Me: And yet another chappie! I love this chapter!
Zexion: -blushes-
Me: HAHAHA!
Zexion: ...The crazy, insane girl does not own anything...
Voice +
At eight sharp Roxura snapped awake. She was full of energy. A fluffy black tail along with black and white tipped cat ears with a small fang on the right side of her mouth had appeared on Roxura. She pounced on the sleeping Zexion, squeaking. He awoke immediately only to be nose to nose with a smiling girl. An eyebrow rose as he stared into Roxura's eye. She mearly smiled and proceeded to tackle Zexion with a hug. He laughed and smiled back. Roxura pulled away from the hug, sitting on his stomach with her hands on his chest, giving him an awkward stare. She had never heard him laugh.
"I guess I need to laugh and smile more, right?" He said it for her. She nodded violently and jumped off the bed, landed on all fours and morphed herself into a cat. She was all black save for her paws that were white, as well as the tip of her ears and whiskers. She also had a daimond shaped patch of white on her forehead. Zexion was surprised to see the black and white animal where a girl used to be. The cat mewed and hopped on Zexion's shoulder. He walked out of the room and into the dining hall to greet the other members for breakfast. They all eyed him weirdly.
"Hey! A kitty! Where'd you get the kitty, Zexy?" Demyx asked, petting the small animal. Roxura purred as Demyx's gloved hand stroked the white patch on her forehead.
"Number VI, where is XIV?" Saix asked, getting as far away from the cat as possible.
"This is her," The Schemer said, pointing to the mass of fur on his shoulder. Saix frowned at the cat, almost hissing. By now the other members had gathered around the table. Xemnas walked in and noticed Zexion's abnormally large shoulder.
"Number XIV, please refrain from transforming yourself into to animals at the table. Return at once," Xemnas was irked that Roxura had even dared to turn herself into an animal at the table. With her head hung, she morphed back into the normal Roxura.
"Now look what you did," Axel said, taking note of Roxura's hung head and saddened expression.
"Number VIII, please. Animals are not allowed at the table," Xemnas wondered why he surrounded himself by these idiots in the first place.
"But, Superior, you let Saix at the table," Larxene argued. She earned herself a glare from Saix and Xemnas, which she returned, and laughs from everyone else.
"One more outburst from you, XII, and you will earn yourself kitchen duty," Xemnas growled between clenched teeth. Roxura was still squeaking from laughter, but it was quiet.
"He's just sticking up for his boy toy," Marluxia whispered to Roxas, who then laughed loudly.
"Is there something you would like to share with the rest of us, XIII?" Xemnas concentrated his death glare upon Roxas.
"No, Sir," The young Nobody immediately straightened up and regained his composure.
"Now that we have set our stupidity aside we can eat," Xemnas passed out food for everyone and they began eating their meals. As always they had a discussion which somehow always ended out the window by Demyx's comments. Roxura felt warm, she liked being around these people, it was like the family she never had.
"Hey Demyx, you know that Zexion likes Roxura, right?" Axel leaned in and whispered to the Nocturne.
"Yeah...why?" Demyx asked.
"We could fix her up all nice and give her to Zexion and see how red his face gets!" Axel laughed at his own genious idea.
"Yeah!" Demyx agreed, now they had to formulate a plan. Roxura was always by Zexion's side, and that was going to be a problem if they wanted to dress her up. After breakfast Axel approached Xemnas.
"Sir, could we show Roxura around, and maybe take her to another world?" Axel bowed.
"Why would you want to do this and who is going with you?" Xemnas rubbed his temples.
"Demyx, and we want to show her around and maybe get her stuff,"
"Fine, VIII, just get out of my sight," Xemnas began rubbing furiously. Axel waited until he was out of earshot from Xemnas and let out a cry of joy.
"Let's go get her, Demyx! Mansex said we could!" The hyper pyro ran to the water mage, who squealed at the information he had just recieved. They both walked to Zexion's room and knocked on the door. Both Roxura and Zexion knew who it was before they had even knocked.
