Thanks to Oathkeepera, Ellie0223, ArwenEvenstar83, Chokubher, Anoymous-Sakura, angelixx and Chibi Minomoto! I'm sorry that my story confuses you. I apologize! You see, I'm the type of author who writes up chapters a little at a time and not all at the same time. So, one chapter I might say,
'Spaghetti was Roxas' favorite food. He could have it everyday for every meal!' and a few chapters later I might put, 'Roxas HATED spaghetti! He would rather starve to death than eat spaghetti!' Something like that in this story has, actually, already happened once. That may be one of the reasons this story doesn't make sense. I'll go back and edit my mistakes...later... I was reading my past chapters(because I was bored)and I noticed the thing that was different, so I slapped myself and said,
'Oh crap! I hope none of my loyal and dedicated readers/reviewers noticed!'
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 14: I Need More True Emotion
(Roxas' POV)
"Charging...S-Scythe!" I did have multiple other weapons at my disposal, not just keyblades. I guess I felt more comfortable fighting with them than any other weapon. Like this white-gold scythe I had in my hands right now. I had other weapons that just were 'attachments' and I could call out, like a cannon, a blade, and I did have a machine gun, a handgun, a pistol, a rifle, a flamethrower,(though I have ever rarely used this) platinum knuckles, hand-grenades and I also could create a bomb-type thing. I'm sure I have other ones that I can't really think of right now.
"That's my boy! Okay, so, who are we aiming for?" Tifa asked, flexing her hands. No weapons? Whatever floated my mom's boat. I looked at the people before us. There was some blonde girl I didn't know standing next to Seifer, so I didn't want to target her just in case she might be demonic like Gippal, but nice.
"The blonde," I pointed to Seifer, "and the Devil. I'm not too sure of the three silver-haired people. I can't identify them as friend or foe." I noticed that Tifa was glowing a white and she had a halo and six wings. Six wings. I don't know of anyone in Mizu no Akashi that has six wings. I know I inherited her wings, but they were gone anyway so it didn't matter. "How come I'm glowing? Mom, you too." I was glowing too, and not just because I made myself glow. I felt atop of my head and I felt my halo. Yes! I had a halo!
"Because Naminé is praying to us. Prayers to angels, not the Authority, makes us more powerful." Tifa explained. I nodded. That made sense. If someone prayed to us, then we would need the strength to fulfill that prayer.
"Silver-haired people? How dare you address us by our unproper names. I am Kadaj!" The one with the medium-length silver hair said.
"I am Yazoo!" The one with the long silver hair introduced himself.
"Loz." I guessed that the one with the short silver was nonchalant. Either that, or he was lazy and didn't feel like going the extra mile and saying 'I am'.
"Well, that's nice, but your names aren't going to do us any good until you tell us if you're here to help or if you're here to try and kill us." I said, readying my scythe. Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo looked at each other.
"We can help whoever we want, so we'll just see who needs our help." Loz said, crossing his arms.
"We might not even help anyone. It's what we feel like doing that we'll do." Kadaj added on to his...well, they looked like brothers, they would probably be identical if their hair was the same length.
"If you get hurt, it's your problem." Tifa said and flipped her hair. Then, Gippal kicked down Lucifer(since Gippal was standing behind him) and his purple-gun-thing(my sensors had a hard time identifying it) appeared and he shot Seifer with it. Tifa looked at me and I shrugged. "I guess we're not fighting then." Our glows disappeared and I felt all the energy get sapped from me and I fell on my knees.
"Roxas! Are you ok?" That wasn't my mom's voice. So I looked at her. It was Naminé? She could transform into my mom now? Alright. That was a little creepy. I needed to take the thing that allowed her to transform into my mom away from her. Ah! The glowing blue coin around her neck. She never had that before. After all, if she did keep transforming into my mom, eventually my sensors would indicate her as my mom...and...well, if you're told the person you want to love more than anything(and not the family kind of love) was your mom...
"Naminé...I'm going to ask you to never do that again." I said, and to make sure she didn't, I took the coin away from her. "I'm sorry...but it's just too creepy having you transform into my mom and everything."
