6AM, same day I posted Concrete angel. I just couldn't… SLEEP! I really wanted to type and write… after all, tomorrow's a school day again… Thanks to those who reviewed and free Sora glomping Roxas plushies to those who will! Von's Secrets. BTW, I don't have a brother. And no, my mom isn't a Valkyrie(lol!).
Chapter XII:
Von's POV:
I wake up and groan. By whole body hurts. I try to sit up but I stopped when I felt a sharp pain surge through me. I look at myself and I was covered in bandages. Hey… the bandages make me look like I'm thin… not that it's a bad thing… Memories of yesterday or even later began to fill my mind. I sigh and place a finger on my lips…
Francis… "Nice to see you too… Brother"His voice kept playing in my mind. I was so unclean… I fell in love with my older brother at such a young age.. I was… impure… damn it… But I miss the way his lips pressed on mine.. I still remember how it felt. I missed him and it's a sin. I loved him and it's a sin. I belonged in the world of Yin… I should rot… I never knew he would someday be… my enemy. The door opened and Roxas came in with a tray of burnt food.
"Hey, Kitty" I greeted and chuckled. But the pain stopped me, causing me to wince.
"Take it easy. You're not well yet." He said, noticing my pain. He placed the tray by the bedside table and looked at me. His expression changed from neutral to… confused.
"Von… have you been… crying?" he placed a finger at the corner of my eye, wiping a tear I never knew of away.
"I think I've been. After a large wound like this, who wouldn't?" I laughed nervously but he bought it. He shoved a spoon of burnt food into my mouth…
"YUCK! What is this?!" I swallowed to avoid tasting it to much.
"Yuffie's cooking. Don't complain. It's your fault anyway. You killed the cook" he sniffed the burn food and his nose crumpled
"Kill? I turned him into an earthworm." Kill was such a strong word
"Uh.. well.."
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Step step step
Leon listened to his footsteps as he walked on the stone floors of Radiant Garden.
Step step CRUNCH
"Huh?" he looked at what he stepped on… And it was an earthword.. wearing a wizard's hat…
"Uh oh"…
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"Leon… stepped on him?"
"Yes…"
Okay, this was where I laugh!
"What's so funny!" he was smiling at me,
"Nothing… Merlin… Shoe… This is pure shit you know!" I loved that so simple things made me happy. My enjoyment(not to mention my temper) was shallow. I laughed at the smallest things(and snapped at them too). He was looking at me in concern. His look was deep and concentrated.
"Von… that guy back there… called you brother… Is he-?" I could tell he was curious
"Roxas… can you keep a secret…?" I was afraid to let my secret out, I was afraid it would spill out somehow. Years of wisdom told me that the truth is like fire, that cannot be covered by paper. It'll just get out somehow and I could never let that happen. But I trusted Roxas and Sora. He nodded and listened attentively.
"Yes Roxas, he is… He's also.." I couldn't say the word… here it comes…
"My lover" Roxas gasped at this.
"I know. It's weird and even gross-"
"Von, you're never gross. Your Sora and my little brother. If you're yuck, then it runs in our family" he smiled at me and placed a hand on mine. I nodded in thanks to his support.
"See, my brother admitted he admitted he liked me more than a normal brother would… I was 6 then and I knew nothing about love. But when I turned 7, I got smarted and I learned about love, I thought like a teenager for god's sake. I kissed him back and moaned when he kissed me, I blushed and giggled.. I may even liked him back. But don't worry! We never got that far. On my 8th birthday he went missing." I paused and looked at Roxas, making sure everything had sunk in. He nodded as a sign for me to go on.
"We sent many expeditions but none of the many found him. A month after my after his disappearance, my grandmother fell sick" I hiccupped, "Another month later… my mother…" I couldn't go on anymore. Roxas wrapped his arms around me.
"Shh.. It's okay… It's all gonna be fine. We're here now." He rubbed my back.
"Thanks, I pulled back after a lot of crying"
"No problem… Sora's on his way to the Land of Dragons. He told me to follow but he also said to make sure you were doing alright." He said.
"I'm coming with you" I say
"What? You can't. You're"
"After all I've been through? I think I can manage" I look for decent clothes around the drawers and saw a white shirt and some jeans. I glared at Roxas and said the word "Earthworms" and he ran away from the room. The shirt was a bit tight fitting but the jeans were fine. I went down the stairs careful not to bend too much. Roxas was there waiting for me.
"Ready to go?" I asked
"You sure you can go?" he threw back at me. Never in my life has a question been thrown back at me. I summoned my staff and moments later, I was carrying a cute orange cat and warped to The Gummi Ship.
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Sora's POV:
I was about to be warped to the Imperial Square when Juno's symbol formed on the steel ground. Von appeared, carrying a staff but he was with a completely different attire. A tight white shirt that made his slight curves show and jeans. And also… an orange cat… with blue eyes.
"Guess who?" he raised the cat to my eye level. Blue eyes that seem all so familiar and warm. The cat licked my nose.
"Roxas?!"
"Sora… I have to tell you something…" He sounded and looked serious.
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"You both must think I'm gross" he looked ashamed and looked down to his feet.
"No we're not! We understand and it was in the past" I noogied him
"Mao…" said Roxas
"Keep him this way for a while? For me?" I pleaded
"Sure"
"Mao!" the kitty struggled out of my grip, but my grips were known for being really firm.
"Uh… Sora… think Roxas can't breathe" I looked at the limp kitty and shook it awake.
"Who's the little kitty Sora loves sooooooooo much?" I cooed
"Mao!" he meowed gleefully as I heard Von release a sigh.
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"Mulan!" I shouted, calling the now long haired woman.
