Whooopa! Two updates in one day! I am both feeling especially grateful to you guys for your support and I am excited as to where this is going. I hope you like thsi next update, those of you who have watched the AMV i made and/or cheated by reading the description will know where this is going. Vaguely where this is going, I am not sure what tricks Sora's gonna pull and suddenly have me going in a different direction.
A Darker Part of Me
Roxas burst into his house, the door banging loudly off the wall. It left a mark but he wasn't concerned with that.
"Axel!" he screamed, tears ran down his face, the letter and picture were clutched so tightly in his hands, his fists were white, 'Axel!" He screamed again.
His chest was tight, he could barely breathe. He fell to his knees in the doorway of the living room and the hallway as he managed to open the door. It had steadily gotten worse as he'd run home, an ache in his heart that grew to a stabbing pain and then crippling agony as he desperately tried to find someone- anyone!
"Axel! Axel, help!" His screams were loud but dying as he began to shudder, his brain freaking out at the amount of pain he was receiving.
Axel jumped down the stairs. Not just took them two at a time or jumped the last few; he leapt from the top to the bottom and landed upright as he turned to see Roxas in the doorway near him. He skidded down beside the blond and lifted him up into his arms, "Rox! Roxas! W-what happened? Why are you screaming?!" Panic was evident in the elder's voice as he watched the teen convulse.
"S-Sora! S-something… w-wrong… c-can't find h-him…" It was all Roxas could utter as his eyes closed and he blacked out.
"Would you like something to eat?" The blue-haired man asked from across the table.
Sora stared through the gleaming white table as if it wasn't there, his face blank and void as though he wasn't even there.
"No."
"I'm sure you can have a civil meal before we do anything further." The man insisted.
"I'm not hungry."
"Well, how about some conversation? How about we start off with names"
"You already know my name."
"How very observant of you, yes, well my name is Saix." The man rose from his chair and picked up an apple from the table absentmindedly as he approached the perfectly still teen, "You wish to get started on removing your pain then?"
Sora made no response. Saix thought it would be amusing to throw the apple at the boy, it was unlikely he would catch it, amusement is hard to find but braining a teen with a piece of fruit would definitely get a chuckle out of him. He quelled the urge to hurl the apple and instead pressed a sharp fingernail into the soft skin and watched how Sora's eyes were instantly drawn to the fruit as the sweet juice sprang forth and ran down his finger, dripping off his hand.
"Do you know how to get rid of pain?" Saix asked conversationally.
"If I knew that, I wouldn't be here."
Saix snorted, the boy became more and more amusing as he spent more time with him, "True. I wonder if you can handle what we're going to do though." He took a bite out of the apple and swallowed it as he spoke slowly, "I also wonder… why you trust us so unconditionally."
"I have nothing left to lose. Even if you do abuse my trust and do something unspeakably horrible to me, I wouldn't care."
Saix placed the fruit on the table and gave a wry smirk, "That's good. Your indifference makes me think that maybe you can handle this."
Sora stayed silent but followed Saix as the other indicated and they left the pristine white room. It was as white as every other room he'd been in so far and Sora hated it. Sora remembered vaguely that he never used to hate anything.
Times change. People Change. A voice in his head pointed out.
That voice was suddenly pushed aside as a bigger, and much darker, voice rose from within him. Yes, people change. Axel changed. Axel has always been there and when you needed him most he wasn't there for you. He and Kairi both told you Riku was dead, but you knew he wasn't and then the letter. Maybe they weren't lying but they weren't even caring about it. Axel told you to shut up.
Please shut up, Sora begged the voice. It wasn't the face Sora was projecting; it was the real Sora, the one that still prayed Riku was alive and believed he was.
Oh, I have a better one! Other than people changing; People DIE. People will come and go and no matter how much you love them or beg them to stay, they will leave. You are at the center of no ones world. Not even Riku's. The man who claimed to love you left you without that mouse even having to say more than 'go'. The voice sneered.
That's not true! Sora cried, his inner voice was crying but the other voice was stronger and prevented him from having control.
You know it is. You feel it deep down. You do otherwise I wouldn't be here. It explained triumphantly.
Whether the claim was true or not, Sora had no reply and cried as he felt the voice that appeared to be a darker part of himself take over. He watched in the back seat as HE replied to Saix. HE looked around and HE agreed to getting rid of his pain.
Riku! Save me! Sora cried out, he hated he couldn't even overcome himself but he wouldn't deny the fact that he needed help.
"Sir?"
"What is it Saix?" The elder asked wearily, he was having too much fun now that his plan was coming together as one to be pestered by annoying subordinates.
"Sir… we cannot take Sora to see Riku until Sora is definitely under our control, even then there is the risk he will snap out of our control."
"What makes you say this?"
