All: -read XxRandomness-KuNoIcHi-KhFaNxX's review-
Marluxia: -gasps and clings to Demyx- SHE USED THE 'G' WORD! -cries- She used the G woooord...
Demyx: Pues...uso el 'Disclaimer' palabra para Noel porque Noel no tiene Kingudamu Haatsu. Ella es loco y en el Mundo de Noel y su gemela Ciel, piensen(pero, Ciel no conoce a Kingudamu Haatsu) tener Kingudamu Haatsu. Riso a Noel y Ciel. Ja Ja. Y, gracias a Ellie, Erin, Kairee(te gusta el nombre Kairi), Program X.A.N.A.(Me encanta Code Lyoko), O.K.A, y Deliahgirl.
Larxene: First Kairi's a man(ClownBoy and Kairi: I'M-ClownBoy says 'she's- NOT A MAN!!) And now DEMYX is SPANISH?!? What is the world coming to?!? And where's the REAL Demyx?
Demyx: No sé, Rakushiinu. Mi nombre es Demikkusu. Soy Yasoo no Shirabe en Kingudamu Haatsu Tsuu.
HnH: I agree with Kunoichi, though. I mean, c'mon...the Inquisitor is-
Marluxia: Don't say it! -cries- DON'T say it...
HnH:...Homosexual...
Marluxia: -shivers- Meep!
Demyx: Meep es mi palabra. Marusha, eres muy boracho. Muy, MUY boracho. Y loco en la cabeza.
HnH: ANYWAY...I feel sorry for poor Roxie. I mean, c'mon, he's in a prison with a guy who calls him a peach. That's NOT normal.
Marluxia: -pirouettes with flower petals falling down- I'm a peach!
Axel: Then that pansy's right down your alley, huh?
Demyx: -nods- Verdad. Empezar y Terminar son los verbos irregulares, pero Seifer usa ese verbos para su-
Roxas: Okay then...
Demyx: Rokusasu-
HnH: -record break- Woah, woah, woah. Roku? What's Axel's name?
Demyx: Aku-
HnH: OH. It all makes SENSE, now! AkuRoku...ooohhh...
Roxas: AkuWHATU?!?
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 23: Revealing the Envoy From on High
(Roxas' POV)
Day Eleven
I didn't necessarily feel bad about spilling all the secrets, because, well, I couldn't feel at all. Though I did want to kill Seifer. I could hear the guards outside my cell(because now there was tons of them, and I knew not try to escape again) talk about how magnificent the wedding of Seifer and Naminé would be. I was thinking on how, if I could, manage to stop it. I doubted it, because I didn't know my way around here. Even if I got out, I doubt I would be able to make it very far.
For a couple of hours I was just thinking about how I would get out of this stupid place...but I didn't come to the solution, the solution came to me. When I had given up was the moment that the Demon Prince and Princess came into my cell.
"You!" Sarah shouted, pointing at me, "You have to crash Seifer's wedding tomorrow!" Well she knew how to cut to the point.
"Why me?" I asked, though I think I knew the answer.
"Because you're the only one that can actually stop Seifer from getting married!" Sarah exclaimed, crossing her arms.
"Well, that and you're the only one Sarah won't yell at if you touch the 'Magnificent Lord of Darkness Seifer Who Can So Totally Own All You Lamers'," Gippal said, complete with air quotes. She glared at me when I burst into laughter.
"Is...that..." I said, trying to gain my breath back from laughing so hard, "Is that really what you call him, Sarah?" She punched Gippal in the arm.
"Gippal! You said you'd keep that a secret!" She whined, then turned to me and stomped her foot, "Besides, I've only called him that in my sleep! It's not my fault someone tries to sneak out my window at night to see Rikku!" He looked at her and an argument commenced. After awhile, my ears couldn't handle it anymore.
"Oh my God, guys, look! RIKKU AND SEIFER ARE MAKING OUT!" I yelled, pointing to a random direction.
"WHERE?!?" they yelled simultaneously, looking around madly. I could've sworn I saw foam come out of their mouths, but when I blinked, the signs of rabies were gone. Had I really seen that...?
