HnH: Thanks Deliahgirl, Ellie, Erin, Mr.Who2123(the world needs more reviewers like you. I swear you boosted my review count by, like, 20), PrincessSerenity110(I LOVE your Penname! It's so pretty!) O.K.A, Princess Kaira of Mirana(I love cliffhangers)...Oh, Princess Kaira of Mirana? You were this close, but, actually, that's not the message.
Axel: THAT HnH DOESN'T OWN LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS STORY!
Roxaman: God, does Axel have OCD with saying that line or what?
ClownBoy: At least he doesn't have a retarded THEME SONG!
Reno: Uh, actually, Axel doesn't HAVE a theme song!
Axel: Excuse me?!?
-Disco Inferno plays-
ClownBoy: Well, uh...-points to Nami-hime- She doesn't have theme song so HA!
Roxaman: Hey! LEAVE HER ALONE! -tackles ClownBoy-
ClownBoy and Roxaman: -fight-
All excluding ClownBoy, Roxaman, Nami-hime, Riku and Kairi: -chant- FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
ClownBoy: That's IT! I've had it with this freakin' gig! I am ClownBoy no longer!
Roxaman: ...Back to being XIII again.
Naminé: Poor Roxas, being unlucky thirteen...-hugs Roxas-
Roxas: -loves attention- Screw Roxaman! I LOVE being my adorable emo self!
Sora: HEY! I am adorable-er than you, you know!
All excluding Sora and Riku: Yeah right.
Sora: -is shot-
Xemnas: Well, there goes the Keyblade Master...and his best friend, too...
Roxas: I AM NOW WHOLE! WHOHOO!
Axel: -blink- Uhhh...I don't think that's how it goes...
Note: Yeah, about that whole 'OMG I'm gonna end it at 27!' thing? I got contaminated by my sister's stupidity that month. There is no freakin' way I can finish this story in two chapters unless I write 20,000 words-ish each chapter. I'm just going to deduct some chapters from the sequel, which'll be fine.
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 25: Identity Crisis
(Naminé's POV)
"Why can't I go inside?" I whined, stomping my foot. My mother could go inside, my father could go inside, in fact I think everyone who wanted to go inside WOULD be able to go inside, but I couldn't.
"Because, Naminé," My father replied, as he was currently in the waiting room with me, "There's a lot of blood and icky stuff that you won't be able to handle."
"But--" I started, but he cut him off with a stern shake of his head. "Why not?!? What if he needs me to hold his hand or something? Come on, he'd feel better if I was there!"
"Because, if you see Roxas cut open like that--" Before he could even say anything else, I jumped up and cut him off.
"He's cut open? I thought Mr. Highwind knew what he was talking about! He said he was only repairing Roxas' arms!" I yelled. Everyone in the hospital stared at me. You see, we were in a hospital. I was in the waiting room, and in the surgery room, or 'inside'(as I had referred to it earlier) was where Roxas was. Cid was performing 'surgery'(A.K.A 'repairing') on Roxas. I wanted to go inside, or at least watch from the outside, but they had pulled down some kind of curtain over the window so people from the inside could look outside, but the people from the outside couldn't look inside. But I understood that, I mean, if people were just taking a lazy stroll by and happened to look at Roxas' mechanical insides...
"Shhhh, Naminé, keep it down." Father said, watching everyone slowly return to what they were doing. "Cid just wants to make sure Roxas doesn't need any more repairs." I sighed.
"How long will it be?" I asked, and he shrugged, and glanced around before standing up. Immediately, everyone in the hallway bowed, stayed low to the ground for about three minutes, before they resumed their work.
"I'll go ask..." He said, shaking his head at the people's behavior. I guess Father wasn't used to people bowing whenever he took a step. I sighed once more, knowing that I would be here for a long, long time...
-
(Third Person POV)
"Tidus, did you tell her what's really going on here?" Yuna asked her husband, both looking at their daughter who currently described the meaning of 'melancholic expression'. Yuna's heart dropped by just looking at her daughter; Naminé looked so sad.
