HnH: Thanks a bunch to Ananda Gaudior, Pachinko, Erin(I'm so lazy, I don't feel like typing out your username. You know who you are. :), Random(you know who you are too), Akane Naomi, Mentally Insane Fangirl, MidnightGlassRain(WOW that is a really pretty penname)-
Axel: THAT YOU DON'T OWN! BECAUSE YOU DON'T OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY! NOTHING!
Reno: What's got him so mad?
Roxaman: ClownBoy, report!
ClownBoy: -grumble- He's mad that he's playing the piano...
Kairi: What's the matter, ClownBoy?
ClownBoy: MY THEME SONG IS FREAKIN' SUNG BY BRITTANY SPEARS!
-record break-
Sexy Boy: -nervous laugh- Well, someone needs to watch the news more often.
HnH: Yeah, and SOMEONE needs to learn how to speak French...
All including Xaldin(who, after an accidental freak mutation at Tarzan's world that was his fault, came back): -look to Larxene-
Larxene: Xi naxc kexsap Refhxnc daxn Ishxsanp
All excluding Organization XIII: WHAT?!?
Xigbar: Dude, she's speaking Organization. Get with the program.
Note: I looked it up in my FFX-2 strategy guide, and I had been spelling 'Lucille' wrong. You know, Lucil from chapter one? Yeah, she's not an OC. She's the redheaded Chocobo Knight on Mushroom Rock Road in FFX...
Another Note: I HIGHLY recommend listening to 'It Ends Tonight' by All-American Rejects while reading this chapter. So sorry if you hate the song...but it is like, the very definition of this chapter.
Sexy Boy: Holy Bejeebuz I just realized why Axel's playing the piano in this chapter. :O
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 24: No Way Out
(Naminé's POV)
It was the oddest thing. No, not Axel playing the piano(which was a miracle in itself), it was that every note he played, someone collapsed and the chant got weaker. First, Marlene dropped...then it was Gippal...they were all dropping like apples. "Wow, I never knew music could do this to people! You know how to play the piano?" Axel laughed at that.
"No. I'm just pressing random keys. But it's working!" He gave me a grin that looked so much like Roxas' smile--I just had to frown when I remembered him. I was so worried about him...I sighed and sat down. I felt so helpless, not being able to do anything at all. I saw Axel frown when he saw me frown and he turned back to the piano. Wait a minute...I tried to drown out all the chants and concentrate on the music Axel was playing. He wasn't pressing random keys...he was playing a tune that I had heard before. But where?
Now it got me frustrated. I knew he was playing some song that I heard before! But I decided not to question him because Axel had almost knocked down all of the chanters. A couple of notes later, and they were all down. But he continued playing. "You did it, Axel!" I said with fake happiness, and heard the chant stop completely. Everyone rose, looking a little dizzy.
"But not for the purpose I intended..." He muttered, and shook his head. He sighed, and stopped playing. "C'mon, Roxas, it's all up to you now." Axel ran a hand through his hair before playing the notes again. So, playing the piano had to do something with Roxas?
But...how?
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(Roxas' POV)
The chant gradually faded away as my strength faded. Instead of just attacking him, I had infused all the power into one of the light shards I still had on me. But, I didn't use it yet because Seifer was creating a self-destruction bomb-made-out-darkness thing.
"If I'm going down, I'm taking everyone I can down with me!" He sneered, obviously upset that his incantation didn't work. I didn't stop him from making the bomb because even if I did, it would explode on me. And I had an idea to direct the will-be explosion elsewhere.
"Bring it on!" I yelled, creating a portal behind me. Seifer glared at me, and sent the massive amount of energy my way. Everything it made impact with caused an explosion. I jumped behind the portal I made and watched the huge ball of darkness go through the portal. Even through the medium I had created, we still felt the explosion when the bomb had made contact with the poor place I had sent it too. Speaking of that...where had I sent it too? I didn't even know...well, that was a bad thing. But I couldn't help it now. I would find out later. The explosion was so big(we only felt it because I was so stupid that I forgot to close the portal) that we both got knocked off our feet. Seifer got up before I did.
"Now...it's time to finish this..." He said, gunblade appearing in his hands. But remember the Blizzard spell I cast? Well, it finally came back and froze him. Just in the nick of time. I placed the shard(that was full to the brim on holy power) on the ground and Oblivion and Ultima appeared in my hands.
