AN: Okay, yeah it took me a while to write this chapter. I'm trying to make the characters as in character as possible. If I didn't, could you guys tell me? I'm trying to do my best here. And major hint! Look in Chapter 2! See Zexion's Last Name!!
Chapter 6: Surprise! Black wings!
(Zexion's POV)
The day had gone by faster than I thought. I spent it in my new room, seeing as I destroyed my old one. Demyx kept me company of course. But he was the only person I saw since I woke up. I had asked Demyx earlier where everybody was. He told me that Axel and Roxas left to go visit a friend, who I might get to meet, and Xemnas and Saix were meeting with someone in his study. So we, meaning Demyx, spent our time talking about what had gone on while I was comatose.
I had no idea I worried everybody that bad. They hardly knew me. Yet they all were affected by my accident. It confuses me. He never cared. Unless it made me unavailable for testing. And that only happened if things got really bad. He only started doing so after mom passed away. Probably because he wanted me to last longer than she did. And he wonders why I hate going home. Wait. Whoops! Demyx is looking at me, waiting for me to say something. Did I really space out that long?
"I'm sorry. What did you say, Demyx?" I asked the hyper blond. He blinked at me before frowning. Actually, it was more like pouting. How cute. Wait what? Did I just think that? Since when do I think Demyx pouting is cute?
"Zexy, you haven't been paying attention at all. Is everything okay?" he asked. I nodded, a small smile on my face. Demyx stared at me for a while, before he looked slightly worried. "Hey, Zexy?" "Hm?" I hummed, watching him. What was worrying him so much? It wasn't me was it? Did my spacing out make him think I was going to go comatose again? Did he think I was acting differently? Was I acting differently? I was reminiscing a lot. But that doesn't throw me off. "Um, what… what happened after the attack? I mean, did you ruin your room? Why?" he started to bite his lip. Was that what was bugging him? It wasn't that bad of a thing to ask. Then again, answering the question was a bit hard. Should I tell them about my past? About all the things that happened to me as a child? Could I really do that? Did I trust him?
Yes, I did trust him.
I adverted my eyes a bit. "Um, Demyx, could you… um, make sure the door's locked? I-It easier to show you…" I murmured. Would he reject me? Like she had, all those years ago? Please! Let him accept me! Demyx stood up and walked over to the door, locking it, before returning to his seat. I stood up and turned so my back was facing him. I may not have complete control, but I know how to hide it. "Before I do this, Demyx… Please don't freak out…" I whispered over my shoulder before turning back around. I pulled off my oversized black sweater, feeling the familiar sensation between my shoulder blades.
(Demyx's POV)
I heard Zexion whisper not to freak out before he pulled of his sweater. Why would I freak out? I am a vampire. What could make me… freak… out….
Zexion has wings.
Black feathered wings.
Coming out of his back.
I blinked, watching as he flapped the new appendages a bit. How could he have wings? He was human, before he was turned? Right? Should I talk to Xemnas about this?
"Demyx?" Zexion called my name, drawing my attention back to him. Since when was he so skinny? He had furled his wings tightly onto his back. Turning to face me completely, he fidgeted a bit. I smiled to reassure him. Zexion began to explain. "My father was a scientist. My mother was one of his first human experiments. She died when I was little. I became another one of his experiments. He had tried to make my mom become an artificial angel. He failed. But he succeeded with me. I-I've been hiding my wings for years." he stuttered. He wrapped his arms around himself, refusing to meet my gaze. I stood up and took two steps towards him. Zexion flinched, like he was expecting me to start screaming and attack him. I stepped closer.
(Zexion's POV)
I waited for the screaming and hitting. I didn't look up and Demyx got closer. Something wrapped around me. It was Demyx. He was hugging me.
Hugging Me.
"Demyx? What?" I whispered. He just held me closer. "Zexy, you don't have to hide anything anymore. We're all here for you. We can't hate you, or hurt you. We'll support you, no matter what." he told me, placing his chin on my head. I stood there in a shocked silence as he started to rock us back and forth. The motion felt familiar. Like this had happened before. I can remember my mom doing it when I was little. Before all the experiments happened. But this was different. Nobody ever hugged me before. I couldn't stand having somebody hugging me. So why did I let Demyx hug me?
Demyx pulled away and bent down enough to look me in the eyes. I snapped out of my daze as he began to speak. "We should tell Xemnas-san about this. Is that alright?" he asked. Swallowing hard, I nodded. It was hard telling Demyx. How would Xemnas take it? He wouldn't kill me, would he? Demyx had stepped in front of me completely and took my sweater out of my hands. He helped me put it back on, making sure my wings could still move. After all, the sweater fell around my shoulders, so my shoulder blades were completely bare. A little shifting and my wings were free from the clothing and able to move easily. Demyx smiled at me once more, ruffling my hair a bit. I grimaced, trying to straighten my hair a bit.
CRASH!
The both of us jumped, startled by the loud noise. The hyper blond straightened up and laughed. "Larxene must be here."
I gave him a confused look. "Who?" I asked. Demyx grabbed my hand and started to lead me to the door of my room. "Come on, I'll introduce you two." he grinned. Carefully, the older vampire opened my door and stepped out into the hall, me right behind him. Another crash sounded, further down the hallway. Soon, laughter followed. One sounded like Roxas, another like Axel, and the last was a woman. I didn't really know any girls. We walked down the hall for a bit until we came into the living room. A few chairs were knocked over. Over near one of the doorways, or arch whichever you prefer, stood Axel, who was cowering behind Roxas. A blond girl stood in front of them, one hand on her hip, the other holding three kunai. I raised an eyebrow as Demyx burst into laughter, falling to the floor. The girl, along with Axel and Roxas, turned to look at him. I think he was laughing so hard that tears were going down his face. Meanwhile, I was officially confused.
