This is for the random person who only left the name saiyasianmaki (Not the same person as the author on I think. My reasoning will become clear here.)
Here are some ground rules for submitting reviews: 1) No excess cursing 2) Constructive criticism welcome- mindless 'I'm-bored-and-need-to-flame' is not 3) Grammar is our friend- please use it, and 4) Read the summary to the story before reading the story, and don't complain when the warnings were clear.
Our friend saiyasianmaki managed to break all four rules! Applause!
Here is what our friend told me: What is with you fuck shits always writing sex with boys that are not canon? fuck shits.
Hmm... now, Rule #1- Two 'fuck shits' were not needed. One would have sufficed. (Or you could save me the trouble and not put them there at all.)
Rule #2- Well... what do I say to that? If I took out the yaoi (and, come to think there are no and will be no sex scenes. Guess saiyasianmaki didn't read the chapters carefully enough!) then my story wouldn't exist! Though it DOES have a plot...
Rule #3- Now, how do I explain grammar? Well, saiyasianmaki, you COULD have written 'Why do you fucking shits always write sex stories about two boys who- going by the actual series- aren't supposed to be together?' Now, that would make it sound like you were at least educated in grammar when you went to school! (Logic would be nice too though- I mean, it's FAN isn't it? Lemme check the web address...)
Now, for Rule #4- I did clearly put that this was a RikuSora AxelRoxas, did I not? If not, then I had hoped the 'YAOI' written in the summary would have given that away. Hmm... anyone know if I can use a larger font size?
So, hopefully we all know how NOT to write a review. Thank's saiyasianmaki, you were very helpful.
(I'd like to apologize if anyone found my posting and dissecting of saiyasianmaki's review offensive- but I can't help it. When someone's stupid to my face I have to point it out!)
Now, the reason I don't think this saiyasianmaki is SaiyAsianMaki is because SaiyAsianMaki is another yaoi fan and I doubt a yaoi fan would flame this because (let's face it) only a few series are canon yaoi, so any yaoi fan wouldn't flame a yaoi fic because the pairing was not canon.
Enjoy the fic!
Love of Fallen Angels Part 5
Truth
Axel silently walked down the halls in Castle Oblivion, the home base of Organization XIII. The rest of the castle's occupants- to his knowledge- were fast asleep.
Axel scowled. What the banished angel- Riku- had said had stuck in his mind. The ex-guardian had seemed so sure of himself, and there was a bitterness in his words that you couldn't fake.
That was the reason Axel was sneaking around at 1 a.m. He needed to use one of the computers- they only had one computer room in the entire castle- and he had to be alone. During the day, it was rare to get five minutes alone with one of the machines, let alone have the whole room to yourself.
Axel stopped in front of the computer room, glancing down the hallway one last time just in case another member had decided it was a good night for a late stroll. Seeing no one, he quickly opened the door and ran straight into someone just leaving the computer room. Axel fell backwards and landed hard on his rear end.
"Owwwch." the person he collided with said, shaking his blonde head.
"Demyx?" Axel asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?" The blonde looked up, grinning wide when he saw Axel.
"Hey old buddy! Just wanted to get some time in on the computer- you know Luxord hogs 'em!" With that as an explanation, Demyx bounced to his feet. "You?"
"Well..." Axel started, getting to his feet. Quickly, he tried to come up with a plausible lie because he was certainly not going to tell Demyx why he was there. Friend or not, you just don't trust other people with things that could cost you your wings unless you were absolutely certain. "... just couldn't sleep and felt like playing a game."
"Cool!" Demyx exclaimed, turning and leaving. Apparently, he had bought it. "Have fun!" Axel watched his friend disappear around the corner before heading into the computer room.
Once inside, he turned on the light and glanced around the room.
'Which are the ones with network access again?' he asked himself. He drew a blank. It was either the even-numbered ones, or the ones on the right side- he could never remember. Deciding to kill two birds with one stone, he sat down at computer number 6, the first even-numbered computer on the right side.
He booted it up, wincing at the loud noise the fan made when he turned it on.
'We need a muffler or something for these things. They're too noisy.' Slowly, the computer loaded up, blue light brightening the room and casting a glow on Axel's features.
"Let's see here..." Axel's fingers flew over the keypad, searching for Doctor Hojo's area of the network. Most computers were networked, but you still needed the right password to enter certain areas. Or, you could be a hacker and get in password-free.
Within five minutes, he had located the doctor's files- now came the tricky part.
"Okay..." Axel said, smirking. He always did enjoy a challenge. "Show me your stuff!" His fingers flew over the keypad again, trying to trick the system into recognizing him as an authorized user.
He almost laughed when the computer let him in not ten minutes after he began hacking his way in.
'Maybe there's really nothing to see?' he wondered, scanning through some of the file names the good doctor kept. Most was just medical junk- individual records of each angel, results from monthly checkups, blah blah blah...
Axel had almost decided to stop looking, reassured that Riku had been lying, when an odd file caught his eye.
It held quite a bit more information than the others.
''Project JENOVA'?' Curious, Axel double-clicked and brought up the window, which was surprisingly password-protected. Letting his hands do their work, he tore the wall down within minutes.
Axel stared. On the screen the files inside the Project JENOVA file were up. Scanning the names of the files, Axel's shock turned into disbelieving rage. Unwilling to believe it yet, he clicked on one of the files.
'Project Freya: Subject accepted soul modifications. Further testing required to test usefullness of speciman. Results inconclusive. Subject has rejected modifications. Subject not fit for incarnation- sent to Kingdom Hearts.'
"We're projects to them!" Axel whispered angrily to himself. "That's all!" Furious, he closed out of the file and was about to exit the Project JENOVA file entirely when he hesitated, eyes landing on a certain file. Hands shaking from nervousness as well as rage, he double-clicked on one more file.
