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R & R

"Jian…?" I said as my mind boggled with the encounter of a deceased friend. Who I thought was deceased.

She spoke, her voice heavy with sad empathy. "Deonna, believe it, it's me Jian." I finally hugged back, just now getting around what was happening. She let go and took my hand, directing me to stand up with her. I stood up, but not knowing what to say to her or to ask her. I just felt too shocked for words. 'I can't believe this is happening…' My eyes gazed at her facial features, seeing what has changed in her appearance. Her hair was a dark blue color; the right side of her head was longer with hair than the left side that covered her forehead with bangs. She had dark freckles on her cheeks; green-bluish eyes with long black eyelashes over them. She was slightly taller than me. She smiled, biting her bottom lip.

"Deonna, I can't believe you're here," said Jian. "I-I can't believe you're here Jian."

'What does this mean?' Her eyebrows curved looking abject. "Deonna, did a heartless get you? Did you turn into a 'nobody'?" I shook my head. "No…but did you?" She nodded her head like she was ashamed to tell me. "Well, if you're not a 'nobody', then why…how did you get here?"

"Well, uhm, through a…uh…" 'How should I tell her…?'

"Through the corridor of darkness," Axel spoke. Stunned, I turned my head to see him standing up with one of his hands on his hip. He was half grinning and seemed de-stressed in a way. "And who are you?" Jian asked or more like demanded, putting her hand on my shoulder as she stood next to me. 'Jian is still the same…' I hesitantly decided to answer for him. I went in between them and used my hand to direct who was who. "Uh-Jian this is my friend Axel. Axel this is my friend Jian."

"Ah, I can see that. Well you heard Deonna-the name's axel. Got it memorized?" he said, pointing his finger in a gun-like fashion at Jian. "Ooookay," she began with an upturned smile, "nice to meet you Axel." I moaned a grumble and crossed my arms. "Must you always say that?" 'I'm serious. Does he just do that on purpose or something?' He brought his other hand to his hip and smirked. "Heh, you should know me by now Deonna." I shrugged with a show of apathy. "Eh…" Jian's demanding forceful hands grasped mine that made me look at her. A showy glimmer was in her eye. "Deonna come to my house and explain everything to me!"

"Yeah, sure Jian." I smiled feeling a sort of relief pass through me. "But believe me, this might take a while." Her shoulders shook with a small chuckle. "Please, I'm 'all' ears."

We walked our way to Jian's house; it was stationed at the bottom of town where the sun's radiance shone brilliantly over the many houses. A lot of the houses looked small, including hers. I wondered why that was. Her house was bricked together with the exception of a brown-based color. A red roof topped the house as a little chimney jut out the top. There were also a few windowpanes where you could see through. We pressed onto the hard stoned path up to woodened door. Jian opened the door with a key that she took out from one of her pockets. "Well, were here!" Jian exclaimed.

I went in behind Jian with Axel behind me. As soon as I went in, my eyes laid upon a staircase that lined the east wall upward where light could be seen at the end. I walked in further and find myself in a living room; a red couch was on the right side of the wall and a television was opposite of it. The floor was spread out with a green textured carpet that stopped at what appeared to be another room on the left at the far end. Framed pictures that seemed drawn hung on the white wall giving the room a family feeling to it. My feet strode over to the couch and sat my butt on the soft cushions. A moan of content came out, finally feeling at rest yet again, but this time in a special comfortable way; my eyes felt heavy. Jian came over to me from my left and placed her hands on her hips with a bleak smile. "Man Deonna, you look beat." I huffed a laugh. "Not hard to notice huh?"

Axel then came over to us. "I'm surprised. From all those naps you've been taking you should be like an energized bunny," Axel said with those annoying grins of his. "Be quiet Axel." Jian sat down beside me and started to caress my hair. "Well, make yourself at home girl, alright?" My head buried itself into a pillow cushion that lay beside me. "Thanks." Axel spoke. "What about me huh?"

