Chapter Twenty-One: They Don't Like Flattery
READ THIS! Whether or not people read these, I want the people who really like this story to answer this. I'm thinking about putting in little bonus chapters between Demyx and Axel, and if no one can tell, (you're really slow if you can't, no offence) they're both kind of fighting over me. I want to know which one I should be paired up with…if any! As soon as I finish it, I've got a picture as a poll example for this. Please, let me know whether or not, and who should be the one to finally learn to carry a damsel in distress. ( I love that joke) Also, my Demyx story, Breathing Underwater is out. It's similar to my Axel fic, so if you to read it, feel free. Anyways, go get some mozzarella cheese and keep reading my loyal minions…er fans!
What we assumed was nighttime quickly fell on us, and I had to be chained down from running after, or to at least try, Demyx. Granted, I was a fangirl and everything, but only fangirls are allowed to randomly kiss someone, right? Isn't it in the fangirls code of honor?
I swear, if Riku hadn't distracted me with some Hershey kisses he had in his pockets, I would have been long gone. I sat in the, I guess emo-looking, grass and kept throwing the chocolate in my mouth. Hershey kisses are only good if you suck on them. That way they get all creamy and yummy and good.
There wasn't any moon that we could see, let alone stars. Then again, if we were in the Dark Realm, there wouldn't be any stars, right? The darkness destroys worlds, which appear as stars in other worlds, and since we're all in the dark, what worlds would we be able to see anyways? Wow, that was one hell of a tongue twister.
"Anna, calm down!" Kairi squeaked, trying to get the last of the chocolate away from me. I wasn't hyper, just happy. Chocolate releases endorphins in my brain, so therefore, chocolate is my natural high.
"Why?" I sniffed, putting the chocolate in my pocket. "It's yummy…like candy yummy."
"Anna!" Sora shouted, trying to get me to stop being all jumpy and giddy…I kept laughing…maybe this grey grass was…oh never mind, this is a K+ story. "Stop, you'll get the whole Organization's attention with this!"
"Do you want Demyx to kiss you again?" Donald yelled, finally getting me to calm down and curl in a teeny ball on the grass.
"Bad thoughts. Bad thoughts." I muttered, pulling up the hood, hiding from everyone. "Fine. I'll stop…I'll stop being happy!"
The hood came off, thanks to Riku. "You're scared shitless aren't you?" he asked.
Yes! Riku is on my level of cursing! I know, this is a K+ story, there's mild language! I'm just refraining from drug references!
"Oh like you're not." I spat, sitting up, wanting to take off the coat. It was a sexy coat, I was just never allowed to take it off.
"Well, we're kind of used to it." Kairi explained.
"Thanks for making me feel like a n00b." I hissed.
"That didn't mean that we're not scared." Sora said. "I've been everywhere with Donald and Goofy, but we're in the dark realm. Just because we've faced all kinds of fears, doesn't mean that we can't get scared here."
"We're all a bit scared, Anna." Goofy assured.
"I'm not." Axel laughed sarcastically. "I used to live in this kind of atmosphere."
"You're nice." Riku growled. "Just because you can't feel afraid doesn't mean you can rub it in at us."
"Hey!" Axel snapped. "Do you think I like not knowing fear? I haven't been scared for years! I don't know fear, or anger, happiness, sadness, or anything like that! You think that not knowing these things is a good thing, don't you! Well it sucks that I can't be scared shitless like the rest of you! I'm not a whole person, and all of you are. It's hard for me to be stuck with all of you. I always see you all happy or upset or scared, and…"
"You're jealous." Kairi finished, seeming like finally she felt bad for Axel, despite what he did to her, scaring here away from home, dragging her into the darkness, we all know.
"I guess so." Axel replied, smirking, and sitting on the grass.
I couldn't help myself and I glomped him. "This is why you have fangirls, because all of them want you to feel again. Or something like that."
Riku tossed him a chocolate. "We might as well rest up. If we are headed to this Castle Oblivion or whatever, we should probably conserve our strength."
Hey, it was a good idea.
A few hours had passed, the others had all fallen asleep…Except me and Axel. We weren't talking, but I had to ask him something.
"Are they going to lose their memories again?" I asked him, throwing a rock at his head.
"I don't know. Now that Namine's back with Kairi, Sora and Roxas, who knows." He replied, catching the rock. "But, if they do, they'll probably forget you for a while. If things end up like last time, everything'll end up all right. You're connected to them now. You're their friend. Once everything happens, their memories'll get pieced together and they'll remember you." He raised his hand as if he was toasting. "Here's to hoping that they won't forget us."
"No one could forget you." I growled. Axel leaned up on his side.
"You're no exception, kid." He laughed. "Lookit you, you got pulled through your freaking TV, Sora hated you at first, right? Also, you annoy the crap out of the more serious members of Organization XIII, Demyx has a crush on you, Leon hates you, your mom is here, you squeak, you have a pet Heartless. Kid, the list goes on. It'd probably take more than just Namine's ability to toy with memories to make them forget you. I could be long forgotten by the time these guys are in their 80s. And they'll still be talking about you like it was yesterday." I threw another rock at him.
"Axel…they wouldn't forget you because you don't know how to carry a damsel in distress the same way every time." I laughed.
"Quit trying to flatter me." He said, lying down on his back again. "You can't make a Nobody happy."
"Demyx got his heart back." I said. "That means that yours'll come back soon too." He looked at me and smirked like he does.
"Only the Organization members are getting their hearts back. I'm not in it anymore." He threw the rock at me. "Plus, they're feeding off you, so, if I used your heart to get mine back, you'd be done for."
"I don't care?" I shouted as loudly as I could. "Sora gave his heart for Kairi's and he got his heart back. Why can't I?"
"Because that Organization'd become too strong with your Nobody, and we can't let that happen, can we?"
"Get to sleep you two." Riku shouted at us sleepily. "Quit getting at each other and get to bed." I threw the rock at him.
"I was just asking him a question!" I snapped. He waved a hand at us and grumbled and fell back a sleep.
What we thought was morning quickly sped up to us. I had only gotten about four hours of sleep that night. I listened to Riku's scolding in the middle of the night and quickly went to sleep.
"Anna! Get up!" I woke up quickly, and was picked up by Sora by the hood of the coat. I shook myself awake, and grabbed the chakrams and screamed out.
RAHH!" I shouted. "I'm gonna kill you Demyx!" Kairi tapped me on the shoulder.
I turned around, and there was the best wimpy excuse for a cake I had ever seen.
"What?" I asked, looking at the wimpy cake.
"It's your birthday, right?" Sora asked. "It's the last day of August." I smiled, and Dimples climbed out of my pocket and climbed on to my shoulder.
I couldn't hold it in. They were right. It was my birthday. I was sixteen. "I love you guys!" I sniffed, tackling them all at once.
"Eat the cake and we gotta get moving." Axel interrupted, ruining the fun moment. "You're sixteen. According to the Organization, at least from what I remember, if they have your memories, they can do what ever they need once you're sixteen." I took the teeny cake, actually it was a cupcake, and was in the process of eating it when Axel lifted me up off the ground and started running forward. "Get the rest of the stuff!" he called back to the others. "Hurry up!"
Then suddenly…I jumped away from him. "Who the hell are you!" I shouted, quickly snapping back to myself. "What just happened, Axel?"
He lifted me up again as the other caught up. "We have to go! Don't yell at me because I'm taking charge, they've made their move, and this isn't chess!"
I like chess!