Memories

Memories

Chapter 5: Tears

Disclaimer: I will never own Kingdom Hearts, the fire smex, the water smex, or Axel's past. I hold no one in this story as my own except the OC; Delilah, and maybe a side character I bring up.

Kyoku: Yay! Thank you all so much for reading the story!

Axel: Also, we want to thank WhiteWolfChickie for giving us a review!

Demyx: Yeah, now Kyoku's climbing the walls with joy.

Kyoku: I'm doing what now?

Axel: You're starting the next chapter.

Kyoku: Oh, right! Enjoy!

Delilah looked like she was pretty happy, so then why did the two of them feel so down hearted. The fight between Lea and Dyme had calmed down after Lea told Dyme that Delilah had been asked out.

"What do you mean?" He had asked Delilah that day, when she had told him about going out with Joshua.

"Well, you said the kiss was an accident, so why is it a problem?"

Now Lea was seriously regretting the fact that he told her that. He would rather have and awkward friend ship with the three of them, then just be without her in their group. Lea and Dyme were now on their way to the roof, to eat their lunch like they always did. On the way, they passed by Delilah, hanging around Joshua's group.

"That sounds ridiculous, Joshua, wouldn't it have been easier just to listen to your mom?" He heard Delilah question as they approached. He watched as Joshua roughly broke his hand from hers, a glare on his features. That's right, Joshua was sort of a troublemaker at home, wasn't he?

"Shut up! You don't understand, Delilah. I hate my mom, so don't start sounding like her!" Joshua snapped back, turning his back to her.

Delilah shrunk back, holding her hand to her chest, looking close to tears.

He took a lock of her hair in his hand, twirling it. She stiffened at Lea's action, but didn't move. He lowered his head, his lips inches from her ear. "Don't let him hurt you, Delilah…" he whispered before letting her hair slip from his fingers. With that, he walked on, catching up with Dyme.

"What did you say to her?" the brunette asked, clearly looking at Delilah as he waited for the redhead to catch up. Lea could feel her gaze on his back as he walked, but he didn't look back until he reached Dyme. When he did, she was just starting to turn away. He smiled, turning back forward.

"I just gave her a little encouragement is all."

His chakarams few back at him, their flames diminished, and he caught them, easy as always. Sparing seemed to be the only thing that could keep his mind busy enough to not think of those dreams. Axel summoned his flames again, creating a circle around him and his opponent. He sent the chakarams flying once again, forcing them faster with a breath of fire chasing their tails. "Burn, baby!" he shouted as the flames around his form protected him from direct hits.

The attack was blocked, and the hiss of water on fire brought steam to the field. Demyx's water doppelgangers were everywhere, and his music never skipped a measure of notes. The brunette managed to stay on tempo, keeling his minions moving. The water figures ran forward, gliding across the ground, swinging at the redhead. "Dance, water, dance!" he ordered, pressing them faster by increasing the note count.

"Would you stop saying that?!" Axel shouted, gaining ground on the water-wielder, "It's so annoying!" He thrust his chakaram forward missing the other by inches. His flames were dying, they'd been at this for an hour or so, he was running out of energy. Sweat beaded on his brow as he swung again and again at Demyx, who only brought forward more and more of the doppelgangers he had left.

Suddenly a third jumped through the flames, blocking both Nobodies attacks. Oathkeeper and Oblivion, Roxas' two keyblades, held both their attacks back. "Draw," the blonde declared.

The two relaxed, their weapons vanishing in time with the keyblades. Roxas had been the referee, and he had called it right, both Axel and Demyx were on the edge of collapsing. "Good match, Demyx," Axel complimented, a grin adorning his face, "Sorry again about the little quarrel yesterday."

"Don't worry about it, it's the dreams that's doing it to us. They seem to leave us with the leftover emotions in the dream. Yours just happened to end on a bad note, that's all," Demyx grinned with a shrug. "Just try to warn me next time, alright?"

"Sure," Axel nodded.

It had been three weeks, and he still didn't treat her to Lea's liking. He ridiculed her when she spoke, and around others, he flaunted her as a piece of eye candy. This guy was an idiot, and it was so painful to watch him use Delilah like that.

Delilah let out a little cry as the soda splashed on her front, "This is diet, you idiot!" Joshua snapped, "God, cant you get it right? Go get me another!"

Lea watched as Delilah ran off to get him another drink. Gritting his teeth, the redhead got to his feet and walked over. "Hey," he called. As soon as the boy turned to look at Lea, he slugged him clear across the jaw. "She's not your maid, or some idiot you can order around. She was happy when you asked her out, but now you're treating her like shit. You better watch yourself," he growled before turning to walk after Delilah. He could hear Joshua's shouts behind him, but they fell on deaf ears as he made his way down the halls.

He found Delilah in front of the vending machines, holding a soda. She just stood there, her back to him, as if trying to figure out if he would throw this one at her as well. As he drew closer, he could see her shoulders shaking, he could hear her muffles sobs and she tried desperately to push them back.

Lea wrapped his arms around her from behind, resting his cheek atop her head. He shushed her gently, letting his face lower to settle at the crook of her neck. "It's alright, Delilah… you shouldn't have to deal with him, not any more…" He lifted his head a second later, taking the can of soda from her. He let it drop in the nearby trash bin, and kept one arm around her. "We can ask Dyme to get your stuff if you don't want to see him."

Without a verbal answer, Delilah turned, letting her arms hold her to him. She cried, and Lea felt it full at his heartstrings. It was obvious to him now that the kiss he'd given her wasn't an accident, it was him acting on his heart's will. He'd let her take her time, let her heart heal, and then he'd keep her safe, for as long as she wanted.

The redhead let his arms hold her again, burring his face in her hair. He took in her scent, letting her presence overwhelm him. "It's alright, Delilah, it's alright. You can cry all you want…" I'll never let anyone hurt you…

Next thing on his list… was probably to go and beat Joshua senseless… just so he'd feel better.

Okay, so maybe a little fast… but teenagers like us are fickle people, aren't we? So… us, I guess I'll wait for at least three reviews before the next chapter comes out. That way it'll give me some time to plan out something good for the next chapter. Maybe another little fight between friends, who knows.

Axel: You should plan something good for Dyme before… well, you know.

Kyoku: Yeah, I know, he's going to … well, yeah, it's going to happen soon…

Demyx: man… that's going to piss me off… oh well…

Thank you for reading!

Kyokugaisha Asumare.