"Come in," Zexion said, looking up from the book he was reading. Roxura morphed herself back into a cat, and was sleeping on Zexion's lap.
"Ma...er...Xemnas said we could take Roxura around for a while," Demyx said happily. Zexion frowned.
"Aw, come on, please?" Axel begged. Again, Zexion frowned and thought for a while.
"Fine, don't be gone too long," He put down the book. Demyx walked over and picked up Roxura gently from Zexion's lap. She woke up and squeaked a yawn. Demyx smiled and cradled the cat in his arms.
"Come on!" Axel grabbed Demyx's arm and led him out of the room. Zexion shook his head slowly.
"Weird..." He picked up his book and began reading.
"Hey, Roxura, how about this one?" Demyx held up a beautiful blue, purple, red, and gold kimono. She smiled and nodded. Roxura was no longer a cat because they were in the Twilight Town mall. Axel snickered as Demyx handed it to her. She walked into the dressing room and came out a few minutes later. The two men were speechless when she came out. Roxura cocked her head to the side in confusion.
"..." She tried speaking again, but still failed. Axel and Demyx couldn't speak either. Unable to process what had just happened Roxura changed back into her Organization cloak and walked out of the dressing room.
"He'll like that one for sure!" Axel finally spoke. Demyx agreed.
"Let's go pay for it," He said, taking the silky kimono from Roxura and handed it to the cashier. Demyx squinted to read the name tag.
"It's Hayner, kid," He said a hint of anger in his voice.
"Oh, hi Hanyer!" Demyx waved and smiled.
"Are you going to give me the money or not?" Hanyer extended his hand. Axel placed the right amount in his hand. Roxura stood on her toes to see what was on the cash register. She was too short to see it normally. Candy caught her eye, she reached for it, but Axel stopped her.
"We'll go get ice cream for you, okay?" He smiled, she nodded and smiled back.
"Here you go, now get out of here," Hayner handed the bag to Demyx and returned to slouching in the chair. When they stepped outside Roxura morphed herself back into a cat and jumped on Demyx's shoulder.
"You really like being a cat don't you?" Demyx scratched behind her ear as they began walking. Roxura purred and rubbed her head against Demyx's cheek.
"Three sea salt ice creams, please," Axel asked the ice cream man and handed him the right amount of munny. He handed one to Demyx and held Roxura's for her. "You need to change back to eat it." Roxura nodded and jumped off Demyx's shoulder, quickly morphing herself back into a human. Axel handed her the ice cream. She nodded and smiled to thank him. Roxura took a lick of it. The flavor was so amazing she bit into the cream and took half of it back in her mouth. After a while she threw down the rest of it and held her head, squealing.
"Roxura...you can't eat ice cream like that, you'll get a brain freeze," Axel tried not to laugh at the girl throwing a tantrum in the middle of the street. Demyx put a hand over his mouth, trying not to make it obivious that he was laughing. Axel opened a portal to the castle. They all stepped through. Everyone was asleep. Demyx turned to Roxura.
"Shhh, everyone's asleep, except for Zexion. He likes to stay up," Roxura nodded and smiled. Axel handed her the bag.
"Now go in the bathroom and change. In a little while we'll go show Zexy," Axel smirked. Roxura opened her mouth to laugh, but she mangaged a squeak instead. She softly grabbed the bag and walked into the bathroom to change. She walked out after she was done and Axel ran to get the camera. When he returned they walked to Zexion's door. Roxura knocked on it and put her ear to the white door, through it she could hear Zexion's muffled voice say,
"Come in," Roxura slowly opened the door and poked her head in. Demyx gave her a push and she stepped through the door. Zexion's eye grew wide as he stared at her. Roxura's face was painted red across her cheeks and nose. After a minute of just standing there she ran to Zexion, flinging herself against him.
"..."
"I know," He said, placing a hand on the head that was buried in his chest. Both Axel and Demyx smiled and walked away, leaving the two alone.
"E...on..." Her tiny voice mangaged to come out a bit. Zexion was shocked.
"What?" He put his hands on her shoulders.
