I'm so jealous of those damn AkuRoku writers. Almost every single AkuRoku fic gets about five-hundred reviews because it's an AkuRoku. It's like, a law to get about twenty every chapter at least. Like even if they really suck ass, the minimum amount of reviews is about 293. And then there is of course the very few select Zemyx's that have about five-thousand reviews because they're just those speshul gewd authors who come up with good ideas. I'm grumpy now xD (but again, this could just be the red-gushing coochy talking)
-five hundred months later- x'D alright I'm better. I'm just glad that the one's who do review still love me enough to do so. I love you all!
Sorry for long wait guys, I've just been really… out of it, is all. Plus high school is raping me for the most part so I'm usually too tired to work on anything computer wise (Yes, Poptard my love, that is the reason why I am not as active on MTT any more, unfortunately D:)
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Too confused to answer the door, Cloud, Leon, Demyx and Balthier just stood where they were, staring at it. "Answer this fucking door! I know you're in--"
"Axel, I practically live here, you know. We can just go in," Roxas' muffled voice said. A few moments later, the door opened, and Roxas could be seen putting a set of keys back into his back pants pocket. Axel, though, immediately stormed in, looking like a raging fire ready to burn down anything in its path.
He stormed up to Cloud and instantly got all up in his face. "Where the fuck are you hiding him, huh?" He hissed, pushing Cloud a bit. To say that Leon was mad was a bit of an understatement. He was just… extremely pissed off. He glared at Axel, and shoved him away from Cloud, causing Axel to fall to the ground.
"Erm… I do believe that it'd be time that I take my leave," Balthier said in an uncertain voice. He glanced at Leon, who caught his gaze and slowly nodded. As Leon and Balthier walked out the front door, Axel stood back up and dusted off his pants. Cloud just stood there, staring at Axel, expressionless while Demyx stood next to him glaring. "So where the hell are you hiding him?" Axel snapped.
Demyx just continued to glare. "That's none of your business, you slutty skank," He growled. Axel looked taken aback in only the slightest of ways. Cloud said something this time, "You have no right to be here. Mr. Callahan wants nothing to do with you so I suggest you leave," He gestured to the front door.
"No way in hell, Blondie. Not until I get what I want!" Axel snarled. He glanced at the nearby hall, before sprinting down it. "No!" Demyx yelled, leaping after him. He managed to knock Axel to the ground, but said red head put up a good fight and get free from Demyx's clutches. He scrambled up and ran into the nearest room, Demyx running after him. Axel could be heard cursing before being spotted charging out of that room and into another, Demyx close behind.
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Cloud looked over at Roxas. "So, how about some tea?" He asked. Roxas shrugged and the two walked off into the kitchen area.
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About a good fifteen minutes of rampaging around the house and fighting later, Axel was leaning against his arm on one of the edges of one of the walls. Demyx had his hands on his knees in the middle of the room.. The two glared at each other for a second, while catching their breath.
Then, before Axel knew what was happening, Demyx charged at him and the next thing he knew, he heard a sickening crack and his arm hurt so much. "Aaaaaahhhh!!!" He screamed, and slid to the ground holding his now broken arm. "Holy fuck!" He continued, nursing his limb. Who knew Demyx was so violent?? He was about to ask Demyx why the flying fuck he had to go and do that, but figured that that would just waste his time.
"If you think a broken arm is going to keep me away, then you must be really retarded!" Axel yelled behind him after he had gotten up and began to search again, finally realizing that no, Zexion wasn't in the cabin, and was more than most likely somewhere behind the house. He could be anywhere-- under an overhang, in the thick forest, anywhere!
After a few silent moments of Axel flying around the back area in ridiculous speeds, he had found him. He, Zexion, was hiding behind a bush, squatting it seemed, and was glaring straight at Axel. When Axel's gaze caught Zexion's, the latter's look became shocked, and he quickly stood up and turned to start running again.
"No! Get back here! Zex--!" Axel shouted, running after him. Axel was really tired of chasing Zexion around like this. I mean, all he really wanted to do was talk to the kid, sort of. And now-- and now that stupid Demyx kid was following him now too! RAWWRG!
Axel looked over his shoulder at Demyx while still running, and stuck his tongue out at him. Demyx glared at him and followed suit. Both then looked to see what Zexion was doing in his spare time of running. Nothing, really, just… running. How boring.
But then of course poor Zexion didn't notice the slightly huge 'I'M-GONNA-TRIP-YOU!' rock in his path. Axel and Demyx did, though.
"Aaah! Zexion, watch out for that--" they both yelled in unison, but alas, Zexion of course looked over his shoulder just in time to trip, and totally fall down the very small cliff. Both of the other men blanched as the younger male tumbled down it, yelling in fright.
"Shit, Zexion!" Demyx yelled, as Axel stood in his spot, too shocked to move. Demyx ran over to the edge of said small cliff to see if Zexion was all right, but as soon as he got there, the bit he stepped on gave out and he fell down with an 'Ack!', a thud and another crack. And then another scream of pain, from Demyx of course.
Axel was shocked back to his senses, and he carefully and quickly made his way down to the bottom. He stared at what was in front of him, too horrified to really do anything. Demyx's leg was pretty much backwards, and Zexion was unconscious-- he had landed on his head, it seems.
"Well don't just stand there, you ass! Take us to the fucking hospital!" Demyx screamed. Axel shook his head and glared. "I can't you ass, you broke my fucking ar--
"Then get Cloud to do it! He's the other blonde one!" Demyx interrupted him, pointing back to the cabin. Axel growled, but complied and hurried himself back up to the building.