"Aw, they've gone..." I said, hanging my head as if I were sad. Sarah snapped her fingers and Gippal shook his head.
"Anyway, we've got a plan since we have Sarah girl here to map out the exact location of where their wedding is taking place." Gippal said, and we huddled.
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"..." I was down with the plan. You see, I wasn't much of a strategist. The reason why I had the multiple battle strategies in my database was because Ienzo(another member of the Organization), Axel and I used to hang out together. We swapped data frequently, and if you knew ANYTHING about that Cloaked Schemer...he was probably the most human of us all, believe it or not. The only thing they had done to him was install him with a database that had a database. Ienzo was a genius. Really, he was. I tested him on his IQ once, and it came out over a three-hundred. Scary thing is, I don't think he was programmed to be a genius.
"But don't hurt Seifer, okay?" Sarah pleaded. I nodded my head. What she didn't know wouldn't hurt her...
"Okay, Princess. Question: Just HOW are you going to get me out of here? I've established some friends here," I said, using Gippal's 'air quotes' while saying 'friends'. Of course, I was used to being around people calling me peaches. The Organization had a Gir-er, guy with lots of Flower Power. Tended Gardens and everything. And he liked pink. He got his message across loud and clear, let me tell you. Whether he was programmed that way or not will always remain a mystery to us...
"Your friend of the forest got that taken care of. Actually, we talked to him first. He's the one who came up with the plan." Gippal said, and Sarah nodded. I noticed her face had flushed when her brother mentioned 'friend of the forest'. Ohhhh, so Sarah girl had a crush on Axel, huh? Hopefully she won't let that show because she'll just fluff his feathers. Axel's nice and all, but around girls he's like SEIFER and GIPPAL COMBINED. Not. Pretty.
"We're trusting Axel's plan? I don't think that's going to be too reliable..." It seemed good enough but Axel didn't exactly like Ienzo, and thus, they never traded data with each other.(I think the only reason they hung out with each other was because they were both my friends. Ah, I love being the peacemaker) Probably because Ienzo was way too smart and the 'quiet, genius and hot type'(As Arlene once described him as) and always attracted girls.(as said by Arlene) Whenever there's a guy who has attracted a girl, Axel hates 'em. Especially if it's A LOT of girls. I remember sorting all the fan mail for Ienzo because I was bored...never again. So then you may say, 'Well, why doesn't Axel hate you?' because...
"Got a better idea?" I shook my head. Gippal nodded. "Then we're going to have to go with that! Unless you wa-"
"Don't even finish that sentence."
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(Naminé's POV)
"This dress?" I asked. Seifer and Marlene had gone out and gotten a big, frilly(yet gorgeous) gown for the wedding tomorrow. Marlene nodded, and I knew she had picked it out. It was not the traditional white, but a soft creamy ivory color. Though it was pretty, it made my stomach churn.
"I'm gonna be the flower girl!" She chirped, skipping around the room and pretending to throw flower petals in preparation of tomorrow.
"You're going to be a wonderful flower girl, Marlene. I know it." I smiled. She giggled happily and kept on singing 'I'm gonna be a flower girl! I'm gonna be a flower girl!'. At least someone was happy for the wedding. I certainly wasn't.
"Can't you wait for tomorrow, dear?" Seifer asked, squeezing my hand. He stared at the ring on the hand he had just grasped for awhile. It was starting to creep me out. "...I forgot to place the spell back on! Silly me! Empezar!" The rings glowed for a bit, then they stopped. I frowned, snatching my hand back and looking at it.
"How many people are invited?" I asked, sighing. I didn't even get a choice in the matter. Didn't anyone care? Doesn't anyone care that I DON'T want to be married to him?
"I'm not too sure. I let Lucifer and the triplets invite anyone they pleased." Seifer, said, shrugging. I titled my head and thought for a moment. If this was a wedding, then my parents had to be there, right? Even if they weren't, I knew Seifer's parents were still alive. They would never stand for this! The two people I knew could stop Seifer were Wakka and Lulu. None other than his Mother and Father. (Which was hard to believe)
"But our pare-"I started, but he cut me off by shaking his head. He glanced at Marlene, who was still skipping around fantasizing about being a flower girl, and he stuck out his foot so she tripped. I saw a little shock occur, but it didn't seem to affect Seifer, who was now laughing because Marlene fell flat on her face. "Seifer! That's so mean! Are you okay, Marlene?" She didn't seem to hear me, and she slowly got up.