I placed Ultima on the shard and the power from the piece of glass got absorbed into the keyblade. I snickered. Seifer was in a world of trouble now. He will pay for hurting Naminé...I placed the Ultima on the floor and the Bond of Flame appeared in my hand that had been holding the now-glowing-with-a-crapload-of-holy-power keyblade. I ran towards the block of ice that contained Seifer.
Running behind it, I must have hit the block in such a way that it got thrown into the air. It seemed suspended there, for a moment, and I knew this was my chance. I teleported to the Ultima, grabbed it while dropping the Bonds of Flame, and took a deep breath. I threw my Oblivion towards the 'statue' and teleported on top of the moving keyblade(since I can only teleport to places where there will be something solid underneath me. Hey, as much as we all wish it, I'm not a miracle machine).
I got my Ultima ready and just before I would smacked right into the block of ice(which was still suspended in mid-air somehow), I jumped, did some kind of matrix-flip as the Oblivion broke the ice, and sent shards of it everywhere. Now that Seifer was exposed(and frozen, by the looks of it), I aimed the Ultima towards his heart and I hoped to the Authority this would work...
"AHHH!" I knew that would've hurt me more than it would've hurt him. Too late now. When we hit the floor, the Ultima had struck right through Seifer's heart like I had expected, BUT I had been putting all my weight on the keyblade so when it hit the floor(because it went right through him) the shock had ran up my arms(like the idiot I was, I had not even bent my arms before the impact) and by the blood that was now soaking through my cloak and the excruciating pain I was non-feeling, I could tell my bones had shattered. It hurt to move my arms now. Lovely. Just plain lovely.
I get both my arms shattered, I get burned from that stupid explosion, and Seifer still comes out unscathed compared to me. Of course. I could tell he was still alive because his fingers were twitching. I had not yet released the power in the Ultima, and I knew it wouldn't be enough to kill him. Maybe wipe out all the darkness in him, but that wouldn't work either because Seifer'd be more prone to turning to darkness than he was before, and he'd still try and hurt my precious Princess. And I had sworn to myself that this monstrosity would never lay a finger on her again. So. I was pretty much stumped now. Until I heard a voice speak from the Bonds of Flame keyblade...
'C'mon, Roxas, it's all up to you now.' That was Axel's voice! The keyblade has to be acting as a one-way communicator, because I was yelling random stuff and he didn't hear me. I stopped shouting when I heard...a piano playing? Wait...I knew these notes!
I had an idea. I knew that my power, even at my best, would not be able to defeat Seifer. But if everyone helped me... 'Come on, everyone, I need your help...' The best way I knew how to get people to help me defeat Seifer without them knowing about it...was singing.
"Your subleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all..."
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(Third Person POV)
Naminé gasped. She heard Roxas' voice! Not only was he singing(his singing was so soft, as if he were singing from far away) but it was a song she knew! She got this urge to sing along. The Princess had a feeling he wanted everyone to sing with him.
"And all the wants," She sang, and motioned everyone to sing with her,
"And all the needs," Marlene chimed in.
Gippal shrugged in a 'What-the-heck,-why-not?' manner, "All I don't want to need at all." A couple of people had grabbed some guitars, drums, violins and were jamming away. It made a pretty nice song accompanied by all the instrumentals.
"The walls start breathing," Axel joined in as well. Soon, everyone was singing.
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Vincent was sure of two things. One, he was hearing a song he knew, and two: His daughter was singing along. He could hear her voice. 'Maybe if Marlene hears my voice...she'll know I'll be alright...' The vampire thought.
"My mind's unweaving,"
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"Oh my god, Tidus, I LOVE THIS SONG!" Yuna shrieked, jumping up and down like the fanatic she was inside. Tidus sighed.
"Maybe it's best you leave me alone," He grumbled, not exactly making a great addition to the chorus, but he was conveying his feelings at that point and Tidus knew Yuna would slap him later if he did not sing along now.
"A weight is lifted!" Yuna practically screamed, doing a jump and landing in a split as she banged her head back and forth, sporting a peace sign and suddenly rocking at the air guitar. Selphie, witnessing all this, wanted to be all crazy as well.
Imitating Yuna, she shrieked, "On this evening!", doing a front-hand spring, a couple of aerials, and an axle before landing in a perfect split, she certainly outmatched Yuna's performance by a mile. Tidus slapped his forehead. It was hard to believe Yuna was the Queen at times...