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After another small fight and a few 'What happened?!'s, Cloud drove Axel, Zexion, Demyx and Roxas to the hospital. While Axel and Demyx got their arm and leg patched up and put into casts, Zexion was taken into the ER. They had to make sure that Zowie was going to live, and Zexion himself.
The other four, Axel, Demyx, Cloud and Roxas waited in the lobby nervously. Every now and then, Axel and Demyx would shoot each other glares, but Roxas and Cloud made sure to not let them start any more fights. Cloud and Demyx sat in chairs side by side, while Roxas sat on Axel's lap facing Axel in a chair next to Cloud.
Roxas' face was in the nook of Axel's neck, and they whispered sweet nothings to each other. Demyx was of course infuriated by this. He just wanted to jump up and scream, "Make up your mind you stupid whore! It's either Roxas or Zexion, neither of which I approve of you to be with!!" but he knew Cloud would be angry with him. Nobody liked to upset Cloud!
"You are going back to that little pig, aren't you?" Roxas mumbled to Axel. Axel frowned. "I never said that," He replied. "But you are so desperate to get him back-- if not, then explain to me the frantic search back home!" Roxas whined, lying his head on Axel's shoulder now. Before Axel could answer though, the doctor that was taking care of Zexion walked out with a clipboard, looking very uncertain about something.
Both Axel and Demyx stood almost immediately, Roxas nearly falling. "What's up, doc?" Axel asked frantically. "I have good news," He said, causing everyone to sigh with relief. "but I also have bad news," the man continued, causing everyone to tense up again.
"Give us the good news first, man! To soften the blow," Axel said, making Demyx tell him to just shut up. They glared daggers at one another once more. "Yes, alright," the doctor said, clearing his throat.
"The good news is that Mr. Callahan and the child will live--"
"So they're perfectly fine??" Demyx asked anxiously.
"Well, that's where the bad news comes in," The doctor frowned, looking at his clipboard and flipping through a few pages.
"Mr. Callahan, you see, has a mild concussion. We do believe that he's lost a bit of his memory, but to what extent we don't know…" He trailed off.
Axel looked devastated, and for some reason, Roxas and Demyx did too. "B-but at least that's it…" Axel mumbled, putting a hand on his forehead.
"I'm afraid not, sir," the doctor cleared his throat again. "The other bad news is that we had to perform a Cesarean Section on Mr. Callahan, because apparently something large landed on the stomach after the fall," Axel managed to give Demyx a weak glared. "The child had to be taken out or he wouldn't have survived. Though he is premature we are sure he shall be fine, but just in case we are keeping a close eye on him," he explained.
Demyx gasped, Cloud looked slightly shocked, Roxas looked about to cry and Axel looked ready to faint. Pale and sweating, he took a couple of steps back before collapsing back into his chair.
"S-so… so I'm a dad now?" He asked faintly, his voice cracking. His gaze was staring at nothing in particular, not focusing in on anything. The doctor cleared his throat yet again. "If the child is yours, then yes, sir, you are. Would you like to see him?"
Not a split second after the doctor asked Axel the question had the red-haired male stood up and said, more like demanded really, that yes he would. Too shocked, amazed and nervous to tease Demyx any further, Axel followed the doctor without saying anything.
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Small, wrinkly, squishy, and pink. That's what Axel would have said if someone were to ask him to describe Zowie. He had a small blue bauble cap on his head-- striped with different shades of sky blue horizontally and a big, baby blue puff on the top. He was also wrapped in a baby blue blankie, all curled up as he slept. Axel was just about to go in and pick the sleeping child up, when he realized that he had been staring at the wrong kid the whole time.
How he didn't notice the real infant's family standing beside him will forever baffle him. He dazedly walked over to the next window, which this time did contain his own son. 'Looks 'xactly the same… all babies do.' He thought. A nurse then walked up to him, asking if he wanted to hold the infant. Damn straight, he had told her before following her into the room.
When he first held Zowie, it was like-- wow. It was mind-blowing. And very hard to do. Have you ever tried to hold a child with a broken arm?? This little creature was his creation. He came from Axel's genitals, he was Axel's flesh and bone. Upon further examination, a slight tilting of the head and some eye-squinting, Axel decided that though it was true that it was hard to tell who the child looked like, Zowie did indeed look like Zexion. Axel knew that Zexion would probably be saying the exact opposite right now; that Zowie looked like Axel.
Curious, Axel carefully removed Zowie's bauble cap. Ah-hah, there it was. Barely visible though it was indeed, there was a very, very think layer of red hair on the child's scalp. It wasn't vibrant red though, like Axel's. It was more… mahogany.
Axel couldn't help but let out a bark of laughter; he couldn't believe he was in this position right now! Zowie slightly shifted from the noise, and took a real deep breath through his nose. Axel turned towards the nurse, who was still in the room.
"When can I take him home?" He asked, surprising himself by being gentle in tone. The nurse smiled. "As soon as we're sure that he will be alright. It shouldn't be very long, and few days at the latest," She told him. Axel nodded, then slowly put Zowie back in the incubator, not-so-secretly pocketing the bauble hat into his back pocket. You know, for safe keeping and such. He was about to kiss the small child on the forehead, but decided to just rub his head instead-- Axel is too man to do something as low as that!
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Aww mans wow. I got this random burst to go, 'DAMN I want to write up the chapter!' so I did. Um, you probably want to give me a swift kick to the face, so go ahead lol.
This chapter was a bit more depressing than the others. I only managed to put a little dry humor in there, and no, that 'what's up doc?' wasn't actually intentional xD it was only after the next couple of paragraphs that I realized what I had written LOL.
Much love, Snookems.