A/N: First of all one thing that seems to be forgotten quite oftenly by me. I don't own the character or the places. Just the idea of the story. And if I forget to write this again, I've written it up to my profile so it's at least there.

So first of all I'm sorry for long whiles before updating but the least is that I'll get one review for a chapter that I'd keep on updating. Thanks.

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Theme 15 Flames: Set B

5. Listen carefully

The two Nobodies were sitting in a dark room. The only light that they had came from a window quite high on the wall opposite to the door. The door was to Demyx's left and in front of the Nocturne was Axel.

"Okay… Listen carefully now…" Axel started and Demyx nodded. "This won't work unless you fully trust on me."

"I do trust on you!" Demyx exclaimed. Axel sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Demyx… Don't interrupt me." He growled and slightly glared at the musician.

"Sorry…" Demyx whispered. Axel sighed again and carefully took Demyx's hands to his.

"Listen… I give one fireball into your hands. If you trust me it won't burn." Axel explained. Demyx took once a deep breath and nodded. "You ready?" Axel questioned quietly. Demyx nodded.

Axel carefully created a fireball. It was over Demyx's hands and carefully went down between the water wielder's hands. Demyx gulped once and stared little fearfully at the burning ball. He didn't even notice but he breathed faster.

Axel watched his friend little frowning. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Axel questioned worriedly. Demyx nodded and took once deep breath to calm himself. Axel nodded and let the fireball fall to Demyx's hands. Still, he kept the fire from burning Demyx. Once he pulled his hands away, was the fireball fully on Demyx's control.

Demyx gulped and stared fearfully at the fire. He did trust on Axel but he feared of getting burned. This little thing had been his idea but now he wasn't too sure about it. Demyx closed his eyes and suddenly yelped. He moved his hands and the fireball fell to the ground.

Axel sighed while killing the fireball. "I'm OK…" Demyx whispered little ashamed while trying to check his hands. Axel shook his head.

"Do you really want to try this out?" Axel asked while creating a new fireball. Demyx gulped and stared at the new ball of fire. He sighed.

"…No."

Axel blinked shocked. "What?" The small fireball slowly started to vanish.

"I said no. I don't want to do this anymore." Demyx replied ashamed and lowered his sad gaze to the ground. Axel stared at him.

"First you want to get closer to my element and now you decide against it? Try to make up your mind already!" Axel barked little angry. Demyx flinched.

"Sorry…" The musician trembled a little and blinked few times. He really wanted to get closer with his friend but this wasn't going to work. Demyx real fast wiped the tears away and shook his head before standing up. "Sorry I took your time…" Demyx whispered.

"Demyx." Axel called sternly. Demyx gulped and glanced at his friend. "We can make this work. Sit down." The Flurry commanded and stared straight into Demyx's eyes. Demyx blinked few times, moved his gaze off but eventually sighed and sat down again.

"It's not gonna work, Axel… It's not that I wouldn't trust on you. It's just…" Demyx whispered before shaking his head. "I don't know what it is…"

Axel had already killed the slowly dying fireball and now he carefully leaned closer to his friend and hugged him. "It's OK. Just calm down, Dem." Axel whispered and sighed little annoyed when Demyx started to tremble even more and cried. Yet, he started to try and calm his friend down while running his hands up and down around the crying musician.

"Sorry…" Demyx whispered after pulling away from the hug. He didn't dare to meet Axel's gaze.

Axel sighed. "It's OK. Now, let's try again." The fire wielder stated, called out another fireball and took careful grip on Demyx's hand. He pulled the hand closer to him and dropped the fireball to Demyx's hand.

Demyx shrieked but Axel didn't let go. He stared at Demyx's face. Demyx was nearly white with fear and stared at the fire. He wanted to just call out small amount of water and kill the fire… Yet, he refused and fought against the want of killing the fire. "If I kill that fireball it's like killing Axel…" Demyx thought, took once a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Axel could never hurt me…"

Axel slowly let go of Demyx's hand but kept on watching slightly fearfully at his friend. Demyx wanted to close his hand into a fist but he didn't do that. He just kept the hand in its place while trying to breathe calmly. The Nocturne took once a deep breath and opened his eyes to stare at the fire fearfully. "Dem… Listen carefully… It won't hurt you… Got it memorized?" Axel whispered. Demyx slowly nodded while gulping.

After a while Demyx frowned. He could feel the heat of the fireball but that was all. It didn't burn him. Carefully he dropped the fire to his other hand and checked the first one. There wasn't any kind of burn or mark that the fire had ever been on it.

Axel grinned. It wouldn't take long anymore. "Demyx?" Axel questioned and the Nocturne raised his little surprised gaze to Axel's. "I told ya."