"Oh, you can to, but don't get too comfortable. Deonna's an exception." I brought my head up and groaned. "Jian be nice." She just shrugged. "So much for showing some hospitality," Axel said sounding nonchalant, yet his brows arched with mild contempt. 'Mmm does she have a bathroom in this place?'

"Jian can I use your bathroom?" She looked at me. "Yeah sure, just go in the kitchen," she pointed pass me where the kitchen was, "and you'll see a hallway. On the left there's the bathroom."

"'Kay." I got up, leaving the luxury couch behind and started to feel my muscles ache. "Hey Deonna…" Axel began, "let me go use it first!" I stopped at the doorframe that led to the kitchen. "Uh, no just wait, I'll be quick." He walked over to me. "But I've been holding it for quite some time. I'll be quicker." I spoke my thought. "You've been holding your pee?" I said aloud, "why couldn't you just go behind a tree like most guys do?" His eyes narrowed at me and his cheeks flushed momentarily. "Just let me go first." I ignored his request and went straight into the kitchen. "No!" He ran up behind me and put his hand on my shoulder, trying to slow me down. "Na uh, guys are quicker. That's just by nature. I'll go first."

"Girls go first!" I pushed his hand off and ran to the door in the hallway. My hand grasped the knob to turn it but weight pushed me aside on my left. Axel gave me a victory smile and entered the bathroom. I stomped my foot in defeat. "No fair you cheater!"

"Told ya' guys are quicker. Take a chill pill! It's not that serious!" I slid my backpack off my shoulder to hold it in my hand. My back started to ache to. 'Why is my body aching like this?' I leaned against the wall, catching my breath from the retarded race me and Axel took. "Axel, why do you annoy me so much?" The toilet flushed and he spoke. "I don't annoy you Deonna-you're just don't know how to take a joke."

'Is he serious?' He soon opened the door and came out, smirking at me. "Y'know what they say, respect your elders," he said patting my head. I moved his hand and smiled half-heartedly. "So does this mean your calling yourself old?" He gave me a leer and waved his hand. "Pttf, yeah right." I stuck my tongue out at him as he went into the kitchen. I then entered the bathroom.

When done with the bathroom, I went back into the living room. Jian was sitting on the coach and Axel was standing up on the other side of the couch beside the arm with his arms crossed looking down. "Jian do you have a pain pill or something?" I asked, breaking the silence. Jian rose, putting her finger on her lip in thought. "No, I don't have any pain pills, sorry. What's wrong?" Axel then looked up with curiosity. I put my hand on my hip and arched back a little trying to stretch out some pain. "Mmm, my muscles hurt."

"Oh, they do? Maybe I should make you a bath?" Jian asked in concern.

"Yeah…that would be cool." I went to the couch and sat on the soft cushions again, where Axel was standing right beside me. "Hmmm…must be from moving around and about all this time," Axel said. Jian sat back down and put her hands together. "Around and about?" Jian asked. "Yeah-from the fighting earlier, walking arou-"

"Fighting?" Jian interrupted with shock. I looked at her as my eyebrows curved up slightly. "Ah yeah…a little fighting..."

"You guys fought?" I opened my mouth to answer, but Axel all ready replied. "Yeah we fought- just a little friendly competition."

"Friendly competition?" She turned to look at me and back at Axel. Her brows furrowed. "I don't know-maybe you hurt her."

"I didn't try too much," he waved his hand; "I was just testing her fighting skills, since she seemed so fighting worthy." He looked down on me and smiled. "It was a pretty good fight though." I grinned back. He then patted my head. 'Why does he keep petting my head now all of a sudden?' I wasn't annoyed when he did that so I just let it pass this time. I turned to look at Jian who showed a sudden grin on her face with her arms crossed. "So who won?" Before Axel could speak, I answered quickly. "It was a tie!"

"Yeah it sorta' was," Axel continued, "except that we stopped and couldn't finish." Axel looked down at me again. "If we continued, I could've won," he said in a cocky way. "Hmph, just 'cause you had a little fire and a few Frisbees doesn't mean you coulda' won."