"It's ok. I understand." I looked at it, wondering what to do with it. After all, it held my mom's soul. I put it in my pocket for safe-keeping. 83.418 percent chance it will either fall out, burn, or get stolen. I sighed. Sometimes my systems just loved to correct me when I was wrong.
"You two need to get out of here. In Hell, you, Roxas, are even weaker than you are on Earth." Gippal said, and I nodded. I tried to stand up, but I couldn't. I just didn't have enough energy. I tried again, but I fell.
"You look really pale, Roxas. Are you alright?" Naminé asked, helping me stand up. I didn't want to worry her, so I nodded and forced a smile.
"I'm fine." I said, and I let my machinery control the motion of my body. I knew my being an angel wouldn't affect my systems and I knew energy didn't matter to it, it could keep on running for years. (But eventually, if I didn't recharge my systems and take a breather, I would stay inb my berserk stage permaneantly. How did I know this? Well...) "Okay...I can stand now." Naminé was a little hesitant and slow in letting me go, but I was steady. You might think, 'Oh wow! Being a machine makes you invincible!' but it really doesn't. It's dangerous because for machines, their highest priority comes first, no matter what.
Say one of my friends accidentally lowered the chances of Naminé's safety(or if they got in the way of me protecting her) I would kill them, even if it was by .000001 percent. But if I controlled my own actions, then things would be a little different. When I let the robotic side of me take over, the only thing it cares about is protecting her and nothing else matters, which is scary if you stop and think about it. Say if killing her was protecting her...or if I had to kill myself or something(which couldn't really happen) I'd have to do it. My priority was to protect her, not keep her alive. Say if Naminé was about to go through this attack that would cause immense pain and maybe make her numb for awhile, chances are that I'd kill her to protect her from the pain. See? Not always a thing you wanted in your life.
"What's the fastest way out of here, Gippal?" I asked, and he was about to say something when Seifer's Hyperion appeared. He walked over to us and I got ready. But, he grabbed Naminé's wrist instead and practically threw her into either Kadaj, Loz, or Yazoo. I started to run over there of course, but Seifer's gunblade swung my way. So I ducked and continued running toward them. A gun appeared in my right hand so I shot at Loz, who was holding Naminé. I had to stop because I was afraid of hitting her.
"Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo! I promise if you keep her away from Roxas, you'll be able to reprogram him!" Seifer said, and then he noticed that they were being a little hesitant. "Fine, you can toy around with her mind a little. I know you three enjoy twisting things." They nodded and a portal appeared behind them.
"No!" I wasn't fast enough. They, and Naminé, disappeared in it. I clenched my fist and turned around. "Where did they go?" Seifer shook his head and smiled. "Tell me right now, Seifer!" I didn't like it when he said 'toy around with her mind'.
"I don't think so, Roxas. After all, you do need a little reprogramming." He said. I saw Gippal mouth something to me, since Seifer was faced towards me and couldn't see him.
'Wait a minute, don't fight him.' I'd take his advice. 18,526 years of living and this situation must have come up more than twice. He knew what he was doing. So when Seifer charged at me, I had no choice but to grab onto his Hyperion to keep it from impaling me. My hands did get cut up a bit, but when I saw what Gippal was getting at I understood. I couldn't fight down here. Seifer was probably more powerful now because he was in his turf. He used the power of darkness to throw me into a wall and hold me there. Of course, I managed to stand up.
"Hit me. I dare you." I said, making sure Seifer could tell how much I despised him by making hate just drip off every syllable I was saying.
"Maybe I should just take my time. Knowing those three, I'll be surprised if she ever talks again." He said, catching me off guard and lodging the gunblade into my shoulder. There really was no way I could stand not fighting, but I also knew I would lose if I did fight, and he would probably kill me.
"Seifer, if she's messed-up by the time I see her, I will rip your heart from your body!" I yelled, Seifer taking out the gunblade and slashing at me again. I dodge-rolled and managed to trip him.