Marlene shook her head and I noticed her eyes glowed for a moment, and Seifer's forehead start to bleed. "What the-?!?" He was as shocked as I was. Of course, he healed it right away, but still... "You did that, Marlene?" She tilted her head, looked up at me , and blinked.
"Do what? What did I do?" She asked, looking at Seifer and not noticing anything wrong. "What did I do?..." She repeated, not hearing an answer. So this was what a vampire could really do...
"Instead of you getting your head busted open, somehow I started to bleed! You're too dangerous, Marlene, trying to ruin my pretty face the day before my wedding." Seifer said, giving her a menacing glare that made her run behind me(again). "I don't know if you should even go--you might try to ruin Naminé's face next--and then the wedding'll be cancelled!" That made my blood boil. So he only liked me because of my looks, did he?
"The only reason you want to get married to me is because I'm pretty?" I asked, anger pouring out of every syllable. I had to grit my teeth just to keep myself from screaming at him. In fact, I was so livid, I could feel the steam rising from my head. It suddenly just got really hot in here.
"No, that's just a plus. I'm really marrying you for your status." He said off-handedly, like it was the common thing to do. You really see a guy who's the self-appointed 'Prince of Darkness' marrying a Princess who's an amnesiac that already has a boyfriend who's half machine half angel who already killed that Princess and her whole family when he went on a killing spree but revived them all and that's why the Princess is an amnesiac. Yeah, happens every day.
"Oh." I said, my anger chipping away, "That's what I thought..."
-End of Day Eleven-
"I have a bad feeling about tomorrow..." Kairi said, sighing. The kidnapper had not let her go, but she had could explore every inch of the place she was being captive, except all the exits were somehow locked on the outside. The only window that was not chained or boarded up was the one on the top floor, which was AT LEAST a gazillion, if not, a billion more, floors up from the ground.
"Two weeks until your sister's wedding, huh?" The kidnapper asked. Kairi huffed, crossing her arms and glaring angrily at the person keeping her captive. Then, her kidnapper and her commenced a staring contest. Until...
"Ugh...I don't feel..." Kairi jolted up from the chair and sprinted out of the room. She made it to the doorway before she grabbed her stomach and threw up. She clutched the doorway, having to lean on it like it was life support. Kairi saw everything swirling around...what was happening? What was happening to her? All she could hear, before passing out, was a maniacal laughter...
-Day Twelve-
(Naminé's POV)
I was shaking. I couldn't do this. But there were guards stationed at every exit. I wouldn't be the Runaway Bride. I felt like I was going to pass out, my vision blacked out for a moment, and focus gradually came back to me.
"'Kay, Naminé, go out there!" This girl(who I did not know) whispered to me, opening the doors for me to walk down the aisle. Everyone was staring right at me, but the only thing I was concentrated on was the sky. I wasn't looking straight up, but I was looking at the blue sky behind the trees in the background, using peripheral vision not to bump into anything.
All I was thinking, while going down there by myself(which I guess is how they do it here), was that someone had to save me. I was looking at the sky hoping for Roxas to swoop down and save me...at least an attempt to know he cared...
My insides had suddenly decided to try out for cheerleading, because they were flipping all over my stomach. I stopped beside Seifer and he faced me, grasping my hands. He must have noticed I was shaking like a leaf because he leaned in very close.
"Don't be afraid, it'll all be over soon..." I heard him whisper, and I bit my lip because he said that like he was about to murder me as soon as he 'kissed the bride'. It took every bit of strength I had not to cry. I had to face the floor a couple of times because of a teardrop or two. The priest began this long, long, one-sided conversation...
"Anyone who does not wish for these two to be wed, speak now or forever hold your pea-" That was when everyone started to scream.
"Roxas! Back off, this is our wedding!" I heard Seifer yell, letting go of my hands. I looked up and the only thing I saw was the back row of seats, who were now occupied by now one, set in flame. No one else was there.