"Fire and Frisbees?" Jian exclaimed, yet a second time, knocking us out of surprise. A sheepish grin came upon my face. "Ah yeah…I'll tell you about that later."

"Hmmhmm," Jian grunted in suspicion and a small glare. "Deonna…" Axel spoke. "Hmm?" I looked up at him to see his hand above mine with a container in his hand. Out came a sparkling green mist enveloping around my face and my body. My head dropped trying to shield my eyes from the unusual substance. "Axel! What are you doing?" My arms waved the stuff out in front of me and around me. "Axel! What the hell?" I heard Jian yell. Axel spoke with brazenness, unaffected from our angry outburst. "Jeez relax ladies, don't bug out. It's not as bad as you'll might think." When the mist subdued, I scanned my clothes and felt my hair, trying to see was there any thing green on me. My eyes looked at my hand and saw nothing sticking to it. I looked at Axel and scratched my head, feeling uncertain. "What did you to me?"

"Heh, what did I do? I gave you an energy boost."

"Energy boost?" He came around the arm and stood in front of me. "It's a health potion. It's supposed to make you feel better." 'Health potion?' He put his hand on the arm of the couch and leaned on it. "How do you feel now?" he asked with a smirk. "Mmmm…" I didn't realize at first but my body did feel a little bit different…less stressed. "I-I guess I do feel a bit different."

"Different as in good?" Axel asked tauntingly. I groaned and cocked my head. "Yeah…" Jian smiled. "Good!" Jian began, "you're feeling better now! Do you still want me to make you a bath?" I looked at her and smiled, my eyes feeling weighed down. "Yes, please?"

"Okay then." She stood up and walked over to the staircase by the door. She put her hand on the woodened rail and looked back. "When I'm done running your water, I want you to tell me everything about how and why you are here 'kay?" I complied with a nod and she went up the stairs.

As soon as the 'thud' sound from her feet became faint, Axel plumped down on the sofa next to me, making the cushions expand with pressure. His hands went over his spiky head behind his back. He gave a contented relaxing sigh and looked at me, his eyes fixed in a determined ease. "I'm hungry." I huff a laugh and sat back. "I didn't realize, but I'm hungry to." "That makes us both in the same boat…" he paused, "Deonna…"

"Huh?" I looked at him to see him with his brows curved, like he wanted to ask me something. "Can you ask Jian if she have any food we can eat?"

"Yeah, sure I will-but I'm surprised you're not all up in her fridge like you were in mine before." He moved his hands in front of himself. "Na uh, I'd rather not push her buttons."

"Well how come you do that to me?"

"You're an exception."

My eyes slanted at him. 'Why am I the one who's an exception again?'

"C'mon she doesn't bite," I sat up, "she just needs to get used to you, that's just how she is." He groaned and sat back. I looked pass him to look at the entrance to the kitchen. 'Maybe I should just go to see what's in her fridge…' With that thought in mind, I got up and walked to the kitchen. When I entered, I couldn't help but notice a little table in the center with two chairs seated across from each other. The room had a mixed color of orange and brown painted on the walls. Counters lined the west wall with a little sink installed and a black microwave above it. The fridge was beside the sink. I took off my cloak and sat it on one of the chairs. I walked to it and opened it the fridge. "Let's see, what's in here that I could munch on…"

I saw mayonnaise, ham, orange juice, apple juice, a bag of grapes, bread, and other treasury food that I could eat. I even saw a piece of chicken leg in a plastic container in the corner. 'Axel probably would want that…' My mouth watered. I started to feel that someone was over me from behind since the flow of air changed. "See anything that I would like?" I turned and saw Axel, waiting for me to respond. "Uh yeah, probably," I reached to grab the container that held the chicken, "want this?" I held it in front of him. He smiled a twinkle in his eye. "Y'know I do. A man gotta' have his meat!"

