Rabbits vs. Phoenix

Chapter eight

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Thoughts

"Talking"

When cursive shows up in talking, it's only thought, not said.

That evening Axel met up with his gang and they went to the bar `Bessi´. While the others were dancing, Axel and Demyx sat in the lounge, talking to each other.

"You know Demy, he really is strange. Cute, but a nerd. He's the first one who's not afraid of me in the least, except you guys off course. He dares to defy and ignore me, but what's the most unbelievable is that I let him do it. I even look forward to seeing his face every day. I haven't skipped a class with him since he came. Me, the notorious skipper!"

"You know Axel, you've been telling me about this guy all night, but not once did you mention his name. I need to know it so I can have a cute nickname ready for him."

"I didn't? His cute little name is Roxas, but I call him Roxy."

"Roxas? I knew a Roxas as well, but I haven't seen him for over a year already. Since I moved here actually. But I don't think they are the same, since the Roxy I know likes to fight and was always a troublemaker in school."

"Haha, that can't be my Roxy, he is the most perfect student I've ever seen. Can you describe your Roxy a bit more, maybe they are the same and he just changed."

"Well I can, but I don't think it will be of much use. He has really spiky blond hair and is about 1.60 meter tall. But be careful, he really hates it if you call him shorty or midget. He had those amazing blue eyes and was really self-confident and caring as well.

We were together in a band, he was the lead singer and I played the guitar. There were three girls as well but that doesn't matter right now. We were really great and had a lot of great fans… But sadly there were some crazy ones as well. There was some trouble and we all moved somewhere else. I don't know where the others went but no one came to this town as far as I know."

"Hmmm…"

Axel stared at the wall behind Demyx

"Well, most of his looks are the same, even if I don't know what eye-color my Roxy has since he always wears some brown colored glasses. But his voice is not suited for singing I think. It is a bit husky and he almost never talks. I don't think they are the same.

Now another thing Demyx. What's up with you? Since Zexy left you haven't been your usual self anymore. Just forget about that book-worm!"

"Well… I just don't know. I didn't think he would leave, just because we broke up. I wanted to get him back, but when I noticed this he had already left and has blocked my number. I really miss him. Did he really hate this gang so much that he left and endangers himself due to this? He knew that the others were going to hunt him down. I- I just don't know what to do anymore…."

Demyx lowered his head with tears in his eyes.

Axel patted him on the shoulder.

"You know, I've seen Zexy lately, but I don't think you'll be happy with knowing where he is. Do you still want to know?"

Demyx nodded

"Well, when Riku and I met the Back Phoenix guys, he was with them. I guess he's a member of their gang now. You'll have to fight him tomorrow evening. Think you can do it?"

He knew Demyx didn't like the Black Phoenix gang since he heard of their name. He had no clue as to why.

Demyx just stared at him

"Is that true?"

Axel nodded and Demyx stood up to leave.

"I'm going home I think. Don't worry, I'll come tomorrow and fight with you. Bye."

Finally it was Friday night. Roxas and his gang were on their way to the river bank. They were tense. It was the fight of the new gang against one of the strongest gangs in town.

When they arrived, the Mad Rabbits still hadn't shown up.

Suddenly a voice yelled

"Roxas!"

And a blond boy with Mohawk hair ran up to him and jumped on him.

"What the hell! Get off of me!"

"Demyx, get off of him. They are the enemy."

Axel and his gang stood there now. They had followed Demyx when he had jumped on Roxas.

Sora pulled Demyx off and shoved him towards his friends.

"What the hell was that? I'm not someone called Roxas, I'm Saxor. Since when is it okay to just jump on someone you don't even know huh?"

Roxas was really angry. He stood up and looked at Demyx. When he recognized him, he concealed it well. He couldn't let the enemy find out his real name.

"And while we're at it, I'm the leader of Black Phoenix. This is Sora, my right-hand man. The rest are Zexion, Hayner, Tidus, Olette, Kairi and Pence. Now who might the rest of you be?"

Demyx eye flicked to Zexion and he looked at him sadly. He chose to ignore the Roxas look- and sound-alike for now.

Axel answered Roxas instead.

"As you all probably know, this great me is called Axel and I'm the leader. Riku is my right- hand and the one who jumped you is called Demyx. The rest is Xigbar, Saix, Larxene, Marluxia, and Xaldin, whom you've met before."

The two gangs looked at each other menacingly, before Larxene couldn't take it anymore and jumped on Olette. Kairi immediately took action and threw Larxene of her, grabbing her shirt on the back. Marluxia helped Larxene and now Olette and Kairi were standing against Larxene and Marluxia on one side of the gang. This was the signal for the others to begin the fight as well.

