Wow... This chapter isn't a request... it's not even one of the ideas I told you about! XD... Well... I've actually had this idea for a long time... I just forgot to mention it in the last chapter. XP ... Well, sorry about that. XP... Enjoy reading! And remember to review! ;)

This is preCoM… way pre CoM… Because the people from Castle Oblivion are still in the Castle That Never Was… Or... actually, I think it's probably sometime right before CoM and the Castle Oblivion people are just taking a break back at the Castle That Never Was. XD

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Marquis de Sade.

Demyx grinned as he picked up the book.

It was the book that he hated...

It was the book that Larxene loved.

Demyx kept on grinning as he opened a dark portal and walked on through with the book.

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The Melodious Nocturne stumbled out of the portal and found himself face to face with a door. A door with the Roman numeral VIII inscribed above it. His grin returned as he put his head softly against the door. The sound of rock music filtered through but he couldn't hear anything else. The music meant Axel was probably in there, but Roxas probably wasn't since there weren't any voices. Or any hysterical laughter for that matter… It would be better if Axel wasn't there either, but he could work his plan around that minor problem.

Demyx put the book up his sleeve and used the top of his palm to hold it place. He shook his arm experimentally to make sure it would be okay once he was walking. The book stayed in place so Demyx knocked loudly on the door.

The music's volume was lowered and Axel's voice called out, "Yes?"

Without answering, Demyx just walked straight in. He glanced around making a quick scan of the room.

"What do you want Demyx?"

Demyx avoided the question and continued looking around. "Nice room you have here." He commented. His eyes lingered on a dresser in the back corner of Axel's room. It had mounds of junk piled on top of it except for one corner in the front. That corner would be the perfect resting place for Marquis de Sade.

"Yeah… All our rooms are nearly the same, Demyx." Axel pointed out. "Except for Luxord's…. He has nearly a whole casino in his." Demyx just nodded and walked over to the dresser. He looked over the junk as if he was interested in it. He ran his hand over the empty corner. He turned towards Axel with the corner he was going to put the book on jabbing into his back. Demyx slipped both of his hands behind his back and slowly started taking the book out of his sleeve. "But your room is so much more… interesting." He said slowly, stalling for time.

"Demyx… If you don't mind, I was busy listening to my music before you came, so could you leave or go to some other room?"

Demyx softly slipped the book onto the dresser and stepped away. He walked back to the front of the room and paused at a wooden chair near Axel's closet so that it wouldn't seem as if there was any importance as to why he had stopped at the dresser before. "I just... decided to visit since your room is right next to mine." He thought up quickly and rested a hand on the chair.

"Then how about you leave my room and go visit Luxord. I'm sure you'll have a better time playing black jack and whatever else instead of bothering me."

Demyx looked at the floor sadly. "I guess my dear friend Axel has better things to do then talk with poor me. I don't think I could even visit Luxord, since I feel so depressed… Well… I think you'll get what's coming to you in the end." Demyx dramatically walked out the door, ignoring Axel's answer of, "As long as what's coming isn't you.", and closed the door behind himself.

Demyx held back a snicker. What was coming wasn't him, it was Larxene. He opened a portal to the Hall of Empty Melodies and sat on the floor at the part nearest to Axel's room even though his room was about two stories away. He also sat close to the door so that if anything went wrong and either Axel or Larxene portalled in, he would be able to make a mad dash towards the door and be able to get through before a kunai or chakram found it's way to his head. And from here he should be able to hear anything –or at least anything loud, like a fight with Larxene- that went on in Axel's room. He could probably even play his sitar as long as he played quietly so that he would still be able to hear what was going on. He summoned his sitar and started playing. It was a song he'd thought up recently. He called it "Sacred Moon". He had thought it up while watching Xemnas and Saix watching Kingdom Hearts. The song echoed softly around the Melodious Nocturne. It was so strange. This room was called the Hall of Empty Melodies, but this song was far from being empty… Demyx abruptly stopped playing as he heard a door slam open. Probably Axel's. He heard a feminine voice shout and a male voice shouting back. Definitely Axel's. Demyx resumed playing but now slower and quieter as he continued to listen to the shouting. He wasn't sure why he liked to make Axel and Larxene fight so much, but he must have had some reason since he did it almost as often as he could.

His grin subsided as the shouting stopped. That had seemed so much shorter than all of the other times… He continued playing lightly as he wondered why. Had he left the book in too obvious of a place?

The door next to him flung open. He must not have been very lucky that day as the opened door revealed an enraged Larxene. She swerved around and saw Demyx. She had what he called an 'evil sadist smile' on and lightning darted back and forth between her two antennae. Apparently his plan to make a mad dash towards the door wouldn't work.

