Disclaimer: I don't own the XIII order... or most of the things that will be mentioned in this fic. -cries- I make no money off this...
Summary: Poor Vexen... All he wanted was a nap! One of Xigbar's time spells goes horribly wrong leaving him and the other order members with some pint sized problems... Pre-CoM
Warnings: OOCness, children (oh horror of horrors!), spelling and grammar errors, hints of shounen-ai, some Spoilers for XII Order members...
A/N: Sorry this took so long, I decided to re-write it. I think it came out better than the last one I wrote. I'm trying to sort my ideas for this fic. So many things I could make them do... Oh well.
Saix comes out this chapter.
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- the critical blow
Bairn
By: the critical blow
Chapter 4: Hide and Seek... sort of
An ear splitting wail of terror filled the air and the two order members looked at each other. Only one thing came to mind...
...The kids were in danger.
"Shit!" Xigbar cussed as he took off toward the stairs.
"Wait up!" Vexen yelled as he ran after him.
Vexen and Xigbar made their way to the upper level of the library quickly, practically taking two steps at a time. Xigbar stared at the small portion of the library where he and the others had left the children and groaned softly. Vexen was currently panting heavily and doubled over. Running wasn't his thing. In fact... most physical activity, other than training with his shield every once in a while, wasn't his thing.
"What's... the... matter?" He managed to weeze out.
"They're not here!"
"What?" Vexen asked, still too out of breath to notice.
"They're not here any more! They bloody ran off!" Xigbar snapped. Vexen looked up to see that the children were no where in sight. They'd lost the children aka their fellow order members.
This was not good.
"Where the hell could they have gone!" Xigbar asked in a paniced tone. He wasn't actually worried about the brats. He was worried what the Superior would do to him if he ever found out about this little incident. Though Vexen was just as paranoid as he was he kept a calm expression as he tried to come up with a rational idea of what had happened. If they heard the scream a few minutes ago then they couldn't have gotten that far.
The place was a complete mess as there were books scattered about as if they'd been thrown. Someting had probably startled them... something Larxene couldn't beat with a book. Maybe it's been one of the nobodies? But they would never attack one of their own unless instructed to. A heartless then? The thought of that made Vexen shudder. Such a horrible way to go. But there were no heartless here and besides the Order members had no hearts to steal.
Maybe th-
"GRANDPA!"
Vexen let out a muffled yelp as he something tackle hugged his leg knocking him over in the process. That something crawled onto his chest whimpering softly as it hugged his neck. Vexen managed to pry Demyx off him long enough to sit up but the second he was the boy latched onto him again.
"Mr. Eyepatch!" Roxas yelled as he ran over to Xigbar and launched himself at his leg. Unlike Demyx he didn't have enough force to knock the man over but he did make him stagger a bit. Xigbar scooped the child up and gave him a good glare.
"What the hell did you just call me?" He asked.
"Mr. Eyepatch." Roxas said smilig brightly. Vexen had managed to pry the teary eyes Demyx off his chest and get on his feet. The boy stood close to his side obviously not wanting to be very far away from him. Xigbar noticed none of this however
"Why?" Xigbar growled. Roxas stared at him as if he was stupid.
"Cause that's your name. Duh!" He said rolling his little eyes. Xigbar could feel his good eye twitching but reminded himself that Roxas was just a child. He didn't know any better. But that didn't stop him from twitching or the urge to strangle the boy. If only he was his older self... then he could beat the tar out of him. He'd get him when he returned t normal. That calmed him enough to keep from hurting him and he sighed.
"My name's Xigbar. Xig-bar. Not Mr. Eyepatch. Xigbar."
"Xigbah..." Roxas tested the name and smiled brightly.
"I like Mr. Eyepatch better."
"Why you little-"
"Where are the others?" Vexen intervened as he took Roxas from Xigbar and sett him on the floor. The question seemed to remind the two children of the reason they'd been so paniced as they both began to speak loudly and rapidly at the same time. Xigbar growled in agitation rubbing his temple before he placed a hand over both boys mouths.
"One at a time you numb skulls!" He snapped obviously not in the mood to deal with this at the moment. The boys nodded and he removed his hands. Demyx sucked in a deep breath of air and began to explain.
"We were just sitting over there and not doing nothing wrong or anything when this real scary hooded guy came into the room and started walking over to us and he took out this real big sword and he wanted to know who we were and what we were doing there and Larxene told him to mind his own buisness and then he growled like a bear and she threw a book at him and he went all crazy and then we ran away and he chased us!" He yelled before he fell over onto the floor.
"Breathe, child. Breathe!" Xigbar sighed as he rolled his eyes. It seemed Demyx was becoming more like his normal hyper self. He helped the boy to his feet and Roxas pat him on the back as he panted heavily. Vexen fought off the urge to chuckle and settled for a smile. Even he had to admit that was pretty cute, even if it was the ever annoying Demyx they were talking about. But the smile dissapeared from his face as what Demyx had just said finally sunk in. He paled considerably and turned to Xigbar with a nervous look.
"A crazy hooded man with a real big sword? That means the person who was chasing them was..."
"...Saix." Xigbar finished.
"Shit!"
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Larxene slumped to the floor trying to catch her breath. Marluxia sat a foot away from her gasping for breath and clutching his arm. They were currently hiding in an empty room with what appeared to be cleaning supplies and a lot of boxes. They'd been minding thir own buisness in the library when some guy asked them who they were and what they were doing there. Larxene hand calmly told him t mind his own buisness and continued to read her picture book. He'd growled and made Roxas cry so she told him to leave them alone. He old her to make him.
