Summary: When Axel is brought back to life to be with Roxas, they start searching for their other friends from the Organization. Through much difficulty they eventually achieve this goal, but what happens when the superior comes back mysteriously one day? How will Xemnas cope with having to live among normal people and being social? And will love find this man who seems to have a giant stick up his ass! lol. Yeah, better than it sounds. Eventual XemnasxSephiroth. Other pairings include akuroku, cleon,soriku,zemyx, and marluxiaxsaix.
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own kingdom hearts cuz if I did the organization would totally be a sex club.lol.i'm horrible. :D
Genre: Romance/humor/angst
Rating: T (possibly M in much later chapters)
Warnings: language,shounen-ai,and yaoi. 'nuff said.
Author's Note: Yeah, I'm back with chapter 4. You guys finally get to see Xemnas and Sephi!! Enjoy!! There is a slight mention of yuri in this chapter, but don't get too excited. I DO NOT WRITE YURI!! I'm only adding a slight mention of it for my friend Natalie. I don't have a problem with two girls being together, I just don't feel comfortable writing it because I'm not attracted to women. I was actually surprised cuz making a Yuri couple actually helped me make Xemnas' sexuality VERY clear. Anyway, sorry for the interruption, enjoy chapter 4:)
The cool wind blew through the trees, making the leaves rustle. Flower petals flew through the air and covered the ground, signifying that spring was on its way. The birds sang and twittered about happily without a care in the world. Life seemed to be going good for everyone, including Sora and the others. They no longer had to worry about the Heartless, or anyone trying to open Kingdom Hearts, all was peaceful. The life they led now was like paradise compared to where they had come from. Life had become so easy for them and everyone seemed to be a lot happier than when their journey first started. The only thing that anyone really worried about anymore was rebuilding Radiant Garden, which was going amazingly well. Leon and Cloud were currently showing Sora, Riku, Axel, and Roxas the area of the Bailey that they had worked so hard to repair after they Heartless had destroyed it. It had taken a lot of hard work and dedication on Leon and Cloud's part, but now they were done and they wanted to show off their good work.
"Damn. This place looks amazing." Riku commented as he looked around. Leon and Cloud's work really was impressive.
"Yeah, well it wasn't easy. It took us days just to get rid of all the rubble those Heartless left behind after they destroyed the place." Leon grunted as he grabbed Cloud's hand. They smiled at each other. They had dedicated nearly all of their time to defeating the Heartless and repairing Radiant Garden, and now it was finally paying off.
"Hey, you left the Castle Gates and the area behind it open. Wasn't there a wall there before?" Sora asked as he looked out towards the horizon. He walked over to the nearest cliff and sat near its edge.
"Yeah. We decided to leave it open. They area back there is really pretty and we thought it would be a waste to close it back up again." Cloud said hand in hand with Leon, a few feet from Sora and Riku.
"Yeah, bet it's a great make out spot for you two." Axel said under his breath with a smirk.
"Axel…" Roxas scolded gently as he elbowed his boyfriend in the side.
"What?! It's true!" Axel argued as he pointed at Leon and Cloud, who had both turned bright red. Cloud cleared his throat loudly.
"Well…it's a nice place to be if you need time to think about things and-
"And make out with your boyfriend and possibly even more intimate things." Axel said playfully as he interrupted Cloud in mid-sentence.
"Axel!" Roxas said as he elbowed Axel in the side a little harder in an attempt to make him shut up.
"That's none of your business Axel, so I would-
"Uh…guys…I think we have a problem…" Sora interrupted in the middle of Leon's threat.
"What's the problem?" Leon asked curiously.
"I think there's someone at the bottom of this cliff…and they're not moving…" Sora said fearfully as he looked down with wide blue eyes.
"What?! Are you serious!!" Leon said as he ran over to the cliffs edge. Sure enough, he could barely make out the figure of the motionless being.
"Is it anyone we know?" Cloud asked in concern as he walked over to the cliffs edge as well.
"No, I don't think so. It looks like they're wearing all black and have silver hair, but we're too far away to be able to tell for sure. Come on, we better go get whoever's down there."