"How could I?" Tidus answered, running a hand through his sandy hair before glancing at Cid, who wasn't even paying attention to the conversation. "Cid," The King spoke up, drawing the mechanic's attention away from his 'patient', "The kid has trouble functioning?"
"Lately, yes. Ever since Naminé came back to his life, he started to try and fight the machine inside of him. And the computer inside him can't figure out why, so it's acting as if he himself is a virus...so, basically, the machine inside is trying to destroy all his humanity." Cid said, with a sad shake of his head.
"You're trying to fix this problem?" Yuna asked, and he nodded. She and her husband exchanged glances. "How?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out. But, I do know a temporary solution which will suffice until I can figure out how to really solve this problem." He replied. The King and Queen exchanged glances one more time.
"The temporary solution being..." Yuna said, and Cid looked outside the window to see Naminé still sitting there, obviously not hearing their conversation.
"I will remove his personality so he can't have any rebellious thoughts. The only problem with that is..." He trailed off, and the trio sighed in unison.
"...Naminé." Tidus finished, and they all nodded. "How are we going to keep it from her? Even if we lock Roxas up in a room it won't do any good. She'll demand to know where he is and she'll find a way to get to him."
"Well...I believe there's a solution." Yuna spoke, and Cid resumed his 'operation', listening to the conversation. "You see, there's something we've been keeping from the Kingdom..."
-
"What am I supposed to be doing again?" Axel asked himself for the umpteenth time. He scratched his head, trying to remember his task. "Oh right, trying to find that hot chick's daughter, Marlene."
The redhead was mistaken when he had accepted Lucrecia's sidequest, which was finding her daughter and bringing her to her. And Marlene could be anywhere in Hell. Axel knew it would take forever and a day to find her. But the Flurry of Dancing Flames could only blame himself. 'I've got to stop doing favors for pretty women...' He thought.
The only thing Lucrecia knew was that Marlene might, and that was only a slight possibility, be in a home way deep down in the bowels of Hell. At least the Seraphim had given him directions. That was kind of her. Axel snorted. 'Yeah, right.' He thought, having a piece of paper which she wrote down the directions on.
After about...Axel estimated three hours of getting lost, asking for directions while indirectly hitting on random girls, and getting lost, he made it. "What a freaky old mansion..." He said to himself. There was the iron gate, the long, creepy pathway to a big, mansion with half the boards missing...very sterotypical. In fact, the sky had suddenly turned gray and there was lightning in the background. "Just call me Little Organization Riding Cloak..." Axel mumbled, sighing.
It actually took him awhile to actually get the courage to open the creaking gate. Axel swore he could hear owls hooting in the background, and were those yellow eyes he saw peering out from the trees? 'What kind of freak lives here?' He asked himself, taking no time in getting to the mansion. He stepped on the first step of the front porch, when it broke and made a terrible(and loud) noise. The poor 'Little Organization Riding Cloak' was about to take another step, when he heard a loud, booming voice.
"Who's there?!?" Yelled the presumed owner of the freaky mansion. The door swung open, and out revealed a dressed-in-red man armed with a gun that was pointing right at Axel, who held his hands up.
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! I'm unarmed!" The redhead shouted, and he slowly lowered his gun.
"What are you doing here? Ghosts can't find this place unless directed by someone." The man said, then narrowed his eyes and pointed the gun at Axel again, "Who sent you here?"
"Some chick named Lucrecia. She sent me here because she thought her daughter would be here." Axel said, sighing with relief as the man lowered the gun once more. Then, what he said really came to sink in. 'Wait...I'm a ghost?' The redhead thought, 'So that means...'
"I see. You can come in if you wish. I am Vincent." Vincent said, going back to the house. The pyrokinetic wondered if he should go in or not, but decided to do so because A. Vincent was scary, B. Vincent could shoot him, and C. Vincent could have Marlene, though how Axel would retrieve her from him he would never know.
"Nice place you got here, Vinnie." Axel said off-handedly, as the elder sent a glare towards him.
"Vincent. Take a seat--" The vampire looked at the pyro, who introduced himself, "...Axel. Now, tell me why you want Marlene."
"Well, long story actually. You see, I'm actually dead, as you can tell. But..."