Making up for Yuna and Selphie's eccentric whiny voices, and Tidus' grumpy voice, was Irvine's surprisingly smooth voice singing, "I give the final blow,"
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Cid, however, was not a very proud parent at this moment. 'Pansy son who's singing a pansy song about his pansy wants-' that was what he had been thinking until he heard a bunch of people singing, and the voices had come out of nowhere. He decided he wanted to be apart of that, too, and completely changed his tune about his son. Now he was a very proud parent indeed.
"When darkness turns to light,"
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"It ends tonight" rang out a clear soprano, belonging to...Sephiroth(surprise!). Glaring at his triplets, they begin to laugh uneasily and sang along too, in fear of Sephiroth's wrath.
"It ends tonight," Kadaj piped, watching their father dance to the song in horror.
"A falling star..." Loz cowered, hiding behind his brothers. The three knew that Sephiroth thought he was a natural born singer. Though he was far from it...would the triplets ever admit that to their father face-to-face? They wouldn't even DREAM of it.
"Least I fall alone..." Yazoo hissed. The three did not know they were actually helping Roxas, the one who put them in this predicament in the first place!
'Curse you, Blonde-Haired Kid...you will pay for making Father make us sing!'
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Rikku sighed, placing her hands under her chin. More than anything, she wanted to be with Gippal. But that was impossible...Wait! Her head perked up when she heard Roxas' voice, then Naminé's and Roxas' voice...and then she heard Gippal's voice a stanza afterward!
But the blonde could barely hear what part they were at, but when it got particularly loud(due to Yuna and Selphie), she knew she had to sing along. Waiting a couple of minutes, Rikku got her singing voice ready.
"I can't explain what you can't explain." She sang in a rather high-pitched, but borderline pretty, voice. She heard footsteps, and Rikku spun around to see who the newcomer was. Yunalesca was back and now helping Roxas? The blonde's jaw dropped. The white-haired Byakuya smiled.
"You're finding things that you didn't know..." She sang, and Yunalesca's voice was rather pretty. But Rikku huffed at her line, which was true. First Yunalesca was evil, then good, then evil, and now good?
'Ya got that right, sister!' The blonde thought, wondering if she could trust Yunalesca. Rikku didn't think she would turn a new leaf by just singing a song...
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"I look at you with such disdain..." But if you thought Yunalesca was surprising, here Kairi's kidnapper was, strutting their stuff!
"The walls start breathing..." Kairi added, but her voice was so weak it sounded like she was whispering. Her kidnapper frowned and leaned against the wall as they both sang along. It almost seemed as if they were singing against their will, as the redhead did not even have enough energy to hope anymore.
Kairi glanced at her kidnapper, who was glaring at her. She sighed inwardly. 'Why would someone hate me so much...?'
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Lucil, noticing the song, decided that she should sing along since Their Majesties looked like they were having a blast. (Well, it held true for Yuna, anyway) "My mind's unweaving," She sang, grabbing Kimahri and telling him to sing too. Lucil knew that Yuna would flip if she found out that not everyone was singing the song.
"Maybe it's best you leave me alone..." He grumbled, with surprisingly good English.
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"A weight is lifted..." Wakka, who was not in this story that much, spoke up. He resisted the urge to end , 'ya?' at the end of the stanza. Lulu sighed, not wanting to sing along but something willed them to. After all, the two heard the Queen's(and the King's) voices in there and the whole Kingdom knew that Yuna could get quite upset when she wanted to.
"On this evening," Lulu sang with a rather dull edge to her voice.
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"I give the final blow..." Even in the Gateway to Forever(which the Order was currently locked outside of), the Organization still heard the song. It was Arlene that made everyone sing along.
"We've got to help dear little Roxie!" Raimaul agreed with the blonde Savage Nymph. Everyone groaned. "When darkness turns to light," He sang, glaring at everyone who wasn't singing. They all knew what would happen if Raimaul got particularly angry at them...especially if Arlene got out the make-up. The whole Organization shuddered just at the thought.
"It ends tonight..." Ienzo mumbled, holding his head as if he were wishing for the singing to stop.
"It ends tonight..." Rould was the next one to give in. He was keeping himself occupied to play poker with Ansem, who was the next to join in.
"Just a little insight won't make this right," The whole Order sighed. Once their Leader caved in, they knew they would have to sing now.
"It's too late to fight" The Luna Diviner sang with fake enthusiasm.
"It ends tonight," Dilan added, crossing his arms and rolling his eyes.