Leon said as he started down the path that led to the bottom of the cliff. Riku, Sora, and Cloud followed behind him. Axel and Roxas' breath hitched slightly. No words were exchanged between the two, but they were both thinking the same thing as they ran to catch up with the others.
'Wearing all black…silver hair…Xemnas…but that's impossible. He's trapped in the dark realm…right?'
As they ran down the path, the person at the bottom of the cliff started coming into view. It seemed that Leon's speculation about this persons' appearance were correct, and that Axel and Roxas' fears were ignited when they came closer to the figure who was clearly a male. Lying before them was an unconscious Xemnas. Axel, Roxas, Sora, and Riku's eyes widened as they recognized the man immediately. Leon, not seeing their reaction, walked over to Xemnas and kneeled next to him to check for a pulse.
"…Is he dead?" Axel asked uncertainly as he blinked several times to make sure that Xemnas was really there.
"No, he's breathing. Though he might be suffering from a concussion or memory loss." Leon noted as he observed the rather large bump on the silver haired mans head. "Rock slides happen every once in a while around here, he must have gotten hit during one." Leon said as he noticed several large rocks on the ground around them.
"Damn, I was hoping for better news." Axel said in mock disappointment.
"Axel!" Roxas said as he hit Axel in the back of the head.
"What?! He's alive, and that means that we're going to have to deal with him. He's a pain in the ass! His name even implies it!" Axel said as he pointed down at the unconscious man. Xemnas looked pitiful. He had swirly eyes, a large bump on his head that had to hurt like a bitch, and was drooling slightly. If this had happened under different circumstances, it might have actually been funny.
"Someone you know?" Cloud asked curiously.
"Yeah…Xemnas…he's kind of the leader of Organization XIII…or was anyway…" Roxas explained as he looked down at the man who used to have so much control over them.
"Yeah, and a pain in the ass to get rid of." Sora said as Riku nodded in agreement. It hadn't been that long ago that they had fought Xemnas and defeated him.
"What did you mean when you said his name implies that he's a pain in the ass?" Leon asked in curiosity.
"Rearrange the letters in his name and you get Mansex." Axel said nonchalantly.
"…Wow…"
"The better question is, how the hell did he get here?" Roxas asked. Everyone fell silent as they pondered this question.
"That is a good question. Since he was stuck in the dark realm, it doesn't seem too likely that he figured out how to get out on his own, does it?" Leon said. Sora pulled out the hand held tracking device that they had used not too long ago to track Nobodies.
"What are you doing with that?" Cloud asked as he looked over Sora's shoulder.
"This thing can show us if a dark portal has been opened around here recently." Sora said as he looked at the screen and pressed a few buttons. His eyes widened slightly as the small machine beeped rapidly at him. "It looks like there was a rip in the dark realm…it must have caused a dark portal to open. Xemnas must have accidentally run into it and wound up here…only to get hit on the head with a big rock."
"Well, now the question is why there was a rip in the dark realm." Axel said.
"Or who or what caused it?" Roxas said in reply.
"Guys, I think we're going to have to worry about that later. We need to get this guy to Aerith, she'll be able to heal his wounds." Leon said as he picked Xemnas up.
At the house…
Leon ran into the house looking for Aerith. On the way to Aerith's room, they ran into Saix, Marluxia, Demyx, Zexion, and Luxord. They all carried the same surprised expression when they saw who Leon was carrying in his arms.
"How-
"We'll explain later. We have to let Aerith take a look at him first." Leon said as he shifted the body in his hands so he could knock of Aerith's bedroom door. Aerith opened the door with a smile on her face, which quickly turned to worry when she saw the man in Leon's arms.
"Oh dear…who is this man and what happened to him?!" Aerith said as she gently examined the bump on Xemnas' head.
"His name is Xemnas. He used to be the leader of Organization XIII. We found him around the Castle Gates. We think a rock might have hit him on the head pretty hard in a rock slide." Leon said as he watched Aerith examine the beaten up man.
