Chapter three. XP Well. I lied.

I now have a plot. It'll be swim lessons. Or water acclimation at least. –le sigh- I have an idea for the first step towards slashing these two into ribbons and tying them together, but that'll be a bit. Hm, like all my other stories, starts out slowly. Yaoi later. Hope you enjoy.

Wow. Axel's like, a maniac. Shocker. XP And yes. MY AXEL'S HAVE RENO-LIKE HAIR! So sue me. I like his hair down and back in a ponytail. I think it's hot. SO LYKYEAHIDUNCARE! –insert my grumbling here-. I don't own ze characters, but I own ze plot. Shank joo.

Now read. And maybe review. Shoo! Read! –waves hands-

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It's funny. When someone's asleep, how they can hear voices and interpret them in their dreams. Like, if someone yells at you you're a looser, someone in the dream does, and maybe you don't wake up. That's sort of like what Demyx was doing. He wasn't exactly sure where the dream ended and reality started.

Then again what was reality to him?

But, he prayed this was only a dream.

He was being shaken, not violently but shaken nonetheless. Someone was saying his name slowly, and with slurred words. Demyx only saw darkness, so he sighed, knowing whatever he'd been dreaming about was over. When he opened his eyes, he tried to yelp. Someone's hand was placed over his mouth.

Blue eyes stared into a pair of full dilated, tired eyes that looked amazingly hollow. He tried to say something again. The hand wouldn't let him.

"Sh, damn it shut up." Axel removed his hand, letting Demyx sit up. The tall man was sitting on his knees, looking blank and completely relaxed. "God you sleep hard."

"…Axel...? I haven't died yet. Are you alright?"

"I'm sta... sad…sidat…sidiated."

"Sedated?"

"Yeah that." Axel laughed softly, no energy at all. A really blank smile crossed his face. "I'm on like eight bajillion million drugs right now." He laughed again. "I can't feel my feet! Heheh."

"…Um…" Demyx raised a brow, turning to look behind him. He looked at the wall of the castle.

He'd slept there last night, hoping someone would come get him. He didn't think it'd be Axel, though.

"How did you get here?" The pyro shrugged and grinned, laughing to himself.

"I dunno! Just kinda did!" His words were punctuated funny, and they slurred so badly Demyx could barely understand. "Anywho, I wanted ta' say sorry for like…maimin' you the day that was a'fore this one." Axel motioned kind of like Jack Sparrow does, staring at nothing and pointing with both hands, swaying. "I kinda cracked the wall with you…Aheh!"

"…Axel…?" Demyx leaned, trying to see what Axel was pointing at. Of course, nothing was there, but he just wanted to see. He looked back at Axel who was continuing his little rant.

"And then they foun' me in the water hole thing area with the walls and the floor and stuff…" He tilted his head, looking at the ground and waved his hands around. "And were like 'oh no he's gunna die!' And so somebody tackled me and it hurt, man." Axel blinked, staring at the ground. "A lot. And then I was like 'dude get the feck offa me' and he was like 'no'. And then someone hit me and I like…died. And, when I was brought back to living or whatever the hell is we do, someone had tied to me the bed! Like…like in evil science dudes do with amin—anim—alim…animals! And like, I was like 'oh feck'. And...so Vexen came in and Vexen came in and like poked me with somethin'. Then somethin' else, like three other pokey things and then put this breathy thing on me! I went all numb and say pretty colors…" He smiled, staring at nothing. "And I was all like 'dude 'm like high' or somethin' like that! And then—"

"This is all very interesting. But, I asked how you /got/ here. Not your little crazy trip."

"Oh! Oh, ahaha yeah that. The black things help me."

"Black things?"

"Yeah! It's awesome, dude. A-U-S-U-M, got it?"

"You mean a-w-e—"

"Lookit!" Axel waved his hand in a rainbow fashion, and a portal opened about five feet. He stared at it, and Demyx noticed Axel was wearing a high ponytail, hair flat. It crept over his shoulders and flittered around his back. And, he was in his Organization coat with a pair of jeans on and one flip flop on. Demyx didn't want to know where the other one was, because he might get lectured.

"Um. Axel. I think you should go back to bed."

"Hell no! 'Cause they'll poke me again!" Axel's eyes widened, swaying sideways. "And it's frickin' painful!"

"'Kay, well. You're going anyway."

"Going where?"

"Exactly."

"Huh?"

Demyx rolled his eyes, standing and tugging Axel to his feet. The redhead stumbled in a few random directions before Demyx had to catch him to keep him up. "Okay, Axel, through the black thing."

"Black thing!"

"Yes, black thing. I would suck at having kids." Demyx sighed; tugging Axel through and forgetting the blank minded man had opened it. He stepped through, and right into the pool area. Both fell into the water, and paused. That's when Demyx got hit. Demyx stumbled backwards, like water didn't surround him, and watched a frantic, confused, half-high Axel looking around like guns surrounded him. He opened his mouth and looked even more worried, flailing and staring in random Direction. Demyx rubbed his shoulder and tackled the other man, and sending them both through a portal, and landed on Axel's bed, followed by a short spray of water that had sneaked through with them. Demyx rolled over off the other man and lay on his back. Axel was flipping out next to him, coughing, looking around and falling every few steps, trying to figure out what had just happened. "Axel. Calm down, the waters gone."

"I couldn't breathe." A full sentence. Seems shock whipped out all the medication.

"Yes, well, that happens to those who aren't me," Demyx mumbled sheepishly. He stood, walking over and grabbing Axel by the shoulders. This looked odd since Demyx was about five inches shorter than the redhead. "Axel. Calm. Down. Okay?" A look of concern crossed his features as Wild, frightened eyes met his own. "Damn Xemnas, he's given you even more of a water phobia than before."

"Demyx I couldn't /breathe/."

"Yes, I realized that. Can you calm down? Relax, breathe /now/. You have air."

"…." Axel took a short breath and closed his eyes, trying to stop his shaking

"Good. Okay, well, you'll be the laughing stock of the Organization, I would say this was a weight off my back, but I'm also slightly offended. Granted, I don't /want/ to be laughed at, but I also don't want people afraid of me. There really isn't all that much to be afraid of anyway." His voice faded, and he frowned. He knew he wasn't much of a fighter, but he kind of looked out for people. Being soft was his 'talent' he supposed. Though most called it a curse. "Look. Do you want to not freak out when you step in a puddle?"

Axel looked angry.

"That's a yes. So, how about this. I'll help you out, but you have, you /have/ to trust me. Okay?"

"…You wont drown me, will you?"

"Only if you light me on fire."

"Deal."