-
"I see." Cid mused, patching his son back together. They were almost through the repair. "So that's why Queen Garnet and King Zidane wanted to see if Sora is more powerful than Roxas. But what about the other Kingdoms? And how exactly did Destiny know that he's a machine anyway?"
"The other Kingdoms are very technologically advanced compared to ours. If this is going to be on the scale I think it's going to be, then no one is going to lend us their tanks." Tidus replied, and Cid's eyes practically bugged out of his head.
"TANK?!? Alright, Rox may be pretty tough, but I doubt he can go against a tank." He yelled, then calmed down once the three saw Naminé perk up a little. They were getting a little too boisterous, eccentric, loud...the works.
"If only the other twelve were alive...but they're not. And I swore to myself that I would never do that to another human being as long as I live." Yuna whispered, and then Tidus' face lit up. "Tidus? What is it?"
"What about the redhead? You know, the one that came to us a week or so ago and asked us where Roxas was. That one. Isn't he a machine as well?" The King said, then added, "And what about Sora? Surely, Cid, you can convince him to come back on our side."
"...I'm not too sure about that. Sora hates Roxas. They're brothers, yes, but think about it. The reason why Sora had gone to Destiny Kingdom was because he wanted to revive your other daughter, who Roxas killed. If he had not killed her, this wouldn't have happened. Say it was the other way around...I would only have one son right now. Roxas has anger problems." Cid chuckled, shaking his head.
"...But, you know, Your Majesties, I think the whole thing is a set-up." He added after a few moments of silence. The King and Queen exchanged surprised glances. "Don't you know what L.A.X. actually stands for?"
"What it actually stands for?" Yuna asked, and Tidus shrugged. Of course they both knew of L.A.X., but the two never really thought about the initials meaning anything of importance.
"I just thought it was this old Kingdom that lays in ruins. It's now used as a testing ground, right?" The King of Tsugare asked, and Cid sighed.
"Leashing Andriods and Xtermination." He said simply, then looked up, "Yeah, I know that's not how extermination is spelled. But the whole thing's not supposed to make sense. You know what the Kingdom that is now L.A.X. used to be called? 'Castle Oblivion'. Rumor has it that the ruins of the place are more advanced than all of the current Kingdoms combined."
Something clicked in Yuna's head. After all, she was the one with the brains. "That's the place where they store all defected productions and things that don't work properly, right?" Cid nodded. The Queen looked at her husband, who seemed to not get the point she was trying to prove. She looked at Roxas' father, who seemed to look as grave as she was feeling. This could only mean one thing...
"They know."
-
"...and that's about it, Vinnie." Axel said, taking a long, deep breath. Vincent was looking at him with a staid expression. The eighth member of the ex-Organization didn't know whether the vampire believed him or not. Seemed the guy always wore a dead-pan face.
"Vincent.Marlene is not here, but she should be with someone named Seifer, the self-acclaimed 'Lord of Darkness'. I assume you know him?" He asked. Axel's mouth formed a large 'O'.
"He--He's dead. He got killed by someone." The pyro said, and Vincent stood up.
"Where was he last?" He asked, finally showing some emotion--concern. Yay for Vincent.
Axel made a portal to where the wedding was and entered it, motioning for Vincent to follow, who did. When they arrived, the scene was completely empty except for Marlene.
"MARLENE!" Vincent yelled, and the girl jumped up and smiled. It brought a tear to the redhead's eye, seeing Father and Daughter embrace. It was a touching reunion indeed. Axel hated to break this lovely reunion up, but...
"Ahem." He cleared his throat rather loudly, drawing the attention of the two. "I'd hate to break you guys up, but, I have to bring Marlene to Lucrecia in order to stay alive, sooo, if I could, Vinnie."
"Lucrecia?" The girl asked, looking at Vincent who now had a dead-pan face, "Who is that?" The redhead was about to open his mouth when the vampire lord himself took the liberty to answer.
"Your mother..." He whispered, looking guilty of something. Marlene blinked and stared at the ground, then back at her father.
"B--But...you t-told me..." She started, but Vincent just shook his head and pointed towards Axel.