"Roxas?" Out of fire from the back row came Axel, rising up from the flames just like a phoenix who had been reborn. "Well, well, Seifer, you must know Roxas very well for you to say that." Right now I was glad to see anyone who interrupted our wedding.
"Axel!" I yelled, so excited to see him. I knew that Axel and Roxas were best friends, so the blonde had to be around somewhere. The redhead looked at me and waved, but turned his attention back to Seifer who now had his gunblade out.
"Why do you want to ruin our wedding, Axel? Can't you see Naminé wants this?" The hand not holding his gunblade was around my waist, pulling me as close to Seifer as humanly possible. "Right, Naminé?" He hissed in my ear, squeezing my side so tight I momentarily felt as if I couldn't breathe. Before I could answer, something happened that I was so glad for.
"OH LORD SEEEEIIIIIFFFFEEERRR!" Tackling Seifer down to the ground was none other than Gippal's sister(and now my new best friend), Sarah. She was now laying on top of his back, a sweet smiled on her face. "Seifer-kun, how come you didn't invite me to your wed-ding?" She sang, tilting her head.
"..." He grumbled something incoherent and what I thought was interesting was that he did not try and push her off. Had that been, oh, I don't know, let's say Axel,(but I'm not implying anything about Axel, mind you) he probably would've shoved him off and hit him in the face and blackened his eye and then sliced his head in half and then knifed him if the poor pyrokinetic was not dead by then. "Sarah, could you get off? You're starting to shock me..." He said, motioning to the ring on his finger. Oh right! The spell was still in effect! Sarah got off him and Seifer stood up.
"So, what do you want from me, Axel?" He asked, brushing off one of his sleeves. "And why are you back from wherever the hell you were?"
"I've already been to Heaven, but after five minutes I was like: Let's go. So the Big Cheese up there directed for me to come down here and tell Roxas-"Axel stopped short, mouth hanging open, "Oh shizzle! I forgot to tell him." The redhead snapped his fingers, "Oh well. He'll probably do it anyway."
"What does that have to do with me and Naminé? You didn't have to stop our wedding, you know." Seifer said, taking a step away from Sarah who was as close to him as she possibly could be without touching him.
"Actually, I did. As you know, Roxas is my best buddy. Unfortunately, Seifer, you don't have a best friend so you wouldn't know what one is like. An-y-way, us best buds know everything about each other. If I let Naminé, who absolutely adores Roxas, get married to you, who doesn't even deserve a girl in life-" Axel started, but Seifer cut him off quite rudely. I was just watching this all happen, backing up slowly.
"Excuse me? Look at you, you crazy pyromaniac! I don't see YOU having any girls googling over you!" The blonde said, slashing at Axel with his gunblade. The latter easily dodged it.
"Well, I don't see YOU having-" The redhead started, but Seifer, being the rude jerk that he is, cut him off again!
"If you would leave me alone, then I could..." He started, but then grumbled something and growled. Seifer whipped around and grabbed my wrist, pulling me towards him, "I'm just going to take back what's mine!"
I gasped. No...no way. No way...I had heard that voice before! So...those voices(way back in chapter 17)...were actually premonitions? I managed to glimpse the future somehow by hearing those voices? I didn't want anything else to occur, so I wrenched my wrist out of Seifer's grip, and backpedaled a little, before I tripped over my huge gown. He came towards me but all of a sudden, Gippal appeared behind him and tripped him!
"Respect a lady's wishes!" The blonde who had just entered the scene spoke. I backed up into the bushes, letting Axel, Gippal, and Sarah let whatever plan they had commence. There was Gippal...and there was Axel...but where in the heck was Roxas? That's the only person I cared about.(but I was glad the others had come) I kneeled down, noticing that Seifer was looking for me. I backed up a little more, wondering if I could make a mad dash for it and succeed.
Unfortunately, I backed into a rose bush. As you know, rose bushes have thorns. This one had particularly sharp thorns. "OW!" I shouted, clutching my back, trying to get the thorns out. After I did I noticed I gave away my location. Seifer knocked down Gippal and Axel and walked over to the bushes.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are..." Seifer sang, reaching his hands into the bushes. He was looking right at me, but didn't seem to see me. I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting him to find me. It's be all over...I tried to back up further(as I was now away from the row of rose bushes) but there was a wall. I was waiting and waiting for the inevitable to come, but...