"Sora!" she called back, waving as she fought of a zombie.
"Yo! A bit of help here!" Mushu… go figure.
"A little help would be fine!" said Mulan, who had just landed on her bum. I fought off a lot of monsters as Roxas hung on my head, looking like a stuffed doll that never moved. After we cleared the pass, we went to talk to former Captain, now General Shang.
"What's the situation, sir?" I saluted him
"The monsters seem to be coming from an old abandoned temple atop the hills. The Imperial City is well guarded, but the newly rebuild village is in danger" he said as though he was briefing soldiers… er… he was.
"We're on our way captain!" I say.
"Mao" said Roxas. Shang raised an eyebrow at it and it raised a finger, the other two were down… as if… a dirty finger? He just scratched his head.
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"Wait! I'm coming with you!" Mulan rushed out of the tent
"Don't forget me, too!" said Mushu.
"When did the attacks start, Mulan?" I asked her
"About a week ago. Nothing to worry about though, the men and I have it all under control. But the emperor is worried. The village at the mountains recently got a beating and it's most prone to the attacks since the mountains are the source of the monsters… What's that?" said Mulan. She pointed at the hills.
"I know smoke when I see it, gurl. Trust me, something's getting friend up there" said Mushu
"Let's get a move on then!"
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"This isn't good." The higher we came, the thicker the smoke got.
"Of course it ain't good! Somebody's getting barbecued ther-" Mulan put a hand over Mushu's mouth.
"Shh! I hear something! Follow me!" She led us to a particularly high place. There was Shan Yu, along with a horde of undead huns." Mulan jumped to them.
"MULAN!" I yelled, following her.
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Roxas' POV:
Sora followed Mulan and jumped too. Von and I tried but we were pushed back.
"What's wrong?!" I asked, turning to Von. Sora could get hurt there. He hit the barrier with the end of his staff but nothing happened.
"I don't know! Someone put magic to stop us from helping!" I could see he was trying to shatter the barrier but his efforts didn't seem to work. I could only watch as Sora slain undead on the battle ground. I blinked once and saw the most horrible sight in my life. Sora was there, bleeding and dying on the field. Shan Yu came closer and stabbed him on the stomach. A voice was whispering in my ear.
Poor Roxas… couldn't do a thing to save his lover… you don't deserve him. He deserved much more than a Nobody who wasn't even supposed to exhist…
I clenched my fist. He was right. I blinked again and Sora was… alright? The voice and the image must have been a hallucination… yeah… Sora and Mulan killed most of the undead. Von finally shattered the barrier and we finished off the undead.
"Roxas? You look pale" Sora placed a loving hand on my shoulder.
"I'm fine.. Really" I said, trying to convince him, and he seemed to buy it.
"If you say so…" we proceeded to the mountains where the door that released the undead was. Thousands upon thousands swarmed us and we kept on fighting.
"They just keep on coming!" Mulan said, fighting off a skeleton.
"The boss monster isn't anywhere in sight!" Sora said, looking around. Just then, a voice echoed to the mountain.
"ARCHERS OF PAYON! AIM!"
"Archers of Payon?!" Von repeated.
"FIRE!" Thousands upon thousand of arrows showered the battlefield. Miraculously… none hit us. Half of the undead army were obliterated in one shower of arrows.
"AIM!" said the voice again.
"Is that smoke I see?" said Mushu
"It's coming from the capital!" said Mulan
"They'll take it from here! Back to the capital!" ordered Von
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We arrived at the capital and there was a HUGE black dragon with large green beady eyes. Most of the imperial city was burning with green fire and bodies of soldiers were littered on the ground. Four men were still standing.
"Ling! Shang! Yao! Chien-Po!" Mulan yelled
"Ping!" looks like they were still accustomed to her "manly" name. The dragon blew green fire on them and they were all thrown back.
"AIM!" came the voice again. A thousand archers carrying long bows and arrows lined the top walls to the roofs of the palace,
"FIRE!" thousands of arrows hit the black dragon at once, but it skin seemed to "eat" the arrows and spat them back. Inuring majority of the archers.
"STOP SHOOTING!"
"It's useless! There's no stopping that thing!" General Li-Shang said
"There's gotta be a way!" said Mulan.
"The undead are breaking the outer gets! It won't be long til they're in the city!" said Ling. It was true, you could hear banging and see the gates shaking.
"Mushu…?" said Mulan, getting an idea.
"Ohhhh nooo… No no no no no! No more hot sauce for me!" he said, backing up.
"Mushu, China is at steak here! You have to!" said Mulan, looking desperate. Mushu sighed in defeat.
"Shang, gram gram makes hot sauce for the emperor so there should be some in the store houses" Shang came back moments later with a box of bottles with red liquid in them. Mushu was forced to drink the red liquid and he released a large fiery burp that literally, burned the dragon into roast.
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"My children" the wise emperor's voice echoed throughout the damaged imperial square.
"China will sleep safely tonight, thanks to these brave young-" but before the emperor could finish, familiar blue runes appeared on the ground and the symbol of Juno appeared. A pink haired female sage appeared and she looked panicked.
"Sir! It's… it's!" she said to Von
"Calm down!" he said, getting impatient.
"Sir! Al de Barran was leveled and an army of undead are on their way to the capital!" she said.
"Alert Nicko about this. I'll be coming as soon as possible."
"Sir! He's in league with the enemy general!" his eyes widened
"What?! Who?!"
"A living man is commanding the army of the undead sir. He has long silver hair and-"
"Riku" said Sora.
This…. Is one of the worst chapters I have ever written and I'm sorry for that. But it's because my mind was too focused on the next chapter. I promise I'll make up for this chapter with the next one.