The team ups were as following:

Olette+ Kairi vs. Larxene+ Marluxia

Pence vs. Xaldin

Tidus vs. Saix

Hayner vs. Xigbar

Zexion vs. Demyx

Sora vs. Riku

Roxas vs. Axel

Marluxia and Larxene were attacking the two girls head on, Larxene with her sharp nails and Marluxia with some vines, which he tried to wind around them to bind them together and immobilize them. Kairi and Olette were fighting back to back and while Olette kept the enemy away with her Rope with lead at its end, Kairi thought up a plan on how to defeat them. Not that anything was coming to her mind.

Hayner attacked Xigbar with his ball while evading the shots from Xigbars air-gun. They were evenly matched and there was no winner to be seen.

Tidus and Saix were in a heated sword match, Saix attacked with his Claymore and Tidus countered with his own sword. Saix was stronger but Tidus was way more agile.

Pence and Xaldin were throwing punches at each other, but Xaldin was having the upper hand. Pence was mostly defending himself while looking for on opening to attack.

Zexion and Demyx were just staring at each other, before Demyx said

"I know you can't fight Zexy. Please just give up and come back. I'm really missing you. I don't want to hurt you."

Zexion glared at Demyx, clearly insulted

"Oh, you think I can't fight? You'll see."

With that he charged at Demyx ran past him, what confused Demyx, before he grabbed the blonds shirt and threw him over him down on the floor.

Demyx lay on his back, clearly shocked at what had just happened. Zexion kneeled down over Demyx, pinning his hands to the ground.

"Now what Demyx? Give up, I don't want to hurt you either. "

Demyx looked at Zexions one visible eye and saw the sadness in there.

His will to fight was dwindling more and more.

Sora and Riku both had keyblades in their hands, but were only circling around each other. They both knew the other was strong and even thought Riku didn't really want to fight Sora, he had to. Then he had an idea.

"Hey Sora, why don't we bet on who wins? The loser has to do what the winner says for a whole day."

Sora looked a bit confused at this proposition, but why shouldn't he? He sure as hell wasn't going to lose.

"Fine. But if I win, be prepared to buy a lot of sweets for me."

Sora grinned and looked forward to this. Riku grimaced and told himself that he had to win, not only for the prospect of having Sora a whole day to himself but also to protect his wallet.

The sword clashed into each other and Sora jumped back and into the air to attack Riku from above. The silver haired man only barely escaped but trapped Sora while he was regaining his balance. He jumped on him and pinned him onto the ground.

"Guess it's my win, right?"

Riku smirkes, just before Soras knee found its way into his stomach. He grunted and rolled to his side.

Sora was up in a flash and towered over Riku.

Soon after, the two of them were rolling over the grass, trying to gain the upper-hand over the other.

They were getting dangerously near the water, but none of them noticed until Roxas shouted

"Sora, watch out!"

But it was already too late. The two boys fell into the water and finally let go of each other.

Riku swam up to the surface and looked around for Sora. When said one didn't show up, he began to worry. He dived back down and saw Sora struggling to get to the surface, but wasn't able to. He was just sinking down more and more. His struggles were getting weaker as well. Riku dived down without hesitation and grabbed Sora around the waist to drag him up.

As soon as they were at the shore, Soras was grabbed from him and Roxas laid him gently down on the grass.

"What happened to Axel?"

Riku asked, a bit surprised that he was nowhere to be seen, when he should have been battling the blond one.

"When I yelled to you earlier, he was a bit distracted. I knocked him unconscious and got here as fast as I could. Thank god Sora's okay… Thank you, Riku."

Riku was shocked. Did that midget just thank him? And what was that about Axel being knocked unconscious? There was no way the redhead could have lost. Distracted? My ass. No way in hell was Axel distracted by a shouting midget. But he would worry about him later. For now he helped Roxas and got the unconscious, but still breathing Sora into Roxas jacket.

Just then they heard the sirens of a police car approaching. Someone must have told them about the fight. The others didn't seem to hear it coming. Roxas and Riku couldn't do anything to avoid what was happening next. When the police arrived, they were arrested -the now conscious Axel as well as all the others- and Sora was brought to the hospital. Riku and Roxas had to go to the police station and couldn't go with him.

Their parents were called and took them home, except for Roxas who refused to tell them anything about himself. He knew that the police couldn't do anything to him.

Just then an officer stepped in and a shocked

"Roxas! What are you doing here?"

Was heard.

Roxas snapped around to the intruder and froze.

Why is he here?

So, finally it's done! I love all the reviews and favorites this story is getting! I love all of you guys^^

Hehe, Riku is Axels right hand… am I the only one who notices the double-meaning here? But it wasn't intended. =) Guess who it is that revealed Roxas?

If you want to know, wait for the next chapter.

Love Ghazalia