"I see. There's an empty room a couple doors down. Lets take him in there." Aerith said as she led the way to the room she was speaking of.
An hour later…
Everyone was waiting in the living room when Aerith came out of the room she had been examining Xemnas in. Everyone looked up, waiting for what news she had to offer them.
"Well, it looks like your friend will be okay. He's got a lot of cuts and bruised, but besides that, I think he'll be fine. That bump on his head shouldn't be a problem." Aerith said with a pleased smile. She was glad that the man was okay because she hated having to deliver bad news.
"Damn. I was hoping he'd have severe memory loss so he could just start over." Axel stated with a sigh. He really didn't feel like dealing with Xemnas and his ego.
"Axel! Stop it!" Roxas said as he rolled his eyes and hit Axels' arm lightly.
"Is there something wrong?" Aerith asked as her brow furrowed in concern.
"Well you see, Xemnas is kind of a pain in the ass, so the next few months should be interesting." Axel said as his fellow Organization members nodded in agreement.
"…I see. Well, why don't we go sit in his room and talk about what's happening in the dark realm while we wait for him to wake up. Wouldn't want Xemnas to wake up and not have any familiar faces around him, now would we?" Aerith said with a sweet smile as she walked back into the room where her patient was now resting.
Later in Xemnas' room…
"Wow, now this is just weird. Why the hell would the dark realm rip? I thought that place was nearly indestructible." Demyx said as he thought carefully.
"Or why someone would want to open it." Riku said in a serious tone. He was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
"You really think that someone intentionally opened up the dark realm?" Demyx asked, his face etched with worry.
"Or something." Leon interjected. "They obviously had a hard time doing it though, since it caused such a violent rip. They couldn't keep it open for very long. When we got there, it had been opened very recently. It must have closed up right after Xemnas fell out of it. Now the question is what that person's intentions were when they opened it."
"They couldn't have been good. Nothing good could come out of opening that horrible place…except the seven that we got out of there of course." Sora said, ending his serious note with a hint of playfulness as he cocked his head and smiled at the seven men that were once considered his enemies.
"I think Sora's right. We might want to consider preparing ourselves for another battle." Saix said with authority laced in his voice.
"Hold on a minute. Lets not take it that far just yet. I think we should keep our guards up and watch out for anything that looks suspicious." Leon said. He was once the same way, feeling that he should rush into battle at the first sign of danger, but years of fighting the Heartless had shown him that you had to take it slowly and investigate first. Everyone nodded in agreement, realizing that this was the better option. All members of the household had been listening intently for the past hour or so, except for one person.
This household member happened to be Sephiroth. He had only been half listening to the conversation taking place. He had more important things to worry about, such as the man lying on the bed about ten feet away. Xemnas was lying in the bed with an icepack on his head, looking content and peaceful. Aerith had taken his cloak off to wash it, and now Sephiroth could only guess that the man before him was only wearing boxers. The blanket that had been covering him had slid down slightly, exposing well toned, tan arms and slightly showed off a tanned chest, teasing its current onlooker, although he wouldn't admit it.
'This man is…interesting…' Sephiroth said to himself as he continued to gaze at the smooth, tan skin that he knew must have been flawless when it wasn't covered in cuts and bruises. He also noticed that the man's hair was much different that his, though almost the same in color. It was slightly darker, looking right on the body of the tanned man. It was also shorter and messier, unlike his, which was long and always looked perfect no matter what he did with it. As Sephiroth continued to observe the man, he stirred. Sephiroth raised an eyebrow as Xemnas screwed his eyes shut at the bright lights and then opened them slowly. He looked as if he were still in a dreamy state.
'Where am I?' Xemnas asked himself as he looked around sleepily at the unfamiliar surroundings. He had never seen this place before.
'Is this what they call heaven?' Xemnas thought. He had heard humans talk about it enough, though he had imagined heaven to be much different than this. 'This is ridiculous. I can't be in heaven, I was in the dark realm the last time I checked so-
Xemnas stopped his train of thought when he heard a voice that sounded identical to that of the Keyblade wielders. Xemnas looked to the direction of the voice and saw several pairs of eyes staring at him. His eyes widened slightly.
