A/n: I know it took me a while to post this chapter because I've been pretty busy. I decided to send my laptop off over Christmas break and lucky me I got it back a few days after Christmas. No need to worry though I got a new hard drive and an updated Microsoft word that confuses the hell out of me so things may seem a bit different, but who knows? Anyway now for my fifth chapter!

Room for Improvements

Finally Axel and I are together at last and just for a brief moment I was about to give up. Two beings without hearts coming together in an Organization that denies us of emotion. Still I have no choice but to stay and obey any orders I have yet to receive. This was only the beginning and it was understandable that by now I wouldn't have an assignment. Soon I realized my own plan of training on my own and passing time reading crummy romance novels left me frustrated. Axel was right about not being around that often to be with me. I rarely get to see his face with all the missions he gets sent on, however the longer we are apart the greater the moment is when we're together. It seemed like no one knew about our little relationship, besides Marluxia and Demyx, although Demyx would always need to be reminded. Aside from my relationship my skills have improved just a bit however not as much as I would have liked. Now it only takes me seconds to teleport to a new location rather than standing there to think it over for a few minutes. I've discovered that I can create a clone figure of myself for a short limit of time, controlling it as I would my own body. Levitation was something else I've mastered, but my lightning element still gets the best of me. The electrical charge gives me some sort of a rush that makes me crave more. This was the one and only thing I needed work on for the superior will be evaluating my skills for an upcoming mission.

A large meeting was called where all members must attend. There all thirteen members sat in their elevated chairs, sitting quietly. This was the first time I had actually attended a meeting and I could feel the other member's eyes on me. "Jeez, what'd I do...?" I mumbled softly to myself before shifting my gaze towards Marluxia who was sitting off to the right of me in a chair slightly shorter than my own. He simply shock his head in reply, giving me the 'Be quiet and pay attention look'. Groaning softly I obeyed his orders, turning my attention towards Demyx who was sitting of to my left with Axel setting on the other side of him.

I have a feeling I did something wrong...

After heaving a heavy sigh finally our superior spoke in a calm and steady voice. "I've gotten word that in a few months we will be having a visitor, one chosen to wield the keyblade. They will be arriving at Castle Oblivion, thus I'm leaving Marluxia in charge of this Castle and Naminé. You will also be in charge of, Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion, and... Axel and Larxene." He grinned upon mentioning both Axel and my name together. It was if he knew all along about us and wanted to get it out into the air. "However, Larxene you still need work on controlling your element so if you want to join in this mission you must prove yourself worthy of an Organization XIII member."

Millions of thoughts danced around in my head, trying to think of the perfect reaction to all of this would be. A smirk would paint across my lips as a dark flash appeared beside me, wielding eight kunai knives, four in each hand. It was a clone of myself wearing the same cocky smirk over her lips. "I'm sure I'll be perfect for the job." The clone said before giggling lightly then fading off into darkness. The others would smirk and grin at this action as well. I didn't know weather it was something impressive or something I'm going to be teased about later.

"Don't worry about it, Larxy!" That familiar bubbly voice shouted loudly. Turning my attention towards Demyx, I lifted a confused brow. "It took me months to get my first mission, and that one was really tough! I spent hours cleaning my room I swear if I kept going I would have died!." With that said everyone else started laughing at the nocturne. Even I couldn't help but burst out into laughter at the thought of my first mission being to clean my room. The nocturne glanced around towards the others quickly, whimpering softly. "Hey! That mission was really hard! It's not funny!" He cried, moving his hands over his face. This would only make everyone laugh even more however the superior's laughing quickly ceased. Soon after everyone was now dead silent turning their attention to the superior.

"Then it's settled. Larxene you have until a week before your mission starts to prove that you are ready for it. If you go into this power hungry state and bolting your lightning around without thinking, you will surely parish." The superior spoke before fading off into darkness. A few others would follow after him, leaving me, Axel, and Marluxia alone.

The Graceful Assassin quickly turned his attention towards me then Axel. "You know what you two have to do. As for me I have a lot of thinking and planning to do. Don't mess up the room if you two are going to... you know." He smirked lightly fading into a dark mist with bright red petals falling down onto his seat.

Upon hearing his comment my face quickly turned beat red as I darted my gaze to Axel who was wearing the same red color over his cheeks. He chuckled softly while rubbing the back of his head, lacing gloved fingers around in locks of crimson red hair. "Looks like I have some time off then..." Axel spoke softly as his form began levitating up towards the seat beside him, extending his left hand towards me. Without hesitation I appeared in the seat beside him taking his hand with my right, lacing my fingers together with his. He brought my hand closer to his face, nuzzling the tip of his nose to my gloved hand before planting a single kiss against it. As flattering as it was I wish I wasn't wearing this stupid glove. Feeling his lips against my skin was my single form of heaven. My way of becoming a somebody.

Gazing into those emerald green orbs a gentle smile would form over my lips. His right hand soon pressed up against my corresponding cheek as he drifted closer to my form. At last our lips met in a small tender kiss with both of our eyes half open to continue a loving gaze. So many moments of true bliss have always waited for me there within his kiss. With each kiss it would only feel like our first every time. As soon as his lips parted from mine, I smiled sweetly letting out a small giggle. "So what do you want to do then?" I asked bringing my glove finger to trace along his lips lovingly.

