally show the brunette what he truely meant to Riku.
Then he'd kick Axel's ass for taking him.
Then they would finish off Saïx and Xemnas and go home and finally be together once again.
Axel smiled lazily as he watched Sora dress.
Well...try to dress in what was left of his clothes...
It didn't occur to Axel that he had lost control so quickly; Sora's hoodie was burnt badly in many places (specifically where Axel had to touch to get it off him) and his shirt pretty much wasn't a shirt anymore.
The brunette sighed and looked at Axel...pouting.
'Damn that adorable look!' Axel thought, it was just too cute. It made him want to jump the brunette...again.
His look saying, 'What am I supposed to do for clothes?'
The red-head couldn't help himself, he laughed.
Sora gave him a dirty look and Axel sobered after a few minutes.
"Alright, alight! Wait here..." He said before vanishing in one of his portals.
Sora couldn't help but gape at the spot where Axel had been.
He was suddenly afraid that the Nobody left him alone.
He loathed being alone!
Sora was about to go hysterical, but a load swishing interrupted that plan.
Whirling around, there stood Axel, fully clothed and holding clothes.
"Here," He said tossing them over to him. "Those were...Roxas', but they should fit..."
Sora peered down at the clothes offered; a pair of black slightly baggy pants and a black t-shirt.
"Oh," The brunette looked up, Axel was holding out something else too...an Organization coat. "you don't have to wear it, but sometimes it gets cold..." he said trailing off.
The red-head looked uncomfortable and Sora knew it was because of Roxas', but not in a bad way, Sora knew that Axel didn't want Sora thinking he was just his Nobody's replacement, he was just trying to be considerate and Roxas' clothes were the only ones that would fit him...not like he would want to wear any of the other members clothes...God only knew what they did to them.
The clothes fit perfectly...but Axel was right. It was cold...
'Why wasn't it cold when I was...scratch that..' Sora thought, slightly blushing.
Sora slowly donned the coat as if it would swallow him whole; zipping it up he was surprised at how light it was but also very warm.
There was only one thing wrong.
His shoes clashed horribly with his new attire.
Even in Sora's own mind that sounded girly, but...he wasn't going to walk around in- dare he admit it?- cool new clothes with a pair of mismatched shoes...
"Um, Axel?"
The red-head had been staring at him, but now looked him in the eyes and raised a red brow in question.
"My shoes..." he said, blushing a bit. And just to emphasize the point, he wiggled them a bit. God he felt like such a girl!
Axel immedietly caught on at what the brunette was getting at. "Duh!" He said a smack his head, once again he vanished, but returned a few minutes later with a pair of black boots. "Here ya go!" He said and like with the clothes he tossed the footware at him, which he caught and hastily put on.
Axel whistled and was suddenly pulling him closer, then his lips decended on Sora's.
The brunette kissed him back but then pushed him away. "You better not be getting any idea's! I dislike having to keep redressing."
Axel chuckled. "Nah, we'll do that later when business is taking care of..." He said huskily then kissed Sora again. "...Ready?"
The brunette nodded in reply.
Axel wrapped his arms around Sora and teleported the two.
Time to draw things to a close.
Riku felt it, twice!
No one else did though.
They didn't have the senses Riku did or they would've felt the small tremors in the ether, the small ripples as a Nobody transported themselves not once, but twice to the same place!
And that place was currently Riku's destination.
The small group followed behind him, confused at his behavior, but he didn't care, he knew that Nobody who had teleported was Axel.
He may not be in the dark realm anymore but he still had certain powers of his, like being able to sense that.
Left, left, right, left.
Doors were on either side but Riku passed them by; they weren't the one he was looking for.
Run, run, run, down the same white hallways.
Everything was...white.
Riku didn't know why but somehow the color seemed tainted in this miserable place.
'Someone really needs to fire their decorator...' Riku thought with an amused smile.
There!
Riku abruptly stopped in front of a door.
It looked quite innocent, but this was the room that he had felt the presence of Axel enter, twice.
He knew the red-head had vanished again without a trace, but maybe the red-head left a clue of some sort...
The silver-haired teen shoved the door open and it bashed against the wall, causing a small tremor and his friends to wince.
"Riku?"
The said teen turned and looked, seeing Mickey looking questionably at him.
"I felt Axel teleport in here...maybe he left a clue or something.." He said, shrugging, then turned and entered the room.
It was a bedroom.
It was also white, even the sheets on the bed were white...
Riku reallly was getting tired of the color.
His attention was suddenly caught by a open door, and upon closer inspection it was a closet.
Peeking in he was met with the sight of a few pairs of black pants and black t-shirts on the hangers... and oddly enough two hangers were lying on the floor, empty.
For some reason or another, Riku decided to glare at the innocent looking hangers, and while glaring he caught sight of something in the corner of the closet...something oddly shiney.