"It ends tonight," The only reason The Silent Hero was actually not Silent was because A; He wanted to help Roxas, and B; No one wanted to suffer from Raimaul's wrath.
"Now I'm on my own side," The Musical Nocturne, who was actually quite depressed at this moment, practically breathed the words inside of singing them. The whole Organization was surprised that Dyme was not the one head-banging and playing the air guitar.
"It's better than being on your side," It was none other than the Freeshooter head-banging and playing the air guitar. Although the sufer-esque Briag was almost shocked to hear Roxas not sing any of the surfing songs.
"It's my fault when you're blind," The Chilly Academic said, trying to concoct a potion that would make the person who drank it temporarily mute. 'If only the effects were world-wide...' The scientist thought angrily.
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"Roxie's singing! C'mon, everyone, let's sing along!" Ashe said with the determination rivaling that of a Queen's. "It's better that I see it through your eyes,"
Rasler nodded, adding, "All these thoughts locked inside," Soon, the two got the whole Hikari family singing.
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"Now you're the first to know..." Fran sang, eyes turning downcast. She was singing because everyone was singing, and when Fran started to sing, everyone else in A.N.O.N. began to as well.
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Auron, who was referred as a 'pushover' by Seifer(back in chapter 3), heard everyone singing even though he was in the middle of nowhere. 'Where are these voices coming from?' He asked himself, then shook his head. Something inside of him urged the red-robed man to sing along.
Though he did not want to, he let a "When darkness turns to light," stanza escape from his lips. Before Auron knew it, he was jamming away too.
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Queen Garnet jumped when she heard people singing out of nowhere. "Zidane, do you hear that?" She asked, her voice whispered. The King of Destiny Kingdom did not reply. He was too emerged in the song...
"It ends tonight," He sang, playing a wicked air piano.
"ZIDANE! Why are you-" Garnet didn't finish her sentence before she found herself singing as well, "It ends tonight..."
When she heard Roxas' voice(which, at this point, was now slightly overpowering everyone else's), her stomach dropped. 'If this is what he can do...then does Sora really stand a chance?'
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Lucifer 'hmphed'. How was Roxas able to make everyone sing? Before Satan even knew what was happening, he added a, "Just a little insight won't make this right,"
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Baralai scratched his head. He heard a song? And he remembered it...something he actually remembered..."It's too late to fight..."
'Maybe singing along will restore my memory...'
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Back up in Heaven, all the Aeons were talking amongst themselves, wondering how a mere half-angel could get his voice across and make everyone sing with him. "We might as well join in, right?" Shiva, the Towa no Shirube asked, sighing as she added, "It ends tonight,"
The Shizukana Yoru ni, the Magus Sisters,(the Aeon's of the Kuzu Kingdom((mentioned in chapter one)) ) decided to sing, "It ends when darkness turns to light," Unlike the triplets, the three sisters did not like finishing each other's sentences. They said their sentences in unison.
"It ends tonight," Bahamut, the Eien no Tobira itself, uttered. He did not want to help Roxas, the only being to ever defeat him and live to tell the tale.
However, the Kojou no Hachimenreirou, Ifrit, was more than happy to help the underdog out, "It ends tonight"
As with Ifrit, the Hanazono no Sora, Valefor, wanted to help out the half-angel sharing the same name as him, so Valefor added, "Just a little insight won't make this right,"
The Tenkuukaikatsu, Yojimbo, and his little doggie decided to sing along as well, as they had nothing to lose by merely adding their voices in this powerful unison, "It's too late to fight,"
The song was almost ending, and the Tsuki no Kage, Ixion, wanted to be apart of this before it ended, "It ends tonight,"
The Aeons looked at the last one, the Hikarini Naritai, Anima. The Aeon sighed, and sang, "It ends tonight"
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Although Tifa was still in the actual relic Mizu no Akashi, she still heard everyone's voice. Everybody who was living, nonliving, everyone everywhere was probably singing the song to help Roxas. 'I'm so proud...' She thought, singing, "Tonight, Insight..."
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"Why...?" Seifer croaked, as everyone's voices singing together with the half-angel himself had somehow acted as a prayer and let Roxas gather up a heck of a lot of holy power that was now inside the Ultima.
"You hurt Naminé... and she makes me wish dreams came true...She's a special girl and she doesn't deserve to be hurt like that." Roxas sighed. The song was almost over. This was it. Placing a hand on the handle of the Ultima, he released all the holy energy stored inside the keyblade, while he put all his effort into the second-to-last stanza, "When darkness turns to light,"
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"It Ends Tonight..."
