The Meaning of Existence
Chapter Four: Beginnings and Endings – Final Reunion:
Darkness fades, light reborn. Despair for some, rejoice for others. Warmth disappears, sorrow will linger. Pain brought to the denizens of the dark, hope reborn in the hearts of the beings of light. One's joy is another's suffering. Unaware of the horrors of the outside world, a soul sleeps. For whom do you fight? Darkness fades, and light is reborn.
Morix watched her two friends battle on the struggle platform. Axel flung his chakrams at Roxas, who dodged the first chakram and was hit by the second, causing him to skid backwards from the impact.
"Do I ring any bells yet?" Axel questioned, launching his chakrams at Roxas again.
Roxas panted heavily and managed to dodge Axel's chakrams again, giving him the chance to strike Axel with his keyblade. Axel winced and leapt back, gathering fire around him. He flung his now flaming chakrams at Roxas.
Roxas's eyes widened as he did a reversal to dodge the chakrams. Suddenly a figure clothed in red materialized in front of them. The figure's face was concealed by red bandages wrapped around more than half of their face. Morix's eyes narrowed at the figure, it was clear she didn't like this person the least bit.
"Huh...?" Roxas turned around, facing the mysterious figure.
"So it was you." Axel said, jumping into the air and flinging his flaming chakrams at him.
The chakrams were repelled by an unknown force and the figure turned to face Roxas. "Roxas, these two speak nonsense!" He informed.
Morix shot up and cried,"Roxas! Don't let him deceive you!"
"Roxas!" The figure called.
"Roxas!" Axel shouted.
"Roxas!" Morix cried.
Roxas held his head, confused at all of the events happening. It was too much to grasp all at once. He was getting a splitting headache.
"Hayner... Pence... Olette..." He murmured. "Hayner! Pence! Olette!" He shouted to the sky.
Time resumed again. Roxas glanced around the sandlot, relieved to see everyone moving again, but confused on what had just happened.
Vivi collapsed on the ground, and the announcer questioned, "What? What just happened?"
After the question was asked, Vivi rose again and looked around puzzled, "Huh...? ...How did I get here?" He asked, then proceeded to stroll off the platform.
What's going on...? Roxas wondered, still shaken by what happened earlier.
"He got you pretty bad, didn't he Axel?" Morix asked, her eyes closed from under her hood.
They were back at the World that Never Was, in Axel's room. Morix was seated on a chair near his bed with her arms crossed neatly over her body.
"Yeah... nailed me pretty badly..." Axel replied, examining the cuts on his back and chest made by the keyblade.
Morix got up from the chair and walked towards Axel, removing her hood. She grabbed a roll of bandages and wrapped them around his wounds.
"Idiot. You were being careless..." Morix scolded.
In her own way, it showed she cared.
Axel chuckled, "I guess I was." He paused. "Your hands are warm..."
Morix stopped, puzzled. "...what?"
"Your hands are warm..." He repeated, turning to look at her.
"I think Roxas may have hit you a little harder than expected..." Morix countered, closing her eyes and finishing the job of bandaging him. "Done. I suggest you not over exert yourself." Morix advised, leaving his room.
"Whatever you say... whatever you say..." Axel gave a quiet laugh and laid back on his bed.
Two days passed, Morix left her portal holding a roll of bandages and entered Axel's room, only to find it empty. She glanced around the room, looking around for the pyromaniac. Nothing. She glanced around the room a second time, spotting a note taped onto a mirror. She ripped it off and read it.
Morix,
I've been given orders to destroy Roxas if he refuses to come back to us, of course I'm not actually gonna do it, I'll just stop him from seeing Sora. I can't just let him disappear... Oh yeah... almost forgot, sorry for always leaving without a warning.
- Axel
Morix's eyes narrowed that stupid-- she crushed the note in her hand and disappeared into a portal.
Roxas walked out of the Usual Spot where his group of friends used to hang out. It hurt him how they suddenly were unable to see him and ran through him like a ghost. He knew something was happening, but he didn't know what. He was completely erased from a picture he recently took with Hayner, Pence, and Olette. It was if he was never there... and never existed. He was about to walk to the sandlot, when all of a sudden pools of darkness surrounded him. The dusks had appeared again and surrounded Roxas. Then another larger pool of darkness appeared, and from it emerged Axel.
"Look at what it's come to." Axel sighed "I've been given these icky orders to destroy you - if you refuse to come back with me."
Roxas turned to look at Axel, and unease was written on his face. "We're... best friends, right?"
Axel scratched the back of his head "Sure... but I'm not getting turned into a dusk for..." Axel's eyes widened in surprise "Wait a sec! You remember now?" A smile found its way to his face.
"Y-yeah..." Roxas hesitated.
"Great! But you know... gotta make sure and all... so umm..." Axel furrowed his eyebrows in deep thought, then shot up "What's our boss's name?"
Roxas looked around in slight panic, seemingly searching for something.
Axel sighed and looked down, disappointed. "Can't believe this..."
Roxas grabbed a stick from the ground and it materialized into the keyblade. He stood his ground and got into a fighting stance, knowing he had no other choice. The dusks lunged at him, only to get struck by the keyblade. A few assassin nobodies came to aid the dusks soon after. Roxas leapt over the assassin's attacks and brought his keyblade down on it, as soon as he landed, another assassin slashed viciously at his back, making Roxas cry out in pain. He whirled around and slashed the assassin, leaping over another's attack. As soon as all the nobodies were finished off, Axel prepared to launch a chakram at Roxas, but time stopped.