'So I must be in hell…' Xemnas thought as he looked around and noticed that he saw half of his Organization, the Keyblade wielder and his boyfriend, and about a half a dozen faces he didn't recognize. Xemnas groaned at the sight and sat up as best he could.
"Hehe…lookie, he's awake." Axel said with a smirk as he walked over to the bed. Xemnas eyed him carefully.
"Number eight, what's the meaning of this?" Xemnas said with as much authority as he could muster in his current condition. His efforts proved to be worthless, seeing as this only made Axel's smirk larger.
"We found you near the Castle Gates with a big bump on your head. Not quite sure how you got here, but none the less, you're here and now we've got to put up with the oh so scary Mansex." Axel said sarcastically, knowing for once that Xemnas was too helpless to do anything about it.
"You will address me with respect number eight!" Xemnas said as he raised his voice. Oh what he'd do to that arrogant red head right now if he wasn't sore all over and his head wasn't spinning.
"Yeah, about that. You can't address me as number eight anymore. You have to call me by my real name. Do you even remember what it is? It's Axel. A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?" Axel said. Xemnas twitched at the annoying catch phrase that the red head was known for using.
"You have some nerve number eight. As long as you are in my Organization, you are to obey my orders and address me as your Superior!" Xemnas said in a low, harsh whisper, feeling his anger welling inside of him. This particular Organization XIII member seemed to think that he could do whatever he pleased when he was in a weak state.
"Ha! What Organization?! Sora defeated us, remember? You don't have any right to call me or any other past Organization members by our numbers anymore and you don't have any right to be called the Superior! You're not even a Nobody now!" Axel blurted out angrily. Xemnas' anger quickly dissipated into confusion as he slowly turned his head to get a better look at Axel. That last sentence had puzzled him and by the look on number eight's face, he could tell that the man was completely serious.
"You'll have to explain that last part a little better number eight." Xemnas said slowly as he continued to gaze at Axel.
"Well you see Xemnas, when a Nobody gets yanked out of the dark realm like you and the rest of us were, you come out and you aren't completely the same." Axel said as he dug a pocket knife out of his jeans and flicked it open. The metal glinted off of the light in the room as Xemnas eyed it with no real fear. If number eight was trying to intimidate him with something as simple as a pocket knife, it wasn't going to work.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is, you're a human now." Axel said as he quickly grabbed Xemnas' arm and nicked it with his pocket knife. A trail of blood started running down the tan arm as amber eyes widened in surprise and fascination. He watched for a few more seconds before ripping his eyes away from the sight to look back up at Axel.
"But how-
"Get comfortable. This could take a while." Axel said as he sat down on a stool near Xemnas' bed.
Axel started from the very beginning while the others interjected along they way. The story started with Sora's guilt about taking Roxas' free will and ended with finding Xemnas at the bottom of a cliff. After everything had been explained, it was hard to tell whether Xemnas understood or if he was even more confused than he started.
"So there you have it. Now you're stuck here with us." Axel said with a smirk. Yuffie suddenly appeared in front of Xemnas, landing lightly on the bed.
"Yeah, and you have to follow all the house rules just like the rest of us now." Yuffie said with a grin as she poked Xemnas on the forehead. Xemnas growled in annoyance and discomfort at the touch. Even a small touch such as the one this girl was using made his head hurt immensely.
"And just who are you?" Xemnas said in his stern voice. The girl didn't seem bothered by this as she grinned at him.
"Me? I'm the great ninja Yuffie of course! You better behave or else I might have to use my amazing ninja skills on you!" Yuffie said with a huge grin. Xemnas' face on the hand was emotionless as he raised an eyebrow at this supposedly "great ninja."
'Great, just what I need. A hyperactive female ninja.' Xemnas thought to himself as he grunted in dissatisfaction. The young ninja was currently petting him, claiming that his hair was the softest thing she had ever felt. Oh what he would do to these people once he regained his strength. Just then, the door opened. Everyone looked up to see a woman with dark hair and brown eyes standing in the doorway. Xemnas noticed that the ninja who had been petting him had stopped and was now staring at the female in the doorway with wide eyes.