And then she'd thrown the book. He blocked it. She threw another one. He blocked it again. The next book hit it's mark. And then the man went crazy. Not 'I'm gonna spank you now' kind of crazy but 'I'm gonna kill and chop you up into little pieces and eat you' kind of crazy as Marluxia had stated. And so they ran out of the library. They'd been luck to escape from that freak with their all their limbs still attached to their bodies but they were still pretty scraped up. Marluxia had taken the brunt of the damage as he'd taken a hit for Roxas when he shoved the younger boy out of the way of the psychopath's blade.
He wasn't hurt too bad, he'd just gotten a small cut on his upper arm... but as we all know children tend to make small wounds seem bigger than they really were.
"You okay?" Larxene asked in a hushed voice.
"Uh-huh..." Marluxia nodded but grimaced slightly in pain. Larxene cursed herself mentally. She really shouldn't have thrown that book at him and just should have answered his question. But he was a stranger and they weren't supposed to talk to strangers. At least Demyx and Roxas had managed to get away...
"Demyx and Roxas will be back with the grown ups soon." Larxene said. Yeah... soon they'd be back and the grown ups would be able to save them from the crazy man. Any minute now she thought to herself. They were competent. They wouldn't let them down...
After a few minutes Marluxia smiled at her brightly.
"We're doomed." He giggled.
"We sure are." She said smiling.
The door creaked open and the two stiffened fearfully. Larxene grabbed a can of Lysol, whatever that was, and prepared to throw it. A figure entered the closest and...
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Zexion whistled to himself as he walked down the hallway. He'd managed to beat Luxord at his own game of poker. Bets had been place on all the munny or valubales they had on them. Zexion had managed to win quite a large sum of munny which he was now carrying with him in his pocket. Luxord was so shocked that he had beaten him that the older man fainted. Zexion supposed he should have stayed in the room with his care taker but it was boring in that room and he wanted to see what the others were up to.
Plus he was starting to get hungry.
Zexion was vaugely aware that he had no idea where he was going but he figured he'd find someone sooner or later in this odd place. And hopefully they would have food. He heard something coming from behind a closed door and wondered what it was and pushed it open. It was empty except for the assorted junk inside mostly cleaning products and boxes. He raised a slender brow and took another look around. He could have sworn he'd heard someone giggling in here...
"Hello?" He called into the seemingly empty room. An all too familiar war cry filled his ears and he paled considerably as Larxene lunged at him with a can in hand.
"Not again!" Zexion groaned and ran away from the supply closet. A can of cleaning spray flew past his head barely missing him as he'd managed to trip over his own two feet and had fallen to the floor.
"Larxene stop! It's Zexion!" Marluxia gripped her arm and did his best to stop her from lunging at him.
"Zexion? Zexion!" Larxene cried and latched onto the fallen boy. Zexion wriggled in her hug only to have an extra weight added on him as Marluxia followed the blonde's example.
"Get off! Get off! You're crushing me!" Zexion whined. The two finally let go of him and Marluxia helped him to his feet. He glared at both of them. He glared at Larxene because she could have just given him cooties and at Marluxia because boys hugging boys was just... wrong. Unless they were like your little brother or something. And even that was weird. He dusted himself off.
"Why am I always the one to get attacked? Why not Demyx? Crazy cootie infest girl always targets me..." The boy grumbled.
"Oh shut up." Larxene growled.
"Come on, we have to get back to the safe place." Marluxia said as he picked up the can of Lysol off the floor. Zexion raised a brow.
"What safe place?" He asked. His two friends, rather his one friend and the crazy girl hanging out with him, stared behind him with wide frightened eyes.
"What?" He asked.
A low growl answered him and Zexion turned around to see a very tall man with blue hair and very very large sword slung over his shoulder. But that wasn't what scared him. Oh no... far from it. It was the fact that Larxene was scared.
"...RUN AWAY!" Zexion scream and the trio ran back to the supply closet. Zexion was the last one inside and he slammed the door shut. He shoved boxes in front of the door in attempt to block it from being opened and soon Marluxia and Larxene joined him. The door knob twisted violently as the monster man outside tried to open the door. The three children pushed with all their might against the door fighting off his attempts to open it but it didn't do much good.
"Open the door!" The man snapped.
"Never!" Zexion yelled back.
"He's gonna eat us!" Marluxia cried.
"People don't eat people." Larxene said smartly.
"Canibals do. And does he really seem human to you!" Zexion asked. Larxene shook her head as he eyes widened fearfully.
"Oh god, he's gonna eat us!" Larxene cried.
"Larxene grab some cans!" Zexion snapped.
"But they don't work!" Larxene said. Zexion opened his mouth to say something but a very large sword sliced through the door sending a shower of splinters and wood chips flying everywhere. Larxene scream, Zexion dove to the floor, and Marluxia no longer had to go to the bathroom. He glanced at his friend to see them both passed out. The man towered above them and stepped into the closet. Marluxia tried to shake them awake but it was no use. He couldn't get away...
They were doomed.
"Ni-san!"
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Axel looked away from his crossword puzzle and glanced around the room.
Had someone just... called him?
He shrugged and returned to puzzle.
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A/N: Saix is a beserker. I kind of imagine he'd go crazy on the kids like Blanca from Street Fighter... or that Chocolate addicted guy from Spongebob. XD He's not gonna kill the kids or anything. He's just gonna... oh you'll see next chapter. I just had to get one of those 'He's gonna eat us' lines in there. I know, I'm weird.
Bad chapter I guess.Hope this wasn't too painful for you all to read. I'll try to have chapter 5 out soon as well as a chapter 6 for Nobody.