"Gippal, is there anything you can do?" I asked. I felt helpless. I couldn't protect her from whatever torture she was receiving. "Dammit!" I clenched my fists and Seifer just grinned. How could he even stand this when she could be hurt by now?
"Sorry, Sora, my sister is looking for them right now! She has this odd little power that can scan Hell." Gippal said. "As soon as she finds her, I'll make a portal! Sorry to say, but I know those triplets more than Seifer does. They can screw peoples' minds up and it's not pretty when they're done." I cursed to myself, but only time will tell, now.
"Don't you feel any guilt, Seifer? Don't you feel any regret about what you're doing to her?!?" I yelled. Then it struck me. Naminé WAS right. It was like I had the heart, not him. He didn't even care about her feelings, he probably just wanted her to become King of Tsugare. I bet if she had no royal status, he wouldn't even look at her.
"Not really. I hope they'll just decide to ruin your relationship with her instead of mine. That would make much more sense..." He said, and shook his head. "If they do, then I will comfort her in her times of need while YOU will take the role as the bad guy. Then she'll never want to see you again and you'll live in torment for the rest of your life knowing you could've done something about it."
"Oh! I found them!" I heard Gippal's sister shout. Then I saw Gippal point behind me, and I turned around. A portal. Thank the Authority Almighty. I was just about to punch Seifer's face in, too.
"Thanks, Gippal! I owe you one!" I ran into it. It led me to a room(it looked like a living room, complete with sofas and everything) and in a couch was sitting Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo, and in a chair was Naminé. I could hear her crying. I'm going to make Seifer pay very dearly for making her cry. No one, and I mean no one makes her cry and gets away with it. Unless I can identify her tears as a sign of joy, then that person will pay.
"Naminé, why are you crying?" I went up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. I already knew why she was crying, because Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo toyed with her mind. I just didn't know what they told her. She seemed startled, and she looked at me. Tears were slipping down her cheeks and I felt...well, remembered what feeling like you just wanted to slap yourself because you see a girl crying and you know you could've done something about it.
"I-It's not true, is it?" She asked, placing her hands on my shoulders and shaking me. "Tell me it's not true!" I opened my mouth, but decided to not direct the question at her. It could just upset her even more.
"What did you tell her?" I asked them. Yazoo snickered, followed by Kadaj and then finally, Loz.
"We only told her the truth." Yazoo said innocently, and he placed a hand on his chest. "We would never do anything to hurt anyone, especially a pretty girl such as her." They all laughed again. Obviously I would not get any answers from them. I had to ask Naminé.
"What did they tell you, Naminé?" I asked her, utilizing my angelic voice so that I sounded like I would never hurt her. (Which I would never do in the first place, but who the hell knows what those three made her believe)
"They-they told me...that you...that you...didn't love me a-and that you did only care about me j-just because..." She looked away and removed her hands from my shoulders. I decided not to interrupt her. "...because you HAVE to protect me! They told me...they told me that you wouldn't protect me if you were registered not to. But that's not true, is it, Roxas?!? Please tell me that's not true! Please tell me that you're not just a weapon, but a person, too!" I looked back at the three, but they were gone. Now I had no clue what to say, and I felt even more horrible because she wasn't that off, either. If they had made my top priority protecting her sister, then most likely Umiri would be sitting here, not Naminé.
"Naminé, I..." Dammit! Why did they have to take the truth and just...twist in so many ways that it was actually true but yet so far from the truth? "...Here, look at this..." There were two things that I had that proved me to be an actual 'robot'. One was my dogtag, which I was going to show her. The other was an actual barcode on my right shoulder. In case there were duplicates of me or something, they could just scan it and figure out the right one. That's another reason for the Organization wearing heavy cloaks. If someone tried to scan my right shoulder right now, nothing would come out, unlike normal clothing. Every Nobody has a barcode that identifies them. I know Axel's is on his left wrist, and I'm not too sure about anyone else.
I took out my dogtag, which I hadn't touched in a long time,(mostly because it had my serial number on it and I couldn't stand being reminded what I was) so it had some dust on it. She wiped it off with her thumb and looked at it.