"Go with the nice redhead, Marlene. He'll take you to her and Mommy'll explain everything to you. Okay?" He said, turning around. Marlene walked towards Axel and gave her one of her charming smiles.
'Future heartbreaker.' The redhead thought. Believe Axel, he knew what he was talking about when it came to girls. But for now, the pyro was preparing to become 'Uncle Axel'. "You know Uncle Roxas?" He asked, and she nodded as he made a portal to where Lucrecia was, "I'm his best friend, Axel. " They walked through the portal, Vincent watching their retreating backs.
"Really? Well, Mr. Axel, is Uncle Roxas really nice?" She asked, and he shrugged. While he wasn't going to lie about his best friend, he certainly wasn't going to tell her everything.
"Yeah. He has his moments, you know? He's the nicest kid you'll ever know but if you even get close to his princess, there'll be He--Hey, Lucrecia! Here's your daughter, and, uh, can I go off now?" Axel asked, watching yet another touching reunion. The Seraphim nodded, and with a wave of her hand, the redhead now found himself sitting next to the princess he had just been talking about.
-
(Naminé's POV)
I had just been waiting there, occupying myself with nothing until I suddenly felt the presence of someone just pop up next to me. The vacant seat next to me was no longer vacant. "Axel?" I asked, tilting my head slightly, "What are you doing here?"
"I see you don't get hangovers..." He mumbled, scratching his head. That reminded me! What exactly HAPPENED when he gave me that drink?
"Why can't I remember anything after I drank the glass you gave me?" I asked, and he laughed nervously. My confused look formed into a sharp glare as I punched him in the shoulder. "Axel! What happened?"
"Well..uh...you see, long story actually..." He said, fake-coughing, "And it'd take a couple of hours to explain it all so..."
"Believe me, I have time. Roxas is going to be in there for a couple of hours. Tell it like it is, Axel." I countered, and he laughed nervously. Something had happened, I could tell.
"Well, I accidentally gave you a glass of spiked water - "
"AXEL! Tell the truth!" I whined, hitting him again, causing the redhead to rub his shoulder.
"Okay, fine! I gave you water that I purposely spiked because I wanted to see what you were like drunk!" He shouted, people starting to stare(again).
"WHAT?!?" I yelled, standing up. Alright, people were DEFINITELY starting to stare now. I could hear vague 'Fight' chants in the background... "I got drunk?!?"
"Well, you have to admit, it was pretty funny seeing Roxas try and handle you." The redhead replied, chuckling a little. 'Try and handle me'? What exactly did I DO?
"Axel! This isn't fair! Tell me what I did, please?" I begged, trying to give him the most irresistible look I could muster. He sighed, caving in. "Thank you!" I chirped, giving him a very quick, quick, QUICK hug.
"Just promise to never do that again. Roxas will slice me in half if he finds out you hugged me. God, he's always so overprotective...I'd hate to be his girlfriend..." Axel muttered, and noticed I had heard the last part of his sentence. "If I was...well...Just forgot I said anything, okay? Got it forgotten?"
"Okay then. I thought you liked girls, Axel?" I asked, then remembered what Seifer had said. 'Your looks are just a bonus...' "Is it because I'm not pretty...?" I tilted my head and then turned back to the window.
"Didn't you hear what I just said? Maybe I should say my catchphrase more often...Well, Princess, looks like you need a reminder. One; Roxas will kill me and you have never EVER experienced the wrath of the blonde before, and Two; No offense, Your Highness, but I don't like you." Axel said bluntly. Hey, you got to at least give him props for being honest.
"It's because..." I shifted nervously and looked at the floor, "Because my parents made you into a unforgiving machine, right?" I asked, now feeling awkward, and ashamed of my parents. I know it was a long time ago...but how could they?
"Yeah. We, the whole Organization, didn't even get any choice in the matter. You may have not known, but you still played a part in all of our - maybe if not all of us, then Roxas' - creation." The redhead said, crossing his arms.
"I'm sorry." I apologized, but I knew that words could never make up for anything my family has done. He was about to reply, but then my Mother came outside with a happy smile on her face. She waved at the redhead, who sent her a glare she didn't notice.
