'Twilight Thorn'

Chp. 7

The four band members stood outside the club and stared at the large sign above it. On it was a large white upside down heart cut into a three pointed star at the base. Across it read 'Thirteenth Parlor'.

"…Interesting…" Zexion mumbled as they ambled in.

Once inside, the group blinked again. It was loud. No, loud was an understatement. Zexion shared a glance with Roxas who looked mortified by all the noise and lights and people. From what they could see with all the flashing lights, the interior looked strange. There was a bar about the length of two whole walls and small bunches of tables scattered throughout the building. There was also the biggest dance floor any of the teens had seen before.

This was the ritziest club they had been to. Zexion shook his head. This was the only club they had been too that would be worth mentioning. In front of the dance floor was a large stage with a humungous almost yellow heart on the back wall. The walls were white with more of the strange heart symbols here and there.

Axel smirked and started to walk forward before he was stopped by a tall man with very large sideburns. Axel raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Howdy! If you don't mind, we will just be-"

"No." The mans voice was gruff and Axel faltered in his sentence.

"…Why not?"

'You on the list?"

Axel's grin skipped slightly as he looked around. "Yes?…"

The man raised an eyebrow and Axel sighed heavily. "No…" "There's your answer."

Axel growled slightly and stared up at the guy. "There's a list?"

He nodded.

"Got a pen?"

The man raised his eyebrow again and Axel smirked. The mans eye twitched slightly and he turned back towards the room. Axel growled louder and moved past Roxas and Demyx. The three teens watched him go, all thinking that was too easy before Axel smirked and bolted back towards the entrance. The big guy seemed to know what he was doing and instantly latched onto the redheads collar. Axel yelped as he was carried back into the entrance hall.

The big guy stopped in front of Demyx who swallowed loudly. "This yours?"

Axel grinned and shook his head. "I actually belong to the cute little blonde over th-" There was a loud 'oomph' as Axel was dropped unceremoniously onto the mulleted teen. Demyx squeaked and flailed, trying to catch the redhead before they hit the floor. Both sat there for a few minutes, looking disgruntled before Axel stood and straightened his clothes. He reached out a hand for Demyx who smiled sheepishly and took it.

"Sorry I missed."

Axel laughed and flipped the back of the big guy off. "Not your problem."

Sora panted as Riku pulled himself out and collapsed next to the brunette. The older teen kissed the brunettes forhead lightly and absently looked over at the clock. 6:33. Riku sighed and nudged his half asleep lover. Sora groaned quietly at him. "C'mon. We gotta go take a shower." Riku mumbled.

Sora nodded slightly and rolled over and out of the bed, landing with a 'thump' onto the floor. After he didn't show up for a few minutes, Riku blinked and peeked over the bed. He jumped slightly as Sora hopped up and skipped to the bathroom.

"C'mon 'Ku!"

Riku blinked again and swung his legs out of the bed and tiredly followed the bouncy brunette.

Axel groaned loudly and pushed his makeshift paper hat at a person walking by. The woman looked down at him and walked away faster. The other three band members all laughed as he once again failed to gain spare change. The redhead huffed and stood, straightening his jacket and waltzing over to where they stood. "Stingy jerks." He muttered as he placed the paper hat on Roxas' head. "Your turn short stuff."

Roxas laughed and took the hat, walking over to where the redhead was sitting and sighing. He ruffled his hair a bit and rumpled his clothes before sitting himself down. The three older teens laughed as he cleared his throat and wiped his eyes, making sure they were wet looking before looking up at the people walking by.

Axel swooned and made to run over to him but Demyx grabbed his shirt. "He's sooooo cute!! I'll give him money!"

Zexion and Demyx laughed. "What good would that do Axel?"

Axel shrugged and snickered. "Don't know but it would put my soul to rest knowing I helped the little fella out."

"Oh shut up." Roxas called quietly.

Axel grinned and blew him a kiss. Roxas rolled his eyes and looked back up as a lady walking by smiled sadly and placed a few coins in his hat. Roxas smiled and bowed his head as she walked away before sticking his tongue out at the others. A few more people stopped and deposited their change into his hat. One particular was a little girl who smiled widely at Roxas and snuck a couple of dollars out of her mom's purse. Roxas smirked and winked, causing the little girl to blush and run after her mother. Axel turned to snicker in Demyx's shoulder while Zexion continued to watch. Roxas blinked as a shadow over fell him but no money followed.