"Hey guys. Sorry it too so long for me to get here. It's a pain trying to close down the bar in the middle of the day, but I'm here now, so what's-
The young woman was cut off by a dark haired blur tackling her to the floor.
"Tifa!" Yuffie yelled enthusiastically as she hugged the other woman tightly. Tifa grunted as she tried to sit up and hug Yuffie at the same time.
'Great, more women. And this one has huge boobs!' Xemnas said to himself as he twitched at the sight of the large breasts. He had never liked women's breasts, especially the particularly large ones. He looked over at the Keyblade wielder, noting that he must have been rather afraid of them too, seeing as he was hiding behind his silver haired lover and eying them warily. His eye was twitching and Riku was sporting a large sweat drop. Xemnas turned to look back at the two women and noticed that they were extremely friendly with one another…a little too friendly…
'They must be together.' Xemnas decided. He didn't mind, and he certainly wasn't attracted in the least. The thought of two women being together, or just the thought of women in general, had never been something that had appealed to him. The two women were standing now. The younger of the two was talking animatedly about something while the other just smiled and listened. Yuffie suddenly turned towards Xemnas again and was suddenly standing over him.
"And he's got the softest hair. I think it might be even softer that Sephi's." Yuffie said in fascination as she continued petting him. She tugged at his hair ever so often, causing a jolt of pain to run through his already hurting head. He winced and growled at the girl as he turned to glare at her. She was about to open her mouth to say something when she was cut off by a deep male voice.
"Leave him be Yuffie. He's obviously injured and needs his rest." Sephiroth said calmly as he gracefully walked up to the bed. Xemnas saw the gorgeous creature walking towards him and wondered how he could have possibly missed him, seeing as he stood out more than anyone else in the room with his flowing silver hair and his beautiful green eyes. Amber eyes met beautiful sea foam green orbs for a few seconds before they ventured to the young ninja. The look in the silver haired beauty's eyes sent chills up his spin. It was like they could see right through you, but the feeling was almost comforting to him. He felt a strange connection with the man the moment he looked into his eyes. Xemnas continued to stare at the nameless silver haired beauty as he spoke, even though his words weren't directed at him.
"Come on monkey. Lets go." Sephiroth said as he lifted the girl over his shoulder with little or no effort.
"Aaaaaawwwwww….but Sephi…I don't wanna go." Yuffie whined as she pouted and crossed her arms. "And I'm not a monkey!"
"You have the tendency to act like one sometimes." Sephiroth said calmly. Yuffie opened her mouth to protest, but one look from Sephiroth told her she shouldn't. After Sephiroth and Yuffie left the room, everything fell silent. Aerith decided to change this and cleared her throat. Everyone turned their heads to look at her curiously.
"I'll start making dinner. You all must be getting hungry. I'll send someone up with dinner when it's ready." Aerith said as she nodded to Xemnas and walked out of the room.
Two hours later….
"Eat it."
"No."
"Eat it!"
"No!"
"Eat it before I have to force feed you!"
"Touch me number eight and you die."
"Fine! Starve to death for all I care!" Axel yelled as he slammed the spoon back down on the tray and stormed out of the room. While he was storming down the hall, he bumped into Sephiroth. Sephiroth turned swiftly to eye Axel and noticed that the other man hadn't even noticed the collision as he continued to stomp and grumble down the hall with a small fireball in his hand, most likely going to burn something as a way to calm himself down. Sephiroth wondered what could have caused such a sudden spurt of anger from the fiery red head, (not that he didn't have a short temper to begin with) but Sephiroth had a feeling he already knew. Sephiroth walked briskly down the hall into the room that now contained Xemnas. He came in to see the amber eyed man laying down and staring at the ceiling with that frown that always seemed to be etched on his face. He heard Sephiroth come in and looked over at him and sat up.
