"That's great!" Roxas shouted happily when Falcon told him what had happened, "see I told you that he cared about you! You just had to give him a chance, that's all."
"He's kinda like an older brother to me," Falcon said, "we even have the same eye color."
"Long lost siblings?" Roxas said. Falcon smiled sweetly and nodded.
"He really is nice, I guess I just jumped to conclusions..." she added solemnly. Roxas shook his head.
"Well I mean he can be rude to people he doesn't know. It's a cold front. Inside, he really is a caring person," he said reasonably, "I mean, he likes you. He considers you someone so important he would sacrifice his life to protect you. That's something."
"How do you know he would sacrifice to protect me?" I asked, feeling a bit flattered but not showing it.
"Well I mean, from what you said, he stood up for you from Larxene. Just watch and see, I think he would give his life for you," Roxas said with another sly smile that indicated he knew something I did not, "well to tell you the truth, it's getting late. We really should get to sleep. I'll show you to your room." We walked up to the 7th floor, and he traced the word Namine on the wall in certain place. A white blaze sliced along the wall in the shape of a door, and with a flash, a solid door replaced the wall that was once there.
"What's Namine?" Falcon asked as they walked in.
"You'll see eventually," Roxas said. The room was completely white, with the exception of a little light blue, "you can do some redecorating if you want. Axel's on the 6th floor, and I'm on the 4th, so head on down if you need us. Axel's just below you, so yeah. Good night." With that, he walked out, made sure no one was near, and teleported away.
Falcon stood there looking at the room, wondering how she was supposed to redecorate. Then she thought of something. Raising her arm, she summoned the power of shadow and changed the room to her liking. Soon the walls were re-colored black with a slight red hue to it, silver sparkles across the walls. Everything in it was either silver, red, black, or dark blue. She nodded, liking the adjustment. Then she turned and walked out. She headed down a floor, and knocked on the door. The door had a huge fire mark on it, and Falcon wondered what it was for.
"Who is it?" Axel's voice called, "I swear if it is you Roxas, I am telling you for the last time that no I do not like Falcon in THAT way, I'm just protective of her, that's all." Falcon snickered outside the door; amused that Roxas was taunting Axel for that. The door opened and Axel was more than surprised to see Falcon there. He blushed slightly, realizing what he just said. He let her in, opening the door wider as she entered and explored the room. Everything in it was somehow related to fire. For some reason he had a red lava lamp beside the bed.
"Why's everything so...pyro?" she asked.
"My element's fire, it's natural," Axel replied.
"Does everyone have an element?" Falcon asked.
"Not everyone, but most people." Falcon didn't respond and instead walked over to the bed and plopped down on it, intently watching the lava lamp.
"So...what're you here for?" Axel asked, walking over to her.
"I dunno..." she replied, "'cause I feel like it?" Axel quirked an eye at her and sighed, shaking his head and smiling.
"Did you see your room yet?" he asked. Falcon nodded.
"So...what's this about Roxas taunting you about something?" Falcon asked slyly, clearly amused by the fact that Axel was embarrassed by it. Axel blushed a little, and then shook his head.
"He thinks that I like you in THAT way, you know, like like you," he said, "but I don't. I mean, no offense or anything..."
"None taken," Falcon replied.
"I mean, I like you in a older brother sort of way. Like you know, I'd protect you and make sure you're safe. I would...well..." he seemed to realize he was rambling a bit, and stopped.
"Yeah...?" Falcon urged.
"Well, you know, stand up for you and all that stuff..." he said quietly, "you do feel like a younger sister to me. That's interesting."
"Just like how you feel like an older brother to me," Falcon replied.
"Hey, why'd you do that anyway?" Axel asked. When Falcon gave him a confused look, he added, "like, hug me and call me your older brother."
Falcon smiled, "because it felt right, that's all."
"It...felt right?" Axel asked, giving the young girl a strange look. Falcon simply smiled and nodded, Axel's sick thoughts not really reaching her. Axel just shook his head and tried to comprehend what Falcon meant by "it felt right."
"As in, it felt like the right thing to do," Falcon elaborated, and Axel nodded slowly, not really understand it, but not wanting to ask.
"Well, we should both head to bed, it's late," Axel pointed out.
Falcon nodded, "I know." She stood up and once again delicately hugged Axel, smiling and resting her head against him, "you make a great older brother." Axel sighed and half smiled. He then escorted her back to her room, raising an eyebrow when he saw how dark it was in there, but didn't say anything. Instead, he bid her goodnight, and saw to it that she was comfortably tucked in before kissing her on the forehead IN A BROTHERLY SORT OF WAY and walking out, turning off the lights.
It was very, very early in the morning, about 2, when Falcon woke to a dim white light shining in her room. She looked up to see what it was, and was surprised to see a girl standing there. Her skin was pale and she had blue eyes, blonde hair framing her face. Her form seemed ghostly, and it was misty. The white light was radiating from her and she smiled as she saw Falcon.
"Who are you?" Falcon asked tentatively, quite scared by her sudden appearance.
"My name is Namine," she replied, "well, the old one anyway."
"What do you mean?" Falcon asked suspiciously.
The girl smiled again, "you are the new Namine."
"Excuse me, my name is Falcon," Falcon answered, "you must have the wrong person."
"The Namine of the Organization is their power source," the girl continued as if she had not heard Falcon, "you will have your initiation in two days' time. Your new name will be Namine, and you will be number zero. Power over all, and yet none."
"You make no sense…" Falcon said, "two days' time is my birthday."
"Just your luck then," Namine said.
"What do you mean I'll be zero? And what do you mean by "power over all, and yet none?" Falcon asked.
"The Superior is one, Saix is seven, you are zero," Namine replied, "zero overrules all if played second, but played first, is totally useless." Falcon raised an eyebrow, and yawned.
"That's nice," she said, "now can I sleep?"
Namine smiled again, "it's been nice meeting you." With that, she shimmered, and faded.
'You'll see eventually…' that's what Roxas had said when she had asked about it. But this explanation didn't seem any clearer. She decided to ask them the next morning. Until then, sleep.