"What's a cute little thing like you doing out here?" The holder of the voice smirked and kneeled in front of the blonde. Roxas blinked and looked up, eyebrows raised. "Hm?" Roxas blinked and shrugged, eyeing the corner where his friends stood. "Well ya know…" The man looked thoughtful before smirking. Roxas frowned. "Its getting kind of cold out here don't you think?" The guy shrugged lightly before placing a hand on a now bristling Roxas' shoulder. "How 'bout you come with me and I'll…warm you up?" The man smiled lecherously and Roxas growled.

Zexion sighed and pinched Axel's arm, bring the still snickering redhead to attention. "Roxas has a problem…"

Axel blinked and peered around the corner, green eyes instantly narrowing as he waltzed out of their cover. Demyx clung to Zexion's shoulders, peering out over the shorter male's head to watch.

Axel cleared his throat as he got nearer, causing Roxas' head to shoot up and the man's head to look up slowly. A small smile crept up on Roxas' face at the sight of the clearly angry redhead.

"Yo…" The guy smirked as Axel bristled. "You got a problem hot stuff?"

Axel's eyes twitched as the man tightened his grip on Roxas' shoulder, pulling the retreating blonde back to him. "Yeah…your nastiness is getting on my blonde…"

Roxas hid his mouth with his hand as he snickered quietly. The guy blinked and laughed, running a hand up the blonde's arm, causing said blonde to stop laughing and frown. "Finders keepers hotst-"

Axel shook his hand and smirked widely as the man groaned and held his nose, leaning on his elbows on the ground before falling onto his back. "Losers weepers asshole." He sneered as he took Roxas' hand and drug him back to the other two teens. Demyx and Zexion stared with wide eyes as they clapped when they came back around the corner. Roxas blinked and grinned up at the redhead who sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Ok…bad idea…"

Roxas shook his head and pulled out his little hat. "Nah look! I got enough for all of us to get a drink. Riku and Sora too!"

Axel smiled and ruffled Roxas' hair.

"Us too?!" The four teens looked over their shoulders as Sora cam bouncing into view. Roxas smiled and nodded, showing Sora the hat ss Riku walked up.

"Hey." The three older teens smiled and waved. "You guys ready?" Riku asked as Sora chatted away to Roxas who smiled and nodded every so often.

"Nah…there was a problem…" Axel mumlbed, looking away.

Demyx laughed at the disgruntled redhead. "Yeah his name is 'big scary dude'"

Riku blinked and chuckled. "Sorry, forgot about him. C'mon." Riku grabbed Sora's hand and began to walk back to the club. As the group walked by the guy Axel had hit, Sora glanced down thoughtfully before pausing and plinking some change onto the guy's chest. The four band mates all laughed loudly and patted a confused Sora's head as they continued to the club.

Roxas shook his head as the noises of the club filtered into his ears once they had reached the place. Axel hugged his shoulders and looked excitedly from Roxas to the club and back, causing Roxas to laugh. Riku looked at them and shook his head before looking up at the big side-burned man. "Xaldin they're with me." The large man from before blinked and nodded slowly, growling loudly as Axel patted his arm on his way by.

The redhead ducked his head and laughed as he quickly followed Riku and Sora into the building.

"So… how come he let you in?" Demyx asked as the group found a table to sit at.

"My cousin owns the place." Axel and Demyx gaped as the silver haired teen shrugged and grinned.

The group had gotten situated and had their drinks. Axel and Demyx were already on their umpteenth drink while Sora and Roxas were only on their second or so. Roxas had decided that he didn't want to experience a hangover like the one he had before and Riku simply told Sora not to drink to much.

Zexion was leaning back with his drink, silently happy that Demyx had forgotten their deal and he wouldn't have to get too drunk. Riku had disappeared about 10 minutes ago. He had mentioned something about finding his cousin. Sora and Roxas were eyeing the club. Well…Roxas was. Sora was telling him about the people who worked their.

