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

8. It's just a dream I

Axel stared around the burning room. He knew he had done that but he just couldn't make it stop. Fearfully he glanced to his right where he could hear someone screaming. Someone he knew really well.

That what Axel saw shocked him real badly. Demyx, tied up to a chair and burning. Axel tried to vanquish the fire but nothing worked. Axel couldn't do anything else than watch other one of his two best friends burn. "No… Demyx… I'm so sorry…" Axel whispered while sagging to the floor and crying.

The redheaded fire wielder woke up with a startle. He stared into the dark of his room while panting hardly. Once he got his breathing under control, Axel closed his eyes to take once a deep breath. "It was just a dream…" He whispered but shook his head and stood up from the bed. He created a dark portal and quietly walked through it.

He came out in Demyx's room and he looked to his left slightly fearfully. Sighing out of relief Axel smiled a little. Demyx was sleeping peacefully on his own bed. Axel watched his friend sleep for a while before creating a dark portal back to his own room and going back to bed. He sat there for a while before sighing and walking to his desk. He took a piece of paper and a pen before writing a short message which he took into Demyx's room and put it to the musician's desk. After that the redhead managed to sleep his night in peace… And what was written in the small piece of paper? It was short and simple: "I'm sorry about the fight, please forgive me. Axel."

8. It's just a dream II

SPLASH! Axel woke up finding himself wet in a wet bed. He stared at Demyx before the confusion turned into a glare. "Why the fuck you did that?!?" Axel asked angrily.

Demyx sighed, sat to the bed and answered: "You were burning your bed."

Axel blinked few times. "I only had a dream..." He started but Demyx shook his head.

"Sometimes we seem to call our elements out during dreams..." He whispered and lay down next to Axel. Axel sat up and stared at his friend. "Besides... I didn't ruin your bed, you did yourself." He said while collecting the water from the bed and from Axel to a neat bubble. Axel blinked few times at the bubble before he looked to the bed. It was nearly fully charred.

Axel sighed. "Not the first time..." He whispered. Demyx sat up, vanquished the water-ball and walked off from the bed.

"You can spend the night with me if you want. We'll try to figure out your little bed burning problem tomorrow, 'K?" Demyx said gently. Axel sighed again but followed Demyx to the water wielders room.

"I guess I'll take on that this time... Again..." He said a little defeated. "I just hope I don't burn him during my dreams..." He hoped sadly.

9. Waiting

There was one thing that Axel hated more than anything. And that was waiting. Sure, it had been his fault but it had been fun while it lasted.

Sighing, Axel stared to the ceiling of his friend's room. He wasn't lying on bed but on the floor. The Flurry had gone to swim at the pool and forgotten that without Demyx's help it would take quite long before his element came back… And of course the Nocturne had to be on a mission at the day.

The fire wielder had dried off as well as he could but the fire just didn't come back. The water in the pool wasn't exactly the normal stuff. It had a slight part of Demyx's power and with that little thing it accepted to control any element in the water. And no one could drown on it either.

The Flurry had had fun in the water. It was one of few places he could work with fire while being in water or fully underwater. The Atlantica didn't give such rights for him unless Demyx was along… Actually, the pool was only place he could swim and play with his fire…

Sure, Axel didn't know when the musician would return back home but Axel didn't fully mind. He tried once in a while to create the fire but it didn't follow his command. The Flurry sighed and closed his eyes. "I just hope I won't destroy anything in his room…" Axel thought with a sad smile while continuing to wait for his friend to come back home and get his element back on working.

10. Nothing is black and white

"It burns or then not! As simple as that!"

"You're missing the main point in here, dear Demyx…"

"And that'd be?"

"Watch."

Demyx sighed and rolled his eyes while Axel was keeping a small fire on a candle. Axel snapped his fingers and the fire died. "I told ya…" Demyx muttered but Axel grinned. He blew some air into the place where the fire had been and Demyx could see it burn red.

"It's alive even if you can't see the fire." Axel said smugly. Demyx sighed.

"Fine… Nothing's black and white…" Demyx muttered while leaving the grinning redhead into the dark room.

11. Stripes

Just few days earlier an old wooden house had burned down. Lighting had started the fire during a night but luck was that the house had been abandoned for years. Right now there was a group a kids playing in the ashes of the old house… To be honest they actually weren't playing but teasing a year younger kid.

The group of five were pushing the kid around the ashes and getting him as dirty as possible. After a while the five kids left laughing. The lonely kid was left alone to just sit there. He sighed but didn't leave. Suddenly someone came there. This kid was two years older than the dirty one. The new one had fiery red hair, emerald eyes and teardrop tattoos under his eyes. "Hey." The new kid said. "Name's Axel."

"Demyx." The other one answered quietly. "If you came to tease me then do what you want. You can't exactly do worse than they already did." He continued without looking up to Axel. The new kid sat down right in front of Demyx.

"I'm not here to tease you." Axel said and carefully raised Demyx's chin so they looked at each other. "Besides, I'm gonna get back at them for this. Now, let's get you cleaned…" Axel continued and took out a napkin. Then he started to try and clean the ash full kid.

After a while Axel got an idea and while cleaning the kids arm, he only did several strikes before starting to laugh. Demyx looked at him little confused before looking down to his arm. Stripes. Out of ash. Demyx frowned. "You're a zebra!" Axel laughed. Demyx flinched, stood up and walked away crying. Axel watched little shocked. He hadn't meant anything bad.

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