Demyx stared for a while at his friend slightly frowning before chuckling. "Yeah, you did…" He whispered before grinning and starting to play with the fire. "I just wonder… Is this your work or do I have protection against any fires possible now?" Demyx inquired smirking.

Axel chuckled. "Sorry, it's only when I'm around." He explained little shrugging. Demyx sighed but nodded.

"Thought so." He whispered before giving the fireball back to Axel. "Thanks… And sorry for the start…" The Nocturne was still little ashamed of his actions and he glanced once at Axel sadly.

Axel sighed and shook his head. "It's alright… Um… You think you could teach me with water, then?" He questioned worriedly.

Demyx chuckled. "Of course! You tell the time and we'll meet at the pool!" Demyx replied happily. Axel laughed but nodded.

"Thanks."

6. Stuck with you

Axel sighed. He was called a while ago to handle a job but this was far from what Axel had wished for. He was not a darn babysitter! Axel glared at the few years younger boy playing with water on the floor. The boy looked up to Axel with curiosity. "You asleep?" He asked carefully while sitting next to the red head on the sofa. Axel grunted.

"No, though I'd love to fall asleep." He answered and glared at the boy again. The other sighed sadly and went to sit on the floor again. "What are you doing?" Axel asked when the boy took out new water ball.

"Practising." He replied. Axel sighed and closed his eyes again and leaned back on the sofa. He knew that the kid's name was Demyx but he really didn't give a damn about it.

Sighing, Axel opened his eyes again and brought his hands up. He stared at the ceiling for a while before he lit his hands in fire. The kid, Demyx, screamed and shot a fast water strike to Axel. The red head sat up straight quite shocked.

He stared angrily at the kid who looked really scared. "And why the fuck you did that?" Axel questioned angrily. Demyx gulped and backed off a little.

"You… You were in fire…" He answered quietly. Axel sighed again and slumped back to the sofa.

"Figures why they don't have a fire insurance…" Axel muttered defeated.

"You… You mad at me?" Demyx asked carefully. Axel sighed and glanced once at the kid. Finally he shook his head.

"No… I just thought to have a different kind of job…" Axel replied sadly. Demyx carefully came to sit on the sofa next to Axel. "What are you doing?" Axel questioned when Demyx came next to him and cuddled closer to the fire wielder.

"You're warm…" Demyx murmured happily. Axel sighed.

"Glad to be some of use…" He muttered. Demyx looked up to the slightly angry looking babysitter.

"You know… We could practise together…" Demyx said when he pulled off. Axel looked down at the kid. "You know… You could lit something in fire and I'll put it out…" Demyx tried to explain his little plan. Axel looked around. He really wasn't willing to trash the house.

"What can I lit in fire?" Axel asked little suspiciously. Demyx looked around for a while in thought. He started to walk around the house and Axel followed the kid. After all, he was supposed to look after him.

"I don't know…" Demyx answered sheepishly when they returned back to the living room. Axel sighed.

"Wait… Don't do a thing before I tell you to. Got it memorised?" Axel said and Demyx nodded eagerly. Axel sighed. "Where the hell I got myself into?" He thought while creating a fireball into his hand. He thought for a while before he shot it at Demyx. The kid shrieked but managed to put it out quite fast. "Good reflexes…" Axel muttered and shot another. Demyx screamed again but worked that one out too.

Demyx stared quite shocked at Axel before he got the hang of the game. "Do it again!" Demyx shouted. He was actually starting to like the game. Eventually it wasn't that of bad to be stuck with a kid of opposite element. Actually, Axel was feeling a little sad when he had to leave at the evening.

7. Crossing over

It was actually easy. Just crossing over a wall of fire. Axel walked through it without much of care but there was a slight trouble. He wasn't alone. Both Roxas and Demyx were with him and now the wall of fire was separating him from his friends. Axel turned around to look at his friends. "Come on, it's not that hard!" Axel called.

"Yeah, maybe for you it isn't…" Roxas grumbled. He glanced at Demyx before taking once a deep breath and starting to run towards the fire.

"Rox, wait!" Demyx screamed after him and the young Keyblader stopped just before the fire. Roxas turned around to look at his friend little puzzled.

"Just come on, guys! We don't have whole day!" Axel shouted to them little annoyed.

"Well, you could do something to help and put the freaking fire out!" Roxas shouted back angrily.

Axel rolled his eyes and sighed. "Can't. Not under my control." He answered. "I would've done it a long time ago if I could've."

Demyx sighed and tried to douse the fire but it didn't work at all. The fire stayed as living as it had been whole time. Then he got another idea and instead of trying to kill the fire, he let the rain fall on both him and Roxas. "Let's try now…" Demyx said while gulping and the two walked through the fire. Demyx sighed in relief.

"Finally…" Axel whispered and the three of them continued their way to handle the mission.

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