Closed Walls


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Chapter Three - Stranger

Castle Oblivion was silent today. Namine was seated in her chair as usual, Larexene and Axel were in the room but no one said a word. They were awaiting Marluxia to return with news about the Keyblade Master.

Namine was told to continue drawing pictures of the boy and his friends. One picture she had drawn caught her eye. It wasn't Sora, she was sure of that. But the boy in picture did look like Sora, the hair style was similar, the eyes both had the same eye color. So who was this mysterious boy?

Perhaps he was Sora's brother or something like that. In a way, Namine knew that the boy and Sora had to be related somehow. But it didn't matter. She would probably never meet the boy, ever. She doubted that she would even want to. Not with Marluxia around. He made her feel so alive. Something she had never felt before.

Almost as if reading her thoughts, Marluxia appeared through the black portal.

Namine had always wondered where the black portals, the three residents used, lend them too. Namine had wanted to ask Axel earlier, but Marluxia appeared and ended her question. She doubted that Axel would even answer it anyway. He had stopped answering her questions after a while. Namine didn't know why though.

"Namine," Marluxia's voice broke through her thoughts. "Would you like to move to a bigger room?" Namine's eyes widened at the offer. She had longed to be a different room. Marluxia smirked at her reaction while Axel frowned at him. Larexene simply stood there taking no notice. She usually never did socialize with them. At least not when Namine was around.

Namine quickly nodded. "Very well, though, before we do, will you promise me one thing?" Marluxia asked. Both Axel and Larexene knew what was coming. Namine's head cocked to the side. "What?"

"Will you draw whatever I tell you to draw for me?" Axel couldn't hold back a low growl, Namine did not hear it, but Marluxia did and threw a warning glare at the redhead. Axel didn't say anything but glared back.

Was that all Marluxia wanted from Namine? She was surprised when he asked this when he knew she would do whatever he told her to do. Either way, Namine still agreed. She did want to move to a bigger room after all.

Marluxia smiled and held his hand out for her to take. Namine hesitated, while staring at his hand; she glanced at Axel who had looked away as Namine's eyes turned to him. Then she lifted her hand and took Marluxia who gently squeezed it before pulling her to her feet.

Even through his gloves, Namine still felt the warmth of his hand. Suddenly, Marluxia began to stroke her hand with his thumb. Heat rose to her cheeks as he did. "Let us go, then." With his free arm, Marluxia summoned a black portal. He pulled Namine forward, taking her with him through the portal.

The portal was scary to Namine, it was completely pitch black. She was almost frightened that Marluxia had disappeared and left her in there all alone. But then she felt the grip on her hand tighten.


Before Namine knew it, she, Marluxia, and Axel, who had followed them, were in a much larger room with a table in the middle of it. Although the entire, including the table, were completely stainless white, Namine was still grateful to Marluxia for giving her the larger room.

"Now you draw better." Marluxia let go of Namine's hand but soon placed it her shoulder. Namine's cheeks burned once again. She turned to him and smiled. "Thank you, Marluxia." He smiled at her. "It was no problem." His hand moved to her cheek and stroked it softly. "Well, I must be going, but do not worry, I shall return soon, my princess." He took his hand off of her cheek and disappeared through the black portal.

Namine's chest felt like it was going to explode. Marluxia had called her a princess, and not just a princess. He had called her his princess. Namine's cheeks were a bright red and even Axel noticed but still said nothing. Instead he crossed his arms against chest. He hated Marluxia with a passion. He had to warn Namine. He had to.

"I wouldn't listen to guy, Namine."

Namine was surprised to hear Axel actually call her by her name and not princess like usual. She turned to face him. "What do you mean?" Axel chuckled a bit before returning to serious.

"Do you actually think he's a good guy?" He asked her. To tell the truth, Namine did. All Marluxia had been to her was kind. So didn't that make him a 'good' guy? Namine nodded. Again, Axel chuckled.

"Well he's not." Namine stared at him, confused. "He's just using you."

"Using…me?" She asked confused. She didn't truly believe that kind Marluxia would ever, ever, use her. But Axel's eyes told otherwise.

"Yeah, he's using you to get to Sora." Was Namine learning a whole new side of Marluxia? She had to find out more. "Why?"

"Because you have abilities that could help him take control of Sora." Namine's hands tighten around her sketch book.

"But, but I don't want to hurt Sora." Namine couldn't explain it, but a part of her didn't want to hurt Sora. Maybe it was because she began to have dreams about him and his friends. He seemed like a normal boy that she did not want to see injured. Or maybe it was because somewhere inside of her, she had known Sora. Either way, she could not and would not hurt him.

Axel stared down at her. "I can't help you there, princess. If I interfere, I'm a dead man. Gotta go." With that, Axel left Namine alone in her new room.

Tears started to leak out of Namine's eyes, but she didn't know why. She felt her chest ache, but unlike with Marluxia, this time, it hurt. It hurt a lot. Namine sat on one of the chairs. She did her best to wipe the tears away but no matter what she did, there would always be more tears coming out. She refused to use her sketch book as a tissue.

It was too precious to her. Eventually, her sobs had died down. She wiped away the last her tears. She wondered what caused her to suddenly start crying.

"Wow, you can sure cry a lot."

Namine was straddled by the voice. It was didn't belong to Marluxia, Larexene, or Axel. She turned to the source of the voice, there in corner, leaning against the wall, there a person in a black coat like the others had, but they didn't have to hood of it down so Namine could not see their face.

"Who are you?" The stranger didn't answer her.

"You want to leave, don't you?" Namine became frighten of him, the voice was male, she was sure of that. She heard him sighed and approach her. He crossed his arms. "Well? You don't want to hurt Sora, do you?" Namine was surprised. Had he been listening in?

"How did you know about that?" He didn't answer.

"There's no time to explain now, do you, or do you not want to leave?" Namine bit her lip. She didn't want to hurt Sora, you can be sure of that, but she was sure she could trust the stranger either. The stranger sighed deeply. "Listen, you can trust me, I know Axel, we're friends. More like best friends." He murmured the last part more to himself. Namine lifted her head. If this person did know Axel, then couldn't she trust him then? Axel did tell her that Marluxia was just using her. Maybe she could.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Inside the hood, the stranger smiled, now he didn't have to take her by force. He quickly took Namine's hand. "Come on, Marluxia will be soon, we can't. He summoned a portal.

He too could open portals like the others. Namine wondered who this mysterious stranger was as he pulled her into the portal with him. Suddenly everything became dark.


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