Destiny sat on the window seat watching the ocean. With a heavy sigh she turned from the window and she closed her eyes and began to meditate. The sunlight beat down upon her skin making it warm even though her body temperature was high as it was. Compared to a normal human it would seem like she had a high fever all of the time, but in truth she didn't it was just that her youkai body had to keep at a high temperature. In lower climates and in winter it tended to go down a little bit. The kitsune sank into meditation. She could feel the eyes of her companion on her back.
"What do you want?" she asked without opening her eyes.
"Destiny why me?"
She sighed knowing this conversation would come up more than once, especially if everyone came in one at a time and questioned her on her recent acquirement. She hated explaining herself more than once. Truthfully, people shouldn't question her reasons because half the time she never understood why she did it anyway.
"It's always been about Sora in the end for what I've done."
"That doesn't explain why me?"
"Some part of Sora is Roxas."
"What does Roxas have to do with this?"
Destiny rolled her eyes in annoyance. For a moment she swore that this man was blonde instead of his natural hair color. There was so much here at stake that she couldn't afford not to have someone that could protect Sora should the need arise for her to leave again.
"Because Roxas meant something to you."
"What if Sora gets attached to me?"
She raised a brow wondering where he was going with this.
"If he does than it's his choice. I'm not going to stop him from living it."
She heard Sora groan as he came to. The teen sat up and started to rub his forehead.
"Destiny I could have sworn I saw Axel," Sora began.
"You sight wasn't faltering."
The youkai gestured to the red headed pyro maniac. Sora sat there with his mouth hanging open. Axel chuckled softly before moving forward and closing the teens mouth.
"You'll catch flies like that Sora."
"How did this happen?" he asked as he turned to face Destiny.
She was staring out of the window. Her eyes had this distant glaze to them. Destiny seemed sad and that made his heart clench in pain. Sora got up and moved past the red head and went to the youkai. Reaching forward he touched her cheek. Her head turned towards him and she blinked a few times.
"You were sad," she began softly. "I could feel Roxas below the surface he was sad too. I watched the battle where Axel died. So once the worlds were safe again I commissioned to the King that I needed to do something important. He gave me his blessing and I went to the Underworld. I made a deal with Hades."
"A deal with Hades?" Sora gasped.
"In return for Axel being brought back I became his slave. I never actually planned to return to this place at all. I thought I'd remain a slave to Hades."
Her mind took her back to that day.
Flashback
Destiny landed in a swirl in Hade's man chamber. She landed beside the round map table. Hades was not startled by her appearance but as to her purpose for being there.
"What do you want youkai?" the blue haired god snarled.
"I want to make a deal."
"I'm listening," he said in earnest.
"I want Axel back," she said softly.
"What I didn't hear that," he said as he cleared out his ear.
"I want Axel back for Roxas."
"Axel? As in Organization XIII member Axel?"
"Yes."
"No can do babe."
She fought the urge to tear into him for calling her babe. There was only one name she answered to and that was her name in general.
"What if I exchange myself for him?"
"I get you and the red head goes free as if he had never died, soul and all?"
"Yes, I want Axel to be sent to Sora."
"If it's for that little pip squeak then no can do…"
"Youkai slaves are a rare thing Hades. I'll be your slave and all you have to do is release Axel."
"Hm, let me think about it."
Destiny sat down in her beast form her tail flopping back and forth. Her ears twitched at the small sounds that the underworld provided. There were small moans of the deceased as their souls traveled in the river of the dead. The draining effect on her power was non existent thankfully. She was getting board at that moment which was totally odd for her. As she was about to get up and move around Hades spoke;
"I have made my decision. I will accept your slavery for this Axel's release."
She bowed her head, and resumed the life of a slave once again.
End flashback
"I never thought that Hades would get board and shoulder me off in a tournament."
She just shrugged at that. It never was a good idea to shoulder off anything that involved that god. "The only thing I missed about being down there was play fighting with Cerberus. That big pup thought he could defeat me."
"Let me guess," Axel began. "He had to learn the hard way not to mess with you."
"Obviously."
She stood up exhaustion washing over her.
"Don't stay up to late," she whispered softly. "We have training in the morning."
"But Destiny it's still early," Sora began.
Something was wrong with the youkai and Sora wanted to know what it was. He began to follow her but Axel stopped him.
"Where are you going?"
"Something is wrong with her."
Axel thought for a moment. He too had noticed how the youkai seemed diminished in strength. The red head knew that he could never step in-between them now. Their bond was so strong. He vowed that he'd help those two with anything that they needed. He let Sora go.
"Go to her."
Sora nodded and headed up the stairs. He found her in his room trying to peel off her clothes. Her black clothes were stained with dried blood. She hissed every time she started peeling the dried substance off. Moving forward his fingers stopped her.
"Sora don't…"
"But your hurting."
"Sora I'll live, just go."
"No, why are you so against me helping you?"
"Because I'm not stupid."
"I didn't suggest you were."
"Sora you make it so damned hard not to want to jump you right now."
"It would be making love and why don't you? You know I wouldn't reject you."
"I know."
Her voice had been so soft Sora wasn't sure that he heard her right. He moved forward again and carefully helped her remove her clothes. Her soft hisses were making him wince. An idea occurred to him he took her hand and dragged her to the bathroom and into the shower. He turned the water till it was warm enough and pushed her underneath it. Before he joined her he stripped to his boxers. Getting in he helped her rid herself of the blood and cloth. Destiny looked like drowned dog. He had to smile at that. Reaching up he brushed a stray hair from her face behind her ear. Her sad eyes caught his. Sora, not knowing exactly how to do this, reached forward and brought her down for a kiss. The Keyblade Master found himself slammed against the wall. A soft hiss escaped him as she deepened the kiss.
Destiny knew that she couldn't do this roughly. Most of her mind was pleading for her to bolt and not do this to an innocent. When she felt his hands slid down her body all resistance was shattered. Picking him up easily, she carried him back to their room. She was grateful that this bathroom was in his room. With care she laid her Master down.
'Are you ready for this?' she whispered in his mind.
He nodded and whimpered softly.
Okay skip scene
Sora was sleeping peacefully as he lay beside Destiny. The youkai herself was still wide awake. Her arm still bled from when she bit herself to keep from putting the youkai mating mark on him. Getting up she went to the bathroom and washed the blood off. Sighing she didn't know why she gave in. Sora didn't need this. He needed to focus on getting better in fighting. With a heavy sigh she redressed and sat on the window seat to stare out at the night sky.