Demyx stopped playing and stood up. As nervous as he was, he managed to put on his cheesy grin onto his face and asked, "What's up, Larx?"

The Savage Nymph let out a fast, almost maniacal, giggle. "What's up? What's up? Axel informed me that you're the one who's been putting my stuff in his room! That is what's up!" She summoned her kunai and continued to have her 'evil sadist smile' across her face. Demyx's face paled. He quickly let go of his sitar and dismissed it. He put his arms in front on top of his head and in front of his face defensively.

Larxene let out another giggle. "Not even denying it? You should have at least kept your stupid instrument in front of you. It can block a lot more than your arms can!"

Demyx moved his arms away and stared at her as if she was insane. "Use my sitar? Are you insane? That "stupid instrument" is my heart!"

Now Larxene was the one staring as if the other was insane. "Your sitar is not your heart. You lost your heart a long time ago. Otherwise, I highly doubt you would be here."

The Melodious Nocturne shook his head. "No, Larxene... Music… It comes from the heart. Music comes from my sitar and it's more a part of me then anything else."

Larxene now just stared at him with an unreadable expression. Any trace of lightning that had been in her hair was now gone. She continued staring at Demyx for a few minutes before sharply turning back to the door that she had left open. She was about to walk through but she stopped and looked over at Demyx.

"You're an idiot." She said softly and walked back into the hallway. Demyx couldn't help but grin despite that he could have been sliced to pieces by kunai a few moments before.

For once, just once, there hadn't been any harsh tone in her voice.

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I've decided to actually put 'End' at the end of chapters since... well, it's the end. XD

If you didn't know already, Marquis de Sade is a book Larxene always reads in the manga…

And if you were wondering about Larxene's giggling, and I'm sure you are, she seems to like to giggle when she battles Sora. 0o ... Actually she giggles when she's already attacking and she had yet to attack Demyx here, but... I think it still makes sense anyways. XP

And I still apologize for not doing a request or even one of the ideas I mentioned before, but I still just forgot to mention this one. XP

And so now, once again I will put up my lists of requests and ideas. And I'll try not to forget any this time. XD

Requests:

Marluxia/Larxene
Saix/Xemnas
Axel/Larxene
Kairi/Demyx

Ideas:

AkuRoku (friendship)
Larxene/Roxas
Namine/Marluxia
Another Namine/Marluxia
Namine/Roxas
Demyx/Larxene

I have started working on the AkuRoku and Kairi/Demyx, but if I have any of the others started they're only about two paragraphs long at most so far. XP

And if you have checked my list of ideas, you may realize that I have another Namixas in mind. XD... But I'm not sure if that idea should be in this story either because Namine and Roxas never even meet in it... And it only follows Namine so... yeah... I'm not about to spoil the whole thing for you, ya know. XD

I have further worked my ideas for the Saix/Xemnas so you might being seeing it... within the next five chapters. XD... I dunno...
I'm trying to figure out a whole 'main plot' for that chapter even if I do have some of the ideas already. XP

If it helps to know, I have the total and complete idea for the Marluxia/Larxene, I just have to type it up. So that one may be coming up soon.

I have the starting idea for Larxene/Roxas... It may go kind of almost hand-in-hand with the next Namixas I was telling you about...
But it is still being worked on nevertheless, so yay! XD

And the second Namine/Marluxia I thought up kind of goes hand-in-hand with the Larxene/Roxas and the Namixas...
I think I might just write all three of those together in one chapter. XP... maybe. probably not. XD

And also said in the ideas list, I have another Demyx/Larxene idea. But I'm not sure if that idea can fit with this story either... It's not really romance but it's not really friendship either...
But Larxene isn't ripping Demyx to pieces, so does that count? XD

I'm still considering whether or not to do the first Namine/Marluxia... Even if I do already have the title in mind, I still have to work with it a bunch. XD

Anyways, I would like to thank all the awesome people who look at this story. And the even more awesome people who review it. :D
After posting chapter four I got about six hundred hits to the story. I now have slightly over one thousand hits to this story in total. I am one very happy authoress. XD

The next chapter will possibly be either Marluxia/Larxene, Kairi/Demyx, or AkuRoku... They're the ones that I'm working on most. XP

I think all these end notes in total are almost as long as the chapters themselves. XD

And now that I'm done rambling on, you can review. And/Or sent a request. Or you could just not do either.
It might make me sad, but I really don't like to press people to do things. -coughREVIEW NOW OR ELSEcough- XD