"His love for the keyblade master is stronger than we thought. His light is weak and easily succumbs now that he believes Riku dead, but should he discover the truth… well, it could destroy all of this."
"You believe his heart that strong?"
"No, I believe his love that strong."
The elder man snorted, "I would never have thought you to be a romantic, much less poetic, man."
Saix growled,"You know what I mean, Xemnas."
"What do you want now?" Riku groaned as Xemnas entered the shadowy dungeon, the cell completely sealed except from one side that allowed in light through thick iron bars.
Xemnas didn't need to go in, but he loved delivering bad news and watching the receivers face turn to horrification. It just made his day, and to watch the famed keyblade masters face contort in pain as he delivered a crushing blow… well that was just priceless.
"Can't I visit?" Xemnas asked with badly feigned innocence, "Besides, you'll like the news I bring." Riku gave a grunt and glared up at Xemnas, "Sora's here."
Those two words went through Riku like knife. His eyes widened and he felt his stomach requested release from his body as he realized what that entailed, "…w-where is h-he?" he wasn't above begging a man he hated for Sora.
Xemnas grinned delightedly at the pained expression, "He's here, he doesn't want to see you though. He may come and see you later if I ask him nicely… but right now… I think he really doesn't want to see you."
Riku broke into a snarl; adrenaline conceived energy flowing through him as he rose upright and pulled against his chains animal-like, "You bastard! What have you done with him?! I want to see him! Let me see him now!" He struggled futilely to break the bounds and wrap his hands around the other's throat, silencing Xemnas once and for all.
"I don't think you are in any position to be making demands." Xemnas observed and placed a boot against Riku's chest, slamming him back into the wall with a firm kick, "Besides, even if Sora did want to come, can you honestly say you deserve to see him after you left him?"
"I was still in contact with him! I sent him letters!"
"And you think that makes up for it? You think a letter is as good as a kiss hello or a kiss goodnight? You think a letter will keep him warm at night or safe during the day? Because if it were to keep him safe, then it failed abysmally." Xemnas grinned, "Sora doesn't want to see you, accept that."
Riku hung his head and vaguely acknowledged the slam of the cell door and the return to his loneliness. Did he deserve to see Sora?
"Sora, I want you to stand here." Saix pointed to the spot beside him. Sora obeyed and Saix moved away, teleporting to the open balcony above the circular room in which they were stood, "I am going to begin now." The pointy-eared man decided that was as much explanation as the brat was going to get and flexed his fingers.
He stretched his arms down at his sides and pushed his chest forward as thrust his arms up into the air. Sora regarded him with a blank expression but wearily watched as the white floor beneath his trainers erupted into Darkness. It flew up around him, pulling at his clothes and skin. It left him feeling oddly empty, Sora almost laughed, as if he didn't feel empty already. He stood perfectly still and strangely calm as the tendrils of pitch black squirmed up his body and enveloped his whole.
Saix smirked as he regarded the black shape that morphed into a casing that held Sora completely still at his shoulders and shrank back from his face. The black Darkness pulsated and hardened until Sora was encased wholly except for his head. The elder said nothing as he made his way from the room, the door giving a 'click' sound as it shut behind him.
"Mr.Xemnas!" Axel cried, banging on the door and practically crying as he begged fro the door to open, "Mr.Xemnas!"
He'd been calling and banging on the door for the teacher for a long time, about ten minutes. He couldn't waste anymore time, not with Roxas in such pain. He'd just replace the door later. He didn't even need to concentrate as his hand erupted into flames and pushed it through the door like a hot knife through butter. It melted like sludge and congealed at his feet; he ignored it, extinguished his hand and presumptuously entered.
Axel nearly made an undignified squawk of surprise as he spied the flat's contents. But that was just it; there were no contents. There wasn't a single thing in the flat. Just wash white walls and a beige carpet. He went further in tentatively, his fingers lighting in small flames as he explored. The kitchen was empty, no appliances or even any food. The living room and bathroom was just as useful. He tried the handle on the bedroom but it was locked.
There were two options open to him; either bust down the door and possibly walk in on two of his teachers having sex (Mr.Xemnas and Mr.Saix were famous for that) or wait and cause Roxy more pain. Axel swallowed uncomfortably as he decided Roxas was more important than his mental health.
He passed his hand through the wood like the front door and it parted just as the first had. He held his hand up as a source of light as he walked in. There weren't any embarrassingly positioned teachers, or even a bed inside. There was a computer. And that was it. Just a big computer. Axel stared at it a moment as his mind tried to comprehend what the hell was going on, he failed miserably but he did realize that the only person that had any knowledge on Dark Powers and could possibly help Roxas was gone.
Axel could only think of one thing to say, "Fuck."
It began to rain.
Whoot! review me or leave Sora in the perverted clutches of the mysterious Saix. yes, i know he was a teacher in the first few chapters, there is a method to my madness!
Akaiba.