"Yeah, you sure do because you're so skinny." I squeezed his arm trying to see did he have any muscle, mortifying him. "Hey stop that!" He snatched his arm away and rubbed his arm. "Ha ha ha ha!" I cracked up at his sensitivity. "I'm not skinny! I'm just…" he paused, not knowing how to answer for himself. I covered my mouth, feeling embarrassed from laughing. "What are you then?"

"I'm tall and lean, that's all!" I waved my hand in front of him. "Okay, okay you don't have to get all bent out of shape." He placed his hands on his hips in fist; he shook his head. "Girls are so complicated." A menacing grin came upon my face as I furrowed my brows. "Hmph! Now I'm not going to let you have this chicken. I'm going to tell Jian not to give it to you!" He leaned a bit forward with his arm bent out in front of him. His brows arched. "You wouldn't." I grinned playfully and put the chicken in the fridge and replaced it with the bag of grapes. "Deonna you-" Jian entered the kitchen interrupting Axel's irritated assault. "Hey guys! What you all doing?" We turned to look at her. I grinned and spoke. "Oh, we were just hungry that's all."

"Oh you're hungry? Want me to make something for you Deonna?" I popped a cold grape into my mouth and replied. "Yeah…maybe a sandwich would be nice."

"Alright."

As Jian came over to me, I decided to ask her another question. "And can Axel have this piece of chicken?" My hand searched for the contained and took it out the fridge for her to see. Her eyebrows curved in thought for a moment. I looked at Axel, who had a hungry anxious expression on his face. A giggle came up, but I surpassed it. "Yeah, he can have it," she turned to look at Axel, "want me to make you a sandwich to?" Surprised, he grinned. "Yeah, thanks." She turned to look at me. "Okay, you guys go in the other room while I make the sandwiches." She took the container out of my hand and put it in the microwave. "Do you want me to help you Jian," I asked. She waved her hand in opposition. "No, no, just relax, go in the other room," she said, shoving Axel and me out of the kitchen. She winked at me and started preparing the food. Axel was beside me so I nudged him in the side with a grin. "Told you she wasn't evil." He looked down at me, slightly annoyed. "I didn't say she was evil," he walked to the couch and sat on it, "I know evil, that's not evil." I popped another grape in my mouth and bit into it. "Then what is evil?" I walked to the couch and sat beside him, the flavor of the sweet grape resting on my tongue. A dull look appeared on his face. "Evil is a girl with blonde hair and two strands of hair coming out of her hair like an ant and a mouth sharper than a knife and-"

"What?" I said cutting him off. He sighed and waved his hand. "Nothing." He then grabbed a grape out of the bag and popped it into his mouth.

After a few moments passed, Jian came out with our sandwiches in two foam plates. "Here ya go," she chirped. We both reached for our plates. "Thanks," Axel and I said. "No problem." Jian said, "I'll be right back." She went to the staircase and went up stairs. 'Probably forgot about my bath…' I looked at Axel's plate and mine; he had the piece of chicken on the side of his sandwich that steamed the seasonal smoke off of itself. He dug into that first, as excepted. I reached and put some grapes on my plate to make it appear like there was more food on my plate like Axel's. I started eating my food and my stomach began to fill up fast, even though it wasn't a lot of food on my plate. "Okay guys!" Jian said, coming down from the stairs. I looked up to see her; she went into the kitchen and dragged a chair out and sat it in front of us. Axel didn't look up once, for he was too engrossed in his eating frenzy. She smiled at us, looking happy and excited about something. "Tell me about it already!" Axel finally looked up, his mouth shiny from the chicken; he didn't seem to care about what she was about to say and started to eat the sandwich. "How did you all get here?" He stopped munching and looked up. My eyes widened. 'Great…' I didn't really feel like explaining the whole situation to her, but of course I had to. "Oh great, here comes the whole nine yards…" Axel said. I narrowed my eyes at him and turned back to Jian, who had her knees crossed and her hands together placed on top. With her smile up like that, I could tell she was getting more anxious. I sighed; I started first. "Okay this is how it happened…"

"So let me get this straight…" By then, the chair Jian was sitting in was leaning up against the wall opposite of us. She was pacing back and forth with her finger to her chin contemplating what we just said to her. She stopped walking and stood in front of us, her brows curved in bewilderment.