...all I heard was a, "Axel, take care of her while you're gone," and then screaming. So I opened my eyes to see what the fiasco was about. Seifer was gone, completely. The only thing in his place was a lavendar-colored portal. I stood up and Axel walked over to me.
"Aw, you missed him. Roxas flew down just as Seifer was about go grab you, and then simultaneously, Seifer made a Corridor to Darkness while Roxas made a Pathway to the Light which resulted in that Gateway to the Twilight you see over there." Axel nodded his head towards the portal. I ran over there, but the redhead grabbed my arm, keeping me from going. "Not so fast, Princess Tsugare. Roxas told me to take care of you while he was gone."
I frowned. I missed Roxas...? I thought I had heard his voice, too... "But he'll take care of me! I know he will." I said, looking back at the portal, gasping as it closed. "NO!" Axel held me back, or else I would've been there, done that.
"Seifer will abuse the fact that you're there if you would've gone. He probably would've used you to defeat Roxas. You don't want him to die, would you?" Axel asked, letting go of me.
"It's not him that I'm worried about..."
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(Roxas' POV)
I had been waiting in the clouds, watching and hearing everything that had been going on. And it killed me. It killed me to not be able to go down to her, hold her, and tell her that I love her. I'd give anything to tell her that Seifer would never bother her again. But now I was going to make sure I could tell her that. Seifer and I both knew that this was the last battle. He dies, or I die. There's no 'escaping and coming back later to pick a fight'. This was it. There was No Way Out...
We were glaring at each other, both poised. We were in Betwixt and Between, a place where neither of us had the advantage(making it fair).
Seifer took the first move, charging at me, his gunblade pointed right at me. I ducked nimbly, Oblivion and Ultima appearing in my hands. With the Oathkeeper, I turned around and slashed Seifer's legs, knocking him down. I jumped back and ran towards his Hyperion, which was now on the floor.
He ran towards it but I got there first. I placed my Ultima on the gunblade and I pointed the Oblivion at him. "Just give it up, Seifer. You're not going to win. Naminé doesn't love you. Just start over, there's no point in dying over someone who doesn't love you." Okay, I'll admit, I wanted to just kill him for everything he put Naminé through. But me, of all people, should be forgiving and give people a second chance. Not everyone who comes off bad is bad...
"Never! I will NEVER accept defeat from you!" He sneered, the gunblade appearing in his hand. I gasped, surprised that he was able to summon his weapon like I'm able to.
"What?" I asked, and he got me while my guard was down. Before I knew what was happening, I was knocked to the ground and I had developed a headache from the flat of his blade connecting with my head. When he tried to stab me, I rolled out of the way. Once we were both back on our feet, we exchanged blows for a little while until I decided enough was enough. Time to bring out drastic measures. Since Seifer was pure brawn, I would have to enhance my intelligence to counter him...
"Wisdom!" My Organization Cloak turned blue. As my other forms enhanced my strength, this one enhanced my database information and capacity. So I was a strategist like Ienzo now. Able to analyze movement patterns and from that data, infer the next move. I found out(a long time ago) that this was useful in street fights where the big, burly guy you're fighting against just tries to punch you, kick you, and nothing else.
Seifer snickered. Obviously he found my newly developed intelligence. I certainly didn't. While he was laughing, maybe I'd give him a shocker. "Thunder!" Bolts of thunder so huge they would put Olympia to shame struck Seifer while he was chortling. He gasped.
"You ruined my clothing!" He yelled, seeming to care more about his personal appearance. Seifer's clothes were burnt black and parts of them were shredded off. He looked like a pile of ashes. His hair(which I'm sure he'd complain about next) was blackened on some parts and he just looked like he went rolling around in hot coals. He felt his face and hair. "MY HAIR! MY FACE!" He sent a vicious glare towards me. Oh boo hoo. "You monster!"