Axel smirked now hovering over my petit form as I leaned back into the seat. "You'll have to practice really hard to control that element of yours. This'll be our first mission together, Larxy. Kinda... romantic if you think about it." He grinned leaning in closer to steal another quick kiss from my lips. This was a first for us, being so affectionate in a public place. At any minute anyone could appear in the room and spot us, but at that moment it seemed neither of us cared at all.

I let out another small giggle while brushing my fingers across his red tented cheeks, inching towards the small mark painted underneath his eye. "Romantic? Just because we'll be working side by side doesn't mean we'll be allowed to show such affection towards another. I really can't see how it's romantic." I went on while leaning even further away from him, letting my hands flop down at my sides. "I'm starting to wonder what I got myself into." Sighing softly, I crossed my legs over another then closed my eyes.

Letting my vision fade away from Axel for that short moment was my downfall. The pyro slipped his hands underneath my arms, lifting me up then teleporting outside of the front gates of the Mansion in Twilight Town. He gently places me down onto my feet while backing up, and stretching his arms up over his head. "You're missing my point, Larxy. It's romantic when we sneak off on our own. When no ones around we could be affectionate. I mean it'll be in the castle. Thirteen floors and you don't even want to know how many basement levels there are." He teased me, pressing his index finger against my nose. I stumbled back quickly, waving my hands over my face, blushing intensely from his words. As I glanced up towards him there was a small grayish figure swaying about beside him. A zipper ran across the top of it's head as it's awkward body continued it's spastic swaying. Planted on the top of the strange being's head was the symbol I've seen just about everywhere. It seems that somewhere in everyone's weapon that symbol had been placed. The symbol labeling you as a Nobody "This is a nobody however not quite like us although they are very common among all nobodies." Axel's emerald gaze would shift towards the small being before continuing his description. "They don't speak they only obey. They're called Dus---. "

Just before he could finish his sentence I had appeared before him, pressing a single digit to his lips. The look in my eyes was seductive yet harmless. "Can't you teach me all of this later? I mean like you said before you've got some time off. Let's do something fun. Something couples with hearts would do!" I begged, moving my hands down to tug at the collar of his cloak. Axel's tanned cheeks soon turned a deep rose color while emerald orbs stared down at me with a look of surprise. Truly the only real time we spend together is wandering around touring parts of the Castle I haven't seen yet and gazing over Twilight Town without once ever actually wandering the town itself. I wanted to do more and sitting around training wasn't what I had in mind.

Axel simply took seize of my finger, removing it from his thin lips. The expression on his face soon changes to a bit more serious and disappointed look. He tossed my hand of to the side then leaned in closer to me now pressing his gloved index finger to the center of my forehead. "We have no time for that. I really need to show you the ropes or you'll be disposed of. I am the one to get rid of dead weight and traitors around here, so if you don't master your element completely then I'll be forced to..." At the moment the look in my eyes were of complete fear. Would he actually act on it and take me out? "This is something I really don't want to think about right now so lets just carry on now. You need to know the ropes and you need a sparing partner. One with little importance so if you accidentally destroy it, it really wouldn't matter." Axel said as he approached me slowly, bring both hands to my cheeks gently brushing his thumbs over soft pale skin. "I would never ever do anything to harm you, even if ordered to. So you don't have to look at me like that. That's one look I never want to see in your eyes again." He whispered, pressing his lips to the very center of my forehead.

Closing both eyes on contact, I gave him a reassuring nod before turning my attention to the strange nobody staring towards us with an awkwardly crimson tented face. "Stop staring! We're not putting on a show for you!" I shouted in jest towards the being prior to turning my gaze towards my pyro. The awkward Nobody quickly turned off to stare in a different direction. It twitched and shivered in a nervous manner causing me to laugh softly. "Let's get to business then shall we? I suppose you want me to practice with this thing... which is called a?" I grinned lightly showing him that for now I would be obedient.

He chuckled softly talking a few steps away from me. "It's called a Dusk. One of the most common Nobodies under everyone's command. However this one isn't under your command. You have to prove yourself by defeating it only using your lightning ability." Once hearing that statement a loud buzzing sounded in my head. How dare he say such a thing about me? We're above all of these lower leveled Nobodies however he states that it's better than me. It had seemed that my ranking here was still at the noobie level. Even the Nocturne had surpassed me in ranking even though it seemed he lost all of his marbles. Surprisingly I haven't noticed what triggered my lightning ability.

Without any warning I raised my hand towards the Dusk, sending several bolts of lightning towards it. The spastic being's attention darted towards my attack then swiftly shifted it's form into the ground dodging my attack. "What the...?" I mumbled as the buzzing began to grow even more once hearing Axel laughing lightly.

What in the world is that thing?