"Axel was stalking you and following you to your house. Axel went inside of your house and you both soon formed a partnership with each other to get his heart back and to find your sister. You both decide to leave in two days and right before you all started out, you both get into a fight, or should I say a friendly competition. A keyblade falls on your head during the fight and you soon wake up. After that, you both come to twilight town using a dark thing and eat sea-salt ice cream. Heartless appear on the street and before you all could do anything you pass out. Axel takes you on the clock tower and waits for you to wake up, which you soon do. You all then start looking for Dawn and after hours of searching I find you two sitting a bench tired out," Jian finished.

Axel and me looked at each other and looked back at Jian. "That's about right," I agreed. Axel spoke. "I'm not a stalker." Jian waved her hand with smoothness and her eyes relaxed. "Sure you're not." I heard him huff. Jian got the chair and sat it in front of us to sit down on it. Her hands were on her knees and her shoulders were up like she was stiff, but her eyes didn't go with the way she appeared; they glinted joy rather than glumness. "That's awesome!" she yelled leaning forward, making me jump. 'I had a feeling she would react this way when I told her that I was on an adventure to search worlds.' She pressed her feet together, biting her lip. "Just if Arata was here to hear what you just said." My eyebrows contorted at the hearing of that name. "Arata? He's here?" She nodded, half grinning. "I wanted to surprise you with his presence, but I just had to tell you he was here. I can't wait to see his expression when he sees you."

"Who's Arata?" Axel asked, jumping into the conversation. I turned to him as Jian gave him the answer. "He's my big brother."

"Oh, I see…" he said, rather in a glum way. My eyes glared at him wondering why he said it that way. "Deonna, you should go and take your bath or else the water would get cold," Jian said, breaking me out of my glare. I looked at her. "Oh, right…" My hand grabbed my backpack that sat next the plate that I ate off of. I stood up and went to the staircase to go up the stairs. "If you need soap, it's right on the sink and there's a white towel to clean yourself if you need one and a drying towel on the sink to!" Jian yelled. "'Kay!" There was a little hallway that stretched all the way down to a door that was closed. There was a door that was wide open on the right side of the wall, so I went inside knowing probably it was the bathroom. My suspicions were correct as I could see steaming water evaporate all the way up to the ceiling from the tub below it. The sink was white with a bar of soap and a white wash-up towel right next to it and a drying towel on the other side, just like Jian said. I placed my bag on the toilet seat that was by the door and started to strip. I soon got in the tub, the hot water making my skin tingle with just one touch of my toe. My body felt so good that it leaned itself back into the water. 'Just want my muscles needed…' It felt so good that I could fall asleep in it, as my eyes felt heavy.

After about ten minutes of relaxing, I started to wash my hair and my body with my own wash-up towel that I brought along with me. After a couple more minutes of cleaning, I unplugged the thing in the tub and stepped out, drying myself from the water. After that, I did what I always did when I got out of the tub; apply myself with body butter, brush my hair, clean my face. I even decided to brush my teeth since it felt like a day has already passed. I soon got dressed and stepped out of the hot bathroom, feeling clean as a whistle, with the smell of grape-pomegranate on my skin. My hair was still dripping water from the bath as it slid down my neck, making me rub it minute after minute.

With bag in hand, I went down the stairs, but stopped at the end to see Axel with his head back and eyes closed asleep on the couch. A smile came upon my face from seeing that scene. 'Awww how cute is that…Axel is sweepy…' Wondering where Jian was, I strode pass him to enter the kitchen. "You smell nice…" Startled by the sudden low voice, I turned to see Axel, his eyes relaxed on me. I couldn't help but smile shyly at his comment and turned back. "Thanks…" My hands put themselves behind my back as I walked into the kitchen.

