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and thanks to a person i met on neopets *of which i do not own ;) * for privately to critic my work but she said that there wasnt anything i could improve on... whats the fun in that? well, i suppose you need a person who really knows kh to critic for personalitys and such. thats where reviewers come in then! TY

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CHAPTER 5

Axel, our good pyro, snuck craftily into a certain Schemer's bedroom to awaken him. The redhead knew that Zexion didn't wake up if he didn't feel that the smell was a threat. Apparently burnt toast was a threat, because every time the Flurry crept in to pull a prank before Zexion rolled off his bed and portaled to get Xemnas to "tattle" -as Xigbar called it-.

So Axel had taken Rixah's perfume and sprayed more than half the bottle to cover up his involuntary body odors. Okay, so the purpose of this was to wake him, but Axel was supposed to remain inconspicuous for the time being, much to his displeasure.

VIII had heard Rixah stir in her room, and concluded that this would be the best time to get the two to meet officially, well, not officially. Unofficially, maybe. Unless... Axel shook his head in confusion, then smirked. He knew Rixah's habits of going out and vandalizing stuff at night. This would be put to his advantage, for sure.

The perfect opportunity to contribute to his mission and have some fun in the process.

The actual circumstances and the facts of why exactly he was during this were partially shrouded to the Nobody, but Axel knew that it was a necessary element of regaining their hearts back. That would be enough... for now, at least.

Anything it takes...

And luckily this would turn out better than planned.

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Zexion got up slowly, not to mention reluctantly, regaining the awareness of his breathing patterns. He stopped not to long ago it seemed.

When he did notice it, and inhaled, however, he quickly found out that there was WAY too much chemicals in the air, and developed a splitting headache. The clock on the far side of the room indicated it was a bit past midnight, so why would he get up? Originally the Schemer would try to obtain as much rest as possible. He especially needed it now that he was more likely to encounter other, more irritating people since the living quarters became minimized to a mere household structure.

The smell was soon recognized as Rixah's perfume. She didn't really put that much on, did she? No. Something was off here.

Even so...

Zexion threw his covers off and snatched his shirt off of the floor, that being the only article of clothing he had discarded before proceeding to get some sleep, well, besides his boots -and cloak, when he had it-. The periwinkle haired Nobody exhaustively slipped on the footwear and followed the scent.

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Axel rapidly sprinted out to the pipe, trailing the smell to the spot where Rixah would touch dirt, then used a dark protal to get to his room. The timing had to be precise for the two to meet up. The Superior allowed him his teleportation powers back, so why not put them to productive use?

And a laugh. This was also for Axel's sanity too, make no mistake.

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Meanwhile, Rixah frantically choked back a yelp. Unfortunately she didn't possess what would be considered "a substantial amount of upper arm strength", so that didn't exactly help the cause of not breaking more than five bones much...

The brunette did gasp when she accidentally bit her tongue.

Footsteps came crashing from below then suddenly disappeared below.

Whoever it had been didn't seem to notice her, lest it be Rixah's imagination and there was really nobody there...

Aww, was she hallucinating now? That was just damn wonderful.

The blood was sweet in her mouth as Rixah continued to inevitably struggle against gravity. If there was ever a time to hate gravity, it was when you were unwillingly about to fall ten feet onto small rocks and tough dirt. That would be best, probably. Maybe. Hate is a strong word. Rixah semi-consciously debated whether or not to use it anymore on life. Not, she supposed. Now it would only be-

"Isn't that particular position seen as a danger to most?" An all-too familiar voice questioned with a monotone note from below. Yay. Her hero. And such...

"Hurry up and get me down, moron!" She ground her teeth and awaited her rescue, very much aware -since she wasn't stupid- that it was a gag cliche. Rixah never take well to stuff like that.

There was an impatient tap and Rixah could just imagine his visible silvery-blue eyebrow go up critically. "And just what do you expect me to-"

"Make yourself useful and," the teenage Somebody released her grip, "catch!"

Wow. It felt good to let go. And it was a rush. Like, when you fall in a dream and then wake up and lay there heavily inhaling/exhaling for five minutes. Rixah could only fleetingly hope that the anti-climatic boy wouldn't take the time or effort to move out of the way like in the cartoons. That would suck.

Oh, he caught her all right. Possibly dislocating his shoulder in the process, but it still got the job done. Not her problem.

