Axel groaned as he woke up, rolling out of the bed, trying not to wake Demyx. A knock at the door made Axel turn his head. He made sure Demyx was still asleep then opened the door a crack, suddenly aware he didn't have his pyjama top on. He peered out and saw Saix.

'Saix? What are you doing here at this time?'

Saix gave Axel a questioning look before sighing to himself and stifling a yawn.

'Xemnas wants us all to report to the assembly room. He's going to assign us all missions.'

Axel sighed and scratched his head.

'Alright, we'll be there in a second.'

Saix nodded and continued up the corridor, knocking on doors as he went. Axel turned back to Demyx, reluctant to wake his sleeping lover. He leaned forward and kissed Dem on the forehead. Demyx blinked slowly and looked up at Axel.

'Morning'

Axel smiled and turned to the drawers to find some decent (washed) clothes.

'Morning, sleepyhead. Xemnas called a meeting, something about our next missions.

Demyx sat up and went a bit pale. His head swum with memories of his last failure of a mission. Axel noticed and patted Dem on the shoulder.

'I'm sure he wouldn't send you back there again. That would just be cruel.'

Demyx nodded and picked up some clothes he'd laid out for himself yesterday. Once they'd both finished dressing and grabbed their cloaks, Axel began to open a dark portal when Demyx stopped his hand.

'Can we walk today?'

Axel nodded and let the portal fade. Even he wanted to prolong this meeting as long as possible. He opened the door for Dem and they both made their way to the assembly room. Half way down the corridor Axel noticed Demyx still looked nervous and held his hand.

'You'll be fine.'

Demyx turned to him.

'Promise?'

Axel kissed him on the cheek.

'I promise.'

Demyx smiled and they carried on their way to the assembly room. Axel opened the door to let Demyx through first. Looking round he quickly saw they weren't the last ones. Marluxia and Zexion's seats were empty. The rest of the members sat in almost silence, exchanging glances and laughing to themselves. Finally Marluxia materialised in his seat followed a few minutes later by Zexion, whose appearance sent most of the room into a fit of giggles. Zexion slouched and scowled at them. Everything fell silent when Xemnas appeared in the room. He looked round at every member.

'I'm going to be brief, give you each the world you're going to be working in, then I'll give you all a time, the hour according to your number. At this time you will come to my office and I'll give you the details of your mission. You aren't to know the details of each others mission as if one blabs this could jeopardise our whole plan. I am also warning you know, you are very likely to come in contact with Roxas's somebody.'

The members all turned to look at Roxas, who looked at his feet as though he hadn't heard. Xemnas cleared his throat, calling the attention of the organisation back to him.

'Right, Xigbar you'll be working in the Land of dragons, Xaldin the castle of the beast…'

Axel groaned and drummed his fingers quietly on the side of his chair as Xemnas droned on and on.

'…Demyx will be in Hollow Bastion, oh you too Axel. Meeting over.'

Xemnas vanished and the members began to mutter to one another, a little confused at this. Never had they had to hide missions from each other before. Axel jumped down from his chair and headed towards the door. Demyx caught up with him, a worried look spread across his face. Axel turned and smiled at him.

'Hey, isn't this great, same world.'

Demyx nodded slowly, no less worried. Axel caught this look and asked.

'What's wrong?'

Demyx looked Axel in the eye and stopped midway down the corridor.

'Well… what if they're sending more than one of us to a world for a reason. I mean what if it's really dangerous?'

Axel stopped and turned round. He held Demyx by the shoulders and embraced him, he knew Demyx was still a little unsettled about missions in general.

"Well we know your element works again, you just need someone to teach you how to use it properly without exerting yourself. Maybe Xigbar could help you."

Demyx nodded.

"Okay Axel, I'll try."

Axel smiled and gave Dem a peck on the cheek and began off down the corridor.

"I'm going to get something to eat, I'll see you after the personal meetings."

Demyx nodded and wandered back to the room. Something didn't feel quite right about all this.

*

Axel sat down on the chair in front of Xemnas's desk.

"Alright. Out with it. Why all the secrecy?"

Xemnas sighed and handed Axel a piece of paper. Axel turned it over. It had a brief mission statement and a few conditions. Xemnas summed it up quickly.

"Basically you and Demyx will be going to the same world, but you won't be in the same area, in fact your missions are completely different. You can't know what Demyx's is but your is to give information on us to Sora, Roxas's other half. You have to make it seem like it's information you aren't supposed to give. Trust me this is vital. Once your mission is done you'll rendezvous with Demyx at these co-ordinates."

Xemnas pointed to the paper. Axel nodded. Xemnas leaned forward slightly.

"Oh and Axel, make sure nothing happens that would greatly wound Sora while he's with you. If he dies, so does Roxas. It's a nobody thing, doesn't work the other way round though, if Roxas died, Sora would live on. Keep that in mind. Burn that will you."

Axel nodded and burnt his mission statement, that he'd finished reading, into ashes and let it crumble on Xemnas's desk as he left the room.

*

Demyx knocked quietly on the door and walked in. He sat in the chair and was handed his mission statement. His eyes bulged slightly while reading it and Xemnas felt he might as well explain.

"I haven't told you yet, you and Axel are not working together, your missions are entirely different. See your mission is to test Sora. We need to know how ready he is for this and how it will affect our plans. You simply have to fight Sora, not kill him, but hurt him if necessary. For this strategy to work he needs to know how strong some of us are. Please refrain from telling anybody your mission. You'll rendezvous with Axel at those co-ordinates."

Xemnas took the mission statement back off Demyx and ripped it up himself, Demyx's water wouldn't have been as affective as Axel's fire.

"You can go now."

*

Demyx walked into his room to find Axel laying on the bed, apparently deep in thought. He didn't even realise someone was in the room with him until Demyx leaned his back against the side of the bed with a sigh as he sat down. Axel leaned slightly over the edge of the bed.

"Get your mission? What was it?"

Demyx shook his head slowly.

"I've been told not to tell anybody."

Axel lifted Demyx's head up slightly and kissed him full on the lips.

"I'm not a somebody, I'm a nobody."

Dem smiled and had to agree, this was different to what Xemnas had asked him to keep quiet about. He beckoned Axel closer and whispered the briefings of his mission statement in his ear. When both the nobodies pulled back again both had a look of worry mixed with fear on their faces. Demyx knew his mission was quite a shock to Axel. After all, it was Axel who'd taken it upon himself to train and teach Roxas at the beginning and both were quite good friends, even if they hadn't been able to spend much time together of late. Axel's own mission briefing ran through his mind. If Sora died, so did Roxas. His face fell to a serious frown and he spoke to Demyx without making eye contact.

"Please, Dem. Don't hurt him. If something happens to Sora then Roxas…"

Demyx didn't need to hear anymore. He placed a finger delicately on Axel's lips and smiled weakly.

"I promise."

OMG, Sooo sorry it took so long. I've been so busy, then whenever I sat down to type it, boom writers block. I knew what to write but not how to write it. Lame excuse I know. Please all who've actually bothered waiting for this next chapter *hands over massive stack of cookies* I promise, this fic will be over soon… If you're willing to still keep with me, then hold on tight, the next few chapters may be a bumpy ride.

-Secret.