Jian was sitting down at one of the chairs drinking something from a cup with her head hanging low. I went to sit at the other chair across from her. I put my hand under my chin to rest it on, looking at her so that she would acknowledge my presence. "Cute…" Jian mumbled. "Huh?" I asked. She looked up at me finally, a lecherous smile on her face. "Axel- he's kinda cute is he?" My eyes felt big as I felt the emphasis of my heartbeat; my cheeks somewhat flushed. "Y'know I don't like talking about that sorta' stuff…" She waved her hand. "Yeah I know, but you still gotta admit it, those tattoos are killer."

"Jian be quiet."

"Oh come on, I know you think so to, besides," she said, trying to sound suspenseful, "I know you dig tall guys."

"Jian because he's tall doesn't mean I like him."

"But I know you think he's cute," she chimed, giving me a wink. I started to feel even more embarrassed as I put my hands over my head. "Jian I just met him like a few days ago. I can't just come to like him in such a short period time." Jian put her head in the palm of her hand, her eyes rested on mine. "Just say it."

"Say what?"

"Say that you think he's cute and that you like him." I groaned and crossed my arms. 'Why me…?' I got up from the chair and went and saw that he was sleep on the couch. I went back and sat back down. "Yeah, he is kinda' cute."

"And?"

"I'm not going to say that I like him because I don't!" I said trying to whisper low enough so that Axel would not wake up. She tittered. "Man you play hard to get."

"Um, ladies, I thought I heard my name in there!" Axel yelled. My head turned toward the doorframe. 'Oh shoot…!'

"Axel go back to sleep!" I hollered back. 'Man I hope he wasn't listening. Was he even sleeping in the first place!'

"I wonder how old he is…" Jian said in wonder. I gave her a dull look. "Go figure." My ears soon heard the front door open that came with a boisterous horrifying yell. "Jian! Come outside!" someone yelled. "Arata?" Jian yelled as she ran out the kitchen.

"Arata?" I said as I ran after her. 'Did something happen?' When I went out I saw Axel standing at the front door. He turned back and saw me. He looked anxiously upset. "Deonna come look at this." My feet gave way, as I was soon standing right beside him. My eyes uncovered to see little black creatures on the ground in front of the house, while some flying creatures were in the air, shooting bolts out of its head with an antenna. "Heartless…" Axel and I chanted. "I hope you don't pass out again…'cause now it's time to get our hands dirty." He looked at me and smirked. I looked up at him and grinned. "I'm sure I won't this time." I gulped. 'I hope not…'

"Deonna?" I looked away from Axel and saw Arata looking at me dazed with confusion. "Deonna is that you?" I scratched my head, grinning sheepishly. "Uh yeah…I um-" Axel shook my shoulder. "Deonna you can talk later. We got to fight right now!" He went ahead looking at me like he wanted me to follow him. He turned ahead and then summoned his circular weapons with his hands a flamed. His feet ran up to the heartless, striking them down with his weapon. I looked down at my hand and tried to call my keyblade. 'Please work…' A light of sparkles came up in my hand; up came a keyblade that seemed unused for some time. "Yes!" Feeling motivated, my feet ran up behind Axel and started killing the black creatures.

"Well, that does it," Axel turned to look at me with a pleasurable smile, his hands grasping his disk in hand, "good work Deonna." Inhaling and exhaling, I held myself on my knees and I complied with a grin. "T-thanks." The feet of Jian and Arata came up to us from the porch, there faces looking at us in amazement and wonder. "Deonna and Axel that was tight!" Jian exclaimed, hugging me, or more like squeezing me to a pulp. "Yeah…Deonna that was amazing…" Arata said who still looked too shocked to see me. My heavy breathing stopped as Jian let me go but soon enough another person took her place. "Oh Deonna. It's nice to see your face again…" Arata said, hugging me with more gentleness than Jian. I smiled and hugged him back. "Yeah…"

"Ahem…" Axel cleared his throat trying to get our attention. We split and looked at Axel who had his hands on his hips; his weapons were gone. "Who's this?" Arata asked. I was about to reply but then Axel took the lead. "The name's Axel. Commit it to memory." Arata chuckled slightly while I surpassed a sheepish laugh. 'Whoa-never heard that one before.'