Was it mentioned that he was knocked back onto the ground? Because he was.

Poor Zexion.

The oxygen was knocked out of them both. That being an idiom, of course. Nothing actually knocked the air out of them. Okay, so that may not have been true for Zexion.

"You," Zexion uttered with a gasp mixed in, "fall heavily." He was obviously out of it for the moment.

The Cloaked entity received a pitiful groan as a reply.

A silent moment passed. Rixah cautiously sat up with effort clearly put in and declared, "I took you as the type that wouldn't give others the time of day for a nice gesture."

"It's night, but generally speaking, you are correct. I did not have the agility to evade you, is all," Zexion indifferently defended himself.

Rixah eyed him suspiciously. "You know, you look my age, but you talk more like my mom's psychiatrist, except you're uncaring and tend to not ask questions about your patient's daughter's well-being."

There was a light snort at that. "I do not see my speech habit as a negative thing."

The purple eyed girl was quiet, then stood and brushed all of the loose dirt from her clothing. "Well, thanks, I guess. I'm off then."

"To where, may I ask?" Was the inquiry, when he got up as well.

"As if you care where I go," Rixah scoffed knowingly.

Zexion crossed his arms and closed his eyes -the eye she could see, at least- for a prolonged second, nodding, as if that was a good enough excuse.

"Nighty-night then." There was slight sarcasm as he walked away, though Rixah was the one who stated the words.

Suddenly Zexion stopped, still facing away. "Were you going up that drain pipe, or down it?"

"Down. Why?"

"No reason," he muttered, lying -but it was dismissed- and resumed his pace.

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"Hmm... I believe that this project may only be accomplished the girl is set first."

Sai'x nodded in solemn agreement with his Superior. What else was knew?

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Stupid, stupid, stupid. Next time she would take notable precautions. Rixah, in her absent-minded flailing, had even woken someone up! That had never happened before. Then again, maybe Zexion was already up and had just heard her.

Rixah didn't know, though she was certain that this would be a interesting period of her life.

Her pocket knife slipped across the side of the truck then made it's way down to the dark tires.

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"Mumma, where is dad?" A much younger looking Rixah demanded in a whiny voice, a tiny hair-tie on top her head. She'd just gotten off the yellow bus from the kindergarten place she went to "acheive vital learning skills". Usually dad was waiting for her but today nobody was. The toddler cocked her head.

Tanya drew a shaky breath and told her slowly, "D-daddy left, hunny."

Rixah's purple eyes lit up. "Ice-cweam? Did you tell him ice-cweam?"

Her blonde mother shook her head and gave a false smile. "He- he's not coming back, sweety. He went to... Florida."

"Florida?" Rixah repeated. "Dad...- that's far-... Daddy doesn't... Derek at school, his dad left. Dad doesn't love us anymore, does he?"

"N- baby, you have to understand that daddy can't be-"

"No. He don't. Daddy doesn't love us." Rixah pursed her tiny lips and her purple eyes became glassy. Her mother was trying to make it better by sweetening it up. Rixah knew. She may not have known how to put it into words what her mom was doing, but Rixah knew. She was aware that her mother was manipulating her. And somewhere in Rixah, she was thankful for that, but it hurt her to think that her daddy didn't love her- hurt her to think... that her mother was trying to make it seem better than it was. Why couldn't she just tell her daughter straightforward that kind of stuff? Why was it covered with sweets only to give her more of a stomach ache later on?

Tanya burst into tears at Rixah's broken demeanor.

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Zexion shifted under the thick covers of the bed. He couldn't rid the infernal smell of flowery perfume that a person who was not Rixah sprayed so that his headache was no longer affecting his thinking actions. A set up, for sure. Whoever it was knew Rixah would be running off that night. The issue that needed to be addressed: who would want to impersonate her and what was the purpose of going out of his/her way to Zexion's room? There were eight possible answers; half of them were probable, and all of them needed special, unlikely conditions.

A separate smell didn't fork from the pipe when she was dangling. It just... disappeared. Well, melded, really. That was most likely the dark portals at work, correct? So that discarded everyone that was rooming in the mansion. Or did it? And Rixah wasn't lieing to him when she said that she'd been climbing down the drainage pipe.

"What are they playing at?" The Cloaked Schemer muttered.

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okay so, yeah! theres ch 5. kind of long, isnt it?

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