(Sigh, holding the M rating at the moment. You'll have to decide if you want it or not. If I don't get one, then guess what guys? No Lemon. It's as simple as that.)

Chapter 14

Monster & Sanctuary

"You! No! I don't want you to help me cross the street!" Screamed the elderly lady that was now repeatedly whacking Axel and Colad over the head with her walking stick - mainly to prove her point that she didn't want them falling inside her shopping trolley again.

"No lady! I said I was sorry!" Axel cried out, trying his hardest to get out of the insane old woman's grip.

However, Colad remained silent…Until he finally heard Axel stop whining and grumbling loudly at the old lady.

Flinging around, he planted his fist solid into Axels' face, feeling something shudder under the skin.

"You're forgetting that I'm still your opponent!" Colad yelled, jumping forward to slam dunk himself into Axels' body.

When expecting to meet flesh, Colad instead met a hard rubbery armour that made his skin tingle unpleasantly, as if all of his senses were being set alight with just one single touch.

'Hn.' Colad thought, watching his skin starting to peel back to show his already dead carcass. 'Interesting. Very interesting.'

Colad gazed at the sky quickly, before returning his cold stare back onto Axel…

Well, what WOULD have been Axel.

Grinning cockily, he pressed his bony hands down harder onto the rubber - wincing at the sting that he knew to be pain.

What stood in front of him would of scared a normal man, a normal man with a normal life, and a nice family, with loads of kids and loads of annoying neighbours that stuck up for them.

A normal man would have cowered in fear at the creature, would have begged for forgiveness, for mercy. Anything but the creature.

Because this creature, what could describe this creature?

A disaster in a science experiment would probably be the first thing that would come inside anyone's mind.

Three, dark green horns stuck up awkwardly in the red creatures head. The creature had red spiked hair, with four different kind of shapes tattooed on his peculiar face. It wasn't an oval face, but it certainly wasn't the most normal looking face shape he'd seen in the world, in fact, the opposite.

A brick shaped face sneered at him, two yellowed fangs bared threateningly at him, as if daring him to come closer to the demon - to try and say hello nicely.

Axel was still in his black and white robes, showing off his demonic, crimson chest to the world - along with two demon knives in his belt that hung around his shoulders connecting with his waist.

Smiling sheepishly, Colad wanted to rub the back of his head to, except that he couldn't because of the firm grip the demon was now putting on his hands.

"Ouch, ya little bastard." He flinched, his eyes twitching at throb that he was feeling repeatedly travelling through his hands.

.XIfYou'reNotTheOneX.

"Kori, breakfast!" Garfield called cheerily, knocking on the door, last nights incidents forgotten.

A tired yawn filled the silence, oh and a little moan of what seemed to be annoyance.

Stepping back, Garfield looked down at the tray that he was holding and instantly blushed at the note and the breakfast that he held.

Eggs, bacon (shudder, what a bloody nightmare. Gar knew that was damn proof that he loved Koriand'r), sausage, three hash brown, two slices of toast and a bottle of mustard.

His eyes widened when she opened the door with almost all her body revealed…Not that surprised him. No, what surprised him the most was the amount of bruises and cuts that ran down her body.

He knew he'd already seen ONE, but there had to be more than fifteen on her whole body!

Koriand'r looked at him quizzically, her head cocked to a side before smiling lightly and taking the tray out of his hands.

"Thank you Garfield." She kissed him lightly on the cheek, knowing this light show of affection would make a small tint of red appear on his cheeks.

She wasn't disappointed when she moved away, seeing that he was staring dreamily at her.

She knew for a fact that this was wrong, she was playing Garfield around like a sick toy and she hated it.

Except that…She NEEDED it. She needed it so bad that it made her heart and stomach ache with such pain that it made her eyesight go all dizzy and blurry wherever she looked.

She felt bile travel up to her throat, she was disgusted. With herself, with everything she'd done the past ten years and most of all.

With Harry Anderson.

She clenched her fist angrily, before turning away to walk inside of her bedroom, when she then placed her tray on her bed.