"Hello, Axel! Haven't seen you in a long time! I hope you're doing well! If you wouldn't mind, could you come inside...?" She asked, opening the door just enough that I couldn't see what was in the room.
"Why?" He asked, crossing his arms as his glare deepened. My mother sighed.
"I'm sorry that you still don't trust us, but we just want to talk to you about something..." She trailed off, and he stood up. Fire trailed down his arms before spinning to a stop, forming his chakrams.
"Just know if you jump me, I'm gonna chop your head off." He said and she nodded fearfully as they both went inside the room. I threw my hands up in exasperation and sighed in frustration.
"Am I the only one who CAN'T go inside?"
-
"Naminé, wake up. Wake up, honey." I felt someone shake my shoulder, but I ignored the voice, "C'mon, sweetie. We've got to leave now."
"I am able to carry her if she does not wake up." Was that...was that Roxas' voice I heard? But something was different...it sounded more robotic.
"That shouldn't be necessary, Sora." I heard my father say, and whoever it was began shaking me again. "Naminé, we've got to get out of the hospital."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," This was Axel, I was sure of it, "Why the sudden change of names? A second ago, he was Roxas. Now he's Sora?"
"Sora's his real name. Like your real name is R--" My mother started, but Axel quickly cut her off. Axel's real name? Wondered what that was... It was at this time that I made myself stir.
"Shush! She's waking up!" I think that was my Father. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes. I must have fallen asleep when I had decided to take a nap to pass the time away. Now I was fully awake.
"Roxas, are you alright?" I asked him as soon as I rose. I knew something was amiss right away. Calling himself 'Sora'? No, no, no, he even told me he wanted to be called Roxas...
"Master, I would prefer if you called me Sora..." He said, bowing before me. And now it was the other way around? I don't think so. I glared at my parents.
"What did you do to him?" I asked angrily. Since when has Roxas called me 'Master'? He's not my slave!
"Oops!" Father gasped as if he had made a mistake and elbowed Mother(Like I'm going to pretend I didn't see that), "Cid must have accidentally snapped a wire when fixing Roxas. Isn't that right, Cid?"
I could tell they had done that on purpose. They are such bad liars. "I don't believe you." I retorted, kneeling down to Roxas' eye level and grasping his hands. "Roxas, tell me the truth, what did they do to you?"
"The last changes made are registered as--" He started, but Cid grabbed Roxas' ear and dragged him to a standing position.
"It's getting late, let's go!" He said, and before I knew it, he and his son were gone. I glared at my parents, who were obviously covering up some kind of secret. I couldn't turn to Axel because he didn't like me.
"I'm staying here until you tell me what's going on!" I said defiantly, stomping my foot to add effect and sat down. I crossed my arms, 'hmphed' and turned my head the other way. I heard them talk in a hushed tone.
"But we told you what happened! Cid accidentally snapped a wire and tomorrow he'll fix it!" I glanced at my mother, who had just spoke.
"I don't believe you!" I hissed.
"With good reason." Axel snorted, shaking his head and walking out. So something was going on that they just weren't telling me! I could tell when something was up.
"Well...when you decide to believe us, you can come home okay?" Father asked, dragging my other parental figure out of the Hospital. The abundance of doctors, nurses, and patients slowly diminished as time went on. Soon it was very rare to see anyone pass by in the Halls, and if they did, they passed me without giving me a second, or even first, glance. I knew this hospital was open twenty-four seven, but I was determined to stay here until they either fixed Roxas or told me what had really gone on in there! No wonder I wasn't allowed inside...
I tried to occupy myself with watching a fly zoom all over the place, before I got bored of that. I was bored of the whole place...If I had decided to stay here, I should have at least gotten a crossword puzzle or something. But it was too late for that now.
It wasn't long before I heard the sound of slow footsteps, and a Drip Drop noise. I turned my head towards the noise, wondering what it was. It couldn't be a doctor or a nurse, because they would be zipping past here already. I stood up and walked towards the noise. It felt good not to be sitting...
"Who's there?" I called, and the door swung open to reveal Tifa! "Ms.Tifa! What are you doing here?" The dripping sound I heard was the blood all over her outfit falling on the floor. There were open gashes all over her and one of her legs were limp. I noticed that the Mizu no Akashi around her neck was chipped.