As the last note faded, so did Seifer's life...
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(Naminé's POV)
"It's over!" Axel shouted happily, going over to a large table where they had the wedding cake and a bunch of glasses filled to the brim with what looked like alcoholic beverages. He looked back on everyone and smiled. "Party time, people!"
"Wait! Axel, we've got to go see Roxas...we have to see if he's hurt..." I said. Axel put a pout on his face and I placed my hands on my hips. "It's not a party without Roxas!" Everyone thought for a moment, before nodding and agreeing. They all decided to hold off on the drinks and wait for Roxas to come back, then they would party like no tomorrow.
"Yeah, that's true." Axel agreed, making a portal. Gippal, Sarah(who had decided not to sing along because she was playing the violin to accompany the guitars and piano), Axel and I went into the portal together. When we arrived...we saw Roxas on the floor, lying a couple of feet away from Seifer, who had a keyblade sticking out of his chest.
"ROXAS!" I yelled, Axel, Gippal and myself rushing over to him. We were concentrating on Roxas so much that we were not even paying attention to Sarah. "Roxas, are you alright? Can you hear me? Are you hurt?" I asked him a million questions, and I was relieved when I saw his eyes flicker.
"Na...Nami..." He blinked, and frowned slightly when he saw me, "Nami...né? Wha...t...are...you...do.." He winced in pain when he tried to lift himself up, so I held him so his head was resting on my shoulder, "...ing...here?"
"Oh, Roxas! Thank God you're alright!" I shouted, hugging him. I was just so relieved to see him, I did not realize I was squeezing the life out of him.
"Nami...sto...p..." Roxas' voice seemed detached, like he was just mouthing the words to me and another person in the background was saying them. I loosened my grip on him and looked at Axel and Gippal.
"C'mon, we've got to get him back!" I said, and Gippal and Axel both helped him walk to the portal, with me following behind. We were so occupied with Roxas that we forgot about Sarah...
"Look, everyone! The life of the party is here!" Axel announced once we arrived. Everyone began cheering for Roxas, and he smiled weakly. "Now, to the drinks!" They both left to go flirt with some girls. Roxas sat down on a chair and sighed. I sat next to him on another chair.
"What's the matter?" I asked, noticing that he looked absolutely exhausted. I was almost afraid that he was going to drop dead any minute. He shook his head.
"Nothing, Naminé...You go enjoy yourself." He said sounding much better than before, nodding his head towards the crowd who was currently dancing to...Marlene DJ-ing? Well, I guess you'd never expect it in some people... I was about to reply when suddenly Axel came over, handing me a glass of...well, I didn't know what it was.
"Drink it, Princess, it's sure to make you feel gooood..."The redhead spoke, and his words were slightly slurred. Roxas rose an eyebrow.
"Damn, he got drunk that quickly?" He shook his head, and I assumed that Axel(being Roxas' friend and all) wouldn't give me anything bad to drink, so I gulped the liquid down. I was pretty thirsty... "Naminé! You didn't drink that did you?!?"
I blinked, looking at the empty glass. "Was I supposed to...?"
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(Roxas' POV)
"Axel! What did you give her?" I asked, and it was bad because I couldn't move my arms to stop her if she did anything...bad. He smirked and patted me on the shoulder.
"Nothing, Roxie. Drunk girls are the best, and, well, I figure you've never made it past First Base with her since you're a goody-goody-two-shoes..." Axel said, and I realized he was just acting drunk.
"Axel, you can't leave me alone with her!" I shouted when he started to walk away. I glanced at her, and she had her head tilted and was looking at the floor like there was something so interesting to see. But, there was nothing but plain...ground.
"Aw, you want me to supervise you two? Afraid she's going to pressure you into doing something--"He started, coming back. I shook my head and cut him off.
"No! It's just that if she gets all mushy-gushy, my sensors are gonna blow!" I said, looking back at her, who now had her arms wrapped around my neck.
"Ohhhh...Roxie...I'm suuuuu gla-a-d yer heeeere!" Well, it didn't take long for her to get tipsy. Axel always told me that when girls aren't sober that's a good thing...but I don't see what's so good about it. "Ya alway' make me suuuuu lone-a-ly..."
