Okay, this was a long time coming, but I kinda got stuck at the mall part... You'll see. Anyway, with exams and all... You know. Sorry T.T for the long wait.
"Seriously, your face is green. Larxene, I know you wanna be tough and all, but green or whatever color your chunks will be certainly won't look good on my shirt." Marluxia said, shaking her head wearily.
"At least I'm not a pansy like Axel. This is his, what? Third time in the bathroom? He's probably got his head down the toilet." Larxene said.
The trio had just finished watching a sickeningly gross horror/gore film that had obviously affected 98 percent of the audience in the movie house. Not in a good way.
In fact, only Marluxia and a handful of others didn't barf on the way out of the theater. "Why do YOU have such a strong stomach?" Larxene demanded about an hour later.
"My sister. Don't ask…" Marluxia sighed, remembering the days when Aerith was still in her 'awkward stage' in cooking. Well, actually, awkward was the understatement of the century, and in present time, Marluxia could have withstood eating a redwood tree.
"So, I guess eating is out of the question, huh?" Marluxia said after a bit, looking at the other two's disgruntled faces.
"We've kinda noticed who you've been hanging out with for a while, so we wanted to warn you." Kate said, looking confiding as she whispered it dramatically.
"Warn me what?" Yazoo questioned, sipping her frap and looking at them tentatively. They'd gotten her out to the mall, and right now, had her hanging on to her every word.
"That guy Axel? And that Larxene. They're trouble, believe me." Kate said. "Tell her, Dar."
Darienne gave an exasperated sigh, but started. "Axel Flynn; he's the guy who almost got arrested in second year. Know what? The only reason they let him go was since he was too young, but he got into one hell of a gang fight a while back. He's bad news."
Yazoo didn't doubt this, although Axel wasn't to be judged that easily; what, were they trying to turn her against Marluxia's friends?
"He put six people in the ICU." That bit of info started Yazoo out of her reverie. Six people. Was he really…?
"And that Larxene Yuko. She came from Japan, did you know? Not a lot of people know this, but… that gang fight? She shot someone then. Even worse, she used her own father's gun. I did my research; her dad's a Japanese mafia member." Darienne was evidently thrilled by her own retelling.
Yazoo was alert now, just as her attention was wavering, thinking that it was all a joke. How could she lie about something like that?
"So, yeah, think about it Yazoo. Don't take this the wrong way; since you're new, we really want to help you out." Amanda said kindly.
Yazoo pursed her lips and nodded.
"I swear, that woman was stalking us. Well, maybe just Axel. Did you see her eyes? They looked like a mouse's. That was NOT normal, no way in hell." Larxene was the only one speaking, and Axel wasn't listening at all.
Marluxia noticed this, but more importantly she noticed that Axel kept looking in her direction, but was pretty bent on hiding it.
The brunette cheered inwardly, though at the same time wondered why.
It wasn't too hard to figure out, though, and Marluxia was far from being an idiot.
Of course, she didn't have much time to think on it, most of the reason being Larxene's fault. "Er…. Larx… Is that… yours?" Axel stuttered.
Marluxia looked up and saw what Axel was pointing at: an extravagant, to say the least, black limo drove up to the three of them.
Larxene sighed thickly, and waved callously. "My mom's probably been over the entire city looking for me. Well, see you guys on Monday. If I feel like it."
In the next five minutes, Larxene had driven away, and had left Axel and Marluxia to themselves.
"So… You think I could convince Aerith to let me freeload off her cooking?" Axel said.
"No." Marluxia said, a little too quickly.
Axel raised a shorter-than-natural eyebrow. "I mean… don't push your luck." Marluxia added, somewhat nervously.
"Fine." Axel said, turning away. "I can tell when I'm not wanted."
"Axel…. Geez, I didn't mean…" Axel was walking away. "Hey! Axel!" Marluxia called, exasperated.
"Axel… Do you wanna eat with us? I mean, you can…" Marluxia said quickly.
At that point, Axel spun around, a wide smirk on his face. "You're way too easy, Marluxia." He laughed, running past her. "Dammit Axel!" She yelled.
"Dammit, Marluxia, why won't you answer? If something's happened…" Yazoo muttered.
Her anxiety was more or less interrupted when Kadaj burst into her room. "For the umpteenth time, GET OFF THE PHONE!!!" He yelled. Yazoo flicked him on the forehead.
"Don't bother me, spazz." She said.
"I am not a spazz! And why should I take orders from you?" Kadaj demanded.
"Because it's my birthright to order you around, dear little brother. And technically Loz wouldn't dare argue with me so I've got every right to order BOTH of you around."
Kadaj's eye twitched with frustration, but he couldn't argue with that logic. (A/N: Cuz I say so XD)
"You're a bitch Yazoo." Kadaj said through gritted teeth. He stomped out of the room, making sure to make a lot of noise. "Good night, Spazz!" Yazoo called out, just as he slammed the door.