"...Exp...lo...sion..."She managed to choke out. She needed medical attention, and fast.
"Wait here! I'll go get someone!" I said, running to where I thought doctors were. I found a patch of nurses giggling and gossiping. I grabbed the nearest one.
"Someone needs your help!" I yelled, and the nurse looked at me funnily before they all followed me. When they all saw Tifa, they immediately took her in the Emergency Room. I tried to get inside too, but they wouldn't let me.
"Great. Outside AGAIN."
-
Since neither of my parents had came and get me, I was still in the hospital, eating Tifa's hospital food because she insisted I should have it. It was surprisingly good for hospital food.
"How come you're here, Ms. Tifa?" I asked in-between bites. She actually looked a lot better than when I had seen her last.
"An explosion..." She started, sitting herself up, "...occurred in Mizu no Akashi. It killed everyone who did not have possession of their souls. Mainly; everyone save for five or six. As you can see, it also took a chunk out of my soul as well." Tifa held the dangling token in front of me and I noticed the glow was gone.
"Everyone's dead?" I asked, frowning.
"Correct. However...if Roxas can return the remaining keyblades back to where they belong...they may be able to become ghosts. Mizu no Akashi is obliterated...nothing is left. Those who got out of it alive wish they could have died. Everything lays in ruin...it is a terrible sight to see." Tifa said, shaking her head.
"What caused the explosion?" I asked, my frown deepening. All those angels...dead. The sanctuary of the forsaken...destroyed.
"I don't know. That's why I'm here. Since I am technically already dead, I inhabited a dead body like Kairi did to your sister. But when I put the Mizu no Akashi on, the appearance of the person changed to looking like me. I have a feeling...that Roxas knows something about this." She mused, and my fork dropped. "Did I say something?" Her eyes narrowed as she realized what had made me upset, "About...Roxas?"
"I don't know what they did to him, but he started to refer to himself as Sora--"
"That's his true name, after all. I don't see what's so strange about that." She cut me off and I sighed.
"But he knows...he knows that I love Roxas and not Sora. He knows that even though Roxas is the one that killed me and my family, I still love Roxas and not Sora! He would never try to change himself because he'd be admitting to me that he doesn't accept the side of him that did those terrible things in the past...then he'd admit to me that he doesn't accept the side of him that I love." I said, but before she could say anything I added, "And I don't care if you say he can't care about me! He does! He--He has to! He..." I broke off, the tears welling up in my eyes cutting me off. I buried my face in my hands and began to sob. I hate being so emotional...but I stopped being so when I heard the sound of a fist punching into an open palm.
"Then I have to knock some sense into him, right?" She grinned at me, and I couldn't help but suddenly feel a lot better. I could tell how Roxas' voice was able to sooth people.
-
"Are you sure this is it?" Tifa whispered, and I nodded. I knocked on the door and Cid appeared. Tifa was in hiding, not wanting to be seen.
"Is Roxas there?" I asked as politely as I could. He shook his head and I tilted my head. "Then where IS he...?"
"Their Majesties King Tidus and Queen Yuna decided it would be best if Roxas went out and trained elsewhere for a week or so. Good evening, Princess." He then shut the door in my astonished face.
"Lies! He's a liar! They're trying to hide something!" I hissed, Tifa coming out of hiding, "But what? Why can't they just tell me that they changed his personality because he'd be more ruthless or something?"
"It's okay, Naminé, they must have a reason for not telling you." She said, and I sighed.
"Well, I can't go back to the castle...and they released you from the hospital so they'll question why I'm there..." I was stumped. I was the Crown Princess of my entire country, and I had no where to stay.
"Come stay with me at the Hikari household. Rasler and Ashe have all the answers." Tifa suggested, but it sounded more like a command. Before I knew it, we were in front of the home. I looked at Roxas' mom uncertainly.
"Are you sure about this?" I asked, and she nodded.
"Of course! Do I look unsure to you?" She asked, and I shook my head. No, she seemed confident, and she stood tall and proud. I could tell she was one tough cookie by just looking at her. I wish I gave that impression...
