Alright chapter 2
I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Paralyzed by Finger Eleven or anything else
"R-Roxas?" Xion stuttered, staring at the knife I clutched in my hand. She walked towards me, I stepped back. My left wrist was bleeding from the gash I'd given myself only minutes ago.
"Were...were you going to...?" I put down my phone, but kept the knife in my hand and leaned over the book used for my communication and wrote a message for her.
'Yes, but you stopped me.'
"Why?"
'What you saw today happens all the time. My mom was killed by a gang when I was seven. You would too.'
"Please don't do this, Roxas." she begged and reached for the knife, but I jerked it away from her.
'No, I will not go through the pain of everyday again!'
Xion looked at me sadly after reading my note.
"Roxas, I want to show you something." she said and took a step towards me. She pulled her sleeves up, exposing her forearms. I drew my breath in sharply at what I saw: scars. Some white and short, but most were long and brown.
With shaking hands I put down the knife, picked up my notebook and hastily wrote 'Xion, what did you do?'
"Isn't is obvious? I used to cut myself. My parents found out, but they knew if they tried anything, I would commit suicide." she put her hand on my shoulder. "Roxas...please don't do this. The pain you are feeling right now is absolutely nothing compared to what your family will go through if you kill yourself."
'How do you know?' I asked.
She chewed her bottom lip, and looked down. "M-my sister...she committed suicide when I was ten. That was the worst pain I have ever felt."
Then she looked up at me. I probably looked like an anime character, my eyes were so wide.
"And you will never be beat up or messed with again."
I raised an eyebrow to show I didn't know what she meant.
"Because, I will always protect you. As long as you always protect me. Deal?"
She held out her hand. I stared at it for an eternity. Then, finally, I extended my arm to grasp her hand.
Xion helped me bandage my wrist, I invited her to dinner. She giggled and asked what we were having.
'Eh, whatever my dad brings home'
She jumped up and down, clapping. "Yay! I love random takeout!" I grinned, she was hilarious.
'He should be here in about five minutes.' I took her to the living room, where Kairi was doing homework.
"Hello, lovebirds!" she sang when we walked in. I gave her an evil look and flicked her in the forehead, then started scribbling furiously on my book. Xion was reading over my shoulder. Halfway through my angry paragraph, Xion cocked her head to the side and commented: "Why don't you just learn sign language?" I turned the page and wrote 'Because Kairi is too lazy to learn sign language.' Kairi looked over at what I wrote and said "It's true. We tried."
I finished my other page and showed it to Kairi. Her mouth and eyes got wide at the same time, and I could tell she was about to scream at me when the door swung open and a voice yelled "Kids! I'm home!"
"Dad!" squealed my sister and ran to hug him. We didn't see our father much, because of his work, so we acted like little kids when he got home. I stood and beamed as my dad walked over and mussed my hair. Then he spoted Xion and went into a state of shock.
For about two seconds.
He hugged Xion tightly, almost crushing the small girl. "Hey, sweetie! It's been forever since I'v seen you! I'm sorry, but I'm gonna hafta murder your dad when I see him for not telling me you guys moved back!"
'You know Xion?' I wrote. Dad scanned the page and replied "Yeah! When you were like four Xion and her family lived here! You two never left each other's side! It was so cute!" then he saw our confused faces and smiled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
"Um...but I guess you two wouldn't remember that, huh?" we shook our heads. Then Kairi's stomach growled.
"I think thats my cue to make dinner. What do you guys want?"
"Hm...pizza!" cheered Kairi. I nodded.
"Xion, what do you want?"
My friend looked at the floor "Pizza's good, Mr. Fair."
Dad stared at her for a second, then busted out laughing "Ha ha ha! Whoo...'mr'! Heh yeah, right! Just call me Zack!" he was still laughing as he walked into the kitchen to warm up some left over pizza.
"Your dad is awesome." Xion said, in awe. I nodded. My dad may be thirty seven, but really he has a ten year old's brain. Hyper and goofy, sometimes I wonder if he's not really Sora's dad. Both with spiky hair and appetites that rivaled Goku's, they are one in the same. I don't look anything like mom either. So who knows who I belong to?
It took dad an hour to get dinner ready. He burnt the pizza twice and on the second time actually caught the microwave on fire. After a few mild burns and the in-case-of-Sora closet being opened for a fire extinguisher, we were sitting in front of the TV eating cold pizza.
Xion's POV
"Can I move in with you guys? Your family is AWESOME!" I exclaimed.
"Yes! Now which kid to trade for you..." Zack examined Kairi and Roxas. They shot daggers in his direction and he put his hands up in surrender. "I'm kidding, kids! Gosh, take a joke..." then random subject change! "So how was school?"
"Great!" Kairi peeped "I didn't fail my math test! I gotta D!" Zack high fived her "And we are building a sculpture for the front of the school! Oh and Sora asked me to the Equinox Ball!"
"Is he driving?" asked their father
"Dad, get real! Sora flunked his driving test like five times!"
Zack and Roxas laughed (Roxas silently, of course) and I marveled at him.
Was this the same boy who had slashed open his wrist, trying to kill himself, only twenty minutes ago? Or was he putting on an act for me?