"ACW-E:SL-000001-4F-BV..." I cringed when I heard that name again. It brought back so many memories... "Oh wait! It says something below it...um... 'Angelic Combat Weapon. Element: Seraphic Light. Weapon Number: 000001. 4 Forms programed inside of you and the Berserk Virus can override your programming... Codename: Roxas...Roxas, what does 'Seraphic' mean? I've never heard that word before."
"Basically, it means more divine than angelic but less holy than divinity itself. It's hard to understand for you because you have never seem a Seraphim before, but for those who have, it's quite easy to understand." I said, and smiled a little. She didn't seem that upset anymore. But I still had to optimize my voice just in case. I'm glad my voice can soothe people. At least that aspect of me isn't violent. She frowned and let go of it. Naminé turned around and looked to the side like she wanted to see me but didn't at the same time.
"What they said was true, I think...I need more true emotion...from you, Roxas." She sighed and looked in front of her. "I know you can't feel...but you should make an effort to at least try."
"But I do, Naminé, sometimes I just feel like my heart's a battleground because I want to feel so badly, yet it's almost impossible ...But in order for me to feel true emotions..." I shook my head and decided to counter what she said, because what she did say was definitely not HER words because it is not Naminé-like to think that I am not doing my best at anything. It sounds selfish, but it is one-hundred percent true. "...I need more affection than you know."
"So many ups and downs with this whole thing, right?" she looked at me again, and I took the time to see her emotions. I used to be able to tell what a person was feeling by just looking at them, but the berserk virus destroyed that part of my systems. Now I could only tell people's emotions by looking into their eyes. (It's that part of the story again where you go back to chapter 2 and scroll down to where I said I could tell she loved me by looking into her eyes. Now you can safely say, 'I knew that! Just testing you, -insert nickname for me-!') I could see she felt destroyed and confused. A little bit of love, just a little bit. But that was enough for me. I'd fix what was broken, that was for sure.
"Naminé...no matter what, I will and I'll always...protect you. Not because my systems tell me to, but because I'm obligated to because you love me..." If I said I loved her, technically, I'd be lying. "And I'd give up anything to love you back. Nothing anyone, not Seifer, not Kadaj or his brothers, not your sister, not my brother...not our parents...no one can ever change that. Understand?" That was true. It was true that everything about that could've changed BEFORE I met her, but no...nothing will ever change that now. Even if they program me to make my sole purpose be killing her, I'd never, ever, do it. I'd probably kill myself before I hurt her.
"I understand...I just feel lonely sometimes...but in the end, all that really matters to me is you wanting to love me...not the actual action itself." She looked down at the floor and clasped her hands together. "After all...if Seifer says he loves me and that's how he acts...I'm afraid to see what you would do..." She ran toward me and hugged me. "Despite the ups and down this may hold...just wanting to love me is good enough for me."
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you from them...I'm sorry if any damage has been done..." I said, and I really felt terrible about it. If only I had been cautious about it, this wouldn't have happened. She took a deep breath and her grip tightened on me considerably.
"I really don't want to see them again..." She said, and I could hear her crying. As soon as I was about to comfort her, a portal appeared and Seifer stepped through. He looked at the scene and his hands balled into fists. I slipped an arm around her waist and sent hima glare. Seifer twitched slightly.
"Come here, Naminé. I'll give you all the love you'll ever need...unlike that inconsiderate jerk Roxas who let Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo screw your mind up." He said, holding out his hand. Seifer had some nerve. Saying that, when it was him who suggested it in the first place...! She looked at him, and let go of me. Her look formed into a glare rather quickly.
"Seifer, I hate you! I never want to be with you, ever! You've done nothing but treat me like I was a slave! I'm worth much more than that..." And then she whispered, "at least I'd like to think that I am..." thinking that I couldn't hear her. I could, but I let her finish the rest of her 'I-hate-Seifer' speech which I was fine with. "...and I'm a Princess. You should treat me like one! Even if I wasn't, if you loved me you'd think I was perfect and would never do anything that could possibly harm that perfection! Well, Seifer...there's only one thing I can do to that..."