"I suppose they decided to bring someone else in to try to force feed me." Xemnas said in his low voice as he gave Sephiroth a smirk. Sephiroth didn't seem bothered by this in the least as he walked over to the bed quietly. Xemnas observed that the man must have been quite a bit taller than him. If he had the energy to stand, which he didn't in his current condition, he would be able to get a better look at the silver haired man.
"No. Just observing I suppose." Sephiroth said with no emotion in his face or voice. Xemnas nodded slowly as he turned his head towards the window beside his bed. He would never admit it, but the gorgeous man intimidated him with his emotionless stare. "But you should eat, if you want to make a full recovery that is." Sephiroth added with no particular interest, as if he didn't care whether or not Xemnas lived to see tomorrow.
Xemnas gave a short laugh that was more like a cackle as he continued to stare out the window. "It doesn't matter. Once I recover most of my energy I'm leaving. I refuse to stay in this house with those people." Xemnas said as he watched water drops fall down his darkened window. It reminded him severely of the World That Never Was and it caused a pang in his chest from something that felt a little like regret, but he pushed it aside and chose to forget about it.
"And just how do you expect to do that?" Sephiroth asked. Xemnas turned to look up at Sephiroth and realized that he wasn't even looking at him, but out the window like he had been moments ago. "You have nowhere to go and if you don't eat, you'll just wind up in an even weaker state than you are now." Xemnas looked down at his hands, realizing that the other man was right. He had nowhere to go and no way to even get out of the world that he was in since he couldn't use dark portals anymore.
"Still not eating?" Sephiroth asked, still not looking at Xemnas.
"I'm not all that hungry." Xemnas said. At that moment, his stomach decided to betray him by growling loudly. Xemnas looked down at his hands again when he felt himself turn pink from embarrassment. He heard feet shuffling and looked up to find sea foam green eyes only inches away from him.
'How the hell did he get here so fast?' Xemnas asked himself as he felt his body tense and his face heat up under the gaze of the beautiful man before him. Sephiroth leaned in, whispering in Xemnas' ear.
"Better think things through before you go and do them and make sure that people can't see through your lies." Sephiroth said quietly as he quickly grabbed the spoon and shoved it in Xemnas' mouth before he could do anything to stop him. Xemnas blinked a few times, trying to figure out what had just happened. Then he actually started to taste the food in his mouth started chewing it. He came to the conclusion that it was probably some of the best food he had ever had. Xemnas soon forgot all about his pride and grabbed the tray and began eating quickly. Sephiroth gave him a smirk that almost looked like a smile.
"I'll tell Aerith to bring up seconds." Sephiroth said as he turned to leave when Xemnas stopped eating suddenly.
"Wait. I don't even know your name. I'm guessing that the hyper ninja girl was using an annoying nickname of some sort." Xemnas said as he gazed at the back of the man. He really wanted to know who he was. Sephiroth thought for a moment and remembered that Yuffie had called him Sephi. Gods how he hated it when she called him that. His eye twitched at the thought as he nodded carefully.
"Yes, she does that to be a pest in general. My name is Sephiroth." Sephiroth said as he turned to leave without another word. If anyone had been around to watch, they would have noticed Xemnas' lip pull up slightly, almost turning into a smile.
Sephiroth left the room and walked down the hall. Seconds later, a blonde, spiky haired man popped out of the bathroom located next to Xemnas' room with a smile on his face. Cloud had been listening to and watching Xemnas and Sephiroth's conversation through the door, which had been left cracked open. He had quietly moved to the bathroom when he had sensed Sephiroth coming. He laughed to himself because he knew that Sephiroth didn't take to people very easily and almost never started a conversation with anyone. So seeing him talk to Xemnas so shortly after he arrived was an odd sight. Oh yeah, things were definitely going to get interesting from now on.
Author's Note: Yeah, that's it. I know much didn't happen, but don't worry!! Lots more of the SephixXemmy goodness to come. And about Cloud and Sephiroth, I know that they're supposed to be enemies, but I changed it for the purpose of this fic. Review Please!! That is all.