"Ummm..." I looked to Axel, who surely would not help me out of this predicament. But I didn't know what to do, I mean, she was looking at me as if she wanted me to answer her. "Okay, Naminé, why don't yo-" She was off of me and now was holding onto Axel's arm in a second.
"Why can't ya be more like Axel?" She asked, and Axel nodded, "He's suuuuu nice an' 'e neva eva makes girls lon-a-ly...riiiigh', Axel?"
"It's okay, Naminé, Roxas has a bad boy side, but he's just afraid to show it to you...maybe if you tell him..." Axel was not making this better! Naminé practically tackled me to the ground, placing her hands on my shoulders. She was sitting on my stomach. This was not good...In case I forgot, remind me to shoot Axel later.
"Awwww...Roxie! Dun' be afraid ta show meh yer true self..." She said. I never thought Naminé would get this tipsy after drinking a small little glass of...whatever Axel gave her(which looked like water, but knowing him, he probably spiked it with Vodka or something)...Mental note to self: Never take her to parties with alcoholic beverages.
"This isn't funny! AXEL!" I shouted, as the redhead was laughing and walking away. "Don't leave me here alone with Naminé!" I was going to get up to follow Axel, but Naminé had me pinned down and after the battle with Seifer...I was exhausted. Of course, the redhead just turned around, seemed to be considering it, then shook his head as if he thought it was a bad idea and walked to a group of girls.
"Why dun' ya like me an-e-more, Roxie?" She asked, and frowned. "Izzit 'cause..." Naminé seemed to think for a moment. She leaned down and kissed me, only on the lips(thank Heaven). "How didya like that, Roxie?"
"Naminé, could you please-" I was going to finish my sentence with 'get off of me'. Everyone was staring at the ex-bride(who was dressed up in her big, fanciful gown) who was sitting on top of me. It was a awkward silence for a moment, before everyone decided that it was none of their business what she did(I really wish they had decided to get her off of me).
"-Kizz ya one more time? 'Kays!" Naminé leaned down one more time, and kissed me. This time, she forced my mouth open. But she tasted sweeter than any sugar I had ever tasted in my life or dreams. Ah! Bad Roxas! I reprimanded myself mentally for thinking that way. And if I could've, I would've slapped myself.
I could tell that my sensors would go ballistic in about...five seconds. That would not be a good thing. After a few minutes(but really only three seconds that were interminable), she removed her lips from mine and asked, "Didya like tha' bet-er, Roxie?" I didn't know what to do. If only I could just get her off of me...I didn't know how to handle a drunken girl!
Oh wait...I had an idea! I teleported to Axel(why didn't I just do that in the first place?), and cleared my throat rather loudly. All the girls who he was talking to gasped when they saw me.
"Awwww, look how cute he is!" One of them shouted, pinching my cheeks. Another one slapped the girl who had pinched my cheeks. I watched in shock. I wasn't exactly used to having girls that were strangers fight over me.
"Excuse me! Can't you see he's not interested in you!" She shouted. They soon got in a catfight, and Axel pulled me back just to make sure I didn't get pulled in the fray. Half of the girls who were not fighting beat up the other half because they probably thought I was irresistibly adorable too.
"Oh really? I'm sure he won't like a ditzy bimbo like you!" The other girl screamed, pulling on each other's hair and slapping each other across the face. I would have stopped them, but Axel held me back. He looked like he was enjoying this.
"Finally, Roxas, you're starting to develop your own fanclub! I'm...so...so...so proud!" He said, and I looked at him when I heard him sound like he was choking. He wasn't choking...was that a tear I saw in the corner of my redheaded friend's eye? Was he actually crying? Is having a fanclub THAT big of a deal. I was about to say something when--
"Roxie, d'ya like girls tha' 'er all v-e-e-olent like tha'?" Naminé asked, wrapping her arms around my neck when she found me from across the room. "Ya always fight fer me...I s'pose I could fight fer ya tuuuu..." She was about to charge and get into the battle, but I held her back.
"No, no, Naminé, it's all right..." I said, and she frowned.
"It would be great to see Naminé in a cat fight..." Axel mused, and I glared at him as Naminé hugged him.
"Axel's da on-a-ly one that un'erstands me..." She said, looking at me with a sad look in her eyes. I wonder if it was just the effect of alcohol making her say this or if Naminé really felt this way...
I had no time to wonder before the two girls who had been fighting over me before stood in front of me. "Which one do you like better?" The one who had gotten slapped across the face first demanded.