"Well, you sure got me pegged right." I snorted. Hey, if Seifer wanted to think I was a monster, let him have his own opinions. I'm tired of trying to prove I'm an all-loving angel who wouldn't hurt a soul. This place we were at, somewhere betwixt and between, didn't seem to have any boundaries. But it had to have some type of wall somewhere along the lines, nothing went on forever. Nothing...
"Deep Freeze!" I shouted, a blizzard shouting out of my keyblades, flying over Seifer's head and into the unknown. He chuckled.
"Hah! You MISSED!" Little did Seifer know, that casting the spell over his head was what I intended to do. "Now it's my turn." He stuck his gunblade in the ground and took the ring on his finger off and placed it on top of the hilt of the gunblade. "El Noche Empeza y no Termina!" The place turned pitch black, and I felt all my power sap away. Even in my Wisdom form, I had no idea what had happened. Some kind of spell...maybe to take all the light in the world and transform it into darkness?
With no strength left, I collapsed. I couldn't even lift my keyblades. They suddenly became so heavy...Did I have a counter at all? The gears in my mind started to work as I shielded myself from the attacks that started to hit.(As Seifer did not want to give up the opportunity, since this probably was the only point that I was going to be vulnerable)
I assumed that the basis of his spell was of demonic darkness. So, to counter that, I'd have to cast a spell which basis was of angelic light. But, one problem: all the light was gone, and I didn't know how to get all the light back. Wait...maybe there was a way...
I waited for all the attacks to stop, then I(somehow) stood up. I was absolutely still, and I heard something move through the air. I caught the next projectile that Seifer launched at me. Using any power I had left, I transformed the object's energy(which had to be dark) to light energy. A light emitted from the object. I felt a little stronger now.
So Seifer was attacking me with little orbs of darkness? Well, I could see a little now, so that was good. Then I got a brilliant idea! (I love my Wisdom form) I smashed the orb of light into little shards. I threw the shards as far as I could, the whole place becoming illuminated. I kept two shards(just in case), and put them in my pocket.
Considering I just came out of the darkness with just a couple of scratches, I was in good shape. "You're stupid!" Seifer yelled, stomping his foot. I bet he thought he got me there, huh? Now he was calling me stupid because he was frustrated. Aw, poor baby...
"Maybe I should ask you again: Do you just want to-"I started, but Seifer shook his head.
"Never! I will NEVER lose to you! I am superior to you, and to everyone else! If I come out of there alive...maybe Naminé will realize..." He trailed off, shaking his head again. Then, with a new fire in his eyes(which I decided wasn't a good thing), he ran towards me. He stopped some feet in front of me, placed his weapon in the ground and used that to launch himself in the air.
Before I could get away, he landed on my shoulders and we crashed to the ground. His hands were now wrapped firmly around my neck. So, now he was trying to deprive me of oxygen, was he? I teleported away from him and rubbed my neck. He had a good grip, I'll give him props for that.
"Fine." He spoke, and I wondered for a moment if he was talking to himself, since I hadn't said anything. "Have it your way, Roxas." He was talking to me? Then, Seifer disappeared and a dome of darkness appeared in his place. I assumed it was a shield, so I charged towards it. I expected to be thrown back, but nothing happened when I reached the shield. I placed my hand on it, and it went through. Raising an eyebrow, I stepped inside the dome.
Even in my Wisdom form I lack common sense. The one thing Naminé's parents forgot to give me. Stupid defect. The dome was made out of darkness, but the only thing I could see while standing right in the center, were these red lasers, poised and ready to attack me. But I knew what to do, because this was an attack that Ansem often used because he was a fanatic of Star Wars. Seifer adopted his ways, I guess. I quickly took out one of the light shards I had kept earlier and placed it on the ground. The lasers decided to shoot towards me, so I had to act fast. I rose and held my keyblades out. The light shard resonated with my weapons(since my weapons were heavenly, and I was trying to make Angelic Light out of nothing) and a shield of light appeared around me. Now was the time.
Grabbing the light shard, I teleported out of the dome to on top of it, and stuck the shard in the dome. I heard a scream. Alright. At this point, screaming was a good thing. I wounded Seifer. The light shard meeting with the dome of darkness resulted in an explosion that I had not called for. The next thing I knew, I was out.