Bending down, he swiped the object up and stared at it.
At first glance it just looked like a silver X, but upon closer inspection, the X resembled the keyblades.
He turned the pendent over and writing instantly caught his eyes; the inscription said: 'The Key of Destiny'.
The Key of Destiny...?
One name entered his head.
Roxas.
They were in Roxas' old room...
'But why would Axel...?' Riku's train of thought was broken as he once again felt the ripples in the ether.
Axel teleported again...and this time he had Sora with him.
Riku quickly pocketed the trinket and jetted out of the room, yelling over his shoulder with a happy smile, "Quick! Follow me!"
And once again they were running down the seemingly-never-ending white hallways.
One thought was on all of their minds at the moment: White was offically an annoying color...
Axel didn't bother teleporting in another room then going to seek out Saïx.
Hell no, he just appeared in the same room as the Luna Diviner, his arms holding his brunette protectively.
It was the same room where Sora had confronted the Nobody in earlier, and the said Nobody was once again, staring at the moon of Kingdom Hearts.
Sensing the two teleport into the room, Saïx turned around, his gaze instantly on Sora.
Axel could see the lust in those golden-eyes, and it pissed him off to the extreme!
The other didn't thin he had notice, but Axel did notice, he noticed all of those times during the meetings the lustful gaze he had on Roxas.
But Axel was very protective of the blonde, yes he was.
Axel made sure he acompanied Roxas after those meetings, making sure Saïx wouldn't catch the blonde and rape him.
Saïx took his sexual frustration out on the other members, usually Demyx.
Axel had felt sorry many times for the Melodous Nocturne when he saw the blonde the next day after the meetings, he would be battered and limping, but oddly enough he never said anything.
When Axel was about to do something about the matter, Zexion actually did something other then sulk in the basement like some emo kid.
The red-head almost laughed at that thought. 'Heh, emo kid...'
He was brought out of those thoughts as Saïx finally spoke.
"Well, Sora... you look rather...appealing." He grinned maliciously as Sora shuddered from what 'appealing' implied. Axel was seething silently. "Or should I say...Roxas?"
Enough was enough!
"He needed new clothes, and unfortunately the other ones that would fit was Roxas'." Axel said softly, but laced with his pent up hatred for that...'man'.
Axel smiled when he saw Saïx's face contort in his own anger. Axel felt like dancing and rubbing it his face singing, 'Haha! I got something you don't have!'.
His euphoria ended however when Saïx once again smiled maliciously, I may not have him now, but wait until I beat you into a bloody mess and leave you there to watch as I rape him...oh I can see you're face now as you watch helplessly as he screams..
Axel's eyes went wide, the sick sadistic bastard!
He was glad though that Saïx had chose to say that telepathicly, if he had to see Sora cringe in fear...there'd be no telling what he'd do.
No, he would protect Sora from that bastard!
No matter what...
Axel gritted his teeth, he held his arms out in a crucifix-like pose, darkness ran down his arms to his hands then swirled into flames than into the shape of his chakrams.
Sora summoned the Oblivion to hand and get into stance.
Saïx summoned his trademark weapon, it appeared in a silvery-blue light, he made the first move.
The silver-haired Nobody jumped into the air, and brought his sword-like weapon down, Axel and Sora seperated and jumped away as the blade slammed into the ground and the blue energy was released, but unlike last time, Saïx had a reason to continue the assult and it came very fast.
Both Sora and Axel attacked the other when the opportunity came, but the Luna Diviner was quick to use that method of slamming his weapon on the ground and the energy bursting forth.
The two were surprised and caught off guard when Saïx did that move in rapid succession.
Sora was thrown off his feet and Axel was knocked twenty-feet away.
Saïx was immedietly on Sora and the teen could only block the attacks as best as he could from his position on the ground.
Axel growled and ran forward, his chakrams ignited into flames and he threw them at the offending Nobody.
Saïx quickly knocked one of the flaming wheels aside, but the other caught his left arm and the Nobody jumped away from Sora, hissing in pain.
Axel caught his weapons as the returned to him.
Sora by this time had jumped up and was running toward Saïx, unleashing an Ars Anctum(sp?) on the distracted Nobody, bringing him even more pain.
Saïx though, regained his composure quickly and slammed Sora aside, then he proceeded to attack the teen, repeatedly slamming his sword into the Keyblade as the brunette tried to block the attacks, but his arms couldn't handle the force of the blows anymore and the keyblade went flying...
Saïx went to attack again, this attack would be enough to weaken the brunette where he couldn't fight anymore. Then he could go after Axel and do as he promised. He couldn't wait to break the boy!
Sora's eyes went wide, then he winced in pain as his heart beat adnormally, he went to raise his left hand in reflex but stopped when it felt oddly warm.