She ran up to him and slapped him across the face. I'm much too composed to just shout out 'HELL YEAH! ABOUT TIME!'and even though it was an irrational act against my systems, I really wanted to do so. But I didn't because, well...that would be out of character for me. Then, Naminé ran back to me and faced Seifer. I placed a hand around her waist(again) to make sure he wasn't going to do anything else to her. I learned from that mistake...even though I'm not supposed to make mistakes and my systems can't handle mistakes...
"Gippal and Sarah are about to come so I better make haste...Well, Naminé...I've got one thing to say to you, too." He took out a ring. "When you're sleeping like a little baby and Roxas isn't there to protect you, I'm going to place this ring on you and you'll be bound to me forever. Goodbye until then." A black portal appeared behind him and he backpedaled into it, evil laugh echoing into the room. That didn't make sense. Why would he tell us that? I searched for a reason, any reason at all, in my database, but the search was in vain. I'd have to watch Naminé carefully from now on. Speaking of the blonde, she fell on her knees and started to shake uncontrollably.
"N-no..." Her eyes were wide open with fright. I knelt down beside her and hugged her. "P-Please, Roxas...I beg you...p-please don't l-let me to the hands of that t-terrible man!" She held onto my arm with a vice-like grip and I had a feeling she wouldn't let go any time soon.
"I won't. I won't let anything like that happen to you, I swear on Heaven, Hell, and the sanity of every angel." I said. She was terrified, and she was still shaking, even in my arms. That was a bad sign within itself. I slowly stood and picked her up. Naminé didn't even thank me or say anything. She was that scared she didn't even want to utter a word. Another portal appeared and Gippal and Sarah stepped through it.
"Everything okay?" He asked, looking at us. Sarah(who must've been like, Gippal's cousin or something, they looked almost exactly alike) looked around for something, but she didn't find what she was looking for.(Or it appeared that way)
"Not really. I need to go back to Tsugare, do you think you can handle getting everyone in Mizu no Akashi's soul back?" I asked. Even if he said 'no', Naminé still came first. She always did. Even in the matter of life and death, Heaven or Hell, it was her. Gippal nodded. "Thanks, I really do owe you..." With that, I closed my eyes and imagined my home. With a flash I teleported us there. Teleporting is really nothing but moving extremely fast at an incredible rate while everything is slowed down to the point of no motion. I didn't want to return her to her home because I felt I could protect her better in a place I knew like the back of my hand. That, and my systems felt that way to.
"Huh?" I wasn't expecting Naminé's parents, some minstrel, and Pops to be in my house at the time I teleported. "Naminé!!!" Yuna and Tidus came to me first, Pops getting up and following. Tidus tried to take Naminé, but she didn't want to go.
"No...please let me stay with him! Please, Dad!" Yuna and Tidus exchanged looks and then they both nodded. "Thank you..." If possible, she tightened her grip on my arm.
"What happened, Naminé? Someone must have scared you.." Yuna said, then looked at me when Naminé turned away. Obviously she didn't want to recall it. I didn't know if I should tell them what was making her scared, but I did so because I wouldn't let Seifer get his hands on Naminé and possibly(almost surely) harming her. So, I quickly summarized what had happened in Hell(with avoiding names that would ask questions) which I found quite difficult.
"So...she's staying near your because you're the only person who can defeat this man who wants her?" Tidus asked, and I nodded. "That makes sense since you are much more enhanced in combat than any of us here. I knew something was up because she's never called me 'Dad' before. Ever. Well, Roxas, as your King, I order you to protect her until you can defeat him." He didn't even need to order me to do that.
"As soon as I-I let go of R-Roxas...he'll come and g-get me. Then I'll n-never see a-any of you e-ever again!" Naminé said, her words shaking. Then something happened. I don't know what I did to make it happen, but it happened. Somehow the control shifted over to myself, and I fell on my knees, Naminé(who was still in my arms) gasped and began to worry. "What happened? Are you alright, Roxas?!?"