The blond girl looked at me. She had blue green eyes that looked more green than blue. Her hair was slicked back with two pieces that broke apart like antenna. She grinned sadistically. "Well, lookie here!! Fresh meat!" she cackled. Demyx had calmed down by then. "Lar, back off. No traumatizing him like you did with the others." He said, climbing to his feet. The blond placed a hand over her heart in mock hurt. "Demy, you wound me with your accusations. So, who's the newbie?" Demyx dusted off his clothes a bit, before turning to me. "Zexion, this is Larxene, our weapon expert. She's known to be sadistic, and she's human, but is known to beat the crap out of Axel, Roxas, Xigbar, and on occasion, me. Larxene, this is Zexion, the new fledgling." Larxene stared hard at me. "You're an antisocial bookworm aren't you?" she asked, pointing her finger at me. I raised an eyebrow, completely confused. Her behavior was… erratic to say the least. Demyx then coughed, gaining Axel's and Roxas's attention. They still hadn't moved from where they were cowering.
"Hey, Roxas, do you know if Xemnas-san is done with his meeting?" The blond vampire asked his younger friend. Roxas, who still had his arms crossed in front of himself, blinked before nodding. "He should be finishing up by now. Just make sure you knock before you enter, kay?" Demyx smiled back, waved, and then proceeded to drag me out of the living room and through a few different hallways. I had to jog to keep up. We finally stopped outside of two black doors. It looked like they were darker than my room, but it must have been an illusion of the light. Demyx knocked three times and we waited for a few moments.
"Enter."
Demyx gave me a smile before he opened the door, still holding my hand. The doors shut quietly behind us. I could see Xemnas sitting in the chair behind his desk, Saix standing against the wall behind him, and someone was sitting in the chair in front of Xemnas's desk. The unknown person turned around and my eyes widened. It was the creepy stalker guy! I hadn't seen him since I was turned. I unconsciously stepped closer to Dem. The stalker guy scared me almost as much as that Xemnas look-alike that attacked me about a week ago. Xemnas cleared his throat. "Good evening Demyx, Zexion. Glad to see you're doing better." Demyx nodded at Xemnas and Saix, who nodded back. He then turned to the stalker guy. "It's been a while Xigbar." he said.
Xigbar, so that was his name, nodded back. "Demyx." he greeted, his voice a bit gravelly. Xemnas spoke up. "So what brings you both here?"
Demyx turned to me. I gulped. It was an understatement to say I was nervous. I was terrified. My wings twitched a bit. Xigbar narrowed his eyes at me. How was I supposed to explain this?
(Saix's POV)
Zexion fidgeted a bit. He smelled a bit different. Demyx squeezed his hand encouragingly. Xemnas seemed curious now. Zexion took a deep breath before spreading wings, he had wings, till we could see them. Since when do vampires have wings? How did Zexion have wings? I think Xigbar was surprised as well. Xemnas spoke up. "Zexion… how?" he asked.
Demyx stepped in since Zexion was trying to hide behind him. Probably didn't like all the attention. He explained about the fledgling's father. It became hard to keep up my blank mask. Especially since I could feel the anger coming from Xemnas. It was obvious he did not like Professor Hojo at all. How could a human do this to his own child, much less his wife? How much trauma had Zexion suffered at the hands of this madman? Xemnas turned to Xigbar. "Would you be as kind as to keep an eye on Professor Hojo?" he asked. Xigbar nodded, a scowl on his face. The hunter left the room, probably to call it in. Xemnas then motioned for Zexion to approach him. The fledgling approached him nervously, only to squeak once Xemnas hugged him. "Nobody deserves to go through what you have." he said.
(Zexion's POV)
Hearing Xemnas say those things, it was a shock. It was hard to believe that these people care so much. Is this what a real family was like? I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I wasn't turned. Things would have continued being bad. So I guess, everything's all right. I couldn't help but smile.
(Demyx's POV)
I sighed. It was nice to see Zexion smile. He was cute. Especially with the wings. I blinked, clearing my thoughts. Another crash sounded from the living room, along with Axel and Roxas screaming and more crashing. Xemnas smirked and Saix stepped away from the wall. "I suppose we should go stop Larxene from killing Roxas and Axel." he chuckled.
AN: Okay, yes, I know it took me forever to get this chapter out. But I did it! Review time! And this is the most reviews I've gotten for one chapter.
nightshroud14-Thanks! It's good to know you like my writing!
Roxas-Has-A-Stick-For me, homeschooling is great, since I get along fine by myself. I'm not always a people person. Okay, I can work on Xigbar's character a bit. But right now he's bitter that he cause Zexion to be snatched up by Xemnas. I'm thinking about making him have had a relationship with Demyx. And I couldn't help it. I had to write Axel like that. It's how I see him. Roxas is older than he is so he tends to be more mature. But I'm going to have fun writing what those two do. They seem to be where my humor focuses while I get all emo with Zexion. But I should get past all the emoness.
strawberyla-I try to make my chapters long. They're at least three or four pages long on Word. And now you know what Larxene does. Besides terrorize Roxas, Demyx, and Axel. In a sense they're a loving, demented and slightly insane, family...
Nobodies Have Hearts-I updated. Took me forever to. I feel slightly ashamed. But I'm glad you like my story.
Yoru no Kuronue-Ha ha! I updated!