"The one with the eye patch is Xigbar. He usually waits on tables with Larxene…she's the blonde…and the only girl here…" Roxas nodded and followed Sora's hand. "The one at the bar is Luxord. He's really cool but almost always drunk…oh! That guy with the scar and blue hair…he's Saix. He waits on tables sometimes but is usually with Xemnas. That's the owner. Xaldin was the one at the door." Roxas' gaze now swept over to the door as the two teens watched as Xaldin let people in and turned people down. "I think pretty soon..ah yup! Here he comes." Xaldin looked up as another large man walked up to him. The two nodded and the new man stood where Xaldin was. "That's Lexaeus. He's the other bouncer."

Roxas nodded as they watched the big side-burned man walk through the crowd and over to Xigbar, muttering something and disappearing through a door. "And that's the thirteenth parlor crew." Roxas smiled as Sora sipped his drink again before he turned back to the others at the table. Axel and Demyx were still going with their competition and Zexion sat there watching in astonishment as they went.

"Hey guys." Zexion shook his head and looked up as Riku appeared in the crowd, followed by a tall tanned silver haired man. Behind them was Saix, following with his head slightly bowed. Roxas and Zexion exchanged a look as the three came closer into view and they noticed the collar around the scarred males face.

Sora smiled and waved as Xemnas nodded and brought his attention to what Riku was saying. "This is my cousin Xemnas."

Xemnas nodded and frowned at the idiotic looks both Axel and Demyx were giving him. "I see you seem to be enjoying yourselves…" Axel grinned and nodded

"Xemnas said that since Diz thought you guys were good, he would give you a chance to play here."Riku said quickly.

Xemnas nodded. "This place is very popular and if you were to play here…you would be quickly recognized." Riku looked pleased with himself as Axel looked over to the group. They were staring at him expectantly and he smiled before nodding again.

"Axel do you have any idea what just happened?" Roxas whispered to the red head. Sora giggled quietly as Axel blinked and shook his head, causing Roxas to sigh heavily. "We got a show!"

Axel blinked before he grinned impossibly wide and stood up. "More drinks to celebrate!"

Roxas fell out of his chair as Axel ambled trough the crowd and struck up a conversation with Luxord once he reached the bar. Xemnas blinked and looked at Roxas who crawled back in his chair and smiled sheepishly. "He's excited." he mumbled. The short blonde blinked before he stood up and bowed quickly. "Thank you"

The tall silver haired man only smiled slightly and nodded, bowing his head. "If you could maybe stop by sometime tomorrow. I'll speak with Xaldin so you won't have any trouble."

Roxas smiled appreciatively and bowed again. Zexion did the same as the older male walked away. Demyx blinked slightly and tried to bow but only succeeded in falling over. Zexion and Roxas sighed as the inebriated young man straightened himself and grinned. Riku smiled as Zexion turned to him and smiled slightly. "Thank you."

The silver haired teen smiled and nodded. "Zo you ready?" Sora smiled and nodded as Riku held out his hand. "We would stay but Sora's got work in the morning." Riku said as Sora nodded and hugged Roxas.

"Bye guys!"

Roxas and Demyx smiled and waved while Zexion nodded his head as the two departed.

"Alright…now that that's been taken care of…and Demyx and Axel have gotten wasted…can we go home?"

Roxas smiled and nodded before blinking. "Where is Ax?"

Zexion tilted his head and looked over at the bar. No sign of the red head. Roxas groaned and looked at his watch. It was a little past 12. The blonde sighed and called over the man with the eye-patch from before.

" Yo."

Roxas smiled slightly and bowed his head. "Have you seen a really tall guy with red hair around here?"

Xigbar nodded and motioned toward the back. "Yeah Larx dragged him away a little bit ago…"

Roxas blinked and glared at the back of the club before digging his wallet out.

"Ah hey short stuff no need to pay. The boss said you guys were good."

Roxas blinked again and went to put his wallet away before he smiled and handed the older male some cash. "Thank you."

Xigbar grinned and nodded, walking away and to another table.

"Alright…" Demyx mumbled. "…search for the pyro." The teen giggled slightly as Zexion sighed and followed a storming Roxas out of the club.

(A/N WHHEEEE!! lookit that! ahahaha another one swoons i think this one ish the longest . ahahahha sorry it took so lnoneg whie i was typing it up I realized it sucked soooo i had to go through and fix it . now i gotta go get the next ones hahahahah " hopefulll another update will be soon thankyou for reading!

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