"Uh..." I looked at the two. They were actually both pretty cute...but somehow one of them reminded me of Ienzo and the other reminded me of Ansem. So, I was freaked out by that and somehow they both morphed into the exact image of Ienzo and Ansem because my mind just hates me like that.
"'Scuze a'me!" Naminé pushed the two girls aside and walked right up to me. "How could you! You were going to choose one of those girls over me!" What shocked me was that now her speech was perfectly fine now, and I knew the effects could not have worn off that quickly...but she couldn't have been faking it! "Weren't you, Roxas?" She asked, and then smacked me across the face, and stormed off.
My jaw dropped, Axel looked surprised, and the two girls were in awe as well. My hand slowly went up to touch the cheek she had slapped. The girl who looked like Ienzo hugged me.
"Aw, I'm so sorry you just got rejected by that witch!" She said and the other girl who looked like Ansem hugged me as well. I sighed. I just didn't have the energy to fight these girls off and go after Naminé. I really didn't need this now...but I have to admit, I loved the attention. Even if they did call Naminé a witch...it was against my morals to hit a girl.
I opened my mouth to defend the girl who just slapped me, but the female-Ansem spoke instead. "We can make you feel better!"
"No thanks..." I said, and they looked at me with doey puppy-dog eyes.
"Please...?" They asked. Were they desperate or what? Axel walked over and I slightly glared at him but he just winked at me. I knew he was here to make the situation worse. I wondered how I became friends with him in the first place...
"Hey girls, want something to drink?" He asked, handing them two glasses of the alcoholic beverage he had given Naminé some chaotic moments ago. While they were drinking, I took this chance to run away from them and find her. I found her lying on the steps outside. She was unconscious. I sighed, not knowing how I could lift her since my arms weren't in tact.
Deciding to suck it up, I lifted her and got her on my shoulder. I took in a sharp gasp when I felt the pain run up my arms. As if someone had put a white-hot iron on my bone. I bit my lip and looked at her. "Stupid Axel..."
As if on cue, the redhead poked his head outside and waved at me with a big grin on his face. "C'mon, Roxas, these girls are topless!" I shook my head sadly and teleported back home. Home. It was good to be back there. Axel could do whatever he wanted now, but without the Organization to go back to and nothing else to live for, I wondered what he'd do. The part of my life that I had shared with the Organization...the person I was then...was all gone now.
But it wasn't my problem anymore. "Pops!" I called, making sure the door behind me was closed so no one could see me, or Naminé.(I knew that the people would have a fit if they saw their Princess wearing a Wedding Gown)
"Huh?" Wherever he was, he came to the entrance(where I was) and once he saw me, all scratched up and charred, and Naminé wearing a extravagant dress over my shoulder, he flipped out. Though...not in the way I expected. "YOU GUYS GOT MARRIED?!? Just what exactly did you do while you were gone?!?" He yelled, though he seemed happy for us.
"Calm down. We didn't get married." I said, adding a, "I wish we did..." under my breath. "Remember Seifer? He was the one who kidnapped her in the first place, so I went after them..." I wasn't going to add all the details, like me being in prison and everything, so I just said, "...and I lost my way. But days later, I heard rumors of them getting married. So, I followed the rumors and I found them. I stopped the wedding--"
"Then where's Seifer?" He asked, crossing his arms. I looked down.
"I...I killed him..." I admitted, hesitating. I looked back up to see my father's expression. Disappointed. What did I do wrong? I had just tried to protect Naminé. "B--But you don't understand! If I didn't kill him, he would've killed me and then he would've married Naminé and--"
"But Seifer is a nice kid! Why did you kill him?" Pops asked. I forgot that everyone thought he was an innocent little angel. I couldn't tell him the truth, he'd never believe me.
"I--I don't know...Are...are you mad?" I asked, setting Naminé down on a nearby couch.
"Yes! You took a life! I don't care if you say you were made for killing, you're better than that! You know right from wrong. That other time--that was different. You had no control over that...but now you're deliberately killing somebody? You're no better than the rest of them!" He yelled.
"Wait...you know about that? You know about the Organization? About me killing Naminé's family?" I asked. How did he know? I thought Naminé erased everyone's memory of that incident.
"I'm not as stupid as you think I am, Roxas." He replied, trying not to yell at me. I knew I had done wrong...I knew I shouldn't have killed Seifer...but no one would ever understand that I had to do it in order to protect Naminé.