"No, but..." I looked back at the mansion. Time was going to fly, I could tell...
-One Week and Four Days Later-
"They've already left an hour ago! They're probably there by now! Naminé, HURRY!" I heard Tifa, Rasler, and Ashe yell. Us four had decided to go and watch Roxas at L.A.X. Of course, my parents decided not to invite me(or Tifa, Rasler or even Ashe for that matter) but we didn't care. We were all going to support our favorite blonde anyway. Tifa was going to take us there by teleporting. When I asked her how, she went into a elaborate explanation having something to do with her and the possession of her six wings which were no longer hers.
Anyway. That's rather unimportant now. "I'm coming!" I shouted happily, bursting into the room. Tifa put her hand on my shoulder and the other on Ashe's shoulder, whom then grasped Rasler's shoulder.
"We all ready?" She asked, and we all nodded. "Here we go!"
In an instant we were at the entrance. It was a good spot to teleport to, because everyone was there. My parents looked at us, surprised.
"N--Naminé!" Mother said, whispering to Father about something. "What are you doing? You're not supposed to be here!"
"I will gladly demonstrate my abilities for my Master if she wishes to see them." Roxas...or...Sora(?) said, looking at me. His once warm, azure eyes had become cold pieces of pale blue ice.
"Who are the rest?" Axel(who, obviously, had come) asked.
"I am Roxas' mother." Tifa said, placing a hand over her heart. "A member of the Hikari family. Rasler and Ashe over here are also members of the Hikari family."
"Why am I not supposed to be here? I can be here if I want to be here, right, Roxas?" I asked, looking at Roxas, who seemed incredibly confused underneath his stoic expression.
"I do not understand why everyone calls me 'Roxas'. My name is not Roxas. It is Sora. Am I, perhaps, being mistaken for someone else?" He wondered aloud.
"No, you are Roxas. Sora is your 'alter ego' so to speak." I tried to explain to him, but Mother took my arm and started to drag me inside. "Hey! Let me go!"
"Naminé, enough of that." She said harshly, slightly glaring at me.
"What's going on? What are you trying to keep from me?" I asked, and then added, "Don't say it's a mistake because I know it's not! Something is going on here." Mother felt my forehead and frowned.
"Naminé, you're getting sick, dear. I think you need to rest..." She said, but I slapped her hand away. Why wouldn't they tell me anything? Was it because I would get upset over it? Was it because I loved Roxas?
"I'm fine!" I yelled, "But I would be better if you just didn't keep me in the dark!" She sighed, and I really believe she was going to tell me when everyone entered.
"Mind if I borrow the Princess for a moment?" Axel asked, coming up right beside me. Mother shook her head and the redhead walked away, motioning for me to follow him. When I did, he looked around and motioned for Roxas to come, too. "Blondie, why don't you come along with us? It'll be good for you." He said, and then looked at everyone else, "Don't worry, I'll return him before he goes against his brother."
"Where are we going, Axel? More importantly, do you know what's going on?" I asked, Roxas following behind me.
"I do. I'll tell you when we get there..." He trailed off and I looked back at Roxas, who had a dead-pan face.
"'There'?" I questioned, "Where's 'there'? You know this place, Axel?" He nodded. I wondered how he knew this place, but the redhead didn't seem in the mood for answering questions. After following him around for what seemed like forever, we finally reached a door.
"Ready? Blondie might not be prepared for this. Well, I know Roxas wouldn't be able to handle it. I don't know about this new Blondie." Axel commented, looking at 'Blondie'.
"I am called Sora." Roxas said, and I frowned. He noticed that, but no emotion came over his face. "Are you displeased with my name, Master?"
"No. It's nothing you would understand." I replied. If he was all robotic now, he would not understand why I wanted for him to call himself Roxas. He wouldn't understand my emotions.
"Well, I'm calling you Blondie. Got it memorized, Blondie?" Axel asked. He seemed as mad as I was. Of course, we weren't mad at Roxas, he didn't have a choice in the matter, but we were both mad at my parents and his father. Axel was probably angrier than me because he knew what was going on, but... "Naminé, since I'm Roxas' best friend and you're Roxas' girlfriend--"
"She is not my girlfriend. She is my Master. And I am Sora, not Roxas." Roxas said for the umpteenth time.