A familiarity about that enveloped him and the warmth bursted into white light and there the Oathkeeper was in all of its glory.
The keyblade blocked Saïx's weapon and Sora countered the attack, he quickly jumped up and the Oblivion returned in a flash of purple as it appeared in his right hand.
He had dual keyblades...
Sora didn't stop to wonder, instead he rushed at a momentarily stunned Saïx and attacked him, the damage delt even greater with both keyblades striking.
With one final slash, Saïx flew across the room, right into the path of a very pissed off pyro, who unleashed his own fire-based attacks on the defenseless Luna Diviner.
The latter then landed unceramoniously on the ground, panting.
He looked up with hate-filled eyes at the two for causing him pain.
Saïx grinned devilishly and vanished into one of his darkness portals.
"Coward!" Axel yelled angrily.
Sora frowned...something wasn't right.
Axel sensed the foreboding feeling and shivered..he turned to Sora to comment, only to see a portal open behind the brunette.
Axel didn't have time to shout out as a blur of silver and black darted out towards Sora.
His Sora.
Many things happened within the blink of an eye.
Sora was thrown out of the way by Axel, who took the blow of Saïx blade, right through the chest...
"Axel!" Sora screamed, jumping up he lunged at the Luna Diviner, attacking him viciously with both keyblades.
Saïx grinned victoriously as he vanished in another portal.
Sora paid no mind to him though, instead he was by the red-head's side, cradling his body in his arms.
"Axel!" the brunette couldn't hold back the tears as he saw his lover start to fade away. "Please! Don't leave me!" he sobbed.
Axel smiled sadly, "I'm sorry...maybe...if I hadn't let my guard down... this wouldn't have happened..."
Sora shook his head furiously. "No, its my fault... I felt something was wrong! And I just stood there like an idiot! I-"
Sora's sentance was cut off by a kiss, which he returned without question, knowing this would be the last.
"Don't blame yourself." Axel smiled, his hand reached up to his neck, he grabbed something under his coat and yanked, snapping a silver-chain. He took hold of Sora's hand and held it, the item sandwitched between the two.
"Even though Nobodies don't have hearts and aren't supposed to feel...you made me feel...like I had one." He cupped Sora's chin.
"You'll never fade away," Sora said with a shakey smile, he raised his hand (the one not holding Axel's) to his heart. "you'll always be with me, here!"
Axel smiled again and he felt whole as everything went black and he faded into nothingness.
I love you Sora...
Sora stared at the spot the red-head had been...he was clutching the item so tightly to the point it hurt.
He looked down at it and began to sob.
It was Axel's chakram pendant...
Riku felt a pang in his heart.
It hurt. Bad.
So bad his steps faltered and he almost fell on his face.
Sora was in pain.
He sprinted off, leaving behind shouts of his friends.
Sora needed him!
He ran up the side of a wall and jumped onto a plateform that held a doorway, the same doorway Kairi had come out of when Xigbar had confronted Sora.
He ran through it, knowing Sora was on the other side...he wasn't prepared for what he saw...
Sora was on the floor, sobbing.
"Sora!" Riku shouted, running over to the brunette.
"Sora..." he lightly touched his light's shaking shoulder.
The other teen looked up with red eyes.
"Riku!" He shouted and threw his arms around him and burried his face into his chest.
Riku instantly wrapped his arms around Sora who once again began to sob.
"Shh, shh! Sora...whats wrong?"
The brunette looked up at him with watery sapphire eyes..
"A-axel! H-he..s-saved me! B-but...-" Sora couldn't hold it together and tears began to roll down his cheeks.
Riku understood though, he pulled Sora closer and kissed his temple...
"I'm here now..."
Sora sniffled and snuggled into Riku's chest, and Riku nuzzled him slightly.
...Axel had sacrificed himself for Sora.
Riku was in such deep thought that he didn't notice pull away from him and stare at something in his hand.
Riku looked at the pendent in his hand and suddenly remembered the other pendent he had found in his pocket, he drew it out and handed over to the brunette. "Here..."
Sora took it slowly and put it with the other one, then the two began to glow...
Both Sora and Riku stared in amazement then in a burst of red light Sora was now holding his keyblade, the keyblade was white and red and the end looked like half of Axel's chakrams.
But the most important feature was that both pendants were attatched...onesentance came to Sora's mind as he shed one last tear.
"A...Bond..of Flame..."
TBC...
This was one of the lonegest chapters I had ever written...and the saddest..I actually cried...I had planed this from the beginning...but man...I cried...:sniffles:
I hadn't had problems with Saïx, I beat 'em first try... Xigbar is a different story...
Chapter brought to you by: another Full Throttle and the song Passive by A Perfect Circle.
Well, I'm outtie, its 6:40 am and I'm depressed...
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