"Well, the names Arata." He looked at me and than at Axel. "Are you Deonna's friend?"

"Yeah, it seems like it doesn't it? Were actually together traveling different worlds, searching for our possessions," Axel said like he was leader of our expedition. "Whoa-that's cool," Arata said as he turned to look at me, "and you get to use a keyblade Deonna." I nodded. "Awesome right!" I said in enthusiasm. I took a minute to observe his physique; His was hair was black like before but his bangs were on the other side of his head. His eyes were grey and blue-ish but his height was the same like before, so he was still taller than me. He wore a plaid shirt with a white t-shirt underneath and baggy jeans that fell over his white and black converses.

"So how did you get here?" Arata asked, snapping me out of my gaze. A smile turned into a slight frown. 'Great…'

"Uh, Deonna I think it's about time we get going now," Axel said as he waked up to us on my left, "the more we stay in one place, the more ground we are likely to miss." He put his hand on my shoulder and I looked up at him. Arata moaned. I looked back at him; his brows were curved with a sullen look. "Yeah maybe it is time that you two get going," Jian said who stood on the right side of me, placing her hand on both me and Arata's shoulder. "Aw man that's just great," Arata complained, "just if here I was here sooner…"

"Where were you anyway?" I asked. "Job…"

'Oh…'

"Arata, I'll be back to visit, I promise," I hugged him again and let go with a grin, "in the mean time, Jian can tell you everything that I told her earlier."

"Yeah Arata, I'll tell you." He looked at her and back at me. "Okay fine…" I giggled. "There's nothing to worry about…" I started to run up to the porch. "I'll be right back!" My feet ran to get my cloak that was still seated on the chair in the kitchen and my backpack that was on the floor. I dashed back outside in an energetic manner to stop in front of them. I put my cloak on and put my bag on my back ready to go. Axel grinned. "You finally ready slow-poke?" I gave him a black look. "I'm not a slow-poke and yes I'm ready." I noticed Arata looked at Axel with a small glare. 'I wonder did Axel notice…' Axel waved his hand in the air. As expected, a black portal came up on the side of us. Arata jolted in surprise. "Whoa, the hell…?" Jian yelped as she went in-between Axel and me. "Ah ha ha ha ha!" I erupted into laughter while Axel chuckled to himself. "Very funny guys," Jian said with dullness. I finally stopped laughing and saw Axel looking at me with a grin. "Okay let's go Deonna."

"Okay." Before I started going forward I saw Arata looking at me with sadness; he didn't want me to go. I grinned half-heartedly and took a step to hug him. "Deonna…" he said as he hugged back, touching my neck with his hand. "I'll be back Arata. I promise, I know how much you miss me…" I leaned back off of him. He looked at me, his grey-blue eyes with a dull sparkle. He moved close to the side and kissed my cheek. "You better. I'll be waiting." I smiled feeling my face somewhat flush and let him go, going to where Axel stood in front of the portal. I waved my hand at them while Axel did the same. "Bye guys, we'll see yea soon!" I yelled. "Bye Jian, Arata!" Axel yelled. "Bye Deonna and Axel. Axel take care of Deonna here?" "Yeah I know!" I looked up at him with my brows contorted. "What's that's suppose to mean?"

"Bye Deonna!" Arata yelled. "Bye!" Axel and I then stepped into the dark portal. As the darkness took over us, I began to wonder. 'I wonder where we are going now…'

Author Note:

Guess where Deonna and Axel is going now? I'll give you a hint: A place where there is a lot of fighting (Guess right you get a cookie :3)

What was Deonna and Arata's relationship? Find out in the next chapter

Hope you enjoyed ^^