"Yet you answer to Roxas? Interesting, Blondie." Axel said, smiling slyly. 'Sora' had no response for that. "Anyway, I figure we might as well be friends."
"I thought you didn't like me?" I asked, tilting my head. What made Axel change his mind?
"Hey, you're Roxas' girlfriend. I don't really think I have a choice." He laughed and held out his hand. I shook it, and then he pointed to his head. "Now you're friends with Axel. A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?"
"That makes sense, I guess. So, what's beyond that door?" I asked, and Axel grabbed the doorknob.
"You want to know?" He asked. Of course I wanted to know, otherwise I wouldn't have asked him! "Well, Blondie, are you ready for this?"
"Only if my Master says I am." Roxas said, then turned to me. "Am I allowed to see what is beyond the door, Master?"
"I'm not your Master, therefore, I have no right telling you what you should do. You're your own person. You decide." I replied. I would not make any decisions for him, whether he referred to me as 'Master' or not.
"But they reprogrammed me so now I need your permission to do anything regardless of how I acted before." He said. Alright, so at least I know they reprogrammed him. But why? That question is going to stab my heart and make me die of curiosity!
"Well, I am giving you permission to NOT having to need my permission to do anything." I said, and he looked confused, although he did not have an expression on his face. "Anyway, Axel, you can open the door now."
"Don't say I didn't warn you..." He said, and opened the door. I was surprised at what I saw. Axel had to look away in disgust. "You know these people, Blondie?" Roxas shook his head. "Interesting."
"Wait! But inside there are the Organization members! How can Roxas not know them?" I asked. Inside the door was a drop, and on the floor was the twelve dead members of the Organization, including Axel's body. He obviously must not have animated his body with his own soul.
Not only were there the Organization members there, but countless upon countless machines, failed prototypes, every defected mechanical product was in there. The mountain almost piled up to the door, but it didn't. It almost made me sick, knowing how many people's lives got mutated just for the purpose of war...
"I know. And if Blondie here doesn't know them, then he is NOT ready to face Sora." Axel said, shaking his head sadly. I looked inside and glanced back at Axel. I would be pretty disgusted too if I saw myself lying dead on top of other machines like me. I could only imagine how horrible that must be, seeing yourself dead. I no time to lament, however, before a voice stopped us all dead in our tracks(although we weren't moving anywhere).
"Did someone mention my name?"
Nami-hime: -sparkly eyes- Will Rox Pox win with my help?
All excluding Sora and Riku: ROX POX??
Roxas: What other nicknames do I have?!? -fishes through fanmail- :O
Axel: -takes letter out of Roxas' hands- Lezzee here...Roxie-kins, Roxie-poo, Roxas equals Crack(Roxas: WTF), Roxie Woxie, Roxie Foxie, Roxie Foxie Woxie Poxie Boxie Doxie Goxie Hoxie Joxie Koxie Loxie Moxie Noxie(Roxas: WTF), Roxie-chan, Roxie-kun, Sora(Roxas and Sora: WTDF), Saxor, Saxie, Sexy(Roxas: WTF with a thanks), Roxie Soxie, Roxas roxas my soxas, Roxas the Axel Freak(Roxas: WTF), Rox Lox, R-
Roxas: WTF??!?!?
Riku's Ghost: Why WTF when you can FTW...
Kairi: -forehead slap- OMG--
Riku's Ghost: Why OMG when you can GMO?
Larxene: God My Oh?
Axel: LARXENE!
Larxene: -innocently- Whaaaaat?
Reno: Think about it.
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Female KH Staff: Ooooohhhhhh...
Reno: Wow.
Riku's Ghost: Why Wow when you can Wow?
Axel: Riku, shut up.
Riku Fangirls: -shoot Axel-
Axel: -is shot-
Roxas: NOT ANOTHER ONE!!!
Mysterious Voice: Who will be next? -evil laugh-
Nami-hime: I'm scared...-clings to Roxas-
Mysterious Voice: -points to you- But you who review shall be spared...MUAHAHAHAHAHA...