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(Naminé's POV)
"Do you think he's alright?!? I mean, what if he's hurt?" I gasped, running over to some random person I didn't know, grabbed their shoulders, and started to shake their brains out, "WHAT IF HE'S DEAD?!?" I shrieked, then ran over to another person and did the same thing, "What if Seifer decided to be a jerk-"
"NAMINÉ!" Axel screamed over my wailing, making me stop dead in my tracks. "For the last friggin' time, ROXAS. IS. GOING. TO. BE. ALL. RIGHT." Then he took a deep breath and pointed to his head, "Got it memorized?"
Everyone held their breath, probably in anticipation of me stopping my antics. I took a deep breath as well, and everyone stared, hopeful looks on their faces... "But what if he's dead?!?" Everyone let their breaths take the form of sighs.
"He's not." Gippal shouted, rubbing his temples. Sarah was humming a song to herself and not paying attention to anything else. We could learn a lot from that girl, I tell you...
"But how do you know?!?" I panicked, about to pull my hair out. I was a nervous wreck. I couldn't help it! I haven't seen Roxas in days and now to know that he's off somewhere, battling that evil...
"Yo, Sarah!" Gippal grabbed his sister and pulled her over. "Listen, I need you to locate Seifer for me, okay?" Her eyes lit up and she clapped her hands.
"Alright!" Sarah closed her eyes and tilted her head from side to side until her eyes popped open. "Fouuund hiiim!" She said in a sing-song voice. "Why do you need to know, Big Brother Guppy?"
"Is there any other sign of life besides him there?" He then asked, sounding a little irritated, and Sarah closed her eyes, tilted her head from side, humming something.
"Let's see here...Yeah! A angel, to be precise!" She opened her eyes. "Why?"
"He's alive! Thank goodness!" You have no idea how relieved I was by hearing that. It was like a prayer come true. Wait, that gave me an idea...a prayer... "Everyone, listen up!" I was going to take charge, and we were all going to help Roxas!
Everyone looked up with a slightly amused expression on their faces. I was standing ontop of the little platform where Seifer and I were almost wed. "Get in a circle!" I commanded, and they were all lethargic, moving as slow as a porcupine stuck on it's back. "Did you hear me?!? There's no time to waste!" Now people started to speed up, forming a circle with me as the head. "Now join hands..."
Everyone groaned, afraid this was some type of hippie thing. I got offended by their defiance to my orders. Did I look like a hippie to these people? Did I act like a hippie? I didn't wear tie-dye, hug trees, or protest violence(though I strongly disliked it).
"This is to help Roxas...none of you want to help him?" I asked, bringing tears to my eyes. I made sure I cried loudly, and the fake-crying worked. They joined hands(with a great amount of switching places and protest). "'Kay, thanks!" I chirped, and then smiled. "In unison, all we have to do is pray that Roxas will have strength! But our prayer will be ten times stronger since we're united!"
Would this work? I hope it would...since praying is for angels and this was a place that most certainly did not house angels. But it seemed okay, since everyone had their eyes closed and heads down. It looked like they were all praying...clasping hands with Axel and Gippal, I prayed to.
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(Roxas' POV)
I awoke not because I wanted to. But because something willed me to stir. I wasn't going to ignore any external force. I got up and felt revitalized, just as if I had taken a vacation by the sparkling sands of the Destiny Kingdom...ah, I could see Naminé fanning me and feeding grapes to me while I laughed at Sora who was being chased by Axel(whom, in this fantasy, was a tribal man trying to burn my twin because he trespassed on a ceremony of some sort). Now that's the life...
I snapped out of my fantasy when I saw Seifer laying some distance away from me. I looked behind me and saw all six of my wings. Three of them I saw in-the-flesh, the ones that I summoned from Oblivion, Ultima, and Bond of Flame. The one I got from Oathkeeper was wrapped in chains but still materialized-I knew I wouldn't be able to use that one. The other two were see-through, and I could faintly see a splash of color. I knew not only Naminé was praying for me, but a whole bunch of people. I could not have this much power by just her praying to me. I felt my Halo on top of my head and every step I took left behind flowers.
