Marluxia walked outside slowly. Snow had begun to fall on the garden and there was a chilling wind rattling the windows. He strolled towards the borderline of the garden until he reached the end of the cliff; he could see the castle perfectly from that place, even though the snow was starting to fall a lot harder. From the distance he saw a dark shape approach him. He turned away and looked at the nothingness beyond the edge. He didn't budge when Larxene stood with her arms crossed next to him.
"Are you ready?" she asked without looking at him.
He nodded. He wasn't sure if Larxene had seen him, but it didn't matter. Somehow he had lost his voice, his throat felt rather dry. It was probably the cold.
"Hey," she said, interrupting the silence.
Marluxia turned around. There was another figure going towards them. Despite the think snow that was falling down, the long silver hair was unmistakable.
"Ooh, if it isn't the Superior," Larxene said with a fake girly voice that didn't quite suit her.
Marluxia turned away, serious. This scene was somewhat an expected predicament, but he didn't know what to do about it.
"Let's get him, right now!" Larxene said hungrily. She started towards the approaching figure of Xemnas. It would be easy for her to advantage him in battle; she had the element of surprise and the clarity of the view from the top.
"No!" Marluxia said, blocking her path with his hand. "No, I'll- I need to talk to him. Leave."
"But-"
"Leave. Go to Twilight Town, find Roxas. I'll meet with you later."
Larxene gave him a scornful look as though she would've liked nothing better than to kill Xemnas right then, but noted the tone in Marluxia's voice and opening a portal, disappeared.
Xemnas approached Marluxia in silence. Like Larxene, he didn't look at him, but at the void beyond the cliff. The wind had starting swaying violently, waving Xemnas's long hair in waves across his face.
"Why?" he asked, still looking ahead.
Marluxia smiled sardonically. He turned to face Xemnas, but when he didn't turn, he kneeled and removing his right glove, placed his bare hand on the snow covered grass. Slowly, very slowly, a flower started to emerge from the ground. This caught Xemnas' attention and he turned his head, interested. When Marluxia saw this, he tore the flower violently and stood up abruptly. This time, it was he who didn't give his companion a second look.
"Why…" he resumed. "Because you touched a tenderness in me like no other ever had. Even in your cruelest moments I saw the dependence you had on your emotions, in your one lost passion. In your eyes I saw a staggering sadness as if it had been you who had had his heart broken. I granted you everything; all things you asked of me I gave you and I would've given you more, I would've given you my soul if you asked me, but I'll be damned, I don't have one anymore," he said stopping to take a deep breath. He was caressing the petals of the flower he held in his hand slowly. He closed his eyes to try to steady his breathing, he felt worse with each breath he took, but it also made him more aware of the situation he was in, as if he were looking at it from someone else's point of view. His face darkened suddenly.
"You betrayed me," he whispered. He opened his eyes without looking at Xemnas, his eyes were burning with made rage. He was stroking the flower so hard now, the petals were shredding to pieces, falling to the frozen ground like the ever-changing snow.
"This is the last time you'll see me Superior," he said with a little bow opening a portal behind him. "I wish things could be different, maybe I'll have the pleasure of meeting you in another life and things will be different then,"
With a swish of his wrist he thrust the once beautiful rose at Xemnas' feet and walked away into the portal, which at once seemed to consume him into darkness.