"Yeah, just a little...worn out." I chuckled and looked up back at Pops and Naminé's parents. "..." I told them the whole keyblade story(including that I was an angel and everything). Tidus and Yuna looked surprised, but obviously Pops knew.
"So yer sayin' that one of those blade-key things are actually your wings? But the evil Byakuya, who took over yer girlfriend's body scattered them all over? Since they're not in their rightful place, all of the angels' souls have been stolen?" Pops asked, and I nodded. "Well, I guess I'm gonna have to give ya this. I was hoping I didn't have to give you this so soon, but I guess I have to..." He went into the back room of my house. Funny. I have never been there before. Pops was usually always there working when he wasn't actually doing his work at his workshop.
"Woooaaaahhhh..." I heard everyone(including me and Naminé) say in unison. That thing was...amazing! No offense to Oblivion and Oathkeeper...but it was like...the Ultimate...
"I slaved on making this here blade-key thing for you 16 valuable years of my life. I call it the Ultima Blade-Key Thing, and it's for you. Tifa told me the only one who can use these blade-key things is you, since you supposedly inherited her wings and what not. Here!" It was the Ultima Keyblade. I had to remove a hand from Naminé to grasp it. I felt a rush of power. Of course I would need to activate it in order for it to become my wing. So with one hand I took a lock of my hair and placed it on the Ultima.
"Ultima! Become my wing!" It glowed, and they all(including Pops) 'ooooohhhhed' and 'ahhhhhed' as it transformed into feathers, and when they reached the ground, the ground glowed and my wing was formed.
"It's so pretty!" Naminé exclaimed, and she actually let go of my arm to reach out and touch it. I made sure I tightened my grip on her while she reached out for my wing. It was a soft blue color that turned white at the tips. The bottom feathers were shaped like little crowns. I, personally, liked it. It was very...um...pretty. When she touched it, it glowed. "D-Did I do something to it?" When the glow disappeared, it had this net-type thing over it. I don't know what they were, but they looked like strings draped over my wing, criss-crossing each other in an 'X' shaped formation.
"I don't think so. I don't feel anything restraining it, but I do feel a lot better." It felt really good to have a wing on my back again. Not only that...but it glowed when I wanted it to go away. It didn't just disappear, it glowed. "I...impossible." I said, and shook my head. "My original wings are white and black, Pops, I don't u-"
"Think about it for a moment, Sora. You're not stupid." He said, using my real name. Whenever he called me by that, it meant he was getting impatient with me. If he was angry..well, once, Pops was so mad at me he called me by my full name. Roxas/Sora ACW-E:SL-000001-4F-BV Highwind/Hikari. Pretty long. If it wasn't installed in my database, I would have forgotten it.
"Sora? Oh, right...your real name. You can keep your old name if you want, um...Roxas. We swear we're not going to use you for anything but protecting Naminé and war." Tidus said. "We're not going to let you go out on assassinations like we ori-" Yuna elbowed him and he forced a smile, "I meeeaaan...I think you should keep your name because we thik that's what your brother is named...I mean, um...just forget everything I said!" He threw up his hands in defeat.
"I'm not too sure what you mean, Pops. Do I just automatically take whatever wing is available for me and fuse it permanently inside of me so I can call it whenever I wish? That doesn't make any sense, since I can only do that with my real wings." Pops walked over to me and smacked me upside the head. Naminé gripped my arm again, I guess she was afraid of my old man. I could be scared of him, sometimes, too.
"Roxas, I don't understand what you just said..." Naminé said, and the brunette(who I still had no clue of her name) nodded her head eagerly.
"Yeah, what's this with these wings and stuff?" the brunette asked walking over to me as well and poking my wing. I didn't mind it when Naminé touched it but not some girl I didn't know. "Is this real?" No. It's fake. OF COURSE IT'S REAL! The Authority, give her some intelligence please!
