IPod Shuffle 01 - Axel/Xion
You're Not Alone by Saosin
Xion flailed her arms around, the freezing water weighing heavily on her body as she attempted to swim back to the surface, only to be stopped by the ice that layered the top. She beat furiously against it, trying in futile attempt to break through the ice and escape.
It was when the edges of her vision started to fray, her arms becoming too heavy for her to move them any longer, when the ice above her shattered. Two gloved hands reached under for her, hooking underneath her arms and pulling her out of the water and into a firm, yet very warm, chest. Xion could feel herself being dragged, head cradled lightly in one hand, and it wasn't until she felt the cold, powdery snow underneath her did she realize that she had been dragged off the lake and onto the snow-covered ground.
Her rescuer moved her so that she was sitting in his/her lap, keeping her head against his/her chest with one arm wrapped securely around her, the other reaching somewhere behind her. "Geez, can't you even take care of yourself? I can't take my eyes off you for one second, can I?"
Xion looked up, or at least as much as she could with her face pressed against his chest, water dripping past her surprised eyes. "Axel?"
Axel glanced down to meet her eyes, looking away to lift a blanket - what he was probably reaching for before, she realized - and wrap it securely around her small frame, proceeding to bury his face into her still-wet hair, pressing a kiss to her scalp. "Don't you ever do that again."
Xion leaned into him, relishing in the warmth he provided. "I'm sorry, Axel."
-X-
It's My Life/Confessions, Pt. II (Glee Cast Version) by Glee Cast
Tempers flared hotly, the tension crackling in the air between the two of them as Xion and Roxas glared heatedly at each other. Sora and Ventus stood off to the side, very unwilling to get involved with their siblings' spat less they walk away with bodily harm.
Xion placed her hands on her hips, her skirt rustling faintly as she tilted her chin up defiantly. "No matter what you say, Roxas, I am going to Kairi's party with Axel on Friday, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Roxas threw his arms in the air in exasperation. "B-But your two years younger than him! What if he tries something?"
"He's your best friend, Roxas! What do you think he's going to do?"
Roxas huffed, scrambling for words, but Xion cut him off by stepping closer to him. "This is my life, Roxas, and you can't do anything to stop me!" With that, the short-haired girl turned on her heel, marching up the stairs and into her room, slamming the door in the process.
-X-
Rockstar by Hannah Montana
She watches him from on top of the stage, her voice reverberating throughout the auditorium as she sways side in front of the microphone. The crowd is screaming, cheering for her and the band, but Xion only has eyes for him, waiting nervously for his reaction.
She is granted reprieve by the smile - not a smirk - that stretches across his face with something akin to pride shining in his eyes. When the song ends, Axel claps long and loud with the rest of the fans, words only meant for her forming on his lips.
That's my girl.
-X-
Monster by Meg & Dia
Xion pressed herself farther into the closet, watching through a crack in the door as Xemnas skulked around the classroom, no doubt searching for her new hiding place. She hugs herself tightly, trying very hard not to look at the long scratches running up the length of her arms that he made when she tried to escape.
When she sees that he's getting far too close for comfort, Xion rearranges the supplies she's hiding behind, praying that he won't see her even if he looks in the storage closet. She holds her breath when he stops in front of the closet, his shadow falling across her feet, and Xion closes her eyes, thinking that maybe, just maybe, she will be spared.
A loud crash makes its way to her ears, accompanied by a rallying war cry, but it sounds more like something being tackled to the ground than the doors being thrown open. Xion opens her eyes just a sliver, terrified of what she might see, and shifts to peek through the crack of the still-closed doors when they are thrown open.
Reflexively, she lets out a scream, blindly throwing an eraser - it the first thing she could get her hands on - at her attacker, only for him to dodge and reach a hesitant hand toward her. She thrashed against his grip, knocking mops and brooms over in the confined space, when a familiar voice reached her ears. "Xion! Xion, calm down, it's me! Axel! Geez, I thought you said you had me memorized?"
Xion stilled, staring up at the red-head through her tears, not even realizing that she had started crying. "A-Axel?"
Axel sat down, bringing a hand up to scratch the back of his head while he draped the other across his knee. "Yeah, it's me."
Hastily, not knowing what came over her, Xion clambered out of the closet and threw herself at him, throwing her arms around his neck and burying her face in his shoulder, sobbing. "I was - s-so scared!"
Startled but not shaken, Axel brought up a hand to rub her back. "I know."
Somewhere to the right of her, someone cleared their throat. Xion lifted her head sharply, afraid that Xemnas would be standing right there, but all she saw was Sora and Roxas, the former sitting Indian-style on the back of a face-down and unconscious Xemnas, grinning cheekily at them, while the latter stood there awkwardly, a sheepish grin on his face. Roxas lifted a hand to scratch the back of his head, almost identical to the way his best friend did, and glanced at the two of them worriedly. "Are we interrupting something?"
At that, Xion broke out into hysterical sobs, prompting both Sora and Roxas to jump up and rush over to their sister, frantically trying to calm her.
-X-
On The Way Down by Ryan Cabrera
The ground beneath his feet crumbles, and Axel has to shove one of his chakram into the side of the cliff to keep from plummeting to the ground, the edges of his black coat fluttering in the breeze. Sighing, thoroughly annoyed with himself for getting into this situation, the spiky red-head lifts a hand to summon a corridor of darkness to get him out of this mess when he feels something grab onto the hand that's holding onto his chakram.
Glancing up, Axel is vaguely surprised to see Xion leaning precariously over the cliff edge, gripping his hand with both of hers, looking terrified out of her mind but determined not to let go. "Don't worry, Axel, I'll get you out of there in a second."
Axel quirks an eyebrow at her, taken aback by the amount of conflicting emotions swimming around in her eyes as she tries to pull him up, despite him obviously being too heavy for her to lift being the small sprite she is. Not really wanting her to continue her attempts in vain - she really doesn't remember that he could get out of this situation quite easily without her help - he proceeds to try and tell her just that when the ground beneath Xion started to crack.
Only having enough time to look into Xion's eyes, watching the shock widen her eyes and incapacitate the rest of her body save for her mouth, which opened in a silent scream as the cliff face fell away, sending her over the edge. Axel reached for her, barely able to grab onto her arm when his chakram broke away from the cliff, sending the two of them falling to the far-off ground below.
Cursing, Axel tried to wrap himself around Xion, preparing to cushion her fall when they finally hit the ground, but was shocked to find himself pushed away, Xion throwing one arm out and summoning a corridor of darkness below them. They fell through, rushing through the onslaught of darkness before they were spat out again, this time back on top of the cliff and far away from the edge of the cliff.
Panting, the two of them lay side by side - they had been separated from each other when they passed through the corridor - before Xion sat up and came over to kneel by him, face looking thoroughly fatigued. "You know, Axel, I'm surprised you didn't try to use the corridors to try and escape. I guess this is why you wanted me to come along on the mission with you today."
Dumfounded, Axel gave her a blank stare as Xion looked confusedly at him. "What?"