Roxas! To the mansion! Quickly! The time has come.
Roxas looked up to the sky, and cried out his friends' names one last time. "Hayner! Pence! Olette!"
Roxas sighed, knowing it was futile, and proceeded to run towards the old mansion. As soon as Roxas left, time resumed again, leaving Axel alone.
"The Roxas that I know is long gone" Axel shook his head "Fine, I see how it is" He sighed, upset and hurt.
Morix arrived at Twilight Town, searching for Axel. She cursed under her breath Dammit... If I got here sooner I would've caught up to him... She ran towards the old mansion, she had a hunch they were somewhere there.
As soon as she arrived at the front of the mansion, she saw a figure wearing the organization's cloak.
She stared at the figure under her hood cautiously "What number are you?" She asked, getting the feeling she had to fight soon.
The figure pulled out a Soul Eater and charged at Morix, who jumped over to the side and instantly summoned her kunai. Her eyes narrowed and she leapt over him, swinging her kunai gracefully and skillfully as she turned. The figure blocked her strike with his soul eater and leapt back, getting back into his fighting stance.
Morix sighed and caught the kunai "I don't have time for this..."
With that said, she raised her hand upward and sharp spires of ice instantly spiked up from the ground around the figure, blocking him from charging at her. She disappeared into darkness not long after, leaving the imposter to carve his way out of the ice.
Roxas had made it into the computer room inside the old mansion. He walked deeper into the computer room, observing every corner of it. Pools of darkness swirled around the ground and nobodies emerged from them. Roxas summoned his keyblade and began to dispose of them. As soon as all the nobodies had faded, Axel walked into the room.
"Simply amazing Roxas"He crossed his arms and said bitterly.
"Axel." Roxas spoke, staring straight at his best friend.
"Oh, you really do remember me this time?" Axel faked a smile. "I'm SO FLATTERED!" He shouted, flames erupting around the room. "But you're too late!" He cried in rage.
Roxas pulled out his two keyblades, the Oathkeeper, and Oblivion. He twirled them around in his hands and prepared to fight. Axel took a step and extended his arms out to the side, closing his eyes and leaning his head downwards. Waves of darkness surrounded his hands as he summoned his chakrams. As soon as the chakrams were clasped firmly in his hands, he lifted his head, smirking at Roxas, and the two friends, engaged in a fierce battle.
Morix arrived in the Old mansion, instantly running towards the computer room, following nothing but her own intuition. She reached a sealed door and placed her hand on it, only to retract it quickly back. The steel door was scorching hot. Morix held her hand close to her chest and gazed at the door in worry.
Axel... truly an enigma... Morix thought to herself, waiting hopelessly by the door.
Roxas had beaten Axel, he panted heavily and stood straight up, looking at Axel. Flashbacks ran through his mind, each memory was of him in the organization.
"Axel..." Roxas uttered, staring at his fallen friend.
Morix opened the now, cool door. She spotted Axel half crouching, half standing and walked over to him, looking at Roxas.
"Morix..." Roxas started "I'm sorry..."
Morix's eyes softened, "Idiot..." her voice was barely a whisper "You don't have to apologize..."
Axel panted, out of breath, "Let's meet again, in the next life..." He forced a smile.
Roxas nodded, "Yeah. I'll be waiting... for you and Morix."
"Roxas..." Morix started, her eyes showing concern.
"Don't worry about me... We'll meet again..." Roxas reassured, forcing a smile.
Darkness gathered around Axel and Morix. "Silly..." Axel spoke, shaking his head "Just because you have a next life..."
"Wait! Roxas—" Morix was cut off by Axel grabbing her hand, and pulling her into the darkness.
Roxas stared at the spot his two friends had been, and sighed. He strode forward, knowing there was no turning back. This was his life, this was the path he chose, and this is how it'll end.
----SKIT TIME!----
Axel: I can't believe he's gone...
Morix: It's more than certain we'll meet again...
Axel: I guess... but I... just miss him... he... made me feel like I had a heart. Kinda funny if you think about it... heh...
Morix: I don't find it funny at all... -eyes soften a bit- friends like that are hard to come by... I guess I could never understand...
Axel: Silly. You already understand. After all, Roxas and I are your buds. You can't get rid of us no matter how hard you try, got it memorized?
Morix: -eyes widen, then close- I see. ...Thanks. ...Axel...
Xaldin: You... Have you seen Demyx?
Axel: don't ask me.
Morix: I haven't seen him in a while now...
Xaldin: ...useless... -walks off-
Demyx: Phew! Thanks guys! I thought I was a goner!
Morix: -jolts- -turns around- Demyx? When did you...
Xaldin: It's time I've dealt with you... DEMYX!
Demyx: Sorry! Catch you later! -runs off-
Morix: That Demyx is an interesting one...
Axel: Yup. He sure is... -scratches back of head-
Author's Note: I thank Plummet and Imperialism for reviewing! I like you two! hugs them to death xD Reviews make me happy, and when I'm happy I update. When I'm grumpy I don't. >:P Now that I look back at my work, I keep wondering if I should've just cut out all the game scenes since everyone's already played it... But originally this fanfic wasn't meant to be put online... I guess things change after a while... meh.