"Oh yeah, this is the life!" Axel said, eating heartily.
"Pig." Marluxia said, her mouth twitching at the corners. Aerith smiled across the table.
Marluxia, looks like you're doing well. Much better than ever. She thought.
A small boy sat on his feet, away from all the other kids fooling around in the playground. His brown hair was wild and covered his eyes, and he just sat there in a crouched position, his eyes fixed on the bush in front of him.
The child was only around seven or eight, and unlike all the other noisy, annoying frolicking children, he was alone, quiet, and almost as if he wasn't actually there.
The blonde teen watched the child with more than a little curiosity, although normally he wouldn't let things such as that bother him.
The blonde sat on the park bench, his long hair tied back and his reading glasses resting on the bridge of his nose.
He tried to concentrate on his notes, but couldn't take his attention off the child.
He watched with interest as the child seemed engrossed in something, for he was now fiddling with the bush's leaves, but the blonde saw as some larger kids approached him.
From where he sat, the sixteen-year old could obviously see that the larger kids were intent on bullying the smaller one, and soon enough, he saw the child run as stones were thrown at him by the larger bullies.
They cornered him at a tree and started kicking his crouched form, although this time he was crouched because the child was trying to protect himself from the blows.
Finally, Vexen couldn't stand it. He approached them.
"What do you think you kids are doing?" He said, and the children stopped and stared at his sharp expression with fright.
Without saying a thing, the kids ran off, leaving the blonde with the small, frightened boy.
"Are you all right?" Vexen asked plainly, reaching for the child, but the boy shied away from the touch.
"Are you all right?" Vexen repeated more gently, putting his bony hand on the boy's small arm.
The boy looked up, and Vexen saw the deepest blue eyes staring back at him from under the thick, fluffy hair.
Vexen brushed the child's brownish hair away from his face and saw an effeminate face reflecting fright, and spotted with some fresh bruises. Also, his lip was bleeding and as it dripped down, Vexen wiped away the scarlet line with his thumb.
"Let's fix you up, shall we? Where are your parents?" The blonde asked, retaining his placid tone.
The boy seemed afraid to respond, but took a deep breath. "They… don't know I'm here." He said shakily.
"You really shouldn't go out by yourself. Do you remember how to get home?" Vexen admonished.
The boy nodded. Vexen helped him up by his small hand and the two walked down the path. "I ran away." The boy said quietly.
"Where did you think you would go?" Vexen said with doubt.
The boy shook his head.
"I didn't think that far. I just wanted to go."
"What were you doing in the playground?" Vexen asked.
"I was fixing the plant."
"Fixing-?"
"It was sad. It had no flowers. Only one. But it's too bad. They stepped all over it." The boy said despondently.
"Then… plant a new one." Vexen said.
The boy looked up at him.
"If one thing fails to bloom, try another way, and thrive on that. If that fails, take another path. Always try different ways and soon you'll end up with something to show for. That's life. It's like… an experiment. Try something different;, maybe things will be better."
The boy looked up at Vexen with curiosity. "Are you like… A scientist, mister?" The boy asked.
"I will be. And don't call me mister, it makes me feel old." Vexen snapped.
"Well… you're older than me. And I don't know what to call you." The child pointed out innocently.
"Vexen. But I don't know your name." The teen said.
"My name is… Marluxia." The boy said faintly.
"Well then Marluxia, don't forget what I told you, alright?" Vexen said, a rare smile gracing his thin face.
"Good night, freeloader." Marluxia called after Axel.
"You too, bitchy." Axel called back, resulting in the door slamming in his face.
Marluxia felt unusually tired as she trudged up to her room, contrary to Axel's energy just a few minutes before, which was practically burning with brightness.
He's such a kook. Marluxia thought amusedly.
Just then, the phone rang just a few feet away from where Marluxia was standing.
"Hello?" Marluxia said wearily. "Finally! Do you know how many times I've been trying to call?" Yazoo's infuriated voice blasted from the other end.
"I'm guessing somewhere along the lines of twenty-three." Marluxia said, looking at the phone's history.
"Well, what was so important that you had to call this many times?"
"I need to warn you: Stay away from Axel and Larxene."
Marluxia's eyes widened.
"Why?" She said calmly.
"They're big trouble. Marluxia… they got into a gang fight. Larxene shot someone."
Marluxia frowned.
"Luxia? Luxia!"
"I'll think about it." Marluxia replied.
"What do you mean you'll think about-" Marluxia hung up.
So anyway... The spazz thing XD I got from LeoOsaka from deviantart XD Sorry Leo.
And as for Axel and Larxene's names... Flynn is the last name of Axel's english voice actor, while Larxene's is the first name of her japanese voice actor. And right now, I'm typing 15 words a minute cuz my brother's about to use the comp . Anyway... XD Hope you like. Suggestions prevent writer's block!!!