"..." She had failed again. She looked down in shame. Zexion placed his first finger and thumb around her chin and pushed it up so that she was looking him in the eye.
"Don't worry about it. You'll find your voice," He smiled warmly. Roxura began crying and she buried herself in Zexion again. He wrapped his arms around the shaking girl. "It's okay, Roxura." He kept repeating. She soon fell asleep in his arms. After a while Zexion felt himself slowly falling into sleep. His head fell slowly and it landed on Roxura's shoulder.
Xemnas walked - stormed - down the hall and stopped at Zexion's room. He was going to figure out why the two weren't at the breakfast table. He opened the door and immediately felt guilty for what he had done. Both Zexion and Roxura were in the chair, still asleep. By the way they were sleeping it looked as if they weren't going to wake up anytime soon.
"Poor things are exhausted. I'll let it slide for now," Xemnas replied softly and closed the door. A few hours later Zexion started waking up. He felt extremely heavy. He opened his eyes and found Roxura still asleep on him. He smiled and picked her up and placed her his bed. He covered her and tucked her tiny body in. He leaned down to kiss her on the cheek, but decided against it. He quietly walked out of his clean room and closed the door.
"Hey," Xigbar smirked as Zexion walked out.
"You idiot! You scared me!" Zexion hissed.
"As if. Xemnas was pretty pissed at you this morning. You guys weren't at breakfast, so he went to go check on you and he came back smiling. He told us what he saw and I had to come see for myself," Xigbar leaned against the white wall.
"Oh," Zexion said before walking off, leaving Xigbar by his room. Xigbar just stood there for a few minutes and watched Zexion walk away. A door crashing open scared the Nobody.
"Zexion!" The black whir squeaked as it ran by. Xigbar wasn't sure what it was. Zexion spun around at hearing his name. He saw Roxura come racing towards him. He caught her and held her.
"Roxura...you...you...spoke!" He smiled.
"I...I...speak...fo...f...for...the...first...fi...first...time!" Roxura's voice was not high pitched, but it was higher than a normal female's. Her eye glittered with happiness.
"Your voice is beautiful," Zexion whispered. What made him say these things? He normally didn't smile, or say anything like this. Too bad it was all a dream. A figment Zexion's brain had patched together. He awoke to the cat Roxura sleeping on his chest. Zexion picked her up and carried her into the dining hall. There he was greeted by Demyx, who was playing a video game on the TV. His tongue was poked out of the right side of his mouth in concentration and he was moving with the ship he was controlling. Zexion sat on the couch behind him and wondered how long it would take Demyx to realize he wasn't the only one in the room. The blonde began talking to the game. Zexion watched the screen. It was a rather queer game. The hero was a boy that branished a large key and he went from world to world defeating enemies and 'locking' the world. Roxura yawned silently and stretched in Zexion's lap. He looked down at the feline and began stroking her back. She purred quietly and settled back down.
"Arrgh! You stupid!" Demyx refrained from hurling the controller at the TV he was inches away from. Roxura jumped down from the couch and sat herself down in Demyx's lap. "Hi..." He said in a trance like state. Never taking his eyes off the screen. Saix had joined Zexion on the couch.
"What is he doing?" The Nobody asked, referring to Demyx. Zexion shrugged.
"Playing some weird game,"
"This stupid...! UGH!" Demyx screamed again. Roxura jumped out of Demyx's lap and sat herself next to Saix and Zexion.
"Is that the only animal she can turn into?" Saix asked, percipitation beaded on his face.
"I dunno," Zexion said simply and began scratching Roxura's ear. She purred and noticed that Saix was deathly afraid of cats. She began glowing. Her snout became longer and skinnier. Her body grew, the ears flopped down and the tail became bushier. She still had the same color scheme, but she was now a dog. Saix relaxed and patted Roxura's head. The door to Xemnas' office flung open.
"Where did Roxas go?" He was literally screaming. The four Nobodies in the room gave him a blank stare. This infuriated Xemnas. "VI, VII, IX, and XIV, go find him! Roxas has fled!" The Superior pointed in the direction they were to go. Roxura opened her own portal and ran through it.