"I'm sorry." I said, looking back at the floor. "I suppose you should punish me now...but I can't feel pain, so..." For some reason, the 'Emo Kid' song came to mind. 'I'm an Emo Kid non conformist as can be, you'd be non conformist too if you looked just like me...'
"Roxas!" He grabbed my shoulders and started to shake me. "Snap out of it! Stop acting like that! You can't be depressed, or what will Sora think?" Sora? Oh right...
"I have to go fight him...Why can't I just have peace? Why can't I just be freed from my guilt of just...killing so many people? The lives I took back then..." I shook my head and sighed. I would never be able to escape my identity. As long as people knew I was a machine, people would surely be out to kill me in fear I would go berserk and kill them. I couldn't blame them. If I were them, I'd want to kill me too. If it weren't for Naminé, I would be gone by now. "If only I could feel...that's all I ever wanted..."
I wish I could have cried. But I can't cry real tears. Only some fake, synthetic product. A fatal error, 89201, occurred at 1201:5201947. Terminating current applications. Before I shut down(because me thinking like this was 'irrational' and in order to eradicate the irrationalities, I needed to shut myself down), I glanced at Naminé. 'She's so lucky...'
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(Third Person POV)
'What a party pooper. What could be better than topless girls?' Axel thought shaking his head, going to go back and party when the scene changed. "Oh come on!" Now he was back in Betwixt and Between.
"Axel, you forgot to tell Roxas." Axel knew that voice. 'Oh no...' He gulped, and turned around. It turns out he didn't know the voice...
"Hey! You're not God!" He shouted, then noticed the angel talking to him was female. Axel decided to turn on his charm, but before he was going to show the lady his great female charms, she stopped him.
"I'm not interested." She began, and he snapped his fingers.
"Can I know your name anyway?" He asked, and grinned, "It would be a shame if I saw you in Heaven someday and didn't even know your name."
"It's Lucrecia." Lucrecia said, then added, "I hope you're not hitting on me, as I am a powerful Seraphim who is only speaking to you because the Authority directed me to do so. You have another mission, and this time, if you complete it, you may stay alive."
"Stay alive? Okay, I'm liking this deal so far." Axel said, crossing his arms. He knew that this would be some kind of mission impossible to complete, but he didn't want to go back to the Organization and wait outside the Gateway to Forever that would surely never open for them.
"Now all you've got to do is..."Lucrecia told him what he must do in order to stay alive and Axel's eyes popped open.
"That's it? That's got to be the easiest thing I've ever done in my life!" Axel exclaimed, laughing to himself. "Wait...what's the catch?" He asked, looking at her with a slight glare. Lucrecia shook her head.
"...Nothing. That's it. That's all you have to do, and report back to me." She said, but seemed very sad while saying it. You could just see a blue aura draped over her, reveling in her sadness. Axel, who was actually very witty, noticed this.
"There's something else I can do for you. I know it." He said, and noticed her hesitate. "I'll do it free of charge! Anything for a beautiful lady..."
"Well," Lucrecia started, "There is one thing..."
HnH: Nai-Nai being drunk was a scary thing to write...I NEVER want to be in a bar with her...-shudder-
Axel: ...Why did you make everyone sing along to 'It Ends Tonight'? That was totally stupid and pointless!
HnH: HEY! You were singing too, you know!
Sexy Boy: What about me...?
HnH: You're not in the story...yet.
Sexy Boy: You mean I will be?!?!?!?!?! -is hopeful-
Roxaman: I hope not.
Sexy Boy: -is shot- xP
Fangirls, fanboys, fanunidentifiablegenders of Riku: NOOOO! RIKU!
HnH: QUICK! Kairi, perform CPR!
Kairi: -performs CPR-
Clownboy: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! Why is Kairi KISSING Riku?
Nai-Nai: She's not kissing Riku. She is putting air into his mouth so he can breath. Kairi is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Clownboy: Card-palm tree resurrection? What's THAT?
All excluding Riku: -giggle fit-
ClownBoy: HEY! I only have the intelligence of a fourteen-year-old, people! And, why can't Naminé do that instead?!?
Roxaman: -hugs Nai-Nai- No! She's not going anywhere! -mouth foams-
Nami-hime: ...
All: -notice how depressed Nai-Nai is-
Roxaman: -is worried- You okay?
Reno: Don't worry, a smile from me will make her all better again. -smiles-
Nami-hime: ...
Reno: Wow, she really is emo...
HnH: -sigh- Review!