Axel snapped his finger once more, giving the Dusk the sign to retaliate. With the signal given the slender sneaky little figure quickly darted around before slipping it's way out of my sight. Just then I stumbled forward as a pair of small feet pressed into my back, sending me face first into the ground. Axel would only chuckle and laugh as a low ranking Nobody made a fool of me. Each time I made it to my feet the Dusk would instantly sent me back to the ground. It was hard to lay an or on the thing let along a bolt of lightning. The Dusk was quick and the only way to take it down was to become quicker. I thought I give teleporting a try seeing if I could get a good distance away from the creature to land at least one bolt of lightning. In spite of this my planned had failed. Every bolt of lightning missed and yet again I began striking down at random, hoping I would land a hit. Out of the blue, I was face first on the ground once again feeling weak from wasting so much energy. Axel continued to watch, laughing each time the Dusk would knock me over. His laughing would only cause my rage to grow even more and as my rage grew the buzzing would grow as well.

I'm going to kill this thing!

Just then a burst of dark mist appeared of to the right of Axel. The pyro's gaze quickly glanced towards the other raising a confused yet concerned brow. "Xaldin? I didn't know you were coming here." He said softly while lifting up his left hand towards the Dusk, signaling it to cease it's attack. As I lifted my head up, I gazed towards the two with a face covered in dirt as I panted heavily.

Xaldin's deep blue glanced towards me then towards Axel now raising a curious brow. "What are you two doing here? I've been looking all over for you Axel." No. III stated as if it wasn't obvious enough that I was training, although I guess it really couldn't hurt to ask anyway.

Axel grinned widely, leaning towards the other cloaked member. "Me? Oh I'm just helping Larxy get her element mastered for our upcoming mission, ne!" The grin on his face grew even more as he glanced over to me, pointing a gloved finger in my general direction. "She's got a long way to go if a simple Dusk can beat her like that!" He teased while regaining his composure as Xaldin gave him a puzzled look. "Oh yeah! Anyway, what do you need me for, Xaldin?" It seemed even around someone as powerful as Xaldin, Axel would display such a chummy relationship with everyone around him.

No. III glanced towards me for a short moment, sending an uneasy chill down my spine. He grunted lightly before turning his attention back towards the pyro. "You have a mission..." Xaldin said calming slipping a small index card from him cloak then hands it to Axel. For a short moment Xaldin stood there watching as Axel read over the card trying to read any unusual expression that may appear over the pyro's face, however it didn't change.

Axel smirked and tapped the card against his forehead gently. "So much for a break, I guess I got work to do." He chuckled softly as if he didn't really mind, but I could tell deep down he was upset. Xaldin gave him a small nod before fading off in a thick mist of darkness. As soon as Xaldin's body was completely out of sight Axel glared towards the card, setting it on fire. He groaned softly throwing the burning card down onto the floor. I couldn't figure out what could possibly be the reason to burn away the card. Either he was upset about the mission or didn't want me finding out what it actually was. "Jeez! I swear I thought I'd have some off time to spend with you! You're making little progress without me here to help you." The pyro continued to pour out in frustration, pacing back and forth before turning towards me. With a single snap of his finger the Dusk disappeared. He slips his hand within his cloak removing a deep black handkerchief, then approaching me. Kneeling down the pyro grasped my chin with one hand while gently brushing the cloth against my dirt covered face.

I stared up towards him, locking my electric blue gaze to his emerald green eyes, but once eye contact was made he quickly averted his eyes away. Instantly I knew he was ashamed for needing to run off on me like this. "Axel... I understand that you have work to do and I really don't want you to get in any trouble for ditching it just to be with me. You shouldn't worry about it anyway, I mean it's not like I'm going anywhere. I'll be here when you get back." I tried my best to comfort him although my words didn't seem to make a difference. His expression still remained the same, frustrated, tense, and disappointed. "I'll just do some reading while you're away. I do need to find a new genre that's interesting. Really I'll be fine."

Axel's emerald orbs slowly shifted up to meet up with mine. He gave a small smile as he continued to remove the dirt and dust from my face. "I see... I guess it'll be fine then. We'll just pick up where we left of when I get back. I'll make up for lost time." He said in a low tone, moving the handkerchief back into his cloak. His lips fold over quickly as he bites down roughly against his lower lip, letting it pop back out quickly. "I promise I'll make this up to you." He whispered softly while leaning in closer to me to steal a kiss. His lips would lightly brush again my own just for a second. Once the feeling had faded I opened my eyes only to find myself alone in front of the mansion. I quickly flopped over, laying in the soft grass as my eyes soon fell shut. The wind would whistle and whisper softly in my ear sounds of sweet words parted from Axel's lips. 'Just wait for me...'

I'd wait forever right here just for you, Axel. We are immortal... right?

End of Chapter Five

Once again I'm sorry for the wait on this chapter! I promise to update a lot sooner now that I have my laptop good and fixed! I'm slowly starting to figure out how this new Microsoft word works so I guess that's good as well! I really hope you enjoyed this chapter as for the rest of the pairing like with Demyx and Marluxia it's going to be a real toughie putting those two in here so I figured I'd have to make this fic a bit longer, but I will do it. I love those to pairings as well. Demyx is so adorable and Marly is just gorgeous! Well moving onward next chapter is going to be interesting! I can't even wait to type it.

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