"Don't touch my wing." I snapped, not meaning to be mean but I just didn't want some impure girl to screw up the Ultima Pops oh-so-clearly slaved over for 16 years. That got me thinking. Just how did he create this thing anyway? I'll save that question for another day. She screamed and ran behind Pops.
"Your son's gonna KILL me! He has murder in his eyes, Cid! Can't you...or Princess Naminé do anything about it?" I glared at her, making her squeak. That should shut her up.
"Naminé," I made it clear I wasn't addressing the annoyingly hyper brunette, "you wanted to know what I was talking about, right?" She nodded. "Well, every angel, even if they're quarter of a quarter of a quarter of a quarter of an angel, is born with wings. The less capacity they have for holy power, the more it hurts it manifest them and the less chance they have of doing so. I'm not too sure about this, but since everyone's wings scattered into a keyblade, I think that in order to have both my wings back, I need to retrieve two keyblades. I'm pr-"
"Roxas, that's where you're wrong! Since you're obviously not thinking straight today, probably because of yer girlfriend, I'm going to tell you. I've always told you that you inherited yer mother's wings, correct?" He said, and I nodded slowly. "Well, you inherited her wings. As in all of them."
"Yeah, all of them. Meaning two. Mom doesn't have more than-" This time, Naminé interrupted me by shaking her head. Of course, I stopped immediately when she had something to say, but I kept going when Pops interrupted me. Maybe I'm a little less tolerant to family?
"I'm not sure if this is right, but I think Hikari-san has six wings. If you inherited all of her wings, maybe you would've inherited all six of them, Roxas." She suggested, gripping my arm again. I looked at Pops, and he nodded. My mouth dropped. 'No freakin' way...' I thought, and my systems were saying the same thing in layman's terms. Unable to comprehend information due to lack of information in database.
"And what really doesn't make sense to me is that yer mother decided to give yer brother the capacity of holy power she was able to have. You see, Roxas, you always thought you had two because even at your maximum capacity, you would only be able to summon four of those six. You would probably kill yourself and your machinery would shut down permanently if you summoned all six of them. However, Tifa was smart and she knew this. So she didn't give you yer wings. The four that you didn't know you have are in blade-key things that she placed at the corners of the world long ago. I am not letting you know where their location is because they could possibly kill you in yer current state. Ultima is the host of one of yer wings. It is, like it's name, one of the most powerful blade- key things out there, and that wing has some extra...thingamajigs attached." Pops explained. "I think I can fix yer capacity problem, though, but I'd need to perform some repairing and an operation."
"Oh! Oh! I wanna watch! I wanna watch! I wanna see his guts get spliced!" Selphie yelled. Pops sighed and slapped his forehead.
"No, no, Selphie, I'm just gonna repair him. Not DISSECT him. I refuseta cut my own son open. I don't think I can do that." He sighed. Selphie made an 'o' with her mouth.
"I still wanna watch! It'll be cool to see how those Nobodies work!" She said excitedly, jumping up and down. Now I have an audience to watch me get worked on. Just splendid. I didn't normally like it when Pops insisted I needed repairs and he did them on me, because I had to shut down my systems but I still felt the pain. Going to sleep(I couldn't actually go to sleep, I would have to knock myself out) was not an option since I could always wake up and if my systems were shut off and I was knocked out, Pops could do something that accidentally would shut my systems off and I could forget to get up again. I had to be awake so that wouldn't happen.
"But Selphie, he has to have his shirt off." Pops said. Most of my problems with my systems were mostly in my upper-body, so that's why I did have to take my shirt off. Not that I minded, because I always worked-out.(when I was with the Organization, I liked to have who-can-lift-the-most-weight contest with one of the members) She squealed and jumped higher.
"EVEN BETTER! I gotta see if he's ripped!" she giggled, and I saw Naminé turn her head to glare at Selphie. She then cleared her throat rather loudly so the brunette could stop fantasizing what I looked like if I was 'ripped'.