She hated him, more than anything in the world. Now she was not a person who just hated any random person in the world without a reason, oh yes, she had a reason alright.

Koriand'r hated Harry Anderson because he took away everything. Her happiness, her love, her friends, everything.

Her life! Damn that bastard. Damn him to hell! (A/N: I think I'd of laughed my head off if Starfire actually thought that in the TV Show XD)

She plopped down on her bed, grabbing her knife and fork and eating hurriedly as she watched the sun rise up - she shrugged, so it was early breakfast. Who cares? She was hungry anyway, though. She rubbed her eyes, she was a little tired too.

Despite the fact that Garfield and her had been arguing last night, he was very happy this morning, very cheerful and by the looks of it seemed a bit high off something.

"Klorzfek." Koriand'r cursed quietly as the sun decided to do the 'shine of doom' in her eyes as she was just half way through a delicious hash brown. "What a bright light the sun is, I have always wondered what would happen if you ever got near to the sun?"

A sudden voice interrupted her thoughts, so sudden that it almost made her jump out of their bed. (She blushed at just calling it 'their's)

"Well, Kori." Garfield jumped on their bed, bouncing a little before grabbing a hash brown and putting it in front of her face eagerly, his boyish smile making Koriand'rs heart flutter and heat go to her cheeks.

"You'd probably get burnt into a crisp, a bit like this hash brown. But believe me," Garfield continued, pulling the hash brown towards his face. "It won't be very tasty."

And with that he plopped the whole thing inside of his mouth and began to chew rapidly.

At first, Koriand'r had felt even more heat come to her cheeks, then it had spread across every part of her body. Now she felt…Playful. Like she wanted to do something, something that would get at her gorftog.

Apart from, he was already kissing her stomach, her legs, her arms and the last kiss was her shoulder.

Before she could protest, he had murmured something, something that had made her stop in her tracks.

"Dick, Vic and Colad always said that you should kiss someone's wounds better." He explained, kissing her bruises lightly. "Get better bruises." He rubbed her legs tenderly, trying hard not to hurt her.

So. People are wondering what Koriand'r would do at a time like this eh?

She felt tears of happiness well up in her eyes, or was it sadness? Whatever it was, she knew she did the right thing straight after.

She glomped him.

"Please! We must go out somewhere!" She said into his shoulder, her hold on him getting tighter than ever.

Garfield just sat there, speechless, what on earth was going on? Why was Koriand'r holding onto him like her life depended on it?

"Um, like a picnic?" He suggested, his brow furrowed in question.

"Perfect." He heard her whisper, before she held onto him so tight that his muscles groaned.

Koriand'r closed her eyes and sobbed into his shoulder.

Then whispered.

"You are my sanctuary."

.XIfYou'reNotTheOneX.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" A yell pierced the air like a knife cutting through flesh as the demon was thrown into the air to fly through the sky until Raven had lost sight of it.

Colad turned around, his eyes widened with shock as he watched Raven with her dark eyes walk towards him, her hands ready to heal his as she bended down to focus on his leg wounds as well - which he didn't notice had been burnt down to a frizzle.

He's eyes sprinkled with happiness to see the wonderful empath again, he desperately wanted to hug her, to thank her for everything and just to be there. To there, to make up the time he had lost with her - ten years of lost time. Ten years of time without his team mates and her love.

Heart-wrenching.

Then he remembered he was supposed to be a cold, heartless bastard who was only here to kill Harry Anderson and the rest of his demon cronies.

"Why are you helping me?" He asked, looking down darkly at her, his hand twitching with such eagerness.

"Shut up." Came her reply, distant, cold. Just like his voice, but more feminine, more hurt.

"I didn't want your help! You idiot! You could have got hurt! You could have been killed! Do you even know how dangerous these guys ARE?" Colad snarled, his concern turning into a blinding anger.

He looked down, his eyes flickering yellow as the demons inside of him tried to burst out to take control of his body.

His anger melted away, seeing the trickle of tears running down the empathy's cheeks.

"R-Raven?"