'Project Axel: Subject shows no signs of rejecting modifications. Further testing required. Data conclusive- subject is useful but personality is questionable. Will try to correct in future experiments. Subject will be terminated if the speciman shows signs of regressing to humanity/insanity/etc. Rank: Organization XIII member.' Axel read to himself, stunned.
'Riku was right.' Axel thought as phrases from the impersonal and dry scientific report reverberated in his mind. ''Personality questionable'... 'subject will be terminated'... it's all just one big experiment to them, isn't it?' Axel slammed clenched fists down on either side of the keypad, head bowed as he struggled to regain control over his emotions. "So, Riku, looks like I owe you one." Axel knew that he would have never found out the truth of his existence had Riku not said anything. He stood, quickly logging out and shutting down the computer before silently making his way back to his room.
'So- now what?' he thought, laying down on his bed and looking at the ceiling.
Riku woke up, feeling lighter than he could remember in years. It felt good to share his secret with someone- even better when that 'someone' didn't immediately hate him for being different. Often enough when an angel had revealed him- or herself on Earth they had been hunted down by humans. Humans were jealous of their wings, jealous of their power, desiring their feathers to sell them at ridiculously high prices- he had even heard of one angel that had been trapped for observation and so that the humans could study the 'new species'.
Someone knocked loudly on his apartment door- Riku had gone back to his apartment once Sora's mother had gotten home. He checked the time.
'Who would knock at my door at seven in the morning?' he wondered, more annoyed than curious. Grumbling- for he was not a morning person, even if he woke up happy- he trudged to the door, calling for whoever it was to stop knocking.
"Yeah?" Riku asked, opening the door tiredly. "Who is it?" He blinked. An adorable brunette stood on the other side of the door, a big grin on his face. "Sora? Why are you here so early?"
"Well, Kairi and everyone's planning on going to... the beach..." Sora's voice trailed off once he got a good look at Riku. "Oh, uh, did I wake you up?" he asked, noticing Riku's attire- a simple pair of pajama pants. No shirt. The teen's silver hair was messed up- that whole 'I-just-rolled-out-of-bed' look. Sora swallowed. On some it would have looked awful, but Riku managed to pull it off quite nicely. Instead of that cool, mysterious charm he usually had, Riku seemed more... touchable somehow. Less like a breathtaking statue of some sort of angel and more like a human being- though, Sora chuckled privately, in all honesty Riku IS an angel.
"No- I was already awake." Riku said, pulling Sora back from his daydreams. Sora blinked when Riku motioned for him to come inside. "Want to tell me about this beach trip Kairi's planning?" Sora went in, walking straight to the comfortably worn tan couch in the small 'living room'- it was just the area most often used in the apartment, as it connected all the 'rooms' in the place. Sora flopped down onto it, relaxing.
It had definately been a while since he had been to Riku's place, even though he had been the one to convince the building owner not to resell the apartment since the apartment owner- Riku- hadn't been there for two years.
"Kairi and Namine told Roxas this morning that they wanted to have a little celebration about you being back with us." Sora said. "Hard to believe that it was just two days ago you woke up, and five days since we got you out of Kingdom Hearts."
"So the girls were looking for another excuse to throw a party?" Riku asked, leaning against the door to his bedroom. He shrugged, stretching carelessly. Sora felt his face grow hot, averting his eyes quickly. "Might as well. I'll be out in a bit." Riku turned and closed his door behind him so he could change.
Inside his room, Riku picked through his clothes looking for swimming trunks.
'Why am I going? It's dangerous- Organization XIII's still after me and they could send another assassin.' Riku paused, thinking. At half-power, he was really not much more use than a human, especially against heavens assassins.
'At least I don't have to worry about Sora- he can take care of himself.' Thinking of the brunette, Riku allowed his small smile to widen. He allowed his thoughts to wander, mostly focusing on the brunette and his fighting ability. Too often during their fights, Riku had let himself get distracted by Sora's movements- like poetry in motion, if he was allowed to be cliche.
Riku allowed himself a small smirk as he recalled how Sora's voice had faltered when those beautiful blue eyes of his had landed on Riku's bare chest. To be honest, that stretch before Riku had entered his room hadn't been strictly necessary, but it had been worth it to see Sora blush. He couldn't help it if Sora was adorable when he blushed- though he would deny it if anyone asked.
Noticing the direction his thoughts had taken, Riku sighed and got back on task. Sora was his assignment and friend, as well as an equal on the battlefield, even when Riku had been more powerful. Riku would not- could not- risk losing Sora as a friend, despite his longing for more. Sora may have seemed like he had been reacting to what Riku had done because Riku was Riku, or the silver-haired ex-angel could have been reading it wrong.
'And besides, how many times has he told me that we'd be best 'friends' forever? Emphasis on 'friends'. It's not right to ask any more of him- and would he really want to risk being an outcast? Homosexuals aren't exactly welcome...' Shaking his head, Riku cleared it of such thoughts and checked the digital clock on the nightstand. '10 minutes already!' Cursing, Riku grabbed the closest clean outfit he could- a pair of loose blue jeans, a skintight black tank top with a collar and zipper, and a white and yellow vest that he left unzippered. For shoes, he wore a pair of black sneakers. He walked out of his bedroom door, making a mental note to look for his swimming trunks later.
A/N: Short since my last was long! See ya all later! Hope you enjoyed! (And BTW, I never rip apart reviews that don't need ripping apart. If anyone doesn't like something in this, then just tell me how to fix it or make it better. So long as you guys don't just rip into an aspect of my fic and not give me a way to fix it it's all good)
Sorry this took so long to come out- I'll try posting earlier next time!