I'll admit, I wasn't pleased that I was the type of angel who left flowers in his footsteps(quite literally), but I guess it just signified how powerful I was at the current moment. I walked over to Seifer and crossed my arms. "Seifer-" I stopped myself in mid-sentence. Woah, where did THAT come from? My voice had suddenly turned up in volume, and I was just talking normally. I knew that because my voice had ricocheted off of some solid object. I think I liked this prayer thing. I was so powerful, and I wasn't even in a form or anything!
"The light..." He hissed, seeing me and having to shield his eyes as he got up. "The light has to go away..." Seifer stood up, healing himself. I had automatically healed myself when my true angelic self 'turned on', I guess.
"You can't fight me now. Don't die in vain." I didn't know why I was giving him so many chances to walk away. I think it was because Naminé had given me so many chances so now I was returning the favor? I didn't know, because I really DID want to kill him. I wanted to rip his heart out and feed it to goats just as much as the next guy, really.
"Shut up! Don't act like you're a savior!" He sneered, and everything turned black again. Not pitch black, but just dark enough for me to see the outlines. I could see purple electricity sparking off of him. "Et alors nous disons, pour toujours et un jour, pour toujours et un jour, mais pour toi, mon chéri, l'éternité finit. Mon chéri des cieux saura pas d'un temps éternel de bonheur. Pour nous, la volonté d'infini durent, pour toujours et un jour..." He chanted. Everytime he repeated it, I felt my strength ebbing away. I charged toward him, getting out the light shard I had on me. I had to attack him just once before my strength left me...
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"Wait! Why is everyone chanting?" Naminé panicked. Everyone who was now joining hands were no longer praying, but chanting some type of spell that the blonde didn't know. But it was something born from evil, the Princess could tell. Purple electricity surrounded everyone chanting, and the atmosphere had turned dark.
Axel grabbed her hand and pushed her out of the circle. "Axel, what's happening?" Naminé asked. He himself wasn't chanting, and by the look on his face she assumed he knew what was going on. And it didn't look too good...
"Roxas' opponent, whatever the heck his name is, started a chant that dates back from ancient times. It wills everyone residing in the darkness to repeat it as the caster says it. The purpose is to wipe out the light in everyone, except for seven people because no matter what, their hearts will always remain pure." The pyro said, shaking his head. "If we chant that, we'll become demonic ourselves. If it's this powerful here," The redhead gestured to the dark atmosphere and all the purple electricity surrounding them, "Then I'm sorry to say Roxas doesn't really have a chance at the source."
Naminé punched her fist into her other hand, which formed a open palm. "Well then we gotta go and help Roxas out! If that's the only way..." Axel thought for a moment, and then got a brilliant idea.
"Is there a piano around here?" The redhead(who did NOT look a piano player at all) asked, looking around. Naminé knew there was one, as the music that she had walked down the aisle to was played on the piano. She noticed a piano before he did and pointed.
"Axel, there!" He nodded and sat down on the seat, clearing his throat. "What are you going to do? Is playing the piano really going to help Roxas?" The Princess asked.
"Just watch and learn, Princess Tsugare. Just watch and learn..."
HnH: Sorry this came out so late...Ya see, I'm in the United States for Spring break and I don't have access to computers here...I mean, I do, but they're so terribly slow... And half of this chapter got deleted and I didn't feel like writing it again. But I did. Man, though, the original was good...
Nai-Nai: Y'know, Reno, -hugs Reno's arm- people whose twins are piano players are really manly...
Roxaman: ClownBoy, to the Pianamobile!
ClownBoy: I REFUSE TO PLAY THE GIRLY PIANO-
Axel & Fangirls: Did you just call pianos girly?
ClownBoy: RUN! RUN AWAY!
Demyx: -mouth drops- ClownBoy no hizo usar mi palabras.
Larxene: -nods head- Oh yeah he did. -blink- Wait..I understood you! -with terrible french accent- YAY! Parleigh voo francwah!
Kairi: Fanfic WTF?
Sexy Boy: Why WTF when you can FTW? -Sexy Boy's Theme Song(Sexy Boy) plays-
ClownBoy: Where's MY theme song?
-Barbie Girl plays-
ClownBoy: -sigh- I shouldn't've asked...