"SHUT UP! You stupid fucking bastard!" Raven shrieked, her hands shaking in rage as her head snapped up to look him in the eyes.

He took a step back, then he felt it. The feeling. Whoa, he couldn't actually believe it but…

He was terrified of her.

"YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN JUST WALK BACK INTO MY LIFE AND ACT LIKE A SELFISH PRICK?" Raven shrieked again, now standing, her face so close to his that he could feel her breath on his face. The four eyes of Trigon pasted on her face as she stared angrily at him. "I'm sick of you! I know how dangerous those guys are! Because they're like you! A monster!"

Colad's jaw slacked, his black eyes full of emotionless surprise.

"Now give me your god damn hands right fucking now!" Raven finished, her hands out, waiting for Colad's.

He outstretched them without a seconds thought.

He waited until he felt a strange warmth overcome his body, making his eyelids droop and his body lean forward until he was almost on top of Raven.

Then it stopped. He looked down to see his new and improved hands, their skin looking more decent than ever now.

"Hey Rae -" He felt a hand slap against his cheek and he quickly stroked his cheek with his thumb. "Ouch! What the hell was that for?!"

Raven ignored him, instead she turned to walk away back to her house, sick to death of his stupidness probably.

"Damn it! Raven! Come back!" He shouted to her, his hands cupped over his mouth for effect.

"Haven't you got anything better to do?" She shouted back, her voice uninterested, bored if he was honest.

"Apart from chasing after you, nope!" He winked, trailing after her like a lost puppy who had just been given his favourite doggy treat.

"Stop playing games with me Colad! You know that pisses me off!" Her sharp reply literally cut his chest as he missed dodging a dark bolt.

He stopped, his feet kicking up dirt that he hadn't known he had picked up in the first place.

Then turned around, hands shoved in his leather chaps as he walked away from the empath who was silently watching him as he walked away.

"Colad." She breathed, knowing what answer she would get when she asked him, she'd always get the same answer.

He looked at her from over his shoulder, a grin pulling at his lips as he eyed her up and down.

"Yup?"

"Come on, I'll patch your wounds up, then we can go find Revan." Her response was followed by a shocked silence.

"Hey! What?! You know Revan?" Colad called out, stepping forward a little with his arms slightly raised to show his surprise.

The sorceress turned slightly, a tight smile on her lips as she watched his expression become one of shocked to confused.

"…I research."

The confusion then just left an emotionless stare.

"Are you coming with me or not?" Raven impatiently snapped, before turning to stride away.

He trotted along obediently.

.XIfYou'reNotTheOneX.

"You're both a disgrace to the demon kind!" Harry yelled, slamming his fist down to break his desk in two.

"We said we're sorry." Leroy murmured, one of his arms around Axel's now human neck to try to help him balance properly.

"Sorry just won't cut it!" Harry growled, then pounced on the defenceless Leroy who was now pinned to a wall, his senses exploding with pain as his back was hit repeatedly into the wall. "I've waited ten fucking years for this. Ten fucking years because of another screw up from you both!"

Axel watched his friend with pity in his eyes as Leroy flinched every time his back collided with the stone wall behind - god why was his boss so cruel?

"You!" His so called boss now pointed the finger at him, his boss's eyes were cruel and distant. He obviously didn't care what he, Axel had to say. I mean, who can blame him? He had screwed up. AGAIN.

"You were both taken down by Colad?! The guy is weak!" Again, Axel heard a low groan as something banged against the wall.

"This is it! The wedding. It'll be Friday, call Koriand'r. And tell her that! The fastest I get this over and done with, the better!" Harry once again shouted, pounding his fist against the wall - which just narrowly missed Leroy's face.

Axel watched Harry Anderson cautiously, doubt filling his mind as he limped out of the room.

(A/N: I don't deserve good people like you Damn my writer's block. I know you guys aren't happy with what I've done at the moment but... Writer's block dammit! I think I might write some InoSaku or CyRae to clear my mind and think properly. Anyway, lemons or no lemons? Up to you.)