"Excuse me?" Naminé then wrapped her arms around my neck and sent a death glare to Selphie. "Watch what you're saying in front of me, his girlfriend, Selphie. Or maybe I should say...someone who's not associated with him in any way." I guess Naminé felt threatened that Selphie would somehow make me fall in love with her, which I couldn't(and wouldn't) do in the first place. Naminé was the one girl I wished to love. No one else, and there would never be anyone else.
"You're not his girlfriend! You two aren't in love!" She said, placing her hands on her hips. I looked at her with an incredulous look. Yeah, I wasn't in love, but I WANTED to be and if I could, I would be in love with her.
"Yes, we are! Selphie, I swear if you try to take Roxas away from me..." Naminé threatened, and Selphie squeaked, "There will be dire consequences!" I saw King Tidus and Queen Yuna exchange glances.
"Naminé, honey, you do know that you two will never be able to marry, right?" Queen Yuna said and Naminé looked at them with a confused look. She didn't know? Even I knew that I couldn't marry her. Never, ever, ever... "Roxas was originally intended to be used for war. But the war we made him for never came, so we decided to make his purposes be body guarding you instead. I never meant for you to fall in love with him, and we made sure he didn't have any emotions so we weren't worried about him falling in love, but you..."
"You can only marry people who have had royal blood in them. Since neither Cid nor his wife are of royalty, you may not marry him. The only thing we can do is knight him for h-" King Tidus started to say, but I cut him off.
"No." I said, shaking my head. I knew being knighted was one of the greatest honors, but... "If I am only being knighted because of how Naminé-hime feels about me, then I decline your offer." I bowed my head in apology and I heard King Tidus and Queen Yuna mumble something. I looked back up and Naminé shifted her grip from my neck to my arm again.
"That's my boy! That's how I thought I raised you! I'm proud of you, Roxas." Pops said, and I felt myself smiling. Never...never had he said he had been proud of me. Never. It was always Utsuho...always him who got the praise. Not me. Sometimes I had felt like my own father and brother had rejected me, pushed me away because of what I really was. And because of that, I felt the only approval I got was from the Organization.
"Oh, Roxas! We're sending you to L.A.X in four weeks to go up against a weapon from the Destiny Kingdom." Queen Yuna added, elbowing her husband.
"L.A.X?" I asked, and I searched my database for it. One record found...retrieving information... "The testing grounds? It says in my database that there is also a graveyard of machinery gone haywire below the testing grounds. That's true?" I asked, and they nodded.
"But we're not sending you there to be executed! No, no, no, we're not doing that! We're just testing you against the Destiny Kingdom's weapon. But we need to repair you and test you against some things to make sure you're in tip-top shape for Sora!" King Tidus said, and Queen Yuna elbowed him and sent him 'the look'. But it was two late. I heard my name. Or, I should say, his name.
"Sora? Who stole my name?" I asked, looking from Selphie to Queen Yuna to King Tidus and then at Pops. "You all know, don't you?" King Tidus laughed nervously, Selphie stepped back, Queen Yuna was glaring daggers at her husband, and Pops was shaking his head.
"Well...he kind of borrowed it." Well, I was relieved I wasn't fighting a girl. I didn't think I'd be able to do that without letting my machinery take over. It was against my morals to hit a girl, unless it was for Naminé's safety. And even then, I still didn't like it. Sora could have been a girl's name, right? I mean, I liked it better for guys(well, obviously, since that was my name) but hey, I bet they are some girls who have a variation of my name now.
"We think we know who stole/borrowed your name. We think it's..."
Well. I can safely say I did not expect that name to pop up.
A cliffhanger. Though it can hardly be considered one. You all know anyway. It's kind of obvious...anyway! Yes, yes, I do have the next chapter finished. But I like reviews. I'm not going to add the next chapter on until at least one review.
There's nothing I really have anything to comment about, except I used alot of Passion's reversed lyrics and one of them(not reversed) in here.
And...next chapter is what we all like to call 'a filler'. No real action pertaining to the plot, but it's still...I don't know. Fillericious? F to the i to the double l e r i c i o u s...Fillericious superlicious makes the readers go loco...
I GOTTA stop listening to Fergie. Anyway, review!