Then my phone rang, scaring me from my deep thought.
"I'm not paralyzed but I seem to be struck by you, I wanna make you move, because your-"
"Hello?" I interrupted the song by opening the phone. "Oh hi, dad."
"Xion Aeridryth Strife!" my dad growled into his end of the phone "Where the heck are you?!"
"I'm sorry, dad! Roxas invited me to dinner then Zack-I mean Mr. Fair-"
"Wait, Zack? Zack Fair?"
"Uh...yes?"
"And Roxas?"
"Yeah..."
"Give Zack the phone please, Xion." he said
"Ok." then I turned to Zack "It's for you."
"You are speaking to the awsomest person ever,"
"No, I'm talking to Zack Fair." I 'accidentally' put it on speaker.
"Cloud?"
"Yeah. Now are you adopting my child?"
"Yes! You can have uh...Kairi! Yeah! Roxas looks more like you though, so maybe..."
"Zack! I was kidding! *sigh* If you don't mind, can she stay over? Tifa is dragging me to Destiny Islands to buy paint..."
"Yeah! Oh I'v got a date tonight," at that point Roxas and Kairi dropped their jaws. "So do you mind if she's alone with Kairi and Roxas for an hour or two?"
"You? On a date?" my dad sounded as surprised as Kairi and Roxas looked.
"Yeah..." Zack sounded almost...guilty.
"Cloud! Get in the car!" I heard someone (probably my mother) yell.
"Coming...Tifa!" he called
"Gotta go."
"Bye!" Zack waved as if dad was in the room with us.
"Is it just me or did Tifa sound kinda manly?" he asked
Zack closed my phone and gave it back to me.
"D-dad?" stuttered Kairi. Roxas started writing for his life and when he was done he showed it to his dad a shocked, upset look on his face.
"Yes I know, Rox, but you didn't let me explain. My friends say I'v been working too hard and need to get out more."
A sign that said "Yeah, right!" seemed to flash above Kairi and Roxas.
"So, they set me up on a blind date. It's only one time. Ok?"
They nodded. "Good. Now, Roxas is the oldest, so he is in charge." Kairi and I groaned, Roxas smirked at us.
"No groaning! Roxas, don't let Kairi in the kitchen. Xion, don't let Roxas cuss Kairi out on paper. Kairi, don't let Xion and Roxas make out. Or be alone in a room."
All the blood in my entire body went to my face and Roxas slammed his head on the coffee table.
"Love you, bye guys." Zack said then walked out the door.
"Got any 3's?" I asked Roxas. He shook his head and pointed to the "Go fish" pile. I sighed and took one. Roxas turned to Kairi and held up five fingers.
"How do you do it?" she demanded, handing over the card. Roxas smiled mischievously and put it with his other five card.
"Yo, rugrats!" a voice yelled, and the door flew open. Zack sauntered in and beamed at us.
"Hi dad, how was your date?" Kairi asked
Zack sighed and put his hands behind his head and grinned sheepishly "Turns out my good-for-nothing-friends set me up on a date with Axel Morearty. Here's how it went:" and he went on telling about how, on his way out, Axel tripped and four or five lighters fell out of his jacket. And so on and so forth.
"Oh and Xion," he turned to me "Your dad wasn't buying paint. He was driving Axel to the restaurant. Your 'mom' was actually Axel!"
"Does Xion still get stay over?" Kairi asked hopefully.
"Yeah! She can sleep with Roxas!" he said excitedly. Roxas and I stared at him. "I'm kidding! Gosh take a joke! Xion, you can sleep on the floor. Trust me, you do not want to sleep on the couch."
Roxas blinked, then picked up his notebook and wrote 'No, she can sleep in my bed. I'll sleep on the floor.'
"Th-thank you, Roxas."
He smiled, then Zack bellowed "Bed time Squirtles!" I borrowed a pair of Kairi's pajamas and went into Roxas' room.
Just as he was taking his shirt off.
Roxas' POV
I started taking off my shirt when I heard a noise like a mouse being strangled behind me. I turned and saw Xion standing in the doorway staring at me. A very long, awkward silence later Xion blushed and said "Um..." then covered her eyes with her hands I put my pajama shirt and lead her to the bed, her eyes still closed.
"Roxas?" I directed her to sit on the bed, knelt in front of then pulled her hands away from her face.
Xion's POV
He pulled my hands away from my face. I opened my eyes to see Roxas smiling sweetly. I was lost in his bright blue eyes for eight minutes, when he finally stood and walked to the living room to grab his notepad. I was a little sad when he left, then shook my head to clear those thoughts. Roxas came back in and sat on the floor, where he would sleep, and I tossed a pillow and blanket to him. He nodded in thanks.
I laid down and closed my eyes.
A few minutes later I heard Roxas get up. He walked over to the bed and placed something by my hand, which was curled next to my head, and carefully padded over to his place on the floor. I waited until his breathing was even and slow. Then I opened my eyes and looked at the small white rectangle in front of my face.
A note. In the weak light of his lamp I made out the words.
'Xion, you saved my life. I will always be by your side. You will never feel alone again.'
There it is.
FIGHT-thank you very much, and who knows, I will have to look it up!