Flopping back onto the sand Xenta let out a long sigh. Exhaustion didn't even begin to cover it. She felt like she'd gone 20 rounds with a savage chocobo. Glancing over at the redhead beside her a small laugh erupted from her lips at the thought of Axel as one. The older man raised an eyebrow as he sat back up, obviously not imagining the same,
"What?" Xenta shook her head, not wishing to have anymore fire aimed in her direction-, which apparently was a very fun game in the pyro's opinion.
"Nothing, I remembered something" She said trying to steer the subject away from him having feathers. "Is that normal?" Ok, so that was a stupid question. Ofcourse it wasn't normal. 'Normal' would be remembering everything from the beginning like everyone else could. Almost everyone else.
The older man turned onto his side to face her, seeming to choose his words very careful, something she'd never seen him do before.
"What do you remember?" He wasn't going to answer her question then, but the dark haired girl didn't dwell on that fact and instead repeated what she'd seen. Frowning slightly Xenta's eyes shut as she replayed the memory in her head. In that brief moment she'd experienced happiness, amusement, so many wonderful emotions. Yet now she couldn't feel any of them. Maybe she was lucky not to remember.
"Two boys, young, fighting with wooden toy swords, and there was laughing beside me… a girl was laughing…" She trailed off lightly chewing her bottom lip. All of it seemed so familiar, the boys, the laughter, but then it also seemed so foreign. Like she'd been watching it through someone else's eyes. Axel merely grinned however,
"You had them fighting over you even then" His laugh wasn't as light as usual, like there was something hidden behind it, though what did nobodies have to hide?
Stretching as she sat up, Xenta reached over the redhead and picked up one his chakrams before he could stop her, and weighed it in her hand. For some reason she'd expected it to be lighter, but just one was heavier than the sword she'd used- her sword. A small smile flickered across her lips at that thought. That probably meant she'd be out on missions now then, was that a good or a bad thing?
"You're not that bad a fighter you know" This time it was Xenta's turn to raise her eyebrow. Was that a compliment?
"So it's good to get burnt and slashed and bleed all over the floor?" Axel couldn't keep the grin off his face at that comment, though it soon disappeared as he reached to take his weapon back, only to fail as she held it above her head.
"Good when fighting me, I'm just so amazing" He said as he made a grab for it, only to fail again. This time the younger girl placed it behind her back and lay down again, careful not to cut herself on the edges, not that it would matter. Xenta rolled her eyes before trying to keep a straight face. He was so 'amazing' that he couldn't even get his own weapon back from her.
"Move" He instructed sitting up himself, a bemused look taking up residence on his face as she shook her head. He gave a half-hearted sigh, trying to seem very annoyed as he moved ontop of her positioning his legs on either side of her waist though neither were buying it. "Move" He repeated glancing down at the sides of the metal sticking out from behind her back. Xenta grinned shaking her head once more,
"I can't now, can I?" Shrugging he placed his right hand under her back and lifted her up so their faces were almost touching, taking the weapon back with his free hand and discarding it to the side. Axel grinned leaning close to her ear,
"Shouldn't be such trouble then should you" He replied causing the hairs on the back of her neck to stand on end.
"I'm the innocent party in this!" She protested half-heartedly. Truthfully she didn't want the redhead to get off of her, didn't want him to move an inch. Every part of her felt alive, and even more so as she closed the small gap between their faces and pressed their lips together. She didn't think e was going to react at first, didn't expect him to, though after several seconds he began kissing her back, his lips moving fiercely against hers. It was common knowledge that nobodies didn't feel- couldn't. But as the older mans tongue flicked across her lips, there was no doubt in Xenta's mind, albeit rather fogy currently, that she had feelings towards Axel, just like those in the memory of the two boys. Maybe she was just remembering now… That seemed like the logical answer. But they felt real and new. Even more so as said tongue pressed against her lips once more, this time asking for entry to which she eagerly granted. Every place her touched felt like a sudden burst of heat was spreading through her, almost enough to burn. Their tongues were battling for dominance, and then far too quickly it was over. Far, far too quickly. Opening her eyes that had closed at some point, Xenta glanced around, confusion floating in the back of her mind, though all feelings were fading quickly. Axel was stood several feet away, a strange look that the raven-haired girl couldn't read on his features.
"Did you feel-" she began, having to know if it had been the same for him. It must have, no one could have faked that, and she certainly hadn't imagined it. Had she?
"Don't be stupid" he snapped before she could even finish the sentence. "We're nobodies, lack a heart remember? We don't feel". Well, he sounded angry, and Xenta couldn't help the comment that left her mouth.
"Then why do you sound like you're trying to convince yourself of that rather than me". That earned her a snarl and before she knew what was happening Axel had shoved her backwards through a newly made portal and she was landing ungracefully on the mansions floor.
A/N: Omgosh this has taken forever for me to update. I'm sorry, but it's here now! Reviews as always, are much wanted and appreciated. Z-Nugget xx