Genre: Humour/General
Paring/s: -
Line: "Do you think my answer's gonna change? I won't!"
"Run! Run away!"
In a quick blaze of light and a clink, the large Keyblade swung up to meet the attacker. What the wielder didn't count on was the quick side step as the Nobody dodged round him. Sora twisted round just in time to see the black robes disappearing into the darkness portal.
"Okay…"
Cursing to himself, he had just missed his target, Demyx got ready to reopen another portal once he got back to the main castle. He emerged into one of the white washed corridors in the World that Never Was castle.
Then ran full tilt into somebody.
Making a noise like a rat being trodden on, Demyx tried to save himself by twisting in mid air, but still hit the ground hard on his left shoulder. File paper scattered everywhere. The Nobody he had run into was also on the floor, his legs at an odd angle. A sheet of paper settled on top of his blonde hair. So far so good, Axel hadn't blown his top yet. Demyx supposed he was suffering from post shock.
Run ins didn't happen that often; they normally had checkpoints to where to port too and from. And there was a strict no running in the halls rule, no using weapons in the halls, no using powers in the hall (that includes fighting), no bending the laws of physics (that applied to Xigbar) no using swivel chairs for racing cars down the halls. That last one kinda sliced the things to do in the castle to almost nothing. Everything thing had to be done behind closed doors. It seems to work out okay, so far no hiccups had happened.
"Dem," Axel said, almost as if he was seeing him for the first time. His emerald eyes looked a bit out of focus. Demyx made another squeak, and flinched like Axel had brandished a whip at him. With a rub of his head, he finally came to. "Demyx," he deadpanned.
The aquatic Nobody could almost hear the clogs ticking away, and coming to a conclusion. Axel kept quiet as Demyx clumsily handed back the papers he had dropped. Axel took the final one off from Demyx's head.
He opened his mouth to say, or most likely yell, but something dropped out of Demyx's robes. With a heavy clung, a small stone rolled over the tiles. The final piece of the puzzle slotted into place. "What are you doing back here?"
Demyx's face dropped like the stone.
"You have a job to do, Dem, so go do it," Axel half-heartedly scolded. It was really hard to yell at Demyx when he made that stupid puppy face. Only he and Roxas could do that face without making idiots out of themselves.
"It's really hard," Demyx complained, swivelling around on the floor, and putting his hands between his splayed legs. "I managed to get the stone okay, but the Underworld's really freaky. I don't wanna die."
"Your not gonna die," Axel countered, picking himself up from the floor, balancing the papers on his knee. "You died once, it's ain't gonna happen again."
"But what about the others? They died, right?"
Axel hesitated. He wasn't too sure what happened when Sora had 'killed' the other half of the Organisation. "Don't be silly," Axel fwipped his hand lazily. "We're Nobodies, so the other's probably went back to where they came from, or regenerated, or something."
Axel's lesson on life didn't really cheer Demyx up.
"Anyhows," Axel rapped his foot loudly in front of Demyx. "Why are you back so soon?"
"You'll laugh…"
Demyx really was a kid. Axel resisted the urge to sigh. "I won't."
"You will."
"I won't"
"You will."
"I won't"
"You will."
"I won't"
"You will."
"Do you think my answer's gonna change? I won't!"
"Promise?"
KingdomHearts, strike me dead. "Yes, Dem, I promise."
"Well, I went to find, Roxas-"
"Sora," he corrected him automatically.
"What?"
"His name is, Sora."
"Whatever. I got quite far into the Underworld, and then I found out Hades had let the leash off of Cerberus if you get my point." Axel's eyebrows slowly rose.
"Go on."
"So I ran for it."
"You know the passage ways are to small for him?"
"That's why I ran, to trap him between some pillars, or a cave entrance. But Hades has got all kinds of loopholes for Cerberus to come out of."
"A Dragoon, or Berkerker could have handled him."
"It's really hard trying to summon Nobodies while dodging three head's at once, Axel."
"Then why didn't you use your water powers?" Axel's voice rose a notch. He wouldn't have been surprised if Demyx had said, what water powers?
Axel was sure that Demyx only suffered from low self-esteem problems. The Nobody was actually quite powerful when he wanted to be. Or maybe it was because Axel really didn't like water, and was weak against it.
Demyx gave a slight whimper, and cringed towards the floor. "Couldn't you come with me, Axel?"
"Up you come, Dem," Axel hefted Demyx up, and propelled him down the corridor. He created a small darkness portal, and threw his papers into it, hoping they would land on his bed. "The Organisation doesn't trust me anymore, so I don't think I can come with you. I'd normally jump at the chance to find Roxas, but I'd rather not get my spinal cord ripped out by the Superior."
"I don't think Roxas will come back to us," Demyx said gloomily, as they walked out on top a small balcony. "If he's already joined with his original self I don't think you can spilt them apart again."
Axel staid silent, looking at KingdomHearts.
Demyx automatically tensed at the cold moment. "You want me to go, don't you?"
"Yes."
Axel dug in his pocket, and brought out a slip of paper. He burnt some words into it then held it out for Demyx.
"It won't be helpful, but remember that I'll be fighting with you. Or something like that," he'd never been the one for a peep talk.
Demyx gave a crooked smile, and put the paper away.
Demyx flicked his hand and a darkness portal appeared.
"Seeya."
End
A little drabble I wrote a looong time ago xp every so often, I'm putting these in to break up the fiction
A small filler of where Dem went when he ran away from Sora. I'd love to know where the Org. robes have their pockets, cos I've never seen one…
-Ixi